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Scott Dixon Wins in Edmonton

DISAPPOINTING END OF DAY FOR FAZZT AT EDMONTON INDY

TAGLIANI HONDA INDY EDMONTON RACE RESULTS
TAGLIANI STARTING POSITION: 19th
TAGLIANI POSITION AT FINISH: 23rd, contact
TAGLIANI LAPS COMPLETED: 52/95

HONDA INDY EDMONTON PODIUM
1st Scott Dixon, Target Chip Ganassi, 95 laps
2nd, Will Power, Team Penske 95 laps; 2.6688-second gap
3rd, Dario Franchitti, Target Chip Ganassi; 95 laps; 3.2831-second gap

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (July 25, 2010) - It was disappointing end to the 2010 edition of the Honda Indy Edmonton for the FAZZT Race Team driver Alex Tagliani who started the race from a 19th grid position on home soil and had made up six positions by the halfway point of the race. Following a caution period, Tagliani saw an opening on the lap 52 restart to make a pass on Andretti Autosport's Tony Kanaan in Turn 1 of the 3.154 -kilometer temporary airport circuit. Contact between the two competitors following the overtaking maneuver quickly brought the race to an end for the no.77 Bowers & Wilkins Hot Wheels machine when secondary contact with Mario Romancini caused damage the Fazzt car's front left suspension.

"It was an unfortunate incident for the no.77 Bowers & Wilkins Hot Wheels car," said Tagliani who was credited with a 23rd place finish. "Our first stint was a good one. We went long saving fuel and doing the best thing with what we had. I think we could have finished in the top ten but it was just an unfortunate incident in Turn 1 that ended progress. We made up six positions and the Fazzt guys did a really good job. Our strategy was good, our car was better than it had been so I think a top-ten finish was in our reach."

"I think Turn 1 was the best place to pass. I got an opportunity and I took it," added Tagliani about the on track incident that ended his day. "I think Tony (Kanaan) braked on the inside of Turn 1 and left the rubber line wide open. When I exited Turn 1, I felt like I left him a lot of room and stayed close to the wall. Then I felt a touch from behind on the right rear, got spun around, and then got hit on the left side. I'm disappointed. The whole Fazzt team is disappointed. This isn't the way we wanted things to go here in Canada. We had a realistic expectation coming in but didn't leave with the results we had hoped for. This teams works hard and we'll regroup and look to do better at the next few races."

In a controversial end of race, Scott Dixon won Round 11 of the IZOD IndyCar race held Sunday at the Edmonton City Center Airport circuit. The win by the Chip Ganassi Racing driver ended a Will Power two-race win streak. The Team Penske driver, who won back-to-back races at Watkins Glen and Toronto last week, was the Edmonton Indy race-defending champion. Starting from the pole, Power dominated the race for the first 77 of the 95-lap event before being overtaken by his teammate Helio Castroneves on lap 78. With two laps to go following a full course yellow, race officials penalized Castroneves on the restart for blocking his teammate Power. Even though the Brazilian driver crossed the finish line first, he was pushed back to 10th place with the penalty assessed. Dario Franchitti finished third ahead of Ryan Briscoe and Ryan Hunter-Reay. Paul Tracy of Toronto finished sixth after starting 15th on the grid.

CHALLENGING QUALIFYING RESULT FOR FAZZT AT EDMONTON INDY

Driver:
ALEX TAGLIANI
Entry:
No 77 Bowers & Wilkins Hot Wheels FAZZT Race Team Dallara/Honda/Firestone
Event:
3rd IRL sanctioned Honda Indy Edmonton - 95 laps/ 299.659 kilometers
6th Indy Edmonton since its launch in 2005 (with Champ Car)
Track:
Edmonton City Center Airport circuit, Alberta - 3.154 km temporary street course
Event Dates:
Race on Sunday July 25 at 5:55 p.m. ET, live on TSN & VERSUS starting at 5:00 p.m.
Live Timing & Scoring and Video is available at www.indycar.com
Race:
11 of 17

TAGLIANI SATURDAY QUALIFYING RESULTS
TAGLIANI POSITION: 19th
TAGLIANI BEST TIME & SPEED: 62.5240 seconds - Average speed of 182.823 km/h

HONDA INDY EDMONTON FRONT ROW LINE-UP
1st Will Power, Team Penske; 60.7126 seconds (188.991 km/h)
2nd Ryan Briscoe, Team Penske; 60.7890 seconds (188.040 km/h)

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (July 24, 2010) - It turned out to be difficult day at the Honda Indy Edmonton for the FAZZT Race Team driver Alex Tagliani who qualified 10th in his group session and will start the race from a 19th starting position on the grid in Sunday's race on home soil. The team has been working to find a set up that would work on the bumpy 3.154 -kilometer temporary airport circuit but wasn't able to improve past their competitive group session after posting a time 1 minute 02.6257 seconds for an average speed of 182.6605 km/h aboard the no.77 Bowers & Wilkins Hot Wheels machine.

"It wasn't so much that the group one draw was so competitive it's that we just weren't competitive like we should be. It's no secret that we've been struggling to find a set up all weekend. We're a bit lost at the moment with a car that has a lot of understeer, is very nervous with some push. I just feels really unstable and just doesn't have any bit even with the Firestone red tires on. The way the car feels on the track, I would have been very surprised if we had made it out of our group to battle for the Firestone Fast 6. We're not going to give up. The Fazzt guys will keep working to find something to make the no.77 Bower & Wilkins Hot Wheels car better and we'll also try to be creative with our strategy for the race. Until that checkered flag drops we're going to fight."

Team Penske paced the Firestone Fast 6 qualifying with Will Power earning his sixth pole of the 2010 IZOD IndyCar season with a time of 1 minute 0.7126 seconds Helio Castroneves will start next to his Penske teammate after qualifying with a time of 1 minute 0.7890 seconds (188.04058 km/hr). Target Chip Ganassi teammates Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti will make up the second row on the grid for the start of the Honda Indy Edmonton while Penske's third driver Ryan Briscoe and KV Racing Technology driver E.J.Viso round out the Firestone Fast Six group. Fellow Canadian Paul Tracy make his start in his KV Racing machine in 15th place.

Round 11 of the 2010 IZOD IndyCar schedule is an 95-lap, 299.659-kilometer event that will be broadcasted live this Sunday July 25 on TSN and VERSUS starting at 5:00 p.m. E.T. Live Timing and Scoring as well as video coverage of all practice sessions, qualifying, and the race are available at www.indycar.com.

Previous Winners in Edmonton
Defending Edmonton pole and race winner Will Power returns to the site of his first IZOD IndyCar Series win as the series point leader on the strength of four wins in six road/street course starts. Scott Dixon won the inaugural race in 2008 en route to the IZOD IndyCar Series title. The one former Edmonton winner under Champ Car/CART sanctioning is Justin Wilson (2006). The only driver entered who won a pole at Edmonton under Champ Car/CART sanctioning is Will Power (2007). Six drivers entered in the event will make their first starts on the Edmonton circuit; Bertrand Baguette, Simona De Silvestro, Milka Duno, Alex Lloyd, Mario Romancini and Takuma Sato

July 25, 2010 Schedule
- Sunday Warm-Up: 12:00 - 12:30 p.m. ET
- Sunday Race: 95 laps for 299.659-km with the green flag at 5:55 p.m. ET

Following a race contact, Alex Tagliani ends up 17th in Toronto

TAGLIANI HONDA INDY TORONTO RACE RESULTS
TAGLIANI STARTING POSITION: 9th
TAGLIANI POSITION AT FINISH: 17th
TAGLIANI LAPS COMPLETED: 84 of 85

HONDA INDY TORONTO PODIUM
1st Will Power, Team Penske; 85 laps
2nd Dario Franchitti, Chip Ganassi Racing; 85 laps; 1.2757-second gap
3rd Ryan Hunter-Reay, Andretti Autosport; 85 laps; 1.7605-second gap

Toronto, July 18, 2010 - In an action packed race interrupted by six full course cautions caused by several race contacts, including the last one involving Canadian Alex Tagliani and South African Tomas Scheckter on lap 74 of 85 of the Honda Indy Toronto held Sunday, Will Power scored his fourth win of the season to increase his lead in the IZOD IndyCar Series championship. Starting from ninth on the grid, Tagliani kept the pace of the leaders throughout the event running often in the top 10, and was up to seventh place when his Bowers & Wilkins Hot Wheels Dallara was harpooned by Scheckter who was trying to move past him as they both entered turn one of the Toronto 2,816-kilometer street course. When the officials finally pulled Tagliani's car from the tire wall, he drove back to the pits where his FAZZT Race Team crew changed to nose cone section. He returned to the track one lap down to finish 17th overall.

"We didn't have the fastest car today but we kept on passing cars on the track," Tagliani said after the race. "The FAZZT team could have probably picked up a fine sixth place had it not been for that deplorable contact with Scheckter (Tomas). He used my car to make the corner. He isn't in the championship race and not fighting for points. That's not the way to behave. Aside from that incident, I must say that my guys worked hard and we were in top ten most of the weekend. We will regroup and try again in Edmonton. I'm happy to have another chance to show off the Hot Wheels car and look for at least one strong finish in Canada."

Power's win was his eighth in the series and Roger Penske's 150th victory in open wheel racing. The Australian crossed the finish line 1.2757 seconds ahead of Chip Ganassi's Dario Franchitti. Ryan Hunter-Reay drove his Andretti Autosport entry to third place. Power took the final lead of the race following the fifth restart of the race on lap 72 by moving past polesitter Justin Wilson who had led the race twice for 32 laps. Wilson, who had a dominant car, spun his car a few corners later to drop to 14th overall. He managed to regroup by passing seven cars in the final 13 laps to finish seventh. There were six lead changes among five drivers. Twelve of the 26 starters finished on the lead lap, and seven retired from the race.

Point Standings
Following his win in Toronto, Team Penske driver Will Power increased its lead in the championship standings. He now totals 377 points, with Dario Franchitti 42 points back in second place. Scott Dixon is still third with 299, seven more than Ryan Briscoe. Tagliani is still in 14th place with 182 points.

The 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series will be moving West across Canada this week for the July 23-25 Honda Indy Edmonton, Round 11 of the 2010 schedule.

Justin Wilson Wins the Honda Indy Toronto Pole

Alex Tagliani Will Start from the Inside of Row 5 in Toronto

Driver:
ALEX TAGLIANI
Entry:
No 77 Bowers & Wilkins Hot Wheels FAZZT Race Team Dallara/Honda/Firestone
Event:
2nd IndyCar Honda Indy Toronto - 85 laps/239.389 kilometers
24th Indy Toronto since its launch in 1986 with a one-year off in 2008
Track:
Streets of Toronto ON - 2.816-km street course
Event Dates:
Race on Sunday July 18 at 12:30 p.m. ET, live on TSN2 & ABC
Live Timing & Scoring and Video is available at www.indycar.com
Race:
10 of 17

TAGLIANI SATURDAY QUALIFYING RESULTS
TAGLIANI POSITION: 9th
TAGLIANI BEST TIME & SPEED: 60.9996 seconds - Average speed of 166.686 km/h

HONDA INDY TORONTO FRONT ROW LINE-UP
1st Justin Wilson, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing; 60.2710 seconds (168.702 km/h)
2nd Will Power, Team Penske; 60.4563 seconds (168.184 km/h)

Toronto, July 17, 2010 - Alex Tagliani was ninth quickest in Saturday's qualifying for Sunday's IndyCar Series second running of the Honda Indy Toronto. The Canadian driver was fifth fastest in the opening round of the second group to qualify and move on to the following session involving the 12 fastest of the 26-car field. In that second round, the No.77 Bowers & Wilkins Hot Wheels entry posted its best lap of the weekend lapping the 2.816-kilometer street course in 60.9996 seconds for an average speed of 166.686 km/h. Unfortunately for the FAZZT driver, his lap time was 15 hundredths of a second short of making the Firestone Fast 6. Tagliani will start the Honda Indy Toronto from the inside of row 5 in ninth spot.

"We missed by just a little bit on set up and the car is just not quite where we wanted it to be," Tagliani said. "We were missing some grip, and just two tenths of a second is enough to miss the Firestone Fast 6. It's unfortunate and really disappointing. I would have loved to have crack that top 6 because we are in Canada, but I have to remember not to put so much pressure on our shoulders and just look at the bright side. We're starting in the top-9 and up there with the best teams. So for a first year team we're really doing well and I have a lot of faith in my Fazzt team and engineers to find something to make the car faster for the race. We're all really looking forward to Sunday and ready to put on a show for our Canadian fans."

Dreyer & Reinbold Racing driver Justin Wilson broke a string of nine consecutive Penske Racing drivers' poles by winning the Honda Indy Toronto top starting position on Saturday. With a blazing record lap time of 60.2710 seconds posted in the Firestone Fast 6 qualifying session, the British driver won his first-ever IndyCar Series pole in 43 starts. The 6-foot, 3-inch tall driver edged Team Penske driver Will Power (60.4563 seconds) by a little more than 185 thousandths of a second to give his team its second IndyCar pole, its first since 2002. It is also Wilson's second Toronto pole having earned one in Champ Car in 2006. The second row will be shared by Helio Castroneves (60.8158 s), and Ryan Hunter-Reay (60.8397 sec), and defending race winner Dario Franchitti and Scott Dixon will fill row three.

Round 10 of the 2010 IZOD IndyCar schedule is an 85-lap, 239.389-kilometer event that will be broadcasted live this Sunday, July 18 on TSN2 and ABC starting at 12:30 p.m. ET. Live Timing and Scoring as well as video coverage of Sunday's warm-up and race are available at www.indycar.com.

Previous Winners in Toronto
Nine of the 26 drivers entered in the event have previously competed at Toronto in CART or Champ Car-sanctioned events. Paul Tracy, with two wins and pole, leads the pack with 16 starts, Alex Tagliani is second with seven, and Dario Franchitti, two poles and a win, comes in third place with six. Justin Wilson, with a pole and a win, is next with five, followed by a pair of Brazilians, Helio Castroneves, and Tony Kanaan who has a win, with four starts each. Scott Dixon, Ryan Hunter-Reay and Will Power, winner in 2007, with two starts each round up the list.

