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Contents

BRSCC Yearbook 2022-2023

Welcome from BRSCC Chairman, Peter Daly

Intelligent Money British GT Championship

W Series

Silverlake C1 Racing Series

Avon Tyres National Formula Ford Championship

Avon Tyres Northern & Super Classic Formula Ford Championship

BRSCC Fiesta Championship

BRSCC Fiesta Junior Championship

BRSCC SuperSport Endurance Cup

BRSCC Mazda MX-5 SuperCup

BRSCC Mazda MX-5 Championship

BRSCC Mazda MX-5 Clubman Championship

Clubsport Trophy

2022 in Pictures

Caterham Seven Championship UK

Caterham Seven 310R Championship

Caterham Seven 270R Championship

Caterham Roadsport Championship

Caterham Academy, Green Group

Caterham Academy, White Group

FunCup Endurance

Vinyl Detail ST-XR Challenge

Modified Ford Series

Nankang Tyre BMW Compact Cup

Motorsport UK British Superkart Championship

Nankang Tyre CityCar Cup Championship & Student Motorsport Challenge

ZEOPrototype Cup

51st Formula Ford Festival

Race of Remembrance

AwardsNight

Looking Ahead to 2023

2022 Champions’ Roster

Editor: David Addison

Editor-in-chief: Scott Woodwiss

Designer: Jake Yorath (yorath.co)

Words: Scott Woodwiss, Tom Hornsby, W Series, Dave Williams, Gary James, Peter Scherer

Photos: Jon Elsey, James Roberts, Rachel Bourne, W Series, Jakob Ebrey, Jon Bryant (SnappyRacers), BRSCC

Copyright BRSCC 2023

Hello ladies, gentlemen and fellow Club members, and welcome to the latest edition of the British Racing & Sports Car Club’s annual yearbook covering the 2022-23 season!

Thankfully, compared to the previous two seasons, in 2022 the UK club racing landscape got back to some form of normality after the disruption previously caused by the pandemic and once our first race weekend of the year was underway in March, it was business as usual for the BRSCC. What followed was a fantastic year for the Club both on and off track as it continued to strive to set the usual high standard of racing it typically delivers. It was a year that saw the Club go through a change in branding and image, one that has truly brought the BRSCC into the 21st century and will futureproof the Club going forwards.

So successful was the 2022 season that the BRSCC ended the year as the best performing club as recognised by Autosport, with the Club being the only one within British motor sport to see its average grid size increase. This is an achievement we are immensely proud of, especially during a time when we are told there is a cost of living crisis as well as many other unpredictabilities around the world. Thankfully this is proof that club racing is still just as healthy as it has always been, if not healthier than in previous years.

Over the year, we saw some excellent average grid sizes as ever from the likes of our trio of Mazda MX-5 championships, the BMW Compact Cup, the superb ClubSport Trophy series which achieved a record 61-car grid at Silverstone in May, the Nankang Tyre CityCar Cup and our excellent Fiesta Junior Championship which encourages plenty of new talented young drivers to begin their careers. With the introduction of

the brand new Mk7 generation FJC race car from Cooksport, I know all at the club are excited for the championship’s future.

With equally superb racing from the two senior Fiesta contests, our pair of Formula Ford championships, and well supported series such as the C1 Racing Club which joined the BRSCC this year for the first time and included our successful first running of the C1 24 Hours in May, and the Modified Ford Series amongst many others, I am really proud of the portfolio we have developed over the past few seasons. I was also delighted at how exceptional the Intelligent Money British GT Championship performed across 2022, producing another thrilling climax at Donington Park with Ian Loggie claiming GT3 honours and Sennan Fielding and Richard Williams winning GT4. We also enjoyed a superb international entry for the Formula Ford Festival in October and although the conclusion to the weekend was not the way anyone wished, our congratulations go to Max Esterson for winning the event. We must also congratulate Jamie Chadwick on securing her third W Series title too.

Of course the BRSCC never stands still and is always striving to improve itself and its product. We’re very pleased to be welcoming TCR UK and the Civic Cup back onto the Club’s roster for 2023 and we’re very thankful to Stewart and Nicki Lines and all at Maximum Motorsport for entrusting us with the next step in the development of both championships. Each are looking healthier than ever for the new season and we’re greatly looking forward to working together with them again going forwards. We’re also looking forward to watching the progress of some exciting new projects in 2023, including the new Audi TT Cup Racing which already has over 40 build kits sold and looks set to be another success, as well as the innovative new Evolution Trophy development series for new projects to grow and prosper on track together, the new SuperSport Endurance Cup championship for long-distance club endurance races and the addition of the long-standing MG Metro Cup. Plus, in continuing the BRSCC’s tradition of innovation within club motorsport, the introduction of the new Formula Foundation project brings electric single seater racing at club level for the first time. This is a development I’m very much looking forward to watching progress throughout 2023 and beyond.

As ever, I must thank all those involved within the BRSCC for their tireless efforts and hard work to ensure we continue delivering the best service and products possible for our members and customers. I recognise the immense work by our HQ team with Paul, Greg, Charlotte, Luke, Chloe, Sophia and Scott, all of which played their parts in making sure we continue to ensure the Club’s success, as well as my fellow board members and

directors for their continued support. As ever, our events could not happen without the dedication of our wonderful marshals, our volunteers, our championship and series coordinators and our officials, as well as all of the drivers, teams and members that support the Club and its activities. For everything you do, everything you provide and everything you give, I say a very heartfelt thank you.

We must also think of those that we have lost since the last edition of our Yearbook. We mentioned the passing of Jon Crook in our last edition at the beginning of 2022 and throughout the year we also saw Ted Whitbourn and Barry Morris sadly leave us and before the publication of this edition, earlier in 2023 we also said goodbye to our long-standing Formula Ford coordinator Ian “Diz” Smith, who did so much for the category over the last few decades. I pass on my sincerest condolences from myself and on behalf of everyone at the Club to all those who left us during 2022, including those we may not have mentioned here, that made any contribution towards the BRSCC’s success and wish their friends and families well.

I am also thankful once again for all of the supporting sponsors that we feature in this latest edition of the Yearbook. A big thank you goes to George Grant of Clapham North MOT and Downforce Radio for his continued support as well as the following partners and advertisers: MSV, TSL Timing, Cooksport Performance, SW Motorsports, Grove & Dean, The Motorsports School, BC Racing, Adrian Flux and Dalys Systems. Alongside this, I also say thank you for the continued support of our partners at runyourfleet, who supplied our superb Jaguar safety car and more recently a brand new state-of-the-art motorsport rescue unit to the Club. To Steve Whitmarsh and all at runyourfleet, your continued partnership with us is very much valued.

I sign off by saying that heading into 2023, there is plenty of excitement, positivity, optimism and energy and a real belief that it has all the ingredients of becoming one of the most successful years in the Club’s recent history. I invite you all not just to take a look back at the year that was, but also join us for what’s set to be another amazing year for the BRSCC. Thank you all once again for your continued support - I wish you all the best for the season ahead and look forward to welcoming you trackside!

Peter Daly Chairman, British Racing & Sports Car Club

Above: Ian Loggie (centre) was ably co-driven to GT3 glory by Jules Gounon (left) and Callum Macleod (right)...

Middle: ...in their striking, pink RAM Racing Mercedes

Below: The SRO-run championship boasts one of the world’s best GT3 grids: seven different manufacturers were represented during the season

Opposite: Steller Motorsport were GT4 champions with their Audi

30 YEARS ON TOP FORM

The Intelligent Money British GT Championship celebrated its 30th anniversary in style by producing another barnstorming campaign across both its GT3 and GT4 classes. Sure, Ian Loggie finally secured the overall title he so craved by leading from start to finish, but that didn’t tell the whole story of a season in which GT4 often upstaged the senior class. Tom Hornsby tells the tale...

In GT3, the battle for the overall race win was seldom predictable. Seven different overall winning combinations across nine races ensured four GT3 crews headed to the Donington Decider still in championship contention.

Jules Gounon and Callum Macleod both helped Ian Loggie win races in 2022, but it was the Am driver’s consistency elsewhere that ensured RAM Racing’s #6 Mercedes-AMG scored double digit points in all but one of the rounds.

Only at Donington’s finale did the wheels threaten to fall off a title tilt that began in thrilling fashion on Easter weekend at Oulton Park where Gounon’s stellar performance was matched only by Adam Carroll’s defensive masterclass aboard Balfe’s Audi. The positions were reversed in race two to leave both entries level pegging at the top of the standings.

But non-scores at Silverstone would allow others to claw back ground. Chief among them was Barwell’s Lamborghini of Adam Balon and Sandy Mitchell which held off Garage 59’s guesting McLaren en route to victory in British GT’s blue riband three-hour race.

The first of two trips to Donington also lasted 180 minutes, and it was another manufacturer – McLaren – that made it four different winners in as many races. Morgan Tillbrook and Marcus Clutton announced themselves as championship contenders by recording the second largest winning margin in series history, although theirs and Enduro’s cause was aided by fortuitous safety car timing that scuppered the chances of 2 Seas’ James Cottingham and Lewis Williamson in particular.

Loggie had bounced back from Silverstone with a podium and added a second win of the season – this time alongside Macleod – in the first of Snetterton’s two sprint encounters. It would turn into a Red Letter Day for RAM as well as John Ferguson and Ulysse De Pauw who scored their maiden British GT wins in race two.

Spa also produced first-time GT3 winners in Fox Motorsport’s Nick Halstead and Jamie Stanley. But with that particular crew no longer in title contention, it was Loggie – partnered this time by Gounon – who left Belgium happiest after extending his points lead by finishing third overall.

He could – and possibly should – have become the first driver to win the GT3 title with a race to spare since 2010 next time out at Brands Hatch. But after sustaining damage in an incident with Balon, RAM’s attention shifted to banking more solid points. Instead, it was another MercedesAMG that appeared on course for victory until Abba’s machine encountered a fuel pump issue on the penultimate lap.

That handed a second win of the campaign to Enduro’s Tillbrook and Clutton, who – along with Balon/Mitchell and Cottingham/Williamson – travelled to Donington with an outside shot of stealing the title from Loggie.

Finishing first or second while also relying on Loggie’s capitulation meant beating RAM always appeared unlikely. But the door was suddenly ajar when the Mercedes-AMG completed lap two stone last after unrelated early incidents.

It wouldn’t remain that way for long, though, after each contender encountered problems of their own while Loggie atoned for his early dramas by fighting back. Gounon emerged from his pitstop in second place and behind only Century’s BMW shared by Darren Leung and Alexander Sims who went on to collect the new M4’s maiden British GT3 victory.

Second place, meanwhile, was more than enough for RAM and Loggie, while debutants Redline Racing collected the Silver-Am crown courtesy of the impressive Alex Malykhin and James Dorlin.

same weekend at Oulton Park. The maximum Success Penalty and Silver weight prevented an even rarer hat-trick next time out at Silverstone, but their third place was still sufficient to establish a sizeable advantage at one-third distance.

Newbridge’s Matt Topham and Darren Turner, meanwhile, were only just getting into their stride and became the first crew in any class to win the Silverstone 500 back-to-back. That should have propelled them towards the middle part of the season, but instead – and just like Steller – this period coincided with other teams upping their game.

First, Academy’s Matt Cowley and Marco Signoretti looked set to mount a championship challenge by winning at Donington before Josh Miller and Jamie Day became the youngest crew in terms of combined age ever to win a British GT race.

Next, Jack Brown and reigning champion Will Burns won Snetterton’s second race aboard Century’s BMW, but it was Miller and Day who vaulted firmly into title contention when they topped the podium again next time out at Spa.

Newbridge and Steller had to respond, and they did just that by finishing one-two at Brands Hatch. Topham and Turner thus headed to the season finale leading from Williams and Fielding, while Miller and Day also remained in contention but had the added bonus of racing Success Penalty-free.

And it was that points-on-the-board verses time-still-to-be-served scenario that delivered yet another classic GT4 finale in which all three crews topped the standings at some point across the final hour.

With two wins and another podium across the first three races it’s hardly surprising that Steller’s Richard Williams and Sennan Fielding delivered Audi’s first-ever British GT title.

However, it is testament to two Aston Martin crews – Newbridge and R Racing – that the GT4 championship’s destination remained in doubt until the final laps of the 2022 campaign.

There was no stopping Steller at the start of the season thanks to a rare double victory on the

R Racing was initially in the box seat thanks to its shorter pitstop time but ultimately lost out first to Newbridge and then Steller whose Audi was on a mission in the hands of Fielding. His spirited drive to second – behind only Toyota Gazoo Racing UK’s Tom Edgar and Jordan Collard – was enough to leapfrog Newbridge in the final reckoning.

Topham and Turner retained their Pro-Am crown, while Fielding’s contribution was also recognised with the Allan Simonsen Award.

GT3: Loggie, at last!

GT4: A Steller performance

In what may be W Series’ final outing, Jamie Chadwick took her third consecutive crown in dominant style. They look back on the championship’s globe-trotting swansong.

JAMIE’S HAT-WICK

W Series’ third on-track season started where the second left off in October 2021 – in the USA. But, where the Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas, was the stage when Jamie Chadwick became a two-time W Series champion in front of a record 400,000 fans, the Briton began her title defence 1,326 miles (2,134km) away in Florida at the brand-new Miami International Autodrome.

Last season’s runner-up, Alice Powell, topped the practice session, but Nerea Martí was quickest in qualifying. The Spaniard pipped Jamie by less than one tenth of a second to secure her maiden pole position, but she couldn’t capitalise, making a slow getaway which allowed Jamie to take the lead at the start. She was overtaken by Emma Kimiläinen in the final third of the race, but regained the lead on the final lap after Emma ran wide at turn one.

Jamie started the second race of the opening double-header from pole position, as the drivers’ second-best qualifying time determined the starting grid. She completed a perfect weekend, with her fourth straight W Series race win, and eighth overall, achieved in much simpler fashion than her victory from the previous day. After an expertly controlled drive from pole, Jamie crossed the finish line three seconds ahead of Nerea, over whom she now held a 24-point lead at the top of the championship standings.

Less than a fortnight since Jamie celebrated the second of her two wins and a perfect start to her title defence, W Series travelled to Barcelona, Spain. The third race, in support of the Spanish Grand Prix, started a run of four straight races in Europe. Although this would be W Series’ first race in Spain, all 18 drivers on the grid were familiar with the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, which was the location of this season’s pre-season test in March.

Chadwick turned 24 on the day of qualifying and celebrated her birthday in perfect style by taking the ninth pole position of her W Series career. The celebrations continued 24 hours later when Jamie made it five wins in a row thanks to a dominant lights-to-flag victory, leading every lap and recording the fastest lap to put the icing on the cake. Abbi Pulling was Jamie’s closest challenger, and her second podium finish moved her into second place in the championship, 37 points adrift of Jamie.

After a six-week break, W Series supported the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, where Jamie was attempting to win on home soil for the first time. She gave herself the best chance by securing her third straight pole position in qualifying. Despite increasingly persistent rain falling during the race, Jamie took a commanding lights-to-flag victory

which let her extend her 100 per cent record to four wins from four races in 2022. In the process, she took her points tally for the year to 100 and increased her lead at the top of the championship standings to 47 points over Abbi. Her compatriot finished third after making contact with Kimiläinen in the closing stages.

