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The Dunlop Tuscan Challenge
"The first TVR Tuscan appeared 35 years ago, conceived to replace
the Griffith, and was one of the quickest, most brutal cars on the road.
The name died in the 1970s but when TVR decided to build a racing car
in 1989 it was the obvious choice. The Tuscan racer was too extreme for
road use but on the track soon became the transport of choice for drivers
sufficiently unhinged to consider conventional racing cars a tad boring.
The TVR Tuscan Challenge Series soon became the most popular one-make
race series in the land." “There is no doubt that the TVR Tuscan Challenge is a place
for the gifted or the brave." Introduced in 1989, the TVR Tuscan Challenge quickly became the fastest one make series in the country. Combining high power and low weight to give an impressive 530 bhp per tonne the TVR Tuscan Challenge provided some of the closest and most exciting motor racing in the UK. The cars are capable of in excess of 190mph – a real crowd pleaser! The TVR Tuscan Challenge has evolved into the Dunlop Tuscan Challenge – a televised series open to all TVR race cars. The Tuscans remain at the front of the grid and are joined by a variety of TVR sports racing cars – from the wedge-shaped Tasmins to the more recent Griffith and Chimaera. Cars are categorised according to power output as follows: Class A: Turbo cars up to 3 litre and more than 350bhp, normally aspirated cars with 5 litres or more than 350bhp Class B: Turbo cars up to 3 litre with less than 350bhp, normally aspirated cars between 3.0-5.0 litres and less than 350bhp Class C: Normally aspirated up to 3 litres All races are televised on Motors TV and Channel 4
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