TVR and racing question

[goo-goo-gjoob]

Why does Team LNT, and other racing teams race T400R's when there are other TVR's available? Why not race something that TVR has already been selling as road cars, like a T350 or Tuscan, so that they will not have to be penelised with air restrictors? If they want to develop the T400R and the Speed 6 by racing it, why not race one T400R and a different model that won't have to be restricted, that way one car can be the development mule and the other already established model can be the race winner?

[PetrolTed]

The T400Rs are designed as race cars. Converting road cars to race is an immense job (witness how much work Rollcentre had to do to make the Cerbera work as a race car).

Even with restrictors they are far more accomplished and capable on track than a road car conversion.

[goo-goo-gjoob]

What about the Sagaris, that was also designed for the track right? Plus customer cars are on the way.

[V8 Archie]

I think I heard recently of one team that's planning on running a Sagaris in some sort of GT type series. Unfortunately, I can't remember who or which series.

[jamesc]

Sebring Motorsport, who I helped set up are running a Sagaris in Britcar later this year. Team LNT are running 4 TVR T400s; 2 of these are the Specfab built cars and the other 2 are factory built examples.

[griff2be]

jamesc said:

Sebring Motorsport, who I helped set up are running a Sagaris in Britcar later this year. Team LNT are running 4 TVR T400s; 2 of these are the Specfab built cars and the other 2 are factory built examples.

That's interesting. On 1 Feb 'Sebring' were going all out for the Spanish GT championship....

Sebring Motorsport reveals 2005 racing plans

New TVR GT team Sebring Motorsport has announced its plans for the coming racing season. With its TVR Sagaris, it will be contesting the Spanish GT Championship and selected races in Northern Europe including the Grand Prix circuits at Spa Francorchamps and Silverstone.

Sebring said it "will work closely with TVR and partners to develop the car and associated high performance technologies. The Sagaris is a 400+bhp, 200 mph high technology thoroughbred that will take on the world’s best drivers at some of the world’s best tracks …and win."

Drivers will be Nathan Freke and Niki Faulkner. Freke was the European Championship Race winner at Donington last year, and is the only British driver to win an FIA Kart event in 2004's third European 250cc Superkart Championship. He's a triple Superkart champion, winning in all three previous years.

Faulkner has won races at Monza, Spa and Donington as well as an Endurance race win at Mallory Park. As well as racing in multiple championships in the last five years, in 1996 he was the youngest driver selected by Ford Motorsport for the TOCA Ford Credit Fiesta Championship.

Leading the team are Denis Baddeley, team principal, James Crofts, team manager, and Graeme May as chief engineer, all experienced in their fields.