All News: brands-hatch


CTC Bubbles Nicely Following Hulbert’s Shock Departure

August 16th, 2012 by

On the Classic Teams Championship’s arrival at Phillip Island one driver was conspicuous by his absence as Ligier only brought cars to this other side of the world for David Jaques and Gareth Prosser. Shortly afterwards Ligier announced they and Simon Hulbert had mutually decided to go their separate ways, sparking a ‘silly season’ on … Read the Rest »

SRF Challenge Draws Big Numbers for Week 1

August 8th, 2012 by

The numbers are in, and it looks like the new SpecRacer Ford Challenge series may have set some attendance records in its inaugural week, drawing in some VERY strong numbers. How strong? In terms of attendance numbers among the non-Rookie series, the D-Class SpecRacer Ford Challenge was the #2 series for Week 1 of Season … Read the Rest »

Down Claims Title #4 as van Gisbergen Wins Finale

July 27th, 2012 by

Round 12 and the season finale of the iRacing.com V8 Supercars Series presented by BigPond was held in England at a 4.2km roller coaster of a race track known as Brands Hatch.  Madison Down had all but secured the online racing championship heading into this round and with ANZ Motorsport securing the team championship in … Read the Rest »

A Hardcore Fan's View

July 2nd, 2012 by

On Sunday 24th June 2012 I joined an exclusive at Brands Hatch.  I call these club members The Hardcore Racing Fans. Why did I join this club? Well because with the deluge of changeable weather mixing from atrocious down poor of rain to sweltering heat and as a certain Ayrton Senna once said ‘It was … Read the Rest »

A Hardcore Fan’s View

July 2nd, 2012 by

On Sunday 24th June 2012 I joined an exclusive at Brands Hatch.  I call these club members The Hardcore Racing Fans. Why did I join this club? Well because with the deluge of changeable weather mixing from atrocious down poor of rain to sweltering heat and as a certain Ayrton Senna once said ‘It was … Read the Rest »

iRacing.com Adds Four British Tracks, BTCC Honda

June 20th, 2012 by

Eight British Tracks, Honda Civic 2KC to Feature in Virtual BTCC Bedford, MA (June 20) – iRacing.com has reached agreements that will see four of England’s leading race tracks — Thruxton, Croft, Mallory Park and Snetterton — added to the world’s foremost online motorsports service.  Additionally, iRacing announced plans to build a digital version of … Read the Rest »

A Multi-Faceted Racer

June 8th, 2012 by

Chris Dymond is a multi-faceted racer.  A three time champion (2006 BRSSC Fiat, ’07 Elf Renault Clio Cup Rookie of the Year and ’10 Radical UK Cup) and a regular in the 2012 Porsche Carrera Cup UK, he is recognized by the ARDS (Association of Racing Driver Schools) as one of the UK’s foremost race … Read the Rest »

Valantiejus Victorious

May 22nd, 2012 by

Classic Teams Championship: Round 3 Brabham. Hailwood. Hill. Cooper. Surtees. Hawthorn. Clark. Not only are they some of the greatest names in Formula One history, but also the names given to some of the greatest pieces of road in Formula One history.  A true driver’s circuit with few equals, Brands Hatch hosted Round 3 of … Read the Rest »

Competitive Edge

May 18th, 2012 by

Brands Hatch played host to the sixth round of the iRacing.com Skip Barber Racing School Premier Series. For the first time in the series’ young history, the virtual site of the online racing was outside the United States, which may have given a competitive edge to some of the European drivers.  Indeed, many series regulars … Read the Rest »

Nixon Wins, Ruokola Scores

May 15th, 2012 by

Unchanged in layout since it opened back in 1955 Elkhart Lake features many elevation changes, along with a very high speed front stretch and the famous Kink in the middle of the back stretch. In other words, an ideal venue for the Classic Teams Championship contenders to stretch their legs. It was also the site … Read the Rest »