MotorSport News Archive
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Team PSP’s drivers are eagerly awaiting the chance to get out on the wide, fast and sweeping bends of the Silverstone circuit and chase their elusive first podium of 2004. full story |
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Peugeot TOTAL 206 Super Cup Round Three - The Roush Manx Rally 7/8th May The 2004 Roush Manx Rally plays host to round three of the Peugeot TOTAL 206 Super Cup where the battle for the championship will continue. The rally is the first of just two events in the series to be on asphalt with 120 competitive miles over sixteen stages on the classic Manx lanes. It will also be the first time for the 1600cc 150bhp machines on sticky Kumho slicks with fifteen 206s using the new rubber. full story |
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Following a very successful event in 2003, dozens of the world's best-loved rally cars, past and present, will take part in the 4th Rally Supercar Day, at Castle Combe Circuit in Wiltshire on Saturday 14 August. full story |
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The Home of British Motor Racing welcomes the 2004 Green Flag MSA British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) to Silverstone on Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th May as the world famous venue opens its gates to an action packed weekend of racing from the UK’s premier motorsport series. full story |
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Lorna Smith (from Stafford) scored a top twenty finish on the opening round of the British Rally Championship at the weekend at Gateshead, the first round of her bid to become Britain's top lady rally driver. full story |
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After winning their first rally together Matt Beebe and Richard Devenport entered the Pirelli National Rally where they knew that they had to run in the wheel tracks of the 4wd World Rally Cars running in the Pirelli International Rally through the super fast stages of ‘Killer Kielder' forest. full story |
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“Pick your self up, brush yourself down and try, try again” were the words of encourage given to Friarsgate Lichfield and Central Independent Newspapers supported rally driver Dan Whitman after disappointment on the second round of the MG ZR Rally Scholarship based in Gateshead. full story |
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ACTION-PACKED WEEKEND OF RALLYING AHEAD full story |
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The Team Gyrus Fiat Stilo driven by 20 year old Tom Metcalfe from Dumfries and co-driven by Roger Herron from Kilwinning showed real potential on the Pirelli International Rally at the weekend. full story |
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Finnish driver Aki Teiskonen, co driven by his brother Miika, secured a fantastic Super 1600 Victory on last weekends Pirelli International Rally. full story |
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National rally champion Steve Hendy is moving up a gear in his quest for a hat trick of titles with the acquisition of a state-of-the-art Ford Escort World Rally Car. full story |
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After a very hectic month before the 'Tour of Cornwall' Rally 2004, involving a few teething problems and a lot of very late nights working on the car, the team were on there way to Newquay in Cornwall for a very exciting weekend ahead!!! full story |
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The Golf's illustrious 30-year heritage is being demonstrated in spectacular fashion this weekend, as examples from all five generations of the car take part in the Volkswagen Racing Cup. It is the first time that five generations of the same model have taken part in a UK track race. full story |
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MonsterMob Ducati British Superbike and Supersport Championship Team full story |
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2004 Virgin Mobile Yamaha R6 Cup Championship – Round 3 – Snetterton, Norfolk – April 24/25th full story |
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2004 THINK! British Superbike Cup Championship – Round 3 Snetterton, Norfolk – April 24/25th full story |
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Gateshead's Baltic Centre played backdrop for the start of the opening round of the brand new Fiat Stilo Rally Cup on Friday evening. full story |
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Damian Cole and Dorian Rees achieved a 100 per cent finishing record on the first round of the Kwik-Fit Pirelli British Rally Championship, the Pirelli International Rally on 23rd/ 24th April 2004. full story |
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Team Birkbeck Rallysport driver Barry Clark made a great start to his British Rally Championship campaign taking second in the S1600 on the weekend's Pirelli International Rally based in Gateshead. The event was the first round of the Kwik-Fit Pirelli backed championship, and the tough format of the event provided a stiff test for the competitors. full story |
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2004 British Supersport Championship – Round 3 – Snetterton, Norfolk – 24/25 April full story |
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It was a weighting game for VX Racing this weekend, with the short, tight Indy circuit at Brands Hatch proving to be a tough challenge for cars carrying success ballast in the BTCC races. Despite this, the BTCC triple-triple championship winning team left the circuit with a podium sweep headlined by Luke Hines celebrating his maiden BTCC victory; a win for Thompson on the eve of his thirtieth birthday and Thompson and Muller leaving as joint leaders of the drivers’ championship. full story |
