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Brian Clarke

Brian got started in motorsport photography when he got the chance to shoot Formula Jedi at Snetterton in 2014 and since then he has been hooked. Often at Brands, cars or bikes, Brian is generally found pointing a camera at it…

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15/07/18

Goodwood Festival of Speed – The Silver Jubilee.

To mark the Silver Jubilee, the Duke of Richmond commissioned British artist and designer Gerry Judah to design this years central feature to commemorate 25 years of the Festival of Speed and also to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Porsche…standing in front of Goodwood house the feature climbed to a height of 52 metres…. One single, […]

13/07/18

CHATEAU IMPNEY HILL CLIMB 2018

The Chateau Impney opened its gates for the forth running of the Chateau Impney Hill Climb over this weekend (7th/8th July). As the baking sunshine beat down on a massive crowd sun cream was a must… Brought back in 2015 the inaugural ‘Hill Climb’ was a great success and is now a much anticipated annual […]

25/06/18

VMCC British Historic Racing Rounds 5 & 6 Lydden Hill

Over this scorching weekend(23/24 June) Lydden Hill held rounds 5 & 6 of the VMCC British Historic Racing event and the BSSO Memorial Race… Way back on the 28th April 1946 a group of 38 motor cycle enthusiasts gathered at the Lounge Cafe, Hog’s Back, in Guildford, Surrey with an idea of forming a Motor […]

02/06/18

NORASPORT BRITISH SUPERMOTO CHAMPIONSHIP R3

This bank holiday weekend 26th/27th May Lydden Hill saw the return of the Norasport British Supermoto Championship for round 3…. Supermoto races are commonly held on road racing or medium-sized go-kart tracks with an off-road section in the infield. Modifications to the Lydden circuit meant riders had to compete on tarmac,dirt and gravel while dealing […]

23/05/18

Santa Pod Doorslammers 2018

Last weekend (19th/20th May) Santa Pod Raceway hosted the much anticipated return of The Doorslammers. Clear blue skies and the thermometer hitting the mid 20’s made it perfect conditions for a weekend of fast action drag racing! This event first ran at Santa Pod Raceway way back in the 1970’s and 1980’s. Traditionally an end […]

04/04/18

BRITISH RALLYCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 2 at Lydden Hill

This Bank Holiday Monday (2nd April)Lydden Hill held round 2 of the British Rallycross Championship. Early morning rain gave way to much finer weather giving drivers the oppertunity for some hard driving. 09.00 saw the MSA juniors first out on circuit for a 3-lap practice session with the MSA Supernational, MSA British, other classes and […]

16/03/18

Ginetta Media Day 2018

On Wednesday(14th March) Ginetta Cars held its 2018 media day at Brands Hatch…2018 celebrates 60 years of this legendary car manufacturer which was originally founded by the Walklett brothers back in 1958 in Woodbridge Suffolk. Ginetta was ultimately acquired by experienced racing driver and successful businessman Lawrence Tomlinson in 2005 who aimed to remain true […]

20/02/18

Chateau Impney Prepares for 2018 Event…

Following the venues successful return to motorsport in 2015, after a 48 year hiatus, the Chateau Impney Hill Climb continues to go from strength to strength…with over 16,000 people attending last years event… Over 200 pre-1967 cars and their drivers took on the challenging course last year with Jack Woodhouse storming up the hill in […]

23/11/17

Britcar At Brands 18th / 19th November 2017

This weekend Brands Hatch ended its season in spectacular style with the Britcar into the Night event organised by the BARC and featuring race cars driving into the darkness and culminating in a two hour Le Mans style endurance race… Also featuring was the Ginetta Junior Winter Series and new for 2017 was the Renault […]

09/11/17

British Trucks Wrap Up 2017 at Brands

Last weekend (4th/5th November) saw the conclusion of the British Truck Racing Championship at Brands Hatch. Saturday morning’s abysmal weather made qualifying a very risky business… Day 1 Saturday First out on circuit for qualifying were the Legends Car Championship and the Quaife/Cannons Tin Tops Championship, both championships getting a ten minute qualifying session. The […]

06/10/17

TRAX 2017 at Silverstone

Last Sunday (1st October) saw the return of TRAX to Silverstone and despite the damp conditions, thousands of enthusiasts headed to the Northamptonshire circuit to enjoy this massive modified car display… A stunning array of stunning cars, lovingly modified by their owners who clearly spend copious amounts of time, love and energy and not to […]

