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Stables Aims To Further Improve Vauxhall Chevette Hsr
After finishing fifth overall and as second two-wheel-drive car in this winter’s Circuit Rally Championship, Alasdair Stables says that he’ll spend the next six months preparing and developing his Vauxhall Chevette HSR for next winter’s championship.
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Free-to-attend Thruxton Meeting On Saturday
Spectators can attend this Saturday’s Thruxton 750 Motor Club meeting for free in an initiative to get more people to attend club motorsport and as a bonus for existing fans. This Saturday’s season-opener one-day meeting at the Hampshire circuit is
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Feuds And Fury In BrISCA F2 Encounters
An all-shale BriSCA Formula 2 World Championship qualifying weekend brought thrilling main-event wins for Jordon Thackra and Harley Burns, while the ongoing feud between formula top dogs Gordon Moodie and Charlie Guinchard further enlivened proceedin
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David Addison
So, that was the new Quick Six qualifying was it? Hit or miss? Hit, largely. If you didn’t watch ITV’s coverage, let me explain that the 20 drivers were divided into two groups of 10, whittled down to six making a 12-car Q2 and the top six went into
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In Brief
As if to prove this one was unusual, the top two home were from the Silver-Am class rather than the usual frontrunning Pro-Am, as Richard and Sam Neary’s Team Abba Mercedes finished second having started 15th. “The Merc was good in the full wet and t
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Dan Rowbottom
Blimey, that was a long day. Did you go to Donington? Have you dried out? Credit to fans and marshals for their patience as the British weather tested us all to the limit. Thankfully, we did get three races in and they were pretty dramatic, certainl
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Hardman Achieves Long-held Dream To Race An Era
Former vintage MG racer Tom Hardman achieved a long-held dream by racing an ERA at Silverstone during the recent Vintage Sports-Car Club weekend. Hardman got the chance to race ERA AJM1, one of the two cars owned by his friend Ben Fidler, and contest
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Devine Bids To Keep Irish Tarmac Campaign On Track In Killarney
Reigning champions Callum Devine and Noel O’Sullivan head the 166 entries for the weekend’s Killarney Rally of the Lakes, the fourth round of the Irish Tarmac Rally Championship. With non-finishes in the previous two rounds in their VW Polo GTi R5, t
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Three-star Gbr With Visser
Graham Brunton Racing’s GB4 attack is now three-strong as car-racing debutant Bas Visser has been added to the Scottish team’s single-seater line-up for the rest of the season. Zandvoort resident Visser made his GB4 bow at Silverstone last weekend. T
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Henry Claims Third Maiden City Success
Maiden City Stages winner Desi Henry had to endure a nervous end to round three of the Northern Ireland Rally Championship when his Citroen C3 Rally2 developed a misfire on the very last stage. The issue raised its head not far from the start of the
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Plot Twist Lets Balfe And Smalley Prevail
We are used to corkscrew plots in British GT, and particularly in its showpiece Silverstone 500. Yet all that have come before may struggle to beat the one in last Sunday’s event, which in the end was won by Shaun Balfe and Adam Smalley in their Gara
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Mclaughlin Holds Indy Sway At Barber
Kiwi Scott McLaughlin took his fifth career IndyCar win at Barber Motorsports Park last weekend as he delivered Team Penske’s first victory of the 2024 campaign. McLaughlin had qualified on pole and led the most laps, but his victory was still in que
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Edwards Forsakes His Trusty Darrian To Score First Road Rally Win In A Ford Escort
Stage rallying Darrian maestro Gareth Edwards took his first road rally win on the Night Owl in a Ford Escort. For navigator, Andrew Lowe, it was a first Welsh Championship victory. The pair finished narrowly ahead of 2023 winners Ieuan Evans and Daf
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Treble Tops For Kavanagh In Hot Hatch
Shay Kavanagh put his growing SK Motorsport team firmly on the map with a resounding treble in extremely mixed conditions as the 750 Motor Club’s Hot Hatch championship opened on Brands Hatch’s Indy circuit. In Honda Civic EP3 battles, Kavanagh head
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Shepherd Hails “Phenomenal” Cupra Debut
TCR UK frontrunner Adam Shepherd has called his first weekend in his new Cupra car “phenomenal” after taking a podium clean sweep following a host of problems. Shepherd – who raced a Hyundai i30 competitively in TCR UK last year – first sampled his n
