Who: Full-time IndyCar driver and Ft. Lauderdale native, Ryan Hunter-Reay
will compete in both feature races today at the Homestead Miami Speedway.
No driver has ever competed on the Homestead Miami Speedway Road Course and
Oval track on the same day!

What: The Grand Am of Miami Sports Car race will take the green flag today,
Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 1:00 pm ET.  The Firestone Indy 300 will take
the green flag today at 4:00 pm.  This is the final event of the season for
both pro series.

The Cars:  Ryan will drive the #95 Supercar Life Racing/BMW/Riley alongside
full-time drivers Cristoph Bouchut and Scott Tucker.  This car is a Daytona
Prototype that regularly competes in the Grand Am Rolex Sports Car Series,
owned by NASCAR.  He'll finish up his season in IndyCar, driving the #14 ABC
Supply Co. Indy Car for AJ Foyt Racing.

Where He'll Start:  Hunter-Reay qualified the #95 Supercar Life Racing BMW
yesterday, securing the 5th place starting position for the 2 hour and 30
minute race.

Race Winner:  While he's never competed in these cars together, on the same
day...Hunter-Reay is very familiar with the characteristic of both cars and
their style of racing.  He won the last Grand Am sprint race he participated
in while driving for Riley-Mathews in 2007.  Bill Riley is engineering the
Supercar Life this weekend, so RHR will be familiar with the team's approach
to the race.  He finished seventh here last year while competing for the
Rahal/Letterman IndyCar Team.

Endurance:  Today's double-header is expected to be especially challenging
because of the extreme weather.  We are expecting our third-straight day of
record setting heat at the Speedway today.  The Grand Am car has a closed
cockpit with temperatures inside the car expected to be 120+.  Hunter-Reay
will wear a cool suit, which a fire-proof t-shirt that has veins over the
front and back which cold water runs through.  These suits certainly make a
difference but in conditions like this, the difference is small.
Fortunately, Hunter-Reay is a Miami area native and used to the humidity. He
trains in this weather everyday.  The temperature today is expected to be 94
degrees with the humidex taking the temperature to a grueling 105 degrees!

Ryan's Comments:  I am so excited for this challenge today.  It is two very
different disciplines of racing.  The Grand Am cars on the road course are a
lot of fun.  It's going to be really tough in there in the heat of the day,
racing in that car, but we have a fast, fast car and a great shot at the
win.  The IndyCar will be a bit cooler, obviously with the open cockpit and
the race running later in the day.  However, the IndyCar races at Homestead
are notorious for the fast pace and pack racing which takes the ultimate
focus.  I'd just really like to say thank you to Scott Tucker and Supercar
Life Racing for offering me this opportunity.  They are a very talented
group and it would be incredible to win that race with them today.  I think
we can do it.  Also, thanks to my full-time boss, AJ Foyt.  I appreciate him
letting me do this.  He's a Racer and he knows what its like to have this
desire.  I am looking forward to a solid race there to finish up the 2009
IndyCar Season with the ABC Supply Co. /Foyt Racing team.  Racing with them
has been an incredible experience, they are a great group and I am thankful
for that opportunity! I am glad we were able to get a top-five with them
this season, hopefully we can go for another today."