29/09/17

Rockingham Outer Paddock Drift Day

Practice Practice Practice!! Sunday 24th September – Rockingham Motor Speedway transformed the outer paddock into an awesome arena for a drift practice event…. Organised by Rockingham Drift Days it gave beginners and more experienced drifters the chance to hone their skills in the beautiful ‘art’ of travelling sideways. Watching these guys snaking round the outer […]

12/09/17

Goodwood Revival 2017

Despite the good old British weather doing it’s very best to dampen spirits, British spirits refused to be dampened at this years Goodwood Revival, this stunning 3 day event offers so much more than just watching legendary historic racing cars and bikes battling it out around the fast narrow West Sussex circuit, its a whole […]

30/08/17

Deutsche Fest Brands Hatch 19/20th August

The weekend of 19/20th August saw a new event at Brands Hatch, Deutsche Fest. Following on from the success of the American Speedfest and the Festival Italia was Germany’s inaugural Deutsche Fest; featuring the best that Germany has to offer in the way of automobilia. There was a full program over the weekend which was […]

09/08/17

BRITISH GT & BRDC BRITISH F3 CHAMPIONSHIP

This weekend (5/6th August) Brands Hatch hosted the penultimate round of the British GT Championship. With over 30 cars reaching speeds of more than 150mph, the action was bound to be fast and furious and GT fans weren’t disappointed. The Main event was a gruelling two-hour test of strength and stamina for these battle hardened GT3 and […]

18/07/17

MOTO TIME ATTACK – Time Attack on Bikes

Last Sunday (16th July), Cadwell Park hosted the first ever Moto Time Attack, yep Time Attack on bikes… Based on the highly successful Time Attack format for cars (the car championship is in its 12th season this year), the competition consisted of riders all competing to win the fastest lap time, tackling what is arguably the […]

13/07/17

Chateau Impney Hill Climb 2017

Last weekend (8th/9th July) saw the return of the Hill Climb in the beautiful surroundings of the Chateau Impney… The event was first held on the 29th September 1957 when the Hagley and District Light Car Club ran a sprint event in the grounds and this annual meeting continued through to 1967. Revived in 2015 […]

27/06/17

Tunerfest South at Brands

Tunerfest South returned to Brands Hatch last Sunday (25th June) and if you love’em modified this is the place to be… This is an event for car enthusiasts to have a chance to show off their extremely high tuned and highly modified aftermarket machines. Headlining the event was the Time Attack which held its third round […]

13/06/17

AMERICAN SPEEDFEST V

The American SpeedFest returned to Brands Hatch at the weekend (10-11 June 2017), the fifth year of this ace event and fans of all things american racing had a ball… Entertainment featured a Fast & Furious style drift demonstration, piloted by Zarene Dallas a genuine Fast & Furious movie stunt driver, Bernie’s V8 Championship thundered on track […]

30/05/17

WRX Lydden Hill Solberg Rules

World Rally Cross returned to Lydden Hill at the weekend and what a great weekend it was – non stop action from the best RX drivers in the World… Petter Soldberg was firmly ‘man of the match’ after taking the victory in the 5th round of the World RX Championship at the weekend. Solberg won all four heats, […]

03/05/17

BHP Performance Show at Lydden Hil

BHP Performance Show took place at Lydden Hill on the Bank Holiday Monday, 1st May….fine engineering and sideways action? You betcha… This meeting and show kinda start the season for those involved in the UK Drifting and modified car scene, and this year is the 9th running of this popular event. There is plenty to see […]

27/04/17

No Limits at Brands…

It was round 2 for the No Limits riders and Brands was the venue last weekend… These are hard charging championships and the pace is always flat out, weather conditions were mixed and at one point riders started reaching for the wets but the rain never really came and although the Spring sunshine was struggling […]

13/04/17

BRSCC Brands Hatch 8th & 9th April

Brands Hatch welcomed the BRSCC last weekend as the club’s 2017 calendar starts to gather pace… BRSCC meetings were also held at Oulton Park and Snetterton last weekend however the Britcover National Formula Ford 1600 Championship, BRSCC Formula Jedi Championship, BRSCC Mazda MX5 Championship, BRSCC Mazda MX5 SuperCup, Fiesta Championship, Fiesta Junior Championship, HRDC Academy / A-Series […]

23/03/17

NGRR Starts The Season At Brands

North Gloucester Road Racing Club (NGRR) arrived at Brands at the weekend for the first round of their 2017 season… Spring weather helped kick-start the club’s racing year as riders quickly got back into the groove after the winter off season. Take a look at the full race report here. Saturdays results. Sundays results. All […]

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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