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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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02/04/18

British GT Championship Oulton Park

British GT Championship history was made at Oulton Park on Easter Monday, as Flick Haigh became the first woman to win a British GT Championship race outright. Sadly typically British bank holiday weather meant there would be no repeat victory later in the day, as the second GT race was abandoned due to torrential rain […]

20/03/18

BARC Race Day Oulton Park

The BARC started their 2018 season last Saturday (17th March) at Oulton Park, with competitors having to battle some wintery weather as well as the undulating Cheshire circuit. The UK Legends Championship made its first visit to Oulton Park for three years, and delivered typically frantic action. After the first heat was red flagged due […]

13/03/18

British GT & British F3 Championship Media Day

Donington Park hosted a media day and testing session for the British GT Championship and BRDC British F3 Championship last Thursday (8th March). 26 GT cars and 16 Formula 3 cars arrived at the Leicestershire circuit keen to get some track time with the start of the season just three weeks away. The day started […]

05/03/18

British GT & Formula 3 Testing Oulton Park

With the opening rounds of the 2018 British F3 and British GT Championships just a month a way, plenty of teams have been out testing around the country, honing their cars for the upcoming season and getting their new drivers used to the challenging Oulton Park circuit, the venue for round one of both championships. […]

13/02/18

Oulton Park Testing Roundup

With the start of the 2018 season just a month away, teams and drivers are making their final preparations for the arrival of spring and racing to begin again… Oulton Park has seen cars from a wide variety of series out testing over the past few days, with everything from a Ginetta G40 to a […]

04/12/17

British Formula 4 Winter Testing Oulton Park

The racing season may be over but that doesn’t mean a Christmas break for Britain’s motorsport teams as they remain out on track testing at circuits up and down the county in preparation for the 2018 season… Several British Formula 4 runners braved the winter cold at Oulton Park on Friday 1st December for a […]

10/11/17

Walter Hayes Trophy 2017

Michael Moyers claimed a maiden Walter Hayes Trophy victory after a pulsating Grand Final race at Silverstone last weekend… Following two days of heats and semi-finals, the last Fomula Ford race of the year turned into a sensational slipstreaming battle around the fast Silverstone National circuit. Moyers started the final from third place on the […]

09/11/17

Neil Howard Memorial Stages Rally 2017

Kevin Proctor and co-driver Derrick Fawcett emerged as the dominant victors in last Saturday’s Neil Howard Memorial Stages rally at Oulton Park, the first round of the 2017-2018 Circuit Rally Championship… The now-traditional season ending event at the Cheshire circuit took place under sunny skies, ensuring a huge crowd was in attendance to enjoy nine […]

18/10/17

Fun Cup UK Final Round Oulton Park

The Fun Cup series delivered one of the races of the year to close out their season at Oulton Park last Saturday (14th October), as four cars battled for the win and the championship in a four hour endurance encounter at the Cheshire circuit. JPR UVio, Track Torque 2Rent Dominos and Team Trooper all went […]

14/09/17

BRSCC Oulton Park

The BRSCC visted Oulton Park for the penultimate time in 2017 last Saturday (9th September), bringing a 14 race programme to the parkland circuit… A quartet of races for the Avon Tyres Northern Formula Ford 1600 Championship topped the bill, supported by the Teekay Couplings Golf GTi Championship, the TVR Challenge, alongside guest appearances from […]

16/08/17

BRSCC Caterham Motorsport Race Day, Oulton Park

It was wall-to-wall Caterhams at Oulton Park last Saturday (12th August), as the BRSCC brought all of Caterham’s racing championships together at the Cheshire circuit. With races catering to everything from humble Roadsports that had been driven to the circuit to 220bhp fully race prepared cars, there was something for every type of Caterham fan. […]

11/07/17

BARC Oulton Park

The BARC Northwestern Centre hosted their latest meeting at Oulton Park last Saturday. A varied mix of categories made up the 11 race programme, with everything from an ex Scandanavian Touring Car Championship BMW M3 to Superkarts catered for… The CNC Heads Sports/Saloon Championship entry had to be split in two due to the sheer […]

