Knockhill Circuit

Knockhill

If you’re a devotee of the BTCC, BSB or a fan of the Kaiser Chiefs (we’ll return to that) then you’ll be familiar with Knockhill, the highest (at around 800 feet above sea level) and most northerly permanent racing circuit in the United Kingdom. It’s also the youngest of all the current BTCC venues, even […]

Roy Scorer – technical illustrator

Scorer Cologne Capri

Technical drawings have always allowed those unlikely to get their hands into the oily innards of a race car to get a look at what goes where, and does what. We had a quick chat with technical illustrator Roy Scorer about these incredible works of art. Or engineering. Or both. Influx: How did you realise […]

Ginetta 0-60

I first met Lawrence Tomlinson nearly 10 years ago at Brands Hatch, where his first words to me were…. “So, you’re the twat that crashed two of my cars into each other!”

His description and factual accuracy were spot on as I had recently T-boned one of his track prepared G40s into another one when I lost the back end at Silverstone in a moment of overconfidence weeks earlier. I guess it’s always nice to have some common ground when first meeting someone and we certainly had that!