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Aaron Slight - PRESS RELEASE
SLIGHT MONARO:
The Kiwi with aussie muscle takes on the Europeans…
Slight Advantage Management is delighted to announce the signing of the
contract between
Ex World Superbike Championship rider New Zealander Aaron Slight and
Motorsport team Emotional
Engineering to compete in the British GT and European ACO series in the
Vauxhall Monaro.
2004 British GT Series will see the Monaro CV8 in action in a carefully
planned racing programme,
With its racing pedigree already firmly established in the Southern
Hemisphere the enlightened
decision of Vauxhall (General Motors/ Holden) to race the Monaro in selected
rounds of the
British GT and European ACO Series, is sure to add impetus to its
performance credentials. The
racing GT version will be prepared and raced by Surrey-based Emotional
Engineering Ltd. EE-sport.com
Aaron Slight, World Superbike championship runner up (Bio @ www.aaronslight.co.uk)
\"Rear wheel drive, Big horsepower V8 and it\'s a Monaro! What a great
recipe.... After investing a couple of years in touring cars, this is the best payback.
Allen (EE) and
Tubbs (SAM) have now invested a
lot of time putting the entire package together, and it is looking very very
good...Let the GT
racing a#se kickin commence!\"
Tubbs Wanigasekera, Director, Slight Advantage Management (SAM): \" This is
an exciting opportunity for Aaron to be racing a rear wheel drive supercar.
The Monaro will suit Aaron\'s driving style, as he drove an Australian Holden
V8 supercar before and absolutely enjoyed the experience. After months of
detailed negotiations, Aaron and I look forward to working with EE-sport,
Vauxhall/Holden and their exciting motorsport campaign ahead in Europe \"
Allen Orchard, Managing Director, Emotional Engineering (EE): “We are raring
to go and have
assembled a team of highly skilled professionals in the form of Engineers,
marketers and high profile
and hugely experienced drivers capable of winning races and supporting
Vauxhall in its marketing
push. The Monaro is an awesome beast as its performance in winning the
inaugural Bathurst 24 hour
Nations Cup demonstrated. We are also pleased to have obtained the services
World Superbike
Championship rider Aaron Slight, who will be one of the talented drivers.\"
Racing in Europe will provide the platform from which to demonstrate to a
wider audience the
performance capabilities and technical excellence of the Monaro. The launch
of the Vauxhall Monaro
road car will coincide during the 2004 race season.
