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<body> <Table Width="550" border="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" cellpadding="0"><TR><TD Width="35"><IMG SRC="//www.totalmotorsport.com/images/spacer.gif" WIDTH="35" HEIGHT="1"></td><td> <CENTER><Table border="0" width="100%"> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="5">FIA SPORTSCAR CHAMPIONSHIP</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2">17/11/2000</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="4">Prospects</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="3">For The New FIA Championship</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="1">  </FONT></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2"> Although the Kyalami event seems likely to have a reduced turn out on November 26, prospects for the newly-named FIA Sportscar Championship are looking very promising for 2001.<BR> <BR> Gabriele Rafanelli is turning his back on single seaters and extending the sportscar side of his operation to enter two or three cars in the FIA SCC. One of these is likely to be the Gunther Blieninger R&S, which has been running during 1999 as a ‘Pole Team’ entry, with Rafanelli-developed bodywork. This car ran at Vallelunga last weekend. Reynard will be represented in the senior class with a 2KQ run by Redman Bright for Mark Smithson and Peter Owen, who move up from the Lights class. There are suggestions that two more Reynards could join the series for the second half. Lola and Courage (Pescarolo) are expected to be represented.<BR> <BR> The new Dome should race in the 2001 series, while another new chassis will be the carbon-tubbed car being developed by Fabio Montani’s R&M. Four chassis are being laid down. Giuseppe Angiulli’s new chassis is to be called a Promec and this is expected to debut at Monza.<BR> <BR> The Lights class will see the entry of a Pilbeam by Rowan Racing for Martin O’Connell and Warren Carway, while Tampollis should run under the managership of Roy Baker and Chuck McCarty, plus the regular factory cars. Stanley Dickens enters his Lola B2K/40 Nissan at Kyalami, before embarking on a full series next year.<BR> <BR> The last round of 2000 will see only 15 cars on the grid, but these will be bolstered by South African Wesbank V8 saloons and VSP SportsRacers. Daytona is no longer part of the 2001 FIA SCC schedule, as the FIA series will require cars to have passed a crash test. Daytona allows the entry of cars that haven’t passed a crash test. It isn’t all sweetness and light when associated with the FIA. A few regular SRWC cars are still likely to race at Daytona, such as the Calderari Ferrari 333SP.</FONT></TD></TR> </TABLE><BR> </CENTER> <BR><CENTER><font size="1" color="#808080" face="Tahoma">Copyright ©2000-©2023 TotalMotorSport</font></CENTER> </td> </tr> </table> </body>