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Drivers and team overview

André S. Eriksen has 9 years of racing experience from Motocross in Europe in various classes. After 15 years away from racing the 2009 season was his first year in any 4-wheel series ever. He made impressive progress over the season and finished his rookie season in the NorCal Rotax Master's Karting Chamionship in 4th position with one win and 4 total podium finishes in 9 races.
In 2010 André won the Redline Oil Rotax Masters Karting Championship with 8 wins in 8 races and probably the biggest margin ever in the story of this Championship. In addition to the Championship he was awarded the 2010 Driver Of The year award. Mid 2010 he started to run in the DD2 125ccm shifter class as well and despite he only made 5 races he managed to finish 3rd in the Redline Oil Rotax DD2 Championship with 3 wins, 1 second and 1 third place.
In addition to the Redline Oil Championship André particpated in 4 races in the Challenge Of The Americas scoring two podiums. Only bad luck prevented him from scoring a top 10 finish in the 2010 US Grand National in Newcastle Indiana.
In 2011 he became the Vice NorCal Rotax DD2 Masters Champion with 4 wins and 2 seconds in 8 races. He won 2 rounds of the Challenge Of the Americas and took 4th place in the US Rotax Grand Nationals in Salt Lake Utah (where he was violently pushed off track from 2nd place). He ended his rookie season in Pro Formula cars with an overall 5th in the championship despite not attending 5 out of 14 races.
Valdemar Eriksen turned 8 in January 2011 and was then allowed to practice at Infineon Raceway International Karting Center. Valdemar graduated the Jim Russell Cadet Karting Class in 2010 and will be competing in the NorCal Rotax Micro class in 2012.
Mechanic
Brent Katusha is an experienced mechanic with several years of Pro Formula Mazda experience and has been a mechanic for several winning driver in both the Formula Car Challenge as well as the Star Mazda Championship.
Driver Coach
Steve Cameron brings more than 30 years of motorsports experience as a driver, team manager and driver coach. As a driver he has two Daytona 24hr class victories to his credit, runner-up in the U.S. Formula Atlantic Championship and a NZ Championship title. He has driven almost every type of road racing car possible, including: GTP, GTO, Atlantic, Indy Lights, Formula 2000, Formula Ford, S2000, Sports Racers, Koni Cup, Historic Can-Am, Historic F1, Vintage Lotus sports cars.
Steve has worked as a test and development driver for teams, car manufactures, and tire companies such as Raven Race Cars, Star Race Cars, Yokohama and Ohlins. Drivers who have been coached by Cameron include Indy 500 winners Buddy Rice and Sam Hornish Jr., Champ Car drivers, Memo Gidley, Michael Valiante and NASCAR driver Michael McDowell.
Race Engineer
Rick Cameron is a veteran engineer and crew chief with more than 25 years of experience in many types of racing.
He has championship and race wins in Grand-Am, Formula Atlantic, Indy Lights, Can-Am and Formula Mazda. His extensive technical knowledge includes data system analysis, wind tunnel, shock development, seven-post rig, geometry analysis and chassis development.
Rick has the rare ability to combine his technical expertise, race strategy and driver training to put together race wins and championships. Whether working with experienced professionals or rookie drivers, Rick is able to help the drivers optimize the race car set up, develop strategies and optimize their performance.
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