NEWS
BMW Pair Sapra and Bransom Return for 2023
Jas Sapra and Bryan Bransom have entered for the 2023 season in their BMW E46. Ran by Kevin Clarke Racing, the pair have their sights set on success for the year ahead. Proving themselves podium worthy in 2022, the two drivers are full of determination and confidence...
The Praga Cup UK Goes Virtual with new RaceRoom Drivers Pack
• RaceRoom adds the Praga R1 to global simulation gaming platform • Includes 12 of the 2022 Praga Cup UK liveries, including designs by Frank Stephenson • Accuracy and attention to detail deliver realistic Praga experience • Sim racers can now experience racing in a...
Sam May takes on Vinnasport’s G40
Sam May signs with Vinnasport for what is set to be an exciting season ahead. Taking the leap from C1 and EnduroKA racing, Sam has shown great promise during testing in the Ginetta G40. We are very happy to welcome Sam to the 2023 Britcar Trophy grid.
Andy Johnson Takes Trophy Team of the Year for SVG
Winner of the Team of the Year award, Andy Johnson, collected his prize of a pair of space heaters, kindly supplied by Britcar sponsors Arcotherm, for his Team’s achievements. Andy, owner of Surrey-based SVG Motor Sport, has been competing in a wide range of formula...
Puttergill Signs for Full Season
Will Puttergill is entered for the full Britcar Trophy Championship 2023. Having competed for one round of the championship in ‘22 in his Honda Civic Type-R with a podium in each race, Will shows great promise for the season ahead. Ran by the wonderful Motion...
Praga Cars and Britcar Confirm Provisional Plans for Expanded Praga R1 Grids
Following the completion of the inaugural 2022 Praga Cup UK one-make race series and in the week following the launch of the all new, road-legal Praga Bohema hypercar, Praga Cars and Britcar have strengthened the relationship between the two organisations and...
Britcar 24 Hours eRace Streaming Links
The RaceSpot TV broadcast links are now live as follows: Hours 1 - 6 - https://youtu.be/zlcaFsZmC5o Hours 7 - 12 https://youtu.be/-5vlkApAX-A Hours 13 - 18 - https://youtu.be/wdyTNZediVQ Hours 19 - 24 - https://youtu.be/4qwjllOvMCA We will use the hashtag...
Provisional 2023 Calendar Announced
Britcar are pleased to be announcing our provisional calendar for 2023.
6-Hour Race Venue and Date Confirmed
We can now confirm the date and venue of our special, non-championship endurance round. It will be a single day event on 𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗼𝗻'𝘀 𝗚𝗣 circuit on Saturday 22nd July 2023. It will be a daytime rather than an into-the-night race and all Britcar and BEC competitors are...
Motorsport UK and Britcar launch eSports Buttkicker 24 Hours of Silverstone
Motorsport UK is pleased to launch the Buttkicker 24 Hours of Silverstone in association with Britcar, marking the first community event of the governing body’s eSports strategy. Having already embarked on the journey into the sport’s ever-growing digital arena with...
Broadbent and Mutch Dominate with Double Win on Praga Cup Final Weekend
The inaugural Praga Cup UK is now complete and it was once again the driver pairing of Gordie Mutch and Jimmy Broadbent who took top honours with a second win of the weekend, confirming them as Praga Cup Champions. They confirmed this in style as the only driver...
1-2-3-4 for Idola Motorsport at Penultimate Praga Cup UK 2022 race
A thrilling chase in the Donington Park dusk saw another victory for the Fanatec Praga Team87 car of Gordie Mutch and Jimmy Broadbent. This result leaves them with practically both hands on the Championship as closest rivals Scott Mittell and Charles Hall ran into...
Trophy Round 6 Race 2: Double Win For Will Stacey
He did it again – Will Stacey made short work of the foreshortened Race 2, making a clean sweep in the Rob Boston Racing Lotus Elise in drier conditions. This time Jas Sapra had got the measure of Stacey’s starting methodology, and from the second row the orange BMW...
