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DID YOU KNOW,

Motorsport Days.com...

Provides track enthusiasts and Clubman racers with the industry’s most comprehensive listing of over 2,500 track and test days in Europe. Since its launch in 2012, Motorsport Days’ (MSD) online users have been rapidly increasing and MotorsportDays.com now attracts more than 32,000 page views a month, making it the most progressive and in-tune media platform in motorsport – providing news updates, track guides, feature articles and, of course, an in-depth calendar of upcoming events.

Motorsport Days’ intuitive online platform makes it easy for users to locate the track or test day that meets their exact requirements.

To support this goal, MSD distributes a weekly e-newsletter to more than 8,000 subscribers.

In addition to up-and-coming events, this includes the latest industry news, exclusive features, plus readers’ competitions.

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MSD will extend its celebration of motorsport to the professional end of the spectrum by introducing a PRO publication for the first time in 2017. This includes global endurance and sprint race listings at the very top end of motorsport – distributed to race teams, Championship organisers and the drivers themselves.

MSD’S MULTI-PLATFORM PORTFOLIO

For the last four years, MSD has also published the invaluable Motorsport Days PRO - AM Annuals, which boasts a 40,000-wide readership across Europe. A first of its kind, these publications showcases the best of professional and amateur motorsport, ranging from Blancpain Series to the VAG Trophy and everything in-between.

Motorsport Days produces three issues each year: The Professional Annual (PRO), The Amateur Annual (AM) and a PRO-AM Summer Edition. Each 100+ page publication includes exclusive interviews with motorsport legends as well as focusing on the next generation of talent, in addition to the MSD Awards and a full listing of the year’s Championship results.

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The new style of AM will continue to showcase the sport with interviews, features and track guides. In addition to a packed contents, this annual will also feature full Championship results from clubs such as BARC, BRSCC, CSCC, 750 and MSVR – to name but a few.

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FROM THE EDITOR 016 was another thrilling year for motorsport. With some of the largest grids ever seen across Europe, it has been epic to watch. But what better way to round off the year than through the PRO-AM Annuals which for the first time, include all levels of this growing sport.

As the industry has evolved, so has MSD and this is reflected on our reporting on both professional and amateur racing. MSD’s brand has taken a great leap forward by refocusing its attention for 2017. This includes an extended range of Annuals across the board and includes various articles, such as driver fitness with Porsche Human Performance, in-depth technical features from the likes of suspension supremo Öhlins, an exclusive one-to-one with

Bruno Senna and a critical assessment of Dieselgate on the worlds of rallying and endurance racing.

Talking of driver fitness, did you know that most young karters already have similar back problems to more veteran racers? This is a shocking stat and an area we will return to in future issues.

However, our time spent recently with the Porsche Human Performance labs proved that all racers, whatever their age, can improve posture and general fitness, to make them better drivers in 2017.

Throughout this Annual you will find a wide variety of interviews, which I hope will not only make for an entertaining read, but will also provide a useful source of information and advice.

We will continue to publish the Summer Issue, which will

be available from June as a mid-season report and keeps in with our ethos of supporting and promoting PRO-AM motorsport.

As always, we’re keen to hear from track and test day users and racers, so if you would like to make a suggestion, or if you’re keen to get involved in any of MSD’s activities in 2017, please feel free to get in touch.

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And I would like to thank you for taking the time to read this Annual.

See you on track soon, Ben Whibley Editor & Director Motorsport Days

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08-09 LOOKING BACK AT 2016

What makes for a stand-out season?

Drivers recall their highlights of the year.

10-19 DRIVER TUNING

PRO Paul Rivett and MSD Editor Ben Whibley swap Tarmac for treadmill

20-21 NEW RANKINGS FOR 2017

Long-time motorsport sponsor Grove & Dean launches the all-new, free National Motorsport Fastest Driver Rankings scheme in 2017

22-24 DRONING AROUND

Drone technology has improved dramatically over the past 12 months and so how can these developments can be incorporated into a MSD Track Walk

26-31 BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY

A look at the importance of track day insurance and how to reduce your risk

32-36 GETTING TO GRIPS

Öhlins use DFV technology to create a smooth performance on and off the racetrack

38-42 BRUNO SENNA

“Ayrton pushed me in a good way.”

Champion’s nephew on racing his way

44-45 MOTORSPORT DAYS PRO-AM AWARDS 2017

Those that have made the most telling contributions to motorsport during the last 12 months

46-47 CATERHAM CREATES NEW SUPERSPORT SERIES

If it is anything like this year’s close racing, it will be the series to watch

48-50 JOURNEY TO LE MANS

How GT driver Rebecca Jackson made it to an LMP3 car at Le Mans after 3 1/2 years of hard work

52-54 THE RACING GAME

Simon Mason asks whether simulator training really can improve a driver’s skills on the track?

58-63 THERAPY SESSION

Walking the course at Spa on a track day with Ron Simons Racing

64-65 SURFACE WARS

Ben Tuck prepares to mix it up in rallycross after an impressive maiden Caterham Supersport season

66-69 CASTLE COMBE

An in-depth look at a demanding course which offers a high speed challenge in any car

70-71 NOVICE KNOW-HOW

Rookie bike racer Tom Watson on stepping up in class from track day enthusiast to successful competitive racer

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Newbie Nick Holmes of Team Holmes Motorsport discovers the thrill of racing and speeds up work on 2017 campaign

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74-77 FORMULA FORD FESTIVAL

Why this series is still the best way to introduce young talent to competitive motorsport

78-79 AMBASSADOR’S DIARY

AMG racer Adam Christodoulou looks back on his best season so far

80-81 JUNIOR ABILITY Under the spotlight in the new Renault Championship

82-112 CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS Comprehensive covergae of the 2016 season racing results

105 TRACKDAY CHAMPIONSHIP

Great prizes, competitive racing and a friendly paddock all add up to the perfect next step in motorsport

113-115 HOW TO APPROACH POTENTIAL SPONSORS

Follow our step-by-step guide to writing that all important first letter to potential sponsors

116-117 FIESTA RACER KESTER COOK

Taking on the big boys at their own game – and winning - in the Track Day Championship

118 ANDREW SOUL IMAGES

A collection of images capturing some of the highlights from 2016

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DRIVER

QUOTES OF 2016

JACK WARRY

SCOTT KENDALL

Well my first season of racing and it was a baptism of fire to say the least. I think I have experienced every possible emotion of being a racing driver; from winning, mechanical gremlins to crashing out whilst leading. If it could of happened it probably did. But I couldn’t have wished for a better championship to enter and a better group of guys you couldn’t wish to meet. The year was rounded off nicely with a couple of group B podiums at Silverstone and both these races involved intense battles throughout. I’d like to thank Kevin Martin for making this year happen and also all my friends and family who have travelled far and wide to experience it all with me.

Most of all thank you Victoria, not only did you encourage me to do this in the first place, but you have put up with many hours of ‘car talk’. I fear I will mostly be remembered for the ‘flying MX-5’ but it makes a fantastic picture!

What can I say, what a weekend, we won our class in our Spa 24hr Mini, I need to thank everyone, Milly Kendall, my loving wife, for being behind me and supporting me, Andy Slade for making the event happen, Steve Maxted for the wining car, the team, Philip Young for all his hard work, Ryan Polley, Richard Skeels, Chris Lenny Smith, John Maxted for their work on the pit wall, Paul Inch the one that kept it under control from the pit wall and managing us drivers Jo Polley, Steve, me and BTCC’s Jeff Smith, and the Maxted family for making sure we were all feed and watered.

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GAVIN JOHNSON

RAYMOND WORLEY I’m not sure that we’ll be able to see much TV this week after Team Boreham Motorsport brought home the bacon.

The house rule is that whoever wins a trophy is allowed to have it downstairs on the telly stand for a week before it has to join other trophies upstairs. We won! That makes it three MRS Masters Championships and two, back-to-back, BRSCC Mazda SuperCup Masters Championships. Thanks go to my fantastic team and also to our wonderful sponsors, R.S. Computers Limited, Unicable, CutnCopy Print Co, Essex Automotive Management, MP Creations and Nicks Tyres. Without the help of all of you it wouldn’t have happened.

Our debut season in the BRSCC Porsche 924 Championship saw six wins and a total of 10 podiums in this racing year. This was a very busy year building a team from the ground up and we’d like to thank our invaluable sponsors who made this possible. Some have contributed not only financially, but with time, products and expertise. Our sponsors include; Power Distribution Control, Autosport Apparel, Turn Eight, Humberside Tints, Golf Guide, Compermotive, Orion Group and Huayu Messaging App. We would also like to thank the family members and friends that have supported us by coming to watch, taking to the tools and lugging spare parts - as well as putting up with all the racing talk! It’s been an enjoyable experience racing and getting to know the now friendly faces in the Porsche paddock, looking forward to next year!

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Pro racer Paul Rivett and MSD Editor Ben Whibley swap Tarmac for treadmill to learn more about driver fitness and how best to counteract the physical pressures that racing forces on our bodies

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DRIVER FITNESS OBJECTIVE

The words “driver fitness” are regularly heard in the modern motorsport paddocks. Long gone are the days when fitness and diet were considered a joking matter. With drivers and sponsors investing huge sums in their motorsport, it is not surprising that fitness plays a key role. A healthy and fit driver will have better concentration, approach and balance compared to their unfit counterparts. So, what does it take to get race fit?

Firstly MSD spent time with Clio Cup driver Paul Rivett at Brands Hatch, measuring his heart rate over the course of a test day to get a better idea of how a pro reacts to the pressure of being on track. We also visited Porsche Human Performance (PHP), which helps guide and improve drivers and athletes on a regular basis. This ranges from the likes of Mark Webber (World Endurance Championship driver) to Bradley Smith (MotoGP rider). The facilities at Silverstone offer physiological analysis of a racer’s performance, enabling you to measure output, track your progress and maintain precision in your training and

preparation. PHP has a real passion for sports and knows what it takes to help you achieve your potential.

ON TRACK – BRANDS HATCH

Our mission started at the final round of the BTCC, meeting up with 3–time Clio Cup winner Paul Rivett. We wanted to understand how the heart rates of a pro driver would compare with an amateur during a race.

What happens when the lights go out or when overtaking?

Rivett differs from most pro drivers as he is a hands-on member of the team. He works closely with his engineers and is not afraid to get involved – he can regularly be seen putting his own tyres on the car! So, it was hard to pin him down for a relaxed heart rate, but as soon as he got in the car, his heart rate dropped and you could see he was getting into the zone, preparing for his 40–minute test session.

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Paul Rivett – Clio Cup Driver Jack Wilson BSc (Hons) Porsche Human Performance Olivia Caesar – Porsche Human Performance Gerard Gray BSc (Hons), CSCS – Porsche Human Performance

Paul Rivett Bio Paul Rivett started his 28-year professional racing career as a multi race winner in the Cadet and Junior Britain Kart categories. He even took Jenson Button to the cadet title showdown, but was forced to miss the final event due to breaking his shoulder. More recently, Rivett has competed in the Renault Clio Cup, taking three championships on the BTCC platform. A true, sporting gentleman, Rivett is a great ambassador for the sport who is looking to follow his dreams and compete in the BTCC.

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When Rivett hit the track, his heart rate increased slowly every time, although not instantly, which is what you would expect. Of course, a pro’s nerves and levels of excitement are very different to an amateur, who is less used to this type of stress. On

reaching what is effectively a workout state, Rivett’s heart rate increased to a maximum of 134bpm.

So what does that mean?

Your max heart rate is 220 minus your age and not to give the game away on

Rivett’s age, his max is 182bpm so not exactly at his peak, but in the fat-burning state he’d be burning 12 calories a minute.

You can see from the results that Rivett came into the pits a few times and out with similar results over the 40 minutes, although the last session was littered with red flags so it was hard to get into that all-important rhythm.

OFF TRACK - PORSCHE HUMAN PERFORMANCE The next stage was for Whibley and Rivett to head to Silverstone, home to Porsche Human Performance.

Usually on raceday, drivers bring out their “excuses book” and talk themselves down to help deal with their own

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expectations. I’d say a pro is less likely to do this, but I was surprised to hear Rivett giving me his recent life story about his general fitness levels. He was right to be nervous though. He’s a busy family man, who runs his own business, so when does he have time to exercise?

As we arrived we were immediately greeted by two LMP1 cars sitting proudly outside PHP HQ, highlighting how professional the PHP setup is. Rivett swiftly got changed, before we met the team and discussed the objectives of the day.

We discussed the typical issues that they have found over the years that affect racing drivers. “Racing compresses the spine,” is PHP’s Gerard Gray’s initial comment, adding: “There should be four curved parts to a man’s spine, although most drivers don’t have this.”

ASSESSMENT OBJECTIVES • To obtain baseline body composition analysis measures • To screen for visual impairments • To assess and benchmark other physiological parameters of known importance to motorsport performance • To provide lifestyle modification advice, specifically for exercise and nutrition

It’s shocking to hear how much racing drivers’ bodies are under pressure, far more than you think. Ok, they are not rugby players, but the pressures on the body is still extreme.

Gray explains the effects further; “The effects we’ve seen on more mature racers’ bodies over the past 10 years, we are now seeing in young karters and single seater drivers. They are already suffering from mid-back issues due to spending their adolescence constantly in a kart and probably not taking part in sports at school as

much which would counter this problem. “ Gray went on to explain; “While the younger drivers are developing in this age period, it’s also the age their spines are moving and spending 4-5 times a week in a kart, it isn’t good.”

So recommendations need to be in place to provide counter-effects, including limiting time in the karts to prevent long-lasting issues, such as chronic back ache when older.

As Gray explains: “What should be strong is weak and what should be long is short.”

PRO-AM MSD PHP’s Jack Wilson and Gerard Gray both agree that young drivers are not as strong as they used to be, exactly for the reasons mentioned previously, plus racing from such an early age. They are not participating in other sports as much as they should either.

Getting drivers to understand body composition is extremely difficult, but PHP has solved this dilemma. “Tell them the body is like a racecar. They understand the racecar’s body shell’s flex and pressure areas and so drivers instantly understand when we tell them their problems with stressed areas.”

So could the racing seat be better designed? “No, it is forward flex which is bad for the body composition, but the best for driving position,” says Gray.

Straightaway, you can see the benefits of being seen regularly by these guys. Look at Mark Webber. After a long stint in WEC races, he heads straight to a debrief with his

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Racing compresses the spine. There should be four curved parts to a man’s spine, although most drivers don’t have this.

engineers. PHP has managed to help with this by boosting his recovery with drinks and dietary advice.

This involves sweat analysis, as Wilson explains: “Electrolytes lost in sweat need to be replaced in addition to plain water. Sweat volume and composition are different for each person. For example, sweat sodium content can be around 250 mg/L in one driver and more than 1500 mg/L in the next. Similarly, one driver might lose half a kilogram in sweat per hour in the car whilst another might lose 3-4 times that amount.”

Given these potential variances, PHP can assess athletes’ sweat samples and formulate an electrolyte replacement drink and hydration strategy that matches their unique physiology to optimise performance.

We could have sat talking all day about the physiological effects of racing, but Rivett had tests to undergo and so the team went to work.

BODY COMPOSITION

Detailed body composition information is important to motorsport athletes since body mass is a major performance factor. This analysis quantifies bodyweight and its compo-

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nent parts that can be altered, namely muscle and fat mass.

Fat can adversely impact thermoregulation and therefore minimising body fat mass within healthy ranges will also aid heat tolerance during competition. An even distribution of muscle throughout the limbs and trunk is also important due to the association between muscle mass and athletic performance.

Data was collected using skinfold calliper measurements three times for an average. This allows

site-specific changes in fat mass and hormone status to be monitored over time and body fat percentage to be estimated using set algorithms.

REACTIONS & CO-ORDINATION

A wall-mounted instrument contains a touch-sensitive panel with 33 LED lights arranged in three concentric circles and one centre light. This is used to test and evaluate accurate hand-eye coordination, spatial integration, and

PHP is looking for a 4,500 target and Rivett achieved an impressive 3,800 on his first attempt.

reaction times, allowing PHP to assess Rivett’s ability to identify, react and respond to a range of visual stimuli. PHP is looking for a 4,500 target and Rivett achieved an impressive 3,800 on his first attempt.

Rivett then moved on to the BATAK, which assesses peripheral vision, sensory-motor reactions, proprioception (appreciation of where limbs/parts of the body are in space) and gross motor control. He was advised to look through the wall, but the aim of this test is to detect and extinguish illuminated red lights that are presented intermittently in a random order over a period of five minutes. The concentration needed over the five minutes was tough and a professional athlete would achieve two lights a second.

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STRENGTH

This was mainly a one rep max and fatigue on any given exercise. For example, complete as many pull-ups, press-ups, inverted row, plank hold, vertical jumps and peak power. These have their own targets which Rivett was not aware of, making him push as hard and as quick as he could.

CYCLING ZONE CHECK

Rivett particularly impressed the team in the VO2max Test.

The maximal oxygen uptake value (given as VO2 ml.kg. min-1) represents the largest quantity of oxygen that you are able to actually consume per minute at your highest exercise rate near to the end of the maximal test. This specific single value allows a direct comparison to all other motorsport athletes and the value is responsive to both training status and changes in body weight.

HEART RATE TRAINING ZONES

From the respiratory gas data collected during the VO2max test, PHP devise a set of bespoke training zones to help improve athletes’ training efficiently in order to improve their results most effectively.

Zone 1 Base Endurance (BE) Base Endurance training specifically aids the devel-

opment of the aerobic energy system. In turn, this improves efficiency during prolonged duration, moderate intensity exercise.

Benefits include increased power of the heart muscle to pump large volumes of blood and an improved use of fat as a fuel source, especially during long sessions.

Zone 2 Anaerobic Threshold (AT) Sustainable for approximately two hours in well-trained individuals, Anaerobic Threshold (AT) represents the upper limit of aerobic exercise. This type of training is demanding and needs to be balanced with plenty of recovery time. Usually one to three sessions per week is sufficient. The upper, middle and lower ends of this zone correspond to intensities just below, at and just above AT, respectively. Spending progressively longer durations at these intensities during training is an effective way to increase this threshold and improve endurance.

Zone 3 Race Tempo (RT) Race Tempo refers to the intensities that are sustainable

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for up to one hour and can be quantified in terms of heart rate or pace. It can be measured or estimated from the lab test results and verified by collecting data from actual races wherever possible. Short interval work at RT is a powerful training tool.

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Characterised by:

ATHLETIC SCREENING

These are simple measurements to assess static posture and movement limitations. PHP closely monitor any changes throughout its fitness programming including excessive muscle tightness or long and weak muscles. PHP checked Rivett for tightness, looked at from all angles, using bony points as landmarks. This test raised a few concerns on the lower left of his body.

Conclusion The initial assessments of Rivett’s body composition revealed that overall bodyweight, skeletal muscle mass and fat mass were all at the very upper end, slightly above the normal range for someone of his age, height and gender. Not surprisingly there were many areas for improvement, but to be fair to Rivett this is the end of the season.

If we made a return trip to PHP in January, I think the readings would tell a very different story. However, the Lab was particularly impressed with Rivett’s VO2 max text, reporting “your scoreline was far greater than we would expect, which suggests that you possess a good level of baseline aerobic efficiency”. In fact, not only did the Porsche Human Performance team give Rivett advice on how to improve his performance levels across the board, but it also concluded the report on a positive note - “while there is a lot that can be done to improve your fitness closer to the standards we would ideally see in elite motorsport athletes, your results were perhaps better than expected given your current training status.”

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Long-time motorsport insurer Grove & Dean is launching the all-new National Driver Rankings competition in 2017, allowing drivers to compare their performance across more than 50 UK championships. Director Andy Hancock, handy himself in an Alfa 156, explains how the format will work.

Every season, Grove & Dean Motorsport Insurance is proud to be supporting successful championshipwinning teams.

In 2016, these have included wins in WEC GT-AM, ELMS GT, V de V Prototypes, V de V

TOP RANKING LMP3, British GT GT3, plus many UK-based championships. Indeed, since 2014, Grove & Dean has supported more than 30+ teams winning World and European titles, including Le Mans &

Spa 24 hours class wins. Our clients are fantastically successful!

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At the end of the season, winners will qualify for fully-funded test drives in Prototype, GT and saloon cars (based on their experience).

BRSCC Alfa Romeo Championship, I can only dream of such success! Although I do enjoy a small degree of success in my own racing activities and am happy racing my trusty Alfa 156 to the best of my ability. But, I suspect, like many other racing drivers in the UK, I often wonder how I compare to my peers racing in other series – and just how good

am I, and the people I race with/against, at this great sport of ours.

So, in 2017, Grove & Dean Motorsport Insurance is launching the National Driver Rankings. It will look at every competitor in more than 50 of the UK’s (regular) motorsport championships and ranking them according to their comparative lap

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times in qualifying and the races on a weekly basis. It is free to take part and at the end of the season, winners will qualify for fully-funded test drives in Prototype, GT and saloon cars (based on their experience).

The scheme should be fun and gives every driver taking part a National ranking, plus the motivation to improve their lap times (and no DNFs!!) each time they go out on track. MotorsportDays.com will be providing updates throughout the course of 2017 and the full Sporting Rules & Regulations will be published in the New Year. More information will be available via my Twitter feed (@ GroveDeanAndy) and Facebook pages before and throughout the 2017 season.

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DRONING AROUND Drone technology has improved dramatically over the past 12 months and so Motorsport Days considers how these developments can be incorporated into an MSD Track Walk, helping a racer get a better understanding of a circuit and get that all-important edge over grid rivals.

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etting the best view of a circuit is always difficult.

You either need to be in the grandstand or in a car. Even then though you are restricted to what you can see and learn. So, Motorsport Days decided to look into ways to help both the professional and amateur drivers and find a solution to this conundrum. The answer is a drone which is capable cruising at 100m above any corner, offering a bird’s eye view of the track.

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Drones seem to be a buzz word now and easily accessible online. Although a drone for just a few 100 pounds doesn’t instantly make you capable of flying it, or capturing inspiring footage.

For that you need an expert who has the required Civil Aviation Authority licence.

Something else to consider is that flying a drone in public spaces or around

machinery can be very dangerous and may require public liability insurance.

That said, what can be learned from this distance? Well, quite a lot actually. From up in the sky, all corners open up into a readable state. For example, the Paddock Hill Bend at Brands Hatch completely changes, allowing a driver to see various racing lines, gradients and grip.

It allows you to view the run-off areas or marker points which are all important when trying to find those small margins we need as racers.

MSD’s new Track Walks offer even more. We’ve mixed the benefits of a drone with professional drivers, such as three-time British Touring Car (BTCC) Champion Matt Neal and fellow BTCC driver Jake Hill to explain how they achieve fast laps and racing on Europe’s most raced circuits. Every driver is different, but by creating a relaxed environment, a driver is more likely to reveal his or her enjoyment of a circuit and unlock areas that have been hidden to the most experienced drivers. In fact, MSD has been contacted by a variety of racers who have confirmed that these track walks have helped them improve on track.

MSD will be continuing these track walks at circuits across Europe in 2017, so check out our website: www.motorsportdays.com – for more information.

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BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY Insurance is vital in motorsport, whether you are racing over a weekend, taking part in a oneoff track day, just chauffeuring the car to the track or organising cover for your driver. So follow our practical guide to help you stay out of trouble on and off the track. In addition, MSD Ambassador Andy Hancock, director of Grove & Dean Motorsport Insurance, explains in layman’s terms, why a ruling in the Slovak Republic could have a detrimental effect on your racing.

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Insurance is something we all need in our day-to-day lives and should not to be overlooked. Though in motorsport, it is something that is needed by everyone – whether you are doing a track day, a race weekend, insuring the driver and just the transportation. But with new, potential boundaries set through the Vnuk judgement, how are you set for 2017?

If you are unfamiliar with the case, the “Vnuk incident” involved the use of a tractor and trailer on agricultural land within the Slovak Republic which resulted in an injury to a third party (Mr Vnuk). As the use of the vehicle was on private land it was not subject to compulsory insurance indemnity and so was not provided by the Slovakian motor insurers.

The Advocate General of the European Court felt that there could be different interpretations of “use of motor vehicles” across Europe and to achieve a consistency did not consider that compulsory cover should be confined to use “in traffic”, but should extend to include any accident involving a motor vehicle, wherever it occurs. This includes motorsport, or any vehicle racing or track days, and so Motorsport Days (MSD) asked MSD Ambassador Andy Hancock (a director of Grove & Dean Motorsport Insurance) to explain the latest position and the threat this ruling poses to the UK and European motorsport scene.

“The EU ruling states that compulsory motor insurance must now extend to ‘any use of a motor vehicle consistent with the normal function of the vehicle’. So, potentially, compulsory insurance would be required for all cars taking part in any motorsport activity – a bleak prospect,” says Andy.

“Grove & Dean Motorsport Insurance has continued to work with the British Insurance Brokers Association (BIBA) and the Motorsport Industry Association (MIA) and supports the proposed amending of the wording of the directive to assume only vehicles in traffic, and used for transportation of goods and/or people, would be subject to compulsory insurance.”

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Unfortunately, since Brexit, the momentum for change has diminished and while the UK may have lost its voice in Europe; Germany and Ireland have exactly the same motor insurance laws as the UK and so the insurance and motorsport regulatory bodies are pressing and supporting their equivalents in these countries to keep the pressure on for change.

“The current political view is that we should remain hopeful that eventually European legislation will be amended to free motorsport from the ruling, although this looks to be many months off,” says Andy. “In the meantime, we continue to abide by UK law, which means no compulsory insurance for motorsport activities.”

Andy goes on to to say that “the insurance world view is that the Vnuk judgement is no longer high on the ‘to do’ list, so no change is imminent. In any case, we steadfastly believe the judgement could never be enforced due to the massive impact it would

have on the worlds of motorsport and construction and we believe the wording will be corrected at some stage.”

So, the threat to motorsport is not completely eliminated, but is in remission! Although our advice and Andy Hancock’s remains the same - whether driving for a works team in European GTs or running your own car in UK national motorsport – on-track insurance is a must to keep you on track and ensure repair bills are settled quickly.

The best track days, with the most track time, can often cost a fair amount of money, but if you have an incident on the track, you could see yourself without a car for a while, or even for good. Insurance for track days protects against anything that happens on track.

However, as the driver, you can take other steps to ensure you stay safe, keep the car on the track and improve your skills as quickly as possible. Follow our simple steps to be safe on the track.

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Prepare your car • Before leaving home take steps to minimise any problems that may arise while you’re hooning it around the track. Always start with a clean car as this is a great opportunity to give it a once over, as well as ensuring it is looking fantastic for any photographers that might be hanging around.

• Take time to check the fluids - everything from your radiator, to oil, to the windscreen washer fluid. If you are low on radiator fluid or oil it could affect your car’s performance on the track, not to mention the fact that you run the risk of doing some serious damage if you run out. Check these the night before you leave and then again when you get there, just to rule out any leaks. The last thing you want to do is leave oil all over the circuit.

• Don’t just assume your tyres are suitable for track driving. The higher quality road tyre the better grip it’ll have but you also need to check your tread depth. If you’re creeping up to the minimum tread depth of 1.6mm, consider new tyres for your session. You want to stay on track and bald tyres are not going to help you do that.

