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The National Auto Sport Association (NASA) is pleased to announce that the Atlantic Series powered by Hasselgren will compete at selected NASA weekends nationwide in 2006. A 2005-2006 winter series for the current Swift Atlantic cars is also planned with the first event to take place at Buttonwillow Raceway Park on November 12-13, 2005. The new series is part of Hasselgren Engineering’s plan to offer a place for owners of current spec Toyota Atlantics to compete in 2006. Atlantic grew out of the very popular Formula B class of the 70's and F1 legends Gilles Villeneuve, Keke Rosberg, and Jacques Villeneuve as well as American racing stars Michael Andretti, Bobby Rahal, and Danny Sullivan all got their starts in Atlantic. The hope of both parties is that the series will continue to be an incubator for tomorrow’s champions.
"We believe that many of the current competitors won't purchase the new ChampCar Atlantic this year, and we would like them to have the ability to compete with their current cars at least for another season," stated Mark Milazzo, General Manager of Hasselgren Engineering.
"We are absolutely thrilled to have a series with the incredible history of the Atlantics joining us," said Jerry Kunzman, NASA’s Executive Director. "We see this series as another integral part of the diverse racing portfolio we’re putting together and we are very proud to have been selected to work with the Hasselgren team to give the drivers a new home."
As information becomes available it will be posted to the Atlantic Series website.
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