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Top British GT racer Mike Jordan will return to the 2004 Armajaro MSA British Historic Rally Championship next weekend (1/2 May) to compete in his own Mk1 Ford Escort. Jordan will take time out from his racing commitments to debut the Holbay-engined car on the Welsh International Rally on the tarmac stages of Epynt. full story |
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Matt Neal, Luke Hines and James Thompson emerged as winners in Brands Hatch’s three Green Flag MSA British Touring Car Championship rounds on Sunday. full story |
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South Wales Rally team Paul Tod Rallying's 2004 Fiat Stilo campaign got off to a disastrous start at the Pirelli International Rally in Gateshead on the weekend when a gearbox failure saw the MII / Haywood Demolition Stilo unable to start a single stage on the second leg. full story |
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TAS Motorsport Ltd was encouraged by the performance of their development car both on and prior to the Pirelli International Rally this weekend. full story |
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"Watch for the heroes of Kielder", were the words that echoed in the minds of all six competitors when they set off on the second round of the MG Rally Scholarship, the Kwik Fit Pirelli National Rally. full story |
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David Higgins took a comprehensive win on the opening round of the Kwik Fit Pirelli British Rally Championship after winning over half of the ten competitive stages in the north-east of England. full story |
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Guy Wilks was forced to retire from his 'home' rally, the Pirelli International, after suffering a freak steering failure in a bizarre accident on special stage one at Wether Lair. full story |
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Clive Richards and Chris Reynalds began their pursuit of the Autosport Caterham Eurocup championship titles in fine style in Germany yesterday (Sat), Richards driving his R400 to a brace of outright race victories and Reynalds scooping a double-top in the Roadsport class. full story |
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Race results: Rounds 4, 5, 6 - Brands Hatch Indy Circuit, 25 April 2004 full story |
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Kwik Fit Pirelli British Rally Rally Championship full story |
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MonsterMob Ducati rider Sean Emmett will start rounds five and six of the THINK! British Superbike Championship at Snetterton from the front row of the grid after a dramatic final qualifying session this afternoon. full story |
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0900 - Friday 23rd April 2004. The prospects are bright for the Kwik Fit Pirelli British Rally Championship, according to Mark Taylor, Championship Manager, before the start of the first event in the Championship, the Pirelli International Rally. full story |
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RallySchool.co.uk driver Tony Simpson heads to the South West of England this weekend, as he bids for 1400cc class honours on the Somerset Stages Rally, the fourth round of the popular BTRDA Silkolene F1400 Rally Championship. full story |
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Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd May 2004. Avon Tyres British Formula Three Championship full story |
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Ford Puma driver Barry Clark returns to International Rally competition on the coming weekend's Pirelli International Rally. full story |
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After two gravel events, the Armajaro MSA British Historic Rally Championship moves to the daunting tarmac stages of the Epynt ranges for round three, the International Welsh Rally over the weekend of 1/2 May. full story |
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A Land Rover Freelander finished strongly in last weekend's Granite City Rally after being selected by one of the hottest new prospects on the rally driving scene as his vehicle of choice. full story |
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MG Xpower rallying duo Dan Whitman and Chris Neale travel north this coming weekend for the second round of the MG ZR Rally Scholarship. full story |
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Skoda UK will enter their Group A Fabia in selected rounds of the 2004 Kwik-Fit Pirelli British Rally Championship. full story |
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Former Welsh Tarmac and Clubman's Champions, Damian Cole and Dorian Rees have joined forces for their venture into the Kwik-Fit Pirelli British Rally Championship. Both go into unknown territory when they contest the first round of the series, The Pirelli International Rally on 23rd/ 24th April 2004. full story |
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Twenty-year-old Jon Barnes scored his maiden win in the Powertrain Caterham R400 Challenge today (Sun) at Silverstone, in so doing becoming the youngest-ever winner of an R400 Challenge race – and taking the championship lead for good measure. full story |
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James Bromley is the new A-class leader of the Motorsport News Caterham Roadsport Challenge following a resounding win in the second round of the championship at Brands Hatch on Sunday full story |
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Seven Caterham racing champions are among the quality field assembling for the 2004 Autosport Caterham Eurocup, which gets underway next week (23/24 Apr) at the Hockenheim Grand Prix circuit. full story |
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When the lights turn to green on round four of the 2004 Green Flag MSA British Touring Car Championship this weekend at Brands Hatch, WSR driver Anthony Reid will have clocked up 150 BTCC race starts. full story |
