For more information: 
Linda Mansfield, Restart Communications
Tel.: (317) 201-0729
E-mail: LindaKMansfield@cs.com
 
 
 
 
 
Top Atlantic Team Announces Expansion
To Firestone Indy Lights in 2009
 
ZIONSVILLE, Ind., Oct. 3 - Genoa Racing, currently a top Atlantic team and 
also one of the most successful teams in Firestone Indy Lights history, plans to 
expand its operations to include a two-car Firestone Indy Lights team in 
2009.  The Firestone Indy Lights team will do business as Genoa Indy Lights. 
 
The announcement was made today by Thomas Knapp, team manager and chief 
engineer. 
 
"At our core, we are racers," said Knapp, a former driver himself. "We have 
the infrastructure, the experience, the heritage and the heart to compete, and 
we don't feel that we're performing up to our full potential if we're not 
growing.  The open-wheel reunification has presented us with an amazing growth 
opportunity."
 
Spanning three decades, Genoa has enjoyed tremendous success in International 
Formula 3000, Atlantic, Indy Lights and IndyCar competition. In over 220 
starts its heritage includes a championship, 16 victories, 18 poles and a 
front-row starting position at the 1998 Indianapolis 500 in conjunction with Thomas 
Knapp Motorsports.  Some of its past drivers include Ivan Capelli, Thiago 
Medeiros, Jimmy Vasser and Greg Ray. 
 
Knapp also managed Team Menard in 1999 when it won the Indy Racing League 
championship.  He was also the engineer for the pole-winning car at the 2000 Indy 
500.
 
For more information on the Genoa Indy Lights team, including sponsorship 
opportunities, corporate partnerships and open seats, please contact Mark Olson 
at (317) 441-1924 or mark-olson@indy.rr.com.