MotorSport News Archive
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MUTINY CLUB RALLY PREVIEW. full story |
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Mutiny Club Rally preview: full story |
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The season is certainly hotting up for the Mitsubishi Ralliart Evolution Challenge and round four, the Mutiny Rally next weekend [Saturday 5th June], is all set to be a serious dust up - the battle for the 2004 title still wide open. full story |
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Mitsubishi Motors UK works driver Brendan Crealey will be targeting a high overall placing as well as vying for Production Category honours on next weekend's Mutiny Rally, round four of the Kumho National Rally Championship. full story |
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‘Duckworth looking to sail away on the Mutiny’. full story |
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West Sussex rally stars Clive Wheeler and Ken Bartram are hoping to get their season back on track next Saturday [5 June] when they tackle the Wales-based Mutiny National Rally. full story |
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Veteran rally ace Robin Eyre-Maunsell will join the 2004 Armajaro MSA British Historic Rally Championship for round four of the championship, the Mutiny Rally on Saturday, 5 June. full story |
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In the wake of the team's strong performance in Cyprus, everyone at Peugeot Sport team has been back at work with the aim of consolidating its return to top form with a good points haul on the Acropolis Rally, Round 6 of the sixteen-round 2004 World Championship. full story |
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With but a point separating the top three in the Powertrain Caterham R400 Challenge, things couldn't be much closer as the protagonists head for Snetterton in Norfolk next weekend (5/6 Jun) for rounds five and six of the championship. full story |
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It is with profound disappointment that Team Peugeot Total learnt today of the stewards decision to exclude Marcus Gronholm and Harri Rovanpera from the results of the Cyprus Rally. full story |
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Following a decision by rallying's governing council, the FIA, not to endorse the compromise deal worked out earlier which would have allowed the A8 and WRC cars of the British and Irish rally championships to run ahead of the Euro Rally Cup field in July's Jim Clark Rally, the event has decided to pull out of the European series. full story |
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The Armajaro MSA British Historic Rally Championship returns to gravel for round four, the Mutiny Rally on Saturday 5 June. Always one of the most popular events on the calendar, the Mutiny takes in some of the classic stages in mid-Wales including several from the Wales Rally GB. full story |
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After a season's-best qualifying performance from both drivers, Team PSP had high hopes for Oulton Park. However, a rare engine failure and a series of race incidents gave Team PSP's mechanics much to do between races and robbed the team of more success. full story |
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After a weekend of mixed fortunes, SEAT Sport UK came away from its fourth Green Flag British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) race meeting at Oulton Park today with another top three finish. full story |
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THINK! British Superbike Championship – Rounds 9/10 – Mondello Park, Ireland – 22nd/23rd May full story |
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The weekend started very well indeed for the WSR-run MG ZSs in the British Touring Car Championship with Colin Turkington topping the practice times, but things didn't go quite as well from then on. full story |
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Cheltenham rally novice, Ed Robinson, dominated the N1 class in Saturday's Red Dragon Rally, recording four fastest times in six stages through the dust and heat of the Neath Valley Forests. full story |
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Ernie Graham and Robin Kellard laid the ghost of two last stage retirements on recent events by clinching victory on round three of the HRCR Classic Stage Rally Challenge, the Red Dragon Rally on Saturday [22 May]. full story |
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Tom Chilton capped a tough weekend's racing at Oulton Park by grabbing a fine top six place in the third race of the British Touring Car Championship meeting. full story |
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All four wheels on the grass didn't stop Thompson and Muller taking the two front row spots on the grid for the first of tomorrow's three BTCC races. full story |
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Castle Combe will play host to the fourth and fifth rounds of the John Cooper Challenge on Bank Holiday Monday (31 May). A vast grid of almost 30 MINIs will take to the high-speed circuit for a double-header event in front of the expected bumper Bank Holiday crowd. full story |
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*Two-Car Entry Confirmed for Nurburgring 24 Hrs Race* full story |
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It was an interesting rallying weekend for MG Rally Scholar, Tom Bowen. After a cautious start, the young rally hopeful was soon speeding along at a good lick, that is until he came across another competitor's car on fire. full story |
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It was rather a big weekend, in more ways than one, for MG Rally Scholar Simon Rowley. The weekend started well, but then things went rather wrong as Simon explains… full story |
