INDY RACINGLEAGUE ® 2004 Media Guide ■ Guía de Medios 2004 Table of Contents Media Contact Information 2 BACKGROUND INFORMATION Team Overview 3 Quaker State 5 Telmex 6 Tecate 7 Aceros Vilag 8 Intel 8 Honda 9 Panoz G Force 10 Firestone 11 IRL IndyCar Series Overview 12 Series Schedule 13 ADRÍAN FERNÁNDEZ Background 15 Career 17 Performance Chart 24 Results by Circuit 25 One-on-One 26 TEAM INFORMATION Tom Anderson, Co-Owner/Managing Director 29 John Dick, Technical Director 32 Gustavo Del Campo, Team Manager 33 John Ward, Race Engineer 34 Chris Finch, Race Engineer 35 Mike Sales, Chief Mechanic 36 The Crew 37 The Pit Crew 42 Team Roster 44 1 Media Contact Information MEDIA CONTACT INFORMATION Tamy Valkosky, Public Relations Araceli Chávez, Public Relations Fernández Racing Press Office Ramón Osorio, Public Relations 17 El Prisma Oficina de Prensa Adrián Fernández en Mexico Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688 Gonzalez Camarena 400 Desp. 301 Tel: (949) 459-9172 Col. Centro Santa Fe, Mexico DF 01210 Fax: (949) 766-4894 Tel: 011-52-55-5292-5187 Cell: (949) 842-3946 Fax: 011-52-55-5292-5412 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] [email protected] MEDIA RESOURCES High resolution, downloadable photography is available at the Fernández Racing Media Photo Resource Site: www.fernandezracing.net/media. Fernández Racing Website: www.fernandezracing.net IRL IndyCar® Series: www.indyracing.com and www.indyracing.com/media Indy Racing League 4565 West 16th Street Indianapolis, IN 46222 Tel: (317) 492-6579 Fax: (317) 492-8730 John Griffin, Vice President of Public Relations Tel: (317) 492-6579 Email: [email protected] Tom Savage, Director of Public Relations Tel: (317) 492-6566 Email: [email protected] Ashleigh Higgins, Senior Manager of Media Relations Tel: (317) 492-5064 Email: [email protected] 2 Team Overview Team Address: 6835 Guion Road Indianapolis, IN 46268 (317) 299-5100 (317) 280-3051 Fax Website: www.fernandezracing.net Media Photo Website: www.fernandezracing.net/media Owners: Adrián Fernández and Tom Anderson Managing Director: Tom Anderson Driver: Adrián Fernández Technical Director: John Dick Team Manager: Gustavo Del Campo Chief Mechanic: Mike Sales Race Engineers: John Ward and Chris Finch Team Coordinator: G. Jeffery McComb Entry: #5 Quaker State/Telmex/Tecate Engine: Honda HI4R-A Series Indy V-8 Chassis: Panoz G Force GF09 Tires: Firestone Firehawk Racing Radials IRL Year: First Fernández Racing enters its first season of IRL IndyCar® Series competition in 2004, fielding the #5 Quaker State/Telmex/Tecate Panoz G Force/Honda/Firestone for veteran driver and Mexican star Adrián Fernández. The team announced its decision to participate in the IndyCar Series on March 11, and entered its first race – the Indy 200 Copper World Classic at Phoenix International Raceway – a scant 11 days later. Fernández Racing was formed in the fall of 2000 after Fernández, who drove to a second-place finish in the CART championship that year with Patrick Racing, and motorsports veteran Tom Anderson, formerly managing director of Target/Chip Ganassi Racing, decided to combine forces. In three short months, Fernández Racing grew into a two-car team which made its open-wheel racing debut in 2001. Last year, Fernández Racing enjoyed its best season to date. Fernández scored his first win in his dual role as an owner/driver, and ended the CART season with 13 consecutive points-paying finishes to secure eighth place in the final championship standings. Fernández Racing is the sister team of Super Aguri Fernández Racing, which was formed in December of 2002 by ex-Formula One driver Aguri Suzuki, the Super Aguri Company and Adrián Fernández, Fernández Racing. Super Aguri Fernández Racing fields Japanese rookie talent Kosuke Matsuura [Kohs-kay Mat-sur-ah] in the #55 Panasonic ARTA Panoz G Force/Honda/Firestone entry. Both teams operate out of a brand new 27,000 square foot race shop in Indianapolis. 3 Team Overview (continued) TEAM PERFORMANCE CHART (CART – CHAMP CAR WORLD SERIES COMPETITION) Year Driver Sponsor/Car Engine/Chassis Wins Poles Top 5 Top 10 Top Finish Standing 2003 Adrián Tecate/Quaker State/ Ford-Cosworth/Lola 1 1 4 11 1st 8th Fernández Telmex 2002 Adrián Tecate/Quaker State/ Honda/Lola 0 2 2 7 2nd 14th Fernández Telmex Shinji Alpine/Mitsuba Honda/Lola 0 0 2 6 4th 17th Nakano Max Tecate/Quaker State/Honda/Lola 0 0 0 0 14th 19th Papis* Telmex Luis Tecate/Quaker State/Honda/Lola 0 0 0 0 19th 23rd Diaz* Telmex 2001 Adrián Tecate/Quaker State/ Honda/Reynard 0 0 3 5 3rd 18th Fernández Telmex Shinji Avex/Alpine Honda/Reynard 0 0 0 2 8th 26th Nakano Totals 1 3 11 31 *Max Papis substituted for the injured Fernández at Mid-Ohio and Fontana, and Luis Diaz substituted at Mexico City. 4 Team Partners Quaker State Quaker State Group Mexico provides quality lubricants to both the commercial and consumer markets. The wholly-owned Mexican company has made Quaker State the number one brand in the Mexican market. Since establishing its first plant in Mexico City in 1955, the company has experienced continual growth under the leadership of Hector Flores