2009 Jim Russell Northern California Rotax Challenge announces Steve Cameron as the guest speaker for the awards banquet this Sunday

Steve Cameron has over 30 years of motorsports experience, as a driver, team manager and driver coach. Steve will talk about the transition from karting to race cars, working with race teams, engineers, and crew to optimize the driver's opportunity in professional motorsports.

"I am very pleased to have Steve Cameron as our guest speaker at this year's awards banquet." commented Adrian Szwarcburg series organizer, "Steve has a wealth of experience and has helped guide many drivers and teams to success."

About Steve Cameron
As a driver, Steve has two Daytona 24 hour class victories to his credit, runner up in US Formula Atlantic Championship and a New Zealand Championship title. He has driven almost every type of road racing car possible, including, GTP, GTO, Atlantic, Indy Lights, Formula 2000, Formula Ford, S2000, Sports Racers, Koni Cup, Historic Can-Am, Historic F1, Vintage Lotus sports cars and many others. Steve is also an avid karter.

In addition, Steve has worked as a test and development driver for teams, car manufactures, and tire companies such as Raven Race Cars, Star Race Cars, Yokohama, Ohlins and many others.

As a team manager, Steve has put together championship and race winning teams for several high profile organizations. Lynx Racing dominated the Formula Atlantic Championship for ten years with numerous race wins and drivers championships. Finlay Motorsports won in the prestigious Daytona Prototypes class in its first year of competition.

Drivers that have been coached by Steve include Indy 500 winners Buddy Rice and Sam Hornish Jr, Champ Car drivers, Memo Gidley, Michael Valiante and NASCAR driver Michael McDowell.