JIMMY KITE MOVES TO #59 CHAMP CAR FOR NAZARETH

JIMMY KITE MOVES TO #59 CHAMP CAR FOR NAZARETH


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STOCKBRIDGE, Ga., Wednesday, April 17, 2002 - 1997 Silver Crown Rookie of
the Year Jimmy Kite will drive the #59 Westcon Racing/ Westcon Elevator/
Bloomer Beast this weekend in the second round of the 2002 United State’s
Auto Club (USAC) Silver Crown championship. Kite, 26, will replace car owner
Kevin Bloomstrain behind the wheel of the Beast chassis at the tricky 1-mile
Nazareth (Pa.) Speedway oval. The former Copper World Classic Silver Crown
champion began the season with Aviator Racing at Phoenix International
Raceway in March. However, the #50 team opted not to run the Nazareth event
leaving the personable Kite looking for other opportunities for the weekend.


 “I was disappointed that Aviator decided not to run Nazareth,” said Kite
who is entered to race in the 86th Running of the Indianapolis 500 in the
#25 310 Racing entry. “However, not much after that call I got another about
running for Kevin. Westcon really puts a great car on the track and I am
excited about being able to race the wide-body Beast chassis this weekend.
It will be tough stepping into a new team but I feel so comfortable in these
cars that I think the transition will be OK.”


Kite has a great tradition in the Keystone State. During his formative
years, he won countless quarter-midget races on tracks throughout
Pennsylvania. Despite his time racing around the state, this will be the
Stockbridge, Georgia resident’s first foray onto Nazareth’s asphalt.


“The closest I have come to running this track is on video games. But, I
know it’ll be a lot harder to drive the Silver Crown car than the Indy car
simulator,” laughed Kite. “Everyone tells me it is a lot like Disney [Walt
Disney World Speedway in Orlando] and I loved that track in the Silver Crown
car. The Beast chassis and Bloomer engine should be solid combination for
this track. We are really looking forward to this race being the start of
our ‘Month of May.’ I am hoping to get some solid momentum going into Indy
in a few weeks.”


Kite began racing quarter-midgets at the age of eight and worked his way up
through mini-sprints, USAC midgets, sprint cars and Silver Crown cars to the
Indy Racing League. He is a five-time national champion in various
open-wheel series with countless victories. He has a career total of 22 Indy
Racing events and $1,232,000 in career IRL earnings. He will be attempting
to make his fourth career Indianapolis 500 in May.


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