MotorSport News Archive
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Weeks after newly crowned F1 World Champion Michael Schumacher and NASCAR greats Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson confirmed their participation at The 17th Race of Champions – Nations Cup, two of Britain’s greatest motor sport drivers have added their names to the who’s-who of motorsport who will go head-to-head in the 70,000 seat Stade de France on December 4th. full story |
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Champion Carnegie seeks seventh heaven at home full story |
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One of Britain's top truck racers will join the 2004 Armajaro MSA British Historic Rally Championship for the Trackrod Historic Cup on Saturday (2 October). full story |
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SEAT Sport UK completed its first season in the Green Flag MSA British Touring Car Championship by finishing runners-up in the Teams’ Championship, winning nine races and finishing on the podium 20 times in the 30 race series. full story |
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Sutton Coldfield teenager Andrew Jordan claimed his first motorsport championship title on Sunday (26 September) when he stormed to the junior division of the BTRDA Rallycross Championship. full story |
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The Trackrod Rally Yorkshire marks the penultimate round of the Kwik-Fit Pirelli British Rally Championship. This season has left spectators and competitors reeling with excitement and with just two points between the top three positions, who can blame them. Rally Yorkshire was the 2003 Pirelli British Rally Championship Rally of the Year and the organisers will be pulling out all the stops to keep the title for a second year running. full story |
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For the Eddie Stobart Motorsport Team, it's crunch time in Yorkshire. With only two rounds remaining in this year's Kwik-Fit Pirelli British Championship, the pressure is increasing on all three members of the team. full story |
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A new championship launched by Renault UK and the British Automobile Racing Club for 2005 features the world’s most successful single-seater, the Formula Renault 2000, and is aimed at young drivers and club racers. full story |
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The deciding rounds of five national championships will be the star attractions at Thruxton on Sunday 10th October as the British Automobile Racing Club organises the final race meeting of the 2004 season at the Hampshire track. full story |
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Island hopping in the Mediterranean will be on the agenda for the BP-Ford World Rally Team during the next month as the FIA World Rally Championship moves into its final quarter. Sardinia and Corsica play host to rounds 13 and 14, but there will be little opportunity for relaxation on the Rally Italia Sardinia (30 September - 3 October) as drivers and engineers come to terms with the third new rally in this year's series. full story |
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Supermag Rally Italia Sardinia (September 30th-October 3rd) full story |
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The Patriot Stages Rally held on the 26th September at the Caerwent Military Training base, Newport, was the final round of the Heart of England Championship 2004 full story |
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Suzuki Ignis Super 1600 driver Guy Wilks heads into the penultimate round of the Junior World Rally Championship, the Rally d'Italia-Sardinia, in the series lead - and he has promised to drive flat-out for victory. The Englishman will face tough opposition from his Suzuki-driving colleagues, who are also well-placed in the championship. full story |
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Anthony Reid took the top step of the podium for the final race of the day at Donington Park in an absolutely action packed touring car classic. full story |
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James Thompson has won the 2004 Green Flag MAS British Touring Car Championship and has completed the triple for VX Racing. Thompson lifted the drivers' trophy at Donington Park today after an intense battle with his VX Racing team mate Yvan Muller. full story |
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VX Racing celebrated three championship victories at this final race weekend of the 2004 Green Flag MSA British Touring Car Championship. After ten events and 30 races Vauxhall clinched the manufacturers' and team championships but it was the fight for the drivers championship between VX Racing's James Thompson and Yvan Muller that produced plenty of drama for the crowds at Donnington Park today. full story |
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Vauxhall clinched three championship titles at the final race weekend in the 2004 Green Flag MSA British Touring Car Championship at Donington Park on Sunday. full story |
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Vauxhall and its race team, VX Racing, have clinched the manufacturers’ and team titles in the Green Flag MSA British Touring Car Championship for an unprecedented fourth year in a row. full story |
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Round 8 – The Final ACU British Supermoto Championships full story |
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Mitsubishi Motors UK is pleased to announce it will enter a works Group N Evolution VIII MR in the 2005 British Rally Championship, driven by the winner of the 2004 Mitsubishi Ralliart Evolution Challenge. full story |
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Two rounds remain in the Kwik Fit Pirelli British Rally Championship and points leader David Higgins has a one point advantage from his nearest rival, as the series reaches a climax. Higgins is confident he can extend his lead as the championship returns to gravel for the Trackrod Rally Yorkshire. full story |
