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Hyundai Returns To Racing In The US
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Hyundai is making its return to racing in the United States.
Bryan Herta Autosport recently announced a new partnership with Hyundai to field two Hyundai i30 N TCR class sedans in the 2018 Pirelli World Challenge (PWC) Touring Car road racing series. The TCR class makes its PWC debut in the US in 2018 after three years of TCR competition throughout the world.
Ending its Global Rallycross factory program after the 2014 season, Hyundai continued to race overseas in the aforementioned TCR class as well as in the World Rally Championship.
Bryan Herta Autosport, a two-time Indy 500-winning organization, will field two versions of Hyundai’s i30 N TCR race cars currently available only to customers in Europe.
Veteran PWC drivers Mark Wilkins of Toronto, Ont., Canada, and Michael Lewis of Laguna Beach, Calif., will drive the new Bryan Herta Autosport Hyundai i30 N TCR machines in the 12-race PWC TCR division in 2018.
“Hyundai is thrilled about the prospects for our new N branded racing team competing in the Touring Car Racing class of Pirelli World Challenge,” said Dean Evans, chief marketing officer, Hyundai Motor America. “Our new partnership with world-renowned Bryan Herta Autosport and their phenomenal drivers coupled with the proven capabilities of our Hyundai i30 N racers puts us in a great position for success in the 2018 TCR season.”
The TCR Series, originated in 2015, was marketed as a cost-effective spin-off of the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC), targeted at C-segment hatchbacks production-based touring cars. The title TCR follows the naming convention now used by the FIA to classify the vehicles that compete in touring car racing.
The PWC Touring Car divisions will compete in six doubleheader weekends (12 rounds total) beginning March 23-25 at the state-of-the-art Circuit of the Americas (COTA) followed by VIRginia International Raceway April 27-29, Lime Rock Park May 25-28, July 13-15, August 10-12 and Watkins Glen International Aug. 31-Sept. 2. Each TCR race will be 40 minutes in length and one rolling start and one standing stand each weekend.
Bryan Herta Autosport recently announced a new partnership with Hyundai to field two Hyundai i30 N TCR class sedans in the 2018 Pirelli World Challenge (PWC) Touring Car road racing series. The TCR class makes its PWC debut in the US in 2018 after three years of TCR competition throughout the world.
Ending its Global Rallycross factory program after the 2014 season, Hyundai continued to race overseas in the aforementioned TCR class as well as in the World Rally Championship.
Bryan Herta Autosport, a two-time Indy 500-winning organization, will field two versions of Hyundai’s i30 N TCR race cars currently available only to customers in Europe.
Veteran PWC drivers Mark Wilkins of Toronto, Ont., Canada, and Michael Lewis of Laguna Beach, Calif., will drive the new Bryan Herta Autosport Hyundai i30 N TCR machines in the 12-race PWC TCR division in 2018.
“Hyundai is thrilled about the prospects for our new N branded racing team competing in the Touring Car Racing class of Pirelli World Challenge,” said Dean Evans, chief marketing officer, Hyundai Motor America. “Our new partnership with world-renowned Bryan Herta Autosport and their phenomenal drivers coupled with the proven capabilities of our Hyundai i30 N racers puts us in a great position for success in the 2018 TCR season.”
The TCR Series, originated in 2015, was marketed as a cost-effective spin-off of the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC), targeted at C-segment hatchbacks production-based touring cars. The title TCR follows the naming convention now used by the FIA to classify the vehicles that compete in touring car racing.
The PWC Touring Car divisions will compete in six doubleheader weekends (12 rounds total) beginning March 23-25 at the state-of-the-art Circuit of the Americas (COTA) followed by VIRginia International Raceway April 27-29, Lime Rock Park May 25-28, July 13-15, August 10-12 and Watkins Glen International Aug. 31-Sept. 2. Each TCR race will be 40 minutes in length and one rolling start and one standing stand each weekend.