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Welshman Chris Davies, the 19-year old rising rally star from Abergavenny, is equal first in the Fiat Stilo Rally Cup after scoring a hat-trick of wins on last weekend's International Rally of Wales. full story |
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Five-time British Rally champion Jimmy McRae will fulfil a lifetime ambition when he tackles the famous 30-day London to Sydney Marathon from June 5th to July 4th, at the wheel of a Toyota RunX RSI Corolla Group N Car. On this event you are allowed to run modern GpN cars of up to 2-litres, 2 wheel drive non turbo. full story |
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The Kwik-Fit Pirelli British Rally Championship takes the action to viewers worldwide full story |
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Peugeot will be making a re-appearance in the BTCC following the announcement that Mardi Gras are to covert a 406 to run on LPG. full story |
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The racing heritage of the Renault marque will be celebrated at Thruxton over the weekend of Saturday/Sunday 29/30th May when the British Automobile Racing Club organises a full programme incorporating no less than seven truck races. full story |
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Sports cars take centre stage at Snetterton over the Bank Holiday weekend of Sunday/Monday May 30th/31st as the British Automobile Racing Club organises a 12-race weekend. Caterhams, TVRs and Mazda MX5s are all in action, while the EERC Britsports Endurance Race will bring two-driver action with pit-stops for a diverse range of sportscars in a 45-minute contest. full story |
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The BTCC race scheduled for the British Grand Prix weekend at Silverstone has been scrapped. In a statement, Championship Administrator Alan Gow has blamed the cancellation on a number of teams within the series. full story |
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VX Racing heads to Oulton Park, for rounds ten, 11 and 12 of the Green Flag MSA British Touring Car Championship, hoping it won’t have to endure the same rough and tumble racing that scuppered the team’s progress at Silverstone. full story |
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MRS Sherco Rider Sam Connor took his first ever British Championship Win at the weekend. Connor fresh from his second place at the Scottish-Six-Day-Trial came into his element at the 2nd Colin Appleyard sponsored British Championship round in Wales. Held amongst some stunning scenery in Pentwyn, Abersychan, Connor was on a mission to gain the win. full story |
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3 Sisters, Wigan – 16.05.04 full story |
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Armajaro MSA British Historic Rally Championship competitor Kevin Broadhurst has extended his links to F1 racing following the news that his son Chris has taken up a new role with the Jaguar F1 team. Chris, who sometimes services for his father on BHRC events, has moved from Prodrive after working with the Subaru WRC team. full story |
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The sinuous Knockhill circuit in Scotland provided a perfect backdrop for the Motorsport News Caterham Roadsport Challenge this weekend (15/16 May), with a quartet of closely fought races played out under the sun. full story |
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North Yorkshire preparation specialists ProSpeed Motorsport are delighted to announce the acquisition of four SKODA OCTAVIA WORLD RALLY CARS, along with the entire remaining spare parts stock held by Skoda Motorsport in the Czech Republic. full story |
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The second International Historic Motorsport Show will take full story |
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Champion targets a hat trick
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Dolgellau - Hopes were dashed on Sunday, during the infamous Sweet Lamb stage of the 2004 Rally of Wales, when both 22 Motorsport drivers, Jennie Lee Hermansson and Lorna Smith, saw their magnificent performances come to an abrupt and dramatic end. Flying through the hot and dusty conditions, the drivers were both proving their worth as top-level competitors, when, with only 8 stage miles remaining, Jennie-Lee experienced a major crash and Lorna Smith's Subaru Impreza suffered mechanical failure. full story |
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The 2004 RSAC Scottish Rally offers competitors a choice of six events over the three days, catering for Historic, International, National and Clubmans competitors - entries are filling up fast and competitors are reminded that entries close on May 25th. full story |
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After a late charge and challenging first leg; Gareth Jones and WRC Co-driver David Senior finished the International Rally of Wales third in Super 1600 (S1600) -securing the lead in the Championship after just two rounds of the 2004 Pirelli British Rally Championship. full story |
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Kwik-Fit Pirelli British Rally Championship leader David Higgins is happy with his current position in this years championship. Despite loosing his lead in the International Rally of Wales on the final day through punctures, his third place finish ensures he maintains his lead in the series heading to round three, The Scottish Rally on 11th/12th June. full story |
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Under glorious sunshine in Mid Wales the O2 Get Connected! team suffered mixed fortunes during the two days of the International Rally of Wales, round two of the Kwik-Fit Pirelli British Rally Championship (BRC). Damian Cole and Dorian Rees were keen to impress on home soil, however only one of the two ACE Motorsport prepared Subaru's would be able to finish the demanding Mid Wales event. full story |
