We’ve got some great photos from Jeff Bloxham from the HRDC event at Snetterton back in June. Ian Burford in the Austin Healey Sprite “Lumbertubs and Shaun’s son Charles in his Lenham Le Mans.
Burford and Rainford Jr. battle at HRDC Snetterton
3 cars in HRDC Brands Hatch A-series Challenge
Last weekend the HRDC was at Brands Hatch. We had 3 cars to run on Sunday 10th of April. Shaun’s son Charles raced his Lenham Le Mans, Ian Burford raced his Austin-Healey Sprite Lumbertubs and Larry Tucker raced his Ashley GT.
Busy weekend racing. HSCC SIlverstone and HRDC Donington
We are having to split up this for this busy weekends racing. We have 5 cars on track, 2 at Silverstone for the HSCC finals and another 3 heading further north for the HRDC’s race at Donington. All cars have been prepped and are getting loaded for our Friday morning departure. Racing this weekend at Silverstone are Ian Burford and Larry Tucker in their Lenham and Ashley Midgets and at Donington we will have Charles Rainford in his 2nd race in the Lenham along with Dave Griffiths in the black TR4 and David Moran in the Lotus Cortina.
Lenham Le Mans ready for HRDC Donington
Our new Lenham Le Mans is nearing completion. The final touches are being put in place now before a rolling road tune and a trip up to Donington tomorrow afternoon for the HRDC “Allstars” race. The 1330cc racer started out as one of our Midget challenge cars. The transformation to Lenham Le Mans has taken place over the course of the year. We think it looks rather smart painted in the Marenollo Concessionaires livery with Weller wheels. Shaun Rainford will be driving this weekend, and when he’s old enough Shaun’s son Charles Rainford will take the wheel.
New gearbox and racing brakes for a Rover
Brakes really are you best friend in any race car. For safety we always ensure that the brakes are 100% reliable. This often means new cylinders and brake lines. In this instance we replaced the original type master cylinder for an AP Racing item which might be more expensive but is rebuild-able and is design for the rigors of circuit racing. We have also fitted new discs and racing brake pads and machined true the rear drums. As well as the brakes we have replaced the 4 speed overdrive gearbox with a non-overdrive unit. Parts for these gearboxes are hard to come by so we’ve had to build the gearbox using the best parts from all 4 boxes we had. Should be marked improvement for Brands Hatch this weekend.
