NEWS
Report: Brands GP Race 2 – Invitee Bradley RSVPs with a Win, Axel Banks Top Points
Niall Bradley, in the Invitation entry BMW E36, dominated Sunday’s 50-minute race, while second-placed Axel van Nederveen was the first points-scorer home in his Datum Motorsport Ginetta G56A. Some sterling work over the previous 24 hours saw three cars make the grid...
Report: Brands GP Race 1 – A Safe Win for Sciglio
Maurizio Sciglio posted another overall win in the Datum Motorsport Ginetta G56A under the cover of a late-race Safety Car deployment, thwarting any chance of progress from threatening invitee Niall Bradley’s BMW E36. Leading the field away at the rolling start were...
Report: Snetterton Race 2 – Datum 1 -2-3
Datum Motorsport made a clean sweep of Race 2, locking-out the overall podium with the Ginetta G56As of lone drivers Maurizio Sciglio, Axel van Nederveen and Marco Anastasi. Polesitter Chris Bialan floored the Cupra away from the rolling start, but Axel van Nederveen...
Report: Snetterton Race 1 – Back-to-Back for Bialan and Mason
They came away from the last race at Donington as overall winners, and claimed the win at the first race here- Chris Bialan and Simon Mason, in the Sim Dynamics Racing with Jabbasport Cupra didn’t have it easy at Snetterton, though, facing a considerable threat from...
Report: Donington Race 2 – Brilliant Bialan, Amazing Mason
Chris Bialan and Simon Mason broke the Ginetta stronghold in Race 2, taking the Jabbasport-run Cupra to a well-deserved victory, with amateur driver Bialan earning the Britcar Outstanding Achievement trophy. Bialan set his stall out on the opening lap – the Ginetta of...
Report: Donington Race 1 – Dubois Dominant After Pit Stops
Lone-driver Seb Dubois, in a Ginetta G56 GTA run by Matt Cherrington’s TMC team, took a convincing Race 1 win in the opening round of the 2024 Trophy Championship, finishing nearly 12 seconds ahead of the considerable opposition. It was a scrappy rolling start as the...
ROWE Launches Partnership with Britcar for 2024 Season
Premium oils and lubricants brand, ROWE, has extended its partnership with Britcar to include The British Endurance Championship (BEC). This collaboration aligns closely with ROWE’s extensive history and success in European endurance racing, with the brand eager to...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
Merry Christmas from BEC
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...
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...
TSR going for glory in the ButtKicker Britcar 24 hours or Silverstone
TSR stands for Team Sellars Racing and whilst they share the name and race number of TSR in the real life Britcar Trophy Championship they are an independant organisation of like minded real world racers chasing the outright win in an Audi R8 GT3. In the real world...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
ROWE Trophy Race 10 Report – RSVP From Invitees Bransom and Sapra
No issues this time – Bryan Bransom and Jas Sapra took a convincing win in Race 2 in the Invitation entry BMW E46. Pole sitter Marco Anastasi’s Ginetta G56A led away from the rolling start, but making a storming start from the third row was Callum Noble in the Thorney...
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...
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...
ROWE Trophy Race 8 Report – Goldsmith and Steel Show Their Mettle
Lee Goldsmith, driving the Invitation-entry BMW E90 built and prepared by Geoff Steel Racing, broke the Ginetta stronghold in Race 2, but it was a close run thing, with Marco Anastasi’s G56 GTA just half a second adrift at the flag. It was the first time that Simon...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...