UK: MOTOR RACING - World Touring Car champion Andy Priaulx unveils Guernsey postage stamps in his honour
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UK: MOTOR RACING - World Touring Car champion Andy Priaulx unveils Guernsey postage stamps in his honour
- 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) (Soundbite) (English) PRIAULX TALKING ABOUT HIS FUTURE IN TOURING CARS: "I'm still young. As a touring car driver I'm one of the youngest. So it's nice that in Formula One that when you're sort of 26 years old you're almost being forgotten about, you're one of the older drivers, whereas in World Touring Cars you can drive until you're about 40 years old and still be ultra-competitive because it's more an engineering challenge as well. So I hope that for at least the next five years I'll be racing at the highest level." POSTER WITH CLOSE UP OF PRIAULX AND STAMPS
- Embargoed: 2nd February 2008 12:00
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- 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. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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