News archive 2006

12th November - Pics

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6th November - Lee is Winter Champion

Lee Fitzpatrick won the Legends Cars Winter Championship at Brands Hatch this weekend. Exactly one year on from his return to the formula and his debut with Burnett Motorsport Lee took the winner's Trophy in Saturday's event after three impressive races. In the first race Lee was challegning for the lead but spun down the order only to put in a stunning driver through the field to take fourth place. He was third in each of the remaining races and this made him top points scorer to take the Winner's trophy.

Lee was also racing against his dad, Gary in this meeting. Gary was racing in the newcomer's Rookie class and was top points scorer on both days. There was further success in the camp as Darren Gaulton won 'Driver of the Day' for his career best 10th places in the opening races on Saturday, both from the back of the grid.

Steve Reynolds ended his day in the barriers at the bottom of Graham Hill but had shown some raw speed throughout the weekend including a spell leading one of the heats.

17th October - New Driver

Welcome to Burnett Motorsport.com to Davie Dalgliesh! Profile to follow.

16th October - Tunnocks Tour of Mull

John Marshall (co driven by Paul Hughes) and Ross Marshall (co driven by Vicky Grant) were back in action this weekend on the Tour of Mull.

Unforuntatly Mull did not go so well...John Marshall had a new turbo failed after first two stages, but after a bit of a debate over going out Friday night we were 3 min out of clock on time ,we then decided we would enter trophy rally sat morning ,

Ross finished the first two stages on Friday night but the service revealed that his Peugeot had a loose steering column. He then went out for the late night stages on Friday night but after stage four the alternator belt failed and as there was no phone signal we could not get it sorted with our emergency crew. This put Ross and Vicky out of the last two stages. We got the cars back to base and after further discussions the team set about sorting cars out for the Trophy Rally early on Saturday morning.

John M set out about 2 o’clock on the first afternoon stages. The the first stage did not go as well as he expected ,but he was just making sure the car was ok after Friday night. The next stage went very well for John - he was on a misson and felt great with the car!

Unfortunately Ross's rally ended with a roll. He too had been on a mission but... one of his tyres hit a bit of grass, due to the fact that there had been lots of rain. It sent him off the road and the car rolled a few times taking the door off Vicky's side and the roof down. The car was totalled. The resue helicopter was called out on stand by but the resue crew got them both to the hospital.

Understandably John did not want to continue in the event after that. The good news is that Vicky is home now. We have got to say that the emgergency crew ,did a fantastic job - the whole team thanks them most sincerely for their work.

Pics from the rally - JM's new WRC and Ross/Vicky (before and after)...

 

	Courtesy Michael Houstoun	Courtesy Michael Houstoun	Courtesy Michael Houstoun

13th October - Legends race at Knockhill

A great two days were had by Gary Fitzpatrick and Tony Piggott in the Legends Cars at Knockhill. Saturday's track time was for testing then Sunday it was straight down to business in the racing. Tony had never been in a race car before and had only just completed and passed his ARDS test. He will be pleased with the improvement he made from Saturday through the end of Sunday. Gary has raced Legends once before some years back and slotted back in very well. Both drivers are looking forward to racing at Brands Hatch on 4th & 5th November.

26th September - Lindisfarne report from Donna Harper

Donna is George Grieve's co-driver. Don't forget to check out her profile.

"Lindisfarne: Luck. I'm a firm believer that you make your own. But I think with some people they just don't get the chance. George Grieve is one of those people. After the disappointment of the Tyneside Stages, George bought a new car - a tidy group N Subaru, and the first event would be the Lindisfarne, again on the Otterburn Ranges . The car was a bit of a culture shock after the rawness of the group A Escort Cossie, it was quiet and refined, so quiet I wondered for the first few hundred yards if the intercom was turned on! This makes them very deceptive, and you just don't realise how fast you are going! Unfortunately it was over before it started, and we picked up an engine problem. We were expecting a few teething problems, but nothing so severe so early on! We stopped in stage for a while and then limped out the the junction at the top of the service area and back into service. Another crushing blow, and certainly something we didn't bring on ourselves this time!

Ah well, 3rd time lucky hey! It's only a few weeks to the Cheviot!

Thanks to all the guys for doing what they could and to Trixy for a super cuppa tea when needed! See you in October boys! "

26th September - Pendragon Pictures

Thanks to Ian Hardy for sharing some pictures from the Pendragon Stages.

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11th September - Lindisfarne updates

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The team received John's new car at 6 O'Clock on Saturday morning and went to work immediately to give it a good spanner check and apply all the livery as it had to be at scrutineering for 4 in the afternoon! The team set off to the Rally after completing all the preparatory work at 1.30pm. After the first set of stages John had major problem with throttle sticking on when car was flat out. Needless to say that got him in a few tricky moments where he went off and collected some damge but he was still the 4th quickest. The team found it hard to find out what was causing the problem and that preoccupied them for most of the first half of the rally which is actually not that much time for diagnosis when you remember that service times are only 15 miuntes. As John was heading out to time control on one of the afternoon sevices the throtle stuck on again - he came back to service where the team were able to see what was causing the problem which was a worn throttle body. While Stevie McCall set about fixing the throttle the rest of the rally team set about changing the brakes that were down to nothing due to the car being so quick but not being able to slow properly due to the throttle problem! Once back out on stage (the penultimate sections on the day) the throttle was OK but the turbo blew forcing John and Paul to retire. Despite the problems John loves the new car and is looking forward to the next rally - a shakedown event before Mull.

George Grieve also had his new car on show although his had arrived on Thursday afternoon. The team spannered and liveried the car before George went on the rally which he was treating as a shakedown event. After completing just one and a half miles the car developed engine problems that forced him into a very early retirement.

Finally, the return of Vicky's Verbals - Vicky Grant's take on her rally alongside Ross Marshall...

"Well, Lindisfarne, another rally, hopefully a finish this time. After out bad luck on the Pendragon rally where we had a mechanical failure on SS2 we were hoping for a better result this time round.

SS1-SS3 the stages were fantastic, we were on the pace from the start, car was going well and so was Ross.