• Tyre pressures are also important. It’s generally best to stick with the recommended pressures you’ll find in your car’s handbook, but if you have a bit more knowledge, or can find another driver to assist, you can adjust the pressures based on track conditions and tyre temperatures. The key here is not to over- or under-inflate as you want as much of your tyre in contact with the track as possible.

• Before hopping into your car to head out onto the track for the first time make sure you remove anything that could move around at high speed.

This means no sunglasses on the passenger seat or cleaning products in the boot. As a bonus, removing all this extra weight will help you to go that little bit faster.

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Learn the track • You reduce the risk of an incident on the track by getting to know it inside out. Start by looking on MotorsportDays.com and view track guides and track walks on YouTube. Watch in-car footage a few days before you’re due to get out there. If you can find a racing game or simulator of the track, then even better. Taking time to learn the corners and braking distances, even in a different car, can help you when you are out there for real.

• See what other racers say about the track and the corners too. Tips from the pros not only give you an insight into the world of a top racing driver, but it is invaluable knowledge for when you hit the track yourself.

• Many track day companies offer drivers the chance to either walk the track or go around in a minibus before driving it themselves. It’s so important that you take advantage of this because drivers that know a track well are less likely to crash.

• Take your time on the sighting laps. Use them as a chance to move around the track slowly in your own car while learning the corner layouts, angles and racing line. If you need more time after the initial sighting laps, keep off the racing line and drive round at your own pace. If a quicker driver comes up behind you, move out of the way and indicate to let them know you’re letting them past.

• Taking your time to build up your pace means you’re less likely to make those little mistakes that could turn into big incidents.

Get an instructor • An instructor sitting alongside you can seem expensive, but having a professional beside you as you drive can bring your track day insurance down. Often, you’ll save enough money on the insurance to cover the instructor. Not only do you reduce your premium, but you’ll get some firstclass coaching at the same time that will allow you to go faster than ever before.

• An instructor will also help keep you safe as they are a second pair of eyes when it comes to moving through traffic. No matter how safe you are, you need to be aware of other cars who may not have seen you or might be new to driving at speed.

What to do in the event of an incident • Sometimes, despite our best efforts, things do go wrong. If something does happen on track, get off the circuit where it’s safe to do so. You should have marshals nearby to direct you if you’re still running.

• It’s important for the circuit and for your insurers that you record the incident properly. Work with the circuit to photograph the car or cars and any other subsequent damage around the circuit.

Your insurers will need this to process your claim so the more information you can give them, the quicker it will be handled.

• Contact your insurer as soon as possible and go through the claim process. As well as someone from the circuit, they will need the details of any other drivers involved too.

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The key points to remember when it comes to staying safe on track are: PREPARATION / RESEARCH / PATIENCE • Track days should be taken seriously, so take your time to get it right by choosing the right circuit, organiser and insurer.

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GET A GRIP Öhlins has been supporting the motorsport industry with high performance suspension for more than 35 years.

However, its impressive Road & Track Package takes suspension to an entirely new level, thanks to Öhlins’ own Dual Flow Valve technology, offering an impressive three ways for damping fluid to flow inside the shock.

PRO-AM MSD What’s the most important part of a performance car?

People might say the engine.

Of course, without an abundance of power, a car will struggle to earn the performance title. But what about harnessing that power?

Without a chassis to match the engine, all that raw horsepower will be for nothing. If the car’s suspension cannot keep the tyres in contact with the

road all the time, how can the engine transfer its power to the Tarmac?

Of course, most modern performance cars are built with excellent chassis and suspension systems. But just as with the engine, brakes and tyres, improvements and optimisations can still be made. More importantly, if you do increase the performance from your engine, perhaps with an engine

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control unit (ECU) remap or a new sports exhaust, then you should upgrade the other parts to suit.

It’s the same story with grippier tyres, or more powerful brakes: if you don’t extend the performance of your suspension system, the improved chassis parts can be overshadowed, cancelling out at least part of any performance gains elsewhere.

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OVERCOMING TOUGH CONDITIONS

Öhlins know all about performance. The company has been developing suspension for the world’s finest race and sportscars in the world for more than 35 years. From the rarefied world of F1, through the glory of Le Mans and sportscar racing, touring cars and single seaters, down to the controlled chaos of World Rally Championship and Rallycross, Öhlins has built suspension systems to win in the toughest of conditions. All the while, the team works hard to transfer the cutting-edge technology they develop there into its roadcar products. For Öhlins, this is the whole point of

competition – improving the breed and forcing them to work harder to make the suspension work better.

The result of this work? Öhlins’ Road & Track range of suspension upgrade packages.

These are aimed at the more discerning performance driver and designed for a wide range of today’s fast cars – at an affordable cost. Öhlins’ Road & Track shocks take the best of the company’s competition know-how and puts it into a package that’s aimed at drivers who love the track and track days, but still spend most of their time on the road. This package boasts Öhlins’ Dual-Flow Valve (DFV) technology for superior wheel

control under the most arduous of drives. In addition, it automatically adapts to heat build-up with temperature-variable damping needles; quickly and easily adjusts to swap between road and track setups and can be fitted to most cars for less than the cost of a set of nice-looking, new alloy wheels.

The Road & Track range is aimed at the cars you love, the cars you drive. Think fun-driving VW Golf GTI, through to pure drivers’ cars like BMW’s M3, Toyota’s GT86, Mazda’s MX-5, RX-7 and RX-8. The Porsche 911 has a special place in any performance fan’s heart and Öhlins has worked hard on its range for the Stuttgart masterpiece. From the 996

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Carrera through the Turbo and Turbo S, right up to the 997 range: the Carrera, Turbo, and the mighty GT2 and GT3 RS. The wild rally replicas are not ignored either: Subaru’s Impreza and Mitsubishi’s Lancer Evo have several fitting options too. Öhlins does not leave the driver behind once the shocks are installed though.

Each Road & Track kit comes with full operating and adjusting instructions, plus suggested setups for comfort, fast road and track use. Altering the suspension settings is simplicity itself: a few turns of the supplied adjusting tools can alter rebound- and compressiondamping settings. Instead of working with multi-adjusters, Öhlins uses just one adjuster for both rebound and compression, offering a four-way adjustable shock thanks to smart DFV technology. This allow you to spend more of your track day driving, rather than chasing suspension settings! And it’s easy to return to the original settings for the drive home.

Of course, performance is not just about how something works when new. Öhlins make its shocks street-tough to last for the long run. Shock bodies are salt-spray tested for durability, damper shafts are micro-finished and honed for low friction and ultimate toughness. Aluminium parts are anodised and all materials are chosen for their longevity as well as performance. Although, if you do manage to wear out an Öhlins shock, all units are fully serviceable and rebuildable.

W h a t i s D F V Te c h n o l o g y ? Öhlins DFV damping technology sounds complicated, but is really simple. It has just one job – to keep the wheels in contact with the ground as much as possible, no matter what.

This technology has three ways for damping fluid to flow inside the shock. It’s like the doors of a shopping mall. On a normal weekday, there’s a big revolving door that lets a steady stream of people in and out without any holdups. That’s like the DFV shock’s central shaft jet bleed, and it deals mostly with low-speed damping, such as when you accelerate, and the car’s weight is transferred off the front wheels and onto the back.

Of course, there is usually a big rush of people each Saturday at the mall.

Then, the revolving door cannot cope so well, and the crowds cannot get through. So the mall staff will open the normal doors either side of the revolving door to release the

pressure. That’s what the ports in the DFV shock’s piston do, when there’s a sudden wheel movement, like hitting a bump. The piston ports open to allow more damping fluid through; letting the wheel move more quickly, but still under control.

Think what happens at the mall during the New Year sales? The crowds are incredible and neither the revolving door, nor the normal doors, can cope with the numbers of people trying to flow through. So the security team will open the fire exit doors to allow even more people through.

That’s similar to the DFV shock when a wheel hits a very large bump or pothole. Then the extra ports in the DFV unit open, allowing oil along another route through the damping circuit. So, like the shoppers getting to the bargains, the Öhlins DFV shock can move very fast, allowing the wheel to return quickly to the ground after a bump, and regain its grip on the asphalt. Simple, isn’t it?

Figure 1: (Compression flow) At low shaft speeds, oil flows mostly through the shaft jet bleed (lower dotted arrow). At higher shaft speeds, oil flows mostly through the compression ports in the piston (upper dotted arrow). At very high shaft speeds, or during sudden shaft accelerations, oil can also escape through the compression ports in the DFV, increasing comfort.

Figure 2: (Rebound flow) At low shaft speeds, oil flows mostly through the shaft jet bleed (lower dotted arrow). At higher shaft speeds, oil flows mostly through the rebound ports in the piston (upper dotted arrow). At very high shaft speeds, or during sudden shaft accelerations, oil can also escape through the rebound ports in the DFV, maintaining tyre contact with the road.

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BRUNO SENNA Ayrton Senna’s nephew continues to showcase the family flair for speed. As Bruno Senna tells Alex Goldschmidt earlier this season, he was never frightened of following in his uncle’s giant footsteps, saying“if you don’t try you will never know if you will be there”.

PRO-AM MSD The loss of Ayrton Senna at the Italian Grand Prix in 1994 was a devastating blow to the racing world fraternity, as he was charismatic, full of self-belief and a fighter every time he went out on track.

A decade later, a new face carried on the lineage of the Senna family in racing, as Ayrton’s nephew, Bruno, took his first steps in single-seater racing after a ten-year hiatus following the death of the three-time Formula 1 World Champion.

Since then, Bruno has been in Formula 1, making his début alongside Karun Chandhok in the Hispania Racing Team in 2011, along with driving for Renault and Williams, and many other single seater categories such as GP2 and Formula 3.

The Brazilian, who has now completed his second season in the Formula E Championship with Dilbagh Gill’s Mahindra outfit, has also raced at Le Mans in GTE Pro with Aston Martin and currently with RGR Sport by Morand in the LMP2 class, alongside Filipe Albquerque and Ricardo Gonzalez.

It’s been a very varied career for the São Paulo native, who is clearly making a name for himself in his own right, as well as being someone who appreciates his fans globally.

The 32-year-old was able to chat with MSD’s Alex Goldschmidt, after having just taken his maiden podium finish behind e.

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race of the Formula E season in London.

This was also an historic moment, as it was the first time the racing world had seen a Prost and a Senna on a racing podium since the 1993 Australian Grand Prix.

Alex Goldschmidt: Bruno, you’ve got a lot of fond memories with Ayrton when you were a child, doing karting.

Plus the memories of you winning the first race at the private kart track he opened at the family farm in Tatuí.

There was a particular name that he had for you, which roughly translates into English as “brake-foot.”

There’s some footage of you on YouTube, at eight years of age, saying that he was always braking. How did that come about?

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Bruno Senna: It’s a funny thing that people tell each other in Brazil, a common saying to all the racing drivers back in the 1980s, and it was always to make fun of people, and Ayrton ribbed me about that.

But he knew very well that I could do the same lap time as him at the track, so he was always trying to keep it light and keep it fun. I used to say that he was the one that was always a “brake-foot”, because his rear tyres were always locking up and screeching.

AG: Ayrton was always very competitive, which seemed to help push you a little bit, whether it was on a kart or on a jet-ski. How did that inspire you, especially through your grandfather Milton helping you to start karting at the age of five? Did you want to have a bit of fun with it, or see where it went from there?

BS: It’s hard to say, as I was obviously five years old in a go-kart for the first time, and I guess that any kid would go crazy about it, so I enjoyed it. I enjoy driving, pushing and being silly. I was in the kart every day for as long as I could, driving everywhere in the go-kart and on the track every time from the moment it was ready.

When there were family holidays somewhere else, I would just go to the farm and drive. It was a passion from a young age, and I clearly enjoyed it. Ayrton always pushed me in a good way, being competitive, teaching me via experience. My grandfather was more

Ayrton pushed me in a good way.

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pedantic, telling me what to do, and I think they both did a good job in teaching me.

AG: With Ayrton’s death at Imola in 1994, it meant that you were on the sidelines for 10 years. You came back in Formula BMW UK with Carlin, as well as the Asian Formula Renault Challenge.

Did it feel like second nature, jumping back in the car, or were you finding that you had to reacclimatise to racing very quickly?

BS: Not at all, because going fast in a car is one thing, but having a good race is something else entirely, and I lacked racecraft badly. I had to really learn a lot, in terms of racecraft, to compete with the

top guys and in a few short years, I was competing for championships in Formula 3 and GP2, two of the toughest series in the world.

I was confident that I could do the job and I’ve had a pretty good career so far, considering that the amount of mileage I’ve done is half of what most of the drivers actually do at the same stage, so I’m pretty happy.

AG: When you signed for Williams back in 2012, to team up with Pastor Maldonado, it was really good to see you have the blessing from the rest of the family to race there. It was a completion of the circle for the Senna family, with Ayrton racing with them

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in 1994 and you joining them 18 years later.

It must have been a big honour, as well as a very special feeling to carry on the tradition of a Senna racing at Williams?

BS: It was really nice to see that my family was happy with me being at Williams and not being in any way negative about it. For me, it was really nice to have that opportunity.

It was a good team and they scored points, and I had a good time in many ways.

Although, ultimately, it was not as long as I wanted it to be, but I’m happy that everybody was in a good way about it.

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AG: So what advice Bruno would you give to young drivers, especially with motorsport being more of a business these days, on how to follow their passion and dreams, to push forward and to keep going?

You have to look for every opportunity that you can, as motor racing is a business, and there are lots of people trying to find the next World Champion. If you don’t try, you’ll never know if you’ll be there.

BS: I guess, as with any expensive sport, you need the right opportunities, so you’ve got to do your best. You never know what’s coming the next day, so if you have the chance to be in a go-kart, have some good races, someone might spot you.

Senna, along with his RGR Sport teammates, continued their hard-fought WEC campaign in the ultra-competitive LMP2 category, since this interview took place, with the trio taking two wins and three second places over the course of this season.

They had to settle for second in the FIA WEC Trophy, just 30 points behind the winning efforts of the #36 Signatech-Alpine, a team which had previously bagged this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours, thanks to Gustavo Menezes, veteran sportscar driver Nicolas LaPierre and Stéphane Richelmi.

MSD would like to thank Bruno for his time to speak to us, as well as Naomi Panter, who kindly assisted in arranging the interview.

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MOTORSPORT DAYS PRO-AM AWARDS 2017 In Clubman motorsport there are many hard-working and unsung heroes who rarely receive the recognition they deserve. Motorsport Days has changed that with the creation of the Motorsport Days Awards, recognising the industry’s outstanding organisations and individuals that have made the most important contributions to motorsport during the last 12 months.

FOR THE THIRD YEAR RUNNING, we have asked championship organisers and our e-newsletter

readers – more than 8,000 subscribers in total – to vote for the people whom they believe are deserving of each of the nine MSD PRO-AM Awards. Our Awards Taskforce – comprising racers and other influential figures from the motorsport industry – considered the three nominees with the highest number of votes in each category, before ultimately deciding the outright winners. We hope you will join us in praising these tremendous achievements.

MSD UK AMATEUR DRIVER OF THE YEAR: TOM MENSLEY The nominees were considered on results, performance, budgets and overall dedication for the UK Amateur Driver of the Year title. The winner, who has competed in the Classic Sports Car Club (CSCC) in 2016, had a record number of votes Seen in the paddock as an “all-round good guy” and an “outright race winner on more than one occasion”.

Voters were also keen to point out how helpful Tom had been at a Donington meeting when a driver had a heart attack during a race. Although the driver was not a personal friend of Tom’s, he took care of the driver’s racecar and trailer that evening, enabling the unwell driver’s family to be at the hospital without any additional concerns. Other drivers highlighted in this category were Aaron Head in the Caterham R300 and the Track Day Championship’s Jack Wright. Congratulations to Tom Mensley on winning this award.

MSD SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR: GINETTA There are many suppliers to championships and drivers, providing everything from car parts to race gear. Grand Prix Raceware was only just beaten this year by a company who is already a multiple award winner in 2016.

With its strong brand successfully bringing new drivers into the sport, the company’s main man Lawrence Tomlinson has helped design, build and grow Ginetta into a key name in the industry. Voters comments included “always responsive and friendly for all driver needs” and “a dream to race which I never thought would be possible”. Congratulations to the Ginetta team and we looking forward to following its successes in 2017.

UK/EUROPEAN TRACK DAY ORGANISER AWARD: RSR SPA Modern track days are seriously competitive and having that bit extra is difficult to achieve. Last year’s winner Gold Track came close to winning again, just being pipped by RSR Spa. Run and led by Ron Simons, who offers track walks to all participants, RSR exceeds expectations and certainly sets the standard.

“Friendly and well run organiser” and “in another league in the track day world”, shows RSR is “best by far, in terms of professional values and safety”. So clearly a worthy winner, so make sure you get yourself on track with RSR soon.

MSD UK/EUROPEAN CIRCUIT AWARD: SNETTERTON CIRCUIT There are many circuits and airfields to choose from across Europe, but MSD makes it easier to find them via our calendar page on Motorsportdays.com. But which circuit stood out? They were judged on their facilities for both track users and spectators, focusing on general improvements and safety upgrades. The winning circuit is run by MSV, renowned for delivering first-class facilities. Over the past few years, Snetterton has improved greatly and this was echoed by the voters, who commented that “huge improvements in viewing areas and improvements to drainage of the track”, “new 300 circuit is fair to BHP cars, and agility with less power and “new viewing banks excellent for spectators” or more accurately, “brilliant circuit, technical and ballsy”. A great circuit from MSV so congratulations to all the team at Snetterton.

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MSD UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVER OF THE YEAR: JONNY ADAM A new award for this year, which focused on successful drivers in the PRO arena. We saw drivers nominated from the BTCC, including the likes of Gordon Sheddon and Matt Jackson, but there was clear winner, who was labelled as having “world-class pace and adaptability” and being “untouchable”. Our winner has been a multiple champion across all levels – he even participated in a Daytona prototype in 2016 – and has now been crowned British GT Champion. So, congratulations to Jonny Adam.

UK/EUROPEAN TEST DAY ORGANISER AWARD: SILVERSTONE Again, another competitive award, with MSVT having won this for the past two years. However, this year we have a new winner – a circuit that has seen multiple changes over the last decade and sets the standard across Europe as not only the best circuit, but also providing professional test days to all racers. Voters comments included “always well organised and and good track time” and “just one of the best circuits and professional as always”. It’s no doubt Silverstone deserves this award, so congratulations to all the team.

UNSUNG HERO AWARD: STUART GARLAND For MSD, this is a very satisfying award which recognises those who often go unnoticed in the world of motorsport. We open this up to all areas and this year’s co-ordinator for the Track Day Championship (TDC) and Track Day Trophy won the hearts of most. Stuart Garland is a worthy winner who has apparently “worked his proverbial **** off and never stops being helpful and putting others before him”. A true statement which we saw for ourselves this year when he left half-way through a holiday to help the TDC winners. Comments such as “always goes beyond the call of duty to help competitors, from answering questions though his personal Facebook, to always having a well organised race weekend.” Stuart always does a fantastic job in running the TDC smoothly so congratulations and enjoy your praise.

UK AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE YEAR: TRACK DAY CHAMPIONSHIP With more than 100 championships in the UK, it can be tough to decide which one best suits your needs. This award recognises the championship that has helped encourage both new and existing racers to compete on a regular basis, while ensuring a fair and enjoyable racing season. This category was well challenged by the CSCC, as well as its feeder championship, the Track Day Trophy. But the Track Day Championship (run by MSV) has achieved great results this year with getting people on track cost effectively. With fantastic end-of-year prizes and a well organised Championship thanks to its dedicated staff, it’s no wonder the positive feedback included “friendly paddock and well run by Stuart and his team”. Congratulations to everyone involved in the Track Day Championship.

INSTRUCTOR AWARD: JAMIE STANLEY A new award this year highlighting one of the most important aspects to track days or racing. We feel this is a crucial element of any track day and list all the instructors on our website (www.motorsportdays. com) to make it easier for drivers to make improvements on the track.

This year’s runners-up include the likes of Ben Clucas, David Brise and Mike Newman. Of course, there can only be one winner and that went to the instructor who has shown how to improve safely on track while communicating perfectly to all clients and gone above and beyond, resulting in comments such as “a great attitude to coaching” and “giving me confidence in the car and my own skills”. We strongly recommend time with winner, Jamie Stanley, as part of your 2017 campaign.

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The official Caterham Motorsport Championship ladder is in rude health at the moment, with bumper grids across the five official series.

Caterhams are renowned for close racing and 2016 didn’t disappoint. There were some spectacular races from the top flight Superlight R300s all the way down to the Academy novice race series.

The Caterham Supersport Championship was always tipped to deliver something special though. The fourth rung of the Caterham ladder, the drivers often have many years’ Caterham experience under their belts. A lot of the racers were graduating from the highly competitive 2015 Tracksport season, but there was also a fair number of drivers returning to the series for another run at the Supersport Trophy.

CATERHAM CREATES NEW SUPERSPORT SERIES Rule changes mean that the current Supersport cars will not be valid to race in the Seven 310R Championship next season. This has not stopped drivers wanting to race, so Caterham has created a new Supersport series for 2017. If it is anything like this year’s close racing, it will be the series to watch.

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Often, the grid at the start of the race was the most spaced out the front group would ever get and only on a couple of occasions did the leader manage to break away into any semblance of a lead.

The ability to keep the car in the right place at the right time for each of the 30-minute races was a highly-prized skill. Given the fluidity of the racing and sheer number of position changes it’s telling, and remarkable, that only four different drivers took

home a winner’s trophy throughout the year. Even more remarkable that Will Smith repeated that feat on nine different occasions. On paper, that sounds like a whitewash, but that would be selling short his sheer challenge and achievement.

Smith’s string of wins rightfully awarded him a well-deserved Championship trophy, but the fight for second, between Jack Brown and Henry Heaton was an absolute barnstormer. It went down to the last lap of the last race, where Heaton lost his fastest lap point to another driver and Brown took second on a tie-breaker.

The final driver able to deliver a win was Ben Tuck. The 2016 MSA Academy Driver of the

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Year took a while to warm up into the ultra-competitive series, but by the end of the year things had clicked into place and he was rewarded with two wins.

The current specification Supersport car is not eligible for entry to the new Seven 310R Championship, which takes its place within the main Caterham Championship ladder for 2017. So, Caterham Motorsport has added a parallel Supersport series at the Caterham race weekends, due to the large numbers of this year’s car and driver combinations that want to continue next season. This is guaranteed to be a crowd pleaser, with another strong grid of hungry drivers all wanting to prove a point. It’s one not to miss in 2017.

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In 2013, Rebecca Jackson set herself a goal of racing at one of the most famous motorsport venues in the world – Le Mans.

Jess Shanahan finds out what it was like to realise this dream.

REBECCA RACER’S PROJECT LE MANS

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aving a plan is so important in motorsport and, for many, the end goal involves racing at Le Mans. Not surprising, considering La Sarthe is arguably one of the most prestigious events on the motorsport calendar. In 2016, Rebecca Jackson realised her dream by competing there in the Road to Le Mans Race.

Rebecca’s motorsport career kicked off when she began racing in the Porsche Championship, first in a 924 before going on to win the production Boxster class. It was during this time that Rebecca decided she wanted to reach the famous endurance race and Project Le Mans was born.

In 2015, she had competed in the GT Cup, driving a Porsche 997 Cup car – a challenging machine with no driver aids – which set her up to drive an array of cars the following year. The car that featured most heavily in the 2016 season was the KTM X-Bow GT4. This carried Rebecca to a third-place finish in the female standings of the Reiter Young Stars Championship and an overall team win.

She also got behind the wheel of a JCW MINI for four rounds of the MINI Challenge, Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus’ SCG003C and the Ligier LMP3 car, which she raced in the Road to Le Mans race.

SENSATIONAL JOURNEY

After working so hard for the past 31/2 years, Rebecca can only feel pleased at what she’s achieved, but it certainly wasn’t easy. As she says: “People see the glory in the press, but at times there were tears, frustration and disappointment when things did not go to plan. It was tough, but I stuck with it. The

doors that opened and opportunities that came my way all formed part of the sensational journey that has been Project Le Mans.”

Experiencing the 24 hours of Le Mans as a spectator is spectacular, but visiting as a racing driver takes things up a notch. “As a racer, the atmosphere is incredible,” says Rebecca. “The crowds of fans watching from on top of the karting building, grass banks, campsites, hospitality and various other points around the 13.6km circuit all add to this atmosphere. I also had some amazing supporters, all wearing t-shirts with ‘Go Rebecca Racer!’ on the front, alongside a picture of my car.”

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The Road to Le Mans race was one of the supports for the main 24 -hour event. While it fulfills all of Project Le Mans goals, it doesn’t mean that Rebecca is not looking ahead to the full endurance race. She says: “I would love to go back and race at Le Mans again and if I can secure enough sponsorship to do that, whether it’s next year or the year after, it would take more than wild horses to hold me back!”

SPOILT FOR CHOICE

Having driven the Nissan-powered Ligier LMP3, MINI JCW, SCG003C and KTM X-Bow GT4, it’s no wonder Rebecca struggles to pick a favourite. “They are actually all very different. The MINI is so much fun, yet the LMP3 is the fastest racecar with no traction control or ABS, making it rather old school in a way, which I love.”

The front-wheel-drive MINI is, of course, the anomaly in this list of racecars, but the others are quite different from one another too, as Rebecca explains: “The SCG is an absolute monster, so quick and powerful. These are all rear-wheel-drive, but the KTM requires slightly more aggressive inputs, unlike the gentle controls you give the LMP3 car. One feature of the SCG is that as the tyres start to go off later on in the race, but you can increase the race traction-control system to give them some assistance.”

The powerful little MINI was a huge learning curve, but Rebecca had no choice but to get to grips with this very different configuration of car. “I thought it would be easier than it was because it looks so cute, but with limited seat time it definitely took at least three races to really understand how to pedal these cars fast, not just quick.”

WHAT’S NEXT FOR REBECCA RACER?

While Rebecca’s career has featured RWD sportscars for the most part, the MINI has introduced her to the world of touring cars and sparked a potential future career path.

She says: “Touring cars are fun, busy, jampacked grids with very little difference in lap times across the whole field. It’s close, exciting racing and I see it could feature in my future.”

Not one to rest on her laurels, Rebecca has another plan in the works too. Of course, she’s not giving anything away, but there’s lots of other exciting projects in her pipeline too, including a new television show and series of children’s books.

Rebecca Jackson’s advice for drivers with a dream • Stick at it. Expect failure along the way and be prepared to make sacrifices.

• Take time to understand that although it’s not easy, if you do it in stages it is possible.

• Make sure you prepare your body in terms of fitness.

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• Don’t listen to anyone who says you can’t – they are probably too scared to try it themselves.

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efore we start I have a confession to make.

When simulators first arrived on the scene I was sceptical. After all, I’ve being teaching people to drive on the track since the late ’80s and, like many, I had a PC with rFactor (industry-standard racing simulator) and a wheel at home. So why pay someone else to do the same thing? What could it offer over and above what I already had?

a minor part of a sim’s value to elite drivers who know most circuit layouts already and learn new tracks very fast.

