Kane Starts Season on Home Ground.
Comber born Jonny Kane will again be playing an important part in the Strakka racing’s all-British driver line-up at the opening round of the FIA World Endurance Championship, the 6 Hours of Silverstone this Sunday 14 April. Kane, Nick Leventis and Danny Watts will be giving the team’s upgraded Honda Performance Development ARX-03c its race debut.... [Read more...]
Rory Cummins: Another Year of Shouting at the Moon!
A few months ago I eventually made it to the Donington Grand Prix museum. Now I have never been one for static displays of racing cars- much preferring to see them at full noise but this was Donington for Gods sake. I was lucky in that it was the middle of the week and I had the place virtually to myself and I could wander around in quiet contemplation.... [Read more...]
Jonny McMullan: Hoping To Cross The Pond for 2013!
December 24, 2012 by Jonny McMullan
A mix of highs and lows in FF1600 in 2012, the aim for 2013 is to move to the USA! Photo: Raceline Photography
In 2012 for the second year we were going to be driving the NI Radiator Services Mondiale 89s in the Northern Ireland Formula Ford 1600 Championship! From a very good end to the 2011 season we went into the new season feeling confident about the year ahead! It started well and in March at the first round we started the new season with a bang winning... [Read more...]
Kevin O’Hara: The Walter Hayes Trophy
November 22, 2012 by Kevin O'Hara
Kevin sits in the Silverstone pitlane ready to go on track for one of the Walter Hayes Trophy heats
If you had asked me two weeks prior to the Walter Hayes Trophy this year if I was planning to do it I probably would have laughed at you. It was a very late decision and meant a very busy ten days of preparation on a car that hadn’t turned a wheel in over three years! But given the opportunity to do the most competitive Formula Ford 1600 race of the... [Read more...]
Niall Murray: The ups and downs, but I can still win!
October 20, 2012 by Niall Murray
Despite a mix of results from the last 2 rounds, Murray goes to the final rounds at Brands Hatch, still in with a shot at winning the championship. Photo: Jakob Ebrey
The end is near! Only one weekend left until I pack away the helmet and suit for another long winter. Sorry I haven’t written a blog for you guys for a while, but the leaving certs taking a lot of time from me! Well I’ll start with Rockingham where the team are based throughout the year. Although it was our home event, I unfortunately could not... [Read more...]
Aron Smith: It’s Not a Trophy- It’s a Watch!
October 14, 2012 by Aron Smith
Aron put on a fantastic display of driving over the weekend which was richly rewarded with a podium finish in race 1. Photo: btcc.net
The real highlight of my weekend had to have been trying to get the trophy back onto one of Ryanair’s finest planes. The tipping point came when I tried to say I would wear it as a watch to get it on the plane, believe it or not that didn’t go down too well! So instead I emptied my case and wore my sweaty racesuit as a “scarf”... [Read more...]
Watson takes debut Ginetta Junior Victory in Silverstone
October 11, 2012 by Paul Grogan
Andrew Watson showed superb pace all weekend taking a fine maiden victory in race one. Photo: Jakob Ebrey
Coming from a disappointing weekend at the home circuit of his team Douglas Motorsport, Andrew Watson was keen to make another visit to the Ginetta Junior podium as he approached Silverstone, the penultimate weekend in the 2012 Ginetta Junior Championship. Having already visited the podium this season on three previous occasions, there is no doubting... [Read more...]
Watson takes debut win for Douglas Motorsport
October 10, 2012 by Paul Grogan
Andrew Watson took a fine race 1 victory in Silverstone for Douglas Motorsport. Photo: Jakob Ebrey
Coming from a disappointing weekend at their home circuit in Rockingham just two weeks ago, Douglas Motorsport and their drivers Niall Murray and Andrew Watson were keen to move on and return to the podium in Silverstone. Having lead the Ginetta Junior Teams Championship for most of the season, they now found themselves having just slipped into second... [Read more...]
Murray bounces back in Silverstone to take championship battle down to the wire
October 9, 2012 by Paul Grogan
Murray will now to go Brands Hatch as the championship points leader before drop scores are taken into account. Photo: Jakob Ebrey
Coming from a disappointing weekend in Rockingham some two weeks previous, Niall Murray was keen to get back to winning ways coming to the home of the British Formula 1 Grand Prix, Silverstone. Still very much in the hunt for the 2012 Ginetta Junior Championship title, Murray needed to ensure he had a strong points finish to stay within reach of current... [Read more...]
Smith earns maiden BTCC podium at Silverstone
October 9, 2012 by Aron Smith Press Office
Aron waves to his fans after race 1 where he took his maiden BTCC podium finish in 3rd place. Photo: btcc.net
Redstone Racing’s Aron Smith earned his maiden podium in round 25 of the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship, rounding off a superb weekend that saw the young Irishman finish inside the top ten on no less than three occasions, surging to ninth in the championship standings in the process. Starting from seventh position for the first race of... [Read more...]
