DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—Freedom Autosport will launch the 2010 Grand-Am Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge season with an all-star lineup of veteran drivers and Mazda’s standout young guns.

 Patrick Dempsey and John Edwards will team up to campaign the No. 27 Freedom Autosport MAZDASPEED3. The 18-year-old Edwards is a rising star among the Mazda ranks: he won the Star Mazda Championship in 2008, and he is the reigning Formula Atlantic Series Powered by Mazda champion.  Daytona will mark Edwards’s Grand-Am debut. “I’m looking forward to getting some experience in Grand-Am competition, and I’m really excited to get in the MAZDASPEED3,” remarked Edwards. “Being new to the series, I’m not sure what to expect, but I’ll do my best and hope to get results.”