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147 GTA's to compete in Australia in 2004
Malvern Motorsport and Monza Motors have joined forces
to form “GTA Racing” to run two of the sensational new Alfa
Romeo 147 GTA’s in the Procar GT Performance Series. The team has
the support of John Blair Alfa Romeo, Australia’s number 1 Alfa Romeo
Dealer, and is currently in negotiation with other sponsors.
Fitted with Alfa’s legendary 250 HP 3.2 ltr quad cam
V6, the Alfa Romeo 147 GTA is a product of a rich motorsport heritage
and sets new benchmarks in style and performance. The 147 GTA has been
hailed as a “thorough job” with race car emotion making it a
perfect fit with the GTP Category.
The team has engaged drivers Scott Farquharson and Hugh
Harrison, both successful competitors and long time Alfa stalwarts.
Vice President of the Alfa Romeo Owners Club, Scott is
a regular competitor in the Sportscar category of the Victorian State
Motor Racing Championships in an Alfa Romeo GTV6 where last year he finished
3rd in his class and has several Winton 6Hr finishes under his belt. Scott
also races the ex-Gulson Dulux Alfa Romeo GTV6 2.5ltr in the national
Historic Group C Touring Cars category. After winning his class in 2002,
Scott is again leading his class this year and running an impressive 2nd
outright against the big thumping V8s.
Hugh is a two time Victorian Sports Sedan Champion, State
Race Series Champion and lap record holder at Rob Roy Hillclimb driving
the ex-Alan Jones/Colin Bond Ignis Alfa Romeo GTV6. He also plans campaign
the car in the now Historic Group A category. An endurance specialist
with a talent for bring the car home in one piece while delivering hot
laps when it counts, Hugh has 3 wins from a dozen Winton 6 Hour starts
and last year was a finisher in the gruelling inaugural Bathurst 24 Hour
in the Donut King Car. As a result, he has been invited back to drive
this year.
“We have both been looking at competing in the GTP
series for some time, but to be able to do it in the hottest Alfa for
some time is fantastic for us” said Scott.
“I have raced Alfa’s for years, and I think this
147 GTA looks like it has the potential to be a real race winner”
added Hugh.
The Alfa Romeo 147 GTA’s are currently on their way
to the Malvern Motorsport workshops where they will be stripped and rebuilt
to GTP specifications prior to their Australian competition debut. Look
out for them in the 2004 championship.
For further information on the cars or the team,
please call Scott on (03) 9720 6228 or Hugh on (03) 9720 4442.
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