Hinchcliffe recently competed at the 2012 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona in a Speedsource Mazda RX-8, finishing sixth in class and 16th overall.


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akville,ON native and An- dretti Autosport IndyCar


driver JamesHinchcliffe will be on theMazda stage on Sunday,Febru- ary 12 at the CanadianMotorsports Expo to participate in a fanQ&A before heading to the Inside Track booth to sign autographs. “I’m looking forward to coming


back to the Canadian Motorsports Expo. It’s been a couple of years since my last visit and I know it’s grown in stature since then, which is fantastic to see. Canadian fans are truly passionate about their mo- torsport and it’s always a great ex- perience to hang out with them. It’s been both an exciting and busy winter for me and the new season’s fast approaching. I think everyone’s raring to go and the CME’s a great way to kick-start Canada’s racing calendar.” Te reigning IndyCar Rookie of


the year first burst onto the Cana- dian Motorsports scene in 1998. After a four-year Karting career that included numerous class championships, Hinchcliffe set his sights on open wheel racing. A winner at every level of the


open wheel racing ladder, including the Bridgestone F2000 series, For- mula BMW USA, Champcar At- lantic, Firestone Indylights and Star


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Mazda, Hinchcliffe joined a deco- rated list of Canadian IndyCar drivers when he made his debut in the series in 2011 for the famed Newman-Haas Racing team. Despite missing the opening


event of the year, the Oakville na- tive had a strong rookie season, fin- ishing 12th overall in the season standings, including three top five


Andretti Autosport driver and reigning indyCar Rookie of the year stopping by on sunday


finishes at Long Beach, New Hampshire and Kentucky. Overall, Hinchcliffe finished in the top ten seven times, earning the attention of championship winning team An- dretti Autosport, who was looking for a replacement in their Go- Daddy.com car as Danica Patrick makes her long awaited switch to NASCAR.


Since GoDaddy.com is an inter-


net-based company, the partnership was a perfect fit, as Hinchcliffe quickly established himself as one of the most outgoing IndyCar per- sonalities in the series, partially thanks to his own tongue in cheek personal website, known as Hinch- town 2.0, and his efforts with vari- ous forms of social media. •


Andretti Autosport


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