Zoom A sought-after car indeed

BFGoodrich is delighted with the success of the 2008 BFGoodrich Drivers Team operation in the Czech Republic. By the closing date for applications on July 15, the Mediasport agency had received 24 dossiers from crews wishing to fly the BFGoodrich Drivers Team's colours on the forthcoming Barum Rally Zlin which will be held from August 22 to 24.

On July 24, at Prague, the local media will take part in a secret vote to select the crew that will be given the opportunity to contest the Czech Republic's round of the IRC, the sixth of the season.

The BFGoodrich Drivers Team is an operation which sets out to give talented drivers a chance to contest their home round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. All competition licence holders are eligible to apply, irrespective of age or experience.

The selected driver will be entered in a third Kronos-run Peugeot 207 Super 2000, alongside Kronos Racing's Freddy Loix and Nicolas Vouilloz, and with all the technical support and professionalism necessary for this type of car.

A shortlist of five drivers will be drawn up by BFGoodrich and Kronos Racing. Then, on July 24, a panel of Czech Republic journalists will take part in a secret vote to select the crew that will be given the opportunity to contest the Czech Republic's round of the IRC.

On August 8, a test session will be organised in Belgium to enable the crew to familiarise itself with the Peugeot 207 S2000 and also maximise its chances of figuring well in the final classification of the 2008 Barum Rally Zlin.

"During the last Ypres Rally in Belgium the BFGoodrich Drivers Team was a big success," said BFGoodrich Competition Director Frédéric Henry-Biabaud, referring to Patrick Snijer's fifth overall place at Rally Ypres.

"We are obviously very pleased, too, with the way the third step of this innovative scheme is going in the Czech Republic," he added.

"For BFGoodrich, it is a chance to underpin our attachment to rallying through the support the operation gives to the drivers of the different countries involved. It is a major commitment," Henry-Biabaud concluded.

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