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QUAIFE ENGINEERING TO SPONSOR FIESTA CHAMPIONSHIP

At a recent meeting on Tuesday 19 January 2016, a deal was struck between Michael Quaife of RT Quaife Engineering Ltd and Kevin Shortis (Ford Racing UK) which will see the Quaife name headline as the title sponsor for what will become the Quaife Fiesta Championship.

The deal will see Quaife provide every registered competitor with a Quaife differential unit free of charge. The units will be supplied on behalf of Ford Racing UK to, then, issued by, Daniels Motorsport, but only to registered competitors of the Championship.

This important deal will look to continue by mutual consent after this season as well. Helpfully, Quaife realise that not all competitors will have the knowledge or resource to fit the differential unit so they have generously offered to give a free fitting service if competitor delivers the appropriate gearbox to Quaife’s Sevenoaks, Kent base for fitting. Additionally Quaife will supply two extra units to teams to have in gearboxes at the race events to use as spares should the need arise. The proviso will be that the teams must be running at least 4 – 6 race Fiestas.

It is understood the deal will also include the BRSCC Fiesta Junior Championship drivers under a separate agreement.

Commenting on the deal, Kevin Shortis of Ford Racing UK said, ‘This deal was really down to Fiesta Junior driver Ben Swift who cheekily approached Michael Quaife at the Autosport Show for personal sponsorship. Alas, the request was turned down but them Michael Quaife came up with this deal. Whilst the Fiesta Championship will not gain financially, I am so pleased that all my competitors will benefit to the tune of many hundreds of pounds worth of free product.’

The Fiesta Championship has been running since 1997 as a Club Championship when Ford asked Kevin Shortis to take on the redundant Fiesta Si class which was to be replaced by the then new Fiesta 1400 Zetec. The Fiesta Championship was the second highest performing average grid in 2015 of all the Championships/Series where the BRSCC obtain the race permit.

 

The new deal gives the Fiesta Championship valuable support for 2016 – Photo: Rachel Bourne