John Mickel Wins Inaugural Free State 500
Phakisa Freeway, Welkom, Sunday, January 31 – The inaugural ASA Transcontinental Series Free State 500 was won in dramatic style at Phakisa Freeway near Welkom by Briton John Mickel in an RS Capp Chevy Monte Carlo. Mickel, who started the 207-lap 500-km race from fourth on the 24-car grid, took the lead three-quarters of the [...]
Grand Prix Midget Club 2010 Race Dates
The 2010 season is the Club’s 35th anniversary and the schedule maintains a consistency with last season. “Yeah, consistency is really important,” says the club’s fixtures secretary Neil Clarke. “Drivers get used to racing at certain tracks and it’s good for the spectators as well as they will get to know the cars and some of the characters.” [...]
ELMS on Twitter
The European Late Model Series will now appear on the social networking site, Twitter. Race fans can go to http://twitter.com/EuroLateModels To follow the European Late Model Series to their Twitter. The European Late Model Series Twitter will provide followers with updates, news and race results as they happen on race weekends. This will also be the place to get [...]
European Late Models Entertain at Autosport
The European Late Model Series were out in force at the Autosport International Show in Birmingham last week. Keith Whalley’s #88 Race Car Direct UK Pontiac Grand Prix was on display alongside the #07 Profil+ Ford Taurus of Frenchman Jean Vasseur. Both cars were beautifully presented and causing quite a stir in Autosport’s Oval hall. [...]
Pye to Return to Legends in 2010
One of the first handful of Legends Cars racers to take to the Ovals back in 1998, Chris Pye will return to the Oval Legends Cars series in 2010. Having done the deal to purchase the 1937 Chevy Coupe of Pete Oakley at the Autosport International show, Chris will make his return to the 40+ [...]
Spedeworth Drivers of the Year
The Wheelspin Magazine Spedeworth Drivers of the Year award winners are now known, and the awards are ready to be presented at a Spedeworth meeting in the near future. Nominees in each of three categories were put to the readers in the December issue, and the number of votes received by the Jan 10th deadline [...]
BriSCA F1 One Championship News
Despite all the gloomy news on the state of the economy last year the BriSCA Formula One Stock Car season was rated by many as amongst the best-ever. In 2009 the new National Series Shootout determined the destination of the coveted Silver Roof and this innovation in particular was seen as instrumental to this success. [...]
F1 Film Details Released
On the Saturday and Sunday the BriSCA Formula One Stock Car Racing display in the Oval Racing Experience will also feature film footage shot for the forthcoming major BBC TV Series ‘Gears and Tears’, which follows the trials and tribulations of the Smith and Wainman raceteams, among others, as they battle through the 2009 season; [...]
V6 Super Rods Fight Back with Strong Fixture Line-Up
The team at the V6 Super Rods would like to announce that the season long points championship consisting of sixteen rounds at Incarace/Spedeworth and RTS tracks will have Waltham Services/Avon Tyres as the title sponsor. The championship title will be called the Waltham Services/Avon Tyres British Championship. “We welcome back Malcolm Forbes’ support for the [...]
Another Victim of the Weather – Wimbledon
We have just noticed on the Spedeworth web site that tonight’s (10th January) meeting has been cancelled. It says “A track inspection today has given us no option but to cancel this Sunday’s Wimbledon Stadium race meeting. This is mainly due to the car park and pit area being like a sheet of ice and [...]
New Battle Date Agreed For Civil War
The Annual January ‘Civil War’ Banger race meeting at Hednesford Hills Raceway cancelled from this Sunday (10th January) due to the inclement weather has now been re-scheduled for Saturday 23rd January. The very popular event, in its 11th year pits the skills of two teams of Bangers (North and South) and each team is represented [...]
Weather Claims Victory in Civil War at Hednesford Hills This Sunday
The Annual January ‘Civil War’ Banger race meeting at Hednesford Hills Raceway has unfortunately had to be cancelled for this Sunday because of the weather. The very popular event, in its 11th year pits the skills of two teams of Bangers (North and South) and each team is represented in three divisions of war – [...]
F1 Stock Cars out in Force at Autosport International
The BriSCA Formula One Management Board is pleased to announce that BriSCA Formula One Stock Car Racing will be making its biggest-ever appearance at Autosport International 2010 at Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre: In the Live Action Area the BriSCA Formula Ones will be taking part in all performances across all four days of the show [...]
Wim Verloo to Euro Late Models
Belgium’s Wim Verloo has purchased the #4 Roots V8 Racing Ford Fusion. Verloo started racing in CAMSO’s Prive Car championship in 1995 before making a name for himself in Banger racing. He has been integral in the success of Glenn Peetermans in both Lightning Rods and Hot Rods, now Verloo wishes to put his experience [...]
