IPS: Sipuka passes rookie test.
South African driver Tschops Sipuka has successfully completed his Indy Pro Series rookie test with the Brian Stewart Racing team at Phoenix International Raceway.
Sipuka, an automotive engineer in South Africa, has competed in both touring cars and formula cars in South Africa and throughout Europe, winning back-to-back Volkswagon Cup titles in 2002 and 2003 and being named the 2002 South African Motorsportsman of the Year by the South African Guild of Motoring Journalists.
South African driver Tschops Sipuka has successfully completed his Indy Pro Series rookie test with the Brian Stewart Racing team at Phoenix International Raceway.
Sipuka, an automotive engineer in South Africa, has competed in both touring cars and formula cars in South Africa and throughout Europe, winning back-to-back Volkswagon Cup titles in 2002 and 2003 and being named the 2002 South African Motorsportsman of the Year by the South African Guild of Motoring Journalists.
"I think he did awesome," said Stewart, whose team has won two of the last three Indy Pro Series team championships. "Tschops was very impressive for a guy who had never seen an oval before. He was flat around Phoenix and running times that were comparable to the other guys there."
