The season-opening win by Moore at Homestead was the only victory that the team would earn in 1999, and the performance never matched the potential in a dismal 99 campaign. We know from experience that their race engineers are among the best in the business and they share our vision for the future. It is a reunion of sorts for the team, as it ran Ford power in 1994 with Jacques Villeneuve and 1995 with Teo Fabi. Villeneuve took the team s only Ford-powered victory, winning from the front row at Elkhart Lake. However Player s teamed with Ford again in the 1995 season as Villeneuve, who had moved on to Team Green with the sponsorship, won the PPG Cup.
Every decision made in racing is done for one reason to win.
The new XF engine is 18 percent lighter than the 99 version, and is two inches shorter. It reportedly revs higher and creates more horsepower than its predecessor. At the time it is not known if the engine change would filter to Forsythe s McDonald s Championship Racing Team, which has run Honda power since team manager Steve Horne came to Champ Cars with Tasman Motorsports in 1995.