Caterham Academy Sells Out for 2005
29 June 2004
Grid full yet again - that's the pit signal Caterham Motorsport is
hanging out to prospective competitors in next year's evo Caterham
Academy, the race training championship.
For with nine months to go
before the start of the 2005 season Caterham has sold all 56 places
in the championship, another record performance
for the extremely popular Academy.
"
Last year we sold the final places on the 2004 grid by the end of July," said
Caterham Cars managing director Simon Nearn, "and this year we
have beaten that incredible performance by a full month. It just goes
to prove that no matter what problems motor sport faces nationally
and internationally at the higher levels, there is no shortage of people
who want to take it up and learn the right way to go racing."
The Caterham Academy offers the budding racer unique value. The cost
to compete next season is just £15,950, which includes a road-legal
1.6-litre Caterham Roadsport to keep, track licence exam, training
seminars and all event and championship fees. Competitors get to sample
hillclimbing, three sprint events and three circuit races.
"
It's an exceptional price," says Nearn, "and fantastic value
for the would-be racer. It's little wonder that we are now full for
2005 and are already filling up the places for '06."
An added attraction for would-be Academy entrants is that once
they have completed their introductory season they can then move
on with
their car to one of the many club-level championships organised
for the Caterham 7.
Among next season's Academy intake are two 17-year-old daughters
of current Caterham racers: Emma Frost and Katy Richards.
Emma's father, Steve, has raced Caterhams exclusively during his
four-year track career, starting with a Roadsport; he currently
drives a Colards
Motorsport R400 in the Autosport Caterham Eurocup. Katy is the
daughter of multiple Caterham champion Clive Richards, who said: "She is
really looking forward to the Academy and I'm really looking forward
to teaching her as much as I know…"
The championship enjoys the backing of Evo Magazine, Arch
Motors, Bilstein, Brian James Trailers, Cheesman Products, Comma, Cooper-Avon
Tyres and
The Finance Partnership.
See 2004 series calendar
for the R400-supported British
GT Championship
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