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Swift Cooper is a British race car constructor. The company was formed in 1986, when Frank Bradley bought the rights to the Swift name from Swift Engineering, and set up the company at Snetterton race course in Norfolk. Swift Cooper builds cars for Formula Ford regulations.

Swift cars won in the British Formula Ford Championship from 1993 to 1995 and the Benelux Formula Ford Championship from 1996 to 1998.

In late 1995, the company was purchased from Brian Holmes by ex-Formula 3 racer Gavin Wills and ex-Reynard Motorsport sales manager, James Linton, who he had originally met fourteen years earlier as a teenager racing karts. The two moved the manufacturing operation and the race team from its Chesterfield, Yorkshire, base to Plymouth, Devon and employed a team of 21 people to design, manufacture and service the Formula Ford single-seater race cars they produced. Over a period of three years (1996, 1997 & 1998) the company manufactured 75 cars for race teams around the world and won 27 championships worldwide.

1996 Formula Ford Zetec Championship wins

Swiss
Dutch
Benelux
Belgium
Portuguese
British Class B

1997 Formula Ford Zetec Championship wins

Swiss
Irish
Belgian
British Class B

Clients included Formula One champions Jody Scheckter and Alan Jones who purchased cars for their sons Tomas Scheckter, Toby Scheckter and Christian Jones to compete in South African and Australian Formula Ford Championships respectively.

In 1998 the company moved to its new and present home at the Castle Combe Circuit in Wiltshire and was sold to Alan Cooper to become Swift Cooper.

A Swift car won the Finnish Championship in 1999.

The first car under the new company name, the SC2000Z, was driven by Ollie Kaurala in the 2000 Championship.

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+'''Swift Cooper''' is a British race car constructor.  The company was formed in 1986, when Frank Bradley bought the rights to the Swift name from [[Swift Engineering]], and set up the company at [[Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit|Snetterton]] race course in [[Norfolk]].  Swift Cooper builds cars for [[Formula Ford]] regulations.
-'''Swift''' was formed in 1983 in the [[United States|USA]], and within a year had won the Formula Ford SCCA National Championship with its first racing car.
+Swift cars won in the [[British Formula Ford Championship]] from 1993 to 1995 and the [[Benelux Formula Ford Championship]] from 1996 to 1998.
-In 1986, Frank Bradley bought the [[United Kingdom|British]] rights to the name, and set up the company at [[Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit|Snetterton]] race course in [[Norfolk]].
+In late 1995, the company was purchased from Brian Holmes by ex-[[Formula 3]] racer Gavin Wills and ex-[[Reynard Motorsport]] sales manager, James Linton, who he had originally met fourteen years earlier as a teenager racing karts. The two moved the manufacturing operation and the race team from its [[Chesterfield, Derbyshire|Chesterfield]], Yorkshire, base to [[Plymouth]], Devon and employed a team of 21 people to design, manufacture and service the [[Formula Ford]] single-seater race cars they produced. Over a period of three years (1996, 1997 & 1998) the company manufactured 75 cars for race teams around the world and won 27 championships worldwide.
-The nineties were a period of great success, with cars being built each year from 1992 to 1999. Wins in the British Championship from 1993 to 1995 were matched by victories on the continent, where Swift joined champion team Geva Racing to win at the Benelux Championship from 1996 to 1998.
+'''1996 Formula Ford Zetec Championship wins'''
-In late 1995, the company was purchased from Brian Holmes (formerly the founder of [[Auto Windscreens]] in the UK) by ex-[[Formula 3]] racer Gavin Wills and ex-[[Reynard Motorsport]] Sales Manager, James Linton, who had originally met fourteen years earlier as teenagers when racing karts. The two moved the manufacturing operation and the race team from its [[Chesterfield]], Yorkshire, base to [[Plymouth]], Devon and employed a team of 21 people to design, manufacture and service the [[Formula Ford]] single seater race cars they produced. Over a period of three years (1996, 1997 & 1998) the company manufactured 75 cars for race teams around the world and won 27 championships worldwide. Clients included [[Formula One]] Champions [[Jody Scheckter]] and [[Alan Jones (racing driver)|Alan Jones]] who purchased cars for their sons [[Tomas Scheckter]], [[Toby Scheckter]] and [[Christian Jones]] to compete in South African and Australian Formula Ford Championships respectively. A Swift car won at the Finnish Championship in 1999.
+* Swiss
-In 1998 the company moved to its new and present home at the [[Castle Combe Circuit|Castle Combe]] circuit in [[Wiltshire]] and was sold to Alan Cooper to become Swift Cooper. The first, and very different, car under the new company name was soon built. Called the SC2000Z, it was driven by Ollie Kaurala in the 2000 Championship.
+* Dutch
+* Benelux
+* Belgium
+* Portuguese
+* British Class B
+'''1997 Formula Ford Zetec Championship wins'''
-Using [[Computer-aided design|CAD]] and [[Computer-aided manufacturing|CAM]] techniques, Swift Cooper continued the refinement of the new design with another car produced for the [[British Formula Ford Championship]] in 2004, and again in 2006, in preparation for the 2007 season.
+* Swiss
-== See also ==
+* Irish
+* Belgian
+* British Class B
+Clients included [[Formula One]] champions [[Jody Scheckter]] and [[Alan Jones (racing driver)|Alan Jones]] who purchased cars for their sons [[Tomas Scheckter]], [[Toby Scheckter]] and [[Christian Jones (racing driver)|Christian Jones]] to compete in South African and [[Australian Formula Ford Championship]]s respectively.
-* [[Swift Engineering]]
+In 1998 the company moved to its new and present home at the [[Castle Combe Circuit]] in [[Wiltshire]] and was sold to Alan Cooper to become Swift Cooper.
+A Swift car won the Finnish Championship in 1999.
+The first car under the new company name, the SC2000Z, was driven by Ollie Kaurala in the 2000 Championship.
 ==External links==
-* [http://www.swiftcooper.com/about.html Swift Cooper]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080804044925/http://www.swiftcooper.com/about.html Swift Cooper]
-* [http://www.britishformulaford.co.uk/index.htm British Formula Ford Series]
 [[Category:British racecar constructors]]
+[[Category:Formula Ford cars]]