Sunoco 200 challenge Alongside the Sunoco Whelen Challenge

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seen nearly 600 drivers sign up to the challenge, including stars such
as Daniel Ricciardo (second in 2010), Jean-Eric Vergne (second in
2011), Felipe Nasr (won in 2011), Nick Tandy and the late Allan
Simonsen. The 2015 race season belonged to Jonny Adam and we
are sure he will prove his worth in Daytona in January in the Action
Express Racing run No.31 Whelen sponsored Chevrolet Corvette
Daytona Prototype.
The 2016 Sunoco Whelen Challenge is provided in partnership
with Whelen Engineering and Anglo American Oil Company. The
qualifying championships for the 2015 season were: British GT
(GT3), Radical Enduro Championship, Radical European Masters
(SR3 & SR8) and Britcar Endurance Championship – it is only
drivers in these series who are likely to be a able to handle a Daytona
Prototype at plus 190mph on the famed 31° Daytona banking.
The prize for the 2016 Sunoco Whelen Challenge consists of three
test days at the ROAR Before the Rolex 24, a race seat in the Action
Express run Whelen sponsored car no.31 in the mighty ‘Rolex 24
At Daytona’ as well as flights, accommodation and a dedicated 2015
Sunoco Whelen Challenge race suit, with the chance to step on to the
top of the podium and bring home the much coveted Rolex Daytona
watch. www.sunocowhelenchallenge.com
2015 final standings
Jonny Adam – 92.28 points
Scott Mansall – 76.81 points
Scott Malvern – 74.56 points
The Sunoco Whelen Challenge prize:
Supported by
• Test programme leading up to the race,
inc. the ROAR before the Rolex 24
• Race seat in the Action Express Racing run No.31
Whelen sponsored Chevrolet Corvette Daytona
Prototype in the Rolex 24 At Daytona
• All flights, hotels and a dedicated race suit
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Sunoco 200 Challenge
2015 winner Krüger drove
the Sunoco Camaro in BMW
Performance 200
Sunoco 200 Challenge
Alongside the Sunoco Whelen Challenge, we continue to run the Sunoco 200
Challenge. For the fifth year running we have provided a winner, from additional
eligible series, with a race seat in a Sunoco sponsored GS V8 powered car in the 200
mile endurance race, which takes place on the Friday before the Rolex 24 At Daytona
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longside the Sunoco Whelen Challenge, we continue to run
the Sunoco 200 Challenge. For the fifth year running we
have provided a winner, from additional eligible series, with
a race seat in a Sunoco sponsored GS V8 powered car in the 200 mile
endurance race, which takes place on the Friday before the Rolex 24
At Daytona.
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This year our congratulations go to our 2016 Sunoco 200
Challenge Champion Paddy McClughan, a talented 19 year old
Radical Sprint racer from Ireland. He will race in the BMW
Performance 200 race in the Sunoco liveried Mustang in January
2016 on the famous 31º banked road race course. The 200 race is the
support race to the Rolex 24 At Daytona, held on the Friday before,
and comes with all the excitement you would expect with such a big
race weekend.
Paddy McClughan had a very successful 2015 season in the
Radical Sprint Championship, where he impressed out on track
and kept himself at the top of the Sunoco 200 Challenge standings
all season! Although he didn’t go on to win his Championship,
he racked up vital fastest lap and pole position points, essential to
winning the Sunoco 200 Challenge.
Paddy has visited Daytona International Speedway before, as
a spectator, but will now be looking forward to heading out in
early January to the ROAR Before the Rolex 24 testing weekend at
Daytona. Whilst out there he will get his first experience of driving
on the oval circuit and 31 degree banking. After that, the Rolex 24 At
Daytona race weekend will be the next stop for this young Irishman
when he takes the wheel of the Sunoco liveried Racers Edge team
Ford Mustang in the BMW Performance 200 on the Friday before
the Rolex 24 At Daytona.
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Sunoco 200 Challenge
New for 2016 McClughan will drive the Racers Edge Mustang in the
BMW Performance 200
2015 final standings
Paddy McClughan – 102.40 pts
Ben Dimmack – 88.79 points
Last year’s 2015 Sunoco 200 Challenge was won by young Swedish
driver Oskar Kruger after winning the Radical Clubman’s Cup. Out
in Daytona in January 2015 he delivered an impressive performance
in Friday’s 200 mile race where he was driving the Sunoco liveried
Chevrolet Camaro with team-mate, Dylan Murcott, and despite car
issues they still finished 17th in class, not bad for a rookie!
