CARS LEAVE FOR AMERICA

Preparation is almost complete for the Sykes and Hughes G50s to leave for America on saturday. They will be loaded at Southampton docks having been upgraded with the 2009 spec wing as well as the endurance updates to enable them to compete in the Sebring endurance Challenge as well as the night race the same weekend.

Sebring International Raceway is a 3.7 mile, 17-turn circuit. It is the Oldest road course in North America, portions of which were originally a WWII B-17 training base. Steve McQueen, James Brolin, Gene Hackman, Paul Newman and Patrick Dempsey are among the many entertainers who have driven at Sebring.

And they run race meetings in style at Sebring, part of the race weekend will include a "downtown drive" in the race cars under police escort round old Sebring town, which, incidentally is where they used to scrutineer the cars for the main event there of the year, The 12 hours of Sebring which is 18/21st March.

The drivers are also taking part in a Nascar driving experience at the Richard Petty Racing School at Walt Disney World Speedway the wednesday prior to the event.

This will be the first of many international meetings and events that will be contested by Speedworks Motorsport over the coming year.

SYKES TO JOIN SPEEDWORKS IN SEBRING!

Speedworks Motorsport regular Richard Sykes is joining Team principal Christian Dick and Tony Hughes in Sebring at the beginning of March for the Sebring Endurance Challenge. Partnering Richard Sykes will be Nick Hull, sometime Ginetta G20 driver for Speedworks and also longterm Team mate to Richard in long circuit Superkarts.

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SPEEDWORKS RECEIVES ULTIMATE AWARD

Last weeks Autosport Show saw Speedworks Team Principal collect his third place trophy in the G50 Cup Drivers Championship. It was presented on the Ginetta Stand by LNT Chairman Lawrence Tomlinson.

That weekend also saw the Ginetta Awards dinner where Speedworks Motorsport collected the much coveted G50 Teams Championship Trophy. "It is a fantastic achievement for the team to have won this award, particularly in the G50s debut season," Said a proud Christian Dick "It goes to show the immense expertise and skill, not to mention hard work, that all the team at Speedworks Motorsport has put in, we will definitly be a force to be reckoned with in 2009"

Speedworks Motorsport regular Richard Sykes also collected the Chairmans Award for his season in the G20 Championship.