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  26th August - Gallery Updates...

2010 Gallery updated along with pictures from SMRC Anglesey and National Legends at Pembrey.





  23rd August - Knockhill Results...

Report and results for Knockhill round 7 on line - two wins for Ross Marshall. Keiren Murray is still second in the Rookie Championship by just ten points from Craig Mitchell.


  16th August - Pembrey Results...

Provisional results / report and championship positions are now online.


    2nd August - Higgins Back in Command...

John Jon Higgins is back in command of the 2010 CPC Legends Cars National Championship after winning Saturday's round outright and coming third on Sunday at Anglesey circuit. Results and report here.


    2nd August - Kieren Third at Knockhill...

Kieren Murray took his best ever result in the Scottish Legends last weekend when he took third place overall in round six of the SMRC Specsavers Championship. Kieren provisionally moves into the lead of the Rookie Championship.



  5th July - Burnett Working with Frixa Brakes...

Early February 2010, Vic Eacott from Frixa, a leading brake Manufacturer who is also, and part of Hankook Tyre Group which is well known in Motor racing and approved in many race series with the MSA, approached me after liaising with Lee Fitzpatrick, last year's Champion on the issue of poor brake qualities in racing conditions.

Vic has over 40 year's experience in motor sport and is Frixa's European leading brake specialist.

We wanted to improve and develop and eradicate the current issues with the pads and brake shoes, we all know as team owners and drivers that the current calliper set up, which cannot be changed, the pads rattle, there are also performance issues, brake pads falling out of their brackets which results in loss of driver confidence, long pedal, loss of brake control especially at circuits like Anglesey, as well all know.

I had a lengthy chat with Vic and the factory to develop a unique brake pad that will not rattle, fall out of the bracket in the calliper assembly, more so important to replace the loss of confidence for the driver and more to the point, we have 3 new compounds to choose from, as each of our drivers have different demands on their brake performances.

Vic promised me, that he would develop a winning material and have these brake issues dealt with too for the Burnett Motorsport team. They will be personally delivered to use at the Lydden meeting, on the conditions that, I replaced the brake fluid, replaced the old disks with new, and serviced the brake components, so he could complete a fresh shakedown using these new pads.

We placed 3 different compounds in 3 of Burnett Motorsport cars - John Jon, Lee and Darren - and they had a meeting with Vic, on the bedding in procedures that the Factory had stated.

The practice session went well, each of the drivers had to be patient bedding in the new brakes and discs which seemed slow, but worth the effort in the end.

The results from the racing over the weekend was good and the feedback we got from each of the drivers were excellent, even John Jon said ''the pads stood up to everything I gave them and they still felt as good, reliable and performed well even after the 6 race sessions''

As we move to Angelsey in July, this will be the true test of the drivers and the new Frixa brake pads.

I can honestly say, you can't fit these pads in the conventional way that is why, I am extremely confident that Vic has developed a brake pad and material choice, that will bring Burnett Motorsport continued success.

Lastly, Frixa is developing the brake shoe materials shortly.

We are going 'one step at a time' and truly pleased so far, with Vic's expertise and Frixa's brake technologies.






2nd July - Three Wins for John Marshall...

John Marshall has taken three more wins in his Ford Escort Mk1 in the Classic Speedfair meeting at Knockhill. This moves him into second position in the Class B standings. Report

     



 

30th June - Back on Line!

We've been off line for a couple of days whilst we switched to a new internet host. Results for Mallory and Lydden are now on line - further updates will follow in the next couple of days.

 






7th June - Two Wins for John Marshall...

John Marshall has taken two class wins in the Classic Sports & Saloons away round at Cadwell Park this weekend.

 

17th May - All Winners!

John Jon, Ross and Lee all took wins today as the Championship moved to Cadwell Park in Lincolnshire. There was disappointment for Darren Gaulton, who, despite being a championship regular for several seasons, could not get an entry for the weekend. Report here.

 

   

11th May - GT Meeting...

John Marshall took an overall win in the Legends at Knockhill in the double header GT Meeting. Report here.

 






5th May - John Marshall's Escort...

John Marshall will be having a busy weekend racing in both the Legends and the Classic Sports & Saloons this weekend at Knockhill. We have some preview pictures in the 2010 Gallery.

We've also added some more pictures to the Brands Hatch National Report page.






20th April - Higgins & Fitz Wins Again...

John Jon Higgins has again won the overall Legends round at Brands Hatch today (Sunday) whilst team mate and defending champion Lee Fitzpatrick won overall on Saturday. JJ leads the championship by five points from Lawrence Davey. JJ took a heat and final double. Provisionally we also make Lee Fitzpatrick fourth in the table with Ross Marshall fifth and Darren Gaulton 12th.

Results, report and pictures are online here.

In the opening round of the SMRC Legends Championship, in association with Specsavers, David Hunter took third place with Kieren Murray 15th and 2nd in the Rookie Championship.






11th April - SMRC Testing...

David, Kieren, Alasdair and Lance were at the test day at Knockhill on Saturday. We found a couple of issues with David's car that we did not know about and it was good to get Kieren some more seat time. Alasdair was shaking down Lance's car and it looks great. Now it's back to the workshop to get ready for next weekend when we have the opening round of the Scottish Championship at Knockill and the double header in the National Championship at Brands Hatch. Kieren, David, Alasdair and John Marshall will all be in the Legends with John also out in his Escort in the Classics. Our regular four drivers Lee, John Jon, Daren and Ross will be out at Brands in the Nationals. Pictures from the test day are in the 2010
Gallery page.







29th March - Higgins Wins Opener...

John Jon Higgins has won the opening round of the 2010 National Legends Cars Championship today at Oulton Park. JJ was the only driver to score podium finishes in all three races this afternoon and tops the points (provisionally) by 45 from Stephen Treherne and team mate Lee Fitzpatrick. JJ hgave best to Ross Marshall in race one, the Burnett run Scottish Champion taking his first National Championship win. Burnett cars shout out the top three in qualifying with Ross setting the pace from Lee and JJ. The latter pair also shared fastest laps in the three races.

Report & results here.






20th March - Testing Times...

Team boss Steve McCall has been busy preparing cars for the new season. Just how many though? Nine! The testing took place on Thursday and the report can be found here.

 

 

25 February - Kieren Murray for SMRC Legends...

We are thrilled to welcome Kieren Murray to the team for the 2010 season. Kieren will be gunning for the Scottish Rookie Title.

    08 February - Awards Nights continued...

The BARC Awards night was held on Saturday down in Sussex. Lee was presented with the champion's trophy once again, this time in the presence of all the other champions from all the BARC competitions. Pictures from this one and the Legends 'do' are in the 2010 gallery page.



    25 January - Legends Awards Night...

The Legends National Championship awards night took place at Stratford on Saturday with Lee Fitzpatrick collecting the 2009 National Legends Championship winner's trophy. John Higgins was presented with his European Championship trophy as well as the third place pot from the National Championship. Nick Brace also collected two trophies - 3rd in the European Championship and National Rookie Champion (in memory of Burnett's very own Big John Edwards). Steve McCall made the presentation of the John Edwards trophy along with a speech which always brings the memory of John flooding back. He is still missed and fondly remembered. It was also good to see Darren Gaulton and Ross Marshall as well as the many people who make up the team. We'd all like to thank Steve for going the extra mile as ever.



     
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