Beitske Visser finally ended Chadwick’s leading run during practice at Paul Ricard, and the Dutch driver would eventually be awarded pole position too. She couldn’t convert it into a victory, however, as Jamie pulled off two stunning overtakes to secure her seventh straight win in a run dating back to October 2021. Starting from third on the grid, she twice passed pole-sitter Beitske during a dramatic race, which featured two safety-car periods and numerous wheel-towheel battles. Jamie’s fifth victory from five races in 2022 – and the 11th of her W Series career –gave her a 70-point lead over nearest challenger Pulling. Jamie finished the race, at the French Grand Prix, ahead of Spanish team-mates Belen García and Nerea, the former recording her best result.

W Series’ final European race of the year took place in support of the Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring. Powell took the third pole position of her W Series career – more than a year after her second – and went on to control the race from the front, expertly negotiating two safety car restarts. Alice put the hammer down on the second restart early to give her a lead of half a second as the drivers crossed the line, but Jamie had halved that advantage midway through the following lap. However, the champion then ran wide at Turn 11 to allow Alice to regain a lead of half a second. She extended that by two tenths as they began the last lap of the race, and kept her cool on the final circuit of 14 corners to take a deserved fifth victory of her W Series career.

W Series travelled to Singapore for its firstever race in Asia, where Jamie would be 30 minutes plus one lap away from winning her third consecutive title. Holding a 75-point lead over Alice and Beitske, Jamie knew that finishing higher than that pair and Abbi – who was a further three points adrift in the standings – would result in title number three. Visser overtook Marta at the start and held off a strong and persistent challenge from Alice to claim her first victory of the season. Jamie made up places early on, but crashed out in the closing stages while running sixth – her first-ever retirement from a W Series race. Beitske’s victory put her second in the championship standings, seven points clear of Alice in third, and 50 behind leader Jamie, whose third title was confirmed eight days later when the season was curtailed.

Opposite, top: Jamie Chadwick earned her third W Series Oppsite, below: The W Series visited some exciting destinations, including Singapore

Above: Alice Powell was a race winner...

Below: ...as was Beitske Visser

Bottom: Abbie Eaton (#44) leads Jess Hawkins on home soil supporting the British Grand Prix

It all began in April on the Snetterton 300 circuit with a record 57 entries, the largest the series had ever attracted.

The race itself was close at the front in the opening stages as the #Blessed, Emax Motorsport, Oakley Motorsport and Ardcor Modelmakers teams all took turns in the lead between them throughout and through the pit stops. No less than eight cars were still on the lead lap in the closing stages, and it was Ardcor’s John Ardis and Mike Graham that came home as winners, ahead of Oakley Motorsport’s Graham Oakley and Harry Newman-Oakley, with Emax Motorsport’s Jake Little, James Little and Stuart Ratcliffe completing the podium.

Then the all-important C1 24 Hours at Silverstone was next in May, with an excellent entry of 61 cars and high excitement for all taking part. Hybrid Tune Motorsport, the defending champions who entered the 24 Hours at the last minute, qualified on pole position and held onto the lead for the first 20 minutes. However, JW Bird Motorsport and BH Motorsport/SCK Motorsport took turns at the front before Emax Motorsport gained the lead and held onto it for a while. Majestic Motorsport and Team Trojan also led the race at various points, but Hybrid Tune Motorsport took advantage of one of many brief safety car periods to climb back into the lead and ultimately win the race for the second year in a row. Emax Motorsport finished second, followed by WRC Developments in third. Fake Taxi and JW Bird Motorsport completed the top five. The event was considered a success, with many teams and drivers planning to return next year.

The third Silverlake C1 Endurance Series race took place at Anglesey with 18 teams participating in a special four-and-a-half-hour battle royale racing into the night. Despite fewer cars than the previous races, the teams were competitive and keen to put on a great display of endurance racing. Quattro Formaggio claimed pole position and was part of an early four-car battle for the lead with Red Sky Racing, Silverlake 2, and #417 CSC Racing/FDL Packaging. Red Sky Racing pulled away to battle with #417 CSC Racing, but the latter suffered a differential problem, becoming the first retirement. Quattro Formaggio took over in front, holding a substantial gap as the race progressed, but they were penalized for avoidable contact, dropping them to third, putting Silverlake 2 in the lead with Michael Parkes. CSC Racing’s #513 sister car of Nicholas and James Cunniffe had quietly climbed up the order by this stage, reaching 2nd place with just over two hours to go. They would claim the lead with 40 minutes left and win the race to their abject delight, followed by Silverlake 2 in 2nd place and an equally euphoric Scuderia Pollo Rosso in third.

Next up, the Donington Park race in the sweltering July heat had a full grid of 50 cars competing in a frantic three-hour event, making for a busy and impressive sight on track with many teams returning after the Silverstone 24 Hours. Emax Motorsport started on pole but lost the lead to #326 #blessed after 18 laps. However, they reclaimed it and held it until their first scheduled pit stop. Team Trojon’s #508 car then took the lead and stayed out in front for most of their stint. WRC Development and TOF Racing also led the race at various points. By the two-hour mark, the Trojon car was back in the

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lead and held on until the end, superbly winning their first C1 Endurance race by 11 seconds from Emax in P2. TOF Racing’s Stephen Glynn and John Gladman also celebrated their first-ever podium finish in third place.

Trojon’s #508 team continued its winning streak at Brands Hatch, starting from pole position and battling with WRC Developments for the lead in the opening stages of the race, both cars frequently swapping the lead. After a rollover by MOARwin Motorsport caused a 20-minute safety car delay, Trojon fell back gradually and opted to pit at one-third distance, while WRC continued on and made their first stop just past the 90-minute mark. After the final scheduled stops were made, Trojon #508 maintained their lead to the finish, with WRC finishing over 40 seconds behind in second place. Quattro Formaggio secured third place after recovering from an early puncture, while JWB and Patrick Watts Racing completed the top five.

Croft had an action-packed weekend with two three-hour races in Yorkshire marking the closing stages of C1 Racing Club’s debut season under the BRSCC. JW Bird Motorsport took an early lead in Race 1, with Emax Motorsport and Quattro Formaggio trailing behind. The top five remained static until the first pit stops, where Emax and then JW Bird regained the lead respectively, the pair followed by Scuderia Pollo Rosso, Team Trojon, and CSC Racing. The second hour had a slight shake-up in the order, and Emax emerged victorious with James and Jake Little winning their first race of the year. JW Bird then led early in race two, with Emax and Ardcor Modelmakers in pursuit. Emax again took over out in front through their overcut strategy and both leading team cars held on to claim both first and second place, followed by JW Bird in third.

At the season finale on the return leg to Snetterton, there was no stopping Emax’s runaway form that had been present at Croft. The entry was healthy with 55 cars turning out and driving talent including newly-crowned BTCC champion Tom Ingram, and after starting on the front row alongside JW Bird’s #347 car, the Emax #346 machine ended up trading the lead between the two of them and Trojon’s #319 team. However, despite four safety cars, Emax made it home first again courtesy of the Littles, with JW Bird in 2nd and Trojan’s #508 sister car in third. The top two then swapped P1 with the Trojon pair again in race two, but nothing could stop James and Jake from clinching their fourth win in a row again from JW Bird, with #508 taking another P3 for Trojan to close out an incredible 2022!

2022 saw the birth of a major new club racing partnership between the BRSCC and the Silverlake C1 Endurance Series. Over the winter of 2021, the BRSCC joined forces with Robin Welsh’s C1 Racing Club, one of the UK’s most popular and best supported endurance series. The entire series, including the incredible annual C1 24 Hours held on the Silverstone GP circuit, would run on BRSCC race weekends and there was plenty of excitement and anticipation from both parties as the new season dawned. Let Scott Woodwiss talk you through a brilliant season’s racing.

Left: Night-time racing is a unique experience, and rarely found in club racing

Middle, right: The calm before the storm at Donington Park

Middle, left: There was plenty of interest and big grids. The series’ low cost, combined with tremendous entertainment, is an attractive propositon

Bottom: The 24-hour enduro at Silverstone gets underway

KINGDOM OF JORDAN

The 2022 Avon Tyres National Formula Ford Championship provided a back and forth battle for the Pro Class crown with three drivers locked in combat throughout the majority of the season. Up and down the country, the championship visited many of the UK’s finest circuits and ended up being settled on the final day of the season in a nail-biting conclusion. Scott Woodwiss is your narrator.

On a sunny and blustery March weekend, the drivers headed to the Home of British Motor Racing as Silverstone’s International circuit played host to the opening rounds of the season.

After a late deal to join the grid, Irish hotshot Jordan Dempsey jumped straight in with the first pole position of the season and immediately led from the outset of race one, battling with Rory Smith and team-mate Tom Mills before Smith dropped back to leave Dempsey to win from Lucas Romanek and Mills. Jordan then wasted no time in running away with Sunday’s race win, initially backed up by Mills as rear gunner until he dropped out, giving Smith and Ammonite Motorsport’s Colin Queen the podium places instead.

hat-trick here too, but he was denied again in race three when he ran wide exiting the last corner and allowed Romanek to barely out-drag him to the flag to snatch the win. In contrast, it was Queen’s turn to have all the problems with 13th, eighth and a DNF to show for his Norfolk efforts.

Onwards to the home of Formula Ford and Brands Hatch’s Indy circuit which produced some of the best and most competitive racing of the season and the end of Romanek’s title charge after less than ideal results. Dempsey again did as he had in previous weekends and won the first two races, but for the third time was denied the clean sweep after a red flag incident at Paddock brought a premature end. Some stellar driving from Shawn Rashid helped him earn his first Formula Ford win once the result was declared with Queen and Smith also claiming podiums in Kent.

Above: He only put a deal together at the very last minute, but Jordan Dempsey was claimed the National Formula Ford title Opposite: John Murphy dominated Northern & Super Classic Formula Ford in his Van Diemen

Dempsey and Queen locked horns for the first time at Knockhill as the pair faced off in both races out in front. Consistent pressure from the American helped him pass Dempsey’s Spectrum on the final lap to steal the race one win, but the two drivers got a little too close in race two when they collided exiting the hairpin. This gave Oldfield Motorsport’s Lucas Romanek his first National win in the process after battling his way to the front ahead of Ben Cochran and Andre Lafond. Moving onto Croft, Dempsey struck back with two wins of his own, but couldn’t complete the hat-trick in the reverse grid third race, unable to rise higher than third behind winner Queen and 2021 Formula Ford Festival winner Jamie Sharp. Romanek was the luckiest man of the weekend after surviving a nasty accident with Sharp in race one and eventually battling his way back to fifth.

Romanek’s momentum seemed to continue as the championship hit the halfway stage at Anglesey, driving superbly all weekend to claim two wins either side of a second National career win for Jamie Sharp, repeating the feat he’d scored at the same meeting a year earlier. Dempsey was strangely off the pace for most of the meeting and couldn’t better a second place while Queen picked up two podiums. Now the top three were really starting to come together with just three meetings left. Dempsey found his mojo again at Snetterton and could have completed the

With just Dempsey and Queen left for the Pro Class honours, Donington Park’s GP circuit would decide the fate of the National title. Damage for Dempsey in race one caused a major setback as guest driver Niall Murray took the race one win, but Queen’s second place still saw him score maximum points. He followed this with outright victory in race two, but heading into the final race with a gap of exactly 34 points, it meant that Dempsey would still win on countback no matter what happened. Andre Lafond defended his teammate to win the final race of the year with Queen second, while Dempsey’s sixth place in class was more than enough to crown him National Formula Ford champion for 2022 - a nailbiting conclusion to another excellent season of single seater racing from start to finish.

Shawn Rashid’s exceptional first season of Formula Ford racing saw him romp away with the Rookie Class title in the end while the two sub-competitions, the Triple Crown and Tourist Trophy, were wrapped up by Colin Queen (TC) and Lucas Romanek respectively (TT). In addition, a tie-up with the new GB4 Championship saw Queen, Romanek and Brandon McCaughan finish the season as the top three teen drivers (still aged 19 or under at the end of the calendar year) to go forwards to a special three-way shootout test in a GB4 car, with the winner receiving a £20,000 prize cheque towards funding a season of racing in the championship in 2023. Colin Queen was named as the eventual winner on the Friday evening before the Formula Ford Festival and is now heading into a full season of GB4 with Fortec in 2023!

MAGIC MURPHY

The Avon Tyres Northern & Super Classic Formula Ford 1600 Championship once again provided some thrilling single-seater action on circuits around the North of England. Dave Williams is the man to introduce you to another excellent year of racing.

Of those drivers registered for points in SCA, John Murphy swept the board at each of the six double-header meetings. His Van Diemen RF90 was typically fastest in qualifying and regularly took the chequered flag first. He also picked up the extra points for fastest lap in class in 11 out of the 12 rounds, only Alaric Gordon (Swift SC92F) denied him a very Grand Slam by beating Murphy to fastest lap by half a second at Oulton Park’s opening round.

Murphy also took overall wins at rounds one and two at Oulton Park but found SCB entrant Nick Barnes (Swift FB89), able to give him a run for his money at Croft. Murphy twice made the best start in the North East but Barnes had the most pace this weekend. His quest to take the lead in race one was thwarted when the red flags came out but he was able to make a pass and seize victory when the second encounter ran its full duration.

On the series’ first visit of the year to Anglesey, Murphy had to pass the SCB Van Diemen RF88 of Peter Daly in the first encounter and Gordon in the second to take a brace of overall wins. Having yielded the lead, Gordon had a spectacular exit from the race when Garath Buckingham’s Van Diemen RF88 rode up onto the top of his Swift and briefly trapped him in the cockpit.

It was hot, hot, hot when the series resumed after the Moose Trophy at Oulton Park in July and headed back to Anglesey in mid-August. The sultry weather meant tyre management was the order of the day and when Murphy’s rubber began to fade in the closing stages of race one, SCB driver Andrew Schofield nipped ahead in his

Reynard 89FF to see the chequered flag first. The weather had cooled for the second encounter so Murphy’s tyres were in better shape enabling him to pass Schofield and remain ahead to take the overall win.

Moose Trophy winner Callum Grant reappeared to run as a guest at Donington Park in a Van Diemen RF91 and was uncatchable. He gave many drivers competing in the same races for National Championship points plenty to think about and was the only person to beat Murphy in a SCA car this season.

Again, Murphy missed out on overall victory when the series returned to Oulton Park in October for the final pair of rounds. This time he had to give best to Doug Crosbie who was running as a guest in SCB behind the wheel of a Van Diemen RF89. Murphy was struggling with an engine issue and finished race two behind Nick Barnes who was in the process of claiming the SCB title.

Barnes had suffered with a lack of engine power for much of the season but was always close to the front-runners.

Doug Crosbie’s dad, Paul, steered his Van Diemen to the SCC championship while the SCD title went to Phil Nelson (Hawke DL2B) who enjoyed many battles with Merlyn Mk20 driver Roger Arnold.

For 2023, this series will be solely for Super Classic Pre ’99 FF1600 cars. The final winner of the Post ’98 Northern Championship was Peter Atkinson who took part in both of the Anglesey meetings in his Van Diemen RF02.

