Autosport International 2010 - Part 3

Time to round up coverage of Autosport International with another tiny selection of what can be seen, above the Fiat 500 Abarth, which will form a 1 make racing series this year

Surprisingly the only Group C/GTP car at the show, the Nissan NPTI

A treat for the ears in the Le Mans Series in 2010 - the JMW Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage GT2

Not as common here as in America but the new Camaros look great

Standing still rather than trying to pan it at high speed - the 2008/9 Time Attack winning Roger Clark Motorsport Impreza - The Gobstopper

A pair of classic rallying Lancias - 037 and Delta Intergrale

Group B Metro 6R4

Peugeot 205 T16

and former works Imprezas of the much missed Colin McRae and Richard Burns

The Ginetta-Zytek LMP1 car of Beechdean-Mansell Motorsport - to be driven by Nigel Mansell and his sons in 2010

The Drayson Racing Lola-Judd LMP1 car, to be raced in the American Le Mans series in 2010

This wraps up coverage of Autosport International, but there is a lot more to come, even though the season is quiet

Time Attack 2009 Round 5 - Snetterton - The Final

The final of the 2009 Time Attack Series took place at Snetterton

Pro/Club Pro/Prototype/Openwheel Class

First in Pro was Phil Glew in the Zen Performane Impreza, setting a time of 1.11.03 which was rain affected but had earlier set the fastest time of the day with 1.09.7

The sole prototype entry, Andy Gallachers AG Motorsport Ford Focus - 4wd, Cosworth engined and almost 700bhp with a partially spaceframed chassis to boot. He set a faster time than Glew in the Superbattle final with 1.10.3 but the car is inegible for points in 2009. Hopefully a few more prototype cars will enter in 2010 to give Andy some competition and the rest of the grid a scare

Second in Pro with 1.11.8 and sealing second in the Pro championship for 2009 was Steve Gugliemi in his Gugliemi Motorsport Elise

Third overall and first in ClubPro was James Nicholls in the Car Planet Racing Evo 6 with a time of 1.11.8, sealing him the ClubPro championship for 2009

Fourth overall was Gareth Lloyd in the second CPR Evo with a time of 1.12.5

Fifth overall was Adrian Smith in the Fensport Celica - 1.14.9

Club Class

First in club class was Russ Paton in the Wallace Performance Evo 6, 1.14.3

Duncan Graham sealed the Club championship with 2nd place, 1.14.9 in his Race Dynamix Impreza. Club Pro promotion for next year hopefully

Third in class, Marcus Webster in his Nissan Skyline R32 GTR

And a few randoms...

Middlehurst R35 GTR - UK built and authorised NISMO Club Sport Package

Richard Jones -Evo 8- Club 4WD - 1.18.2 - 13th overall

David Ward, BMW Mini -Club FF, 1.22.4, 21st overall


Not much info on this Porsche 933 GT3 on the timing sheets :(

Simon Deaton - Evo 8,Club 4WD 1.15.7 - 4th overall

Never mind 'precision driving and stunts' a 5 ton racing truck going around the track is the ultimate half time show

Steve Linton - Supra, Club RWD 1.20.01,16th overall, 3rd in class

Jamie Reynolds,Lotus Elise - Club RWD,1.16.1, 5th overall, 1st in class

So once again its Roger Clark Motorsport that take the overall title in 2009, but not as smoothly as in 2008. Will the opposition finally outclass them in 2010? Who knows.....

Time Attack 2009 Round 4 - Brands Hatch

It was off to Brands Hatch for Round 4 of Time Attack


And for the first time ever it was Steve Gugliemi in the Gugliemi Motorsport Lotus Elise taking the win with a 48.6 second lap

Second was Olly Clark in the Roger Clark Motorsport Impreza with 50.1

Third place to Chris Ward in the RSE Motorsport Evo 7 with 50.2

4th place for the best looking car on the grid, Robin Duxburys Evo 8 - 50.4


Still the fastest N/A car is Jeff Milehams TVR Tuscan with a 53.9, overtaking James Nicholls 5th overall Car Planet Racing Evo 6 - 50.8

A better result for Duncan Cowper in the F1 turbo Hayabusa powered Dax Rush - 52.06, 6th overall

John Stevensons Impreza - ClubPro 52.96

Ben James Rx7 makes its yearly return


Paul Hughes Buddy Club Dc5 - 54.2, Club FF N/A winner

Duncan Graham in the RaceDynamix Impreza now effectively has the club class title in the bag since the 'promotion' of Shane Smith to ClubPro, a move that not many are happy about including myself

Mark Pollards 6R4 on BBS LM's, tasty. Im not a 'wheel whore' but BBS LM's do it for me on almost any car

Julian Westwood in the first Evo X to compete in the series

But Zen Peformance ran out of luck with their Impreza suffering a fiery exit

The final is at Snetterton as part of the Modified Live show on October 11th

Time Attack 2009 - Round 3 - Silverstone

Silverstone was the venue for Rd3 of Time Attack, where Olly Clark was in supreme form in the Roger Clark Motorsport Impreza and took victory with a sublime time of 57.9

Second was Matt Allison in the Zen Performance Impreza with 58.8

Third was Steve Gugliemi in the Gugliemi Motorsport Elise with a 59.1 laptime

Fourth for Gareth Lloyd in the Car Planet Racing Evo with 59.6

Club Class once again goes to Shane Smith in the Abbey Motorsport / CAT Driver Training with a 1.02.9, which moves him into ClubPro class for the next round

Its not racing its Time Attack!!!

Next Round - Brands Hatch - June 28th