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2002 BTCC champion James Thompson completed Sunday’s London Marathon in a time of three hours and 19 minutes, beating his previous best, but it was not without its difficulties. full story |
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Shaun Watson Smith and Fariqe Hairuman are both eagerly awaiting the chance to get out on the Indy circuit at Brands with their nimble PETRONAS-backed Impian racers. The first outing for the team at Thruxton showed great potential with little reward; next weekend, the team hope to have more to show for their efforts. full story |
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MARCUS CLOSES IN ON CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD full story |
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MARCUS PILES ON THE PRESSURE full story |
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HARRI LEADS PEUGEOT ATTACK full story |
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The normally tranquil forests of the North Tyne Valley will reverberate to the sound of high revving engines and sleepy little hamlets such as Kielder and Falstone will be thronged with people as the North East hosts the opening round of the Kwik Fit Pirelli British Rally Championship which will bring the countries top drivers to the area to fight it out over two days of flat out competition. full story |
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Leeds Based duo Andrew Apperley and Simon Taylor are competing in the 2004 Kwik Fit Pirelli British Rally Championship. The championship, which toils the length and breadth of the United Kingdom, displays the finest rallying talent that Europe has to offer, with Drivers and Co-Drivers travelling from as far away as Scandinavia, Italy, France and Belgium. full story |
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This Friday (23rd April) sees Abergavenny based Paul Tod and Bargoed based Iestyn ap Dafydd's Fiat Stilo Cup campaign in the British Rally Championship (BRC) underway for real, as the MII / Haywood Demolition Fiat Stilo takes its first competitive outing in the forests of Kielder, on the Scottish Border. full story |
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Nine Fiat Stilo Rally Cup crews will join battle for the first time on UK soil at the Pirelli International Rally on April 23/24. full story |
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Ford BP Rallye Sport drivers Markko Märtin and Michael Park claimed the outright lead in the FIA World Rally Championship today after finishing third in a dramatic Rally New Zealand. full story |
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Centred around the coastal town of Raglan, the third leg of Rally New Zealand took the competitors 150 km south of Auckland. This decision allowed three ‘classic’ stages to be included, most notably the famous "Whaanga Coast" special stage, along the Tasman sea, a real postcard setting for the Kiwi rally. full story |
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Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution driver “Dani” Solà (Ralliart Italy) has been the star of the FIA Production Car World Rally Championship today and the Spaniard not only now leads the registered contenders, but set six fastest times in the eight stages run in the second leg of Rally New Zealand. The Lancer driver holds a 10.1 second advantage over Marcos Ligato, with former leader Manfred Stohl (OMV World Rally Team) third. full story |
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Kwik-Fit Pirelli British Rally Championship driver Simon Wallis will be partnered by both occupants of the Pirelli British Rally Championship class-winning Mini during 2004. full story |
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Green Flag MSA British Touring Car Championship full story |
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SEAT Sport UK made a dream debut in the Green Flag MSA British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) at Thruxton last weekend (April 11th) when Jason Plato gave the SEAT Toledo Cupra its first race victory anywhere in the world. full story |
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Hughes picks ProSpeed for Pirelli and BRC full story |
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Huge crowds were treated to thrilling action tonight as the fourth round of the FIA World Rally Championship began with two short identical speed tests at Manukau, on the edge of Auckland. Two cars at a time raced side-by-side around a purpose-built floodlit track which included a water splash, a breathtaking jump and long, sweeping hairpin bends. full story |
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Usually held on Thursdays, the traditional "shakedown" has moved been forward to today, Wednesday. However, the allocated time for this last "testing" was kept to two hours as in Mexico (four hours in the past). full story |
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EVEN MORE TO PLAY FOR AT THE KWIK-FIT PIRELLI BRITISH RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP full story |
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MORE TELEVISION FOR THE KWIK-FIT PIRELLI BRITISH RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP full story |
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DOUBLE PODIUM FOR DENNIS full story |
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FIRST POINTS FOR RUSTY full story |
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TOP TEN FOR ROBINSON AT BRANDS full story |
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Barry Benham in an MG ZR won the first round of the MGCC Mayflower MG Trophy race on Silverstone's National circuit on Saturday 10th April, but Don Kettleborough and pole sitter Chris Dewing were all over his back bumper on the finish line. full story |
