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Autosport Magazine have awarded the Ginetta G50 number one spot in their ‘Top 10 Cars of the Year’ in this week’s Christmas bumper issue! (18-25th December 2008)
The G50’s inaugural year closes having enjoyed a successful one-make Championship launch, a GT4 Championship dominance, completion of a 24 hour race and expansion into Europe.
Over seventy G50 chassis have been built since the first customer cars were delivered in February this year. In the same issue, a story highlighting the intent of the latest G50 model – the G50Z, is an indication of what 2009 has in store for the versatile sportscar.
Texaco Havoline Ginetta Championship frontrunners Spencer McCarthy and Kieran Vernon line up second in the ‘Rivalries of the Year’ as recognition for the edge-of-the-seat racing the pair have provided all season.
Other Ginetta drivers get noted in the ‘National Drivers of the Year’ category with Ginetta Junior Champion Dino Zamparelli in at 9th and former Ginetta Junior Champion yet current Ginetta G50 Champion Nigel Moore is three spots higher in 6th place.
Congratulations also to former Ginetta Junior Graham Carroll who wins the ‘Club Driver of the Year’ accolade.
Autosport’s sister publication Motorsport News also highlights Ginetta’s best ever racing season. The Ginetta Junior ranks at number two in the ‘Championship of the Year’ – only headed by the HiQ British Touring Car Championship.
Nigel Moore is up there once more in the ‘Saloon/Sportscar Driver of the Year’ taking runner up spot, sandwiched between winner Fabrizio Giovanardi and fellow BTCC racer Mat Jackson.
Moore’s also highlighted in the ‘Stars of the Season’ feature plus G50 memories relived in the MN staff’s highlights of the year.
• Both Autosport and Motorsport News are bumper double issues over the Festive period and are available at all good newsagents.
