PIRELLI SPONSORS CARTING FOR CHARITY

Andretti Speed Lab Hosts Prelim Event Before Season Finale at Petit Le Mans

ROSWELL, Georgia, Oct. 13, 2003 – Race fans from Atlanta will challenge the best of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) in a charity go-karting event at Andretti Speed Lab in Roswell today from 3 to 9 p.m. ALMS drivers will prep for Saturday’s season finale at Road Atlanta by setting the fastest lap times on the Speed Lab’s indoor circuit.

Fans will have the opportunity to compete for tickets to Saturday’s race by beating the racers times. Drivers will be available to sign autographs and pose for pictures with the fans. In addition, 790 The Zone will be broadcasting live from Andretti Speed Lab with Mike Bell’s motorsports show featuring live
drivers’ interviews from 7 to 9 p.m.

With its North America headquarters based in nearby Rome, Pirelli Tires is sponsoring the event for second straight year. The real race gets underway this coming Saturday at 11:30 a.m. with the sixth running of the Petit Le Mans endurance race, a 1,000-mile or 10-hour race, that will determine the overall Drivers’ and Manufacturer’s championships. SPEED Channel will provide seven hours of live coverage of the event beginning at 11 a.m. (EDT).

Pirelli won the first Petit Le Mans in 1998 with former World Sports Car Champion Wayne Taylor driving his Doyle Risi Racing’s Ferrari 333 SP to victory. With podiums in all three of the classes that it participated in at Miami, Pirelli is looking forward to ending the ALMS season with a splash. Of champagne, that is!