That view changed when a client needed to learn Thruxton before he raced there, but due to his schedule, our only option was a simulator session. We visited a well-established facility and, within minutes of driving, my view had changed completely. This was reinforced by my client who, despite limited experience of computer games, took to the experience like new slicks on a warm day! My outdated belief that real world, on-track testing was the only viable option for driver training was blown out of the water! From that day on I started looking at what, how and why simulators add value.

The same principles of driving fast in the real world can now be applied to a purpose-built, professional, training simulator. Both hardware and software can be calibrated to fine details and tuned by the resident pro driver’s experience in the real world. Frankly, the only significant element missing for learning on a simulator is fear! However, the lack of fear allows for extra capacity to understand, learn and focus for the real thing.

Typically, all professional racing drivers use simulators on a regular basis, either as home set ups or at professional facilities. They are used for rehearsing techniques, concentration and mental capacity. Circuit learning is actually

So why has the use of simulators become a conventional method of driver development for pros and amateurs alike? Put simply, the available technology has developed dramatically in the past six years, making simulators more accurate, versatile and cost-efficient, although there is no denying that it is still a minefield for private use.

Of course, an off-the-shelf home simulator cannot be compared with the equipment and calibration time spent on a professional training simulator. For example, the steering wheel motor alone in a professional driver training simulator would buy a very decent home gaming rig including screen, wheel, pedals and PC and that’s only the start!

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Simulator centres now offer drivers affordable methods of improving their skills when combined with driver coaching.

Obvious benefits include no red flags, while changeable conditions and traffic become a choice and hitting a wall whilst learning to stay cool under pressure doesn’t cost a bean!

Simulations can be set up to give manageable oversteer into a corner, developing genuine, real world anticipation and control skills or can be set up to be the most beautifully predictable and superfast car you have ever driven. It is even possible to have a “ghost car” to chase (taken from your coach’s best lap) and then refer to data to fine-tune mental focus to beat that time.

However, I think it is also important to dispel a couple misconceptions around the specification of simulators for training. The first of these relates to the need for motion!

For the most common systems, the simulated motion is not particularly relevant for teaching as it cannot truly represent the G-forces of the real world (there is no weight behind it). Even the high-end

simulators, such as those within the top Formula 1 teams, have led to the likes of Lewis Hamilton being quoted as “not satisfied with his simulator’s mapping to reality”, finding more value in his static system at home. For the purposes of teaching, motion systems become a “nice to have” extra.

This view, for me, is reinforced when experiencing full motion simulators. I am conscious of the effect of the motion system for the first 10 - 15 minutes, but then begin to subconsciously ignore it. This got me thinking. What are the key cues that a driver bases his decisions and reactions around? These are primarily vision and then anticipation.

These cues are delivered effectively through the screen and the quality of the controls, not an unloaded chassis.

Another misconception comes down to what we are looking at. Vision is the single most important skill in driving quickly. The real world is 3-dimensional, a TV screen or projector is not and so we are not required to move our head around when we use them. A professional training simulator must require head movement as a fundamental fact of use. It does not need to be an impressive 200-degree-plus wraparound projector screen.

Curved projections often induce motion sickness, oversize the car and ramp up the end user cost significantly.

Times have moved on.

Simulators are not games anymore. They are an affordable ticket for amateur racers and track day drivers of all experience levels to improve their skills and understanding.

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THERAPY SESSION Ron Simon, founder of track day supremos RSR, could be considered the “Godfather of Spa”. He offered MSD Editor Ben Whibley a unique insight into this ferociously fast circuit, a favourite of many Formula 1 drivers, before sending our man out for some heart-pounding laps on his own.

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Who wouldn’t want to drive around the fearsomely fast Belgian racetrack?

I stayed at La Source Hotel, ideally positioned just off the circuit corner. From my room I could even see the famous Eau Rouge corner.

Next day’s briefing started at the track at 8.20am with Ray Shepherdson, who was excellent at delivering both information on the day and safety. This included overtaking on both sides and without consent. This was surprising and made me think “OK, I will treat this as a race session”. But you are quickly bought back down to earth with Ray saying “know your limits” and “you don’t want to be that guy who crashes”, but more importantly, “it is a track day not a race day”.

At 9am, we had a track walk with ex-racer Ron Simons, the man behind RSR (Ron Simons Racing). At this time at other tracks you are usually getting set to go out for your first session, but with RSR there is a full hour to walk and learn the circuit. As a newbie to the circuit (hard to believe I know) I really enjoyed this and would be keen to see other circuits do the same thing. It helps to get a different view.

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We only had time for a few corners and Eau Rouge was first, with about 50 punters ready to listen. There was a lot of advice for this corner – or the three it is split into. Ron was quick to reveal that the corner has three facts too: 1. You’re in top gear; 2. It’s blind; 3. It’s off camber.

We moved on to Pouhoun, or “500m of sex” as Ron puts it!

It’s a favourite for many Formula 1 drivers, but I was surprised how steep it was down to the first double apex corner. A brilliant, hold your breath and hold on corner and I’ll admit it moved up in my corner rankings. Unfortunately, we didn’t get time to visit more, especially as Ron has a mountain of knowledge.

It was now time for me to take to the wheel of a Renault Megane RS 265 Cup, which was great fun. I also got Ron to take me out for a few laps too – he may be an ex-racer but has lost none of his commitment.

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MSD: What inspired you to race and why?

RS: I always was interested in engines and speed, everything mechanical. So I was already tuning a little go-kart and little bikes, very small ones – 50cc stuff – and then went into off-road endurance bikes and go-karting before I started racing.

I got infected by the Alfa bug at first so we raced Alfas for a long time and then Ferraris.

That’s how I got involved with Ferrari for driver and training stuff.

I was living in Eindhoven, which is close to Zolder and Spa, so this was my back garden. It was also near to the Dutch track at Assen and the mighty Nürburgring.

It was here that we took RSR to the next level. We always had a very international customer base, but they wouldn’t be asking “When do you want me?

When can I drive?”. They would

“I played in a rock band and was the supporting act for Fats Domino and Jerry Lee Lewis”

be saying “I am here and I want to drive today”. That is only possible at the Nürburgring because it is open every day of the week, and if it is not open during the day, it will be open in the evenings.

So that is how it all started.

We allow our clients to drive the Nürburgring even if they cannot bring their own car – so is ideal for our international customers. Now we have slowly expanded into Spa because this is a place where you can drive five days a week. There is the odd day where Audi or another manufacturer is on the track, but it’s not like Nürburgring where there is 12 weeks of industry testing. Spa is mostly track days, so you know that it is either on or off. You can drive here almost every day of the week, but

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not weekends. Not many people know that we also have two-hour sessions in the evenings. Sometimes we compare a bit with the Nordschleife - the tourist session in the evening – but these are not tourist sessions.

MSD: Where is RSR based?

RS: We were based at the Nürburgring originally, but now we have four or five different locations there because we have so much stuff that we need – houses and staff – and it’s the same here at Spa. We have a gas station workshop up the road and another house over there. We also have the villa in Spa town and three or four years ago we bought a 10,000sq2m compound just outside the track, plus a 4,000sq2m facility which we are starting to build in eight

weeks. That is going to be the bigger version of the Nürburgring. So where there’s wheels involved, then we are involved. We do a lot more than just the track days though. We have just had the launch of the new 217 Nissan here – we pushed through 350 journalists from all over the world, all arriving in new GTRs. And I still fly out to all the corners of the world, carrying out instruction tips for customers.

RSR is much bigger than everything you can see here, and the investment in the new building is going to be €3 million or more; it’s a very serious operation. It’s not that Nürburgring is going downhill, or that there’s no future there, but Spa is a much more serious place for driver training and we are starting work with Radical

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next year - a serious car for a serious track.

MSD: So what inspires you?

RS: Hardworking, motivated people.

MSD: OK so if you got a scratchcard and won £ 100 million, what would you do with it?

RS: Buy more cars! Oh and music – I love music. I was a musician for a long time, played in a rock band and was the supporting act for Fats Domino and Jerry Lee Lewis all over Europe. I am not into rock & roll, but was playing music which we made money from. I’m into jazz. I like Jimmy Coltrane and the big names from the past. But what I really like are guitar players like John Schofield and Pat Metheny – they are my heroes.

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en Tuck’s maiden Caterham Supersport season kicked into high gear in 2016, finishing with a total of two wins and three seconds, two fastest laps and finishing as one of only four race winners, the other three being the top three in the Championship!

These performances have resulted in young Ben being invited by Lumena Lights Ltd to drive its Suzuki Swift Rallycross car in the This Championship at Pembrey. The Swift Sport Rallycross Championship runs alongside the MSA British Rallycross Championship and is based on the 140bhp Suzuki Swift Rallycar.

ABOUT BEN TUCK

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Ben Tuck, 19, lives in Bedfordshire and is the 2015 RSF MSA Young Driver of the Year.

He works as a racing instructor at Bedford Autodrome and is being coached as one of the UK’s elite young drivers with the MSA Academy. Ben is also following the MSA academic programme with its advanced apprenticeship scheme in Loughborough.

He started kart racing in 2010 with Luton-based 3DR Motorsport, where he raced at circuits across the country to gain experience against the UK’s best young drivers. In 2011 and 2012, Ben drove with 3DR and challenged for the Whilton Mill Junior Rotax Championship in Northamptonshire, finishing seventh and fourth respectively, despite missing races due to significant budget constraints. During 2012, despite never having driven a car before, Ben was selected as a top 10 finalist in the Ginetta Junior Scholarship, where he competed against 40 of Europe’s best young car racing drivers in a Ginetta G40 racecar.

After a year out of racing, Ben competed with Upper Caldecote-based AB Motorsport, in 6 Mazda MX- 5 races in 2014. He continued with AB Motorsport to complete his first full car racing season in 2015, stunning his competitors by finishing third in the BRSCC Mazda MX- 5 Championship with 14 top five finishes, two wins, six podiums and two fastest laps, as well as an international class win and the fastest MX- 5 lap at Spa. He has just completed his first season in the Caterham Supersport Championship with PT Sports Cars and is aiming to progress into GT Sportscar racing in 2017.

PRO-AM MSD “I love to race for the battling and the challenge of keeping the car absolutely on the edge of grip and traction whilst fighting for position. Rallycross is a perfect example of that challenge where the grip levels are changing all the time and the races are short, fierce and action packed,” explains Ben. “I’m so grateful to Lumena Lights for this opportunity and it’s great for my

development. I’m looking forward to proving my versatility and adaptability.”

Ben’s Rallycross opportunity comes just ahead of a previously planned test in a GT5 Challenge specification Ginetta G40. “Yes they are really different cars, but it’s a great challenge as a driver to be quick in different types of car. I want to prove that I can adapt quickly and learn fast,” says Ben.

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“We’re searching really hard for partners to share our successes in 2017 and so are looking at what options we have.

I intend to demonstrate that I can be competitive in whatever category we go with. That will be depend on the budget available, but we will expect to maximise the benefits for our partners and sponsors in whichever category that may be.”

You can follow and contact Ben via Facebook - Ben Tuck Racing, on Twitter - @BTuckRacing and through his website - www.bentuck.com

I love the challenge of keeping the car absolutely on the edge of grip and traction whilst fighting for position

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TRACK GUIDE: CASTLE COMBE Follow Motorsport Days’ guide on how to drive a winning lap around this challenging, technical and demanding circuit – which has been perplexing drivers for more than 60 years. John Norrington explains all.

Castle Combe Circuit opened in 1950 and, happily, the 1.964 miles of Tarmac remains “old school” in nature. This is despite the addition of two chicanes in 1999 to slow things down.

There are five main corners, but simple as that sounds, the barriers are never far away. In fact, Castle Combe probably provides the closest racing in UK motor-

sport, with many tense, high-speed, streamlining battles.

be approached initially with a degree of care.

The hugely popular Bank Holiday meetings need early planning by both competitors and spectators as space is at a premium everywhere. The banking that overlooks the circuit offers some of the closest viewing available anywhere, but this is not a place for the faint-hearted. Its style is unusual today and should

Of course, the accuracy of any guide depends upon the racecar, but this circuit provides a high-speed challenge in any car. This is borne out by the statistics, starting with the flat-out approach to the first corner combination of Avon Rise and Quarry, considered by many to be among the hardest in

Castle Combe probably provides the closest racing in UK motorsport, with many tense, high-speed, streamlining battles.

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the country. A feature of Combe is the bumpy surface which suits a softer set up for many racecars. It was recently resurfaced, but rather than removing the bumps, it appears to have just moved them. Combine that with high speeds and Castle Combe adds up to a challenging, technical and demanding circuit.

AVON RISE / QUARRY CORNER

This section has to be looked at as a combination. The flat-out approach through the kink at Folly leads at maximum speed into Avon Rise, leaving the driver with a big decision – when and where to brake. A mistake here will be costly. Will you brake before the crest and ease over it? Or brake much harder afterwards, when the car has settled? This and the line you choose will largely be governed by the car you are driving. The late-brakers will be more likely to carry a straighter, faster line towards the apex of Quarry, while the lighter, handier, grippier and less powerful machines usually choose the wider, more traditional line to the left, carrying more speed through the corner, although travelling a greater distance.

THE ESSES / OLD PADDOCK

From Quarry, the Farm Straight leads into the Esses. Here a smooth entry carrying speed through the first right-hand apex (with maybe some smooth braking and use of the flat kerbing) holds speed to the second and sharper left-hand apex.

The exit from the apex is important as it is the start of a long, fast section through the Old Paddock corner. Power should be held all the way via Hammerdown to the next challenge at Tower Corner.

TOWER CORNER

Strong braking is needed here and the road falls downhill too, so as you cross the brow look for an earlier-than-expected turn for what is actually a fairly late apex. This is to cross the camber early which otherwise pulls you wide. Then hug the kerb to find the apex itself (there is a drain cover where the road rises a little) after which let the car run out midway along the visible exit kerb.

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BOBBIES / WESTWAY

Having just exited Tower, you are fast approaching the second chicane so look hard for the apex at Bobbies, which is suddenly upon you. A firm brake is needed, despite the slight brow in the road. This starts with a fairly sharp turn in and then quickly another to the second apex on the left. Braking can usefully be carried deep into the corner here. The car must then be allowed to run to a wide exit, but take care not to overshoot. Too much enthusiasm now will spoil the exit onto Westway and yet another long straight, with time easily lost recovering things. Slower in, faster out is good.

CAMP CORNER

Westway leads on to Dean Straight and the massively important and daunting corner at Camp, which is key to the very long rush down to Avon/Quarry Corner.

This one is all about a strong exit to show up on the stopwatch – probably the most important corner for a good lap time at Combe. Shortly after the pit entry on the left, the road dips and is noticeably bumpy. This is the start of the corner entry which should not be rushed. For speed and safety, the car must be kept balanced into this exciting corner where spins are often seen. The apparent apex point should be missed by a full car’s width and instantly the real apex will appear.

Then the power should be hard on well before reaching the apex and the car be allowed to run long and wide with Combe’s unique orange marshalls’ tower offering a good sighting point to finish your ultra fast lap.

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MSD: So you have just completed your first season of racing. How did it go?

TW: It has all gone by in a flash really. We only managed six events this year because we only decided to race a Suzuki SV650 in the British Motorcycle Racing Club (BMCRC) Rookie Minitwins category at the start of March and then only picked up the bike up midway through April. The first time I actually got to ride the bike was in qualifying at Silverstone!

MSD: What would you say have been the highpoints of the season then?

TW: Naturally my first podium has to be right up there doesn’t it? It came at Snetterton back in May - in only my second ever race weekend – and my second time on the bike. We discovered the bike was down on power at Silverstone, but once that was fixed it felt 100 times better. I managed to qualify third, despite feeling that I had not got a good lap recorded. I then finished second in the race with quite a big gap behind me.

I’m not going to lie. . . I screamed into my helmet as I crossed the line and had a few tears of joy in my eyes at that point!

It was quite a surreal feeling!

MSD: I bet! So what are your aspirations for next season?

TW: I would love to do the whole season, finances depending. Now that I am no longer a rookie I am stepping up to the Motorcycle Racing Organisation (MRO) Minitwin class and my aim is to get a few top five finishes, and overall a top 10 in the Championship. I am hoping to also compete in the Thunderbike Sport series, although that is still to be confirmed.

Of course, we are learning all the time, but have made some big steps forward in understanding the bike recently. We have a few ideas on how to improve the bike further in time for next year. As Edward and Andrew Watson start as well, I’ll be doing a vlog of each event too (https://www.youtube.com/user/ twatters22).

And I would like to thank everyone at Motorsportdays.com for their continued support!

THE BIG LEAP Motorsport Days catches up with Minitwins racer Tom Watson on his first season racing. From a track day enthusiast to competitive racer, Watson has shown that he has what it takes with a podium finish on only his second time on the bike. But did the season live up to his expectations?

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LIVING THE DREAM This year has been mega for us – especially as I have taken part in my first race! In July, I was given an opportunity to drive for TeaMoll Motorsport in the Classic VW Cup (CVWC). Team Holmes Motorsport had been speaking with Ben Smith and Tim Moll for a while, but following the push from Ben to get my ARDs done, he let me loose in his fantastic MK2 Golf (Daffney), contending in group B of the CVWC. I managed two thirds in class and two 13ths out of 28 overall for my first race weekend. I was chuffed considering the mixed

Team Holmes Motorsport has long dreamt of racing and in 2016 it became a reality with Nick Holmes competing in the Classic VW Cup. Now with work ramping up on his own setup, 2017 is looking set to become even more awesome.

conditions and gained some good friends with a wealth of knowledge along the way.

The only down side to the weekend was that it has further fuelled my desire to race!

I also managed an amazing weekend at the Goodwood Festival of Speed with VRD Motorsport. This was an incredible experience and all thanks to the man behind VRD Motorsport, David Vardy. I still cannot quite believe that an “Average Joe” like me got to rub shoulders with the likes of Jason Plato, Matt Neil, Jenson Button and other motorsport royalty.

So where are we with our build? We had a chance to move the car undercover, thanks to local karting company One Motorsport, allowing us to work in all weathers with light and power. As a result, we now have the engine in the car AND running. Build-wise, there is still lots to do. The aim is to keep plugging away, while we save for the big parts like brakes, tyres etc and be ready to race later in 2017. Things may not have progressed as quickly as I wanted, but I am pleased that this build is finally turning a corner. 2017 is looking good.

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From the moment the Festival action kicks off, every driver has to be at their best.

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An international field of talents from across the globe descended on the 1.2-mile circuit this autumn and the 45th running did not cause any disappointment for the fans in attendance. There was plenty of action, more than just a few racing incidents and hard fighting all the way to the bitter end. Ireland’s Niall Murray beat 65 other drivers from three different categories to become only the second driver ever to win this iconic event, with Britain’s Wayne Boyd having completed this feat through his triumphs in 2008 and 2015.

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Boyd was one of several talents touted for the win, which included 2011 winner Scott Malvern, who was still able to demonstrate that his skills behind the wheel of a Formula Ford haven’t lost any of their lustre.

The competitive nature of all those that compete at the Festival shows that it’s never easy to win it once, let alone twice. One of the main factors that always helps to mix things up is the varied chassis providers who are well-known in the series’ history, including big names such as Mygale, Van Diemen, Lola and Ray. From the moment the Formula Ford Festival action kicks off, every driver has to be at their best. One wrong move can see their weekend come to a grinding halt. Each driver has to qualify for one of two semi-finals through their respective heats, with grid sizes hitting 30-strong for the business-end of the weekend. And it’s an all-out war from start to finish, with a step on the podium or overall win always the goal in sight.

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MSD Ambassador Adam Christodoulou looks back an epic season which saw him secure his AMG seat and then power home to victory in a rain- and hail-soaked Nürburgring 24 Hours, making him only the fourth Brit to achieve such an accolade.

2016 is a year that I can look back on with enormous pride.

From a professional standpoint, it was the year that I officially became an AMG driver, which is something I had been working towards for a long time. But from a personal standpoint, I will best remember this season for winning the Nürburgring 24 Hours – without doubt the highlight of my career so far.

I’ve been racing on the Nordschleife circuit in various classes since 2011, but the 24

OUR MAN IN THE HOT SEAT Hours is an event that everybody who competes on it dreams of winning.

You need absolutely everything to go right in the right order to win. Even if you do your job correctly, set the car up well, hit all your apexes and look after the tyres, there are still so many random elements that can

spoil your race. A slower car that isn’t looking in its mirrors can wander into your path, there could be oil on the track that the marshals haven’t spotted or like this year, the weather can turn from normal to apocalyptic in the space of a few corners.

This year we had torrential rain in the first hour – cars were aquaplaning all over the place.

It was both tricky and spectacular at the same time.

To make matters worse, the rain turned to hail, acting like marbles on the road, which meant the cars couldn’t get up the hill. I’ve never experienced anything like it! The race had to be suspended for a while, but I was just glad to get through it unscathed.

Of course, the memory is made even more special because of the way the race ended. We were in contention to win throughout, with my team-mate Maro [Engel] hunting down the leader, and making the pass on the final lap was just an incredible moment. I remember seeing

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Sean Edwards winning the 24 Hours a few years ago, and thinking ‘I want to be like that someday’. So, I’m really pleased to join him as one of only four British winners of the event, after Steve Soper and Andy Priaulx. Having lost a wheel in last year’s race, this year definitely made up for that. I am so thankful to have been given the opportunity by AMG.

BIG SURPRISES

Aside from my own racing, there have been a few curveballs in this season’s motorsport, none more so than at Le Mans. Seeing the Toyota grind to a halt with just three minutes to go was absolutely heart-breaking – the kind of thing you cannot make up.

Another one for the history books was the FIA GT World Cup in Macau, which was truly bizarre. That finish was something else, with Laurens Vanthoor being declared the race winner after being overtaken into turn one, before rolling in a rather spectacular fashion – sliding

for what I can only imagine felt like a lifetime on his roof - thankfully emerging unhurt due to the pure strength of these modern GT3 car, only to be declared the winner due to the immediate red flag.

Then, obviously, the announcement that our Formula 1 World Champion, Nico Rosberg is retiring, which was another one which nobody saw coming. I’ve got mixed emotions about it. I can understand he wants to put his family first, but I just couldn’t imagine retiring at 31, especially as he’s only four

years older than I am now!

I’m sure Rosberg will have some involvement in motorsport in the future, because I don’t believe it’s possible to go from an all-encompassing passion to cold turkey at the flick of a switch. But it’s been great how he’s taken the time to make appearances here there and everywhere. He comes across extremely well – humble and relaxed – and seems to be enjoying himself, which is what he should do having just won a World Championship!

You can relive some of these highlights by following these links: Link 1 - The incredible final two laps at the Nürburgring https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=z__vcxCvdY4 Link 2 - Or the Nürburgring five minute highlights https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=djZToFEFw_0 Link 3 - Here’s a link of my wheel falling off last year https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=iWWNSrBUtGA&t=58s Link 4 - Audi Macau GT Crash https://www.instagram. com/p/BNBxkv4ho_e/

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JUNIOR ABILITY UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT IN NEW RENAULT CHAMPIONSHIP Next season sees the start of a new championship for Junior drivers in the UK – the Renault UK Clio Cup Junior Championship.

With 12 rounds at six fixtures, this should encourage some new talent.

Renault UK is to launch an exciting new Junior racing championship in the UK in 2017 – aimed at drivers aged 14 to 17 – using the current UK Clio Cup racecar. The Renault UK Clio Cup Junior Championship has already obtained outline approval by UK motorsport’s governing body and the Championship will run over 12 rounds at six two-day events (fixtures to be confirmed). Each one will include a warm-up session, timed qualifying and two races.

Teams and drivers will use identical racing versions of the Clio Renault Sport 220 Trophy

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– as used in the high-profile Renault UK Clio Cup that races alongside the Dunlop British Touring Car Championship. However, to comply with Junior racing regulations, the cars will be limited to a maximum speed of 100mph.

Cars will also use the same steering-wheel mounted “paddle” gearshift as in the UK Clio Cup, but a simple modification to the engine control unit will reduce them to five speeds (blocking the sixth gear). In addition, the Juniors will run on high-performance road tyres – Michelin’s Pilot Sport 3 – and will be limited to four per car per event.

A special finance option to help participants spread the cost of purchasing cars is also available via the Moorgate Motorsport Finance group.

Significantly, those investing in cars will be able to use them in both the Senior and Junior UK Clio Cups thanks to the simple modifications required to adapt them for each category.

Renault Sport UK’s Motorsport Championship Manager Will Fewkes says of this new addition to the Junior fixture list: “It is important to stress that UK Clio Cup Junior is very much being positioned at club level and we envisage a season’s running costs to come in as low as £30,000.

We also hope that a Junior entry-level championship, with backing from Renault UK and Renault Sport Racing and all the associated expertise and professionalism, will appeal to smaller racing outfits and to more female drivers.

“Tight technical regulations and strict enforcement will certainly mean that each entrant will be competing in the same machinery, making it the perfect arena in which to showcase driver ability.

This marks a real shift in Junior racing marketplace and Renault has worked hard to ensure that the racing calendar we have in mind will work around school termtime for youngsters. The fact that teams will be able to use cars in both the Junior and Senior UK Clio Cups is attractive when weighing up an investment – particularly with the excellent finance packages that we’ve put in place with Moorgate.

Jeremy Townsend, Communications Director for Renault UK, added: “This marks the first time Renault has entered the Junior racing marketplace, but we believe we have the perfect product for this and, with the same management behind the UK Clio Cup, the right people to make it happen. Extensive testing of the UK Clio Cup car shows that it can easily complete a full season of both the UK Clio Cup and UK Clio Cup Junior without the need for engine rebuilds – the product really is that good in terms of engineering and reliability which is something Renault has prided itself on since entering UK motorsport in the mid-1970s.

“I would like to thank both the MSA and the British Automobile Racing Club for their invaluable guidance and support for Renault UK Clio Cup Junior. As ever in motorsport, nothing remains secret for long so we felt it better to announce these details now given the high numbers of enquiries we have already received at the recent Snetterton BTCC event and since.”

“We wish to see many of our Junior drivers graduate to the Senior Clio Cup alongside the BTCC and go on to achieve success not just touring cars, but also in sportscar and GT competition – something that our racing categories have successfully achieved for many years.”

All interested parties should email will.fewkes-extern@ renault.co.uk.

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CHAMPIONS OF THE SEASON Motorsport Days has compiled a comprehensive list of winners of the 2016 season. From Sport Specials to Formula V, from hill climbers to tin-tops, we celebrate every category and hope that they will be back to do it all over again in 2017.