SS4 - Got to the 4th corner in and the car started to fill with smoke, stopped and jumped out, opened the bonnet and there was nothing to be seen, started the car to move it off the stage and decided it was ok to go on slowly...but not for long. Belts on but no intercoms as we hadn't a chance to plug them in. I got mine plugged in and made an attempt to plug Ross's in - not so easy when he is sitting on the dam lead! Eventually got plugged in and passed by Ross Hunter at which point I managed to pick up the notes, so we followed him, came to a !!L8 and went straight on. Ross in front locked up, we couldn't see for tyre smoke, he went straight on and so did we, luckily we weren't too far off and there were spectators there who gave us a push, unfortunately for Ross Hunter he was further off then we were and didn't manage to get back on.

At the stop line I didn't hold back, Ross got an earful about not listening and the next time it happened he was getting a punch! Luckily it was back to service to work out why the car had filled with smoke, the culprit was a fan belt that had broken.

Back out to the stages and were trying to make up lost time, all was going good once again until we got to SS8 (a re-run of SS4) and the car cut out at the arrival control, thanks to Mr. Rintoul for the push to get it started. Got to the 3rd corner this time and the car cut out, we had to manoeuvre it off the stages and muggins pushed to get it started. Again, I had no notes while trying to plug in the intercoms, eventually picked them up came a hairpin right up hill and the car cut out, our luck had also run out and we had run out of down hills. The culprit this time was the alternator.

Thank you to the service crew, who were brilliant through out the whole day and also the organisers and marshals."

7th September - Lindisfarne this weekend

This weekend sees the team off to Otterburn for the Lindisfarne Stages. The line up, as usual, will be John Marshall with Paul Hughes in the Subaru (starting at number 10) plus Ross and Vicky in the Peugeot 106.

The Lindisfarne rally is one of three rallies run on Otterburn Military Ranges every year. This year competitors will be taken along 110 competitive miles covering 11 special stages. Including the infamous “Althewayroond” stage covering a mega 21.7miles.

4th September - News from Cadwell Park

First off, congratulations to Chris Grieve on winning the 2006 Legends Cars Championship at Cadwell Park. Lee Fitzpatrick and Steve Reynolds were in action along with Darren Gaulton. Lee put in a star performance in the final where he was dicing with Simon Belcher for the lead for most of the race. Unfortunately things got a little too frenetic with Lee going off and down the order to ultimately finish in 10th place. Steve was not happy with his car in the first race and took twelfth. Thirteenth in the second race on paper does not look better but he had elected to start from the back of the grid. With the problems traced to the throttle Steve again raced off the back in the final and took a very respectable ninth overtaking Robin Webb and Kevin Clark in the overall championship in the process.

Darren Gaulton overtook Brian Webb in the Big John Edwards Rookie Trophy and therefore finishes second for 2006.

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28th August - John and Paul third on Pendragon

Great news from the Pendrago stages this weekend as John Marshall, co driven by Paul Hughes, took third overall in their Subaru Impreza. Overall winners were Malcolm Wilson and Peter Martin in their Ford Focus. Second were Paul and Martin Benn, also in a Focus. (pic right is from www.ianhardy.net and is from the Tyneside stages a few weeks back - great shot we are sure you will agree).

John's was a great result for him and the team after having to change a rear hub, full spanner check and 'look over' all in the 15 min service after the first six stages. Just before coming back into service after the following six stages the pair had used more fuel that anticipated the car ran out out before getting to service. Luckily the team had taken precautions and our chase car was at hand to help them home.

As for Ross, a steering problem after the first stage lost him his finish. He's trying hard to finish at the top in the Scottish tarmac rally championship along with Vicky but that put end to their efforts this weekend - Report from Vicky to follow.

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28th August - Jon Paddon writes...

I'm sure Jon won't mind us publishing a short feature he has written for his emplyer's magazine...

The Legends cars are 5/8th scale purpose built racers designed after late 1930's American stock cars. They have a 10 year history in Britain and are a real crowd pleaser at the various racing circuits around the country. As with other club level events the Legends weekends are family friendly and members of the public are generally allowed access to the paddock area where they can meet drivers, see the cars up close and take photos.

They aren't the kind of cars I''m used to. I started racing Formula Ford 2000 in Canada back in 1988/89 and grew accustomed to driving cars with wings and lots of grip. Legends car have no aerodynamic aids and tend to slide around a lot - especially if it's a little wet. Since moving to England in 1999 I've been sampling the various forms of motor racing available here and frequently attend club meetings. There is an abundance of motor racing here and so much history too. I'm quite proud to be a part of it.

My first drive in a Legends Car was back in October 2003 when I competed in the full Winter Championship at Donnington Park. I was very excited to return to Legends Car racing this year and could not have chosen a more challenging circuit to race than Oulton Park.

Oulton Park is a real drivers circuit but does not take any prisoners. If you make a mistake it's going to be expensive. Fortunately, I managed to keep it on the black stuff and finishing in the top 20 of 32 cars in each race with a best finish of 13th (and all from the back of the grid - webmaster)

With the 2006 season drawing to a close it is unlikely that I will be back on the circuit this year although I may compete in the Winter Championship in November at Brands Hatch. Expectations are high that I will compete in Legends Cars next season as funds allow.

26th August - Pendragon Stages

John and Ross Marshall are competing in Penrith this weekend in the forrth running of the Pendragon Stages. The event is based at the Penrith Truckstop with six long stages on the Warcop army ranges, two pairs of fast stages in Lowther Park and the adjacent short but demanding spectator special run four times making up over 65 smooth competitive miles

25th August - Vicky's Verbals (better late than never!!)

Well done and thanks to Vicky Grant for updating us with her take on the last few rallies...

Jim Clark National rally - before crashing out on leg two of the rally Phillip Walker and myself were up to 8th over all, the car was had too much damage to run the following day on the Jim Clark reivers rally. Phil and his service crew decided to collect his Mazda 323, we completed the day (all be it not very quick) in the bone shaker and had a very enjoyable day in the process.

Turnball trophy rally – we led our class for the whole day and after starting 67th we finished up 19th overall and 1st in class. Fantastic weather made fast stages at Albermarle Airfield and Ross was on form from the very beginning. Another brilliant result.

Tyneside stages – Well…I had heard stories about Otterburn and now I can see where the stories come from. I was nervous about this rally, having never been there before and Ross having never driven to notes before it didn’t fill me with much confidence. The recce was the night before, I though it would be a good opportunity for Ross to listen to the notes for a bit and for me to check them as we went…no chance, Ross wouldn’t shut up the whole way round (hint hint for next time). I had no reason to worry though, we took the first two stages in the morning “steady” and we were on the pace. It was decided he would push a bit harder for the rest of the day and that he did, fastest in class for each remaining stage of the day to take 1st in class and 22nd overall.

