News
Happy New Year 2010
06.01.2010
We
would like to wish all our customers past, present &
future a Happy and Prosperous New Year and in this our
21st year of business we look forward to being able to
offer our usual full range of services.
With new cars and customers arriving and event entries
completed it is looking like a busy year again attending
& supporting most of the major Historic race meetings
inc Le Mans Classic, Goodwood Revival , HGPCA & the
Italian Historic car events
We are always happy to welcome new customers and attend
new events please call to discuss further.
Engine Dyno 24.12.2009 Our high specification engine test facility is now fully operational, we have recently tested engines including Ferrari 512, Ford GT40 , Aston Martin DB3S,Minardi V6 Please see dyno page for test cell details and call to discuss costs and bookings.
Goodwood Revival
20.09.2009
The
biggest historic event of the year saw us running 6
racecars and overseeing the 2 safetycars.
Hubert Fabri in his Aston Martin DBR4 battled through to
8th position in the Richmond Trophy from 15th after
qualifying.
In the headline RAC TT race theFerrari 330 LM/B
defending last years race win qualified in pole position
driven byBobby Verdon-Roe and Emanuele Pirro and raced
hard to 2nd overall.
The team highlight a convincing win for Nick Leventis &
Bobby Verdon- Roe in the 1 Hour Lavant Cup race driving
the Ferrari 246S, with the 1959 Goodwood TT winning
Aston Martin DBR1 coming home 6th in the same race
driven by Tony Dron & Richard Attwood
VSCC See Red Donington Park
06.09.2009
Another outing for the Aston Martin DBR4 and DB3S saw Hubert Fabri in his
DBR4 finish 2nd in the Historic Seaman & Flockhart Trophy race and win the
Flockhart Trophy for post war GP cars.
Ferrari Historic Challenge Brno
06.09.2009
Our first weekend this year with the Historic Challenge running Ferrari 206P and
Ferrari P3.
Harry Leventis driving the 206P finished 3rd in race 1 and 6th in race 2.
Bobby Verdon-Roe in the Ferrari P3 finished 2nd and 4th in the 2 races.
Oldtimer Nurburgring
09.08.2009
Another of the big European Historic events with Aston Martin DBR4 and DB3S, in a
full HGPCA grid.
The DBR4 finished a fine 3rd overall.
Silverstone Classic
27.07.2009
A busy weekend running several cars at what is becoming one of the biggest historic
events on our calendar.
With Aston Martin DBR4 (HGPCA races) Aston Martin DB3S (Woodcote Trophy)
and Ferrari 246S (BRDC Sportscars) the Ferrari looking to convert a front row start into
a podium finish until broken wheel spokes forced its retirement.
Goodwood Festival of Speed
05.07.2009
Three
glorious days at Goodwood the Festival of Speed saw us running Mercedes CLK DTM 2003 car and
the Aston
Martin DBR1.
The Mercedes doing demonstration runs and the Aston Martin winning
its timed class
Le Mans Legends 2009
18.06.2009
The disappointment of having to withdraw the Aston Martin DBR1 from the Legends race due to an engine issue was lessened after the fine performance of both
Ferrari’s.
The 246S driven by Tony Dron finished 3rd overall and 1st in class.
The 206 Dino driven by Harry Leventis also finished 1st in class and 10th overall.
Aston Martin DBR1
returns to Le Mans
03.06.2009
This famous historic race car maintained and prepared
by ourselves since 1992 will now be readied for a return
to Le Mans.
50 years after Aston Martins historic victory
the car will compete in a 45min race on Sat 13th June hours
before the start of the 77th Le Mans 24hr.
Alongside the Aston Martin we will also be running a 1960 Ferrari 246S
and a 1964 Ferrari 206 .
Aston Martin DBR1 wins at Silverstone
01.06.2009
The Le Mans winning Aston Martin DBR1 added another
victory to its resume at the AMOC flagship event The
St John Horsfall Meeting.
In the AMOC historic championship race the car driven by Nick Leventis qualified
In pole position and led throughout .
Aston Martin DBR4
Wins at VSCC Silverstone25.04.2009
After
a winter overhaul including gearbox and engine
rebuilds, The Aston Martin DBR4 prepared by ourselves
took to the track in the hands of Richard Attwood for
the Rothschild and Lindsay Trophies Race at the VSCC
'Spring Start' meeting.
The start saw the two very fast ERA's of Mark Gillies
and Mac Hulbert take the lead, but Richard just settled
down and used the power and smooth handling of the DBR4
to reel them in. Richard is known for his race tactics
and paced himself behind Gillies until he made his move
on lap 8 and went on to win the race with a gap of 0.25s
and a best lap time of 1:06.93s.
New Premises01.02.2009
Over
the winter months, the company moved from its old
location at Poundon to a new complex near Banbury.
With new larger custom built areas for engine and gearbox work,
larger well equipped machine shop and workshop we are
still able to offer our usual excellent services in
these new improved facilities.
Ferrari 330 LMB Wins Goodwood TT
25.09.2008
In
an historic victory the Ferrari 330 LMB prepared by
ourselves and driven by Peter Hardman and Bobby Verdon
Roe won the 2008 Goodwood Revival RAC TT Celebration.
We have attended every Revival with numerous cars
achieving podium results and winning races, but until
this year the TT has eluded us.
Our thanks to all involved in helping achieve Ferrari's
first Goodwood TT win since 1964.