Jimmy Kite Sees Richmond Silver Crown Opportunities

Jimmy Kite Sees Richmond Silver Crown Opportunities
 
STOCKBRIDGE, Ga., June 23, 2004 - In a summer of locusts and floods, the
average person would be wondering what more could be piled on their
shoulders. However, Jimmy Kite just looks beyond the struggles and sees
the opportunities. The Stockbridge, Georgia-resident returns to the
cockpit of the Westcon Racing No. 5 as the pavement portion of the
United States Auto Club (USAC) Silver Crown series starts back up at
Richmond (Vir.) International Raceway (RIR). The 1997 Silver Crown
Rookie of the Year will again wheel the Westcon Elevator/ Bloomer
Engines-Beast on Saturday afternoon in "The Dominic's of New York 100"
at the famous 3/4-mile oval. Kite has been fast much of the season,
including winning the most recent pavement qualifying race at Memphis
Motorsports Park in early May, but a variety of items out of his control
have kept Kite out of victory lane. Off the track, the news hasn't been
much better. A flood at the team's Lansing, Mich. shop is making the
trip to Richmond even more impressive. Three-feet of water covered the
Westcon Racing facility in late May forcing a complete rebuild of all
the team's equipment. However, both Kite and Westcon have overcome the
obstacles and are optimistic about the June 26th 100-lap race.
 
Jimmy Kite: "I'm excited about getting back into the Westcon car. We
still don't have the results at the end of the day to show for all of
our hard work. But it's just a matter of time until luck turns our way.
That is what we need more than anything right now. Between the flooding
of the shop and guys we were lapping running into us, this has been a
tough summer. I really like Richmond and we should be good there and at
Pikes Peak [International Raceway, July 4]. We just need a little bit of
luck now. The Westcon guys have been working really hard to clean-up the
equipment and get it ready for this weekend so, if struggles make you
stronger, we should be the strongest team out there."
 
Kite began his career 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 23 Indy Racing IndyCar Series event starts and
$1,505,565 in career IRL earnings. He has raced four times in the
Indianapolis 500.
 
To learn more about Kite, please visit www.jimmykitefans.com. For more
on Westcon Racing and the team's 2004 USAC Silver Crown campaign, please
visit www.westconracing.com .
 
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