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Andersen Racing's Jorda Takes First Laps
At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 15 - Andersen Racing's Carmen Jorda took her first
lap at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Friday and then completed 44 more
circuits of the world-famous speedway during a test session in preparation
for Firestone Indy Lights' biggest race of the year, the Firestone Freedom
100 here on Miller Lite Carb Day, Friday, May 28.

Jorda, who is from Alcoy, Spain and Miami, will turn 22 the same day.

The 40-lap race on the 2.5-mile oval will be the rookie's first oval-track
race. She drives the Andersen Racing No. 4, which is sponsored by ASAP
Sports, NTGS.es, iHOLA!, Air Europa, pepetravel.com and Allied Building Products
Corp.

Jorda ended up 13th-fastest for the day during Friday's test. Her best lap
occurred on lap 8, when she stopped the clocks after only 47.8441 seconds
had elapsed for an average speed of 188.111 miles per hour. That was only
0.6028 of a second slower than the fastest lap of the day, which occurred when
Gustavo Yacaman was running in a multi-car draft. Jorda's best lap
occurred when she was in a one-car draft with Dan Clarke.

In the recent past most rookies got their first look at the Indianapolis
Motor Speedway while aboard a bus on the Hall of Fame Museum tour, but that
has all changed with the availability of video track simulation programs.
Jorda prepared for Friday's test by practicing on one of those systems and by
conferring with four-time Indy 500 winner Rick Mears, one of the series'
driver coaches and consultants.

"Before the test I didn't want to think about all the history here and the
fact that this is my first oval race," Jorda said. "For me, the simulator
was more difficult. After I practiced on it, today actually racing on the
track was easier. After a couple of laps, I felt good.

"I had to get used to running with a pack of cars and on an oval without
much banking," she added. "I focused on trying to be consistent. An oval is
all new to me, but I like it. I think it's going to be a good race."

After the test was over Jorda was able to appreciate the accomplishment of
being one of only a handful of women who have driven a race car at speed at
the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. "The Indy 500 is a wonderful event," she
said. "For years I watched it on video at my home in Spain."

Jorda is scheduled to appear on Don Kay's Internet show on Tuesday, May 25.
It will be broadcast live from McGilvery's Pub and Eatery, 3009 North High
School Road, Indianapolis. The program can be heard around the world
starting at 7 p.m. Eastern time on Autosportradio.com.

Jorda will sign autographs on Legends Row at the Indianapolis Motor
Speedway from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Community Day, Wednesday, May 26.

Then it's back to business. Two 45-minute practice sessions at 9 a.m. and
11:45 a.m. on Thursday, May 27 are slated before time trials are held at 3
p.m. that afternoon. On Friday, May 28 the pre-race activities begin at 12:15
p.m. and the race will start at 12:30 p.m.

Previous winners of the race are Ed Carpenter, Thiago Medeiros, Jaime
Camara, Wade Cunningham (a two-time winner who is also entered in this year's
race), Alex Lloyd and Dillon Battistini. Cunningham holds the series' track
qualifying lap record here with a time of 47.2549 (109.456 mph) set last year,
although Bobby Wilson ran a faster lap during the 2008 race with a time of
47.0189 (191.412 mph).

Andersen Racing's Web site is at andersenracingteam.com. More information
on Jorda is available on line at carmenjorda.com.

The series' Web site is at indycar.com. It features live timing and
scoring and video coverage of all the Firestone Indy Lights races.

Andersen Racing, which is sponsored by Allied Building Products Corp.,
competes in karting, Star Mazda and Firestone Indy Lights. A sister company,
Andersen Promotions, administers the newly revived USF2000 National
Championship, which is presented by Cooper Tires and powered by Mazda. That series will
be in action during the Night Before the 500 show at O'Reilly Raceway Park
in Indianapolis on Saturday, May 29.


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
andersenracingteam.com, andersenkarting.com, andersenracepark.com and usf2000.com.