Mi-Jack Conquest Racing

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Mi-Jack Conquest Racing is an auto racing team that competes in the Champ Car World Series and Champ Car Atlantic Championship . It is co-owned by former series competitor Eric Bachelart and Mike Lanigan.

The team ran in Indy Lights competition in the late 1990s with Felipe Giaffone, who brought sponsorship from Hollywood cigarettes and Mi-Jack sponsored brothers Chris and Jamie Menninga. The team jumped to the Indy Racing League in 2002 with Laurent Rédon; the Frenchman won rookie of the year honors but was not retained when the team jumped ship to Champ Car in 2003.

The team ran Mario Haberfeld in an unloved Reynard chassis and shared information and resources with Emerson Fittipaldi's team, that ran future Formula 1 driver Tiago Monteiro. In 2004 the team expanded to two cars, fielding Justin Wilson in a Lola with several others in a Reynard. Wilson signed with RuSPORT for 2005 and Conquest ran teenagers Nelson Philippe and Andrew Ranger, each 18 years old when the season started.

While Philippe left for 2006, the team retained Ranger dependent on his Canadian sponsorship and signed 2005 Champ Car Atlantic champion Charles Zwolsman to the second car. There were rumors Darren Manning would replace Ranger early in the season but this was put to rest with his on-track performances and more money coming into the team. Internet betting web site Goldenpalace.com signed on as Zwolsman's sponsor at the second race in Houston.

The team branched into the Atlantic ranks in 2006 with drivers Graham Rahal and Al Unser III.


2006 Champ Car World Series
Newman/Haas Forsythe CTE-HVM Australia PKV Rocketsports RuSPORT Coyne Conquest
Bourdais
Junqueira
Tracy
Rice
Philippe
14 Clarke
Power
15 Tagliani
Servia
20 Legge
Dominguez
18 Pizzonia
Wilson
10 Briscoe
11 Heylen
19 Wirth
27 Ranger
34 Zwolsman
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