July 18, 2010 Schedule
- Sunday Warm-Up: 8:35 - 9:05 a.m. ET
- Sunday Race: 85 laps for 239.389-km with the green flag at 12:30 p.m. ET

ALEX TAGLIANI FINISHES 17th AT WATKINS GLEN

Driver:
ALEX TAGLIANI
Entry:
No. 77 Bowers & Wilkins FAZZT Race Team Dallara/Honda/Firestone
Event:
6th Camping World Grand Prix at the Glen - 60 laps/328.32 kilometers
Track:
Watkins Glen International; Watkins Glen, NY - 5.472-km road course
Race:
9 of 17

TAGLIANI WATKINS GLEN RACE RESULTS
TAGLIANI STARTING POSITION: 19th
TAGLIANI POSITION AT FINISH: 17th
TAGLIANI LAPS COMPLETED: 60 of 60

CAMPING WORLD GRAND PRIX AT THE GLEN PODIUM
1st Will Power, Team Penske; 60 laps
2nd Ryan Briscoe, Team Penske; 60 laps; 1.2181-second gap
3rd Dario Franchitti, Chip Ganassi Racing; 60 laps; 2.6754-second gap

Watkins Glen, New York, July 4, 2010 - Making his first race start from 19th position on the grid at the famed Watkins Glen International road course, FAZZT Race Team driver Alex Tagliani could not do much to improve his position during the race. Fuel strategy was the key in today's race. The team brought Alex in for his first stop on lap 5 in the hopes that an alternate strategy would play in their favor. The strategy appeared to benefit Alex when he moved to third place for the middle stint of the race due to the pit strategy the team employed with their early race stop. A yellow on lap 38 set the team up for their final stop on lap 41. The Canadian driver pitted in 13th position and exited in 15th but dropped to 18th at the races restart on lap 43. He regained one position in the final 17 laps to finish the race in 17th position in Sunday's Round 9 of the 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series

Will Power was dominant during the 6th running of the Camping World Grand Prix at the Glen, winning from the pole and leading the most laps to edge his Team Penske teammate Ryan Briscoe by 1.2181 seconds at the conclusion of the 60 laps/328.32 kilometers event. With his third win of the 2010 season, the Australian driver remains the only multi-time winner this year. Power also became the first driver to ever win from the pole at Watkins Glen in the IndyCar Series era, and the first Penske driver to win at the Glen since Rick Mears took the checkered flag for the Captain back in 1981 in the old CART Series. Dario Franchitti finished third in Sunday's race in his Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara, followed by Raphael Matos and Mario Moraes. Twenty-two of the 25 cars that started the race finished on the lead lap.

"Today was a tough day," said Tagliani. "We haven't had our best weekend and the entire FAZZT team were hoping that we could pull out a good result with race strategy but that just didn't happen. Rob (Edwards) and the guys tried to do their magic but when the yellow came out (on lap 38), we were just done. At that point, I just tried to keep out, gain some positions, and gain some points to help us improve in the Championship hunt. I'm looking forward to the next races in Canada and I know we will recover and come back strong in Toronto."

Rob Edwards, FAZZT Chief Operating Officer, on the Camping World Grand Prix Practice:
"This was not our best weekend this year. We tried something with the strategy and in the middle of the race it looked like it might yield something for us but the 2nd yellow of the race came on absolutely the worst lap for our strategy. After that it was just about running the race to the end and picking up what points we could."

Point Standings
Team Penske driver Will Power remains the leader with 327 points, with Dario Franchitti 32 points back in second place. Scott Dixon, who finished eighth, is now third with 287, seven more than Ryan Briscoe. Tagliani is currently in 14th place in the standings with 169 points.

The IZOD IndyCar Series will move north of the American border to Canada for the next two events starting with the Honda Indy Toronto, which takes place July 16-18, 2010, and the Honda Indy Edmonton the following weekend of July 23-25.

Alex Tagliani finishes 12th at the Iowa Corn Indy 250

Driver:
ALEX TAGLIANI
Entry:
No. 77 Bowers & Wilkins - Honda Indy Edmonton FAZZT Race Team
Car:
Dallara/Honda/Firestone
Event:
4th Iowa Corn Indy 250 - 250 laps/352.043 kilometers (218.75 miles)
Track:
Iowa Speedway; Newton, Iowa - 1.408-km (0.875-mile) oval
Race:
8 of 17

TAGLIANI IOWA RACE RESULTS
TAGLIANI STARTING POSITION: 6h
TAGLIANI POSITION AT FINISH: 12th
TAGLIANI LAPS COMPLETED: 248 of 250

IOWA CORN INDY 250 PODIUM:
1st Tony Kanaan, Andretti Autosport; 250 laps
2nd Helio Castroneves, Team Penske; 250 laps; -4.203-second gap
3rd EJ Viso, KV Racing Technology; 250 laps; -5.2538-second gap

Newton, Iowa, June 20, 2010 - FAZZT Race Team was hoping for a better outcome to close out the first oval track portion of the 2010 schedule, but Canadian driver Alex Tagliani wound up in 12th place, two laps behind race winner Tony Kanaan in round 8 of the IZOD IndyCar Series held Sunday on the 1.408-kilometer Iowa Speedway. Starting sixth, Tagliani maintained his position until lap 22 when he ran into back markers that sent him back five spots to 11th place. Then, with his car going away in heavy traffic on a short track, it became difficult to overcome the gap that separated him from the leaders.

Tony Kanaan returned to victory lane for the first time since May 28, 2008 in Richmond, Virginia when he edged then none other than his Brazilian fellow countryman Helio Castroneves, the same rival he beat to the wire again this Sunday at the Iowa Corn Indy 250. In a no holding back event where seven drivers exchanged the lead 16 times in the 250-lap, 352.043-kilometer race, Kanaan drove by Castroneves with 10 laps to go to beat the Penske driver by 4.203 seconds at the wire and give Andretti Autosport its second win of the year. Venezuelan EJ Viso finish third to record his best-ever IndyCar career finish. The biggest deception of the day was for Dario Franchitti who led the most laps in the race only to see a transmission gear issue end his day with less than 50 laps to go in the race.

"Well, it was exactly what I was mentioning yesterday that the biggest challenge in today's race was going to be getting the car consistent over the full run", Tagliani said after the race. "We started the race consistent but as the runs went on, the balance of the car went away and we picked up understeer. In the first stop, we made a tire pressure adjustment and it helped for a while but then the balance went away again. That was the biggest downfall of the whole race. So, we were continually chasing the car. This is a difficult track because as you try to adjust the balance you start to lose in other areas and you just keep dropping back. I do feel like we learned a little bit today about what the car needs, so we will take that information and put it in our file for next year. Now we will look forward to getting back on track at Watkins Glen."

Rob Edwards, FAZZT Chief Operating Officer, on the Iowa Corn Indy 250 Race:
"It was a long day but it was great that we got the race in today with the forecast having been at a 70% chance of rain. I was told before I came today that the fans come out in force for this event at Iowa and they definitely did. For ourselves, we learned a lot that will benefit us when we come back to Iowa next year and will also help for the remaining ovals this season. My message to Alex and the team before every race is to maximize their efforts and get as many points as we can and we got valuable points today for the championship. Now we're looking forward to getting back to the shop and getting to work on the cars for the upcoming road course portion of the season."

In the overall point standings, Will Power, who finished fifth today ahead of Scott Dixon, retakes first place with 274 points, 11 more than Dixon in second place. Dario Franchitti drops two spots to third overall with 260. Fourth place now belongs to Helio Castroneves, nine points back from Franchitti. Ryan Briscoe is fifth overall with 240 points, while Tagliani is now 13th with 156 points.

The IZOD IndyCar Series has just concluded a four oval race sequence that began on May 1st at Kansas Speedway. Teams and drivers will enjoy a 12-day break before beginning a series of five road and urban course races at Watkins Glen, New York the weekend of July 4.

Alex Tagliani will start the Iowa race from the third row

Driver:
ALEX TAGLIANI
Entry:
No. 77 Bowers & Wilkins FAZZT Race Team Dallara/Honda/Firestone
Event:
4th Iowa Corn Indy 250 - 250 laps/352.043 kilometers (218.75 miles)
Track:
Iowa Speedway; Newton, Iowa - 1.408-km (0.875-mile) oval
Event Dates:
Race Sunday, June 20 at 2:00 p.m. ET live on RDS & 11:00 p.m. ET on TSN 2
Live Timing & Scoring and Video is available at www.indycar.com
Race:
8 of 17

TAGLIANI 4-LAP QUALIFYING RESULTS
TAGLIANI POSITION: 6h
TAGLIANI TIME & SPEED: 1 m 11.1834 s - Average speed of 291.054 km/h
IOWA CORN INDY 250 FRONT ROW STARTING LINE-UP:
1st Will Power, Team Penske; 1 m 10.9925 s (291.834 km/h)
2nd Scott Dixon, Chip Ganassi Racing; 1 m 10.9945 s (291.825 lm/h)

Newton, Iowa, June 19, 2010 - The FAZZT Race Team rebounded in spectacular fashion during Saturday's IZOD IndyCar Series Round 8 qualifying session at Iowa Speedway when Alex Tagliani posted a four-lap average speed of 291.054 km/h good for sixth place on the grid for Sunday's race. The Canadian driver will start the 250-lap, 352.043 kilometers race from the outside of row three next to recent Indy 500 winner Dario Franchitti. With a combined four-lap time of 1 minute 11.1834 seconds, Tagliani was only three thousandths of a second from Franchitti's fifth place time and 0.1910 seconds from the pole. The first season FAZZT Race Team has qualified six times in the top 8 in its eight races so far this season.

Penske Team driver Will Power won his fourth pole of 2010, his first on an oval track this year, with a four-lap time of 1 minute 10,9925 seconds for a average speed of 291.834 km/h. He will lead the field alongside Scott Dixon from Chip Ganassi Racing who came within two thousandths of a second to score his third Iowa pole. Row two will be filled by Andretti Autosport driver Marco Andretti (1m 11.1230 s), and Penske driver Helio Castroneves (1m 11.1705 s).

"The team has shown their strength again today," said Tagliani. "I think our competitiveness on the ovals is a pleasant surprise for all of us. The only oval where we've had a problem was Texas and other than that we've been pretty consistent on our pace at the ovals. I keep repeating myself, but the quality of the program, the engineers, and the preparation by the crew are flawless. This weekend, we come to a track I've never been to before, and within two sessions we're on pace, and we have a good qualifying which is very impressive. From what the engineers have said, this track changes a bit and it gets harder each year to have more than one groove to race on. The race tomorrow will be about getting consistency in the car and doing full segments on the tires and keeping the balance of the car consistent. This is a short track and you have to run in the lower part of it to make it harder for your opponent to get by you, as they will have to take the outside line. So our hope for tomorrow is to be consistent over the whole segment and I think that will be the key to a good race."

Rob Edwards, FAZZT Chief Operating Officer, on the Iowa Corn Indy 250 Qualifying:
"We are very happy with our qualifying effort especially since the race at Texas didn't go as planned. The guys bounced back, Allen and the engineers did an excellent job preparing for Iowa, as did Alex. This is a rookie track for Alex and he did a great job in the two practice sessions learning this track, as it is a tricky place. Alex worked very methodically with his engineers and ended up with a good car. We're happy with where we've qualified and are looking forward to the race tomorrow."

Dario Franchitti is the defending race winner, winning two of three races in Iowa. In 2008, Dan Wheldon won the event while Franchitti was competing in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

Live Timing and Scoring as well as Video of the race are available at www.indycar.com.

Sunday June 20, 2010 Schedule
Sunday Warm-Up: 10:30 a.m. ET
Sunday Race: 250 laps for 352.043 km with the green flag at 2:30 p.m. ET

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Media contacts:
Jana Watt
FAZZT Race Team
(317) 709-3855
janaw@fazztraceteam.com

FAZZT Race Team News Bulletin from Texas Motor Speedway

Tagliani finishes 18th following a late race pit stop incident

Fort Worth, Texas - June 5, 2010 - FAZZT Race Team driver Alex Tagliani finished 18th overall in Saturday night's Round 7 of the IZOD IndyCar held under the spotlights at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth Texas. Starting from the 10th row after qualifying 20th on Friday, the Canadian driver led the field for 34 laps past mid-point of the race while he was running off sequence in the pit stop strategy. His penultimate pit stop was costly when a team member was involved in an incident while Tagliani's car was leaving the pits. Tagliani stopped but stalled the car when he became aware of the incident. A drive through penalty was issued for leaving the pit box with fuel hose engaged did not help his case. He finished three laps down.

Ryan Briscoe won the Firestone 550K, edging Danica Patrick at the end of a grueling 228-lap affair. Marco Andretti finished third, followed by Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti. Franchitti's fifth place was good enough though to give him the lead in the overall standings ahead of Will Power.

"We had a little issue in qualifying Friday and the guys worked on it last night and fixed the problem," Tagliani said. "Once I got out front, I had a great car and the Bowers and Wilkins #77 car was absolutely amazing. But, the racing is just so competitive that you just can't make it up when you start from the back."

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Media contacts:
Jana Watt
FAZZT Race Team
(317) 709-3855
janaw@fazztraceteam.com

Alex Tagliani Will Start from row 10 in Texas

Driver:
ALEX TAGLIANI
Entry:
No. 77 Bowers & Wilkins FAZZT Race Team Dallara/Honda/Firestone
Event:
21st Running of the Firestone 550K (228 laps)
Event Track:
Texas Motor Speedway; Fort Worth, Texas; 2.414 km banked oval
Event Date:
Race Saturday, June 5 at 8:00 p.m. ET on Versus and TSN 2
Live Timing & Scoring and Video is available at www.indycar.com
Race:
7 of 17

TAGLIANI 4-LAP QUALIFYING RESULTS
TAGLIANI POSITION: 20th
TAGLIANI TIME & SPEED: 1 m 38.5858 s - Average speed of 342.027 km/h
FIRESTONE 500K FRONT ROW STARTING LINE-UP:
1st Ryan Briscoe, Team Penske; 1 m 37.3275 s (346.447 km/h)
2nd Dario Franchitti, Chip Ganassi Racing; 1 m 37.3332 s (346.428 lm/h)

*Media Note: There will be one final practice held this evening from 8:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. ET

Fort Worth, Texas (June 4, 2010) - Alex Tagliani was unable to repeat the qualifying feats of his last two races in Kansas and Indianapolis, qualifying his FAZZT Race Team Dallara 20th overall in Friday's session held at the Texas Motor Speedway 2.414-kilometer banked oval. The Canadian driver will start Saturday night's Firestone 550k, a 228-lap race from the 10th row, next to Vitor Meira. Tagliani averaged 342.027 km/h during his four-lap qualifying run. His total lap time of 1 minute 38.5858 seconds was 1.2583 seconds off the pace of the polesitter.

Penske Racing's Ryan Briscoe captured the pole with a four-lap time of 1 m 37.3275 s at an average speed of 346.447 km/h. He will start next to Indy 500 winner Dario Franchitti. The Chip Ganassi Racing driver missed the pole by only five thousandths of second. Will Power and Scott Dixon will share row two.

"It's just a shame because I think the car is pretty good but somehow we can't find the speed," mentioned Tagliani. "We're going to keep looking until the warm up tonight (Friday) and see if we can find some speed. We didn't have it at all today and couldn't really draft or pass in practice this afternoon. In our qualifying, we were flat all the way around and that was all we had so that is disappointing. But we're going to continue to work hard and not throw in the towel. We will work tonight to sort some things out and see if we can improve the car and find extra speed. We'll look at everything and see if there is something little wrong that is just flying under the radar and if we can find it, then we should be alright in the race tomorrow."

