Season after season, truck racing attracts hundreds of thousands of fans around the different circuits, amongst them drivers and hauliers. By keeping in touch with what its customers are passionate about whilst pursuing maximum efficiency for road-user professionals, Renault Trucks has, for several years now, worked closely with this enthusiastic and knowledgeable crowd, offering its support to various truck racing teams. Support for the Frankie Truck Racing Team from 2007 Since 2007, Renault Trucks has chosen greater visibility on the ground and giving it a chance of landing a place on the FIA European Championship podium. To reach this goal, the company has increased its support to a professional and high quality truck racing team: The Frankie Truck Racing Team in the championship whose Czech driver, Frantisek Vojtisek, also known as “Frankie”, is not only a real character on the circuits but also a haulier and customer of the brand. The partnership means technical assistance, races trucks development, availability of parts, the loan of logistics vehicles for the team and availability of races trucks, variant of a last-generation Renault Premium powered by 13-liters Renault DXi13 engines. During 2009 season, the Frankie Truck Racing Team will bring Renault Trucks to the podium with two race trucks driven respectively by Frankie Vojtisek (truck N°8) and Markus Altenstrasser (Truck N°6) (photo by Oscar Hoogendoorn ) |