Speedworks Motorsport is a British

United Kingdom

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 motor racing team based in Sandbach

Sandbach

Sandbach is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The civil parish contains four settlements; Sandbach itself, Elworth, Ettiley Heath and Wheelock....

, Cheshire

Cheshire

Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow...

. The team was formed in 2005 by Christian and Amy Dick.

History

Speedworks Motorsport first started racing in the MaX5 Racing Series, before switching to Ginetta racing in 2007. In 2011 they enter a Corvette in the British GT Championship

British GT Championship

The Avon Tyres British GT Championship is a sports car racing series currently based in the United Kingdom, although they have had select races outside of Britain in the past few years. The series was created by the British Racing Drivers' Club in 1993 and for its first two seasons was called the...

. They also become one of the first teams to compete with a full Next Generation Touring Car

Next Generation Touring Car

Next Generation Touring Car, also known as NGTC, is a TOCA specification and classification for production based race cars. The specification covers touring car racing. The goal of the NGTC classification is to allow more manufacturers and privateers to race by reducing the cost of a competitive...

 specification car in the British Touring Car Championship

British Touring Car Championship

The British Touring Car Championship is a touring car racing series held each year in the United Kingdom. The Championship was established in 1958 as the British Saloon Car Championship and has run to various rules over the years – "production cars", then FIA Group 1 or 2 in the late 1960s...

. They enter a Toyota Avensis

Toyota Avensis

The Toyota Avensis is a large family car built in Derbyshire, United Kingdom by Japanese carmaker Toyota since 1997. It is the direct successor to the Carina E and is available as a four-door saloon, five-door liftback and estate...

 for Tony Hughes

Tony Hughes (racing driver)

Tony Hughes is a British auto racing driver and businessman. He is the managing director of Hughes Safety Showers.-Racing career:...

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External links

• Official site