Alan Carter, the 46-year-old former GP sensation who won his second ever Grand Prix – the 1983 French Grand Prix – when he was just 18 and later raced in the AMA 250 Grand Prix Championship in the late 1980s, is coming back to racing.

Here’s the release:

Press Release – 21/03/11

‘Twenty-First Century Racing’ are pleased to announce that former G.P winner Alan Carter & Chris Knight will race for them this season. C21racing.com will be contesting the British CRMC national ACU championship plus selected rounds of the ICGP series within Europe.

Both Alan & Chris will be racing a brace of TZ 350cc Yamaha’s and the team’s principal sponsor will be Watches of Distinction Ltd operated by Giles Waite & Ian Coles. Privately owned, Watches of Distinction Ltd are located in the south of England, UK.

Ian & Giles specialise in sourcing and retailing new, pre-owned, rare and prestigious wrist watches from the world’s leading manufacturers including Rolex, Franck Muller, Cartier, Breitling to name but a few. Please go to http://www.watchesofdistinction.com

Alan needs no introduction to race fans worldwide. The 46 year old has competed at the very highest level of motorcycle racing from 1980-1994. Alan won his second ever Grand Prix – the 1983 French Grand Prix aged just 18. In 1987 he signed to ride for Bob McLean in the AMA 250GP series in the US. In all, Alan enjoyed three years in the US. 1988 & 1989 saw him team up with Californian sponsor Bob Pave – his machines prepared by tuner John Lassak. In the seasons to follow Alan rode for the official Honda Britain race team in the domestic UK championships.

Chris Knight, 44 years old from Loughborough, began his racing career on a production Yamaha LC. In 1988 Chris also competed in the US. Early season saw a brief spell with John Ulrich’s Team Hammer competing in the WERA endurance series. Chris went on to ride a Jim LaBine prepared Honda in the AMA 600cc Supersport Series. 1989 saw Chris as a winning member of the Eurolantic team at Donington Park on a George Beale RC30 Superbike.

With outings currently scheduled within Europe, Alan & Chris are looking forward to the opportunity of bringing their race team to the USA sometime in the future.

Former British Champion Garry Dickinson is currently developing further opportunities for Twenty-First Century Racing.

For further information, please contact the team

? garry_dickinson@sky.com or 0 (44) 7514 433366

? alcarter12@hotmail.com or 0 (44) 7932 105718

? chris.knight4@ntlworld.com or 0 (44) 7971 800917

The website http://www.C21racing.com will be here soon!

Provisional 2011 Race Dates

CRMC – Mallory Park March 26th/27th

CRMC – Pembrey April 23rd/24th

CRMC -Donington Park May 2nd

CRMC – Anglesey May 13th/15th

CRMC – Knockhill June 4th/5th

ICGP – Snetterton July 1st /3rd

CRMC – Brands Hatch July 9th/10th

CRMC – Darley Moor August 13th/14th

CRMC – Cadwell Park September 10th/11th

ICGP – Brands Hatch October 7th/9th

ICGP – Jarama (SP) October 28th /30th