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The '''Rejects Touring Car Championship''' is an international Touring Car championship. The series originally started in [[1998 Rejects Touring Car Championship season|1998]] but after it's inaugural campaign it stalled for 17 years (due to series organiser [[Herrmann Mann]] being sent to prison) before returning in [[2015 Rejects Touring Car Championship season|2015]]. | The '''Rejects Touring Car Championship''' is an international Touring Car championship. The series originally started in [[1998 Rejects Touring Car Championship season|1998]] but after it's inaugural campaign it stalled for 17 years (due to series organiser [[Herrmann Mann]] being sent to prison) before returning in [[2015 Rejects Touring Car Championship season|2015]]. | ||
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| + | The '''1998 Rejects Touring Car Championship season''' was the inaugural season of the [[Rejects Touring Car Championship|RTCC]], featuring cars used in the British Touring Car Championhip from the same year. The series was formed by a breakaway group from the BTCC, with shady German businessman [[Herrmann Mann]] at the helm. Hermann is also known for being the driving force behind the 1989 F1 Team Onyx, holding lavish parties (with plenty of Jagermeister) and having the same name as successful F1RWRS drivers [[Douglas Mann|Douglas]] and [[Pippa Mann]]. The series was to visit tracks across Europe and Australia, with non-championship 24 hour race at the Manx TT and a Touring Rockingham 200 endurance race. However, the series collapsed after just four races into the season when Mann was arrested due to various drug and bribery charges (the latter apparently to cover-up and allow the then WMSC-suspended [[Robert Anderson]] to race). | ||
Revision as of 09:40, 7 May 2013
The Rejects Touring Car Championship is an international Touring Car championship. The series originally started in 1998 but after it's inaugural campaign it stalled for 17 years (due to series organiser Herrmann Mann being sent to prison) before returning in 2015.
1998 season
The 1998 Rejects Touring Car Championship season was the inaugural season of the RTCC, featuring cars used in the British Touring Car Championhip from the same year. The series was formed by a breakaway group from the BTCC, with shady German businessman Herrmann Mann at the helm. Hermann is also known for being the driving force behind the 1989 F1 Team Onyx, holding lavish parties (with plenty of Jagermeister) and having the same name as successful F1RWRS drivers Douglas and Pippa Mann. The series was to visit tracks across Europe and Australia, with non-championship 24 hour race at the Manx TT and a Touring Rockingham 200 endurance race. However, the series collapsed after just four races into the season when Mann was arrested due to various drug and bribery charges (the latter apparently to cover-up and allow the then WMSC-suspended Robert Anderson to race).
