Carly Motors is a Dutch motorsports company. Carly Motors started tuning racing engines but grew into one of the top teams of the European Touring Car Championship and the Guia Race of Macau between 2001 and 2004.

History Carly Pellinkhof started her racing career in 1968 and opened her own tuning workshop company in 1979. Her company supported the Mercedes-Benz factory supported teams in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft. In 1992 Pellinkhof started her own racing team.

Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft Carly Motors ran a BMW M3 in the 1991 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft. Entered under Marlboro BMW Dealer Team Cor Euser was the team's sole driver. Eusers best result was a thirteenth place at the Norisring.

Dutch Touring Car Championship Carly Motors entered four BMW 325i's in the 1992 Dutch Production Car Championship. Marcel van Vliet, Ger van Krimpen, Heikki Salmenoutio and Salvatore Santisi raced the cars in the 'over 2000cc' class. Van Vliet was the first driver to win during the season, at Circuit Zandvoort. While Team Lotus driver Tom Langeberg won the championship, Carly Motors drivers Van Vliet and Salmenoutio finished second and third.

Starting in 1997 the Dutch Touring Car Championship following Group N regulations was formed. Under the name H&P Panorama Team Carly Motors started the season with Duncan Huisman and Sandor van Es. The duo dominated the inaugural season with Huisman taking the title and Van Es finishing second in the series standings. Van Es and Huisman remained at the H&P Panorama Team for 1998. The team faced heavy competition, mainly from Renault. Van Es won three races and placed second in the series standings. Cor Euser returned to the team in 1999. Euser won five races and clinched the championship in the final weekend over Frans Verschuur. For 2000 the team returned to dominance with Huisman and Van Es but it was sometimes controversial. In the second round of the championship the team won both races but was later disqualified on technical grounds. During the third round of the championship Van Es was leading the race but let Huisman pass in the last round. Pellinkhof ordered Van Es to slow down to let Huisman pass. The team won nine out of thirteen races with Huisman winning the championship over Van Es. Huisman won the series championship over Van Es. In 2001 the Carly Motors built BMW's again caused controversy. Their dominance was questioned by other teams. Some of the teams wanted the organisation to add weight to the Carly Motors cars. Van Es won two races but was a constant top five finisher to clinch the championship. Teammate Tom Coronel made his debut in the series winning three races and ended fifth in the standings. In 2002 the Dutch Touring Car Championship struggled to attract a representative grid. A low point was reached in July when only nine cars started the race. The championship was won by Huisman winning nine races out of fifteen. Teammate Molenaar finished third in the championship. The duo was split by Renault works driver Jeroen Bleekemolen.

European Touring Car Championship With the Super Production class added to the European Touring Car Championship in 2001 Carly Motors joined the series. The team raced the championship with two BMW 320i's for Dutchman Duncan Huisman and Swede Peggen Andersson. The duo competed the full season while Carly Motors entered three other cars in selected races. Huisman started the season strong with two second place finishes, only beaten by countryman Peter Kox. Huisman won at Magny-Cours, Zolder and the Hungaroring. Huisman settled for second in the championship, behind Kox. Andersson settled for seventh in the championship with two fourth places as his best result. At the season finale at Estoril two guest drivers scored the best results for Carly Motors. Sandor van Es and Tom Coronel finished second and third, behind CiBiEmme Team driver Gianni Morbidelli.

For 2002 the Super Production, FIA Group N, became the main class of the championship, replacing Super Touring.

The team intended to enter the 2004 British Touring Car Championship with a pair of BMW 320is for Tom Ferrier and James Hanson but this never happened.

Current company Carly Motors continues to fine-tune engines, with a focus on software remapping for race teams with cars competing on the highest level of motorsport as well as regular street and muscle cars. Carly Motors delivers taylormade remapping of the Engine Controle Unit (ECU) for the best needed performance within the safe zone.

