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August 19, 2015

Darren Turner to share Paul Bartley BMW 1800ti at Goodwood Revival

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 gearbox out for a rebuild as well as the front dampers prior to the next test session on the 1st of September. We have a selection a spring rates to try out at the next test and a brand new set of the unobtainable Dunlop CR65 tyres for the race weekend.

September 15, 2014September 16, 2014

Goodwood Revival 2014 a great success

Another Goodwood Revival has passed and once again it has proved to be an excellent event. We were supporting Roger Wills in the Gaz Volga again this year and we finished all sessions on track without a single issue. Tom Chilton was a gentleman and very much enjoyed hustling the Soviet iron qualifying 22nd. Roger Wills took over in the afternoon and knocked 3 seconds off Tom’s lap time qualifying in 14th. Tom took to the challenge and knocked another five tenths off of Roger’s time finishing in 14th. Roger was out on the Sunday and knocked another four tenths off Tom’s best lap time to finish 12th. The pair finished 9th overall on aggregate. For the Settrington Cup we had Ian Burford’s son Aston peddling the J40. You may have heard Astons interview on Goodwood Radio. It was a great weekend for all involved, the sun was shining and the car performed brilliantly. Bring on 2015.

August 23, 2013

Fiat Abarth 1500 on the rolling road

The Fiat is almost ready for it’s Revival debut. The new engine is in along with twin Weber carbs, bespoke intake and exhaust manifolds have been fitted as well as an LSD and bespoke competition half shafts. Today we will get the new engine tuned up and run in before we go testing. Guy Harman will be sharing the drive with Rupert Keegan.

November 26, 2012November 28, 2012

1955 Studebaker President

Just come into the CCK workshop is this very rare Studebaker President. As well as the streamlined 1950’s American bodywork this car features a 4.7l V8 engine. We think this would make an ideal Touring Greats race car, it’s totally unique and with 4.7 litres of V8 should move fairly well also. We can see this running in the HRDC, Goodwood Revival or Carrera Panamericana. Contact us for more details or check out the HRDC blog.

September 22, 2012September 26, 2012

Goodwood Revival 2012

We spend a year preparing for one weekend and it’s all over in the blink of an eye. We had our biggest Revival to date with six cars on the grid for the St. Mary’s trophy. Needless to say a few things went wrong over the weekend but through sheer determination and hard work all cars qualified and all cars made every race. The biggest tragedy was that the Metropolitan’s engine letting go during first practice. Luckily we had a spare but it wasn’t as powerful as the first. On the plus side, the Metropolitan was a huge crowd favourite receiving a massive cheer when it came out on track. The Standard Vanguard of Dave Griffiths was our top finisher overall. The car achieved it’s all time best with it’s fastest lap ever and it’s highest finish of 7th place in the hands of “Whizzo” Williams. Dave put in another strong drive despite the safety car slowing things down to score a superb 8th place on aggregate. The Vanguard also proved to be our most reliable runner. The gearbox on the Zodiac went out during Christian Horner’s race but by some miraculous chance of fate we managed to find a replacement over night and had it installed in time for James Turners race on Sunday afternoon. James finished 5th up from 6th. Julius Thurgood also had a good weekend with “Bumble” the MG Magnette. The car performed reliably for the most part with a diff rebuild in between practice and the race to finish 11th on aggregate. The Riley 1.5 of Bonham’s required a spare engine after an over-rev but successfully made the grid for Sundays race. Roger Wills’ Gaz Volga performed very well despite losing its bonnet on Friday. Roger and Brendan Hartley finishing a respectable 10th on aggregate. The highlight of the weekend was of course the Settrington Cup. The children all had a wonderful time pedalling their Austin J40’s down the start/finish straight. We had two teams entered, Rainford Racing with Shaun’s boys Charles, James and Ali and Team Turner with James Turners boys Josh, Felix and Zak. We are all absolutely knackered but already missing the atmosphere and starting to plan for next year. See you there!