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Silverstone England 21-22 October
More Testing. More Rain. More Success Friday was given over to testing in the TVR prior to next day’s three hour endurance race. It was also my first opportunity to meet co-driver Ollie Reuben, son of Nigel, the man who built our 440 bhp beastie. The guys from Retro...
HSCC Young Driver of the Year 2022
Breaking News: Harry Barton: HSCC Young Driver of the Year 2022 Following a very successful weekend at Silverstone 15-16 October where Harry Barton secured the 2022 HSCC Historic Touring Car Championship, on 22 October, the team returns again to Northamptonshire to...
Spa Belgium 29 September-2 October 2022
Rain. Circuit of Spa-Francorchamps, created as a race track way back in 1920 runs for nearly four and a half miles through the undulating Ardenne forest area of Belgium. And with a climate best described as 'moody', quick changing, and unpredictable, this switchback...
Barton Racing Takes On the Best At Goodwood Revival 2022
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...
Goodwood Revival 16-18 September 2022
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...
Croft: HSCC Nostalgia Meeting 3/4 September 2022
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...
Race report – Oulton Park – 29th-31st July 2022
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...
Race report – Snetterton – July 15th – 17th 2022
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...
Race report – Brands Hatch – July 10th 2022
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,...
Race report – Lydden Hill – July 3rd 2022
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...