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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...
Season Round Up
Barton Racing 2022 Plenty of Champagne. A Few Hard Knocks. Problems In The Rain At Spa. Success At Silverstone. We Buy Another Car. First Major Championship Secured. Harry Voted Young Driver of the Year By HSCC Carl Barton: ‘We set ourselves very ambitious targets, so...
SITUATION VACANT
After a very successful 2022 Retro Engineering is expanding both its historic motorsport and general restoration business into next year. Thus we are looking for at least one skilled mechanic, plus one apprentice. Well established and highly respected throughout,...
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...