Trophy Round 6 Race 1: Regulars Give In To Stacey
Will Stacey (left), driving the Invitation entry Rob Boston Racing Lotus Elise, took a convincing win in a damp Race 1. With qualifying being a wash-out, and cars doing the required laps behind the Safety Car, the grid was set in Championship points order, in class...
Britcar Trophy Championship Winners Go To The Wire
Chris Overend and James Whitley, driving the Team BRIT BMW 240i, are the 2022 Britcar Endurance Trophy champions, potentially the first all-disabled pairing to win a UK national championship. The title went down to the wire, with no definite resolution until the last...
Trophy Championship Finale Approaches
We come into the final two rounds of the Championship with the overall title up for grabs, and with 11 best scores out of 12 counting, a prediction would challenge the best Duckworth-Lewis cricket mathematician. Currently topping the table with 272 points are Chris...
British Endurance Championship E-Series Winner Tests Prize Praga
Tony Draper, the winner of the Pro Class in season 2 of the British Endurance Championship E-Series recently visited Silverstone to take part in a test in the Praga R1 as his prize from series sponsor Praga. Perfect weather greeted Tony at Silverstone as he visited...
Third Win of the Season for Scott Mittell & Charles Hall
Mittell Cars’ Scott Mittell and Charles Hall turned their weekend around with a great win on Sunday, their third of the season. Behind them, Shane Kelly followed suit in turning fortunes around with a hard-fought second on his first solo drive and the Bridle twins...
Triple Podium for Idola as Mutch & Broadbent extend Championship Lead
It was Praga Guest Driver Gordie Mutch and Jimmy Broadbent in the Fanatec Praga Team87 R1 that won the opening race at Donington, furthering their championship lead. Ed and Chris Bridle took a superb second place for Idola Motorsport, a result that reignites their...
Trophy Round 5 Race 2 Report: Lee and Hizzey Win a Race of One Half
Mark Lee and Owen Hizzey, in the SVG Ginetta G56A, took a second win of the day in strange circumstances. Red-flagged after 18 minutes, the race was resumed for a 20-minute sprint, with, where applicable, the “second” drivers taking part, and the timing sheets showing...
Trophy Round 5 Race 1 Report: Heat, Attrition, and a 1-2 for SVG
The SVG Motorsport Ginettas of Mark Lee/Owen Hizzey and Neil Wallace/Ian Astley finished barely a second apart in a race that saw a great deal of damage limitation to get to the end of the heat-affected 50 minute race. Only Kevin Clarke could break the stronghold of...
Trophy Round 4 Race 2 Report: Mark, Owen Take That Win in Race 2
Mark Lee and Owen Hizzey took a fairly comfortable win in Race 2, their Ginetta G56 benefitting in some way through having a slightly less pit-stop success penalty than second-place Bryan Bransom and Jas Sapra’s BMW E46. And those success penalties did alter the...
Trophy Round 4 Race 1 Report: Life of Bryan, and All That Jas
Bryan Bransom and Jasver Sapra, in the Simon Green Motorsport BMW E46, took a hard-fought win in Race 1,fending off the Ginetta G56A of Mark Lee and Owen Hizzey. There was a failure for Nigel Greensall’s BMW E36 on the way to the grid, and it was pushed into the...
Trophy Silverstone GP Preview and Mid-season Round-up
It’s tight at the top of the points table as the Championship reaches mid-season, and the Class 2 Team BRIT BMW240i of Paralympians Chris Overend and James Whitley heads the overall standings with 178 points, taking in four class wins out of six races, and a clean...
Praga Race 2: Broadbent and Mutch Take Championship Lead After a Commanding Win in Wet Conditions
Goldie 2.0 followed its Silverstone National fastest lap time on Saturday with a well-fought and ultimately fairly comfortable win. The privateer teams, RAW Motorsports (2nd) and the University of Wolverhampton Racing (3rd), completed a successful Round with their...
