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LingsCars.com announced as Rallycross Open Series title sponsor |
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Saturday, 27 January 2007 |
The Chinese host an F1 race in Shanghai, they’ve bought Rover and they are hosting the 2008 Olympics. Now a Chinese woman has stunned the rally world by buying the title sponsor rights of the 2007 Rallycross Open series, run by PSM Motorsports Ltd.
Outspoken “mad Chinese bird” Ling Valentine (32), a self-proclaimed “Chinglish” immigrant from Sichuan, China, runs LINGsCARS.com. Her award-winning website business rents over £1.5m of brand new cars to businesses and private individuals for 2 or 3-years, from as little as £99 per month. Ling is the “Entrepreneur of the Year – Woman in Retail 2006”, awarded in the North East Business Awards.
“The Chinese are coming, you’d better race for your lives” she told the Rallycross drivers.
Ling said, “The Rallycross Open Series will now become known as the 2007 LINGsCARS.com Rallycross Open Series! All cars will be painted red. Drivers will be provided with a little red Mao book to improve their mental attitude. Free noodles and chopsticks will be available at each round of the championship. Spectators who complain will be shot!”
Rallycross Open Series organiser, Peter Stott added:
“As you can see, Ling is a real character and the agreement with LINGsCARS.com completes the package and structure for 2007’s Rallycross season. Combined with the new television deal, which will see a minimum of four channels broadcasting the series both on terrestrial and satellite, the Open Series has all of the elements in place to build on the major success of last years Superprix. With LINGsCARS.com as well as Olympus, K&N Filters, Silkolene and Silverstone tyres sponsorship backing, the series is now associated with five companies that are all leaders in their field.”
However, Ling was less impressed at the suggestion that she provide contract hire cars to the race teams and drivers.
“They seem to crash all the time and they drive like idiots. No way are they getting in one of my brand-new cars! I have watched these guys racing last year and it’s just smoke, noise and screeching tyres. I guess they don’t need a driving licence to race these 500bhp cars. I prefer renting to normal human beings.”
Ling owns a 7.0 litre, V8 6x6 Chinese Nuclear Missile Truck that she says she will “donate” to the clerk of the course for track inspections.
“If the drivers give Ling any trouble, their cars will get squashed by her giant truck!” added Peter Stott.
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 27 January 2007 )
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