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Karam Does It Again on Sunday
In USF2000 Action at Road America

ELKHART LAKE, Wis., Aug. 22 - It was deja vu all over again Sunday at Road
America for Round 10 of the 12-race "Cooper Tires Presents the USF2000
National Championship Powered by Mazda," as the podium finishers were the same on
Sunday as they were for the first half of the doubleheader here on Saturday.

Andretti Autosport's Sage Karam led all 11 laps in Sunday's non-stop race
just as he did on Saturday to post his seventh victory of the year in the
series, which is part of both the Indy Racing League's Road to Indy ladder
system and the MAZDASPEED Motorsports driver development program.

This time the 15-year-old from Nazareth, Pa. had a 9.405-second advantage
over JDC MotorSports' Mikhail Goikhberg of St. Petersburg, Russia with his
red No. 8 Van Diemen Mazda, which is sponsored by the Michael Fux Foundation,
Comfort Revolution, Bell Helmets, Alpine Stars, Walters Web and
artrotundo.com.

Andretti Autosports' Zach Veach of Stockdale, Ohio finished third, 5.756
seconds behind Goikhberg, with his No. 7 sponsored by ADS, Retail Pro and
Secure IT.

Patrick McKenna of Dublin, Ireland, who drives for Cape Motorsports with
Wayne Taylor Racing, started third and vaulted into second on the first lap.
He held that position until lap six when he spun in Turn 6. McKenna, who is
sponsored by Motorsport Ireland and Willsborough Transport, regrouped to
place seventh at the checkered.

Javier Barrales of Concepcion, Chile, who drives for Cape Motorsports with
Wayne Taylor Racing and Fuerza Chile Motorsports, started sixth but passed
both Veach and Raphael Abbate at the start to move into fourth place. Veach
got around him on lap three, but Barrales' hopes for a top-five finish were
dashed when his car ended up in a tire wall off Turn 10 of the 4.048-mile,
14-turn road course with five lap down. He emerged unscathed and the accident
did not require a full-course caution.

In the end fourth place went to veteran Tonis Kasemets of Mundelein, Ill.,
who drives for Pabst Racing Services. Rounding out the top five for the se
cond time in less than 24 hours was Abbate, a driver from Sao Paulo, Brazil
who drives a Van Diemen Mazda fielded by JDC MotorSports and sponsored by
Avery Dennison and Alphacolor.

Although the field got strung out, McKenna and Matthew Powers of Danville,
Calif. had a stirring battle for sixth at the end. Powers had that spot with
15 minutes gone but McKenna passed him on lap nine, right before Scott
Andersen of Fort Collins, Colo. pulled off the track near Turn 13 with a broken
suspension piece in his Z Sports Midwest No. 21. Powers got McKenna back on
lap 10 and went on to finish sixth one lap later in his Liberty Motorsports
No. 41 sponsored by the Ghilotti Brothers. Powers started 13th, and his
drive earned him the $200 Tilton Hard Charger award.

McKenna ended up seventh, with Liberty Motorsports' Felix Serralles of
Ponce, Puerto Rico in eighth place in a Liberty Motorsports car sponsored by SS
Discount Tire of Haines City, Fla. Martin Scuncio of Concepcion, Chile, who
drives for Fuerza Chile Motorsports/Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor
Racing, placed ninth. Rounding out the top 10 was David Cheng of Sammamish,
Wash., who drives for Z Sports Midwest. Cheng won the $200 Staubli award,
which is given randomly.

J.R. Smart of Fitchburg, Wis. placed 11th overall and won the National
class again on Sunday for Pabst Racing Services with his Smart Motors Van Diemen
Ford. Ardie Greenamyer of Louisville, Ky. was right behind him to place
second in that class for AcceleRace Motorsports and his sponsors:
Bidazzled.com, Sabelt, Sube Sports, ChaseCam, MemeTech and NEXAIRA.

The class-winning teams, Andretti Autosport and Pabst Racing Services,
received PFC gift certificates of $100 and $50, respectively, as part of their
winnings.

The two fastest laps on Sunday were both set on lap 11 when Karam was timed
in 2:10.654 (111.529 miles per hour) and Goikhberg ran a 2:11.062 (111.190
mph). Karam's time was a new track record, as it was 0.812 of a second
faster than his fastest lap on Saturday.

The championship will go down to the last event of the season, a
doubleheader at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Ga. Sept. 30-Oct. 1. Karam goes into that
event with 285 points to McKenna's 230. Goikhberg is still third with 182
points. Abbate is fourth with 164 and Veach rounds out the top five with 145
points. 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 168 points to
Smart's 124.

Andretti Autosport continues to lead the team point standings with 284
points, but JDC MotorSports moves into second in those standings with 216 points
to Cape Motorsports' 203.

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

Post-race quotes follow:

Sage Karam: "Andretti Autosport is an awesome team. I want to thank
everybody, especially Michael Andretti, the Michael Fux Foundation, Comfort
Revolution, Mazda, Cooper Tires and the Road to Indy program. I also want to thank
Steve Knapp of Elite Engines for giving us such a reliable Mazda engine.

"We started out on old tires and the car got loose on me. But it was
hooked up and it stuck to the ground. I can't thank Andretti Autosport enough."

Mikhail Goikhberg: "Just like yesterday we had a little mistake at the
start, but hopefully we can learn from that. Today I went a little early so I
had to slow down, and I lost my momentum. It took me awhile to get around
McKenna because of it, but he spun in Turn 6.

"We moved up in the points on McKenna, so that's good. I want to thank my
team, JDC MotorSports."

Zach Veach: "I can't thank Andretti Autosport enough. We did a one-day
test before we came here and it really helped. I also want to thank Mazda,
Cooper Tires and my sponsors: ADS, Retail Pro and Secure IT.

"My car had an understeer, but we didn't want to go to the bar too soon.
That's what we did yesterday, and we burned up the tires. We were on used
tires today, and we just tried to make it to the end."

J.R. Smart: "I want to thank Cooper Tires, Mazda, Pabst Racing Services,
Smart Motors, the Road to Indy and my mentor, Tonis Kasemets, for his support
and tutelage.

"I think the track conditions were a little slicker today than they were
yesterday. I used my bar to improve the way I was getting through the
Carousel, and that helped. The team helped me keep my head down and focused on
going full-speed ahead, and it paid off with the National class win."



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.