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Kowalska Signs with Andersen Racing
For Three Star Mazda Races in Aug.
 
PALMETTO, Fla., Aug. 2 - Andersen Racing will enter a car for Poland's 
Natalia Kowalska in the next three races of the Star Mazda Championship presented by 
Goodyear, team co-owner Dan Andersen said today.
 
The events will be held Aug. 9 at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis.; Aug. 17 
in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, and Aug. 23 at Mosport International Raceway in 
Bowmanville, Ontario. 
 
Kowalska competed in three other Star Mazda races this year with another 
team.  Her best finish to date is a 12th-place finish at Watkins Glen, N.Y. She is 
not competing for the overall championship this year.
 
"We're delighted to add Natalia to our strong roster of drivers," said 
Andersen.  "Based on her background and what she has shown, we believe we can help 
her achieve great results this season."
 
Kowalska's addition brings the team back to a four-car effort in the Star 
Mazda series.  Its other female driver, Juliana Gonzalez, departed due to 
financial difficulties.  A fifth driver, Finland's Valle Makela, also plans to compete
 in three Star Mazda races later this year with the Palmetto, Fla.-based 
team. 
 
Half of the top-six positions in the current point standings are held by 
Andersen Racing drivers.  Charles Hall is second, just five points out of the 
lead. Tom Gladdis, who won one of the events last weekend in Portland, is fifth 
and Peter Dempsey is sixth. All are rookies in the series.
 
Kowalska, 18, competed in selected rounds of the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern 
European Cup and Formula Renault 2.0 EuroCup last year. She excelled in 
karting, earning the Polish Karting Championship in both the ICA 100 and ICA 100 
National categories in 2005. A resident of Biesiekierz, West Pomeranian 
Voivodeship, Poland_, she is sponsored by Natan Developers.  More details on her 
racing accomplishments can be found on her Web site at kowalskanatalia.pl.
 
Andersen Racing offers a unique, three-step program in its efforts to provide 
the best training an up-and-coming formula car driver can receive anywhere.  
Its F2000 Championship Series team is competing at Road America this weekend, 
while its Firestone Indy Lights team will be in action at Kentucky Speedway 
next Friday and Saturday. The team, which is sponsored by Allied Building 
Products Corp., is the official development team of IndyCar's Rahal Letterman Racing.
 
For more information, see the team's Web sites at andersenracingteam.com and 
andersenracepark.com.  The Star Mazda series' Web site is at starmazda.com.
 
About Allied Building Products Corp.: 
 
Allied Building Products Corp., headquartered in East Rutherford, N.J., is 
one of the largest roofing and siding distributors in the United States. Founded 
in 1950 with five employees and two trucks, today it is a $1.8 billion 
building material distribution company with over 3,500 employees, more than 200 
branches in 30 states, well over one million square feet of office and warehouse 
space, and an inventory of approximately 85,000 products, from residential 
roofing and siding to doors, windows, waterproofing, manufactured stone, interior 
products and commercial roofing systems. For more information see 
alliedbuilding.com. 
 
About Andersen Racing: 
 
Andersen Racing strives to provide the best and most comprehensive training 
possible for future open-wheel superstars while giving its marketing partners 
media exposure and hospitality opportunities at some of the most prestigious 
events in North America. It provides a unique, three-step program utilizing 
multiple entries in three different series: the F2000 Championship (webcast), Star 
Mazda (televised on SPEED) and Firestone Indy Lights (televised on ESPN2). In 
2008 it will field multiple entries in 42 races in 19 states and provinces at 
some of the best facilities on the continent, including the famed 
Indianapolis Motor Speedway. 
 
Andersen Racing's principals, brother Dan and John Andersen, have extensive 
experience in series administration as well as team management. They've worked 
with many of today's top open-wheel stars, including several Indy 500 winners. 
 
Andersen Racing is sponsored by Allied Building Products Corp. It is the 
official development team of Rahal Letterman Racing, which competes in the IndyCar 
Series.  In addition, its F2000 team is also the official factory team of Van 
Diemen. The team is headquartered at Andersen RacePark, an 18-acre facility 
in Palmetto, Fla. that includes a 1-mile test track. For more information see 
andersenracingteam.com and andersenracepark.com.