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Andy Tucker Completes High Row Driver Line-up – with a Guest

Andy Tucker Completes High Row Driver Line-up – with a Guest

Britcar Trophy class vice champion Andy Tucker returns alongside British GT race winner Nick Halstead at High Row Motorsport. Andy Tucker will make a welcome return to the Britcar Trophy Championship this weekend with the High Row Motorsport team that he raced with in...

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Britcar Trophy Back on the Big Screen in 2024

Britcar Trophy Back on the Big Screen in 2024

The British Endurance Championship and Britcar Trophy will once again enjoy unprecedented live online coverage this year following confirmation that every race of the 2024 season will broadcast on YouTube. With the British Automobile Racing Club having renewed their...

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High Row Announce their Full-Season Clio Driver Line-up

High Row Announce their Full-Season Clio Driver Line-up

Ben Jenkins and James Harrison return alongside new drivers Hadley Simpson and Maurice Henry in High Row Motorsport. Following a highly successful 2023 season High Row Motorsport will field two cars in Britcar Trophy's busy and highly competitive Clio Cup class in...

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Stephen Fresle Pairs with Ben Green for a Britcar Return

Stephen Fresle Pairs with Ben Green for a Britcar Return

Stephen Fresle will be returning to Century Motorsport and the Ginetta G56 GTA, to compete in the Britcar Trophy Championship for the 2024 season. Fresle’s partnership with co-driver Ben Green adds another layer of excitement to the mix. With Green’s proven track...

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Whitney Returns in Porsche 997

Whitney Returns in Porsche 997

Tony Witney returns to the Trophy grid as the solo driver of a Porsche 997 S, this time to be run by Porsche specialists Sussex-based SW Engineering. Tony said "2024 will be my fifth season racing and third season in Britcar Trophy. Last season was challenging due to...

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Sim Dynamics Make a Weekend of it!

Sim Dynamics Make a Weekend of it!

Making the most of the Britcar race weekends will be British Endurance Championship entrants Chris Bialan and Simon Mason who are also entered into class A of Britcar Trophy with the same Cupra Gen 1 they will be racing in BEC. “It makes best value of race weekends,...

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Spires Welcome Junior Saloons Graduate Travis Chapman

Spires Welcome Junior Saloons Graduate Travis Chapman

Spires Motorsport welcome Travis Chapman to their driver line-up for the 2024 Britcar Trophy Championship driving in the Renault Clio UK Cup class. Travis began his motor sport in karting followed by two seasons both Junior Saloons driving the Citroen Saxo and last...

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Team BRIT Return to Trophy with a Brace of BMWs

Team BRIT Return to Trophy with a Brace of BMWs

Team BRIT will once again line up on the grid of the Britcar Trophy Championship this coming season with two ultra-competitive driver line-ups set to pilot a pair of BMWs. Firmly established as one of the UK’s leading race teams, Team BRIT provides drivers with both...

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Essex & Kent Motorsport join Britcar Trophy grid for 2024

Essex & Kent Motorsport join Britcar Trophy grid for 2024

Essex & Kent Motorsport will embark on their maiden season in the Britcar Trophy Championship this year, after announce that siblings Lewis and Bradley Kent will team up to pilot a Hyundai Veloster. Having spent the past six years establishing themselves as one of...

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Ryan Renews Partnership for 2024

Ryan Renews Partnership for 2024

Ryan Motorsport Insurance have renewed their partnership with Britcar for 2024 season. Founded by Ryan Mone - himself a racer - over 22 years ago, Ryan provide an exceptional level of service with competitive premiums for new and existing clients. Their team of...

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Sunoco & Britcar Partnership Continuing for 2024

Sunoco & Britcar Partnership Continuing for 2024

The British Endurance Championship and Britcar Trophy Championship are delighted to continue their long-term partnership with the Anglo American Oil Company for the supply of Sunoco fuels, providing race-meeting trackside delivery and support, and the prestigious...

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Touring Cars Eligible In Both BEC and Trophy in 2024

Touring Cars Eligible In Both BEC and Trophy in 2024

Front and rear-wheel-drive touring cars will be eligible to race in brand-new classes for both the British Endurance Championship in association with Motorsport UK and the Britcar Trophy Championship this year. The two-litre machines have been a popular choice of car...

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Sapra and Bransom Team Up for 2024

Sapra and Bransom Team Up for 2024

As regular BMW drivers over the last few years, Jas Sapra and Bryan Bransom will team up in their new build BMW M3 for Britcar Trophy for the 2024 season. While competing in only a single round in 2023, the pair have both raced in Britcar for three seasons, taking...

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Andy Tucker Back in Clio Cup Class for 2024

Andy Tucker Back in Clio Cup Class for 2024

Car 88 finished 2nd in the Clio Cup class, the most competitive class in the ROWE Britcar Trophy Championship. Throughout the 2023 season, the team scored multiple race wins, podiums and fastest laps and lead the championship overall and in class at various points....

