TTA – Racing Elite League
 | This article needs to be updated. (June 2014) |
| Category | Silhouette Touring cars |
|---|---|
| Country |  Sweden |
| Inaugural season | 2012 |
| Folded | 2013 |
| Drivers | 18 (16 per race, 2012)[1] |
| Teams | 5 (2012)[1] |
| Constructors |  Solution-F |
| Engine suppliers |  Nismo |
| Tyre suppliers |  Hankook Tire |
| Official website | http://ttagroup.se/ |
 Current season | |
TTA – Racing Elite League was a Swedish touring car racing series started in 2012, which was founded by four of the biggest teams from the Swedish Touring Car Championship: Polestar Racing, Flash Engineering, WestCoast Racing and Brovallen Design in 2011. TTA worked with the Swedish Automobile Sports Federation[2] and the race car was developed by the French motorsport company Solution-F. The car was a silhouette, where the chassis and powertrain are standardized and custom-built for racing, and where the body is molded from composite material to mimic a normal car.
TTA bought the Swedish Racing League and renamed it to the TTA – Elitserien i Racing (TTA – Racing Elite League). After just one season, the series merged with the STCC in 2013.[3]
Lone season
[edit]The first season consisted of an eight-round competition. The racetracks used for the 2012 season was a mix of permanent and temporary racing circuits. The season begun at Karlskoga Motorstadion and will end with Göteborg City Race. The season saw four different models from four different manufacturers: BMW, Citroën, Saab and Volvo.[1]
TV coverage
[edit]In Sweden, Viasat were given the broadcast rights to the 2012 season, giving live coverage on its TV10 sports channel.[4]
Support races
[edit]- Carrera – GT Cup
- Trofeo Abarth 500 Sweden
- Swedish GT Series
- Swedish Radical Championship
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "TouringCarTimes - TTA: 16 drivers on official TTA entry list". Archived from the original on 2012-04-16. Retrieved 2012-04-28.
- ^ "TTA issues amended calendar and starts SBF negotiations". Touring Car Times. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 20 October 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ^ Veltman, Rob (28 September 2012). "TTA and STCC set to merge for 2013". Touring Car Times. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
- ^ http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=7498 [dead link]