INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY – ROUND 6 – RACE

Gutierrez Wins Round 6 from the Pole, Collision Knocks Major Out Of Third Place

Indianapolis, Ind. – June 17, 2007… 15-year old Esteban Gutierrez (Team Autotecnica), of Monterrey, Mexico, took a commanding win today in Round 6 of the 2007 Formula BMW USA Championship at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Taking the victory from his sixth consecutive pole, he finished 2.234 seconds ahead of Daniel Morad (Eurointernational) in the 15-lap race around the 2.605-mile Grand Prix circuit. Gutierrez continues to lead the Rookie point standings after his second win of the season and stands second to Morad in the Overall point standings.
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INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY – ROUND 5 – RACE

Polesitter Gutierrez Finishes Third, Collision Puts Major Out Early

Indianapolis, Ind. – June 16, 2007… Canadian Daniel Morad (Eurointernational) climbed the Indianapolis Motor Speedway fence in front of the United States Grand Prix front straight crowd after winning Round 5 the 2007 Formula BMW USA Championship today. Besting the 18-car field, he finished .790 seconds ahead of Maxime Pelletier (HBR Motorsport Team USA) in the 15 lap race around the 2.605-mile Grand Prix circuit. Esteban Gutierrez (Autotecnica), today’s polesitter, finished third and continues to lead the Rookie points.

At the race start, it was a surprisingly strong Pelletier who took the lead from his outside front row starting position. Gutierrez took over the point on lap three as the drafting battles down the long front straight began. By lap five Morad had the lead and shared almost a two second gap with Gutierrez back to Pelletier, now in third. A local yellow flag in turn 1 for a collision between Ricardo Favoretto (HBR Motorsport team USA) and Philip Major (Autotecnica) froze the first three in their positions for the next three laps. Pelletier was back in the lead on lap nine while Morad battled Gutierrez. On lap 13, just after Rossi finally cleared Tambay for fourth, Morad took the lead from Pelletier heading into turn 1. The final two laps did not see a change in the top-five finishers.
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