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21/08/19

Liqui Moly Classic Racing Championship 2CV 24 hour

The Classic 2CV Racing Clubs 2019 season came to an end over the weekend (16th-18th August 2019) bringing a touch of Le Mans to Norfolk with the 29th running of the Liqui Moly 2CV 24 hour on the classic Snetterton 200 circuit. The 2CV Parts.com Classic Racing Championship also celebrated it’s 30th year of racing […]

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.

22/06/19

Thiim Tops the times

British GT free practice 1 over, Nicki Thiim and Mark Farmer topped the times in an uninterrupted session. Glorious conditions grace Donington Park, temperatures into the teens and very light cloud across the sky. All 41 cars were out on circuit to get their heads around the conditions for the weekend. A complete polar opposite […]

22/06/19

British GT arrives at it’s halfway point for 2019

How quick is this season going? the 2019 season is already at it’s midway point as it arrives at Donington Park for the first of 2 visits this season. 41 cars are scheduled for the grid at Donington Park. As they arrive Barwell Motorsport still leads the way in the points standings. Firstly Adam Balon […]

19/06/19

2019 24 Hours of Le Mans – 87th Edition

Final-Hour Heartbreak Hands Victory and 2018-2019 Title to Buemi, Nakajima and Alonso The day before the 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans saw Bentley celebrate its centenary anniversary with a display of its racing cars, including its most Le Mans race winner, the Speed 8, which claimed the 2003 overall victory – a sixth win […]

14/06/19

2019 24 Hours of Le Mans – Practice and Qualifying

Toyota Gazoo Racing Locks Out the Front Row Ahead of the Le Mans 24 Hours The final round of the 2018-2019 FIA WEC Super Season returned to Le Mans, marking the 87th running of the iconic 24-hour race organised by the ACO. With Toyota having secured the manufacturer’s championship for the LMP1 category in the […]

14/06/19

RAM Racing Race to Silverstone 500 Win

Ram Racing take the Silverstone 500 win in dying moments of the race whilst Team Parker Racing take GT4 Honours with Scott Malvern and Nick Jones Mercedes ran riot throughout the whole weekend at the silverstone 500, claiming wins in both categories and quickest in morning warm-up. RAM Racings Ian Loggie and Callum Macleod […]

09/06/19

Team ABBA Racing tops warm-up.

What a difference 24 hours makes, torrential rain greeted the teams on Saturday morning but today see’s temperatures into the double figures and glorious sunshine gracing the Northamptonshire circuit. A short sharp 10 minute warm up session for the drivers to get their first full running on a completely dry surface after yesterdays washout. The […]

08/06/19

TF Sport Snatches Double Pole Positions

Silverstone 500 Qualifying and TF Sport snatches Double pole positions in both classes for the 3 hour of the race. The first 10 minute session saw the AM drivers take to the circuit. Graham Davidson was the first out and took advantage of the clear track and set a 2:02.554. When the Pro’s took to […]

08/06/19

Century Motorsport sets the pace in Free Practice 2

On a drying track, the cars returned to the circuit for the second 1 hour session of the weekend. Rain still lightly falling and a drying line appearing the track was still a tough challenge for the drivers. #3 Century Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 in the hands of Dominic Paul and Ben Green posted the […]

08/06/19

TF Sport at top of the times at Silverstone 500

The 2019 edition of the Silverstone 500 Morning practice was greeted to pretty torrential rain, a sodden circuit for the drivers to contest offering some pretty tricky conditions. TF Sport’s #2 Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT3 topped the sheets in the fully wet free practice session with a 2:19.720. JMH Auto make their Debut 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.

24/05/19

FERRARI CHALLENGE UK BRANDS HATCH

The inaugural round of the Ferrari Challenge UK kicked off this past weekend at the Brands Hatch Indy circuit. The Prancing Horse’s brand new dealership series featured two action packed 30 minute races. Jason Baker from Dick Lovett Swindon dominated the weekend gaining two poles and converted them into race wins. Baker was closely followed […]

21/05/19

Britcar at Brands – HPR take double honors

Brands Hatch hosted the third round of this years Britcar Endurance Championship. This is the first of two visits to the Kent circuit this year, the second being the ‘Into the night race’ in November… The day kicked off with the opening two sessions being wet with only classes 1 to 4 being represented this […]

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 […]

10/05/19

GT Cup opens up it’s 2019 season

GT cup took it’s first races of 2019 to Donington Park with a large varied grid of some fantastic machinery. Richard Chamberlain returned to the GT cup after a short break last season. The car suffered a rather warm fiery failure at Silverstone back in 2017 and has been being rebuilt and modified […]

08/05/19

Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe

The Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe kicked off at Brands Hatch at the weekend (4 & 5/05/2019) on the legendary GP circuit with style and two thrilling 60 minute races plus AKKA-ASP and Black Falcon securing wins for Mercedes-AMG. Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe (Race 1) The AKKA ASP Mercedes-AMG piloted by Nico Bastian and Thomas Neubauer […]

27/04/19

Britcar round 2 – Praga and Ferrari victories

Round 2 of the Britcar Championship took place on the full Silverstone Grand Prix circuit… There was a field of 29 cars for these races in the damp and very windy Northamptonshire countryside. The opening pace was set by the VR Motorsport Praga R1T but a spin on the pace lap sent it to 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 […]

13/04/19

Silverstone Classic 2019 Preview

Numerous marques celebrated milestone anniveraries ahead the summer festival’s warm-up. The world’s largest classic motor racing festival welcomed more than 150 cars on 10th April, many of which were shakedown tested as a teaser to media and fans alike ahead of the main summer event in July 2019. A key name among these racing cars […]

01/04/19

Britcar Season Launches At Silverstone

The opening round of the Britcar Championships took place on Saturday 30th March at Silverstone. The format has changed for this season with there being only one championship that everyone is competing for in 2x1hr races. There was a bumper grid of 35 cars with the Praga R1T of VR Motorsport making it’s British racing […]

09/03/19

British GT 2019 – GT4

Something old, something blue….lots of things nice and new GT racing in the last 3 to 4 seasons has seen a boom in GT4 action, but even with the European series British GT is leading the way with GT4 competition. On the 5th of march the 2019 full season entry list was revealed, and […]

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 […]

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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