NEWS
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...
Praga Factory Car Driver Announcement
Praga Cars announces today that rising Scottish racing star Gordon Mutch Racing is the latest driver confirmed for The Praga Cup 2022 and will be paired for a full season with popular YouTuber - and 2021 Britcar Endurance Rookie of the Year - Jimmy Broadbent....
Alford to Fight for Trophy Title in 2022
James Alford made his mark in his first visit to Britcar Trophy at the end of last season, a lone drive in the pair of non-championship Brands Hatch Into the Night races bringing a class win and a class podium. Spurred by this success, the erstwhile 116i Trophy and...
Buttkicker Britcar Endurance PPR eSeries Champions Crowned after Final Race
After a thrilling final race we have our two champions. Luke Whitehead was crowned Pro-Champion while Tony Draper claimed the Sim title, with both winning their respective classes in what was an action-packed Silverstone event. On the short International layout it was...
Team BRIT back to Britcar for the Fourth Consecutive Year
Team BRIT has announced its formal entry into the Britcar Trophy Championship for the fourth consecutive year. Following yet another year of sustained growth, the all-disabled team will field two cars in the Championship. The team aims to become the first ever...
SVG Motorsport Expand for 2022 Britcar Trophy Campaign
SVG Motorsport had a successful 2021 in the Britcar Trophy Championship, claiming the runner-up spot in Classes 1 and 2, and the team are expanding for 2022, looking for further success. As well as being busy running the discrete Ginetta G40 Class in the championship,...
Buttkicker Britcar Endurance PPR eSeries Round 4 Report – Brands Hatch
Luke Whitehead drove superbly to win at Brands Hatch putting one hand on the trophy going into the last round. While in Class Two, Tony Draper recovered from a first lap spin to take victory in what was a closely fought battle. Whitehead qualified pole and led the two...
Buttkicker Britcar Endurance PPR eSeries Round 3 Report – Thruxton
The Britcar E-series returned this weekend for it's third round, hosted at Thruxton. It was the Morgan of Isaac Raine that came out on top of what was a brilliant race on the fastest UK racetrack. This was meant to be the fourth round but technical gremlins meant the...
Britcar Into the Night Report Race 2 Report: Home Win After Penalties
Local hero Steve Rothery took his Peugeot 308 to a popular win in Sunday evening's race after penalties curtailed some of the front running contenders. That's not to say he lucked-in though, the Dartford driver was always in the picture from the get-go of the...
Britcar Into the Night Report Race 1 Report: Valluga Victory
Ian Humphries and Benji Hetherington, in the Valluga Racing Porsche 718, claimed victory in the Saturday evening Into the Night race. The two Endurance-spec Valluga Porsches, with Carl Cavers and Sean Doyle in the team's other car, had signalled notice of intent in...
Partners RACELOGIC Award Championship Winners
The Motorsport Days Live show at Silverstone last weekend saw the award of VBOX HD2 systems, from Britcar partners RACELOGIC, to the overall winners of both our Endurance and Trophy Championships. Lead photo shows Trophy winners Simon Baker and Ollie Reuben with Jon...
Ginetta G40 Cup to join Britcar Trophy Grids
Britcar Trophy are pleased to announce that there will be a separate class for the Ginetta G40 Cup cars and the Class will aim to provide drivers with a cost effective, fun environment to go racing, with the emphasis on competing with likeminded individuals whilst...
Buttkicker Britcar Endurance PPR eSeries Round 2 Report
The second round of the Britcar Buttkicker E-series was held at Silverstone on Saturday. Cody Pryde won a brilliant race where in a lot of cases, battles went down to the final corner. Tony Draper drove another dominant race, winning his class convincingly. Morgan...
Endurance Category Overall Results
Britcar is delighted to announce and congratulate our worthy 2021 Endurance category champions. It was a close-run thing, with the Overall and Class 3 and 4 titles going down to the last race. Simon Baker, Ollie Reuben and Kevin Clarke in Simon's BMW 1 Series run by...
Trophy Race 1 Report: Maiden Win For Mark Lee
"Up to now he's always been the bridesmaid" said commentator Tony Coales of Mark Lee's impressive run of second places, but in Race 1 Lee, in the SVG Motorsport Ginetta G56A, at last graced the top step of the podium. Earlier rain had turned to drizzle when...
Trophy Race 2 Report: Baker and Reuben Take the Win and The Title
After the debacle in Race 1, Simon Baker and Ollie Reuben, in the Woodrow BMW 1M, took a close win, sealing the Overall and Class titles. The race was foreshortened to 45 minutes, and the Redgate gravel didn't claim any first-lap victims this time, it was a clean...
Endurance Race 2 Report: Scaramanga and Powell Seal the Title With a Win
A win was essential to ensure the overall Endurance title, and Dave Scaramanga and Will Powell claimed the race win and the championship in the Motus One with Moorgate Finance McLaren as the sun set over the 2021 season. Delays through the day had challenged the...
