Amanda Flanagan from Crowne Plaza Dundalk sitting in the Leastone Formula Vee of Brendan O’Brien
With less than two weeks to go until the flag drops for the first race of the motor racing season, Crowne Plaza Dundalk has been announced as the title sponsor to the National Formula Vee Championship. This partnership marks Crowne Plaza Dundalk’s continuation of a relationship which began at the start of 2013.
The Formula Vee class races at the Mondello Park, Kirkistown and Bishopscourt motor racing circuits with races being streamed live from the track to all corners of the globe via Mondello.tv.
Crowne Plaza Dundalk’s general manager, Niamh Murphy said” “Crowne Plaza Dundalk are delighted to be a sponsor of Formula Vee once again”.
Ivan Casey of Formula Vee Ireland said: “We are delighted to have Crowne Plaza Dundalk back with us for the 2014 season. Over the winter, we’ve seen good growth within our class and having a prestigious partner like Crowne Plaza Dundalk back with us helps to ensure that our racing class grows from strength to strength while at the same time delivering opportunities to Crowne Plaza.”
Formula Vee Ireland also announced a partnership with Finol Oils whose Finol Star of Tomorrow Championship will be run for newcomers to Formula Vee. The winner of this championship will receive a test and race in the 150mph Leastone Formula 1000.
Also returning to Formula Vee Ireland in 2014 is VW Spares who will sponsor the Highest Grid Mover award at each championship round.
County Kildare’s Mondello Park Racing Circuit and County Down’s Kirkistown Racing Circuit will sponsor awards for the Fastest Race Lap at each of their respective tracks.
The first Crowne Plaza National Formula Vee Championship race of the season takes place on April 13th at Mondello Park.
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