RE: TVR at Sebring & Le Mans

RE: TVR at Sebring & Le Mans

Friday 23rd January 2004

TVR at Sebring & Le Mans

SCOOP! Synergy Motorsport tie up the Deal


  Last Year's Car

It's been confirmed this evening that Synergy Motorsport (formerly Countdown Developments) will take two Tuscan Rs to Sebring in March. The gruelling race precedes Le Mans and a good showing there is a prerequisite for an invitation to the prestigous Le Mans 24 hours race.

Synergy Motorsport is a partnership between Bert Taylor, team manager of CDL and racer Gareth Evans. Together they will manage the two cars and teams of drivers.

Drivers are yet to be confirmed but sources would suggest that another all female team could pilot one car with the other being driven by recent front runners in the TVR Tuscan Challenge.

The team will be assisted by Bob Berridge and Chamberlain Motorsport. The cars have already been stripped, rebuilt and upgraded and final preparations are now underway for Sebring.

Bert Taylor has been working with TVRs for a number of years, helping Steve Guglielmi to two Championship wins and last year CDL entered the Tuscan R in the British GT series. Bad luck dogged the 2003 GT effort, but the up side is that they learned lots about the car.

With committed TVR fans at the helm, it looks like an exciting year of international GT racing is ahead! Roll on Le Mans!

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moschops_72

Original Poster:

439 posts

249 months

Friday 23rd January 2004
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excellent news

GeorgeC

165 posts

285 months

Friday 23rd January 2004
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Great news. I booked a trip to Sebring in March and would have been disappointed if there was to TVRs to support and photograph.

Alf Essex

1,467 posts

262 months

Friday 23rd January 2004
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Cool! Good news for our local Mid-Essex team

ALan.

blackpoolwedge

198 posts

284 months

Friday 23rd January 2004
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We wish Gareth and Bert all the best for the coming season. If anybody can take the challenge of the new Le Mans series and Le Mans in a TVR this has got to be the right combination.

Colin & Anne

HarryW

15,151 posts

270 months

Friday 23rd January 2004
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Excellent news, well done to Burt and Co. like to see the driver line up . It'd be interesting if this was not the only TVR entry .

Harry

PS above comment not based on any fact nor prior knowledge

B19TOY

539 posts

285 months

Saturday 24th January 2004
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Great news.

Alf Essex

1,467 posts

262 months

Saturday 24th January 2004
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I know the driver line up but hey can't say (sworn to secrecy but hey all will be revealed soon I guess!

Alan.

toppstuff

13,698 posts

248 months

Sunday 25th January 2004
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Well done chaps ! Will be great to see the Union flag overseas , sorting out those colonials and giving them a darned good lesson !

Good luck. Chin chin.

v8thunder

27,646 posts

259 months

Sunday 25th January 2004
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Tuscan the new 911?
Adds some much-needed variety to this class.

Peter_Ross

47 posts

260 months

Monday 26th January 2004
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Excellent, Let's hope they make it to the Bathurst 24 Hour as well !

machin

33 posts

285 months

Monday 26th January 2004
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I'm confused........ Does this mean that the DeWalt Works cars won't get entries.... places at Le Mans being highly sort after..... and since the works cars didn't last the distance last year what can a priveteer team do???? Seems a shame if it does since surely the works cars will be quicker, -especially since they'll have Barf, Caine, Jordan etc......

Machin

PetrolTed

34,428 posts

304 months

Monday 26th January 2004
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These two cars are the former De Walt cars. I'm not sure what livery they'll have this year yet.

The driver line up is every bit as talented as last years too.

The entry last year wasn't officially a works entry.

Bert and his team will continue to get very close cooperation from the factory I'm sure. They also know their TVRs inside out. Chamberlain Motorsport will be there to help too and what they don't know about endurance racing isn't worth knowing.

DustyC

12,820 posts

255 months

Monday 26th January 2004
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Brilliant. When does the British GT calendar start again and where?

machin

33 posts

285 months

Monday 26th January 2004
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How many T400R road cars have been sold yet??? The cars won't be competitive against the 911's and 360's until TVR sell the cars so the race ones aren't handicapped like they were last year......

If I had £80K I'd have one!

top fuel

2,590 posts

254 months

Monday 26th January 2004
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Can we all cheat the system and place "Orders" for cars that TVR won't build yet or do the cars actually have to exist?

On another note, Great news for Mr Evans and Mr Taylor (Even though it seems the former has had to sell his F40 to fund the adventure)I just hope Steve Hyde get's a Drive for them this year after CDL had the most unlucky 2003 season ever.


Good Luck Guys!!

Paul.

machin

33 posts

285 months

Monday 26th January 2004
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Does this mean we will see CDL out in the British GT's with their newly acquired two car team?????!!!! Lets hope they can take on those Moslers!!! Can't wait!


Machin

yellow peril

5,131 posts

273 months

Monday 26th January 2004
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Congratulations Bert.

Everyone at Mid Essex wishes you , Gareth and the team the very best of luck with your international venture.

Lets hope we can see some racing in this country too as part of the GT season.



Pauline

B T

87 posts

283 months

Monday 26th January 2004
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Hi all,
you can't believe how long all this has taken,
and what it's done to me personaly,but as with every thing there's good side and bad,on the bad/sad side there's no more CDL on the good side I have got just about every thing I could of wished for,and a partner in synergy with a top bloke who has made all this happen Gareth, he is also just as passionate about TVR as me and the rest of the team from CDL,I need to thank all our supporters from PH as well as all the supporters from around the world, TVR and of course Mr wheeler him self who gave me a chance to start the team which as raced in the TVR Tuscan challenge,and its not that many years ago when this all started for us, and then Gareth who helped us start out in GT racing last year.

The challenge has help not only driver's but team's who have taken part in it to progress in motorsport, and it is still the best 1 make series in the world, and with a new car's coming the racing will be as good as ever in 2004.


Synergy Motorsport,
what's a head, Sebring and the Elms and Leman's if we get the entry, we are also working on British GT car at the moment, it will be last year's car
but up dated to this years spec,so all in all a very busy season for all, but if I have as much fun as I have had since we set out in 98 it will of all been worth it,one last thing a big thank you to my family for all there support and all those who have helped, there are far to many to mention, you all know who you are Thank you,

Bert

Graham

16,368 posts

285 months

Monday 26th January 2004
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Great Good Luck Bert.

Im hoping to make it out there, so if you need a gofer drop me a line.
i can either be there from the thursday or the monday depending on where i go..

Cheers

Graham Walden

( wading through airline quotes as we speak)

ginjaninja

1 posts

244 months

Tuesday 27th January 2004
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Good news for TVR as well as CDL/synergy i think. Good luck boys!