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Paul Tod Rallying's Fiat Stilo Rally Cup campaign got back on track on a hot and dusty International Rally of Wales this weekend, as the MII/Haywood Demolition sponsored South Wales crew finished third in the championship, despite challenges on the first day that might have beaten a less committed team. full story |
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The picturesque town of Dolgellau was bathed in sunshine for the International Rally of Wales, where six Fiat Stilo Rally Cup crews joined battle for round two of the UK's newest one make rally series. full story |
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After second round battles in Wales, the Championship Table features a mix of experience and new blood full story |
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Peugeot driver Marcus Gronholm has won the Cyprus Rally, round five of the World Rally Championship, sealing the first-ever victory for the all-new 307 WRC. His team mate Harri Rovanpera finished fifth. Marcus now leads the World Championship after a stunningly consistent drive through difficult conditions. full story |
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After a traditionally low turn-out for the season opening meeting at Rockingham, the Dunlop Supersports Championship bounced back strongly with more than twice as many cars on the grid at Croft over the weekend (15/16 May). full story |
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After second round battles in Wales, the Championship Table features a mix of experience and new blood full story |
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Young Finnish brothers Aki and Miika Teiskonen made their first ever trip to Wales last weekend - and made quite an impression. full story |
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Ford retained the lead of the FIA World Rally Championship after Markko Märtin and Michael Park finished third on the gruelling Cyprus Rally today. full story |
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With Sébastien Loeb/Daniel Elena finishing 2nd and Carlos Sainz/Marc Marti 4th, the Xsara WRCs put in a superb overall performance in Cyprus where the conditions were as challenging as ever. full story |
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The sinuous Knockhill circuit in Scotland provided a perfect backdrop for the Motorsport News Caterham Roadsport Challenge this weekend (15/16 May), with a quartet of closely fought races played out under the sun. full story |
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After eight gruelling stages across some of the best rally terrain in the world, 25th position overall was just what the doctor ordered for ITV's Tony Jardine and Irish pharmacist Glenn Patterson. full story |
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Chris Reid’s 205 Scholarship championship attempt faltered on this weekend’s Panaround Rally as the Aberdeen based driver crashed out in dramatic style. full story |
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Pirelli Kwik Fit British Rally Championship – Round 2 – The International Rally of Wales, Dolgellau – May 15/16th 2004 full story |
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Two leading Cumbrian rally teams have combined forces with Britain's largest private contract distribution company to strengthen their assault on the remainder of the 2004 Kwik-Fit Pirelli British Championship. full story |
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Clear blue sky and sunshine welcomed the competitors of the Cyprus rally this morning. full story |
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Round three: Red Dragon Rally full story |
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When MG Sport & Racing works driver Gwyndaf Evans sets off on the first stage of this weekends' Rally of Wales, he will do so with immense pride. full story |
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Nuneaton rally duo Matt Beebe and Richard Devenport will be looking to continue their run of good form when they compete in the 3rd and 4th rounds of the MG Rally Scholarship this weekend driving their Trinity Motors/Heartland Evening News sponsored MG ZR. full story |
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Community Pharmacist Glenn Patterson from Dungannon, N. Ireland has answered an emergency call to provide services of a different kind to MG driver Tony Jardine on this weekend's Rally of Wales. full story |
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The MG Rally Scholarship circus moves on to Wales this weekend for Rounds 3 and 4 of the championship, and there's a rather special addition to the competitors... full story |
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Team PSP is looking to bounce back at Oulton from a 'challenging' outing at Silverstone; the team is focussed on securing the first podium for their new 2004 car which has already shown its potential. full story |
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Owain Beman and Stuart Powell look forward to their home event on this weekends International Rally of Wales, the second round of the Kwik-Fit Pirrelli British Rally Championship. The Supreme Motorsport backed driver has chosen Stuart following there successful outing on the Epynt based Welsh International earlier this year. full story |
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Tom Metcalfe the 20 year old mechanic from Dumfries heads off to Wales this Friday to drive in his second International Rally. Tom is partnered for the second time by the experienced 23 year old navigator Roger Herron from Kilwinning. full story |
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The team selections for the Nation's Cup are announced for the second leg of the Kwik-Fit Pirelli British Rally Championship, the International Rally of Wales. full story |
