Alex Barron joins Red Bull Cheever Racing

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Lynx Racing Graduate Alex Barron Joins Red Bull Cheever Racing

Lynx Racing graduate Alex Barron will drive the Red Bull Cheever Racing No. 52 Dallara/Chevrolet this weekend in the Delphi Indy 300 at Chicagoland Speedway. Barron replaces Buddy Rice -- also a Lynx graduate -- who remains with Red Bull Cheever Racing.

"We needed to make a change to get back in the game," said Eddie Cheever Jr., the team's owner. "Buddy is still under contract with our team and I consider him an asset. We have a powerful new Chevy engine and a top-notch pit crew that have been working hard all year. We're moving ahead and preparing for the future as the 2003 season nears an end. This is not a driver being fired; it's a driver being hired. It's a positive step solely designed to get results."

Barron has won two IRL IndyCar Series races in his career, including the Firestone Indy 400 earlier this season at Michigan International Speedway. He finished sixth at the Indianapolis 500 in May and fifth in the Firestone Indy 200 at Nashville Superspeedway. He scored five race victories with Lynx in 1997, winning the Toyota Atlantic championship and the series' Rookie of the Year award in the same season.  In 1998 he graduated to the seat of Dan Gurney's All-American Racers Champ Car, where he spent a season and a half.  Since then he has also raced with Marlboro Team Penske and was the 2002 Indy 500 Rookie of the Year.

Red Bull Cheever Racing stands 12th in IRL IndyCar Series standings after 13 of 16 races this season. The Delphi Indy 300 is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. Central Daylight Time and will be televised live on ABC.

For further information on Lynx Racing, please visit the team's web site at www.lynxracing.com, or telephone team P.R. Manager Peter Frey at (818) 906-6997. The Toyota Atlantic series has a web site at www.toyotaatlantic.com.