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Angie's List Teaming Up With Sarah Fisher Racing

September 26, 2011

News Release

INDIANAPOLIS, IN. List of Indianapolis Angie, a leading provider of the nation notes on local service providers, today signed on as a sponsor of an effort to support the second car driven by Sarah Fisher Racing (SFR) to the Las Vegas event IndyCar Championship World. SFR announced today that veteran IndyCar star, Tomas Scheckter, will drive the green and white No. 57 Special List Angie.

"I'm really excited to welcome Angie List is back to SFR for our race season finale," said team owner, Sarah Fisher."It will be a huge event, and I am confident with his experience and past performance oval that Tomas will be a perfect fit for both SFR and the list of Angie."

SFR and the list of Angie had a relationship since 2008, and the company of Indianapolis continued to grow with the team. This race will mark the largest corporate commitment still looking to expand this opportunity for 2012 and beyond.

"We are delighted to partner with Sarah Fisher Racing again," said Angie Hicks, founder of Angie's List. "This is a great team and we are excited to go to Vegas with them next month.Sarah is a great entrepreneur, and we look forward to a long partnership with her. "

Scheckter, a native of Cape Town, South Africa, will join SFR driver Ed Carpenter on the track in Las Vegas, and is eager to get behind the wheel of the No. 57 Dallara Honda powered Angie List.

"I received a call from Sarah for some time, and to be honest with the way their cars were running this year, this was an opportunity that was hard to pass up," said Scheckter. "Sarah did a great job and I am proud to be part of the team.I really enjoyed working with Ed in the past, and I look forward to Las Vegas. "

The 2011 IndyCar Series IZOD World Championships will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 16, 2011. For more information, please visit http://indycarworldchampionships.com/.


About Tomas Scheckter:

The native of Cape Town, South Africa has made its way up the ladder in racing karts starting in South Africa and then moving on to compete in various racing series in Europe from 1997-2001, driving in the British Formula Vauxhall Junior Series, Formula Nissan Championship, won the Formula Opel Euroseries, and was a finalist in the British Formula 3 Championship. In 2002, Scheckter drove for Red Bull Cheever Racing, winning his first race from pole at Michigan.This year he also won an MBNA Pole awards in Texas, Kansas and Michigan and was appointed to the Bank co-Rookie of the Year at the Indianapolis 500. The veteran driver finished a career-best seventh in the IndyCar Series for Target Chip Ganassi Racing, earning five top-five and 10 top-10 and won the MBNA Pole Award at Texas and Michigan. Scheckter competed for Panther Racing in 2004 and 2005. He finished ninth in the standings of the Panther Racing IndyCar Series, winning three pole positions (Homestead, Texas and Nashville) and second win of his career at Texas Motor Speedway.In 2006, he participated for the Vision Racing and finished 10th in the IndyCar Series, recording nine top-10 overall. He ran for Vision Racing again in 2007 finishing 10th in the IndyCar Series and record two top five and nine top-10. In 2008, Scheckter has competed in six races for Luczo Dragon Racing.

New Car Buying | Ed Hicks Dealership Will Offer Infiniti Beginning ...

CORPUS CHRISTI “It’s a plush initial is to Coastal Bend.

If a longtime car dealer’s instincts are correct, it’s moreover an sign that the region’s manage to buy is on a solid walk uphill.

Beginning Aug. 1, Infiniti vehicles will come together the navy of Mercedes-Benz and Nissan vehicles for sale by Ed Hicks Imports, nearby South Padre Island Drive and Kostoryz Road.

The dealership voiced the Infiniti brand’s attainment to the Coastal Bend on Tuesday by rolling out a sleek, ample representation of the Infiniti QX56 inside the Hicks family’s aged showroom, that will residence the new dealership.

Ranging between $53,000 and $70,000, the QX56 and its features absolutely place the van in the high-end category.

The new car-buying choice comes when the manage to buy is steadily creation room for an stretched oppulance van market, dealership President Charlie Hicks said.

“I regard what we’re saying in Corpus is we’ve strike a prosaic spot, and we’re going to beginning to grow,” Hicks said.

Hicks and Eric Anderson, Infiniti’s horse opera informal clamp president, mentioned trends encouragement the belief this is the correct mercantile time for a play to spread and settle a long-term presence.

U.S. dealers sole 11 million vehicles final year, Hicks said. That number is down from 17 million 4 years ago, but projections uncover a solid climb, Anderson said.

Company investigate shows there were about 1,000 oppulance van registrations in the Coastal Bend zone final year, with projections display that number could enlarge to 1,500 to 1,800 in forthcoming years, Anderson said.

Infiniti’s sales grew 28 percent from 2009 to 2010, at large deliberate economically stressed years, he said. The firm moreover has rebounded to full prolongation subsequent to the massive trembler and tsunami that struck the brand’s homeland of Japan in March.

Ed Hicks Infiniti will be a entirely certified dealership, gift sales and service, with drivers no longer having to go as far as Houston, San Antonio or the Rio Grande Valley for purchases.

Anderson mentioned the firm feels the geographic location means South Texans will reply approvingly to having a play for Infinitis, that he mentioned are deliberate the oppulance brand drivers typically herd to when they wish to ascent from their Nissan vehicles.

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