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JENSON’S FIESTA

Continuing his Junior form, Jenson Brickley converted a maiden pole at the Brands Hatch Indy season-opener into a first pair of senior podiums, as third and second were his reward for battling back and forth with double race-winner Simon Horrobin along with Alastair Kellett and Jon Cooper, and right away it was clear the competition would be this strong all season

The Croft triple-header a few weeks later allowed both Kellett and Brickley to really stake early claims to a title charge, as both finished first and second respectively in the first two races before issues for Jenson left him a distant 13th in the weekend’s final race. Kellett missed out on the podium, too, as David Nye got back to the top step ahead of defending ST240 champion Rob

It was only a matter of time before Brickley won his first senior race, and he only had to wait until the third meeting at Oulton Park to achieve it, comfortably taking a brace with Kellett left chasing his wheel-tracks in second both times, while Alastair’s son William Kellett and Smith also took silverware home that day. Snetterton in July further cemented the fact that both Brickley and Kellett had the rest of the field on lockdown, as Jenson won a red flag shortened first race before his pace faded in the second. This left Kellett to fend off a racy Zachary Lucas and narrowly beat him to the flag to pick up race two victory, surviving a late slow rear puncture in the final

Cadwell Park was next up, with the weekend producing the first wins of the year for both Lucas and champion Smith, the former taking a pair in races one and three either side of the latter’s race two triumph. As for the title contenders, both collected two podiums each, keeping everything finely balanced with just a handful of points between them with two more rounds to go.

A visit to Scotland was next as both directions of Knockhill welcomed the Fiestas, but out of the three races run neither Brickley nor Alastair Kellett made the top stop. In fact, it produced three different winners with Smith on the top step again in the opener, then a first ST240 success for William Kellett and Cooper topping a frantic third encounter in which Brickley ended up on his side at the hairpin forcing a dropped score in the process. Alastair, meanwhile, couldn’t better P2 in that third race, setting up a showdown at the Formula Ford Festival back at Brands Hatch.

Brickley’s first race was a rather tentative one due to a power issue which left him sixth in race one (but collecting points for fifth due to a guest driver finishing ahead), only losing a couple of points to Kellett who took fourth. Both men moved up to second and third with Kellett ahead again, leaving it all to play for in the final race. Despite Brickley almost throwing the championship away in the wet Clearways gravel on the opening lap, he battled back through to capitalise on Kellett’s visibility problems to take fifth on the road, the points for fourth and an incredible ST240 and overall title in the process. As for the race winner on this weekend, Zachary Lucas collected a stellar hat-trick to round off his season, while Brickley celebrated back-to-back junior and senior Fiesta titles, leaving Kellett as runner up and Lucas an excellent 3rd. No doubt Jenson will go forwards to relish the new challenge TCR UK will bring in 2023.

In the final year of the ST150s, it was a clear run to the class title for Misty Racing’s Nick Moore, as he consistently outscored the rest of his rivals throughout the season to finish an impressive 46 points ahead of the second best man Thomas Davis, with another Fiesta Junior graduate in Joseph Knight topping the class a couple of times on his way to third. With these ST150 cars moving on to join the newly rebranded Fiesta ST150 Challenge for 2023, it means the ST240s will stay on next season to fight amongst themselves for the title!

AIRTEC Motorsport Fiesta Championship

A new era began to dawn in the Fiesta Junior Championship for the 2022 season, as it marked the first year it had run two specifications of car at once. Coming in alongside the established and evergreen Mk6 ST150s was a brand new next-gen Mk7 Fiesta race car developed in conjunction with Cooksport Performance headed by BTCC star Josh Cook. This helped to breathe new life and new interest into the championship, which once again welcomed a fresh crop of young, talented 14-17 year old racers. Scott Woodwiss reviews the action.

SID SMITH’S SUPER SEASON

From the outset, the two main championship contenders set their stalls out at the opening rounds at Brands Hatch.Sid Smith romped away to a dominant 13 second victory from newcomer Thomas Jack Lee and Jake Maynard on the podium, while Lee then went one better to pick up his first Fiesta Junior win on his debut weekend with Smith and Deagen Fairclough rounding off the top three.

Smith then set about mounting a charge with a pair of wins at the next rounds at Croft, enjoying another comfortable race one win while Lee was disqualified, before being chased by rookie Luke Hilton in his first podium with second and Albert Webster in third, the latter only losing the place in the final laps.

The second ever visit to Oulton Park only produced one of the scheduled two races after lengthy incidents elsewhere in the timetable forced race two to be postponed. For the race that did take place, Lee was declared the winner in a severely shortened race due to a red flag with Webster in second and Daniel Lewis clinching his first podium in the process. The scheduled triple header at Snetterton produced an awesome fightback in the championship battle from Lee as he dominated all three races to claim a hat-trick, while Smith had to overcome disqualification in qualifying on a technicality, leaving him with sixth, fifth and second for his troubles. Webster came agonisingly close to a first victory more than once on this weekend, especially in race three when last lap passes from Lee and Smith dropped him to third. Both Archie Handy and George Foxlow also took maiden podiums on this weekend too.

Cadwell Park allowed Smith to return serve against Lee as across all three races (including the replacement race for the one lost at Oulton Park), he was untouchable once again. He was particularly helped by team-mates Lee and Webster colliding with each other in race one, putting both out on the spot and losing them vital points. Both rebounded with podiums in the remaining two races that weekend, swapping second and third between them, while more first time podium visits went the way of both Ben Mulryan and JamSport Scholarship winner Lucas Hayden, further cementing the season’s competitive field.

A first time visit to Knockhill was next, with both directions used over the weekend in another unique challenge for the juniors to tame. This would be another commanding triple for Thomas Jack Lee as he clambered for more points to keep in touch with leader Smith in the title fight, and came away with another three wins to increase his tally. Smith, Mulryan and Webster would also claim silverware in Scotland as the showdown for the FJC title boiled down to just three more races.

The Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch was again the setting to decide the championship, and while Lee did pick up one final win for the season, he wouldn’t be the star of the show. Luke Hilton found a superb turn of pace in changeable weather conditions to take his first two Fiesta Junior wins, but all Smith needed was three podiums to become the latest young star to write his name into the Fiesta Junior hall of fame as 2022 champion. Lee finished up runner up as well as top rookie for the season, while Webster completed his final junior year in third place.

As for the new next-gen Mk7 class, three drivers lined up on the grid in one of the new cars throughout 2022, with Aaron Walker and guest driver Connor Duncan both bookending the season at both Brands Hatch meetings with a weekend each. The entire season was contested by Harry England who became the first Mk7 class champion and he will want to carry this momentum into 2023.

Next season is looking set to be the biggest and most exciting Fiesta Junior season ever, with new status as the official junior support series to TCR UK along with new teams, a host of new drivers and numbers for the new Mk7 cars set to reach double figures. If there’s one BRSCC championship to watch in 2023, Fiesta Juniors might just be an absolute gem!

Above: Sid Smith was Junior Fiesta champ

Opposite, top: Harry England was champion of the inaugural Mk7 class

BRSCC Fiesta Junior Championship

According to Scott Woodwiss, the BRSCC is all about pioneering new series and championships and evolving its roster of formulae, and the Club is never afraid to try new ideas and concepts. The success of the ClubSport Trophy’s 45-minute mini-endurance series subsequently spawned interest and requests for longer races but with the same concept of ClubSport and the desire for a wider range of cars to take part. Work behind the scenes began to create a sister series to ClubSport and after months of discussion, it was decided to introduce the brand new BRSCC SuperSport Endurance Cup.

ENDURING APPEAL

The ethos of SuperSport was simply to take the successful formula of ClubSport, but to expand on it further to allow increased race distances and both a wider power to weight ratio spread and a higher BHP per tonne cap to welcome faster cars. The new series was given a pilot race in July 2021 with a 20-car entry and plenty of positive feedback and reception.

The original plan had been to introduce a full season calendar for SuperSport in 2022, but for various reasons this wasn’t possible. Instead, it was decided to use the two races penciled into the year’s schedule as another pair of pilot races to further tweak and test of the format and gain more interest and feedback from current and prospective competitors. Both would take place on the Brands Hatch Indy circuit in June and August respectively and featured an excellent mix and variety of cars amongst both grids.

The Caterham 310R of Geoff Newman and Darren Burke took the pole for the June race with Philip Knibb’s SEAT Cupra TCR alongside on the front row, ahead of the Ginetta G50 of Andre and Jake Severs, Mark Lloyd-Jones and Stuart Mead in their Volkswagen Scirocco and the Lotus Elise shared between Daniel Jude, Robert Fenwick and Andrew Shepherd. Incredibly, the pace of the Caterham duo Newman and Burke saw them lead every single one of the 130 laps including through the mandatory pit stops. They ended up winning by five laps, while the early front-running SEAT, Ginetta and Lotus were all out by Lap 50 and it left Lloyd-Jones and Mead to take their Scirocco to second place and John Wyatt completing the overall rostrum in his turbo MINI Cooper. Newman/ Burke and Wyatt won each of the two Pro classes, while the three Clubman classes were taken by John Cooper and Simon Horrobin (Clubman-A), Brian Chandler (Clubman-B) and

It was an all-Ginetta Invitation class front row for the second Brands Hatch race in August, with David May and Mark Skeats in the G55 scoring pole ahead of the Severs pair in their G50, but the former slipped to the back of the field after a first lap mishap. What followed was an incredible fight back over the next two hours as May/Skeats climbed back up to second behind the Severs duo until the first pit stops, as the John Mawdsley/ Stuart Mead Scirocco and Paul Boulton in his Nissan 350Z both took turns out in front through the pit cycles. Then May and Skeats took over in the lead before making way for the SEAT SuperCopa of Jamie Hayes and Alex Read, before a late safety car took the race into its final 20 laps.

Once the race got back underway, the Severs Ginetta was back in front and went on to win the race on the road as the top Invitation class car. Behind them, James Alford and Mark Lloyd-Jones were the first non-Invitation car home with their VW Golf, winning the Clubman-A class in turn ahead of Paul Boulton’s 350Z winning Pro-A, , along with fellow class winners Paul Hinson’s BMW Compact and Keith Issatt and Christopher Williams in their MINI Clubman.

The SuperSport Endurance Cup will take on its first full calendar of events in 2023 with championship status too, along with an expanded and tweaked class structure which incorporates a new lifted power to weight ratio cap of 350bhp per tonne. This means a wider range of cars will compete and will certainly mean an exciting year ahead for this new formula!

Above: If variety is the spice of life, then SuperSport Endurance is the vindaloo of British motor racing!

Adam Read, Colin Hughes and David Drinkwater (Clubman-C).

A MAZDA-FUL PERFORMANCE

While guest driver Aidan Hills dominated the opening Silverstone weekend with three wins, the points-scoring Pro Class cars behind him were headed by Richard Amos and Patrick Fletcher, the former taking two 100 points scores to head the championship after the first weekend of racing, but with a plethora of equally formidable drivers lining up behind him.

Amos strengthened his lead at Snetterton’s three races by battling through the pack in each to pick up two more victories as Adam Bessell took the other, with James Cossins, Fletcher, Leigh Britten, Will Blackwell-Chambers and Colin Bysouth all sharing podiums between them and it looked as though Richard would be the man everyone had to chase.

Back to Silverstone on the GP circuit, Amos had back-up in the returning Sam Smith as a guest driver, and while he would take a win on the road in race two, it would be maximum scores achieved for Bysouth this time as on both occasions he was out in front with a running mate for company, while Langridge and Fletcher split third places between them as they continued to stay in touch in the points. Brands Hatch saw Aidan Hills reappear as a guest, but he only ended up outright winner once all weekend as Bysouth took a brace and Blackwell-Chambers additionally claimed the century of points behind Hills in race three. It was at this point going into the second half of 2022 that Amos’ title chances came off the rails.

It was now becoming a battle between Blackwell-Chambers and Bysouth for the top spot and WB-C did all the right things next time out at Oulton Park with second behind race winner Knibbs in race one and then his first SuperCup victory later in the day ahead of Bysouth who could only manage sixth and second respectively and dropped points to the lead. As for Amos, two DNFs cost him valuable points, and finishing no better than sixth at the next weekend at Cadwell

Park did his chances no favours either as he dropped off the top spot.

At Cadwell, Blackwell-Chambers and Bysouth once again shared the spoils of victory with Knibbs, with Bysouth especially impressing in the third race after passing early leader Nic Grindrod and scoring the biggest winning margin that weekend. Colin carried on his superb momentum to the Donington Park GP circuit, claiming a stunning and emotional hat-trick of victories at a circuit he’d not raced at since an accident there put him on the sidelines for a couple of seasons. Returning in the best possible way, he applied more pressure to points leader BlackwellChambers, who happily banked two podiums with Amos, Fletcher and Cossins also sharing the silverware that weekend.

It all came down to the Snetterton finale, where both men picked up a win each to set up a final race showdown, and while Bysouth had to recover from a first corner spin and drive his heart out in what felt like the race of his life, he couldn’t better fifth behind Blackwell-Chambers, whose fourth place made him SuperCup Pro Class champion for 2022 from a valiant Bysouth in P2 and James Cossins proving strong all year to complete the class top three.

Over in the Club class, Stephen New looked like the early favourite with a win and several podiums providing a strong start, but from Brands Hatch onwards Scott Wright made the most of his Paddock Motorsport machine to begin topping the class on a regular basis. In the end, eight class wins went his way including a sublime trio on the final weekend to give him Club class honours for the season, with a move into Pro Class now on the cards for 2023.

Nic Grindrod also dominated the Masters class on his first season of MX-5 SuperCup racing, winning the final race outright and in the process taking his nineteenth Masters success of the year, leaving him the champ from Martin Tolley and Adrian Burge respectively.

The Mazda MX-5 SuperCup headed into the 2022 season looking stronger and more competitive than ever before, with two-time champion Sam Smith moving onto his next challenge and leaving a vast number of potential successors lining up to inherit his crown. Scott Woodwiss put pen to paper to describe a fascinating season.

Above: The MX-5 SuperCup played out another strong season

FRASER FENDS ‘EM OFF

Come the conclusion of the 2021 season, the top three drivers from the final standings in the Mazda MX-5 Championship all elected to move on either to the MX-5 SuperCup or to other opportunities, meaning that 2022 would provide the prime opportunity for a new champion to step up and succeed. With the remaining pool of top drivers still looking healthy, competition was set to be fierce, according to Scott Woodwiss...

This proved true in the Silverstone International season opener in March, when Fraser Fenwick leapt into the lead from the outset and remained unchallenged to win the first race of 2023, leaving Seb Fisher to escape a frantic multi-car scrap for third which Mike Comber eventually headed.

Jason Greatrex only needed a couple of laps to take the lead in race two, but he was part of a frantic lead group around 10 cars deep that eventually had younger kin Callum Greatrex somehow work his way to his first MX-5 win from Michael Knibbs and Fenwick. Knibbs then led a safety car interrupted third race before another multi-car lead brawl ensued, eventually giving Jason Greatrex the win from Knibbs and Callum Greatrex.

Fenwick started the Snetterton visit in April just as he had the opening weekend, winning race one albeit only just from Tom Smith after a last lap pass to reclaim the lead with Fisher stealing P3 on the line too. Both drivers gapped the rest of the pack in Sunday’s first race, but eventually it was Fenwick again claiming P1 with the Greatrexs following suit on the podium, before he completed the hat-trick later that day with Comber taking P2 from Luke Pullen on the final lap.

A double-header return to Silverstone on the GP circuit beckoned next as support to the C1 24 Hours, where Fenwick extended his win streak to four in the first race with Tom Smith on his tail all race and Knibbs rounding off the podium. Comber then climbed to the top step after a fast start to

the second encounter, overcoming challenges from Steve Foden in second and Fenwick in third; the former started the day 43rd and last on the grid before climbing to P5 in the first race, then P2 the second.

