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Andersen Racing's Vilarinho Qualifies 15th
For Mid-Ohio Firestone Indy Lights Race

LEXINGTON, Ohio, Aug. 7 - Giancarlo Vilarinho of Sao Paulo, Brazil will
start 15th in his first Firestone Indy Lights race Sunday at 12:45 p.m. at the
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. He qualified in that position Saturday morning
in the Andersen Racing No. 4 with a time of 1:18.0560 and an average speed
of 104.141 miles per hour for the 2.258-mile, 13-turn road course.

Vilarinho finished second in the Formula BMW USA series in 2009, winning
seven of 14 races. He competed in two Formula BMW races at Mid-Ohio two years
ago, finishing third and fourth. He drove a Firestone Indy Lights car for
the first time earlier this week at a test at Putnam Park in Mount Meridian,
Ind., where the temperatures were in the nineties. The temperature during
qualifying Saturday morning at Mid-Ohio was 77 degrees Fahrenheit with a
track temperature of 109, according to Firestone officials.

Vilarinho's times have improved with each session here at Mid-Ohio, but
it's a steep learning curve to adapt to a car that is much heavier than
anything else he has raced. As the rules stipulate, his fastest lap in qualifying
was thrown out because he caused a full-course yellow during the session
when he spun trying to find the fastest way around the very challenging course.

Vilarinho's driver coach here is Mario Romancini, who won two Firestone
Indy Lights races and finished sixth in the point standings last year while
driving for Andersen Racing. He has moved up to the IZOD IndyCar series this
year with Conquest Racing and he was the highest-finishing rookie at this
year's Indy 500, but unfortunately he is not competing in Sunday's IndyCar race
at Mid-Ohio due to a lack of sponsorship. He hopes to secure additional
funding so he can return to the IZOD IndyCar Series for the last four oval
races of the year.

Although Vilarinho and Romancini are both from Sao Paulo, they didn't know
each other well before working together here at Mid-Ohio.

Live video streaming and audio commentary of Sunday's 40-lap Firestone Indy
Lights race is scheduled to start at 12:30 p.m. EDT on indycar.com, which
will also offer live timing and scoring. A warm-up session at 8:35 a.m.
precedes the race.

Vilarinho is also scheduled to compete with Andersen Racing at the next
Firestone Indy Lights race, the Carneros 100 at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma,
Calif., Aug. 22.

For more information on Andersen Racing, which is sponsored by Allied
Building Products Corp., see andersenracing.com. Allied is entertaining
approximately 25 guests at the races here this weekend.

The weekend's stats so far:

Practice 1 (Friday, 3 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.):
1. James Hinchcliffe, 1:14.2333, 109.503 mph, lap 20 of 20
15. Giancarlo Vilarinho, 1:19.5476, 102.188 mph, lap 19 of 20

Practice 2 (Saturday, 8 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.):
1. James Hinchcliffe, 1:15.4348, 107.759 mph, lap 13 of 14
14. Giancarlo Vilarinho, 1:18.3129, 103.799 mph, lap 22 of 24

Qualifying (Saturday, 11:35 a.m. to 12:20 p.m.):
1. Martin Plowman, 1:12.8624, 111.564 mph, lap 23 of 23
15. Giancarlo Vilarinho, 1:18.0560, 104.141 mph, lap 16 of 16



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 program utilizing multiple
entries in three different platforms: karting, Star Mazda and Firestone
Indy Lights.

A sister company, Andersen Promotions, administers the USF2000 National
Championship presented by Cooper Tires and powered by Mazda. It is part of
both the Indy Racing League's Road to Indy program and the MAZDASPEED
Motorsports driver development system.

Andersen Racing is sponsored by Allied Building Products Corp. The team is
headquartered at Andersen RacePark, an 18-acre facility in Palmetto, Fla.
that includes a 1-mile road course test track. For more information see
andersenracing.com, andersenkarting.com, andersenracepark.com and usf2000.com.