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Scarallo's bio is posted on
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Scarallo Is Following In His Hero's Tire Tracks

SMITHTOWN, N.Y., March 22 - It's a safe bet that there will be plenty of fans
in the grandstands at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Saturday who used to cheer
for Emerson Fittipaldi and followed his every move on the racetrack.

Indy Pro Series rookie Joey Scarallo can relate. Scarallo, of Smithtown,
N.Y., has always been a big Emmo fan, and now he's getting the chance to follow in
his hero's tire tracks.

Scarallo and Andrew Prendeville of Morristown, N.J. are entered in Saturday's
Indy Pro Series season opener at the Homestead, Fla. track. They'll both
drive cars fielded by RLR/Andersen Racing. Andersen Racing, of Fairfield, N.J.,
is the official Indy Pro Series development team of Rahal Letterman Racing.

Scarallo, who was born in Adelaide, Australia but raised on Long Island, will
be in car No. 15, which advertises GroupAWheels.com, a leading source for
high-performance wheels, tires and suspension components.

When he's not racing Scarallo is the manager of Autotrend Tire & Wheel
Company Inc., his family's wheel importing business, in Lindenhurst, N.Y.

Wheels have a lot to do with our story.

"My two favorite drivers have always been Darrell Waltrip and Emerson
Fittipaldi," related Scarallo, who is returning to open-wheel racing after several
years successfully competing in the American GT Challenge and Trans-Am series.

"I have tapes of the Indy 500 dating back from the early eighties. I used to
come home from school and just watch those tapes, and I just got to be a big
Emerson Fittipaldi fan. I was so happy when he won the 500 in 1989.

"Then in 1990 I got to go to the Indy 500 for the first time," he continued.
"I was 10. My father's company was the biggest distributor of Fittipaldi
wheels, so we went as a guest of Roger Penske," he recalled. "We sat on the
frontstretch going into Turn 1. Emmo sat on the pole, but he blistered his tires
and Arie Luyendyk ended up winning the race.

"Right around then I decided that racing is what I wanted to do with my
life," he said.

Later that year Scarallo even got to meet Fittipaldi. "He was at Moroso
[Motorsports Park in Jupiter, Fla.] giving people hot laps in a pace car,"
Scarallo remembered. "We all went to lunch, and I got to sit beside Emmo. It was
cool. If he is at Homestead for our races in March, it would be so cool."

Now that weekend is here, and Scarallo hopes to have a good showing for Emmo
and everyone else who may be watching.

Scarallo passed his Indy Pro Series test at Homestead in January and he
tested his Indy Pro Series car there in February.

He certainly hopes Saturday's Indy Pro Series season opener goes better than
the last time he raced at Homestead, which was for a Formula Ford 2000
doubleheader in 1998.

"I got crashed from behind at the start of the first race, and then I got
crashed on the first lap on the backstretch during the second race," he related.
"I really hope things go better this weekend."

He doesn't have long to wait. Practice starts at 11 a.m. Friday, with
qualifying at 7:50 that night. The 67-lap/100-mile race, which was won by current
RLR driver Jeff Simmons last year, is set to get the green flag at 12:30 p.m.
Eastern on Saturday. It is slated to be broadcast on Wednesday, March 28 at 5
p.m. Eastern on ESPN2.

Scarallo's team, Andersen Racing, is committed to offering a program that
gives up-and-coming drivers the proper training to reach open-wheel racing's
major leagues. It fields multiple cars in the Hankook Tires F2000 Championship,
the Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear and the Indy Pro Series.
More information on the team, including Scarallo's racing bio, is available on
its Web site at andersenracingteam.com.