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The
Brookspeed Team Trimite British GT Dodge Viper Competition Coupe will be on
display at Coopers Square Shopping Centre in Burton
upon Trent
on Thursday 20 March before it heads up the road to compete in the opening
rounds of the championship at Oulton
Park
on Easter Monday. In the first of four
nation-wide Pit Shop GT/F3 roadshows, the car and drivers will take centre stage
in the Main
Square
from 09.00 to 17.30, offering hundreds of happy shoppers the chance to meet and
chat with some top racing names.
The
first Pit Shop roadshow follows a successful debut at the centre last year, in
which the Damax team arrived with its British GT Ascari and drivers to pose for
photographs and sign autographs. Prior to the Thruxton round, the Brookspeed
Team Trimite and Hitech Racing F3 teams displayed their cars and had drivers on
hand at the Dolphin Shopping Centre in Poole.
Visitors
to the Coopers Square Shopping Centre will also have a chance to win tickets,
Grid Walk passes and a behind-the-scenes visit to the Brookspeed Team Trimite
pit garage at the Oulton
Park
race.
In
addition, the Scalextric roadshow will roar into the centre giving shoppers the
chance to try their hand or even challenge the drivers. Although many people
may never have the pleasure of driving a racing car,
Coopers
Square
shoppers can be a racing driver for the day on the new amazing Scalextric
Digital layout featuring a multi-lane track, and one figure of eight drift
circuit.
Coopers
Square Shopping Centre Manager, Dave Chadfield, commented: “Personally I can not
wait to welcome the Pit Shop Roadshow including the Brookspeed
Team Trimite British GT Dodge Viper Competition Coupe which will takeMain
Square.
There is a strong fraternity of motorsport fans in the area and I hope they will
take the opportunity to support this event. I’d certainly love to see the car
and drivers in action at Oulton
Park
over Easter weekend. pride of place in the
“When
the Avon Tyres British GT Championship visited the centre last year it was
superb and offered hundreds of shoppers the chance to meet some top drivers and
the rare chance to get up close to some very exciting racing machinery. It
really is a rare opportunity which will allow someone to walk away from the
event with an amazing once in a lifetime prize.”
Further
Pit Shop GT/F3 Roadshows are planned for the coming months to coincide with
rounds of the Avon Tyres British GT Championship and British Formula 3
International Series at selected Grosvenor Shopping
Centres.
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