News Archive
February 2010
Following winter wet testing in early February at Silverstone with top international racing driver Josh Fisher the andypowellracing.co.uk Van Diemen RF82 was successfully tested a week later at Brands Hatch. Both Andy Powell & Paul Burt smashed wet weather personal best times. The team are now looking forward to the first race of the 2010 season at Oulton Park on the 26th & 27th March.
March 2010
Following a very successful test at Oulton Park on Friday 26th March Paul Burt raced to an outstanding 4th place in a high quality field in the URS Classic FF2000 race, overcoming the 2008 champion in the opening stages of the race and maintaining position under extreme pressure. A great start to the season. Well done Paul. For full results go to www.tsl-timing.com/barc/2010/101227.pdf
Paul Burt Leads the 2008 champion in a race long battle. Well done Paul
Special thanks go out to all our supporters over the weekend. in particular it was great to see Andy from Newbow aerospace www.newbowaerospace.com and James Grimster from our web Site design team www.orangeleaf.com
April 2010
Following a great start to the 2010 season at Oulton Park in March the www.andypowellracing.co.uk team headed to Croft in North Yorkshire for the 2nd and 3rd races in the URS Classic FF2000 championship. With no pre-race testing available for this race Paul Burt drove two great races to finish 6th from 8th on the grid. Full results and a lap by lap analysis is available from the MST web site www.tsl-timing.com/barc/2010/101521.pdf
Paul preparing for race 1 at Croft.
May 2010:
The www.andypowellracing.co.uk team are heading to Brands Hatch on the 28th May for development testing. Joey Foster, the reining Australian F3 Champion will also be driving for us in order to provide both technical feed back on the car and detailed analisis of Andy & Pauls driving performance. The test is also aimed at achieving the best possible set up ahead of the next Championship round at Brands on the 4th – 6th June. More info to follow.
MAY NEWS
Testing at Brands Hatch 28.05.2010. Joey Foster smashes all records in both www.andypowellracing Classic FF2000 & FF1600 cars. In the FF2000 Joey managed a stunning lap of 49.3, with Andy close behind on 49.8 on used tyres. In the FF1600 Joey stunned the team with a time of 52.07! The test was very successful with even more data and feed back on driver and car performance. Thanks to Joey for his valuable input into the team.
Brands Hatch in June see’s round 5 of the Classic FF2000 championship with Paul Burt at the wheel. Brands will also see entry’s for Andy Powell in the Classic FF1600 race and Reg Powell with a rare appearance for two rounds of the BARC Classic Clubmans Championship.
June 2010
The www.andypowellracing.co.uk team contested rounds of the classic FF2000, FF1600 & Clubmans championships at Brands Hatch on the 5th & 6th June 2010.
Saturday 05/06/2010 FF2000:
Friday testing was seriously hampered by front rocker failure, leading to a inconsistent car all day. Following over night work to diagnose then fix the problem Paul Burt drove a strong FF2000 race despite battling with rising temperatures caused by a holed radiator on the first lap. Having started 8th on the grid, Paul climbed to a competitive 6th until failing engine performance due to extreme temperatures dropped him back to 8th and a solid top 10 finish.
Saturday 05/06/2010 Classic Clubmans:
Reg Powell qualified 11th out of 20 in what was the best quality grid of the season. Following another great start he was in 7th place and in the thick of it by the end of the first lap but due to the extreme temperatures fell back to 11th.
Sunday 06/06/2010 FF1600:
Following a difficult qualifying session Andy raced hard and finished a very strong 5th, having been 4th for much of the race. The first 5 drivers all crossing the line within two seconds of each other.
A Big Thank You:
Andy and the whole team had great support from many friends and supporters all weekend, in particular we would like to thank Roger, Tatt, Chris & Nicky, it was also great to have the whole Powell Family in attendance in particular Adam who was at his first ever race.
