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The combined efforts of Matt Neal and our own Harry Barton were put to the ultimate test during the two part St. Mary's Trophy race at last weekend's Goodwood Revival, their Retro Engineering prepared BMW 1800 TiSA pitched against some of the fastest 60's saloon cars...

St. Mary's Trophy Race: Twenty year old Harry Barton and three time British Touring Car Champion Matt Neal have teamed up to drive the Barton Racing BMW 1800TiSA over the weekend 16-18 September at Goodwood Revival. The St. Mary's Trophy double-header for 1960s saloon...

Atrocious weather. A Steep Learning Curve And First Race In The TVR.  Harry Barton and Barton Racing came away from a difficult weekend with two class wins whilst at the same retaining a slim lead in the all important HSCC Historic Touring Cars Championship. But it...

The weekend started on Friday this time round. We had reserved two spaces for a test day as I’d never been around this circuit before apart from a few laps on a simulator. The day was quite mild and cloudy, however it had rained overnight. My out-lap was quite...

This day was set firmly in our heads for a while. It was often forecast as one of the hottest days of the year. It was also in our calendar as one of the busiest. With all the sessions added up, it would be nearly three hours in the car. In preparation for this, the...

It was a relatively early start to the day in order to get to the circuit in plenty of time. The day was beautiful, but very very hot. Luckily the racing later in the day would only be 25 minutes. I made a vital error however, I did not bring shorts. I was very hot,...

Lydden Hill is a long way from home, so we decided to go down the night before the race and stop in a good hotel in Canterbury. In the evening we went to have a few drinks with the team by the circuit. This lead to a late night track walk. I thought this might be...

The day started off rather dull, with none of the glorious weather we had been recently been blessed with, although considering our performances in the wet at Cadwell Park, I was rather hoping it would rain to give us an advantage. But alas, no - only grey weather....

After staying at a nearby hotel to the circuit, I arrived with itchy eyes and a stuffed nose due to the high pollen count over the weekend. This was going to be a tough one. The team managed to book me a 30 minute practice in the morning before qualifying. This would...

The weekend started with a brief qualifying session on the Saturday. As I’d never been to Cadwell Park before, this 15 minutes would be critical. In these 9 or so laps, I needed to find the limit, find my braking spots and find potential spots for overtaking. All...