Indy Lights Round 7: Jeld-Wed 100

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 14:51:59 -0700

NEWTON, Iowa (June 21, 2008) – Targus/Andretti Green Racing/AFS Racing driver Arie
Luyendyk Jr. drove to a second-place finish at Saturday’s Jeld-Wen 100, his best finish at the track. AFS Racing/Andretti Green Racing driver Raphael Matos finished 8th. Luyendyk Jr. started from the pole and dominated the race leading 101 of 115 laps before being passed by Dillon Battistini on lap 102 when Luyendyk Jr. got caught up in lapped traffic. A yellow flag with five laps to go left one lap for Luyendyk Jr. to try to claim his first win in his Firestone Indy Lights career.
This is his seventh career runner-up finish. Matos, who started eighth, challenged for a top-five finish throughout the race, but took the checkered flag in seventh. Matos stands fourth in the Firestone Indy Lights championship, only 14 points out of third place.

Next on the 2008 Firestone Indy Lights schedule is a doubleheader weekend at Watkins Glen
International. Both races in the Corning Twin 100s are Saturday, July 5.

Raphael Matos, #27 AFS Racing/Andretti Green Racing Dallara/Firestone:
"We had a decent race today. The Andretti Green/AFS team worked hard to improve the car, but
we just didn’t have enough to challenge for the win. We are just going to have to look towards Watkins Glen now."

Arie Luyendyk Jr., #26 Targus Andretti Green Racing/AFS Racing Dallara/Firestone:
"The Targus/AGR/AFS car was the dominant car all weekend. To lose this race after leading more
than 100 laps is tough, especially when it wasn’t my fault. Guys just don’t get out of the way. If you’re in the back, and you’re being lapped continuously, just move out of the way. I can’t believe Davidson did not let me by and he wouldn’t let Dillon by, either, when he was up front. It just messes up our race. The Andretti Green/AFS Racing guys did an awesome job. They rolled the car off of the truck and we were just fast. It’s frustrating when you have 10 car lengths on a guy for the lead with eight laps to go and you come up on lapped traffic and you lose the race because they wouldn’t get out of the way. There is no way Dillon would have gotten around me. He never would have passed me on the outside. I was afraid traffic would be a problem and it was."

2008 Jeld-Wen 100 Results

Pos. Name Laps Pos. Name Laps
1 Dillon Battistini 115
2 Arie Luyendyk Jr. 115
3 Ana Beatriz 115
4 Brent Sherman 115
5 Pablo Donoso 115
6 Jeff Simmons 115
7 Raphael Matos 115
8 JR Hildebrand 115
9 Richard Antinucci 115
10 Marc Williams 115
11 Franck Pererra 115
12 Andrew Prendeville 115
13 Micky Gilbert 115
14 Logan Gomez 115
15 James Davidson 115
16 Bobby Wilson 115
17 Robbie Pecorari 114
18 Cyndie Allemann 112
19 Jonny Reid 105
20 Sean Gutherie 78
21 Travis Gregg 66
22 Mark Olson 59

POLE POSITION FOR THE JELD-WED 100

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:34:43 -0700

NEWTON, Iowa (June 20, 2008) – Targus/AFS Racing/Andretti Green Racing driver Arie
Luyendyk Jr. will start on the pole for the Jen-Weld 100, his first start on the Iowa Speedway oval.
Luyendyk qualified with an average speed of 160.397 miles per hour during his qualifying attempt. This is Luyendyk’s fourth career pole and first of the 2008 season.

Andretti Green Racing/AFS Racing driver Raphael Matos qualified eighth with an average speed
of 159.337 miles per hour during his attempt. This is the first race for both Luyendyk and Matos at the Iowa Speedway. Luyendyk was quickest in the practice session with Matos 11th. The Jen-Weld 100 takes the green flag, Saturday, June 21 at 5:15 (EDT) as a part of the Iowa Corn Indy 250 weekend. ESPN2 will air the second Jeld-Wen 100 June 26, at 5:30 p.m. (EDT).

Raphael Matos, #27 AFS Racing/Andretti Green Racing Dallara/Firestone:
"I wasn’t happy with our qualifying run today. The car was really loose during the qualifying run.
We are going to have to improve a little bit for the race tomorrow. My teammate is fast, so hopefully we can take from that."