Halfway in the season was reached at Brands Hatch in June, when Fenwick and Foden diced back and forth for victory most of the weekend. Fenwick drew first blood in race one, and then again twice on Sunday to complete his second hat-trick of the year. Then at Oulton Park, both Fenwick and Foden picked up a win each, and it was at this point that Foden’s season really kicked into gear. Wins for Foden, Fenwick and Seb Fisher were characterised by some great close racing around Cadwell Park’s twisty confines next time out, along with podiums for Oliver Graham and Luke Pullen, leaving just two weekends left for the championship battle to resume.

Foden put out a severe warning shot at Donington Park as there was hardly anyone that could touch his pace. After storming to pole in qualifying by over half a second, Foden took all three race wins and two fastest laps, narrowly missing out on the perfect grand slam while Fenwick consolidated his points lead with three top five finishes. Podiums also went the way of Fisher, Graham, Smith and Jason Greatrex, setting up a thrilling Snetterton finale.

In Norfolk, Ben Short made a guest appearance for the finale and proceeded to win all three races, but was invisible for points scoring meaning three second places for Foden gave him maximum scores instead. However, the equivalent for a P2 and two P4s would be enough to confirm Fenwick as champion of the MX-5 Championship for 2022, rounding off a rock-solid consistent year with the ultimate prize. Foden’s second half charge helped cement second in the points, while Michael Knibbs rounded off the top three with a superb points haul despite not picking up a race win.

Jason Greatrex was also a runaway Masters winner with no fewer than 20 wins within the category, followed by Richard Bartlett in second and Tim Dore in third.

Above: In a year of tight racing, Fraser Fenwick emerged victorious in the MX-5 Championship

After its successful first full season of racing in 2021, the Mazda MX-5 Clubman Championship enjoyed a higher level of competition in its sophomore year in 2022, with a host of new drivers looking to wrestle the #1 status from inaugural champion Harry Storer. From the outset at the Silverstone opener, it didn’t look as if anyone could, says Scott Woodwiss.

MCDONNELL’S THE CLASS OF THE CLUB

Harry Storer managed to collect maximum points from both races on the International layout, but the outright race win was taken both times by guest driver Ali Bray, standing in for Kevin Dengate for the opening weekend and proving his and the car’s pace. Matthew Fletcher and Declan McDonnell also took podiums that day too, and it would set the tone for who to watch out for throughout the year.

The first Snetterton visit saw guest driver Thomas Langford pick up race one victory in the ex-Oliver Allwood Mk1 with Fletcher chasing him down and McDonnell completing the podium in a feisty multi-car scrap. Declan then went two places better later that day with his first Clubman win of the season, leaving a seven-car melee for the rostrum to fall the way of Fletcher and Langford in the end.

The return leg to the Silverstone GP circuit on the C1 24 Hours weekend saw McDonnell and Fletcher both share a win apiece this time, but not after the pair ended up dicing back and forth in both encounters with Storer and Neil Chisnall all in close attentions too. Brands Hatch would then see Dawkins begin his charge in the championship, collecting a brace of wins in Kent as McDonnell, Fletcher and Storer ended up fighting amongst each other and shared top five places between them. Fletcher was even denied a podium finish thanks to a false start in race one which dropped him from third down to fifth.

On to the second half of the campaign and Oulton Park was next up, where Pethick claimed his first pole but only came away with one second place for his efforts, while Neil Chisnall took his

first win of the season before McDonnell was again victorious in the second race later in the afternoon. Jack Warry also showed his form with a pair of impressive third places too. Then came Cadwell Park and the only weekend that was a blot on points leader McDonnell’s copy book as a spin on the opening lap of race one left him struggling back to 13th, and then only up to ninth in race two. Out front, Dawkins again was in command with two more wins, leading home Storer both times with Pethick and Fletcher also taking a P3 apiece.

Donington Park’s GP circuit saw McDonnell lead race one for over three quarters distance before constant pressure from Pethick helped him capitalise on a late mistake at the chicane to pick up the win, as Declan took second and Dawkins third. Later in the day, Dawkins took the lead early on and charged to another victory while McDonnell and Warry completed the podium. Effectively the Snetterton finale was something of a formality for McDonnell in the end, as a pair of P2s allowed him to wrap up the title as Pethick and Dawkins added another win to their respective tallies, helping them to secure second and third respectively in the final standings too.

As for the Masters title, McDonnell was able to top the points here too with a very impressive run of strong results, followed by Dawkins who placed one better than his overall standing and Michael Pearce who completed the top three.

Mazda MX-5 Clubman Championship

Below: The MX-5 Clubman series was hugely popular again in 2022

Year on year, there’s been one series that has consistently shown growth, development and exciting on-track racing thanks to an ever varied and eclectic mix of cars on the grid. With a simple 45-minute race format including a mandatory pit stop, five classes and both solo and two-driver entries permitted, such is the popularity that sometimes you just never know what’s going to turn up on the grid at each race! Scott Woodwiss introduces the BRSCC’s incredibly popular ClubSport Trophy mini-endurance series.

(MULTI) CLASS ACT

For the opening Snetterton race in April, Liam Crilly put his BMW Z4 on pole and led the opening ten minutes until the BMW Compact of David Shead & Malcolm Edeson took over in front. The Compact was able to pull out a lead of over 30 seconds through the pit stops, but after it made its mandatory pit call, Crilly was right behind him all the way through the final ten minutes to try and snatch back victory. However, try as he might, the red Compact held the Z4 firm and Shead/ Edeson took the first ClubSport win of the season, with Mark Burton’s 330ci completing an overall BMW 1-23 from Phiroze Bilimoria’s VW Scirocco and Paul Hinson’s BMW Compact.

The centrepiece race of the year was the support spot on the timetable for the C1 24 Hours, where a record 61 cars turned out on the full Silverstone GP circuit. Behind invitation winner Jasver Sapra’s BMW M3, the Bilimoria/ Tattersall VW Scirocco ended up trading the lead with Crilly’s Z4 in between two safety car periods, the second lingering into the pit window. Clever pit strategy from Crilly helped him jump back into the lead as the race restarted, and he remained unchallenged to win the race while Ricky Coomber left it late to take his Honda Civic past Geoff Conner’s Renault Clio to take 2nd, followed by Hinson’s BMW and Alfie Jeakins’ Civic in the top five.

Crilly then made sure to double up on ClubSport wins with success at Oulton Park in June, beating Chris Coomer’s SEAT to the lead and dominated by some 30 seconds from the BMWs of Shead/ Edeson and Hinson, Conner’s Clio and the Bilimoria/ Tattersall VW. The return to Snetterton in July brought about a solo win for Bilimoria’s Scirocco as he hit the front early doors after taking the lead from the front row

starting Honda Integra. Lengthy combat with Paul Hinson’s BMW Compact kept Talbot entertained throughout, but his late pit stop couldn’t prevent Bilimoria from picking up the win ahead of Hinson, with Talbot in P3, the Honda Civic of Maries/ Johnson and Olly Samways.

A debut appearance for James Alford in his VW Golf at Brands Hatch saw him combating the Shead/Edeson Compact and incredibly claiming the win first time out for the non-Invitational cars, only just beating them by less than two tenths ahead of Matthew Bolton’s M3, the VW of Bilimoria and Ashley Parsons in the Toyota Celica. Then came a firm favourite, the visit to Donington Park in late September which saw the cars racing into the twilight and almost into darkness.

Bilimoria and Shead/Edeson headed the field early until contact between them put both out of the running, but midway through a timing issue left some confusion to the running order, but once it was also confirmed victory landed with Mark Burton in the BMW 330ci from Alford’s Golf, Parson’s Toyota Celica, Brian Chandler’s Mk4 MX-5 and Paul Hinson’s Compact.

Rounding off the ClubSport season for 2022, a second visit to Silverstone beckoned on the International circuit and behind the Invitational cars, it was Bilimoria who took the Scirocco’s second ClubSport win of the season, followed by Hinson’s BMW, Alford’s BMW, Nathalie McGloin’s Porsche Cayman and Alistair Lindsay in his SEAT Leon.

Another ClubSport year to remember with more booming grids and even more variety within entries. 2023 surely promises to further push the envelope of just what’s possible for the series and we greatly look forward to what’s in store for season number five!

Above: The grid sizes in ClubSport Trophy speak for themselves

2022 IN PICTURES

Left page, clockwise from above: The magic of motorsport photography at night during the C1 24 Hours at Silverstone; BRSCC and its competitors paid respects to the passing of Queen Elizabeth II in 2022; a packed grid prepares for the off ahead of the Race of Remembrance at Anglesey; a shoutout to our dedicated and hard working volunteer marshals – we just couldn’t go racing without you!

Right page, clockwise from top: A sudden downpour cut short the final of the 2022 Formula Ford Festival; BTCC champion Tom Ingram followed up his title success with a cameo appearance in the final C1 Endurance race of 2022 just a week later!; The exceptional Mini 7 Racing Club joined us for a handful of meetings throughout the year; British GT celebrated its 30th season in 2022, and marked the occasion with a special guest at the Silverstone 500

AARON’S A-HEAD

The top level of the Caterham Motorsport ladder where the best of the best gather to battle for victory amongst each other, the Caterham Seven Championship UK provided the fastest racing on the roster with many former champions and race winners dicing for victory all season long. With a purpose-built chassis, Avon slick tyres, a sequential gearbox and racing suspension, these were thoroughbred race cars and the ultimate expression of a Caterham straight from the factory. They certainly impressed Scott Woodwiss...

Returning champion Aaron Head got straight back to the front of the field with the first SuperPole of the new season, but stalled at the start of race one which threw him to the back of the pack. He charged back to finish fourth while Henry Heaton took a long-awaited top level Caterham win to start the year, leaving James Murphy to scrap with Lee Bristow over the podium places.

Henry’s task was much tougher in race two, constantly under pressure, battling back and forth and only just losing out on a second win courtesy of Head snatching it by 0.023 seconds. Domination of race three from Head gave him a second victory that weekend, followed by Heaton and Jake Swann.

After Chris Moore led the opening stages of the first race at Snetterton next time out, James Murphy worked his way up through the eight-car leading group to collect his first Seven UK top step visit of 2022 from Head and Heaton, but just like Brands Hatch it was Head that would do the rest of the winning, claiming both of Sunday’s 20-minute encounters. He overcame a feisty Heaton and Swann in race two before Henry dropped to third in the end behind Bristow, while race three took Aaron’s win tally to four from six races ahead of Swann and Moore.

Mixed weather conditions on the Silverstone GP circuit provided the next challenge, and because of that the wins were shared equally with Swann triumphing in the damp conditions on Saturday, Lewis Thompson clinching a first Seven UK win for himself on Sunday morning in the dry and then Head taking his fifth of the year later that afternoon. Incredibly, the combined winning margins from all three races that weekend was just 0.010 seconds, showing just how tight it was in the leading group! From the first three rounds, Aaron Head seemed firmly in command at the top of the points as Donington Park beckoned.

In Donington’s blazing summer heat, Head first held off Murphy after a lengthy safety car in Saturday’s race that took up half the race

distance, and then both Thompson and Heaton after they stole podium finishes on the final lap just a couple of tenths behind. On Sunday with no let up in the heat, another mid-race safety car in the morning race helped Thompson capitalise on Head getting turned around at the chicane to win from Luke Stevens and Heaton, before doing it again later that afternoon courtesy of more misery for Head, as a five second track limits penalty dropped him to P2 with brother Dale Head in third.

Anglesey produced a purple patch for James Murphy as winning the SuperPole preceded a pair of back to back wins, seeing off Head and Thompson in the first on Saturday as the lead changed hands several times, before the same occurred the next morning albeit with Heaton taking third this time behind an identical top two. Head then rounded off his trip to the coast with the final win of the weekend, after damage to Murphy’s car denied him the hat-trick and handed more podium finishes to Heaton and Thompson. Heading from Wales to Scotland, the Knockhill “Super Round” turned into a complete domination for young charger Thompson. He capitalised on contact between Head and Murphy to end up over seven seconds in front at the flag on Saturday from Swann and Heaton, then had two much closer winning margins on the Reverse layout on the Sunday as he denied Swann, Head and Murphy victory.

All that remained was the finale at the incredible Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium, a special place to conclude the season. While Thompson and Murphy shared the wins between them with the former taking a brace, three podiums finishes turned out to be enough to see Aaron Head clinch his third top level Caterham title after becoming champion in 2014 and 2016. His early wins had helped him top the table by 37 points from Heaton in the runner-up spot, while Swann captured an incredible third in points a further 33 behind.

Above: Aaron Head (#19) claimed Caterham’s top title

With their original Academy cars now upgraded to their ultimate final form, the Caterham Seven 310R Championship provides the second to last step on the Caterham Motorsport ladder before the top-line Seven UK series, allowing drivers to use all of the lessons and experience learned to get the most out of their fully-upgraded machines. The 2022 grid was one of the most competitive in recent seasons, with plenty of top drivers in contention for glory, believes Scott Woodwiss

PETE TAKES THE PRIZE

Such was the size of the entry for the opening races at Brands Hatch that the field had to be split into three groups, with each one racing the other two once.

Pete Walters hit the front early in the A & B race, streaking away at a canter to dominate by over 11 seconds from Tom Cockerill, narrowly beating Alan Cooper to second place. Guest entry Tom Wyllys defended from a late charging David Yates to win the A & C group race with Harry George rounding off the top three the next day, after on-road winner Stephen Lyall copped a track limits penalty. Walters then doubled up later that afternoon with victory in the B & C race, after a late safety car bunched up the pack and allowed Pete to steal the win from Lyall on the final straight, ahead of Lars Hoffmann in P3.

James Wingfield strategically worked his way to the head of the leading group at Snetterton in Saturday’s race, pouncing on a missed gear from Walters exiting the final corner to slip past him before the chequered flag and win, while Cockerill completed the top three just behind them. Thankfully for Pete, he only had to wait until the following day to redeem himself, constantly fending off all challengers in Sunday’s race to eventually beat Harry George and Blair McConachie as the trio claimed the podium covered by less than four tenths. George also got his own back as the championship headed to the Silverstone GP circuit, dicing heavily in damp conditions as he and James Wingfield respectively denied Lyall victory once again to take first and second respectively with Lyall third, before returnee Jack Sales drove superbly to go from fifth to his first win back, dominating in the end by almost four seconds from Cockerill and McConachie.

Walters, meanwhile, couldn’t better 11th and 7th at Silverstone, allowing his main rivals to close in substantially. Thankfully he was back to his best next time out at Donington Park, as underneath the summer sunshine he managed to come back from deep in the lead pack in the final minute to beat George and Ben Lopez-Appleton in the first race, followed by an easier second encounter on Sunday after more battles with George and a safety car mid-race. Then at Anglesey, it was the turn of McConachie and Harry Cook to visit the top step in Wales as Walters had to make do with a pair of sixth places. McConachie managed to lead from pole and remaining with the leaders, he managed to capitalise on a last lap mistake from Walters and then benefitted from a post-race penalty for Harry George to gain victory. As for Sunday, Cook survived two red flagged starts to fight his way to the front, fending off Sales, George and Alan Cooper as the quartet finished together covered by less than seven tenths.

Again proving that you can never keep a good driver down, Walters performed another rebound at the Knockhill Super Round, leaping back to victory on the clockwise layout after sharing the lead with Sales, Cooper and Cook all race long before all three were shuffled backwards by George and Carl Jones in second and third respectively. It was even closer on the Sunday running the reverse layout, as George was heavily involved in the lead fight with Walters and Sales, leading through a safety car and then putting both Walters and Cook in their place at the chequered flag to win by a mere fifteen thousandths of a second!

