RJN Motorsport
motorsports team
RJN Motorsport is a British sports car racing team. The team was founded by Bob Neville in 1999 who is still the team principal and has successfully competed internationally in Touring Cars, GT Racing, Dakar Rally Raid and Extreme E. Named after their founder's initials (Robert James Neville) RJN Motorsport are based in Didcot, Oxfordshire. The team was created after Nissan Motorsports Europe closed their Didcot facility and Bob who was Nissan's team principal decided to create his own motorsports outfit. RJN Motorsports have enjoyed a close and lengthy partnership with Nissan since their inception which lasted until the end of 2018 and have raced Nissans in Blancpain GT Series, FIA World Endurance Championship, 24 Hours of Le Mans, Dakar Rally and British GT Championship among other racing series.
History
Bob Neville began his career in motorsports after completing his engineering apprenticeship at MG in Abingdon, when he was promoted to the racing and competitions department and subsequently the development department. After running his own company in the 1980s and early 1990s Bob moved into a position at Nissan Motorsports Europe based in Didcot until Nissan closed the facility in 1999. After this Bob decided to start his own team building and preparing cars to race themselves.
Some of RJN's earliest success came in the 2001 European Super Touring Championship where the team achieved fourth place in the teams championship of the super production class. From 2002-2004 RJN Motorsports was incorporated into Nissan's rally raid team, competing in the Paris-Dakar Rally with drivers such as Colin McRae and Ari Vatanen. After Nissan decided to pull out of rallying ahead of the 2005 season RJN was tasked with developing the Nissan 350Z for racing in the GT2 category of the British GT Championship.
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