NEWS from TEAM Team GDT’s Andrés Mén- dez (No. 53) is coming off his best finish of the season heading into this weekend’s Star Mazda doubleheader at Edmonton Indy. (Star Mazda photo by Eric McCombs) Team GDT’s Méndez and Tveter Looking for Top-10 Finishes at Edmonton EDMONTON, Alberta, July 19 — 10 of this Mazda Road to Indy series to have the best car to fight for posi - Due to some post-race penalties be - are part of the Edmonton Indy event. tions in the races. stowed on a couple drivers ahead of him, Team GDT’s Andrés Méndez Méndez, of Bogotá, Colombia, will “I hope to have an even better result got his first top-10 finish of the sea - celebrate his 20th birthday on July than the top 10 in Toronto,” he said. son in Toronto July 8. He and his 30, and he’d like a top-five finish “I would like to achieve a top-five teammate, Ryan Tveter, would like even more than a top 10 to mark the finish before my birthday, so this is to post two more top-10 finishes occasion. the time to do it!” each this weekend in the double - header for the Star Mazda Champi - “We are going to keep working hard Méndez drives the No. 53 sponsored onship presented by Goodyear at to keep moving forward,” he said. by DataFile Internacional S.A. and City Centre Airport. Rounds 9 and “We are going to focus on the set-up Grupo Kriterion. For more info: Linda Mansfield, Restart Communications Cell: (317) 201-0729; E-mail: [email protected] Photos may be downloaded off Team GDT’s Facebook page. Team GDT Is Fielding Two Cars at Edmonton/Page 2 of 2 United States. Check Tveter, of Oyster local listings for Bay, N.Y., would other areas. like two good fin - ishes with his No. 33 too. His car is ad - vertising Rogers TV About Team GDT: and Motorola Mobil - Team GDT is a ity Canada here. multi-car profes - sional race team It’s the series’ first headquartered in visit to Edmonton’s Dallas that is owned 3.631-kilometer, by businessman and 2.256-mile, 13-turn racing driver J.W. temporary street Roberts. The team course. Neither focuses on the Star Méndez nor Tveter Mazda Champi - have ever raced at Ryan Tveter (No. 33) will represent Rogers TV and Motorola Mobility onship presented by Edmonton in other Canada in the Star Mazda doubleheader at Edmonton Indy. Goodyear, part of the series, so they hope (Star Mazda photo by Eric McCombs) IZOD IndyCar Se - to get acclimated ries' Mazda Road to quickly. Indy, and the IMSA GT3 Cup Chal - The event’s Web site is at Edmon - lenge. There are two 30-minute practice tonIndy.com. sessions slated for 9 a.m. and 1:45 In 2011 Team GDT won its second p.m. local time (11 a.m. and 3:45 After Edmonton the series travels to Star Mazda Expert Series champi - p.m. Eastern time) on Friday. Peak Trois-Rivieres, Quebec for another onship in a row with Roberts behind Performance Qualifying is slated for street course event Aug. 3-5 before the wheel. The Expert Series is a 11 a.m. local time (1 p.m. Eastern) returning to the States for the re - race-within-a-race and a champi - on Saturday. There’s an autograph mainder of the 17-race season. onship-within-a-championship for session planned for 12:15 p.m. local drivers 30 and older. Roberts won time that day too before the first race Fans can learn more about Team the Expert title driving his Team is held at 2:30 pm. (4:30 p.m. East - GDT on its Facebook page or GDT/General Data Tech Mazda No. ern) on Saturday. The second half of through Twitter @TeamGDT. Both 65 with a total of five class victories. the doubleheader is slated for 9:30 drivers also have Facebook and a.m. local time (11:30 a.m. Eastern) Twitter accounts. Team GDT is also well known for on Sunday, prior to that afternoon’s nurturing rising stars, including Mo - IZOD IndyCar Series headliner. Highlights of the Edmonton Star torsport Ireland “Young Racing Mazda races will be broadcast on a Driver of the Year” Patrick The Star Mazda series features taped-delayed basis on the Mazda McKenna and multi-Star Mazda standing starts. Motorsports Hour on Discovery’s race winners Alex Ardoin and Velocity Network, Canada’s Rogers Richard Kent. Fans can learn more Live timing and scoring is planned SportsNet and ESPN International. about Team GDT on its Facebook for StarMazda.com. The coverage will air at noon East - page or through Twitter ern on Saturday, Aug. 25 in the @TeamGDT..