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Karam Leads All the Way in Saturday's
USF2000 Race at Road America

ELKHART LAKE, Wis., Aug. 21 - Polesitter and point leader Sage Karam of
Nazareth, Pa. led all 11 laps to post his sixth victory of the year in the
"Cooper Tires Presents the USF2000 National Championship Powered by Mazda"
Saturday at Road America, the first half of a series doubleheader that is part of
the Time Warner Road Race Showcase.

The non-stop event almost had an Andretti Autosport one-two finish. Zach
Veach of Stockdale, Ohio started third but got second at the start and held
that position until the last lap, when JDC MotorSports' Mikhail Goikhberg of
St. Petersburg, Russia powered by him in Turn 5 and relegated Veach to third
place.

Karam's No. 8 Van Diemen Mazda, which is sponsored by the Michael Fux
Foundation, Comfort Revolution, Bell Helmets, Alpine Stars, Walters Web and
artrotundo.com, was a whopping 9.652 seconds ahead of Goikhberg's No. 10 Van
Diemen Mazda at the checkered. Veach, who is sponsored by ADS, Retail Pro and
Secure IT, was 0.952 of a second behind Goikhberg at the line.

Both Karam and Veach are 15 years old and neither hold state driving
licenses. Karam will go back to Nazareth High School on Monday, while Veach's
2010-2011 OHDela on-line school year starts on Aug. 31.

Finishing fourth was Dublin, Ireland's Patrick McKenna, who drives the
white No. 2 for Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing with sponsorship from
Motorsport Ireland and Willsborough Transport. Raphael Abbate of Sao Paulo,
Brazil rounded out the top five in the JDC MotorSports No. 11, which is
sponsored by Avery Dennison and Alphacolor.

The best battle of the event was between Javier Barrales of Concepcion,
Chile and Pabst Racing Services' Tonis Kasemets of Mundelein, Ill. Barrales
eventually won that tussle to finish sixth in the Fuerza Chile
Motorsports/Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing No. 18. He also won the $200 Tilton
Hard Charger award, as he started ninth.

David Cheng of Sammamish, Wash., who drives for Z Sports Midwest, and Felix
Serralles of Ponce, Puerto Rico, whose car is prepared by Liberty
Motorsports, finished eighth and ninth, respectively. Z Sports Midwest's Scott
Anderson of Fort Collins, Colo., rounded out the top 10 and also won the Staubli
award, which is awarded to a random finisher.

J.R. Smart of Fitchburg, Wis. was the National class winner for Pabst
Racing Services and Smart Motors over AcceleRace Motorsports' Ardie Greenamyer of
Louisville, Ky. Martin Suncio of Concepcion, Chile, who drives for Cape
Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing/Fuerza Chile Motorsports, dropped out
early, as did Liberty Motorsports' Matthew Powers of Danville, Calif.

PFC gift certificates went to the class-winning teams, Andretti Autosport
($100) and Pabst Racing Services ($50).

Karam had a 1.689-second lead by the end of lap one and he stretched it
throughout the event. He set the fastest lap of the race on lap five with a
2:11.466 (110.848 miles per hour), so he earned another Cooper Tires "Don't
Give Up a Thing" pole for Sunday's race, which starts at 8:45 a.m. Central
time. Live timing and scoring is planned for USF2000.com. Goikhberg will be
beside him in Row 1, while McKenna and Veach will share Row 2.

Karam won the Cooper Tires pole for Saturday's race with a time of 2:10.765
(111.443 mph), an automatic track record.

Karam now has 252 points to McKenna's 216 in the Championship class point
standings, while Goikhberg is third with 157. Abbate is fourth with 147 and
Veach rounds out the top five with 123. At stake is a year-end scholarship
from Mazda valued at $350,000 to help the champion advance to the Star Mazda
series next year.

Greenamyer leads the National class point standings with 150 points to
Smart's 102.

Andretti Autosport leads Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing in the
team standings, 247 to 195.

The complete point standings and other information is available on the
series' Web site at USF2000.com.

