Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Team Moore Racing announced today that Jonathan Klein will drive in the Freedom 100 on May 25, replacing the injured Tom Wood.  Klein will compete in the remaining oval races for the season in addition to his planned road coarse events for TMR.  This is an exciting development for the young driver, who will be at the wheel of the team's latest, brand new 2007 Dallara IPS car. "I'm real excited about this new opportunity with TMR, Mark Moore, and Tom Wood.  It's just unfortunate that it is under these circumstances.  But, I'm looking forward to running the ovals and  winning some races," said Klein.

"Jonathan is a tough competitor.  I raced against him last year and he is beyond his years in maturity as a racecar driver.  He has already showed what he can do on the road courses this year.  He has been working with our team at all the tracks even though he was only planning on driving the road courses.  He and Mark Moore work really well together and we offered him this deal because we are confident he can get the job done," said team co-owner Tom Wood.

TMR co-owner Mark Moore said, "Everything that has happened in the last week, with Tom's accident, has been extremely unfortunate to say the least.  The relationship between Tom and I as driver and engineer is a very personal one.  We were so close to winning races at times and now we will have to do it  together as owners. We are fortunate to have young Jonathan Klein ready to fill the seat for Tom. Jonathan was at both the Indy Open Test and the Milwaukee Test working with the team, so he knows where we are with the set-ups.  We will have to rely on the hard work Tom has already put forth in both these tests for Klein's success in the upcoming two races.  I have 100% confidence in Jonathan to bring home TMR's first victory."

Following the Freedom 100, the Milwaukee Mile is scheduled for June 2.