1.   Boren also has two years remaining on a three-year contract with IMSA, which is tied to Dallas-based series sponsor Exxon.

2.   Series sponsor Exxon, with world headquarters in Dallas, is key player in the deal.

3.   T. Wayne Robertson, president of series sponsor R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Sports Marketing Enterprises, was killed in a boating accident in southern Louisiana.

4.   The plan was held up while the tracks, Thoroughbred Owners of California and series sponsor MGM Grand sought insurance against having to pay off.

5.   There was complete mismanagement over the series, they had lost Marlboro as a series sponsor, the TV package was weak, and it was generally mismanaged.

6.   The Yankees signed the New York Mercantile Exchange as its series sponsor.

7.   Three car owners and a representative of the series sponsor would have filled out the seven-member board.

8.   He thanked series sponsor Winston for taking the sport to new heights during the last three decades.

9.   Since then, the IRL has announced engine and chassis formulas but thus far has no series sponsor, teams or drivers.

10.   She emphasized that PPG will continue as the IndyCar series sponsor and will pay points at Indianapolis.