Name: Hans Riehs

Hometown: Lisarow NSW

Category: Production Racing Cars

Racing Number: 59

Race Car: 2002 BMW Mini Cooper S

Racing Debut: Wakefield Park Goulburn

Best Result: Outright win AMRC/ AASA Chapionship 2008

Best Racing Memory: Winning outright for the first time November 2008 in last round of AMRC/ AASA Chamoinship

Why/how you got into racing: Have always enjoyed motorsport. Build PRB Clubman kit car and participated in club events initially. Changed to tin-top Peugeot and built production car 2005/6 to run in AMRS PTCC.

Plans for 2009: to run all iRace meetings for the year and some AASA meetings with a few club events.

Your team and who makes it all possible: Team HANSiNSURE consists of a small association of family & friends. The team currently has 2 cars, Mini Cooper S & Proton Satria Gti. However, the extended teams includes my son Joshua, brother in-law Barry Black, Carly Black and Franck Donniaux as well as young Nick Chambers who now owns and drives the second ex- Sherrin Mini cooper S.

Favourite Car: BMW 130i

First Road Car: Renault 750

Current Road Car: BMW 130i

Favourite Circuit: Eastern Creek NSW

Racing Hero: Allan Moffat

Favourite Food: European

Hobbies: Circuit racing

Sponsors:

• HANSiNSURE

• Our financial services dealer group Synchron (Synchronised Business Services Pty Ltd) does support our endeavours.
• Gosford European Car Services (Franck Donniaux' business) supports us with mechanically.
• Roy Leslie's Treads Tyrepower of Kincumber help with tyre fitting, wheel alignments etc.
• Alkley & Lang - of West Gosford provide us with service on panel & paint jobs.
• Copacabana Signs - West Gosford do all our grapics, numerals etc.

BMW MINI COOPER S

Chassis: BMW Mini Cooper S - 2002

Engine: 1600 cc supercharged BMW

Gearbox/Diff: BMW Getrag 6 speed

Suspension: Coil-overs all round with Proflex shock absorbers

Brakes: Endless brake pads all round

Wheels: 16" x 7"

Tyres: 205 x 50 x 16 Dunlop RO1

Weight: 1100kg

Top Speed: 200+