Jelley signs for Performance.
Rising British star Stephen Jelley has inked a deal with Performance Racing to graduate from Formula Ford to the British F3 Championship for 2004.
Jelley, who brings sponsorship from Jelson, Interfuse and Jelleyart and is managed by Menu Motorsport's Mike Baker, will compete in the series' Scholarship Class this season, looking to develop as a driver and fight for the category title in order to progress to the Championship Class in 2005.
Rising British star Stephen Jelley has inked a deal with Performance Racing to graduate from Formula Ford to the British F3 Championship for 2004.
Jelley, who brings sponsorship from Jelson, Interfuse and Jelleyart and is managed by Menu Motorsport's Mike Baker, will compete in the series' Scholarship Class this season, looking to develop as a driver and fight for the category title in order to progress to the Championship Class in 2005.
Jelley began his racing career with an intensive tuition course at the Silverstone Racing School, the result of a 19th birthday present from father Robert, who used to be an amateur rally driver. Possessing an inherited passion and innate ability, Jelley Jr benefited from the Silverstone experience, competing in the circuit's BRDC-backed Formula Ford Championship in both 2000 and 2001.
In 2002, he joined Medina Sport to compete in the Avon Junior Formula Ford Zetec Championship, achieving a top ten points position before, in 2003, achieving the runner-up spot in the re-named HarrierZeuros UK Formula Ford Scholarship Championship, having led the title race for part of the season.
