| TOP NEWS :: Revving up for the new season :: |
The 2006 Truck Racing Championship will see new contenders joining the grid when the season gets underway at Pembrey in South Wales on April 15/16.
Six times British and 2004 European Champion Stuart Oliver will be returning to racing driving his own successful MAN TG-A. The re-built engine should bring it back to race winning spec but Stuart’s past domination isn’t guaranteed.
The super fast bonneted SISU of Dave Jenkins won at Pembrey and Thruxton last year - with Dave’s exuberant driving he’ll be chasing for the Championship against veterans Steve Horne, Ross Garrett and ex-Champion Stuart Oliver.
Mat Summerfield’s 2005 Seddon Atkinson will be raced in Class B by Elton Boocock. Fixed shock absorbers will be fitted to the truck to get it Class B specs and Elton’s keen to get out in this well prepared truck. Mat’s preparing a new Cummins powered truck for 2006.
Class B Champion Andrew Hardy is preparing an Iveco Strailis for 2006 which could feel the pressure from Gary George’s newly prepared Foden Alpha. However the 23 year old youngster Terry Gibbon’s Volvo White chased the field in 2005 with fastest laps and three wins, and Max Dawson’s Seddon could be up in the points if he solves his turbo problems.
The sport welcomes 36 year old newcomer Ian Gypps from Cambridgeshire who after spectating last year got well-hooked and bought Garry George’s Foden, and Graham Powell driving the B Class championship winning Ford Cargo.
Chris Levett, a 21-year old HGV driver from Bromsgrove, is due to make his debut at the wheel of the Atkins Racing MAN TGA. The truck will carry the distinctive blue livery of the family business – Bird’s Transport.
Chris is following in the footsteps of his father Andy, an ex-factory Scania racer in European Truck Racing Cup in the 1980’s.
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