(06/07/04) Team Ecosse and its drivers are going to be extremely busy this week. All of the team's cars will be at the Chicagoland track near Joliet in Illinois and there will hopefully be some fireworks and possibly even some surprises on show in the three ESCORS divisions in which the team currently runs.

First up on Wednesday, the three West Series cars will be out. Michael Hogg's No.10 Knockhill Racing Circuit Ford has been picking up some good results of late with nine in a row top-ten finishes, four of which have been in the top five whilst Catriona Rochford's No.11 Ford has been creeping steadily up the time sheets, only to suffer some bad luck in the races. Team testing has shown her to be picking up her pace though and the word is that she is very confident ahead of this race. The No.11 will once again be in the A Team Season One DVD colour scheme which ran earlier in the season at Texas in an extension to the deal to run the Special Edition. The No.37 car is set to be driven by 2003 West Series Champion Fred Joseph in a one-off run as Mats Gustavsson is not due to run at this race in his part-time schedule with the team. In the most recent West Series races, Gustavsson took 8th with Hogg in 10th and Rochford parking her damaged car in the pits to be classified 13th at Infineon Raceway while last week at Evergreen Raceway Gustavsson and Hogg took 7th and 8th at the flag with Rochford in 10th to complete a good result for the whole squad.

At the weekend, Hogg, Rochford and Gustavsson will all be out in the Alienware Series race at the track. After his split with Fischer Racing and subsequent one off drives in each of Micha de Wals' CI Racing cars and making the first start for the Team Ecosse No.11 car at Nashville, Hogg has signed to drive Mark Warmington's No.41 Chevrolet, hopefully for the rest of the season and he made his debut in the car last week at Daytona. Rochford will return to continue her part time schedule in CI Racing's No.74 car while Gustavsson will be in his regular Pro-Eco Motorsports No.50 Chevrolet. The No.11 car (still currently without a sponsor) will also make the journey to the track. There is currently a 50-50 chance that the car will run in the race as the team is in discussion with a possible driver on a one-off basis.

Finally, the No.01 BallRacing Cup team will attempt the biggest event at Chicagoland during the week - the Boomtown 250. Mike's Hard Lemonade has stepped up to be a major sponsor for this high-profile race which will be the climax of a long week of racing at the track. Hogg will be at the wheel of the car once again following a promising showing at Michigan three weeks previously and the squad is hopeful that they will be able to put on a good showing at a track they enjoy.