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With over 50 International entries already registered, the Rally of Wales, the second round of the Kwik-Fit Pirelli British Rally Championship, looks set to build on the excitement and success of the season opener at the Pirelli International at Gateshead. full story |
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Roy White and his co-driver Greg Shinnors recorded their maiden Mitsubishi Ralliart Evolution Challenge victory at the weekend, following a superb performance in the Roush Manx Rally, round three of the one-make series for Group N Lancer Evolutions. full story |
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Ford Puma driver Barry Clark will be looking to continue from where he left off on last month's Pirelli International rally this weekend, as the classic forest stages of Mid-Wales host the second round of the Kwik-Fit & Pirelli backed British Rally Championship with the International Rally of Wales based in the market town of Dolgellau. full story |
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The Revival Rally - the new event set for next November which full story |
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Matt Neal has won the first of Sunday's three Green Flag MSA British Touring Car Championship rounds at Silverstone in his Computeach Racing with Halfords Honda Civic. full story |
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Tom Chilton has won the third of Sunday's three Green Flag MSA British Touring Car Championship rounds at Silverstone in his Team Honda Civic Type R. In doing so, 19-year-old Chilton becomes the youngest race winner in BTCC history. full story |
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Forest of Dean rally driver Steve Loveridge scored maximum championship points during the third round of the Kumho National Rally Championship in his MG ZR on the Isle of Man on Saturday. full story |
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One of the most successful Superlight Challenge drivers of recent years is to return to Caterham racing next month. John Gladman, championship runner-up in 2001 and '02, will have his Powertrain Caterham R400 Challenge D-Day at Snetterton on 6 June. full story |
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Twenty-year-old Jon Barnes underlined his wet-weather brilliance yesterday (Sat) with a pair of crushing Autosport Caterham Eurocup victories at a sodden Nürburgring. full story |
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Anthony Reid has insisted that his contact with James Thompson in race three at Silverstone was down to nothing more than a ‘racing incident’. “It was the sort of thing you see twenty or thirty times in any race”, he told BTCCPages.com. “Normally nothing would come of it, but for some reason his car got sideways.” full story |
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West Surrey Racing driver Anthony Reid has been handed a ten-second penalty for round nine at Silverstone after an incident which saw VX Racing's James Thompson lose the race lead. full story |
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Stephen Petch and Co-driver Michael Wilkinson did well to finish the very demanding Roush Manx Rally, taking sixth place in the Peugeot 206 Super Cup over the weekend and in doing so, leaving them fifth in the championship. full story |
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Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th May 2004. BARC Championship Club Car Meeting full story |
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Damian Cole and Dorian Rees will be keen to continue their successful start on the Kwik-Fit Pirelli British Rally Championship. full story |
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South Wales rally team Paul Tod Rallying are eagerly looking forward to next weekend's International Rally of Wales after mechanical failure marred the reigning 205 Challenge champions' initial foray into the world of international rallying. full story |
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Six Fiat Stilo Rally Cup contenders will make the journey to Dolgellau in mid-Wales for the classic super smooth stages of the International Rally of Wales. full story |
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Race results - Sunday 9 May, Silverstone full story |
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VX Racing endured a disappointing qualifying session in the Green Flag MSA British Touring Car Championship, with James Thompson being pipped to pole position in the dying seconds. Team mates, Yvan Muller and Luke Hines suffered similar frustration and will start eighth and tenth full story |
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Round 3 - The Roush Manx Rally 7th/8th May 2004 MacHales the Man(x) And leads the Championship The Peugeot TOTAL 206 Super Cup made a welcome return to the classic rally stages of the Isle of Man for the Roush Manx Rally. Fifteen Peugeot 206 crews made the crossing, some visiting the island for the first time. full story |
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Kumho Tyres National Rally Championship – Round 4 – The Manx Roush Rally, Isle of Man –7th/8th May 2004 full story |
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 Kumho Tyres National Rally Championship – Round 4 – The Manx Roush Rally, Isle of Man –7th/8th May 2004 VK Vodka Kick rally driver Steve Perez defied difficult conditions to record a superb top six placing on this weekend’s Roush Manx Rally. full story |
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VX Racing heads to Silverstone, for rounds seven, eight and nine of the Green Flag MSA British Touring Car Championship, in a buoyant mood after establishing an early lead in the team, manufacturers’ and drivers’ championships. full story |
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Muller will reach 150 BTCC starts at Silverstone full story |
