When the SRX Superstar Racing Experience announced, last December, a partial driver lineup–and Ernie Francis Jr.’s name appeared among drivers like Bill Elliott, Helio Castroneves, Bobby Labonte, Michael Waltrip, Paul Tracy, Willy T. Ribbs, Tony Kanaan, Greg Biffle and Marco Andretti–plenty of people asked, “Ernie who?”
As you’d guess, his phone has been ringing since the six-week series ended. There’s …
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Very impressive season, especially considering how most of the other drivers in the series have been oval racers for far longer.
Yeah, he definitely jumped into a deep pool and swam with the front-runners.
And at 22 he won his seventh-straight Trans Am title....
I hope the indy lights package comes together for 2022, but can understand the allure and money from Nascar.
trigun7469 said:
I hope the indy lights package comes together for 2022, but can understand the allure and money from Nascar.
He'll be running the full Lights season for Force Indy.
The latest news on that Force Indy ride.
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UltraDork
1/31/22 8:10 p.m.
Always good to see fresh young guns come to challenge!
I'd really like to root for the kid, I really would, but his dad makes that impossible. Hopefully with the Force Indy ride, his dad will be less involved.