Just like the Sunoco Whelen Challenge, included in the Sunoco
200 Challenge prize is travel, hotel, the prize drive and a dedicated
race suit. As well as that, 2016 Sunoco 200 Challenge Champion
Paddy will also get the full ‘American experience’ with a race seat
in an American muscle car! The qualifying series for the 2015 race
season were: British GT4, Radical Sprint Championship, MINI
Challenge, F3 Cup, GT Cup, Britcar Sports & Touring Car and
Trophy Series and Atom Cup. www.sunoco200challenge.com
Neil Newstead – 83.26 points
The Sunoco 200 Challenge prize:
Supported by
• Test programme leading up to the race, inc. the ROAR
before the Rolex 24
• Race seat in the Sunoco liveried Ford Mustang in the
BMW Performance 200
• All flights, hotels and a dedicated race suit
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Autosport & Sunoco Daytona Trip
Join us for the 2016 Autosport/Sunoco
Challenge with Speed Chills trip to the
Rolex 24 At Daytona
Anglo American Oil Company Ltd.
are offering the ultimate ticket
package to the Rolex 24 At Daytona,
with complete travel packages also
available from our travel partner
Speed Chills – join us for exclusive
access to one of the toughest
endurance races in the World!
What else would you be doing in January?
To fight the cold and wet weather of Northern Europe, what could be
better than visiting Florida to attend the Rolex 24 At Daytona? It is
not only one of the most exciting races we have been to, where you
can spot some of your favourite stars of the racing world, but it also
gives you the chance to see cars finishing within a fraction of second
of each other after 24 hours of racing. Whilst also giving you the
opportunity to soak up some of the warm Florida sunshine, recharge
your batteries and enjoy the atmosphere of such an historic event –
all in preparation for the 2016 racing season.
The Sunoco Challenges
For the past 7 years the Sunoco Challenges have been bringing
winners, from top Sunoco fuelled European championships, into the
highest level of American Sportscar racing, and awarding them with
a seat in a Daytona Prototype. This has then given them the chance
of a lifetime to showcase their skills in front of an international
crowd of over 50,000 people.
British GT3 Champion Jonny Adam is the 2016 Sunoco Whelen
Challenge winner and as part of his prize he will drive in the Rolex
24 At Daytona Challenge in the Action Express run no.31 Whelen
Corvette DP alongside the 2015 season line up of Eric Curran and
Dane Cameron. The race seat is provided by Whelen Engineering in
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the USA and Anglo American Oil Company Ltd in the UK. Plenty of
talented racers have won this prize so, including the 2012 winner of
the Sunoco Daytona Challenge F1 star, Felipe Nasr, but what will the
future bring?
Alongside the Sunoco Whelen Challenge, Radical racer Paddy
McClughan was crowned the 2016 Sunoco 200 Challenge winner
after his performance during his 2015 Radical Sprint racing season.
McClughan will join Jonny in Daytona, where he will be driving the
Sunoco Mustang in the BMW Performance 200, the support race to
the Rolex 24 At Daytona, on the Friday before the big race itself.
Join us
The Autosport & Sunoco Challenge with Speed Chills trip ticket
to the Rolex 24 At Daytona takes you right into the centre of the
action. The ticket will enable you, and fellow race fans, to get access
to the infield, paddock, behind the scenes and garages, whilst also
getting to know the two Sunoco Challenge winning drivers when
they take their prize drive during the 2016 Rolex 24 At Daytona
Race weekend. Make sure you are there to experience their Daytona
debut! As a bonus to all of this, you will also be one of the first crowd
of people to experience the brand new visitor facilities at Daytona
International Speedway, opening in January 2016.
Buying tickets couldn’t be easier: book direct with us for the Ultimate
ticket package
• Ultimate endurance ticket – 4 day admission (Thurs to Sunday) inc.
parking, access to infield, new grandstand, Sprint Fanzone and garages
• Garage tour with the Sunoco Challenge winners
• Pizza and beer evening – we’ll get together for a pizza & beer at the
hotel and introduce you to our two Sunoco Challenge winners
• Welcome breakfast with ‘behind the scenes’ tour of Daytona
International Speedway includes rooftop, suites and operation rooms
• Exclusive Sunoco goody bag
With complete travel packages also available from our travel partner
Speed Chills – join us for exclusive access to one of the toughest
endurance races in the World!
