tied for fourth place in points at the end of the championship, finished in fifth place, and he won at Circuit Mont-Tremblant for Condor Motorsports. For 2009, he competed full-time in the Firestone Indy Lights Series with his own team, Winners Circle Group. He won the first two races of the season at Grand Prix of St. Petersburg and led the championship through four rounds. Also in 2009, Strous also won first place at the first race of the Tango Dutch GT4 Championship in Zandvoort. He then came in third in the second round and finished sixth in the third round racing in an Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4. After the Freedom 100, sponsorship was cut off to Winners Circle group's technical team partner, despite the strong results. Strous signed on to return to Indy Lights in 2010 with Team Moore Racing. However, less than a month after signing, the team indicated that he had been released from his contract. Instead, Strous joined the HVM Racing team for the 2010 Indy Lights season. At the SuperSports Class races in 2011 Strous came in 4th place in the first race, and won the second race. Crashes and injuries During the Assen Circuit held in the Netherlands in 2003, Strous crashed after his teammate, Giedo van der Garde accelerated too early on a turn and spun out, hitting Strous' car. In 2005, Strous was driving for the Osschersleben Circuit in Germany at the Formula Renault 2.0 when his new car crashed and flipped. During a qualifying drive at the Long Beach Circuit for the Champcar Atlantics Series in 2007, Strous crashed, breaking his wrist in the process. Other activities Junior Strous is also a drifting specialist, and he founded Winners Circle Group Racing division in 2009. Strous has also participated as a TV commentator for Dutch national racing channel, RaceWorld TV. Strous has also provided commentary for DTM, ChampCar and IndyCar races, and he was sponsored by SLAM!FM, a Dutch radio station, in 2011. Criminal justice Strous' family business, a Shell gas station in Wassenaar, was broken into in 2008 and Junior Strous witnessed the crime and pursued the three criminals in a high-speed chase until they spun out of control and drove off the road. The authorities found and arrested one of the individuals and also cited Strous for speeding, but the charges against Strous were later dropped due to the