Congratulations to Stuart Laws who received his Lifetime Achievement award at Croft this weekend for 21 years of racing with the BMWs.

A big ‘Thank You’ to Highway Drivers Ltd, who sponsored this weekends trophies at Croft

Click here for full results of the Non Championship - Motor TV Live race from Mallory Park.

Tune in to Motors TV Live to watch a full day of non-stop live coverage from Mallory Park Circuit as Great Britain's best club racers compete in an action-packed 14 race programme.

A BIG thank you to Kalie Plant who sponsored this weekend trophies & supplying the ‘ladies’ The drivers were very happy with both.’ If you would like to sponsor some trophies for any future meetings, please contact Trevor’

We have looking at a couple of different rolling road to get an overall view and after lots of consideration we will be again attending Thor Racing. I have booked 2 dates at the Rolling Road, Saturday 3rd & Saturday 10th April. To book your car in, please contact me on 07710 493953.

Please note ALL Class A B & C cars ONLY, must attend one of these dates. If the driver is unable to attend the rolling on these allocated dates, the driver will be expected to book an appointment direct with Thor and this will be at the expense of the driver concerned. A committee member must attend the rolling road with your race car and this will be at a cost to the driver concerned. This is to ensure the integrity of the championship. Each vehicle must be fully prepared prior to attending Thor to enable a power measurement to be taken. Please make sure that your fuel tanks are empty.  Any vehicle found to have an engine, electrical or mechanical fault which affects power measurement during the test, will have the test result disallowed. Your ECU will also be downloaded so please make sure you bring all of the software leads, this is the drivers responsibility.

Thank you to all the drivers & their guests who attended the 2009 Season awards dinner which took place Saturday night. A GREAT night was had be all! We raised £1,640 from the raffle & the auction. The money raised will go to the McMillan Cancer Fund & BMWRDC Safety fund. THANK YOU for your support!

List of the awards presented on the evening:

Geoff Cook Memorial Trophy - Adrian & Judi Gilbert
Driver of the Season - Piers Ross
Rookie of the Season - James Webb
Mechanical - John Brabbin
Most entertaining driver - Des Thresh
Linda McVicker Trophy - Derek Binsted 
Memorial Trophy - Tom Knight
Overall 2009 Champion  - James Card

The BMWRDC would like to thank…….

Derek Binsted – for the great drivers & awards photos, & always promoting the championship
Jeff Nixon – for donating some great pictures for the raffle & auction.
Jon Ford at Aford Awards
Alison at AJ Venus for helping Nicki organising the awards dinner  - ajvenues@btinternet.com

Dear All

I would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year.

I would also like to express my thanks to all drivers, committee members, sponsors and all our supporters for the assistance & encouragement you have given throughout a busy & successful seasons racing.

Hope to see you racing with us in 2010!!!!

Kind regards

Trevor
President

Click here for a list of provisional dates for the 2010 season.

Click here for a list of drivers currently registered for the 2010 season....

The BMW Racing Drivers Club was recently featured in the December issue of Total BMW, click here to see the article.

A BIG THANK YOU to the following people for attending the Racecar Live, and helping to promote our championship.

Kalie
Kevin
Steve
Carl
Paul
Nigel, Jags, & the BM Sport Team
Tom
Phil

Also a massive THANK YOU to the following drivers who gave up their time & took passengers round in their race cars raising £290 for the Macmillan Cancer Fund

Ian Crisp
Piers
Stephan
Gi
Phil

Check out photo's here

The 2010 draft regulations are now with the BARC / MSA for authorisation. We will let you know when the regulations have been authorised!

The BMW Racing Drivers Club was recently featured in the October issue of Autosport, click here to see the article.

We are now able to take your early registration forms for the 2010 season. Please download the registration form & return it to Trevor with payment. Hope to see you racing with us next year!!

2010 Registration Form

The second to last rounds saw a packed 30 car grid at Oulton Park. The first corner saw Garrie Whittaker & Piers Ross out of the race with David Kempton’s car smoking from an oil leak which ended his race 4 laps in. The race win went to Steven Kane, with a brilliant drive from Tom Knight seeing off Ian Hill who came 3rd. Class B went to Mark Capewell who passed Des Thresh as he fell off at Knickerbrook but kept 2nd from James Card in 3rd. 318is saw two comers to the series, Jason Holyhead & Phil Archbold. The class was won by Tim Sweet with Jason coming a great 2nd & Sean Foley coming 3rd.

