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NEW SPONSOR FOR
FORMULA FORD
28 February,
2007: Formula Ford has gained a new sponsor for the coming
season - Snap-on Equipment Solutions (EQS), a key provider of
workshop service and diagnostic equipment.
Welcoming the firm
to its partnership with the Ford-backed championship, Michael
Norton, Ford TeamRS Motorsport Manager for the UK, said: "We
are very pleased that Snap-on has chosen to support Formula Ford
and we look forward to working with them. We see this link as
recognition of the championship's rejuvenation and growing
strength."
Formula Ford
celebrates its 40th anniversary this summer, and the UK
championship, expanded for 2007 to 25 rounds, is the sole
single-seater support series to the British Formula 3
Championship.
Formula 1 World
Champions Michael Schumacher, Ayrton Senna, Nigel Mansell, James
Hunt, Emerson Fittipaldi, Jody Scheckter, Damon Hill and Mika
Hakkinen are among the graduates of Formula Ford, as are current
F1 stars Jenson Button, Rubens Barrichello, David Coulthard, Nick
Heidfeld, Kimi Raikkonen and Mark Webber.
Snap-on Equipment
Solutions (EQS) offers a free service to the UK dealer or
independent garage in workshop design, planning and equipment. The
company prides itself on its quality reputation for customer
service. It supports a wide range of products in the workshop
equipment and OEM services sector and specialises in providing
comprehensive workshop designs and equipment, individual OEM
equipment programmes and specialist projects for vehicle
manufacturers.
The company can
provide free support in all workshop design matters - from on-site
consultation by an experienced project manager, through full
workshop planning/layout design guaranteed to meet manufacturers'
standards, to full specification in-depth quotations. Its
programmes offer detailed requirements assessment based on
business value, turnkey design and planning in consultation with
architects, contract and building supervision. It also covers
management, installation commissioning, dealer training, full
service and support as well as pan-European financing through
lease.
The company works
with manufacturers - including Ford, Volvo, Jaguar, Land Rover,
Aston Martin and Mazda - worldwide to provide franchised dealers
with workshop, service and diagnostic equipment. |
