AAA Hoosier Insurance Adds Sponsorship of Fisher’s No. 5 Car For Indianapolis 500

“Sarah is an extremely talented driver but what’s even more important to us is the fact that she is a genuinely wonderful person,” said Gary Michelson, AAA Hoosier Motor Club’s senior vice president for insurance and marketing. “Honesty, integrity and a strong commitment to the community are characteristics that are very important to us and those characteristics are plentiful in both Sarah Fisher and Dreyer & Reinbold Racing.

We are thrilled to be part of a team like this that truly exemplifies our own beliefs.” Up next, Fisher will compete in the greatest spectacle in racing, the 91th running of the Indianapolis 500, which is set for Sunday, May 27, with a 12 p. m. EST start. The Indy 500 will be the fifth race on the 17-race IndyCar Series circuit. The famed, Indianapolis Motor Speedway will play host to the hallmark race with coverage throughout the month provided by ABC, ESPN, the IMS Radio Network, and XM Satellite Radio. Broadcast coverage summaries are available at www.indycar.com and www.brickyard.com.

About AAA Hoosier Motor Club:

AAA Hoosier Motor Club is a fully tax-paying, not-for-profit corporation that offers a wide range of member services. Additionally, the club works for the improvement of motoring and traveling conditions. AAA Hoosier Motor Club is a more than 400,000-member affiliate of the American Automobile Association, which is the largest motoring and traveling organization in the world with more than 50 million members.

About Sarah Fisher:

At just 26 years old, she has already competed in five Indianapolis 500’s and been voted the Most Popular Driver four times in two separate series. In 2006, Fisher competed in two IndyCar Series races for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing at Kentucky Speedway and Chicagoland Speedway placing 12th and 16th respectively. In 2005, she was part of NASCAR’s Drive for Diversity program, piloting the No. 20 Chevrolet Monte Carlo for the Bill McAnally Racing/Richard Childress Racing Development Program in the NASCAR Grand National Division, West Series, and capturing four top-ten finishes. Fisher made her first appearance in the IndyCar Series back in 1999 for Derrick Walker, making her the youngest person ever to pass the IndyCar Series Rookie test. In 2000, she became just the third woman and one of the youngest drivers ever to compete in the world’s greatest race – the Indianapolis 500.

Sarah continued to make history that year at Kentucky Speedway, becoming the youngest person to lead laps during an IndyCar Series event and the youngest and only woman to ever stand on a podium with her third-place finish in that event. In 2001, Sarah claimed a second-place finish at the IndyCar Series inaugural race at Homestead Miami Speedway, the best result ever by a woman in Indy-style racing. In 2002, Sarah became the first woman to ever qualify fastest for a major North American open-wheel event capturing the pole and setting a new track record at Kentucky Speedway. Fisher raced quarter-midgets and go-karts until she was a teenager, winning the 1991, 1993 and 1994 World Karting Association Grand National Championships, the 1993 Circleville Points Championship and the 1994 WKA Grand National Championship.

By age 15, Sarah was racing Winged Outlaw Sprint cars winning the 1995 Dirt Track Racing Round-Up Rookie of the Year. Sarah has been a guest or profiled on a variety of television programs including, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Live with Regis and Kelly, Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw, Good Morning America and The Today Show. She has also appeared in the pages of People, Teen People, Cosmo Girl, Seventeen, Glamour, Sporting Woman, Mademoiselle, Sports Illustrated, Time, Newsweek, U.S. News & World Report and many other magazines. Sarah currently resides in Indianapolis with her chocolate lab, Wrigley.

About Dreyer & Reinbold Racing:

Indianapolis-based Dreyer & Reinbold Racing is owned by Dennis Reinbold and Robbie Buhl. The team was formed in 2000 by Dennis Reinbold and Eric DeBord, after partnering with Sinden Racing in 1999 for two races with driver Robbie Buhl. The team won their first race at Walt Disney World Speedway in 2000, and Buhl joined the team as a co-owner in 2000. On January 30, 2007, DRR announced that 2004 Indianapolis 500 winner Buddy Rice and four-time Most Popular Driver Sarah Fisher would wheel the team entries in 2007; expanding to a two-car team for the first time since 2003.

Previous drivers include, Buddy Lazier (2006), who drove in eight events for DRR, Ryan Briscoe (2006), who competed in four events, Sarah Fisher (2006, 2002-2003), three times voted the league’s “Most Popular Driver.” Al Unser, Jr. (2006), who drove a second entry at Indy alongside Lazier, Roger Yasukawa (2005), Jeff Bucknum (2005), who piloted a car in Japan and Indy, and Felipe Giaffone, who moved into the driver’s seat following Buhl’s retirement in 2004. Buddy Lazier also piloted an entry at Indy in 2004. With teammate Buhl, Steve Knapp drove the team’s second entry at Indy in 2000.