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With over 100 teams on cars and another great number of bikes full story |
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Insurance brokers John Lloyd and Andrew Barnes have formed a two-car team to tackle one of motorsport's greatest challenges, the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. full story |
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This month sees the WRC calendar mark one of those shifts in scenery that have long contributed to its appeal. Less than a month after savouring New Zealand's fast gravel stages and its mild southern hemisphere autumn weather, Xsara WRC crews Sébastien Loeb/Daniel Elena and Carlos Sainz/Marc Marti now face spring-time in Cyprus where a scorching sun promises to beat down on the rocky slopes of the Troodos Mountains. full story |
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Jason Plato and the Seat Sport UK team have been force to replace the former champion’s Toledo Cupra after just two meetings. The chassis, numbered 007, proved too badly damaged in the startline shunt at Brands to warrant repair. “You could say James Bond’s in hospital undergoing major surgery, but he will be rebuilt”, said Plato.” full story |
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Cyprus Rally (May 13-16) - Round 5 FIA World Rally Championship Panizzi and Sohlberg take on the Cypriot rocks and boulders  Round five of the 2004 FIA World Rally Championship takes the Mitsubishi Motors Motor Sports WRC team to the island of Cyprus for the fourth of eight consecutive loose surface events. Here, the all-French crew of Gilles and Hervé Panizzi will be joined by Finnish team-mates Kristian Sohlberg and Kaj Lindström in the second Lancer WRC04 for the first of three events hosted in the eastern Mediterranean. full story |
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CYPRUS RALLY (May 13th-16th 2004) The fifth showdown of the 2004 season takes teams to the twisty gravel mountain stages of Cyprus which recently celebrated its entry into the European Union. Marcus Grnholm has already won this event once with the Peugeot 206 WRC in 2002 and he will be aiming to repeat that success this time round with the new 307 WRC. Harri Rovanper, whose programme includes all this year's loose surface rounds, is also in a confident mood as he heads for the Mediterranean island following his strong showing in April's Rally New Zealand. full story |
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Gloucester rally driver John Moffatt has been forced to cancel his planned outing on this weekend's Roush Manx Rally, because of a lack of funds. full story |
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2004 THINK! British Superbike Cup Championship – Round 4, Oulton Park Cheshire – May 2/3  Hobbs Racing rider Dennis Hobbs endured further frustration when his bid to regain the lead of the THINK! British Superbike Cup was thwarted by clutch problems in the second of yesterday’s 18 lap races held at Oulton Park. full story |
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2004 Virgin Mobile Yamaha R6 Cup Championship – Round – Oulton Park, Cheshire – May 2/3  Virgin Mobile Yamaha R6 Cup contender Russ Hodgson saw his disastrous 2004 season continue when he was denied his first ever series podium in the latter stages of yesterday’s race at Oulton Park, Cheshire. full story |
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DESPITE DOUBLE FRONT ROW GRID SLOTS full story |
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HRCR Classic Stage Rally Challenge full story |
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For the third event on the trot, Ray Bellm (Ford Escort Mk1) and Dessie Nutt (Porsche 911) were the winners in the Armajaro MSA British Historic Rally Championship. full story |
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Dealer Team Suzuki is hoping for a better result at the International Rally of Wales on 15/16 May after a disappointing debut in the recent Pirelli International Rally. full story |
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James Bromley increased his lead in the Motorsport News Caterham Roadsport Challenge A Class championship battle yesterday (Mon) with a win and a second-place finish at Castle Combe. The Autotrader-backed driver left Wiltshire with a 20-point advantage over his nearest title rival, Nathan Bell. full story |
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2004 British Supersport Championship – Round 4 – Oulton Park, Cheshire – 2/3 May  JR Motosport team rider Jamie Robinson’s season of frustration continued in front of another bumper crowd at Oulton Park yesterday, when the legacy of a high speed practice crash left him in only 18th place in round four of the British Supersport Championship at a bright and breezy Oulton Park. full story |
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With over 50 International entries already registered, the Rally of Wales, the second round of the Kwik-Fit Pirelli British Rally Championship, looks set to build on the excitement and success of the season opener at the Pirelli International at Gateshead. full story |
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THINK! British Superbike Championship – Rounds 7/8 – Oulton Park, Cheshire – 2nd/3rd May  MonsterMob Ducati British Supersport rider Michael Laverty maintained the lead of the championship with a superb second place finish in front of a massive bank holiday crowd at Oulton Park, Cheshire today. full story |
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British Superbike Championship – Rounds 7/8 – Oulton Park – 2nd/3rd May MonsterMob Ducati rider Sean Emmett overcame handling problems to end up qualifying in seventh position and as a result will start the weekend’s two races of the THINK! British Superbike Championship at Oulton Park from the second row on the grid. full story |
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