SAGE THE RAGE AT MILWAUKEE – KARAM SCORES FIRST WIN WITH DOMINANT
PERFORMANCE IN RAIN-DELAYED ROUND 4 OF THE 2011 STAR MAZDA CHAMPIONSHIP

Milwaukee Mile / June 19, 2011 – Sage Karam, driving the #88 Andretti Autosport /
MAZDASPEED / Comfort Revolution Mazda, led 93 of 98 laps around the Milwaukee Mile to score his first victory of the season in Round 4 of the 2011 Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear. His previous best finish was 3rd in Round 3 in the Night Before the 500 at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis on May 28.

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-- SEEING YELLOW, AGAIN –

FOR THE SECOND OVAL IN A ROW, NICK ANDRIES AND CONNOR DE PHILLIPPI MAKE IT A TEAM PELFREY FRONT ROW FOR STAR MAZDA ROUND 4 AT MILWAUKEE

The Milwaukee Mile (June 18, 2011) – It was in the opposite order last time, but for the second oval in a row, Team Pelfrey made it an all-Pelfrey front row for the start of tomorrow's Round 4 of the 2011 Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear. In today's qualifying, Florida racer Nick Andries -- who finished 2nd in Round 3 at the Night
Before the 500 and turned the quickest time in practice yesterday -- put his #81 Team Pelfrey / Lithionics Battery / GS610 Brake Fluid / Trademark Garage Floors Mazda on the pole with a 27.269 (133.998 mph), just 2/100ths of a second off the official Star Mazda track record at Milwaukee, a 27.249 set by Adrian Carrio in 2006.

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CONNOR DE PHILLIPPI QUICKEST IN FINAL STAR MAZDA PRACTICE SESSION AT THE
MILWAUKEE MILE – SINGLE-CAR QUALIFYING BEGINS AT 3PM TODAY

The Milwaukee Mile (June 18, 2011) – Connor De Phillippi, winner of two Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear races so far this season – including the Night Before the 500 at the Lucas Oil Raceway oval on May 28 – has set the quick time in the final practice session before this afternoon's single car-qualifying. His lap of
27.331 (131.719 mph) in the Team Pelfrey / Justice Brothers Products / Trademark
Garage Floors Mazda put him just 33/100ths of a second ahead of Sage Karam, who did a lap of 27.364 (131.560 mph) in the #88 Andretti Autosport / MAZDASPEED / Comfort Revolution Mazda.

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NICK ANDRIES TOPS FIRST OFFICIAL PRACTICE OF WEEKEND AT MILWAUKEE MILE

The Milwaukee Mile (June 17, 2011) – After setting the fifth fastest time in Thursday’s unofficial test session, Nick Andries, of St. Petersburg, Florida, made some overnight adjustments and posted the fastest time in the first official practice session on the Milwaukee Mile for Round Four of the Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear.  Driving the #81 Team Pelfrey / Lithionics Battery / Trademark Garage Floors Mazda, Andries posted a time of 27.574 to earn the top spot in the lone session of the day as part of the IZOD IndyCar Series Milwaukee 225 race weekend.

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SAGE KARAM QUICKEST IN THURSDAY STAR MAZDA PRACTICE AT MILWAUKEE

The Milwaukee Mile (June 16, 2011) – Sage Karam, the 2010 USF2000 champion and Mazda Road to Indy scholarship driver now competing in the 2011 Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear, made his first foray to the top of the time sheet this season, setting the fastest time in Thursday testing at the Milwaukee Mile.

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-- STAR MAZDA'S RISING STARS SET TO MIX IT UP AT MILWAUKEE –

For Round 4 of the 2011 season is the second of three ovals in a row for and with the top-2 drivers just one championship point apart, it promises to be a wheel-to-wheel battle from start to finish

The Milwaukee Mile (June 13, 2011) – With just one point separating the top two contenders – and twelve other young hotshoes from around the world within one-race striking distance of turning the points battle on its head – Round 4 of the 2011 Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear at the Milwaukee Mile, June 17-19, is shaping up to be a wheel-to-wheel battle with both dominance and redemption on the
line.

The Star Mazda Championship last visited the Milwaukee Mile in 2009, with that race won by Norwegian racer Anders 'the Viking' Krohn (left); he is currently racing in the Indy Lights series and, returning to a track where he has already shown he can win, will be a force to be reckoned with this weekend. None of the current crop of Star Mazda's rising stars have raced here before, but there are indicators of who to watch.

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