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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.

12/04/15

BRSCC Silverstone National 4th & 5th April

Last weekend (4th & 5th April) was a busy one for the BRSCC who arrived ‘en-masse’ to fill the Silverstone paddocks and as always supply plenty of action packed racing to those spectators at the circuit. Big grids and hard-fought battles were the order of the day in the MX5 Championships, take a look at […]

11/04/15

BRSCC Silverstone International 4th & 5th April

Cloudy and dry was the order of the day last weekend at Silverstone International as the BRSCC took control of both the National and International circuits Both sprint and endurance racers took to the famous Northamptonshire track, results as follows:   500OA Formula Junior Sunday Race 1: 1. Peter DE LA ROCHE 2. Nigel ASHMAN 3. […]

08/04/15

GRRC Goodwood Spring Sprint

Goodwood Road Racing Club (GRRC) celebrated its 10th ‘Spring Sprint’ last weekend at the famous Chichester circuit with a broad mix of cars across the classes that included late Nissan Skyline GTR’s, Caterhams, beautiful AC Cobras and a stunning GT40… Teams and drivers soaked up the sunshine whilst being joined by a good turnout of spectators who […]

03/04/15

BRSCC Mazda MX-5 SuperCup & BRSCC Mazda MX-5 Championships

BRSCC Mazda MX-5 SuperCup and the BRSCC Mazda MX-5 Championships start this weekend at Silverstone and big grids are a definate for this season… Already the Mk1 Championship already confirming 58 registered drivers, and the Mk3 SuperCup has 33, this should make for some interesting racing. The SuperCup continues to be a popular, hard fought championship especially with […]

03/04/15

HSCC’ all set for Thruxton Easter Revival

Easter weekend is always a big weekend in the motorsport calendar, launching the season for many clubs and championships and this year is no exception. The first big historic meeting of the year, Historic Sports Car Club’s Easter Revival arrives at Thruxton and with 230 registrations confirmed for this weekend’s meeting the smell of Castrol R will […]

25/03/15

Hottrax Round 1 Brands Hatch Results

Last weekend saw Hottrax start their 2015 season at Brands Hatch and with spring sunshine and blue skies riders got back in the saddle after the long winter break. Results as follows:   ACU / Towergate National 1000 and 600 Endurance: National 1000 1. MOTO BREAKERS 1000 – Alex OLSEN / James ROSE 2. SWEATSHOP RACING – Hugh […]

25/03/15

BTCC Media Day – Donington

Paddock42 contributor Mike Hatfield attended Donington yesterday for the BTCC Media Day and the official launch of the 2015 BTCC season. Teams and drivers were able to get in further vital laps before the opening round in 9 days time at Brands Hatch. According to Mike, the VW’s of Turkington and Plato looked impressive and were putting […]

23/03/15

Darley Moor Road Race Championship Round 1

Last weekend saw the start of the Darley Moor Motor Cycle Road Race Club’s season, as the 2015 championships got firmly underway at the Derbyshire circuit. BSB rider Richard Cooper and International Road Racer, Dan Cooper lined up with the regular riders to get in some extra track time and with sunny weather plenty of […]

19/03/15

Big Grids and a promising 2015 for CSCC

The Classic Sports Car Club (CSCC) line up on the grid for the start of the 2015 season on the 12th April at Snetterton. With drivers tackling the 300 circuit and blowing the cobwebs out after the winter break they start a season that will run until the 1st of November… The club’s longest running series, […]

13/03/15

Freddie Hunt joins BKR Racing for the Clio Cup

Team BKR have announced today that Freddie Hunt, son of the 1976 F1 World Champion, will be contesting the 2015 Renault Clio Cup Championship in the Spectra Analysis sponsored Renault Clio. Freddie tested with the team at Brands last month, immediately getting comfortable and managing 150 laps in the BKR Clio. Mike Bushell  (2014 Clio Cup Champion) is […]

05/03/15

Matt Neal joins Milltek Team for Mugello 12hrs

 BTCC veteran Matt Neal has joined forces with performance exhaust manufacturer Milltek to drive in its endurance racing team at the Mugello 12hrs on the 13th and 14th of March. Regular front-runner in the UK’s leading saloon car series, Matt Neal is no stranger to the world of endurance racing having competed in Australia’s legendary Bathurst 1000km, but in […]