Despite our best endeavours we know a few championship organisers have not got their results into us yet. So if your championship is not listed here, please get in touch with us by emailing contact@motorsportdays.com

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CIVIC CUP CLASS A Position Race Number Driver Name

PROTECH SPORT SPECIALS - CLASS A Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................27...................... David Roberts.....................................99 2...............11....................... John Moore...........................................12 3...............40..................... Paul Rhodes..........................................12

PROTECH SPORT SPECIALS - CLASS B Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................19....................... Martin Buckland................................ 125 2...............38...................... Bridgette Smart.................................. 91 3...............26...................... Alan Robinson.....................................85 4...............41....................... Mark Hextall.........................................84 5...............39...................... Marcus Roskill.....................................66 6...............13....................... Colin Childs......................................... 14 7...............23...................... Colin Benham.......................................13 8...............32...................... Paul Cooper........................................... 7

PROTECH SPORT SPECIALS - CLASS C Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................56...................... Matthew Booth.................................. 128 2...............82...................... Rob Johnston.................................... 124 3...............3........................ Clive Hudson..................................... 122 4...............51....................... Paul Collingwood...............................70 5...............5........................ Nigel Brown.........................................68 6...............2........................ Paul Boyd.............................................67 7...............4........................ Anton Landon..................................... 57 8...............67...................... Stuart Adam....................................... 49 9...............61....................... Paul Dudley.........................................48 10.............30...................... Martin James.......................................45

Total Points

1................51....................... Dave Buky .........................................279 2...............24...................... Ben Sharpe .......................................276 3...............55...................... Chris Coomer....................................272 4...............31....................... Antony Turner................................... 147

CIVIC CUP CLASS B Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................45...................... Carl Swift ..........................................289 2...............34...................... Mark Grice ......................................... 218 3...............27...................... James Griffith.................................... 194 4...............46...................... John Pearless.................................... 165

DEMON TWEEKS/YOKOHAMA CLASSIC STOCK HATCH Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................1......................... Matt Rozier........................................ 271 2...............72...................... Lee Scott............................................ 231 3...............67...................... Matthew Stubington........................ 206 4...............6........................ Andrew Thorpe................................200 5...............6........................ Edward Cooper................................. 192 6...............57...................... Martyn Fowdrey................................. 151 7...............88...................... Martin Cayzer.................................... 132 8...............71....................... Pip Hammond.................................... 129 9...............7........................ Derek Rozier....................................... 113 10.............37...................... Mac Jessop........................................ 108 11...............44...................... Andrew Fellows................................104 12..............50...................... Benjamin Leach...................................97 13..............8........................ Stewart Place......................................92 14..............28...................... Daniel Fillingham.................................81 15..............80...................... Christopher Martin.............................74 16..............11....................... Andy Philpotts....................................63 17..............90..................... Andrew Rath........................................ 61 18..............69...................... Scott Woodhead.................................59 19..............40..................... Paul Thorpe......................................... 57 20.............42...................... Andy Harveyson..................................47

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DEMON TWEEKS/YOKOHAMA CLASSIC Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................36...................... Ryan Polley..........................................36 2...............4........................ Paul Jarvis..............................................4 3...............50...................... Philip Law........................................... 50 4...............28...................... Robert Fagg........................................28 5...............63...................... Ian Williamson....................................63 6...............70...................... Will Hunt..............................................70 7...............23...................... Jordan Holmes....................................23 8...............47...................... David Hancox......................................47 9...............79...................... Martin Wilson......................................79 10.............44...................... Nick Thornton-Jones......................... 44 11...............23...................... Jon Hobbs............................................23 12..............31....................... Craig Robertson...................................31 13..............9........................ Steven Powlesland...............................9

DEMON TWEEKS/YOKOHAMA LOCOST Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................2........................ Ian Allee............................................ 246 2...............6........................ Jack Coveney....................................239 3...............27...................... Danny Andrew...................................236 4...............94...................... Martin West...................................... 202 5...............3........................ Tim Neat.............................................. 191 6...............37...................... Ben Powney....................................... 187 7...............63...................... James Millman................................... 157 8...............11....................... Shaun Brame..................................... 148 9...............82...................... Paul Clark........................................... 132 10.............33...................... Glenn Boyer....................................... 120 11...............81....................... Oliver Batten..................................... 107 12..............60..................... Richard Bradley..................................98 13..............13....................... Steve Paddock....................................98 14..............35...................... David Winter.......................................97 15..............55...................... Lee Emm..............................................88 16..............47...................... Timothy Penstone-Smith...................79 17..............74...................... Garry Brandon.....................................70 18..............28...................... Dave Berry...........................................53 19..............26...................... Kevin McCarthy....................................51 20.............14...................... Victoria Baldwin..................................51

DISKLOK RGB CHAMPIONSHIP Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................4........................ Matthew Higginson..........................160 2...............2........................ John Cutmore.................................... 126 3...............33...................... Billy Allbone....................................... 121 4...............88...................... David Watson..................................... 112 5...............3........................ Alastair Boulton.................................110 6...............1......................... Scott Mittell ...................................... 108 7...............67...................... Kevin Bolton........................................78 8...............30...................... Oliver Hewitt.......................................77 9...............21....................... Phil Hutchins........................................77 10.............6........................ Daniel Larner....................................... 73 11...............68...................... Dominic Gulloti................................... 73 12..............87...................... Andrew Nelson....................................69 13..............43...................... Paul Rogers.........................................62 14..............22...................... Kelvin Rawles......................................59 15..............50...................... Tim Hoverd.......................................... 57 16..............13....................... John Whatley......................................48 17..............63...................... Colin Chapman....................................47 18..............86...................... Stephen Bell....................................... 44 19..............8........................ Richard Webb.....................................42 20.............44...................... Mark Betts............................................28

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750MC FORMULA VEE Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................7........................ Paul Smith......................................... 306 2...............16....................... Ian Buxton.......................................... 199 3...............2........................ Ian Jordan.......................................... 188 4...............17....................... James Harridge................................. 183 5...............4........................ David Hughes.................................... 172 6...............58...................... Adam Macaulay................................. 163 7...............40..................... Harry Webb....................................... 150 8...............17....................... Graham Gant..................................... 150 9...............10...................... Paul Taylor.........................................104 10.............6........................ Jack Wilkinson.................................. 103 11...............94...................... Maurice Gloster..................................101 12..............8........................ Tim Probert........................................ 94 13..............11....................... Ben Miloudi..........................................82 14..............57...................... Jamie Harrison....................................74 15..............26...................... Martin Farmer......................................72 16..............32...................... Darren Lomas......................................72 17..............27...................... John Hughes........................................56 18..............23...................... Alexander Jones.................................54 19..............72...................... Colin Gregory......................................42 20.............18....................... James Cater........................................ 40

K-TEC RACING CLIO 182 Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................29...................... Patrick Fletcher.................................410 2...............85...................... James Bark....................................... 405 3...............63...................... Philip Wright.....................................332 4...............42...................... Nick Garner........................................258 5...............14...................... Trevor Gregory................................. 256 6...............34...................... Scott Sharp....................................... 240 7...............22...................... George Williams...............................236 8...............53...................... Mark Balmers.................................... 234 9...............10...................... Martin Ward.......................................228 10.............35...................... Aaron Sharp....................................... 221 11...............30...................... Robert Armitage.............................. 206 12..............25...................... Simon Donoghue............................. 205 13..............92...................... Nick Passmore................................... 194 14..............26...................... Terry Roughton.................................190 15..............78...................... Richard Thurbin................................ 179 16..............15....................... Don de Graaff.................................... 177 17..............59...................... Dan Gibson......................................... 119 18..............27...................... Matthew Charlton.............................. 119 19..............90..................... Ryan Gillespie.....................................111 20.............49...................... Scott Thorne.......................................101

NANKANG MX5 CUP BY 5CLUB RACING Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................43...................... Will Blackwell-Chambers.............. 1738 2...............1......................... Ben Short..........................................1713 3...............91....................... Jack Sycamore................................1705 4...............31....................... Sam Smith........................................ 1702 5...............46...................... Sam Tatler........................................ 1592 6...............13....................... Scott Leach...................................... 1557 7...............44...................... Jason Greatrex.................................1551 8...............9........................ Ian Tomlinson.................................. 1533 9...............40..................... Ben Hancy........................................ 1478 10.............72...................... Matthew Short.................................1462 11...............54...................... Marcus Bailey.................................. 1452 12..............50...................... Chris Young.................................... 1440 13..............7........................ Harry Deane.................................... 1400 14..............29...................... Adam Bessell................................... 1386 15..............90..................... Andrew Barrett................................1313 16..............47...................... Stephen Craggs.............................. 1277 17..............81....................... Seb Fisher........................................ 1253 18..............75...................... Nick LeDoyen....................................1121 19..............86...................... Dan Stewart.....................................1088 20.............58...................... Mike Comber...................................1069

PREMIER CHOICE GROUP 750 FORMULA Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................85...................... Robin Gearing................................... 261 2...............3........................ Bill Cowley........................................ 256 3...............6........................ Peter Bove.........................................232 4...............5........................ Mark Glover...................................... 207 5...............7........................ Bob Simpson..................................... 196 6...............4........................ Chris Gough....................................... 130 7...............43...................... Andrew Lake...................................... 121 8...............57...................... Ian Barley............................................ 112 9...............46...................... Daniel Welsh......................................106 10.............12....................... Rod Hill............................................... 102

11...............42...................... Martin Kemp........................................77 12..............66...................... Dave Robson.......................................70 13..............31....................... Oliver Collett.......................................65 14..............71....................... Max Sheppard.....................................56 15..............1......................... Richard Rothery..................................54 16..............44...................... Nigel Harvey........................................53 17..............40..................... Lynfel Owen.........................................52 18..............1......................... Ed Pither...............................................51 19..............10...................... Bill Rutter.............................................39 20.............37...................... Tony Brazier.........................................32

RADICAL OWNERS CLUB BIKESPORTS Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................90..................... Phil Knibb.......................................... 215 2...............0........................ Will Brown........................................ 206 3...............95...................... Joe Stables........................................ 164 4...............1......................... Adrian Reynard.................................. 161 5...............88...................... Richard Wise..................................... 152 6...............50...................... Doug Carter........................................ 151 7...............5........................ Phillip Cooper...................................144 8...............71....................... Mike Davis.......................................... 125 9...............33...................... Richard Hardie................................... 121 10.............11....................... Chris Preen.........................................110 11...............7........................ Julian Griffiths...................................109 12..............2........................ Darcy Smith.........................................86 13..............24...................... Ian Charles...........................................82 14..............47...................... Alan Hogg............................................69 15..............23...................... Jason Rishover....................................62 16..............56...................... Jon Watson..........................................59 17..............84...................... Robert Gardiner..................................59 18..............9........................ Gary Paterson......................................54 19..............30...................... Mark Grason.........................................43 20.............20...................... Mark Conroy........................................32

TEGIWA CIVIC CUP - CLASS A Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................51....................... David Buky.........................................279 2...............24...................... Ben Sharpe........................................276 3...............55...................... Chris Coomer....................................272 4...............31....................... Antony Turner................................... 147 5...............32...................... Mervyn Beckett................................. 122 6...............1......................... Andrew Hough................................... 30 7...............31....................... Andrew Bond......................................27 8...............17....................... Steve Slawson.....................................26 9...............53...................... James Holder......................................22 10.............33...................... Zack Bond.............................................18

TEGIWA CIVIC CUP - CLASS B Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................45...................... Carl Swift...........................................289 2...............34...................... Mark Grice.......................................... 218 3...............27...................... James Griffith.................................... 194 4...............77...................... Daniel Reason................................... 167 5...............46...................... Jon Peerless...................................... 165 6...............90..................... Martin James..................................... 152 7...............73...................... Simon Wallis...................................... 128 8...............16....................... Andrew Gaugler.................................114 9...............5........................ Mark Hughes.......................................110 10.............75...................... David Vincent.....................................110

TOYOTA MR2 Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................11....................... Jim Davies......................................... 314 2...............28...................... Kristian White.................................. 308 3...............27...................... Shaun Traynor...................................279 4...............88...................... Stuart Nicholls................................... 251 5...............40..................... Lewis Ward........................................ 213 6...............6........................ Timothy Heron.................................. 193 7...............31....................... Ben Rowe........................................... 162 8...............85...................... Nigel Ralphson.................................. 153 9...............26...................... Paul Cook............................................ 151 10.............33...................... Alex Knight........................................ 120 11...............10...................... Martin Farrelly....................................101 12..............84...................... Chris Thomas.......................................97 13..............56...................... Cam Walton.........................................96 14..............83...................... William Gallacher...............................92 15..............34...................... Shane Mansbridge.............................. 91 16..............89...................... Mick Nicholls.......................................84 17..............37...................... Michael Wells......................................82 18..............71....................... Graham Malings...................................81 19..............80...................... David Asbury........................................71 20.............51....................... Matthew Rowe......................................71

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BRITCAR Contact: Claire Hedley Tel: 01420 257194 Email: claire@britcar-endurance.com

DUNLOP ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP Position

BILSTEIN CLASSIC VW CUP 2016 Contact: Ian Fowler Email: ian.fowler@classictouringcars.com Overall Winner ...... MK4 Golf GTI.......Chris Mohan....................146 Overall Second....... Corrado VR6..............Ken Lark.................... 101 Overall Third........... MK1 Golf GTI.......Nick Penfold..................... 88

Super modified...... MK1 Golf 1.8T............................ .Duncan Clarke Class A..................... Corrado VR6....................................... Ken Lark Class B .................... Mk4 Golf GTI.................................. Chrs Mohan

BMWCUP Contact: Neil McDonald Tel: 07767688233 Email: BMWcup@yahoo.co.uk Total Points

1................22...................... Russell Dack..................................... 234 2...............8........................ Kevin Denwood.................................226 3...............61....................... Stephane Jansem............................ 208 4...............60..................... Paul Wood......................................... 180 5...............20...................... Howard Marles.................................. 163 6...............62...................... Simon Calado......................................82 7...............21....................... Darrel Bristow.....................................53 8...............63...................... Karl McMillan.......................................52 9...............88...................... James Rees......................................... 40 10.............46...................... Neil McDonald.....................................39 11...............6........................ Wayne Schofield.................................38 12..............64...................... David Morris........................................36

BMWRDC Contact: Trevor Ford Tel: 0771043953 Email: trevor@bmwrdc.com Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

DUNLOP GT CHAMPIONSHIP

Class Winners

Position Race Number Driver Name

Race No. Driver Name

1.................... 19............... Phil Hanson/Nigel Moore................... 170 2................... 43.............. Jacob Mathiassen / Steve Fresle....... 170 3................... 54.............. Chris Murphy / ..................................... 145 Jonny Cocker / Jody Fannin 4................... 76.............. Alyn James / Dan Wheeler /............... 116 Martin Byford 5................... 1................. David Mason / Calum Lockie............. 107 6................... 57............... Frank Bradley / Tom Howard /............93 Mike Moss 7................... 3................. Manuel Cintrano / Javier Morcillo....... 91 8................... 9................. Mike Wilds / Anthony Wilds................85 9................... 46.............. Ian Lawson / Kevin Clarke /.................82 Ryan Lyndsay 10................. 58.............. Fabio Randaccio / Nick Randall /.......74 Ben Salmon

Total Points

1................22...................... Russell Dack..................................... 234 2...............8........................ Kevin Denwood.................................226 3...............32...................... James Card......................................... 211 4...............61....................... Stephane Jansem............................ 208 5...............47...................... James MacIntyre-Ure...................... 203 6...............39...................... Daniel Whylie.................................... 181 7...............60..................... Paul Wood......................................... 180 8...............69...................... James Ford........................................ 173 9...............72...................... Max Walton........................................ 170 10.............24...................... Oliver Toylor...................................... 166 11...............20...................... Howard Marles.................................. 163 12..............82...................... Giuseppe Callari............................... 143 13..............90..................... John Bradburn.................................. 139 14..............75...................... Chris Cheverall.................................. 137 15..............48...................... Darren Morgan Owen....................... 132 16..............51....................... Robert Davidson............................... 130 17..............34...................... Dave Griffin.........................................101 18..............19....................... Lee Frost............................................100 19..............78...................... Zoran Dimic......................................... 91 20.............7........................ Kal Ezzat.............................................. 91 21..............28...................... Adrian Gilbert......................................88 22.............9........................ Roger Lavender..................................85 23.............62...................... Simon Calado......................................82 24.............13....................... Jim Cannon..........................................77 25.............4........................ Colin Whitmore...................................74 26.............54...................... Rob Alman............................................71 27.............11....................... Simon Baker........................................69 28.............87...................... Steve Samways...................................67 29.............76...................... Jason West......................................... 64 30.............77...................... Paul Travers.........................................63

Position

Race No. Driver Name

Total Points

1.................... 54.............. Chris Murphy / Jonny Cocker............258 2................... 69.............. Marcus Fothergill / Dave Benett....... 174 3................... 1................. David Mason / Calum Lockie...............89 4................... 12............... Rick Nevinson / Brad Nevinson........... 61 5................... 8................. Jonny MacGregor .................................59 6................... 7................. Neil Garnham / Rob Young /............... 57 Matt Le Bretton 7................... 88.............. Ruben Anakhasyan................................52 =................... 43.............. Steve Fresle............................................52 9................... 11................ Peter Challis ......................................... 40 10................. 4................ Manuel Cintrano / Javier Morcillo.......38

DUNLOP PRODUCTION CHAMPIONSHIP Position

Race No. Driver Name

Total Points

1.................... 57............... Mike Moss / Tom Howard /.................222 Kevin Clarke 2................... 13............... Del Shelton ......................................... 202 3................... 77............... Martin Parsons / Rob Hedley.............. 117 4................... 0................ Andy Robinson .................................... 102 5................... 28............... Rob Hudson / Adriano Medeiros.........82 6................... 23............... Lance Gauld / Alisdair Gauld...............74 7................... 139............. Steve Burke / Mark Gilham...................53 8................... 38............... Sam Allpass / Lee Atkins.......................51 9................... 76.............. Alyn James ........................................... 44 10................. 56.............. Simon Green / Trevor Keats..................31

CATERHAM GRADUATES RACING CLUB Contact: Mark Carter Tel: 078 999 83204 Email: treasurer@graduates.org.uk

CLASSIC GRADUATES Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................72...................... Steve McMaster.................................385 2...............99...................... Graeme Smith....................................383 3...............74...................... Robin Webb.......................................357 4...............76...................... Marc Noaro........................................356 5...............73...................... Trevor Harber................................... 334 6...............75...................... Mark Carter........................................323 7...............80...................... Colin Jardine.....................................288 8...............98...................... Iain Kinghorn.....................................283 9...............81....................... Peter Tattersall..................................253 10.............79...................... Michael Segal................................... 250 11...............82...................... Matthew Willoughby........................235 12..............91....................... Nigel Liddell...................................... 215 13..............85...................... Paul Gardner..................................... 206 14..............83...................... Pete Cannard..................................... 147 15..............77...................... Darren Grainger................................ 134 16..............84...................... Matthew Carpenter........................... 123 17..............88...................... Daniel Livingstone..............................54

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SUPER GRADUATES Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................120.................... Edward Benson................................ 384 2...............101..................... Toby Briant........................................379 3...............104.................... Andy Molsom....................................374 4...............121..................... Harry Cramer.....................................335 5...............107.................... Anthony Jaffe.................................... 318 6...............118..................... Ben Winrow...................................... 307 7...............116..................... Charles Elliott....................................297 8...............109.................... Dave Berry........................................ 260 9...............112..................... Barry White...................................... 248 10.............111...................... Steve Haskins.................................... 175 11...............131..................... Stephen Capsey................................ 168 12..............147.................... Tom Hayman-Joyce.......................... 166 13..............137..................... Paul Elliott......................................... 128 14..............122..................... Luke Tzourou......................................110 15..............123..................... Chris Rome......................................... 49

MEGA GRADUATES

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Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................1......................... Oliver Gibson....................................376 2...............15....................... Luke Cooper......................................375 3...............2........................ Glenn Burtenshaw............................ 371 4...............4........................ Declan Dolan.................................... 342 5...............3........................ Andy Skinner.....................................338 6...............17....................... Roger Ford........................................282 7...............6........................ Kim Rayment.....................................282 8...............8........................ John Benfield.................................... 271 9...............18....................... Mark Jones........................................ 249 10.............9........................ Ian Noble........................................... 230 11...............12....................... Tom Overton...................................... 210 12..............7........................ Peter Marsh....................................... 204 13..............38...................... Darren Ford....................................... 176 14..............20...................... Simon Longman................................ 167 15..............23...................... Bob Wilson........................................ 152 16..............39...................... Chris Savage....................................... 151 17..............16....................... Mark Harrison..................................... 115 18..............19....................... Neil Sturgess.......................................98 19..............11....................... Keith Pennington................................85 20.............34...................... Willaim Halley.....................................72 21..............26...................... Nigel Smith..........................................42

Total Points

1................62...................... David Webber...................................385 2...............44...................... Jamie Winrow...................................372 3...............58...................... Jason Gale........................................ 360 4...............32...................... Andrew Outterside...........................353 5...............41....................... Nigel Board........................................347 6...............48...................... Pete Yates..........................................328 7...............47...................... Julian Viggars................................... 319 8...............66...................... Andrew Connolly.............................300 9...............50...................... Christopher Buckley.........................283 10.............69...................... John Carey......................................... 221 11...............56...................... Stu Thompson................................... 215 12..............52...................... Duncan Lewis....................................160 13..............61....................... Mark Gibson....................................... 148 14..............46...................... Michael Downing.............................. 135 15..............45...................... Paul Hagen.......................................... 115 16..............49...................... Jonathan Miller................................. 102 17..............68...................... Peter Mullineaux.................................98 18..............67...................... David Childs........................................97 19..............57...................... David Morris........................................ 73 20.............60..................... Alex Jordan.........................................48 21..............53...................... Oscar Lawry........................................ 40

SIGMAX GRADUATES Position Race Number Driver Name

Car

Driver Name

Total Points

1.............. Vauxhall Tigra......... Malcolm Blackman...................... 155 2.......................BMW Z4......... Keith White................................... 117 3............. Vauxhall Tigra......... Lewis Smith...................................110 4.......................BMW Z4......... Simon Smith..................................110 5............. Vauxhall Tigra......... Mike Thurley................................ 102 6............. Vauxhall Tigra......... Chris Brockhurst........................... 94 7......... Peugout 206 CC......... Reuben Taylor................................76 8............. Vauxhall Tigra......... Ian Hales........................................ 64 9............. Vauxhall Tigra......... Chris Ayling.................................. 64 10....... Peugout 206 CC......... Steve Burrows................................62 11............. Mercedes SLK......... John Steward................................. 57 12........ Peugout 206 CC......... Philip Blackford.............................56 13........... Mitsubishi Colt......... Philip Young...................................54 14............ Mercedes SLK......... Mark Fuller.....................................53 15............... VW Corrado......... Daniel Smith.................................. 41 16............ Vauxhall Tigra......... Ross Loram....................................39 17............... VW Corrado......... Ricky Hunn.................................... 20 18....................... Audi TT......... Bolker Timm.................................. 14 19............ Vauxhall Tigra......... Brian Loram.....................................0 20........... Mercedes SLK......... Richard Smith..................................0

CNC HEADS SPORTS/SALOON Contact: John Leck Tel: 0151 475 9237 / 07889 760872 Email: johnleck.racing@hotmail.co.uk

SIGMA GRADUATES Position Race Number Driver Name

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13..............166.................... Bill Scott............................................ 188 14..............190.................... Martin Collier..................................... 187 15..............167.................... Gary Burke......................................... 156 16..............157..................... Ray Gilliland....................................... 151 17..............174..................... Peter Micklewright........................... 150 18..............160.................... Tim Rowbottom................................ 142 19..............165.................... Bronek Masojada............................... 121 20.............171..................... Rick Potter.......................................... 119 21..............172..................... Robert Cooper..................................109 22.............196.................... Michael Downing..............................106 23.............198.................... Alex Gurr..............................................83 24.............180.................... Duncan Harris......................................79 25.............181..................... Martin Amison.................................... 64

Total Points

1................152..................... Dylan Stanley.................................... 381 2...............191..................... Lee Bristow........................................377 3...............154.................... Scott Lawrence................................ 360 4...............188.................... Cedric Bloch......................................359 5...............156.................... Tristan Judge.....................................333 6...............155.................... Zoltan Csabai.................................... 315 7...............161..................... Gareth Cordey.................................. 303 8...............197.................... Nick Haryett..................................... 286 9...............170.................... Spencer Fortag................................. 261 10.............199.................... Michaele Apostolides....................... 215 11...............158.................... Martin Jeffs........................................ 212 12..............159.................... Simon Oliphant................................ 206

Position

Race Number

Driver Name

Total Points

Class A 1....................... 48.........................Paul Rose.................................104 2...................... 47.........................Steve Harris...............................69 3...................... 27.........................Garry Wardle.............................53 ..............................................................................................................

Class B 1....................... 3............................Garry Watson........................... 64 2...................... 18..........................Luke Armiger............................ 57 3...................... 144.......................Tim Foxlow................................28 ..............................................................................................................

Class C 1....................... 1............................Joe Spencer..............................101 2...................... 6...........................Dave Harvey..............................72 3...................... 10..........................Les Kirk..................................... 49 ..............................................................................................................

Class D 1....................... 13..........................Paul Dobson............................ 103 2...................... 45.........................Oliver Thomas............................51 3...................... 73.........................Mike Hurst................................. 46 ..............................................................................................................

Class E 1....................... 57.........................Paul Rotheroe...........................76 2...................... 77.........................Steven Parker............................74 3...................... 56.........................Piers Grange..............................68 ..............................................................................................................

Class F 1....................... 79.........................Clive Dix.....................................88 2...................... 34.........................Helen Allen................................63 3...................... 37.........................Brian Allen.................................42 ..............................................................................................................