Praga Race 1: University of Wolverhampton Racing Take First
Round 4, Race 1 of the Praga Cup 2022 at Silverstone saw a debut win for the student-led University racing team after a dramatic one-hour endurance race. Skilled driving and tactical car management won the race, when a pit stop by the UWR team with a tyre pressure...
Trophy Round 3 Race 2: A Win Double for Lee and Lucky
It was a textbook win in Race 2 for Lee Frost and Lucky Khera in the Race Lab BMW E46, while two significant opponents made early retirements. Khera took the start this time, and led away from pole, though behind him there was frantic action as the Ginetta G56s,...
Trophy Round 3 Race 1: Invitees Frost and Khera RSVP With a Win
Lee Frost and Lucky Khera love to race, whatever and wherever, and they kicked-off the Jubilee Trophy event with a win in their Race Lab BMW E46. Early-summer had reverted to April-like conditions for the morning’s qualifying session, and on a tricky track, Frost’s...
Praga Race 2: Guests Take the Honours
This time it sticks! Praga Guest Drivers Jimmy Broadbent and Gordie Mutch won the second race at Snetterton in their Fanatec Praga Team R1, bouncing back from Saturday’s disappointment which saw their win chalked off during post-race scrutineering. Rob Wheldon with...
Praga Race 1: The Sun Shines on Praga Cup as Team Mittell Cars Take One-Two At Snetterton
Despite Jimmy Broadbent taking the chequered flag first at Snetterton, Mittell Cars’ Scott Mittell and Charles Hall took top points from the first Praga Cup race of the weekend. Post-race penalties raised them from third to first place with the sister Mittell R1...
Trophy Round 2 Race 2: Successful Weekend for Bransom and Sapra
They won Race 1 of the Trophy Championship, and throughout the weekend they had graced the podium in other championships, so a win in Race 2 sealed a successful weekend for Jas Sapra and Brian Bransom. Sapra’s BMW led away from the rolling start, pursued by the...
Trophy Round 2 Race 1: Victory for Bransom and Sapra in a Busy Weekend
The Invitation entry BMW E36 Niall Bradley won on the road, but attracted a penalty for pitting out of sequence, and was then disqualified due to a technical infringement, leaving friends and occasional rivals Jas Sapra and Brian Bransom to take the honours in Sapra’s...
Praga Race 3: Foster and Lacey Take Top Step at Oulton Park as Broadbent and Mutch Celebrate Second
Round Two of the Praga Cup came to Cheshire on Saturday 2nd April with Tommy Foster and Miles Lacey winning an eventful race at Oulton Park. After starting on pole, following a blistering qualifying lap from Foster (1:31.278), the duo - running under Idola Motorsport...
Praga Race 2: Mittell and RAW dominate race 2 on a successful first Round of the all-new Praga Cup
Mittell Cars’ Charles Hall and Scott Mittell had a storming race in changeable conditions on the Silverstone GP circuit. In winning from the back of the grid, Charles Hall also celebrated, receiving Praga’s ‘Driver of the Day’ as a result. After a slight off in...
Praga Race 1: Arden, RAW and Tim Gray Motorsport take the Silverstone spoils at first-ever Praga Cup race
Arden Motorsport’s Alexander Connor and Tom Canning won an exciting and action-packed opening race at the inaugural Praga Cup UK race on the Silverstone Grand Prix track. Praga Guest Drivers and sim-stars, Jimmy Broadbent and Gordie Mutch, finished fourth on the back...
Trophy Round 1 Race 2: Surprise Win For Newcomer Dubois
First-timer Sebastien Dubois, in the Motus One Ginetta G55, took a surprise win in the second Britcar Trophy Championship race at Silverstone. A Safety Car period in the late stages of the pit-stop window threw a curved ball into the proceedings, seemingly falling in...