and Juan Manuel Flores, and currently operates production and bottling plants in Tijuana, Monterrey and Guadalajara. The Quaker State Group Mexico has also expanded with the creation of two new companies, Botelub, which produces containers for Quaker State products, and Translub, which transports the company’s products. Quaker State Group Mexico’s decade-long relationship with Adrián Fernández began in 1991. www.quakerstate.com.mx 5 Team Partners Telmex Telmex is the leading and largest telecommunications company in Mexico. Providing local and long distance service throughout the country, the company has more than 13.3 million phone lines and offers telecommunication services through 68,000 kilometers (over 42,000 miles) of fiber-optics digital networks. The largest company listed on the Mexico stock exchange, Telmex offers a wide range of advanced services in wired communications, data and video broadcasting, and Internet access and integrated solutions. Telmex, which operates the only nationwide digital long-distance network in Mexico, has been associated with Adrián Fernández since 1996. www.telmex.com.mx 6 Team Partners TecaTecatete Tecate beer is one of the top brands produced by the Cerveceria Cuauhtemoc Moctezuma Brewery (CCM) based in Monterrey, Mexico. It also has the largest sales in Mexico’s export market with availability in more than 35 countries. Tecate became the first Mexican beer available in a can back in 1953. Since that time, CCM has been an innovator in the beer industry in Mexico, introducing the flip-top, the .325 ML non-returnable bottle, the ecologically-friendly cap, the 12-pack and the twist-off bottle. Tecate beer has received numerous awards in international exhibitions including gold medals from Le Monde Selection in Geneva, Paris and Madrid. Tecate is distributed in the United States by Labatt USA. The CCM Brewery, which began its association with Adrián Fernández in 1991, also produces such popular brands as Carta Blanca, Superior, Bohemia, Dos Equis, Sol, Tecate Light, Nochebuena and Indio. www.femsa.com 7 Team Partners Aceros Vilag / Intel Aceros Vilag is a leading steel supply company headquartered in Mexico City. Founded in 2000, the company distributes quality structural steel; stainless steel; special alloys; seam and seamless pipes, valves, connections; manual, electric and pneumatic tools; paints and industrial anticorrosives. Aceros Vilag's core market is oriented towards construction and hardware companies, both in Mexico and internationally, and private enterprises, but it also serves the government industry. Aceros Vilag began its association with Adrián Fernández in 2004. www.acerosvilag.com Intel Tecnología de México is the Mexico City-based division of the world’s largest chip maker and leading manufacturer of computer, networking and communications products. Founded in 1968, Intel introduced the world’s first microprocessor in 1971. For 35 years, Intel has been on the leading edge of technology, supplying chips, boards, systems, software building blocks, servers, networking and communications products to the computing and communications industries. This is Intel’s first season with Adrián Fernández. www.intel.com 8 The Equipment Honda #5 QUAKER STATE/TELMEX/TECATE PANOZ G FORCE/HONDA/FIRESTONE Following a successful debut in IRL IndyCar Series competition in 2003, Honda returns with the HI4R Series Indy V-8 powerplant – a further development of the design created in partnership with Ilmor Engineering for its inaugural season. The HI4R will be modified to conform with IRL regulations effective in May of 2004, which will reduce engine displacement from 3.5 liters to 3.0 liters. The 2003 season saw Honda remain in contention for the series championship until the final round, and highlights of the year included two wins [Tony Kanaan – Phoenix/Bryan Herta – Kansas] and three pole positions as well as Rookie of the Year honors with Dan Wheldon. Honda’s racing subsidiary, Honda Performance Development, Inc. (HPD) of Santa Clarita, California, is the technical operations center for Honda’s IndyCar engine program and coordinates American Honda’s participation in the IRL in partnership with Ilmor Engineering Inc., of Plymouth, Michigan. Prior to entering the IRL, Honda claimed four manufacturers’ championships and six consecutive drivers’ titles in the CART (Championship Auto Racing Teams, Inc.) series in nine years of competition from 1994 to 2002. Engine: HI4R Series Indy V-8 (HI4R-A effective May 2004) Engine Type: Normally-aspirated, fuel-injected, aluminum alloy cylinder block V-8 Displacement: 3.5 liters (213.6 cubic inches) through April then reduced to 3.0 liters Valve Train: Dual overhead camshaft, four valves per cylinder Crankshaft: Alloy steel, five main bearing caps Pistons: Forged aluminum alloy Connecting Rods: Machined alloy steel Engine Management: Motorola Ignition System: CDI Lubrication: Dry sump Cooling: Single water pump www.hondanews.com 9 The Equipment Panoz G Force #5 QUAKER STATE/TELMEX/TECATE PANOZ G FORCE/HONDA/FIRESTONE The 2003 season was one of expansion and success for Panoz G Force.