Overall 1....................... 48.........................Paul Rose.................................104 2...................... 13..........................Paul Dobson............................ 103 3...................... 1............................Joe Spencer..............................101 4...................... 79.........................Clive Dix.....................................88 5...................... 57.........................Paul Rotheroe...........................76 6...................... 77.........................Steve Parker..............................74 7...................... 6...........................Dave Harvey..............................72 8...................... 47.........................Steve Harris...............................69 9...................... 56.........................Piers Grange..............................68 10.................... 3............................Garry Watson........................... 64

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GINETTA GRDC+ Contact: Ashley Gallagher Tel: 0113 385 4144 Email: ashley.gallagher@ginetta.com Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1.......................................... R Evans.............................................. 499 2......................................... S Fleming.......................................... 495 3......................................... A Campbell-Smith........................... 464 4......................................... G Wager............................................ 345 5......................................... M Jarvis..............................................277 6......................................... P McGarthy....................................... 243 7......................................... K Sinclair............................................222 8......................................... G Redwood........................................ 163 9......................................... R Smith............................................... 147 10....................................... P Garstang.........................................140 11......................................... P Oliphant.......................................... 130 12........................................ R Perkins............................................ 122 13........................................ C Babington........................................ 118 14........................................ R Elliker...............................................114 15........................................ A Marshall.......................................... 108 16........................................ C Plumb..............................................100 17........................................ B Ellory.................................................92 18........................................ R Keogh................................................92 19........................................ S Traves................................................ 91 20....................................... M Cundy...............................................79 21........................................ P Beacker............................................ 64 22....................................... S Nadarajan......................................... 61 23....................................... S Walker............................................... 61 24....................................... R Isherwood....................................... 60 25....................................... J Constable......................................... 60 26....................................... D Bengis...............................................42

LANCASTER INSURANCE/ MG OWNERS CLUB Contact: Jim Baynam Tel: 07871 119785 Email: baynam@btinternet.com

CLASS A FOR MGB/MIDGET Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................2........................ Jim Baynam........................................ 161 2...............11....................... Chris Millard....................................... 94 3...............52...................... Bob Fisher...........................................70 4...............76...................... Neil Howe.............................................69 5...............4........................ James Pryor.........................................66 6...............14...................... Dave Amphlett....................................62 7...............20...................... Samantha Queen................................56 8...............9........................ Chris Flooks.........................................55 9......................................... Martin Goddard...................................43 10....................................... Chris Pollard........................................35 11......................................... Dave Mepham......................................22 12........................................ Mike Shrimpton.................................. 20 13........................................ Wil Sharpe........................................... 19 14........................................ Nick Webster........................................18 15........................................ Greville dare.........................................17 16........................................ Vince Hunt........................................... 16 17........................................ Phil Elder............................................... 11

CLASS F FOR MGF Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................42...................... Simon Kendrick................................. 133 2...............53...................... Mark Baker.........................................100 3...............44...................... Martin Wills..........................................93 4...............8........................ Paul Wisbey.........................................82 5...............47...................... Brian Butler......................................... 73 6...............24...................... Philip Espinasse..................................58 7...............5........................ Stuart Plotnek..................................... 41 8...............19....................... Gordon Jeakins....................................15

CLASS Z FOR MG ZR160 Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................55...................... Adrian Wray....................................... 150 2...............17....................... Dave Mellor........................................ 130 3...............79...................... Adam Jackson.................................... 113 4...............7........................ Steve Williams.....................................83

5...............12....................... Nick Golhar..........................................83 6...............83...................... Phil Walker...........................................62 7...............18....................... Stuart Philps........................................53 8...............1......................... Andrew Rogerson............................... 41 .................45...................... Junior Bhambra....................................17 9...............6........................ Steve Darby......................................... 14 10.............19....................... Jamie Perry.......................................... 14 11...............88...................... Vince Pain............................................ 10 12..............44...................... Martin Wills............................................ 7 13..............19....................... Gordon Jeakins..................................... 7 14..............43...................... Gary Crowley......................................... 5 15..............61....................... Brian Morris........................................... 5

MAX5 RACING CLUB Contact: Jon Halliwell Tel: 01202 891831 Email: www.max5racing.com

MAX5 MK3 CHAMPIONSHIP Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1st ............21....................... John Munro........................................729 2nd ..........4........................ Ian Loversidge.................................. 667 3rd ..........69...................... George Grant..................................... 613 4th ..........77...................... Andy Pretorious................................601 5th ...........45...................... Jeremy Shipley..................................593 6th ...........71....................... Geoff Gouriet................................... 586 7th ...........78...................... Lee Hollin...........................................583 8th ...........42...................... Adrian Baker..................................... 545 9th ...........8........................ Matthew Tidmarsh............................ 481 10th .........88...................... Chris Webster................................... 458 11th ..........96...................... Sam Moody........................................387 12th .........7........................ Craig Deakin......................................328 13th .........17....................... Nick Dunn......................................... 280 14th .........93...................... Russell Tamplin................................ 264 15th .........90..................... Ged Kelly........................................... 242 16th .........15....................... Chris Bexon....................................... 230 17th .........81....................... Richard Breland................................ 197 18th .........41....................... Joe Wiggin........................................ 188 19th .........9........................ Andy Waters...................................... 168 20th ........52...................... Steve Dolman.................................... 164 21st ..........11....................... Richard Smith.................................... 137 22nd ........19....................... David Chapman.................................100 23rd ........55...................... Paul Roddison.....................................82

MAX5 MK1 CHAMPIONSHIP Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1st.............14...................... Tom Hotchkiss................................... 681 2nd...........3........................ Josh Malin.......................................... 471 3rd............23...................... Mark Theaker.................................... 430 4th...........44...................... Samantha Laslett...............................411 5th............29...................... Andrew Bayliss................................. 380 6th............75...................... Guy Carter.........................................338 7th............43...................... Daniel Grist........................................335 8th............99...................... George Snee...................................... 217 9th............40..................... Ben Hancy............................................97 10th..........22...................... Simon Roden.......................................86 11th...........67...................... Simon Orange.....................................84 12th..........100.................... Finlay Hutchinson................................81 13th..........87...................... Nick Horne...........................................76 14th..........72...................... Matthew George.................................74 15th..........18....................... James Holder......................................72 16th..........99...................... Adam Read......................................... 50 17th..........91....................... Andrew Malcolm.................................42

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AVON TYRES/TTC GROUP MSA BRITISH HILLCLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP Position

Driver Name

Total Points

1.......................................... Scott Moran....................................... 271 2......................................... Trevor Willis..................................... 248 3......................................... Wallace Menzies...............................238 4......................................... Richard Spedding............................. 159 5......................................... Dave Uren.......................................... 148 6......................................... Will Hall.............................................. 123 7......................................... Sean Gould........................................ 103 8......................................... Eynon Price..........................................89 9......................................... Ed Hollier.............................................88 10....................................... Jason Mourant.....................................70

AVON TYRES/TTC GROUP MSA HILLCLIMB LEADERS CHAMPIONSHIP Position

Driver Name

Total Points

1.......................................... Colin Satchell.................................... 154 2......................................... Dave Uren.......................................... 150 3......................................... Richard Spedding............................. 148 4......................................... Scott Moran....................................... 139 5......................................... Simon Fidoe...................................... 136

PICKUP TRUCK RACING CHAMPIONSHIP Tel: 01353 861168 Email: pickupoffice@aol.com Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................51....................... Freddie Lee..................................... 4173 2...............43...................... Lea Wood....................................... 4080 3...............65...................... Mark Willis......................................4058 4...............93...................... Michael Smith................................. 3830 5...............12....................... Paul Tompkins................................ 3650 6...............8........................ David O’Regan............................... 3538 7...............98...................... Antony Hawkins..............................3376 8...............99...................... Scott Bourne..................................3084 9...............82...................... Paul Jones....................................... 2683 10.............69...................... Lee Rogers....................................... 1993 11...............50...................... Geoff Dixon.....................................1869 12..............44...................... John Shorter.................................... 1722 13..............27...................... Mel Collins........................................ 1571 14..............77...................... Chris Land........................................1545 15..............14...................... Ben Edwards....................................1495 16..............20...................... Charlie Weaver................................1202 17..............95...................... Gavin Murray....................................1153 18..............41....................... Carl Boardley.................................... 1101 19..............88...................... Dave Weaver.................................... 750 20.............63...................... Phil White......................................... 740 21..............74...................... Paul Poulter.......................................472 22.............24...................... Richard Novell................................... 310 23.............37...................... Neil Tressler....................................... 145

QUAIFE MOTORSPORT NEWS SALOONS CHAMPIONSHIP Contact: Howard Smith Tel: 0208 508 1567 Email: william.smith110@ntlworld.com Website: www.barcsoutheast.co.uk Position Class

Driver Name

Total Points

1................A........................ Rod Birley......................................... 399 2...............C........................ Laurie Grant....................................... 371 3...............B........................ Tony Skelton...................................... 341 4...............B........................ Graham Crowhurst........................... 308 5...............E........................ Jamie Vanns......................................292 6...............A........................ Dale Gent.......................................... 290 7...............C........................ Dave Charlton................................... 231 8...............A........................ Malcolm Wise................................... 230 9...............C........................ Mark Cripps.......................................229 10.............A........................ Daniel Cowan..................................... 211 11...............A........................ Andy Banham................................... 207 12..............C........................ James Ross........................................ 187 13..............A........................ Martyn Scott...................................... 177 14..............E........................ Andy Pipe.......................................... 169 15..............C........................ Nick Wall............................................ 142 16..............A........................ Michael Eustace................................ 122 17..............B........................ David Cowan.....................................109 18..............A........................ Alex Sidwell.........................................97 19..............A........................ Adam Mew...........................................93 20.............A........................ Gavin Thomson...................................86 21..............A........................ Marcus Bicknell...................................77 22.............A........................ Mike Chittenden..................................75 23.............D........................ Andy Woodsdean...............................74 24.............A........................ Liam Dalton..........................................71 25.............A........................ Stephen Dann.......................................71 FOR FULL RESULTS LIST VISIT MOTORSPORTDAYS.COM

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Car

Driver Name

Total Points

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Position Class

12..............T3...................... Matt Ellis............................................ 188 13..............T2...................... Terry Searles....................................... 171 14..............T2...................... Daniel Adams.................................... 157 15..............T2...................... Rod Birley.......................................... 156 16..............T1....................... Bob Hosier......................................... 150 17..............T3...................... Robert Farndon................................. 138 18..............T3...................... Ben Forbes........................................ 132 19..............T2...................... Trevor Collar....................................... 117 20.............T3...................... Ryan Brimsted................................... 108 21..............T2...................... James Alford.....................................100 22.............T1....................... Danny Brooker....................................96 23.............T3...................... David Packham...................................92 24.............T2...................... Vic Hope...............................................71 25.............T3...................... Tristam Barden....................................69 26.............T2...................... Kelly Dann............................................68 27.............T3...................... Marcus Bicknell...................................65 28.............T2...................... Adrian Matthews.................................63 29.............T1....................... Len Colley........................................... 60 30.............T1....................... Ashley Hargreaves..............................58

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Total Points

1................T3...................... Mikey Day.......................................... 427 2...............T3...................... Steve Everson................................... 370 3...............T2...................... Chris Whiteman................................329 4...............T2...................... Daniel Fisher.....................................327 5...............T2...................... Chris Bassett.................................... 320 6...............T1....................... Ken Angell......................................... 291 7...............T2...................... Graham Richardson..........................289 8...............TP...................... Cliff Pellin..........................................252 9...............TP...................... Gideon September.......................... 246 10.............T1....................... Peter Osborne................................... 217 11...............T3...................... Chris Bicknell................................... 207

Emerald Award 1st............................. BMW E30............James Hunt...............203.05 Down to Earth Ladies Challenge 1st............................. VW Golf...............Emma Hunt................193.07 2nd........................... Renault Clio........Helen Currie..............186.49 Trophy Insite Graphics Challenge 1st............................. Radical SR4........Clive Wooster.................. 30 2nd........................... Ford Sierra..........William Hunt.....................24 Raymond Good FTD Handicap 1st............................. Subarau Impreza...Chris Berrrisford..............89 2nd........................... BMW E30............James Hunt...................... 80

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Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................4........................ John Mickel.....................................8990 2...............82...................... Connor Mills.................................... 7865 3...............13....................... Jack Parker..................................... 7025 4...............51....................... Paul Simmons.................................6580 5...............66...................... Steve Whitelegg............................ 6535 6...............74...................... Robert King.................................... 6485 7...............5........................ Mike Bourner..................................5450 8...............21....................... Sean Smith......................................5065 9...............29...................... Nathan Anthony.............................5045 10.............43...................... Mick Mercer....................................4045 11...............3........................ Team Car – 3................................... 3805 12..............88...................... Matt Allen.......................................3480 13..............3........................ Mike Schlup.................................... 3055 14..............26...................... Rickie Leggatt................................ 2590 15..............67...................... Team Car – 67................................. 2250 16..............65...................... Jean Michel Poncelet.................... 2010 17..............57...................... Will Gibson......................................1890 18..............24...................... Matthew Pape.................................1465 19..............23...................... Karl Monnery................................... 1235 20.............67...................... Bill Read.......................................... 1060 21..............19....................... Lawrence Davey............................... 950 22.............49...................... Dave Ward........................................ 945 23.............28...................... Team Car – 28....................................925 24.............67...................... Nick Whitelegg.................................775 25.............3........................ John Patterson................................. 570 26.............55...................... Ben Power..........................................555 27.............64...................... Jerome Farinaux..............................400 28.............60..................... Maxime Lieutenant.......................... 320 29.............12....................... Claude Watteyne.............................300

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19..............12....................... Ari Ross..............................................359 20.............96...................... Chris Hack..........................................332 21..............7........................ Aaron Morgan.................................. 308 22.............22...................... Steven Drury..................................... 302 23.............75...................... Thomas Langford..............................292 24.............13....................... Nick Hawes........................................292 25.............93...................... David May......................................... 265 26.............76...................... Simon Welch.....................................253 27.............99...................... Ben Pearson......................................252 28.............23...................... Graeme Kersley.................................252 29.............15....................... James Barratt................................... 240 30.............33...................... Clive Brookson..................................239 31..............4........................ Matt Smith.........................................229 32.............35...................... Gordon Macmillan............................225 33.............72...................... David Ashforth..................................222 34.............9........................ Martin Gadsby................................... 196 35.............50...................... Andrew Partridge............................. 165 36.............70...................... Mark Armstrong................................ 162 37.............55...................... Paul Hinson........................................ 145 38.............10...................... David Whitmore................................ 142 39.............27...................... James Winstanley.............................. 131 40.............5........................ Dan Kirby........................................... 130 FOR FULL RESULTS LIST VISIT MOTORSPORTDAYS.COM

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ALFA ROMEO - MODIFIED CLASS Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1.......................................... Andy Robinson................................... 118 2......................................... Graham Seager................................... 91 3......................................... Roger McMahon..................................56 4......................................... Bryan Shrubb...................................... 49 5......................................... Andy Page...........................................45 6......................................... Chris Snowdon.................................... 37 7......................................... George Osborne................................. 37 8......................................... Barry McMahon....................................21 9......................................... Chris Oxborough.................................18 10....................................... Vincent Dubois......................................0

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BMW COMPACT CUP Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1.......................................... Ron Davidson.................................... 126 2......................................... Ray Foley...........................................104 3......................................... Keith Waite..........................................66 4......................................... John Griffiths.......................................28 5......................................... David Lambourn................................. 14 6......................................... Nick Anderson.......................................0

Total Points

1................18....................... James Gornall.................................. 568 2...............41....................... Joe Wiggin....................................... 564 3...............64...................... Steven Dailly..................................... 550 4...............58...................... Ian Jones............................................538 5...............17....................... Samuel Carrington Yates................ 509 6...............47...................... Owen Hunter.................................... 497 7...............43...................... Declan McDonnell............................ 493 8...............34...................... Jon Watt........................................... 488 9...............59...................... Jim Benson........................................478 10.............11....................... Simon Walker-Hansell......................474 11...............81....................... Neil Roche........................................ 468 12..............28...................... Giles Dawson.................................... 424 13..............57...................... Mark Skeats ..................................... 422 14..............8........................ Craig Jamieson................................. 419 15..............24...................... Richard Miles..................................... 413 16..............6........................ Jack Drury......................................... 390 17..............88...................... James Nutbrown.............................. 386 18..............25...................... Darren Ball........................................ 386

Total Points

1.......................................... Tom Hill..............................................279 2......................................... Simon Cresswell................................ 189 3......................................... Dave Messenger................................ 180 4......................................... Andy Inman....................................... 132 5......................................... Andy Hancock...................................100 6......................................... James Browning.................................93 7......................................... Mike Tydeman.................................... 90 8......................................... Stacey Dennis......................................76 9......................................... Joshua Lambert..................................76 10....................................... Andrew Bourke...................................74 11......................................... James Ford...........................................71 12........................................ Paul Plant.............................................66 13........................................ Jeremy Chilton................................... 64 14........................................ Paul Webster...................................... 40 15........................................ Richard Stevens..................................38 16........................................ Tom Herbert........................................35 17........................................ Stephen Potts......................................32 18........................................ Andrew Fulcher.................................. 30 19........................................ Jon Billingsley.....................................27 20....................................... Richard Ford ........................................18 21........................................ Gethin Llewellyn................................. 14 22....................................... Nick Anderson.......................................6 23....................................... Roger Evans..........................................4 24....................................... Mark Hope............................................. 2 25....................................... Paul Hollywood.....................................0

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2016 AVON TYRES CATERHAM ROADSPORT CHAMPIONSHIP Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................55...................... Russ Olivant.......................................277 2...............88...................... Daniel Quintero................................ 254 3...............44...................... Guy Hawkins..................................... 243 4...............74...................... Rob Watts......................................... 242 5...............21....................... Rui Ferreira....................................... 234 6...............71....................... Alan Cooper..................................... 220 7...............29...................... William Lloyd.................................... 213 8...............10...................... David Bevan..................................... 209 9...............8........................ Simon Sharrock................................. 178 10.............82...................... Lee Collins......................................... 177 11...............5........................ Chris Aubrey...................................... 165 12..............9........................ Dan Martin......................................... 158 =...............73...................... Douglas Thain................................... 158 14..............80...................... Alex Jordan........................................ 131 15..............50...................... Greg Hyatt..........................................114 16..............35...................... Peter Reynolds....................................111 17..............53...................... Matthew Welch.................................104 18..............3........................ Sarah Porter........................................ 94 19..............11....................... Andy Perry........................................... 91 20.............70...................... Andrew Burd.......................................82 21..............77...................... Andy Larholt.......................................59 22.............65...................... Simon Throw.......................................54 23.............69...................... Jonathan Curry...................................42 24.............22...................... Kieran McAleer....................................38 25.............23...................... Paul Porter........................................... 37 26.............16....................... Sam McPartland..................................35 27.............6........................ Nick Vince............................................27 28.............84...................... Walter Dalkeith...................................25 29.............2........................ Thomas Munk.......................................21 30.............4........................ Paul Tovey.............................................12 31..............62...................... Adrian Poulton......................................0

2016 AVON TYRES CATERHAM TRACKSPORT CHAMPIONSHIP Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................4........................ Anthony Barnes................................ 291 2...............18....................... Daniel Bremner............................... 243 3...............97...................... Steve McCulley..................................239 4...............33...................... Barry Moore.......................................225 5...............54...................... Andy Ebdon....................................... 221 6...............5........................ Peter Rimer....................................... 202 7...............66...................... Damian Milkins.................................. 199 8...............56...................... Paul Wells.......................................... 184 9...............77...................... Paul Aram.......................................... 156 10.............6........................ Richard Lambert............................... 153 11...............63...................... Martin Emkes...................................... 151 12..............2........................ Matthew Reeve.................................. 147 13..............87...................... Joe Draper......................................... 145 14..............19....................... Don Henshall...................................... 121 15..............15....................... Alistair Calvert................................... 119 16..............68...................... Simon Baker........................................97 17..............45...................... Paul Mortimer...................................... 91 18..............70...................... Kevin Cooper.......................................72 =...............88...................... Will Emkes...........................................72 20.............62...................... David Badger......................................67 21..............83...................... Charlie Emkes.....................................58 22.............11....................... Matthew Lambert.............................. 50 23.............17....................... Graham Williams...................................9

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2016 ITC CATERHAM SUPERSPORT CHAMPIONSHIP Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................27...................... William Smith.................................... 291 2...............90..................... Jack Brown........................................272 3...............33...................... Henry Heaton....................................272 4...............2........................ Christian Szaruta.............................. 251 5...............99...................... Max McDonagh..................................228 6...............62...................... Ben Tuck............................................ 218 7...............93...................... Andres Sinclair.................................. 218 8...............78...................... Chris Hutchinson............................... 217 9...............22...................... Mike Evans........................................ 205 10.............20...................... Dan Gore............................................ 172 11...............44...................... Timothy Dickens................................ 151 12..............65...................... Tony Mingoia...................................... 151 13..............14...................... Richard Osgerby............................... 136 14..............42...................... Alistair Weaver.................................. 134 15..............15....................... David Yates........................................ 129 16..............21....................... Christina Maple.................................. 119 17..............6........................ Nick Powell.........................................101 18..............66...................... Rob Clay...............................................99 19..............4........................ Richard Noordhof...............................92 20.............19....................... Douglas Christie.................................88 21..............88...................... Nick Portlock.......................................85 22.............10...................... Max Robinson.......................................81 23.............5........................ Lucy Redding......................................78 24.............58...................... Richard Ainscough.............................76 25.............18....................... Phil Jenkins..........................................74 26.............52...................... Martin Pratt..........................................65 27.............57...................... Alan Gower.......................................... 57 28.............80...................... Rob Brown...........................................56 29.............11....................... Michael Sauer......................................52 FOR FULL RESULTS LIST VISIT MOTORSPORTDAYS.COM

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Total Points

1................19....................... Aaron Head....................................... 303 2...............32...................... Lee Wiggins.......................................278 3...............35...................... Jack Sales......................................... 256 4...............8........................ Stephen Nuttall................................ 243 5...............85...................... Clive Richards...................................233 6...............78...................... Danny Winstanley............................200 7...............69...................... Stephen Collins................................. 178 8...............77...................... Christopher Wright.......................... 168 9...............9........................ Matt Dyer........................................... 159 10.............16....................... Philip Gladman.................................. 156 11...............44...................... John Whitehouse.............................. 153 12..............4........................ Jeremy Ellis....................................... 150 13..............23...................... Justin Armstrong..............................144 14..............50...................... David Briault...................................... 125 15..............46...................... Jon Mortimer..................................... 124 16..............25...................... Danny Killeen......................................96 17..............6........................ Ian Sparshott...................................... 94 18..............82...................... Stewart Calder....................................83 19..............14...................... Luke Browes....................................... 80 20.............22...................... Paul Browes.........................................77 21..............99...................... Simon Ledger......................................74 22.............42...................... Rod Arnold..........................................70 23.............66...................... Paul Thacker........................................55 24.............2........................ John Reid.............................................53 25.............81....................... Albert Vella...........................................51 26.............3........................ Keith Ashworth.................................. 50 =...............55...................... Steve ruston........................................ 50 28.............10...................... Simon Cassidy.....................................43 29.............5........................ James Ashworth.................................28 30.............64...................... Tom Eden............................................. 19

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Total Points

1................83...................... Steven Tozer...................................... 150 2...............57...................... Peter Spencer.................................... 148 3...............81....................... Tom John........................................... 148 4...............88...................... Pete Walters...................................... 130 5...............21....................... Marcus Rawlinson............................. 120 6...............47...................... Ian Johnson........................................ 112 7...............4........................ Nick Grahame..................................... 112 8...............17....................... Carl Varney........................................ 107 9...............42...................... Ian Fortescue ...................................106 10.............22...................... Matt Gray........................................... 105 11...............79...................... Arnaud Graebert............................... 103 12..............8........................ Geoff Price...........................................86

13..............2........................ Paul Walker..........................................84 14..............55...................... Ben Wilson.......................................... 64 =...............71....................... John Shiveral...................................... 64 16..............84...................... Dale Cooper........................................62 17..............45...................... Barry O’Brien....................................... 61 18..............23...................... Alan Thickett.......................................58 =...............26...................... Gareth Richards..................................58 20.............49...................... Michael Beale......................................55 21..............12....................... Andrew Hughes...................................47 =...............77...................... Shuaib Rao...........................................47 23.............27...................... Russell Trenter....................................35 24.............5........................ Clive Rankin.........................................33 24.............62...................... Kevin Taylor.........................................24 25.............66...................... Keith Deighton....................................23 26.............7........................ The City Magazine...............................15

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Total Points

1................30...................... Ben Gillias.......................................... 156 2...............25...................... Jay McCormack................................. 154 3...............74...................... James Beardwell............................... 143 4...............16....................... Philip Bianchi.................................... 123 5...............69...................... Eric Tiv................................................ 118 6...............14...................... Anthony Taylor................................... 118 7...............46...................... Stephen Jeavons...............................109 8...............20...................... Spencer Wright................................. 102 9...............9........................ Caroline Everett..................................99 10.............11....................... Mark Roberts...................................... 94 11...............13....................... Michael O’Reilly..................................84 12..............73...................... Paul Brady............................................82 13..............28...................... Richard Toomey..................................75 14..............29...................... Tim Child.............................................. 73 15..............10...................... Paul Vernon.........................................70 16..............44...................... David Ridley........................................68 17..............15....................... John Timperley ..................................58 =...............18....................... Dave Bullock........................................58 19..............41....................... Alex Heslip...........................................52 20.............99...................... John Styring....................................... 49 21..............19....................... Neil O’Brien ....................................... 46 22.............58...................... James Potts.........................................38 23.............6........................ Aman Uppal......................................... 37 24.............70...................... Mark Asquith.......................................35 25.............68...................... Chris Welch.........................................33 26.............3........................ James Elvery...................................... 20 27.............33...................... Surhid Chatterjee.............................. 16

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Total Points

1................80...................... Matthew Smith (C )..........................238 2...............55...................... Jason Clegg (A)................................ 174 3...............50...................... Michael Blake (C )............................. 169 4...............3........................ Hugh Marshall (A).............................144 5...............20...................... Dean Cook (A+)................................ 122 6...............56...................... Matthew Holben (A).......................... 113 7...............11....................... Ivor Watson (A)................................. 94 8...............54...................... Christopher Ridge (A+)..................... 91 9...............28...................... Rob Kerkhoven (C )............................89 10.............25...................... Bill Thompson (A)..............................78 11...............28...................... John Truslove......................................74 12..............89...................... Andy Race (C).....................................59 13..............22...................... Tim Davis (A)..................................... 44 14..............58...................... Darren Smith (A)................................43 15..............23...................... Jamie Golby.........................................38 16..............88...................... Keith Vaughan-Williams....................36 17..............22...................... Tim Davis (A+)....................................29 18..............52...................... Jeffrey Ames.......................................26 19..............2........................ David Mason....................................... 20 20.............41....................... Graham Walden.................................. 10 20.............27...................... Mike Luck (B)...................................... 10

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FIESTA CHAMPIONSHIP - CLASS A Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1.......................................... Peter Dendy-Sadler..........................378 2......................................... John Bateman.................................. 324 3......................................... Tim Bennett...................................... 254 4......................................... James Styles...........................................1 5......................................... Adam Lynch...........................................0 6......................................... Theo Bridgeman-Williams...................0

FIESTA CHAMPIONSHIP - CLASS B Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1.......................................... Luke Bannister..................................339 2......................................... Kieran White...................................... 251 3......................................... Derek Robinson................................ 122 4......................................... Chris Horne..........................................97

FIESTA CHAMPIONSHIP - CLASS C Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1.......................................... Samuel Priest................................... 390 2......................................... Simon Horrobin.................................375 3......................................... Alfonso Skriczka...............................347 4......................................... Nathan Edwards............................... 346 5......................................... Myles Baker....................................... 319 6......................................... Aaron Thompson............................. 309 7......................................... Ryan Faulconbridge........................ 309 8......................................... Jamie Going..................................... 290 9......................................... Tim Glover.........................................273 10....................................... David Pugh........................................232 11......................................... Nick Sanderson................................. 197 12........................................ JJ Ross............................................... 184 13........................................ Kevin Stirling..................................... 178 14........................................ Lee Dendy-Sadler............................. 124 15........................................ Jason Powell....................................... 121 16........................................ Nicholas Pope.................................... 121 17........................................ Samuel Oram-Jones.......................... 113 18........................................ Nicholas Bowers...............................104 19........................................ Joshua Watkins...................................86 20....................................... Jay Daniels........................................... 73 21........................................ Scott Robertson..................................65 22....................................... Mark Faulconbridge.......................... 46 23....................................... Ryan Beck........................................... 40 24....................................... Mark Godfrey...................................... 40 25....................................... Richard Dawson..................................38 26....................................... Saghir Hussain.....................................36 27....................................... Dana Freeman.................................... 30 28....................................... Richard Kemp.......................................18 29....................................... Dan Turner.............................................0 30....................................... Kevin Gooding......................................0

FIESTA CHAMPIONSHIP - CLASS D Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1.......................................... Alastair Kellett................................. 433 2......................................... Stuart Robbins................................. 380 3......................................... Jamie White......................................379 4......................................... Jessica King...................................... 369 5......................................... Jack Youhill....................................... 346 6......................................... John Cooper..................................... 305 7......................................... Dana Freeman...................................282 8......................................... Steve Ryan......................................... 164 9......................................... Simon Furlonger............................... 156 10....................................... Penelope Jones................................. 138 11......................................... Al Daly..................................................89 12........................................ Michael Pain........................................88

FIESTA JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP Contact: Julieann Bates Tel: 07816 397852 Email: julieann@brscc.co.uk Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1.......................................... Harry Gooding..................................375 2......................................... Bradley Burns....................................359 3......................................... Elliot Wilson..................................... 344 4......................................... Lochlan Bearman............................. 306 5......................................... Lewis Kent.........................................292 6......................................... Angus Dudley....................................289

7......................................... Callum Hawkins-Row...................... 280 8......................................... Jack Davidson...................................263 9......................................... Nicholas Reeve.................................. 251 10....................................... Cameron Pugh...................................238 11......................................... Christopher Mackenzie................... 209 12........................................ Sikandar Hussain.............................. 203 13........................................ Ben Swift........................................... 202 14........................................ Danny Harrison................................. 188 15........................................ James Hillery...................................... 181 16........................................ James Waite...................................... 179 17........................................ Carlito Miracco.................................. 155 18........................................ Ronan Quinn......................................144 19........................................ Josh Steed...........................................39 20....................................... Scott Cansdale.....................................17 21........................................ Warwick Daden.....................................0

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Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................10...................... Rob Sayell..........................................329 2...............42...................... Paul Butcher...................................... 316 3...............46...................... Bradley Hobday................................279 4...............8........................ Dan Clowes........................................276 5...............56...................... Lee Morgan........................................ 217 6...............26...................... Bryony King...................................... 204 7...............14...................... Adam Walker..................................... 148 8...............9........................ Andrew Dunn...................................... 119 8 =............19....................... Kristian Prosser.................................. 119 10.............80...................... Jonathan Hunter................................110 11...............3........................ Michael Watton.................................100 12..............11....................... Zachary Anderton............................. 94 13..............40..................... Jason Dixon........................................ 80 14..............24...................... Stu Abbott...........................................70 15..............77...................... Alok Iyengar........................................42 16..............29...................... Dax Ward.............................................26 17..............31....................... Laura Chapple.....................................24 18..............22...................... Richard Moorcroft..............................22 19=...........88...................... William Bowles....................................18 19 =..........28...................... Ray Forward.........................................18 21..............177..................... Marc Fortune........................................12 22.............16....................... Elliot Ward............................................. 8

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Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1.......................................... JPR - Uvio..........................................374 2......................................... Eco Racing 209................................ 360 3......................................... Track Torque Racing 2 Rent Dominos.

