{"id":14309,"date":"2018-03-29T17:35:05","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T17:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/?p=14309"},"modified":"2018-03-29T17:35:05","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T17:35:05","slug":"caterham-is-california-dreaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/03\/29\/caterham-is-california-dreaming\/","title":{"rendered":"CATERHAM IS CALIFORNIA DREAMING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/news_caterham.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-14310\" src=\"https:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/news_caterham-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Caterham Cars is crossing the pond to one of the USA\u2019s most famous race circuits, Laguna Seca, for\u00a0the inaugural Caterham Challenge Cup (CCC), over the weekend of December 1 &amp; 2, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>New to Caterham this year, the one-off race weekend is being billed as the ultimate climax to the Caterham Motorsport racing calendar and is the first manufacturer to offer drivers from a club championship in the UK the chance to compete in an exclusive event on American soil.<\/p>\n<p>Olympic cycling legend Sir Chris Hoy has become the first competitor to sign up for the trip and will be one of around thirty drivers participating in this once in a lifetime opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>The four-day event package available to club racers includes two days of exclusive open pitlane testing on the Thursday and Friday before four races over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Built in 1957, the lucky racing drivers will race on the eleven-turn, 2.2-mile world-class circuit. The Californian track has hosted numerous two and four-wheel racing events including American Le Mans Series, Superbike World Championship and MotoGP.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13413\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13413\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/steve_says_caterham_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-13413\" src=\"https:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/steve_says_caterham_1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13413\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sir Chris Hoy was the first Caterham racer to sign-up for the Laguna Seca race<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While the track is a favourite of racers and fans worldwide, it\u2019s the well-known \u2018Corkscrew\u2019 section of the track which will have Caterham drivers chomping at the bit as they get ready to descend an eye-watering 59ft \u2013 the equivalent of a 5\u00bd storey drop \u2013 in just 450ft.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the race was announced I signed up instantly,\u201d said Sir Chris Hoy. \u201cWhat an adventure it will be and what a way to finish off the 2018 racing calendar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Simon Lambert, Caterham Motorsport Director, added: \u201cIf we were to put a sporting analogy to the Caterham Challenge Cup, this is our World Cup Final for Caterham Motorsport. It will be the pinnacle, the climax to our racing season. It\u2019s a huge deal to us and we want it to be for our drivers, too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only thing I\u2019m disappointed about is we have to wait to December to take part.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To register your interest contact Abi Hay, Senior Championship Coordinator via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caterhamcars.com\">www.caterhamcars.com<\/a> <strong>ENDS.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Caterham Cars is crossing the pond to one of the USA\u2019s most famous race circuits, Laguna Seca, for\u00a0the inaugural Caterham Challenge Cup (CCC), over the <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/03\/29\/caterham-is-california-dreaming\/\" title=\"CATERHAM IS CALIFORNIA DREAMING\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14309\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}