Praga Race Report: Sim Racers Star as Champions Crowned
The season came to a close in dramatic fashion at Donington as once again the Pragas locked out the podium spots in both races. The new pairing of Jimmy Broadbent and Gordie Mutch were the stars on the day, taking their first brace of wins in the wonderful 'Goldie'....
Endurance Race 1 Report: Pirouetting Pragas, Penalties and Points … and MacG Win
Lone driver Jonny MacGregor, driving his self-built Taranis, claimed the win in a fraught encounter, after the on-the-road winner, title contenders Dave Scaramanga and Will Powell, in the Motus One McLaren, were awarded a 30-second post-race penalty for an...
Final Chance for Praga and Endurance Points
It's finals day for the Britcar Endurance Championship here at Donington Park, and both categories see the title race go down to the wire. Praga The inaugural championship for the Praga category reaches an exciting conclusion, and based on the results so far, could be...
British Endurance Championship 2022
The Britcar organisation is delighted to announce that it will be running the Motorsport UK-sanctioned British Endurance Championship in 2022. Britcar has a rich history of top- end club-level endurance racing dating back over 20 years, with innovative formats and the...
Trophy Close as Final Points Races Near
The battle for the overall Britcar Endurance Trophy Championship will go down to the wire at Donington Park, with just 10 points separating the top three contenders. Topping the table with 293 points is Simon Baker's Class 1 BMW 1M, and with regular co-driver Kevin...
Buttkicker Britcar Endurance PPR eSeries Round 1 Report
Britcar's E-series returns for 2021 with a new look thanks to PPR Esports and and new title sponser, ButtKicker. With five events planned for October and November, it was Donnington Park GP that started the season off with Luke Whitehead winning out a close class one...
2022 Trophy Calendar Update
Our Provisionally booked date in July at Brands has been cancelled and we are now going to Donington on the 14th August. We can also confirm our TBC venue as Silverstone Grand Prix. We are very pleased with these dates and venues. Please do not hesitate to contact us...
ButtKicker Britcar Endurance E-Series
The Britcar Endurance E-Series is back for a second season of online competition, supported for this 2021 season by ButtKicker. For this second season of the sim racing competition we have employed professional sim racing organiser PPR E-Sports to run and manage the...
Praga Cup 2022 Confirms Six-round UK Calendar and An R1 as Winner’s Prize
Wednesday 6th October, Prague/Manchester - Praga Cars and Britcar have confirmed provisional dates for the inaugural Praga Cup in 2022, with Round 1 appropriately debuting at Silverstone, the UK's home of motorsport, on March 12th and 13th. The Praga Cup 2022 will be...
Praga and Endurance Points Rundown
Praga With their plans for 2022 recently announced, the inaugural championship for the Praga category reaches an exciting conclusion at Donington Park on October 23rd, and, based on the results so far, could be a three-way fight for the crown. Currently topping the...
Trophy Dates for 2022
We are happy to announce provisional dates for our Trophy category races for 2022. DateCircuit 13th MarchSilverstone Grand Prix 23rd & 24th AprilCroft TBC 15th MaySnetterton (300) 19th JuneVenue TBC 30th or 31st JulyBrands Hatch Indy 23rd OctoberDonington Grand...
Praga Cars Takes to the Grid with Praga Cup UK One-Make Championship
Thursday 24th September, Prague/Manchester - 12 months ahead of originally planned, Praga Cars today announces that its first one-make championship will be in the UK in 2022 in partnership with Britcar Endurance. Following a successful 2021 on track within Britcar...
The Ligier Returns with Young Driver Pairing for Endurance
It's been a while since we saw the Reflex Racing Ligier JS2-R in the Britcar Endurance Championship, a brief appearance at the Silverstone season-opener being the only outing this year for the 2020 class-winning machine. That changes for the closing pair of races at...
ButtKicker Britcar Endurance E-Series
The Britcar Endurance E-Series is back for a second season of online competition, supported for this 2021 season by ButtKicker. For this second season of the sim racing competition we have employed professional sim racing organiser PPR E-Sports to run and manage the...
2022 Trophy Calendar Update
Our Provisionally booked date in July at Brands has been cancelled and we are now going to Donington on the 14th August. We can also confirm our TBC venue as Silverstone Grand Prix. We are very pleased with these dates and venues. Please do not hesitate to contact us...
Trophy Race 2 Report: Baker and Clarke Win, and a Penalty Shoot-Out For Positions
Rain of biblical proportions had caused a long gap in mid-afternoon racing, so the Trophy contingent took to the track in slightly improved, but still soaking conditions, for a race that was truncated to just 35 minutes, to beat the 6pm curfew, and it was once again...
Trophy Race 1 Report: BMW vs Ginetta For The Overall Win
The overall win has always been about BMW and Ginetta this season, and this time, on Silverstone's short, tight National configuration, it was the Woodrow BMW 1-series of Simon Baker and Kevin Clarke that took the win, half a lap ahead of the peripatetic Lucky Khera,...
