Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Had Ups and Downs in Texas

FortWorth, Texas - (June 6, 2009) Dreyer & Reinbold Racing had some ups anddowns for the sixth round of the IndyCar Series at the Bombardier Learjet 550in Fort Worth, Texas today. TheIndianapolis-based squad endured plenty of action during the 228 lap race.

As the green flag dropped, all three Dreyer& Reinbold Racing drivers' Tomas Scheckter (No. 43 MonaVie), Mike Conway(No. 24 Roll Coater) and Milka Duno (No. 23 CITGO) were off to a very goodstart. Unfortunately, that rapidly changed for the team. Coming out of turn two on the secondlap, Milka Duno was in the wrong place at the wrong time. The No.2 of Graham Rahal went sidewayscoming out of turn two, collecting HVM driver EJ Viso and unfortunately Dunowas the victim of an unfortunate circumstance as she had nowhere to go and hitthem both. As a result, the incident was the first caution of the day and endedthe Venezuelan's race early.

Today marked Englishman Mike Conway's first timeto compete at Texas Motor Speedway. The rookie started from 19th position and had a strongstart. His race went inanother direction when he began having trouble shifting on lap 48. Conway came in and the team had torepair his gear stack in pit lane. Luckily, the 25 year old was able to get back out on track, butunfortunately he went down 37 laps as a result. From that point on, Conway drove a solid race and broughtthe car home to the same place he started, in 19th position.

Newest member to the team, Tomas Scheckter,drove a good, consistent race. Starting from 18th position, theSouth Africa native immediately gained positions. From then on he stayed out of trouble and the No. 43 MonaViemachine finished 13th.

Dreyer & Reinbold Racing heads straight to Watkins Glenfor a test and then back home to Indianapolis for a weekend off. The team will hit thepavement June 21st in Iowa for the Iowa Corn Indy 250.

DREYER & REINBOLD QUOTES:

MilkaDuno, (No. 23 CITGO):

"Graham (Rahal) spun and EJ Viso had no where to go and I took the left, but at the last moment my right rear made contactand Graham created the problem. It's unfortunate for the team and my crew. They worked so hard on the car and our day was ended early."

Mike Conway, (No. 24Roll Coater):

"We were just hanging in there on thestart and after about 40 laps in we started having problems with thegearbox. It kept slipping intogear and eventually knocked out of gear and we only had third to run in. Obviously we couldn't run in third gearand we had to pull it in and see what the problem was. One of the parts bent and we had toreplace the gears and that was that. We lost 30 laps or so, but I was able to finish the race and I learnedquite a few things out there. It'sjust a shame we couldn't finish the race properly."

Tomas Scheckter, (No.43 MonaVie):

"Considering where we qualified and tofinish 13th is good. Wejust worked at it and I have to thank these guys for keeping their heads up. Ipushed everybody hard this weekend and they did a great job. Once again, I'm happy that MonaVie ison the car. Now, we need to sit down and work at it and make sure that wefinish these next races in the top ten."

Dennis Reinbold:

"Unfortunately Milka had nowhere to go whenGraham Rahal crashed and it ended her day before she could get up to speed,which was too bad. We thought thatshe would have a pretty good car. With Mike we had a gear problem that wouldn't allow him to downshift, sowe had to fix it. We got back out and soldiered around and made up a couple ofpositions. With Tomas, we didn'thave that much time to put the deal together. It came together at the last minute. We had hoped for a top ten finish andwe were close with 13th. If a couple of things could have fallen our way a little better thanthey did, then we could have been in the top ten potentially. All in all, it's not the start that wewanted, but we are ready to build the program from here.

About Dreyer and Reinbold Racing

Dreyer & Reinbold Racing enters its 10th season of full-time competition in 2009, making it one of the longest-tenured teams in Indy Racing League competition. Current co-owners, Dennis Reinbold and Robbie Buhl, first teamed in full-time competition at the Walt Disney World Speedway in January of 2000. With Buhl behind the wheel, the two owners tasted victory in their debut race. The 2009 IndyCar Series season-opener on the streets of St. Petersburg on April 3-5 will mark Dreyer & Reinbold Racing's 200th series start. In its history, the team has boasted a championship list of alumni drivers. Besides Buhl, the team has run Indianapolis 500 winners Al Unser Jr., Buddy Lazier, and Buddy Rice, along with IndyCar Series race winner Ryan Briscoe. The team has one of the longest lines of heritage in American open-wheel racing and the Indianapolis 500 as Dennis Reinbold's grandfather, "Pop" Dreyer, built leading roadsters that raced at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during the 30s, 40s, and 50s.

More information on the team can be found at www.dreyerreinboldracing.com.

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