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Press Releases by Melanie Paterson
October 9, 2002
Paterson
Joins the American Le Mans Series Again
October
9, 2002– Braselton, Georgia - Melanie Paterson will join
the American Le Mans Series again for the final race of the
season at the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta. Melanie will
join Team Bucknum Racing and will race the #55 Pilbeam/Nissan
along with co-drivers Pierre Ehret and John Olson in the LMP
675 class. This ten-hour endurance race will mark the end
of the 2002 American Le Mans season and will run Saturday
October 12, being televised live on SPEED Channel.
Melanie
debuted in the American Le Mans Series this year and competed
at the Trois-Rivieres Grand Prix and the Grand Prix of Mosport
with a third and second place finish, respectively, in the
LMP 675 class. Melanie has been racing the #19 Schneiders
Hot Rod Lola/Nissan for Essex Racing of Atlanta this year,
with team owner Michael Gue and technical director Tony Dowe.
She was planning to be at Petit Le Mans with Essex again,
but at the 11th hour, due to unforeseen circumstances, the
team had to withdraw.
“We
have been working towards this program for a while. Unfortunately,
we were one driver short and couldn’t make it happen”
said Paterson. “The car is ready to go, but without three
drivers, the program cannot successfully be implemented. I
am disappointed that Essex will not be entered, but Michael
felt that in fairness to myself and my sponsors, he needed
to secure a seat for me with Team Bucknum.”
Melanie
is pleased to be joining Team Bucknum Racing for the Petit
Le Mans and notes:
“They are the team that beat me both times this year
so I know they do a good job driving and prepare good cars!
Jeff Bucknum, along with the team, is very knowledgeable and
this will be another good experience for me.”
Melanie will be joined this weekend with new sponsor Cartech
of San Antonio, Texas. Cartech began as a manufacturer of
aftermarket turbo systems in 1977 and has grown to enjoy an
international reputation for the design and manufacture of
forced induction and high performance automotive components.
Melanie’s
other corporate partners include Schneiders Hot Rod, Canada’s
favourite beef snack, technology leader Imation Canada Inc.,
Maraca Canada, Driving Unlimited and GeoGraphics Motorsport
Graphics.
For
more information throughout the race weekend, visit http://www.melaniepaterson.com.
Contact:
Danny Kok – 604-828-5450
Melanie Paterson – 416-986-0887
www.melaniepaterson.com
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