A bumper addition to the 2008 prize fund supplied by series sponsor FFE, courtesy of Ian Munns
Ian has pledged some fantastic prizes. His wish is to give drivers something in return for their efforts throughout the 2008 championship which is very much inline with the series organizers, the BMWRDC, ethos.
£50 cash will be awarded to the driver of the day for the first four rounds in 2008.
In addition the overall championship winner in 2008, will be awarded 3 sets of Kumho race tyres and 3 paid race entries for the 2009 series (even if they are double headers).
The other class winner, be it class A or B, will be given 2 sets of tyres and 2 paid entries as above for the 2009 series.
These are superb awards and a major boost to this years series. The BMWRDC wishes to thank Ian Munns and FFE Fire and Security for this generous sponsorship.
With over 20 years of racing under our belts, we are back with this seasons 16 round championship starting with a double header at Silverstone on 5th April. With the support of Kumho, our title sponsors, Hills Motors & FFE this season should be even more exciting than ever!!
We have new and existing drivers, totally an extremely healthy at 34 registered drivers. Our new Class D 318is has 2 new comers already!
To all competitors, have a fantastic year with the series, looking forward to good clean racing !!!
STOP PRESS - 27 drivers are entered for this Saturday Silverstone round!
We raised £1000 from the raffle & the auction. The money raised will go to the McMillian Cancer Fund & BMWRDC Safety fund. THANK YOU for your support!
List of the awards presented on the evening:
| Geoff Cook Memorial Trophy | Ian Crisp |
| Driver of the Season | Garrie Whittaker |
| Rookie of the Season | Martin Webb |
| Mechanical | Mark Astall |
| Most entertaining driver | Stuart Laws |
| Linda McVicker Trophy | Jeff Nixon |
| Memorial Trophy | James Perrott |
| Overall 2007 Champion | Stephen Pearson |
New class for new/restricted budget competitors.
Be part of the Kumho BMW racing series.
Enter a race prepared BMW E36 318is in this exciting new class. The BMW Racing Drivers Club has put together all the suppliers needed to prepare a car for this series, a package that is truly worthy of consideration for anyone wishing to enter motorsport.
From donor car, with either self preparations or professional build, the same component package will be available from suppliers that have been carefully chosen to give you the best usable value for money option to go circuit racing.
For more information contact Trevor Ford (President) at trevor@bmwrdc.com
Debbie's e mail - debbie@lifeline-fire.co.uk
Lifeline's website - www.lifeline-fire.co.uk
| SIGN ON | 09:15 | 09:30 |
| SCRUTINEERING | 09:30 | 10:30 |
| QUALIFYING | 10:30 | 10:50 |
| ROUND 5 (10th May, Race 3) |
15:45 aprox | |
| ROUND 4 (11th May, Race 3) |
10:40 aprox | |
Both races are 14 laps.
| Class A | ||
| Garrie Whittaker | 3 | M3 E30 |
| Colin Whitmore | 4 | M3 E36 3.2 |
| Giovanni Di Gennero | 7 | M3 E30 |
| Martin Webb | 8 | M3 E36 3.2 |
| Richard Mallinson | 9 | M3 E36 3.2 |
| Ian Crisp | 10 | M3 E36 3.2 |
| Mark Grady | 11 | M3 E36 3.2 |
| J. Ritter | 12 | M3 E36 3.2 |
| Tom Houlbrook | 13 | M3 E36 3.2 |
| Des Thresh | 14 | M3 E30 |
| Piers Ross | 15 | M3 E36 3.2 |
| Gary Fryer | 16 | M3 E36 3.2 |
| John Thorne | 17 | M3 E46 3.2 |
| Tom Webb | 19 | M3 E36 3.0 |
| Ian Munns | 21 | M3 E36 3.2 |
| Class B | ||
| Stephen Pearson | 1 | M5 E34 |
| Evelyne Buanic | 22 | M3 E30 |
| Paul Moloney | 23 | M3 E36 3.0 |
| Mark Astall | 24 | M3 E36 3.0 |
| Trevor Ford | 25 | M3 E30 |
| Karl Cattliff | 26 | M3 E30 |
| Adrian Gilbert | 28 | M3 E36 3.0 |
| Richard Marsh | 30 | M3 E36 3.0 |
| James Card | 31 | M3 E30 |
| Roger Card | 32 | M3 E30 |
| James Cook | 34 | M3 E30 |
| Stuart Laws | 41 | E30 325i |
| Adam Brindle | 42 | E30 325i |
| Cath Evans | 46 | M3 E30 |
| Class D | ||
| Liam Hamilton | 69 | 318is |
| Stephan Lanfermeijer | 70 | 318is |
| Sean Foley | 71 | 318is |
| Invitation | ||
| Kevin Wendt | 87 | M3 E36 |
| Keith Gent | 86 | |
The BMWRDC 2008 regulations have been finalised and are available for download - click here
When these are ratified will publish them here.
For Sale BMWRDC Foot Stool Cubes £48.99 - Money raised will go to the drivers safety fund. See us at the track or use the Contact us page.
Anyone who has this work carried out must ensure that they obtain a certificate which details the work carried out and positively identifies the helmet in question, they must also be able to produce that certificate at every event when required to do so by a member of the scrutineering team.
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