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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">SEAT CUPRA CHAMPIONSHIP</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2">26/01/2004</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="4">Prize Fund Increased </FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="3">Over £650,000 To Be Won</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><img border="1" src="Storage/seatoulthuffr03.jpg"></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">The SEAT Cupra Championship is not only about the overall champion. The drivers that finish 2nd, 3rd and 4th share scholarship awards of £75,000 for them to put towards their budgets for the 2005 SEAT Cupra Championship, making a two year push for the touring car seat a realistic goal for any budding newcomer. The £75,000 is split as follows: 2nd receives £30,000, 3rd wins £25,000 and the 4th placed driver gets £20,000.<BR> <BR> In addition, each of the 20 drivers receives £100 start money for each of the 12 races, while each race has a prize fund of £2,000 – increasing the overall fund by nearly £50,000.<BR> <BR> The one person who appreciates the value of the top prize more than anyone else is the 2003 Holiday Inn SEAT Cupra Champion, Rob Huff, who won his works drive with SEAT Sport UK in this year’s Green Flag MSA British Touring Car Championship – driving a SEAT Toledo Cupra alongside team-mate Jason Plato (the 2001 BTCC Champion).<BR> <BR> Huff said: “Take it from me, the SEAT Cupra Championship offers a driver the best opportunity to progress their career in British motorsport. In twelve races you can leap from being an amateur to being a professional works touring car driver. For an ambitious young driver that is worth more than anything else. Quite simply, contesting the SEAT Cupra Championship was undoubtedly the best season I’ve ever had in motorsport - and just about the best year of my life so far.”<BR> <BR> The 12 round 2004 SEAT Cupra Championship, which is held over six ‘double header’ race weekends, starts at Brands Hatch on April 24/25.<BR> <BR> <B>2004 SEAT Cupra Championship prize fund</B><BR> <BR> Approx. value of 1st prize £500,000<BR> <BR> 2005 salary £30,000<BR> <BR> 2nd place £30,000<BR> <BR> 3rd place £25,000<BR> <BR> 4th place £20,000<BR> <BR> Total start money £24,000<BR> <BR> Total race prize fund £24,000<BR> <BR> <B>OVERALL TOTAL £653,000 plus Company Car</B><BR> <BR> <BR> </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>