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22 December 2009 | Posted in News

Final 20 drivers bid for two fully funded 2010 Jim Russell Championship Series “seats”

Twenty drivers will spend the next two days trying to earn themselves one of two, fully-funded “seats” up for grabs in the 2010 Jim Russell Championship Series as the inaugural Future Driver Search program reaches its climax.

Almost 40 drivers, representing 10 different countries, have participated in the four-day selection process at the Infineon Raceway, Sonoma (CA) since Saturday (19 Dec).

Britain’s double Le Mans 24 Hour race winner, Allan McNish, and his fellow judging panel members, have now chosen 20 drivers who progress after two-days of detailed evaluation – today’s (SUN) phases taking place in changeable weather conditions.

The final two-day line-up is:

Bastien Graber (18), from Niddatal, GERMANY

James Kovacic (16), from Forresters Beach nr Gosford, AUSTRALIA

Brett van Blankers (22), New Westminster, British Columbia, CANADA

Xavier Coupal (19), Saint-Jean, Quebec, CANADA

Tyler Bennett (20), from Farmington, Utah, USA

Gregory Liefooghe (29), from San Francisco, California, USA

Yannick Mettler (20), from Kriens (Luzern), SWITZERLAND

Jordan Jadallah (17), from Hillsborough, California, USA

Mark Pombo (27), from Berkeley Lake, Georgia, USA

Jayson Clunie (40), from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, CANADA

Gustavo Menezes (15), from Coto de Caza, California, USA

Justin Gald (18), from Fresno, California, USA

Felipe Polehtto [nee Poletto Bastos] (20), from Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL

Logan Downing (17), from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CANADA

Nikola Radosavljevich (18), from Los Gatos, California, USA

Gary Carlton (23), from Marysville, California, USA

Alex Ellis (18), from St Catharines, Ontario, CANADA

Javier Echeverria (22), from Mexico City, MEXICO

Cody Hodgson (18), from Escalon, California, USA

Jeffrey Westphal (23), from San Carlos, California, USA

 

Judges will ultimately chose the best “all-rounder” on Tuesday evening while the second recipient of the 2010 JRCS “seat” will be the driver who has set the outright fastest lap time in a Jim Russell Racing Drivers School FJR-50 single-seater on Tuesday – a day which will see just six drivers battling for this spectacular prize after Monday’s continuing selection process.

The two “prize” drives could be the launch pad to a full-time career in motor racing. The 2010 JRCS champion gets a fully-funded prize drive in the 2011 FIA Formula Two Championship

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