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Re: BRC 1966 - Gentleman Brobots Club [BUILD]
Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you the 1966 Peniston Hurst GT Touring.
With Peniston due to launch a new GT car to the public, they decided the car needed some racing pedigree to drive sales, and so created the GT Touring. Conveniently, due to Peniston being a thoroughly British manufacturer and the recent win by England of the 1966 World Cup, Peniston saw a further advertising opportunity.
(World's worst photoshop of Sir Geoff Hurst on the bonnet of the Peniston Hurst.
By some miracle (or perhaps the offer of a free car) Peniston managed to get Sir Geoff Hurst to promote and advertise the car, in the process causing a name change to the Hurst, in honour of the man himself scoring a hat trick to win the final.
The car has currently only competed in one race supporting the British Saloon Car Championship, where it looked to be all set to achieve a solid 3rd position, with a 2.2 second gap from the car in front going into the final 3 laps. However the car seemed to find a second wind, and managed to put in a storming performance to win by 4.2 seconds, despite claims of corner cutting on the final lap.
Many attribute this win to sheer luck, and the car is still currently unproven at higher levels of competition.