Bourdais pumped to start season

Sebastien Bourdais

Four-time series champion Sebastien Bourdais will make his KVSH Racing debut this weekend at the 2014 Verizon IndyCar Series season opening Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, March 28-30, 2014 on the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida, which is where he lives.

Bourdais, who will pilot the No. 11 Team Hydroxycut KVSH Racing Chevrolet/Dallara/Firestone machine on the challenging 1.8-mile, 14-turn temporary street circuit, will be making his first start for KVSH after agreeing to drive for the team following the conclusion of the 2013 season.

"I am really pumped for the start of the season with KVSH Racing and all my sponsors; Hydroxycut, Circle K, Mistic E-Cigs, GEICO, Plantronics, American Racing Wheels, everyone," Bourdais said. "The team and I came to an agreement early and I think that has paid off in terms of getting a full off-season of testing. I think overall, things went well, but you never really know until you get to a race. At this point, based on our testing, I'm confident we will be competitive and I am looking forward to getting started."

KVSH partner Jimmy Vasser said, "As a team, I can say that we are very excited to get the season started. We signed Sebastien early knowing that we wanted to open the season prepared and ready to challenge for podiums and race wins right away. We have a great group of guys assembled on the engineering and crew side and a proven winner behind the wheel. Now it is time to go racing."

"When you're through changing, you're through…is a theme that's carrying us into battle for 2014," said KVSH partner James "Sulli" Sullivan. "You'll see a lot of new from us at the season opener. St Pete is in many ways our coming out party and we expect to make some headlines."