In the morning practice, Scott Dixon was quickest with a lap time of 24.2066 seconds (348.240 km/h). Second fastest was Ryan Briscoe, followed by Will Power and EJ Viso. Dan Wheldon rounded out the top five. Tagliani was 12th fastest, two tenths of a second from the leader.

Rob Edwards, team Chief Operating Officer, on the Firestone 550K Qualifying:
"Today is obviously disappointing as this is not what we've been used to this year. Just like Barber where we didn't qualify well (21st), we are hoping to come back strong in the race. We'll make sure we stay out of trouble back there and try to move our way to the front."

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Top-10 Finish for Tagliani at the Indy 500

Event:
94th Running of the Indianapolis 500
Event Track:
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, 4.023-km (2.5-Mile) Oval
Race:
6 of 17

FAZZT RACE TEAM DRIVERS RESULTS AT THE INDY 500
ALEX TAGLIANI
ENTRY: No. 77 Bowers & Wilkins FAZZT Race Team Dallara
TAGLIANI STARTING POSITION: 5th
TAGLIANI POSITION AT FINISH: 10th
TAGLIANI LAPS COMPLETED: 200 of 200

BRUNO JUNQUEIRA
ENTRY: No. 33 Bowers & Wilkins/TorcUp Canada FAZZT Race Team Dallara
JUNQUEIRA STARTING POSITION: 25th
JUNQUEIRA POSITION AT FINISH: 32nd, contact
JUNQUEIRA LAPS COMPLETED: 7 of 200

INDY 500 RACE WINNER: DARIO FRANCHITTI (Chip Ganassi Racing)

Indianapolis, IN, May 30, 2010 - In a race that was played in the pit lane and where many on track incidents changed the course of the race, FAZZT Race Team driver Alex Tagliani stayed out of trouble to finish 10th in the Indy 500 race held Sunday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Starting from fifth on the grid, the Canadian driver ran in the top four in the first segment of the race. After the first stop, Tagliani was caught out high and dropped back in the field, but ran continually in the top 15 throughout the majority of the 200-lap race to finish 10th behind polesitter Helio Castroneves of Penske Racing, but ahead of Andretti Autosport driver Tony Kanaan who ran as high as second after starting 33rd.

Following a quiet month of May for Dario Franchitti, the driver from Scotland dominated the 94th edition of the Indy 500 moving past polesitter Helio Castroneves on the first lap to lead 155 laps on his way to his second Indy 500 win. The Chip Ganassi Racing Team driver crossed the finish line under a yellow caution flag caused by Mike Conway who ran over Ryan Hunter-Reay's car on the final lap of the race. Panther Racing driver Dan Wheldon finished second for a second-year in a row ahead of Alex Lloyd of Dale Coyne Racing and Scott Dixon, Franchitti's teammate. Danica Patrick came home in fifth place ahead of her Andretti Autosport teammate Marco Andretti. Justin Wilson, Helio Castroneves and Alex Tagliani round up the top 10. Fourteen of the 33 starters finished on the lead lap, and 13 drivers retired from the race.

"The team did a fantastic job and the Bowers and Wilkins car was quick, Tagliani said. "On one restart, I guess I turned it wrong and Saavedra (Sébastien) didn't give me a lot of room out there even though he was a lap down, and I got into the marbles and lost 10 positions. Once you're stuck back there and with the downforce level we were running it was very difficult to get back to the front. The team gave me a good car. We were hoping to win it, but we were pretty aggressive with our downforce levels if we wanted to stay up front. It just got too hard when we dropped back in the pack with our downforce to get back to the front. The team did a fantastic job all month long and I think we can leave this place with our heads high and go to Texas and score more points and move up in the championship board."

As for Tagliani's teammate, Brazilian Bruno Junqueira, he lost control of his No. 33 Bowers & Wilkins/TorcUp Canada FAZZT Race Team Dallara when the rear of the car got loose coming out of turn 2.

"I really don't know what happened as I was being very conservative," commented Junqueira. "I maybe came a little bit too high in Turn 2, I just don't know I lost the car. I really don't know because everything was feeling so good and it's just so disappointing."

Rob Edwards, General Manager, on the Indy 500:
"It's been a disappointing day from what we hoped and where we started. I don't know yet what happened with Bruno's car as I haven't had a chance to chat with him since I was calling Alex's race. Tag was strong early on and lost some ground early on in the restarts but the guys on the stand did a great job on the fuel mileage and figured out what we needed to do to get the #77 car home. We managed to salvage a top-ten out of it. It was disappointing on the day but when you look at the two weeks as a whole it's been an excellent effort from the whole team and we're happy with that and hopefully we'll stay up there in points and move on to Texas."

Drivers will only have 4 days off before Round 7. The IndyCar Series returns to action next Friday and Saturday, June 4-5, at the Texas Motor Speedway. To learn more FAZZT Race Team and Alex Tagliani, log on at www.fazztraceteam.com

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Tagliani will start from Row 2 at the Indianapolis 500

Driver:
ALEX TAGLIANI
Entry:
No. 77 Bowers & Wilkins FAZZT Race Team Dallara/Honda/Firestone
Event:
94th Running of the Indianapolis 500
Event Track:
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, 4.023-km (2.5-Mile) Oval
Event Dates:
Race, Sunday, May 30, 2010 1:00 p.m. ET - Pre-Race: 12:00 p.m. ABC & TSN
Final Practice May 28 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Race:
6 of 17

POLE DAY RESULTS
TAGLIANI POSITION: 5th
TAGLIANI TIME: 2 minutes, 39.0177 seconds for an average speed of 364.338 km/h
INDY 500 FRONT ROW STARTING LINE-UP:
1st Helio Castroneves, Team Penske; 2 m, 37.9154 seconds (366.883 km/h)
2nd Will Power, Team Penske; 2 m, 38.1876 seconds (366.250 lm/h)
3rd Dario Franchitti, Chip Ganassi Racing; 2 m, 38.5970 seconds (365.304 km/h)

Indianapolis, IN (May 22, 2010) - Penske Racing driver Helio Castroneves (366.883 km/h) will lead of the field of 33 drivers at the 94th running of the Indy 500 for the fourth time of his career on Sunday, May 30 ahead of teammate Will Power (366.250 lm/h) and Chip Ganassi Racing driver Dario Franchitti (365.304 km/h). But the biggest surprise of the month of May comes from Canadian driver Alex Tagliani who will start his second Indy 500 from the middle of row two, next to Team Penske driver Ryan Briscoe who was fourth quickest during the 90-minute Pole Day Fast 9 Shootout held late Saturday afternoon at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. On the outside of Row 2, next to the upstart FAZZT Race Team car will be Chip Ganassi driver Scott Dixon. Canadian driver Jacques Villeneuve won the 1995 Indy 500 from fifth place, while Scott Goodyear finished second from fifth in 1997.

During the 90-minute Shootout, the question was: could FAZZT Race Team driver Alex Tagliani do the magic once again following his first segment morning prowess where he was third overall? On his first attempt in the Shootout, Tagliani jumped to second place behind Helio Castroneves, but he was eventually overtaken by Will Power, Dario Franchitti and Ryan Briscoe to finish fifth overall with a combine lap time of 2 minutes, 39.0177 seconds for an average speed of 364.338 km/h. The FAZZT Racing Team is now playing with the Big Boys of the IndyCar establishment by splitting the second row.

First Segment Report
Fourth in line in the Qualifying Order following Friday night's blind draw, Tagliani drove his way into the Fast 9 Shootout early on Pole Day when he posted a four-lap time of 2 minutes, 39.0163 seconds that placed him atop the leader board ahead of Castroneves. However, the Team Penske driver decided at mid-afternoon to erase his time and have a go at the top pick for the pit stall on race day. According to the rules, pit box choice is awarded according to the first segment results. He succeeded in his attempt by bettering his time to 2 minutes, 38.7485 seconds to take first place. His teammate Will Power also decided to make an attempt for the top pick, but failed by 0.2539 seconds. However, he managed to squeeze ahead of the FAZZT Race Team driver by only 0.0139 second. All the while, Tagliani, now third, sat in his garage waiting for the Shootout that was to begin at 4:30 p.m.

"I'm so proud of this team," said Tagliani. "The group of engineers and the crew has just done a tremendous job on this Bowers and Wilkins car. We spent some time today on the front row and ended up fifth here and to have this result at Indianapolis is just amazing. To be able to fight with the Penske's and Ganassi's of the IZOD IndyCar Series and have the opportunity to battle against them is just a huge honor. I'm so proud to be the driver and the Bowers and Wilkins car is going to start fifth in the Indianapolis 500. That is just an amazing accomplishment for this team."

Rob Edwards, General Manager, on Qualifying:
"There is such a mix of emotions after sitting on the front row for three hours during the day but the big picture, for a new team to come here the first year and Qualifying in the middle of the second row and basically only be beat by Penske and Dario Franchitti from Ganassi is incredible. Really, the whole week has just gone fantastic. I'm just very proud today of the group of guys that we have built this team with and that are here at FAZZT. The achievements today are the achievements of every single person on this team."

In 2009, Tagliani made his 1st Indy 500 start. He started 33rd and finished 11th earning honors as the 2009 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year. During his career, the Canadian driver has made 32 oval starts with a best finish of 2nd at Twin Ring Motegi, Japan in 2002, and has scored 3 pole positions on oval tracks; Brazil in 2000; Fontana, California in 2001 and Milwaukee in 2003.

Tagliani third quickest in final practice for the Indianapolis 500

Driver:
ALEX TAGLIANI
Entry:
No. 77 Bowers & Wilkins FAZZT Race Team Dallara/Honda/Firestone
Event:
94th Running of the Indianapolis 500
Event Track:
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, 4.023-km (2.5-Mile) Oval
Event Dates:
Race, Sunday, May 30, 2010 1:00 p.m. ET - Pre-Race: 12:00 p.m. ABC & TSN
Qualifications May 22 & 23, 11:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. ET
Final Practice May 28 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Race:
6 of 17

FRIDAY PRACTICE RESULTS
TAGLIANI POSITION: 3rd
TAGLIANI TIME: 39,7960 seconds at 363.957 km/h
TAGLIANI LAPS: 21 laps
FAST DRIVER / TIME: Helio Castroneves, Team Penske; 39.7250 seconds at 364.609 km/h

Indianapolis, IN (May 21, 2010) - Canadian driver Alex Tagliani concluded in brilliant fashion his week-long free practice session leading to Saturday's Indy 500 Qualifying Pole Day by posting the third quickest laps of Day 7 of practice. Satisfied with the work done by Tagliani, the team ordered him back to the pits after he posted a lap time of 39.7960 seconds (363.957 km/h) around the 4.023-kilometer Indianapolis Motor Speedway. His lap time placed him then at the top of the leader board. Alex has run a total of 96 laps this month. He has been in the top-four speeds, three of the last four days.

However, with two hours still left in the session, a couple of drivers improved on their time to move past the FAZZT Race Team driver. Brazilian Helio Castroneves was quickest of the day for the fourth time this week with a lap time at 39.7250 seconds. The defending race champion and three-time Indy 500 race winner lapped the track at an average speed of 364,609 km/h. His Team Penske teammate Will Power was second fastest with a time of 39.7476 seconds, only seven hundredths of a second better than Tagliani. Scott Dixon was fourth ahead of Mario Moraes.

"I feel like I'm sounding like a broken record but it was another perfect day," mentioned Tagliani. "It's been a dream week so far. The B & W boys have done such a great job. Last night, I was in the garage by myself waiting for an interview and looking at the car, just going around and looking at every detail. I had to write my boys a note and tell them 'Thank you so much for building this baby' because just looking at the car leaves me speechless. I know that here, in this particular place where every tenth of a mile per hour counts and all the little bits and pieces on the car are so important so what we are doing here (being fast) is because of way the crew has built the car so I wanted to show them my appreciation. We know we have a chance to be in the fast nine tomorrow and if we have a clear run, we should be ok. Hopefully that is what happens in qualifying tomorrow and at the end of the day we'll see how far we can push the car to be on the front row and maybe even the pole."

Rob Edwards, General Manager, on today's practice:
"It has been another good day for the B & W team. Yet again, we had a good plan from Allen (McDonald, Chief Engineer) and all of the engineers. We executed what we had on plan and Don (Oldenburg, Crew Chief) and the boys did a great job with the car. I think we're in good shape for tomorrow, but we'll see what happens. As a first year team, if we can be the top-nine tomorrow we'll be thrilled and anything beyond that will be a bonus. That is what our focus is on right now, to make sure at the end of segment one, we are in the top-nine. Today was all about working on qualifying and getting to our qualifying spec and being happy with that. We had a couple issues yesterday that we wanted to check out today. We were really happy that the weather held off today and we got to check those issues out. Everything worked the way we wanted it to work and hopefully it will stay that way for tomorrow.

This will be the inaugural year for the new Indianapolis 500 Qualifications format. On Pole Day at 4 p.m., the top-nine qualifiers will proceed to a second segment as a shoot-out for the Pole Position.

Indy 500 Qualifying 101
There are two scheduled days of qualifications (weather permitting): Saturday, May 22 also called Pole Day, and Sunday, May 23 called Bump Day. The qualifying order for the initial qualifying attempt on Pole Day is determined during a blind draw of all entered cars on Friday at 6:15 p.m. ET.

A complete qualifying run at Indy is a 10-mile (16.093 km) run or four laps around the 2.5-mile (4.023 km) oval. A qualifying run can be called off if a team member waves off a yellow flag before the final lap is completed. Each car can make three qualifying attempts per day.

There are two segments on Pole Day, segment 1: from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. To fill the field on Pole Day, positions 1 through 24 go to the fastest 24 qualifiers. Once the 24 spots are filled, bumping will occur until 4 p.m. to determine the fastest 24 qualifiers of the day. At 4:30 p.m., cars in positions 1 to 9 erase their times and advance to a 90-minute segment 2 qualifying session to reset the top 9 positions. All nine drivers are guaranteed to start no worse than ninth. Pole winner gets $175,000, second $75,000, and third $50,000.

Positions 25 through 33 are available on the second day of qualifying (Bump Day) to those who have not yet qualified. Once the nine spots are filled, bumping begins starting with the slowest car, regardless of which day it qualified. Championship points are awarded to all qualifiers in decreasing order from the pole.

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For Immediate Release - May 20, 2010

Another Top-10 for Tagliani in Thursday Practice for the Indianapolis 500

Driver:
ALEX TAGLIANI
Entry:
No. 77 Bowers & Wilkins FAZZT Race Team Dallara/Honda/Firestone
Event:
94th Running of the Indianapolis 500
Event Track:
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, 4.023-km (2.5-Mile) Oval
Event Dates:
Race, Sunday, May 30, 2010 1:00 p.m. ET - Pre-Race: 12:00 p.m. ABC & TSN
Practice Daily May 17-21 12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. ET
Qualifications May 22 & 23, 12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. ET
Final Practice May 28 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Race:
6 of 17

THURSDAY PRACTICE RESULTS
TAGLIANI POSITION: 8th
TAGLIANI TIME: 39,8920 seconds at 363.082 km/h
TAGLIANI LAPS: 16 laps
FAST DRIVER / TIME: Tony Kanaan, Andretti Autosport; 39.6870 seconds at 364.958 km/h

Indianapolis, IN (May 20, 2010) - Rain once again slowed down a portion of the on-track activities on Day 6 practice session leading to Saturday's Pole Day Qualifying for the 94th Edition of the Indy 500, scheduled for Sunday May 30. However, Canadian driver Alex Tagliani kept on tracking as he posted the eighth quickest time of the day for his third consecutive Top-10 of the week. The FAZZT Race Team driver recorded his best time around the 4.023-km Indianapolis Motor Speedway on lap 15 at 39.8290 km for an average speed of 363.082 km/h, a tad slower than his best time of Wednesday.

