The Jim Russell Racing Drivers School offers drivers a season of racing in its all-new FJR-50 racecars. (Photo: jimrussellusa.com)

JRCS participants race in the Jim Russell FJR-50, which is one of the most advanced racing cars available. The FJR-50 is purpose-built to be the ideal learning platform for drivers, providing a modern, relevant link between the existing levels of motorsport; with special attention to the transition that young drivers will make from karting to a formula car. The FJR-50 is also fitted with an integrated state of the art Pi Research data acquisition system. Coaches and drivers review driver inputs to help facilitate the most effective evaluation of each drivers progress. By training and racing in this car, drivers are better prepared for the upper levels of motorsport as the FJR-50 is based on the successful and proven Lola B06-30 championship winning Formula 3 car.

The 2009 Championship Series promises to continue the fierce competition created during the 2008 Championship Series which was decided at the last race. On December 12, 2008, Brett Smrz clinched the Championship and Nick Galante won the Masters division. Smrz recorded the fastest lap of the race at 1:31.437. By comparison, Indy Light and IndyCar racing run times of 1:25 and 1:16 respectively. The battle for the Masters Championship was just as fierce with Nick Galante, Will Hill and Chuck Hulse finishing the season in first, second and third, respectively.

2009 Jim Russell Championship Series
Official Testing Dates March 12 March 14 April 16
Official Practice Dates: April 17 May 8 June 12 July 10 August 14 September 11 October 16 November 12
Jim Russell Championship Series Races April 18 & 19, May 9 & 10 June 13 & 14 July 11 & 12 August 15 & 16 September 12 & 13 October 17 & 18 November 13 & 14
About The Jim Russell Championship Series
The Jim Russell Championship Series (JRCS) is the official racing series of the Jim Russell Racing Drivers School. The series is designed to foster and identify talent from the pool of graduates and competitors. As a competitive racing school, Jim Russell offers a complete driver training program that includes instruction from some of the finest coaches in the world, technical instruction from industry leaders, and educational seminars on being a complete racing driver. Seminars and additional educational opportunities are conducted during the course of each race weekend. Many drivers use the Jim Russell Championship Series as a launch pad for their careers in professional open wheel and sports car racing throughout the world. http://www.jimrussellusa.com/

About Emotive Group:
Emotive Experiential Performance is a marketing agency that creates events delivering that very special moment when a person experiences the product difference for themselves. They live it, they breathe it, they own it. This experience is the start of brand ownership that leads to brand loyalty. Last year more than two million people were convinced by Emotive events. Emotive has offices in Sonoma, California; London, England; and Munich, Germany. Connecting people with cars. www.emo.tv.