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Four Receive Sam Schmidt Motorsports Tryout
By Tim Harms
indyracing.com
Tuesday Oct 26, 2004
Sam Schmidt Motorsports tested four drivers in a Menards Infiniti Pro Series™ car Oct. 22 at Kentucky Speedway. The team, which fielded as many as three cars in 2004, including that of championship-winning driver Thiago Medeiros, is beginning its search for drivers for 2005.
Jason Bowles, Jaime Camara, James McCabe and Bobby Wilson completed laps on the 1.5-mile tri-oval.
“We’ve tested 35 people over the past two years,” team manager Michael Crawford said. “This was the best collective group of talent we’ve had. It was stellar.”
Bowles, who has won several regional karting championships, competed in the Cooper Tires Formula Ford Zetec Championship in 2004, winning rookie of the year honors after finishing fourth overall in the point standings. The 21-year-old is from Ontario, Calif.
Camara is a 23-year-old from Goiania, Brazil. He is in his third season of competition in the South American Formula 3 series, the same series that Medeiros competed in before coming to the Menards Infiniti Pro Series.
McCabe, 24, won the World Karting Association Enduro National Championship in 1999. Since then, the Luzerne, Penn., native has competed in Skip Barber Formula Dodge, Formula Mazda and Star Mazda series among others.
Wilson won the Cooper Tires Formula Ford Zetec Championship title in 2004. The 23-year-old from Dousman, Wis., won championships in Snap On Stars of Karting in 2003 and the SuperKarts USA ProMoto Tour in 2000.
The group also was evaluated by Menards Infiniti Pro Series technical director Butch Meyer.
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