By John Thorne - Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:19 Weather was always going to be a feature at this race, the forecast was pretty miserable but very changeable – just about the worst kind of weather for racing, but we had no idea just how important it would be until later in the...
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Dunlop SportMaxx Rounds 3 & 4 – Pembrey 10th / 11th May 2008
By John Thorne - Tue, 13 May 2008 10:17 Another mixed fortune week end for us as a team, fantasticperformance from Simon in the Astra, a frustrating time for Leyton in the Corsaand a luckless time for myself in the M3. Weekend started reasonably badly,technical issues...
Dunlop SportMaxx Rounds 1 & 2 – Snetterton 26th / 27th April 2008
By Thorney Motorsport - Thu, 01 May 2008 10:38 First rounds of the new season are always eye openers butthis was an interesting one to say the least. We arrived at circuit onWednesday for three days of testing, Leyton had got some time in the Corsa atThruxton the...
Dunlop SportMaxx Rounds 7 & 8 – Castle Combe 19th / 20th July 2008
By John Thorne - Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:00 Well like most things in life success in motorsport needs a combination of planning, skill and luck and we came up a little short on the luck part this weekend. Castle Combe is always a popular circuit for competitors and...
Dunlop SportMaxx Rounds 5 & 6 – Croft 14th / 15th June 2008
By John Thorne - Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:51 Well, sometimes racing doesn’t get much better than that! Thewhole team had worked so hard on these cars that we really felt deserved a goodresult. After Simon’s first win the Astra VXR at Pembrey we wanted both for himto...
Dunlop SportMaxx Rounds 9 & 10 – Donington 2nd / 3rd August 2008
By John Thorne - Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:30 I can’t help feeling that the Dunlop SportMaxx came of age this weekend. Grids are getting bigger, the variety of cars is getting wider, the comments from the teams and drivers are getting more and more positive, the regulations...
CSL Cup Arrive & Drive Packages
By Thorney Motorsport - Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:00 From: £1000Thorney Motorsport are offering full arrive and drive packages for the CSL Cup. These vary from one off drives (single race) in either class, to race support and full team drives. Contact us for details, prices...
Britcar 24 Hour Championship – Top Gear 2007
By Thorney Motorsport - Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:50 Its a funny thing fate, one minute you're just going about your business and the next you're helping the UK's most popular motoring TV program in their largest feature they'd ever done. I was just picking up some more...
Britcar 24 Hour 2011
Britcar 24hr 2011, you really couldn’t make this up...Usually after the 24hr (this was our 4th) I writeout a race report that tells our story and hopefully a positive outcome,however this year whilst the result was excellent for us the journey is thestory. We started...
Britcar 24 Hour 2010
Words fail me. It's not often I say that. I am proud to have a set of the most talented, supportive and dedicated teams, partners and sponsors around us to achieve what we did this weekend. Whilst the 24hr race is a singular event for most; for us...