There have been a lot of drivers that have been successful in both the National Bangers and the National Saloon Stock Cars over the years. One driver amongst them is none other than Shane Brown. Having been born into a racing family following his Fathers footsteps, Brown got his first chance of being able to …
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Stuart ‘Dino!’ Cumming has endured a great career in the National Bangers. He has raced consistently for the last 36 years, guesting for some of the greatest teams in the history of the sport and racing his way to some success as well. From his first meeting in the Juniors, Cumming went on to race …
Tom Callaghan has impressed everyone in the National Banger community since he made the step up from the Junior Bangers in 2016, and he aims to impress much more in the years to come. In the space of four years, he has cemented himself as one of the most consistent drivers in the sport, guesting …
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Phil ‘Turkish’ Milner takes us on the inside, to what it was really like to be involved in one of the heaviest and sometimes controversial wars in Banger racing history. The Gladiators have become known to be one of the hardest hitting teams in National Banger Racing since the turn of the century. Their reluctancy …
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A few drivers have often started their racing careers on the short oval tracks and have subsequently gone on to have glistening careers in the British Touring Car Championship. Rob Collard was one of the first having followed in the footsteps of his late father, Mick ‘Duffy’ Collard who was one of the great characters …
Former Formula 1 driver and 1992 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Mark Blundell has formed an alliance with the current Independents’ Champions AmD Tuning which will see the West-Thurrock squad be rebranded as MB Motorsport ahead of the forthcoming campaign. Blundell, who retired from full-time racing earlier this year will take up a new …
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Ollie Jackson has announced that he will remain with Motorbase Performance ahead of the forthcoming 2020 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship season, piloting a newly built Ford Focus RS. This will be Jackson’s seventh season in Britain’s premier tin-top racing series, having also raced for the Kent-based squad in last year’s campaign. He secured …
In 1992, Terry Harris set the record for the most amount of meetings raced in a calendar year, competing in a total of 89 meetings at just four different tracks; Wimbledon, Aldershot, Arlington and Hednesford. The record stood for 27-years until Joey Reynolds broke the record by racing in 91 various meetings throughout the 2019 …
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Bobby Thompson will join the Trade Price Cars Racing squad for the 2020 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship, ahead of the team’s second season in the popular Tin-Top series. In their debut campaign in 2019, the Essex-based outfit finished 11th in the Teams’ Standings and fourth in the Independent Teams Championship – securing a …
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Just under two months ago, the 2019 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship came to a dramatic conclusion at Brands Hatch. Colin Turkington secured a record-equalling fourth BTCC title, but already, the pieces are falling into place for the 2020 campaign. After securing Team HARD’s first ever win in the British Touring Car Championship at …