Brazilian Tony Kanaan dominated the field of 37 cars that took to the speedway with a lap time of 39.6870 seconds. The Andretti Autosport driver averaged 364.958 km/h. Canadian Paul Tracy was second fastest with a time of 39.7993 seconds, followed by Japanese driver Hideki Mutoh. Marco Andretti and Dan Wheldon completed to Top-5.

"It was just another super day," Tagliani said. "The car has just been great. We did some running by ourselves today and we saw that the car is quick. We definitely have a shot this weekend during Qualifying so we just have to baby this thing around and make sure we keep it all together. The B & W crew is just doing a great job and giving me an outstanding car. It is one of the fastest cars here so far so everyone is very excited. We have one more day to wait until we put it on the track and try to make it all happen for Qualifying. I think we will get out whenever we draw for Saturday because our car seems to be good anytime of the day so whatever we draw we go out and put a lap on the board and see what everyone else does."

Rob Edwards, General Manager, on today's practice:
"Well it's been a good day again. We had lots of speed and we executed our plan once again. We were a little disappointed with the weather; it didn't really work with us. We were hoping to get back out and run a few more laps since we are on neck for the least laps run this month. That wasn't intentional today; it was yesterday, but not today. But, given that, we're happy with the speed of the car and the shape we are in heading into Qualifying. I hope that we'll get a little more running tomorrow. If Andre (Azzi, team owner) arrives before the draw at 6 p.m., we will have him do the pull for us if not, we'll draw straws to see who gets the honor. Our Qualifying plan will depend on what position we draw. With the new Qualifying format there will only be five hours to get your run in and based on the number of cars entered it will take three and a half hours to get through the Qualifying line the first time. I think our plan has to be to try and get it done on the one run or if we draw a low number we might get a second opportunity."

Bruno Junqueira, who is slated to drive the team's 2nd entry in the Indianapolis 500, turned laps today in the #29 car of Rookie driver Sébastien Saavedra for Bryan Herta Racing. Junqueira was asked to provide feedback on the car's set-up since the #29 car is a one-car entry and it also gave Bruno the opportunity to test his new seat.

Bruno Junqueira on today's practice:
"I think today's practice was good and I have to thank Bryan Herta and Sébastien (Saavedra) for giving me the opportunity to get in their #29 car today. It was a nice little test. After driving trucks in Brazil the last few months, the first few laps here felt like I was in a rocket ship. It took me only two laps to go flat all the way around above 354 km/h so I still know how to do it. I think I could improve the car a little bit for them and I ran a 358.528 km/h by myself so I think they will be able to qualify this car and I hope I will have my car to qualify as well."

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For Immediate Release - May 19, 2010

Tagliani is third quickest in Wednesday Practice for the Indianapolis 500

Driver:
ALEX TAGLIANI
Entry:
No. 77 Bowers & Wilkins FAZZT Race Team Dallara/Honda/Firestone
Event:
94th Running of the Indianapolis 500
Event Track:
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, 4.023-km (2.5-Mile) Oval
Event Dates:
Race, Sunday, May 30, 2010 1:00 p.m. ET - Pre-Race: 12:00 p.m. ABC & TSN
Practice Daily May 17-21 12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. ET
Qualifications May 22 & 23, 12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. ET
Final Practice May 28 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Race:
6 of 17

WEDNESDAY PRACTICE RESULTS
TAGLIANI POSITION: 3rd
TAGLIANI TIME: 39.8226 seconds at 363.714 km/h
TAGLIANI LAPS: 13 laps
FAST DRIVER / TIME: Scott Dixon, Chip Ganassi Racing; 39.6526 seconds at 365.274 km/h

Indianapolis, IN (May 19, 2010) - FAZZT Race Team driver Alex Tagliani was third quickest in Wednesday's fifth practice session of the week leading to Saturday's Pole Day Qualifying for the Indy 500. The Canadian driver clocked his best time at 39.8226 seconds for an average speed of 363.714 km/h around the 4.023-kilometer Indianapolis Motors Speedway. Tagliani improved from his best lap time of yesterday by one tenth of a second before the team called it a day around 3 pm.

Scott Dixon was, for the second consecutive day, the quickest driver in the field of 35 drivers who took part in today's practice session. The Chip Ganassi Racing Team driver stopped the clock at 39.6526 seconds for an average speed of 365.274 km/h. Ryan Briscoe of Team Penske was second fastest with a lap time of 39.7118 seconds, one tenth quicker than Tagliani. Hideki Mutoh finished fourth ahead of Dario Franchitti.

"What is there to say besides the car is very, very fast," mentioned Tagliani. "The B & W boys are doing a fantastic job and we're right on schedule with our plan. We're trying little things here and there but the car is very good so we don't want to mess around with it too much. It's very sensitive to every little change we make and it reacts well. It's very good in traffic and it's very good when we are on our own. Again, we're pleased with the performance of the car today so we're going to park it for the rest of the day and work on some things we've wanted to get done. There are guys working here at the Speedway and at the race shop, so it's a very big month for us. It's all going as planned and the quality of the work shows on track every day. We've run with our race configuration downforce so I know what the car feels like with that downforce level and I think as long as your car is good for qualifying, then your car will be good for the race. There will be plenty of opportunity to run with full tanks and right now, the car reacts well to the changes in downforce so we're going to stay focused on qualifying. I'm just following the plans of the boys in the front and they seem to be doing a great job so far I'm just a follower at the moment."

Rob Edwards, General Manager, on today's practice:
"It has been another good day and we met our objectives. Friday, the weather still looks questionable so we're still working towards having the car where we want it to be by Thursday night for qualifying on Saturday in case we can't run on Friday due to weather. That may mean we need to modify tomorrow's plan but as far as our day today, we achieved what we wanted to achieve and hopefully that will all roll into Saturday. We're focused on qualifying for now. Our philosophy, and based on the team's experience, is that if we have a good car in qualifying, then we'll have a good race car. So we've been working on having a good consistent car and we believe that will be good for us in the race as well."

About FAZZT Race Team: The FAZZT Race Team was formed in July 2009 as a partnership between Andre Azzi of the Azzi Race Division, ATG, and Jim Freudenberg and Jason Priestley of the Rubicon Sports Agency. The team fields a full-time IndyCar Series team that made its debut at the season opening event in Sao Paulo. The team has four Dallara chassis and has signed Canadian driver Alex Tagliani to drive the #77 entry. Andre Azzi, a Montreal based entrepreneur, is the teams' Chief Executive Officer and motorsports veteran Jim Freudenberg is the teams' Chief Operating Officer. The team is housed in a 25,000 ft. race shop on the north side of Indianapolis with a second facility that will house their Research and Design division in Montreal. For more information, go to www.FAZZTRaceTeam.com.

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For Immediate Release - May 18, 2010

Tagliani Fourth Quickest in Tuesday's Practice for the Indianapolis 500

Driver:
ALEX TAGLIANI
Entry:
No. 77 Bowers & Wilkins FAZZT Race Team Dallara/Honda/Firestone
Event:
94th Running of the Indianapolis 500
Event Track:
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, 4.023-km (2.5-Mile) Oval
Event Dates:
Race, Sunday, May 30, 2010 1:00 p.m. ET - Pre-Race: 12:00 p.m. ABC & TSN
Practice Daily May 17-21 12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. ET
Qualifications May 22 & 23, 12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. ET
Final Practice May 28 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Race:
6 of 17

TUESDAY PRACTICE RESULTS
TAGLIANI POSITION: 4th
TAGLIANI TIME: 39,9301 seconds at 362.736 km/h
TAGLIANI LAPS: 27 laps
FAST DRIVER / TIME: Scott Dixon, Chip Ganassi Racing; 39.7265 seconds at
364.594 km/h

A VIDEO NEW CLIP FEATURING ALEX TAGLIANI WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE INDYCAR WEBSITE AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS at www.indycar.com/media. It will be posted to the multimedia section of the website under the "Video News Feed" drop down.

Indianapolis, IN (May 18, 2010) - Alex Tagliani was fourth quickest in Day 4 of practice that leads to Saturday's Pole Day Qualifying for the Indy 500. Driving his No. 77 Bowers & Wilkins Dallara, the FAZZT Race Team pilot drove his best lap around the 4.023-kilometer Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 39.9301 seconds, averaging a speed of 362.736 km/h.

Scott Dixon was the quickest driver of the day with a lap time of 39.7265 seconds (364.594 km/h). The Chip Ganassi Racing driver edged Mario Moraes (39.8384 s) by only 0.1119 seconds. Marco Andretti posted the third fastest lap of the day at 39.8669 seconds ahead of Tagliani. The Canadian driver concluded his best lap time of the day during the 12th of his 27 laps. His gap to the leader is only 0.2036 seconds. Thirty-six drivers took part in today's practice session.

"After the first day of running on Sunday we felt very confident and we evaluated the car and it was very good," Tagliani said. "Today we were able to put a good speed on the board and we are very pleased with the performance of the car. We're going to keep our heads down and stay focused and continue to do what we are doing for the rest of the week. So far, it's been very positive. We just have to make sure we stay out of trouble and that we protect our baby. The car is running fast and the boys are doing a great job. Our speeds and our potential are all attributed to the meticulous preparation of the B & W car that the guys have done and the hard work of the engineers. We're very pleased where we are and I think we're going to have a good night's sleep after today's run. We want to make sure we have a fast car so we can try to make the Fast 9 for Saturday. So our plan for the rest of the week will depend on the track and the temperatures and how similar it will be to Saturday. If it's close, we'll take that advantage, and go out and continue to prepare for Saturdays' Qualifying. If it's very different than we will change the configuration of the car, go out in race mode, and pound out some laps. But we'll still have Carb Day to run in race mode so right now we need to keep our heads in qualifying mode when the track is right."

Rob Edwards, General Manager, on today's practice:
"It's been an excellent day. Our Chief Engineer, Allen McDonald, has a great plan for the week and we're sticking to that plan. Obviously, we lost yesterday with the rain which enabled us to take care of some details on the car we wanted to get done so the day wasn't totally wasted. We were then able to achieve everything on our list for today both running in traffic and running on our own. The guys, as always, did a fantastic job preparing the B & W car and we're excited for the rest of the week. As the week plays out, we're not going to run for running's sake. We have a specific plan and objectives we are trying to achieve. In saying that, it is Indiana in May so the weather is apt to change so for Wednesday we'll stick to our plan and if the forecast doesn't look great for Friday we might adjust Thursday's plan a bit."

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For Immediate Release-May 17, 2010

Indianapolis 500, Monday Practice Report

***Due to rain, track activities are cancelled today.
Track activity is scheduled to resume tomorrow at 12:00 p.m. ET***

Alex Tagliani on the today's rain cancellation:
"It's really disappointing to not get on track today especially when my car was so good yesterday! I'm hoping the weather clears and we can get out tomorrow and get a full day of running in and get ready to qualify. The only good thing about the rain delay is it is one more day that I am getting better."

Tonight at 6:30 p.m. ET INDY 500: Live Chat With Alex Tagliani
Chat with Alex Tagliani, 2009 Indy 500 rookie of the year and co-owner/driver of the B&W-sponsored FAZZT Race Team IndyCar, today at 6:30 p.m. ET.

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For Immediate Release—May 1, 2010

Road Runner Turbo Indy 300 Race Report

Driver: Alex Tagliani

Entry: No. 77 Bowers and Wilkins FAZZT Race Team Dallara/Honda/Firestone

Event/Track: Road Runner Turbo Indy 300, Kansas City, Kansas, 1.5 Mile Oval

Event Date: Saturday, May 1, 2010 1:30 p.m. ET on ABC, IMS Radio Network, XM Radio 145 and SIRIUS Radio 211 and live at 1:30 p.m. ET on TSN

Race 5 of 17

Race Results

Start Position: 5th

Finish Position: 8th

Laps Completed: 199 of 200

Status: Running

No. 77 Bowers and Wilkins FAZZT Race Team Race News and Notes

· Tagliani ran in the top eight the majority of the race.

· On lap 143 Tagliani went to the outside to complete a pass for 5th place and got caught out which dropped him back to 12th position.

· Tagliani was in 12th position before his final pit stop on lap 176. Unfortunately, the caution flag came out immediately after the stop. The end result was that it was ruled the race leader, Dixon, was ahead of the #77 at the blend line. That situation put Tagliani a lap down to the leaders and in 9th place.

· Tagliani worked his way back to 8th place which is where he finished the race.

· Tagliani is currently in 12th place in the points standings with 96 points

· Tagliani has made 32 oval starts in his career with a best finish of 2nd at Twin Ring Motegi in 2002.

Alex Tagliani on the Road Runner Turbo Indy 300:

“I think this weekend the FAZZT Race Team has shown that we can be competitive on the oval and that is where we want to be and I think it looks good for us heading into Indianapolis. It’s very motivating for everyone on the team to have a good result here at our first oval event. Our race today was a good one but we realized early in the race that we weren’t great on the restarts because of the gearing so with full fuel tanks it was a little difficult to follow the pace. But the team gave me such a good car and such a consistent car for the long runs that we were able to stay with the leaders. The Firestone tires were great today and the whole stint long the car was very consistent and we were able to make up ground. Towards the end we were fighting for position and it was better and easier for me to stay with the quick cars and we were good on fuel so everything worked really well. I’m very happy that we are going to leave here with the car in one piece and with our evaluation on the oval done. We are definitely proud of what we are doing and I’m amazingly proud of the boys and the job they have done preparing this car. We’re very motivated and looking forward to getting prepared for the Indianapolis 500.”

Rob Edwards, General Manager, on the Road Runner Turbo Indy 300:

“For our first oval event, if someone had said before we came here that we would qualify 5th and finish 8th we would have been excited. But that is the way for this team we keep trying to surprise. Qualifying was great but I think today we were certainly good enough to finish in the top-five in the race but a few breaks didn’t work out. But overall, I think we’re thrilled and we have good momentum heading into Indianapolis. And as I say every weekend, hopefully it shows the faith that the team owners have put in the group of guys we’ve put together at FAZZT Race Team.”

Event Notes:

· Scott Dixon was the winner for the 2nd year in a row; Dario Franchitti finished 2nd and Tony Kanaan 3rd.

· This is the first oval race of the 2010 season. This oval race marks the first in the series Oval Championship which was announced this week by the IZOD IndyCar Series.

