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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.



  19 December - Lee in Autosport...

Lee Fitzpatrick has been ranked at number 5 in the Autosport Magazine end of season review. Click here to view.
    14 December - Pictures updated...

More pictures added to the Winter race page and also our Workshop page.

    9 December - 2010 Calendar...

The National dates have been added to the calendar. As ever the dates are provisional and are for information only at this time.




  7 December - SMRC Awards Night...

Steve McCall wins the Walter Robertson Trophy for services to Scottish Motorsport. Ross Marshall, Nick Brace and Alasdair Gauld collect their awards too at the Sheraton Hotel, Edinburgh. Report and photos here. Also congratulations to John Marshall who has just become a grandad - his daughter Gemma has given birth to a baby girl named Francesca.



  2 December - Ross In The Sun...

No, he's not on holiday (again). Read all about it in the article published in the Scottish Sun
  1 December - Winter Results...

Congrats to Nick and Dean Brace who took first and second in the Winter Trophy. Stevie's report and the results from the Winter meeting at Anglesey are now online here.
    25th November - SMRC Dates for 2010...

The SMRC have once again proved to be on the case and have released the dates for the 2010 season including away races and Oval dates..




  15th November - Burnett Look at Mitjet Series...

Ever a forward thinking operation, the team are looking at the exciting European Mitjet series which has just completed a successful sesason on mainland Europe. This competition has the potential to be a genuine pan-European championship and already has top drivers from different motor sport disciplines competing.
    9th November - Spa Picture Update...

Steve has sent through loads of pictures from the Legends event at Spa.




  5th November - Steve's Brands Report...

Team boss Steve McCall tells us about the end of season and the racing at Brands Hatch. Here

 

1st November - Lee is Champion!...

...and Nick Brace is Rookie Champion. Legends Cars history was rewritten today at Brands Hatch as Lee Fitzpatrick took the National Championship title. It's the first time that a team has won the title two years in succession with two diffferent drivers. Nick Brace also made history by becoming the first man to win the National Rookie Championship in addition to the Scottish Rookie Championship. The team has therefore made a clean sweep of the four main titles in Legends this year: National Champion (Lee Fitzpatrick), Scottish Champion (Ross Marshall), National and Scottish Rookie Champion (Nick Brace). Report here.

   

31st October - Fitz still on course...

Lee is in a good position to take the championship still after two good races today at Brands Hatch. The final was postponed until tomorrow when one of the BTRA Trucks demolished some fencing causing a lengthy delay to today's races. The Legends will therefore have four races tomorrow assuming there are not further disruptions to the race programme. There are still 800 points up for grabs so therefore John Jon is still in the hunt as well. Nick Brace has nearly secure the Rookie Championship but not quite - both that and the overall championship will go to the final day of the season!

Provisional Points: 1st Lee Fitzpatrick 6600, 2nd Stephen Treherne 6480, 3rd John Higgins 6385, 4th Lawrence Davey 5800.

    30th October - A look forward to Brands...

The team are so busy geting all the cars ready for the showdown after what I would call one of the best weekends this season. It's a horrible drive to Pembrey but when the cars get on the black stuff, well its a diferent ball game. What a fantstic weekend it was. The racing has shown that there are so many drivers on the pace it's a pity that Stephen was too desparate in the first race causing Lee to come down the order with damage. Stephen of course got second place which does not really seem fair but we just have to get on with it.. My guys had a great weekend and the improvement from Nick Brace has just been so good. He is well on the pace of the top runners making his weekend so good getting much more points to improve his rookie championship chances. I am sure that's going to be fight as Ben Power was so good to lend his own car out to Mark Higgins. Ben potentially lost a few points by driving an unfamiliar car but we shall see how it all goes at Brands Hatch. If Nick drivers like he has been doing that should help him out a lot as he is well on the pace now.

Lee and Georgina have now had their new arrival - Mia - a sister for Ava - congratulations. Hopfully that will inspire Lee to the title - what a week that would make for him.

As for John Jon, the work demands are becoming greater and it makes it so hard to switch off and just race your car but he feels he will be on top form for Brands. It will be a fight till the end and what a fight it will be As for Ross i think he will just enjoy it as he is now the scottish champion with no major demands on him. John Marshall is back out with us as well this weekend and I am sure he will enjoy himself. Darren Gaulton will be back with us after missing Pembrey and his engine giving him hassle at Mallory Park

I hope everyone has a great weekend! Steve.

 

20th October - Burnett Clean Sweep at Pembrey...

Well, on Saturday at least. Two heat wins for John Jon and a final win for Lee Fitzpatrick keep the team in the hunt for honours in the first part of the double header in Wales. Nick Brace was fourth and has increased his lead in the Rookie Championship. Sunday's round saw Lee claw back some of the points from Stephen Treherne he won two heats. Results, etc. Meanwhile Ross Marshall and David Hunter were in action up at Knockhill.



 

3rd October - Higgins wins in Spa...

The team's visit to Spa has resulted in a win for John Higgins with Ross Marshall in second place. The best of the European drivers were our competition. Steve's photos and report.





 

26th September - Ross is Boss...

Ross Marshall has tied up the Scottish Championship today at Knockhill. Nick Brace has secured the Rookie title. More details..


 

23rd September - Knockhill Midweek and Spa...

Steve was in action at the last midweek meeting at Knockhill. The team are also getting ready for the weekend at Spa next weekend. John Higgins, John and Ross Marshall, Nick Brace, David Hunter and Lance Gauld will all be under the Burnett awning.


