Sipuka returns home with Moss

Legendary racing driver, Tschops Sipuka will make his return to the national circuit racing with Terry Moss Racing and the Audi South Africa team in the 2019 Global Touring Cars, GTC, championship, beginning this weekend at Dezzi Raceway.

Having started his racing career with Terry Moss Racing in 1999, six years have passed since the 40-year-old last drove for the Port Elizabeth team. He will create a formidable duo with the former teammate and last year’s GTC runner-up, Simon Moss.

Born and bred in Qumbu in the Transkei, Sipuka achieved legendary status in motorsport by competing in a diverse range of categories locally and globally. This included Formula Volkswagen in Germany, a 25-hour endurance race at Spa Franchorchamps, saloon car racing in Malaysia and Super Truck racing in South Africa. But it was his record wins with Terry Moss Racing that stand out most, having won the Volkswagen Polo Cup titles back-to-back in 2002 and 2003.

“After I finished driving and started Terry Moss Racing in 1991, the man that migrated to Audi with me was Tschops Sipuka, and when we were looking at our team restructure for 2019, I thought to myself that there’s no-one better to join than Tschops,” said team owner Terry Moss.

“We did so much groundwork for the team in the early days together and won two Volkswagen Cup titles in 2002 and 2003 against the best in the country. From there on, and with Michael Stephen as part of our team, our success as the Audi racing team only progressed further.

“Terry Moss Racing has had a close relationship with Audi and in so doing, we’ve collected the last three championships in GTC, and previously claimed the last three championship titles in Super Production Cars in all-wheel drive Audi A4 cars, with results speaking for themselves,” said Moss.

For Sipuka, having not raced nationally since 2012, the former Audi driver is relishing the opportunity to join the GTC Championship in 2019 and be a team driver again by steering the #8 Audi A3 GTC racer.

“It’s a unique feeling for me to be back where I started with Terry Moss and Audi,” said Sipuka. “A lot of good memories came back when I recently tested the GTC Audi car and worked with the team again. I was privileged to previously drive alongside Simon in single seaters and back then it was mind-boggling on how fast he was. We’ve come a long way since then and so to be teamed together in 2019 will be exciting. Everyone will keep pushing each other to extract the best performance possible for the Audi team. I look forward to the new season.”

This year, the Terry Moss Racing team and Audi South Africa are excited to be living out Vorsprung in its two GTC drivers as they both defend the brand and the team in GTC for the fourth consecutive season. The team will officially compete in the Audi A3 race vehicles starting off round one of the 2019 GTC Africa Championship at Dezzi Raceway in Port Shepstone this weekend.

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