For the finale at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium, victories went the way of Cook and Sales respectively, but all Walters needed was a second place in the first of that weekend’s races to clinch yet another Caterham title in the 310R class. Even a non-score in the second allowed Pete to gain back a dropped score to win by five points, while George’s pair of third places gave him the runner up spot and Sales’ last day victory helped him earn third in the standings.

Caterham Seven 310R Championship

Below: Peter Walters was best of a huge Caterham 310R field

A CHAMPIONSHIP, TAYLOR-MADE

The 2022 270R season was characterised by the same drivers who between them had dominated their Academy class in 2020 and Roadsport in 2021: Taylor O’Flanagan, Domenique Mannsperger and Hugo Bush.

The Caterham Seven 270R Championship represents the middle stage of a Caterham Motorsport driver’s life cycle as a racing driver, a championship that many consider as the “coming of age” series having raced for two years previously. Now in year three, drivers will be using all of the lessons learned in Academy and Roadsport to full effect, as their race car also evolves further with more upgrades to enhance its performance. Scott Woodwiss gets under the skin of the 2022 season.

This trio were at it right from the off at the Brands Hatch opener, with Bush claiming pole for Saturday’s race alongside O’Flanagan while Mannsperger was back in eighth place. Sure enough, all three drivers were out in front together from the outset until Mannsperger dropped back halfway through, leaving Bush and O’Flanagan dicing between each other for the next 15 minutes. But neither had counted on Michael Chaplain stealing victory on the final sprint to the flag, beating the pair in the process. More battles continued all race long on Sunday, as O’Flanagan drove away to a 2.3 second victory ahead of Mannsperger and Ben Buckley, who picked up third place.

O’Flanagan only needed the run to Riches Corner at Snetterton’s first race to take the lead from the front row in the Saturday race, but he was challenged all the way through by Philip Bianchi who managed to lead for several laps and looked on course to win. But a last gasp move from O’Flanagan in the final sprint saw him just steal victory by five thousandths of a second, while Bush picked up 3rd just four tenths back. Sunday’s action was just as frantic with an intense eight car leading group, but once again O’Flanagan found a way to pull away, taking his third win in a row once again from Bush and Mannsperger. The usual trio then set about dominating the Silverstone GP races by themselves, with O’Flanagan yet again on top on Saturday before Bianchi joined in the fun the next day as part of an epic lead battle, but he ended up in seventh while Mannsperger won the sprint to the flag ahead of O’Flanagan.

Donington Park had no change in the form book and more of the same back and forth

battles between the usual suspects at the front, as Mannsperger continued his win streak with another photo finish against O’Flanagan and Bush in third, then found himself with 15 seconds worth of time penalties which denied him second behind winner O’Flanagan, giving the podium spots to Chaplain and Bush. Over at Anglesey, it was Bianchi and Bush that ended up trading the lead the most between them in the first race but Bianchi was left to take the win after Bush mistook the brake pedal for the clutch on the final lap and dropped back; O’Flanagan won the duel for third place too. Then the next day, O’Flanagan and Mannsperger almost threw away the lead and second respectively with contact on the final lap at the Rocket complex, but managed to survive and hold position ahead of a bemused Bush in third.

With just two weekends left, there was still the three-way championship scrap to settle as the contenders landed at Knockhill in Scotland. In the regular direction on Saturday, Bush got the jump on O’Flanagan before both drivers had to submit to eventual winner Mannsperger after yet another thrilling three way fight all the way to the finish. Switching directions for Sunday, the trio were joined by Bianchi and Toby Boyes and after a constant bun fight over the top five places, Bush finally took his first win after gapping O’Flanagan in second and leaving Mannsperger to just pip Bianchi for third.

O’Flanagan headed to the final rounds at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium with the 270R title in his grasp, but didn’t help his cause by retiring from the first race as Mannsperger clinched victory and fastest lap from Bush and Boyes. However, a charge back to second and his own fastest lap in race two allowed Taylor O’Flanagan to capture the Caterham Seven 270R Championship crown, as Mannsperger doubled up on victories to claim runner up spot in points ahead of Bush in third.

Below: The racing in the 270R Championship is unmatched!

The second step on the Caterham Motorsport ladder is the Caterham Roadsport Championship, which features drivers that have progressed up from their freshman racing season in their respective Academy groups to combine onto one grid together. With minor upgrades including a grippier specification of Avon tyre, the drivers here are ready to continue racing with the friends they made in the Academy whilst also facing some new adversaries along the way. Scott Woodwiss reviews a year’s great racing.

NEWMAN’S FIRST

The new Roadsport season kicked off at Brands Hatch, where William James claimed pole for race one.

It wouldn’t take long for Geoff Newman, one of the outgoing Academy champions to steal the lead at Druids. He would get locked into a battle with his 2021 title rival Freddie Chiddicks out in front, but a mid-race red flag brought the action to a temporary halt. A brief safety car delayed the true restart, but while Newman eventually took the flag first, a time penalty for a false start pushed him down to ninth. This gave Charlie Lower victory with James in second and Paul Woodman completing the podium. Another red flag at the start characterised the second race on Sunday, which saw Lower dominant from start to finish to complete the double ahead of Chiddicks and Benja Hedley.

Snetterton was next and it provided Newman a chance to bounce back, and that he did by storming to pole by over a second before dicing with first Lower and then Chiddicks to pick up his first win of 2022. Buoyed by this result, Newman then survived three starts to the second race after startline incidents brought two red flags, before keeping Chiddicks at bay to complete the double in Norfolk, as Lower again joined them in the top three. Mixed conditions on the Silverstone GP circuit brought a challenge to all drivers, but once again Newman was in command from the front with Woodman giving chase in second before he spun out in the damp conditions. A late safety car eradicated Newman’s lead, before he was relegated to third place on the final lap behind winner Chiddicks and James, after Lower was given a track limits penalty. A lengthy five car skirmish dominated Sunday’s race, with Newman pipping Chiddicks by less than a tenth and Woodman completing the top three finishers. There was almost no stopping Newman again heading to a sunny Donington Park at the half-way stage of the season, taking two more wins to extend his championship lead. The first race saw Geoff chased down most of the way by

Theo Theato, but he would end up in fourth after both Chiddicks and Jones stole the podium spots away from him after a late safety car. Newman then had to fend off Lower early doors on Sunday and the pair ended up in a race of their own after Chiddicks faded, the two cars just three tenths apart at the finish line. Lower was then able to fight back with some superb form on the Welsh coast, as Charlie’s visit to Anglesey yielded a brace of wins for himself. From pole in the first race, he led through a safety car and then capitalised on Newman slipping from the lead to fifth on the final lap to pick up victory from Theato and Marc Jones. Lower was more dominant the next day, leaving Theato to fend off Newman until he claimed 2nd in the final couple of minutes.

Just two weekends remained to settle the title, the first being the Knockhill Super Round with racing in both directions of the Scottish circuit. Another safety car affected race occurred on Saturday, but either side of the brief pause Newman still had enough to answer any attacks from his rivals to take victory and another step towards the championship, as Lower and Chiddicks trailed in behind him. In reverse direction on Sunday, Newman had to settle for 4th after being hit early on by Woodman, while out in front a new winner was James Cook, after Lower retired late on to also promote Chiddicks and Kendle into the podium spots.

Only Silverstone’s International circuit stood in the way of deciding the champion for 2022, with a triple header to round off the campaign. Lower drew first blood in race one from Newman and Chiddicks, before Newman’s victory in the second race effectively gave him the title with Chiddicks and Lower trailing. With no need to contest the last race, Newman put his feet up and watched the scrap for runner up in points from the sidelines, with Lower managing to grab it by 12 points from Chiddicks and solidifying it with the final race win of the year, just a couple of tenths ahead in the end.

Above: Geoff Newman, appropriately making his Roadsport debut, took the title

PATKI’S THE GREEN KING

Every year within the Caterham Motorsport ranks, a brand new group of first-time drivers take their initial steps as fully-fledged racing drivers as part of the ever-popular Caterham Academy, and such is the size of the entry each year that it has to be split into two groups – Green and White. All drivers competing have never held a competition licence of any kind before and begin the year as rookies, ending it by throwing away their novice plates and graduating to their National licence as a result. Here, we’ll detail the events of this Green Group’s very first year of competition. Scott Woodwiss reports.

Every season begins with a traditional sprint event to warm the drivers up and Curborough was the chosen venue. The man who ended up fastest of the lot come the end of the event was Harvey Lawrence, although that would turn out to be his only top-step visit of the year. Ravi Patel and Rrutuj Patki joined him on the podium.

Nobody would expect just how the tables would turn within the group as Patki prepared for a run of dominance throughout the season, but that wouldn’t begin until after Snetterton where his race lasted just four laps after being hit from behind by Craig Boyle at the Agostini Hairpin and retiring on the spot. Patel recovered from his own spin to win while a photo finish for second had Iain Hibbert just pip James Emson to the line.

entire 20 minutes, and he especially came under pressure in the final couple of laps but held it all back to clinch his third victory. Next up was the double header in both directions of Knockhill in Scotland, and despite the timing sheets showing another Patki domination with pole and both race wins, it certainly wasn’t that simple. Once again, Patki and Patel engaged in non-stop position swapping between them and contact at the final hairpin leaving Patki to win with Simon Sabin stealing second from Patel at the death. More action occurred on the Reverse layout the next day, with Sabin leading most of the encounter, but being beaten in a last gasp sprint to the flag, with the top three of Patki, Boyle and Sabin covered by just a tenth and a half respectively.

Above: Rrutuj Patki dominated his side of the Caterham Academy entry and didn’t even compete in the final round as he’d already won the title

On the Silverstone GP circuit with a combined Academy grid in one race, Patki was by far the best of the Green Group cars, running in the leading pack all race against the front-running White Group drivers and ended up finishing second overall and best of his group, several seconds ahead of Toby Ballard and Harvey Lawrence. Patel grabbed the holeshot at Donington Park, but through an early safety car he duelled back and forth with Patki and Hibbert all race long, before the pink car of Patki took the flag first with Ballard and Emson left in his wake by several tenths of a second.

Anglesey heralded another race win to add to Patki’s season tally, but it was another fourcar fight with Patel, Emson and Hibbert for the

With so many race wins under his belt, Patki calculated that he didn’t need to contest the final round at Silverstone International, as the dropped score he’d gain back would give him more than enough points to become Academy champion. Therefore it was the podium places up for grabs, and from the outset Patel looked as though he was in firm command of the final race of the year. However, a superb drive from Sabin reeled in the leader and with less than three minutes to go he pinched the lead and his first Caterham win, while Patel’s third place behind.

Hibbert was enough to head the latter in the points by five, while Patki was confirmed as champion by 11 points in the end. These drivers will now move on to their next season of competition in the Roadsport category next year.

ALL TIGHT IN THE WHITES!

Compared to their Green counterparts, the White Group of the 2022 Caterham Academy ended being a little more competitive, with the championship effectively settled in a last gasp photo-finish in the final race of the year.

Tom McEwing used all of his sim racing experience to full effect once the season got underway in the Curborough sprint, managing to secure top time and winning the event ahead of Matt Larbey and Ben TImmons and it would be these three men that would dominate the championship throughout the year.

At the first circuit race of their careers at Snetterton, Timmons got a flier from the second row to beat pole man Larbey to the first corner before both men and McEwing engaged in a racelong battle for the win. A late passing attempt from Larbey saw him spin out and wind up third, while McEwing held off Timmons by under half a second to collect this second event win in succession.

Combining with the Green Group drivers on the same grid on Silverstone’s GP circuit, White Group drivers ended up six of the top ten overall positions. McEwing, Larbey and Timmons ended up dicing with top Green runner Rrutuj Patki for the outright lead while they dominated their group, and while he sat back and watched the three cars in front fight amongst each other early on, Larbey made his move in the second half to lead, then carried on swapping positions with McEwing until the red flag was thrown on the last lap. Larbey was declared overall and White Group winner, ahead of McEwing and Ryan Wilby.

Duncan Mallett took pole next time out at Donington, but Larbey would end up leading by the end of the first lap and from here both he and Timmons would end up trading P1 throughout the next 20 minutes. The flag was thrown early for a stranded car in the gravel, with Timmons, Larbey, McEwing and Mallett crossing the line respectively by less than half a second together. Larbey’s race-leading form continued early on at Anglesey, and it was he and Timmons that raced off out on their own in a private battle before

Larbey edged away to take his second win while Timmons collected second ahead of McEwing. Onwards to the Knockhill “Super Round” with a race in each direction across both days, and in the regular direction on Saturday it was Timmons’ turn to grab the early advantage, as the rest of the pack spent too much time fighting and allowed Ben to pull out a lead of several seconds. Eventually, Timmons caught up and more position swapping occurred throughout the rest of the encounter, ending up nose to tail at the flag as Timmons collected the victory, while Mallett completed the podium. The next day in the opposite direction, Timmons again scored the holeshot at the start, but found himself in the gravel a lap later, giving Wilby the lead in his place. After a lengthy safety car, McEwing took over and ended up under threat from Lyonel Tollemache, who only just missed out on victory by three tenths, with Edward Cozzi in third.

The Silverstone International finale was set up perfectly with McEwing, Timmons and Larbey all still in contention, but another early safety car ensured the leading pack stayed close together. When racing resumed, Timmons held the lead with the three title rivals nose to tail in the closing stages, but at one point it looked as though McEwing had escaped into the lead with the championship in sight. Timmons repassed him with two minutes to go, and the pair went back and forth almost every corner, but in a last gasp sprint to the line out of the final corner it was McEwing who only just took victory by 0.088 seconds, securing the White Group crown in the process to his relief! He ended up four points ahead of Timmons who took second, while Larbey ended up fourth in the final race and on the final championship step on the podium. All three will look forward to continuing their battles again in Roadsport in 2023.

Caterham Academy: White Group

Below: Tom McEwing secured glory with a last-race photo finish!

FUN-DURANCE RACERS

After taking second place in the opening three rounds, GCI Racing’s Craig Butterworth and Ian Wood looked set for their maiden victory in round four at Brands Hatch, until they were punted off by Sam Smeeth exiting Clearways in the closing minutes.

They managed to recover, but Richard Webb’s Stobart Sport car had snatched the win, and Butterworth had to settle for second again. It wasn’t long though before they finally topped the podium at Snetterton.

After a few problems at Anglesey when they finished fourth and seventh, they were back on form for the penultimate round at Donington, where third place and their sixth podium of the season sealed the title with one round to go.

Team Viking struggled for pace in the early rounds, having finished sixth in the opening round at Silverstone. Then Mark Holme and Nick Nunn were looking set for third place at Oulton Park though, until Nunn had contact with Agua Caliente’s Paul Turner and his race was over.

Teddy Wilson subbed for Nunn at Croft, and despite still struggling for pace, they managed to come home third. Nunn was back at Brands Hatch and after a promising early third place, they finally came home eighth, before coming back strongly for round five at Snetterton, finishing third.

Two top six finishes at Anglesey preceded their seasons highlight. Wilson came back in for Nunn and they took their first win of the season, before fourth in the Oulton finale sealed second in the Championship, by just six points from UVio/ Hofmann’s Lotus.

Outgoing Champions Farquini Deott and Fabio Randaccio had the pace, but this year the luck went against them on more than one occasion.

They were victorious at Silverstone and had four more wins. After battling for a win at Oulton in round two, they lost time in the pits with low battery voltage and were classified 12th, but after

victory at Croft they had problems again at Brands Hatch, after breaking a driveshaft when the wheel bearing went.

They led again at Snetterton until a wheel bearing disintegrated, but although their hopes of retaining the title were all but gone, they dominated the Anglesey weekend with two wins and were vying for a podium at Donington too, until a late collision with Olympian’s Scott Parkin put them both out.

