Dane Cameron in Lynz Racing 19#

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Echoes of Lynx

ECHOES OF LYNX

Rising open-wheel racing star Dane Cameron is the son of former Lynx Racing engineer Rick Cameron and nephew of ex-Lynx team manager Steve Cameron.  Although Lynx Racing ceased operation in 2004, such was the power and reach of the Lynx concept and team that its influence continues to be felt in a new generation of drivers.

Cameron is now competing in the Star Formula Mazda Championship where, after seven races, he has scored four poles, three victories, two 2nd-place and two 4th-place finishes.  He leads the championship battle by 47 points and is showing the form of a true champion in the Lynx tradition.

Cameron is driving for a new, proud and successful team, JDC Motorsports, in the familiar #19 that was Lynx Racing’s traditional number for so many years.  And engineering the car is none other than his father, Rick Cameron.

Dane is currently keeping his skills sharp between races as an instructor at the Jim Russell Racing School at Infineon Raceway, arrives in the Star Mazda series via an accomplished climb up the open-wheel ladder.  He was the 2006 F2000 Rookie of the Year and finished second in the championship.  As a Team USA Scholarship driver, he won the 2006 Palmer Audi Winter Championship in Europe.  In 2005 Cameron was the SCCA Formula Jim Russell Series champion and Rookie of the Year.  His karting career, beginning in 2000, was similarly successful, including the 2003 Jim Russell Karting 80cc Junior Shifter Championship and a 2004 finalist in the Red Bull Driver Search.

His participation in the 2007 Star Mazda Championship Presented by Goodyear is made possible by a variety of sponsors; including: Mockett.com, Ocean Tomo, Rett.org, Nearburg Exploration, O’Neill Construction, Red Line Oil and Sparco USA and JDC Motorsports.  Cameron, with the assistance of fellow racer Rob Finlay, also continues as a driver in the Finlay Motorsports Driver Development Program.

“I’m really sorry to have missed the Lynx era, but I’m still getting some of the benefits in the form of having my father and uncle and all their experience and knowledge there to help me with my racing now,” says Cameron.  “And Peggy and Jackie, the two women who created Lynx Racing, have stepped in and helped me a few times when a little help made a big difference.  So I may not be a Lynx driver, but I feel like one, and I’m doing my best to live up to the standard of excellence that Lynx established.”

Cameron’s goal is to win the 2007 Star Mazda Championship, an accomplishment that carries with it a sponsored ride in the Atlantic Championship.  And if he can continue his winning ways in Atlantic he may yet transform his own talent, blended with a little bit of that old Lynx magic, into a career in the top ranks of Motorsports -- alongside other Lynx graduates such as Patrick Carpentier, Alex Barron, Memo Gidley, Michael Valiante and Buddy Rice.

If you’d like to follow Dane Cameron’s progress during the 2007 Star Mazda season, e-mail another Lynx alumnus, Peter Frey, at Bstorm2000@aol.com and ask to be put on the e-mail list for race releases.  Alternatively, you’ll find information on the Star Mazda series at www.starmazda.com.   The team he drives for, JDC Motorsports, also has a web site at www.JCDMotorsports.com.

Star Mazda races are broadcast tape-delayed on SPEED TV.  Date and time (all times stated are Eastern) for the one-hour broadcast is available at www.speedtv.com/programs.

Dane Cameron is a special talent of the sort that Lynx Racing worked long and hard to develop.  We welcome your interest in his career.

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For further information, photos or interviews, please contact Peter Frey at (818) 906-6997 or Bstorm2000@aol.com

For further information on Lynx Racing, please visit the team's web site at www.lynxracing.com, or telephone team P.R. Manager Peter Frey at (818) 906-6997. The Toyota Atlantic series has a web site at www.toyotaatlantic.com.