This years Pirelli Ferrari Formula Classic annual pilgrimage to Spa Francorchamps was on the weekend of July 20th/22nd with both Open and Classic series running along side each other.
Rounds 9&10 of the APR Volkswagen racing cup were held on the snetterton 300 configuration on the 5th of August. Qualifying didn’t go very well, unaware that the car had new brake pads fitted Jim got to the second corner and realised he had no brakes, so a trip into the potato field followed
Volkswagen rounds 5&6 Rockingham 10 July 2012. After the success of Jim’s debut weekend at brands hatch it was decided that we would have another go in the Volkswagen racing cup, this time at Rockingham, Northamptonshire for rounds 5&6.
Honda civic racing at Brands Hatch 8th July 2012. When we got a phone call midday Saturday saying there was a drive going in the Honda Civic cup on Sunday we thought we’d give it a go.
Our current race car project is this 308 fibreglass model. We are converting the car from standard road spec to a fully prepared racer to campaign in the Pirelli Ferrari Classic. We have colour changed the car from its original Nero to its new racing livery colour Grigio Titanium.
We are pleased to report that Ben completed the Iron Man 70.3 Triathlon on Sunday. For his first Triathlon he was delighted to finish 179th out of over 2000 Athletes, ranking 39th in his age group of just under 400 competitors.
This Sunday the 17th of June Ben Cartwright will be pushing his fittness to the limit by taking part in the 70.3 Ironman in Wimbleball, Somerset http://www.ironmanuk.com/uk-ironman-703 . This gruelling event entails a 1.2 mile open water swim, a 56 mile bike ride and a 13.1 mile run across the challenging Exmoor terrain.
The Jubilee bank holiday was round 5 and 6 of the Ferrari Classic and Open series with each having a race on the Monday and one on the Tuesday. We managed to avoid the rain clouds in the classic and enjoyed 2 great races with almost 20 cars on the grid.
After an awesome days racing including DTM, NASCAR, Formula Ford, F3 and Lotus racing we finally got to the Volkswagen Cup race just after 5 oclock. Jamie’s impressive finish in 5th place, in the previous days race, put him second on the grid as the first 6 places are reversed.
We were blessed with a beautiful sunny day at Oulton part for the Aston Martin and Pirelli Ferrari Classic meeting on the 12th of May. A respectable grid of 20 cars turned out for the meeting.