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2013 International Edition - October 2013

SOUTH AFRICA

Jason Rathbone showing a good performance Jason Rathbone from FUCHS LUBRICANTS (S.A.) PTY. LTD. participates in the newly founded motocross series MX SUPPORT Enduro South Africa, where amateur riders, enduro riders and former champions are competing and won 4th place in the overall ranking on his 2013 KTM 450 SX at the Pietermaritzburg circuit. With this result he is only two points behind the leader of the championship. Good luck, Jason!

MALAYSIA

FXPrimus Aylezo FUCHS Team wins race 1 at Fuji Speedway Zen and Dilantha rewarded the FUCHS sponsored team for their hard work by bringing car No. 69 home with a well-deserved win in race 1 of round 4 at Fuji Speedway, Japan. Started from 4th position, Dilantha took the wheel first and got into second position on his first lap. Zen then took over, had a big moment in part of his drive where another car almost collided with him but he went on to take the lead. “Some of our sponsors were here today to give sup-port and they are indeed proud of the team’s win and also to be associated with Team FXPrimus Aylezo FUCHS”, ex-plains the Manager. The team looks forward to the next leg of the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo in Shanghai International Circuit, China.

GREAT BRITAIN

Awesome Byrne

Reigning MCE British Superbike Champion Shane 'Shakey' Byrne put in two of the bravest rides of his career at Silverstone recently to maintain his lead in the title chase at the penultimate round of the 2013 MCE BSB Championship. After suffering a heavy spill in practice on Saturday morning in which he severely injured his hip Shakey had to be lifted onto his machine by his team. Both races were 14-lap epics as Byrne and season-long rival Alex Lowes battled it out. In true style, the triple MCE BSB Champion took the lead half way round the lap only for Lowes to fight back and he had to settle for second place albeit only 0.094 seconds behind. The second race came down to a last lap shoot out once more. Again, Lowes appeared to have the race win sewn up as he defended his lead, preventing Byrne from an overtaking attempt, but Shakey had other ideas and they crossed the line in a photo-finish. Byrne had snatched the victory by the narrowest of margins to clinch his tenth victory of the season and 51st of his career to maintain his slender one point lead in the title race heading to the final three races at his beloved Brands Hatch GP track.

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USA

Danny Kelsey sweeps again: five races, five wins and sets another track record at Nola Circuit Danny Kelsey from the RPS Race team.com again swept all his races, entering five and taking all five wins while setting a new lap record with his two Silkolene sponsored Suzuki GSX-R’s during CMRA's round five Sprint Series event at the Nola Motorsports Park course in Avondale, Louisiana. This was CMRA's first event at the 2.75-mile, 16-turn course and had over 583 sprint race entries in all the different classes combined. With temperatures of 32°C (90°F), very high humidity and the threat of thunderstorms in the afternoon it created interesting riding conditions. Despite the heat and threat of rain it was visors clicked down and time to go racing. Danny started off the day racing his Silkolene sponsored Suzuki GSX-R1000 to wins in the Breast Cancer Research Foundation/P1 Rac-ing; Formula 1 Expert, then in the RaceworX; A Superstock Expert and then in the HighPerformanceCrew.com; A Superbike Expert. He also took wins in the B Superbike Expert and the TrackTactics Track Days; B Superstock Expert on his Silkolene sponsored GSX-R750. To show the crowd just how good a day he was having Danny threw down a thrilling fast lap of 1:44.549, setting a new CMRA lap re-cord at the new track. In 2013 Danny has entered 40 sprint races in the CMRA Championship Series, in which he has won 36 races and has a point lead of 45 points or more in every one of his five cham-pionship classes. With a bit of good luck Danny should clinch all five championships. He also holds a 66 points lead for the overall top CMRA racer and the #1 plate. “We are very pleased of the FUCHS Silkolene products and recommend them.”

