BTCC 2011SPA/Penske UK awarded shock absorber deal for new generation car The 2011 Dunlop MSA British Touring car Championship season will be the 54th British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season. The Next Generation Touring Car (NGTC) will be phased in from this season.
Penske UK have been awarded the shock absorber contract for this new generation of British touring cars.
Penske racing shocks have many successes within the BTCC and look forward to working with the teams over the coming seasons.
If you wish to have further details on Penske racing shocks please contact us at sales@penskeshocks.co.uk VX Racing wins BTCC Team and constructors championshipPenske shocks supplied Once again VX racing has won the BTCC Teams championship and the BTCC Manufactures championship using their Penske shod Vauxhall Vectras. Fabrizio Giovanardi with a strong showing in the Drivers championship, coming in third.
Other Penke cars finished well in the championship with Team Dynamics 5th in Teams championship and 2nd in the constructors with James Thompson taking a Hat-trick of victories for the team through out the year.
Team Aon with their Ford Focus finished a notable 3rd in the manufactures championship in what was a somewhat difficult year for the team.
Penske Racing Shocks UK has enjoyed another successful year as a supplier to many top teams in the BTCC and wishes everyone involved in the series an enjoyable winter break and all the best for next season. PENSKE RACING SHOCKS SUPPLIES A1GPPenske Racing Shocks, a world leader in racing damper technology, has been named damper supplier to the new A1GP World Cup of Motorsport chassis set to debut next season.<br/>When the A1GP field takes to the grid of the 2008/09 season opener in Zandvoort, each of the new Powered by Ferrari cars will be equipped with custom dampers produced by Penske Racing Shocks.<br/>Penske will serve as the exclusive damper supplier to the series, having designed an A1GP specific damper which meets the exact requirements car designers were looking for. In designing the A1GP damper, Penske was able to draw from its experience, and in particular, its technical innovations founded in F1. At the same time, the company was committed to creating a product specifically intended to meet the needs of the A1GP chassis. By developing the dampers in parallel with the development of the car, Penske was able to give A1GP engineers exactly what they were looking for. This freedom allowed engineers to design the suspension layout with minimal compromise.
Members of Penske’s technical staff were on site for the initial tests conducted in Italy and Spain. Personnel from Penske’s main headquarters in the U.S. along with their European distributors, SPA Design Ltd., worked hard to ensure that the damping characteristics are optimized for both car and tire. This attention to subtle detail ensures that performance will remain consistent despite the varied tracks and conditions A1GP drivers can expect to encounter. In addition to its support during the developmental stages, Penske Racing Shocks will also have a presence at every event on the 2008/09 calendar. The presence of experienced technical staff will ensure that each team is gaining maximum performance from their dampers.
In keeping with the A1GP philosophy – that driving talent should be what differentiates the winners from the losers – Penske has developed a tamper proof damper aimed at preventing any team from gaining an unfair advantage by manipulating their shock absorbers. Through its partnership with NASCAR, Penske Racing Shocks has acquired a great deal of experience in the practice ensuring equality amongst all dampers within a controlled series. Based on its NASCAR model, Penske plans to implement at-race procedures which will ensure consistency in damper performance across the entire field. Penske Racing Shocks Technical Director, Jim Arentz: “Penske Racing Shocks is honored and excited to be chosen as the damper supplier for the new Powered by Ferrari, John Travis-designed A1GP chassis. A1GP competitors will benefit from race proven technology and the consistency, adjustability, and performance of Penske dampers. The damper design chosen for A1GP, the Penske 2000 Series, is a custom product tailored to the exact needs of the new A1GP chassis without compromise and its design draws on years of success in F1, Indy Car, and Sports Car. Additionally, our world-class customer technical support will be shared by our US base of operations (Pennsylvania) as well as our UK base at SPA Design Ltd. (Tamworth) for the ultimate convenience to A1GP and its competitors. Our technicians and engineers have assisted with development of the car’s damper package from the onset and we look forward to working alongside A1GP for years to come.” BTCC Season Finale
As the BTCC season draws to a close once again all eyes are turning towards the final three rounds at Brands Hatch. Fabrizio Giovanardi heads the championship in his PENSKE Shod VX Racing Vauxhall Vectra going into the final weekend with a healthy lead of 44 points over rival Jason Plato with Colin Turkington a further 29 point behind in third place.
After another great season of racing it again boils down to the final round at Brands Hatch. Jason Plato and Fabrizio Giovanardi are again the two men bidding to pick up the drivers crown with Giovanardi hot favourite given his sizable points advantge. Plato will not give up however and as we know the BTCC finals day always manages to throw up a few surprises!
In the independants catagory the title is still very much up for grabs with Colin Turkington, Matt Jackson, and Adam Jones all in with a chance to become Champion.
With all of the Driver's titles still up for grabs and everyone wishing to end their season on a high it should make for some exciting racing indeed. It will no doubt be a fitting way celabrate 50 years of the BTCC at the very track where it all began. The 76th 24 Heures Du Man
| This weekend see's the running of the 76th LeMans 24hrs at the circuit La Sarthe. Penske Racing Shocks is once again represented in upermost class of this the most thrilling endurance event of the racing calender with the LMP1 Epsilon Euskadi team. |
Epsilon Euskadi is a High Performance Motor Racing Technology Centre based in Spain. The team has competed in Renault World series, Formula Renault and Renault Megane series with much sucess but this sees the teams first foray into endurance racing. With Technical director Sergio Rinland and the highly qualified enginners and technicians working on the team, the Epsilon Euskadi squad will no doubt excell at this event. Penske Racing Shocks wishes the team the best of luck for this event and hopes that its products and services have helped the team to gain that competitive edge needed to run at the fore of one of the world greatest motorsport challenges.
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