Martin Sala was treated and released from Aurora Health Center in Plymouth,
Wis. on Friday after he suffered a fracture to his right foot in a
single-car crash during the morning practice session. He got out of his JDC
MotorSports/Aero Gal/Lubricantes Gulf No. 19 under his own power and also walked
into the immediate care facility himself, but X-rays showed a fracture and he
was fitted with a removable boot for protection. He will follow up with his
own doctor in Bogota, Columbia next week.

Post-race quotes follow:

Sage Karam: "The Andretti Autosport boys put together a masterpiece. I got
a good start and then we went into cruise control mode and I_just tried to
save my Cooper tires. The crew got a little mad at me because they wanted me
to slow down, but I had a good rhythm going and it was hard to slow down.

"I want to thank everybody, especially the Michael Fux Foundation, Comfort
Revolution, Michael Andretti, Mazda, Cooper Tires, the Road to Indy program
and VisitFlorida.com."

Mikhail Goikhberg: "This track is awesome! JDC_MotorSports gave me a great
car.

"We had a little miscue on the radio and I_missed the green completely. I
thought everybody was going to get penalized for jumping the start except
me, but then I discovered that was not the case and I got going."

Zach Veach: "My tires went away the last couple of laps. We have some
changes to make for Sunday's race, but it was a good result and I want to thank
Andretti Autosport, Mazda, Cooper Tires and my sponsors:_ ADS, Retail Pro
and Secure IT."

J.R. Smart: "I want to thank Cooper Tires, Mazda, Pabst Racing Services,
Smart Motors and my mentor, Tonis Kasemets."



About Mazda:

On any given weekend there are more Mazdas on the road courses of America
than any other brand of vehicle. MX-5 Miata, RX-8, MAZDA3, MAZDA6, RX-7 and
other vintage Mazda models are all popular race cars because every Mazda has
the soul of a sports car. In fact, the largest road-racing class in the
world is Spec Miata. With more than 2,500 first- and second-generation Miatas
tearing up America's racetracks, it the most-raced production car in the
world. Mazda's involvement in motorsports extends to its relationship with one
of the world's premier road courses, Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Salinas,
Calif., and the Skip Barber Schools for driving and racing.

Celebrating its 40th anniversary in the United States in 2010, Mazda North
American Operations is headquartered in Irvine, Calif. It oversees the
sales, marketing, parts business and customer service of Mazda vehicles in the
United States, Canada and Mexico through nearly 900 dealers. Operations in
Canada are managed by Mazda Canada, Inc., located in Ontario. Operations in
Mexico are managed by Mazda Motor de Mexico in Mexico City.

For more information see MazdaUSA.com.

About Cooper Tire & Rubber Company:

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company is a global company that specializes in the
design, manufacture, marketing and sales of passenger car and light truck
tires and subsidiaries that specialize in medium truck, motorcycle and racing
tires. With headquarters in Findlay, Ohio, Cooper Tire has manufacturing,
sales, distribution, technical and design facilities within its family of
companies located in 10 countries around the world.

For more information visit Cooper Tire's Web site at coopertire.com.

About the Cooper Tires Presents the USF2000 National Championship
Powered by Mazda:

Many top drivers in the IZOD IndyCar Series and endurance sports car racing
honed their skills in F2000, and the Cooper Tires Presents the USF2000
National Championship Powered by Mazda is an important training ground for
rising stars.

Debuting in 2010, it is the revival of the very popular USF2000 series of
1990 through 2006. Sanctioned by the Indy Racing League, it is the first
step on its Road to Indy ladder system, preceding Star Mazda and Firestone Indy
Lights.

It is also part of the prestigious MAZDASPEED Motorsports driver
development program. The top driver in the series' Championship class earns a
scholarship package from Mazda valued at $350,000 to help him or her advance to Star
Mazda the following season.

USF2000 races are contested on road courses, street courses and ovals in
order to give the series' drivers experience on all the different types of
tracks they will face as they proceed up the ladder.

For more information visit USF2000.com.