Next year’s Rallyday will shift from September to June to avoid a World Rally Championship clash and secure some of the sport’s biggest stars and cars. Rallyday will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a Saturday June 20 date in 2020 and this year will feature the latest sporting vehicles from MS-RT in Pontypool. M-Sport Ford World Rally Team principal Richard Millener says the change of date … [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...]
FF1600 championship’s golden anniversary
Half a century of Castle Combe’s circuit-based Formula Ford 1600 championship will be celebrated at the opening race meeting of the 2019 season on Easter Monday 22 April. Formula Ford racing has been an incredibly important part of the Wiltshire track’s story since the late 1960s. 50 years after the opening race in the Castle Combe Formula Ford Championship, the annual season-opening … [Read more...]
Racing lines and the life of Terry Sanger
The heady days of 60s & 70s British motor sport and one of its stars are recalled in a new book by a Welsh writer. ‘And you’ll love this one …!’ is the biography of international racing driver Terry Sanger and written by Swansea's Ken Davies about his talented friend and inspirational privateer of the 1960s & 70s. Although an extrovert, West Walian Terry never possessed an … [Read more...]
May Day madness at Castle Combe
There isn’t anywhere else you should be than the grassy banks of Castle Combe Circuit on Bank Holiday Monday. It's going to be a fantastic meeting with 10 races, including something for everyone in the line-up. It is the sixth instalment of the Dave Allan memorial race held by Honda Manufacturing UK, based in Swindon. This 45 minute endurance race is open to all and is Honda’s fitting tribute … [Read more...]
Newslines 26 February
North Wales Police handed out 587 fixed penalty notices to motorists last year for having broken back lights. They were the third highest police force to report the offence, said Nationwide Cars. More French regions are considering introducing Crit’Air badge restrictions, reports media. The registration applies to all vehicles, including tourists, and it allows authorities to identify … [Read more...]
Racing lines 22 February
A grid full of period Touring Cars will be one of the crowd-pleasing highlights at the seventh Castle Combe Autumn Classic on Saturday 6 October. The race for pre-1966 cars will be held in memory of Terry Sanger, a local hero through the 1960s as he raced more and more outrageous saloon and touring cars. … [Read more...]
Racing lines 16 November
A long standing tradition of raising money for mainly locally based charities has generated over £44k from spectators and drivers at the Castle Combe circuit this year. The circuit’s charity raising started in earnest in 1989 by the late circuit boss Howard Strawford, from Swansea, who instigated the donation of gate receipts from its car boot sales to charities and causes close to the circuit … [Read more...]
Thrilling Castle Combe climax coming this weekend
The Castle Combe circuit’s three championships reach a nail biting conclusion on Saturday 14 October when outright champions will be decided after a season’s thrilling competition. There is a ten race programme with morning practice followed by racing from 1pm at the circuit near Chippenham. … [Read more...]
Welsh drivers in classic contest at Castle Combe
A ‘classic’ weekend of racing is in prospect at the Castle Combe circuit’s ‘West Country Cracker’ meeting on 12 and 13 August. Eight of the Classic Sports Car Club own series are intermingled with the Chippenham circuit’s home favourites, with the ‘Jaguar Enthusiasts’ club also in action. One of the most popular offerings from the CSCC is its ‘Swinging Sixties’, catering for a wonderful mix … [Read more...]