Arie Luyendyk Jr., #26 Andretti Green Racing/AFS Racing Dallara/Firestone:
"Everyone at AFS/Andretti Green did an awesome job today. We were pretty much the quickest
all day. I’m really happy we got a pole for our new sponsor, Targus. I was worried with the rain that we might have to start on points. Our main competition was (Dillon) Battistini, but we held him off. The car was unbelievable to drive. It was easy to drive on the bottom, so hopefully it will be the same tomorrow. I am confident for what we’ll bring to the track for the race."

Jeld-Wen 100 Qualifying Results
Pos. Name MPH Pos. Name MPH

1 Arie Luyendyk Jr. 160.397
2 Dillon Battistini 159.921
3 Jeff Simmons 159.845
4 Bobby Wilson 159.671
5 Brent Sherman 159.666
6 Ana Beatriz 159.548
7 JR Hildebrand 159.345
8 Raphael Matos 159.337
9 Franck Perera 159.228
10 Pablo Donoso 158.923
11 Robbie Pecorari 158.896
12 Cyndie Alleman 158.874
13 James Davidson 158.663
14 Richard Antinucci 157.937
15 Logan Gomez 157.755
16 Jonny Reid 157.661
17 Andrew Prendeville 156.778
18 Marc Williams 156.492
19 Travis Gregg 156.294
20 Micky Gilbert 155.978
21 Sean Guthrie 153.865
22 Mark Olson DNQ

Indy Lights Round 6: Milwaukee 100

Sun, 1 Jun 2008 14:47:53 -0700

Matos 3rd, Luyendyk 8th at Milwaukee

WEST ALLIS, Wis. (June 1, 2008) – Andretti Green Racing/AFS Racing drivers Raphael Matos and Arie Luyendyk Jr. both had clean races at Sunday’s running of the Milwaukee 100.

Matos, who started seventh, finished third. Luyendyk Jr. struggled with the handling of his Targus/AGR/AFS car and managed an eighth-place finish. Bobby Wilson won the race and Jeff Simmons finished second. The next race on the 2008 Firestone Indy Lights schedule is the Jeld-Wen 100 from Iowa Speedway on June 22.

Raphael Matos, #27 AFS Racing/Andretti Green Racing Dallara/Honda/Firestone:
"Today was good and I am happy for the AFS/AGR team. They deserve better results than we've had in the past two races. We improved quite a lot from qualifying and I think the car was quite good in the end. This place is so difficult in traffic. It's very difficult to pass. Once I was in third, I just wanted to finish and collect points, which is good for the championship. Now we just have to work harder and harder trying to maximize our car to the ovals and then we'll be there in the end fighting for the championship."

Arie Luyendyk Jr., #26 Targus/Andretti Green Racing/AFS Racing Dallara/Honda/Firestone:
"We were a little conservative today on the setup and because of that, we had a little bit of understeer. It’s just so hard to pass here. The Targus/AGR/AFS car was so much quicker than the lapped cars but they didn’t yield and I lost positions that way and it was the most frustrating part of my day. It was a decent race and I’m not going to complain about eighth but starting from fifth, I definitely had high expectations. Milwaukee is a tough place and we just didn’t have the car underneath us today."

2008 Milwaukee 100 Results

Pos. Name Laps Pos. Name Laps
1 Bobby Wilson 100
2 Jeff Simmons 100
3 Raphael Matos 100
4 Andrew Prendeville 100
5 JR Hildebrand 100
6 James Davison 100
7 Pablo Donoso 100
8 Arie Luyendyk Jr 100
9 Logan Gomez 100
10 Sean Guthrie 100
11 Brent Sherman 99
12 Wade Cunningham 99
13 Chris Festa 99
14 Dillon Battistini 99
15 Jonny Reid 99
16 Richard Antinucci 99
17 Micky Gilbert 98
18 Cyndie Allemann 96
19 Ana Beatriz 78
20 Mark Olson 18
21 Marc Williams 7

TARGUS FLY & FEATHER TO SPONSOR ARIE LUYENDYK JR.’S FIRESTONE INDY LIGHTS ENTRY

Thu, 22 May 2008 08:23:01 -0700

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (May 21, 2008) – Targus Fly & Feather is teaming up Andretti Green
Racing/AFS driver Arie Luyendyk Jr. as the primary sponsor of the #26 Firestone Indy Lights entry
for the remainder of the 2008 season, beginning with this weekend’s Freedom 100 at Indianapolis
Motor Speedway.

