Vasser to carry Visteon colours in Detroit.

Both Patrick Racing Reynard-Toyota's will carry the familiar Visteon livery at this weekend's Tenneco Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit, home to the company's world headquarters.

Patrick Racing announced today that the #40 Patrick Racing Toyota Reynard piloted by Jimmy Vasser will carry identification from Visteon Corporation and its associate sponsors for this weekend's Tenneco Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit on the temporary street circuit at Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan.

"As Detroit is Visteon's world headquarters we felt that it would be an ideal opportunity to give Visteon Corporation, which is already the primary sponsor of Roberto Moreno's #20 Visteon/Patrick Racing Toyota Reynard, some added value by putting its corporate identification, and the corporate identification of its associate sponsors, on Jimmy's car for the upcoming Tenneco Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit," said Patrick Racing owner U. E "Pat" Patrick. "This has been done by Patrick Racing to provide Visteon and its associate sponsors with some additional exposure," Patrick said.

Visteon, which is in its fourth year of sponsorship with Patrick Racing, originally joined the team as a primary sponsor in 1998 with Scott Pruett as the driver. In 1999, PJ Jones and Jan Magnussen drove the #20 Visteon/Patrick Racing entry. Moreno, who took over the ride last year, provided Visteon with their highest finish in the FedEx Championship Series standings placing third in 2000.

"Visteon is pleased that Patrick Racing has presented us with this opportunity to promote our corporate brand image during the Tenneco Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit," said Visteon's Susan Skerker, Senior Vice President of Business Strategy and Corporate Relations. "We are proud to be a part of the Patrick Racing team and of the excitement the Grand Prix brings to the city of Detroit and its surrounding communities."

Visteon Corporation is a leading full-service supplier that delivers consumer-driven technology solutions to automotive manufacturers worldwide and through multiple channels within the global automotive aftermarket. Visteon has 82,000 employees and a global delivery system of more than 130 technical, manufacturing, sales and service facilities located in 25 countries.

In addition to Visteon, Patrick Racing will also detail the #40 Patrick Racing Reynard-Toyota with signage from Free Markets, Futaba, ABB and DuPont Engineering Polymers as the team continue to search for a full-time sponsorship deal for Vasser, who has run the majority of the season thus far with a blank car in both white and fluorescent orange colours.

Patrick Racing, which enters its 29th year of competition in 2001, is one of the most successful teams in the history of Champ Car racing with 44 victories, three Indianapolis 500 wins and two national championships (1976 - Gordon Johncock and 1989 - Emerson Fittipaldi). U. E. "Pat" Patrick is the co-founder of CART and the "father" of the Dayton Indy Lights Series.