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Hitech Scores High As Kucharczyk And Macintyre Claim Wins
Hitech was the high flier at GB3’s Silverstone meeting, as two of its drivers Tymek Kucharczyk and Will Macintyre made points hay by taking a win and a third place from the weather-truncated two-race event. Last year at this GB3 meeting the rapid Kuc
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What’s On
Yesterday (Wednesday) marked 30 years since the day the music died at Imola, as the great Ayrton Senna passed away. As much as Senna was magical behind the wheel, he was about as captivating to listen to. He delivery was soft and slow, but fascinatin
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Daffin Dances In A New Fiesta
From a distance, a casual observer may not notice that BOSS regular Sam Daffin is racing a new car this season. The very smartly prepared Ford Fiesta Mk5 carries the same Gulf livery as his previous version, and both are bodyshells that were original
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Big Cat Claws Its Way To A 1-2 On The Streets Of Monaco
Jaguar took only its second-ever 1-2 finish at the Monaco EPrix last Saturday after executing a choreographed intra-team masterclass for a formation finish. Mitch Evans scratched a significant itch after finishing runner-up twice in previous Monaco
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Plains Rally Ready To Go As Part Of Bala 700 Celebrations
The Plains Rally on Saturday, May 18 will play a role in helping the host town of Bala celebrate the 700th anniversary of it being awarded a town charter. With 40 stage miles and just 90 road miles across six stages in Alwen North, Llangower and Aber
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LYNK & CO TCR GOOD FOR UK
TCR Europe regular Viktor Andersson has said the Lynk & Co 03 TCR suits UK circuits after giving the car a victorious national debut in TCR UK’s season-opening race recently. The 20-year-old Swede won during a one-off appearance at TCR UK’s Brands Ha
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Finnikin Overcomes His Jinx For Final Win At Northampton
Craig Finnikin must have wondered what he had to do to turn his luck around in finals this season until he finally nailed it at Northampton Shaleway on Sunday afternoon. Focusing as he has in recent years solely on shale racing, the Leek-based super
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Results
BTCC Donington Park Round 1 Laps: 21 Track: Damp and greasy 11 Tom Chilton (Excelr8 Motorsport Hyundai i30 N) +20.750s; 12 Mikey Doble (Power Maxed Racing Vauxhall Astra) +23.189s; 13 Daryl DeLeon (Duckhams Racing Cupra Leon) +23.666s; 14 Adam Mor
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Hulkenberg Becomes Audi’s First Driver For Nascent Attack
Current Haas driver Nico Hulkenberg will spearhead Audi’s 2026 entry into grand prix racing, it was announced last week. The 36-year-old, who has entered 211 grands prix but has yet to score a podium, has been secured by what is the current Sauber te
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Brennan Gets Rare Chance To Tame The Tar In Junior Erc
Jack Brennan is hoping his limited Tarmac experience won’t be so limited following this weekend’s Rally Islas Canarias. The second event of the Junior ERC season marks a rare asphalt outing for the 19-year-old Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy member,
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‘King’ Petty To Attend Goodwood Festival Of Speed For A Celebration
Legendary NASCAR driver Richard Petty will be one of the stars at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed in July. Petty, now 86 years old, will be at Goodwood to celebrate 75 years of his family’s involvement with NASCAR as his father Lee first raced
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Glover Set For Landmark Asphalt Rally On The Island
Geoff Glover will achieve a remarkable landmark on the upcoming Manx Rally when he competes in his 120th round of the Protyre Asphalt Rally Championship and his 25th rally on the Isle of Man. Glover has been a loyal supporter of the Protyre Champions
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More Macpherson Podiums In Sights
Junior rallycross racer Teddie MacPherson is targeting further podium appearances in his second rallycross campaign following a strong start to the year. MacPherson claimed a maiden career podium at Lydden Hill on Easter Monday, finishing third in th
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William Hill: The Asphalt Giantkiller Using A Fiesta Rally3
Thirty-year old William Hill from Worcester is one of the leading contenders in the Protyre pack even though his Rally3 Fiesta sets him at an immediate disadvantage against the Rally2 and R5 cars in the championship. In truth, Rally3 has yet to take
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