Andretti Green Racing to Return to Pro Series

Andretti Green Racing announced today it will return to the Indy Pro Series field in 2007 with a car driven by Indy Pro Series veteran Jaime Camara. The #11 oso*fresh Dallara/Firestone will be an Andretti Green Racing entry, and will be prepared and maintained by AFS Racing, owned by Gary Peterson. Camara, who hails from Goiana, Goias, Brazil, ran the full Indy Pro Series slate in 2005 and 2006. He posted two wins, three poles and 11 top 10s on the way to a fifth-place finish in the series standings in 2005. He led the final two laps at The Milwaukee Mile in 2006 to earn the third Indy Pro Series victory of his career. One of the founding teams of the Indy Pro Series, AFS Racing will begin its sixth season of competition in 2007. The team has entered two cars in nearly every Indy Pro Series race since its inception in 2002. AFS Racing has earned 38 top-10 finishes in 56 starts and collected its first two Indy Pro Series wins in 2006 at the Indianapolis road course and at Infineon. Team owner Gary Peterson served as the team's original driver. Both Arie Luyendyk Jr. and former series champion Thiago Medeiros have also made starts for AFS. The 2007 season is Andretti Green's third year of competition in the Indy Pro Series. The team accumulated three wins and three poles with Marco Andretti in 2005 and its best finish in the points championship with Jonathan Klein in 2006 when Klein finished second. By entering a car in Indy Pro Series competition, Andretti Green will earn up to five additional testing days for its IndyCar Series program with Camara gaining an opportunity to test the first half of each day. Camara and the rest of the Indy Pro Series field will open the 2007 season on March 24 at Homestead-Miami Speedway with the Miami 100.