The 2019 season for the Mini Challenge JCW championship would likely see records broken and one of their most competitive years to date, as ahead of a move to the TOCA package in support of the BTCC in 2020, a grid of thirty-three were signed up, featuring emerging talent and plenty of experience. The opening round of the season took place at Oulton Park over the Easter Weekend and as the season approached (more…)
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JCW Title nearly in the Hands of Whorton-Eales
For the penultimate round of the 2018 Mini Challenge JCW championship, the season returned to Brands Hatch, a few weeks after supporting the DTM earlier in the month, however this time it was headlining the Mini Festival on the Indy circuit. The driver to beat after a string of victories was JamSport’s Ant Whorton-Eales, coming into the penultimate round with 525 points. After a year in the Dunlop (more…)
MG Double for Ross at Donny
In the UK there have been many Motorsport Clubs that have come and gone, but one continues to grow from strength to strength. The MG Car Club has been around for a number of years and throughout has shown entertaining racing in every form of vehicle that the manufacture has produced. Currently racing across the UK with seven championships ranging from classic to modern day machinery, one championship (more…)
Thompson & Witts Share VW Honours in Norfolk
The Milltek Sport Volkswagen Racing Cup has always been one of the most popular one makes series in the country and yet again a competitive line up of Golfs, Polos and Sciroccos were ready to do battle on some of the country’s best racing circuits. This time though the grid would see a shake-up in 2017 in terms of machinery as two impressive Audi TTs from the VAG brand were entered by SwanFlight for (more…)
Clio Cup heats up at Snetterton
JamSport Racing and Clio Cup veteran Ant Whorton-Eales have been the team and driver pairing to beat in the 2016 Renault Clio Cup, as the former Championship contender had wrapped up half of the season races. Securing five wins in the first half of the season has given Whorton-Eales the series lead, however with six different winners so far in 2016, the second half of the season starting at Snetterton, (more…)
Feakins the Man to Beat in PBMW
Reaching the half way point in the Production BMW championship at Snetterton, it was starting to become clear that the 2014 Runner up Gary Feakins could be the man to beat in 2015. With a victory in every race that he had taking part in so far, Gary should technically be championship leader, but absence at Silverstone left Matt Swaffer and Jack Gabriel tied as series leaders on 184 points, after six (more…)
A Weekend to Unfortunately Forget for LDR
The 25th and 26th April saw the Leicestershire circuit of Donington Park host the opening round of the 2015 MINI Challenge Championship, as New cars and drivers kicked started the season in the same old entertaining way. In terms of major changes to the championship, the winter introduction of the brand new F56 MINI to headline the calendar had seen an influx of new drivers, including a few from the (more…)
Sutton Does the Brands VW Double
The penultimate round of the 2014 Milltek Sport Volkswagen Racing Cup at Brands Hatch on the 30th and 31st August looked set to produce a thrilling finale for Donington Park in mid-September, as three drivers entered Kent separated by just twelve points. Leading the way with two wins under his belt already was JWB Motorsport rookie, Stefan Di Resta, who had come into the VW Cup this year with very (more…)
Northern MINI Festival Welcomes Scottish Cooper Cup
With the MINI Festival making its debut up North for the first time in its history on Saturday 12th July 2014, this gave an opportunity for a second modern BMW MINI Championship to join the timetable. In making its annual trip south of the border from its regular venue of Knockhill, the drivers and teams of the Scottish Celtic Speed MINI Cooper Cup took part in rounds ten and eleven around the Oulton (more…)
Northern MINI Festival Sees a Twist in The Championship
Saturday 12th July 2014 was the date that Oulton Park was packed full with the most popular British manufacture of all time, the MINI, as the Cheshire circuit hosted its first ever Northern MINI Festival. With MINIs Old and New spread all over the famous venue, the action on track would be majorly competitive, as the BMW Coopers from the MINI Challenge took on rounds ten, eleven and twelve. After lots (more…)