Houston GP fact sheet

<pre> RACE 11 - Texaco/Havoline Grand Prix of Houston

Houston, Texas

September 29 - October 1, 2000

SERIES:

As the top development series of the CART FedEx Championship Series, the Dayton Indy Lights Championship is internationally recognized as a final step before reaching the highest levels of North American motorsports. A "spec" series," Indy Lights emphasizes driver skill and team preparation through the use of identical Lola T97/20 open-wheel, single-seat race cars. Indy Lights cars are only about 10 percent smaller than the Champ Cars they resemble and can reach a top speed that exceeds 190 mph.

DORRICOTT DRIVERS:

No. 1 Townsend Bell - Costa Mesa, Calif. (DirecPC)

No. 2 Casey Mears - Bakersfield, Calif. (Dorricott Racing/Sooner Trailer)

No. 3 Jason Bright - Gold Coast, Australia (Dorricott Racing)

THIS RACE:

Houston is the 11th round of the 12-race 2000 Dayton Indy Lights Championship. An international field of approximately 17 drivers representing a dozen different countries are expected to take the green flag.

HISTORY:

This will be the first visit that Indy Lights has ever made in Houston.

TRACK:

1.527-mile street circuit

RACE DISTANCE:

50 laps / 76.35 miles

RECORDS:

Qualifying

no previous records

Race time

no previous records

SCHEDULE:

Fri. Sept. 29

Practice:

9:30 a.m. to 10:10 a.m. (CT)

Provisional Qualifying

1:45 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. (CT)

Sat. Sept. 30

Practice:

9:00 a.m. to 9:40 a.m. (CT)

Final Qualifying:

1:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. (CT)

Sun. Oct. 1

Warm-up:

8:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. (CT)

RACE:

12:30 p.m. (CT)

PRIZES:

Total race purse (U.S.)

$ 74,200

TV (U.S.):

ESPN2- - to be announced

Bell, who won the last Indy Lights race at Gateway International Raceway near St. Louis, is in second place for the Indy Lights championship with 114 points ... Mears, who finished second place at Gateway, is in third place with 107 points ... Bright is fifth place with 91 points ... Bell leads Bright by 23 points for Indy Lights Rookie of the Year honors ... Bell has led the second most overall laps of this Indy Lights season with 114 laps