Champ Car World Series Press Conference Transcript with Mi-Jack Conquest
Racing's Eric Bachelart and Andrew Ranger
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paddocktalk.com
ERIC MAUK: Good afternoon. Welcome to another exciting Champ Car media
teleconference where we have another driver announcement as we continue to firm
up the driver lineup for the 2005 Bridgestone Presents The Champ Car World
Series Powered by Ford, which kicks off the season April 8 through the 10th at
the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. Today we are joined by Eric Bachelart, one
of the co-owners of Mi-Jack Conquest racing, and his newest driver. It is my
pleasure to announce that today Andrew Ranger has joined the Champ Car ranks as
a driver. He will be piloting the #27 Mi-Jack Conquest Ford/Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone.
He will also have backing from Procter & Gamble, which will feature their Tide
brand on the car in the three Canadian races, and he also brings sponsorship
from Kodak. Andrew Ranger and Nelson Philippe will be the two drivers for the
Mi-Jack Conquest team in 2005, marking the first time ever that a team has had
two drivers under the age of 20 on their Champ Car team. First of all, Eric
Bachelart, congratulations. This is a very exciting day for you. You have
yourself a very talented driver there.
ERIC BACHELART: Yes, thank you very much, Eric. Hello, everybody. We're very
pleased to announce the collaboration with Andrew for the 2005 season. We've
been talking for quite a while together. Finally we ended up doing a test in
Fontana about two weeks ago. The test proved to be very successful. We've been
very impressed with Andrew's approach and maturity and speed.