Win number five came in the Oulton final though, but it was third place in the final standings, despite being constantly the quickest car on the grid.

It had been a successful year for the Stobart Sport team too and with Jonathan Hoad joining Colin Kingsnorth in the second round at Oulton, they were winners, before taking sixth at Croft.

Richard Webb had the pleasure of taking the team to their second win at Brands Hatch, after GCI had been spun out. It was Webb and Hoad sharing at Snetterton as they came home third, and they were in contention in the first Anglesey race too until they broke a driveshaft.

Second place in the Anglesey night race, before another podium in third at Oulton, not only sealed fourth in the Championship and the Masters title for Kingsnorth/Webb, but bid farewell to Webb’s racing too.

PLR’s Neil Plimmer/Ben Pitch had a fairly strong season overall too. They had five top six finishes, but saved their best result until the final round, when they were second.

After taking fourth at Silverstone’s opener, a late track limit penalty dropped them to sixth in round two. A crankshaft failure put them out of a top finish at Croft, but they were a strong third at Brands Hatch.

Sixth at Snetterton and the first Anglesey race, but a disappointing retirement at Donington preceded second in the Oulton final and fifth in Championship and Masters runners-up.

Above: Craig Butterworth and Ian Wood took FunCup honours

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BLACKBURN THE CHAMP

At the end of his second season racing a Fiesta ST150, Michael Blackburn achieved his goal of winning the Vinyl Detail ST-XR Challenge with his Class D entry but the former Class B (Escort XR3i) champion had his title hopes on the line right up until the last lap of the season. Dave Williams reports.

cars and bringing out the red flags. The crash left the pair with ill-handling cars for the rest of the weekend so they were unable to prevent Blackburn from recording a hat-trick of wins.

Jones was back in his ST150 for Donington Park and did the double as Blackburn was plagued by understeer.

When the campaign got underway at Oulton Park in April, third was the best Blackburn could manage just ahead of Sam Beckett. A pair of Chrises finished in front of him – Jones, the reigning champion, took the win with Grimes second. Before race two later in the day, Blackburn made some tweaks to his suspension and replaced a front hub. With his car now handling to his liking, Blackburn was able to finish a close runner-up to Jones with Beckett third. Grimes charged up the order to finish fourth from the back of the pack having missed a gear at the start.

There was to be no repeat of Jones’ titlewinning campaign from the previous year as he didn’t compete in the next six rounds at Snetterton and Anglesey with his ST150 although he gave his beloved Escort XR3i a run out at the latter meeting.

In the first leg of Snetterton’s Triple Header, Blackburn came out on top in a five-car battle for the lead before surviving brake failure at the final corner to pip Beckett at the line in race two. Blackburn used the same tyres at Oulton Park and Snetterton therefore by the third contest in Norfolk they were very worn which meant he had to settle for third behind Grimes and Beckett.

A lapse of concentration by Grimes saw him plough into Beckett during the opening encounter in Wales causing extensive damage to both

Matt Pimlott was bang on the pace at Cadwell Park and started the weekend with his maiden win. Next time out, he followed Blackburn home before winning again after Blackburn had a coming together with Beckett in race three. His retirement allowed Class A title-winner, Simon Robinson, to be the only Fiesta XR2 driver to finish on the podium this year.

Beckett was another to win for the first time when the series headed north to Croft. He could easily have won all three contests but a missed gearchange allowed Jones to take the honours in the second encounter.

That brace for Beckett put him within striking distance of Blackburn heading into the final Double Header at Oulton Park. In race one, Jones won closely followed by Blackburn and Beckett. Later in the day, they were running in the same order when trackrod failure pitched Jones into the barriers. This meant Beckett would be champion if he passed Blackburn. He could have done so when he accidentally hit the new leader in the back bumper under braking for Hislop’s but that was not how he wanted to take victory so he allowed his rival to re-join ahead of him. Blackburn was then able to keep him behind until the chequered flag at which point he took the title with some relief.

For 2023, this series will merge with the national championship for the ST150 model and become the Fiesta ST150 Challenge to be run alongside the Fiesta ST240 Championship.

Above: Michael Blackburn used his racecraft to win out in Fiestas

FAST FORD-WARD

One series that has seen its growth and popularity grow exponentially over the last couple of years is the exceptional Modified Ford Series, a dedicated playground for many of the Blue Oval’s popular roster of cars created over the past few decades. 2021 was the first full season of running under the BRSCC umbrella and it had earned a couple of awards within the club racing scene, so no wonder Paul Nevill and his everexpanding group of drivers were excited as they arrived at their first event of 2022 on the Silverstone International circuit. Scott Woodwiss dives in.

In the first race of the year, Malcolm Harding’s Zakspeed Mk2 Escort replica was hunted down by the powerful Focus of James Allen and despite stealing the lead on the penultimate lap to win on the road, he was later disqualified, leaving Harding to take the win in his place, from fellow Mk2 racers Paul Nevill and Craig Rainer.

Malcolm’s second race was much more straightforward, managing to extend a healthy lead while all of his closest rivals dropped back or retired, allowing Harding to win by just over two seconds as he was chased down by Ashley Shellswell’s XR4i in second and Rainer once again in third.

A field of over 35 cars descended on Brands Hatch Indy for their April visit, an entry big enough to warrant it being split into three groups before qualifying. The first two races had the first pair of victories for Dave Cockell and his fire-spitting Escort Cosworth, leading from the front and never headed in race one for Groups A and B from Harding and Dan Minton in his Mk2. Cockell was more dominant in the A and C race by 11 seconds, with Neil Jessop’s Escort Mk2 and the evergreen Rod Birley in his Escort WRC in his wake, while Harding battled back from third on the opening lap of the B and C race to clinch his third win of the season followed, by Jack Gadd’s Mk1 RSR and Jessop on the podium. Cockell was just as dominant in the British GT support races at Donington Park, winning both in fairly commanding fashion too with Simon Light’s Capri, Shellswell and Gadd sharing the silverware behind him.

The one-day thrash at Oulton Park was almost Cockell’s domain again as he won race one from Dan Minton and Richard Rudd, but retired early from the second allowing Piers Grange to take the spoils in his Mk2 over 20 seconds ahead of Shelswell and Gadd. Moving on to Snetterton and with his Escort Cosworth now back to full health, there was no stopping Cockell once more as the

long straights played to his overwhelming power advantage and took a clean sweep. Light’s Capri tried to keep him honest and took two second places as Shelswell, Dave Matthias’ Sapphire Cosworth and Nevill were also present in the top three.

A multi-car incident forced a lengthy delay to the restart of Cadwell Park’s first race, which eventually allowed Nevill to pick up a first win of 2022, but only by just over a second from a fast closing Gadd and Harding behind him. However, business as usual was restored the next day as Cockell rebounded from the dramas of Saturday to storm through the pack, take the lead and add another P1 to his tally by almost four seconds as Nevill and Gadd followed him home. Next came the first of two visits back at Brands Hatch’s Indy circuit to round off the season, starting with a staggering 45 cars qualifying in two groups on split grids for the races at Ford Power Live in September. Cockell and Gadd managed to trade wins in Group A with each of their winning margins just as substantial as each other’s, while the battle for Group B honours was much closer with both Jessop and Mike Thurley’s Zakspeed Escorts also taking the flag first each between them.

Then came the finale supporting the Formula Ford Festival with an even larger entry of over 50 cars requiring the A/B/C group system once again as they had done in April. James Allen survived the mother of all tank-slappers in the final minutes of the A and B race at Druids while lapping backmarkers to hold off Jessop for the win with Birley in third, before Rod took a win for himself in the wet A & C race ahead of impressive drives from David Guthrie’s Fiesta and the Puma of Harry Hardy. The final race of the season for Groups B and C had a fantastic duel between Allen’s Focus and the power-sliding Anglia of Steve Goldsmith, the pair finishing in that order respectively with Kester Cook’s Fiesta ST150 completing the podium.

2023 is already looking incredible with a full grid of just over 60 Fords expected for the season opening race on the Silverstone GP circuit and ten weekends of racing lined up including a special summer race weekend at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium!

Above: The Modified Ford Series is heaven for fans of the Blue Oval

A DOBLE QUEST

After five consecutive years atop the throne in the Nankang Tyre BMW Compact Cup paddock, all-time great Steven Dailly elected to step aside from a full-time season of domination to pursue other priorities. Upon hearing this, the rest of the Compact Cup grid not only breathed a sigh of relief but also assessed their chances on becoming his successor. There were a good few candidates up to the task, but as it turned out only one of them had the pace to step up. Scott Woodwiss explains.

Mikey Doble staked his claim to become 2022 champion from the outset, heading to Brands Hatch for the opening races of the year and keeping the rest of the field at bay to claim a pole and then both victories and a fastest lap in what was almost the perfect start. His three closest pursuers all day were Lee Dendy-Sadler, Ian Howes and Guy Davis, all of them ready to keep Mikey in their sights over the season.

They had a tougher time at Snetterton next time out, as Doble overcame third on the grid from qualifying and couldn’t be stopped from clinching three more wins to make it five from five after two meetings. Dendy-Sadler and Howes owned second and third all weekend too.

However, it was at Anglesey where Doble’s winning streak was brought to a halt, when a new winner was crowned in Guy Davis. Having been part of the paddock for a few seasons, Davis was yet to take a victory but had been getting faster and more competitive over time. In Wales, everything seemed to click as from third in qualifying, he chased down and passed Doble for the win with less than five minutes to go to deny Mikey his sixth win. Davis then benefitted from a rare mechanical problem for Doble late into race two forcing him to retire, along with Howes and Dendy-Sadler after they collided early on. It left Davis to win again ahead of Gareth Claydon and Gordon Macmillan, before he completed a perfect triple later in the day as Doble retired once more.

Quickly putting his Welsh turmoil behind him, Doble got back on form at Oulton Park by dominating race one by over 11 seconds and then pipping Howes to victory in the second race later in the day, taking his win total to seven for the season after only four meetings. This was then extended to eight in the first race at Cadwell Park a few weeks later as he resisted pressure from Davis all race long, but couldn’t hold him back the

next day as Davis won the race to the first corner and was never headed, securing win number four in the process from Doble and Howes.

Knockhill hosted the penultimate weekend of the season and produced three different winners from racing around both directions of the Scottish circuit. Ian Howes took a long awaited first Compact Cup win in race one from Doble and Davis, followed by a ninth top step visit for points leader Doble ahead of Howes and the returning Steven Dailly, before the five time champion then stormed to victory, but was invisible for points as a guest allowing Doble to take the maximum score instead.

Then came the final weekend of the season at Silverstone International, where Doble set himself up for a unique feat. Using a motorcycle ridden by his father Mike Doble Snr as a taxi between Silverstone and Donington Park, Mikey aimed to win both the Compact Cup and Ginetta GT5 Challenge titles on the same day. Thankfully, an 18th place in race one was enough to gain him back enough points from dropped scores to allow him to miss the final two races and clinch the BMW Compact Cup title and indeed win the Ginetta GT5 crown too - a phenomenal achievement! This now left the scrap for second and third behind him to settle.

Two podiums and a fifth helped Ian Howes to move up into the runner up spot on the final weekend, his best final standing in the championship to date and proof that he’d made giant leaps in his pace and consistency. It would also be a double Doble delight as third in the points was taken by Mike Doble Snr, who also picked up the Masters honours at a canter ahead of Jim Barratt and Gordon Macmillan. Another sublime season of BMW racing, as 2023 awaits for more of the same!

Above: With multiple champion Steven Dailly absent, Mikey Doble took full advantage

The wildest single-seater racers in Britain returned in 2022 and, for the second year running, the British Superkart Championship was back on the calendar under the auspices of Motorsport UK with assistance from Superkarting UK. Gary James brings the insight.

COOL FOR KARTS

The season started at Cadwell Park in May as part of the Modified Live event. While the Superkart grid could have accommodated more entries, the talent on show was of the highest order with British and former European Champions determined to get an early haul of points.

Local driver Lee Harpham (Division 1) was unbeaten across the three races (two counting towards the championship). Liam Morley had to play second best in the first two encounters and was hoping to improve on his score in the final race. But a big end failure, while leading, put him out at half distance. Reigning F250 National British Champion Lee Plain also got his season off to a flyer with maximum points. Kosta Kyritsis (F450 National) and Jack Tritton (F125 Open) were also double winners.

The championship moved on to Anglesey in June, where unfortunately, none of the F450 drivers were entered. Liam Morley was uncatchable in the Division 1 class and took three wins plus a new lap record for the International circuit. It was Harpham’s turn to finish in the runner-up spot. That meant that after four scoring rounds Morley and Harpham were tied on points ahead of the final rounds at Donington Park. Lee Plain added two more wins to his tally in the F250 National class but was caught up in a first corner accident in the last race. He managed to rejoin the race a lap adrift while victory went to his brother Luke. The honours were shared in the F125 Open category with Jack Tritton, Ross Witherow and Shane Stoney taking a win apiece. Witherow was looking for his second win of the weekend in the final race but spun out on the final corner.

And so to the final rounds at Donington Park in September. With Morley and Harpham tied on points, we were in for an exciting finale. They were never separated by more than seven-tenths of a second in Race 1 with Harpham leading. But when contact was made with a backmarker on

the final lap Morley squeezed past to take the win, Harpham finishing with a damaged nosecone. Harpham knew he had to beat Morley in the final encounter to stand any chance of taking the title. He led the first 3 laps before Morley took over. But there was late drama. Morley’s top hose came off and he lost all the water from his VM motor, parking up at the Fogarty Esses on the final lap. Harpham saved a massive slide through Craner Curves whilst lapping a backmarker and despite a bent axle finished in second place to secure the British Championship for the Division 1 category. The race win went to Carl Hulme. Lee Plain kept up his winning streak with another double to retain his F250 National crown. The F450s were back in action and Kosta Kyritsis took a pair of wins and the title. Shane Stoney (F125 Open) was also a double winner, but that wasn’t enough to win the championship. Jack Tritton’s pair of seconds were good enough for him to become the class champion.

There was also drama in the Motorsport UK British Superkart Grand Prix that same weekend at Donington Park. Carl Hulme (Division 1) led the first five laps chased by Morley, but there was a contentious change of lead whilst lapping backmarkers. Morley eased clear to take his tenth Grand Prix title while Hulme dropped back with an engine issue but still held onto second spot. Jack Bliss was the surprise package in the F250 National class but dropped out from the lead with a nipped piston. Lee Plain took over but was lacking straight line speed and he was caught and passed by Kirk Cattermole. Using a 20-year-old TM engine, Cattermole held off a late challenge from Paul Platt to take the GP title. Kosta Kyritsis was heading for the win in the F450 class but a spin on the penultimate lap dropped him behind Ollie Ridout, a surprised but happy winner. Shane Stoney emulated his multi-champion father by taking the Grand Prix win in the F125 Open class.

Above: It was a season of highs and lows for Superkarts

Motorsport UK British Superkart Championship

A BLISSFUL YEAR

It’s safe to say the first full season of the Nankang Tyre CityCar Cup Championship was a roaring success, with a vast number of drivers thoroughly inspired by the BRSCC’s brand new tin top championship - a point proven by the staggering 38 car grid that turned up at the opening race at Donington! Entering its sophomore season, and with commanding champion Nic Grindrod moving back to rear wheel drive in the MX-5 SuperCup, the floor was open for a new driver to ascend to the throne in his place. Plenty of 2021’s front-runners were back again, and the competition was wide open. Scott Woodwiss explains.

