Sarah to start 14th in Phoenix

Phoenix ---March 22, 2003) Afternoon qualifying for the Dial Purex Indy 200 placed Dreyer and Reinbold driver Sarah Fisher in the 14th position, while teammate Robbie Buhl will start in the 19th spot. Fisher’s fastest lap of 173.18 mph was the second fastest Chevy Indy V8in the field, with the #2 car of Jacques Lazier starting from the 12th position. Buhl’s qualifying lap was within one tenth of a second of his fastest speed this weekend.

"It's been a really good weekend so far," said Sarah. "We've done a lot of full-tank running. After Homestead we realized that the race setup is a lot more important. We've made race trim the focus of our efforts. My engineer put together a good qualifying setup based on what we'd done in testing and practice, and it came out running really well."

This weekend Fisher's Dallara is carrying the colors of Upromise, a free service that helps hundreds of America's leading companies give families money back for college.

"I'm excited to have Upromise on my race car this weekend," she noted. "With the lauching of my website, we've put Upromise.com on the home page so that people can go the Upromise site and sign up due to our racing efforts."

Teammate Robbie Buhl fought handling issues with his car during Friday’s practice session, and post-practice post mortem on the car discovered calibration problems with the left rear spring.

“We're not where we want to be on the speed charts, but we've got a good race car,” said Buhl. “That's been our focus all week. I've raced here for 14 years, and this is definitely a handling track, so we're doing everything we can to keep improving the car. We've got lots of fans at the race for Dial and Purex, and we want to be sure we're around at the end for them to cheer for. I've got to stay motivated, the team's got to stay motivated, and we're working hard every day to make improvements. All of us – Dreyer & Reinbold, Purex, Aventis, Chevy, Firestone – are in this thing to win.”
 

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