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CARRERA
CUP AUSTRALIA REINFORCES STANDING AS AUSTRALIA'S
PREMIUM SPORTS CAR CATEGORY
Press Release - 20th November 2007
Carrera
Cup Australia – the country's premium sports
car category – will be the only support
category to feature at the five biggest motorsport
events in Australia next year after being announced
as a competitor at the Formula 1™ ING Australian
Grand Prix in Melbourne recently.
The
decision by the Australian Grand Prix Corporation
to include the fastest one-make sports car category
in the world means the Carrera Cup will be the
only category other than the V8 Supercar Championship
Series to feature at the biggest motorsport events
in Australia in 2008.
As
well as the Formula 1™ ING Australian Grand
Prix – which will be the second round of
Carrera Cup Australia's nine round season –
the all-Porsche category will race at the Clipsal
500 Adelaide, Philip Island 500, Supercheap Auto
Bathurst 1000 and the Gold Coast Indy 300.
The
series will also compete alongside the V8 Supercar
Championship Series at Barbagallo Raceway, Sandown
International Raceway and Queensland Raceway,
while the category will head the bill at Wakefield
Park.
It
will be the first time since 2005 that the Porsches
have visited Western Australia, while Wakefield
Park will welcome them back after an absence of
one season.
Carrera
Cup Australia CEO Theo Psaros said the appearance
of the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (Type 997) at the five
biggest motorsport events of the year highlighted
the category's standing as the country's premium
sports car category
"The
Carrera Cup has been a regular feature at Australia's
biggest racing events since its inception in 2003
and we are thrilled 2008 will be no different,"
he said.
"Competing
on the major tracks, in front of huge television
and trackside crowds, not only delivers outstanding
benefits to our sponsors but also our drivers
and teams as it helps to keep them at the forefront
of the Australian motorsport scene."
Carrera
Cup Australia 2008 Calendar:
Round
1 Feb 21 -24 Clipsal 500 Adelaide, SA
Round
2 March 13-16 Formula 1™ ING AGP Albert
Park, VIC
Round
3 April 4-6 Wakefield Park Goulburn, NSW
Round
4 May 9-11 Barbagallo Raceway Wanneroo, WA
Round
5 June 7-9 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, VIC
Round
6 July 18-20 Queensland Raceway Ipswich, QLD
Round
7 Sep 12-14 Philip Island 500 Philip Island, VIC
Round
8 Oct 9-12 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Bathurst,
NSW
Round
9 Oct 23-26 Gold Coast Indy 300 Surfers Paradise,
QLD
For
more information contact:
Adrian
Miller
Media
Manager
Carrera
Cup Australia
Ph
1300 360 911
Fx
07 3268 0311
Mobile
0437 202 011
Visit
us on the web at www.cupcar.com.au
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