Lockie at Spa

Lockie and Euser back in Marcos for Spa 1000km

By PH Staff / Thursday, 28 August 2003 / Loading comments

Calum Lockie will contest the 1000km de Spa on August 30/31 when he rejoins Cor Euser in the Marcos Racing International Marcos Mantara. Along with multiple Portuguese touring car champion Carlos Rodriguez, they will compete in the guest class of the race which is also a round of the FIA Sports Car Championship.

Lockie, who last drove the Mantara in tyre tests for Dunlop last October, is delighted to be back in international level sports car racing. He will have backing from Serco for the race.

"It is fantastic! I've pulled out all the stops to put a deal together ," he said. "I'm really pleased on two fronts; first to be back racing with Cor again in the Mantara, and secondly to be racing at Spa once more ."

The Spa race represents one of the classic endurance races and Lockie believes that a class victory is a real possibility. "We'll just aim to finish as high up as possible. A class win would be fantastic ," he says.

Euser tested the car recently at Spa and came away very encouraged with the results. After testing and qualifying on Friday and Saturday, the race, which is likely to run for around five hours, will start at lunchtime on Sunday 31 August.