Golden Motors is a Russian

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team based in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

. They are best known for their efforts in the

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Team history

The team was formed in 2004 by businessman and driver

Andrey Smetsky Andrey Smetsky (born 16 February 1973 in Saint Petersburg, Leningrad) is a Russian auto racing driver. Career He has competed in the Russian Volkswagen Polo Cup, Russian Super Production Championship and the Russian Lada Ice Cup. In 2007 he finish ...

along with Alexander Lvov, a successful driver in the

Russian Touring Car Championship The Russian Circuit Racing Series (RCRS) is a national Russian racing series created in 2004. It incorporates four classes: touring, super-production, touring-light, national class and national-junior (since 2015). Sergey Krylov has been the c ...

(RTCC). They initially ran Super Production class

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s in the RTCC, switching to the

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Honda Accord Euro R for 2007. These new cars had been prepared by the Italian

team, JAS Motorsport. Golden Motors entered one round of the WTCC at

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under the Golden Motors Honda Dealer Team banner. They returned for two rounds in 2008, at

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and

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. No success was achieved and the team did not return to the WTCC in 2009. They have most recently competed in the Finnish Touring Car Championship. The team has also competed in the

European Touring Car Cup The FIA European Touring Car Cup was an annual touring car racing event, which had been held at various locations across Europe from 2005 to 2017. Unlike in previous years where it was a one-off event, in 2010 the series was a three round event. ...

. In 2006 Lvov won the Super Production class.http://www.fiaetcc.com/2k9/2006_Points_SuperProduction.asp ETCC official results

References

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External links

Official website
Auto racing teams in Russia World Touring Car Championship teams Auto racing teams established in 2004