I would like to thank the service crew for assistance at each event and also the rally organisers.

20th August - Brands Hatch

The team's biggest outing of the season got underway at Brands Hatch on Saturday with five cars represented in the 28 car entry. John Higgins was the man in form taking fourth in the day's points with a brace of sixth places and third in the second race. Lee Fitzpatrick's strongest race was the opener where he took fourth position after a terrific dice with Dave Newsham, Simon Belcher and Lawrence Davey. Steve Reynolds' first ever races at Brands netted 16th and 20th (which he was disappointed with) and a retirement in the final. Starting from the back of the grid Chris Robinson broke into the the top twenty with 18th place in the final. The fifth Burnett car saw first time Legends driver Graham Stephens record three solid finishes - the Cornishman looked quicker each time he went out.

JJ took fourth overall on Sunday and showed some useful form. But for an off at Clearways in the early stages of the final he would certainly have been on the overall podium. Lee was involved in the off at Clearways but unlike JJ did not come through it and his retirement dented his points haul. He had made top ten in his first heat and then 11th in the final. Steve Reynolds was only five points behind Lee in the day's points and had a best on Sunday of 10th in the final as he got to grips with the Brands circuit. Chris and Graham both had the task of starting their races from the back of the field but both improved on their starting positions in all their races.

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JJ

14th August - Tyneside Stages

This weekend's rally went well once again. Ross and Vicky won their class again. John was 3rd ovarall. Report to follow.

Ross & Vicky

John & Paul

6th August - Team news from Oulton Park

Quite an impressive day for the team despite not getting a race win. In the largest entry of the season there was plenty to write home about. John 'Jon' Higgins elected to run in the three 'heats' due to the fact that the meeting was over subscribed. He took 7th in the first race, 16th in the next and wound up with an impressive 3rd in the last heat - all from the back of the field! Following Malcolm Clark's accident in the third race an vacant space bacame available for the final which JJ proceded to blitz with third place, again from the back of the 31 car field and setting fastest lap along the way.

Lee Fitzpatrick was on form too. He set the fastest lap (his first since his return to the formula this season). This was after a disappointing first race when he was taken out by another driver but still managed to bring the car home in 18th. Seventh place (and fastest lap) followed in the next race and then he hounded the top guns in the final to finish an impressive fourth from 31 starters.

Steve Reynolds also started his races from the back of the field (as he missed the last round) but will be pleased that he was the top points scorer from that group of nine drivers. Steve took two eleventh places and a ninth overall but 'within group' took two wins and two seconds.

Great to see Darren Gaulton back on the grid after a very disappointing end to his racing at Mallory the previous week. Darren also introduced us all to his wife Suzanne and their young baby Toby. Darren finally got some serious track time in the car taking three solid finishes including 20th in the final from the 31 starters.

It was good to welcome back Jon Paddon to the team for the first time since the 2003 Winter Weekend at Donington. Jon finished all his races in the top twenty with a best of 13th in his second heat.

Darren fires up	Steve's ready	Jon again	Darren Gaulton
Steve Reynolds	Jon Paddon

31st July - News from Mallory Park

John 'Jon' was back in action at Mallory Park at the weekend and looked very strong in the heats taking third and fifth. Having sat out the last couple of rounds JJ had to start all the races at the back of the grid which made place gains much harder so the heat results were all the more pleasing. As top points scorer in the 'back group' JJ started the final at the very back of the field for the third racce but h's brakes went off early on. Nonetheless he continued to take 13th place.

Lee Fitzptrick certainly showed good pace over the day and bagged 10th in the first race and was running strongly in the second racing hard with Derek Pierce. The pair spun at the Lake Esses into the path of oncoming traffic but thankfully all escaped unscathed. Lee was back in the top ten in the final taking 9th place and moves up into 8th place in the championship.

Since the last round Dave Newsham and Darren Gaulton have had work undertaken by BurnettMotorsport.com. Dave was leading the first race when gear linkage problems intervened. He went on to win the third race. Darren was racing in only his second national championship meeting but had a ball joint fail in the second race which sadly put a premature end to his day.

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Lee's back end	Darren adjusts	Under the awning	Over there

29th July - Rover GTi Rally Car for sale

The Beatsons' Rover is up for sale due to a change in class. 2000 GTi Rover, fully log booked, ready to rally with lots of tyres and some spares. £2800 or offer.

Tel - 01236 872440, Mobile - 07801 074901, Fax - 01236 873748 or 01236 875484
Email - stevemccall@btconnect.com

27th July - Turbull Trophy Rally

Great news from John and Ross Marshall on the Turnbull Trophy Rally this weekend. Both drivers won their respective classes in the rally which had well over 60 starters. John finished 4th overall whilst Ross was 19th. Well done lads and of course to Paul Hughes who was co-driving for John and Vicky Grant who was with Ross.

Report from Paul Hughes... Last Sunday saw rallying return to Albermarle Airfield after a nine year absence when Tynemouth Motor Club revived their Turnbull Trophy Rally. It was also the first time that John Marshall and Paul Hughes had competed together and they were rewarded with 4th overall and 1st in class.

The day got off to a steady start with the crew setting, appropriately enough, 4th fastest time on the first stage, the only problem was running with a slightly soft tyre compound which in the hot conditions meant that the tyres started to go off towards the end of the 13 miles stage. This was resolved at first service by running the hardest compound available and for the rest of the event the car ran faultlessly from then on.

Unfortunately, the next two stages saw the crew slip a couple of places to 6th, this was then rectified on stage 5 when John stopped the clocks on the 8 mile stage at 8 minutes 9 seconds, 3 seconds quicker that any one else. This put them back up to fourth place and the team now had there eye on a podium finish as they were now trading times with third place man Chris Wise in his Metro 6R4. With 24 seconds separating them going into the 13 mile penultimate stage, John pushed hard to try and catch Wise, however the tyres again started to overheat with the punishment of a red hot day and a very fast, abrasive surface, this resulted in a high speed spin going into a tight left hand corner, right in front of the spectator area! After another overshoot John had to drive cautiously to the end of the stage. Wise also had problems on the stage with his brakes overheating, a problem he had encounted earlier in the day.

