Force Ten Motorsport to Contest VW Racing Cup

25 March 2007

Championship-winning team Force Ten Motorsport is to join the ranks of the Volkswagen Racing Cup, it is announced today. The squad will be fielding sports car championship title winner Jamie Perry in a 2.8-litre V6 Golf.

Force Ten are joining forces with Aylesbury Volkswagen retailer Keith Garages to contest the Hankook-backed championship, which gets underway at Oulton Park on Easter Monday (9 Apr).

Keith Garages will maintain the Golf between events and provide senior technicians to work on it at events. 'It's a superb arrangement for us,' says Force Ten Motorsport team principal Simon Kemp, 'because the unrivalled technical knowledge of Keith's staff will dovetail with the racing expertise of our own team members.'

Kemp says Force Ten has chosen the Racing Cup 'because we felt it had the right balance in terms of status and profile against cost to compete'. He believes Jamie will go well: 'It's our aim to be in a position to win the championship within three seasons.'

The team's assault has attracted additional backing from Hanson Holdings Worldwide and Herald Insurance Brokers.

Perry's previous successes have come at the wheel of an MG. He started competing in the MG Owners Club championship in 1999 and, at the wheel of an MGF prepared by Kemp and his team, won the series outright in 2004.

Jamie is one of a host of experienced newcomers to the Racing Cup in 2007. Also moving up to the championship are saloon racers Darren Blumson, Doug Ross and Richard Kingsnorth.

The Volkswagen Racing Cup in association with Hankook enjoys the additional support of Augustus Martin, Castrol, ECM Vehicle Delivery, Europcar, Milltek Sport, Mondial Assistance, KW Automotive, Superchips, TNT Logistics, Turbo Dynamics, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and Volkswagen Financial Services UK.

See 2007 series calendar for VW Racing Cup

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