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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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18/10/16

Classic Sportscar Club Sunset Race Meeting

The Classic Sportscar Club rolled into Oulton Park last Saturday (15th October) for the Cheshire circuit’s final race meeting of the season. Full to capacity grids, a healthy crowd and some glorious autumn sunshine meant that the 2016 season finished on a high. Paddock 42 photographer Richard Crawford was trackside to capture the closing moments […]

03/10/16

Britcar Oulton Park

Soaking wet weather greeted Britcar competitors on their return to Oulton Park last Saturday (1st October). Several Britcar regulars did not make the trip north to the Cheshire circuit leaving rather thin grids for the day’s two endurance races. The first encounter of the day was a 50 minute race for GT and touring cars […]

08/09/16

Bentley GT3 Testing Oulton Park

Bentley Motors hired out their local track last week for a spot of midweek GT3 testing at Oulton Park. As an added bonus, the Crewe manufacturer also wheeled out the stunning Bentley Speed 8 Le Mans racer that competed at La Sarthe in 2002. Paddock 42’s Bryan Crawford was in the pitlane and sent us […]

01/09/16

Oulton Park Gold Cup 2016

The 2016 edition of the historic Oulton Park Gold Cup took place in its traditional August Bank Holiday slot last weekend… A huge crowd enjoyed races for everything from 90’s Super Touring Cars to thundering 70’s Formula 5000 single seaters as the HSCC (Historic Sports Car Club’) continued to celebrate it’s 50th anniversary season last […]

05/08/16

Silverstone Classic 2016

A huge crowd, great weather and packed grids ensured the record breaking 2016 Silverstone Classic will be remembered as the best historic motorsport event ever held at the famous Grand Prix track. 20 races kept the fans enthralled, along with a huge amount of off track entertainment… Topping the bill were a pair of races […]

25/07/16

GT Cup at MSVR Oulton Park

A pair of races for the GT Cup headlined a busy MSVR meeting at Oulton Park last Saturday (23rd July), however a first lap incident caused the first race to be cancelled, leaving just the 50-minute pit stop race to be run on the day. Jordan Witt led the field away from the start of […]

15/06/16

NG Road Racing Club Oulton Park

The NG Road Racing Club made their annual trip north to Oulton Park last Saturday (11th June)… Changeable weather and some heavy downpours made for challenging conditions for motorcycle racing, but big grids and a packed programme ensured it was a brilliant day. Paddock 42’s Richard Crawford was trackside to capture the action. Results as […]

31/05/16

British GT Championship Oulton Park

British GT travelled to Oulton Park last weekend (28/30th May) and the Liam Griffin and Adam Carroll managed to take the win the race 1 of British GT’s double header meeting at the cheshire circuit. In GT4, Graham Johnson and Mike Robinson led from the start, a lights to flag win for the duo… Joe Osborne […]

18/05/16

Blancpain Endurance Cup Silverstone

HTP Motorsport’s Maxi Buhk, Dominik Baumann and Jazeman Jaafar took a hard fought Blancpain Endurance Cup victory at Silverstone after surviving a Safety Car period in the closing minutes of the race… The Mercedes AMG GT crew were kept honest right to the flag by the #1 Belgian Audi Club WRT Audi R8 of Laurens […]

20/04/16

FIA WEC Silverstone Six Hours

Audi claimed on-track victory over Porsche in a controversial opening round of the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship… The final race result will be decided by an FIA panel, after the race winning #7 Audi R18 was excluded for failing post event scrutineering checks. The hearing will not be held until after round two of […]

12/04/16

BRSCC Oulton Park Season Opener

The British Racing and Sports Car Club (BRSCC) kicked off their season at Oulton Park on Saturday 9th April… The Avon Tyres National Formula Ford 1600 Championship topped the bill, with a pair of races each for the Pre-’90 and Post’89 classes. Support came from the Honda VTEC Challenge and the Teekay Couplings Production Golf […]

29/03/16

Oulton Park Easter Funday

A huge crowd braved the mud and typically British weather to a enjoy a great day of club racing at the Oulton Park Easter Funday on bank holiday Monday. The ten scheduled races were accompanied by a Formula 1 and F3000 demonstration run and a variety of off-track activities. Paddock 42 photographer Richard Crawford was […]

11/03/16

Oulton Park BTCC, Porsche & Ginetta Testing

With the BTCC season just three weeks away, Oulton Park saw several teams out testing trying to gain an early advantage for 2016. They were joined by a variety of cars from the TOCA support classes, with teams from the Clio Cup, Porsche Carrera Cup GB and the Ginetta GT4 Supercup all sharing track time. […]

