TEAM GB Racing’s British Lions finished runners-up in the New Zealand Teams Championships at the Holden MacKenzie Speedway in Palmerston North on February 4-5 and our local newspapers were quick to celebrate a phenomenal effort by the team. KEIGHLEY NEWS and BRADFORD TELEGRAPH & ARGUS followed local hero Frankie Wainman Jnr throughout his three-week visit … More WHAT THE PAPERS SAY… January to March 2017
It was a ‘Mr Box Office’ double bill on March 25 as former BriSCA F1 European Champion Mick Sworder completed a consolation-and-final double at King’s Lynn. The King’s Lynn event was Sworder’s first outing this season, apart from an eventful non-points meeting at Wimbledon at the beginning of the month, having missed the opening meeting […]
NIGEL GREEN won the opening final of the 2017 season at Belle Vue with a last-bend attack on leader Stuart Smith Jnr. The weather played its part, making the track treacherous for the first half of the meeting at the Manchester track, in which Smith Jnr set the pace to win the first heat of … More GREEN STARTS THE 2017 SEASON WITH A BANG AT BELLE VUE
PAUL FORD made the seven-hour journey from St Boswells in the Scottish Borders worthwhile by winning the last-ever BriSCA F1 final at Wimbledon Stadium on a eventful Sunday night – and then announced he was retiring from the sport. The 36-year-old was one of 11 cars that lined up at the Plough Lane venue on … More SWORDER AND JONES CLASH SWORDS AS FORD WINS FINAL AND THEN ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT
FORMER World Champion Tom Harris, who has taken over from Rob Speak in the National Points Shootout Championship-winning shale and Tarmac cars of Jamie Davidson, has had a hectic start to the year – and it is due to get even busier. The Banbury star has a daunting schedule in front of him. As well … More TOM HARRIS ON A BUSY YEAR AHEAD, AND HOW HIS WORLD SUCCESS NEARLY CAME UNSTUCK
WHILE Paul Hines is a leading BriSCA F1 stock car driver, there is another side to his involvement in the sport that goes relatively unnoticed unless you take a closer look. Hines runs a very successful business, Progress Windows, based in Hinckley, Leicestershire, specialising in a wide range of PVCu windows, doors, conservatories and fascias. … More FORWARD THINKING WITH PROGRESS WINDOWS
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