Nottingham Sports Car Club

Before last years season had ended, I decided to commission SBD Motorsport to build me new cylinder head and I raided the savings reserve funds. A few months I was excitedly unwrapping the box to reveal lots of shiny new bits and a 293bhp spec head.
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The calculations had been done as to how I could fare after this final weekend of the British Championship at Kames. Currently 6th, anywhere from 5th to 10th was a possible outcome, however as entries were confirmed this was more likely to be 7th, as Ross Napier in the V8 F1Cosworth Gould had two scores to add, and I was only going to increase my score if I made 7th or higher. I was relying on weather flukes or retirements to increase my position!
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The forecast held true and we enjoyed a glorious weekend of sunshine in Northern Ireland that was worth the 900mile round trip. A leisurely crossing on the High Speed Seacat brought us to Belfast, and then a quick trip down the side of Strangford Lock gets you to the circuit. ...read more

After an early start to the season there was a 6 week wait, due to opting out of 2 rounds in Scotland as having been last year I felt the track was dangerous - 120mph in a parkland with trees and buildings in very close proximity. This meant that I had dropped to 10th in the British Sprint Championship. But now we faced 6 events in 3 consecutive weekends! ...read more

What a Winter! At the last event of 2010, I purchased the identical car that Bill Gouldthorpe had run for several years, a Van Diemen RF96. What attracted me to this car was the engine, an SBD Duratec with 272bhp, compared to my engine that was only 242bhp back in 2005. Both of these 96’s came from a team in Portugal in the 90’s, and here I was, owner of both! ...read more

I have been asked to write a few words about the early days of Curborough Sprint course.

Very kind, but I know there are many people better qualified than I to write on this subject, namely competitors who entered far more frequently and were much more successful than me. However, here are a few of my recollections from those days, now over 40 years ago. ...read more