THE CONSISTENT ENGLISHMAN -- ADAM CHRISTODOULOU WINS ROUND ONE OF THE 2009 STAR MAZDA CHAMPIONSHIP AT SEBRING

Sebring (March 20, 2009) – A trio of European rookies took the top three spots in this afternoon's Round One of the 2009 Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear at the 57th Annual 12 Hours of Sebring. Adam Christodoulou, the Formula Renault racer from Milton Keynes, England, started from the outside of the front row and drove twenty flawless laps to victory at the wheel of the #11 JDC Motorsports Mazda. Finishing second by a margin of 0.504 sec. was fellow Englishman and long-time rival, pole-sitter Richard Kent of Birmingham, driving the #33 Andersen Racing / Traka / Allied Interior Products Mazda. Rounding out the top-3 was Conor Daly, son of racing legend Derek Daly, a former F1 and Indy car racer as well as two-time winner of the 12 Hours of Sebring. Daly, the 2008 Skip Barber Pro Series champion, is racing the #22 Andersen Racing / College Network / Indeck / Cytomax Mazda with sponsorship from the MAZDASPEED Motorsports Driver Development Ladder.

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PROVING HIS PACE – RICHARD KENT ON POLE FOR ROUND ONE OF STAR MAZDA CHAMPIONSHIP AT 12 HOURS OF SEBRING

Sebring (March 19, 2009) – Proving that his pace in testing earlier in the week was a true measure of his capabilities, Englishman Richard Kent put the #33 Andersen Racing / Traka / Allied Interior Products Mazda on the pole for tomorrow's Round One of the 2009 Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear. His time of 2:00.286 was well shy of the unofficial track record he set in testing earlier in the week, but still put him well clear of Adam Christodoulou, who will share the front-row for tomorrow's standing start thanks to a lap of 2:00.426 in the #11 JDC Motorsports Mazda.

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ONE SMALL STEP TOWARD TRADITION – CONOR DALY TOPS THE TIME SHEETS IN FIRST OFFICIAL PRACTICE FOR STAR MAZDA 2009 SEASON-OPENER AT SEBRING

Sebring (March 18, 2009) – Conor Daly, son of racing legend and two-time 12 Hours of Sebring winner Derek Daly took one small step toward tradition today, posting the fastest time in the first official practice session for Round One of the 2009 Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear.

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RICHARD KENT TOPS THE TIME SHEETS AS THE STAR MAZDA CHAMPIONSHIP WRAPS UP TWO DAYS OF TESTING AT SEBRING PRIOR TO THE 2009 SEASON OPENER

With the start of the 2009 season just three days away, the Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear wrapped up two days of final testing on Tuesday. With 28 cars taking to the track during four one-hour sessions spread over two days, English Rookie Richard Kent topped the time sheets with a lap of 1:58.989 on lap 11, a new unofficial track record, in the #33 Andersen Racing / Traka / Allied Interior Products Mazda. Star Mazda Championship series rules require official track records to be set during qualifying or the race. The official record of 1:59.986 is held by 2007 series champion Dane Cameron.

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