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Series Champions, Pacific Coast Motorsports
Return to Atlantic Competition
January 30, 2008 - Hollywood, CA - Pacific Coast
Motorsports, a two-car team in the Champ Car
World Series announced tonight that they will
expand their racing team with a two-car entry in
the Cooper Tires Presents the Champ Car Atlantic
Series Powered by Mazda. PCM also announced their
all-American driver line-up, Carl Skerlong and
Frankie Muniz.
Pacific Coast Motorsports Champ Car driver
Alex Figge acquired the Bakersfield-based US
RaceTronics Atlantic team. The team will be based
at PCMs Oxnard, California headquarters and
will compete under the Pacific Coast Motorsports
banner. Former US RaceTronics team owner, Shane
Seneviratne will manage the Atlantic program.
PCM team director Tyler Tadevic made the
announcement under the famous Hard Rock guitar at
a media event at the Hard Rock Cafe at Universal
Studios tonight in Hollywood. Attended by a large
contingent of entertainment and sports media,
Tadevic commented on the teams desire to
return to their racing roots, Were
really proud to be returning to the series where
we won the 2004 championship, and we are looking
forward to continuing our winning tradition. As a
graduate of the series, Alex is a believer of the
product; this is an important program to him.
Shane has a history of running championship
winning teams and we saw this as a terrific
opportunity to return to Atlantic competition.
Tadevic continued, We feel weve
got two exceptional young drivers on board.
Theyre both quick and very professional,
weve got an exciting season ahead of
us.
Carl Skerlong, 19 of Mukilteo, Washington will
drive the #28 King Taco/Mazda/Swift. Skerlong
made an impressive debut in the Atlantic series
in 2007 with two podium finishes and a top-ten
finish in the series championship. Skerlong will
be paired with two-time Atlantic championship
winning (2003, 2004) race engineer Burke
Harrison, I am so excited about this
opportunity. I am really happy to be able to
continue my relationship with Shane, but grateful
for the tools and resources racing for Pacific
Coast Motorsports will offer. I have one goal
this year, and that is to win the Atlantic series
title and the $2 million prize in the #28 King
Taco car.
Frankie Muniz, 22 of Los Angeles will drive
the #29 PCM/Mazda/Swift in his sophomore season
of Atlantic competition. Most people will
recognize Frankie as an Emmy and Golden Globe
nominated actor, but 2008 will mark his third
season as a professional racecar driver.
Joining PCM is a huge step forward for me
in my racing career, said Muniz. In
the three tests I have already completed, I have
learned so much and really developed my skills as
a racing driver. Tim Lewis, my race engineer has
a championship winning record behind him and we
have gelled really well. I just cant wait
for the season to start in April at the Long
Beach Grand Prix and I am thrilled to represent a
professional racing team like Pacific Coast
Motorsports.
The Cooper Tires Presents the Champ Car
Atlantic Series Powered by Mazda features a
12-race championship throughout North America,
with races on road courses and street circuits in
major metropolitan markets. Known as one of the
most challenging racing championships featuring
many of the worlds most promising young
drivers, the Atlantic series rewards its champion
with a $2 million purse to further their career
in the Champ Car World Series, North
Americas premier open-wheel racing series.
Round One of the 2008 Champ Car Atlantic Series
kicks off with the 34th Annual Toyota Grand Prix
of Long Beach, April 18, 19 and 20th. For more
information, please visit www.champcaratlantic.com, www.frankiemunizracing.com, www.cskerlong.com
or www.pcmracing.com.
Pacific Coast Motorsports announce their
2008 Champ Car Atlantic drivers
January 26, 2008 - Frankie Muniz and Carl
Skerlong will be at the Universal CityWalk in
Hollywood, CA on January 30, as Pacific Coast
Motorsports announce their 2008 Champ Car
Atlantic drivers. Frankie and Carl have had
several test days with the team over the past few
months, and are set to race with Pacific Coast
Motorsports for the 2008 season.
> Pacific Coast Motorsports website
Jr. Team Update
January 11, 2008 - Pacific Coasts
Motorsports Jr. Team, US RaceTronics
Atlantic team completed their first test of the
year yesterday. As confirmed by team owner Shane
Seneviratne last fall, American standout Carl
Skerlong will return to the Bakersfield-based
squad to run for the championship in 2008.
Skerlong completed two days of testing yesterday
at Thunderhill Raceway. He was joined at the test
by Frankie Muniz who is evaluating options for
his 2008 sophomore season; it was his second test
with US RaceTronics. Seneviratne discussed the
test, We had two great days at
Thunderhill this week, both drivers completed
right around 250 trouble-free miles over the two
day test. He continued, This
test was a good opportunity for us to try the
updates the Atlantic Series has implemented for
2008. We had a steady day of rain on Thursday, so
both Carl and Frankie had the opportunity to
complete nearly 125 miles in the rain. Obviously
this was valuable because you cannot control
Mother Nature and we will race in the rain this
year. We were actually lucky to log test miles in
those conditions and it was great practice for
both drivers. We are looking forward to the
Series first open test at Sebring next month.
US RaceTronics will enter a two-car effort in the
2008 Champ Car Atlantic Championship. Skerlong is
confirmed and the team hopes to announce their
complete line-up in the coming weeks.
Source: www.pcmracing.com
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