Super Cooper Takes British Junior Title
Craig Cooper, racing number 28, swept all before him to take the 2009 British Junior Hot Rod Championship with wins in both heats and the final at Angmering Raceway on Sunday, March 8th. The talented young driver fought off some determined opposition in both the heats from 33, Liam Wickham and 306, Jack Morgan but [...]
Burtenshaw Wins Hot Rod Open at Angmering
The powerful Hot Rods returned to Angmering to do battle in the new Hot Rod Open on Sunday, November 9th. With a grid of star drivers all keen to take the title, which was last contested in 2003, the racing was guaranteed to be close and exciting and the drivers did not disappoint. Heat 1 set [...]
Hillard Back in Victory Lane
Round one of the 2008 National Hot rod world championship kicked off at Foxhall raceway on Saturday 11th August night. A healthy entry of thirty one cars turned out on a night that was perfect for very fast hot rod racing. Three fiercely contested heats saw Rob Hadfield in his newly acquired Haird Motorsport fiesta [...]
Holtby Shines at Warneton
Tyre choice proved to be the decisive factor for the Final for the National Hot rods at Warneton speedway over the weekend, with a heavy shower just before the Final, leaving many crews in a quandary as to what tyres to use. Mike Holtby proved to be the best judge with three wets and one [...]
Minassian Wins 2002 Ascar Championship
French ASCAR star Nicolas Minassian was crowned 2002 ASCAR champion after the final round of the season at Rockingham on Sunday afternoon to cap a season full of drama. The Ray Mallock Ltd driver finished third in his Chevrolet Monte Carlo behind Darren Turner and Roland Rehfeld to take to oval racing title, 37 points [...]
Burt’s Triple ASCAR Win
Kelvin Burt scored dominated all three races at Rockingham on Saturday and Sunday 24/25 August. It was also a destructive weekend, with the cars of Steve Hodgson (see below), Jason Plato and Mark Proctor all suffered extensive damage, and then John Mickel also crashed causing severe rear end damage. Here is how the points chart [...]
Colin White Wins First Ever ASCAR Race at Lausitz
In a dramatic finish, Colin White stormed past both Nicolas Minassian and Jason Plato in his Chevrolet Monte Carlo in the closing stages to win the first ASCAR race at EuroSpeedway Lausitz, near Dresden, Germany on 25th May. White came from fourth place to lead the race after dramatic slipstreaming moves with five laps to [...]
Colin White Leads Ascar Series In Goodyear 100
Somerset driver Colin White claimed victory in the opening round of the 2002 ASCAR racing series at Rockingham, after a dramatic finish just a quarter of a second ahead of reigning champion John Mickel in the Goodyear 100-mile race at the ‘Days of Thunder’-style banked oval track in Northamptonshire. The race was full of drama [...]
Proudlocks 2.0 Hot Rod National
Shaun Proudlock not only debuted his new Spedeworth 2 litre Hot Rod Wimbledon on the 15th October but won the main event as well. He got the lead after a handful of laps, and staunchly defended it against all comers for the next thirty by consistent decisions on braking and lines that just took the [...]
National Championship Weekend News
The Saturday for Qualifying was warm and sunny, but the national Championships at Hednesford Hills Raceway were run in terribly wet conditions on the Sunday. Traditionally the World Champions tend to win the National’s as well, but not this season. John Steward flew through the 75 laps National Hot Rod event even lapping second place [...]
White’s World – Just
Colin Whites normally all conquering VW Corrado had been giving some reliability problems throughout the final few rounds of the National Hot Rod World qualifying campaign. A troublesome misfire gave great concern to the 718 crew and they completed extensive testing in the weeks leading up to the event to try to eliminate the cause [...]
