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Josh Price will make his return to racing for the first time since 2019 after joining EXCELR8\u2019s Vertu MINI CHALLENGE programme.<\/strong><\/p>\n The 25-year-old will make his debut in the JCW class this weekend at Snetterton as he bids to relaunch his racing career, having previously competed in both the British Touring Car Championship and the British GT Championship.<\/p>\n Price also has experience of one-make racing from his time in the Renault Clio Cup, where he scored a best championship finish of sixth.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m really excited to be joining the MINI CHALLENGE, and am keen to try and progress back to where was earlier in my career when I was part of the BTCC,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is the first step towards that, and I\u2019m really looking forward to getting back into a race car and seeing how I get on.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cIn EXCELR8, I know I have a team behind me that has a huge amount of pedigree and expertise in the series, which is all part of the appeal for both myself and my sponsors – alongside the high profile that being on the BTCC platform provides.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cHaving been out of racing for a good few years, I\u2019m have no real expectations going into this weekend because everyone else obviously has two rounds under their belt already, so it\u2019s case of having as much fun as possible and seeing how I get on.”<\/em><\/p>\n Team owner Justina Williams said she was pleased to bring Price into the team, and was confident he could make an impression on track in the ex-Sam Weller championship winning car.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re really pleased that Josh has chosen to join us as he relaunches his racing career,\u201d she said.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cHe is a driver who displayed a lot of talent on his way up the ladder to the BTCC when he was younger, and we are excited to see how gets on at the wheel of the JCW during the remainder of the season.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ background_enable_image=”off” background_size=”contain” background_position=”center_left” custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.minichallenge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-05-24-at-16.36.15.jpeg” title_text=”WhatsApp Image 2024-05-24 at 16.36.15″ _builder_version=”4.25.0″ hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.minichallenge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-05-24-at-12.09.58.jpeg” title_text=”WhatsApp Image 2024-05-24 at 12.09.58″ _builder_version=”4.25.0″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Josh Price will make his return to racing for the first time since 2019 after joining EXCELR8\u2019s Vertu MINI CHALLENGE programme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":25299,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1462,1465],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-jcw"],"yoast_head":"\n