· The Series Championship is now divided into an Oval Championship, Road/Street Course Championship and Series Overall Championship. Using the current championship points system, the highest-scoring oval and road/street drivers will be crowned champion of their respective racing discipline. The road title will culminate on Aug. 22 at Infineon Raceway, while the oval contest will conclude Sept. 19 at Twin Ring Motegi. The Oct. 2 season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway will be reserved to honor the overall IZOD IndyCar Series champion.

About FAZZT Race Team: The FAZZT Race Team was formed in July 2009 as a partnership between Andre Azzi of the Azzi Race Division, ATG, and Jim Freudenberg and Jason Priestley of the Rubicon Sports Agency. The team fields a full-time IndyCar Series <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IndyCar_Series> team that made its debut at the season opening event in Sao Paulo. The team has four Dallara chassis and has signed Canadian driver Alex Tagliani <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Tagliani> to drive the #77 entry. Andre Azzi, a Montreal based entrepreneur, is the teams’ Chief Executive Officer and motorsports veteran Jim Freudenberg is the teams’ Chief Operating Officer. The team is housed in a 25,000 ft. race shop on the north side of Indianapolis with a second facility that will house their Research and Design division in Montreal. For more information, go to www.FAZZTRaceTeam.com <http://www.fazztraceteam.com/> .

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Tagliani qualifies fifth in Kansas

Driver: ALEX TAGLIANI

Entry: No. 77 Bowers & Wilkins FAZZT Race Team Dallara/Honda/Firestone

Event/Track: Road Runner Turbo Indy 300, Kansas City, Kansas, 2.414 km Oval

Event Date: Saturday, May 1, 2010 1:30 p.m. ET LIVE on ABC and TSN, IMS Radio Network, XM Radio 145 and SIRIUS Radio 211

Race: 5 of 17

TAG PRACTICE SESSION RESULTS
POSITION: 9th
TIME/SPEED: 25.9107 seconds for an average speed of 339.872 km/h

TAG Qualifying Results
POSITION: 5th
TIME/SPEED: 1:43.7903 for 4 laps for an average speed of 339,345 km/h

Pole Winner: Ryan Briscoe (Team Penske)
TIME/SPEED: 1:43.1747 for 4 laps for an average speed of 341.421 km/h

Kansas Speedway, April 30, 2010 - A hailstorm followed by heavy rain delayed practice today at Kansas Speedway and cars did not get underway for the sole practice until 15:30 pm, Eastern time. The two scheduled practices were concentrated into a one-time session. As for the qualifying period, it was delayed by 75 minutes and started only at 6:15 pm, where Alex Tagliani qualified his No. 77 Bowers & Wilkins FAZZT Race Team Dallara/Honda/Firestone in sixth place, even though he had some pre-race apprehensions on his team's ability to qualify well for their first oval race. Following series officials series reviews of the qualifying session, Dan Wheldon was moved to the back of the grid for driving below the white line during his qualifying efforts and Tagliani was promoted to fifth on the grid. Team Penske driver Ryan Briscoe collected his first Kansas pole with a qualifying average speed of 341,421 km/h, ahead of Chip Ganassi driver Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti. Hideki Mutoh will share row three with the Canadian driver.

Alex Tagliani on Qualifying for the Road Runner Turbo Indy 300:
"Today is no credit to the driver; it is all credit to the boys of the FAZZT Race Team here and at the shop. They did a fantastic job and it is one of the most well prepared cars that I have seen and is one of the best cars I have ever driven on an oval. That is a tribute to the boys and how closely they pay attention to the details. We have a very well rounded team and I am very pleased by that fact. I think we are pleasantly surprised at how well we did today and it was like Brazil where we showed up and did not know where we would stack up. After Brazil we thought, "Ok, we're alright" but coming here, the oval was a big unknown. Even with the rain delay today we had enough time to practice and the car was good right off of the truck. One of the key things today was to learn the track as quickly as possible because I have not run here before but everything is easier when you have a good car. In addition, I think our shakedown test at Homestead played a role in today as well. However, really, with the run we did today, I am pleased. On an oval the preparation of the car is key and our crew showed today why I think they are the best out there and all of the long hours they have put in at the shop are showing up in our effort. Yes, we can always improve but really, this was a great effort and the team just did a great job on the car. "

Allen McDonald, Chief Engineer, on Qualifying for the Road Runner Turbo Indy 300:
"I think today shows what a great effort the boys have done getting ready for the oval track. They built a really, really good car and put a huge amount of effort into it and this result comes down to them. We came here very new to this game as a team and so we wanted to try and make sure that we had a decent race car and hopefully we've done that despite there not being a lot of time. I guess we'll see tomorrow how we fare in the race."

About FAZZT Race Team: The FAZZT Race Team was formed in July 2009 as a partnership between Andre Azzi of the Azzi Race Division, ATG,, and Jim Freudenberg and Jason Priestley of the Rubicon Sports Agency. The team fields a full-time IndyCar Series team that made its debut at the season opening event in Sao Paulo. The team has four Dallara chassis and has signed Canadian driver Alex Tagliani to drive the #77 entry. Andre Azzi, a Montreal based entrepreneur, is the teams' Chief Executive Officer and motorsports veteran Jim Freudenberg is the teams' Chief Operating Officer. The team is housed in a 25,000 ft. race shop on the north side of Indianapolis with a second facility that will house their Research and Design division in Montreal. For more information, go to www.FAZZTRaceTeam.com.

Media contacts:
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FAZZT Race Team
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For Immediate Release-April 18, 2010

Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Race Report

Driver: Alex Tagliani

Entry: No. 77 La Capsule Sportive/Adonis Products/Honda Indy Edmonton FAZZT Race Team Dallara/Honda/Firestone

Event/Track: Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, Long Beach, CA, Temporary Street Circuit

Event Date: Sunday, April 18, 2010 3:30 p.m. ET on VERSUS, IMS Radio Network, XM Radio 145 and SIRIUS Radio 211 and 5:00 p.m. ET on TSN 2

Race 4 of 17

Race Results

Start Position: 7th

Finish Position: 21st

Laps Completed: 65 of 85

Reason: Contact

No. 77 LaCapsule Sportive/Adonis Products/Honda Indy Edmonton FAZZT Race Team Race News and Notes

* Tagliani and Andretti made contact on lap 1 in the hairpin, knocking the tire ramp from the #77 car. It didn't do any additional damage, and Alex continued and was running in 8th place.
* Alex continued running in 8th position throughout the first stint and then pitted for the first time on lap 29.
* During the first stop there was a fuel flow issue and the full amount of fuel didn't make it on board the #77 car.
* The team pitted a 2nd time on lap 49 to fill the car fully with fuel, hoping to make it to the end of the race by stretching fuel. But based on the number of yellows in the early part of the race, the team knew they would need a 3rd stop to make it to the end of the 85 lap event.
* On lap 60 there was a full course yellow and the team made the decision to make a 3rd and final stop and go to red tires with the intent to allow Alex to race fully to the end of the 85 lap race.
* On the restart on lap 65, Alex had contact damaging the front suspension which ended his day.
* Tagliani started 9th and finished 10th in last year's Long Beach event while driving for Conquest Racing.
* In previous Long Beach race events Tagliani's best start was 2nd in 2008 in a co-run event with the Indy Racing League and the Champ Car World Series and his best finish was 3rd in 2006 racing in the Champ Car World Series.

Driver Alex Tagliani on the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Race:

"We just had a tough day today and it's just a shame for the team. We had contact on the first lap with Marco Andretti in the hairpin but we recovered and stayed up front, running with the leaders. Unfortunately on our first stop we had an issue with our refueling, I think the butterfly was stuck, and we didn't get enough fuel into the car. From that point on we realized we were in trouble. We had to make a second stop that we hoped we wouldn't have to make and then when we came in on the last yellow to get fuel and they put us in the back of the pack and on the restart I was trying to make my way up and I got tangled up with someone and it damaged the front suspension. The team is doing well though and we have the speed in qualifying so this little glitch was unfortunate today and we're going to try and fix it and make sure we don't put ourselves in a trouble situation again."

Team Manager Rob Edwards on the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Race:

"It's very disappointing. We had a good weekend up to the race and a good first stint. Alex did a super job of running good fuel mileage and good lap times in the first segment but unfortunately we had a problem on the first pit stop and didn't get all the fuel we needed in the car. So we didn't have enough to get to the end on one more stop. We gambled to try and do that and went as long as we could with the fuel we had on board and we were trying to go to the end. On the last yellow, based on how many yellows there were in the early part of the race, we decided to come in, take a splash of fuel and put red tires on and let Alex get racy for the last 20 laps and unfortunately on the restart we had contact and that was the end of our day. But overall, it was a good weekend, good qualifying and now we're going to look forward to the ovals at Kansas and Indianapolis."

Event Notes:

* Today's race winner was Ryan Hunter-Reay, 2nd place Justin Wilson, 3rd place Will Power
* The course is a 1.968 mile, 11-turn temporary street course.
* This is the 2nd IZOD IndyCar Race at Long Beach. Dario Franchitti won last year's event.

Media contact:

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FAZZT Race Team

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For Immediate Release-April 17, 2010

Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Qualifying Report

Driver: Alex Tagliani

Entry: No. 77 La Capsule Sportive/Adonis Products/Honda Indy Edmonton FAZZT Race Team Dallara/Honda/Firestone

Event/Track: Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, Long Beach, CA, Temporary Street Circuit

Event Date: Sunday, April 18, 2010 3:30 p.m. ET on VERSUS, IMS Radio Network, XM Radio 145 and SIRIUS Radio 211 and 5:00 p.m. ET on TSN 2

Race 4 of 17

Qualifying Results

Position: 7th

Time: 1:09.8730

Pole Winner: Will Power

Time: 1:09.3185

No. 77 LaCapsule Sportive/Adonis Products/Honda Indy Edmonton FAZZT Race Team Qualifying News and Notes

* In the second qualifying session, the Fast 12, Tagliani missed making the Fast Six by only 3/100ths of a second.
* Tagliani was fourth in the first qualifying session with a time of 1:10.2228. The session was the first time the team had run red tires during the weekend so they knew slight changes might be necessary. After slight adjustments to the set-up, Tagliani went from 9th to 4th in his second stint to make it into the Fast 12.
* In the morning practice session Tagliani was 8th overall.
* Tagliani started 9th and finished 10th in last year's Long Beach event while driving for Conquest Racing.
* In previous Long Beach race events Tagliani's best start was 2nd in 2008 in a co-run event with the Indy Racing League and the Champ Car World Series and his best finish was 3rd in 2006 racing in the Champ Car World Series.

Driver Alex Tagliani on the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Qualifying Session:

"I'm so very proud of the FAZZT Race Team they are just doing a fantastic job. We are right there every time we go out and today just shows how incredibly competitive the IZOD IndyCar Series is to be only half a tenth out of the Fast Six, it's just amazing. And I have to say, I'm just very happy with what we are doing this year. I couldn't be happier with the guys, the team; everything has just been really amazing. For tomorrow's race, this track is really challenging and it changes quite a bit from practice to qualifying to the race so you can't really go overboard and be too worried about your car. I think you have to let the track come to you but it also has a lot of different corners like very slow corners on concrete and then fast corners so you need stability. So basically, it can be very difficult to find the compromise on this track but I think we are very close and I know we have to let things come to us, so I'm looking forward to tomorrow and I think we will have a good race."

Team Manager Rob Edwards on the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Qualifying Session:

"Today's qualifying shows just how competitive the IZOD IndyCar Series is across the board. We missed pole position in Brazil by 3/100ths of a second and we missed the Fast Six today by 3/100ths of a second so the field is very competitive. We keep saying that as a new team, we're learning every week and we've got a lot to learn and to be where we are in such a competitive field, we're happy. We said we would bounce back after Barber and we definitely did that with the guys doing a super job. Alex has been awesome this weekend as well, working steadily to make small improvements in the car. Everyone did a great job recovering from the incident on Friday morning and now we'll go beat them in the race."

Team Owner Andre Azzi on the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Qualifying Session:

"This Qualifying Session was just unbelievable. We just missed the top six by only 3/100ths of a second and it was the first time we ran in the 69's all weekend so it was a good run. I'm so proud of the FAZZT Race Team and the team is only getting better with every session. So I think we will be one to watch out for in tomorrow's race."

Event Notes:

* The course is a 1.968 mile, 11-turn temporary street course.
* This is the 2nd IZOD IndyCar Race at Long Beach. Dario Franchitti won last year's event.

Media contact:

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FAZZT Race Team

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For Immediate Release-April 14, 2010

Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Race Preview

Driver: Alex Tagliani

Entry: No. 77 LaCapsule Sportive/Adonis Products FAZZT Race Team

Event/Track: Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, Long Beach, CA, Street Circuit

Event Date: Sunday, April 18, 2010 3:30 p.m. ET on VERSUS, IMS Radio Network, XM Radio 145 and SIRIUS Radio 211 and 5:00 p.m. ET on TSN 2

Race 4 of 17

No. 77 LaCapsule Sportive/Adonis Products FAZZT Race Team News and Notes

* Tagliani is currently in 13th the points standings with 60 points
* 2010 is Tagliani's first full IndyCar Series season and his 10th season of open wheel racing
* Tagliani started 9th and finished 10th in last year's Long Beach event while driving for Conquest Racing.
* In previous Long Beach race events Tagliani's best start was 2nd in 2008 in a co-run event with Indy Racing League and the Champ Car World Series and his best finish was 3rd in 2006 racing in the Champ Car World Series.

Alex Tagliani on the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach:

"I'm looking forward to going back to Long Beach. The weekend will start with the pit stop competition on Hollywood Boulevard on Thursday night with the FAZZT Boys and it will be really fun but also put us in the mood for competition and get us ready for race weekend. The race track at Long Beach is a really fun track to drive. The entire event is very well put together and the weekend is always great. With the history and all of the action it is fun for everyone, the crew, the driver, the sponsors and everyone is always excited for Long Beach. Since the beginning of the season we've been doing quite well and the team is still respecting the plan we put forth at the beginning of the season which was to finish well, score points and stay consistent. Long Beach will be a track that we have a lot of experience at and I'm looking forward to getting there and getting out on the track and hopefully we will have our best result of the year."

Event Notes:

* The course is a 1.968 mile, 11-turn temporary street course.
* This is the 2nd IZOD IndyCar Race at Long Beach. Dario Franchitti won last year's event.

Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Post Race Notes

Driver: Alex Tagliani

Entry: No. 77 La Capsule Sportive/Adonis ProductsFAZZT Race Team

Event/Track: Indy Grand Prix of Alabama, Barber Motorsports Park, Leeds, Alabama

Event Date: Sunday, April 11, 2010

Race 3 of 17

Race Results

Start Position: 21st

Finish Position: 10th

Laps Completed: 90 of 90

No. 77 LaCapsule Sportive/Adonis Products FAZZT Race Team News and Notes

* 2010 is Tagliani's first full IndyCar Series season and his 10th season of open wheel racing
* LaCapsule Sportive, Adonis Products and Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada adorn the No. 77 car this weekend. LaCapsule Sportive is a retailer for licensed sports products with locations throughout Canada; Adonis Products is a Mediterranean grocery retailer with outlets located in Quebec.