For full race results go to http://www.tsl-timing.com/barc/2010/102221.pdf
July News
Snetterton Classic FF1600 July/August 2010. Following a seriouse clutch failure in testing on Friday, and brake balance issues on a very wet track in qualifying Andy finished 8th in a 25 car high quality field. Well done Andy and the whole andypowellracing team. Snetterton Race two. Following another great start Andy was sadly taken out of the race by two other drivers who made contact in the first corner. Andy was left with one corner missing following the accident, a very sad end to a weekend that had promised so much. Full results can be found at www.tsl-timing.com/barc/2010/103021.pdf
The www.andypowellracing.co.uk team will now move onto Pembrey in mid August when Andy Powell will drive the Teams Van Diemen FF2000 in two rounds of the URS Classic FF2000 Championship. Results and details to follow
August News
Pembrey Race 1: Following a intense days testing on Friday the 13th!!. In Saturdays Q1 Andy qualified 6th in very high quality field for the first of the weekends two races. The 16 lap race saw a titanic battle for 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th. Andy eventually bringing home the car safely in 6th place having briefly been upto 5th.
Andy fully equiped and ready for the off..
Pembrey Race 2: Andy went one better in Q2 on Sunday morning, storming to 5th place and the was the 5th of only 5 drivers to break the 1.00:00 barrier. Qualifying with a very competative 59.8. In the race Andy got yet another super start getting upto 4th for the first couple of laps before falling briefly back to 5th once more. However on lap 5 it was all over when Andy was taken off from behind from what was a quality top 5 performance. Another sad end to a promising weekend. For full results listing go to www.tsl-timing.com/barc/2010/103222.pdf
For in car video of Race 1 and to live the excitment of a really close FF2000 race view the video on you tube here www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQQc4eRM_8c
September News
Following a difficult weekend at Rockingham on the super high speed banked circuit Andy Powell brought home the www.andypowellracing.co.uk FF1600 home in 9th place. Andy climbed upto 6th at the start only to be squeezed into the wall at half distance, having to lift in the middle of turn 1 and falling to 10th before a spirited recovery to 9th.
The Team will now prepare for a test at Mallory Park on the 29th September followed by a two car entry at Mallory Park on the 3rdOctober, before travelling to Silverstone for the anual Walter Hayes Trophy for FF1600 cars. So there’s plenty more racing to come this season, keep checking our web site for al the latest news.
October News
Mallory Park 3rd October saw the worst racing conditions of the 2010 season with torrential rain and rivers across the track Andy qualified the www.andypowellracing.co.uk Royale RP26 3rd on the grid. After a great start Andy briefly ran in 2nd behind the newly crowned 2010 champion before spinning out on standing water.
November News 2010 & WHT Updates
Thursday Testing update
Today’s testing was dominated by extreme gusting winds but was dry and mild. The team contended with many minor technical issues but not withstanding the conditions Andy put in a time just 1 sec of his own Personal Best pole time. Tomorrow see’s testing for both Andy and Paul. With changeable weather predicted it will make for an interesting testing. More updates to follow.
Friday Testing Update:
Today was dominated by heavy rain and red flags. With only two flying laps at a time little progress was made and tomorrow see’s the first of the heats. The whole of the www.andypowellracing.co.uk team are hoping for better conditions for racing tomorrow. In the FF2000 Paul was the fastest driver in terrible conditions and the team have high hopes for a podium or higher in Sunday’s races. More Updates to follow over the weekend.
2010 Walter Hayes Trophy Results
A full listing of all the results from this years WHT can be found on the HSCC web site at http://www.hscc.org.uk/resources/Results%20WHT%202010.pdf
Following a great weekend of racing and testing at Silverstone Andy started the WHT Last Chance Race 19th. After a great start by the end of the first lap he was in 9th place and after a real old school FF1600 style dog fight he eventually finished 11th but outside the semi final placings. Andy would like to than all his friends, helpers, family and of course Mechanic Stuee for their help and support over the weekend. Below is Andy as he takes to the track for the Last Chance race. More pictures to be uploaded shortly. You can also follow and on Facebook. Just search for him and add him as a friend. Alternatively Andy is on twitter at apowellracing .