15/06/17

Formula Vintage Oulton Park

The Vintage Sports Car Club brought its entertaining new Formula Vintage concept to Oulton Park for round two of the season last weekend (Saturday 10th June). A huge variety of vintage cars turned out for the event, with everything from early 1900s road cars to a mid-50s Indycar taking to the track over the course […]

25/05/17

BTCC Oulton Park Gallery

The BTCC circus made its annual visit to Oulton Park last weekend… The usual huge crowd packed into the Cheshire parkland circuit to witness three BTCC races alongside the full TOCA support package, including the Porsche Carrera Cup GB, MSA British Formula 4 and the Clio Championship. Paddock 42 photographer Bryan Crawford braved some typically […]

19/05/17

Blancpain Endurance Cup Silverstone

The #63 Grasser Racing Team trio of Andrea Caldarelli, Mirko Bortolotti and Christian Engelhart emerged victorious from a thrilling three hour Blancpain Endurance Cup race at Silverstone last Sunday. The Lamborghini drivers saw off a concerted challenge from the #84 HTP Motorsport Mercedes AMG GT3 in the final hour to take the win by just […]

23/04/17

British GT Championship Oulton Park

The 2017 British GT Championship season kicked off at Oulton Park on Easter Monday. Typically grim bank holiday weather did nothing to stop a huge crowd descending on the Cheshire circuit for the opening two races of the season. A huge grid of 28 GT3 and GT4 cars made for a great day’s racing despite […]

21/04/17

FIA WEC Silverstone Toyota Rules…

Richard Crawford and Mike Widdowson travelled to Silverstone at the weekend to capture the WEC… The #8 Toyota TS050 of Kazuki Nakajima, Anthony Davidson and Sebastian Buemi took victory in the opening World Endurance Championship race of 2017, after a thrilling Silverstone 6 Hours. With Toyota having a opted for a high downforce aero package […]

11/04/17

NG Road Racing Club Oulton Park

The NG Road Racing Club made their annual trip north to Oulton Park last weekend (8th April), bringing a packed twenty race programme to the Cheshire circuit. The circuit was bathed in spring sunshine all day ensuring perfect conditions for a great day of racing… Topping the bill were a pair of races for the […]

28/03/17

BRSCC starts its season at Oulton Park

The British Racing and Sports Car Club (BRSCC) started their season with an excellent meeting at a sun drenched Oulton Park last Saturday (25th March). Heading the bill was a quartet of races for the Avon Tyres Formula Ford 1600 Northern Championship, with the grid split in to Pre 1990 and Post 1989 fields. Support […]

23/03/17

BTCC and British GT Testing Oulton Park

With the 2017 season kicking off in earnest this month, teams from both the British Touring Car Championship and British GT Championship are running their final tests of the winter… Several squads from both series held a test at Oulton Park in Cheshire on 21st March. The BTCC season starts at Brands Hatch on 2nd […]

09/03/17

British GT and Formula 3 Testing, Oulton Park

With the new season just over a month away, several British Formula 3 Championship and British GT Championship teams have been busy testing at Oulton Park this week… Paddock 42 snapper Bryan Crawford was in the pitlane to capture the moment as the teams experiment with set ups seeking any advantage at the famous Cheshire venue. Martin […]

06/03/17

Oulton Park Winter Testing Gallery

With the new UK motorsport season kicking off in earnest later this month, teams are out testing at circuits up and down the country to try and gain an advantage on the competition. Oulton Park has seen several British GT, BTCC and Ginetta Supercup outfits putting in the laps over the past few weeks. Paddock 42 […]

08/11/16

Neil Howard Memorial Stages Rally

Oulton Park ended the 2016 season on a high last weekend (5th November) with the Neil Howard Memorial Stages Rally… Cold winter sunshine and the promise of a firework display drew a huge crowd to the Cheshire circuit for the final event of the year. A capacity entry of over 100 cars took on nine […]

20/10/16

Oulton Park Formula 3 Testing

The season may be coming to a close but teams are still out testing up and down the country to prepare for 2017 and trying out new drivers for next season… Last week several British Formula 3 championship teams descended on Oulton Park in Cheshire for a general testing session. Also making an appearance in […]

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