For more information and to access these offers visit
www.sunocochallenge.com/travel
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Win a trip to the Rolex 24 Hour Race in 2017
Win a trip to the
Rolex 24 Hour
Race in 2017
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s a way to thank you for buying our any of our racing
products, excluding fuel, and for your loyalty to our brands,
throughout 2016 we will continue to run our Driven Racing
Oil prize draw. This gives you, the customer, the chance to win
exclusive Driven Racing Oil merchandise each month, culminating
in a final end-of-year prize to win at trip to the Rolex 24 At Daytona
race weekend in January 2017!
How to win
• For every £10 spent on any of our race products*, including oil and
brake fluid, you will be awarded with a ‘virtual’ raffle ticket
• Each month the tickets will be entered into a draw to win
merchandise
• At the end of the year we will enter all raffle tickets into a Grand
Draw Finale for a lucky someone to win a trip to Daytona in
Florida and tickets to the Rolex 24 At Daytona – with return flights
(Gatwick to Orlando) and hotel included in the prize!
The prize includes:
• Tickets to the Rolex 24 At Daytona in January 2017, plus additional
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activities (four day admission, access to the infield, grandstands
and Sprint Fanzone, and a garage tour with the Sunoco Challenge
winners)
• Pizza and beer evening – we all get together for pizza and beer
for the evening, and get the chance to meet the Sunoco Challenge
winner’s
• Welcome breakfast with ‘behind the scenes’ tour of Daytona
International Speedway to include rooftop, suites and operation
rooms
• Exclusive Sunoco goody bag
• Flights from Gatwick to Orlando
• Transfers to and from airport and Daytona International Speedway
• Hotel – Fountain Beach Resort
If you fancy being in with a chance to join us at one of the world’s
premier racing events, and would enjoy some winter sun in Florida,
then all you have to do is buy any of our motorsport products*,
excluding fuel, and for every £10 you spend you will automatically be
entered in our prize draw to win a free ticket – and even if you don’t
win, you can still come with us – we have ticket and trip bundles
available through our travel operator Speed Chills…
For more information visit our website
www.aaoil.co.uk/products/oilcompetition
*not including fuel
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How we deliver fuel
How we deliver fuel
Our wide range of race fuels are
supplied to our customers in a wide
variety of ways
Control fuel supplier
A number of race series have chosen us as their control fuel
supplier which means that all racers in that series must use the
nominated fuel for each race. We support these series by being on
site throughout the whole of the race weekend, including any official
test days.
Fuel is delivered to each competitor in drums and we collect any
empties after the meeting has finished. Spare fuel is always available
and unused, sealed drums can be returned. We test fuel samples on
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site with our own FTIR infrared spectrometer, which produces a
very accurate chemical graph of the fuel, which is compared against
a reference sample.
The advantages to a series of running a control race fuel are:
• Our very consistent race fuels help protect engines from
detonation worries and reduce component wear
• Creates a level playing field for all the competitors
• Removes the legal issues that teams or individuals can face when
transporting large volumes of fuel
• Forecourt petrol stations limit the amount of fuel that they will sell
in cans. Although not enforced at all forecourts, this can make the
collection of large volumes of fuel not only time consuming but
difficult
• We work closely with the series organisers to develop a range of
joint marketing initiatives
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How we deliver fuel
Official fuel supplier
Some series prefer to leave fuel as a free choice for the competitors,
but like the option to have our support at their events, for those
racers who opt to use a race fuel. Our service operates in exactly the
same way as a control fuel arrangement, apart from the fact that no
testing is carried out and marketing support is reduced.
Pumped service events
We have been working within the historic market since 2004 offering
a leaded fuel service with fuels available for sale by the litre.
We are the official fuel supplier to a number of premier UK
historic series, supporting all their UK events and selected European
rounds as well. Competitors are free to source their own fuel, but an
increasing number choose to use our service. Our fuels remove the
need to use other octane or lead replacement additives, which can if
over treated, cause misfiring. Our leaded fuels are all ethanol free.
