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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Merrill Cain, Champ Car Atlantic Communications Director, (586) 630-1474 Dave Craig, Cooper Tire Director of North American Advertising, (419) 429-4459 COOPER TIRE TO JOIN CHAMP CAR ATLANTIC CHAMPIONSHIP AS OFFICIAL SERIES TIRE SUPPLIER AND PRESENTING SPONSOR BEGINNING IN 2007 INDIANAPOLIS (May 31, 2006) â€“ Champ Car Atlantic Championship officials announced today that the series will enter into an exclusive partnership with the Cooper Tire & Rubber Company in 2007.

. Under the terms of the three-year agreement, Cooper Tire will become the Official Tire of the Champ Car Atlantic Championship beginning next season and the company will also serve as the presenting sponsor of North Americaâ€™s premier open-wheel development series.

. Well-established as one of the worldâ€™s leading tire manufacturers, as well as a top marketing and promotional partner across many levels of motorsports, Cooper Tire will help bolster a dynamic competition package for the Atlantic Championship in â€™07.

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. earned his first-ever victory in the Indianapolis 500 and continued the strong tradition of recent Champ Car Atlantic Championship graduates to excel at Indy.

. â€œWe want to congratulate Sam on a tremendous victory and weâ€™re happy that Atlantic graduates once again played such a prominent role at the Indy 500, â€ said Vicki Oâ€™Connor, Managing Director of the Yokohama Presents the Champ Car Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda.

. He raced for Michael Shank Racing during the 1999 Atlantic season, finishing seventh in the championship standings while claiming his lone series win at Chicago.

. Patrick, who competed from 2003-2004 in the Atlantic Championship, claimed eighth place after finishing fourth last season at Indy.

. After three rounds of racing in the 2006 Yokohama Presents the Champ Car Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda, Germanyâ€™s Andreas Wirth (#37 INDECK/Wirth Solar) leads the series championship standings.

. Graham Rahal (#18 Gehl Company), the 17-year-old son of racing legend and former Atlantic stalwart Bobby Rahal, is third in the championship after he won in Monterrey, Mexico at the most recent series race, becoming the youngest winner in the history of Atlantic competition.

Yokohama Creates Innovative Dealer Program for Champ Car Atlantic Championship

Yokohama Creates Innovative Dealer Program for Champ Car Atlantic Championship Tire Company Cedes Prime Position on Race Car Nose to Tire Dealers FULLERTON, Calif.

. (April 5, 2006) – Although all the cars ride on ADVAN/Yokohama rubber, there’s still going to be a unique tire competition in the 2006 Yokohama Presents the Champ Car Atlantic Championship powered by Mazda.

. The championship-winning dealer will be honored with their Championship driver on stage at the Awards Banquet and will receive a special memento marking the championship.

. # # # Drivers for each sponsoring dealership in Yokohama Presents the Champ Car Atlantic Championship, Powered by Mazda (in alphabetical order by dealer): Big O Raphael Matos (#6 – Sierra Sierra Enterprises, Brazil) Danilo Dirani (#1 – Condor Motorsports, Brazil) Mike Forest (#32 – PR1 Motorsports, Canada) Conrad’s Tire Express Richard Philippe (#33 – Forsythe Championship Racing, France) Luis Sciavo (#8 – Brooks Associates Racing, Austria) Daniel Gaunt (#35 – Newman/Wachs Racing, New Zealand) Discount Tire Alex Barron (#21 – Polestar Racing Group, USA) Norbert Seidler (#10 – Brooks Associate Racing, Austria) Alan Sciuto (#12 – Polestar Racing Group, USA) National Tire and Battery (NTB) Jonathan Bomarito (#23, PR1 Motorsports, USA) Al Unser (#30, MiJack Conquest Racing, USA) Robbie Pecorari (#28, Gelles Racing, USA) Tire Kingdom Graham Rahal (#18, MiJack Conquest Racing, USA) Stephen Simpson (#14, Gelles Racing, South Africa) Joe D’Agostino (#34, Newman/Wachs Racing, USA) Tire Rack James Hinchcliffe (#3, Forsythe Championship Racing, Canada) Simon Pagenaud (#15, Team Australia, France) Ryan Spencer-Smith (#25, NCDL Tech, USA) Tires Warehouse Leo Maia (#7, Forsythe Championship Racing, USA) David Martinez (#4, US Racetronics, Mexico) Charles Hall (#16, Transnet Racing, United Kingdom) Wheel Works Andreas Wirth (#37, Forsythe Championship Racing, Germany) James Davison (#5, Team Australia, Australia) Tim Bridgman (#2, Jensen Motorsport, United Kingdom) © 1994-2006 Yokohama Tire Corporation.

