truebluefan

Fever players at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. WNBA All-Star and Olympic gold medalist Tamika Catchings will ride a two-seater, followed by Catchings and her new teammate, Tamika Whitmore, waving the green starting flag as Honorary Starters at "Fast Friday" practices at the Speedway.

WHERE

Indianapolis Motor Speedway

WHEN

Friday, May 12, 2006

Catchings' two-seater ride - between 10:30 and 11:00 a.m.

Catchings and Whitmore as Honorary Starters - Noon

NOTES

- The Indiana Fever defeated Whitmore's former team, the Los Angeles Sparks, 89-84, in a preseason game at Conseco Fieldhouse on Thursday.

- The Fever has concluded its preseason with a 2-0 record. Indiana hosts its regular-season opener on Saturday, May 20 (7:00 p.m.), against the Detroit Shock.

- Catchings is scheduled to wave either the start or finish flag for the third consecutive year at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. However, in both 2004 and 2005, her appearances have been washed out by rain.

- Whitmore, a native of Mississippi who has played in the WNBA in both New York and Los Angeles, may well have found her home in Indy. She is a self-proclaimed "car fanatic" who aspires to own a mechanics shop. A hobby of hers is restoration of old cars. She has been in Indianapolis exactly one week since arriving from overseas after playing in France, and is ecstatic at the chance to appear at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.