The North Western Centre of the MG Car Club will be running a two day car sprint meeting at Anglesey Circuit this weekend. Taking part in the event will be members of the organising MG Car Club as well as several other invited clubs who will be competing in a number of different championships. Round 1, on Saturday, will be on the National Circuit configuration and Round 2, on Sunday, will be … [Read more...]
Racing
Mort gets his 2019 championship alive
Chris Mort’s campaign to retain his 450 – 1100cc Open title at Tonfanau got off to the perfect start, the Malpas rider taking a clean sweep of victories at the Crewe and South Cheshire Club’s Easter Sunday meet, reports Peter Hughes. The closest anyone could get to the Honda 600 rider was a little under seven seconds, that by fellow Honda rider Mike Norbury who took two seconds and a third. The … [Read more...]
Castle Combe celebrates golden jubilee
Easter Monday saw Castle Combe Circuit hold its annual Howard’s Day race meeting, commemorating Welshman Howard Strawford who saved the Wiltshire circuit as a motor racing venue in the 1970s before going on to build it into one of the UK’s leading club racing circuits, writes Peter Hughes. The event also celebrated the 50thanniversary of the circuit’s own Formula Ford Championship. Formula Ford … [Read more...]
Morris makes his mark in BritGT series
British GT Championship returnee Seb Morris made a tremendous start to the 2019 season at a bright and sunny Oulton Park International Circuit on Easter Monday with a fantastic opening round victory on his maiden race outing with new Bentley Continental team JRM. Reuniting the 2017 championship-winning ‘dream team’ driving partnership with Rick Parfitt Jnr, North-Walian Morris excelled at his … [Read more...]
Mardenborough aims to make his mark
A lot will be new for British Super GT star Jann Mardenborough in Japan this season, but the former gamer enters 2019 with renewed determination. In his fourth season in Japan and third fighting for overall wins in the GT500 class, Mardenborough, from Cardiff, joins Kondo Racing to drive alongside Japanese ace Mitsunori Takaboshi aboard the No.24 Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500. The young stars … [Read more...]
Morris at Monza for Endurance Cup opener this weekend
Monza will be the first destination on Seb Morris’ extremely busy 2019 schedule next weekend, when the hotly anticipated new Blancpain Endurance Cup season will get underway with the first three-hour race of the campaign. One year on from a stunning debut in the pan-European championship at the Italian circuit, where the Welshman achieved a sensational second place finish in the Pro-Am class, … [Read more...]
Blundell debuts with Welsh business
Port Talbot based tyre comparison website Motokiki and international racing driver Mark Blundell are teaming up as he prepares to make his debut in the British Touring Car Championship. The new partnership will see the former F1, and IndyCar and Le Mans 24 Hours winner, proudly sporting Motokiki branding across his race suit throughout the 2019 season. … [Read more...]
Welsh student helps with MG3 hottest hatch
A young Welsh female student is taking a leading role in a landmark motor sport event for the famous MG brand. Angharad Davies, from Llantrisant (right), is an engineering student at Bath University and is spending a year's placement with MG in Longbridge helping develop its new racing hot hatch. Last week, the MG3 low-cost racer built by MG Car Club and SAIC Motor UK Technical Centre made its … [Read more...]
Anglesey Circuit begins bikers’ season
The motorcycle race season at Anglesey Circuit begins Sunday when the Wirral 100 Motor Club make their first of their four 2019 visits. The race format for the meeting will follow the club’s well-tested ‘Racing for Sport’ formula, the intention being to give the riders and spectators as much track action as possible in the time available. Each class will have two races and at the end of the … [Read more...]
Racing lines 21 March
Reis Motorsport Insurance – Castle Combe Circuit’s all-new track day and motorsport partner for 2019 – has vowed to arrange more accessible and affordable insurance deals for those taking to the track at the Wiltshire venue throughout the year. A specialist supplier of insurance for motorsport, track day and performance road cars, Reis has not only become a partner to the venue but is also … [Read more...]