For Immediate Release RADIO AND TV INFORMATION BRIEFS: DELPHI INDY 200 AT WALT DISNEY WORLD SPEEDWAY SATURDAY, JAN. 29, 2000 BRIEF ONE (Advance) AN ALL-STAR CAST OF INDY RACING LEAGUE DRIVERS, LED BY ORLANDO RESIDENT AND DEFENDING RACE CHAMP EDDIE CHEEVER JR., KICKS OFF THE 2000 INDY RACING SEASON JANUARY 29 AT THE DELPHI INDY 200 AT WALT DISNEY WORLD SPEEDWAY. POPULAR TWO-TIME INDIANAPOLIS 500 WINNER AL UNSER JR. WILL MAKE HIS INDY RACING DEBUT, AND INDY RACING STARS SUCH AS 1999 SERIES CHAMPION GREG RAY, MARK DISMORE, SCOTT SHARP AND SCOTT GOODYEAR WILL BE ON HAND TO CLAIM A PIECE OF THE MILLION-DOLLAR RACE PURSE. QUALIFYING IS AT 12:30 P.M. ON JANUARY 28, AND THE GREEN FLAG DROPS ON THE DELPHI INDY 200 AT NOON JANUARY 29. FOR TICKET INFORMATION CALL 1-800-822-INDY OR CHECK OUT WWW.INDY200.COM FOR RACE INFORMATION. BRIEF TWO (Race Week) 1999 INDY RACING LEAGUE CHAMPION GREG RAY BEGINS HIS TITLE DEFENSE SATURDAY AT THE DELPHI INDY 200 AT WALT DISNEY WORLD SPEEDWAY, THE FIRST MAJOR RACE OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM. RAY WON THE 1999 CHAMPIONSHIP BY A MERE 37 POINTS, AND THE 2000 SEASON PROMISES TO BE JUST AS EXCITING. TICKETS FOR THE JANUARY 29 DELPHI INDY 200 ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 1-800-822-INDY. CHECK OUT WWW.INDY200.COM FOR MORE RACE INFORMATION. BRIEF THREE (Race Week) THE MOST PROMINENT OF THIS YEAR’S INDY RACING LEAGUE ROOKIES IS ACTUALLY NOT A ROOKIE AT ALL. HE’S NONE OTHER THAN LEGENDARY TWO-TIME INDIANAPOLIS 500 WINNER AL UNSER JR. UNSER RETURNS TO HIS OPEN-WHEEL, OVAL-TRACK RACING ROOTS THIS WEEKEND IN THE DELPHI INDY 200 AT WALT DISNEY WORLD SPEEDWAY. A MEMBER OF RACING’S MOST FAMOUS FAMILY, UNSER IS EAGER TO ADD TO HIS 31 CAREER OPEN-WHEEL VICTORIES, BUT HE WILL HAVE TO BATTLE THE TOP ACES OF INDY RACING, INCLUDING JEFF WARD, SCOTT GOODYEAR, EDDIE CHEEVER JR., BUDDY LAZIER AND DEFENDING SERIES CHAMPION GREG RAY. TICKETS FOR THE DELPHI INDY 200 ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 1-800-822-INDY. CHECK OUT WWW.INDY200.COM FOR MORE RACE INFORMATION. BRIEF FOUR (Race Week) THREE INDIANAPOLIS 500 WINNERS WILL BE AMONG THE DRIVERS TRYING TO WIN THE DELPHI INDY 200 AT WALT DISNEY WORLD SPEEDWAY ON SATURDAY. 1992 AND ’94 CHAMP AL UNSER JR., ’96 WINNER BUDDY LAZIER AND THE 1998 CHAMP, ORLANDO’S OWN EDDIE CHEEVER JR., WILL BATTLE FOR 200 LAPS ON THE TRICKY 1-MILE OVAL LOCATED JUST OUTSIDE DISNEY’S MAGIC KINGDOM. ALONG WITH THEIR SUCCESS ON THE FAMOUS SUPERSPEEDWAY AT INDY, UNSER AND CHEEVER ARE BOTH SHORT-TRACK ACES, MAKING THEM TWO OF THE DRIVERS TO WATCH ON THE TRICKY 1-MILE WALT DISNEY TRACK, AND LAZIER’S AGGRESSIVE DRIVING STYLE MAKES HIM A THREAT AT ANY TRACK, BIG OR SMALL. THE 2000 INDY RACING SEASON GETS UNDER WAY WITH THE DELPHI INDY 200 AT NOON SATURDAY. QUALIFYING TAKES PLACE AT 12:30 FRIDAY. TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 1-800-822-INDY. CHECK OUT WWW.INDY200.COM FOR MORE RACE INFORMATION. BRIEF FIVE (Race Week) SINCE 1996, THE INDY RACING LEAGUE HAS BROUGHT EXCITING AND COMPETITIVE OPEN-WHEEL RACING TO CENTRAL FLORIDA EACH JANUARY, AND THE TRADITION CONTINUES SATURDAY WITH THE FIFTH-ANNUAL DELPHI INDY 200 AT WALT DISNEY WORLD SPEEDWAY. TWO-TIME INDIANAPOLIS 500 WINNER AL UNSER JR., DEFENDING SERIES CHAMP GREG RAY, AND A HOST OF INDY RACING LEAGUE STARS SUCH AS SCOTT GOODYEAR, MARK DISMORE, EDDIE CHEEVER JR., BUDDY LAZIER AND SCOTT SHARP WILL TRY TO PUT THEIR NAME AT THE TOP OF THE SEASON POINTS STANDINGS FIRST. INAUGURAL INDY 200 WINNER BUZZ CALKINS WILL LOOK FOR HIS SECOND INDY RACING VICTORY, AND TO EXTEND HIS RECORD STREAK OF 11-CONSECUTIVE RACES WHERE HE WAS RUNNING AT THE FINISH. FAST-FLYING INDY RACING VETERAN JEFF WARD HAS NEVER WON AN INDY RACING LEAGUE EVENT, BUT NOW HE’S DRIVING FOR RACING LEGEND A.J. FOYT. WITH A GUY LIKE FOYT CALLING THE SHOTS, IT COULD BE WARD’S YEAR TO WIN RACES AND THE CHAMPIONSHIP. FOR TICKETS TO THE JANUARY 29 DELPHI INDY 200, CALL 1-800-822-INDY. Media Contacts: Ron Green, Pep Boys Indy Racing League Manager of Media Relations,+1 (317) 484-6425 Paul Kelly, IMS/IRL Communications Manager, +1 (315) 673-0184 World Wide Web: http://www.indy200.com http://www.indyracingleague.com E-mail: imspr@brickyard.com Fax on Demand: +1 (877) 797-4639