The 2nd race at Oulton Park saw the 3 class A contenders out, Garrie, Piers & David. This left Steven Kane to take his 2nd win of the day with Tom Knight 2nd & Ian Hill 3rd. There was a great battle for 4th place with Tom Houlbrook, James & Tom Webb. James had a great run at his brother Tom & got 4th with Tom Webb coming 5th & Tom Houlbrook coming 6th. Class B again had a battle with James Card, making a great move on Des Thresh into Cascades. Des fell by & Rodger Card finished 2nd with Evelyne Buanic coming 3rd. 318is saw Tim Sweet taking the honours with newcomer Jason Holyhead taking his 2nd second and other newcomer Phil Archbold passing Sean Foley who fell off at Knickerbrook, for 3rd place.

Last rounds at Thruxton in 2 weeks time. Lets hope Garrie & Piers can get their race cars ready for then……

The BMWRDC will be attending this years ‘The London Motorsport show & Race Car Live’ at Brands Hatch on 21st & 22nd November 2009.

Thank you to Ian Hill & Hills salvage & recycling for sponsoring the trophies which were presented to 1st, 2nd & 3rd in class at Oulton Park. If you know of anyone who would be interested in sponsoring a double header round, please contact Trevor

Rockingham saw a 26 car grid for the 13th round of the championship with battles throughout the field. Karl Cattliff, the current champion, started the race in 2nd position on the grid next to Garrie Whittaker so a E30 M3 front row. When the lights went out, Garrie & Piers Ross, made a great start after Karl bogged down leaving him 6th at the first corner. Piers chased Garrie but the M3 E30 started to pull away round the tight infield of Rockingham. James Card has a quite race but behind him saw Rodger Card & Des Thresh get very close to each other, resulting in Rodger coming 2nd & Des 3rd in Class. Tim Sweet won the 318is class with John Jones having his best result coming in 2nd.

Sunday’s race & round 14 of the championship saw a great start from Tom Knight holding off Garrie for 4 laps before a brilliant manoeuvre from Garrie saw him retake the lead as Tom’s tyres started to go off. Class B saw James Card picking up maximum points again & Tim Sweet coming through as 318is winner. Roll on Oulton Park…….

Brands Hatch saw a packed 32 grid to start round 11 of the 2009 championship. David Kempton one of the club’s sponsors, FX Intro, took the 1st place after being chased throughout the 12 lap race by Garrie Whittaker & Piers Ross. Class B was won by Des Thresh with 2nd place going to Rodger Card. The 318is class was won by Tim Sweet. Close racing from start to finish……Great racing!

Round 12 saw again David Kempton taking the first place honours with a great drive to keep Piers Ross at by followed by Garrie Whittaker. Class B saw 2 of the front runners, Evelyne Buanic & Mark Capewell pulling off after being caught up with the start line crash involving Ian Munns & Neil Gummow and class B went to Des Thresh. The 318is was won by Tim Sweet getting another lap record

I would like to thank you all for the wonderful presentation awarded to me at the weekend. The weekend at Brands for me was a dream come true. The safety car driver who doesn’t know how to use the paddle gear shift YET, the beautiful trophy you presented to me will take pride of place on my mantel piece and most of all the one of the best BMWRDC weekend racing I have seen in many years. I would like to thank all the people who worked behind the scenes to make this championship one of the best in the country.

Once again deepest thanks to all & see you at Rockingham.

Trevor

Thank you to David Kempton & his companies FX Intro & Oak Capital Management for sponsoring the trophies which were presented to 1st, 2nd & 3rd in class at Brands Hatch. If you know of anyone who would be interested in sponsoring a double header round, please contact Trevor

The BMW Racing Drivers Club will be attending the BMW Festival on the 16th August 2009 At the National Motor Heritage Centre, Gaydon, Warwicks Stand 13 & 14 See you there!!

Donington Park saw a grid of 33 drivers start round 9 of the championship but the race was stopped after an accident on the 1st lap saw Ian Crisp collide with Dan Stringfellow. With Dan facing the wrong way onto on coming traffic and a broken wheel, Stephan Lanfermeijer  could avoid the E46 in the middle of the track. The race was started again but then stopped with another accident at Red Gate. This took out Garrie Whittaker in his E30 M3.

The second re-start saw a Richard Mallinson win round 9 with a 3 second gap with Ian Crisp finishing 2nd and Steve Pearson 3rd. In Class B Rodger Card won the class & Tim Sweet winning 318is.

Round 10 saw a exciting close race between Richard Mallinson & Ian Crisp and the whole field. They swopped position throughout the race with the last lap & last corner seeing Ian slip on some oil which Tom Houlbrook’s car a dropped. The race was won by Richard with a hundredth of a second between them crossing the finishing line. The crowd love it!
Class B was won by James Card who got passed his dad Rodger after Rodger missed a gear due to gearbox problems. The 318is was won by birthday boy Tim Sweet.

Next round Brands with a possible full grid of 32 cars

Last weekend saw the championship move to Croft. Saturday's race was in the dry & sunny with Garrie Whittaker taking the glory after 2nd place man Dave Kempton had a spin which caused the field to slow down leaving Garrie to race off into the distance. Class B was one by Des Thresh after Richard Marsh's engine blew. Class D 318is was won by Tim Sweet.