Immediately it became clear the pair of Autobliss-run Toyota Aygos driven by brothers Richard and Stuart Bliss were the pacesetters from the outset at the opening double header at Oulton Park. Through two safety car and red flag affected races, both Richard and Stuart picked up a win each with guest driver Sebastian Melrose and Elliot Lettis both sharing a third place. Their pace all day confirmed they were both favourites to challenge for the title as the CityCars made their first of two visits to Snetterton.

A Bliss front row lock out at the first Norfolk double header in qualifying was followed by a 1-2 in race one with Richard heading Stuart to the flag while Lettis took his second podium in a row in third, before Elliot then was able to work his way into the lead for his first CityCar win in race two, holding off the Bliss brothers by a collective 1.1 seconds across the top three, Stuart ahead of Richard on this occasion. Andrew Dyer also took a pair of fourth places too, and it would be this quartet that would prove to be the regular leading contenders for the rest of the season.

races, with the third forcibly cancelled due to time constraints after an accident for Paul Savage.

Dyer was on form at Cadwell Park with a brace of victories for himself, while Stuart Bliss took the third as both closed in on Richard Bliss at the top of the points, while Lettis’ aspirations hit a snag after two DNFs including rolling out of race two exiting the Gooseneck. Croft had the emergence of a new front-runner in Oxford Brookes driver Ben Creanor, taking the Student Motorsport Challenge car to a third place in race one, then second in race two and finally the first overall race win for a SMC team in its first season to his and the team’s delight. Richard Bliss was also victorious twice that day as he battled with Creanor, Dyer and brother Stuart all weekend as the finale at Silverstone loomed.

Above: If you like big grids and close racing, the CityCar Cup is possibly the series for you...

Next came a triple header on the Welsh coast as Anglesey beckoned, where both Dyer and Lettis would collect a victory each before a Bliss stood on the top step in a red flag-shortened third race, with Richard on top this time. George Palozzi also had a stand out moment starting from pole (despite spinning on the formation lap) and was in contention for the podium in race three until a late incident with Stuart Bliss forced him to retire. The return leg to Snetterton was more eventful than the first visit, with Richard Bliss and Dyer picking up wins in two of the three scheduled

At the Home of British Motor Racing on the International layout, nobody could knock a resurgent Elliot Lettis off the top step of the podium all weekend as he charged to victory in all three encounters to end 2022 in sensational form. Richard Jepp took three second place finishes overall to dominate the Student Motorsport Challenge and steal that title on the final weekend, while Ross Makar took two third places and Richard Bliss the other, the latter banking enough to be crowned the second ever CityCar Cup champion for 2022. While Richard sealed the title, the runner-up spot went to Dyer with four race wins to his name in the season, ahead of Stuart Bliss to ensure both brothers ended up on the podium in the final standings with third place. Now heading into its third championship season, the CityCar Cup continues to be a sensation of UK club motor sport!

A new addition for the 2022 season was the launch of the new Student Motorsport Challenge within the Nankang Tyre CityCar Cup, a superb new contest that incentivises colleges and universities to create race teams and compete against one another for their own separate championship title. The brainchild of Student Motorsport founder John Paul Latham, the Challenge gives teams of students the chance to gain valuable experience in real world motorsport setting as well as develop their skills towards their future careers in the sport.

Across 2022, no less than seven teams took part in races across the season, the first rounds of which took place at Oulton Park in April.

In the beginning, it was easy work for East Surrey College as Andy Burgess took the first ever Student Motorsport Challenge win in Race 1 ahead of Dan Lockett for Coleg Gwent Blaenau and Joe Miller for Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) Karting, while Richard Jepp failed to finish for MET Motorsport. It was much the same in the second race with Burgess once again picking up victory for East Surrey College, with the same top three as the earlier race helping to set the early tone for the Challenge.

The win streak for Burgess and East Surrey continued next time out at Snetterton with two more victories in Norfolk including an excellent 5th place overall in the second race, while Jepp managed to get MET Motorsport off the mark at last after their Oulton misfortunes with a pair of second places and George Jones ensured that Coleg Gwent kept up their run of podiums with their Newport team taking to the top three for the first time. At Anglesey in June, MET Motorsport managed to capture their first SMC wins but this time with Andrew Jones at the wheel due to Jepp being absent. Andrew managed three eighth place finishes overall to dominate his Challenge rivals, while Paul Toolan gave a trio of second places to new team Oxford Brookes on their debut and Coleg Gwent Newport again owned the final podium step all weekend.

A return to Snetterton beckoned in July with East Surrey and Andy Burgess back on the grid after missing Anglesey. What had been scheduled to be three races only became two after timetable constraints forced the restart of race three after a red flag to be cancelled and the re-run postponed to a later event. In the two races that did run, Burgess won both for East Surrey with Oxford Brookes’ new driver Ben Creanor and

MET Motorsport’s Jepp sharing a P2 each, and Dan Lockett helping Coleg Gwent’s Blaenau team back onto the rostrum with a pair of 3rd places. Heading to Cadwell Park in August, Creanor helped Oxford Brookes take their first SMC win from East Surrey (Burgess) and MET Motorsport (Jepp) in race one, before Burgess again topped the Challenge field in the next two races, beating Creanor and Jepp respectively both times.

Then came Croft, and a very special moment in the Student Motorsport Challenge. Looking quick all weekend, Creanor ensured that Oxford Brookes completed a clean sweep of the SMC honours, but they were also in contention all weekend for the overall race win. Amazingly, after third in race one and second in race two, Creanor drove superbly to clinch first overall in the final race of the weekend, the first for a Student Motorsport Challenge team in a landmark achievement. Jepp and Burgess were again on the SMC podium for MET and East Surrey respectively, but even though neither of them could catch Creanor all weekend, both were delighted at Oxford Brookes’ achievement.

Heading to the finale at Silverstone in October, all of the top three teams still had a chance of taking the first ever Student Motorsport Challenge title. Even though Jepp was able to beat Burgess with two wins while Andy finished 3rd both times behind Creanor, East Surrey were still in control going into the final race. But sadly for Burgess, a retirement for the last race of the season gave the advantage to Jepp and as he completed his hat-trick of wins, he and MET Motorsport became Student Motorsport Challenge champions for 2022. East Surrey had to bravely accept the runner up spot in P2, while Oxford Brookes made it to third in the end despite missing the start of the season. Onwards to a bigger and better Challenge season in 2023!

SPEED CENTRAL

After a successful first season getting off the ground and running with the BRSCC, the awesome ZEO Prototype Cup headed into 2022 with more of the same in prospect, continuing to bring superb multi-class sports prototype racing to UK circuits and open to a wide variety of marques, chassis and engine combinations to compete in the series.

Let’s take a look with Scott Woodwiss.

Beginning the season on a sunny spring morning at Snetterton in Norfolk, a smaller than usual entry of eight cars lined up for the opening two races of the season with regular stalwart Mike Jenvey capturing a dominant pole position. Whilst out in front in the first race, Jenvey was able to lap around 1-2 seconds a lap quicker than the rest of his opposition and managed to take the first win of the season by over 20 seconds in his JenveyGunn, followed by Graham Charman’s Juno and Jason Rishover’s Radical. Jenvey showed even more blistering pace early on in the second encounter, but ended up easing his lap times towards the end and was still victorious by 16 seconds with Andy Chittenden and Rishover trailing him home.

Another smaller than usual entry headed to the next rounds at Brands Hatch, which allowed Graham Charman to flex his muscles in the Juno across both races, taking a commanding pole, surviving an early safety car and then pulling away from the CTR 01 of Richard Chamberlain to an eventual 10 second winning margin, with Jay Shepherd’s closed-top NP01in 3rd. Charman could have made it a double but retired after twothirds’ distance leaving Matthew Chamberlain to pilot the CTR to its first win, ahead of Lee Collar’s ADR and Dominic Langdon-Down’s Radical.

Above: A wide variety of sports prototypes joined the ZEO Prototype Cup during 2022

Onwards to the next rounds on the Silverstone GP circuit with a boosted entry thanks to the first of two shared grids with the Sports Prototype Cup, featuring a number of the striking Revolution prototypes amongst the line-up. Despite Jenvey taking pole again for race one, the Revolution of James Abbott led from the front row and when Mike ended up retiring after just four laps, it was a straightforward run to the flag for Abbott with Michael Clark’s Radical RXC trailing 20 seconds behind and Charman’s Juno completing the top three. Jenvey’s car issues forced him to miss the second race, allowing Abbott to double up on victories with another lights-to-flag effort, leaving Matt Manderson’s Radical behind by 16 seconds at the finish and Clark’s RXC in third.

Finally, the ZEO paddock visited the Donington Grand Prix circuit for its final rounds of the year, and featured another superb entry on another shared grid with the Sports Prototype Cup. Jenvey beat Abbott to the first corner as race one began and slowly edged away as it progressed, leading for the duration and winning by just over six seconds as Abbott commanded P2 and Clark collected P3. The start of race two generated an incredible getaway from Sir Chris Hoy, who leapt up from sixth to the lead exiting Redgate, but the glory only lasted a lap and a half before Clark and Jenvey both slipped by. Jenvey took the lead at half distance and carried on to take an even more dominant win this time, with the margin over 11 seconds from Clark and Charman respectively.

We very much look forward to see what the ZEO paddock has in store for us in 2023 with more high-speed prototype action!

2023 CAR TESTING WITH MSV

MSV operates various formats of car testing across its five race circuits, with events to suit all needs from Semi-Exclusive to pre-race meeting test days.

SEMI-EXCLUSIVE SESSIONS

Open and closed wheel cars allowed

Maximum of 18* cars on circuit

Track time split equally between open and closed wheels

OPEN PIT LANE TESTING

No sessions, no time constraints

Race cars only

GENERAL TESTING

Timing allowed Overtake on either side

Sessioned according to car suitability

Pre-race days – ideal for last minute set up and circuit knowledge

IN CAR FREE OF CHARGE!

INSTRUCTORS (ARDS GRADE A OR S) ALLOWED

*Donington Park 20 cars

Left page, top to bottom: Esterson’s pace all weekend left him rarely headed during the Festival; Max became the first American since Josef Newgarden to win a Formula Ford Festival; The 2022 edition once again lured former champions, such as 1991 winner Marc Goossens...; ...and 1980 winner Roberto Moreno who returned in a modern Ray chassis.

After the incredible spectacle and celebration of the 50th Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch in 2021 that generated an entry of almost 100 cars, former champions returning and one of the most thrilling Grand Finals in Festival history, the 2022 edition would have to go some way to match it, and there was plenty of reasons to suggest it would. Recent champions were back for another crack and there was a true international feel once again with plenty of young talent making the trip overseas to the UK to compete, from the USA, Canada, Norway, Brazil, New Zealand, Australia and mainland Europe. Scott Woodwiss reports.

Right page: Cam Jackson became the second Brian Jones Memorial Trophy winner.

TAKING IT TO THE MAX

Nearly 80 cars turned out for the 51st running split into four heats, all of which qualified and raced on the Saturday. 2021 runner up Max Esterson returned to go one better than the previous year and started in the best possible way after he was victorious in Heat 1, but only after holding back a barrage of attacks from newly crowned National Formula Ford champion Jordan Dempsey and 2020 champion Joey Foster, with Morgan Quinn and Team Canada Scholarship rookie Kevin Foster completing the top five.

In Heat 2, defending champion Jamie Sharp and two-time champion Niall Murray may have started on the front row together, but they ended up tangling mid-race at Surtees which forced Sharp out and into the Progression races, while Murray had to battle back to seventh. Up top, it was three-time champion Joey Foster that topped the heat at the flag, with Lucas Romanek and Team USA Scholarship’s Thomas Schrage on the podium from David Parks and William Lowing.

Robbie Parks took a surprise Heat 3 pole but ended up dropping to fifth in the end in the two-part, red flag-affected race, as Ammonite Motorsport’s Shawn Rashid showed his potential to be the dark horse of the Festival with a win by almost three seconds ahead of Irish youngster Jordan Kelly, Abdul Ahmed, the returning Michael Eastwell and the aforementioned Parks in the top five. The heat was marred, however, by a titanic accident between Matt Rivett and Tom McArthur, the former’s Van Diemen launching off the back of McArthur’s car and barrel rolling into the Paddock Hill Bend gravel. While McArthur was out of the race but able to continue in the competition, Rivett’s car was sadly written off. Matt himself was shaken up in the incident and went to hospital for precautions, but was discharged several hours later.

The fourth and final heat allowed David

McCullough to show his skills with pole position and the heat win, holding off outgoing National champion Chris Middlehurst, Brandon McCaughan, Jeremy Fairbairn and the everimpressive Alan Davidson in his classic Mondiale.

Sunday began with the pair of Progression races and one of the drives of the event, as Sharp came from 14th to the lead and the win, heading Cam Jackson, Dan Rene Larsen, Gilles Cloet, Jonathan Miles and 1991 Festival winner Marc Goossens as the qualifiers. The second Progression race put partners Peter Daly and Lorna Vickers on the front row together but soon enough made way for the six-pack of qualifying drivers, those being race winner William Ferguson of Team USA, Team Canada’s Jake Cowden, New Zealand’s Driver to Europe James Penrose, Megan Gilkes, Tom McArthur and Oliver Chapman.

On to the semi-finals, where Foster’s faster Heat win gave him pole over Esterson, but he dropped to fourth as Esterson took over the lead. Despite Foster working his way back to second, he couldn’t pass Esterson who punched his ticket to the Final, while Dempsey, Schrage and Romanek completed the top five qualifiers. Meanwhile, Shawn Rashid threw away his chance to win Semi-Final 2 by spinning off at Clearways on the opening lap and after the brief safety car, Eastwell worked his way from third to first and stayed there to line up on the Grand Final grid on the front row, joined in the top five by Middlehurst, David McCullough, McCaughan and Fairbairn.

The Historic Final would be contested for the Brian Jones Memorial Trophy for the second year in succession with Cam Jackson on pole and after initially losing the lead to Alan Davidson, Jackson hit the front, only to be beautifully dummied by McArthur at Druids to drop behind both him and Davidson. However, McArthur then spun away the lead at the same corner a couple of laps later, but a red flag was a saving grace which incredibly kept

him as leader to restart from pole. Even though Tom pulled away on the second start, Jackson eventually closed him down and slipped past in the closing stages and charged away to clinch the Historic final win, with McArthur settling for P2 and Davidson just a fraction behind in P3.

A slightly chaotic Last Chance Race had a late red flag after several cars dropped by the wayside, but on the two lap sprint for the restart McArthur made up for missing out on Historic glory by clinching the victory and passage to the Grand Final, ahead of Norwegian Formula Ford champion Christer Otterstrom, Historic winner Jackson, Pascal Monbaron, Penrose and Gilkes. The 30 car field was now set for the Grand Final…

While we’d love to mention that it was a thrilling 20 lap contest as it had been in 2021, unfortunately the 2022 edition didn’t quite play out that way. The start of the race was promising with pole man Esterson once again leaping into the lead with Foster and Dempsey immediately on his tail, but no sooner had the first lap been completed then a seismic downpour occurred which completely saturated the circuit in seconds. The race was forcibly red flagged and counted back to the order after two complete laps, and after waiting for some 15 minutes for track and weather conditions to improve, the event stewards advised the clerk of the course that neither had happened and racing sadly couldn’t continue.

