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Owain Zerilli

Watching through the annual F1 season reviews from 1990-2002 back-to-back on VCR, whilst in bed ill, aged 9 is Owain's first motorsport memory. His second is standing on a barrier, next to a burning bin in the rain at Donington Park watching the 2004 MotoGP. Owain picked up a camera three years ago, and has been a regular in the paddock ever since. Happy at a club meet, standing in a in wet forest stage or packed in with the masses at Le Mans...

14/07/18

Trucks – Thruxton Flat Out…

The British Truck Racing Championship rolled in to Thruxton, bringing with it the annual specatcle of racing trucks hitting over 100mph on the UK’s fastest circuit… Now run by the BARC the Trucks had a fleshed out supporting cast, including the rubbin’ and bumpin’ of pickup trucks, as the Pickup Truck Championship bought wheel-to-wheel action […]

10/06/18

Thruxtons BIG Five ‘0’ & BARC Championships

This year Thruxton race circuit hit the big 5-0, celebrating 50 years of full throttle racing on the UK’s fastest circuit, on two and four-wheels. Thruxton also unveiled it’s brand-new hospitality suite, on the inside of turn 1. Murray Walker and Nigel Mansell had the honours of opening the suite on Sunday, before taking in […]

11/04/18

Classic Racing Motorcycle Club At Pembrey

The Classic Racing Motorcycle Club kicked off their 2018 season at a wet and wind-swept Pembrey circuit. Rain cleared early and provided a weekend of dry but cold conditions, but the sounds of two and four-stroke engines quickly became the main attraction… With bikes and sidecars ranging from some of the earliest bikes to race, […]

21/11/17

NEC Classic Car Show 2017

As the nights draw in, and race circuits wind down for the year the Classic Motor Show offered one last chance to drool over some of the most expensive and sought after two and four-wheeled machinery created… A firm favourite in the calendar, this three day classic car show sees 71,000 attendees converging on the […]

11/10/17

NGRRC Thruxton

The final on track action at Thruxton took place this past weekend, the North Gloucester Road Racing Club took to the track for some serious 2-wheeled battles… A wet and windy day didn’t lend itself to blistering laps but close racing filled the schedule. Riders rode bikes from all eras, many throwing their legs over […]

06/09/17

BARC at Thruxton

Thruxton played host to the BARC National Championship race meeting last weekend, the last four-wheeled race meeting on Thruxton’s calendar for 2017. A wide-range of the BARC’s longest standing championships, to some of it’s most competitive all took to the track on Saturday and Sunday. Starting with some of the smallest cars on the entry […]

30/08/17

750 MC Thruxton

The 750 Motor Club rolled in to Thruxton last weekend (August 26th) for an action packed day at Britain’s Fastest Circuit… Six of the Motor Club’s classes took to the track, highlighted by the close action in the MX5 Cup. The Summer bank holiday provided fantastic weather for some of the unique cars in the Disclok […]

01/07/17

Santa Pod Summer Nationals

Santa Pod played host to The Summer Nationals last weekend, a chance for the best drag racers in the UK to get together once again at famous strip and push the limits of speed… All classes of UK drag racing competitor were represented, with the MSA Pro Modified class headlining the show. At the other […]

08/06/17

Trucks, Minis & MG’s Flat Out At Thruxton…

Motorsport has always been about pushing the limits of motor vehicles… Be it balanced precariously on two wheels relying on a knees (and now elbows !) to judge lean angles as they scrape the tarmac through corners, or stuck to the ground with futuristic aerodynamics. Somewhere in the middle of this, a group of guys […]

31/05/17

Santa Pod ‘Main Event’

Wet conditions and the promised May Bank Holiday sunshine did not materialise Saturday morning, however Santa Pod played host to the first round of the FIA/FIM European Drag Racing series…a three-day event featuring Europe’s best drag racers on two and four wheels, reaching speeds of 300mph and destroying the hearing of anyone not wearing substantial ear protection… […]

15/05/17

FIA/FIM Main Event returns to Santa Pod…

If you were to pay a visit to your local performance car dealer you are likely to find some “fast” road cars or on any given weekend at your local racetrack there’d be some even “faster” racing cars putting in quick laps, however, only one place in the UK can host the fastest competitive cars in the […]

27/04/17

CSCC Thruxton Thriller

The Classic Sports Car Club travelled to Thruxton for the second round of the clubs 2017 season, big grids and a vast array of classic and iconic cars went toe to toe on the UK’s fastest circuit… Classes consist of a broad selection of cars many of which were rival models on track back in the day, and […]

22/04/17

BTCC Testing Thruxton…

After a difficult weekend, most of the BTCC circus headed south to the fastest circuit in the country…Thruxton. Whilst the day was billed as testing, and with Subaru and MG not making an appearance, you be loath to think the rest of the BTCC field would be relaxing and enjoying a day at the track. […]

Classifieds Archive

  • Historic Race Car, 1963 Turner Sports Mk2, VUD 701, Ex John E Miles Autosport Championship Winner.

    £410000

  • Signature Series Racetruck – Ex-Demo Vehicle for Sale

    £54000

  • Racetruck – Enclosed Race Car Transporter

    POA

  • 1967 FORD CORTINA MK 11 RALLY CAR Registration number: RLX 624E

    SOLD

  • 2014/64 Volkswagen Transporter T30S Kombi Highline 180 BITDI DSG (SWB)

    SOLD

  • Alan Mann Open Sports Ford Can-Am package

    $1000000

  • 871 SUPERCHARGER .THE BLOWER SHOP 2222 HIGH-HELIX, FULL BILLET

    $3000

  • 1928 Indian Scout

    POA

  • March F1 761/08 Exceptional!

    $399500

  • 1959 Restored Stanguellini #Cs00159

    $115000

  • 1965 Dodge Coronet 440 hardtop

    $25000

  • Ducati 1974 750 Sports

    $17000

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