Truck art goes big time for motor sport lubricants 29 June 2010

Artist Ian Cook used a 6-tonne racing truck, single-seaters, a bike and sportscar as his paintbrushes to create this 50 square metre work of art.

The painting was commissioned by oil and car care company Comma to launch a £2 million motorsport giveaway.

Cook swapped his signature paint-covered radio-control cars for real vehicles for the first time in his career, to generate the giant image which celebrates British motorsport.

After more than 40 hours painting with radio controlled cars in his studio, Cook spent a further eight hours at the Brands Hatch circuit, using a go kart, a Caterham R300 sportscar, a Formula Two single-seater, a racing bike and a 6-tonne truck to create the 10m x 5m canvas.

Comma's £2 million motorsport promotion has been launched to celebrate the company's continuing technical partnership to the FIA Formula Two Championship.

Tickets for more than 100 different race events between June and November are included in the offer at MotorSport Vision circuits – Brands Hatch, Oulton Park, Snetterton and Cadwell Park – when customers buy selected packs of Comma's Performance Motor Oil range.

Author
Brian Tinham

Related Websites
http://www.commaoil.com/tickets

Related Companies
Comma Oil & Chemicals Ltd

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