With new driver McDowell and looks forward to clinch Rookie-of-the-Year tittle with Glock source: Rocketsports Racing Running most of the season with the top rookie of the 2005 freshman class, Rocketsports Racing heads Down Under with two rookie drivers, Timo Glock and Michael McDowell, looking to clinch the Roshfrans Rookie-of-the-Year title for Glock and introducing American rising star McDowell to the Champ Car World Series in streets of Surfers Paradise in Queensland, Australia. Glock has the chance to wrap up the rookie honors this weekend with a solid performance. Leading in the rookie standings by 40 points, the German is the only rookie that currently sits in the top ten of the championship standings. His consistency of eight top-ten finishes out of eleven races, one podium finish, and logging 1,158 of 1,183 possible laps this season, makes this young gun a Champ Car standout in 2005. Qualifying this season for Glock has not shown his true potential due to various obstacles. However, when it comes to the race, he tends to have a quick car, thus his ability to regularly finish in the top ten. The last two events, Montreal and Las Vegas, Glock earned a championship point during each race for being the "Most Improved" car in the competitive 18-car Champ Car field. He started in the #8 DHL Global Mail Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone 11th in Montreal to finish on the podium in second, and finished eighth in Vegas after starting 15th on the grid. A fresh new face will enter the Champ Car paddock for the first time this year in Australia, stepping into the #31 Rocketsports Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone to make his Champ Car debut. McDowell, 20, joins Rocketsports Racing for the final two events of the season as a chance to show his talents behind the wheel of a 750-hp Champ Car, with the intentions of landing a full-time ride in 2006.
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