353 4......................................... CCS Media Racing............................327 5......................................... DespatchBay.com............................. 317 6......................................... Team Trooper................................... 309 7......................................... Lane Roofing Evolution 41............. 308 8......................................... Honeywell......................................... 304 9......................................... MCAC Racing.................................... 284 10....................................... Trumans............................................. 264 11......................................... Racelogic.......................................... 260 12........................................ Kinetix Motorsport.......................... 246 13........................................ Sharardize UK................................... 245 14........................................ Global Racing....................................236 15........................................ JPR - For Hire 103............................ 230 16........................................ Addison Racing.................................228 17........................................ Apollo Motorsport 220................... 224 18........................................ Team Lane Roofing 169.................. 224 19........................................ Eco Racing 61................................... 208 20....................................... Viking Self-Storage.......................... 196 21........................................ Xcat..................................................... 194 22....................................... Track Focused................................... 164 23....................................... JPR - For Hire 99.............................. 163 24....................................... DFDC.................................................. 136 25....................................... JPR - For Hire 107............................. 130 26....................................... Team Lane Roofing 62.......................82 27....................................... Apollo Motorsport 200.....................74 28....................................... Team 7 Fun Cup Academy................66 29....................................... Team Brit............................................. 40 30....................................... UK Vehicle Data..................................26 31........................................ Over 50s Motorsport......................... 20 32....................................... Track Focused 2.................................. 14 33....................................... Track Torque..........................................6

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32.............61....................... Lewis Field.........................................734 33.............44...................... Paul Bishop........................................ 618 34.............19....................... Oliver Robinson............................... 594 35.............29...................... Adam Craig........................................574 36.............111...................... Danny Green..................................... 568 37.............132..................... Jack Warry........................................ 544 38.............117..................... Michael Close................................... 430 39.............96...................... Michael Lawson................................ 394 40.............74...................... Clive Chisnall.....................................362 41..............75...................... Bruce Carter......................................352 42.............35...................... Matthew Simmonite........................ 346 43.............81....................... Richard Breland............................... 324 44.............34...................... Matt Tasker....................................... 304 45.............47...................... Darren Stapleton............................. 290

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1................125.................... Tom Roche.......................................1626 2...............6........................ Simon Baldwin................................ 1534 3...............8........................ Michael Fisk..................................... 1524 4...............63...................... Oliver Allwood................................1508 5...............18....................... Clive Powles.................................... 1354 6...............63...................... Paul Tucker.......................................1331 7...............14...................... Jake Bailey....................................... 1248 8...............42...................... Paul Bateman...................................1216 9...............46...................... Simon Goddard................................1184 10.............101..................... Simon Woods...................................1178 11...............5........................ Richard Collins.................................1176 12..............93...................... Jack Brewer......................................1132 13..............107.................... Sam Bailey.......................................1088 14..............62...................... William Stephenson.......................1084 15..............20...................... Paul Maguire......................................953 16..............37...................... James Harris......................................927 17..............56...................... Bryn Griffiths..................................... 918 18..............72...................... Joshua Jackson................................ 906 19..............67...................... Simon Orange...................................892 20.............32...................... Andrew Adams..................................892 21..............23...................... Martin Tolley......................................872 22.............291.................... Martyn Canning................................ 846 23.............88...................... Brian Trott.......................................... 810 24.............30...................... Paul Austin........................................ 803 25.............25...................... Ivan Leary......................................... 780 26.............16....................... Matt Pickford.................................... 780 27.............17....................... Russ Lindsay..................................... 780 28.............41....................... Kevin Brent........................................774 29.............88...................... Stuart Symonds................................ 770 30.............99...................... Patrick Collins...................................746 31..............80...................... Anthony Hutchins............................ 744

MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIP Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................48...................... Simon Baldwin................................. 540 2...............18....................... Clive Powles..................................... 494 3...............68...................... Paul Tucker....................................... 448 4...............42...................... Paul Bateman.................................... 431 5...............101..................... Simon Woods................................... 429 6...............5........................ Richard Collins.................................. 416 7...............46...................... Simon Goddard.................................397 8...............56...................... Bryn Griffiths.....................................335 9...............80...................... Anthony Hutchins............................ 307 10.............17....................... Russ Lindsay..................................... 302 11...............41....................... Kevin Brent....................................... 298 12..............25...................... Ivan Leary..........................................292 13..............23...................... Martin Tolley......................................288 14..............30...................... Paul Austin.........................................278 15..............19....................... Oliver Robinson............................... 269 16..............67...................... Simon Orange.................................. 240 17..............99...................... Patrick Collins................................... 198 18..............96...................... Michael Lawson................................. 189 19..............75...................... Bruce Carter...................................... 168 20.............74...................... Clive Chisnall..................................... 162 21..............81....................... Richard Breland................................ 134 22.............66...................... Nick Riley........................................... 132 23.............39...................... Scott Ferguson....................................89 24.............22...................... Chris Hart.............................................86 25.............10...................... Jonathan Fieldsend............................28 26.............13....................... Laurie Grant...........................................0

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Total Points

1................2........................ James Blake-Baldwin..................... 1570 2...............5........................ Jonathan Greensmith..................... 1525 3...............43...................... Jack Harding...................................1509 4...............11....................... Liam Murphy.................................... 1475 5...............25...................... Tom Roche.......................................1450 6...............91....................... Jamie Goddard............................... 1357 7...............76...................... Richard Wicklen..............................1330 8...............19....................... Carl Garnett..................................... 1254 9...............223.................... Garry Townsend...............................1216 10.............46...................... Simon Goddard................................1152 11...............40..................... Ray Worley...................................... 1108 12..............36...................... David Henderson............................ 1074 13..............20...................... Tom Collins..................................... 1060 14..............21....................... Simon Fleet.....................................1034 15..............77...................... Jeremy Crook................................... 984 16..............41....................... David Willoughby.............................932 17..............52...................... Steve Dolman................................... 894 18..............1......................... Alan Henderson............................... 870 19..............85...................... Ian McDonald................................... 840 20.............152..................... Alex King............................................832 21..............71....................... Geoff Gouriet................................... 790 22.............27...................... Jim Hart............................................. 704 23.............42...................... Gregg Catton.................................... 692 24.............69...................... George Grant.................................... 683 25.............33...................... John Davies...................................... 662 26.............4........................ Will Chappell.................................... 608 27.............176.................... Brain Chandler................................. 520 28.............96...................... Michael Lawson................................. 510 29.............32...................... Alex Preston...................................... 416 30.............811..................... Richard Breland............................... 396 31..............20...................... James Aspinall..................................392 32.............67...................... Simon Orange...................................328 33.............8........................ Andy Coombs................................... 304 34.............29...................... Anthony Nield...................................272 35.............29...................... Paul O’Neill....................................... 268 36.............22...................... Chris Dawkins................................... 264 37.............42...................... Charlie Charman...............................252 38.............811..................... Nathan Bell....................................... 244 39.............93...................... Russell Tamplin................................ 206 40.............18....................... Paul Sheard........................................ 168

7...............10...................... Alistair Miles........................................66 8...............19....................... Alistiar Lindsay...................................62 9...............44...................... Peter Milne........................................... 57 10.............9........................ Tim Hartland.........................................51 11...............42...................... Ian Green..............................................45 12..............35...................... Chris Baguley..................................... 44 13..............27...................... Paul Foreman......................................23 14..............83...................... Darren Abbott.....................................23 15..............75...................... Ian Webb..............................................22 16..............77...................... Simon Farnsworth............................... 10 17..............28...................... James Colbourne..................................6 18..............65...................... Rob Jarvis..............................................6 19..............32...................... Paul Burt................................................ 5 20.............88...................... Nathan Bolton....................................... 5

CLASS 2 - 16V Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................17....................... Matthew Petts.....................................75 2...............25...................... Wes Chatterton...................................65 3...............69...................... Dave Aldridge......................................51 4...............50...................... Paul Cowland....................................... 41 5...............55...................... Matryn Brown...................................... 41

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Total Points

1................40..................... Ray Worley........................................ 491 2...............223.................... Garry Townsend............................... 466 3...............46...................... Simon Goddard................................ 442 4...............21....................... Simon Fleet.......................................392 5...............77...................... Jeremy Crook....................................379 6...............41....................... David Willoughby.............................362 7...............52...................... Steve Dolman................................... 349 8...............85...................... Ian McDonald....................................329 9...............27...................... Jim Hart..............................................277 10.............69...................... George Grant.................................... 265 11...............13....................... Gregg Catton.....................................263 12..............96...................... Michael Lawson................................. 199 13..............71....................... Geoff Gouriet.................................... 194 14..............811..................... Richard Breland................................ 152 15..............67...................... Simon Orange................................... 126 16..............8........................ Andy Coombs.....................................114 17..............93...................... Russell Tamplin...................................79 18..............18....................... Paul Sheard..........................................66 19..............11....................... Nick Dougill.........................................54 20.............189.................... Roy Stephenson..................................39 21..............6........................ Julian Taylor..........................................0 22.............15....................... Andrew Caird........................................0 23.............34...................... Brian Cakebread...................................0

Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................42...................... Linda Warren.....................................387 2...............31....................... John Broadley.................................. 368 3...............36...................... Hugh Peart........................................ 354 4...............24...................... Jamie Callender............................... 304 5...............22...................... Darren House.................................... 256 6...............88...................... Pip Hammond.................................... 201 6...............9........................ Gavin Johnson................................... 196 8...............15....................... Philip Waters..................................... 185 9...............21....................... Nizar El-Chamaa............................... 177 10.............59...................... Adam Croft.........................................114 11...............41....................... Karl Rossin.........................................106 12..............26...................... Bernie Printy...................................... 94 13..............25...................... Stephen Potts...................................... 73 14..............11....................... Ryan Lowry..........................................69 15..............8........................ David Jnes.......................................... 64 16..............72...................... Alastair Kirkham...................................0

PRODUCTION CHAMPIONSHIP Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................28...................... Andy Baker......................................... 80

RACE BOXSTER CHAMPIONSHIP

MK2 PRODUCTION GT MK2 Position Race Number Driver Name

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CLASS 1 - 16V Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................57...................... Chris Webb........................................ 172 2...............22...................... Adam Hance...................................... 146 3...............31....................... Nick Porter.........................................140 4...............45...................... Dave Parris...........................................76 5...............63...................... Dan Gibbs............................................75 6...............61....................... Chris Sanders...................................... 73

Total Points

1................99...................... Rick Styrin........................................ 444 2...............6........................ Richard Avery................................ 352.5 3...............93...................... Garry Lawrence.................................325 4...............5........................ Nick Hull......................................... 269.5 5...............4........................ Kevin Molyneax............................. 253.5 6...............00..................... James Coleman................................ 206 7......................................... Alex Stocker...................................... 186 8......................................... Garry Goodwin.................................. 164 9......................................... Ed Hayes............................................ 159 10....................................... Angus Archer.................................... 152 11......................................... Andy Hack......................................... 105 12........................................ Gerry Talyor........................................ 60 13........................................ Tony Morris...........................................51 14........................................ Jayson Flegg.........................................0 15........................................ Stepher Archer......................................0

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XR CHALLENGE

ADVANTAGE MOTORSPORT FUTURE CLASSICS – GROUP 1 / 1970s

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Circuit

XR2 CLASS Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................5........................ Greg Speight..................................... 187 2...............18....................... Mike Heath......................................... 183 3...............39...................... Ben Atkinson..................................... 148 4...............33...................... Lee Shropshire.................................. 132 5...............70...................... Justin Roberts.................................... 116 6...............66...................... Steve Poole.........................................110 7...............8........................ Ralph Fernihough.............................109 8...............48...................... Tony Mumford..................................... 91 9...............34...................... Nick Richardson................................. 90 10.............29...................... Mark Buxton........................................74 11...............64...................... Steve Clapton......................................72 12..............3........................ Peter Lancaster...................................67 13..............52...................... Alistair May.......................................... 57 14..............77...................... Chris Rowlands................................... 37 15..............15....................... Dave Belshaw.......................................18 16..............25...................... Steve Rowles........................................ 11

XR3i CLASS Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................58...................... Mike Taylor......................................... 148 2...............91....................... Mike Blackburn................................. 128 3...............57...................... Ryan Bowron.......................................111 4...............62...................... Lee Bowron..........................................81 5...............35...................... Ron Loftstadt......................................76 6...............20...................... Paul Brettel......................................... 46 7...............22...................... Danny Leigh........................................ 46

FIESTA Si CLASS Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................99...................... Mark Noble........................................ 123 2...............2........................ Theo Bridgeman-Williams.................69

CLASSIC SPORTS CAR CLUB

Race No.

Driver Name

Snetterton......................................5.................................................... Alec Livesley Silverstone.....................................79.....................Richard Plant/William Plant Brands Hatch.................................5.................................................... Alec Livesley Spa Francorchamps Race 1......15.....................Richard Carter/James Carter Spa Francorchamps Race 2.....10... Andrew Constantinou/Kerry Michael Brands Hatch GP..........................79......................William Plant/Oliver Bryant Thruxton.........................................46.................................................Miles Masarati Donington Park............................27..................................Pantellis Christoforou Cadwell Park.................................71..............................Aston Blake/Tony Blake

ADVANTAGE MOTORSPORT FUTURE CLASSICS – GROUP 2 / 1980s Circuit

Race No.

Driver Name

Snetterton.....................................5..................................................Alec Livesley Snetterton.....................................93................................................Tom Brenton Silverstone....................................179...............................................Mark Chilton Brands Hatch...............................75............................................ Matthew Lewis Spa Francorchamps Race 1.....991........................................... Matthew Wurr Spa Francorchamps Race 2....991........................................... Matthew Wurr Brands Hatch GP.........................77..........................................Perry Waddams Thruxton........................................179...............................................Mark Chilton Donington Park...........................17..........................Brian Lilley/Aaron Tucker Cadwell Park................................45.....................Stephen Scott-Dunwoodie

GOLD ARTS MAGNIFICENT SEVENS GROUP 1 Circuit

Race No.

Driver Name

Snetterton.....................................162.......................................... John Saunders Silverstone....................................73.................................................Mark Horton Brands Hatch...............................5...........................Wil Arif/Stephen Mansell Spa Francorchamps Race 1.....110...............................................John Ogilvie Spa Francorchamps Race 2....110...............................................John Ogilvie Anglesey.......................................27............................................Robert Cooper Thruxton........................................5...........................Wil Arif/Stephen Mansell Donington Park...........................47............. David Rowe/Robert Springate Cadwell Park................................87..............................................Tom Witcomb Oulton Park..................................5...........................Wil Arif/Stephen Mansell

GOLD ARTS MAGNIFICENT SEVENS GROUP 2 Circuit

Race No.

Driver Name

Snetterton.....................................78......................................Danny Winstanley Silverstone....................................21................................................Peter Ratcliff Brands Hatch...............................45.........................................Christian Pittard Spa Francorchamps Race 1.....21................................................Peter Ratcliff Spa Francorchamps Race 2....78......................................Danny Winstanley Anglesey.......................................78......................................Danny Winstanley Thruxton........................................21................................................Peter Ratcliff Donington Park...........................52......................................................Gary Bate Cadwell Park................................23......................................Nicholas Grindrod Oulton Park..................................4.........................................Jonathan Mitchell

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MODERN CLASSICS MINTEX CLASSIC K Circuit Circuit

Race No.

Driver Name

Snetterton................................126................................ David Holroyd Silverstone...............................1....Mark Halstead/Stuart McPherson Brands Hatch...........................14.......................................John Spiers Spa Francorchamps Race 1...14.......................................John Spiers Spa Francorchamps Race 2...14.......................................John Spiers Thruxton...................................14.......................................John Spiers Donington Park.......................86............ Jeremy Cooke/Mike Dowd

Race No.

Driver Name

Snetterton.....................................22............................................ Nicholas Olson Silverstone....................................170............................................ Edward Leigh Brands Hatch...............................13................................................. Laurie Grant Spa Francorchamps Race 1.....22............................................ Nicholas Olson Spa Francorchamps Race 2....12..........Barry O’Neill/Andrew Szymanski Anglesey.......................................7.......................................... David Marcussen Thruxton........................................110.....................................................Ray West Donington Park...........................138.................................................Karl Cattliff Cadwell Park................................76........................ James Broad/Alan Broad Oulton Park..................................12..........Barry O’Neill/Andrew Szymanski

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NEW MILLENNIUM Circuit

Race No.

Driver Name

Snetterton.....................................13...........................................Tom Houlbrook Silverstone....................................39................................................Daniel Wylie Brands Hatch...............................36........Mark Smith/Arran Moulton-Smith Spa Francorchamps Race 1.....139...............................................Daniel Wylie Spa Francorchamps Race 2....86......Kevin Bird/Charles Hyde-Andrews-Bird Anglesey.......................................36........Mark Smith/Arran Moulton-Smith Thruxton........................................116.....................................................Piers Reid Donington Park...........................5...............................Clive Bailye/Paul Black Cadwell Park................................11....................................................Will Sharpe Oulton Park..................................19..........Roger Lavender/Jonathan Tandy

METEOR SUSPENSION OPEN SERIES GROUP 1 Circuit

Race No.

Driver Name

Snetterton.....................................27................................ Pantelis Christoforou Silverstone....................................21.................................................Joe Jackson Brands Hatch...............................27................................ Pantelis Christoforou Spa Francorchamps Race 1.....2..........................................Malcolm Harding Spa Francorchamps Race 2....2..........................................Malcolm Harding Anglesey Race 1..........................62........................................... John Saunders Anglesey Race 2.........................7.......................................... David Marcussen Thruxton........................................8..................................................Tommy Field Donington Park...........................16......................................................Piers Reid Cadwell Park Race 1...................29................................................Lucky Khera Cadwell Park Race 2..................191..................................... Lawrence Bradley Oulton Park..................................76................................................James Broad

METEOR SUSPENSION OPEN SERIES GROUP 2 Circuit

Race No.

Driver Name

ADAMS & PAGE SWINGING SIXTIES GROUP 2 Circuit

Race No.

Driver Name

Snetterton.....................................97....................................... Raymond Barrow Silverstone....................................34........ Mark Halstead/Stuart McPherson Brands Hatch...............................80.............Richard Wheeler/Paul Mensley Spa Francorchamps Race 1.....197..................................... Raymond Barrow Spa Francorchamps Race 2....197..................................... Raymond Barrow Anglesey.......................................26...........................................Mark Campbell Thruxton........................................80............ Richard Wheeler/Ross Curnow Donington Park...........................19................... Richard Plant/William Plant Cadwell Park................................147..............................................Keiron Baillie Oulton Park..................................126........................................... David Holroyd

TIN TOPS Circuit

Race No.

Driver Name

Snetterton.....................................6.....................................................Russell Hird Silverstone....................................85.........................Nigel Ainge/Mike Jordan Brands Hatch...............................72.............................................Carl Chambers Spa Francorchamps Race 1.....72.............................................Carl Chambers Spa Francorchamps Race 2....80...............................................Tom Mensley Anglesey.......................................33....Chris Boardman/Arran Moulton-Smith Thruxton........................................85........................ Nigel Aige/Danny Cassar Donington Park...........................6.....................................................Russell Hird Cadwell Park................................80...............................................Tom Mensley Oulton Park..................................80...............................................Tom Mensley

Snetterton.....................................4.........................................Jonathan Mitchell Silverstone....................................52......................................................Gary Bate Brands Hatch...............................2..................................................Peter Ratcliff Anglesey Race 1..........................52......................................................Gary Bate Anglesey Race 2.........................52......................................................Gary Bate Thruxton........................................45.........................................Christian Pittard Donington Park...........................52......................................................Gary Bate Cadwell Park ...............................53.................Ashley Boyles/Steven Boyles Oulton Park..................................52......................................................Gary Bate

SPECIAL SALOONS AND MODSPORTS Circuit

Race No.

Driver Name

Silverstone Race 1.......................71.................................................Steven Moss Silverstone Race 2......................71.................................................Steven Moss Brands Hatch Race 1..................21...........................................Chris Southcott Brands Hatch Race 2.................21...........................................Chris Southcott Thruxton Race 1..........................17............................................................Ian Hall Thruxton Race 2..........................77....................................................Paul Sibley Thruxton Race 3..........................17............................................................Ian Hall Donington Park Race 1..............31............................................. Thomas Carey Donington Park Race 2.............21...........................................Chris Southcott Oulton Park Race 1.....................21...........................................Chris Southcott Oulton Park Race 2....................77....................................................Paul Sibley

ADAMS & PAGE SWINGING SIXTIES GROUP 1 Circuit

Race No.

Driver Name

Snetterton.....................................186..............................................David Franks Silverstone....................................32.............. David Carvell/Richard Belcher Brands Hatch...............................500...................Richard Wager/Nick Swift Spa Francorchamps Race 1.....10...................................................Dave Bailey Spa Francorchamps Race 2....37.................................................... Ian Everett Anglesey.......................................10...................................................Dave Bailey Thruxton........................................8.................... Nigel Tonge/Vaughn Winter Donington Park...........................8.................... Nigel Tonge/Vaughn Winter Cadwell Park................................1........................................................Tim Cairns Oulton Park..................................21.......................................... Andy Southcott

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MAXIMUM GROUP VAG TROPHY Position Race Number Driver Name

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Total Points

1................26...................... Matheus Leist................................... 493 2...............11....................... Ricky Collard.................................... 466 3...............8........................ Toby Sowery......................................457 4...............49...................... Thomas Randle................................ 424 5...............65...................... Enaam Ahmed.................................. 349 6...............14...................... Tarun Reddy..................................... 284 7...............23...................... Thomas Maxwell.............................. 265 8...............31....................... Lando Norris......................................247 9...............27...................... Aleksanteri Huovinen...................... 245 10.............3........................ Ben Hingeley.....................................232 11...............85...................... Enzo Bortoleto................................. 220 12..............7........................ Al Faisal Al Zubair............................ 196 13..............44...................... Eugene Denyssen............................. 194 14..............37...................... Sisa Ngebulana................................. 176 15..............2........................ Quinlan Lall........................................ 149 16..............21....................... Jan Jonck........................................... 142 17..............45...................... Harrison Scott................................... 130 18..............22...................... Akhil Rabindra.................................. 124 19..............98...................... Colton Herta......................................109 20.............6........................ Krishnaraaj Mahadik.........................104 21..............5........................ Jeremy Wahome.................................98 22.............51....................... Ameya Vaidyanathan.........................95 23.............99...................... Nikita Mazepin.....................................51 24.............4........................ Omar Ismail.........................................47 25.............54...................... Will Palmer..........................................39 26.............15....................... James Pull............................................33 27.............10...................... Raoul Hyman........................................15 28.............12....................... Paul Sieljes........................................... 10

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MILLTEK SPORT VOLKSWAGEN RACING CUP Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................3........................ Phil House.........................................604 2...............14...................... Tom Witts......................................... 580 3...............7........................ Kenan Dole....................................... 480 4...............36...................... Kieran Gordon.................................. 432 5...............19....................... Bobby Thompson............................ 430 6...............24...................... Simon Rudd...................................... 426 7...............34...................... Toby Davis.........................................352 8...............17....................... Paul Ivens.......................................... 308 9...............99...................... Jack Walker-Tulley.......................... 244 10....................................... Benjamin Wallace.............................232 11...............77...................... Mark Smith......................................... 218 12..............31....................... Jamie Bond........................................ 214 13..............50...................... Darelle Wilson................................... 180 14..............5........................ Carmeron Thompson....................... 156 15..............27...................... Tim Docker........................................ 152 16..............107.................... Paul Dehadray...................................106 17..............20...................... Damani Marcano...............................106

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JCW CLASS Position Race Number Driver Name

GT CUP Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................2........................ Paul Taylor.........................................140 2...............285.................... Darron Lewis...................................... 131 3...............15....................... Toby Bearne....................................... 116 4...............7........................ Kenan Dole......................................... 94 5...............50...................... Darelle Wilson.................................... 90 6...............92...................... Tom Walker..........................................82 7...............17....................... Paul Ivens.............................................65 8...............44...................... Tommy Knight.....................................59 9...............14...................... Tom Witts............................................ 57 10.............65...................... Jason Tingle........................................56 11...............13....................... John Stevens.......................................53 12..............31....................... Matthew Wilson................................. 49 13..............10...................... Martyn Culley..................................... 46 14..............4........................ Dennis Strandbery..............................35

