By John Thorne - Mon, 20 Apr 2009 08:30 Well, the first race of the 2009 season is here and there’s somany changes it’s hard to keep up. Leyton has moved from class B to the Astrain Class A, so carries his number 1 plate to the top class. We have a newdriver, Abbie...

By John Thorne - Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:00 Final round to what feels like the end of a long season. Abbie had already secured Class B some time ago and there was still the outside chance of taking the overall championship if Simon Shaw in the SEAT had a bit of bad luck ...

By John Thorne - Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:00 ]]>Dunlop SportMaxx Race ReportFirst off, remember in the last report I mentioned that wehad our Astra and Corsa sealed by the BARC for investigation of illegal LSD’s? Wellas expected BARC inspected the cars and confirmed that...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...