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Mitsubishi Motors UK has confirmed its continued support for the Mitsubishi Ralliart Evolution Challenge by awarding the 2005 Champion a fully supported season in 2006, driving a Production specification Lancer Evolution in a UK based Championship. full story |
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The Trackrod Rally Yorkshire is not just the seventh round of the Kwik Fit Pirelli British Rally Championship but also the next round of the Prodrive Subaru Cup. Cup leader going into the Rally Yorkshire is Welsh driver, Dorian Rees. Having scored four top scores out of the six events, Rees has dominated the series and will be looking for similar success as the series returns to gravel for the Malton based event. full story |
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Dessie Nutt and Steven Smith have been announced as the major winners in the 2004 Armajaro MSA British Historic Rally Championship. full story |
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BTRDA Rally Championship – Round 9 – The Plains Rally, Welshpool – September 25th 2004
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After two high-speed tarmac events, it is back to gravel stages for round eight of the Armajaro MSA British Historic Rally Championship in the Trackrod Historic Cup on Saturday 2 October. full story |
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RALLY ITALIA SARDINIA full story |
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After a 14-year career in the World Rally Championship, and with a massive 21 world rally victories to his credit, former co-driver Nicky Grist is to share his experiences by launching The Nicky Grist Academy for youngsters in Britain. The Welshman, best known for his partnership at Ford and Subaru with Colin McRae, is encouraging youngsters to put themselves behind the wheel of Ford's Rallye Sport Trainer (RST) and learn the basics of off-road driving in a structured environment. full story |
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Dealer Team Suzuki is hoping Briton Leon Pesticcio will steer the team closer to the 2004 Kwik-Fit/Pirelli British Rally Championship Teams' title on the Trackrod Rally, 2-3 October. Pesticcio is replacing regular driver Guy Wilks in its Super 1600 Ignis for the Yorkshire-based event as Wilks is forced to miss the event due to his involvement in the Italian round of the Junior World Rally Championship on the same weekend. full story |
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The only true all British team competing in Wales Rally GB, featuring the ITV pairing of F1 analyst Tony Jardine and Speed Sunday presenter Lee McKenzie, overcame a dramatic start to this year's event, as the MG XPowered duo battled adverse weather conditions and technical difficulties to secure a class victory on the British round of the World Rally Championship. full story |
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Round 8 – The Final ACU British Supermoto Championships full story |
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MOTO1 - DONINGTON PARK - 30th & 31st OCTOBER 2004 full story |
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Dealer Team Suzuki is hoping Briton Leon Pesticcio will steer the team closer to the 2004 Kwik-Fit/Pirelli British Rally Championship Teams' title on the Trackrod Rally, 2-3 October. full story |
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Suzuki – Xpress Racing, Astro Van Centre full story |
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York rally driver Olly Marshall was left ruing his luck when a gearbox mounting bolt, costing no more than 60p, forced him out of the Wales Rally GB at the weekend. full story |
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The ground will shake at Croft Circuit, near Darlington at the beginning of November when the awesome 550bhp European Rallycross Supercars take to the grid to battle for the coveted MSA British Rallycross Grand Prix title. full story |
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The only all British team to have entered this year's competition, featuring the ITV pairing of F1 Analyst Tony Jardine and Speed Sunday presenter Lee McKenzie, successfully completed the opening stages on the gruelling Wales Rally GB. full story |
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Ford today claimed its 40th consecutive points finish in the FIA World Rally Championship as two Focus RS World Rally Cars finished in the top five of the Wales Rally GB. Markko Märtin and Michael Park were third to claim their seventh podium position of the season and BP-Ford World Rally Team colleagues François Duval and Stéphane Prévot were fifth. full story |
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Jon Barnes collected an early 21st birthday present at Dijon on Saturday (18 Sept) when he claimed a brace of breathtaking victories in the French rounds of the Autosport Caterham Eurocup. full story |
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Wrexham rally driver Jamie Edwards will make his forest debut on this weekend's Plains Rally - a round of the BTRDA National Rally Championship. After completing five tarmac rallies this season, the Welshpool event will be Edwards' first ever attempt at the classic forest stages of Mid Wales. full story |
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Sweetlamb Stages Rally full story |
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Round 13 Donington Park 19th September 2004 full story |
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A storming drive to second place by Sébastien Loeb backed by a determined fourth place from Carlos Sainz in the Xsara WRC cars has taken Citroën a step closer to retaining their title as world rally champions. full story |
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The 2004 MSA Green Flag Touring Car Championship reaches its finale this weekend at Donington Park. WSR team-mates Anthony Reid and Colin Turkington will be battling it out in their MG's to secure the title of BTCC Harrier Zeuros Independent Champion. The only other competitor who can spoil the WSR party is Matt Neal. full story |
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Guy Wilks has claimed his second Junior World Rally Championship victory for Suzuki, moving into the lead of the series for the first time! Kosti Katajamaki racked up his third consecutive podium finish with third place, while Jari-Matti Latvala finished fifth. full story |
