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Wednesday, 28 March 2007 |
The upcoming WPS Bathurst International Motor Festival has attracted a variety of manufacturers from across the globe as they line up for the WPS 12-Hour Showroom Enduro at Mount Panorama this Easter.
The top six of the manufacturers by volume of sales in Australia will be represented in the WPS 12-Hour Showroom Enduro ensuring the feature event is a true battle between the top marques.
Subaru Australia will enter two cars in the WPS 12-Hour Showroom Enduro
with world rally star Chris Atkinson lining up alongside Cody Crocker
and Dean Herridge in the lead Impreza. The second Subaru entry will be
driven by media personality Grant Denyer, former 12-hour winner Neil
Crompton and rising star Chris Alajajian.
Colin Osborne will enter a pair of Toyota Celicas with the CAMS
President pairing with former Australian Rally Champion Neal Bates and
John Roecken in the lead entry.
Holden Motorsport will enter a pair of Astras, a VXR coupe, to be
driven by four V8 stars who will be officially announced later in the
week, and a diesel CDTi turbo which is expected to be driven by an
all-female line up.
The flagship for the Ford Motor Company in the 12-Hour race will be the
Robinson Racing Ford F6 Typhoon and Darrell Dixon led Falcon TE 50.
The Alfa Romeo 159 2.4 JTD entered by Thompson Alfa Romeo will
highlight the ever changing world of endurance racing across the globe
as Kean Booker, Rocco Rinaldo and David Stone line up in the Eco Diesel
Over 3.5 litre class.
In total there will be 11 different manufacturers represented from the 35-car grid making it a true showroom showdown.
There will also be no less than a dozen drivers with V8 Supercar
experience including John Bowe, Paul Morris and Craig Baird along with
four of Australia’s best rally drivers competing in the event.
The 2007 WPS Bathurst International Motor Festival kicks off next
Friday (April 6) with a capacity field of 55 Historic Touring Cars, 43
Aussie Racing Cars – which provided some scintillating racing at last
year’s Festival, 31 Commodore Cup Cars and 26 GT Championship cars
action throughout Friday and Saturday. The WPS 12-Hour Showroom Enduro
will be held on Sunday April 8 beginning at 5:45am.
Along with the WPS 12-Hour Showroom Enduro and the 11 support races to
be contested during the weekend there will be plenty of other
entertainment including the opening round of the Freestyle Motorcross
(FMX) Nationals sponsored by Freerider MX magazine and Skin Industries.
Almost 50 entries have been received for the FMX event including a lot
of riders from country New South Wales, Northern Territory, South
Australia, Tasmania, Queensland, Victoria and even Flinders Island.
There will also be a drift battle with eight drivers confirmed to be a
part of the action including current Australian champ Beau Yates, dual
Australian champion Darren Appleton. There will also be a team of three
drivers from Western Australia including the winner of round one of the
2007 Drift Australia Championship held in Perth two weeks ago.
The WPS Bathurst International Motor Festival will be held at Mount
Panorama from April 6 – 8. Tickets are available from ticketek
www.ticketek.com.au.
Every person who buys a ticket to the Bathurst International Motor
Festival, will receive complimentary entry to the National Motor Racing
Museum over the Festival.
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