ERIC MAUK: All right, Ladies and Gentlemen, we're going to start with our post qualifying press conference from the Tecate Grand Prix of Monterrey presented by Roshfrans. source: champcarworldseries.com First, we're going to award the Bridgestone Pole Position trophy to Sebastien Bourdais. Our presenter for the trophy today, Mr. Yoichi Nakada, Plant Manager for Bridgestone Neumaticos de Monterrey. As many of you are aware, the Bridgestone Pole Position Award comes with a $10,000 prize, $5,000 goes to Sebastien and Newman/Haas Racing, $2,500 of that goes to the Hole in the Wall Camps, and another $2,500 goes to another deserving local charity. I'd like to introduce Mr. Joe Barbieri from Bridgestone. 140 degree track temperatures out there today. Got to put a strain on the tires. Tell us about how you handled that. JOE BARBIERI: We did bring a new alternate tire here. It seems to be working out very well. For some of you, that converts to 62 degrees Celsius. It's very, very hot out there. The drivers seem to be doing very well with it. They haven't experienced any problems right now. It's going to be a very, very tough race tomorrow with those temperatures. They're telling me the track is changing constantly out there. They're really going to have to be on their toes how they set up those cars, do what they can out there.
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