Colombian Gustavo "Tigrillo" Yacamán announced his participation in Firestone Indy Lights Series in 2010 in a Dallara Indy Lights car prepared by Cape Motorsports in partnership with Wayne Taylor Racing. The two racing entities combined experience in American motorsports creates expectations for a successful season for the young Colombian in Firestone Indy Lights.

Three-time sports car champion Wayne Taylor is an accomplished driver, having won the 24 Hours of LeMans, the Rolex 24 At Daytona (twice) and the 12 Hours of Sebring. Having retired from fulltime racing, he now concentrates on running his successful racing organization, and is excited to partner with Cape Motorsports and serve as a mentor to Yacamán.

Taylor’s guidance will provide Yacamán with years of experience in the world of American motorsports and will add a new approach to Gustavo’s racing career as he works towards his ultimate goal of becoming one of the elite drivers in the IZOD IndyCar Series. 

"It's been a long and careful selection, and we decided to take our time,” Yacamán said. “For the first time we found a team with objectives 100 percent similar to ours. Wayne Taylor has known me since I participated in the Stars of Karting, and he has followed my career over the years noting my successes, but also being there for the bad times. I trust in the complete design of this new team, the experience of Dominic, Nicholas and Simon. Wayne is definitely something I needed in my career.  There are so many factors that can lead you to results, and I look forward to approaching the season in a more mature manner, which will lead to better results for me, the team and my partners.”

Cape Motorsports’ co-owner, Dominic Cape, will be responsible for assuming the task of Chief Engineer. Together with the company’s co-owner and brother Nicholas, they have won multiple championships in the USF2000, IMSA Lites and Cooper Series. In 2007, the brothers engineered programs in the Indy Lights Series with teams such as Andersen Racing where they won the rookie of the year title with JR Hildebrand in his first season.  Both Dominic and Nicholas also have experience in the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series in the top-tier Daytona Prototype class.  

Their experience in helping to develop young talents includes the likes of Daytona Prototype drivers Ricky Taylor and Dane Cameron, and Jay Hildebrand, Jay Howard and Wade Cunningham in open wheel racing. They have also worked with NASCAR star Kasey Kahne.

Support for the program will come from Indianapolis-based Wayne Taylor Racing which is led by motorsports veteran Simon Hodgson.  Operations manager since 2007, Hodgson has a vast experience in open-wheel racing, including working with Formula 1 teams like Lotus, McLaren on a sports car project, as well as with Target Chip Ganassi Racing as team manager. In his role as team manager, Hodgson won championships with racing greats Alex Zanardi and Juan Pablo Montoya.

Though the program has come together relatively quickly, the main objectives have not changed as all involved plan on taking full advantage of Yacamán`s youth, who at 18 years old is the youngest driver in the series. 

In preparation for the season-opening on the streets of St. Petersburg on March 28th, Yacamán will prepare for his first official test with his new team February 26th at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Ala. Following will be an intensive series of tests at Sebring, MSR (Texas) and Homestead-Miami Speedway.  

The Colombian Gustavo "Tigrillo" Yacamán is backed in his quest for the Firestone Indy Lights Series Championship in 2010 with the support of CREPES & WAFFLES, MAC BATTERIES, TUVACOL, GASES DE OCCIDENTE, SIESA, and LA  ALCALDIA DE CALI, along with the support of its strategic allies in image Cine Colombia and Colombia es Pasiòn.