New TVR GT team arrives
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.
griff2be said:
Lets hope the team manager is a little more reliable in getting an insurance policy in place than the last time he put a driver in a TVR....
but best of luck to Nathan irrespective of what I think of JC
>> Edited by griff2be on Tuesday 1st February 17:40
GGGGrrrrrrrrrr!!! easy Tiger.
I had written a load of other stuff here, and posted it, but then I received a private mail from James informing me that he found my remarks about his involment in this team, a touch offensive and damaging.
I have therefore withdrawn these comments from the post not because I don't stand by what I implied, but because it is not my intention to be offensive to anybody, including James, dispite the temptation.
I am also a very resonable chap and think that those of us that post on a public forum should be prepared to self administer/edit posts if requested.
How's that James, best I can do under the circumstances whilst remaining true to my own set of standards which requires me to call it as I see it.
The car in the picture, isn't that the one that's suppose to run in the all new exciting TVR Challenge, and beat all those warn out, dated, passed their sell by date Race Tuscans?
yeah !!!!flap flap oink oink >> Edited by Racing Rod on Wednesday 2nd February 01:02
Does it come attached to a honking great supercharger too!? 
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