Trophy Round 1 Race 1: Lee and Hizzey Win From Bumper Grid
The new partnership of Mark Lee and Owen Hizzey, driving the SVG-run Ginetta G56A, took the win in the opening race of the Britcar Trophy Championship on Silverstone’s GP configuration, from a bumper grid of 51 starters. Lee was a prolific top-three finisher in last...
Preview of Round 1
The Britcar Trophy Championship has enjoyed year-on-year growth, and is set for record grids as it enters it’s third season. Aimed at the one-make and high-end club racer wanting a longer race format, it has made a home for Renault Clios, with their own dedicated...
Thanks to our Sponsors
As the first weekend of the season approaches, we must take a moment to thank our championship sponsors to whom we owe our gratitude for their continuing support: VBox Motorsport - the quickest way to go faster G F Williams & Co - gemstone specialists of Hatton...
BARC Confirms Extensive Live Stream Schedule for 2022
The British Automobile Racing Club is delighted to announce that it will continue its partnership with leading sports production company 247.TV for the 2022 season, with no fewer than 15 race meetings set to be streamed live and online. Showcasing the exhilarating,...
Ben Collins and Jay Morton Aim for Top Gear in Inaugural Praga Cup UK
Friday 25th February, Prague/Manchester - Praga Cars UK confirms that Ben Collins, the former Stig from BBC Top Gear and now Hollywood stunt driver, and Jay Morton, adventurer and explorer, and ex-SAS soldier, have re-signed with Praga for 2022. Ben and Jay will...
Callum Noble joins Thorney Motorsport for Trophy
The Thorney Motorsport team are no strangers to Britcar, being staunch supporters of the Silverstone 24hr events in the past, running a Vauxhall VX220 and BMW E92 M3, and memorably being instrumental in getting the notorious Top Gear BMW to the grid and the finish...
C1 Julian Daniel Steps up to Ginetta G40 for Trophy Grid
C1 racing club winner and regular front-runner in 2021, Julian Daniel has swapped front wheel drive for rear for the first time this season, joining the Britcar Trophy in a Ginetta G40. Julian, who is raising awareness for the charity Parkinsons UK, has signed with...
TSR Performance are back!
The South West- based VAG tuner returns for the 2022 Britcar Endurance Trophy Championship, campaigning up to five VW Golfs in the highly-competitive Class 3. The team, assisted again by Cheshire-based Triple R and Assured Vehicle Repair Centre, this season are tasked...
MacG Racing’s Mazda Returns
Alongside their British Endurance Championship campaign, MacG Racing will be chasing down the Trophy Championship in their RX87 FD. Josh Tomlinson will be joining Jonny MacGregor for the full season, as they look to build on the 2021 season, and in particular the...
Junior Saloon Champion Charlie Hand to Join the Trophy Grid
Westbourne Motorsport continues to nurture young talent, and their major support for the Clio class in the Britcar Trophy Championship allows them to place their proteges into an endurance format for further skills development. Charlie Hand clinched the Junior Saloon...
MSUK Academy Drivers Aim to land Westbourne with Trophy Success
Westbourne Motorsport are a well-known and respected team who cover multiple aspects of British racing, from junior formulae through to historic competition, and, with their considerable experience in Renault Clio racing in the recent past, have been major supporters...
Chandler Motorsport Golf Enters for Second Season
Chandler Motorsport is a family run team who are now entering Britcar for the second year running. After a pretty successful first season, scoring multiple podiums and a race win, they are looking to have an even better season in 2022! Team assistant manager and...
The Event Team Join as Hospitality Providers
The British Endurance Championship can confirm that they have appointed The Event Team as hospitality providers for the 2022 season. The Event Team bring 27 years of award-winning experience in top-level event management and hospitality globally over a wide range of...
Kester’s Fiesta Returns for a Third Season
With continued support from SBD Motorsport, Kester Cook has signed-up for a third season in the Britcar Trophy Championship in his Ford Fiesta, though we will be seeing some changes to the popular "Kester Fiesta" for the 2022 season, as he explains: "I'm looking...