Driver Alex Tagliani on the Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Race:

"We made up 11 spots so I take my hat off to the team. They did a good job. We stuck together all weekend and we made some ground and learned a lot. Until the very end of the weekend, we improved the car and I'm very proud of the boys. Even on a tough weekend, we did another top-10 so I'm very happy and very proud of our team. I'm very proud to be wearing the new colors of LaCapsule Sportive/Adonis Products and I want to remind everyone that this is the beginning of our new clothing line in LaCapsule Sportive so keep an eye on it as it is coming soon."

General Manager Rob Edwards on the Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Race:

"The result shows the depth of the team. It wasn't the easiest weekend that we've had of the three races but we came back and we were strong in the warm-up this morning and strong in the race. The FAZZT crew executed the strategy perfectly and Alex stuck with the plan. I'm very proud of everyone on the LaCapsule Sportive/Adonis team."

Event Notes

* Today's winner was Helio Castroneves, 2nd place Scott Dixon, 3rd place Dario Franchitti

* The course is a 2.38 mile, 17-turn permanent road course
* This is the first IZOD Indy Car Series race at Barber Motorsports Park although the series has tested at this facility.
* The next IZOD IndyCar Series event will be in Long Beach, California on April 18, 2010

Media contact:

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FAZZT Race Team

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For Immediate Release-April 10, 2010

Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Qualifying Report

Driver: Alex Tagliani

Entry: No. 77 La Capsule Sportive/Adonis ProductsFAZZT Race

Event/Track: Indy Grand Prix of Alabama, Barber Motorsports Park, Leeds, Alabama

Event Date: Sunday, April 11, 2010 3:00 p.m. live on VERSUS and live on TSN in Canada

Race 3 of 17

Qualifying Results

Position: 21st

Time: 1:11.5669

Pole Winner: Will Power

Time: 1:10.1356

No. 77 LaCapsule Sportive/Adonis Products FAZZT Race Team News and Notes

Tagliani is currently 13th in the points standings with 40 points
2010 is Tagliani's first full IndyCar Series season and his 10th season of open wheel racing
Tagliani has never raced or tested at Barber Motorsports Park nor has the FAZZT Race Team
LaCapsule Sportive, Adonis Products and Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada adorn the No. 77 car this weekend. LaCapsule Sportive is a retailer for licensed sports products with locations throughout Canada; Adonis Products is a Mediterranean grocery retailer with outlets located in Quebec.

Driver Alex Tagliani on the Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Qualifying:

"Today's result is a little bit disappointing because of the success we've been having so far this season. But we knew this weekend was going to be a challenge, we missed the opening test and we came in blind with our set-up which made yesterday have a big learning curve. We have learned a lot in the last two days and tomorrow in the race we're going to be a lot better. It took us three practices to figure it out, although we really didn't want to make qualifying a practice session, but now we know so I'm pretty sure that tomorrow the #77 LaCapsule Sportive/Adonis Products car will be a lot faster. I think in the race it will be very difficult to pass but we have a great team so hopefully we'll do something unique in our strategy and it will get us to the front."

General Manager Rob Edwards on the Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Qualifying:

"Obviously we're very disappointed. My unspoken goal for the year was to make sure we made it into the Fast 12 every weekend so I guess I will have to set a new goal for the rest of the year. But it wasn't from a lack of effort on everyone's part. We live and learn and as a new team we often learn more when things don't go well than when things go as we like them to. We'll learn what we need to from this and we will come back to Long Beach stronger than ever in our qualifying effort."

Event Notes:

The course is a 2.38 mile, 17-turn permanent road course
This will be the first IZOD Indy Car Series event at Barber Motorsports Park although the series has tested at this facility.

Media contact:

Jana Watt

FAZZT Race Team

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Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Practice Notes

Driver: Alex Tagliani

Entry: No. 77 La Capsule Sportive/Adonis ProductsFAZZT Race Team

Event/Track: Indy Grand Prix of Alabama, Barber Motorsports Park, Leeds, Alabama

Event Date: Sunday, April 11, 2010 3:00 p.m. on VERSUS, IMS Radio Network, XM Radio 145 and SIRIUS Radio 211

Race 3 of 17

Practice Results

Position: 14th

Time/Speed: 1:12.1313/ 114.791mph

Total Laps: 41

Fast Driver/Time/Speed of the Day: Will Power /1:11.1857/116.315

No. 77 LaCapsule Sportive/Adonis Products FAZZT Race Team News and Notes

Driver Alex Tagliani on the Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Practice:

"I'm very happy about the second session. This morning I was worried a little bit. I think in the first session our car was the worst it has felt since the beginning of the season actually even in testing so I was quite nervous going into the second session. But the crew did a fantastic job. The challenge was since we hadn't run here we were coming here a little bit blind but we recovered well and now we are in the window. I think we've gotten the car where it needed to be this morning and now we just need to try to make it happen for qualifying. The engineers and crew have done a great job and now we know where the issues of the car are and hopefully we can fix them tonight and be good in qualifying tomorrow."

General Manager Rob Edwards on the Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Practice:

"Obviously we had a lot to learn today with not having been here before either as a team or as a driver. I think Alex and the engineers did a very good job between the first session and the second session. We showed our teething problems in the first session and we made big gains for the second session and achieved somewhat of the goals we were trying to get to today. Of course we want to be quickest but there is an amount we thought we needed to improve and look at overnight and we achieved that in the second session. So hats off to Alex and the engineers and as always the FAZZT crew guys did a great job making sure we were error free and had a good afternoon."

Event Notes:

The course is a 2.38 mile, 17-turn permanent road course
This will be the first IZOD Indy Car Series event at Barber Motorsports Park although the series has tested at this facility.

Media contact:

Jana Watt

FAZZT Race Team

(317) 709-3855 or janaw@fazztraceteam.com

For Immediate Release-March 29, 2010

Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Race Report

*Today's Race was postponed from yesterday and ran at 10 a.m. ET*

Driver: Alex Tagliani

Entry: No. 77 Bowers and Wilkins FAZZT Race Team Dallara/Honda/Firestone

Event/Track: Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Temporary Street Circuit, St. Petersburg, Fl.

Race 2 of 17

Race Results

Start Position: 8th

Finish Position: 6th

Laps Completed: 100 of 100

No. 77 Bowers and Wilkins FAZZT Race Team News and Notes

· 2010 is Tagliani's first full IndyCar Series season and his 10th season of open wheel racing

· Tagliani previously finished 10th at St. Petersburg in 2009

· Tagliani started the season opening race in Sao Paulo, Brazil in 2nd position, just 3/100ths off the pole time

Alex Tagliani on today's race at the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg:

"I am very happy for the boys today. The Bowers and Wilkins #77 car was not the fastest car on the track today but I think having done 51 laps on a set of tires at the end was a good strategy and the guys just did a fantastic job in the pits. We are pretty proud to finish our first race and to finish sixth and score points as that is pretty important. The track was good today. We have to thank the promoter that they were able to keep the track open today and give us a chance to race and put on a good show for the fans."

Rob Edwards, General Manager, on today's race at the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg:

"Today was a good result for the whole team. I think we've shown in the first two races that we are not here to just fill in the numbers. I have to give full credit to Firestone Tires today. Everyone knows they make the best tires in the world and to be able to run 51 laps on the black set at the end is absolutely phenomenal. Alex did a great job, he wasn't too sure on the strategy plan on that last stop to start with but he got with the program pretty quickly. I am so happy for Alex, Jim and Andre. They have given us a lot of tools and put a lot of faith in us and it is nice to get one on the board."

Event Notes:

· Today's winner was Will Power, who also won the season opener in Brazil. Second place was Justin Wilson while third place was Ryan Briscoe

· This was the sixth IZOD Indy Car Series event on the streets of St. Petersburg

· Ryan Briscoe won the event in 2009 and Graham Rahal won the pole in 2009

Media contact: Jana Watt

For Immediate Release-March 26, 2010

Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Practice Report

Driver: Alex Tagliani

Entry: No. 77 Bowers and Wilkins FAZZT Race Team Dallara/Honda/Firestone

Event/Track: Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Temporary Street Circuit, St. Petersburg, Fl.

Event Date: Sunday, March 28, 2010 3:30 p.m. on ABC

Race 2 of 17

Practice Results

Position: 11th (combined results)

Time/Speed: 1:03.3687/102.259 mph

Total Laps: 34

Fast Time of the Day: Will Power, 1:02.3200/103.979 mph

No. 77 Bowers and Wilkins FAZZT Race Team News and Notes

· Tagliani is currently 23rd in the points standing with 12 points

· 2010 will be Tagliani's first full IndyCar Series season and his 10th season of open wheel
racing

· Tagliani previously raced at St. Petersburg and started in 7th position and finished 10th

· Tagliani started the season opening race in Sao Paulo, Brazil in 2nd position, just

3/100ths off the pole time

Alex Tagliani on today's practice for the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg:

"Today has been ok. It has pretty much been the same thing as Brazil. I think we are strong team but we are still searching left and right on the scope of the set-ups. I think we're going to find and be right up there in qualifying tomorrow. What we're lacking right now is the data. We don't have enough data on all the tracks right now where we can put all the set-ups in a funnel and have them come out and say 'here is the window' we need to be in to unload the car from the truck and be in the top-five. So we're still trying all kinds of things each session and we definitely still have some work to do. But we are creeping up on it; we have gotten better each outing. We are going to make some pretty big changes for tomorrow morning and hope that we are more in the scope of what this car needs to be fast."

Rob Edwards, General Manager, on today's practice for the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg:

"It was a reasonable start for us today. As a new team we start every weekend with a long "to do" list as we don't have data from the previous year to use as a starting point so we always have a lot to do on the first day of running. We got through a lot of our list and we definitely found some things that will work for us and some things that won't. So tonight, we will go back and analyze the data and hope to be in the Firestone Fast Six tomorrow afternoon."

Event Notes:

· The course is a 1.8-mile, 14-turn temporary street circuit

· This will be the sixth IZOD Indy Car Series event on the streets of St. Petersburg

· Ryan Briscoe won the event in 2009 and Graham Rahal won the pole in 2009

Media contact: Jana Watt

FAZZT Race Team

Sao Paulo Indy 300 Race Report

Driver: Alex Tagliani

Entry: No. 77 Bowers and Wilkins FAZZT Race Team Dallara/Firestone/Honda

Event/Track: Sao Paulo Indy 300, Temporary Street Circuit, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Event Date: Sunday, March 14, 2010 11:30 a.m. on Versus

Race 1 of 17

Race Results

Start Position: 2nd
Finish Position: 19th
Laps Completed: 28
Reason: Contact

Alex Tagliani on today's Race: "Well, again, I was very happy with the performance of the team. We definitely came here and showed what we can do but it's always a shame to finish like this especially when it's out of your control and it's a race incident that could have been avoided. I'm a little bit bummed out but I'm also relieved that we came here to our first race and we were on the front row. That is a huge accomplishment for everyone and a good tribute to all the work everybody has done. We are anxious to go back and race again because we know we can do it and I think we will be pretty strong on the road and street courses like St. Petersburg, Barber, and Long Beach. It's very exciting and we can't wait to get back racing in two weeks time. I'm still just a little disappointed because the Bowers and Wilkins was a car to finish in the top-three without doing anything special so it's going to be a long two weeks to wait for St. Petersburg and to get back to racing."

Rob Edwards, General Manager, on today's Race: "I am just at a loss for words. It's a terribly disappointing way to end what had been an otherwise fantastic day. I really don't understand what happened. We got hit from behind, mistakes happen, it's just unfortunate that we were in the wrong place at the wrong time. But as a team we have to look at the positives of the weekend and for our first event everyone worked very well as a group. We had a good strategy for qualifying, a good strategy for the race. For the first event for Jim, Andre and Alex and our sponsors Bowers and Wilkins, hopefully they feel very proud of what we accomplished and we will look forward to St. Petersburg."

Race and Event Notes:

* Taglianis' day ended with contact that disabled the car on lap 28
* Tagliani started in 2nd and ran in the top-3 for the majority of his 28 laps.
* The race was a timed event with 61 laps completed.
* Will Power won, Ryan Hunter-Reay 2nd and Vitor Meira 3rd
* The course is a 2.6-mile, 11-turn temporary street circuit comprised mainly of asphalt with a section of concrete in the Sambodromo area.
* This is first time the IZOD Indy Car Series has raced in South America
* The course runs through the Sambodromo, which normally serves as part of the parade route for the carnival celebration.

Media contact:
Jana Watt

FAZZT Race Team

(317) 709-3855 or janaw@fazztraceteam.com

For Immediate Release-Saturday, March 13, 2010
Sao Paulo Indy 300 Race Practice Report

Driver: Alex Tagliani

Entry: No. 77 Bowers and Wilkins FAZZT Race Team Dallara/Firestone/Honda

Event/Track: Sao Paulo Indy 300, Temporary Street Circuit, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Event Date: Sunday, March 14, 2010 11:30 a.m. on Versus

Race 1 of 17

Practice Results

Position: 8th (combined results)

Time: 1:31.69

Total Laps: 37

No. 77 Bowers and Wilkins FAZZT Race Team News and Notes

* The team was in the top-nine of the speed charts for all three practice sessions.
* The team had a mechanical failure with approximately 10 minutes remaining in practice session 2 and they completed an engine change in less than 1 ½ hours before practice session 3.
* Qualifying was moved to Sunday morning from 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. to allow some work to be done overnight on the race surface. Qualifying will be preceded by a 15 minute warm-up session.
* Today's qualifying session was changed to a one hour practice session to allow additional practice time for the race.

Alex Tagliani on the Sao Paulo Indy 300 Circuit and Event: "I think the promoters have done a fantastic job to facilitate the travel, the teams, the garages it has all been great. The track itself is a very unique track with the long straightaway, the longest in the series, and it's going to make for a good race and a lot of action. We have little issues here and there with the track but everyone was very good and responsive and said they would get it all fixed overnight. Those are just first year glitches for a new track, in a new city and a new circuit but for the long term it is going to be really good to be racing here in Sao Paulo."

Alex Tagliani on today's practice session: "We were very pleased today. This is the first year for the team and the Bowers and Wilkins FAZZT crew has just been fantastic so far and I'm very proud of the boys and the job they have been doing. The Bowers and Wilkins car has been good. We rolled out and have been in the top-eight pretty much all day long. We finished the day with a very strong car and even though we didn't get a clear lap, I think we're looking to be very strong tomorrow. We'll see where we stack up tonight on the charts but I think we have a very good car for the race tomorrow."

Rob Edwards, General Manager, on today's practice session: "I think for the first day for a new team that everyone should be very happy. I think we have more speed than we showed in the end of the session. The Bowers and Wilkins FAZZT team did a great job with the engine change between the 2nd and 3rd sessions today and as I said I think we all are very happy with how today went."

