Tag Archives: BARC

Dorlin Double in Opening Porsche Sprint Challenge Weekend

2020 has unfortunately been a difficult year for everyone across the globe after the COVID-19 pandemic, but as Government restrictions slowly lifted, Motorsport in England resumed in the month of July. Unfortunately, the impact of COVID-19 had been hard on everyone, but with determination from many, Snetterton on the 11th and 12th July 2020 saw a new championship launched. Over the winter of 2019, (more…)

Legends Cars Open 25th Anniversary with a Thriller

Celebrating Twenty-five years as one of UK’s greatest national racing championships, the Legends Cars supported by MRF Tyres got underway for 2019 in some style around the 1.2-mile Brands Hatch Indy circuit on the Easter Weekend. Sunday 21st April would play host to round one, with round two commencing on the Bank Holiday Monday. Conditions couldn’t have been any better for the season opener and to (more…)

Wood’s demise is Bourne’s gain in Pickups

With the sad news that the Rockingham venue is closing its doors at the end of the 2018 season, there has been a lot of focus lately on the UK Pickup Truck Racing Championship. As the only championship to use the Oval as part of their calendar, every other venue is considered a “Road course”, replicating their US counterparts. This was the case on the 9 September 2018 as the championship visited Snetterton (more…)

60th Season of the BTCC is Underway

Brands Hatch on the 07-08 April 2018 was the venue to kick start the 60th season of the Dunlop MSA British Touring Championship and to celebrate, TOCA unveiled a thirty-two-strong car field of various manufactures and teams at the Media Day on 27 March 2018. As certain drivers had moved away due to different reason, such as Gordon Shedden to WTCR and Audi, the BTCC had retained a line-up worth talking (more…)

Truck Season ends with Fireworks

There would be fireworks on and off the track for the British Truck Racing Championship season finale as the BTRC rolled into Brands Hatch on the 4th and 5th November 2017. A speculator season had yet again seen the five-tonne machines go to war and with Division 2 concluded at Pembrey; attention was firmly on Division 1 and the battle between reigning champion Ryan Smith and ten times champion Stuart (more…)

Momentum with Middleton after Ginetta Winter Series Success

HHC Motorsport & Lewis Brown were favourites copyThe 7th and 8th November 2015 saw Snetterton host its final race meeting of the season, with the KICK Start Energy Ginetta Junior Championship arriving in Norfolk for an extremely competitive Winter Series. With this being the final Ginetta title to be decided in 2015 and a great way to gather momentum for 2016, a whole host of teenagers returned after mayhem of the main series, to do battle with plenty (more…)

Legends Season Ends in the Pouring Rain

Ben Power held 2nd place ahead of R16 copyWith the season on the brink of closure for 2014, the UK National Legends entered Brands Hatch on the 02 November 2014 for what was round sixteen of another classic season. With Dean Brace already crowned the 2014 champion, the fight was on for who would finish second between three drivers. Ben Power had entered Brands Hatch in the comfortable position of second, but was massively under threat from (more…)

Success for Summerfield in Trucks Opener

2014 Division 1 Favourite Mat SummerfieldThe heavyweights of Motorsport roared into life at Brands Hatch on the 12th and 13 April 2014, as the opening meeting of the 2014 BTRA, British Truck Racing Championship got underway, for what would be another entertaining season. With eighteen monsters lining up to start their campaigns around the 1.2 mile Brands Hatch Indy circuit, the first five races of the new season would see competitive action (more…)