CHAMP CAR MEDIA CONFERENCE

July 1, 2003

Ryan Dalziel

Adrian Fernandez

ADRIAN FERNANDEZ: Thank you.

ADRIAN FERNANDEZ: Things are going okay. They're not going as good as we wanted. This is what testing is all about. We're testing some things. It takes time to test over the weekend. We're trying to test some of those things here. Overall, it's going fine. We're changing an engine right now. We should be out in a couple hours.

Q. We talked to your team manager, and he had the engine revving up. It sounded like he was ready for you.

ADRIAN FERNANDEZ: Exactly.

ADRIAN FERNANDEZ: Very satisfying, especially with all the work that goes behind it, and there is a lot of frustration and hard work. It's just not easy to win as a driver. It's even more difficult to win as a team. To put those two together was an absolutely amazing feeling. It takes a lot of weight off my shoulders. We need to keep working hard and try to accomplish better results and the same results we did in Portland a few more times.

ADRIAN FERNANDEZ: It does make a big difference, especially for the guys. At the end of the day, we need to produce another good car. The key here was for us to have good pit-stops, good car, fast car on the racetrack. That will really help us to fight for victory. At the end of the day, you just have to remind yourself that was just one win. The important thing is to try to get a good car that you can be competitive over the weekend, and if you are competitive, you know you have a shot at winning the race.

ADRIAN FERNANDEZ: It's not the easiest track to set up a car. Especially the way it's design ed -- not the way it's designed, it's an airport, but the way it's designed to run. There is a lot of bumps. It's not an easy track. It's a fantastic feeling to race on this track, and at night, it's going to be even more amazing. I think that's going to create a good atmosphere with the public. It's going to be a lot fresher than it is in the day.

ADRIAN FERNANDEZ: I think so. What the people are going to see is a lot more lighting shows at night. It's going to be more exciting than at day. There is a lot of sparks on the engines and braking. I think it's going to make a better show at night. It's also Saturday night. People can go late at night to sleep, and a lot of people go out, and I think this would be a little time to have a festivity at the racetracks. If this works, I think a lot of other tracks will try to do the same.

ADRIAN FERNANDEZ: It's definitely better for the drivers because the temperature is more cooler. At the same time, I think it's a little bit cooler for the drivers and also for the cars. So, at the end of the day, it's less warmer at night, and it's better for the driver. At the end of the day, everybody is in good shape. I think we will be able to perform as good through the day or night. The important thing in, I think, the show is the winner.

ADRIAN FERNANDEZ: I hope so. It would be nice to have better cars than them through the end of the season. Experience always is important, but you have races where you have better cars and you have races where you don't have better cars. Obviously, some of the rookie guys that are here, they are very, very experienced. Some have had some problems; some not. You have to take what you can take every weekend and try to mix in a good consistent level through the whole year. Results like we had in Germany really did not help us in our standing in the championship. We should be better than fifth. We have some problems with pit-stops and things like that. Portland, we put everything together and we had a good car, and we had a win.

ADRIAN FERNANDEZ: It's something we have been working hard through the years. I'm not a young guy. I have been here for a while, and when our sponsors, they've got the Quaker State helmets, and when they come to the races, they dress their guests and everything. It's nice to see all the people supporting us. It gives you an appreciation of what the fans mean to you.

ADRIAN FERNANDEZ: Thank you very much.

RYAN DALZIEL: Thank you.

RYAN DALZIEL: I think I got together with a good bunch of guys this, year and really the engineering staff there has got years of experience and we're getting it together, and the past couple of races have been absolutely superb.

RYAN DALZIEL: It's an awesome track. I'm looking forward to coming back.

RYAN DALZIEL: I raced in Europe for four or five years. I made a decision to come across and try things stateside. It was a difficult year last year, being a rookie and being unknown. Fortunately I had a couple good results, and it secured a good position for this year. I'm just happy with the way the past couple of races have gone.

RYAN DALZIEL: I think the first thing that everybody noticed this year was the two newcomer teams, and the reason I think everybody sensed this rivalry is we basically came in and we have been the contending teams. I think you have to look deeper into the teams and realize both of the teams, the engineering staff and mechanics behind the teams, they're previous champions, and there is aa lot of depth in these teams. We're enjoying the rivalry, and we're definitely taking the challenge to anybody out there.

RYAN DALZIEL: We have two engineers on my car. So, between the two of them and also myself, all of us, we have done an excellent job this year. I think we'll continue to impress people.