For more information:
Linda Mansfield, Restart Communications
Cell: (317) 201-0729
E-mail: LindaKMansfield@cs.com
 
 
 
New Foschi University Apparel 
Makes Some Kind of Statement;
All Profits Will Support Not-for-Profit
Sam Schmidt Paralysis Foundation
 
SHERIDAN, Ill., Jan. 25 - Some of America's most famous race car drivers 
are graduates of Foschi University.
 
Now they - and everybody else - can show their "school spirit" while 
helping the not-for-profit Sam Schmidt Paralysis Foundation by purchasing a brand 
new line of Foschi University apparel at a special Web site at foschiu.com.
 
Mike Foschi, who along with Dan Andersen founded and owned the predecessor 
to the USF2000 National Championship from 1991 to 2001, has teased, insulted 
and generally shown no regard whatsoever for some of today's top drivers 
while they were in their formative years racing F2000 cars.  As they went 
through what he likes to call the "School of Hard Knocks" and progressed to 
higher levels of the sport, they continued to find him if not endearing, at 
least always amusing.
 
In that spirit Foschi worked with ZAT Graphics to produce custom-made 
Foschi University apparel that is now available to the public.  The initial line 
consists of T-shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies and caps ranging in price from 
$17.50 to $45.00.
 
All the profits from every Foschi University sale are donated to the 
not-for-profit Sam Schmidt Paralysis Foundation, the brainchild of former USF2000 
and IndyCar driver Sam Schmidt, who has a real diploma from Pepperdine 
University in addition to his paperless degree from Foschi University.
 
When asked what he was getting out of this expansion into the world of high 
fashion, Foschi said, "I ain't keepin' crap.  Every bit over the cost of 
the apparel and shipping goes to help Sam's foundation.
 
"Our apparel will give everyone who sees it a quick lesson in one of Foschi 
U's most popular subjects - reading between the lines," he added. "To the 
'uneducated' it is just another college shirt, but you know better. You're 
making a statement, and at the same time helping out a great charity."
 
Early market research has shown that one of the most popular items is a 
sweatshirt sporting the line, "I got my B.S. degree from Foschi University." 
 
Insiders know that doesn't stand for Bachelor of Science.
 
Foschi University apparel is sure to be the hottest fashion trend this year 
on the circuit of the newly revitalized USF2000 National Championship, a 
12-race series that is sanctioned by the Indy Racing League, presented by 
Cooper Racing Tires and powered by Mazda.
 
To order online, see foschiu.com. For more information contact Chuck 
Lessick of ZAT Graphics, which is the only authorized distributor of Foschi 
University products, by writing to that company at P.O. Box 788, Sheridan, Ill. 
60551; calling (815) 495-9623, or e-mailing info@zatgraphics.com.
 
Plus sizes are not a problem.
 
Foschi University has retained the motorsports public relations firm 
Restart Communications to handle its media relations, including the scheduling of 
interviews and red-carpet appearances.  Its president is a FU alumna too.