Jay Howard to drive for Sarah Fisher Racing

Fisher and Howard

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Sarah Fisher had a birthday this week, but that wasn't the big celebration in her life.

Her IndyCar Series team is expanding — again.

Sarah Fisher Racing will be a two-car team in 2010, and Fisher will drive in more races than she has in a season since creating the small, family-owned organization two years ago.

Fisher, 29, will compete in nine races, three more than she will have been in this season after Saturday night's Firestone Indy 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. In four of those, including the Indianapolis 500, she will have Jay Howard as a teammate.

Fisher's No. 67 car will continue to be sponsored by Dollar General with help from Tire Kingdom, which will be the primary sponsor on Howard's No. 66 car.

Fisher isn't even trying to conceal her excitement.

"We're going to get to bring a couple of more people on board (as employees), and to see us grow, it's really incredible," she said in preparation for today's official rollout at Homestead. Indy Star