NEW NORTH AMERICAN MODERN ENDURANCE CHALLENGE SERIES TO BE LAUNCHED IN APRIL 2007

New C-Class Series to Compete In Seven Races Within Existing Western Endurance Racing Championship, With Plans To Expand To East Coast Venues in Future

The International Sports Car Manufacturers Association (ISCMA) has announced a new C-Class sportsracer series – the North American Modern Endurance Challenge – sanctioned by the National Auto Sport Association that will begin competition in April 2007 as a specific class as part of NASA’s existing Western Endurance Racing Championship series on the West Coast.  NAMEC plans to expand into the Central and Eastern regions of the USA in the future.   

The North American Modern Endurance Challenge (NAMEC) will be open to C-Class sportscar prototypes meeting FIA-CN and C3 specifications and standards. The NAMEC Series will compete under the same rules and regulations as the successful Van de Vyver (V de V) Modern Endurance Challenge in Europe, and has received approval from the V de V to establish a North American series that will be operated in association with V de V to expand this racing formula outside of Europe. Constructors currently eligible for the NAMEC Series include: - Radical- Chiron- ADR- EMA- Ligier- Juno - Norma- CvO- Merlin- Funyo- Fior- Lucchini- Panhard Other constructors can be homologated based on meeting FIA and NAMEC specifications.

The NAMEC schedule will feature six races for the championship, including the revived “12 Hours of Thunderhill” race for points that will run concurrently within the “25 Hours of Thunderhill”.  Four of the six events will be three-hour races with a fifth comprising four hours of competition.  The 2007 NAMEC schedule and venues are: