TTA – Racing Elite League
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{{Infobox motorsport championship
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| category = Silhouette Touring cars
| country/region = {{flagicon|SWE}} Sweden
| inaugural = 2012
| folded = 2013
| constructors = {{flagicon|FRA}} Solution-F
| engines = {{flagicon|JPN}} Nismo
| tyres = {{flagicon|KOR}} Hankook Tire
| champion driver =
| champion team =
| manufacturer =
| current_season = 2012 TTA – Racing Elite League season
| website = http://ttagroup.se/
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File:Alx Danielsson TTA Anderstorp 2012.jpg at Anderstorp Raceway in 2012.]]
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{{cite news|url=http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=6899|title=TTA issues amended calendar and starts SBF negotiations|work=Touring Car Times|publisher=Mediaempire Stockholm AB|date=20 October 2011|accessdate=20 October 2011}} 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.{{cite news|last=Veltman|first=Rob|url=https://www.touringcartimes.com/2012/09/28/tta-and-stcc-set-to-merge-for-2013/|title=TTA and STCC set to merge for 2013|website=Touring Car Times|publisher=Mediaempire Stockholm AB|date=28 September 2012|access-date=31 December 2024}}
Lone season
{{main|2012 TTA – Racing Elite League season}}
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.
TV coverage
In Sweden, Viasat were given the broadcast rights to the 2012 season, giving live coverage on its TV10 sports channel.http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=7498 {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}
Support races
- Carrera – GT Cup
- Trofeo Abarth 500 Sweden
- Swedish GT Series
- Swedish Radical Championship
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|http://ttagroup.se/}}
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