The Team Australia Champ Car team and WPS Racing V8 Supercar contingent created International motorsports history during a hugely successful and spectacular launch of the Lexmark Indy 300 carnival today. source: teamaustraliamotorsport.com Australian Champ Car competitor Marcus Marshall was joined by WPS Racing's David Besnard in a demonstration drive through the streets of Brisbane, 80 kilometres North of Queensland's Gold Coast where the event will be staged on October 20-23. The drivers can now claim to the rare distinction of being the first to manoeuvre their respective vehicles around the streets of Queensland's capital city. The pair were joined by regular WPS Racing V8 Supercar driver Craig Baird and Team Australia's Alex Tagliani, who flew in from Canada just an hour before the event. - the pair providing commentary during the demonstration run. A crowd of more than 50,000 consisting of Brisbane workers, shoppers and families lined the streets to catch a glimpse of today's action. The crowd becoming a sea of green and gold as onlookers showed their support for the local champ car favourites, Team Australia. That's a major plus for Marshall and his Canadian team mate, Alex Tagliani as they prepare to unleash the power of their methanol charged machines Down Under during the Indy carnival. "What an amazing feeling, I knew coming to the Gold Coast in October was going to be huge but driving through my capital city was just sensational," said Marshall.
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