Wednesday, 2nd April 2008

Former champion back for Long Beach.

Jimmy Vasser has confirmed that he will make a return to open-wheel racing for the Long Beach Grand Prix later this month.

Vasser will run in a third car for the KV Racing Technology team in the final race for the Champ Car World Series, with the event taking place on the same weekend as the IndyCar Series event at Twin Ring Motegi.

While Oriol Servia and Will Power will both aim score points towards the IndyCar Series title race as drivers making the transition to the newly unified American open-wheel series, Vasser admitted he was simply looking forward to the event, which will signal the official end of Champ Car competition.

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"I been out of the car for two years, but it will be a lot of fun and a great honour to take part in the Champ Car World Series' final race," the 1996 CART title winner said. "It will also be great to compete in front of all the southern California fans that have been so supportive of me throughout my career."

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