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GREAT BRITAIN

7th position for Adam Morgan

Wet and gloomy conditions at Brands Hatch made for an exciting three race climax to the 2013 BTCC season. Adam Morgan in his Toyota Avensis managed a superb 8th posi-tion in races 1 and 2 and an even better 7th position in race 3 to complete a fantastic season. Overall Adam finished the season on a high in a very respectable 7th position including one podium finish. Brands Hatch also marked the end of an era for Adam Morgan and the Ciceley Racing team - the season-closing BTCC triple-header were the last races of Adam’s two-year career as a Toyota Avensis driver. Next year’s Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship will see Adam driving an A-Class Mercedes-Benz with exciting plans already well underway. FUCHS lubricants: TITAN RACE PRO R 0WFUCHS lubricants: TITAN RACE PRO R 0WFUCHS lubricants: TITAN RACE PRO R 0WFUCHS lubricants: TITAN RACE PRO R 0W----20, TITAN RACE PRO R 20, TITAN RACE PRO R 20, TITAN RACE PRO R 20, TITAN RACE PRO R

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Mixed success for Wrathall

Frank Wrathall and the Dynojet Racing team signed off their 2013 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car season at Brands Hatch with a mixed weekend of results in the rain. Poor luck all season with his Toyota Avensis meant that Frank finished in a disappointing 16th position.

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ITALY

A fantastic second place for Giugliano at Laguna Seca The second race of the twelfth round of the World Superbike Champi-onship took place at the Laguna Seca Mazda Raceway in California. Davide Giugliano of the Althea Racing Team started from the sixth place on the grid and moved to the fourth place at lap three. Four laps later, he recorded the fastest lap of the race and imposed himself in third position. With determination, Davide chased the rider Laverty and at mid-race he was able to pass him and move up to second place. A fantastic dogfight took place between the three leading pilots. At two laps from the end of the race, Laverty passed both Giug-liano and then Sykes, taking the lead, but the FUCHS rider didn’t give up and passed Sykes, positioning himself right behind the leader Laverty. On the final lap Davide stuck with the factory rider but was unable to pass him, nevertheless closing the race in a fantastic second position. “I think we have done a great job after a few disappointing results in previous races. We have demonstrated that when everyone works well together and with the right mentality anything is possible.”

BENELUX

Team Norma Benelux in first place at the Dutch Supercar Challenge

After a troubling start in the Special Open Trophy (ended after race 1), Team

Norma Benelux switched to the Dutch Supercar Challenge in the new Proto

Championship. The team with Jurgen Van Hover and David Houthoofd as pilots

and Vincent Desschans and Pierrot Decroos as team captains were successful

because of their reliable car, good maintenance, the technical support by Blix

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BENELUX

Van Der Kelen wins Motocross Championship In Battice, Jonas Van Der Kelen was crowned Motocross Champion in the Open SM category. With determination and experience, the FUCHS rider dominated the entire season. The title win underlines his brilliance and motivation.

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GERMANY

Team Porsche FUCHS finished on the podium With special stages on the twisty roads of the Bavarian and Bohemian Forests, the International Rally Wiesbaden ranks among the most challenging Classic Car Long Distance Rallies in Europe.

GERMANY

First victory for Scheerbarth in the Black Falcon Porsche Tim Scheerbarth was delighted about the result of the 7th race at the VLN Long Distance Championship on the Nürburgring race track. Jointly with his team-mates Marcel Belka and Manuel Metzger, the race car driver from Dormagen finished 1st in the SP7 Class and 9th in the overall ranking in a field of 170 com-petitors. During the rainy qualifying on Saturday morning, an oil spill aggravated the conditions on the Nordschleife race track. None-theless, the Black Falcon Porsche came in 3rd on the grid among the 13 competing vehicles in this class. “The two Manthey Por-sches in 1st and 2nd grid positions both have about 100 HP more under the hood. Therefore, the third grid position could not have been any better“, Scheerbarth comments on the qualifying. A mix of sun and rain throughout the entire race made the choice of tires extremely difficult. “We opted to mount slicks and the first lap was super but during lap two the race car’s handling deteriorated“. Thanks to the many years of racing experience, the Black Falcon Team’s Porsche 911 GT3 could finish in first place in the SP7 class on this legendary race track.

Closely followed by the Skoda factory team, drivers Loch and Deggau of the Team FUCHS masterfully finished the race in their 1957 Porsche 356 A. On the second race day, the team narrowly missed a place on the podium. The 1,300 km long third stage is always the most demanding section for the drivers. Around mid-stage, the team excelled with outstanding performance thus clinching the victory in their class. Altogether, Chris-tian Loch, Mannheim, and Marcel Deggau, Seligenstadt, were proud to finish third in the overall ranking and first in their class.