A successful Goodwood weekend at by all accounts albeit a little cold. The wind down the pitlane was brisk but all our drivers and both our cars went out and performed admirably. Some modifications to the Rover knocked 1 second of last years lap time. Riorden Welby had a stellar drive on Saturday making up […]
74th GRRC Members Meeting Read Post »
The BMW 1800ti of Stuart Patterson has been prepped ready for the Whitmore Cup at Goodwood’s 74th Members Meeting. We are looking forward to the under 2 litre format this year in what should prove to be a very close race with the other 1800’s, Mini Cooper S’s and Lotus Cortina’s.
BMW 1800ti prepped for 74th Members Meeting Read Post »
Goodwood Revival always proves to be the top event of the season. It is big and it is crowded but the quality of machinery and the quality of the racing is second to none. Our weekend was trouble free for the most part. The BMW 1800ti although not as quick as some of the others
Goodwood Revival 2015 Read Post »
Goodwood Revival is here once again. Can hardly believe another year has passed. This year we are running Paul Bartley and Aston Martin works driver Darren Turner in the BMW 1800ti. The pair will compete in this years St Mary’s Trophy race for pre-1966 touring cars.
Prepped for Goodwood Revival 2015 Read Post »
Aston Martin works driver and Le Mans winner Darren Turner will be partnering Paul Bartley in the BMW 1800ti in this years St. Mary’s Trophy race at Goodwood Revival. This will be the first appearance at revival for the ex-Martin Hines BMW but after last weeks test session things are looking good. We’ve got the
Darren Turner to share Paul Bartley BMW 1800ti at Goodwood Revival Read Post »
A great event from the HSCC at our local circuit. We had four cars out this weekend with Tim Abbott with his BMW 1800ti in the Historic Touring Car race and Ian Burford with his Lenham, Larry Tucker with his Ashley and Julian Balme with the Marcos 1600GT in the Historic Road Sports race. Tim
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This week we are busy in preparation for one of the biggest events on the historic motorsport calendar the Silverstone Classic. At this years event we will be running four vehicles. In the Pre-66 touring car race we will have a pair of BMW 1800TI’s with Stuart Patterson & Paul Bartley in one and Tim
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For the second weekend in a row we will be at Brands Hatch. This time it is the turn of the Patterson/Bartley 1800TI running in the CSCC’s Classic K race this Saturday. The car had been prepped and run up on the rolling road to ensure everything is as it should be.
Patterson/Bartley BMW 1800TI ready for CSCC Brands Hatch Read Post »
This week we have been busy preparing for the Masters Festival at Brands Hatch. This weekend we are running two cars. In the Pre-66 Touring Cars we’re running Tim Abbott in his 1965 BMW 1800Ti will be and in the RAC Woodcote Trophy will be Joao Mira-Gomes in his Jaguar XK140 Le Mans Replica. Both
1800ti and XK140 readied for Masters Festival at Brands Hatch Read Post »
Nigel at Retro Engineering has done an excellent job of rebuilding the differentials in the BMW’s. The limited slip units have been rebuilt also with the ramp angles set to 30/30 and the preload adjusted. A new pinion nut and solid spacer have been fitted as the nuts have a tendency to come loose causing
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