Andy Powell Silverstone Pitlane. 2010 WHT Last Chance Race.
December News
Latest 2010 WHT pictures now added to the Gallery Page.
Related Links
For more information on the URS Classic FF1600 calendar, drivers and results + all the latest news visit the home of Classic Formula Ford www.classicformulaford.com
For more information on the URS Classic FF2000 calendar, drivers and results + all the latest news visit the home of Universal Racing Services (URS) www.universalracing.co.uk
For more information on the Classic Clubmans calendar, drivers and results + all the latest news visit the home of Classic Clubmans www.clubmans.org.uk/classic.html
Andy Powell racing to 4th at Castle Combe 2009
March 2011 News
The 2011 season started at Brands Hatch last weekend with strong performances from both Andy and Paul in both the Classic FF1600 and Classic FF2000 championships.
Following a fantastic performance in Testing on Friday in both the FF2000 & FF1600 Andy qualified 2nd for both FF1600 championship races. After two races and titanic battles Andy finished 2nd in race 1 an forth in race 2 despite a spin in race 1.
Paul having qualified 9th in the classic FF2000 worked his way through the field to finish 6th despite the wrong tyre choice, in very slippery and damp conditions. Well done both Andy and Paul.
The results can be found at the following location http://www.tsl-timing.com/barc/2011/111221.pdf and open the Classic Formula ford pages.
May 2011 News
Following a great start to the 2011 season the www.andypowellracing.co.uk team moved onto rounds 3 & 4 of the championship at Snetterton.
The weekend started well with Andy posting super competitive testing times in both the Royale RP26 FF1600 & the Van Diemen RF82 FF2000. Paul also posted a fantastic time in the last test session of the day in the FF2000.
Saturday would see two FF1600 races for Andy. Andy qualified 3rd for both races in a difficult qualifying session. Following titanic battles in both races only came away with one 5th place after being taken off the track in both races. Even so Andy was “please with his driving performance”. Had he not been driven into in both races he would have surely added two more podium poistions to the 2011 season tally.
Paul qualified well for both FF200 races but had to retire from the second of the two races with engine problems.having posted a competitive 6th place in race 1
The results can be found at the following location http://www.tsl-timing.com/barc/2011/111822.pdf and open the Classic Formula ford pages.
A full race report pictures and video footage will be uploaded as soon as available so watch this space.
June 2011 News
After a very hard race Andy finished 6th after getting into 2nd on the first lap. Thanks to all the made the trip for their support. Race report, more pictures, results and in car video to follow.
All checks complete and ready to race
Proper committed on the last lap. No lift, flat in top exiting the super fast Church corner. Two wheels
on the grass with a little opposite lock for good measure.
August 2011 News
11/08/2011 Castle Combe Testing Update:
Thursday saw both Reg & Andy driving the www.andypowellracing.co.uk Classic Clubmans in Testing. Following some initial tricky wet conditions Reg started to return some more consistent times towards the end of the day. The final session of the day was Andy’s first chance to drive the car in anger. After some initial sighting laps Andy managed a time of 1.11:00 within three seconds of the lap record.
NEWS FLASH: 13/08/2011 Castle Combe Race Update:
Today Andy Powell made his Classic Clumans debut in the Gryphon Pink Panther. After qualifying well in the top six Andy challenged hard for a podium position in the opening stages of the race before a broken valve spring felt him fighting to hold onto forth. Eventually the lack of straight line speed at the super fast Castle Combe circuit demoted him to 5th. However after such a strong performance with only 8 proper laps of testing there is a great deal more to come the next time Andy gets to drive the now famouse Pink Panther. Watch this space. More news and pictures follow.
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