Grand-Am Daytona Prototype star Michael McDowell will get a late-season opportunity to race in the Champ Car World Series after impressing during a test with Rocketsports Racing last week. source: crash.net The 20-year old will link up with Paul Gentilozzi's squad for the final two CCWS events in Surfers Paradise and Mexico City, driving the #31 Lola-Cosworth pilot until now by fellow American Ryan Hunter-Reay. McDowell will also continue to co-drive the Finlay Motorsports Daytona Prototype in Grand-Am's Rolex Series, whose final round shares the bill with Champ Car in Mexico City 250 on 5 November. Michael came highly recommended to us by [Grand-Am team owner] Rob Finlay and others in the racing industry, said Rocketsports boss Gentilozzi, He shows great potential and the desire to learn to be competitive in anything he races. We are looking forward to the next two races to allow him to get comfortable with the car and crew in preparation for 2006. "We hope that his eagerness to be in the race car and to win, along with the teams desire to put Rocketsports back in to victory circle, should prove to be a winning combination. McDowell will test the #31 machine again at Putnam Park this weekend but, after a few hours running prior to the last Grand-Am round, was both amazed and awed by the performance of the Rocketsports car. The complete article here at Crash.net
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