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ELLESLEY TO RUN
ECOBOOST FOR SERIES NEWCOMER
- Two-car team for
ex-Fiesta Champion David
- Ryan Cullen the
first rookie racer to order a new Formula Ford chassis
5 December, 2011
- Ex-Formula Ford racer and Ford saloons champion David Ellesley
is to turn race team boss in 2012 to run a two-car squad in the
Dunlop MSA Formula Ford Championship of Great Britain and the
Formula Ford EuroCup.
Ellesley's Race Car
Consultants outfit is joining forces with the family of rookie
racer Ryan Cullen to run the 20-year-old Somerset man next
season in one of the all-new EcoBoost Formula Ford chassis. The
team has also bought an ex-Dan de Zille Mygale Duratec chassis and
is looking for a driver to run alongside Cullen.
"Ryan has some
karting experience but has never raced a car before," said
Ellesley. "The plan is to get him up to speed with the
Duratec car in the coming weeks and then for him to transfer to
the new car when that is ready. It's a great opportunity for me
and for my team and Ryan shows a lot of promise."
"I am looking
forward to it," adds Cullen. "I'm told that Formula Ford
is the place to start and the new car looks amazing…"
Ellesley, who won
the 2009 Ford Fiesta ST Championship title and who went on to
enjoy occasional Formula Ford outings in Spirit and Juno chassis,
says that although his single-seater focus next season will be on
team management he is not yet ready to hang up his helmet:
"I'm looking at some saloon-racing options for the future but
nothing is certain yet."
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