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2nd June - Great
Weekend for Burnett Motorsport
A very successful
weekend for the team. Lee Fitzpatrick won the overall round
at Cadwell Park - well done Lee on taking the win at a real
drivers circuit! John Jon won the first heat and was second
overall so it was a great day for us. Let's also not forget
Nick Brace who was 'Driver of the Day' and becomes the first
man to take the honour in both Scottish and National Legends
this year. More here
Talking of the
Scottish Legends, Ross Marshall has maintained his lead in
the championship after winning the second round up at Knockhill
on Sunday. The team decided that Ross should concentrate on
the SMRC Championship after his very successful opening round.
Ross's cousin, David Hunter made his debut with us as well
and won driver of the day. With Steve and co at Cadwell it
was down to (and thanks to) Colin James and Big Tom for doing
a great job for our lads up at Knockhill.
27th May - Weekend
Preview
This weekend sees
the National boys return to Cadwell Park. Steve McCall is
off to the Lincolnshire circuit with John Jon, Lee, Darren
and Nick to chase the National points whilst Colin goes to
Knockhill with James to look after Ross who is of course leading
the Scottish Championship. This should be good for Ross he
has improved so much over the last year now that he leads
the chase North 'o the border he will have to go to Knockhill
and drive the car with the great skill he has learned in such
a short space of time. I am sure some of the top Scottish
drivers are not going to make it so easy for him - I'll keep
everone up to date after this weekend - Steve McCall team
manger burnettmotorsport.com
21st May - Knockhill
Wednesday Night Races
Steve McCall, team
manger from Burnett Motorsport changes things a little and
goes back his roots - the only diffeence is it's at Knockhill
(not Cowdenbeath) after not being in the racing seat for about
20 years. Steve has never actually raced a Legends Car but
decided to go out and have a play with the toys so to speak
on the Tri Oval at Knockhill on Wednesday evening (this being
a new initiative by Aly Hunter for 2009).
The team set about
getting the car together - thanks to Colin and Jim - after
few late nights the car looked great and Steve took to the
track. No spares, no tools just the car and Steve's race kit
from the late 1970s and early 1980s. Steve took to the track
with regular circuit Legends drivers Aly Hunter, Alex Knight,
Gerard McCosh, Steve Coull, Ross Mickel, Andrew Donald, Ben
Mason and Colin Atkinson. Steve tells us there was also a
saloon car driver but he's forgotten the name...
Anyway, the Burnett
boss says he had a fab night although he did not figure in
the results as high as John-Jon, Ross, Nick and Lee usually
do... Steve says: It was in at the deep end just go and race.
I have to say I have never been on a track in a Legends Car
or any other race car for long time it worked out great. So
it looks like I'lll be back for a bit more of that on the
Wednesday nights at Knockhill!
27th April -
Ross Wins Scottish Opener at Knockhill...
Steve McCall's
report from the opening round of the Grattan and Hynds Scottish
Legends Cars Championship can be found here.
Several cars were running with us at the weekend - here's
how they went. Ross Marshall had a great weekend winning the
first race and taking second in the next. In the final Ross
had a great dice with multi champion Ben Mason and the pair
of them raced hard and fair to the flag with Ben just getting
the verdict (by eight hundredths of a second).
8th April -
Meet Nick Brace...
 Thanks
to Nick Brace for sending through a brief bio which you can
read here.
30th March -
Pictures & Report...
John Higgins and
Lee Fitzpatrick opened their 2009 accounts in fine style at
Brands Hatch this weekend. JJ won round one whilst Lee took
round two. Full report, results and pictures here.
14th March -
Just Testing...
Here we are just
back from testing at Knockill. Burnett Motorsport is truly
a nationwide team now with John and Ross Marshall (Scotland),
Lee Fitzpatrick and Nick Brace (England), Kieren Peddan (Ireland)
and John Higgins (Wales). The day went went well although
as ever there were a couple of slight set backs but there
were all sorted and all were showing great pace. Cobwebs all
brushed off and we are now a busy workshop geting sorted for
Brands Hatch on 28th and 29th March - it will be here shortly
6th March -
BARC Big Night Out
Three pictures
from the BARC's Big Night out held recently where John Jon
Higgins was formally presented with the 2008 National Legends
Cars Championship Trophy.
22nd February
- Knockhill Test Day
Our test day at
Knockhill will take place on Thursday 12th March. Full details
of the entir e2009 Calendar can be found here.
Great news from
the Scottish Championship - the Legends will have a stand
alone TV show on Motors TV this season.
Also the SMRC is
delighted to announce that the Scottish MRC Legends Cars Championship
has a new sponsor for the 2009 season in the shape of Grattan
and Hynds Ltd. Grattan and Hynds is a successful Scottish
company in the building sector. The Hynds name is already
well known to many in the Legends community thanks to Frank
and Pat and the younger generation Chris and Scott who have
been racing in the series in recent years. The company have
agreed to invest £5,000 in the Scottish MRC Legends Cars Championship,
the proceeds from which will be used to reduce the entry fees
for competitors in this Championship throughout the course
of the season. The SMRC sees this as fabulous news and a welcome
addition to sponsored Championships in Scotland. The reduction
in fees is also sure to be welcomed by competitors in the
series, especially given the current economic climate. The
SMRC looks forward to its association with Grattan and Hynds.
6th February
- 2009 National Championship Dates
Revised dates
have been issued for the National Championship - the round
at Silverstone has been dropped in favour of an earlier double
header at Mondello Park
Mar 28/29 Rounds
1/2 Brands Hatch (with BTRA Trucks)
May 9/10 Rounds 3/4 Mondello Park
May 31 Round 5 Cadwell Park
Jun 20 Round 6 Oulton Park
Jul 11/12 Rounds 7/8 Croft
Aug 8/9 Rounds 9/10 Anglesey
Sept 13 Round 11 Mallory Park
Oct 17/18 Rounds 12/13 Pembrey (with BTRA Trucks)
Oct 31/Nov 1 Rounds 14/15 Brands Hatch (with BTRA Trucks)
To be confirmed:
Winter Series/European Trophy
29th January
- Legends Awards Night Pictures
29th January
- more from the Autosport Show
17th January
- Autosport Show
11th January
- 2009 Preparation
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