Action Power Racing

Action Power[1]
Founded	1987
Folded	2009
Team principal(s)	Paulo de Tarso Marques
Current series	Stock Car Brasil

Action Power / Action Power Racing is a Brazilian motorsport team. The Curitiba-based team was created in the 1980s by the then driver and businessman Paulo de Tarso Marques. Tarso Marques is father of ex F1 driver Tarso Marques and Thiago Marques. The team had won the Stock Car Brasil in 1996, 1997 and 1998.

In the early hours of July 6, 2009, the truck carrying the team's equipment had an accident on the Régis Bittencourt highway, which connects São Paulo to Curitiba. The truck caught fire, destroying all equipment, including three cars. The day after the event, the team officially announced that it was out of contention for the 2009 Stock Car Brazil Season. Later the team annunced a parternship with RCM Motorsport to finisih the season.

References

"Confira o grid completo da Temporada 2013" [Check out the full grid of 2013 Season]. Stockcar.globo.com (in Portuguese). Organizações Globo. 2 February 2013. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2013.

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[2013_drivers-1] "Confira o grid completo da Temporada 2013" [Check out the full grid of 2013 Season]. Stockcar.globo.com (in Portuguese). Organizações Globo. 2 February 2013. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2013.