Hamilton, ON, Friday Sept. 8, 2006: In surprise news today, Dave Jacombs announced that Champ Car driver Andrew Ranger will be piloting the #88 Jacombs Racing/Lou's BBQ/CPS Flooring Ford Taurus tomorrow at Autodrome St. Eustache. This is event number 10 in the eleven race CASCAR Super Series schedule.
"This deal happened really fast," stated team owner Dave Jacombs. "We got a call on Thursday afternoon and basically the deal got done. I am really excited to have Andrew drive our car this weekend in front of a home province crowd," he added.
Andrew Ranger, from Roxton Pond Quebec driver of the #27 Mi-Jack Conquest Racing Ford-Cosworth Lola moved to the Champ Car series in 2005, where he finished on the podium in just his second Champ Car start, finishing second in Monterrey, Mexico. He had his best qualifying results in Portland and Cleveland, with his fourth-place Cleveland starting spot being his best. He earned six top-10 finishes including two in a row to end the year, propelling him past Ronnie Bremer and Cristiano da Matta to finish 10th in the final standings.
Schedule of events: Gates open at 2:00 p.m. with CASCAR practice on the schedule from 5:00 - 6:00 p.m., time trials at 8:00 p.m. and the CASCAR Super Series 200 scheduled to take the green flag at 9:30 p.m.
Major Sponsor Lou’s – TMF – The Meat Factory has celebrated 26 successful years as an industry leader producing Premium Quality Meat Products. TMF oversees the development of their four key brands – Lou’s fully cooked Restaurant Style entrees, Lou’s Peameal Bacon of Canada, Limited Edition portion steaks and The Meat Factory. Their HACCP facility has state of the art equipment and recent expansion has been designed to meet industry food safety needs as well as developing unique time saving products for both their Foodservice and Retail Customers across Canada.
Established in 1981, CASCAR (Canadian Association for Stock Car Racing) is the governing body for amateur and professional stock car racing in Canada. Today it boasts the highest level of stock car racing in the nation, and sanctions Canada’s premier (and only national) stock car racing series, the CASCAR Super Series.
The CASCAR Super Series visits tracks all across Canada, from Quebec to British Columbia with 11 events per year. CASCAR also sanctions two other racing series, the CASCAR Sportsman Series (in Ontario and Quebec) and the CASCAR Flo-Pro Western Series (in Western Canada). With more than 150 member teams, CASCAR racing delivers an exciting entertainment package to fans all across Canada, both at the track and on television.
Jacombs Racing is supported by a group of sponsors and product supporters. They include, Lou’s BBQ, CPS Flooring, New Generation Racing Engines, Canadian Linen, Wix Filters, Corteco, Praxair and Kool Graphics and Broil King.
For more information on the CASCAR Super Series please visit www.cascar.ca
For more information on the Jacombs Racing Team please visit www.jacombsracing.ca or contact
Linda Jones // LJM Marketing // ljmmarketing@look.ca // (705) 458-4044
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