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Goldsmith is First to the Trophy Grid for 2024

Goldsmith is First to the Trophy Grid for 2024

Geoff Steel Racing will be bringing the 2008 BMW M3 that we saw at Snetterton this year back to the Trophy Championship grid for the 2024 season. Driver Lee Goldsmith says "both Geoff Steel racing and myself are super excited about the 2024 season with Britcar. We...

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eSeries: Fury Simsport

eSeries: Fury Simsport

Fury Simsport will be bringing a worldwide feel to the ButtKicker Britcar 24 Hour race. Drivers of the #142 AMG Mercedes GT3, are represented from Europe and North America. Fury have been impressing in this season's IVRA Endurance Championship and will be looking to...

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eSeries: Team BoosTED

eSeries: Team BoosTED

Team BoosTED are taking part in the ButtKicker Britcar 24hours of Silverstone this weekend in their GT4 class Aston Martin Vantage. BoosTED Motorsports has been going for well over half a decade, and in 2021 the team partnered with Team Virage, a real-life motorsports...

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eSports: Sim Dynamics

eSports: Sim Dynamics

Sim Dynamics mantra in crossing over from real to virtual worlds is simply “bring the relevance”. This weekend’s Buttkicker Britcar 24hr is no different for their two car entry in this virtual, but no less real, race. Sim Dynamics have been building high quality...

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Real World Sponsors Embrace the Virtual Britcar 24 Hours

Real World Sponsors Embrace the Virtual Britcar 24 Hours

With a full grid and hundreds of eager drivers about to take part in the ButtKicker Britcar 24 Hours of Silverstone on the iRacing platform over the weekend of the 2nd and 3rd December, a couple of Britcar and the British Endurance Championship's long term sponsors...

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Goodyear Contract Renewed

Goodyear Contract Renewed

Britcar, promoters of the British Endurance Championship and the Britcar Trophy, two of the UK’s leading racing series, has confirmed that it has extended its partnership with Goodyear Tyres in a multi-year agreement. The Britcar family of championships covers a wide...

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Over 40 enter the ButtKicker Britcar 24 hour

Over 40 enter the ButtKicker Britcar 24 hour

With the 2023 edition of the ButtKicker Britcar 24 hours of Silverstone esports race just 2 weeks away the entries are coming in thick and fast with a grid of over 40 cars already entered. The leading GT3 class is the best represented with 25 entries so far. GT4 is...

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Countdown to the ButtKicker Britcar 24 Hours

Countdown to the ButtKicker Britcar 24 Hours

Four weeks away from the ButtKicker Britcar 24 hours at Silverstone being held on the iracing platform in association with Motorsport UK and its time to look at some of the partners in the race. ButtKicker have returned for the 3rd year in a row supporting Britcar's...

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Britcar Off-season E-Series Returns

Britcar Off-season E-Series Returns

Esports has been a relatively new but exciting and important part of the Britcar portfolio, starting with the first Britcar E-Series taking place during the lockdowns of 2020 and developing into the first running of the Motorsport UK ButtKicker Britcar 24hrs in...

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Thanks to our Sponsors for 2023

Thanks to our Sponsors for 2023

As we finish the season, we must take a moment to thank our championship sponsors to whom we owe our gratitude for their continuing support: ROWE Motorsport Oils - operators of the most modern factory in the lubricants industry SIM Dynamics - builders of high-end...

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ROWE Trophy Race 9 Report – Marco Anastasi Wins for Datum

ROWE Trophy Race 9 Report – Marco Anastasi Wins for Datum

Marco Anastasi took his Datum Motorsport Ginetta G56A to an easy win in Race 1 after making the right pit stop call. The early part of the race was dominated by Bryan Bransom’s BMW E46, but, with no radio working, failed to capitalise on a short Safety Car period just...

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BMW Qualifies in Ginetta Sandwich

BMW Qualifies in Ginetta Sandwich

Maurizio Sciglio began this session at the top of the times, maintaining his position until the BMW of Bryan Bransom and Jas Sapra rose to the top of the timesheets after improving by two tenths in the middle sector. However in a last ditch effort, pole position was...

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ROWE Trophy Race 7 Report – Simon Clark on Form in the Wet

ROWE Trophy Race 7 Report – Simon Clark on Form in the Wet

Simon Clark, in the FormEvo Clark Racing Porsche 997 made the most of the late race tricky conditions to take a popular win, to the acclaim of his many corporate guests. He had always been in the hint though, serving notice of intent on the very first lap, his Class 2...

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We Feel Strongly About Sustainability

We Feel Strongly About Sustainability

Sustainability - something we feel strongly about here at Britcar and something we are constantly trying to work towards - is a huge reason as to why it is such a pleasure to have the support of ROWE motor oils for the 2023 season. "Sustainability is hardwired into...

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6 Hours of Donington Race Report – X-Bow Bolts to Victory

6 Hours of Donington Race Report – X-Bow Bolts to Victory

In challenging conditions, the Track Focused KTM X-Bow of Mark McCollum and Teddy Wilson took the victory in the ROWE Britcar 6 hours enduro, though it was never a done deal until the final half hour of the race. Wet weather prevailed throughout the race; while the...

