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September 16, 2022

British Sprint Championship: Aintree & Knockhill — September 3-4

A round trip of nearly 700 miles starting on Friday afternoon via Aintree (Liverpool) for a sprint event on Saturday and then on to another event at Knockhill the following day was the plan for the weekend, writes John Loudon. Nothing could go wrong apart from the weather. A few days before the events, the weather forecast looked like the recent drought was due to end over the weekend and a soaking was inevitable... The Aintree event was a round of the Sprint Leaders Championship which I was leading going into the weekend. The rain that was promised luckily didn’t...

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September 13, 2022

GB4 Championship — Brands Hatch GP Report

Mixed weather condition and mixed fortunes for the Laser Tools Racing GB4 team at Brands Hatch on the weekend: Logan Hannah: Having missed the Friday test on the Brands Hatch Indy circuit (the weekend’s racing would be on the longer GP circuit), I was keen to hit the ground running!A strong showing in qualifying and a possible lap that would have put me in P4 was just the confidence boost I needed ahead of the three races. Ultimately finishing P6 in qualifying, after having my best lap time disallowed for track limitsRace 1:Starting P6, I was looking to make use...

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August 31, 2022

BTCC Thruxton (2) — August 27-28

Hot and sunny at Thruxton Circuit for our second visit of the season. This is the only circuit where there is an exclusive tyre that isn’t run on any other race venue. This is due to Thruxton’s high speed, subsequent constant loading on the tyre all around the circuit and the very abrasive track surface. Because of this it is crucial to manage the tyres that you are using throughout the weekend. On the Saturday for the first practice session we therefore decided to run on previously-used tyres to check on the notoriously patchy reliability of the engine and hybrid...

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August 19, 2022

British Sprint Championship: Kirkistown Sprint - Northern Ireland August 6-7

The latest British Sprint Championship round took place at Kirkistown race circuit in Northern Ireland last weekend, writes John Loudon. This is one of the events that I most look forward to as it’s an epic road trip of circa 720 miles, a ferry trip a fun filled few days away run by friendly accommodating people from the 500 Motor Racing Club of Ireland Ltd. and fellow competitors. Setting off early on Thursday morning we stayed overnight in Scotland a short drive away from Carinryan where we were to catch the ferry the next morning to Belfast. We eventually arrived...

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August 17, 2022

BTCC Snetterton — August 13-14

Snetterton in Norfolk — very hot and very dry and dusty. During qualifying we seemed to be suffering with an engine issue that left us down on power and that ultimately left us down on top speed. This is an issue at Snetterton where there are two very long straights on each lap. Despite assurances from M-Sport (the engine suppliers) before the session, it was clear that all was not as it should be. There is nothing we can do during a session about this, but we worked with them to put things right before Race 1 on the Sunday....

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