“One to watch Niki Lanik”

“CRUELLY ROBBED of a likely victory in only his fourth ever race at Brands Hatch on Sunday, Stock Hatch newcomer Niki Lanik is a young man with a future.”

“Prior to doing his ARDS course in 2003, Austrian-born Lanik had never competed in anything except racing a school friend around a muddy field in old bangers.”

“Niki (18) is racing in the 750MC series for roadgoing hatchbacks alongside his old school chum, in a Fiesta XR2. Both are promoting the UK anti-drug charity Narconon.”

“Short of cash but clearly not short of talent, Niki possesses an old head on his young shoulders and realises that if his dream of a BTCC drive is to be achieved, a category carrying some serious exposure must be his next target after a learning year.”

“Having completed his ARDS course at Silverstone, he cites the BRDC Single-Seater series as a possible target for 2006.”

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“Niki Lanik and JJ Vanier met about 6 years ago at Greenfields School in Forest Row, Sussex (England). JJ is now 20 and Niki is 18. They were always into racing. In August 2003 they did the 5-Day Race Intensive Course at Silverstone Race School.”

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http://www.narconon-news.org/uk/uk_racing_team.htm

The Narconon(R) UK Race Team just had a race meeting at Brands Hatch last weekend (23-24th April) and it turned out to be extremely successful!

It all started on Friday lunch time while testing at Brands Hatch UK when the cam belt slipped on car number 140 (Niki’s car). The engine wouldn’t start again, and the weekend was looking critical. The engine had NO compression what so ever. On the other hand, car number 139 (JJ’s car) was running quite well and managed to get through a whole day of testing.

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