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| March 31, 2005 News |
| PROgression: Grand-Am Cup |
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 | | The BMW Z3 Grand Am that Jeff Wallace will drive |
Wallace Returns to Racing at the Pro Level
After two years away from racing (due to father being struck with MS), Jeff Wallace is back. He landed sponsorship from General Petroleum and Havoline to drive for Condor Motorsports in the Toyota Atlantic race at the Long Beach Grand Prix. After several hours of attempting to fit the 6’2” tall Wallace comfortably in the car they finally succeeded. Two days later, he was contacted by Compass360 to drive their BMW Z3 Grand Am at Fontana this weekend and at Laguna Seca at the end of the month. General Petroleum and Havoline have agreed to support him in the two events.
Wallace has loved auto racing since he was just 3 years old. He liked watching his dad race as well as seeing the Champ and GTP cars race. When Wallace was 11 years old, he was given an older Kali Kart from former Indy Car driver Rocky Moran. After attending the Speed Zone Kart Racing School at Adams Kart Track in Riverside, California and several weekends of practice, Jeff started club racing in the Jr. Sportsman class at Tri-C Kart Club at the Adams Kart Track. In his first weekend out, Wallace won the feature race.
The following year, Wallace took the championship in Jr. Sportsman. Since then he has gone on to compete at the regional and national level in the California area racking up several wins in different divisions.
Wallace is currently attending Platt College for computer graphics and animation as well as working with children at O’Neill Elementary School. For more information visit http://www.JeffWallaceRacing.com
Johnson Making His Grand-Am Cup Debut at California Speedway
 | | A look at the SpeedSource Mazda RX8 Johnson will pilot |
After competing in the 2004 Formula BMW series, 18 year-old Billy Johnson will make his first start in the Grand-Am Cup series this weekend in Fontana aboard a SpeedSource Mazda RX8. The former IKF shifterkart champion will race in the ST class with 2004 Formula BMW Rookie of the Year winner James Hinchcliffe.
During the 2004 Formula BMW USA season, Johnson finished a strong fifth in the championship and received the coveted “Sportsman of the Year Award” presented by RACER Magazine. In 2003, Billy Johnson was the lead driver of JM Racing/Avanti in the Star's of Tomorrow series in ICC aboard the Alex Barron signature Avanti. He was also a Red Bull F1 driver search semi-finalist, and a runner-up in the annual Skip Barber Karting Scholarship.
The Grand-Am Cup will be held on Saturday, April 3rd. The race distance is 200 miles/ 71 laps and will be televised on Speed Channel the following week. For more information on Billy Johnson visit http://www.billyjohnsonracing.com |
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