A huge field of 35 drivers, including 29 Americans and overseas campaigners from as far afield as Australia, Korea and Norway, is expected to converge on the 1.8-mile street circuit which is centered on the Albert Whitted Airport adjacent to downtown St. Petersburg, Fla.

Hot on the heels of a victory at the Florida Winter Tour shifter weekend, Matthew Di Leo and MDL Racing held strong hopes for the USF2000 season-opening event at the Twelve Hours of Sebring at Sebring International Raceway.

Sophomore USF2000 driver Shannon McIntosh is the only competitor scheduled to compete this weekend who will be calling the Streets of St. Petersburg her home racetrack.

Collete Davis, the 18-year-old sophomore Mechanical Engineering student from Daytona Beach, FL who just completed her first pro race weekend, announces today the addition of a primary sponsorship by Global Emergency Products, a Temco Machinery Inc. Company.

There isn't much time for Hindman to dwell over the events of last week at Sebring International Raceway, where a pair of race incidents left him 22nd in Championship points.