The gap had now increased to 28 seconds going into the final stage of the day, surely too much to recoup for the Subaru driver. That wasn't going to deter John from trying though and a determined drive saw John rewarded with second quickest overall with a time of 14minutes 6 seconds, only 4 seconds off the fastest time but unfortunately only 23 seconds faster than a struggling Wise, resulting in getting within 5 seconds of third place.

The team were, however, on their first event together, delighted with 4th overall and second points finisher in the North of England Tarmacadam Championship.

The event covered seventy miles of special stages at Albemarle, a military airfield near Hexham in Northumberland.

10th July - Jim Clark National Rally

John Marshall and Davie Hatrick were fifth in class, eighth overall in the Jim Clark National Rally over the weekend. Full report from Davie is here.

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4th July - Jim Clark Rally - preview by Davie Hatrick

This weekend the 7th, 8th and 9th of July sees Davie Hatrick and John Marshall team up for this Tarmac Attack on the closed roads of the Scottish Borders.

The event is based in the historic town of Kelso where the mayor of the town will flag away the 300+ crews for this gruelling 3 day event on the closed roads of surrounding villages namely, Greenlaw, Duns, Gavinton, the famous Swinton crossroads and the very popular Langton water splash.

The team are using the Subaru Impreza N555 BAT which again has had more checks than usual to try and eliminate the gremlins that are letting the team down with the recent non finishes.

Putting that aside the team have already completed the Recce of 80% of the stages with the remaining Recce being done on Thursday.

Team tactics for this event is a steady run with an eye on the pace leaders but with a view to bringing the car home with a reasonable result, John said after the Recce "The team all know that there is some serious machinery out there with crews that have competed this event year in year out and will be hard to beat.Having said that we have a healthy determination to be within the front runners and maybe clip the heels of the big names".

The event format is as follows;

Thursday.

Complete the Recce; prepare the car for the Evening Spectator shakedown stage within the grounds of Floors Castle, which begins at 7pm and runs till 10pm.

Friday/Saturday

Scrutineering, noise test and documentation is then followed by the start of the International Rally at 4pm,closely behind is the national Rally.6 stages on the Friday night will sort the men out from the boys for the full days Rallying on Saturday.

The International and National Rallies both finish on the Saturday night in preparation for the Rievers Rally on the Sunday.

Sunday.

The Rievers Rally, a mix of highly competitive Clubman and the Scottish Rally Championship Crews head out for day 3.

It will be interesting to see the times against some of the Forest Crews who have to completely change their cars set-up to Full Tarmac for this event which is the only closed road rally in the UK mainland.

The organisers are expecting somewhere in the region of 30,000 spectators to line the 32 stage Rally over the full weekend.

3rd July - Legends at Croix

The Legends Cars had their first ever visit to Croix en Ternois in France over the weekend with Lee Fitzpatrick and Steve Reynolds racing in the BurnettMotorsport.com cars...

Lee had his season's best meeting points score so far on Sunday with 430 (sixth overall). He has now overtaken last year's rookie Champion, Nick Evans, in 9th place in the championship.

Steve Reynolds is only in his sixth National Championship meeting and posted his second and third best scores so far this year which underlines his progress in the competition. Steve had an engine change overnight and was fighting with the leading group in Sunday's final before being hit and dislodged from what would have certainly secured his best meeting score of the season.

We were also pleased to be able to help championship front runner Dave Newsham who had a broken gearbox after the first heat. Using one of our engines Dave went onto take second place overall.

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Lee Fitzpatrick	Jim gets the low down	Ready for action	Wheel - ly good

20th June - Knockhill update...

Steve Reynolds had his best meeting yet of 2006 as the National Legends Cars visited Knockhill over the weekend. Steve's Sunday points tally was his highest of the season so far and incredibly he managed a fifth place in the one of the heats despite starting from the back of the field.

The team had a busy weekend with John 'Jon' Higgins retiring from the proceedings after engine problems during the first heat. Both Steve Reynolds and Lee Fitzptrick's cars were taken back to base on Saturday night for some remedial work.

Lee also netted his best meeting score of the season with 410 points from Sunday's race day. His weekend had not started well with two retirements in the heats and twelfth in the final.Sunday saw him take two seventh places and a superb fifth in the final.

20th June - John Marshall update...

John was in action in the Smartmole Weeton Camp Stages in Blackpool over the weekend but there was disappointment for the team as he retired with gearbox problems after three of the twelve stages.

Here's Davie Hatrick's report... With the previous weekends disappointments at the Rally of the Midlands the crew headed South for the 8-stage rally on ahspalt and concrete. The competition was fierce as there were some of the top seeded competitors from the North of England championship attending and we knew we would have to be on the pace from stage 1.

Both the car and the crew set a blistering pace on the first two stages and were sitting in a very dominant position at the end of these two stages. The tarmac was very loose in parts and John struggled to control the full power of the Subaru Impreza N555 BAT but still managed to steer the car round with only a half spin on the approach to a very slippy 90 left.

The weather had started off dry and the forecast was for it to remain so but as we were on the start line of stage 3 the heavens opened,too late to change the tyres we had to go with the dry tyres we had on.As there was no real standing water the tyres proved not to be too much of a problem and returned to service .On checking the stage times we found ourselves 2nd overall behind Tim Finch in the Escort Coisworth who is reputed to be a master in the wet at this event.

Stage 4 saw a change in tyre to cope with the heavy rain and with that we dropped two places to 4th overall after the fourth stage.

With the car now in service for the lunch break we had time to relax and have a spot of lunch while the service crew attended to the checks before heading back out for the afternoon stages and try to claw back the lost time due to the rain.

On leaving the service area one of the service crew spotted a puddle under the car and called us back in, only to find the car had dumped all of its gearbox oil on starting. The crew hastily jacked the car up, removed the sump guard and instructed us to remain in the car as we only had 7 mins to rectify the fault and rejoin the time control before lateness penalties would apply.

After 10 mins the fault was not rectified and there were no signs that the fault could be rectified within the 15 mins of total lateness allowed so the team made the decision to retire.

The fault was found to be the gearbox actuator pipe that maintains the pressure to the gearbox oil, a bracket had snapped and with it being loose, on start up dumped the oil.

The car has now undergone major checks to try and avoid the minor failures that are hindering us from some very promising results.

