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The 2025 Season – Le Mans (France) (Races 26 to 29).
For us, it is one of the highlights of the year, to race on the famous Le Mans circuit, especially as its an “all truck” weekend with huge crowds. This weekend also hosts rounds of the French national Truck Racing Series, along with the FIA European Truck Racing...
The 2025 Season – Snetterton (Norfolk) (Races 21 to 25).
So, the middle of the season, Frankie had started the season well, and a lot had been changed since Donnington; new brake callipers, brake discs, brake pads, wheel bearings and water jets along with a different turbo too. So, fingers crossed for the Iveco. Practise on...
The 2025 Season – Donington (East Midlands) (Races 16 to 20).
So, to Donington, perhaps the traditional home of British Truck Racing, maybe even European Truck Racing too, the summer “holiday”, the party event. Here it all started 41 years ago, November 1984 – I was there (aged 13 !). There may have been a small “club” event...
The 2025 Season – Thruxton (New Forest) (Races 11 to 15).
At Thruxton, due to noise restrictions, there is no testing on the Friday. Instead of leaving “HQ” on the Thursday, everything is put back a day. For once we were on the ball and loaded and ready before time, rather than just after. I even had time to sweep out...
The 2025 Season – Pembrey (South Wales) (Races 6 to 10), the “highs” and “lows” of racing (again)!
So, the team trooped down to South Wales. It is one of our longest drives of the season, with the exception of Le Mans, arriving Thursday afternoon to set up the Paddock for the three testing sessions on the Friday. To cut a long story short, Friday was not the best...
The 2025 Season “opener” – Brands Hatch (Races 1 to 5), the “highs” and “lows” of racing!
We knew Frankie would be fast, well at least we knew she would be “faster”, but what about the competition – would they have made improvements too; and would they be more or less effective than ours? In reality, we had “shaved” nearly 3 seconds a lap off last years’...
So, the new season approaches but what have we been up to during the off season?
For “Frankie”, Simons IVECO, there have been some major changes. *Northern Truck Services*, one of our major sponsors, have completely refurbished the gearbox for us and it has been refitted within the race truck with a brand new clutch, thanks to *Clutchfix*,...
Brands Hatch, weekend 7 of the BTRC, Rounds 29 to 34
So, the finale, and down to the wire for Simon and Frankie vs. John Powell to be crowned in Division 2 of the BTRC for 2024. We knew it would be tough, but with a fully rebuilt rear suspension set up in Frankie we had high hopes for the weekend. Testing went well on...
Le Mans, weekend 6 of the BTRC, Rounds 25 to 28
With the extra customs, and laborious additional paperwork now required following Brexit the advanced party left the yard in Kent Wednesday lunchtime and headed to the “inland customs facility” and waited – full of enthusiasm and totally clue-less about what to do...
Snetterton, weekend 5 of the BTRC, Rounds 20 to 24
The transport / advanced crew arrived, as usual, on the Thursday and set up “camp” for the event, prior to the remaining team members arriving on the Thursday evening or Friday morning ahead of testing on the Friday. Testing was productive, with a few minor issues...
SO the big one, THE 40th year of Truck Racing in the UK, weekend 4; rounds 16 – 20 of the BTRC.
Were you there in 1994, THE first truck race, the one that started it all, right across Europe (although I recall a minor event in France in 1993). I was, along with at least one other team member – I was “only” 13. A crowd of (reportedly) 300,000; the event closed...
So, Thruxton – Weekend 3, Rounds 11-15 of the BTRC
The team left our “Detling HQ” with high hopes, 2 drivers and 2 race trucks and while we all returned safe and sound I think “Lady Luck” was left in Kent that weekend and didn’t travel with us to the fastest UK circuit (in Hampshire). With planning restrictions in...
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