   

13th September - All Change at Mallory...

Lee Fitzpatrick now shares the lead of the championship (provisionally by webmaster's calculations) with Stephen Treherne. Nick Brace reclaims the lead of the Rookie Championship. Both competitions are the closest for several seasons! Stay tuned!
Results, pictures and reports online





 

7th September - Nearly Champion...

Ross Marshall has nearly tied up the 2009 Scottish Championship this weekend at Knockhill. A DNF denied Ross Marshall the chance to secure the overall title with two rounds remaining - he has an 1180 point lead with 1200 points remaining to be claimed. All being well Ross should tie things up in the first race at the next round along with Nick Brace who is looking to seal the Rookie Championship from Burnett Motorsport team mate David Hunter who is currently second. More here.




 

27th August - Steve Back on the Oval

Steve McCall was back in action in the August Wednesday night oval meeting at Knockhill. More here.

 

18 August - Congratulations to the winners of the U-PULL-IT prize draw at Knockhill

Main sponsor U-PULL-IT offered 6 vouchers to drive a Legends Car at the Legends race hire driving experience at the weekend. The response to these fantastic prizes was unbelievable, with us receiving nearly a thousand entries, many thanks to everyone who entered and also a big thank you to all the staff who attended from U-PULL-IT to help filling in the entry forms, giving away leaflets and free hats.

The winners were; Kevin Latimer, Scott Findlay, Michael Hosey, Ian Sinclair, Robert Brown and Adam Higgins.





 

17 August - Ross Extends Champ Lead

A thrilling weekend with two more race wins for Ross Marshall and three wins for John Jon Higgins. Six cars under the Burnett awning make it a busy weekend...

Championship Points | Report & photos





 

10 August - Still Unbeaten

The team are still unbeaten in terms of race wins since Brands Hatch way back at the start of the season. This weekend's race wins were shared by John Jon and Lee with JJ taking the overall honours on Saturday and Lee winning on Sunday. Lee is now back at the top of the table. Nick Brace and Simon Belcher were unhurt after a collision which saw both cars pitched into a multiple roll. Check out the footage from Digitext here. The team welcomed Dean Brace to the track for the first time. More here including race report .




 

23 July - Knockhill Tri Oval

Steve McCall tries the Tri Oval once again. Brief update here.
Speedfair Pictures now online here

 

21 July - Knockhill - Confusion Reigns!

With the final red flagged we are unable to bring you full results as they are under discussion by the officials. Steve McCall provides a brief update here.

Pictures from Croft National Rounds also now in the report page!


   

14 July - Croft, Higgins back in the Championship Lead

John Jon just leads the championship once again - by the smallest of margins - just five points - from Lee Fitzpatrick. Congratulations to Stephen Treherne who was the overall winner on both days. Ross Marshall brings his Scottish form to the Nationals and finishes 3rd overall both days. Report here.

   

07 July - Next stop, Croft

The team remain hard at work after another great weekend and Knockhill and of course all the drama and damage of Oulton Park. We're busy setting up all the cars at the moment. The team for Croft will be Alasdair Gauld, John Jon Higgins, Lee Fitzpatrick, Nick Brace, Ross Marshall and Darren Gaulton.

Croft is a fast and demanding circuit and the weekend sees a return to the double header format with the action again being filmed by Barry Welch from Digitex television for future transmission on Motors TV. JJ has been working on his set up to try and catch Lee in the standings whilst Ross is looking to gain more experience away from Knockhill where he leads the championship. Alasdair Gauld is a very promising young driver and we look forward to welcoming him to the team. Darren had a great run last time out and will be looking to build on that. Last but not least Nick will be hoping to keep his car down on the ground but up in the points!

 

04 July - Next stop, Croft

The team's next stop is a return to a two day meeting format and the meeting at Croft in North Yorkshire. Burnett Motorsport are delighted to welcome young Alasdair Gauld to the team for this meeting. Alasdair is the son of long time Legends racer Lance and grandson of legendary author Graham. He will be racing with the #7 Burnett team car number on his dad's car rather than his normal Turnkey Computers machine.

The team would also like to welcome you to our new look website. All the old information is still online but one of the key changes is to include a report, results and the pictures from each even on its' own page. We hope you like the new look site.



 

30 June - Ross Extends his lead

Two wins and a second place in the fourth round of the Scottish Legends Champinship sees Ross Marshall extend his lead in the table. Report, results and pictures here.



 

21 June - Hat Trick for Lee at Oulton Park

The team continued its impressive run with Lee Fitzpatrick taking his first Legends hat trick in a dominant performance at Oulton Park. The team have only been beaten in one start from 18 races so far this year. Nick Brace survived a scary accident which saw the #8 car try to join the marshals. Report, results and pictures here.

05 June - Jamie Clarke to Race for Burnett Motorsport

The Burnett Motorsport line up will be further strengthened at Oulton Park with the addition of 2003 Scottish Champion Jamie Clarke. Jamie has been away from the circuits for a wee while as he has been looking after his family and business but he has been persuaded to rejoin the field at Oulton by John Jon Higgins. Jamie will be racing the #7 Burnett Team Car.



04 June - David Hunter Profile

We would like to welcome David properly to the team and have now uploaded his profile. We have also taken the opportunity to update Ross Marshall's profile.



03 June - Latest Points

The latest points charts are now online here at Burnett Motorsport. SMRC and National.

   

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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