MAN trucks will be the dr💯iving force behind the St🦂one Brothers Racing team transport systems in 2006 after signing on as a sponsor of the team this week.

MAN Automotive Imports will provide the prime movers for the SBR B-Double trailer and the SBR merchandise trailer, with team manager Ross Stone admitting the support of this 'behind the ༒scenes' aspect of the sport is invaluable.

"To have the support of a company such as MAN, that prides itself on quality of p𒈔roduct and service, is of enormous benefit to SBR," he said. "We work on such tight timeframes throughout the championship season that the reliability of a team's transport system is paramount. Lateness is not an option and we have absolute confidence that MAN's prime movers will do the job."

MAN Automotive imports marketing manager Don Hanson said he was pleased with the ass🍰ociation with the SBR team.

"MAN has a long association with Motorsport in Europe, and we are proud to be a sponsor of SBR, the number one V8 Supercar team in Australia's greatest motor sport category," he said. "The MAN trucks of the SBR team offer world-leading technology and will provide the SBR team truck drivers with superior comfor꧅t, enhanced safety systems and proven reliability."

Fully loaded, SBR's B-Double trailer tips the scales at 54 tonne and the merchandise trailer weighs in at 26 tonne. Th🍨e truck and trailer combinations will be powered by MAN's TG-A 26.530 and TG-A 26.480 prime movers respectively.

SBR's two trucks will do approximately 40,000 kilometres during the year and spend about 650 hours on th♛e road between events.