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James Finn

James was named after the 1976 World F1 Champion and pretty much grew up in the car club racing paddock. He started riding dirt bikes at 5 years old and just can’t seem to give them up. A former club bike racer turned trials rider who is now involved in historic racing.

06/07/13

MSA Go Motorsport Live! Silverstone Sunday 7th July

Silverstone hosts the free MSA Go Motorsport event this Sunday 7th July and this is a free event promoting UK motorsport. The event will be open from 10am to 4pm at the Northamptonshire circuit and will be located right by the main entrance. There will be exhibitors, autotest demonstrations, passenger experiences and there will be a rescue […]

04/07/13

Dragstalgia…Old Skool ‘Rods At Santa Pod

Dragstalgia is an event being held at Santa Pod on Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th July, a weekend dedicated to ‘old skool’ drag racing, hot rods and bikes from yesteryear with classic dragsters and funny cars, altereds, hot rods, proper american muscle and more. The weekend will host Championship Drag Racing and Run What Ya […]

03/07/13

750 Motor Club heads to Rockingham

750 Motor Club has added Rockingham as a race venue into their 2013 calendar and are heading to the Northamptonshire track July 13th/14th. A full weekends racing will include 20 races with 10 different championships and includes; Toyota MR2, Formula Vee, Bikesports, Sport Specials, Aero Racing Morgan Challenge, Demon Tweeks/Yokohama Classic Stock Hatch, Premier Choice Group […]

02/07/13

MX1 in Uddevalla, Sweden

It was tough racing in the FIM MX1 Class at the challenging Swedish track over the weekend. Results as follows: 1. Cairoli, Antonio ITA FMI KTM 2. de Dycker, Ken BEL FMB KTM 3. Desalle, Clement BEL FMB Suzuki 4. Paulin, Gautier FRA MCM Kawasaki 5. van Horebeek, Jeremy BEL FMB Kawasaki 6. Strijbos, Kevin […]

01/07/13

Sykes Does The Double & Leads WSBK Championship

Tom Sykes again proved he was the man to beat taking pole (red mist down – having been made to use a race tyre rather than a qualifier) then taking both wins at Imola over the weekend. This is his second double of the year and puts him on top of the standings. Tom described […]

01/07/13

Podium Number 3 for Cal in Assen

Great work Cal – Assen, the Dutch TT, what a race. A pole start but the first few laps were tough one for the Coventry rider as he battled with a heavy fuel load which was pushing the M1 wide in the corners. Cal managed to hang on to 5th place following a frenetic first […]

29/06/13

Cal Takes His 1st Pole in Assen

Cal takes pole in Assen ahead of this afternoons race, a truely fantastic achievement. Cal is the first British rider to secure pole in the MotoGP World Championship since Ulster man Jeremy McWilliams over a decade ago at Philip Island in 2002. The rest of the best are as follows; Marquez, Bradl, Rossi, Pedrosa make […]

28/06/13

Pikes Peek 2013… For The Brave.

The 2013 Pikes Peek event starts 30th June and the infamous US Hill climb draws drivers from all over the globe who want to conquer the 14,110 foot mountain. From its discovery in 1806 by Lt. Zebulon Pike to the first race held in August 1916, an event devised by Spencer Penrose, one of Colorado […]

25/06/13

Goodwood Festival of Speed…Star Studded Line Up

Goodwood Festival of Speed have announced that there will be 125 star drivers at this years event which is being held on 12-14 July. FI teams have a big part to play at the event which has had seven of the 2013 season F1 teams confirmed and they will include Red Bull Racing, Scuderia Ferrari, Vodafone […]

24/06/13

Racestaff.com find your dream job in motorsport

Paddock42 caught up with RaceStaff.com founder Russell Howard to find out more about the leading motorsport professionals job site. RaceStaff was born out of frustration at what was currently available for quick and efficient motorsport recruitment. As a former race mechanic and driver Russell knew that what was needed was a quick and economical way […]

21/06/13

Santa Pod Summer Nationals 22nd & 23rd June

National Drag Racing Championships run at Santa Pod this weekend and feature the MSA British Championship for Pro Mod. A huge variety of race cars and bikes will keep the track action packed all day long. Car Classes Include: MSA Pro Mod Super Comp Super Gas Super Street Super Pro ET Pro ET Sportsman ET Junior Dragster […]

21/06/13

The legend of the Dunlop Bridge – Le Mans

For the 90th anniversary of Le Mans, the Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO) has a programme of celebrations for which Dunlop is a partner in recognition of its own 125th birthday. The Le Mans festivities are well on the way with as an exhibition for 11 legendary cars which has just been opened. The cars […]