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ROWE Trophy Race 6 Report – Axel Turns In Another Victory

ROWE Trophy Race 6 Report – Axel Turns In Another Victory

What is it about Axel van Nederveen? Every time he turns up, he wins, and if he doesn’t show up, one of his Datum Motorsport stablemates will keep the top step of the podium warm for him. What’s next – will he work from home and phone-in his performance, or maybe do...

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ROWE Trophy Race 5 Report – Datum Déjà vu

ROWE Trophy Race 5 Report – Datum Déjà vu

Datum Motorsport completed a clean sweep of every overall win so far in Race 2 at Oulton Park, with Maurizio Sciglio and Marco Anastasi once again posting a one-two finish in the teams’ Ginetta G56 GTA machines – they kept those positions from lights to flag, except...

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ROWE Trophy Race 4 Report – Datum’s Gamers Play The Field

ROWE Trophy Race 4 Report – Datum’s Gamers Play The Field

It was a one-two for Datum Motorsport’s Ginetta G56s in Race 1 at Oulton Park, with Maurizio Sciglio leading Marco Anastasi home by half a minute. Ian Astley, though, starting the SVG Ginetta from the front row alongside pole-sitter Sciglio, split the Sicilian pair in...

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ROWE Oils Confirmed as Official Lubricant Partner for Britcar

ROWE Oils Confirmed as Official Lubricant Partner for Britcar

MediaCo Imports Ltd (MCOIL), are delighted to announce that they have partnered with BRITCAR as their official lubricant partner and title sponsor for the ROWE BRITCAR TROPHY CHAMPIONSHIP with the German lubricant, coolant and fluid brand ROWE MINERALÖLWERK GmbH. The...

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Oulton Park up next!

Oulton Park up next!

This round sees a slight change to what we all are used t0 - this round will be run on the Saturday 27th of May and will consist of 2 x 50 minute races. As always, our fantastic hospitality team will be on hand to cater for all of your needs and the event will be live...

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Donington 6 Hour Race Opens for Entry

Donington 6 Hour Race Opens for Entry

Entries for the Britcar 6 hour race open 10:00am Thursday 27th April. A six-hour race for proper GT and endurance spec cars! It's Britcar getting back to what they have always done best, in what could be the first tentative steps to bring back the popular and...

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Trophy Race 3 Report – Axel Turns In Another Win

Trophy Race 3 Report – Axel Turns In Another Win

Lone driver Axel van Nederveen, in the Datum Motorsport Ginetta G56 GTA, made it a clean sweep of overall wins for the 2023 season in Sunday’s two-hour race, run in changeable conditions. A two hour race around the twisty Indy circuit was a break from the traditional...

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Introducing Sim Dynamics:  Britcar 2023

Introducing Sim Dynamics: Britcar 2023

Leading simulator manufacturer, Sim Dynamics will be attending all BEC, Trophy and Prototype Cup race meetings in 2023. With decades of experience in motorsport, particularly through driver development, Sim Dynamics are available to offer guidance on the use and...

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6 Hours of Donington is Just the Start

6 Hours of Donington is Just the Start

Interest is running high for Britcar's latest foray into true endurance racing, the Britcar 6 Hours on the Donington GP circuit on Saturday 22nd July. Endurance racing is entrenched in Britcar's history, inspired initially by the iconic Nürburgring 24hr spectacular,...

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Sim Dynamics – Simulators for Driver Development

Sim Dynamics – Simulators for Driver Development

Britcar Trophy driver Simon Mason knows a thing or two about motorsport having worked with Aston Martin for nearly 20 years, and with Porsche and Ferrari. The experience he's gained in motorsport and working with these brands is being applied to each simulator created...

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Join the Britcar Prototype Cup for Round Two

Join the Britcar Prototype Cup for Round Two

The Britcar Prototype Cup is inviting all prototypes and sports-racing cars to get involved in the next round at Brands Hatch on 22nd & 23rd April. The Britcar team is looking to increase the grid to 20+ cars with attractive packages now available. Offering a rare...

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Trophy Race 2 report: Van Nederveen Banks More Points 

Trophy Race 2 report: Van Nederveen Banks More Points 

Axel Van Nederveen, in the Datum Motorsport Ginetta G56 GTA, made it a win double after being declared the victor in Race 2, following a disqualification for the on-the-road winner. The track was now dry as Will Stacey briefly put the Lotus Elise ahead of pole-sitter...

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Trophy Race 1 report: Axel Van Nederveen Opens His Account 

Trophy Race 1 report: Axel Van Nederveen Opens His Account 

Axel Van Nederveen, in the Datum Motorsport Ginetta G56 GTA, played a straight race to take the win, while those ahead of him earlier suffered penalties or excursions. Not to say it was un-deserved , he had always been in the mix from the get-go.  The wet and...

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Prototype Cup Race 3 Report: Wilson and  Stone Reign Triumphant

Prototype Cup Race 3 Report: Wilson and Stone Reign Triumphant

Teddy Wilson and Ben Stone reigned triumphant in the third race of the Prototype Cup at Silverstone. An impressive and calculated performance from both drivers saw the TGM with Private Leads car take the chequered flag over 11 seconds clear of second place. Starting...

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