Neal joins Dunlop judging panel.
Back-to-back Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship title winner Matt Neal has been named as part of the training team and judging panel for the 2007 running of the Dunlop Race Academy.
The Race Academy is Dunlop's quest to unearth racing talent and sees entrants go through a series of stages with the overall winner securing a drive in the Dunlop celebrity SEAT Leon FR in the final rounds of the BARC/Dunlop Sport Maxx Cup as well as two nights for two at David Coulthard's swanky Columbus Hotel in majestic Monte Carlo with business class flights and helicopter/limo transfers.
Back-to-back Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship title winner Matt Neal has been named as part of the training team and judging panel for the 2007 running of the Dunlop Race Academy.
The Race Academy is Dunlop's quest to unearth racing talent and sees entrants go through a series of stages with the overall winner securing a drive in the Dunlop celebrity SEAT Leon FR in the final rounds of the BARC/Dunlop Sport Maxx Cup as well as two nights for two at David Coulthard's swanky Columbus Hotel in majestic Monte Carlo with business class flights and helicopter/limo transfers.
"The Dunlop Race Academy is an opportunity for people who love driving to experience the real life of a racing driver as they compete to race in a televised Dunlop Sport Maxx race before jetting off to Monaco for all the celebrity trappings," Dunlop's James Bailey said. "This year's link with the BARC/Dunlop Sport Maxx Cup will provide a genuine opportunity for talent to be displayed in our BTCC feeder series. We're also delighted to have Matt Neal join us as a judge and trainer at the final stage.
"The winner will race against some of the UK's top drivers in the BARC/Dunlop Sport Maxx Cup during the Dunlop Great and British Championship finals. The Dunlop Sport Maxx is a genuine stepping stone to the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship. We aim to entertain spectators with a wide range of cars from superminis such as Fiestas, Minis, Citroen Saxos and C2s doing battle with bigger coupes and hot hatches. We look forward to it becoming a popular attraction at Great and British Festivals."
In 2005, Simon Shaw from Warrington, won the Dunlop Race Academy and, in his first race at Silverstone, qualified sixth on the grid in the Ginetta G20.
Shaw went on to be a regular top eight runner, finishing fifth in monsoon conditions at Donington in May, and has just announced that he will compete in the Sport Maxx Cup this coming season in a Renault Clio.
For a chance to make it into the Dunlop Race Academy this summer, visit http://www.driversknow.co.uk.