“I am really excited to have Targus Fly & Feather on board for the Freedom 100 and the
rest of the 2008 season,” said Luyendyk. “Targus appreciates high performance, and makes
fishing gear that is tuned for the best results in every situation, just like my Firestone Indy Lights
car.”

Luyendyk, a Firestone Indy Lights veteran, leads the Indy Lights in top-10 finishes and
qualified for the Indianapolis 500 in 2006. He has two top fives and three top 10s in the first four
races of the 2008 season and is currently fifth in the championship standings.

“We’re excited about our sponsorship of Arie’s #26 car at Indy and beyond,” said Wayne
Richey, CEO of Targus. “The precision and technology of high performance racing matches up
very well with the precision and technology of our high-performance fishing gear.”

Targus Fly & Feather sells into the international market with both specialty fly-fishing gear
and conventional tackle. The company’s numerous marketing firsts, and its all-star design team,
continue to accelerate the company’s presence in the industry.

The sixth running of the Freedom 100 takes the green flag, Friday, May 23 in conjunction
with the 92nd Running of the Indianapolis 500. Live coverage of the event can be seen on ESPN2
at 12:30 p.m. (EDT).

About Targus Fly and Feather
Targus Fly and Feather, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is owned by some of the best-known names in the
angling industry. Targus drives fishing innovation with its technologically advanced Gary Borger ProSeries™
reels and carbon fiber rods, bar-coded flies, and the hot new Gary Loomis lures. Targus also provides
award-winning educational and entertainment media, including books, DVD’s and television programming.

About Andretti Green Racing
Founded in December 2002, Andretti Green Racing® (AGR) is based in Indianapolis, Ind., and is owned and
operated by partners Michael Andretti, Kim Green and Kevin Savoree. The winningest team in Indy Racing
League history, Andretti Green Racing fields a series-high four full-time entries in the IndyCar Series, two
Firestone Indy Lights cars and a single-car entry in the American Le Mans Series. Andretti Green also
features a promotional side to its business, owning and operating the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg,
which saw its fourth successful running in April 2008 on the streets of downtown St. Petersburg, Fla.

Indy Lights Round 4: Kansas 100

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 02:26:59 -0700

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (April 27, 2008) – Andretti Green Racing/AFS Racing driver Arie Luyendyk
Jr. drove to a third-place finish at Sunday’s Kansas Lottery 100, his best finish at the track. AFS
Racing/Andretti Green Racing driver Raphael Matos finished 19th.

Luyendyk Jr., who started fifth, moved into the third position on the opening lap of the race and
challenged for the lead over the entire 67 laps of the event. The strong finish moved Luyendyk into fifth place in the Firestone Indy Lights driver championship. Matos, who started only his second career oval race, was running in seventh place with 11 laps to go when Jeff Simmons moved up on the track and made contact with the AFS/AGR car. The contact pushed Matos into the wall and caused damage to the car that could not be repaired. Matos stands fourth in the Firestone Indy Lights championship, only 16 points out of third place.

The next race on the 2008 Firestone Indy Lights schedule is the Freedom 100 at the Indianapolis
Motor Speedway on Friday, May 23.

Raphael Matos, #27 AFS Racing/Andretti Green Racing Dallara/Honda/Firestone:
"The AFS/AGR team was having a great race, a very clean race, when Jeff Simmons took me out
again, just like he did in St. Pete. I was running on the outside, in my line, and he just came up into me and hit me. It forced me into the wall and we were unable to fix the damage done to the car and the day was over for us. It’s unfortunate because we’re racing for a championship out there."

Arie Luyendyk Jr., #26 Andretti Green Racing/AFS Racing Dallara/Honda/Firestone:
"Our car struggled a bit on the restarts and I think that's what caught us at the end. Other than that,
the AGR/AFS car was beautiful to drive. We had a few really good opening laps that helped me move up to third right away. Then it was just (J.R.) Hildebrand and I up at the front for awhile, working together to get away from everybody, but the restarts brought everyone back together. The AGR/AFS crew did a great job today. We had a tough car to drive this weekend, but it was fast. It was just a shame that we couldn't pick up that first win."