MG has announced today that they will run an entry in the BTCC in 2012. Two MG6 GT cars will run in the all-new MG KX Momentum Racing team piloted by double BTCC champion Jason Plato and BTCC rising star Andy Neate.
The cars will be prepared by Triple Eight Race Engineering, one of the most successful constructors in touring car racing. And completing the ‘dream team’ are principal sponsors Tesco Fuels with their Momentum 99 brand and KX energy drink completing an all-British line-up.
MG KX Momentum Racing will debut at Brands Hatch on April 1 when the 2012 Dunlop MSA BTCC championship season gets under way.
It is a coup for MG to have secured a driver of the caliber of Jason Plato – he is the acknowledged star of the BTCC and the best known face of touring cars. He is also the newly appointed Director of the British Racing Drivers Club.
Plato said: “It’s really exciting to be involved in a brand-new all-British team and it’s just brilliant that the iconic name of MG will be back on the track.”
Guy Jones, MG Motor’s Sales & Marketing Director, said: “We are delighted that the new MG6 will be seen by millions of fans in Britain and beyond and this continues the famous sporting lineage of the brand.”
The BTCC really is going from strength to strength and offers manufacturers of a wide variety of vehicles access to one of the most competitive racing series in the world. 2012 has a huge number of cars on the grid and I for one can’t wait to see the action. Best of luck to Plato, Neate and the MG KX Momentum Racing team.
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