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. NEWS: MAY 9 2006 - Houston, TEXAS: Houston Homecoming: The Atlantic Championship makes its debut on the new 1.615-mile temporary road course around Houston's Reliant Park this weekend.

. The Houston event served as the season finale for the Atlantic Championship in 1999, 2000 and 2001.

. A Night At The Races: While Saturday's race marks the first time that the Champ Car Atlantic Championship will race in the evening in Houston, it's not the first time the series has competed at night.

. The last road course event run at night in the series came in 2003 when the Atlantic Championship competed at Cleveland's Burke Lakefront Airport circuit.

. Atlantic Racing Texas-Style: The Champ Car Atlantic Championship wanted to take advantage of its only visit to Texas this season so the series decided to spend a full week in the Lone Star state.

. A number of new teams and drivers have joined the series this season, teaming up with many returning Atlantic participants to give the championship its deepest and most talented field in years.

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Rahal's son wins pole for Atlantic Championship race in Monterrey - Champ Car Series - Yahoo! Sports

. Click to launch Rahal's son wins pole for Atlantic Championship race in Monterrey Rahal's son wins pole for Atlantic Championship race in Monterrey By WILL WEISSERT, Associated Press Writer MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) -- Graham Rahal, the son of former Indianapolis 500 and Indy Car champion Bobby Rahal, won the pole Saturday for Sunday's Champ Car Atlantic Championship race.

. Bobby Rahal, who won Champ Car championships during the 1986 and 1987 seasons, when the series was known as PPG Indy Car, said his son has ``always raced against people who are generally a lot older than him.'' ``I don't think that's ever really intimidated him, '' he said.

Mazda-Cosworth Engines to Power All Cars in 2006 Champ Car Atlantic Championship

. Mazda-Cosworth Engines to Power All Cars in 2006 Champ Car Atlantic Championship LONG BEACH, Calif.--April 6, 2006--As the drivers of the Champ Car Atlantic Championship open the 2006 season on the streets of Long Beach, Calif., this weekend, they'll all have at least one thing in common: every driver will be propelled down Shoreline Drive by a 300-hp 2.3-liter four-cylinder Mazda MZR engine prepared by Cosworth Engineering and known as the Mazda-Cosworth YDX.

. Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) recently announced it had entered into a three-year integrated marketing partnership with the Champ Car Atlantic Championship to provide engines and marketing support to the series.

. The series, now dubbed "Yokohama Presents the Champ Car Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda, " will compete with the cars of the Champ Car World Series on 12 street circuit and permanent road course race weekends throughout North America.

. An influx of new teams and the top rising stars in open-wheel racing will add to the excitement of the new-generation Atlantic Championship.

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Monday, June 19, 2006 Wednesday, June 14, 2006 Champ Car Atlantic Championship Returns to Portland as Series Prepares for Heart of 2006 Season by Merrill Cain INDIANAPOLIS -- Summer has arrived and the heat is on in North America’s top open-wheel racing development series.

. Throughout the first three rounds of the 2006 Yokohama Presents The Champ Car Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda, the competition has proven to be fierce.

. The Atlantic Championship is about to enter a stretch of six races over the next eight weekends in a grueling gauntlet that could well determine which one the series’ rising stars will walk away with the coveted Atlantic title and the $2 million champion’s Champ Car bonus at the end of the season.

. After hosting doubleheader race weekends each of the past two seasons at the 1.964-mile Portland International Raceway road course, the Champ Car Atlantic Championship will return to a single-event format this weekend with Sunday’s Trinity Carpet 100k (tape-delayed broadcast on SPEED at 4 p.m.

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. The Champ Car organization owns and operates the Champ Car World Series and the Champ Car Atlantic Championship powered by Mazda.

. Owners: Kevin Kalkhoven, Gerald Forsythe, Paul Gentilozzi President: Steve Johnson 2006 Championship Cars: 2006 Championship Cars are open-wheel, single seat race cars with a chassis (tub) made of composites which consists of aluminum honeycomb and/or carbon fiber.

. Championship: Drivers compete for the prestigious Vanderbilt Cup and a bonus of $500, 000.

. The top 20 finishers per race earn championship points with bonus points for the pole position winner at oval events (1), the fastest qualifier on each day of road and street course qualifying (1 each day), race lap led (1), fastest lap of the race (1) and most positions gained from starting position (1).

. Champ Car Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda Presented by Yokohama General: Entering its 33rd season of competition in 2006, the Champ Car Atlantic Championship powered by Mazda, Presented by Yokohama is the longest-running development series in North America.

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