Pallet service
For a limited number of series, we arrange to have all fuel orders
delivered to the race event by pallet service, for the series themselves
to take delivery and distribute amongst the racers.
This works well for low volume events and removes the need for
teams to transport their own fuel.
FTIR sample test results
Super Unleaded Batch No. 531
Sunoco RMR Batch No. 526
Home delivery
Our biggest group of customers are those that order fuel by phone,
email, internet or fax to our office. We are happy to send a single 25
litre drum or orders making up several pallets, using our hazardous
transport partner, Clarke Transport, who operate a 3 day or next day
service for any orders processed before midday.
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British GT
British GT Championship
Record-breaking British GT season ends in dramatic fashion at Donington
T
he youngest-ever champion and crew, first female winner and
a four-way title decider made for another vintage Avon Tyres
British GT Championship campaign in 2015.
30-plus grids, a significant increase in GT4 entries and numerous
potential overall race winners at the front suggested this year’s
British GT season would once again be a hotly-contested affair.
However, few could have imagined the drama and record-breaking
achievements that would unfold across nine rounds and seven
venues.
Beechdean AMR proved it was possible to win on two fronts by
claiming both class titles courtesy of Andrew Howard and Jonny
Adam (GT3), and Jamie Chadwick and Ross Gunn (GT4). While the
latter pairing wrapped up theirs in record-breaking style before the
final round, Howard and Adam were forced to wait until Donington
Park before prevailing in a drama-filled four-way championship
decider played out live on Motors TV.
GT3
The Beechdean AMR duo were far from favourites heading into the
final round thanks to a 20s pit-stop success penalty for winning the
previous race at Snetterton. But they were nevertheless grateful for
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the opportunity afforded them by Marco Attard and Alexander Sims
who had led from the second weekend of the season and missed out
on a first chance to claim the crown in Norfolk.
As it was the Ecurie Ecosse crew entered Donington’s decider just
two points clear of Howard and Adam, 20 ahead of Oman Racing
Team’s Liam Griffin and Rory Butcher, and 32.5 up on Triple Eight
Racing’s Lee Mowle and Joe Osborne.
All four crews had demonstrated the qualities necessary to win a
title over the course of the campaign.
Only a poor outing at Snetteron, where two uncharacteristic
errors resulted in a total of just five points scored across both races,
had blotted Attard and Sims’ campaign, which included victories at
Rockingham and Brands Hatch.
Meanwhile, a victory on the opening weekend aside, Howard
and Adam had only a string of pole positions to show for their early
season form before winning again at Spa and also prevailing in
Snetterton’s weather-shortened second race.
Griffin and Butcher also had to wait until Snetterton for their
second win of the season but timed it perfectly to give themselves
a chance at Donington, while Triple Eight’s sheer consistency and
three podiums helped to keep Mowle and Osborne in the title hunt.
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British GT
And so to Donington where the Oman Racing crew were first
to fall by the wayside on race day when Griffin’s ambitious move on
Mowle at The Loop resulted in his Aston Martin’s early retirement.
Ecurie Ecosse followed suit soon after, Attard coming to blows with
a GT4 car while recovering from an early spin before the resulting
damage spat his BMW Z4 into the wall.
With the battle-scarred Triple Eight BMW running third but
unable to challenge TF Sport’s leading duo, the way was left clear
for Beechdean AMR to overcome their pit-stop success penalty and
secure the necessary points for finishing fifth to give Adam a first,
and Howard his second, British GT3 Drivers’ crown.
Other notable performers were TF Sport who recovered from
a tough start to their British GT tenure to score a brace of pole
positions, one victory (in the hands of Derek Johnston and Matt
Bell) and four further podiums over the final four rounds with its
pair of Aston Martins.
Gilles Vannelet and Adrian Quaife-Hobbs were the fifth crew
to win a British GT race outright in 2015 after triumphing at
Silverstone during a one-off appearance with the Von Ryan Racing
McLaren 650S. Barwell Motorsport’s Jon Minshaw and Phil Keen
finished on the podium three times without scoring a victory but
tended to suffer from bad luck, while the FF Corse Ferrari of Gary
Eastwood and Adam Carroll came within a post-race penalty of
winning the opening round at Oulton Park.
