Ginetta G50 Cup regulars Tony Hughes and Richard Sykes will introduce the Ginetta G50 to America and race in The Sebring Endurance Challenge at Sebring, Florida over March 7th and 8th.
The Speedworks Motorsport team-mates will fly out with the Cheshire-based outfit and their two Ginetta G50s they raced in the G50 Cup last year. The duo with their new-for-2009 wing equipped machines will participate in a number of races over the weekend including a 3-hour race and a night race.
Speedworks Motorsport team owner Christian Dick will also make the journey and will share a car with Hughes for the three-hour race and possibly the night race.
“I’ve looked at some in-car footage from Sebring and I must say, it does look quite daunting” said Hughes. “I am really looking forward to racing around this historic world famous circuit and would like to say that one of the reasons I took up motor racing in 2007 was to race at famous race tracks. I‘ve done all of the circuits in the UK and last year took the G50 to Spa in Belgium where we had a ball. Racing in America will be an experience I will remember for a very long time!”
The Sebring Endurance Challenge is organised by HSR (Historic Sportscar Racing) and the American Race and Travel company. The cars will be racing in a “Slicks and Wings” class of the Historic GT races which mostly consists of ex Le Mans cars and similar. Technically only cars in production up to 2003 are eligible for the class. However because this will be the Ginetta G50’s American debut, organisers have given special dispensation to allow them to race.
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