Sunday's race saw lots of rain but was red flagged after the 4th lap as Dave Kempton's car decided to drop all it's oil around the whole of the circuit. After a 10 min stop for the road sweeper to clear some of the oil, the rain stopped but the track was like an ice rink. The race was won by Dan Stringfellow who was in the invitation class as he was borrowing his friends car, Ant Howarth due to the accident Ant had on the Friday before. Ian Hill finished first from all the championship cars with Garrie Whittaker finishing 2nd. Mark Capewell won Class B & Sean Foley won class D 318is.

Another hot & sunny race weekend saw rounds 5 & 6 at Pembrey, South Wales. Round 5 & 6 saw Garrie Whittaker take first place in both rounds & James Card winning class B in both rounds, but was pushed all the way. Newcomer to the championship, Tim Sweet, took both wins in Class D 318is.

BTCC driver Martyn Bell, went back to his roots on Sunday to watch the Kumho BMWRDC championship double header at Snetterton. Martyn, a previous competitor in the Kumho BMWRDC, won the Championship in 2004!!

Good Luck to Martyn & his Team, Team Sunshine at this weekends BTCC race at Donington Park

A hot, sunny Snetterton saw a brilliant drive from Garrie Whittaker to take 1st place in the 3rd round of the Kumho BMWRDC championship, after spinning on the 2nd lap. Mark Astall won Class B, just finishing in front of Richard Marsh after both drivers swapped positions several times!! Stephan Lanfermeijer won 318is Class D and was pushed hard by a newcomer to the championship, Tim Sweet. Battles throughout the field, great racing by all drivers!!

4th round of the Kumho BMWRDC championship saw 3 starts after a few incidents, but when racing started it was Richard Mallinson who won after a great battle with Tom Houlbrook for 1st & 2nd. Mark Astall won Class B, but again battling hard with James Card. Stephan Lanfermeijer won 318is Class D after his opponent Tim Sweet had to retire due to his engine mount breaking.

FFE Drivers of the day:

3rd Round Mark Astall
4th Round Tom Houlbrook

Our 22nd race season has kicked off with a double header at Silverstone. We are back with 18 rounds, all double headers, again with the support of Kumho Tyres, our title sponsor, Hill Motors, FFE sponsoring our ‘driver of the day awards’ and a new sponsor FX Intro making our championship even more exciting & stronger than ever!

We have again an extremely healthy registration of 45 drivers, & this season sees David Kempton (2002 BMWRDC championship driver) & Rick Kerry (BTCC driver) coming back to race in the 2009 championship. We have 9 registered newcomers for this year with 4 of them racing in our exciting 318is class!

To all competitors, have a fantastic year with the series, looking forward to good clean racing !!!

Every year I take part in the 'Race for Life' for cancer reseacrh & this year I will be taking part at Kempton Park on Sunday 12th July. Please take a moment to sponsor me, it's for a VERY good cause. It's really easy - you can donate online by credit or debit card at the following address:
http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/hammysteam

Thank you to all the drivers & their guests who attended the 2008 Season awards dinner which took place Saturday night. A GREAT night was had be all! ( see pics page 1, page 2) We raised £1515 from the raffle & the auction. The money raised will go to the McMillan Cancer Fund & BMWRDC Safety fund. THANK YOU for your support!

List of the awards presented on the evening:

Geoff Cook Memorial Trophy Rodger & James Card
Driver of the Season Stephan Lanfermeijer
Rookie of the Season Piers Ross
Mechanical Tom Houlbrook
Most entertaining driver Ton Webb
Linda McVicker Trophy Paul Moloney
Memorial Trophy Garrie Whittaker
Overall 2008 Champion Karl Cattliff
FFE Award Overall Winner Karl Cattliff
Runners up Stephan Lanfemeijer Liam Hamilton

The BMWRDC would like to thank…….

Derek Binsted – for the great drivers photos
Piers Ross – for decking out the club trailer & giving Nicki a kitchen!!!
Garrie & Debbie Whittaker – for organising the Karting event on Saturday
Jeff Nixon – for donating some great pictures for the raffle & auction.
Jon Ford at Aford Awards
Alison at AJ Venus for helping Nicki oganising the awards dinner

Congratulations to Ian Hill in Class A, Mark Astall in Class B & Stephan Lanfemeijer in Class D who won their classes in both double header races at Silverstone last weekend. The FFE Driver of the day awards go to James Card for round 1 & Gary Fyer for round 2. A BIG get well soon goes to Cath Evans after her horrid crash in Saturday race. The club has heard she is feeling good just very badly buised & a sore hand with stiches.