Bobby Wilson has signed with two-time defending Indy Pro Series champion team Brian Stewart Racing in a bid to land the elusive drivers' crown in the Indycar feeder series. source: crash.net Wilson, who will pilot the #1 BSR entry in 2007, has already picked up titles in the Stars of Karting championship in 2003 and the Cooper Tyres Formula Ford Zetec championship the following year, but has yet to mount a concerted assault on the IPS crown. He debuted in the series with BSR in 2005, running three races, before splitting his 2006 campaign between Michael Crawford Motorsports and Kenn Hardley Racing, finishing fourth in the points. "I'm excited about running for Brian Stewart Racing," Wilson, who took eleven top ten finishes in 2006, admitted, "Taking Wade's seat is a tall order to fill, but I think I can pick up where he left off. I'm definitely going to be in the lead pack.'' ''Last year, I was looked at as a rookie, which led to some conservative set-ups on the ovals, but I showed I was fast at the last race in Chicago. That was a confidence builder." The 25-year old replaces former IPS champion Wade Cunningham in the BSR line-up, but team boss Brian Stewart thinks Wilson is capable of leading the squad to a third consecutive entrants' championship. Cunningham, who won the title as a rookie in 2005, helped the team win the last two team titles by recording four victories and 21 top-five finishes in 24 starts. "Bobby's extremely capable of filling Wade's shoes," Stewart said, "Winston Churchill said 'Give us the tools, and we will finish the job', and that's what we plan to do with Bobby. We'll give him the car, and he'll do his job. "He was high on our list of drivers who we would like to have driving for us. He raced for us in 2005 and sat on the front row at Infineon. Last year, he won at Watkins Glen. He's a shifter kart champion, a [Formula Ford] Zetec champion. He's a proven winner."
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