Mouser and Kanaan Rev Up for IndyCar Championship Race at Fontana

FONTANA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mouser Electronics is preparing for the final race of 2012 IndyCar^® Season where champion driver Tony Kanaan will take the wheel of the No. 11 Mouser Electronics/GEICO/KV Racing Technology Chevrolet/Firestone IndyCar in the MAVTV 500 IndyCar World Championship Race at Fontana’s Auto Club Speedway on Saturday, September 15.

“It’s been so exciting to watch Tony drive the Mouser #11 car this year. Every race, he pushes harder and never gives up”

Kanaan, who will be finishing out his 11^th year of IndyCar Racing at the two-mile oval track, is currently tied for first place (against Ryan Hunter-Reay) in the oval track standings to win the A.J. Foyt IndyCar^® Oval Track Championship Trophy. The historic and highly anticipated IndyCar race returns to the Fontana Speedway for the first time since 2005, and premieres its very first “under-the-lights” event.

“It’s been so exciting to watch Tony drive the Mouser #11 car this year. Every race, he pushes harder and never gives up,” says Larry Johannes, Mouser Electronics’ Vice President of Strategic Marketing. “All of us at Mouser, TTI and all of our supplier partners are pulling for him at Fontana. He’s due for a win, and with his aggressive driving style, there’s a very good chance he’ll get it.”

For the latest race updates and background information on Mouser’s Indy sponsorships, visit http://www.mouser.com/indy. To view a video interview with Kanaan during his recent visit to Mouser’s corporate headquarters, click on http://mou.sr/GSTKHT. The champion driver has logged seven Top 6 finishes so far this season, including three Top 3 showings – a season-high 2nd place at Milwaukee and two outstanding 3rd place finishes at Iowa and the historic Indianapolis 500. He is currently ranked 8^th in the overall 2012 Izod^® IndyCar Championship point standings.

Joining Mouser as co-sponsors for the 2012 Izod^® IndyCar Series are TTI, Inc, Sager, Murata, Molex, TE Connectivity, Phoenix Contact, Littelfuse, Panasonic, KEMET, Ohmite, Hammond, Harwin, ebm-papst, Omron, BIVAR, Fluke, and Amphenol.

Mouser’s comprehensive IndyCar racing program provides a high-tech platform to showcase its valued supplier partnerships and connect with the industry’s leading electronic design engineers and buyers. Engineers are invited to take the Mouser 500 Challenge, a series of three engineering challenges to help find design solutions to various technical problems relating to the high-speed sport of IndyCar. To learn more about Mouser’s 500 Engineering Challenge, visit www.mouser.com/500challenge/.

With its broad product line and unsurpassed customer service, Mouser caters to design engineers and buyers by delivering What’s Next in advanced technologies. Mouser offers customers 19 global support locations and stocks the world’s widest selection of the latest semiconductors and electronic components for the newest design projects. Mouser Electronics’ website is updated daily and searches more than 10 million products to locate over 3 million orderable part numbers available for easy online purchase. Mouser.com also houses an industry-first interactive catalog, data sheets, supplier-specific reference designs, application notes, technical design information, and engineering tools.

For more information on Mouser’s racing program and Tony Kanaan, visit www.mouser.com/indy/.

About Mouser Electronics

Mouser Electronics, a subsidiary of TTI, Inc., is part of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway family of companies. Mouser is an award-winning, authorized semiconductor and electronic component distributor, focused on the rapid introduction of new products and technologies to electronic design engineers and buyers. Mouser.com features more than 3 million products online from more than 450 manufacturers. Mouser publishes multiple catalogs per year providing designers with up-to-date data on the components now available for the next generation of electronic devices. Mouser ships globally to over 375,000 customers in 170 countries from its 492,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art facility south of Dallas, Texas. For more information, visit http://www.mouser.com.

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