CART MEDIA CONFERENCE

July 2, 2002

Kyle Krisiloff

KYLE KRISILOFF: No problem. Thanks for having me.

KYLE KRISILOFF: My dad, he is very proud of me, and throughout all my levels of racing he has always been the person that's at every race giving me his full support. So it has been nice to have him along, you know, at every race, giving me his full support.

KYLE KRISILOFF: It started when I was about nine years old running quarter midgets in the Midwest, and started off slow, and then I started running very competitively on the national level and I won quite a few races. Then I moved onto shifter karts and karting and that's when I first took, you know, a real liking to road racing. So I have been chasing my dream of Formula One since that. It has just been a fun ride all along.

KYLE KRISILOFF: I don't know anything about that. I definitely -- I try to stay calm. I think it's important to finish races and be around at the end. But I am also -- I am not afraid to go inside if there's an opening.

KYLE KRISILOFF: Yeah, this should be our first race this weekend. We're looking forward to it.

KYLE KRISILOFF: Well, I have thought about it that I am getting into a pretty big series and it is my debut and everything, but I view it as I am pretty new at this, and pretty young so I have a while to learn. I am just going to try and go out there and keep the car in one piece and be patient and try to be consistent and learn as much as I can. We came in this a little late this year so we're not expecting a run for the Championship or anything like that. So I think our plan is just to learn as much as we can, and try to catch up, you know, a little bit because all these guys have been doing it a long time. They are pretty good at what they do.

KYLE KRISILOFF: I don't know. It always nice to be able to look down the road and see that there's an ultimate goal or reward for your hard work. I'd love to be able to try for the Toyota Atlantic Championship, but it is nice to know that, you know, these next six races, the most important thing is that we learn as much as we can and I get some good seat time.

KYLE KRISILOFF: I never actually driven on a street course. I have watched them in CART videos in Toronto; looks like a pretty challenging track, so I am just going to try to learn as quick as I can. Most of these tracks this year I haven't been to, so part of, you know, part of the team getting up to speed will be just myself learning these tracks. Because they are pretty nice facilities and most people don't have to drive there. So it is going to be a challenge.

KYLE KRISILOFF: Well, everybody pretty much tries to give the same advice and that's, you know, keep your nose clean, try to run as long as you can, keep the car together and just, you know, be patient, there's lots of time throughout the weekend. I am just going to try to sneak up on it and try to run as well as I can.

KYLE KRISILOFF: It's roughly the same car. In SCCA you are allowed a few less restrictions on the engine and you are allowed to run a softer tire, but the actual chassis is the same chassis. I am running the same chassis that I was running earlier this year. I actually went testing and between the two tires, I didn't find much difference, and the motor will have slightly less power for the new CART Series. But besides that, they are fairly similar so there's not much difference.

KYLE KRISILOFF: Yeah, we have had quite a few outings in the car, so I am fairly comfortable in showing up for Toronto. That's not one of the things that I am going to have to get adapted to. It is more just, you know, the atmosphere, and the new racing track that I have never been to.

KYLE KRISILOFF: We have been pretty much flatout lately and I haven't really had a lot of time to looking at stuff like that. I am sure some type of simulator would be helpful but right now I am focused on other things, and that would be nice if I had time, but really, all I had time to do was look at an in-car video of Scott Pruett a few years ago. I have heard that people such as Juan Montoya have had success, using video games and stuff, so I assume that they are probably pretty good if you haven't been to the racetrack.

KYLE KRISILOFF: When we first started off the first year in quarter midgets we just ran mid-pack, I was just learning how to race, but slowly and slowly we became very dominant and by the end I was winning every race I went to. It kind of started all over again when I started go-karts. I hadn't had much experience turning right and left so it was a whole different game. But when we got into the Formula Fords, it almost started over again because I hadn't been, you know, in an open-wheel car so at the beginning of the season it was slow. But I learned a lot, and by the end of the year, before anybody knew it, we were already challenged at National Championships. So I think it is like anything else, you can't really relate some of the slower cars to some of the faster cars. There's always a large learning curve that you have to get over, but I think in time - I am a quick learner, so, I will try and do as best I can as quick as I can.

KYLE KRISILOFF: Yeah, I met -- I am at the shop everyday so I have got a pretty good relationship with Mr. McGee and Mr. Patrick, I see sometimes at the races. They are always anxious to lend some advice or share an ear. Definitely those guys have been around, you they, helped me in areas to further my career. My hats are off to them because they have helped me as much as they can.

KYLE KRISILOFF: We started this year off in SCCA and we had success immediately, so after a little bit of amateur racing we decided that we would be wasting the rest of the year running there, so pretty much by the time we got everything together, Chicago was the first race we could have gone to. We chose not to because I love road racing, you know, my goal is Formula 1, so it seemed kind of silly to go out and run an oval first that we have no experience on in the car. It won't even be like a good test because there's no more oval race this is year. Toronto just seemed like the best logical race for us to make our debut at.

KYLE KRISILOFF: Thank you. We remind everybody that the next event is the Molson Indy in Toronto this weekend with the race set to air this Sunday at 1:30 P.M. eastern time on the CBS television Network. Thanks to all that participated in today's teleconference. Have a great afternoon.