St. Petersburg, Fla. \u00e2\u20ac\u201c The official press notes during last weekend\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg included the following news item regarding a continuation of the partnership between the Team USA Scholarship and the IZOD IndyCar Series\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Road to Indy\u00e2\u20ac\u009d ladder system:<\/p>\n
For nearly 20 years, the Team USA Scholarship has served as a launching pad for young American drivers to immerse themselves in international auto racing.<\/p>\n
That proven track record is why the Indy Racing League will lend its support the program through the Road to Indy ladder system.<\/p>\n
Drivers such as Jimmy Vasser, Bryan Herta, Buddy Rice, Jeff Simmons, Phil Giebler, A.J. Allmendinger and J.R. Hildebrand have used the scholarship to gain notoriety at an early stage in their careers. Team USA Scholarship President Jeremy Shaw hopes that future scholarship winners can follow their path through the Road to Indy.<\/p>\n
TONY GEORGE JR. (Manager of Business Development, Firestone Indy Lights): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Team USA scholarship gives young drivers the opportunity during our offseason to go and gain valuable experience outside the country. Past scholarship winners have been successful at the upper levels of the sport and the more recent ones are coming back to race in the Road to Indy series, so it’s a natural fit for us. The winners learn how to handle adversity in a completely new environment, and as we’ve learned from backing the program in Firestone Indy Lights the last two years, it is a successful program that we should support.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
JEREMY SHAW (President, Team USA Scholarship): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m thrilled with what the Indy Racing League is doing with the Road to Indy system. It provides a clear-cut route for drivers to progress from the grassroots level to the top echelon of open-wheel racing, the IZOD IndyCar Series, and it meshes perfectly with what we are trying to achieve with the Team USA Scholarship \u00e2\u20ac\u201c offering valuable opportunities for ambitious youngsters. Two of our scholarship winners from the last two years, Conor Daly and Connor De Phillippi, are racing in this year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Star Mazda Championship, and another one, Charlie Kimball, is a front-runner in Firestone Indy Lights, seeking to emulate the feat of last year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s champion, J.R. Hildebrand.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
For more details, please visit http:\/\/www.indycar.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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