Welcome to Barton Racing
Barton Racing is a young, family business with ambitious plans for the future. Focused on a bright new talent in the world of classic motorsport, Harry Barton, the team, in partnership with Retro Engineering, has enjoyed a very successful first season. Six First in Class wins has exceeded expectation for year one of a strategic five year plan, promising further significant success.
As many of you know Retro-Speed Magazine (www.retro-speed.co.uk) has been promoting twenty year old Harry Barton and Barton Racing throughout this season in their bid to win the HSCC Historic Touring Car Championship, driving a 1966 BMW 1800 TiSA prepared by our friends at Retro Engineering. Well, the Championship comes to a head at Silverstone this weekend 15-16 October. Harry is very close to claiming victory. If, and it‘s a big if, he can pull off a pair of class wins in the last two twenty minute races, he has cracked it. Everybody is working flat out to make this happen. But luck, even the weather plays a part. One thing is for sure, 2022 has provided the youngster with a steep learning curve, with plenty of character building ups and downs. A Championship to his name following a first full season will provide the icing on the cake. Fingers crossed.
Our Story
1966 was a great year for England. As it turns out, it also wasn’t bad year for MG. Harry Barton’s first car was a beautifully restored MGB Roadster, with less than 400 miles on the clock. This was an absolutely stunning car, purchased from ADW Automotive and a chap called Adrian Wilson. The Barton family went on to buy a TR6, Triumph Spitfire and a 1959 MGA from Adrian, forming the basis of Harry’s induction into classic motoring.
Our Latest
Spa
At ten minutes to four on Saturday 1 October Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium will echo to the sound of one hundred grand touring cars leaving the start-line. During the next six hours, giving time for driver changes, refuelling, and safety car interruptions,...
Race report – Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit. 25-27 August 2023
Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit. 25-27 August 2023 Another busy and successful weekend for Harry Barton and all those associated with Barton Racing. Three cars entered, one class win, one top ten finish, and sadly, one retirement. First up the Motor Racing Legends...
Race report – Santa Pod 13th August 2023
Santa Pod Test Day Taking place at Santa Pod Raceway on the 13th of August, the Barton Racing Family and our friends, Dodge-Ram UK, united for another day of testing and developing the Challenger. I had the task of getting the car down from its previous best time of...
Race report – Oulton Park 28th-30th July 2023
Oulton Park Gold Cup 2023 Harry Barton Wins Sir John Whitmore Trophy for Historic Touring Cars. Held over 28-30 July at Oulton Park in Cheshire, England, Barton Racing left the TVR at home and entered Harry in three races (2x20 minutes and 1x50 minutes) driving our...
Race report – Spa 6th-9th June 2023
Spa Summer Classic 2023 Hot. Hot. Hot. Another busy weekend for Barton Racing, and seemingly our third continental meeting in almost as many weeks. And flushed with success (a class win first time out for the BMW 2002) at Zandvoort, the whole team arrived at the...
Race report – Zandvoort 16th-18th June 2023
Historic Grand Prix: Zandvoort, Holland. 16-18 June. A Brave New World and Sunshine All The Way The 4.25 km Grand Prix circuit at Zandvoort, recognised by one and all as the most complex and difficult track in Europe last weekend played host to the sell-out Historic...
Race report – Hockenheim 6th-7th May 2023
Bosch Hockenheim Historic Jim Clark Revival: Hockenheimring Germany. 6/7 May More Class Honours, But Could Have Done Better. We arrived at this fantastic Germany circuit , six hundred miles from base, with two cars, and a team on top form. The skies were blue, food...
Race report – Donington 29th – 30th April 2023
Donington Park England: Saturday 29 April 2023 Motor Racing Legends Historic Festival Double Header. Everything According To Plan. Historic Touring Car Challenge and Tony Dron Trophy for 70s and 80s Touring Cars. A field of thirty-one cars combining everything from...
Race report – Snetterton 22nd – 23rd April 2023
Autosport 3 Hours: Snetterton 23/04/2023 Rain. Rain. And Even More Rain. Following on from their first Masters 90 minute race of 2023 at Donington, Barton Racing arrived at Snetterton with the TVR Griffith, all set for what turned out to be an action packed three...
Race report – Donington 7th – 8th April 2023
Masters Race Weekend: Donington Park. England. April 7/8 2023 Barton Racing Opens 2023 Season In Style After the traditional winter lay-off everybody in the Donington paddock agreed, it was good to be back. The Barton Racing TVR Griffith and BMW TiSA, lovingly...
The Goal
The Barton family has put together an exciting five-year plan. The aim of this plan is to help Harry achieve his ambition, which is for people to respect him the way that they clearly respect Sam. When Carl asked Harry what he wanted to achieve in racing, he said that he could do worse than follow Sam’s path and ultimately get to race a DB4GT at Goodwood, joining the ranks of the BRDC, and perhaps race for a UK team in LMP/LMH class.
Sponsorship Opportunity
Whilst it’s still very early in Harry’s development, with a very promising first season and a busy schedule ahead, we are already thinking about sponsorship. With comments like;
“I’m tipping Mr. Barton as a future champion.”
Peter Baker. Retro-Speed Social Media
“His rate of progress is outrageous.”
Sam Hancock
“The best of the Touring cars was the BMW 1800Ti of young Harry Barton”
Perhaps we’re not too ahead of ourselves?!
We will certainly be looking for a headline sponsor for next season. It’s also not too late to get involved this season. If you’re interested in getting in early and having an initial exploratory conversation, do please get in touch.
If you’d simply like us to keep you posted on developments, just let us know.
Email us at enquiries@barton-racing.com
Or follow us on Instagram @barton.racing
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