Pro-System Racing starts a new season of the 24 Hours 4x4 France 2007

Pro-System Racing was not originally scheduled to compete in the 2007 edition of the 24 Hours 4x4 race. But with Eric Vigouroux’s move to San Diego, California, held up slightly while he waits for his “Green Card” to arrive, the chance arose to once again enter one of his legendary Protruck-Chevrolets in the greatest 4x4 endurance trial of the season. Michel Salvatore, who drove a Mégane Silhouette to victory in the previous year’s event, had already contacted Pro-System Racing a few months earlier about leasing a Protruck.
So the Protruck-Chevrolet crew will include two former winners of the 24 Hours 4x4 in the shape of Michel Salvatore and Eric Vigouroux (the 2001 winner), together with Carlos Gomes who has been sharing wheel duties in the Protruck for the past four years and Bruno Besson, who competed the last 24 hours of le Mans with a Courage prototype.


There is also a new face among our partners with the arrival of CLIM DENFERT, a fast-moving company which has decided to identify its brand with the spectacular Protruck for this great challenge of endurance.
Remember that the 24 Hours 4x4 France 2007 takes place on the 15 and 16 September, as always on the circuit at Chevannes in the Essonne.

Meanwhile, Eric Vigouroux is in preparation for the 2008 Lisbon-Dakar rally. The impressive mid-engine Chevrolet Trophy-Truck is currently being built by its designer in the USA, where it will not only undergo an exhaustive check-up, but also receive some technical fine-tuning aimed at delivering near-perfect reliability and improved performance, especially at the top end of the speed range. Eric does not intend to take part in any other races before the Dakar rally, so that he can concentrate on putting the Trophy-Truck through some intensive paces in the Californian desert before bringing it to France.

Until then, Pro-System Racing supporters can keep up with the latest news on the team’s recently improved website at www.pro-systemracing.com. The site also has a new “Album” section where visitors can download high-definition photos as well as the latest video highlights of the Trophy Truck in action during the 2007 Dakar rally and Tunisia Rally. Videos are also available on You-Tube.


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