Kimball Joins Chip Ganassi Racing for 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series

Indianapolis, Ind. – Merely a couple of days after J.R. Hildebrand was confirmed as National Guard/Panther Racing’s driver in the 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series comes news that fellow Team USA Scholarship alumni Charlie Kimball will join Chip Ganassi Racing in the top flight next year.

Kimball, 25, from Camarillo, Calif., won the2003/2004 Talley’s New Zealand International Formula Ford Championship carrying the colors of the Team USA Scholarship and has since competed in British Formula Ford, European Formula 3 and Firestone Indy Lights before earning his opportunity to join the pinnacle of open-wheel racing in the United States.

The full text of the press release issued by Chip Ganassi Racing can be found at www.chipganassiracing.com.