With less than a week to go before the opening rounds of the 2010 Dunlop MSA Formula Ford Championship of Great Britain, the race-winning JTR team has confirmed its participation with cars for Grand Prix Shootout winners Tio Ellinas and Dani Domit.JTR driver Josef Newgarden was in contention for the 2009 Formula Ford crown right up to the final meeting of the season, and won nine races - two more than title winner James Cole - and JTR's Nick Tandy reckons his new chargers can take up where the young American left off.
"These two guys have been selected by the Grand Prix Shootout people as the best young talent out there, and we are absolutely delighted they will be running with us," says Tandy. "It's going to be difficult for them to be fully up to speed at Oulton - we would have liked to have done 10 or 12 days testing with them by this stage - but if we can get some good top-six results there we will be delighted, because we are only going to get faster as we do more testing with them."Eighteen-year-old Ellinas has a string of karting championship victories from his native Cyprus, and was the 2005 World ROK Cup champion. Domit, 21 and from Mexico City, is a motorsport novice who, despite his lack of experience, impressed contest judge Rob Wilson sufficiently to earn his place alongside Ellinas. Both will drive JTR-prepared Mygales.
Other additions to the entry list for the Oulton Park opening rounds of the Ford-backed series over the Easter weekend (3-5 Apr) include cars for 16-year-old karting stars Max McGuire (DW Racing Ray) and Adam Parsley (Harkesport Mygale), as well as a Mygale from GV Racing for 2009 Scholarship class race winner Josh Benson. A 27-car field is anticipated.
SPECTRUM SHINES IN AUSTRALIA
28 March 2010: The all-new Spectrum 012 chassis - due to get its first UK outing at Oulton Park in Dan Cammish's hands - enjoyed an impressive world debut on Saturday in the opening round of the Genuine Ford Parts Australian Formula Ford Championship, which supported the Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park, Melbourne. The race saw Chaz Mostert guide his Spectrum from the pole to a 1.2-second victory over Nick Foster's Mygale.
