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Andersen Racing's Vassmer and Goring Post Top-10 Finishes
For Andersen Racing in Star Mazda Season Opener at Sebring

SEBRING, Fla., March 16 - Ricardo Vassmer and Jonathan Goring finished
seventh and tenth, respectively, to lead the Andersen Racing contingent in a short
and wet season opener for the Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear
Friday at Sebring International Raceway.

All five Andersen Racing cars finished the race, which started 77 minutes
late due to heavy rain and consisted of about three green-flag laps due to more
rain and one big crash. There were about 5 minutes of green-flag racing for
what was originally scheduled to be a 45-minute race.

Luckily none of the Andersen cars were involved in the crash, and when the
checkered flew with eight laps down all five cars fielded by the Fairfield,
N.J.-based team were able to take the checkered. Following Vassmer and Goring
were Phil Saville in 14th; Michael Fitzgerald in 21st and Jonny Baker in 23rd
place out of the 32 entries.

The first two laps were run under a full-course yellow. When the green did
fly Gerry Kraut, Dan Weyland and John Strickler crashed on the frontstretch to
bring out the yellow again. Dan DiLeo passed Vassmer for fourth before that
occurred, however, and Goring had already moved up one spot from 14th to 13th.

The green waved again with six laps down. There was some jockeying for
position at the front at the end, but unfortunately Vassmer went from fifth to
seventh on the last lap when he ran over a big puddle and did a 360-degree spin.

Goring drove a smart race. Despite the adverse conditions he stayed out of
trouble and was rewarded by advancing four positions from his starting spot for
his efforts.

James Davison got his photo taken on the top step of the podium but he was
later penalized two positions for passing under a yellow flag. That gave the
victory to Marco DiLeo with his brother, Dan, in second place. Davison was
placed in third. Polesitter Dane Cameron ended up fourth. Lorenzo Mandarino, Cole
Morgan, Vassmer, Charles Anti, Nick Haye and Goring rounded out the top 10 on
the provisional race results sheet.

Andersen Racing's Web site is at andersenracingteam.com. The series' Web
site is at starmazda.com. The race will be televised on SPEED on a date that
will be announced on the latter.

The next Star Mazda races are April 22 in Houston, Texas and April 28 in
Alton, Va.

Quotes follow:

Ricardo Vassmer (Caracas, Venezuela; sponsors include PDVSA, Zoom, Meridiano
Television and Citgo): "It was a weird race. I think I had the fastest car,
but I couldn't see anything, especially in Turn 1 and 17.

"This was only my second race in the wet.

"I was doing well until the last lap. I had a good run coming out of 16 and
I was holding off the guys behind me, but then I ran through a big puddle.
When I hit the brakes, I did a 360-spin under the bridge, and that's how Lorenzo
Mandarino and Cole Morgan got by me and I went from fifth to seventh.

Jonathan Goring (Norfolk, Conn.; sponsors include the Skip Barber Racing
School, Alfas Unlimited and NPA Graphics): "I'm pretty happy with a top-10 for my
first Star Mazda race. I think I drove a smart race. I didn't want to start
the season with a DNF. Consistency wins championships.

"The visibility wasn't as horrible as I've experienced, but pretty close to
it. The car was great; I'm looking forward to the next race."

Phil Saville (Oak Brook, Ill.; sponsors include New York Jewelers of Chicago,
NVG Residential, Mac Marketing & Advertising Corp. and Chicago Indoor
Racing): "The car was good. The team did a nice job on the set-up; the car was
excellent in the rain.

"The race was way too short; there weren't enough green laps. There wasn't
much time to act.

"The visibility was really bad. I wasn't close to the big crash. I did go
off once in Turn 13 and watched about five cars go by me. That wasn't good. I
went through the water and grass and got back on the track.

"On the second green-flag lap a piece flew off my car too; it was the cover
that goes over the front suspension. That was interesting.

"I'm going to do the VIR race; I'm looking forward to that."

Michael Fitzgerald (Newtown Square, Pa.; sponsors include Blaser Swisslube,
Star CNC Machine Tools, LNS America, Lynex, Penske Racing Shocks and Fitze
Engineers): "I had a lot of fun. I've raced in the rain before, but not in
conditions like that. There's a painted white stripe on the frontstretch, and when
you crossed it you automatically got wheel spin.

"I couldn't see anything when I came upon the wreck, and I hit a nose box
that was in the middle of the track. It didn't really hurt me though because we
weren't going that fast. It's a shame that they flew the checkered so early;
I was having fun.

"The team is great. You can't go wrong with Andersen Racing!"

Jonny Baker (Farnham Common, Buckinghamshire, England): "I'm going to forget
this week; I'm very disappointed. For the straight to be the most dangerous
part of the track says a lot.

"I have some positives to take out of the week though. I ran some fast laps
in practice. I mostly kept out of trouble. I'm just a bit rusty.

"I spun around once in the race but I didn't hit anything. I just need more
laps in this kind of car. The VIR test we have coming up will be a big blast."