The next Rally for the team is the Gruelling 3 day event held in the Borders town of Duns, namely the JIM Clark Memorial Rally.

This is one of the most demanding closed road rallies on the calendar and with us mixing with the Best of the Irish Tarmac Championship as well as the British Rally Championship ,yet again we will be on the pace from day 1.

11th June - Rally of the Midlands...

Thanks to Davie Hatrick of GMC-MOTORSPORT who was co-dring for John Marshall at the weekend for this report...

The Subaru Impreza N555 BAT had recently undergone some major engine and transmission work and John and I were in an upbeat mood regarding the upcoming event.The event format was a three day rally over some of the most testing surfaces and stages the area had to offer.

Friday Evening leg 1

With the town centre closed off for the start ramp procedures we were waved off the start line by the Mayor of Hinckley and headed to the first two stages at Mallory Park racetrack on the Friday evening. The two stages went well with the crew and the car performing in top form and matching the stage time given by Tom Morris in the MG Metro 6R4. There was a super special stage organised round part of the closed off town centre and through the grounds of the council offices but due to there being too many crews taking an incorrect route on the short 0.7mile stage the organisers decided to cancel the times on this stage,and we completed the short stage for the benefit of the thousands of spectators who turned up to see the action on their doorstep in the evening sunshine. The car was then driven to Parc-Ferme overnight in the position of joint leaders for the 9am start on the Saturday Morning.

Saturday Leg 2

Today's format was once again a ceremonial start in the Town Centre followed by 9 stages shared between Mallory park and the MIRA test facility. The first stage of the day at the MIRA test facility was 16.5 miles of roads that can only be described as some of the most demanding the cars would ever compete in,with crests,adverse cambers,fast straights,tight chicanes and a banked oval circuit it proved to be suited just right for the Subaru.With no dramas and incident free rallying we were continually having to push to try and gain more time on the 6R4 of Morris who had previously won the event 3 times.the next two stages were a return visit to Mallory Park racetrack and on the first loop of three at the circuit we had a half spin at approx. 80mph wiping out a chicane and causing some minor panel damage to the offside rear quarter panel. At the end of the stage we surveyed the damage and minor as it was it was causing the rear wheel to rub on the bodywork so a bit of pulling of the wheel arch rectified the wheel rubbing. The next few stages ran well but a return to MIRA saw us run wide on a very fast right hand bend and losing traction we slid wide and ran along the Armco barrier causing more panel damage but as we kept the power down it minimised the extend and later we only found a small scratch to the rear door and rear quarter panel.(both sides now having matching damage!!)

Back to service at the Bosworth Country Park and a well earned lunch break saw the service crew hard at work changing the diff setting and tweaking the suspension,changed the two rear discs as they had warped and the comprehensive checks all complete the crew could relax before going out for another trip to the MIRA test Facility followed by another two stages at Mallory Park then parc-Ferme for the evening.

Around 9 miles into the next stage after lunch at MIRA on a long straight pulling around 125MPH the car lost all power,with no electric's we found a safe place and ground to a halt to try and find the problem.Both John and I searched frantically for loose connections,broken wires,burnt wires or indeed the battery connections we could not rectify the fault.

With that we had lost far too much time and admitted we were out of the rally.We were both utterly disappointed in the electrical failure and it was a sombre very long drive home that night.

With only a week to go till the next Rally with John at Wheeton camp in Blackpool the electrical fault will have to be found and the bodywork repaired to get the pristine car ready for this single venue event.

8th June - John Marshall in action this weekend...

John Marshall and David Hatrick are back in action this weekend as they steer Subaru N555BAT around the gruelling three day Rally of the Midlands.

This year the event has increased the stage mileage - very close to 100 stage miles.Things get underway on Friday evening, with two stages at Mallory Park and one around the Council House in the centre of Hinckley. It's anticipated that the last cars through on Friday will be greeted by fireworks!

On Saturday the rally will again start from Hinckley Town Centre with the stages at the test track as well as a couple of visits to Mallory, slotting in between practice for their 50th Anniversary meeting on Sunday. The service area will be at Bosworth. Sunday's start, service and finish will be in Nuneaton Town Centre.

5th June - Update from Croft...

The Legends National Championship saw action at Croft in North Yorkshire over the weekend and the team were delighted to welcome back Matthew Pape for the weekend along with Steve Reynolds who we are pleased to say will be contesting the remainder of the National Championship with us.

John 'Jon' Higgins was back out in his regular car after the team worked miracles and all hours to get the number 3 machine back to its former pristine condition. JJ was looking good for a podium on Saturday with two fourth places in the heats but a gearbox failure put paid to any hopes of points in the final and ensured another late night (early morning) for the team as they repaired the car. Sunday showed that the work had not gone to waste as JJ took second place behind Lawrence Davey in the first heat. JJ had made up a lot of ground from his grid position and nearly caught Lawrence at the end. In the second race he was fourth and a seventh place in the final meant that he was fourth overall on the day. JJ moves up one place in the championship table.

Lee Fitzpatrick was frustrated by officialdom and a slower driver. Again faced with the choice of hitting a slower car or breaking rank at the start of a race Lee chose the latter option but was awarded a drive through penalty for his trouble in one of Sunday's heats. He retired in the second heat but was 11th in the final. On Saturday things had started well with fifth place in the opening race - his best National Championship finish so far this season. He backed that up with a solid eighth in heat two and ninth in the final which meant he was seventh overall from the 27 starters.

After a bouyant meeting in the SMRC races at Anglesey Steve Reynolds did not have the best of weekends and elected to start Sunday's races from the back of the grid. His best result over the two days was a very respectable 13th place finish in Saturday's 27 car final.

Matthew Pape continued where he left off at Donington as the top scorer in the rookies on Saturday but as he had missed Anglesey he has unfortunately lost the lead in the rookie trophy. In Sunday's races Matthew was only the equivalent of one race place behind top rookie scorer Dave Ward in the points.

22nd May - Higgins' car demolished but he wins on Sunday...

John 'Jon' Higgins was lucky to escape a high speed multiple roll over in the final of round two of the National Legends Cars championship at Anglesey at the weekend. JJ had won his opening heat and with fourth place in the second he was looking good for an overall meeting win or podium. The roll over occurred in the opening lap of the final when JJ was dicing with the other top scorers from the heats. With the car a complete write-off the team prepared the hire car for action in Sunday's event. JJ was immediately on the pace taking the fastest time in practice and winning the first race. Unfortunately heavy rain had been falling all morning and got worse just before JJ's second heat and the event was abandoned.