Therefore, for the first time ever in its history, the Formula Ford Festival had to declare a result via an enforced curtailment due to the conditions. It meant that Max Esterson was declared Festival champion for 2022, ahead of Foster in second place and Dempsey in third. While it isn’t the finish any of us wanted, Esterson was still a deserved winner after his incredible pace all weekend – now we wait to see what the 2023 edition has in store.

RACE OF REMEMBRANCE

After teaming up with Mission Motorsport to run the prestigious event for the very first time in its history, the BRSCC was delighted to once again play its part in running the incredible Race of Remembrance on November 11-13 2022. The Race of Remembrance was conceived by Mission Motorsport in 2014, originally run as a track day but eventually turning into a 12-hour endurance race broken up into three parts. Scott Woodwiss was impressed.

Saturday had racing from the afternoon into darkness before the race was paused overnight, then resumed until just before 11am on Remembrance Sunday when a special service is held to remember those who gave their lives in conflicts of recent history, then resuming until the cumulative 12 hours is completed. It was created by Mission Motorsport, a special charity that works year on year to help those affected by military operations to rehabilitate and retrain into the motorsport and automotive industries. To date, over 2000 ex-servicemen and servicewomen have been engaged through recovery sport, proving just how valuable a cause it really is.

For the 2022 edition of the 12-hour race, a record entry was present with no fewer than 55 teams lined up to compete, the largest number since RoR began. Over the course of the weekend, Mission Motorsport also supported its largest group of service personnel and veterans including those that had travelled to compete from Canada and the USA, showing just how far and wide their efforts are helping those in need around the world.

After the usual pre-race activities such as SuperCar Saturday, a special RoR ClubSport Trophy race and the wonderful Biathlon of Foolishness in which the BRSCC’s own Sporting Manager Luke Souch took part, the teams lined up for 12 hours of total competition headed by

the defending champions Rob Boston Racing in their Lotus Elise.

Initially, the RBR Elise with former MX-5 dominator Tom Roche at the wheel managed to pull away from a three way scrap for 2nd between the Caterhams of Williams Motorsport and RAF Motorsport, and ES Motorsport in their own Lotus Elise. This quartet were well clear of the rest of the pack, ending up a lap ahead of everyone else by the first hour before Williams Motorsport dropped back as pitstops began to allow Rocket Racing’s Caterham to pick up second from the BS Motorsport MX-5 ending hour two. Alternator issues pushed the RBR Elise down to 18th by the completion of hour three with RAF Motorsport’s Caterham back out in front by a lap, but thanks to some strong driving the Lotus climbed back to sixth despite a two-lap penalty for exceeding driving time. On the overnight halt at the end of part one, Williams Motorsport headed a Caterham one-two from RAF Motorsports, with ES Motorsport’s Elise, Unlimited Performance Consulting’s Caterham and 360 Motor Racing Club’s MINI completing the top five.

Overnight, Rob Boston’s team changed the engine on their Elise which helped them rise back to fourth by the end of part two on Sunday morning, still chasing the two leading Caterhams and the ES Lotus ahead of them. However, RAF Motorsport’s race was run not long after their first pitstop of part three, when a blown engine

forced them out. Then Rob Boston Racing was handed another penalty for an alleged yellow flag infringement, forcing them to come back once again from a lap behind to battle the Williams Motorsport Caterham for the outright win. With the race result decided on the aggregate timing of the race’s three parts, both Boston and Roche charged along to regain all of the time lost via the penalty and eventually took the chequered flag first by just over eight seconds on aggregate, retaining their RoR title in truly dramatic fashion. The Williams Caterham of Andrew Perry and Steve McCulley had to settle for second place ahead of Michael and Bailey Edwards in the ES Motorsport Lotus in third, while the other RAF Motorsports/ Turn 7 Caterham of Callum Macdougall, Neil Huggins, Lloyd Huggins and Andrew Jebson wound up in fourth. Completing the top five was another Caterham, this being the Unlimited Performance Consulting car of Benja Hedley, Neil Perry and David Rooke.

James Cameron, the outgoing CEO of Mission Motorsport, was delighted with the whole event, stating on the ROR website: “Year on year, Race of Remembrance continues to grow in popularity and this year to see a record number of entrants on the grid at Anglesey is amazing! BRSCC, Anglesey Circuit and Thruxton Circuit have been instrumental in making this possible and we are incredibly grateful for all their help and support.”

BIG NIGHT OUT!

In a change to the BRSCC’s regular scheduling, the Club elected to hold its annual Championship Awards on November 19th 2022 instead of its previous usual slot in February of the following year. Once again taking place at the Crowne Plaza Stratford-uponAvon hotel, some 280+ guests were in attendance to celebrate the champions of the 2022 BRSCC season, hosted by regular British GT Championship presenter Bryn Lucas.

Many of the year’s trophy winners were present on the night to collect their trophies, and both BRSCC chairman Peter Daly and Motorsport UK CEO Hugh Chambers were on hand to award them as well as address the attendees. Chambers was full of praise of the hard work the Club had done over the last few seasons, while Daly not only talked of the superb year that 2022 had been, but also the exciting developments that were on the way for 2023.

Alongside this, there were also the usual special awards to hand out to recognise the superb work by some of the Club’s members. The BRSCC Midland Centre awarded their Marshal of the Year accolade to young Jayden Firth in recognition for his hard work as a junior Club member and junior marshal aged just 14 and performing many key duties during race weekends across the year. Midland Centre chairman and BRSCC director Trevor Parry was on hand to present Jayden with his accolade.

The Club’s annual John Nicol Trophy, presented to the individual or organisation making the greatest contribution towards the furtherance of motorsport in 2022, was awarded on this occasion to John Paul Latham of Student Motorsport for his incredible work in bringing the Student Motorsport Challenge to life within the Nankang Tyre CityCar Cup and allowing universities and colleges to create teams and compete against one another whilst also giving students a key proving ground to their develop their skills and enhance their careers in motorsport.

The BRSCC wishes to thank everyone that attended our 2022 Championship Awards evening and we look forward to welcoming you to the next one!

Clockwise from bottom: The BRSCC “Championship Awards Class of 2022”; Trevor Parry presents Jayden Firth with his Midlands Centre Marshal of the Year Award; John Paul Latham won the John Nicol Trophy, presented by Debs Nicol; Hugh Chambers represented Motorsport UK on the night; BRSCC chairman Peter Daly made his annual address on stage.

2023: NEW HORIZONS

The 2023 season is set to be one of the most exciting, busiest and best supported for the BRSCC in recent history, with a raft of new and returning championships and series being welcomed onto the roster and exciting development in others. Let’s details some of the latest developments for the season ahead:

TCR UK Touring Car Championship

After two seasons away, the TCR UK Touring Car Championship returns to the BRSCC porftolio courtesy of Maximum Motorsport. Both Stewart and Nicki Lines have been working hard over the last few years to continue enhancing the championship, and 2022 saw it enjoy its most successful campaign to date and its biggest grid numbers. Entries regularly exceeded 20 cars over the course of the year and 2023 is expected to be even bigger and better with the premise of greater numbers, new drivers and new models entering the championship. TCR UK will headline seven BRSCC race weekends and is set to produce more thrilling, exciting and heart-stopping touring car action than ever before!

Cooksport Renault Cup

The brainchild of Josh Cook and his Cooksport racing and performance supply company, the Cooksport Renault Cup is a natural next step in allowing Cooksport to further support their growing customer base and also enhance the company’s racing and race development connections with the Renault brand. For the 2023 season, the Cooksport Renault Cup will see a selection of racing Clios and Meganes coming together to form an exciting new BRSCC racing category.

Milltek Sport Civic Cup

The superb Milltek Sport Civic Cup also rejoins the BRSCC roster for 2023 as an official support series to the TCR UK Touring Car Championship, bringing more high-quality one-make racing to the Club’s portfolio. Started in 2011, and taken on more recently by Maximum Motorsport, the Civic Cup sees a vast number of EP3 and FN2 generation Honda Civic Type Rs battle it out on track together, with the championship seen as an excellent stepping-stone into touring car racing and especially TCR UK. Having been present with the Club previously, we’re delighted to have them back.

MG Metro Cup

We’re very pleased to welcome the long-standing Hickford Construction MG Metro Cup to the BRSCC’s portfolio for 2023, which joins us having moved across from the MG Car Club. Started in 1992, the Championship has been successful in maintaining it’s objective of providing an easy way into motor racing for drivers with a limited budget. The series attracts a varied selection of drivers, from those who have competed for several seasons to absolute novices. For 2023, the Metro Cup will enjoy a six-event calendar, all on BRSCC meetings, and should provide another incredibly fun element to race weekends going forward.

Classic VW Cup

The Ricci Concept Classic VW Cup is a brand new edition to the BRSCC having joined off the back of running with the Track Attack Race Club. This series caters to a vast variety of Volkswagen and VAG cars including Audis, SEATs and more. In this series, anything from old school Mk1 Golfs to more modern ex-Volkswagen Racing Cup cars can be found here and the grid is split into three classes - Class A for more heavily modified cars, Class B for lesser modified cars and the GT class which is relatively unlimited. The Classic VW Cup runs for the first time with the BRSCC as part of a brand new overarching series.

Audi TT Cup Racing

Conceived by renowned roll cage and part fabricators SW Motorsports and its founder Shaun Woods, the new Audi TT Cup Racing series debuts with the BRSCC in 2023 with plenty of hype, excitement and anticipation built up around itand with good reason. Using the Mk2 generation Audi TT as its base car, drivers and teams purchase a complete kit of parts to transform it into a race-ready machine. To date over 40 build kits have been sold and it’s caused quite the sensation amongst the club racing scene already. We’re very much looking forward to the opening rounds at Brands Hatch in April.

In past seasons, any new BRSCC formulae, be they created in-house or joining externally, usually joined another pre-existing series in order to help it achieve lift off and build its numbers before standing on its own two feet. With the influx of newcomers to the Formulae roster and the recent creation of two new one-make series by the Club, a special new development series christened the Evolution Trophy has been created. Along with the Cooksport Renault Cup and Ricci Concept VW Cup, both the BRSCC’s Mazda MX-5 Mk4 Trophy and BMW 1 Series SuperCup also combine to create one grid together. The concept is to allow all four series to flourish by racing against each other on track, and by season’s end should any of them have grid numbers that are healthy enough, they would be permitted to receive their own standalone grid before another new concept takes the vacant spot. It should prove to be quite fascinating to watch as all four develop!

Formula Foundation

Formula Foundation is a ground-breaking fully electric single-seater racing project that has been well over a year in development, and the stunning electric race car has been conceptualised, designed, engineered and built in the UK.This is a hugely exciting project for the BRSCC and their project partners RSR Technology Ltd, with the series being aimed at delivering the world’s first club level single seater EV racing opportunity. Formula Foundation is focussed not only toward privateer drivers, but race teams looking to support drivers who may be interested in developing a career in the rapidly growing world of EV racing. The plan is to demonstrate the cars at selected events throughout 2023 before growing towards a potential first full season in 2024.

Fiesta ST240 Championship & ST150 Challenge

The BRSCC’s Fiesta Championship and ST-XR Challenge are both going through a major change in format for 2023 with both now dedicated to one specification of car each. The Fiesta Championship sees the ST150 class moved to leave the top ST240 class run and rebranded as the Fiesta ST240 Championship, while the outgoing ST150s will now join the ST-XR Challenge-spec ST150s and that championship will also change its name to the Fiesta ST150 Challenge. The rebrand of both Fiesta contests mark the beginning of new eras for each and they’re set to feature healthy and well-supported grids throughout 2023.

Evolution Trophy

2022 CHAMPIONS

AIRTEC Motorsport Fiesta Championship

ST240 & Overall

1st Jenson Brickley

2nd Alastair Kellett

3rd Zachary Lucas

ST150

1st Nick Moore

2nd Thomas Davis

3rd Joseph Knight

BRSCC Fiesta Junior Championship

ST150 & Overall

1st Sid Smith

2nd Thomas Jack Lee

3rd Albert Webster

Mk7 Zetec S

1st Harry England

2nd Aaron Walker

Vinyl Detail ST-XR Challenge

Overall and Class D

1st Mike Blackburn

2nd Sam Beckett

3rd Mark Blunt

Class A

1st Simon Robinson

2nd Ian Billington

3rd Alex Causer

Nankang Tyre BMW Compact Cup

1st Mikey Doble

2nd Ian Howes

3rd Mike Doble

Fun Cup Endurance Championship

1st GCI Racing: Craig Butterworth/

Grahame Butterworth/Ian Wood

2nd Team Viking: Mark Holme/

Nick Nunn/ Teddy Wilson

3rd UVio/Hofmann’s Lotus: Farquini Deott/Fabio Randaccio

Nankang Tyre CityCar Cup

1st Richard Bliss

2nd Andrew Dyer

3rd Stuart Bliss

Student Motorsport Challenge

1st MET Motorsport

2nd East Surrey College

3rd Oxford Brookes

BRSCC Mazda MX-5 Championship

1st Fraser Fenwick

2nd Steve Foden

3rd Michael Knibbs

Mazda MX-5 Clubman Championship

1st Declan McDonnell

2nd Jon Pethick

3rd Chris Dawkins

BRSCC Mazda MX-5 SuperCup Championship

Pro Class

1st Will Blackwell-Chambers

2nd Colin Bysouth

3rd James Cossins

Club Class

1st Scott Wright

2nd Stephen New

3rd Adrian Burge

Caterham Academy Championship

Green Group

1st Rrutuj Patki

2nd Ravi Patel

3rd Iain Hibbert

White Group

1st Tom McEwing

2nd Ben Timmons

3rd Matt Larbey

Caterham Roadsport Championship

1st Geoff Newman

2nd Charlie Lower

3rd Freddie Chiddicks

Caterham Seven 270R Championship

1st Taylor O’Flanagan

2nd Domenique Mannsperger

3rd Hugo Bush

Caterham Seven 310R Championship

1st Pete Walters

2nd Harry George

3rd Jack Sales

Caterham Seven UK Championship

1st Aaron Head

2nd Henry Heaton

3rd Jake Swann

Intelligent Money British GT Championship

GT3

1st Ian Loggie

2nd Adam Balon/Sandy Mitchell

3rd Morgan Tillbrook/Marcus Clutton

GT4

1st Richard Williams/Sennan Fielding

2nd Matt Topham/Darren Turner

3rd Josh Miller/Jamie Day

Avon Tyres Northern & Super Classic

Formula Ford Championship

P Class

1st Peter Atkinson

Super Classic A

1st John Murphy

2nd Neil Hunt

3rd Alaric Gordon

Super Classic B

1st Nick Barnes

2nd Andrew Schofield

3rd Peter Daly

Super Classic C

1st Paul Crosbie

Super Classic D

1st Phil Nelson

2nd Roger Arnold

3rd Michael Wales

Avon Tyres National Formula Ford Championship

Pro Class

1st Jordan Dempsey

2nd Colin Queen

3rd Lucas Romanek

Clubman

1st David McArthur

Rookie

1st Shawn Rashid

2nd Gabe Tesch

3rd Tom Nippers

W Series

1st Jamie Chadwick

2nd Beitske Visser

3rd Alice Powell

51st BRSCC Formula Ford Festival

1st Max Esterson

2nd Joey Foster

3rd Jordan Dempsey

Historic Final

1st Cameron Jackson

2nd Tom McArthur

3rd Alan Davidson

Race of Remembrance

1st Rob Boston Racing: Rob Boston/Tom Roche

2nd Rocket Racing: Steve McCulley/Andrew Perry

3rd ES Motorsport: Michael Edwards/Bailey Edwards