RJN Motorsport operates from the heart of Motorsport Valley in the Oxfordshire countryside. The newly refurbished building has a 5000 sq ft workshop with full engineering facilities, general offices, and large design office and conference room. There is excellent security at the site with alarm system connections to the local Police.
The Company
RJN Motorsport was founded in 2000 by Bob Neville with the objective of building race cars for circuit and rally competition, for the preparation of race and rally cars and the design and development of race cars and parts.
2000
RJN built a Nissan Primera P11 for entry into the 24 Hours of Spa driven by Tommy Rustad, Chris Buncombe and Stephane Lemeret. The car then participated in the last four races of the British Touring Car Championship season with driver Bryce Wilson, best result third in the production category.
2001 - FIA European Super Production Touring Car Championship
This series was part of the EUROSPORT (later LG) Super Racing Weekend with 10 events in 10 different European countries and two FIA European titles: Drivers and Teams. Eurosport TV Channel provided live coverage of the events.
The Super Production Touring Car Category is based on the road models which have been produced in at least 2,500 units within 12 months. The FIA Super Production technical regulations allow these cars; saloon, coupe, hatchback, front or rear wheel drive with only normally aspirated engine, maximum displacement two litres, maximum 6 cylinders. The outer form of the bodywork must remain unchanged. Suspension modifications are permitted. All electronic driver aids such as ABS or traction Control are not allowed nor are sequential gear boxes. Minimum weight including driver; front wheel drive cars 1110kg, rear wheel drive cars 1140kg.
So that the running costs were reduced the engine and tyres were restricted. The engine should be used for two consecutive races. Tyres were limited to 12 new dry weather tyres and 4 used dry weather tyres for the two free practice sessions, the qualifying session and the race.
Norwegian driver Tommy Rustad was joined at the half way stage in the championship by Italian driver Simon de Luca in a second Nissan Primera Super Production Touring Car. This was Simon's first season in international motorsport and he competed well in the under 25 class.
The European Touring Car Championship 2001 ended with a final race in Estoril and with Tommy on pole it was looking very positive for RJN. Unfortunately there was a racing incident on the first corner which put an end to Tommy's hopes for victory in the Race. But the season was very successful and Tommy Finished third in the Drivers Championship, RJN Team came fourth in the Team Championship.
Results 2001 FIA Super Production Touring Car Championship
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Round
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Venue
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Qualify
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Race
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1
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Monza
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5th
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6th
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2
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Brno
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10th
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4th
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3
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Magny Cours
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6th
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3rd
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4
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Silverstone
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5th
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5th
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5
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Zolder
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8th
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dnf
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6
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Budapest
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3rd
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14th
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7
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A1 Ring
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POLE
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3rd
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8
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Nurburgring
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POLE
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WIN
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9
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Jarama
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POLE
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WIN
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10
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Estoril
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POLE
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11th
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Drivers Championship - Tommy Rustad 3rd
Team Championship - RJN Motorsport 4th
In July 2001 RJN Motorsport entered a Nissan 3 Litre QX into the 24 Hours of Enna in Sicily with drivers Sandro Sardelli, Salvatore Taverno and Tommy Rustad. The result was a win in the Group N 3 Litre Class.
2002
The European Touring Car Championship regulations changed so that all entries became super 2000 specification touring cars. RJN remaining faithful to the Nissan Primera built two Super 2000 race cars and with Tommy Rustad and other guest drivers including Chris Goodwin, Chris Buncombe, and Rob Collard again competed in the ETCC with points finishes.
2003
This year bought a change of direction for the RJN Motorsport Team. Assisting Nissan Motorsport Europe in their Rally Raid Challenge by building, preparing and racing the Nissan Pickup Rally Raid Cars competing in Europe and Africa also building and preparing support vehicles which culminated in the 2004 Dakar Rally.
The Nissan Rally Raid Team made their final preparation at RJN Motorsport, for the four Race Pickups, The T1 Patrol and the support vehicles prior to departure for the 2004 Dakar. The Oxfordshire workshop was the centre of an international team from France, South Africa and the UK working long into the night during December 2003.
The conclusion of the Dakar 2004 where Nissan Rally Raid claimed four special stage wins; two for Colin McRae, one for Ari Vatanen and one for Giniel de Villiers. The drivers suffered a terrible stage between Tidjikja and Nema where nearly hallf the Dakar caravan almost gave up. Colin McRae and Ari Vatanen spent threedays trapped on the stage. But during the 13th stage history was made when the three set the first one - two - three finish.
The Production Patrol driven by Yoshio Ikemashi was built at RJN Motorsport, for Yoshio, a driver with Nissan Motorsport Organisation's Rookie Programme and co driver Thierry Delli Zotti, achieved a fine win in the production category following a consistent race, and 22nd overall.
2004
The Nissan 350Z N-GT (GT2)
RJN built and developed the first Nissan 350Z N-GT car for entry into the 24 Hours of Spa and then also competed in the last race of the FIA GT Championship in Zhuhai (China). The regulations governing the building of this car were strictly monitored by the FIA.
British GT Calender
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Rounds
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Date
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Country
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Circuit
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1,2
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03/04/2005
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Great Britain
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Donnington Park
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3,4
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01/05/2005
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France
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Magny-Cours
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5,6
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08/05/2005
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Great Britain
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Croft
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7,8
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22/05/2005
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Great Britain
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Knockhill
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9,10
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29/05/2005
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Great Britain
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Thruxton
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11,12
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26/06/2005
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Great Britain
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Castle Combe
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13,14
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14/08/2005
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Great Britain
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Silverstone
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15,16
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18/09/2005
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Republic of Ireland
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Mondello Park
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17,18
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09/10/2005
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Great Britain
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Silverstone
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RJN Motorsport are also offering a Nissan 350z tuning centre where RJN utilizing  parts can supply a full range to enhance your 350Z for the road and now offer an additional range of race parts for 350Z GT racing.
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