21/06/13

P42 Rider makes Triumph Young Guns 2013

Paddock42 rider Grant Robertson moves a step closer to Triumph and is now full swing following his selection for the Triumph Young Guns scheme for 2013. Triumph established the young guns scheme to find the UK’s race stars of tomorrow and based on the performances of our current crop of professional riders in MotoGP & […]

20/06/13

José González…Ferrari’s First GP Winner

José González, has died aged 90. The Argentinian Formula 1 driver secured Ferrari’s very first win at Silverstone in 1951. Enzo Ferrari, was always suprised by González’s skill on how he managed to get the very best out the cars he drove, taking the win from Fangio (Alfa Romeo – Supercharged Straight 8) in a non-supercharged […]

19/06/13

Le Mans 24hr Free Practice Starts Today: Teams & Drivers List

The big event starts officially on track today with teams using non-qualifying session to fettle set-ups. Some teams make the choice of concentrating on long stints and others go for the fastest time, so it makes for some interesting watching as there is plenty of traffic! Bring on Le Mans 24hr 2013! DRIVERS & TEAMS […]

19/06/13

Welcome Back Team Suzuki… 2015 GP Return

Sheene, Lucchinelli, Uncini, Schwantz, Roberts Jr all Suzuki World Champions and blue team have confirmed that they will be back but in 2015, not 2014 as many had thought. After 2 years off (well not really, they are still going strong back in Japan) 2 x GP Suzuki’s rolled out the back of the race […]

18/06/13

Ingram Takes Both Wins at MG Live!

Guest driver, Tom Ingram, resisted strong competition from the top MG Trophy drivers to win both of the Dunlop sponsored races at the premier MG event of the year at Silverstone… MG Live. Tom was driving a brand new MGZR 190 sponsored and built by leading MG dealers Brown & Gammons in the international event […]

17/06/13

Paulin Takes The Win in MX1 Italy

Gautier Paulin (Kawasaki Racing Team) raced to his third GP victory of the year in the Italian round of the FIM MX1 Motocross World Championship at Maggiora. The Frenchman was clearly comfortable on the hillside track taking the win in the Qualification race, and he showed his maturity and skill as he converted a sixth-placed […]

15/06/13

Catalunya Qualifying…MotoGP

It was hot out there today at the Barcelona track with the track temperature on the up the grip went down. Dani Pedrosa, current championship leader went out and scorched Casey Stoner’s 2008 lap record setting 1m 40.893s, three tenths under Stoner’s record with qualifying tyres. Great work Cal taking 2nd fastest – where are you […]

13/06/13

Tom Ingram Heads to Silverstone for The Dunlop MG Trophy & MG Live

Tom Ingram is all set to race in the Dunlop MG Trophy this weekend. Tom who is the current leader in the Ginetta GT Supercup and JHR Development’s driver, will be guest driving in both the Dunlop sponsored MG Trophy races at the MG Live event at Silverstone this weekend the 15/16th June. Tom will be […]

11/06/13

Aston Martin tops GT classes at Le Mans 2013 test

Aston Martin Racing has topped the timing sheets in both GTE classes at the official 24 Hours of Le Mans test session over the weekend and have all five Gulf-liveried Vantage GTEs prepared and ready to go for the 2013 Le Mans 24hr. Aston Martin Racing has entered five Vantage GTEs – three Pro and […]

11/06/13

Dempsey Del Piero Racing… 3rd fastest GTE-AM

Dempsey Del Piero Racing and All-American team drivers Patrick Dempsey, Joe Foster and Patrick Long put in a productive day of testing Sunday at Circuit de la Sarthe in preparation for the 90th annual 24 Hours of Le Mans, June 23 – 24, with recent team addition Long posting the third fastest GTE-AM lap of […]

10/06/13

Casey Stoner given ‘Member of the Order of Australia’

The Australian and former double MotoGP world champion received the honour “For significant service to motorcycle racing” and has been appointed a ‘Member of the Order of Australia (AM)’ in the Queen’s Birthday honours. Casey Stoner who retired from MotoGP at the end of 2012, took 45 victories in MotoGP and won titles for both Ducati in 2007 […]

08/06/13

Sykes, Portimao…5th Pole of the Season

Tom Sykes banged in his fifth WSBK Superpole win of the season in succession after a two-part ‘Wet’ Portimao Superpole and in doing so took a new track best lap of 1’41.360. Loris Baz his team mate qualified sixth. It was wet and it is bumpy around the Portimao track but the British rider conserved […]

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1959 Restored Stanguellini #Cs00159

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