VAUTIER VITESSE - FRENCH RACER TRISTAN VAUTIER DOMINATES STAR MAZDA PRE-SEASON TESTING AT INDYCAR SPRING TRAINING AT BARBER MOTORSPORTS PARK

Barber Motorsports Park / Birmingham, AL / March 16, 2011 – Coming out on top in a three- way battle for the quick time on the final day's time sheet, French racer Tristan Vautier put in a flier that was 6/10ths quicker than anything he had done before and made him the first Star Mazda Championship driver to turn a lap in 'the .19s' at Barber Motorsports Park. Then two, laps later, he found another 2/10ths, finally recording the fastest time of 1:19.399 (104.283 mph) in his #5 JDC Motorsports / Cecibon / Circuit du Laquais Mazda.

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FRENCH RACER TRISTAN VAUTIER SHOWS STRENGTH EARLY WITH FASTEST TIME IN DAYS 1 & 2 OF THREE-DAY STAR MAZDA CHAMPIONSHIP TEST AT INDYCAR SPRING TRAINING

Barber Motorsports Park / Birmingham, AL / March 15, 2011 – After an all-night rainstorm that thoroughly scoured the 17-turn, 2.38-mile Barber Motorsports Park track, it was again French racer Tristan Vautier who set the pace in Day 2 of Star Mazda Championship testing at IndyCar 'spring training,' - first on the wet track of the morning session and later on the dry and fast track that saw lap times dropping like a stone throughout the rest of the day.

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FRENCH RACER TRISTAN VAUTIER QUICKEST ON DAY ONE OF STAR MAZDA CHAMPIONSHIP PRE-SEASON TESTING AT INDYCAR 'SPRING TRAINING' AT BARBER MOTORSPORTS PARK

Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham AL / March 14, 2011 – French racer Tristan Vautier, who scored two wins and finished 5th in the 2010 Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear, set the pace in the first day of pre-season testing for the 2011 Star Mazda Championship at the IndyCar 'Spring Training' event at Barber Motorsports Park today.

Driving the #5 JDC Motorsports / Cecibon / Circuit du Laquais Mazda, Vautier turned a lap of 1:20.831 (102.436 mph) on Lap 29 of the 45 minute morning session. This is the first time the Star Mazda Championship cars have run on the 17-turn, 2.38-mile Barber Motorsports Park track, so his time stands – until tomorrow morning – as the unofficial lap record (official lap records in Star Mazda are recorded only in qualifying or the race).

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