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From CART-Racing.com


Dubbed ‘Team St George’ a British based project has been given the go-ahead to join the CART FedEx championship in time for the Rockingham 500, which takes place on 13/14th September, it was officially announced this evening.

The team, which has been making plans since July, will run the Lola Ford Cosworth package, as used by both Team Rahal and Herdez Competition, and will be run by the experienced Ray Mallock Team in conjunction with team members from Dale Coyne Racing. No driver announcement is expected before the end of the week, when further plans and the livery of the car will be unveiled.

"I can confirm that we´ve got the agreement in place to set up a single car team, but we won´t be able to announce all the details, such as driver choice, before the end of this week" said David Grace, CEO of Rockingham. "We´ve got some very talented British drivers who are keen to take up this challenge, to beat the Americans on our home ground - our job now is to deliver the car and team to give them a chance of victory.”

Given the standard set by the likes of Target Chip Ganassi Racing, Team Players, not to mention Newman/Haas Racing, it will be a tough task, but given the enthusiasm for the projects, we here at CART-Racing would like to welcome the team and wish them luck in their debut outing at Rockingham.



Drivers, including rising stars of the ASCAR oval racing series in Britain, Darren Manning and Darren Turner, have been linked with the team. Another potential driver is former Formula One and Le Mans driver Johnny Herbert who tested a Lola ChampCar at Rockingham last year for Dale Coyne and CART.