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ERIC MAUK: Thank you everyone for joining us for another very special
Champ Car teleconference as we continue our preparations for the season-opening
race, to take place in the streets of Long Beach - the 30th running of the
Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, April 16th through the 18th. I'm am speaking to
you today from Sebring International Raceway where we have nine Champ Cars on
track testing as teams are starting to get down into it, in preparation for the
2004 Bridgestone Presents The Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford campaign.
Today we are joined by the co-owner of Mi-Jack Conquest Racing, Mr. Eric
Bachelart, who joins us for a very special announcement. Mr. Bachelart I'll go
ahead and turn things over to you and you can tell everybody why we're here
today.
ERIC BACHELART: Hello, everybody. And thank you for being with us today.
Well, we are very excited today to announce the signing of Justin Wilson for the
2004 Champ Car World Series with the Lola chassis. This is a very good evolution
for our team. Of course, we are extremely happy to have Justin on board.
Justin has some very good experience in Formula 1, won the Formula 3000 season
in 2001, and we feel is going to be one of the very best drivers in the series.
So this is combined with the fact that we've upgraded our effort with the Lola
chassis.
This is very exciting for us and we just looking forward to having a great
season in 2004.
ERIC MAUK: Before we get to Justin, you guys had a successful rookie
Champ Car season. Obviously, it wasn't your rookie season in open-wheel racing,
but your first with Champ Car, where you ran with Mario Haberfeld last year.
Eleven top-ten finishes, three top-fives and you finished 12th in the points.
What did you learn that first year in Champ Car that you hope to take with you
this year?