Motorsport results Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Car No. Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Pts 1991 BMW M3 Sport Evo 42 Cor Euser ZOL1 ZOL2 HOC1 HOC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 AVU1 AVU2 WUN1 WUN2 NOR1 NOR2 DIE1 DIE2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ALE1 ALE2 HOC1 HOC2 BRN1 BRN2 DON1 DON2 - 0

European Touring Car Championship (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Car No. Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Pts 2001 BMW 320i 12 Peggen Andersson MNZ BRN MAG SIL ZOL HUN A1R NÜR JAR EST 7th 46 14 Duncan Huisman MNZ BRN MAG SIL ZOL HUN A1R NÜR JAR EST 2nd 114 15 Guino Kenis MNZ MAG 18th 9 Patrick Beliën BRN EST 25th 1 Frédéric Bouvy SIL ZOL 21st 6 Peter Beckers HUN JAR 26th 0 Jean-Michel Martin A1R NÜR 17th 9 38 Tom Coronel MNZ BRN MAG SIL ZOL HUN A1R NÜR JAR EST 15th 12 39 Sandor van Es MNZ BRN MAG SIL ZOL HUN A1R NÜR JAR EST 13th 15 2002 BMW 320i 7 Tom Coronel MAG1 MAG2 SIL1 SIL2 BRN1 BRN2 JAR1 JAR2 AND1 AND2 OSC1 OSC2 SPA1 SPA2 PER1 PER2 DON1 DON2 EST1 EST2 7th 16 8 Gianni Morbidelli MAG1 MAG2 SIL1 SIL2 BRN1 BRN2 JAR1 JAR2 - 0 Duncan Huisman AND1 AND2 OSC1 OSC2 SPA1 SPA2 PER1 PER2 DON1 DON2 EST1 EST2 9th 9 9 Peter Kox MAG1 MAG2 SIL1 SIL2 BRN1 BRN2 JAR1 JAR2 AND1 AND2 OSC1 OSC2 SPA1 SPA2 PER1 PER2 DON1 DON2 EST1 EST2 17th 1 22 Pierre-Yves Corthals MAG1 MAG2 SIL1 SIL2 BRN1 BRN2 JAR1 JAR2 AND1 AND2 OSC1 OSC2 SPA1 SPA2 PER1 PER2 DON1 DON2 EST1 EST2 19th 1 2003 BMW 320i 20 Tom Coronel VAL1 VAL2 MAG1 MAG2 PER1 PER2 BRN1 BRN2 DON1 DON2 SPA1 SPA2 AND1 AND2 OSC1 OSC2 EST1 EST2 MNZ1 MNZ2 10th 27 21 Duncan Huisman VAL1 VAL2 MAG1 MAG2 PER1 PER2 BRN1 BRN2 DON1 DON2 SPA1 SPA2 AND1 AND2 OSC1 OSC2 EST1 EST2 MNZ1 MNZ2 7th 47 22 Donald Molenaar VAL1 VAL2 MAG1 MAG2 PER1 PER2 BRN1 BRN2 DON1 DON2 SPA1 SPA2 AND1 AND2 OSC1 OSC2 EST1 EST2 MNZ1 MNZ2 - 0 2004 BMW 320i 20 Tom Coronel MNZ1 MNZ2 VAL1 VAL2 MAG1 MAG2 HOC1 HOC2 BRN1 BRN2 DON1 DON2 SPA1 SPA2 IMO1 IMO2 OSC1 OSC2 DUB1 DUB2 12th 25 21 Paulien Zwart MNZ1 MNZ2 VAL1 VAL2 MAG1 MAG2 HOC1 HOC2 BRN1 BRN2 DON1 DON2 SPA1 SPA2 IMO1 IMO2 OSC1 OSC2 DUB1 DUB2 - 0 22 Klaas Zwart MNZ1 MNZ2 VAL1 VAL2 MAG1 MAG2 HOC1 HOC2 BRN1 BRN2 DON1 DON2 SPA1 SPA2 IMO1 IMO2 OSC1 OSC2 DUB1 DUB2 - 0 26 Duncan Huisman MNZ1 MNZ2 VAL1 VAL2 MAG1 MAG2 HOC1 HOC2 BRN1 BRN2 DON1 DON2 SPA1 SPA2 IMO1 IMO2 OSC1 OSC2 DUB1 DUB2 - 0

Guia Race of Macau Year No. Driver Car Race 1 Race 2 2000 26 Duncan Huisman BMW 320i Ret DNS 27 Patrick Huisman 1st 1st 2001 7 Tom Coronel BMW 320i 1st Ret 6 Duncan Huisman 2nd 1st 2002 25 Andre Couto BMW 320i 2nd Ret 26 Duncan Huisman 1st 1st 27 Jörg Müller 6th Ret 2003 1 Duncan Huisman BMW 320i 1st 1st 2 Jörg Müller 24th DNS 3 Andy Priaulx 2nd DNS 2004 1 Duncan Huisman BMW 320i Ret 6th 2 Tom Coronel 5th 4th

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