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SHIELDS SCORES USF2000 WIN IN

DOMINANT FASHION

Newman Wachs Racing driver

Cameron Shields dominated the

Carb Night Classic Freedom 75,

winning his first race and delivering

Newman Wachs Racing its first

Cooper Tire USF2000 Championship

win (Photo: Road to Indy)

INDIANAPOLIS, IN (May 28, 2019) – In what was certainly a breakout event, 17-year-old Australian Cameron Shields delivered Newman Wachs Racing its first Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship victory this past weekend at the Carb Night Classic Freedom 75. Shields took to the high-banked 5/8

th mile Lucas Oil Raceway

oval, and dominated the action in commanding fashion, leading every lap of the race. Shields’ NWR teammate Nolan Siegel overcame an issue in qualifying to score his first top-10 of the season. This was the NWR duo’s second time on the track, as a week prior they took part in an official series test. Both drivers showed great speed in the test

and that pace carried over to the race weekend. In both practice sessions, they were two of the quickest on track and followed up with a win and a top-10 finish in the 75-lap race. “I couldn’t be happier for the team and Cameron on our first win in this series,” offered Brian Halahan, NWR Team Manager. “We have been working our butts off for two and a half years and finally all the hard work is starting to pay off. I’m also really happy about Nolan‘s results. I think he would’ve been better off had he not had an issue in qualifying. I’m sure he would’ve qualified in the top-seven without that happening.” The Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship series took to the track on Thursday afternoon for the first official practice followed by the Cooper Tires Freedom 75 qualifying after overnight rain soaked the track and paddock area. While both drivers had experience at the facility from the series test, but the track conditions were a bit different due to the rain. That didn’t seem to faze our drivers as both flirted with the fastest laps during practice. When two-lap qualifying came, Shields laid down the fastest speed for a majority of the session, getting topped

by one of the final qualifiers to miss out on the pole by just 0.0852 seconds. Friday’s action began with the series’ final practice session, just a little over two hours before the Freedom 75. More rain showers had passed through overnight, but our drivers were used to the changing conditions and proved to be two of the fastest on the track. After a couple hours of downtime, it was time to take to the speedway for a 75-lap shootout. As soon as the green flag flew, Shields took the lead and never looked back. Despite having never raced on an oval, he was consistently able to pull a significant lead, at one point almost five seconds, and if it weren’t for lapped traffic and two full-course cautions at laps 44 and 61, Cameron would have felt no pressure at all. He finished the race with 1.4-second gap, having led every lap, gaining much needed championship points. Driver Quote: “What an awesome

result for Newman Wachs Racing.

Every single person in our team put in

110% in the lead-up to this event and it

really paid off - at no time did anyone

put a foot wrong. It is an honor to be the

first driver to win for NWR in the

USF2000 Series and it is a privilege to

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drive for Eddie Wachs on his

team. I have so many people to

thank because it has been a long

road to get to where we are now;

however, there is still a very long

way to go this year so our full

focus will be on Road America and

making sure we can capitalize on

our strengths to continue closing

the championship point’s gap.”

Leaving Indianapolis, Shields moved up the order to sixth in the point standings, just two points out of third. Newman Wachs Racing will now head to the legendary four-mile, 14-turn Road America road course, located in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Rounds 6 and 7 will take place on June 21 – 23. CAMERON SHIELDS - #73

Qualifying 1: 2nd

– 44.878 (two-lap total

time / 110.057 mph)

Race: Start – 2nd

/ Finish – 1st

About Newman Wachs Racing: Newman Wachs Racing was formed

in 2005 by late actor and IndyCar

team owner Paul Newman and long-

time racing friend Eddie Wachs to aid

the development of young drivers in

Champ Car’s Cooper Tires Presents

the Atlantic Championship Powered

by Mazda. Among the drivers to go

through the NWR program were JR

Hildebrand, John Edwards and

Simona de Silvestro. After a

seven-year hiatus, Newman

Wachs Racing has returned to

racing, competing in the Cooper

Tires USF2000 Championship on

the Road to Indy.

Australian

Embassy

Invitation to

Washington DC Honouring 2018 Indy

500 Champion and

mentor, Will Power at

the residence of the

Australian Ambassador,

Mr Joe Hockey, along

with Team Penske

Owner Roger Penske. I

also had the privilege to

meet with the

Consulate- General of Chicago and

dignitaries, whom also visited me and the

Newman Wachs Racing team at Lucas

Oil Raceway – and witnessed our WIN!

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The countdown is on! We are just a

couple weeks away from the End of

Financial Year. We have partnered

with the Australian Sports

Foundation, to assist sourcing

funding to enable me to compete in

the Cooper Tires USF2000 Series

on the Road To Indy pathway and

any donation that you can make is

greatly appreciated and help us be

able to race at the next round at

the Streets of Toronto, 13 – 14th

July, 2019. Another plus, is that it’s

completely tax-deductible!

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Elkhart Lake, WISCONSIN 4.014-mile, 14-turn road course Race Record - Scott Anderson / 8/17/2012 / 2:09.656 (112.396 mph – 180.8838 kph)

Qualifying Record - Rasmus Lindh / 6/22/2018 / 2:09.2583 (111.795 mph – 179.9166 kph)