Back-to-back Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship title winner Matt Neal has been named as part of th﷽e training team and judging panel for the 2𓆉007 running of the Dunlop Race Academy.

Th🦩e 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 celeb൲rity 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 B꧒ARC/Dunlop Sport Maxx Cup will provꦯide 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 w💙ith 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 si♈xth 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 haﷺs just announced that he will compete in the Sport Maxx Cup this coming season in a﷽ Renault Clio.

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