Focus on Trophy for Silverstone
The Trophy Championship has taken on a new complexion from mid-season, with some new competitors coming into play, and some regulars coming into form. The points table, though, reflects the old guard; in Class 1 (and overall), the Woodrow BMW 1-Series of SImon Baker,...
Partners RACELOGIC Award Championship Winners
The Motorsport Days Live show at Silverstone last weekend saw the award of VBOX HD2 systems, from Britcar partners RACELOGIC, to the overall winners of both our Endurance and Trophy Championships. Lead photo shows Trophy winners Simon Baker and Ollie Reuben with Jon...
Trophy Race 1 Report: Solo Van Nederveen On The Money
Axel Van Nederveen confirmed his credentials, and that of driver coach Adriano Medeiros, by taking the Race 1 win after a fine solo drive in the Datum Motorsport Ginetta G56A. It might have gone another way though, but for a glitch in the Woodrow Motorsport BMW...
Trophy Race 2 Report: Woodrow BMW Back on Top
Simon Baker and Kevin Clarke, in the Woodrow Motorsport BMW 1-Series, took a convincing win in Race 2, finishing nearly a lap ahead of the opposition, who had an epic battle for the podium places. Baker took the lead from the rolling start, with Mark Lee's Ginetta...
Championship Battles Move On to Brands Hatch
The Goodyear Britcar championships return to the challenging Brands Hatch Indy circuit on July 31st/August 1st. In the Endurance Championship, the Pragas have ruled over the last few rounds, but will the tighter confines favour the GT3 machines, while in the Trophy...
ButtKicker partner with Britcar and PPR as Title Sponsor for the Second Season of Esports Racing
After a successful first season of Esports held during the 2020 lockdowns, the E-Series is back with the ButtKicker Britcar-Endurance PPR E-Series. The 5 round championship will see the same cars as the real life Britcar Endurance and Praga Championships battling over...
Britcar Championship Plans Already Under Way for 2022
While Britcar is enjoying the best season in it's history, the organising team are not resting on their laurels, and though it's only halfway through the 2021 season, we are already formulating some very exciting plans for a yet more competitive season in 2022 along...
Trophy Race 1 Report: Van Nederveen and Medeiros Open Their Account
Championship newcomer Axel Van Nederveen, assisted by pro-driver Adriano Medeiros, re-set the bar in Race 1, taking a convincing win in the Datum Motorsport G56A. Axel was a bit of an unknown quantity to Britcar, though his success in Lotus and Ginetta racing boded...
Trophy Race 2 Report: Van Nederveen and Medeiros Triumph Again
Race 2 saw another win for Axel Van Nederveen and Adriano Medeiros in the Datum Motorsport Ginetta G56A, again with a gap of over half a minute to the second-place car, which this time was Mark Lee's same-spec Ginetta, though the race was a very different story from...
Endurance Race Report: Local Heroes Motus One with Moorgate Play it Right
Dave Scaramanga and Will Powell, driving the McLaren 650S run by Powell's Silverstone-based Motus One team, took their second overall win in a row, exercising the skill and stability required in a two-hour race of varying and challenging conditions on the circuit's GP...
Glorious Silverstone GP to Welcome Big Grids
The Britcar Championships head for the glorious Silverstone GP circuit this coming weekend and the lure of racing on the full configuration has proved popular amongst competitors, with a massive grid of over 43 cars for Sunday's Trophy races, and several returnees...
Oulton Park: An Alternative View
Angus Martin is studying Sports Journalism at the University of Plymouth, and Britcar invited him along to Oulton Park for work experience, and to boost our media team. We think his first stab at a race report is a cracking job, and publish it in full, unedited, here....
Praga On Cloud 9 with Double Victory for Praga Racing Academy
Adventurer, explorer and ex-SAS officer, Jay Morton, scaled a new peak last weekend as an R1 Guest Driver in the Praga Racing Academy team as he won his first (and then second) race in just his 9th and 10th competitive outings. Partnering with pro-driver Angus Fender...
Endurance Race 1 Report: Motus One Won Race 1
They have been consistent podium finishers so far this season, and on the Oulton Park Island configuration, the pairing of Dave Scaramanga and Will Powell took their first Endurance category win in the Motus One with Moorgate McLaren 650S, an impressive performance...
Endurance Race 2 Report: A Clean Sweep for Scaramanga and Powell
It was a double victory for Dave Scaramanga and Will Powell in the Motus One with Moorgate McLaren 650S, once again ahead of Johnny MacGregor's Taranis, which was proving a bit of a handful as the race came to an end. The Pragas once again dominated the front-end of...
Praga Cup 2022 Confirms Six-round UK Calendar and An R1 as Winner’s Prize
Wednesday 6th October, Prague/Manchester - Praga Cars and Britcar have confirmed provisional dates for the inaugural Praga Cup in 2022, with Round 1 appropriately debuting at Silverstone, the UK's home of motorsport, on March 12th and 13th. The Praga Cup 2022 will be...