03/03/15

Saltire Classic Rally 2015

Whilst many circuit racers don’t get out on track to race until later this month, the 2015 rally season is well underway and Sunday the 1st March saw the annual Saltire Classic Rally in stunning North Perthshire… Drivers and co-drivers took on the 100 mile rally, tackling 17 tests in a wide variety of different cars, including an interesting Wartburg with […]

02/03/15

Elliott takes the win on the BHRC Mid Wales Stages…

Sunday saw round 2 of the Mintex MSA British Historic Rally Championship and the Viking Motorsport/Links Electrical Mid Wales Stages. Nick Elliott and Dave Price took the win on the gravel stages piloting their Mk2 Escort against a field of 82 cars. The weather had a role to play, tough conditions with plenty of heavy […]

21/02/15

MSVR Launch their 2015 Championships

It was an early start Wednesday morning this week for Paddock42 as we headed to Brands Hatch to attend MSVR’s Official Media Day. It was ‘little fresh’ out there at the Kent track, but it did not matter as the sun was out and it was clear blue skies…2015 is the 10th anniversary of MSVR, […]

19/02/15

Race Retro…Opens its Doors.

Race Retro opens its doors tomorrow (February 20th) for a weekend that promises to hold historic racing entertainment across the board. With Group B rally cars out there on a purpose-built rage stage the sights and sounds of yesteryear will once again roll across the Coventry countryside… This years show will be graced by some […]

13/02/15

CSCC – New Classes For Porsche

The Classic Sports Car Club (CSCC) have seen a large number of drivers with transaxle Porsches racing in its  Future Classic and Modern Classics championships over the last few seasons and for 2015 both series will have new classes….. The 911 has always had all the press but the front engined transaxle models of the […]

12/02/15

Rockingham 2015 Race Calendar

Rockingham is getting geared up for the 2015 season and has announced its calendar for this year with 14 meetings scheduled between April and October at the Northamptonshire circuit. The opening round of the 360 Motor Racing Club’s all new Endurance Racing Series will be held at the circuit on Saturday 18th April and the BTCC […]

10/02/15

Time Attack goes Retro…

The Time Attack Championship celebrates 10 years this year and for 2015 they are launching an all new championship and already the response has been overwhelming…introducing Classic & Retro Time Attack. As we have reported on Paddock42 the resurgence of historic motorsport has been strong over the last few years and with this new championship from Time […]

06/02/15

From Radicals to the Rolex 24…

It’s one of motorsport’s biggest prizes and, whist the word is spreading, the Sunoco Whelen Daytona Challenge is still a relatively hidden treasure. But make no mistake, this award is the real deal for aspiring drivers. Developed by Anglo American Oils (European distributor for Sunoco Race Fuels) in association with the organisers of the Rolex […]

05/02/15

British Historic Rally – Snow, Ice & the Red Kite Stages

Snow and ice made it tricky going for crews in round 1 of the 2015 Mintex MSA British Historic Rally Championship last weekend, but as conditions improved only 15 seconds covered the first 5 crews as they entered the final stage… Jason Pritchard and Phil Clarke took a remarkable win in Category K moving from 4th to […]

05/02/15

R.A.C. Rally Championship Round 1 – Red Kite Stages

Last weekend the opening round of the R.A.C Rally Championship slipped and slid into life with the Red Kite Stages, snow and ice made this rally a real challenge for drivers and teams.. Philip Burton and Mal Capstick (Ford Escort Mk2) took the class victory on their debut of the West Wales Rally Spares sponsored Championship, with Ian […]

04/02/15

F3 Cup open to National B licence-holders for 2015

News from F3 Cup organisers MSVR, MSA National B licence-holders can now compete this season. F3 Cup is the UK’s only championship for modern Formula 3 cars, and is organised with three classes which includes cars from the 1980s through to 2011 along with an Invitation class for cars outside this period. Toby Sowery claimed the […]

04/02/15

Flat out for 8 hrs. P42 talks to racer Scott Kavanagh

Endurance racing is getting more and more popular, so much so that when the UK Fun Cup travels to Belgium for the annual 25hr, 160 cars line up on the grid with drivers from all over Europe trying to be the first through La Source… Paddock42 caught up with Fun Cup driver and all round racer Scott Kavanagh […]

29/01/15

Bring the Cat back…Return of the XKR GT3

When Paddock42 heard a rumour that a Jaguar XKR was going to be lining up on the grid for the Silverstone 24hr in April and Freddie Hunt was going to be driving it we had to find out more. Introducing Simon Green Motorsport and their project ‘ Bring the Cat Back’. We caught up with […]

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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

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