Lee Fitzpatrick had a frustrating day on Saturday with problems in practice meaning that he only managed a handful of laps. In the racing he was penalised for a jumped start caused when the car in front of him on the grid had a woeful start causing Lee to break ranks and move to the outside. Lee's options were either break ranks or hit the car in front. Contact was avoided but Lee's move meant that a drive through penalty was awarded which destroyed any hopes in the race. He took tenth in the second heat and 13th (from 24 starters) in the final.

Steve Reynolds was clearly enjoying himself in the Scottish competition as he took second place in Saturday's final. This race was one of the highlights of the season so far with Steve successfully defending second place from championship leader Gerard McCosh and third placed David Thorbun. The trio circulated in close company for lap after lap but Steve proved equal to the pair and held on to take second place.

Steve Reynolds

Lee's brief practice

Steve in practice

JJ at Anglesey

16th May - John Overend Memorial Stages...

86 crews started the John Overend Memorial Stages on Sunday, the event being held at Melbourne Airfield, York. John was in action once again with Ross co-driving for the day. After a hard fought eight stages, John and Ross chased eventual winners Alex Taylor and Colin Thompson to 2nd overall. THe end result was close to say the least, just 1minute 23 seconds between first and second.

Control tower

John into the distance

Heading for...

...second overall

8th May - Pape is top rookie...

Matthew Pape came away from his first National Legends race meeting as the winner of the annual first round Rookie Trophy winner. Matthew was 12th 10th and 15th overall out of 29 starters in his three races.

John 'Jon' Higgins was pleased with his performance as he finished the day fourth overall after recording fifth in the first race and then second in heat two and fourth in the final.

Lee Fitzpatrick took 7th in his first heat and the final plus a 12th place in the second heat. Lee is now ninth in the championship meaning that the team come away from Donington Park with two drivers in the top ten plus the lead in the Rookie Championship.

Donington Paddock

Lee's car

Donington Paddock II

JJ's car

1st May - Lap record and win for Higgins...

John 'Jon' Higgins had his first outing of the season racing with the Scottish Championship regulars at Knochill yesterday (Sunday, 30th April). As a guest driver JJ was not racing for points and started his two races off the back of the grid. He took second place in the first race and lowered the circuit lap record in the process. JJ went on to win the second race, again from the back of the grid.

Lee Fitzpatrick was using the meeting as a test session taking 10th in the first race then 5th in both the second heat and the final. Burnett Motorsport also welcomed back Steve Reynolds to racing. Steve was 8th in both of the heats and retired in the final.

Welcome back Steve Reynolds	Lee & JJ	JJ before stickering	Lee before the off
Lap record pace	Matthew Pape	Lee Fitzpatrick

1st May - GRAHAM LEWIS

All at Burnett Motorsport were deeply shocked and saddened to learn of the death of John Marshall's co-driver Graham Lewis who was co-driving for Stuart Newby after a call up for the Granite City Rally.

We extend our very deepest sympathy to Graham's family and friends. We would also like to extend our sympathies to Stuart, his Driver, and to the Crew of the car involved in the accident.

24th April - Parkhead Building Supplies Tarmac Stages...

More details to follow but Ross Marshall 'drove the pants off his car' on every stage last weekend at Ingliston. With the help of co-driver Vicky Grant and the rest of the team he bought the car hom to a class win by two minutes - an excellent result. John Marshall and co-driver Dave Hatrick also drove faultlessly on all eight stages. The pair were second overall until the turbo blew on stage eight so he was denied a flying finish! .

Vicky's view: Well, not too much of an early start this time round which was lovely, weather was fair and it was a little windy but never the less spirits were high in the camp for a good days rallying ahead.

It was my second time at Ingliston but a first for Ross and to be honest we had no set game plan for the day but the result we were looking for was 1st in class and try to get in the top 20. How we went about it was more or less left up to ourselves.

On SS1 we set the fastest time in the class by 12 seconds even after we went via a few stakes, onto the grass and bounced right off again. All continued very well till we caught the car in front near the end of the stage and were unable to get past, we ended up side by side down the home stretch towards the "yump" (or jump as some of us like to call it), Ross had been informed to keep left over the jump and thankfully the other car kept right or it could have got a whole lot messier. And after a wee row from the Clerk of the Course for our escapades we were off to stage 2. After our wee stake murdering incident on the previous stage Ross had been warned by yours truly to "chill oot" a bit to avoid the stage furniture and that we did, 1 sec slower than our first time round but still fastest in class by 3 secs.

SS3 was a bit less eventful, possibly the only scary moment would have been when we were joined by the mini minda at one of the merges and it was a bit of a scary sight when you turned around and saw that up yer behind! Again fastest in class by 13secs.

On SS4 we took 4 seconds out of our previous stage time, even after we had to nearly stop at a very tight merge when Mr. Pringles spotty astra seemed to be going quicker so we decided not fight it out and let him go, plus he was bigger than us so I think it would have been us that came off worse!

SS5 was the reverse of the stages we had done in the morning and all was going very well till on our second lap round, a nova (which was going considerably slower than us) joined us at the merge, than proceeded to pull out and slow us down, we got passed but then couldn't slow down for the fast approaching 90 left, ended up sliding across the grass and avoided a penalty after yelling at Ross not to put power down on the grass. Phew! Again quickest in class by 16 secs.

Nothing exciting to report on SS6, fastest in class again by 7 secs. And after stage 7 we arrived at service to find we were missing the rear bumper, ooops, says Ross, it must have fallen off!!! It was returned courtesy of 2 of the efficient marshals, my sister Susan and a friend, still in one piece, with a few suspicious pieces of hay bale still attached!!!

Both stages 7 and 8 were meant to have been taken a bit easier as we had plenty time in hand for the class win, on the start line Ross decided to tell me that wasn't going to be the case as at that point we were sitting in 20th place O/A, not good enough for our Ross, none the less he kept it on the black stuff which meant not only did we win all stages against our class, achieve 1st in class, we also finished 18th overall.

And sadly for John Marshall he blew his turbo on the last stage where he had been lying 2nd overall, a bit of shock and confusion for us when we saw John's car abandoned at the side of the road on the last stage. Maybe a wee bit of help for us as it gained us a higher O/A place, but we would have much preferred to have been placed 19th with John in his rightful 2nd place. Commiserations to John but he'll be back.

