ATLANTIC: Genoa back with two cars in 2007

ATLANTIC: Genoa back with two cars in 2007

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INDIANAPOLIS - Bringing championship-winning experience and a wealth of
racing knowledge, Genoa Racing today announced that it will field a
two-car effort in the 2007 Cooper Tires Presents The Champ Car Atlantic
Championship Powered by Mazda.

The announcement serves as a homecoming for the Genoa team, owned by
Angelo Ferro, as the squad returns to the Atlantic Championship after
competing in the series in the early 90s. Former Atlantic driver and
longtime successful open-wheel racing engineer Thomas Knapp will serve
as team manager and lead engineer on the reconfigured Genoa squad, while
former Champ Car champion and Atlantic standout, as well as current
Champ Car PKV Racing co-owner, Jimmy Vasser will be a team consultant.

Ferro, Knapp, and Vasser teamed together at Genoa Racing when Vasser
first established himself as a future star, producing six wins and eight
poles while finishing second in the 1991 Atlantic Championship. After
years of friendship forged while competing together at the race track,
the trio found themselves reliving old times and discussing racing in
November at Ferro's 50th anniversary party. There the idea was born to
reform Genoa Racing and help develop the next generation of racing talent.

"We're all very excited to be returning to the Atlantic series in 2007,"
said Ferro. "Genoa Racing is in a position to offer two subsidized seats
to select, championship-caliber drivers next season, and it's the team's
intention to challenge for the Atlantic Championship."

"My racing career certainly wouldn't have turned out the way it did
without people like Angelo Ferro, and the opportunities like the one I
got at Genoa Racing," said Vasser. "I'm honored to help the team in
whatever way they need as they return to Atlantics and I'm happy to try
and help them develop young drivers much like they helped me when I was
coming up."

In addition to Knapp and Vasser, the team has assembled a very
experienced technical staff consisting of engineer Dan Toborg, mechanics
Simon Morley, Kevin Edgley, Geoff Bushor and Jeff Stevens, along with
technician Chris Oldham. Each member of the team brings 15-20 years of
racing experience, attained at the highest levels of international
motorsport, from Atlantic to Champ Car and Formula One competition.

"Genoa Racing will give our drivers all the tools required for them to
run at the front of each and every race," said Knapp, who managed the
1999 Indy Racing League championship Team Menard program and engineered
the pole-winning car at the 2000 Indianapolis 500. "The personnel that
the team has assembled brings an unprecedented level of motor racing
experience to this effort."

Operating out of the team's facility in Zionsville, Indiana - just
outside of Indianapolis - Genoa Racing is on the fast track to finalize
its 2007 program. The team expects to have a contracted driver lineup in
place when its cars hit the track for the first Atlantic series open
test session in Sebring, Florida January 27-28, 2007.

"We're currently looking for the right driver combination. Ideally, we'd
like to find one driver with Atlantic racing experience and potentially
one series rookie," added Knapp. "We're looking for moldable young
drivers with a good head on their shoulders. You love raw speed but we
are looking for well-rounded individuals who realize they've got to do a
lot of things well, in and out of the car, in order to succeed."



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