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Richard Crawford

Since his first event, the 1986 RAC Rally, at the tender age of two, motorsport has been a huge part of RC’s life. Passionate about endurance sports car racing and often happiest when sat in the paddock with LMP 1’s, Richard is equally at home shooting trackside at a club motorcycle meetings or in a forest snapping rally stages.

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02/08/19

Silverstone Classic Report

A huge crowd did their best to avoid the worst of the British summer weather and enjoy 21 superb races at the 2019 Silverstone Classic. Races for every conceivable type of historic car had a place on the bill, from pre-war Bentleys to Peugeot 908 LMP1 cars, and everything in between. On-track headliners were the […]

30/07/19

Silverstone Classic 2019 Gallery 1

A full report from this amazing event will follow later this week. For now here’s the first of two galleries from the Silverstone Classic, by Rich Crawford.

24/06/19

Britcar Oulton Park Gallery

The Britcar Dunlop Endurance Championship rolled into Oulton Park on Saturday 22nd June for the first of two visits this season. A varied grid of GT3, GT4 and Touring cars took on a pair of one hour races around the sun-drenched parkland circuit. Paddock 42 photographer Rich Crawford was there to capture the action.

19/06/19

MSVR Oulton Park

Motorsport Vision Racing brought a variety of championships to Oulton Park last weekend, with a pair of races for the F3 Cup topping the bill. Changeable weather and a mid-meeting circuit change, brought about by barrier damage after one race made this one of the stranger events to be held this season. A huge accident in […]

05/06/19

Britcar Dunlop Endurance Championship Donington Park Gallery

A full report from Saturday’s two Britcar races will be coming up shortly, but first here is a large gallery from Donington Park by Paddock 42 photographer Rich Crawford.

19/05/19

VSCC Formula Vintage Oulton Park Gallery

The Vintage Sports Car Club made its annual visit to Oulton Park on Saturday 19th May, bringing a varied field of vintage cars to Cheshire for round two of Formula Vintage. Six races for pre-war cars were joined by guest champioship Equipe GTS, for road going sportscars of the 50s and 60s, and a race […]

14/05/19

Blancpain Endurance Cup Silverstone

SMP Racing gave Ferrari its first Blancpain Endurance Series victory for six years at Silverstone on Sunday (12th May), after a frantic three hour race on the Grand Prix circuit. The Pro class crew of Mikhail Aleshin, Miguel Molina and Davide Rigon had to work hard for their victory, coming from 10th place on the […]

08/05/19

British Superbike Championship Oulton Park

Josh Brookes was in untouchable form as the BSB circus rolled into Oulton Park over the May bank holiday weekend. The Australian gave the new V4 Ducati Panigale its first victory in the British Superbike Championship in race 1, before doubling up and taking victory in race 2 to complete a clean sweep of the […]

24/04/19

British GT Championship Oulton Park

The JRM Racing Bentley of Rick Parfitt Jnr and Seb Morris and the Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini of Sam De Haan and Jonny Cocker shared the spoils as the 2019 British GT Championship season kicked off at Oulton Park. A huge crowd packed into the Cheshire circuit bathed in warm spring sunshine, and they were treated […]

17/04/19

Fun Cup UK Round 2 Oulton Park

DespatchBay.com emerged victorious from a thrilling four hour Fun Cup race at Oulton Park last Saturday (13th April), heading a six car battle for the lead in the closing stages. The beautiful Cheshire circuit was bathed in some early spring sunshine, but the air temperature was cold as the cars set off for Old Hall […]

07/03/19

British GT Championship Media Day Gallery

The British GT Championship held their annual Media Day at Donington Park on Tuesday 5th March. Series organisers announced a record 38-car entry list for the 2019 season, including 14 cars in the headline GT3 class. You can read Mike Widdowson’s GT3 preview here, with a GT4 preview to follow later in the week. Here […]

23/02/19

Oulton Park Winter Testing

The build up to the 2019 season continued at Oulton Park this week, with teams from a wide variety of championships taking advantage of some early spring sunshine to gain some experience at the Cheshire circuit. A host of single seater and GT cars were out testing, with the opening races of the season just […]