And thank you to all the service crew, efficient as ever, who rallied around after us all day, also to the organisers, marshals etc that helped make the event run so smoothly.

Thanks to John's co-driver who supplied these words...

Since our last event at Crail we have removed the engine as planned only to find additional works required to bring the Corsa back to the reliable car that it was. This meant that we had to withdraw our entry for this event at Ingliston as the engine was a few weeks away from being ready. The week prior to the event I received a telephone call from John Marshall to ask if I was available to navigate for him in his ex Pierra Liatti Subaru Impreza N555 BAT, yes please!

Running at car number 5 and with John having won the last event outright at Charterhall it was an experience not to be missed. Having never sat in a car with this sort of power and acceleration I knew that with the complexities of the 4 splits and 2 merges on each of the 8 Tarmac stages I would have to be on the ball with the notes. 9am approached and the service crew had the car ready to go, we had our start time of 9.02, the traffic light start line beckoned into view and John started flicking all sorts of switches, buttons and gismos.15 seconds, 10 seconds 54321 go !!!!!! As John launched off the startline in a frenzy of popping, banging the notes began to flow giving John all the precise details he required. The difference being I had to read the notes somewhat quicker and more in advance for John rather than the usual pace of the Corsa. The only way I can describe the feeling off the startline is being like on the ride of Oblivion at Alton Towers last year!!!

We were held up for around 7 seconds on the first stage as car number 9, Mk2 Escort failed to move over and let us past until a long straight allowed us to power past. A quick half-hour service allowed all the diffs, wheels and regular checks to be made on the car for stage 2. This time we increased the pace to try and beat the MK2 to the first merge to be in front of him before the tight and twisty sections and that is what we did, by a split second. We cut a corner a little too much and clipped a lorry tyre sending the car up at a 45-degree angle but John just kept the power down and drove out of what could have been a very nasty roll. By midway on the event we still held onto our 2nd overall position with the MG Metro 6R4 of Tommy Morris already 10 seconds ahead.The Mitubushi Evo of John and Jim Rintoul had retired on the stage with diff failure and as John passed them he said to me he was dissapointed they had retired as it would have been a good battle with them today.( or words to that effect!!)

The car behind, a 380BHP Darrian Kit car was beginning to nip at our heels so we kept the pace up and going into the last stage were exactly 2 seconds ahead of the Darrian. With us still holding onto our fastest first stage over the Darrian it means that we could afford to be beaten by 2 seconds on the final stage by him but as we had the fastest first stage we would secure 2nd Overall. To add to that we also had fastest stage time on the second last stage taking 2 seconds out of the MG Metro 6R4 of Morris. On the last lap of the 3 lap final stage John felt the car losing power on the tight twisty section as we were attempting to overtake an Escort Cosworth, bang!! We had blown a turbo END OF RALLY. After such a flawless run all day this sport can be so cruel at the worst possible times and I am gutted for John as he was on for full points in the championship.

I would personally like to thank John at Beatson`s Building Supplies and all of his service crew for letting me enjoy one of the best days I have ever had in a Rally car. I will be back in a week's time with an update on the current situation of our own Corsa and the progress of the engine rebuild. Davie Hatrick

Ross at speed	Ross head on!	John head on!	Class win!
	John ready for go!	John goes for it!

2nd April - Charterhall Stages Success...

John Marshall had a very good day on Saturday but it was a hard fought battle to the very last stage. This time JM was reunited with Graham Lewis again and you would think by now they would have worked out 'straight on' or 'left' as JM came in after and early stage not an entirely happy camper. The pair sorted things out however, having a talk while the team played with the car. Trying to find the right tyre for the muddy and wet conditions was an issue as well but they got that sorted too. Sitting in third overall by the second last stage it was a team thing of 'win it or bin it'. Of course with JM calling the shots there was only one option and in true form they both went out to win! Result? First overall by 3 seconds.

In addition to the overall win the team also had a class win for Ross and Vicky so it was happy camp at the end of the day. Great effort all round. John's off on his holidays now with his family before its back to the Scottish Tarmac Championship at Ingliston on 22d April.

Vicky's verbals... A sunny day was a greatly welcomed after the start at Crail last weekend, the 5.30 start in the morning wasn't quite so, nonetheless spirits were high in the camp for the day ahead.

With little dramas throughout the whole day there really isn't much to report - well apart from one wee spin and a close encounter with a Ford Sierra on Stage 4!

It was Ross' first time driving on a loose surface in competition and i must say he took to it like a duck to water and made very good friends with Mr. Handbrake.

We set fastest times on every one of seven stages in our class which led us to a class one victory by over a minute and a half - a country mile considering the top 4 drivers of the day only had 14 seconds seperating them.

A good day had by all and well done to John Marshall who won the event - many trophies in the Beatson's camp!

28th March - Gallery Update...

Check out the 2006 Gallery for our update showing pictures from the weekend's action - the rally at Crail and the Legends rounds at Knockhill. Matthew Pape was not racing for points at Knockhill but improved his pace with each race.

27th March - Rally news...

John Marshall, co driven by Steven Clark took 10th overall from 62 competitors and 6th in class 5 in his Subaru in the rescheduled Grant Construction Tarmac Stages at Crail over the weekend. The overall winner of the rally (and the winners of John's class were John and Jim Rintoul in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6. Ross Marshall was having his debut in his class 1 Peugeot 106 and took 5th in class. Ross's Co-driver Vicky Grant has done some notes for us as follows...

"Early morning start, to say the weather was a tad misrable is the understatemeant of the century!! Thick pea soup and rain were going to make driving conditions for the day interesting to say the least. However, a warm welcome and a bacon roll at the Beatson camp by the resident chef was much appreciated.

With new car and new co-driver it was agreed first stage would be taken causiuosly - was it hell. An early introduction to some rather large haybales and how slippy it was out there was a lesson learned rather quickly, however a fast stage time was still set even with a few minor detours.

Ross very quicky settled into the new car and to new co-driver, to set a second fasted class stage time after a very close encounter with a bale, so close i ended up wearing the passenger window....thanks ross! However, a replacement window was "borrowed" (cough cough) from John's co-driver's car - mental note to self, never leave your car open around the Beatsons Camp!!!