Total Points

1................10...................... Jordan Witt....................................... 681 2...............3........................ Tom & James Webb..........................675 3...............50...................... Daniel O’Brien...................................601 4...............31....................... Esmee Hawkey/Dean Hawkey........577 5...............55...................... Andrew Baker....................................555 6...............54...................... Brent Millage.....................................538 7...............9........................ Dean Gibbs/Duncan Horlor............. 491 8...............7........................ Kevin Riley/Gareth Downing...........478 9...............12....................... Nigel Hudson/Adaw Wilcox........... 464 10.............13....................... John Dhillon/Aaron Scott............... 445 11...............28...................... Paul Bailey/Andy Schulz................. 430 12..............22...................... Nigel Armstrong/Jamie Dawson....327 13..............88...................... Chris Brown/Mika Brown................ 324 14..............36...................... Mark Smith......................................... 314 15..............58...................... Stuart & Lewis Proctor.................... 302 16..............32...................... Ian Anderson/Amanda Black..........282 17..............33...................... Mike Sellar/Guy Riall........................275 18..............44...................... Neil Huggins..................................... 269 19..............74...................... Ross McEwen/Colin Paton...............255 20.............35...................... Jonathan Evans/Tom Bradshaw.....239 21..............18....................... Darren Nelson/Adam Carroll.......... 203 22.............5........................ Richard Chamberlain....................... 199 23.............48...................... Sam Webster/Jamie Stanley........... 178 24.............66...................... Harry Whale/Alistair Mackinnon......93 25.............17....................... Rick Nevinson/Brad Nevinson..........56 26.............23...................... Phil Burgan..........................................25

Total Points

1................16....................... David Grady.......................................623 2...............27...................... Nathan Harrison................................ 614 3...............1......................... Charlie Butler-Henderson...............604 4...............79...................... Jono Brown....................................... 561 5...............39...................... Brett Smith........................................558 6...............10...................... Chris Smith........................................ 501 7...............37...................... Rob Smith......................................... 492 8...............19....................... Lawrence Davey............................... 450 9...............42...................... Henry Neal........................................ 447 10.............18....................... Mark Wakefield.................................374 11...............46...................... Sam Osborne..................................... 351 12..............61....................... James Turkington............................ 349 13..............77...................... Neil Newstead................................... 331 14..............666................... Luke Caudle....................................... 331 15..............45...................... Calum King........................................275 16..............26...................... Luke Reade....................................... 265 17..............58...................... Chris Boon.........................................229 18..............80...................... Nick Boon..........................................226 19..............55...................... Jeff Smith........................................... 218 20.............56...................... Adam Cunnington............................ 203 21..............99...................... Kevin O’Connor................................. 196 22.............76...................... Jo Polley............................................ 186 23.............7........................ Steve King.......................................... 153 25.............13....................... Bence Balogh..................................... 116 26.............35...................... Chris Oakman.....................................101 27.............35...................... James Loukes......................................99 28.............35...................... Chris Fryer...........................................75 29.............69...................... Mark Steward......................................38 30.............89...................... Arthur Forster.................................... 30 31..............777.................... Shane Stoney.......................................29 32.............52...................... Dan Prosser...........................................9

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COOPER S CLASS Position Race Number Driver Name

CIRCUIT RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP CLASS D1 AWARDS Total Points

1................66...................... Scott Jeffs..........................................675 2...............94...................... Scot Adam........................................ 645 3...............38...................... Tim Porter..........................................633 4...............90..................... Steve Cocker.................................... 442 5...............24...................... Rob Austin........................................ 369 6...............176.................... Carlito Miracco..................................378 7...............118..................... Toby Hotston.......................................111

Total Points

1................81....................... Keith Issatt........................................ 482 2...............121..................... Jonathan Davis..................................457 3...............34...................... Richard Mills..................................... 422 4...............5........................ Chloe Hewitt........................................ 37 5...............23...................... Simon Clark...................................... 307 6...............33...................... Stu Lane............................................ 202 7...............44...................... Aaron Reeve......................................140 8...............114..................... Sam Hathaway.................................... 60 9...............28...................... Martyn Hathaway................................54 10.............555.................... Andrew Bailey.......................................0

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Total Points

1.......................................... David Mairs........................................140 2......................................... Paul Sheard........................................ 126 3......................................... Ben Wilkinson.....................................43

CIRCUIT RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP CLASS C AWARDS Driver Name

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ROUND 1 – SNETTERTON 200 Total Points

1................47...................... Alan Hogg......................................... N/A 2...............5........................ Jack Manchester.............................. N/A 3...............1......................... Mike Roberts.................................... N/A 1................5........................ Jack Manchester.............................. N/A 2...............69...................... Kevin Williams.................................. N/A 3...............24...................... Antony Bennett................................ N/A

ROUND 2 – CADWELL PARK Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

ROUND 2 – CADWELL PARK

CIRCUIT RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP CLASS B AWARDS

Position

MSVR ALLCOMERS SERIES

Total Points

1.......................................... Joe Cunningham............................... 123 2......................................... Justin Lawson..................................... 119 3......................................... Kay Thompson....................................98

Driver Name

Total Points

1................73...................... Mark Jessop...................................... N/A 2...............18....................... Luke Armiger.................................... N/A 3...............24...................... Antony Bennett................................ N/A

CIRCUIT RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP CLASS A AWARDS

Position

Driver Name

1.......................................... Nigel Mummery................................. 148 2......................................... David Tinn..........................................100 3......................................... Peter Smith......................................... 40

1................73...................... Mark Jessop...................................... N/A 2...............18....................... Luke Armiger.................................... N/A 3...............24...................... Antony Bennett................................ N/A

Contact: Darren Spann Tel: 01204 279924 Email: cc@msnrallychamp.co.uk

Driver Name

Position

Position Race Number Driver Name

OPEN 180 CLASS

Position

Total Points

Total Points

1................11....................... Max Bladon........................................ 812 2...............17....................... Josh Gollin........................................ 570 3...............6........................ Sam Weller........................................537 4...............117..................... Brad Hutchison................................. 488 5...............4........................ Michael Bamber............................... 467 6...............22...................... William Neal......................................473 7...............91....................... Owen Walton.................................... 394 8...............96...................... Adrian Norman..................................367 9...............47...................... James Goodall..................................392 10.............9........................ Simon Walton................................... 270 11...............49...................... Martin Poole..................................... 349 12..............21....................... Adam Davey......................................262 13..............36...................... Marco Haig........................................ 294 14..............29...................... Morgan Jones.................................... 196 15..............25...................... Nathaniel Gollin................................228 16..............20...................... Kyle Reid............................................ 127 17..............107.................... Piers Prior.......................................... 108 18..............107.................... Iain Webber.........................................55 19..............14...................... Tony Lynch............................................21 20.............3........................ Ricky Page.............................................0

Position Race Number Driver Name

Driver Name

1.......................................... Mike Taylor......................................... 126 2......................................... Mike Bayliss....................................... 124 3......................................... Cathy Sewart.......................................96

CIRCUIT RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP CLASS D2 AWARDS

COOPER CLASS Position Race Number Driver Name

Position

Position Race Number Driver Name

1................73...................... Mark Jessop...................................... N/A 2...............18....................... Luke Armiger.................................... N/A 3...............24...................... Antony Bennett................................ N/A

ROUND 3 – BRANDS HATCH INDY Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1.......................................... Stuart Gilks........................................ 132 2......................................... Clive Hilton........................................ 108 3......................................... Stuart Cogger..................................... 80

Total Points

1................73...................... Mark Jessop...................................... N/A 2...............18....................... Luke Armiger.................................... N/A 3...............24...................... Antony Bennett................................ N/A

Total Points

1................80...................... Chris Enderby................................... N/A 2...............52...................... Gary Bate.......................................... N/A 3...............42...................... Ian Francis........................................ N/A 1................80...................... Chris Enderby................................... N/A 2...............169.................... Ross Craig......................................... N/A 3...............24...................... Antony Bennett................................ N/A

PRO-AM MSD 105 The Trackday Championship (TDC) is designed to help racers progress from series racing into scoring Championship competition. Although TDC acts as a graduate Championship for Trackday Trophy competitors, all racers are welcome to take part!

Following in the tried-andtested Trackday Trophy format, TDC maintains the slightly longer, 45-minute race length, plus the ability for participants to share the race, therefore keeping the fun and friendly experience of racing.

This may be a Championship, but TDC prides itself on its friendly, relaxed paddock atmosphere which welcomes all level of experience.

The Class structure allows graduates to retain their Trackday Trophy vehicles, with Class B (175bhp/tonne), Class C (150bhp/tonne) and Class D (125bhp/tonne) accompanying the TDC higher classes; Class S (225bhp/tonne) and Class A (200bhp/tonne). This additional depth of class allows for progression, either in the form of vehicle modification or “upgrading” of the racecar.

The regulations are reasonably relaxed, so vehicles already converted from road to track day use will be

GRADUATE CHAMPIONSHIP The Trackday Championship is the perfectly priced package for racers looking to take the next step on the motorsport ladder. eligible. Rules are based on a standard silhouette rule (although after-market wings, splitters and diffusers are allowed), but excludes grip-enhancing arch/tract modifications and penalises for sequential gearboxes.

Although there can only be one Champion, the rewards for winning your class are impressive. All 2016 class

winners received Team and Drivers’ trophies, raceware and trackday vouchers, plus an end-of-season test in the MINI Challenge top flight JCW and Cooper S cars, all part of a prize pack totalling more than £1,200 per person!

Championship hopefuls are not penalised for this brilliant combination of great circuits and prizes. Motor Sport Vision Trackdays (MSVT) is dedicated to keeping the cost of racing as “affordable” as possible, with registration costing £150 for the team, and race entries approximately £400 per round. To find out more visit the Championship website: www.trackdaychampionship.com, email trackdaychampionship@msv.com, or call 0843 453 3000.

106 PRO-AM MSD

ROUND 4 – DONINGTON PARK GP Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................16....................... Barry Liversidge.............................. N/A 2...............91....................... David Frankland............................... N/A 3...............18....................... Luke Armiger.................................... N/A 1................16....................... Barry Liversidge.............................. N/A 2...............91....................... David Frankland............................... N/A 3...............18....................... Luke Armiger.................................... N/A

RADICAL SPORTSCARS Contact: Will Brown Tel: 01733 331616 Email: willb@radicalsportscars.com

SR1 CUP Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

TRACKDAY CHAMPIONSHIP

1................2........................ James Taylor.....................................289 2...............22...................... Oliver Barker.....................................272 3...............7........................ Kye Wheatley.................................... 210 4...............48...................... Andy Chittenden............................... 185 5...............8........................ Richard Baxter..................................160 6...............12....................... Rob Ellice........................................... 139 7...............6........................ Spencer Bourne................................ 133 8...............42...................... Paul Pearce........................................ 122 9...............5........................ Peter Devlin.......................................104 10.............15....................... Tony Barwell........................................86 11...............11....................... Jack Barber........................................ 80 12..............23...................... Sam Moores.........................................74 13..............24...................... Peter Brookes.......................................51 14..............15....................... James Barwell.....................................45 15..............4........................ Marko Niksic....................................... 44 16..............13....................... Ian McDonald......................................34 17..............3........................ James Holder......................................22 18..............1......................... Rachel Brookes................................... 19 19..............30...................... Christian Olsen.....................................18 20.............91....................... Gordon Mellis........................................0 1................7........................ Kye Wheatley.................................... 261 2...............48...................... Andy Chittenden...............................253 3...............6........................ Spencer Bourne................................ 194 4...............42...................... Paul Pearce........................................ 193 5...............12....................... Rob Ellice............................................ 181 6...............5........................ Peter Devlin....................................... 172 7...............15....................... Tony Barwell...................................... 108 8...............24...................... Peter Brookes..................................... 60 9...............13....................... Ian McDonald......................................52 10.............3........................ James Holder..................................... 40 11...............91....................... Gordon Mellis........................................0

Contact: Stuart Garland Tel: 0843 453 3000 Email: trackdaychampionship@msv.com

CHALLENGE CHAMPIONSHIP - CLASS S

ROUND 5 – SNETTERTON 300 Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................80...................... David Enderby................................. N/A 2...............57...................... Darren Dowling................................ N/A 3...............18....................... Luke Armiger.................................... N/A 1................46...................... Phillip Seaman................................. N/A 2...............11....................... Paul Whight...................................... N/A 3...............40..................... Andy Thompson............................... N/A 1................57...................... Darren Dowling................................ N/A 2...............18....................... Luke Armiger.................................... N/A 3...............24...................... Antony Bennett................................ N/A 1................40..................... Andy Thompson............................... N/A 2...............99...................... Andy Wilkins.................................... N/A 3...............4........................ James Ross....................................... N/A

Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................82...................... James Britton.................................... 157 2...............93...................... Kester Cook....................................... 147 3...............22...................... Darren Goes.......................................144 4...............23...................... Simon Clark........................................ 117 5...............48...................... George Wright / Jack Wright.......... 113 6...............28...................... Richard Bromley................................110 7...............7........................ Lewis Denslow....................................96 8...............10...................... Ryan Steel........................................... 94 9...............8........................ Mark Flower.........................................89 10.............5........................ Mark Penny..........................................88 11...............67...................... Ben Abbitt / Dan Abbitt....................79 12..............60..................... Andy Ball.............................................72 13..............81....................... Paul Hatton.......................................... 57 14..............66...................... David Gardner / Chris Mills...............54 15..............16....................... Dylan Brychta......................................54 16..............25...................... Jamie Mchugh.....................................48 17..............17....................... Martin Amery / Keith Gibbs............. 46 18..............41....................... Alistair Stenhouse..............................39 19..............3........................ Clinton Compaan / Mike Marais....... 37 20.............111...................... Adrian Timpson / Colin Tester..........34 21..............106.................... Gary Burstow.......................................33 22.............105.................... Antony Sidney-Woollett....................32 23.............26...................... Andy Montgomery............................. 30 24.............14...................... Jim McDougal / Callum McDougal. 30 25.............99...................... Tony Hobson / Jonny Sharp..............29 26.............55...................... Chris Howes-Roberts.........................27 27.............89...................... Trop Dunlop / William Norman.........21 28..................29............................... Adam McKeever / Matthew Weymouth....17 29.............44...................... Ray Honeybone................................... 16 30.............96...................... Mark Simmons / Ricky Coomber...... 16 31..............15....................... Mark Nenadic.......................................15 32.............57...................... Gary Littlewood.................................. 14 33.............59...................... Neil House / Andy Tate...................... 14 34.............4........................ Chris Seavers / Simon Reed.............. 10 35.............6........................ Oliver O’Neil........................................ 10 36.............19....................... Jason Francis......................................... 8 37.............182.................... Oliver Owen...........................................6 38.............37...................... Will Jackson-Moore..............................6 39.............39...................... Tony Morris............................................ 5 40.............24...................... Nick Jackson.........................................4 41..............33...................... Andrew Modica.....................................4 42.............128.................... David Thompson / Danny Thompson.3 43.............97...................... Perry Tubb / Charles Merrill................ 3 44.............9........................ Steven Kelly........................................... 3 45.............72...................... Simon Hogg / George Wright............ 2

Position

Driver Name

Total Points

1............................Steve Burgess................................................. 984 2...........................Jack Lang........................................................ 829 3...........................Joe Stables...................................................... 620 4...........................Brian Caudwell.................................................522 5...........................Mark Richards................................................. 509 6...........................Brian Murphy.................................................... 501 7...........................Tony Wells....................................................... 455 8...........................John Macleod................................................... 418 9...........................Elliot Goodman...............................................406 10.........................Jack Manchester..............................................398 11...........................Jason Rishover................................................ 368 12..........................John Caudwell.................................................347 13..........................Mark Crader......................................................338 14..........................Barry Liversidge.............................................. 291 15..........................Simon Garmston.............................................. 174 16..........................Gary Paterson.................................................. 163 17..........................Konstantin Gugkaev........................................ 152 18..........................David Frankland.............................................. 149 19..........................Stuart Maloney...................................................70 20.........................Martin Verity..................................................... 64 21..........................Jason Kenny...................................................... 44 =...........................Richard Carver.................................................. 44 =...........................Kristian Jeffrey................................................. 44 24.........................Mark Maloney..................................................... 41 25.........................Matt Brookes......................................................36 =...........................John Morriss.......................................................36 27.........................Drew Heffring....................................................27 28.........................Mark Hignett......................................................24 29.........................Edward Murray....................................................12 30.........................David Simpson..................................................... 8

CHALLENGE CHAMPIONSHIP - CLASS T Position

Driver Name

Total Points

1............................Peter Tyler/Tom Gladdis................................ 814 2...........................Paul Allen/Jason Redding.............................. 813 3...........................Aaron Bailey/Lee Bailey................................. 721 4...........................Evgeny Klyucharev/Bradley Smith...............376 5...........................Brian Harvey/Tom Harvey/Alex Harvey........335 6...........................Mark Hignett/Ollie Hancock..........................225 7...........................Simon Smith/Luke Stevens/Gary Bate........ 212

PRO-AM MSD 107 8...........................Gary Ramsdale/Shaun Mellors...................... 188 9...........................Lewis Gee/John Glendenning........................ 166 10.........................Cliff Butler/Peter White................................. 137 11...........................Darren Nelson/Tom Howard.......................... 134 12..........................Sylvian Guintoli/James Abbott..................... 124 13..........................Joe Stables/Richard Stables......................... 105 14..........................Piers Burton/Paul Batten.................................98 15..........................Mark Crader/Benjamin Lane.............................81 16..........................Chris Kemp/Stuart Hall....................................76

PETER AUTO

CHALLENGE CHAMPIONSHIP - CLASS C Position

Driver Name

Total Points

1............................Andy Chittenden.............................................553 2...........................Matthew George................................................79 3...........................James Holder.....................................................29

Position Race Number Driver Name

EUROPEAN MASTERS - CLASS M Position

Driver Name

CLASSIC ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP - PROTO 1

Total Points

1............................Tony Wells/James Littlejohn......................... 618 2...........................Manhal Allos/Alex Kapadia/Ross Kaiser......578 3...........................Jim Booth......................................................... 371 4...........................John Corbett/Jamie Winslow........................329 5...........................Alain Costa/Johan Scheier.............................238 6...........................James Abbott/Colin Noble............................. 181 7...........................Jamie Constable.............................................. 180 8...........................Andrew Ferguson............................................ 139 9...........................Jeremy Ferguson..............................................110 10.........................Patrick McClughan/John Harrison................ 107 11...........................Jeremy Ferguson/Andrew Ferguson............ 102 12..........................Mike Cantillon..................................................100 13..........................Bradley Smith....................................................98 14..........................Chris Hyman/Darren Burke..............................88 15..........................Chris Hoy/Jason Kenny.....................................87 =...........................Ozzy Yusuf/Tom Ashton...................................87 17..........................Phillippe Paillot/Jaques Villars.......................72 18..........................Jean Gandar.......................................................24 19..........................Philippe Muffat.................................................. 16

Total Points

1................85...................... G. Tromans/R. Meaden.................... 271 2...............6........................ M. O’Connell/S.Watson................... 265 3...............42...................... P. Bruehwiler..................................... 261 4...............101..................... D. Tomlin............................................ 221 5...............7........................ T. Seiler............................................... 219 6...............33...................... R. Mille/C. Tavares........................... 209 7...............37...................... R. Hughes/J.P. Grand....................... 203 8...............61....................... T. Studer.............................................. 191 9...............47...................... J. Zago/J. Roucolle........................... 187 10.............23...................... C. Rupp/R. Peauger......................... 183 1................85...................... T. Sinclair............................................ 210 2...............50...................... D. Guenat.......................................... 208 3...............23...................... M. O’Connell...................................... 196 4...............52...................... Y. Scemama.......................................190 5...............59...................... B. Eggimann...................................... 188 6...............26...................... C. Le Jean/L. Rossiaud.................... 148 7...............2........................ F. Da Rocha........................................ 132 8...............7........................ J. Legras / J. Debrie......................... 127 9...............51....................... G. Rattazzi/E. Pirro.......................... 126 10.............41....................... R. Turriziani / S. Di Fulvio................ 113

CLASSIC ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP - GT1

EUROPEAN MASTERS - CLASS S Position Race Number Driver Name Position

Driver Name

Total Points

1............................Marcello Marateotto/Marco Cencetti...........635 2...........................Riccardo Dona/Stuart Moseley.................... 603 3...........................Jani Hjerppe.................................................... 435 4...........................Konstantin Gugkaev/Ivan Lukashevich....... 320 5...........................Brian Caudwell/Bradley Ellis.........................288 6...........................Mohammed Jawa/Faisal Binladen............... 204 7...........................Martin Verity.................................................... 185 8...........................Jack Manchester/James Robinson................ 182 9...........................John Caudwell/Bradley Ellis......................... 148 10.........................Mark Hignett/Ollie Hancock........................... 118 11...........................Peter Paddon/Jamie Winslow........................101 12..........................Brian Harvey/Tom Harvey............................... 94 13..........................Peter Tyler/Tom Gladdis..................................92 =...........................Mark Crader/Alex Mortimer.............................92 15..........................Elliot Goodman..................................................54 16..........................Jason Rishover...................................................45 17..........................Nick Padmore/Neil Houston............................42 18..........................Wesley Fongenie.............................................. 40 19..........................Aaron Bailey/Lee Bailey...................................38 20.........................Phil Abbott/Colin Noble.................................. 37 21..........................Simon Hulten/Alex Andersson........................32 22.........................Richard Carver....................................................18 23.........................Peter Belshaw/Phil Keen.................................... 2

EUROPEAN MASTERS - CLASS F Position

Driver Name

Total Points

1............................Jim Booth........................................................ 425 2...........................Jamie Constable..............................................229 3...........................John Corbett.................................................... 189 4...........................Andrew Ferguson............................................ 148 5...........................John Caudwell.................................................. 121 =...........................Mike Cantillon................................................... 121 7...........................Brian Caudwell.................................................109 8...........................Riccardo Dona................................................. 103 9...........................Jeremy Ferguson/Andrew Ferguson..............98 10.........................Wesley Fongenie................................................81 11...........................Philippe Crader................................................... 11 =...........................Mark Crader......................................................... 11

Total Points

1................21....................... R. Kelleners / D. Von Der Lieck..... 265 2...............82...................... R. Narac/M. Lecourt.........................263 3...............43...................... P. Muelder/C. Traber........................ 245 4...............58...................... C. Roddaro/L. Robert...................... 176 5...............12....................... C. Nahum/B. Thuner.......................... 116 6...............39...................... A. Strebel/P. Gerling......................... 112 7...............98...................... M. Roock/C. Hürtgen..........................88 8...............81....................... J. Belleteste.........................................82 9...............91....................... A. Fatemi..............................................63 10.............38...................... C. Van Riet/F. Bouvy.......................... 61

CLASSIC ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP - GT2 Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................60..................... P. Muelder/P.Simon........................... 214 2...............53...................... M. Fratti / A. Cabianca.................... 202 3...............46...................... C. Bouriez.......................................... 155 4...............64...................... H. Hübner........................................... 136 5...............65...................... F. Meiners............................................ 118 6...............5........................ H. Lindberg..........................................111 7...............12....................... C. Veillard...........................................110 8...............69...................... Mr John of B........................................98 9...............110..................... U. Beck................................................ 80 10.............32...................... Nelson..................................................77

108 PRO-AM MSD 7...............16....................... H. Stamm/P. Dubsky............................21 8...............45...................... W. Schaeffer/F. Brandt........................21 9...............15....................... A. Otten/D. Horbach......................... 20 10.............57...................... M. Overington/W. Green.................. 20

GROUP C RACING CHAMPIONSHIP - CLASSE 1 Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................98...................... E. De Doncker.................................. 260 2...............14...................... T. Dreelan/A. Scott.......................... 245 3...............45...................... P. France/E. France.......................... 138 4...............23...................... K. Kubota........................................... 132 5...............22...................... C. Perrier............................................ 105 6...............8........................ G. Nakas...............................................98 7...............77...................... R. Ward................................................ 94 8...............33...................... H. Lindberg.......................................... 91 9...............60..................... E. Rickenbacher.................................. 91 10.............24...................... Mr John of B/D. Ferrer.......................86

GROUP C RACING CHAMPIONSHIP - CLASSE 2 Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................151..................... M. Wrigley.......................................... 173 2...............111...................... F. Da Rocha/P. Lafargue.................. 134 3...............177..................... F. Lyons.............................................. 127 4...............107.................... T. Dozin................................................69 5...............185.................... C. Gadais/R. Belleteste.......................51 6...............145.................... J. Piguet...............................................47 7...............198.................... N. Doqiun/M. Jully...............................31 8...............112..................... J. Fay....................................................27 9...............104.................... P. Scemama......................................... 14 10.............106.................... L. Fort/L. Nelson................................. 14

GROUP C RACING CHAMPIONSHIP - CLASSE 3 Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................3........................ P. Garrod...........................................85.5 2...............99...................... M. Strijder........................................ 64.5 3...............25...................... M. Lyons...............................................56 4...............6........................ M. Sumpter..........................................47 5...............9........................ N. Kinch................................................34 6...............4........................ D. Guenat.............................................26 7...............10...................... M. Campagne......................................25 8...............27...................... B. Berridge...........................................25 9...............3........................ R. Eyre................................................17.5 10.............17....................... C. d’Ansermbourg................................. 8

HERITAGE TOURING CUP Position Race No. Driver Name

Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................6........................ A. Wallace............................................22 2...............25...................... N. Chambon.........................................22 3...............5........................ S. Kriknoff Seiss..................................22 4...............31....................... J. Clark.................................................22 5...............28...................... C. Monteverde/G. Pearson................22 6...............14...................... A. Smith................................................22 7...............39...................... N. Ruddell.............................................21 8...............38...................... J. Huber/G. Haarmann.........................21 9...............46...................... G. Burnett/M. Bell/J. Allenby Byrne.21 10.............30...................... J. Penillard............................................21

SCRATCH PLATEAU 3 Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................55...................... C. Ward................................................24 2...............37...................... E. Perou/L. Cheminot.........................24 3...............20...................... C. Dumoun...........................................24 4...............7........................ J. Garamond........................................24 5...............56...................... J. Guzen/A. Schrauwen......................24 6...............62...................... D. Cooke...............................................24 7...............38...................... D. Hood................................................24 8...............12....................... L. Caron/S. Wimez..............................23 9...............2........................ C. Joy/P. Simon...................................23 10.............35...................... S. Brooks/P. Blakeney-Edwards.......23

SCRATCH PLATEAU 4 Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................46...................... S. Lynn..................................................26 2...............32...................... R. Meins................................................26 3...............12....................... L. Caron................................................26 4...............67...................... D. Ferrao/J. Fuster..............................26 5...............38...................... C. Nahum.............................................26 6...............60..................... M. Lecourt/R. Narac...........................26 7.................59..........................T. Summers/J. Cottingham/A. Smith... 26 8...............50...................... C. Firmenich........................................26 9...............25...................... N. Chambon.........................................26 10.............2........................ T. Studer...............................................25

