Junior Strous Joins TMR

January 21

Team Moore Racing is proud to have Junior Strous from Holland driving the Xtreme Coil Drilling #2 in the Firestone Indy Lights™ Series for 2010.  Co-owners Tom Wood and Mark Moore spoke with confidence their teaming with the 23 year-old Strous will assure the team as front contenders for the 2010 Indy Lights Championship, as in his first Indy Lights season in 2009, Strous achieved a remarkable 40% victory ratio, winning two of five entered races.

"Mark and I are really excited about signing Junior Strous to TMR," said Tom Wood. "Junior has shown his ability to win in the Firestone Indy Lights Series and we believe we will have a serious shot at the Championship with him in one of our cars."

Mark Moore continued Wood's sentiment.  "Tom and I are very proud to have Junior competing for us in the 2010 Championship. He is a rare talent and has great charisma. When you at look the past season, Strous had the highest per race win ratio of any of the drivers. This is very impressive given the talent level of our series. He is also quite a fine young man and I know we will work well together. This is going to be a great season for us all."

Junior Strous has kindled a wave of exuberance at TMR's Pittsboro shop.  "Everyone is really excited and I cannot wait to jump in the car and go win races again. We are definitely championship contenders in 2010," Strous said. "With the great support of Winners Circle Group, Shell, HTP Investments, Knaus, BK Gas, and Global Plastic, we're going to be a force to be reckoned with in Indy Lights this season. My fans are very happy."  Junior looks forward to his seat fitting and some running time, testing with the team at the end of January.

With the solid foundation of Junior Strous' talent in the #2 Xtreme Coil Drilling car, Mark Moore has shifted gears to focus TMR's efforts to fill the #22 Xtreme Coil Drilling car seat with a chauffeur for 2010, continuing dialog with prospective drivers.

The 2010 race season begins Sunday, March 28th on the Streets of St. Petersburg, Florida.

 

Stephen Simpson Tests

October 30

TMR has achieved a head start on the Indy Lights Series 2010 season by testing driver Stephen Simpson, the personable, polite, multi-talented South African who ran with Mark Moore & company in 2007 under the Kenn Hardley Racing banner, where Simpson delivered an impressive string of performances, accumulating five top-five finishes in his first Indy Lights season, which also marked his first appearances on high-speed ovals.  Stephen highlighted 2007 at Mid-Ohio with a podium 3rd-place finish, and finished his rookie Indy Lights season 9th in Championship Points.

"It's great to have a driver of Stephen's caliber and knowledge to collaborate with," said TMR co-owner Mark Moore. "Stephen is terrific on a roadcourse and has that developmental insight that is invaluable to engineering the car's setup. He really impressed us in 2007 with how quickly he adapted to the oval tracks as well."

Stephen Simpson would be very happy to be back in the Firestone Indy Lights Series and the feeling is mutual. "We'd be delighted to see the return of Stephen Simpson to our series," Roger Bailey, Executive Director for Firestone Indy Lights said. "He will be a welcome addition."

Stephen is especially happy to collaborate with his old teammates.  "A huge thank you to Mark and Tom for this fantastic opportunity to be back in an Indy Lights car.  I have always been made to feel very welcome and at home with TMR."

Regarding the Putnam Park test, Stephen said, "the day went extremely well. We made some small changes and continued to improve the car and started to build on what I hope is going to be a fantastic 2010 season with the team.  I will be working extremely hard to get all the sponsorship I can in place to be on the grid in 2010 with TMR."