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Champion comes through full story |
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Mitsubishi drivers head for the third round of the 2004 FIA Production Car World Rally Championship, Rally New Zealand, with high hopes of maintaining their unbeaten record this season. Jani Paasonen (OMV Team) and “Dani” Solà (Ralliart Italy) won the opening two rounds in their Mitsubishi Lancer Evolutions and, although all 20 registered Production Car contenders will be competing in New Zealand, full story |
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 MMSP Team head to New Zealand for season’s only ‘Mille Pistes’ event After scoring points in México in its first gravel rally since returning to the FIA World Rally Championship, Mitsubishi Motors Motor Sports team is looking forward to heading to familiar territory around Auckland for the fourth round of the series, Propecia Rally New Zealand (April 15-18). The event also qualifies for the FIA Production Car World Rally Championship and all 20 of the registered crews will be competing, setting the scene for one of the most fiercely-contested events in the championship. full story |
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John Hamilton and Eric Brown have purchased the Ex EARS GpA Mitsubishi Evo6, which was last used by Mike/David Pattison. We plan to do selected rounds of the Scottish Championship, and just see how things go. full story |
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RALLY OF NEW ZEALAND (April 15th-18th 2004) Currently 3rd overall in both the Manufacturers' and Drivers' Championships (the latter with Marcus Grnholm), Peugeot goes to Round 4 of the 2004 WRC season determined to improve its position. The French team has performed well in past years on the Rally of New Zealand, an event that gives pure driving skill a chance to come to the fore. Its four most recent visits have been rewarded with three outright wins, including two one-two finishes! full story |
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SEAT Sport UK made a dream debut in the Green Flag MSA British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) at Thruxton last weekend (April 11th) when Jason Plato gave the SEAT Toledo Cupra its first race victory anywhere in the world. full story |
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VX Racing crew secures championship lead for Vauxhall in dramatic day of racing full story |
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Team PSP opened its 2004 BTCC season at Thruxton with a fine turn of speed from its new car and drivers, but bad luck and incidents caused by others prevented both drivers from earning much better results. full story |
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British Superbike Championship – Round 2 – Brands Hatch, Kent – 11/12 April full story |
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Reigning BTCC champion, Yvan Muller, fired the first warning shot to rivals in morning practice at the opening round of the 2004 British Touring Car Championship as he blitzed the opposition with the fastest-ever touring car lap at Thruxton, recording a time of 1 minute 16.868, but it was James Thompson who snatched the record in afternoon qualifying, ending the day as the fastest man at Thruxton, and securing pole position for the first race tomorrow with a blistering lap of 1:16.747 seconds. full story |
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Currently 3rd overall in both the Manufacturers' and Drivers' Championships (the latter with Marcus Grönholm), Peugeot goes to Round 4 of the 2004 WRC season determined to improve its position. The French team has performed well in past years on the Rally of New Zealand, an event that gives pure driving skill a chance to come to the fore. Its four most recent visits have been rewarded with three outright wins, including two one-two finishes! full story |
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Ford BP Rallye Sport will debut the 2004 version of the Focus RS World Rally Car in New Zealand next week fresh from last month's magnificent 1-2 finish in Mexico. full story |
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The Powertrain Caterham R400 Challenge in association with Autosport got away to a dramatic and exciting start last weekend at Donington Park - and the pace steps up another gear next Sunday (18 Apr) at Silverstone, venue for rounds three and four. full story |
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The Motorsport News Caterham Roadsport Challenge enjoys its first double-header meeting of the season at Brands Hatch next weekend (18 Apr) and the omens are good for a quartet of cracking Caterham races. full story |
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Dan Eaves will drive the second Team Dynamics Honda Civic Type-R at Thruxton this weekend after a late deal slotted in to place for the young driver. The deal will see the Team Dynamics cars sport the characteristic orange livery brought by Eaves’ sponsor Halfords. full story |
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Starting at Thruxton this weekend, Motors TV will once again be bringing full live coverage of every BTCC race. Sunday’s first race is at 11:00 and you can join Ben Edwards, Vicki Butler-Henderson, and the rest of the team on air at around 10:30. Live coverage will then continue with BTCC and support races throughout the day, up until the completion of the final race. full story |
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Making a welcome return to the British motorsport scene, Skoda UK have announced that they will be entering a car in the Gateshead based Pirelli International Rally which takes place over the weekend of 23/24th April and features two days of high speed stages in the giant Kielder Forest complex. full story |
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Team Turn Four to run Ben Collins and Rob Speak in 2004 Championship full story |
