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AUTOSPORT INTERNATIONAL STARTS THE NEW SEASON
The four days of Autosport International always heralds the unofficial start of the new season and it proved to be very busy on the BRSCC stand, which augurs well for 2012. Many BRSCC members took advantage of the opportunity to claim a free ticket and check what’s new this year and get some bargains ahead of when the racing starts again in March.
In addition to
having a car on display on the Club stand, Formula Jedi also had eight cars
running in the Live Action and they very much proved to be the stars of the
Show. The revised BRSCC DVD guide on ‘How to get started in motorsport’ was
popular with the public to the point where we ran out of copies a few hours
before the Show closed on Sunday evening. A date for your diary: the 2013
Autosport International will be slightly later running from 17th -20thJanuary.
TEEKAY COUPLINGS SIGN AS PRODUCTION GTI SPONSORS
Leading UK specialist pipe coupling manufacturer Teekay Couplings Ltd has been
announced as the title sponsor of the Production GTi Championship for 2012.
The Production GTi Championship is a one-make race series for the iconic
Volkswagen Mk 2 Golf GTi and is specifically designed to provide friendly and
reasonably-priced racing for drivers of all ability; from novice to seasoned
veteran. For the full story visit
www.brscc.co.uk
NEW SINTER FORMULA FORD IS REVEALED
Formula Ford’s newest contender - and the first British-designed chassis for the
new era - is taking shape in the Norfolk workshops of Southern International
with design input from the Caterham F1 team.
The man behind the EcoBoost-powered Sinter is Lindsay Allen, whose Fluid
Motorsports Development team hopes to field three of the new cars in the Dunlop
MSA Formula Ford Championship of Great Britain and the Formula Ford EuroCup.
Southern International revealed computer images of the Sinter at Autosport
International; the first example is under construction and will be running by
early next month. “It’s 100 per cent new,” Allen says of the Sinter. “Our
designer Sam Owen and I started work on it 18 months ago from scratch and we
have been helped enormously by our technical partnership with Caterham F1, whose
technicians have designed the bodywork.
“Hopefully the Sinter will be running by the end of January or early February,
and we are all very excited about its prospects. The introduction of the new
technical regulations and the new EcoBoost power unit has levelled the Formula
Ford playing field for everyone and it’s a good time to be launching a new
chassis. The last thing that anyone here wanted was for Formula Ford to become a
one-chassis series.”
For the full story and to see the computer images go to
http://www.britishformulaford.co.uk/news/2012/110112.htm
JONATHAN NEALE INTERVIEWED AT WATKINS LECTURE
Over 400 marshals, officials and medical staff involved in motorsport attended
the annual Motorsport Safety Fund Watkins Lecture at the NEC on the Friday of
Autosport International. Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Team Principal Martin
Whitmarsh was originally scheduled to be the guest speaker but he was unable to
attend due to a late change to his schedule. However, Jonathan Neale, the
Managing Director of McLaren Racing, stepped into the breach to answer questions
from Maurice Hamilton.
As is the tradition at the Watkins Lecture, Professor Sid Watkins himself
introduced the main guest, and as ever, he was on sparkling form. Skilfully
interviewed by Maurice Hamilton, Jonathan Neale offered a very interesting
insight into the world of F1 and McLaren in particular.
TUNING GIANT APR TO SPONSOR VW CUP
The Volkswagen Racing Cup is to enter the 2012 season with a new title sponsor -
US Volkswagen Group tuning specialist APR, which is backing Britain’s most
competitive and best-supported one-make saloon series as part of a new push into
Europe.
Alabama-based
APR, one of the biggest names in the world of Porsche, Audi, SEAT, Skoda and
Volkswagen aftermarket performance products, has set up its European
headquarters in Milton Keynes alongside those of Volkswagen Racing UK, and is
set to become not just the championship’s title sponsor but also a technical
partner.
APR will assist with scrutineering and offer technical assistance to competitors
in the APR Volkswagen Racing Cup. “APR was established in 1997 and has many
years of motorsport experience in the USA,” said Vice-President Keith Lucas,
“and it is a logical progression for us to bring the expertise we have gained to
the European motorsport market and to offer it to competitors here”.
For the full story visit
www.brscc.co.uk/TUNING-GIANT-TO-SPONSOR-VW-CUP
LEWIS PLANS TEAM ATTACK ON MIGHTY MINIS
Norwich based Super Mighty Mini competitor Jonathan Lewis has announced plans
for a two car team to contest both the Standard & Super classes of the popular
Mighty Minis Championship.
Team QSW, with support from Bailey Caravans of Bristol, will field Jonathan in the Supers and newcomer to circuit racing, Justin Cooper, in the standard Mighty Minis. Click here for the full story; http://www.brscc.co.uk/LEWIS-PLANS-TEAM-ATTACK-ON-MIGHTY-MINIS
BRSCC AWARDS DINNER DANCE
Just a reminder that tickets, priced at £55, are still available for the BRSCC
Awards Dinner Dance that takes place on Saturday 4thFebruary at the
Holiday Inn, Stratford-upon-Avon. The majority of BRSCC champions and class
winners will be attending to collect their much-deserved silverware for their
efforts in the 2011 season. Tickets can be purchased by calling BRSCC HQ on
01732 780100.
