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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">PRIVILEGE INSURANCE BRITISH GT CHAMPIONSHIP</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2">24/03/2001</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="4">Eclipse Motorsport</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="3">Drivers</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><img border="1" src="Storage/portDrivPRI.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"> Chris Pollard at Eclipse Motorsport confirms that the driver pairings for the team's Mantis GTOs at Silverstone are Shane Bland and Jacky van der Ende in #69 and Shane Lynch and Michael Mallock in #68.<BR> <BR> "The deals with van der Ende, Lynch and Mallock are all for Silverstone only, though having been testing with Jacky recently the team is optimistic that a deal for the season will emerge."<BR> <BR> Jacky van der Ende showed his GT pace in a couple of Esprit drives for Will Gollop three years ago. He made the GT(2) Esprit fly then, so expect some serious antics from the Dutchman at Silverstone. Michael Mallock reckons that he and Shane Lynch (of Boyzone) are really fired up and their aim is "to finish the race as a front running Mantis." Michael is of course the son of Ray Mallock.<BR> <BR> Car #69 is last year's GTO, updated in engine, gearbox, diff, suspension and exhaust system. Car #68, Shane Bland's Mantis Championship-winning chassis, is upgraded to GTO spec, and features all the same mods made to #69 with the exception of the engine. At present #68 is likely to race with the 4.6 Mantis Challenge-spec engine.<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>