The MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship was celebrating its twentieth anniversary when it got underway in 2016 and it was only fitting that one of Britain’s biggest motorsport series started its anniversary at the home of British Motorsport, on the 9th and 10th April, at Silverstone. Housing an incredible line up of some of the top International riders on the planet, at times on par with the (more…)
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Henderson gets MX-5 Supercup Defence Underway
Under the Norfolk sunshine at Snetterton, the season began for plenty of the national championships run under the banner of the British Racing & Sports Car Club (BRSCC), including the ever popular and ever competitive Mazda MX-5 Supercup. The lightening quick Mk3 version of Japanese model has seen this championship boom in recent years and with lots of competition, this sports car series can be (more…)
Searle Seals MX1 Championship Lead at Lyng
Cadders Hill, Lyng was the venue to open the 2016 Maxxis British Motocross Championship on the 20 March 2016 with the sand based track an extreme test for the MX1 boys after a long winter. As a few of the front runners were fresh from two World Championship rounds in Qatar and Thailand, all eyes were going to be on the reigning double champion and the Wilvo Virus Performance KTM of Shaun Simpson. Starting (more…)
Momentum with Middleton after Ginetta Winter Series Success
The 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…)
Beechdean Create GT4 History
The penultimate round of the 2015 British GT Championship arrived in Norfolk on the 22nd and 23rd August, with the GT4 title on the verge of being settled. Leading the way was the Beechdean AMR pairing of Jamie Chadwick and Ross Gunn, with the youngest pairing in the series being the most consistent in GT4 whilst challenged by Gavan Kershaw and Oz Yusuf in the ISSY Racing Lotus Evora. With the gap (more…)
World & British Sidecars Go Toe to Toe
With Brands Hatch starting the second half of the 2015 season on the 18th and 19th July, the FIM Sidecar World Championship made a welcomed return to the British Isles. The fast flowing 2.4 miles Grand Prix circuit at Brands Hatch would see the teams tackle round seven of their 2015 season, with most describing Brands as a favourite of theirs for being a real rider’s circuit. Coming into the Brands (more…)
Powerboats Go To Battle on the Broads
In a sport that seems to be growing in popularity, Powerboat racing has been attracting new fans throughout the national and international scene for years and years. In what has been described by many as one of the most entertaining forms of racing in the world, Powerboat races hit speeds well in the excess of 120mph in either the sea or on lakes and rivers. With various classes within the United Kingdom (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…)