01/03/16

Oulton Park Porsche & Clio Testing

Teams up and down the country continue to prepare for the imminent start of the 2016 season. A variety of Porsche Carrera Cup GB and Renualt Clio Cup teams took to the Oulton Park circuit  for some pre-season testing last week. Paddock 42 photographer Bryan Crawford was in the pitlane to capture these images. The […]

10/02/16

Oulton Park Winter Testing

The 2016 season kicked off in earnest this week at Oulton Park. The Cheshire circuit hosted a single seater testing session, which was attended by a host of MSA Formula 4 Teams. With the start of the season proper just a few weeks away, teams and drivers will be looking to maximise their track time […]

09/11/15

Neil Howard Stages Rally Oulton Park

Oulton Park finished their 2015 season in style with the Neil Howard Stages rally last weekend (7th November). An oversubscribed entry of more than 100 cars, along with a huge crowd made for a hugely enjoyable event. Stephen Simpson and Patrick Walsh steered their Subaru Impreza WRC to victory by 11 seconds from the similar […]

14/10/15

GT Cup and Monoposto Season Finale, Oulton Park

The GT Cup championship finished off their 2015 season with a pair of thrilling races at Oulton Park last Saturday (10th October). Race one became a two horse race between the Ferrari 458 of Darren Nelson and the highly modified Porsche 935 of the veteran Richard Chamberlain. The battle was so close that the two […]

17/09/15

British GT Championship Donington Park

Derek Johnston and Matt Bell lead home a TF Sport one-two in an action packed championship decider at Donington Park last weekend (12th & 13th September). Beechdean AMR’s Andrew Howard and Jonny Adam emerged as the 2015 British GT3 champions after two hours of racing. Four driver pairings went into the race with a chance […]

03/09/15

The Oulton Park Gold Cup

Typically mixed British Bank Holiday weather failed to deter either competitors or spectators for the 2015 edition of the Oulton Park Gold Cup. A healthy crowd turned up on both Sunday and Monday to watch full grids in a packed 19-race programme of historic racing. Paddock 42 photographer Richard Crawford was there to capture the […]

20/08/15

BARC returns to Oulton Park

The BARC returned to Oulton Park last weekend (15th August) for a great day of varied club racing at the Cheshire circuit. Paddock 42’s Richard Crawford was there to capture the action. Results were as follows: CNC Heads Sports & Saloon Championship – Classes A, B & C Paul Rose – Saker GT Rapx Steve […]

28/07/15

Silverstone Classic 2015

A record weekend crowd of over 100,000 spectators braved some terrible British Summer weather to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Silverstone Classic. Saturday was sunny and dry, but both Friday and Sunday were a washout. A packed 20 race programme was headed by a pair of races for the FIA Masters Historic F1 Championship. […]

21/07/15

Vintage Sports Car Club Oulton Park

Good weather and a very healthy crowd greeted the Vintage Sports Car Club on their return to Oulton Park for the Hawthorn Memorial Trophy meeting last weekend (18th July). A huge variety of vintage machinery took to the Cheshire circuit, with everything from a 1950s Indy Car to a 1935 Fiat roadster represented. Top billing […]

13/07/15

Time Attack Round 4 Oulton Park

The MSA Time Attack Championship stopped off at Oulton Park for Round 4 of the 2015 season. Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, the championship offers something for everyone, from standard road cars through to purpose-built 900bhp racers. The results are as follows: PRO Extreme: 1st. Gareth Lloyd, SVA Imports Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 2nd. Phil Reed, […]

02/06/15

British Motorcycle Racing Club Oulton Park

The British Motorcycle Racing Club (BMCRC) made its annual visit to Oulton Park last weekend (30th May), with a 20 race programme for a huge range of solo and sidecar machinery. Top billing was shared by the MRO Powerbikes series and the Lansdowne Classic Series, for Grand Prix bikes of ’50s and ’60s. The weather […]

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Classifieds Archive

  • Historic Race Car, 1963 Turner Sports Mk2, VUD 701, Ex John E Miles Autosport Championship Winner.

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  • 1967 FORD CORTINA MK 11 RALLY CAR Registration number: RLX 624E

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  • Alan Mann Open Sports Ford Can-Am package

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  • 871 SUPERCHARGER .THE BLOWER SHOP 2222 HIGH-HELIX, FULL BILLET

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  • 1928 Indian Scout

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  • March F1 761/08 Exceptional!

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  • 1959 Restored Stanguellini #Cs00159

    $115000

  • 1965 Dodge Coronet 440 hardtop

    $25000

  • Ducati 1974 750 Sports

    $17000

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