The UK's hottest music property The Darkness have put their name on aDays of Thunder race car for the 2004 season at Rockingham.
Following their appearance on the Rockingham stage last August,Lowestoft's favourite sons have taken the British music industry bystorm and Rockingham have maintained a close relationship with the band.At the Thunder at the Rock event last year, Roland Rehfeld's car wassponsored by The Darkness in a one race meeting deal. The Darknessagreed that they would like to see this happen again in 2004 and so TeamDarkness was born.
Kidd Richardson Racing's Shaun Richardson is extremely pleased at thenews "The Darkness is a monster brand to put on our car and this deal isfantastic news for us and the series. I am positive we will do the bandproud this year and look forward to bringing the car home at the fronton May 2nd!"
Rockingham has continued to work closely with The Darkness since lastyear and even provided a 1969 Ford Mustang - complete with flames andDarkness logos - for the band to arrive in style at the recent BRITs,where they picked up three awards, including Best Album for their smashhit 'Permission to Land'.
The Darkness will get to see their car this weekend when a specialphotocall has been arranged with the team on their return from theirrecent successful trip to America.
The fans will get their first opportunity to see the new car when TeamDarkness takes to the track on Sunday 2nd May for the first meeting ofthe 2004 season.
Over 20 Cars For First Days of Thunder Event
With just one week to go to the opening Days of Thunder event atRockingham, the final touches are being put to the teams and drivers whowill compete for the coveted 2004 title.
Twenty-one cars are scheduled to take to the grid on Sunday 2nd May,with sponsors including top names such as NEC, The Darkness, TexacoHavoline, Virgin Experiences, learndirect, Autocar Magazine andCrash.net, with more in the pipeline.
No - DRIVER - TEAM2 Shaun RICHARDSON KRR / Team Darkness5 Rob SPEAK Team Turn Four7 Mike LUCK Team 24:7 Motorsport8 Chris COOKE learndirect Team West-Tec11 Skid CARRERA KRR / Freephone / Legs 1117 Tony KING Kent Pharmaceuticals/Torquespeed19 John HIGGINS Renegade Racing20 Steve HOBDAY Renegade Racing25 Ian MCKELLAR Jnr Dsi AnyDoc / Torquespeed26 Anthony SWAN Torquespeed28 Michael VERGERS NEC Team West-Tec42 Ben COLLINS Team Texaco Havoline75 John STEWARD Virgin Experiences/Steward Racing77 Phil WEAVER Team Catchpole78 Colin WHITE CWS Racing79 Malcolm CLEIN CWS Racing88 Oliver PLAYLE Team West-TecTBA Chris HARRIS Team AutocarTBA TBA TorquespeedTBA TBA TorquespeedTBA Stevie HODGSON Hodgson Motorsport
