Acceleration 14, a new, and very different, motorsports / entertainment concept

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This past week was the presentation of Acceleration 14, a new, and very different, motorsports / entertainment concept, which will make its debut in 3 months time at the Portimao circuit in Portugal.

After visiting the following 8 circuits i.e. Navarra (Spain), Nurburgring (Germany), Monza (Italy), Slovakia Ring (Slovakia), Zolder (Belgium), Paul Ricard (France), Hungaroring (Hungary) and Grobnik (Croatia) the final race-meeting will be at Assen (Netherlands).

Part of the package will be entertainment, which will mainly be managed by David Hasselhoff and his “Celebrate the ‘80s and ‘90s with The Hoff" roadshow. The racecars used in the FA1 series of this concept will be the 'old' A1 GP racecars, albeit extensively revamped.

Attached some photo's from yesterday's press presentation: 1. The Hoff arriving in a pick up truck, one of the packages race-series, 3 David Hasselhoff, 5. The Hoff amongst the artists of the “Celebrate the ‘80s and ‘90s with The Hoff" roadshow, 54. David Hasselhoff during the Acceleration 14 presentation and 111. Meindert van Buren in an FA1 racecar during one of the demo's on the Valkenburg airfield circuit. Pieter Slinger reporting

Press Release

ACCELERATION will bring a unique race and music festival to ten European countries. On April 25th 2014, at the Autodromo do Algarve in Portugal, the world will see the premiere of this series of events, unrivalled in the world, touring the best racetracks in Europe. Targeted towards families, ACCELERATION offers three days of exciting races, top music performances, a great shopping experience and excellent food and hospitality.

This was announced at yesterday's press conference in the ‘Theater Hangaar’ near The Hague, The Netherlands.

During the press conference, all details about ACCELERATION 2014 were announced. Former Dutch Minister of Finance Jan Kees de Jager was the host during this press conference. Also, none other than American actor David Hasselhoff was present on Thursday. He introduced, among other things, a selection of artists who will be performing at the ACCELERATION events. Some Team managers were also present.

ACCELERATION 2014 has been created by experienced racing professionals, both on and off the tarmac. The creator of ACCELERATON is Loek Bodelier, 125cc Grand Prix racer and Renault Megane Cup driver, and now CEO of ACCELERATION 2014.

Loek Bodelier: “ACCELERATION is an entire new way of looking at both racing and music. Especially in the way it’s presented to its fans. Never before has racing on both two and four wheels, in multiple appealing classes with talented drivers, been brought together in such a complete and thrilling event. This combination with many fantastic side activities and music will make ACCELERATION 2014 the perfect family event."

The races will be held in five classes: three car and two bike classes. The car categories are FA1, MW-V6 Pickup and Legend SuperCup. Two bike classes will compete: European Stock 600 and European Stock 1000. All these classes will offer maximum excitement with spectacular racing. The nations teams having already confirmed their participation are Belgium (Azerti), Sweden (Performance), Germany (GU-Racing), China (Team China from Steven Lu and Jessica Lin), Netherlands (Provily Racing), Luxemburg (Linders Racing) and Spain (Moma Motorsport). Negotiations with other nations teams are well underway. Among them, Italy and Spain, with Pons.

Celebrate the ‘80s and ‘90s with The Hoff

The music festival offers a different twist to ACCELERATION. Friday evening, after the car and bike training, David Hasselhoff will present “Celebrate the ‘80s and ‘90s with The Hoff". With artists such as 2 Unlimited, Twenty 4 Seven, Turbo B/Snap!, DJ Sash!, Kim Wilde, Nik Kershaw, Samantha Fox, Rick Astley and the Vengaboys on stage, ACCELERATION guarantees a fantastic entertaining festival. Saturday will be concluded with a dance event with DJs like Showtek and Jacob van Hage as Resident DJ.

On top of the three-day spectacular racing event and the two-day vibrant music festival, several side events will offer hospitality, shopping, entertainment for kids and numerous other attractions.

For further info visit their website.