KV Racing Technology - SH Racing announced today  that Tomas Scheckter will drive the No. 07 Team REDLINE Xtreme car in the 2011 Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana.

“Scheckter embodies everything we were looking for in a pilot for the Team REDLINE Xtreme entry,” said SH Racing Principal James "Sulli" Sullivan. “Scheckter and our organization have gelled from day one and I could not be more pleased to have him in the seat,” added Sulli.

"REDLINE Xtreme and Scheckter are the perfect marriage of intense focus, energy and high speed reaction," said Jack Owoc CEO/CSO of VPX Sports. "These university proven benefits of Redline Xtreme will propel Scheckter to the top and change the game of performance racing forever! The IZOD IndyCar series, Scheckter and REDLINE Performance Energy Drink all share one important trait: they're Xtreme!”

Commenting on the relationship with SH Racing and the choice of Scheckter, KVRT co-owner Jimmy Vasser said, “We are thrilled to have formed a partnership with SH Racing and its primary sponsor REDLINE Xtreme Energy for the 100th Anniversary of the Indy 500. Sulli, his partner TJ Humphreys, KVRT General Manager Mark Johnson and I talked extensively about the possible candidates to drive the Team REDLINE Xtreme machine and I am very excited that we all agreed that Tomas was the right driver.”

Scheckter, 30, will be competing in an IZOD IndyCar Series race for the 10th consecutive season and will be making his 10th Indy 500 start.  In nine previous races at the Brickyard, Scheckter has a best qualifying position of 10th (in 2002, 2004 and 2007) and a best finish of fourth in 2003 for Target Chip Ganassi Racing (finished seventh in 2007 with Vision Racing). In his inaugural Indy 500, in 2002, Scheckter led 85 laps and was leading the race as late as lap 173 of the 200 lap contest when an incident in Turn 4 knocked him out of the race. Never-the-less he was named the Indianapolis 500 co-Rookie of the Year. 

"I am jacked to announce that I'll will be driving the REDLINE Xtreme machine for the Indy 500,” said Scheckter. “I had been speaking with SH Racing for about six months, and when I found out they were partnered with KV Racing Technology, I knew this was the complete package. I can't wait to get plugged in with the whole KVRT-SH crew and am ready to get the No. 07 Team REDLINE Xtreme Machine on track.” 

The announcement was made at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway where Scheckter formally presented his entry for the race making him the ceremonial first entrant into the 100th Anniversary of the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, the Greatest Spectacle in Racing, scheduled for May 29, 2011.

The talented South African, who is the son of 1979 Formula One champion Jody Scheckter, has made 115 IZOD IndyCar starts earning 43 top-10 finishes with 18 top-five showings, two wins (Michigan in 2002 and Texas in 2005) and eight poles. His best season was in 2003 when, driving for Target Chip Ganassi Racing, he placed fourth in the final standings.

For the second year in a row KV Racing Technology will have four cars running in the Indianapolis 500. In addition to Scheckter, KV Racing Technology - Lotus will field cars for Tony Kanaan, No. 82 GEICO - KV Racing Technology - Lotus, Takuma Sato, No. 5 KV Racing Technology - Lotus and E. J. Viso, No. 59 PDVSA - KV Racing Technology - Lotus.

For more information about KV Racing Technology - SH Racing, please go to:  www.RedlineXtremeRacing.com and www.kvracingtechnology.com