SARAH FISHER WILL TEST THURSDAY

Source: Klint Briney
Date: 08/29/2006

Sarah Fisher returns to the cockpit this Thursday at ChicagoLand Speedway for a test in preparation for the Peak AntiFreeze Indy 300 on September 10th. Dreyer & Reinbold Racing will re-partner with the three-time Most Popular Driver, who of course competed in the car at Kentucky Speedway two weeks ago (started and finished 12th).

The 25-year-old Fisher has the two best finishes of any female ever in Indy-style racing of second and third. Danica Patrick of course has the next best finish of fourth.

“I’m really looking forward to the test Thursday and getting a baseline and going form there, said Fisher, who has a best starting position of 12th and a best finish of 18th at ChicagoLand Speedway and came in 2002 and 2003 respectively. “I think there are some things we can do with the down force levels and take some drag out of the car and get it to turn a bit better.

We have a good game plan going into it and we will just continue to fine tune it and hopefully we can come away with another flawless execution.

Chicago seems to be bit easier as a track compared to Kentucky. But each track has it’s tendencies that you have to apply. It’s been a while since I’ve been there. I’m a life-long learner so I’m sure there are things I’ll pick up again.

With Fisher stepping out of the car for the weekend for road racing ace Ryan Briscoe, Fisher did join the team during their travels to Sonoma to take in as much as she could from the weekend from the sidelines.

“It was just an awful weekend in terms of things running smoothly for the team, said Fisher, who is trying to have her helmet painted but is hesitant in how quick that will get done. “It just didn’t go smooth. Things were happening right and left making it tough for anything to run smooth.

Despite that, it’s always good to watch a good road racer do his thing.”

The Peak AnitFreeze Indy 300 will be the 14th race in the 14-race 2006 season on the IndyCar Series circuit. Raced at ChicagoLand Speedway in Joliet, Illinois, the race will be carried live on ABC at 1:30 p.m. (EDT) on Sunday, August 27th. Additional coverage will be available on IMS Radio, XM Satellite Radio Channel 145 “IndyCar Racing” and www.indycar.com.

About Sarah Fisher:

At just 25 years old, she has already competed in five Indianapolis 500’s and been voted the Most Popular Driver four times in two separate series.

In 2005, she was part of NASCAR’s Drive for Diversity program, piloting the No. 20 Chevrolet Monte Carlo for the Bill McAnally Racing/Richard Childress Racing Development Program in the NASCAR Grand National Division, West Series, and capturing four top-ten finishes. Fisher made her first appearance in the IndyCar Series back in 1999 for Derrick Walker, making her the youngest person ever to pass the IndyCar Series Rookie test. In 2000, she became just the third woman and one of the youngest drivers ever to compete in the world's greatest race – the Indianapolis 500. Sarah continued to make history that year at Kentucky Speedway, becoming the youngest person to lead laps during an IndyCar Series event and the youngest woman to ever stand on a podium with her third-place finish in that event.

In 2001, Sarah claimed a second-place finish at the IndyCar Series inaugural race at Homestead Miami Speedway, the best result ever by a woman in Indy-style racing. In 2002, Sarah became the first woman to ever qualify fastest for a major North American open-wheel event capturing the pole and setting a new track record at Kentucky Speedway. Fisher raced quarter-midgets and go-karts until she was a teenager, winning the 1991,

1993 & 1994 World Karting Association Grand National Championships, the 1993 Circleville Points Championship and the 1994 WKA Grand National Championship. By age 15, Sarah was racing Winged Outlaw Sprint cars winning the 1995 Dirt Track Racing Round-Up Rookie of the Year. Sarah has been a guest or profiled on a variety of television programs including, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Live with Regis and Kelly, Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw, Good Morning America, and CBS This Morning. She has also appeared in the pages of People, Teen People, Cosmo Girl, Seventeen, Glamour, Mademoiselle, Sports Illustrated and many other magazines. Sarah currently resides in Indianapolis with her fiancé, Andy, and their chocolate lab, Wrigley. For more information, please visit Sarah Fisher on the World Wide Web, www.sarahfisher.com.

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