Stage 3 would see us set the fastest time in the class by 11 seconds and for us to be lying 25th overall and second in class, with no major dramas, well we were witnessed having a "moment" on two wheels.

Altough our day took a turn for the worse, a lapse of concentration in the co-driver seat due to some poor splattered pheasants caused us to miss a spli, leave the stage early and recive a stage maximun of 15 minutes - just not what we wanted.

Continued onto Stage 5 where we set another fastest class time, due to Ross gaining confidence in himself and the capabilites of the new car. By God that thing can shift!

SS6 - Despite a wee spin on the first corner we went on to set a 2nd fastest class time to finish the rally 28th over all. All would not have been possile without the continued support from the service crew throughout the day and the vast preperation of the car prior to the event.

Roll on Charterhall!"

24th March - Weekend preview...

JM Almost ready for Crail take 2

Ross's Peugeot

Beatons Group drivers John and Ross Marshall are in action this weekend for the second rally of the season. The event is the one originally planned for a few weeks back at Crail. Ross will finally get to compete with his new Peugeot 106 with his new navigator Vicky Grant, daughter of Bob Grant, a fellow competitor in the tarmac championship. Bob drives a Group N Subaru.

John Marshall will be back out in his "old car" ,with a new engine and different gearbox (following the problems at the last rally).

Also we will be out at Knockhill this weekend - it’s the first and second rounds of the Scottish Legends Cars Championship. Mathew Pape, who did will with us last season, will be racing and is treating the weekend as a test session prior to his debut in the National Championship at Donington Park in May.

18th March - Belcher's car re-jigged...

Preparations continue for the 2006 Legends Cars season. Although the recently planned test day at Knockhill was snowed off it doesn't stop activity in the workshop. Simon Belcher's ex John 'Jon' Higgins car has been in at Burnetts for re-jigging. A small gallery is in our set up page.

4th March - Rally off...

Unfortunately this weekend's rally was called off due to bad weather.

3rd March - Rally round up...

Two new rally cars for this weekend.. One ex works Peugeot 106 for Ross Marshall as he continuing rally driving along with his dad, John. Ross will be in action this weekend at Crail Raceway, and he has a new navigator for the rest of the tarmac championship.

John's Group A car is still waiting on a new engine. He has just taken delivery of a new Subaru and he will contest the Grant Construction Tarmac Stages at Crail this weekend with the new car which is a stop gap until his new engine arrives.

6th February - Retirement for John and Ross...

The team had their second rally of 2006, the Palmerston Trade Furniture Stages which took place at Crail on Saturday.

Ross had his first rally and settled in really quickly being relaxed right from the off. He was up to 4th in class by the afternoon but unfortunately had to retire due to clutch problems.

John Marshall had a bad start to the first stage when he went the wrong way at a split. After this he had a penalty but that was soon put behind him as he drove superbly on the next few stages to start making up some of the lost time. Things continued well but on the last stage, merely 200 yards before the time control, the engine tightened up on him causing his retirement as well whilst in third place.

A selection of picures... More can be found in the Gallery.

Looks cold...

Ross's debut

John in action

Beforehand

26th January - Big John Edwards memorial trophy...

The 'Big John Edwards' Trophy was presented for the first time at last weekend's Legends presentations. We thought you might like to see Stevie's introduction which is a fitting tribute to the big fellah.

"Before I present the Big John Edwards Rookie Legends Championship trophy I would like to take a few minutes of your time. Firstly I would like to thank Phil Cooper. I would just like to say for those of you who did know and also those of you who never had the pleasure of knowing Big John, he was the face in the pits, he was always helpful and in every way friendly and there for anyone who needed help with their Legend Cars not only within but also out with the Burnett Motorsport race team . John was taken from us just over a year ago just before Christmas 2004 in a tragic car accident. It was a great loss to everyone & ourselves and also the sport.

After discussions with my team at Burnett MotorSport we decided we wanted to commemorate John's life and carry his name on in the sport. We then had discussions with Phil who knew John with his involvement in Legends Cars over the past 4 years he agreed to our suggestion of naming the Rookie Championship "The Big John Edwards Rookie Legends Car Championship" in his honour.

I really have to thank Phil for allowing it to happen; also I want to thank everyone here who gave us their support to make this possible and some who are not here, notably Caledonian Homes, Beatsons MotorSport and Scottish Legends. Big John is a sad loss to us and we are pleased to carry his name on through the rookie legend cars. John participated in the Scottish Legend Car Winter Championship at Knockhill in 2004 and he had hoped to become a rookie in 2005 and compete in some of the championship rounds. However due to his tragic death this was not possible. "

Stevie and John 'Jon' Higgins made the award to the 2005 Rookie Champion, Nick Evans.

 

Staircase of success

Stevie's speech for Big John

Three J's - Jim and John 'Jon'

JJ and Chris

22nd January - 2006 revised dates...

A couple of changes to the 2006 Legends race dates have been incorporated into our race dates page.

19th January - 2006 Gallery open...

Time to open up another gallery! 2006 is upon us and the first action of the year for Burnett Motorsport.com saw John Marshall in action at Croft on 15th January.

It was the Jack Frost Rally and, at the first stage, the car was jumping out of 2nd and 3rd gear. By the 4th stage we had lost 4th gear but John was still holding on to his place at front. He was 6th fastest in the morning then we had to retire due to losing 4th gear. The track was so slippy it was an extremely hard rally - cold and wet but then I guess Rally Drivers are made of strong stuff! The car is now home and gear box is away for rebuild. john will out at Crail on 4th Feb hoping for a better day.

18th January - 2006 dates...

Our full calendar has now been updated and includes Rallies and Scottish Legends in addition to the National Legends dates published here last week.

16th January - Lee Fitzpatrick joins Burnett for 2006...

BurnettMotorsport.com are delighted to welcome Lee Fitzpatrick back to the team for a crack at the 2006 Championship. Lee joined us last year for a brace of end of season meetings. His comeback to Legends culminated in third place in both days of the Winter Weekend at Brands Hatch.

Lee is joining forces with Inner Circle Ltd, a development Company based in Harpenden, Hertfordshire. Other marketing partners are expected to be announced in due course.

11th January 2006 - 2006 Race Dates

The Legends Cars calendar for 2006 has now been issued and is currently provisional as confirmation of the Brands Hatch date is currently awaited. Click here to view.