UK: MOTOR RACING - World Touring Car champion Andy Priaulx unveils Guernsey postage stamps in his honour

Record ID: 721273

  • Title: UK: MOTOR RACING - World Touring Car champion Andy Priaulx unveils Guernsey postage stamps in his honour
  • Date: 18th January 2008
  • Summary: LONDON, UK (JANUARY 16, 2008) (REUTERS) ANDY PRIAULX REMOVES GUERNSEY FLAG TO UNVEIL POSTAGE STAMP DISPLAY (Soundbite) (English) PRIAULX TALKING ABOUT STAMPS/QUEEN ELIZABETH II INSIGNIA ON STAMP: "It's a great honour. It's something very special. I think it's a way the island can celebrate my success. It's nice that the post office have obviously decided that it was something that they'd like to do and also the Queen has to give it the stamp of approval (CLOSE UP QUEEN ELIZABETH II INSIGNIA ON STAMP) as well. So it's a great honour. I'm very proud to be here and I'm really looking forward to seeing the first day cover." VARIOUS CLOSE UPS OF STAMP DESIGNS WITH PICTURES OF PRIAULX DRIVING HIS BMW (Soundbite) (English) PRIAULX TALKING ABOUT GUERNSEY: "Guernsey people are very determined, and to become a motor racing professional from an island with a 35 miles per hour speed limit is always going to be tough. But we managed to do it, we had a go, had a vision, I had the ability and I was prepared to leave Guernsey to make it happen which is what I did. I lived at Silverstone for many years and had long, long years with not a lot of success, But we kept trying, kept focussing, and in the end made it happen. But I think it's going to be tough for another Guernsey driver to come through as a motor racing world champion - I'd love to see it."
  • Embargoed: 2nd February 2008 12:00
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  • Topics: Sports
  • Reuters ID: LVA30LDYW7JT3602LECLB24X0GCY
  • Story Text: Three-times world touring car champion Andy Priaulx has been honoured on a set of postage stamps issued by the Channel Island of Guernsey where he was born.
    Guernsey Post issues on Friday (January 18) three new stamps featuring the 33-year-old British driver in the three BMW cars he drove to his successive world titles in 2005, 2006 and 2007.

    "It's a great honour," Priaulx said at the stamp launch.
    "It's something very special. I think it's a way the island can celebrate my success."
    Priaulx said he planned to contest the world title for at least the next five years.
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