Gigglepin Racing bids for third European off-road title

Summarised from BBC Kent's report · Updated 9 Oct, 11:31 · Archive

Tonbridge-based Gigglepin Racing are competing for their third European off-road endurance racing title this week in Portugal.

Gigglepin Racing are fighting for their third European title this week in Portugal. The Tonbridge-based team, founded on the winches they manufacture in Hildenborough, competes in Ultra4 Europe, a six-race all-terrain series where specially made 4x4s navigate deserts, rainforests, rivers, boulders and near-vertical gradients.

Driver Jim Marsden, who has raced with Gigglepin since 2000, described off-road endurance racing as 'motorsport's dirty secret'. 'People have this idea that it's guys in high-vis vests standing around a muddy puddle, but the sport has literally millions of fans all over the world,' he said. Gigglepin have achieved over 100 wins and two European titles during Marsden's tenure. They sit second in the current standings, meaning they can secure a third title at the final race of the season.

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• Kent team boosts profile of motorsport's 'secret' raceTonbridge-based Gigglepin Racing is vying for its third off-road endurance European title this week.BBC Kent · 9 Oct, 06:08

In this story: Gigglepin Racing · Jim Marsden · Portugal · Tonbridge · Hildenborough · Ultra4 Europe

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