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Texaco Havoline Backs 2003 Days of Thunder Champion full story |
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The HRCR Classic Stage Rally Challenge is continuing to attract new cars and drivers in only its second year, and championship registrations are approaching the 20-mark with still a month to go until the second round of 2004. full story |
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West Sussex rally stars Clive Wheeler and Ken Bartram rolled out of the running in Saturday's [4 April] Astra Stages, second round of the Peugeot TOTAL 206 Super Cup. full story |
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SEAT Sport UK will make its Green Flag MSA British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) debut at Thruxton on Sunday 11th April, and the new team is aiming to get both its Toledo Cupras to the finish of all three races. full story |
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Dorian Rees and his Aberystwyth co-driver, Patrick Walsh stuck to their battle plan and claimed victory in the most challenging category in British rallying, taking the Group N class win on a Kumho National Championship round fending off the "Works" supported driver Brendan Crealey. full story |
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Series newcomer Andy Demetriou made the best possible start to his Powertrain Caterham R400 Challenge career today (Sun) at Donington Park, winning both rounds one and two of the championship in impressive style. full story |
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West Surrey Racing has confirmed that Anthony Reid will partner Colin Turkington in its assault on the 2004 British Touring Car Championship. full story |
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Easter Monday, April12th 2004. MSA British Sprint Championship The MSA British Sprint Championship makes its annual visit to the demanding and high speed Croft Circuit on Easter Monday and with 21 of Britain’s top sprint drivers and a further 120 competitors in supporting Championships, the competition will be fierce. full story |
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Another two Porsche 911s have joined the 2004 Armajaro MSA British Historic Rally Championship, and both were in action on round two of the championship, the Astra Stages on Saturday (3 April). full story |
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Anthony Reid and Fiona Leggate easily won class 3 in the 2 hour Britcar Endurance Series in the rapid Boston Playtowers 2 litre MG ZR on the demanding Grand Prix circuit at Brands Hatch on Saturday 3rd April. full story |
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Group N Subaru drivers compete for over £13,000 worth of prizes in the Prodrive Subaru Cup full story |
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Live Forum Chat with Great British Hope Gareth Jones 13thApril 2004 www.brcweb.co.uk Part of the thrilling 2004 Kwik-Fit Pirelli British Rally Championship full story |
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Thruxton, 10/11 April – Rounds 1, 2 & 3 full story |
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Leading pop title Smash Hits has partnered with the UK's fastest motor full story |
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Kumho Tyres National Rally Championship – Round 2 – Astra Stages Rally, Llangollen –Saturday 3rd April  Penrith Rally driver Paul Bird concluded a day to forget when his bid for honours in the second round of the Kumho Tyres National Rally Championship ended in a deep Welsh ravine on the penultimate stage of the Astra Stages Rally based in Llangollen. full story |
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For the second event running, Ray Bellm (Ford Escort Mk1) and Dessie Nutt (Porsche 911) took the major honours in the Armajaro MSA British Historic Rally Championship. full story |
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Peugeot TOTAL 206 Super Cup Round 2 - The Astra Stages Rally 3rd April 2004 Seventeen Peugeot 206 competitors lined up at the start of a new event to the Peugeot TOTAL 206 Super Cup, the Astra Stages Rally. From the very hospitable host town of Llangollen in North Wales, the cars tackled nine classic stages in the Clocaenog and Penmachno complexes. full story |
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  Kumho Tyres National Rally Championship – Round 2 – Astra Stages Rally, Llangollen –Saturday 3rd April VK Vodka Kick Rally Team driver Steve Perez moved to within nine points of the series lead after a thrilling Astra Stages battle in the classic Welsh forests, which played host to round two of the Kumho Tyres National Rally Championship. full story |
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VX Racing is ready to commence battle and defend its triple-triple BTCC titles in the opening round of the Green Flag MSA British Touring Car Championship at Thruxton on Easter weekend, with VX Racing driver James Thompson set to compete in the London Marathon a week later. full story |
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A spectacular show of Jaguar racing cars at the Heritage Motor Centre near Gaydon, Warwickshire, is one of the attractions bringing visitors to the Midlands over the next few months. In the run-up to The Sunday Times Motor Show Live at the NEC in May, the Centre has compiled a programme of exciting events. full story |
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Two drivers with single-seater racing backgrounds are the latest converts to the John Cooper Challenge. Martin Wallbank, winner of the BARC Formula Renault title in 2001 and Gary Robertshaw, a Formula Vauxhall Junior contemporary of Dario Franchitti, have both confirmed plans to race in the MINI series this season. full story |
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