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2013 British Formula Ford Season
The 2013 Dunlop MSA Formula Ford Championship of Great Britain was a multi-event, open-wheel single seater motor racing championship held across England and Scotland. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers, competing in Formula Ford cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. This season saw the championship adopt a single class format, with all drivers using the latest cars built to the Formula Ford EcoBoost specification. There was also an award for the highest placed rookie. It was the 37th British Formula Ford season and returned to the TOCA tour to form part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the BTCC centrepiece. The season commenced on 31 March at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and concluded on 13 October at the same venue, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after thirty races to be held at ten meetings, all in support of the 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 British Touring Car Championship Season
The 2013 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship was a multi-event motor racing championship for production-based touring cars held across England and Scotland. The championship features a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded amateur drivers competing in highly modified versions of Family cars which are sold to the general public and conform to the technical regulations for the championship. It is one of the most popular domestic motor racing series in the United Kingdom, with an extensive program of support categories built up around the BTCC centrepiece. It was the 56th British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season. This was the third season that cars conforming to the Next Generation Touring Car (NGTC) specification will be allowed to compete and the first season since the end of the phased transition from the Super 2000 specification which saw the organising body, TOCA, maintain a performance equalisation between the two chassis specifications. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Racing And Sports Car Club
The British Racing and Sports Car Club (BRSCC) is one of the major organisers of motorsport events in the United Kingdom. The club currently runs around forty track racing championships for cars as diverse as Caterham, BMWs and Mazda. Formed in Bristol in August 1946 as the 500 Club, the organisation changed its name to the BRSCC in 1954 and now has its headquarters in West Malling, Kent. History The 500 Club, as it was then known, was founded in 1946.''Racing Car Show 1966, Official Catalogue and Guide'', Page 15. The club promoted racing in 500 c.c. single-seater racing cars, later known as Formula Three. ''Motor Sport'' reported in 1947: "The 500 Club's Patron is Earl Howe, its President S.C.H. Davis, and its Vice-Presidents Messrs. Findon, Mays and Pomeroy-which speaks for itself. A stall will be occupied by the Club at the next Shelsley Walsh hill-climb, and its magazine "Iota" will be on sale there." The name was subsequently changed to The Half Litre Club on becoming a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kent
Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces the French department of Pas-de-Calais across the Strait of Dover. The county town is Maidstone. It is the fifth most populous county in England, the most populous non-Metropolitan county and the most populous of the home counties. Kent was one of the first British territories to be settled by Germanic tribes, most notably the Jutes, following the withdrawal of the Romans. Canterbury Cathedral in Kent, the oldest cathedral in England, has been the seat of the Archbishops of Canterbury since the conversion of England to Christianity that began in the 6th century with Saint Augustine. Rochester Cathedral in Medway is England's second-oldest cathedral. Located between London and the Strait of Dover, which separates England from mainla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BTCC Tracks 2012
The Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship is a touring car racing series held each year in the United Kingdom, currently organised and administered by TOCA. It was established in 1958 as the British Saloon Car Championship and was renamed as the British Touring Car Championship for the 1987 season.BTCC History 1958-1990 Retrieved from www.btcc.net on 13 August 2012 The championship, currently running regulations, has been run to various national and international regulations over the years including , |
Radical Sportscars
Radical Motorsport is a British manufacturer and constructor of racing cars. The company was founded in January 1997 by amateur drivers and engineers Mick Hyde and Phil Abbott, who built open cockpit sportscars which could be registered for road use and run on a track without modification. Radical produce a mix of purpose built race cars as well as road legal sports cars in varying specifications. Their most popular car is the Radical SR3. History The company's first car, built by Phil Abbott in 1996, the Radical 1100 Clubsport, was based on a Kawasaki motorcycle engine placed inside a small open-cockpit chassis. The cars were intended to run in the 750 Motor Club's races under the Sports 2000 category, with founders Abbott and Hyde driving. In 1999, Radical had built enough 1100 Clubsports that they decided to create a one-make series based around the car. Backed by the British Racing and Sports Car Club, the series featured identical cars that were open to anyone who owned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jayde Kruger
Jayde Kruger (born 24 February 1988 in Edenvale, Gauteng) is a racing driver from South Africa. He won the 2014 British Formula Ford championship and also numerous titles in South Africa. Racing career Kruger started his auto racing career in the South African Formula Ford Zetec in 2003. In his Mygale, the 17-year-old won one race in 2005. He finished second in the season behind Robert Wolk who dominated the series. The South African also entered the prestigious Formula Ford Festival but failed to qualify for the final. He returned to his native Formula Ford championship in 2006 and 2007. After again finishing second in the championship in 2006 he won the championship in 2007. In 2007 Kruger dominated the series scoring nine race wins in sixteen races. The following year Kruger stepped up to South Africa's fastest formula racing class, the Formula Volkswagen South Africa, in its inaugural season in 2008. While Gavin Cronje won the title Kruger secured the fifth place in the cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Malvern
