Team NZ Motorsport is pleased to announce that they will be kicking off their 2017 racing programme straight after New Year, gearing up to contest the final two rounds of the Asian Le Mans Series 2016/2017 season, in Buriram (8-10 January) and Sepang (23-24 January).
Graeme Dowsett and John Curran will be in the #77 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup for both races while Thai driver Paul Kanjanapas will join the team for the 4-hour race in Buriram.
Kiwi driver Graeme Dowsett commented, “I’m really looking forward to the upcoming event and the 4-hour platform. Welcoming new sponsors Nam Aik, FC and Pioneer as well as Thai Porsche driver Paul Kanjanapas. All three of us have local track knowledge and 12-hour experience giving us a good starting base for setup and race lap times. Should be loads of fun al-a-carte Team NZ style.”
Contesting the ‘second half’ of the Asian Le Mans 2016/2017 season was a logical step for Team NZ coming off the back of winning last summer’s three-round/6-race Asian Le Mans Sprint Cup ‘GT Cup’. It proved to be a superb entry into the inaugural ‘Sprint Cup’ with the team comprehensively winning the Drivers’ and Teams’ championship after claiming victory in five of the six races despite stiff opposition.
The team had been planning to round the racing year out last month by joining the 10th anniversary edition of the Bangsaen Thailand Speed Festival, the street racing jewel in the crown of Thai motorsport, promoted by Thailand Super Series. But the late rescheduling of that event gave them a useful break in proceedings and now sets them up nicely to join the prestigious Asian Le Mans Series which has grown in just its second year into one of the top sportscar championships in the world and grids approaching 30 racecars are expected in Buriram and Sepang.
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