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<body> <Table Width="550" border="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" cellpadding="0"><TR><TD Width="35"><IMG SRC="//www.totalmotorsport.com/images/spacer.gif" WIDTH="35" HEIGHT="1"></td><td> <CENTER><Table border="0" width="100%"> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="5">FORMULA FORD</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2">30/05/2002</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="4">Aussie Verdnik Joins JLR</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="3">Jay starts testing end of June</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="1">  </FONT></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2">Team JLR have entered into an agreement for a testing programme with young Australian karter Jay Verdnik.<BR> <BR> Jay, 16, from South Australia will come to Britain in late June to undertake between 6 and 10 days testing in Formula Ford. <BR> <BR> Despite his age he already has four years racing experience in Karts back in Australia. He has also completed a race-training week in the big V8 Commodores, finishing top pupil in the course.<BR> <BR> Richard Dean commented on the programme, “Jay is looking to gain experience in the UK with a view to moving into the full British Championship in 2003”. “It will be a fairly intense programme during the summer before he has to return to South Australia”.<BR> <BR> He will start testing in late June, alongside Team JLR’s regular drivers, sharing data logging information to help speed up and determine his progress. Watch the web site news for further information.<BR> </FONT></TD></TR> </TABLE><BR> </CENTER> <BR><CENTER><font size="1" color="#808080" face="Tahoma">Copyright ©2000-©2023 TotalMotorSport</font></CENTER> </td> </tr> </table> </body>