Allen McDonald, Chief Engineer, on today's practice session: "It has been a pretty good day. The track is really, really challenging and the grip has been coming in quite a lot. We've had a lot of different issues to struggle with today but Alex's feedback has been fantastic and the guys have done a great job with the mechanical issues we have had today. At the end of the day we are very happy and encouraged for tomorrow."

Event Notes:

* The course is a 2.6-mile, 11-turn temporary street circuit comprised mainly of asphalt with a section of concrete in the Sambodromo area.
* This is first time the IZOD Indy Car Series has raced in South America
* The course runs through the Sambodromo, which normally serves as part of the parade route for the carnival celebration.

Media contact: Jana Watt

FAZZT Race Team

(317) 709-3855 or janaw@fazztraceteam.com

Alex Tagliani on the Sao Paulo Indy 300 Circuit and his arrival in São Paulo, Brazil

"Our first track walk as a team was very interesting because I got the chance to notice that our engineer, Allen MacDonald, is a daredevil!

Allen (MacDonald), Brendon (Cleave), Robert (Gue), Alex (Timmermans) and myself were all walking the track, part of which is still an active highway, and Allen was walking on the 3-lane highway while the rest of us were trying to sneak behind the wall to try and stay out of the road and here is our chief engineer walking up the middle of the traffic in Brazil. But seriously, it has been great. For me to see how competent everyone is and we saw a track that is going to have the longest straightaway (1.5 km) for a street course in IndyCar history. So that will be really good as you come off the straight into a turn that is combination Toronto hairpin, wide exit, kind of a Cleveland type Turn One.

The challenge of the track is going to be to find the compromise between how fast you want to go on the straightaway versus how much grip you want to give up in the corners. Because we are in higher altitude here in Brazil, we will have less power and less downforce so the car will be sliding around a lot more. On a street course you don't normally have to think about that kind of compromise but here you have this long straight so it is making us scratch our head a little on how we want to approach that as we only have the one day of practice and running to get it right before the race. Yesterday we walked the track, looked at it, and talked about our options between the engineering team and myself. The facility here is great. It is fantastic. The promoters have welcomed us and made everyone here very comfortable. The organizers have done a good job in the set-up and when you think that they have done it in just three months, I take my hat off to them in congratulations. The track I think is going to be one of the first street courses that provides good racing. The configuration is a corner into a long, long straight followed by a very tight corner which gives us what we need for passing. I think it is going be the perfect opener for the IZOD IndyCar Series."

Alex Tagliani Films Scene in Score: A Hockey Musical

INDIANAPOLIS (March 9, 2010) -Alex Tagliani got his first opportunity as an actor playing a small speaking role for the upcoming film, Score: A Hockey Musical . Alex played himself while wearing his Bowers and Wilkins firesuit in the film along with other Canadians such as Walter Gretzky, Marc Jordan and Margaret Atwood in a scene that was filmed at an ice hockey rink in Toronto. Alex thoroughly enjoyed the experience although he wasn't certain he would give up his role as IZOD IndyCar driver anytime soon.

"This was an incredible opportunity," said Alex. "I had so much fun doing this today! I got to put on my hockey skates again and it's been quite awhile since I had those on my feet. It gives me a completely new appreciation for what my partner, Jason (Priestley) does on a day to day basis in his life as an actor. And I will have to tell Jason, that I don't think I will be pursuing a career in movies, but I had a great time and was honored to be invited to participate in the film."

Score: A Hockey Musical - which combines musical numbers with Canada's national sport - was shot in Toronto by director Michael McGowan (One Week and Saint Ralph) and features a story line about a teenage hockey phenom, played by Noah Reid , and his parents, played by Olivia Newton-John and Canadian singer-songwriter Marc Jordan, who are worried about the course the young hockey star's life is taking. The film has been shooting in locations throughout Toronto since early February and filming wrapped March 8. The film is set for release on October 22 in Canada by Mongrel Media.

About FAZZT Race Team: The FAZZT Race Team was formed in July 2009 as a partnership between Andre Azzi of the Azzi Race Division, ATG, and Jim Freudenberg and Jason Priestley of the Rubicon Sports Agency. The team will field a full-time IndyCar Series team beginning in Brazil on March 14 for the 2010 season. The team has four Dallara chassis and has signed driver Alex Tagliani to drive the #77 entry. Andre Azzi, a Montreal based entrepreneur is the teams' Chief Executive Officer and motorsports veteran Jim Freudenberg is the teams' Chief Operating Officer. The team will be housed in a 25,000 ft. race shop on the north side of Indianapolis with a second facility that will house their Research and Design division in Montreal.

Media contact: Jana Watt, FAZZT Race Team
(317) 709-3855 or janaw@fazztraceteam.com <mailto:janaw@fazztraceteam.com>

Statement Regarding Barber Open Test—February 24 and 25

Indianapolis (Feb. 22, 2010) –Based on the forecast for lower than normal temperatures in the Birmingham, Alabama area this week, the FAZZT Race Team and driver Alex Tagliani have made the decision to forgo the IZOD IndyCar Series Open Test and instead continue shop based preparations for the season opening IZOD IndyCar Series event in Sao Paulo, Brazil on March 14. Alex will still participate in the scheduled media day on Tuesday, February 23 at Barber Motorsports Park but the team will not run their #77 B & W FAZZT Race Team entry in the scheduled open test on Wednesday and Thursday.

FAZZT Race Team General Manager Rob Edwards elaborated on the decision saying, “We are in the fortunate position of having had very successful tests at Homestead and Sebring in January. Since those tests, our engineers have continued testing on the seven-post rig, gearbox rig and in the wind tunnel to further develop our race package. Given the inclement weather forecast for Barber over the next few days and after much discussion, we believe the best use of our time is to continue our preparations for Brazil here in Indianapolis.”

Engineer Allen McDonald also commented on the decision not to participate in the open test saying, “The Sebring test gave us a lot of data to look over and suggested some key development programs to pursue on the shaker rig, in the wind tunnel and elsewhere. All of the crew has put a huge effort into turning these development ideas into actual parts and chassis settings in a very short time span. Given the likely difficult weather conditions at Barber; it is probably in our best interest to use our remaining time here in the shop and put the finishing touches on our development items for the season opening race in Brazil.”

The team will continue work on their #77 B & W FAZZT Race Team entry in their Indianapolis shop until the load date for Brazil on March 3.

About FAZZT Race Team: The FAZZT Race Team was formed in July 2009 as a partnership between Andre Azzi of the Azzi Race Division, ATG, and Jim Freudenberg and Jason Priestley of the Rubicon Sports Agency. The team will field a full-time IndyCar Series team beginning in 2010. The team has four Dallara chassis and has signed Canadian driver Alex Tagliani to drive the #77 entry. Andre Azzi, a Montreal based entrepreneur, is the teams’ Chief Executive Officer and motorsports veteran Jim Freudenberg is the teams’ Chief Operating Officer. The team is housed in a 25,000 ft. race shop on the north side of Indianapolis with a second facility that will house their Research and Design division in Montreal. For more information, go to www.FAZZTRaceTeam.com.

Media contact: Jana Watt
FAZZT Race Team
(317) 709-3855 or janaw@fazztraceteam.com

FAZZT Race Team Completes Road Course Testing at Sebring

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Indianapolis (Jan. 20, 2010) -The FAZZT Race Team and driver Alex Tagliani have finished their second and final day of testing at the 1.67 mile Sebring International Raceway road course. By all accounts, the team is very pleased with their first outing in road course configuration with the #77 Bowers & Wilkins FAZZT Race Team entry.

"The test went incredibly well," said Alex. "I am at a loss of what to say because things really ran perfectly both days. The crew did a super job throughout the test and the car ran flawlessly over the 241 miles we ran. We really had no issues, no mistakes and that is just incredible when you take into account that we are basically running this car for the first time on a road course. We accomplished everything in our test plan and the crew even had time this afternoon to work on their pit stops which is just amazing considering everything we had to get done."

The crew began their test on Monday morning with temperatures hovering in the low 70's and clear weather forecasted for the whole of the test. "It was another great test for the team and they really did not put a foot wrong over the course of the two days," explained General Manager Rob Edwards. "The dynamic between Alex and his engineer, Allen McDonald, has been awesome and Allen has done an excellent job of keeping the team on track and getting through our test plan. Between this test and our test at Homestead-Miami Speedway at the beginning of the month we have achieved way more than we had even hoped for and we are really looking forward to our next test at Barber Motorsports Park in mid-February."

Alex and Rob both were enthused by the cohesiveness the first year team has been showing both in this test and in the previous test at Homestead-Miami Speedway. "It was nice to just be able to run and test everything we had planned on testing," explained Alex. "When you have these types of people around you who are so professional in what they do, you don't have to worry about a thing. When it's time to run the car, I run the car. When it's time to wait for changes, I wait. I don't have to worry about anything but driving and that is such a pleasure." Rob also was enthusiastic in his praise for the newly formed team. "Alex is as relaxed in the race car as I have ever seen him and everyone on this team is 100% behind the effort and that really makes all the difference. Everyone is very focused on their jobs and doing their part to make us competitive when we unload the car in Brazil on March 12 and it so apparent when you run a test where literally, there was not issue one with the race car."

The team is now returning to Indianapolis to continue preparations for their next scheduled test which will be held on the road course at Barber Motorsports Park on February 24 and 25. The test at Barber Motorsports Park will be the final test before the season opening event for the IZOD IndyCar Series on March 14 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

About FAZZT Race Team: The FAZZT Race Team was formed in July 2009 as a partnership between Andre Azzi of the Azzi Race Division, ATG, and Jim Freudenberg and Jason Priestley of the Rubicon Sports Agency. The team will field a full-time IndyCar Series team beginning in 2010. The team has four Dallara chassis and has signed Canadian driver Alex Tagliani to drive the #77 entry. Andre Azzi, a Montreal based entrepreneur, is the teams' Chief Executive Officer and motorsports veteran Jim Freudenberg is the teams' Chief Operating Officer. The team is housed in a 25,000 ft. race shop on the north side of Indianapolis with a second facility that will house their Research and Design division in Montreal. For more information, go to www.FAZZTRaceTeam.com.

Media contact:
Jana Watt, FAZZT Race Team
(317) 709-3855 or janaw@fazztraceteam.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FAZZT

Race Team Completes First Shakedown Test

Indianapolis (Jan. 7, 2010) -Today the FAZZT Race Team completed the second and final day of their first on-track shakedown of their #77 FAZZT Race Team Honda/Dallara/Firestone IndyCar on the oval at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Driver Alex Tagliani and the team fought chilly temperatures but were still able to complete their planned sessions over the two-day test.

"These two days have been unbelievable," said Alex at the close of the test. "It has been the best days at the track for me in a long, long time. The team showed up and by all appearances you would think we had been working together for 10 years. The crew worked unbelievably hard to keep the car running and running smoothly over the course of the test and I think we were all pleasantly surprised that our first test for this brand new team was so trouble free."

Alex and the crew ran a number of miles over the two days although chilly temperatures kept them off track in the early part of both mornings. "Despite the air temperatures barely reaching 60 degrees and delaying our running each morning, as a new team at our first test we certainly met our objectives," said team General Manager Rob Edwards. "This is a new team but it is a group of individuals with many years of experience and that was evident in the smoothness of the operation over the course of the test. It was as much a test of the equipment as it was a test of our crew and how they would work together as a team and I must say I believe we met our goals this week."

Alex and the crew have now returned to Indianapolis where they will begin the preparations of a road course chassis for their next test to be held Jan. 18 and 20 on the road course at Sebring International Raceway. "I hadn't been in an IndyCar since last September but this was an oval test so I really felt like I could drive another four days," explained Alex. "I know when we go to Sebring in two weeks that it will be a bit of a different story as the road course testing is much more physically demanding on a driver. But after these last two days, I'm confident we will all be prepared and ready for the Sebring test and we're looking forward to another successful outing."

In addition to their testing schedule, Alex and team principals Andre Azzi and Jim Freudenberg will be attending the Montreal International Auto Show on January 14 to unveil the livery of the #77 FAZZT Race Team car for the season opening race March 14 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

About FAZZT Race Team: The FAZZT Race Team was formed in July 2009 as a partnership between Andre Azzi of the Azzi Race Division, ATG, and Jim Freudenberg and Jason Priestley of the Rubicon Sports Agency. The team will field a full-time IndyCar Series team beginning in 2010. The team has four Dallara chassis and has signed Canadian driver Alex Tagliani to drive the #77 entry. Andre Azzi, a Montreal based entrepreneur, is the teams' Chief Executive Officer and motorsports veteran Jim Freudenberg is the teams' Chief Operating Officer. The team is housed in a 25,000 ft. race shop on the north side of Indianapolis with a second facility that will house their Research and Design division in Montreal.

For more information, go to www.FAZZTRaceTeam.com.

Media contacts: Jana Watt FAZZT Race Team (317) 709-3855 or janaw@fazztraceteam.com

Max d'Orsonnens For FAZZT Race Team (514) 990-4988 or maxdo@videotron.ca

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FAZZT Race Team Places Key Personnel for 2010 Season

INDIANAPOLIS (Nov. 19, 2009) – The FAZZT Race Team is continuing to take shape with the addition of key personnel. Chief Operating Officer Jim Freudenberg and Team General Manager Rob Edwards have completed the hiring in several key positions in preparation for the 2010 IZOD IndyCar series season.

The team was formed in July of this year as a partnership between Andre Azzi (Azzi Race Division), ATG and Jim Freudenberg and Jason Priestley (Rubicon Sports Agency) with Alex Tagliani slated to drive the #77 entry for the 2010 season. Immediately after forming the team, COO Jim Freudenberg hired Rob Edwards as the General Manager and Rob set about the task of building the team. “Andre has been tremendous in pulling together the assets for FAZZT Race Team,” said Freudenberg. “As of this week, our equipment is paid for and scheduled for delivery, the shop build-out is progressing nicely, so it was really time to get our key people in place and start getting the cars built and ready for our test in early January.”

The first order of business for Edwards was to hire a Crew Chief and he tapped longtime Patrick Racing and KV Racing veteran Don Oldenburg for the position. Oldenburg will bring many years of experience to the organization and will continue to build his crew over the coming weeks. Joining Oldenburg will be Chief Race Engineer Allen MacDonald. MacDonald joins the team after a successful eight year stint with Andretti Green Racing where he served as Chief Engineer for Dario Franchitti among other notable drivers. “We have been very fortunate to be able to finalize a number of our key personnel over the last few weeks,” said Edwards. “We have tried to be patient enough to get the right people, but to also be ready to roll by our first test in early January.”

In addition to the crew in Indianapolis key positions for the technical research and design division that is based in Montreal have to be filled. Edwards has hired respected development engineer Alex Timmermans to manage and oversee the testing program that will be based at the team’s facility in Montreal.

