On Saturday 4 July Castle Combe Racing Club will stage one of the UK’s first race meetings since the COVID-19 lockdown was enforced in mid-March, writes Ken Davies. Receiving tremendous support from its members, the club has organised an 8-event card of double-header races for Formula Fords, Hot Hatches, Salooncars and GTs, all competing in the club’s four in-house championships, but no … [Read more...]
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Lamborghini hypercar developed for track
Lamborghini Squadra Corse’s track-only hypercar, the Lamborghini SCV12, has completed its development programme and is now ready to hit the track for its world première, scheduled for summer 2020. Fitted with the most powerful V12 naturally aspirated engine from Lamborghini to date, the SCV12 – designed by the in-house Lamborghini Centro Stile – is capable of exceeding 830 hp thanks to … [Read more...]
Sportslines 18 June
The Goodwood Festival of Speed in July and Goodwood Revival in September have been cancelled for this year. Social distancing requirements have made it impossible to stage the popular events and they will next be held in 2021 and the British Motor Show has also moved to November at Farnborough International Conference Centre. … [Read more...]
Sunday drive: On the road and in the news 14 June
Despite the roads-of-life starting to reopen with shops, businesses, car manufacturers and dealerships getting the wheels of business moving again, I’m still sifting through automotive news you might have missed until my first new model road test car arrives at the end of this week, says a hopeful David Miles. But for the foreseeable future the availability of new model lest cars will be very … [Read more...]
Castle Combe Circuit postpones events but not testing
Castle Combe Circuit, Chippenham has postponed all large public events planned at the Wiltshire venue in June. These will be rescheduled if possible but individual private test days will be possible by arrangement to ensure there is no overcrowding and participants meet social distancing guidelines. It means a race meeting planned for 13 & 14 June will not be held in accordance with the … [Read more...]
Tradelines 29 April
The Vauxhall Vivaro-e, its first factory-built, fully-electric van to arrive in the market as more and more UK cities welcome emissions-free vehicles. Orders can be placed from June and deliveries begin in the autumn for the 188miles EV with a 1,226kg payload. Audi is pulling out of the German touring car series after this season. It has been involved since 1990 but now decided for … [Read more...]
Newslines 27 April
Russell George AM, the Shadow Minister for Transport, has called on the Welsh Government to provide support to Holyhead Port during the Covid-19 pandemic. While some freight services continue between Wales and Ireland, the reduction in the number of passenger services has led to calls for Welsh Government financial support to fill the gap between a reduced income and the running costs of … [Read more...]
A chance to play it again Maestro
During the 1970s and 80s, one-make racing series were a popular component of motor manufacturer’s marketing strategy, used to promote chosen models, writes Ken Davies. Among these were Ford Escort Mexico, Renault 5, Honda CRX, Ford Fiesta, VW Polo and even Porsche 924 and BWW M1 supercar championships that became popular among competitors and spectators alike, but perhaps one of the most … [Read more...]
Anglesey Circuit pushes off with motorcycle season
Anglesey Circuit gets the 2020 motorcycle racing season pushing off this weekend with a two-day Wirral 100 Motor Club meeting, writes Andrew Hughes. In recent years this first race weekend of the year has comprised a day of testing on the Saturday and a race-day on Sunday. This year, however, both days are race days in line with the club’s ‘Racing for Sport’ format. Each of the bike-category … [Read more...]
Sad loss of Welsh ambassador for motor sport
Welsh & UK motorsport lost a great ambassador on Saturday 29 February when Alun Morgan passed away after a long illness, writes Ken Davies. Widely known within the Welsh motorsport community, Alun had spent a remarkable lifetime in the sport. In 1942, David Alun Thomas Morgan was born in Gorslas, Carmarthenshire and after LLandybie Secondary Modern School, went to Ammanford Technical College … [Read more...]
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