Mouser-Sponsored IndyCar Team Looks to Long Beach After Winning 2018 Opener at St. Pete

Sebastien Bourdais, driving the Mouser-sponsored No. 18 car, celebrates his second consecutive win at the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, the season-opening race of the 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series.

April 12, 2018 - Following an exciting win at the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, the Mouser-sponsored No. 18 IndyCar and driver Sebastien Bourdais are looking for another victory at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach on April 15.

Bourdais, driving the Mouser-sponsored No. 18 car on the Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan team, won the 2018 IndyCar Series opener at the Florida street course in stunning fashion, coming from behind after a wreck knocked out leaders Robert Wickens and Alexander Rossi. Bourdais was the defending champ at the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, having won in 2017 behind the wheel of the Mouser-sponsored entry.

Mouser Electronics, Inc., the industry's leading new product introduction distributor with the widest selection of semiconductors and electronic components, is very proud to again team up with valued supplier Molex, LLC to sponsor Bourdais and the Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan team for the 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series.

The 2018 season marks the 23rd year of the IndyCar Series and includes the 102nd running of the famed Indianapolis 500, set for May 27. Bourdais will once again be behind the wheel of the Mouser- and Molex-sponsored No. 18 car.

"It's been an extraordinary year for Bourdais — winning at St. Pete in 2017, sidelined after a horrific crash during qualifications at Indianapolis and then returning with another victory at St. Petersburg. He is amazing," said Todd McAtee, Mouser Electronics' Vice President, Americas Business Development. "It looks very much like we have another astonishing season ahead."

Bourdais scored a podium finish last year at Long Beach, and hopes are now very high for another win when the team returns to Long Beach on April 15. Mouser first sponsored IndyCar racing in 2011 as an inventive way to communicate its performance-driven business model and promote the newest technologies. The Mouser- and Molex-sponsored car won the Indianapolis 500 in 2013.

"Congratulations to Sebastien and the entire Dale Coyne Racing and Vasser-Sullivan team on this well-earned victory," said Fred Bell, Vice President of Global Distribution for Molex. "Molex is proud to team with Mouser to sponsor the No. 18 car. Our participation in this exciting program continually inspires us as we deepen our commitment to developing solutions that help move the automotive industry forward."

After Long Beach, the series travels to the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama in Birmingham, April 22; the INDYCAR Grand Prix in Indianapolis, May 12; and the 102nd running of the Indianapolis 500 on May 27. To learn more, visit www.mouser.com/indy-racing.

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