CART: Mark Blundell to leave PacWest Racing at end of season
12 September 2000
Posted By Terry
Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel
Mark Blundell is leaving PacWest Racing, the champ car team that he has
been driving for since 1996, at the end of the 2000 FedEx Championship
Series. The former Formula 1 driver has enjoyed three victories in the
Series, including a win at Portland in 1997, which entered the record
books as the closest victory in CART history, with Blundell crossing the
line only 0.027 seconds ahead of Gil de Ferran.
Blundell comments, "I have had two very frustrating seasons and I haven't been able to produce the results which I know I am capable of achieving. It's time to move on now. There's plenty of opportunities for me and I'm considering a number of options, but I can't announce anything at the moment. I have over four years of Champ Car experience, with the highs and lows associated with such close, competitive racing. I want to get back to the highs I experienced in 1997, and I hope that 2001 will bring a return to them."
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