ATLANTIC CHAMP AND STAR MAZDA CHAMP
TO RACE MAZDA RX-8 IN GRAND-AM GT
MAZDASPEED Motorsports Development today announced that 2009 Atlantic Championship winner John Edwards will team with 2009 Star Mazda Championship winner Adam Christodoulou in a SpeedSource-prepared Mazda RX-8 in the Grand-Am GT class, starting with next weekend's Homestead Grand Prix. This will be the first time either young driver has raced a Grand-Am GT car, and is the start of a full-season program where the two will hone their skills in an unfamiliar form of racing, with the intention of helping Mazda win the 2010 Grand-Am GT class manufacturers' championship.
The RX-8 will be entered by SpeedSource/Newman Wachs Racing. Edwards won the 2009 Cooper Tires presents the Atlantic Championship powered by Mazda title with NWR, and the car will carry sponsorship from Entergy and the Nuclear Energy Industry (NEI). NEI's objective is to ensure the formation of policies that promote the beneficial uses of nuclear energy and technologies around the world. Entergy is the second largest owner and operator of U.S. nuclear energy plants. They operate 11 nuclear power plants in the NE region and SE.
