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Towards the end of the 2006 season, Russo announced that he would be bringing his company public, a move that required that he divest himself of his sometimes unprofitable motorsports interests. It was unclear what would happen to the team until it was announced on November 28 that
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The 2005 season was the team's breakout year with Wilson scoring two victories and finishing third in the championship. Allmendinger came close to victory, with four runner-up finishes during the season. For 2006 they were expected to be the top challengers to
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Along with Wilson's return, RuSport announced that they would form a technological partnership with Rocketsports, to be known as RSPORTS. This would involve the signing of
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to determine who would drive the #10 car in the final two races of the season. On October 9, it was revealed that the winner of the shootout was Australian
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series. It competed in Trans-Am until 2004, when the championship was cancelled, and achieved 57 outright wins in 20 years. It has also raced in the
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to keep car count at the minimum of 18. Most of the team's resources were stretched and Jourdain and the team parted ways following the season.
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Carl Russo drove for the team then known as Performance Development and Racing, or PDR which was owned by Steve Wulff before Russo drove in the
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were drivers in the team's 2003 Atlantic season, and Allmendinger cruised to the championship with seven victories from 11 starts.
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to the team's #8 machine. However, success came in the form of the team's only 2007 victory with Wilson in
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Both RuSPORT and Allmendinger moved up to Champ Car in 2004, and added a second car at the 11th hour for
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On September 17, 2006, the team announced that it would hold a "shootout" at
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Rocketsports joined Champ Car in 2003 and has often fielded cars for
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was injured in a collision with a deer during testing at
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is a motor racing team from the United States based in
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On January 22, 2007, RuSPORT confirmed the return of
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Index

auto racing
Champ Car World Series
RuSPORT
Rocketsports
Toyota Atlantic Series
Aaron Justus
A. J. Allmendinger
Michel Jourdain Jr.
Justin Wilson
Newman/Haas Racing
Cristiano da Matta
Dale Coyne Racing
Cristiano da Matta
Road America
Sebring Raceway
Ryan Briscoe
Lexmark Indy 300
East Lansing, Michigan
Champ Car World Series
Grand-Am
Rolex Sports Car Series
Daytona Prototype
Paul Gentilozzi
Trans-Am
IMSA
pay drivers
PKV Racing
Dan Pettit
Justin Wilson
CDW

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