11/02/19

Oulton Park Testing Roundup

The 2019 season burst into life at Oulton Park last week, with the first test days of the year at the Cheshire circuit. Teams from a variety of championships wasted no time in getting on track, with cars out testing from the British GT Championship, Britcar, the British F3 Championship and more. Paddock 42 photographer […]

26/09/18

British GT Championship Donington Decider

Flick Haigh and Jonny Adam made history at Donington Park last Sunday (23rd September), with Haigh becoming the first woman to win the overall British GT Championship, and Jonny Adam becoming the series’ only three-time champion. Fourth place was enough to seal the title for the Optimum Motorsport duo, despite the efforts of their main […]

11/09/18

GT Cup & LMP3 Cup Gallery, Donington Park

The GT Cup and LMP3 Cup Championships had their penultimate rounds of the season at Donington Park last weekend (8th – 9th September). A full report will be posted by Mike Widdowson later in the week, but for now here is a gallery of Saturday’s action from Paddock 42 photographer Richard Crawford.

23/08/18

FIA WEC Silverstone Gallery

The first of two galleries from a fantastic FIA World Endurance Championship weekend at Silverstone. Photography by Rich Crawford.

05/08/18

TCR UK Oulton Park

Reigning BTCC Champion Ash Sutton was on dominant form as the brand new TCR UK Championship made its maiden visit to Oulton Park. Sutton was making his debut in the TCR series, swapping his BTCC Subaru for a Honda Civic in this one-off outing. He proved too much for the TCR UK regulars, winning both […]

25/07/18

Silverstone Classic 2018: Gallery 1

With so much to see and photograph at the Silverstone Classic, we sent two photographers along to capture all of the action. Here is our first gallery from the weekend, by Richard Crawford.

24/07/18

Silverstone Classic 2018 Report

Huge crowds enjoyed a fantastic weekend of historic motorsport last weekend (20th-22nd July) as the 2018 Silverstone Classic took place under sunny skies. 21 races over two days kept the crowd entertained, along with a wealth of off-track entertainment, live music and some wonderful car club displays. Racing began early on Saturday morning with the […]

17/06/18

BRSCC Mazda Raceday Oulton Park

It was wall-to-wall Mazda’s at Oulton Park on Saturday 16th June, as the BRSCC brought its Mazda MX-5 Championships to the Cheshire Circuit. Six races for the Mazda MX-5 Championship topped the bill, supported by the Avon Tyres Northern Formula Ford 1600 Championship, the Cox Motor Parts Civic Cup, and the Mazda MX-5 Super Series […]

31/05/18

Classic Motorcycle Racing Club Oulton Park

The Classic Motorcycle Racing Club returned to Oulton Park for the first time in over 10 years over the late May Bank Holiday weekend (26th-28th May). The club organised a packed two day meeting, featuring 30 races for 11 classes of classic bikes, alongside several parades for road-going machines. Catergories for all sorts classic bikes […]

23/05/18

Formula Vintage Oulton Park

The Vintage Sports Car Club made its annual visit to Oulton Park last Saturday (19th May), bringing its Formula Vintage meeting to Cheshire for the second time. Perfect weather for racing and a healthy crowd made for a very entertaining meeting, with 10 races for a wide variety of cars on the bill. Off-track, the […]

30/04/18

British GT Championship Round 3, Rockingham

Lee Mowle and Yelmer Buurman came from the back of the field to take their maiden British GT Championship victory in a thrilling two-hour race at Rockingham on Sunday (29th April). Four appearances from the safety car and a variety of penalties helped the ERC Sport Mercedes-AMG pairing to the top step of the podium, […]

11/04/18

Fun Cup Round 1 Oulton Park

The MAK Racing pairing of Chris Webster and ELMS racer Stuart Hall took their maiden Fun Cup victory in changeable conditions at Oulton Park last Saturday (7th April). The racing was typically close, with a the winning crew taking victory over the 2Rent Domino’s entry by just 0.190 seconds after 4 hours of racing. Reigning […]

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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