We love sorting engineering issues, its part of the fun of what we do so when we come up with something that just cant be explained we do love a challenge. Mclaren 12c (same applies to 650s) has a dry sump oil system with a catch tank that just happens to be buried...
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Mclaren Chassis Work
We've been an independent operation since we started nearly 18 years ago and whilst we were a Vauxhall franchised operation for a while we've always enjoyed the freedom that being independent gives you from the manufacturer and their rules and fees. The downside to...
Mclaren Owners Club meet at Cliveden
Small gathering of 20 odd Mclarens and members at the super swan Cliveden House hotel. Great fun and great bunch of people.
Mclaren Owners Club Meet 2018
We are honoured to offer our continued support for the Mclaren Owners Club at their 2018 Annual meet at the Silverstone Classic. 56 cars and over 100 owners all arrived to the Silverstone Classic and were treated to a hog roast under the shade of a nice marquee...
Goodwood Festival Of Speed 2018
In 2017 we were the first racing UTV to be invited to attend the famous Goodwood Festival of Speed event where we joined the other off road race cars in the Britpart off road arena. We had a great time and clearly Goodwood thought so too so for 2018 we were invited to...
Goodwood Festival of Speed 2018
For the first time ever at the Goodwood Festival of Speed guests will be able to come have a high speed passenger ride in a Yamaha YXZ1000R courtesy of the Swift Yamaha YXZ1000R Racing Team. Following the huge success at last years Goodwood Festival of Speed where...
2018 Race Season
Our 2018 racing plans are our most exciting yet and the first one we can announce is our latest E46 M3 (our 9th we have built) to be driven by our regular driver - Callum Noble. Callum has decided to jump into the deep end moving from two successful seasons in...
New team partner – Avant Techno
We are delighted to announce a new partner for the Swift Group Yamaha Racing YXZ1000 Race team - Avant Tecno UK We tend not to use the term 'sponsor' here at Thorney Motorsport, we prefer 'partner' as it more accurately reflects the nature of how we and Yamaha work. A...
SxS Championship Tyre Test
The majority of our racing in the Yamaha YXZ1000R since launch has been in rally type events on tyres that are heavily controlled by MSA (UK Motorsport Association), in short if they aren't on their approved list - you cant use them. However for the 2017 season we are...
Our Cars – BMW
BMW E92 M3 This is our full track specification car, fully road legal but dedicated for track work. We've build lots of E92 race cars, even more road car conversions so we really love the E92. Full specification includes: Performance BMW mag liked it GTS half cage...
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