Execuline gives SA’s exciting sports car championship a new look
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Now entering its 10th season as South Africa’s only national championship sports car class, the fleet of Carroll Shelby designed and built Nissan V6 powered Can Am cars will be fitted with a new, much more modern and aerodynamically efficient body. Perhaps even more importantly the 10-round national racing series will be known as the Execuline Shelby Can Am Championship in deference to new naming rights sponsor Execuline. “It just goes to show that if you have an exciting, well managed series with a professional image not only do drivers and teams find it easier to attract decent sponsors but big companies with an image to protect also see it as a marketing or advertising opportunity,” said association chairman and former champion Neil Lobb. “Vehicle insurance specialists Execuline is the preferred underwriter of executive motor vehicles within the broker community and being associated with an attractive, well supported racing series will create awareness for everyone involved in motorsport from spectators to mechanics,” he added. Other series sponsors are car care specialist Spanjaard Ltd, Carrera eye wear, removal specialists British International and as in the past, all cars will be using trusted Goodyear racing tyres. The new body’s shape was penned by engineering student Greg Bailey who used computer based wind tunnel software, “the same as most Formula One and Le Mans teams use. It will definitely make the cars faster,” he pointed out. The first race of the 2008 Execuline Shelby Can Am Championship takes place at Kyalami on 26 January followed by the A1GP event held on a unique street circuit on Durban’s beachfront on 23-24 February. |