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Old 29 Feb 2008, 23:59 (Ref:2141249)   #1
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The Names of Racing Teams

It's not hard to figure out why Carlin Motorsport have the name they have (Trevor Carlin). Some are a bit more complicated and less obvious though - say Arden, which is named after the location where founder Christian Horner comes from, and Super Nova Racing is named after the Japanese Nova language schools. I thought we could use this topic to find explanations of where the team's names come from. I'll start off with several that has been bothering me:
  • What does ART and ASM stand for?
  • iSport?
  • Great Dane Racing (why on earth does an Italian team race under this name?
  • Trident?
  • BCN Competition?
  • Fortec Motorsport?
Some that I know the answer to:
  • KTR: Keerbergs Transport Racing (after Prosper Mollekens' trucking buisness I believe)
  • DAMS: Driot-Arnoux Motorsport (Jean-Paul Driot and René Arnoux)
  • ISR: Igor Salaquarda Racing
Please add what you know!
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Old 1 Mar 2008, 01:09 (Ref:2141282)   #2
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BCN was formerly known as barcelona competition.
Maybe BarCeloNa competition?

Meaning of trident is a spear with three prongs.
It comes from that the team consists of three principal.
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Old 1 Mar 2008, 02:22 (Ref:2141301)   #3
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I'll hazard a guess and say Fortec is simply Formula Technology - it's just a guess though.

Some probably don't have a meaning - I don't think iSport is born out of something as it was originally (of sorts) Den Bla Avis. Putting i at the front of something just seems to be all the rage these days!
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Maybe Great Dane wanted to be be big and scary?
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Maybe Great Dane wanted to be be big and scary?
No, they needed a name and therefor chose the name of that dog...
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Old 1 Mar 2008, 08:56 (Ref:2141375)   #6
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JB Motorsport: Jonge Belgen Motorsport (Young Belgians) Formerly JB standed for founder Jacques Bruynooghe, but after ex DTM driver Yves Olivier and his father took over the team, they changed the meaning of JB.

BCN Competicion: I think the B stands for "Barcelona"
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BCN Competicion: I think the B stands for "Barcelona"
It cames from the aviation code for the airport of Barcelona, that is: BCN
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I'll hazard a guess and say Fortec is simply Formula Technology - it's just a guess though.
A logical guess, but not right! Fortec was an abbreviation of 'four technicians' when it started in the late 1980s, running in the much-missed Formula Forward!
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Damn - I like my reasoning better! Haha!
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http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/ART_Grand_Prix
ART and ASM seem to be acronyms but it of it is nothing. Cedric Vasseur often had the occasion to recall that these letters do not have any significance and had been randomly selected
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Old 2 Mar 2008, 06:05 (Ref:2141956)   #11
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for me give ur guys some meaning of Asian teams

TOM'S - Tachi Oiwa M's(Motorsport)
DTM - Dyna Ten Motorsports
ARTA - AUTOBACS RACING TEAM AGURI
ART - Asia Racing Team
FRD - Formula Racing Devolopment
PTRS - Ping Tzuo Racing Spirit
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funny to see that TOM'S does not mean TOyota MOtorSport
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