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PistonHeads has teamed up with Ginetta Cars to compete in the Texaco Havoline Ginetta Championship.

Picture in black with smilies.. the G20

How many of us watch motorsport and think… I could do that? Probably quite a few – but how easy is it in reality? Well PH is going on a mission to see if the racing stars of the future are better than us average Joes. We have got our hands on a Ginetta G20 and will be racing in the Texaco Havoline Ginetta Championship.

Ginetta has been around since 1958 (50th anniversary this year), building race and road cars for the track. The G20 PH will be racing is a 1.8 litre Ford Zetec-powered, rear-wheel drive sports car in a championship that is supporting the British F3 and British GT. With limited fettling to the car and grids of over 32 similar cars it should be an exciting spectacle.

The G50

PH will also be hoping to get its hands on the new G50 that Ginetta have built to race in a one make series and the GT4 class of the British GT. This 3.5 litre V6 brute pumps out over 300bhp through the rear wheels and should give some of the more well known manufacturers in the GT4s a run for their money. The whole car was developed from scratch in under a year by LNT Automotive. Who said British manufacturers are dead!

We in the PH Office think we have the driving skill but are unsure of our race mechanical skill level - that is where we would like to hand it over to you. Our in-house racing driver – me – is willing to risk his life with the mechanical expertise of you lot as we look to build a PH Team to help over each race weekend. Though psychological tests to check if you like loosening wheel nuts may be sought.

If you are an ex-F1 mechanic or just want to experience the hustle and bustle of a paddock area, rubbing shoulders with F3 and British GT Race teams, then we would like your help. We are even filming the highs and lows to put on PH.TV.

The race season will be over 10 weekends and will cover the whole country, so if you are interested either reply in the thread or email us at TeamPH@pistonheads.com with the race meeting or meetings that you wish to come and support PH.

We are picking the car up this weekend and heading to the media days at Croft next week so looking forward to seeing the black car with smilies on it.

The PH Racing Calendar:

Date	Location	Race Meeting
22 - 24 March	Oulton Park	British F3/GT
5 - 6 April	Cadwell Park	Ginetta Festival
12 -13 April	Knockhill	British GT
26 - 27 April	Croft	British F3
7 - 8 June	Snetterton	British F3/GT
28 - 29 June	Thruxton	British F3/GT
12 - 13 July	Brands Hatch GP	British F3/GT
16 - 17 August	Silverstone	British F3/GT
6 - 7 September	Mallory Park	Ginetta Festival
11 - 12 October	Donington Park	British F3/GT