Calling all owners of race-ready Audis. BMWs and Mercedes-Benz, the new Deutsche Cup category is for you.
The brainchild of local motorsport preparation specialist, Paul Weir, the Deutsche Cup has been set up to cater for drivers – and fans – with a passion for the classic German tin-top marques.
Though one – BMW – is well-catered for with its own marque series already, the others, Audi and Mercedes Benz, have, so far anyway, been left out in the cold.
“Which is silly,” says Weir, “particularly when you look at the options you have if you own a Holden, a Ford, even a Honda! But if you have a Mercedes-Benz or Audi of any description, your options have – up until now – been limited, to say the least.
“Think of the DTM (The German Touring Car Championship, or Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft) in its heyday. That’s what I’ve got in mind for the Deutsche Cup, a platform for the premier German tin-top brands to race against each other.”
Weir has been working on the concept for a number of years now and believes the time is now right for a catch-all Deutsche Cup category.
“For a start it gives all the guys with BMWs another option, and there are already a number of Mercedes-Benz and Audis currently doing things like Targa which will be eligible straight away. Hopefully once we’ve had our ‘proof of concept’ meeting in November people will see what we are getting at and jump on board.”
The Deutsche Cup category will join a number of others on the programme at the Historic Racing Club’s big 2K Cup Challenge meeting on Saturday and Sunday November 24 & 25.
Rather than being car or class-based, Weir will split the entry into speed groups based on lap times with trophies for each group and the Deutsche Cup for the overall winner.
To enter, go to HRC events at www.hrcevents.co.nz or for more information you can email Paul Weir at paul.weir@hotmail.com or txt/talk to him on 0275 850 718.
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