Emmanuel is one of very few American drivers racing in Europe this year. He’s used to driving high-powered saloons, having raced a variety of cars in the ‘Michelin One Lap of America’ three times – an event formerly known as the Cannonball Run – and finishing 4th (out of 120 starters) in 2000. Emmanuel has won championships in karts, broken lap records in a Dodge Viper GTS and raced Formula Fords in the US and Canada. Last year he finished 11th (out of 30) in the International Formula Palmer Audi series, despite missing the final two races of the season when he returned to the States after being diagnosed with testicular cancer. He was successfully treated at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, and will use his participation in the 2004 SEAT Cupra Championship to raise awareness of testicular cancer and money for the Testicular Cancer Resource Centre and the US-based Friends for Cures charity.