Coys historic racers on pole position at Autosport International

International auction house Coys will be featuring a strong entry of historic racers and classic road cars in its annual sale at the Autosport International Racing Car Show.

ALAN MANN RACING
The catalogue is headed by a selection of historic cars entered to this sale directly from the Alan Mann Racing Reserve Collection:

MG Car Club confirm their 2012 championship race meetings

The schedule of six race meetings organised by Abingdon-based MG Car Club is detailed below. All offer a varied and interesting programme of races, with a combination of their own championships and other invited championships and series.

Swift goes for Croft glory to cap great year

Following on from a successful year in 2011, Darlington rally driver Paul Swift aims to round off the season in style as plans for next year are coming to fruition also.

After winning the Fuchs-Titan ANCC Stage Rally Championship tarmac driver’s title this year and finishing second overall in the AS Performance North of England Tarmac Championship, Swift also finished in an impressive top ten placing in the REIS MSA Asphalt Rally Championship in his 2.0 litre Ford Escort Mk2 RS1800.

Monte Carlo or Bust for Cookie

After a fantastic 2011, Rally Team GB is extremely excited about 2012. The launch of Rally Team GB into the World Rally Championship is going to be something very special.

NGK Spark Plugs sponsors BRC Challenge

Organisers of the successful BRC Challenge are proud to announce a new title sponsor in the form of NGK Spark Plugs.

NGK Spark Plugs has been a long term partner to the British Rally Championship and this move towards becoming the title sponsor for the BRC Challenge adds to the working relationship between the two parties.

Tim Howes, Technical Services Manager for NGK Spark Plugs (UK) Ltd: “NGK is heavily involved at every level of motorsport but I believe it is especially important to support the up and coming drivers of today to ensure a continued high quality pool of talent for tomorrow”.

Audi R8 LMS Ultra to fight for World Champion’s title in 2012

- GT1 World Championship to be held with GT3 cars in 2012
- Team WRT from Belgium is set on battling for championship
- Two new Audi R8 LMS ultra cars on the grid

Thierry Neuville will race for Citroën in the 2012 WRC

Thierry Neuville, who is recognised as one of the rising stars in world rallying, will drive a Citroën DS3 WRC in the 2012 World Championship. The Belgian will race in a minimum of nine events.

Citroën Racing, which is heavily committed to the training and promotion of young drivers, will give Thierry Neuville the opportunity to prove himself at the highest level of world rallying. The 22-year-old-driver from Saint-Vith in Belgium will be at the wheel of a Citroën DS3 WRC prepared by Citroën Racing Technologies.

Loeb’s record-breaking eight FIA championship titles

Following official confirmation of his success in the 2011 WRC season, Sébastien Loeb is now the most titled racing driver ever. With eight consecutive FIA World Rally Drivers’ titles to his name, Loeb has moved ahead of seven-time champions Michael Schumacher and Valentino Rossi in terms of major motorsport championships won – a feat never achieved before across all senior motorsport categories.

Procter heads Specsavers Christmas Stages Rally entry

Despite the enforced date change to bank holiday Monday January 2nd 2012, Northallerton Automobile Club Ltd has assembled a quality entry for the annual Specsavers Christmas Stages Rally which will take place at Croft Circuit near Darlington.

Having originally had a capacity 90 car entry for the festive event, a number of crews have unfortunately had to withdraw, including last year’s winner Dale Robertson, meaning 70 crews will now contest the 40 stage miles over seven stages in just two weeks time.

Bernardo Sousa on a Peugeot S2000 wins the Rally 2 delle Colline against WRC cars

The crew Bernardo Sousa – Corrado Mancini, on a Peugeot 207 S2000 wins the Rally 2 delle Colline (Chieri – Italy) this weekend. The crew of United Business, at their first time on the Piedmont special stages, with the car already used at this year’s Rallye du Valais and Monza Rally Show, led the race from the start, winning the first two special stages and keeping their rivals at bay in the second part. A remarkable performance from the strong young Portuguese driver who, in his first participation in the event, which took place on a sunny day but with stretches of wet road that caused many retirements, stood up to the more performing WRC cars, which finished on the lower steps of the podium.