ROBBIE PECORARI CLAIMS 5^TH PLACE

St. Petersburg, FL (April 1, 2007) – Robbie Pecorari driving the #13 Cabo Wabo Tequila Team KMA Racing Dallara claimed a 5^th place finish in today’s third race of the Indy Pro Series at the St. Petersburg Grand Prix. 

 

With three top-10 finishes (8^th at Homestead , 7^th in Saturday’s race at St. Pete and 5^th in today’s race at St. Pete) Robbie is now currently in 5^th place in Championship points and 2^nd in Rookie points. Team KMA Racing also currently sits in 5^th place in Team points. 

 

 

“It was a very exciting weekend,” stated Team KMA co-owner Jon Lewis. “When we finished on top of the charts for the second practice session, we knew we had something here. The Team KMA crew did a great job putting a solid car underneath Robbie and Robbie did a masterful job on track. We had a lot of people at the race this weekend and it was great to have such a strong finish.” 

 

 

 

After taking a big hit from behind in the first turn of the opening lap, Pecorari soldiered on and never looked back. “It was a pretty big hit and tore off a significant section of my left front wing end fence,” commented Pecorari. “But, other than a little understeer in the right hand turns, the car felt very stable.” 

 

Pecorari spent most of the race battling with driver Chris Festa. “It’s so difficult to pass at

St. Pete,” said Robbie Pecorari. “In fact the only place you can really pass is turn one. But, you have to be patient and wait for the right time and not make a mistake.” Pecorari’s late race pass was about as exciting as they get; deep inside diving pass into turn one, tires smoking and driving the #13 Cabo Wabo Tequila car through traffic like thread through a needle. 

Both rounds of the St. Petersburg Grand Prix for the Indy Pro Series will be broadcast on ESPN2 at 4:30 PM on Friday, April 6^th. 

 

Team KMA Racing is sponsored in part by Cabo Wabo Tequila, Cabo Wabo Cantina, SRI Hydraulics and Auto Aficionado Magazine. Team KMA Racing is a motorsports company formed by a partnership between Jon Lewis (American Spirit Racing) and Ingo Strackerjan (Atlantic Racing Team). The #13 Cabo Wabo Tequila racecar is co-owned by Hall of Fame Rocker Sammy Hagar and Jon Lewis. Team KMA Racing also campaigns three cars in the Formula BMW USA Championship with drivers; Mike Hill, Julia Landauer and Jeffrey Petriello.