On the commercial side, Freudenberg has hired Jana Watt to oversee all public relations and media components. The sales team consists of John Stewart in Indianapolis, OOMPH Events in Alberta Canada and Genevieve Biron in Quebec Canada. Valerie Smay will be the teams’ Office Manager and Terry Thompson will handle the teams’ hospitality program.

The team is expecting delivery of all four of its Dallara chassis in the next week. Their first on-track shakedown is scheduled for Homestead-Miami Speedway and Sebring Raceway in January. The team also has plans to announce its sponsors and car livery in January at the famed Montreal Auto Show.

About FAZZT Race Team: The FAZZT Race Team was formed in July 2009 as a partnership between Andre Azzi of the Azzi Race Division, ATG, and Jim Freudenberg and Jason Priestley of the Rubicon Sports Agency. The team will field a full-time IndyCar Series <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IndyCar_Series> team beginning in 2010. The team has four Dallara chassis and has signed driver Alex Tagliani <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Tagliani> drive the #77 entry. Andre Azzi, a Montreal based entrepreneur is the teams’ Chief Executive Officer and motorsports veteran Jim Freudenberg is the teams’ Chief Operating Officer. The team will be housed in a 25,000 ft. race shop on the north side of Indianapolis with a second facility that will house their Research and Design division in Montreal. For more information go to www.FAZZTRaceTeam.com <http://www.fazztraceteam.com/> .

Media contact: Jana Watt

FAZZT Race Team

(317) 709-3855 or janaw@fazztraceteam.com

Chronicle ---11/15/2009

Alex Tagliani

A baptism by fire for Tags

What a tough weekend! I was so excited to be running in the NASCAR Nationwide Series event at Phoenix International Raceway and the MacDonald Motorsports team was really pumped up as well. The weekend started off pretty decent. When I got in the #81 car, we had some work to do to make it faster but Dave (Ingram), the MacDonald Motorsports crew chief, and I were able to work through some changes and we jumped up quite a few spots by the 2 nd practice session on Friday afternoon. The team made some small changes on Friday night to prepare the car for qualifying on Saturday and I felt that we conceivably had a top-20 car. Unfortunately, during my qualifying session, the car got loose in Turn 4 and I ended up in the wall. To compound our misfortune, we didn’t have a spare short oval car; the only spare was a speedway car that was set-up for Homestead next week. Which makes it rough as the car isn’t built for a track like Phoenix so before the race even started, we knew that we were going to be lucky to get very many laps completed and that basically we would have to park the car shortly after the green flag. It was a tough deal all the way around. The MacDonald Motorsports crew guys had worked so hard and they were so motivated that the turn of events was a huge disappointment for everyone. When I got out of the car after qualifying, I said to the guys, ‘I don’t know what to say, I don’t know if it was me’ and the bummer is that we didn’t even need to push hard in qualifying because we were locked in already. So the reality was that I only got to run 14 laps in the race and then had to park the car because the speedway set-up just wasn’t going to make it on the short oval. So that is just really a bummer because we had such a good run in Montreal and I think we all felt like we had some unfinished business and we all had an expectation that we would do well at Phoenix.

Even though it was my first time on an oval in a stock car, I feel like I adapted quickly and we had a good practice on Friday so what happened in qualifying was really unexpected. I know that for most of us open-wheel guys, the hardest thing when you get in the stock car is not to overdrive the car. In an IndyCar when you want to shave time off of your laps, you drive the car a bit more aggressively and it is almost opposite in the stock car. If you get overly aggressive in the stock car, you end up adding time to your laps and you can end up seconds off the pace. So I was happy that in the practices I was getting the feel of the car and getting the feel of the car which makes the crash in qualifying even harder to understand. I guess sometimes this is the way it goes in racing. It would be nice to have a “do-over” but that doesn’t happen too often. Now the MacDonald Motorsports team is on their way to Homestead for the season finale and I hope the guys have a good weekend. Me, I’m going to be in Las Vegas for the next week working on my training and continuing to prepare for the IndyCar season.

For Immediate Release on behalf of MacDonald Motorsports:

Saturday, November 14, 2009
Alex Tagliani Dodge #81
NASCAR Nationwide Series Event-Phoenix International Raceway

Start Position: 41st
Finish Position:    38th
Laps Completed:     14 of 200

*Alex Tagliani is driving for the 2nd time this season for MacDonald Motorsports in the NASCAR Nationwide Series event at Phoenix International Raceway. This was Alex's first oval race in a NASCAR Nationwide sanctioned event.

Alex Tagliani, Driver Dodge #81
"The worst possible scenario that we could imagine, happened to us today. I crashed the car in qualifying and we didn't have a spare short oval car, the only spare was a speedway car that was set-up for Homestead next week. Which makes it rough as the car isn't built for this type of track so we knew that we were going to be lucky to get very many laps in on the race. It was very unfortunate but we knew we could start the race and then we would pretty much have to park it pretty fast since the speedway car has totally different brakes and set-up than the short oval set-up that we need for Phoenix. This was a tough deal. I said to the guys, 'I don't know what to say, I don't know if it was me' and the bummer is that we didn't even need to push hard in qualifying because we were locked in already. The car seemed like it had a wheel hop and then I was in the wall in Turn 4. I thought I was through the turn, and then the car just stepped out. I'm not sure if I got too high or what really happened but the rear really started to move on me and then bam, I'm in the wall. I don't think I've ever had that happen. The car wasn't loose or anything and I wouldn't have risked it anyway. It was really disappointing. Even though it was my first time on an oval in this car, I adapted quickly and we had a good practice yesterday so this was really unexpected. This was disappointing for everyone that works on the car and I guess sometimes this is the way it goes in racing. It would be nice to have a "do-over" but that doesn't happen too often. I am just sorry for the guys and hope they have a good weekend in Homestead."

Media contact:
Jana Watt
FAZZT Race Team for MacDonald Motorsports
(317) 709-3855
jwatt@mi-connection.com

Chronicle ---11/8/2009

Alex Tagliani

Racing to Phoenix

Well, it has been another busy week for me. I spent most of the week in Montreal meeting with our sponsors and working with Andre and Jim on the FAZZT Race Team business side of things. We have been working really hard to get things ready for the 2010 IndyCar Series season and it is hard to believe that in just about six weeks we will have the car on track! I know the guys at the shop have been working very hard as well and I am starting to get very excited to strap into the #77 for our first shakedown test in December. The IndyCar Series also had a very busy week with their announcement that IZOD has signed on as a title sponsor for the series! It will now be known as the IZOD IndyCar Series which is really fantastic. The league has announced that there will be a huge marketing and branding effort in partnership with IZOD and that is great for the series and all of the teams. I am excited to work with a company that is as well known as IZOD and know that they will bring their marketing talent to the series which will help IndyCar continue to grow worldwide.

I also have been spending time getting prepared for the Phoenix Nationwide race that is coming up on Nov. 14. I am excited to get back in a car and race again as it has been since Montreal that I have raced. I will be running with the same team that I ran with in the Montreal Nationwide race, MacDonald Motorsports. The MacDonald Motorsports team has been really working hard to get the car prepared and I think we have an opportunity to do quite well at Phoenix. Phoenix is a tough track but I have gotten to run Phoenix International Raceway many times in an IndyCar so I think I will be able to help the team get the car sorted out pretty quickly. I think the team will bring a car with a good base set-up so once I get in to drive it will be a matter of providing good technical feedback to the team. Our hope is that we can get a good racecar prepared and hopefully we can stay out of trouble and I can bring home a good result for the MacDonald Motorsports team. I have been working very hard on my training both with cardio and strength training to be ready for next weekend. The NASCAR is a much heavier car to drive than the IndyCar so I have to be physically prepared as well as mentally prepared. I think that the work I have been doing with my trainer will have me ready and I will be in Las Vegas this week working out so I’m sure training in the heat again will help me for next weekend. In addition to my workouts this week I will be spending quite a bit of time talking with the team and my crew chief there to make sure we have the car prepared as best we can for Phoenix. I am really excited to race with the MacDonald Motorsports team again and I always look at these opportunities as a good time to work on my racing resume and get to learn more about the different types of cars which can only help me in the future. You will have to tune in for the race on Saturday, Nov. 14 at 4 p.m. ET to see how MacDonald Motorsports fares at the duel in the desert!

Chronicle ---11/1/2009

Alex Tagliani

Driving Forces---

It is hard to believe that it is already November! The time is going so quickly. Now that it has been decided that I am driving the Phoenix Nationwide Race on Nov. 14 for the MacDonald Race team, I have been busy talking with Randy (MacDonald, the team owner) and getting prepared for our run on the short oval at Phoenix International Raceway. It should be a good opportunity for me to get experience in the NASCAR Nationwide car, and also to give some good technical feedback to the team for their short oval program. I have run at Phoenix a number of times in the open-wheel cars and I think that I will have some good insight on how to get around the track and I hope that I can help the team improve their package for this type of track. The guys on the MacDonald team are very nice and very passionate about what they do so it is very cool that I can help them out and also get some great driving and racing experience for myself. I’m really looking forward to being back in the race car and getting some seat time and additional experience for my racing resume.

This week was a busy one for me and our FAZZT Race Team as well. I traveled to Vancouver on Thursday to participate in the grand opening of a new Driving Force outlet in Vancouver. Driving Force was a personal sponsor for me at the 2009 Edmonton IndyCar Race and it was wonderful to be able to attend their opening and spend time with their customers, staff and company president, Jeff Polovick. The new store in Vancouver marks 10 outlets for Driving Force in Western Canada and it looks like their expansion has been going very successfully and I was very happy to be invited to attend.

Now this week I am back in Montreal. I arrived back at the weekend and attended a show in Montreal and got an opportunity to channel my Jack Sparrow persona again! I think people thought Johnny Depp was in Montreal this weekend, in his Jack Sparrow costume of course! I am wondering if I am having too much fun dressing up as the pirate these days, so I guess it is good that Halloween has passed and I can go back to being Alex Tagliani, the race car driver. And as me, the race car driver, we have a lot of work to do this week with my team owners Andre and Jim. We have meetings scheduled to continue to organize the many details of the team that are still coming together and to also meet with potential sponsors. I’m looking forward to a very busy but very productive week in Montreal!

FAZZT Race Team to enter IndyCar Series in 2010 with Alex Tagliani
Partnership acquires assets of Roth Racing.

Indianapolis, August 28, 2009: FAZZT Race Team, a partnership between Azzi Race Division, ATG and Rubicon Sports Agency, announced today the intent to compete in the IndyCar Series full time beginning in 2010 with driver Alex Tagliani.

The team will be ready to start testing over the winter due to the purchase of the Roth Racing assets by Andre Azzi of Azzi Race Division with the assistance of Alexandre Dufresne and Jim Freudenberg negotiating the deal. Andre Azzi, chief executive officer, and Jim Freudenberg, chief operating officer, will oversee the team. FAZZT has hired Rob Edwards to manage the day-to-day racing operations. The team will be headquartered in Indianapolis as well as have offices in Montreal, including a research and development arm.

"This is a dream come true for me," said Azzi. "To be able to give my friend Alex Tagliani the opportunity to drive full time with the top notch team that we are assembling makes me extremely pleased. I cannot wait for March so we can get our team launched for our first full season of IndyCar Series racing. I intend to give this team every tool necessary to fulfill my dream of winning the Indy 500 and the IndyCar Series championship. Special thanks to my friend, Alexandre Dufresne and his firm, Spiegel Sohmer Inc. to help make this all happen. "

Freudenberg will oversee all commercial aspects of the team to include sales, marketing, public relations, hospitality, client services, sponsorship activation and business to business and business to consumer programs. Freudenberg brings more than 20 years of motorsports experience to the team that includes team, event, driver and sponsorship development.

"Alex and I are privileged to be able to join Andre in his quest to create a top tier team in the IndyCar Series," said Freudenberg. "The platform Andre is allowing us to create will give sponsors all the tools to necessary to show a return on their investments needed to justify motorsports sponsorships. In this economic environment, that is a critical part of the process to build a team. The network that Jason Priestley and I have set up over the last few years will enhance the relationships that Alex and I have been working to grow over the last several months. I am also honored to be able to continue working with Alex who is the hardest working driver in any paddock. His passion, creativity, and understanding of sponsors' needs gives our commercial side an incredible advantage."
The team has committed long term to driver Alex Tagliani. The open wheel veteran has more than 140 starts in CART, Champ Car and the IndyCar Series and was named the 2009 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year.

"This is a proud moment for me and I have worked extremely hard for this," remarks Tagliani. "It means a lot to have someone like Andre recognize my efforts and reward me with this opportunity. I'm elated to be a part of this new team and can't wait to go racing full time in the IndyCar Series with great equipment and an incredible team of people."

Edwards, who will serve as general manager and technical director, comes to FAZZT Race Team after 16 years with Walker Racing, where he filled many positions including track engineer, engineering manager and team manager. Edwards, who worked with Tagliani from (YEARS), brings a great deal of knowledge and professionalism and provides the leadership that will attract many of the top people in motorsports at every position.
"I am excited to be offered the opportunity to help build this new team and work with my friend Alex again. His technical knowledge of the equipment we race is an extremely important piece of the puzzle we need to be successful," said Edwards. "To be able to start something from the ground floor with Andre, Jim and Alex was an opportunity too good for me to pass up."

You can stay in touch with all the FAZZT team updates at www.FAZZTRaceTeam.com, follow the team on Twitter (@FAZZTRaceTeam) and also join the team Facebook page.

Contact: Jim Freudenberg
FAZZT Race Team
Phone: (317) 750-0952
jimf@fazztraceteam.com

For Release- August 27th, 2009

TAGS DOES DOUBLE DUTY IN MONTREAL THIS WEEKEND

Both the Nascar Nationwide Series and Nascar Canadian Tire Series events in Montreal this weekend will have #81 car entries driven by Canadian Alex Tagliani. Alex will run the Nationwide Series event with MacDonald Motorsports, a team that is 25th in points in the Series.

The Nationwide opportunity exists thanks to the support of Dodge and the Quebec Dodge Dealers Association. " I am very excited to have a talent like Alex in our car at a home race for both of us", stated Randy MacDonald, team owner and fellow Canadian. " His knowledge of this track and technical savvy will be a great asset to our team and we want to give Dodge a good showing."

" I enjoy the underdog role being one of the 3 Dodges on the track" says Tagliani. " I want to do my best for the team, Dodge and all my other partners that have supported me in this effort." Joining Dodge in support of Alex and the team are Sennheiser, Dor Doctor, Lobe, Sears and Craftsman.

Tagliani will also pilot his own car new created team TSGN racing in the Nascar Canadian Tire Series. This is the same car/driver combination that qualified on the pole and lead several laps in Trois Rivieres two weeks ago before mechanical issues forced him from the race while leading. "I had a blast in Trois Rivieres seeting a new track record in my first attempt for my own team, " voiced Tagliani. " I look forward to repeating that effort and hopefully making getting to the finish line first this time."

Joining Tagliani's Nascar Canadian Tire effort is HGregoire, Sennheiser, La Capsule sportive and Houston restaurants.