Salisbury’s rising star racing driver, Ross Curnow, has won another prestigious motor sport award. Sponsorship experts Mango Communications have selected Ross to receive one of their coveted sponsorship scholarships. A combination of talent, ambition, commitment and marketability has been used in a selection process intended to find up to six young drivers deserving professional training and development.

“Sponsorship is a very complex communications tool which few people fully understand,” explained Amanda Morris, Mango’s Principal Account Director. “Finding and managing sponsorship can be such a nightmare, it can distract promising young drivers from their racing careers.”

Mango’s scholarships are intended to ease the sponsorship problem, help young drivers operate effectively in a sponsorship environment and ensure they and their sponsors enjoy a mutually beneficial relationship.

“Ross is clearly a very talented driver,” said Amanda Morris, commenting on the award. “What has impressed me even more, though, is his attitude out of the car. He is a very likeable young man and has such a professional attitude to his racing career that sponsors can only benefit from supporting him.”

On hearing of the award, Ross said: “This is great news. We still have the huge challenge of raising the budget for next year but this support should help us to ensure that we maximise the benefit for any sponsor that becomes involved with us.”