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First Oval, First Checkered for McKenna
As He Wins Round 3 of USF2000 Championship
At 'Night Before the 500' Show at ORP

INDIANAPOLIS, May 29 - Ireland's Patrick McKenna has never even sat in the
grandstands at an oval-track race, but that didn't keep him from winning
Round 3 of the USF2000 National Championship Saturday night on O'Reilly Raceway
Park's 0.686-mile oval. The event was the first race in the NOS Energy
Drink "Night Before the 500" presented by the Comfort Suites of Brownsburg. It
was also the first of two oval races for the series, which is presented by
Cooper Tires and powered by Mazda.

The quick learner from Dublin won the Cooper Tires "Don't Give Up a Thing"
pole award by going just 0.043 of a second faster in time trials than Sage
Karam did. Karam got the jump at the start and led the first 29 laps,
although McKenna was always within striking distance of Karam's Andretti Autosport
No. 8. After McKenna made numerous unsuccessful attempts to pass Karam on
the inside, the driver from Nazareth, Pa. made a slight bobble in Turn 4 and
McKenna was able to get around him in Turn 1.

Karam's car, which is sponsored by the Michael Fux Foundation and Comfort
Revolution, developed an understeer after that and McKenna enjoyed a 7.377
seconds margin of victory over Karam with his winning No. 2, which is fielded
by Cape Motorsports by Wayne Taylor Racing and sponsored by Motorsport
Ireland and Willsborough Transport. Karam led the most laps in the 50-lap event,
earning an extra point in the fight for the title in the Championship class
of the series, which is part of both the Indy Racing League's Road to Indy
ladder system and the MAZDASPEED Motorsports driver development program.

Mikhail Goikhberg of St. Petersburg, Russia started fifth in the JDC
MotorSports No. 10 but passed Zach Veach of Stockdale, Ohio for third between
Turns 1 and 2 with 28 laps complete to nail down the final podium position. His
pass occurred two laps after the lone restart on the race on lap 26, which
was necessary due to a full-course caution with 19 laps down when Joe Tovo
of Glen Ellyn, Ill. and Josh Fielding of Chesterfield, England tangled.
Luckily both drivers climbed out of their cockpits unharmed. Tovo, who is
sponsored by a local company, Phoenix International, was leading the National class
at the time, and has always wanted to drive in this event after attending
it for years with his father.

In the end the top honors in the National class went to Ardie Greenamyer of
AcceleRace Motorsports, who lives in Louisville, Ky. and is sponsored by
Bidazzled.com, Sabelt and Sube Sorts.

The complete order of finish was McKenna, Karam, Goikhberg, Veach, Martin
Scuncio, Terrick Mansur, Javier Barrales, Raphael Abbate, Greenamyer, Tovo
and Fielding.

The drivers' top two laps were combined for time trials, giving McKenna a
new track record for that format with a time of 44.466 seconds. Goikhberg
set the fastest lap of the race, 22.381 seconds (110.344 miles per hour),
which didn't break Bryan Sellers' mark of 21.016 seconds for that category.

The Tilton Hard Charger award went to Goikhberg, while Mansur earned an
award from Staubli. PFC gave gift certificates to the car owners of the class
winners, Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing and AcceleRace
Motorsports.

The USF2000 National Championship will race again June 19 on the 0.875-mile
trioval at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa. That show supports an IZOD
IndyCar Series headliner.

As for McKenna, he's going to attend his second oval-track race tomorrow,
the Indianapolis 500. He'll be a spectator for that one, but he'll be
introduced in IMS's victory lane around 11:15 a.m. to the crowd assembled for the
largest single-day sporting event in the world as the winner of tonight's
USF2000 race. He and all of the other USF2000 drivers are getting valuable
experience in the Road to Indy ladder system that was designed to groom them
for the IZOD IndyCar Series.

For more information see usf2000.com.

Post-race quotes follow:

Patrick McKenna: "Winning my first race on an oval is brilliant! I have
been staying in Indianapolis for about a month and I have a lot of friends
here tonight, so it was great. I knew it was going to be a really close race,
but Sage raced me fair, which I appreciate.

"After I got around Sage I was able to get a gap on him. When I was out in
front it was a dream, really.

"My Cooper tires were excellent. Cooper has a very good, conservative
oval-track tire for us. I wasn't worried about my tires at all.

"I really want to thank my team, Cape Motorsports, for giving me such a
good car, and my sponsors for allowing me to be here."

Sage Karam: "It was my first race on an oval, and the first three laps when
Patrick and I were running so close were the most fun I've had in my life.

"We raced clean. He was faster than me but I led the most laps, which gave
me one point.

"I had a little bobble in Turn 4 and got loose, and he used that
opportunity and got around me in Turn 1. My car developed a really bad understeer, but
the whole race was a lot of fun. I want to thank Mazda, Cooper Tires and
all my sponsors, as well as everyone at Andretti Autosport."

Mikhail Goikhberg: "I think I passed Zach between Turns 1 or 2. It was a
couple laps after the restart.

Ardie Greenamyer: "We were behind all weekend, and we made a change about a
half-hour before we came to the grid that worked out well.

"My Cooper tires were very consistent. If you have problems with your tires
in this series it's your set-up, not the tires, because Cooper has given us
very good tires."


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 Monterey,
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.