Challis worked with Greg Moore all his racing career source: motorsport.com Visteon/Patrick Racing confirmed today that Steve Challis will assume the responsibilities of Chief Engineer and that the team will campaign Lola cars in the 2003 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford. "Steve Challis is someone who has a lot of experience in the CART Series," Visteon/Patrick Racing General Manger Jim McGee said. "He has a tremendous background and a lot of experience with the Lolas, which is a big plus for our team. Steve is a very practical engineer and someone, we feel, can put a competitive racecar on the track," McGee noted. Challis began his career as the owner/operator of an automotive shop specializing in racing and high-performance vehicle modification in Vancouver, Canada. He was an automotive consultant to the Player's Challenge Series, IMSA GTO and Trans-AM from 1987-1991. In 1991, Challis also became the Race Engineer for Greg Moore Racing in Formula Ford. He moved with Moore to the USA F-2000 West Series in 1992 and continued to be the Race Engineer for Greg Moore Racing in Indy Lights during the 1993 and 1994 seasons. In 1995, Challis, as Chief Race Engineer, and Moore joined the Player's/Forsythe Racing Indy Lights program. Challis remained in the same position when both he and Moore stepped up to Champ Cars for the 1996 through 1999 seasons. Challis moved to Team Kool Green and was the Chief Race engineer for Dario Franchitti in 2000 and Paul Tracy in 2001 and 2002.
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