The combined efforts of Attard/Sims and Minshaw/Keen helped
Barwell clinch the Teams’ title, Ahmad Al Harthy won the Silver Cup
crown and Howard the Blancpain Gentleman Driver Trophy.
GT4
Beechdean AMR began 2015 as reigning GT4 champions and again
proved the team to beat thanks to the combined efforts of Chadwick
and Gunn, who ended the season as British GT’s youngest ever titlewinning driver crew. At 17 years and 95 days Chadwick also became
the series’ youngest individual champion and first female to lift one
of its crowns.
The foundation of Beechdean’s success was built over the first
half of the campaign with back-to-back victories at Rockingham and
Silverstone. Those wins, allied to three further podium finishes in the
opening six races, afforded the Aston Martin pair a relaxed run-in
that culminated with them sealing the crown at a soggy Snetterton
with one round remaining.
That no other crew emerged as a consistent threat undoubtedly
helped the youngsters’ cause, despite ISSY Racing’s Oz Yusuf and
Gavan Kershaw frequently proving the faster combination in
qualifying. Indeed, the Lotus Evora notched up six pole positions
and won three times in nine rounds but failed to score heavily
enough elsewhere to maintain the pressure on Chadwick and Gunn.
The opposite could be said of Graham Johnson and Mike
Robinson who pipped the ISSY crew to second in points at the final
round following an ultra consistent campaign. The PMW Expo/
Optimum Motorsport duo won just once all year – on the opening
weekend at Oulton – but were regular top-six contenders thereafter
en route to second in the GT4 standings at their first attempt.
Their Ginetta wasn’t the only G55 to secure a race win in 2015,
though. Tolman Motorsport’s David Pattison and Luke Davenport
won a thrilling race at Brands Hatch that owed much to the latter’s
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combative second stint, while Fulvio Mussi – making his first British
GT start in seven years – and Fox Motorsport co-driver Jamie
Stanley triumphed in Snetterton’s rain-hit second race.
Elsewhere, Chris Webster and Daniel Lloyd made it three wins for
an Aston Martin Vantage in 2015 by claiming the final victory of the
season at Donington Park.
They might have missed out on the overall class championship
but Yusuf and Kershaw’s speed was rewarded with the GT4 Pro/Am
title, while Academy Motorsport’s one-three result at Donington
helped them win the Teams’ crown. www.britishgt.com
2016 British GT Championship Calendar*
Round 1. April 16/17: Brands Hatch GP (2-hour race)
Round 2. April 30/May 1: Rockingham (2-hour race)
Rounds 3 & 4. May 28/30: Oulton Park (2x 1-hour races)
Round 5. June 11/12: Silverstone 500 (3-hour race)
Round 6. July 8/9: Spa-Francorchamps (2-hour race)
Rounds 7 & 8. August 6/7: Snetterton 300 (2x 1-hour races)
Round 9. September 10/11: Donington Park (2-hour race)
*dates correct at time of going to print
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Radical
Radical sportscars
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adical Sportscars is the world’s largest manufacturer of
trackday and sports-racing cars, based in the UK but selling
over 220 cars per year, to over 30 countries worldwide.
Sunoco race fuel, supplied by Anglo American Oil Company Ltd. is
the official race fuel partner of Radical Sportscars for their European
and UK domestic race championships.
In 2015, the range of Radical UK based series; Enduro
Championship, Sprint Championship and SR1 Cup, all received
a new name and fresh format to reflect the thrilling racing and
longstanding loyalty of its competitors. The Radical European
Masters, Radical’s premier international championship, continued
to offer the closest experience and performance to LMP racing
throughout 2015, for a fraction of the price, and is set to continue for
2016.
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New for 2016 – Radical Challenge championship
The Radical Challenge Championship is a ‘new-for-2016’ Radical
racing concept, offering a more diverse racing weekend than ever
before, at an even more competitive price. Incorporating three
additional challenge trophies – the SR1 Challenge, Solo Challenge
and Team Challenge – the Radical Challenge Championship is open
to Radical’s SR3 and SR1 models with a thrilling mix of sprint and
endurance races at the UK’s leading circuits.
The prize
The overall 2016 Radical Challenge Champion will receive a brandnew like-for-like replacement for their title-winning SR3 or SR1,
built to the latest specification.
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