Through the agreement Featherlite will continue as the "Official Trailer of Champ Car," source: CART.com INDIANAPOLIS - Champ Car and Iowa-based Featherlite, Inc. announced today the extension of their relationship through 2003, a partnership that originally began in 1995. Through the agreement Featherlite will continue as the "Official Trailer of Champ Car," providing the series with custom-built trailers designed to transport equipment to each North American event on the Bridgestone Presents The Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford schedule. "We are extremely pleased to welcome Featherlite back for another season with the Champ Car World Series," said Champ Car Vice President of Marketing Steve Fusek. "The Featherlite trailers used by Champ Car and many of our teams serve a vital role in the overall success of our events. They allow us to take our product on the road. Working together, we have developed an effective program that meets Featherlite's objectives and allows them to generate business in our paddock. They have been a great partner over the years, and we look forward to doing business with them for years to come." While on the road, each of the 53-foot Featherlite trailers in the Champ Car fleet, known as T1, T2, T3, T4 and the CBU - short for Champ Car Business Unit, carry important equipment needed to put on a successful race event. Typical items include; four rescue trucks and a fifth truck outfitted with a jet blower-all used by the Simple Green Safety Team, sensitive computer equipment, timing and scoring cables and scales used for technical inspection. At the track, these trailers convert into mobile work stations used by Champ Car personnel.
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