2010 News Archive

21st December - More pictures from the last SMRC Round

Legends commentator Richard Neil took these pictures back in October...

14th December - Latest Scottish Legends Statistics

We thought you might be interested in the latest stats which cover race wins, fastest laps and podia since Scot Legends started...

4th December - SMRC Night Postponed

Everyone was getting ready for the big night out at the SMRC presentation but due to the amount of snow and ensuing transport problems the date has been changed to early Februar. We were all looking forward to a great night out but we will just have to wait till 2011 now. Maybe David Coulthard will manage to get along on the revised date as he had a big night planed with Red Bull for this evening and could not make it to original night. I am sure we will have a great night in February!

24th November - Frixa Brake Trails - Reports

Burnett Motorsport have conducted some very successful trials with Frixa Brakes over recent months. Steve McCall's report is now online. We now also include Vic Eacott's report too.

http://www.frixa.com

10th November - Need a Re-Jig?

We have upgraded our jig brackets so if your car is in need of re-jigging for the new season we are happy to sort it out - I am sure all your lolly pops and front legs will have moved along with the steering box mounting - so let us put your chassis right for you ready for the new season. These brackets are made for our jig and have been made from a brand new chassis whenever we get a new chassis we always check it on our jig brackets. If your axle has been bent we also have jig brackets for that too. I hope we can be of service to you! Steve McCall.

1st November - Darren @ Brands...

Darren Gaulton bagged a fourth place and his best points meeting of the season in the final round of the championship at Brands Hatch this weekend.

28th October - Brands Beckons...

The team have been so busy after a great day's outing at Knockhill for the last round of the SMRC Championships. The team have been working hard getting Darren Gaulton's car in tip top shape for Brands Hatch this weeken - the final round of the National Championship. We'll be off there late tonight and are looking forward to continuing Darren's progress.

18th October - JM Wins Classics...

Congratulations to John Marshall who won the Scottish Classic Sports and Saloon Car Championship in the final race of the season at Knockhill. In the Legends Cars Alasdair Gauld won the opening race, a great acheivement coming back after his accident last time out, whilst John Jon Higgins won the other two races. Congratulations to new champion Colin Atkinson, Team Champions Ben & Elliott Mason and Rookie Champion Craig Mitchell. Results and report

11th October - Busy Final Weekend Ahead...

The team are busy trying to get ready for knockhill with the possibility of seven cars out: Carol Brown, Ross Marshall, Keiren Murray and John Jon Higgins. JJ, who has quit the National Championship, wanted to give the U-Pull-It car a final outing where he made his Legends debut. In addition David Hunter and John Marshall will be racing with the team. John is of course having a busy weekend racing his Escort as well and challenging for the Scottish Classic Sports and Saloons title.

Colin and his good lady have just got a new house that's keeping him busy and he has to fit in knocking down walls with setting up race cars We do also hoe that Alasdair Gauld is feeling better and that he feels up to geting out in the race car - the team are hoping its well on its way to being ready this weekend.

10th October - Croft Results...

Although we have withdrawn from the championship we areable to bring the provisional results and championship standings following the Croft double header.

30th September - Burnett Quit The National Legends Championship...

The team are very sad to announce that both John 'Jon' Higgins and Lee Fitzpatrick have withdrawn from the National Championship. We want to thank everyone who has worked towards the excellent results we have acheived in the competition over many years.

We are looking forward to seeing out the 2010 season with our regular driver line up in the Spacsavers Scottish Legends Cars Championship.

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.