Total Points

1..................17................ Claude Boissy/Patrick Bourguignon..........262 2.................52................ Yves Scemama.................................................260 3.................12................ Ben Gill..............................................................254 4.................23................ David Huxley.................................................... 237 5.................4.................. Christophe Van Riet/Raphaël de Borma...225 6.................1................... Steve Dance.......................................................218 7.................22................ Andrew Beverley..............................................216 8.................2.................. Geoff Steele / Richard Hope .......................208 9.................10................ Richard Hope/Geoff Steele......................... 204 10...............21................ Christian Bouriez/Marc-Antoine Bialby..... 194 11................33................ Robert Boos/Pascal Goury........................... 180 12................7.................. Eric Broutin/Benjamin De Fortis..................170 13................34............... Xavier Galant/Vincent Neurrisse................. 164 14...............8.................. Julien Bussolini.................................................159 15................3.................. Grant Tromans / Richard Meaden............... 150 16...............24............... Glynn Allen/Darren Roberts .........................132 17................29................ Christian Dumolin........................................... 130 18................11................. Charles Firmenich............................................129 19...............9.................. Maxine Guenat..................................................125 20..............27................ Dennis Singleton/Kevin Jones......................122

LE MANS CLASSIC SCRATCH PLATEAU 1 Position Race Number Driver Name

SCRATCH PLATEAU 2

SCRATCH PLATEAU 5 Position Race Number Driver Name

SCRATCH PLATEAU 6 Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................2........................ C. Traber/S. Trenery............................21 2...............46...................... J. Bronson/G. Burnett.........................21 3...............42...................... J. Bally/B. Leseur.................................21 4...............54...................... M. Bugler...............................................21 5...............40..................... C. Ball/N. Ball.......................................21 6...............70...................... T. Swete.................................................21

Total Points

1................12....................... B. Thuner...............................................21 2...............42...................... E. De Doncker......................................21 3...............55...................... T. Seiler..................................................21 4...............76...................... M. Bianco/D. Mazzoleni......................21 5...............51....................... S. Lynn...................................................21 6...............33...................... R. Mille/C. Tavares...............................21 7...............16....................... F. Jacob/H. Lindberg..........................21 8...............32...................... S. Watson/M. O’Connell......................21 9...............7........................ O. Cazalieres/A. Cazalieres................21 10.............63...................... C. Gadais/R. Belleteste.......................21

Total Points

1................78...................... U. Schumacher/M. Werner................22 2...............36...................... S. Meyers/M. de Siebenthal...............22 3...............33...................... D. Guenat.............................................22 4...............30...................... P. Scemama/L. Fort............................22 5...............76...................... R. Büsst/D. Freeman..........................22 6...............70...................... F. Da Rocha..........................................22 7...............57...................... M. Richardson......................................22 8...............19....................... C. Bouriez............................................22 9...............4........................ R. Lips/A. Meier...................................22 10.............21....................... A. Rittweger/S. Hancock...................22

PRO-AM MSD 109

INDEPENDENT

LE MANS CLASSIC JAGUAR CLASSIC CHALLENGE Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................91....................... Julian Thomas...................................... 11 2...............87...................... Carlos Monteverde/Andrew Smith.... 11 3...............6........................ Andy Wallace....................................... 11 4...............8........................ Gary Pearson........................................ 11 5...............84...................... Read Gomm.......................................... 11 6...............29...................... Alexander Rittweger........................... 11 7...............72...................... Jamie Boot........................................... 11 8...............180.................... Nicolas Melin........................................ 11 9...............33...................... Hans-Joerg Huebner........................... 11 10.............151..................... Charles de Villaucourt........................ 11

LE MANS CLASSIC - GROUP C Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................145.................... Julien Piguet........................................ 11 2...............98...................... Eric De Doncker................................... 11 3...............14...................... Tommy Dreelan/Aaron Scott............. 11 4...............21....................... Ivan Vercoutere/Ralf Kelleners......... 11 5...............33...................... Henrik Lindberg................................... 11 6...............111...................... Frédéric Da Rocha/Pierre de Thoisy.11 7...............16....................... Zak Brown............................................. 11 8...............24...................... Mr John of B/David Ferrer................. 11 9...............177..................... Frank Lyons......................................... 10 10.............151..................... Mike Wrigley....................................... 10

SIXTIES ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP Position Race No

Driver Name

Total Points

1..................20................Christian Dumolin/Christophe Van Riet.....361 2.................86.................Andrew Beverley............................................ 335 3.................67.................Thomas Studer.................................................317 4.................4...................Alexis de Beaumont/John Bussell...............317 5.................85.................Grant Tromans/Richard Meaden.................316 6.................82.................Xavier Galant/Vincent Neurrisse.................313 7.................31.................Charles Firmenich..........................................305 8.................50................Ben Gill..............................................................303 9.................68.................Michael Van Duijvendijk/Pascal Pandei... 300 10...............2...................José da Rocha/Fabrice Mestrot.................299 11................16.................John Emberson/Bill Wykeham...................298 12................16.................Damien Kohler................................................293 13................38.................Jean Michel Godet/Nicolas Berthy............293 14...............46................Christian Bouriez/Marc-Antoine Bialby....293 15................49................Bill Stephens/Will Stephens........................293 16...............62.................Jeff Moyes........................................................293 17................94................Georges Verquin.............................................293 18................1....................Pierre-Alain France/Erwin France..............290 19...............6...................Armand Adriaans/Kristoffer Cartenian.....269 20..............5...................C. De Villaucourt/Ghistain Borrely.............254

TROFEO NASTRO ROSSO Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................16....................... Lukas Halusa..................................... 250 2...............55...................... Vincent Haye..................................... 120 3...............20...................... Christian Dumolin.............................. 119 4...............43...................... Georg Nolte........................................110 5...............9........................ Carlo Vögele........................................99 6...............38...................... Lucien Guitteny...................................98 7...............60..................... Guillermo Fierro................................. 90 8...............99...................... Carlos Monteverde/Gary Pearson... 90 9...............12....................... Jean-François Piquet.........................72 10.............50...................... Ben Gill.................................................68

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Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................54...................... Tony Pearman................................... 598 2...............52...................... Simon Marsh..................................... 556 3...............38...................... Richard Hough................................. 550 4...............3........................ Alex Von Ehrheim............................ 545 5...............76...................... Kevin Wilde...................................... 540 6...............1......................... Simon Warr........................................523 7...............2........................ Luke Warr......................................... 505 8...............58...................... Mark Burton....................................... 501 9...............63...................... Sam Bennett..................................... 489 10.............32...................... Chris Morris.......................................473 11...............18....................... Tony Seal........................................... 468 12..............21....................... Mike Rawlings.................................. 455 13..............4........................ Peter Brown...................................... 449 14..............57...................... Ian Yates............................................ 449 15..............73...................... Tom Gaughran..................................440 16..............8........................ Ben Edwards..................................... 432 17..............14...................... Tony Brumfield................................. 428 18..............9........................ Luke Plummer.................................. 394 19..............98...................... Steve Reed.........................................387 20.............94...................... Chris Neeves......................................383 21..............47...................... John Cobley...................................... 371 22.............84...................... Jonathan Wilde.................................357 23.............13....................... Teo Bunyan....................................... 330 24.............48...................... David Johnson..................................329 25.............56...................... David Rowe....................................... 320 26.............37...................... Peter Mason....................................... 312 27.............60..................... Paul Yates..........................................293 28.............93...................... Tim Bedford....................................... 291 29.............26...................... Chris Riley......................................... 286 30.............7........................ John Willings..................................... 281 31..............53...................... Tom Singleton...................................276 32.............10...................... Alun Denbury................................... 270 33.............24...................... Nick Coombes.................................. 256 34.............74...................... Geoff Peters......................................253 35.............51....................... Paul Laramy.......................................253 36.............12....................... Charles White................................... 248 37.............85...................... Dale Bamford....................................247 38.............16....................... Perry Willings................................... 240 39.............46...................... Robert Armstrong........................... 234 40.............29...................... Paul Austin......................................... 231 41..............25...................... Ian Farrer........................................... 216 42.............79...................... Yvonne Maycock............................... 215 43.............55...................... Daniel Morris..................................... 212 44.............64...................... Stewart Morris.................................. 206 45.............5........................ Rob Gosling...................................... 202 46.............30...................... Daniel Mason....................................200 47.............108.................... Rob Loftus......................................... 197 48.............20...................... Mike Tate............................................ 189 49.............33...................... Peter Bromage.................................. 188 50.............124.................... Graham Martin................................... 188 51..............75...................... Steve Arnold...................................... 179 52.............59...................... Matt Keeber....................................... 175 53.............23...................... Simon Roden..................................... 175 54.............88...................... Peter Milne......................................... 172 55.............92...................... Lee Calthorpe.................................... 166 56.............89...................... Aaron Gaughran................................ 164 57.............101..................... Tom Jewell......................................... 162 58.............67...................... Ciaran Cooper.................................... 161 59.............91....................... Peter Clark.........................................160 60.............103.................... Phil Cutler.......................................... 159 61..............22...................... Kelly Brabbin..................................... 159 62.............17....................... Stephen Macdonald.......................... 157 63.............97...................... Matthew Bromage............................ 156 64.............62...................... Robin Cooper.................................... 150 65.............65...................... Zach King........................................... 134 66.............6........................ Aaran Trew......................................... 132 67.............109.................... Alex Wood......................................... 130 68.............69...................... James Stent........................................ 117 69.............129.................... Trevor Stone.......................................114 70.............82...................... Phil Concannon................................. 108 71..............11....................... Dave Wilkinson..................................101 72.............147.................... Dave Wheal.......................................100 73.............78...................... Keith Bryan..........................................99 74.............132..................... Gary Hayward......................................99 75.............104.................... Ben Cressey.........................................99 76.............149.................... Jeff Wiltshire.......................................98 77.............34...................... Keith Adams........................................97 78.............117..................... Darren Meddings................................97 79.............148.................... Christian Comier.................................97 80.............42...................... Lukas Morley.......................................96

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ELISE TROPHY Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................47...................... Alex Ball............................................ 408 2...............85...................... Stuart Ratcliff................................... 366 3...............54...................... Simon Oakley....................................259 4...............11....................... Jason McInulty................................. 254 5...............116..................... Freddie Hetherington..................... 230 6...............29...................... Jason Baker.......................................225 7...............10...................... David Alexander............................... 198 8...............48...................... William Stacey.................................. 184 9...............63...................... Paul Baker.......................................... 167 10.............12....................... Seth Walpole..................................... 149 11...............65...................... Luigi Mazza........................................ 129 12..............51....................... Axel van Nederveen......................... 126 13..............26...................... Mark Richardsson............................. 126 14..............16....................... Mike Perkins....................................... 115 15..............65...................... John Lamaster.....................................111 16..............55...................... Mads Peterson.................................... 94 17..............9........................ Adam Gore...........................................76 18..............111...................... Danny Holland.....................................74 19..............111...................... Russ Anderson....................................67 20.............14...................... Jackie Perkins.....................................63 21..............79...................... Simon McFredries.............................. 60 22.............99...................... Jon Bryant...........................................52 23.............17....................... Neil Livsey...........................................45 24.............74...................... Steve Summers.................................. 44 25.............90..................... Peter Mansfield.................................. 40 26.............111...................... Matt Noakes..........................................31 27.............74...................... Simon Middleton................................ 30 28.............27...................... Mackenzie Walker...............................28 29.............18....................... Christopher Perkins............................28 30.............39...................... Immanuel Vinke...................................21 31..............37...................... Mark Yates.......................................... 20 32.............51....................... Adriano Medeiros............................... 19 33.............85...................... Anthony Dunn......................................15 34.............111...................... James Webley....................................... 7 35.............111...................... Gary Dunning........................................ 7 36.............59...................... Adam Croft............................................6 37.............56...................... Joe Patterson........................................0

LOTUS CUP – SUPERSPORT Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................64...................... Adam Mackay....................................335 2...............69...................... Ryan Savage......................................327 3...............72...................... Adam Balon.......................................288 4...............29...................... Jason Baker...................................... 248 5...............15....................... Adam Knight...................................... 171 6...............23...................... Bob Drummond................................. 153 7...............44...................... Andrew Wright................................... 151 8...............77...................... Phillip Britten.................................... 136 9...............7........................ David McInulty.................................. 132 10.............24...................... Ian Fenwick........................................ 130 11...............77...................... Marcus Miller..................................... 108 12..............71....................... Douglas Campbell.............................101 13..............21....................... Rob Myers............................................95 14..............80...................... Steve Train...........................................83 15..............4........................ Andrew Hamilton................................55 16..............70...................... Marcus Jewell......................................32 17..............9........................ Adam Gore...........................................22 18..............26...................... Benji Hetherington............................. 19 -................26...................... Freddie Hetherington........................ 19 20.............77...................... Ryan Hooker.........................................13 21..............25...................... John Atherton...................................... 11 22.............25...................... Steve Gugliemi.................................... 10

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LADIES CLASS LOTUS CUP – PRODUCTION Position Race Number Driver Name Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................85...................... Stuart Ratcliff....................................323 2...............65...................... Luigi Mazza....................................... 306 -................65...................... John Lamaster.................................. 306 4...............47...................... Alex Ball.............................................236 5...............11....................... Jason McInulty.................................. 214 6...............54...................... Simon Oakley.................................... 166 7...............116..................... Freddie Hetherington...................... 150 8...............10...................... David Alexander............................... 129 9...............48...................... William Stacey................................... 118 10.............51....................... Axel van Nederveen.......................... 113 11...............85...................... Anthony Dunn.................................... 112 12..............111...................... Russ Anderson....................................93 13..............12....................... Seth Walpole.......................................89 14..............111...................... Matt Noakes.........................................82 15..............63...................... Paul Baker............................................78 16..............9........................ Adam Gore...........................................76 17..............55...................... Mads Peterson.....................................68 18..............51....................... Adriano Medeiros...............................53 19..............16....................... Mike Perkins....................................... 49 20.............26...................... Mark Richardsson...............................47 21..............14...................... Jackie Perkins..................................... 41 22.............99...................... Jon Bryant.......................................... 40 23.............79...................... Simon McFredries...............................34 24.............34...................... James Little........................................ 30 25.............74...................... Simon Middleton................................ 30 26.............27...................... Mackenzie Walker...............................28 27.............39...................... Immanuel Vinke...................................21 28.............111...................... James Webley.................................... 20 29.............90..................... Peter Mansfield.................................. 20 30.............111...................... Danny Holland..................................... 19 31..............111...................... Mike Courts...........................................17 32.............18....................... Christopher Perkins............................ 14 33.............74...................... Steve Summers..................................... 8 34.............27...................... Matt Ellis................................................ 2 -................27...................... Benji Hetherington............................... 2 36.............56...................... Joe Patterson........................................0

Total Points

1................8........................ Shantell Van der Schyff.................... 121 2...............28...................... Nasmee’a Christian........................... 105 3...............68...................... Monica van der Westhuizen............ 103 4...............40..................... Andronik iPouris.................................85 5...............58...................... Estelle Vermooten................................0

NA CLASS Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................86...................... Shiren Maharaj................................... 107 2...............12....................... Peter Wills...........................................99 3...............96...................... Wikus Dippenaar ..............................85 4...............88...................... Gerald Gardener.................................43 5...............45...................... Kimesh Naidoo................................... 30 6...............0........................ Lazlo Kissimon......................................0

NO CLASS Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................29...................... Grant Smith........................................ 107 2...............2........................ Marco Van der Schyff.......................100 3...............17....................... Aadil Abdool .....................................97 4...............41....................... Frans Putter.........................................95 5...............27...................... Ruben Bakker......................................78 6...............60..................... Rodney Kruis.......................................67 7...............43...................... Zeyad Ismail........................................70 8...............57...................... Craig Watson ......................................35 9...............23...................... Vivasen Govender...............................33 10.............52...................... Mohammed Dhoodhat....................... 16

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T1 CLASS Position Race Number Driver Name

T3 CLASS Total Points

1................15....................... Wayne Le Roux................................. 108 2...............30...................... Jeandre le Roux................................ 103 3...............20...................... Roger Pereira......................................83 4...............9........................ Gareth King..........................................31 5...............95...................... Shane Bacon....................................... 30 6...............13....................... Michael van der Merwe.......................17 7...............51....................... Christo Carstens.................................. 16 8...............34...................... Jason Myers........................................... 3

T2 CLASS Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................50...................... Johan Nieuwoudt ..............................98 2...............75...................... Phillip Bowden....................................97 3...............4........................ Gary Dorkin ........................................96 4...............97...................... Marnus Grobler.................................. 90 5...............69...................... Devan Dennis......................................70 6...............24...................... Wayne Erasmus...................................68 7...............19....................... Skillie Cloete.......................................67 8...............87...................... Andy Maclaurin...................................47 9...............25...................... Barry Venter........................................32 10.............47...................... Warren Dyksman................................28 11...............48...................... Eziel Esterhuysen...............................26 12..............39...................... Moagi Mpshe.......................................24 13..............53...................... Mohamed Bilaal Mia............................18 14..............99...................... Zander Cliengen................................. 14 15..............5........................ Johan Pienaar...................................... 10 16..............56...................... Wesley Subramoney ............................0

Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................44...................... Fanie Olivier...................................... 105 2...............59...................... Christopher Peers..............................96 3...............46...................... Dean Morritt....................................... 91 4...............38...................... Hilton Swart........................................ 90 5...............32...................... Dwayne Van Loggenberg..................84 5...............21....................... Haydn von Imhof.................................84 7...............61....................... Dricus Pienaar..................................... 73 8...............77...................... Johan Jacobs......................................67 9...............92...................... Jerry Luis.............................................63 10.............89...................... Michal Koen........................................ 44 11...............37...................... Ashlin Singh......................................... 41 12..............18....................... Qhivi Tiva.............................................23 13..............16....................... Ebrahim Allie.........................................0 14..............54...................... Ismaeel Bheekoo..................................0

TO CLASS Position Race Number Driver Name

Total Points

1................49...................... Marius Knoesen................................. 105 2...............79...................... Feroz Ebrahim.....................................89 3...............33...................... Robert Kaiser......................................86 4...............26...................... Chett Meyer .......................................83 5...............7........................ Anton Wannenburg.............................81 6...............31....................... Albert Jordaan....................................77 7...............3........................ Cassie Le Roux.................................... 73 8...............36...................... Farhaad Ebrahim ...............................71 9...............14...................... Schalk van der Merwe........................ 57 10.............35...................... Dinel Padayachee...............................43 11...............1......................... Carl van As.......................................... 20 12..............42...................... Lex Campbell...................................... 16 13..............66...................... Doug Lang............................................13 13..............6........................ Mark Kirk .............................................13 15..............55...................... Leno Pillay.............................................9

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Partnerships with brands are what enable us to stay on the track, but chasing down sponsors is not always easy.

Most deals come from people we know or from chance meetings. It is possible to approach a potential sponsor cold and while it might be more difficult than chatting to someone at a race, it’s an integral part of pushing your career in the right direction.

You must think about who you are pitching. We asked ex-Formula 1 racer Mark Blundell what he would be looking for. “A return on my investment and it’s up to you to tell me and not the other way around,” he says. “Go with a solution and not a problem.”

We also spoke with Lindsay Orridge, who runs “The Motorsport Collective”, a networking events operation for motorsport professionals.

Lindsay has over 15 years’ experience of working in marketing, sponsorship and PR with the best competitors, sponsors, brands and rights holders in two- and fourwheel motorsport. She says: “Try to work with sponsors who ‘get’ you and your goals

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FULL IMPACT Approaching a company about sponsorship can often be a daunting task. Being able to craft a persuasive letter is a great skill that can help bring in new sponsors and propel your racing career forward.

- those who are aligned with your vision and future - not just people who want a sticker on a car. Then the sponsors will love working with you as you’re helping their own cause, plus working with them longer term will not only be possible, but it will be more enjoyable, too.”

BEFORE YOU START RESEARCH So, before you begin your letter, you need to have a

presence. Brands want to know that a partnership is going to bring them something so make sure you’ve had coverage for your efforts on and off track. You might get a motorsport blog to cover your season in the car or you could be working on promoting engineering careers in schools – something your local newspaper would love. Don’t forget Facebook, Twitter or a WordPress website – they are all FREE.

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You need to research the companies - no excuses with LinkedIn, websites and social media. Sending out 1,000 emails or posts are shots in the dark – no personal touch and nothing for the person to relate too. It is better to send to 10 researched companies. Remember you are asking someone for money out of their profits.

It’s not quite charity, but how often do you give to charity?

When a charity stops you on the street, you may give if the reasons are right and the communication engages you.

GET TO THE POINT

Remember you are interrupting someone’s day so get to the point quickly. Maybe: “Hi Dave, my name is Jenson Button and I’m with McLaren Formula 1. The reason I’m calling is to set up a meeting with you. (No pause, go straight into next phrase) We’ve recently helped DHL, who wanted to target more motorsport enthusiasts and extend their marketplace which we have done and in return increased their profits. I thought the best place to start is to schedule a short meeting to learn more about how your company’s challeng-

You need to understand what you’re offering as a driver because this is what you are selling to a company.

es and goals. How about a meeting next next week or we can run through this now?

WHAT CAN YOU OFFER?

You need to understand what you are offering as a driver because that is what you are selling to a company. Stickers on a car are a nice touch, but monetary benefit is close to zero.

Think about what you can offer beyond this. It might be an international reach, hospitality at races, a good relationship with local journalists or resources to host track days.

Contra agreements are always good. Not hard cash, but a win win for all. Maybe

Try to work with sponsors who ‘get’ you and your goals - those who are aligned with your vision and future - not just people who want a sticker on a car.

go to a local tyre company and say “give me tyres for the season and we will give you exposure and stickers”.

Hospitality and engagement are the best ways forward.

Look at Formula 1 again – what do sponsors get or achieve? Look at a smaller crowd. A few hundred crowd and a few races on MotorsTV, plus Motorsport Days’ coverage in quotes or reports. What companies want this audience? Do they have clients they want to impress? Perhaps a package for the sponsor to invite their 10 key clients to a day at your race weekend?

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Hire a box for the day £ 500 Catering £ 300 Stickers on car £ 300 Someone to assist and show them round £ 200 • Plus a day for these guests to get a hot lap and drive the car • Expenses £ 300 • Track day £ 250 A total cost of around £ 1,850.

What would this client pay to invite his top clients? Find out!

He might be happy to have the car livered up and you could charge between £ 2,500 and £ 5,000.

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RETURN ON INVESTMENT

Sponsors will want to know they’re getting a return on this investment. This might be as simple as getting the money they spend on you back through sales, or it could be worked out as the equivalent advertising spend based on the press coverage you bring in.

WHAT NEXT?

Write a compelling letter; perhaps also use a supporting document.

• Find the right person to contact – This is vital because you need to reach the decision-maker to have any hope of securing a sponsorship deal.

• Subject – Use the company slogan or name.

• Get to the point – What do you want? Who are you? How can you help?

What have you achieved so far? Think about what a company needs to know about you in order to make an informed decision.

• Talk about the benefits – Don’t just say that you can offer exposure, track days and VIP hospitality. Think about how those things benefit a brand’s bottom line. For example, if you’re keen to work with a retail company, a presence on the car and in the press can help them reach new customers and so sell more products. If you can put a value on this, even better!

• Don’t be afraid of figures – It’s always good to look at the value of a company’s sales, but you might not know this at such an early stage, so consider any press coverage. Check out the

advertising rates for any magazines, newspapers and websites you can generate coverage in and share that total figure. It’s likely to be a lot higher than the amount you’re asking for. If not, make sure you can cover the shortfall with everything else on offer.

• Show what you can do – A full sponsorship pack is unnecessary at this point, but make sure you have an up-to-date website showing your achievements, press coverage, current sponsors and race reports.

• Take control – Show you are serious by suggesting the next step.

FOLLOW UP CALL

Emails get lost so make sure to follow up, preferably by phone, a few days after sending the letter.

However, have the letter ready for reference. Research again before calling in case something relevant can be bought up. For example, how you can help offer hospitality for a new client.

It’s important that you remain polite throughout, but don’t be afraid to sell the benefits of your racing brand.

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Kester Cook’s small band of family and friends form the basis of the Big Skidz Racing Team and is no stranger to the track.

The team has campaigned various vehicles in a variety of racing series, but has mainly cut its teeth in the MSV Track Day Trophy series with the Fiesta featured here, albeit with a smaller engine.

Having gone as far as he could with the car in its previous form, Cook decided to develop the car and fit a more powerful, 2-litre engine, as opposed to the 1.6, and step up a series to the Track Day Championship, where he could further push himself as a driver.

Round one at Snetterton had the team and Cook full of excitement for the coming season. . . up until the moment he looked around the

This season Big Skidz’s Kester Cook decided to put his humble Ford Fiesta up against some ferocious machinery in the Track Day Championship. Simon Hughes reports back on Cook�s impressive battle to win honours.

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paddock to see what his competition was like. BMW M3s, Porches and turbo-charged, factory-built cup series cars left our man looking at his little Fiesta and wondering if he had bitten off more than he could chew; almost to the point of jacking it all in on the spot! But Cook figured he would see how the first round went and take it from there.

The race was a matter of speed and survival as it started to rain just as the cars came to the holding area and most were on dry weather tyres. As it turns out the first round went rather well despite the rain, with Team Big Skidz scooping not only the Class S win, but also the race win!

At Silverstone, for round two, there was less to celebrate as a CV joint waved the white flag and gave up shortly before the pit stop, causing a DNF. Rockingham gave the first glimpse of what the car was really able to do with the new set-up on a dry track, with Cook again managing to hold off many of the more powerful cars and chase down the race leader, eventually taking first place in Class S and the overall race.

It was a first time visit to Oulton Park for the Team Big Skidz, so learning the track hampered things a little.

Although the round became known as “The battle of Britton” in some circles as the majority of Cook’s race was spent having a good dust-up with James Britton in his M3.

Taking on an M3 in a Fiesta is a big hill to climb on any day,

but when you’ve clipped a tyre barrier on the entry to the second chicane and now have 24mm of toe out, it tends to make it just a tad more challenging! Even with this, Cook managed to bring the car home second in class and third overall.

Donington brought another failure in the form of an alternator terminal breaking off internally, resulting in the team’s second and final retirement of the season. A hard pill to swallow as the car and driver were showing great pace prior to the failure.

The Brands Hatch GP circuit seemed to be the perfect fit for both Cook and the Fiesta, with this duo seemingly “in the zone” on raceday, working their way through the pack and then chasing Darren Goes in his Seat Cupra Cup car for the lead. Fate intervened however, with a crash bringing out the safety car and forcing the race to an early finish.

Although second in class and overall was nothing to be upset about though.

The Class S Championship came down the final race at the twisty Brands Hatch Indy circuit. On the day, the name of the game was tyre choice.

It had been drizzling on and

off all day and so choosing between wet or dry weather tyres wasn’t a clear-cut decision. Cook decided to go with dry weather tyres and crossed his fingers that the rain stayed away. The choice worked well for the start, with a perfect launch rocketing our man from sixth to second position by the first corner!

An early pitstop to avoid traffic and the dry(ish) conditions put the team in a good position and with a healthy lead over Darren Goes, who was also fighting for Class S honours.

Then the Heavens opened, creating a wet track favoured

by Goes wet tyre choice.

Disaster! To add insult to injury, the lead that Cook had built up soon evaporated when the safety car came out, once again bunching up the field. Putting his metal to the test, he hustled the now wheels-spinning-and-sliding Fiesta like a champ and brought home a first in class victory, sealing the Class S Championship. Not bad a performance from the rookie team of the year. I think the race commentator summed up Cook’s season best when he proclaimed, amid various battles at the front of the field, “does he realise he’s ONLY in a Fiesta?”

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