Round two is at Bovington, the British Army tank training ground so its rough and with added tank obstacles so we knew it would be fun if nothing else. Day 1 The drive round showed the track to be smoother than we expected, a lot of open gravel trails were fast and...
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Britpart MSA British Cross Country Championship Rnd 1 – Pikes Peak, Wales.
The Britpart MSA British Cross Country Championship is one of four different race series we will be competing in this year, the events are Competition Safaris, that is a single stage, usually 8-10km long that you run multiple times over the course of two days. The...
Goodwood Festival of Speed 2018
For the first time ever at the Goodwood Festival of Speed guests will be able to come have a high speed passenger ride in a Yamaha YXZ1000R courtesy of the Swift Yamaha YXZ1000R Racing Team. Following the huge success at last years Goodwood Festival of Speed where...
2018 Race Season
Our 2018 racing plans are our most exciting yet and the first one we can announce is our latest E46 M3 (our 9th we have built) to be driven by our regular driver - Callum Noble. Callum has decided to jump into the deep end moving from two successful seasons in...
New team partner – Avant Techno
We are delighted to announce a new partner for the Swift Group Yamaha Racing YXZ1000 Race team - Avant Tecno UK We tend not to use the term 'sponsor' here at Thorney Motorsport, we prefer 'partner' as it more accurately reflects the nature of how we and Yamaha work. A...
BMW Racing 2017 Round 3 Silverstone
Well if ever there was a weekend of highs and lows this was it. Having never raced the Silverstone National circuit before we used the test day for Callum to find his way round and get an idea of the track, personally I love the National as its about braking and...
BMW Racing 2017 Round 2 Brands Hatch
Second race of the year and seeing as Callum likes the GP Circuit at Brands we had high hopes, Friday test went well with Callum improving his times throughout the day and our track walk on Friday night showed up some areas we could improve on. Saturday qualifying...
BMW Racing 2017 Round 1 Cadwell Park
The start of Callums third season with us has brought about some changes for the 2017 season. For a start we have a new car, Callums last got enough of a hit at Brands Hatch to mean that the shell was a little past its best so we brought out the spare car from...
SxS Championship Tyre Test
The majority of our racing in the Yamaha YXZ1000R since launch has been in rally type events on tyres that are heavily controlled by MSA (UK Motorsport Association), in short if they aren't on their approved list - you cant use them. However for the 2017 season we are...
Production BMW End of Season Report 2016
It only seems like yesterday, driving round a windy Bruntingthorpe, car to car explaining over taking and positioning to Callum as he listened intently, sponging all the information he could before his first race and now I'm congratulating him on a near top ten finish...
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