Gow to make comeback in Citroen C1
CITROEN C1 CHALLENGE
British Touring Car Championship series director Alan Gow will return to competition later this season when he takes part in the Citroen C1 24-hour race at Rockingham on May 12-13.
The Australian will team up with threetime World Touring Car champion Andy Priaulx, Priaulx’s son Seb – who won a race on his maiden weekend in British Formula 4 at Brands Hatch (see p75) – and friend Richard Solomons to tackle the event.
Gow said he was looking forward to the challenge: “I love 24-hour races. I used to regularly compete in the 2CV 24 Hours and I won it in 1999 at Mondello Park. I have history! I have also finished second and third in the 2CVS.
“With Andy, Seb and Richard in the car, I think we have the dream team – although that might be me putting the pressure on the others in the crew. It’s an event we’ll just enjoy and the results aren’t necessarily that important.”
Gow’s last 24-hour race was the Britcar race at Silverstone in 2007, but the BMW he was sharing failed to finish after mechanical problems. Gow’s last sprint race was in the Scottish Mini Cooper Cup, also in ’07, when he was disqualified for having the wrong combination of tyres on his car.