Glossary / General

factory team

12 Episode Mentions

Too Afraid to Ask

A factory team is a racing group that belongs to a car company, like BMW or Ferrari. They get money and parts straight from the manufacturer.

Technical Definition

A factory team is a racing squad directly supported and operated by an automobile manufacturer, using the company’s resources, engineering, and branding.

Hear It Discussed

"because there may be, because it would be customer racing, we already know the factory team wasn't going to be there. Our customers that do race, are they kind of shying away from Porsche because..."
Boom Goes the Engine: Motor Swaps, Factory Failures, and Toy Story Liveries P-Car Talk Podcast 02:29

"[1034.0s] that's right so pretty much it was taken order there is no job because we know you can do it and to be fair I was Wayne got the short end of the straw because [1048.3s] Wayne was coming..."
Re-Release: Jeremy Burgess - 46 years on Rusty's Garage 17:20

"They were, you know, they were going, is this, so if you can beat the factory team in their own sort of car and your own class below, you know, you're going to make, your name is going to be..."
Chat with Rally Legend Ed Ordynski Part 2 Car Torque with Matty J 13:29