Scott Aaron Malvern (born 23 February 1989) is a British racing driver, currently competing in the British GT Championship who is best known for winning the 2011 British Formula Ford Championship, the 2012 Formula Renault BARC championship and twice being nominated for the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award.Malvern was also awarded the British Racing Drivers Club Henry Surtees Award in 2011 and the Autosport Club Driver of the Year in 2012. Career Karting Born in Barking, Malvern attended Fairlop Primary School in Barkingside Greater London (where he grew up) and then Caterham High School in Clayhall before going on to study engineering at University whilst also working as a race mechanic. Malvern had an extensive karting career, having gained an interest in the sport when he took part in a summer holiday fun day at The Brentwood Raceway Arrive & Drive circuit near Great Warley. Scott made his race debut at the Buckmore Park circuit in Kent in January 1998. Scott competed between 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zaid Ashkanani
Zaid Ashkanani (born 24 May 1994) is a Kuwaiti racing driver. Career Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East Ashkanani began racing in the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East in 2012 and already in his first year he managed to get on the podium. In his second season, he became champion having achieved three wins and eight podiums. In the 2014–15 season he lost the championship in the final race. Clemens Schmid became champion that season twelve points in front of Ashkanani. GP3 Series On February 12, 2015 Campos Racing announced that Ashkanani would join the team for 2015. Racing record Career summary Not eligible for points. Complete Porsche Supercup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ‡ As Ashkanani was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points. † Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 75% of the race distance. Complete GP3 Series results (key Key or The Key may refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fluid Motorsport Development
Fluid Motorsport Development constructs the Sinter Formula Ford car. The company also fielded a racing team in British Formula Ford between 2002 and 2012. Fluid Motorsport was also active in British Formula 3 as a team between 2005 and 2008. History Lindsay Allen was a race engineer for various teams and worked on various cars. In the off-season he would work at Van Diemen before setting up Nexa Racing in 2002. Nexa Racing was founded by Lindsay Allen and fellow former Van Diemen engineer Roger Littin. Their first success came in their first season in British Formula Ford. Swede Sebastian Hohenthal won the Winter Series championship. For 2003 Finnish talent Valle Mäkelä was signed. After a third place in 2003, Mäkelä won the 2004 championship with 10 wins out of 20 races. Fluid Motorsport entered British Formula 3 in 2005. The team entered a single Lola-Dome F106/4 for Ben Clucas in the National class. Running a partial schedule, Clucas had one class victory at Monza. More ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enigma Motorsport
Enigma Motorsport is a British racing car team founded by racing driver Linton Stutely and engineer Thomas Farquhar. Formed in 2008 they have prepared Formula Ford racing cars for the British Formula Ford Championship. Their most successful year was in 2010 with Finnish driver, Antti Buri claiming several podium finishes. They also ran a car in the Finnish Formula Ford championship in partnership with LMS Racing, with Buri becoming the 2010 Finnish Formula Ford Championship champion. In 2011 they ran a Mygale Mygale Racing Car Constructor (Mygale SARL) is a French racing car manufacturer that specialises in the production of single seater chassis for use in formula racing. It is most notable for its Formula Ford chassis. Mygale also produces the cha ... chassis for Philippe Layac. External links www.enigmamotorsport.co.uk References British auto racing teams Auto racing teams established in 2008 {{Motorsport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrison Scott
Harrison Scott (born 5 March 1996) is a British racing driver. Career Karting Born in Althorne, Scott began karting in 2005 at the age of nine. Throughout his seven-year career, he took the British Karting title and two third places in the World and European Cups. Formula 4 In 2013, Scott graduated to single-seaters, partaking in British Formula Ford with Falcon Motorsport in the Scholarship class. He took six wins, across two seasons, and finished vice-champion in the standings on both occasions. Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 In 2015, Scott moved up to Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 with AVF and finished twelfth in his first season. He remained with the team for the following season and took two poles and three victories to finish fourth in the standings. Euroformula Open In 2017 Scott joined RP Motorsport in Euroformula Open Championship. He dominated the season winning 12 from 14 races that he had contested. Pro Mazda Scott will continue his career in North America, wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Brabham
Samuel Brabham is an Australian racing driver. Brabham is a third-generation racing driver; he is the son of David Brabham, nephew to Geoff Brabham, Gary Brabham, Mike Thackwell, and the grandson of three time Formula One World Champion Sir Jack Brabham. He is also the cousin of Matthew Brabham. Career He started off in karts in 2011 aged 16 and quickly proceeded to the British Formula Ford Championship in 2013 finishing fourth in the championship and second in the scholarship class. He joined the MRF Formula 2000 Challenge in late 2013http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/110788 Autosport.com 22 October 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013 for his first taste of 'wings & slicks' formula finishing ninth for the series. In 2018, he returned to the track in the 2018 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain Pro Am class finishing tenth for the championship. He returned in 2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
