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BCCC – Round 2 Radnor, Wales
By John Thorne – Sun, 10 May 2015 20:03 One of the best aspects of the British Cross Country Championship (and the idea of Safari Rallying) is that each track is different, some are more rally type stages and some are more full offroad and the whole...
BCCC – Round 1 Pikes Peak, Wales
By John Thorne – Wed, 15 Apr 2015 09:50 Well that was about as many new things we could pack into a weekend as is possible. First time racing on gravel, first time out for the Wildcat in MSA BCCC spec, first time on All Terrain tyres, first time driving the car...
BMW E36 M3 & M3 EVO Race Preparation
By Thorney Motorsport – Thu, 01 Jan 2009 05:00 The E36 M3 is pretty much the perfect BMW chassis to prepare for racing, the shell is lightweight, strong and readily adaptable to track preparation and donor vehicles can be obtained for relatively little money....
BTCC blog: From production line princess to caged warrior
Winning team: Mirror Online are sponsoring Thorney Motorsport’s BTCC effort in 2012 Get used to seeing the letters NGTC this season in the BTCC. Indeed I have a spread bet just how many times in the course of ITV4’s live coverage just how often...
Building the perfect beast: Preparing for BTCC’s Next Generation rules
Last time I explained what we do to a standard shell to prepare it for racing, this week I’m going to explain how the concept of Next Generation Touring Cars (NGTC) rules work and how this applies to the cars you will see on the grid this season. Firstly though,...
NGTC Touring Car
By John Thorne – Wed, 03 Apr 2013 05:30 Much has been discussed (and will continue to be discussed) about the Next Generation Touring Car regulations and how best to make use of them to create the most competitive car. Thorney Motorsport are uniquely placed in...
E92 M3 Race Car Preperation – Chassis and Cage
By Thorney Motorsport – Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:28 We seem to have more phone calls and questions on cages andtheir fitting than anything else these days, be them for full race carpreparation or just track day use there does appear to be a lot of...
E92 M3 Race Car Preparation
By Thorney Motorsport – Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:49 As part of our commitment to the CSL Cup, we have begun stripping our E92 M3 for use in the series in 2010. Follow the progress here in a pictorial style, with the unveiling of the UK’s 1st E92 M3 race car at...
E92 M3 Race Car Preperation – Strip down
By Thorney Motorsport – Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:54 Its not been a bad development for the E92 M3, over the last9 months we’ve upgraded the suspension, wheels, brakes, exhaust and powernicely so overall we’re pretty pleased with the development thus far. Therehave...
BMW E92 M3 Race Car
By John Thorne – Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:13 The E92 M3 is still only just being adopted by the racing fraternity and yet Thorney Motorsport are on their third build, 1 is racing in Britcar, one in Europe and one (when complete) in Grand am in the USA so you might...
E92 M3 Race Car Preparation – Bodywork
By Thorney Motorsport – Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:36 This month is a bit of a work in progress really as a racecars aerodynamics can only really be fine tuned and fettled whilst out oncircuit (sadly we lack the £40m odd needed to run our own wind tunnel, althoughwe do...
E92 – TMS E92 M3 Roll Cage
By Thorney Motorsport – Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:28 We seem to have more phone calls and questions on cages andtheir fitting than anything else these days, be them for full race carpreparation or just track day use there does appear to be a lot of...
Vauxhall Astra VXR Race Preparation
By Thorney Motorsport – Thu, 01 Jan 2009 05:00 In 2008, Thorney Motorsport’s Astra VXR registered fastest laps at all race events, 5 overall race wins, and placed 3rd in the overall championship. TMS has been fortunate enough to build an excellent...
Vauxhall Corsa VXR Race Preparation
By John Thorne, Team Principal – Thorney Motorsport – Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:00 In 2008, Thorney Motorsport’s Corsa VXR registered fastest laps at all race events, 6 overall race wins, and placed 2nd in the overall championship. Here at Thorney...
Oulton Park ’10 – Rounds 4, 5 & 6
By Thorney Motorsport – Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:20 With newly branded trucks, cars and team clothing we’vedecided to change our own brand at the same time, we’ve had the thorns as partof the logo since we started over ten years ago so our new ‘devil’ logo heraldsour...
Snetterton 2010 – Rounds 1, 2 & 3
By John Thorne – Tue, 11 May 2010 08:30 Well, the 2010 race season is now fully upon us and frankly it landed on us like a ton of bricks. We did have the first Sportmaxx race a few weeks ago but with only Alex out in one Astra (where he got a 4th, 5th and...
Dunlop SportMaxx Rounds 4 5 & 6Brands Hatch 6th & 7th June 2009
By John Thorne – Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:30 Well, they say motor racing is a series of ups and downs; they’re not wrong! The first SportMaxx rounds at Rockingham back in April were pretty unpleasant for the whole team. A variety of contributing...
Dunlop SportMaxx – Round 7 8 & 9Donington Park 5th & 6th July 2009
Running a race team ofthis size in multiple championships is certainly interesting. This weekend wehad almost every aspect of racing land on our doorstep, inter team car on carcontact, a big crash, race wins and podiums, a TV crew in tow, mechanicalfailure and another...
Dunlop SportMaxx Rounds 1 2 & 3Rockingham 18th & 19th April 2009
By John Thorne – Mon, 20 Apr 2009 08:30 Well, the first race of the 2009 season is here and there’s somany changes it’s hard to keep up. Leyton has moved from class B to the Astrain Class A, so carries his number 1 plate to the top class. We have a newdriver,...
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