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2004 British Supersport Championship – Round 13 –Donington Park, Leicestershire – September 18/19th full story |
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THINK! British Superbike Championship – Rounds 25/26 – Donington Park, Leicestershire – 18th/19th September full story |
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THINK! British Superbike Championship – Rounds 25/26 – Donington Park, Leicestershire – 18th/19th September full story |
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VX Racing heads to Donington Park for the final three races of the Green Flag MSA British Touring Car Championship, and the weekend that will decide the 2004 champion. James Thompson leads the drivers' championship, just four points ahead of team mate and reigning champion Yvan Muller, but with a maximum of 52 points on offer both will be racing for victory. full story |
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Many of the country’s top superbike teams and riders are set to battle it out for supremacy in the Superbike Grand National meeting which takes place at Castle Combe near Chippenham over the weekend of September 25th and 26th. full story |
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On the eve of Britain's round of the FIA World Rally Championship, the Motor Sports Association – governing body of motor sport in the UK – revealed plans to ensure Britain's representation at the highest level of World Rallying. full story |
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Team Petronas Syntium Proton will be aiming for an uplift in results to bring the 2004 BTCC championship to a close at Donington next weekend (25/26 September). full story |
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Despite not competing since their encouraging 5th place overall on August's Bill Gwynne Rallyschool & Motorsport Stages, Team Damage Control has been extremely busy in recent weeks. full story |
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By winning the seventh round of the Mitsubishi Ralliart Evolution Challenge last Saturday, on the Newton Stewart based Park Systems Furniture Stages Rally, Rory Galligan and co-driver Jonty Bolsover have electrified the race for this year's title. full story |
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Wales Rally GB (September 16th-19th) full story |
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Next month's Caterham Festival at Brands Hatch is shaping up to be a showdown of epic proportions, with all three Motorsport News Caterham Roadsport Challenge championship titles set to go down to the wire following some dramatic action at Snetterton at the weekend (11/12 Sep). full story |
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Talented Welsh youngster Craig Middleton makes his World Rally Championship debut this week on the Wales Rally GB, and the man from Llandrindod Wells is aiming high as he prepares to mix it with the best in the world. full story |
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Chris Browne and Ali Cornwell claimed victory in round seven of the Armajaro MSA British Historic Rally Championship. full story |
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West Sussex rally team Clive Wheeler and Ken Bartram achieved another best-yet performance in the Peugeot TOTAL 206 Super Cup when they took fourth on Saturday's [11 September] Park Systems Furniture Stages Rally. full story |
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The final round of the 2004 Peugeot 206 Super Cup promises to be a nail biting finale, as Stuart Jones currently has a joint lead with fellow Welshman Ieuan Rowlands. The two drivers having dominated the series this year with their close battle. full story |
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While drivers from all over the world converge on Cardiff for the Wales Rally of Great Britain, Nathan O'Connor will travel less than ten miles from his hometown of Caerphilly in South Wales to take part in the most challenging motorsport event in the UK. full story |
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British Superbike Cup rider Dennis Hobbs has today undergone surgery in a bid to rectify broken vertebrae in his neck that he injured during testing just over five weeks ago. full story |
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Driving the Mitsubishi Motors UK Evolution VIII, Brendan Crealey and co-driver Steve Harris won the Production Class on Saturday's (11th September) Park Systems Furniture Stages Rally, round six of the Kumho National Rally Championship - and in doing so became Production Category Champions - with one round still to go! full story |
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British Supersport Championship star Karl Harris has set his sights on being full story |
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The County Durham pairing of Stephen Petch and Michael Wilkinson competed in this weekend's Park Systems National Rally, as part of the Peugeot 206 Super Cup and the Kumho National Rally Championship. full story |
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Peugeot TOTAL 206 Super Cup full story |
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2004 British Supersport Championship – Round 12 – Oulton Park, Cheshire – September 11/12th full story |
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2004 Virgin Mobile Yamaha R6 Cup Championship – Round 11 – Oulton Park, Cheshire - September 11/12th full story |
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THINK! British Superbike Championship – Rounds 23/24 – Oulton Park, Cheshire – 11th/12th September full story |
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2004 Kumho Tyres National Rally Championship – Round 6 – The Park Systems Furniture Stages Rally, Newton Stewart, Dumfries & Galloway - Saturday 11th September 2004 full story |
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THINK! British Superbike Championship – Rounds 23/24 – Oulton Park, Cheshire – 11th/12th September full story |
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