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Superstars Chrysler 300C SRT8 by Zakspeed
Zakspeed is developing a racing version of the Chrysler 300C SRT8 for the Italian Superstars series. The car will be introduced to press and public at the Essen Motor Show. Testing starts in the beginning of 2008.
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Very very nice!!
Some of these races have been shown on our shores this year, fields have been abit thin, but i see plenty of potential in it from an excitement point of view. |
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Cool. Nice brick! They should put the "Bentley" grill on it though!
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Good to see the Superstars field growing. Definantly a series with potential, would like to see them run two races per weekend though.
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would be cool if they extended to a european level. Especialy a race at Knockhill
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But does Zakspeed have DC blessing or will the 300 end up being another Volvo C70 situation?
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I thought zakspeed had gone bust and was out of business?
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That looks very nice indeed. To bad it's for that Italian series and not for DTM
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AFAIK Superstars tries to expand into Europe. They had one race this year in Germany and the press release said they plan to have three German races next year.
They struggle to fill their grids with Italian teams only (mostly only a dozen of cars from what I see at their homepage), so bringing teams from germany or Benelux in, might be a good idea. |
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Superstars isn't DTM, so I can't see why they would need manufacteror blessing to race there.
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According autosport.nl the name of the car is "Zakspeed 300C SRT" and do they not use the name Chrysler. With silhouette cars there are often problems with aproval from manufacturers (see V8Stars), but SuperStars cars are based on production cars so I don't see a problem to use the name Chrysler. But maybe it's a mistake from autosport.nl, according the same article SuperStars cars are silhouettes.
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Do 300c's race in any other series in US or europe, Japan??
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Chrysler should be happy to see its 300C in motorsport, I never thoght taht one day I will see it in racing LOL !
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The 300C is used as the Safety car for V8 SUpercars. Tis about it.
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Someone is constructing one as a drag car here in Australia too
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