Motorsport

The promising career of talented Gosberton teenager Abbi Pulling has received another big boost after she was selected to join The MSA Academy’s Elite Motorsport squad. The move follows a hugely successful 2017 which culminated in Pulling winning the Junior TKM Championship. And, as well as dominating the Welsh Championship, she also took wins at the TKM Festival and British ...

Aaron Clarke is fifth in the National Superstock 600 championships after racing to a seventh-place finish at Brands Hatch over the weekend. Kirton’s Clarke rode well in his qualifying session for the Superstock 600 race and began his race from the fourth row. He got away to a good start, making up three places on the first lap to settle ...

It was a weekend to forget for the G&S Racing Kawasaki team when they travelled to Brands Hatch for round two of the Stock 1000 and 600 championships. Milo Ward crashed out from fourth place in his race, while Tom Fisher suffered problems with his Kawasaki. Ward was never out of the top three during free practice and qualifying and ...

Aaron Clarke is bidding to build on his excellent start to the National Superstock 600 Championship season at Brands Hatch this weekend. The Kirton race ace, who is again competing for draperRACING, recorded a strong sixth place in the first round of the series two weeks ago and this has filled him full of confidence to replicate this result at ...

Aaron Clarke roared to a super sixth place in the season opener of the National Superstock 600 championship at Donington Park on Sunday. His race was scheduled for Monday morning – but with the weather forecast to deteriorate further the race director brought it forward to Sunday afternoon when, although dry, it was still very cold. As the race got ...

Debutant Milo Ward brought the Wyberton based G&S Racing Kawasaki team its best-ever result at a soggy Donington Park on Sunday when he recorded a fantastic fifth place in the opening round of the 2018 National Superstock 600 championship. Tom Fisher meanwhile was unfortunate for his big Kawasaki to suffer a catastrophic gear box failure in Saturday’s free practice and ...

Aaron Clarke and Tommy Philp begin their assault on the 2018 National Superstock and British Supersport championships at Donington Park over the Easter weekend. Both riders saw track action at the Leicestershire circuit last Tuesday at the official British Superbike test where, although the weather was cold and windy both riders recorded a considerable amount of laps on the draperRACING ...

Tom Fisher and debutant Milo Ward will be in action for G&S Racing Kawasaki at the season opener at Donington Park over Easter. Fisher will compete in the Superstock 1000 class, while new rider Ward will make his debut for the Wyberton-based team in the Superstock 600 class. Both riders have completed a successful pre-season testing session in Spain and ...

Spalding racer Andy Molsom is ready for a new challenge in the Caterham Graduates Racing Club SigMax Championship. Having sold his trusted old car over the close season, his new Caterham will offer Molsom more power in a series that will also provide some fresh rivals. Molsom said: “This new Caterham is nine years old, but is generally more reliable ...

Kirton race ace Aaron Clarke enjoyed an encouraging weekend with draperRACING Yamaha at Brands Hatch. He was competing in the Team Respro MRO 600 class races at the Kent circuit, as was team-mate Tommy Philp. Clarke had to start the first race from the back of the grid on Saturday after missing the cut off point, but powered through the ...

Race aces Aaron Clarke and Tommy Philp have just returned home after spending a week in Spain to test their new draperRACING Yamaha machines in a shakedown test prior to the official British Superbike test later in the month. The two Lincolnshire riders, their mechanics and team manager Bill Philp headed to Circuit de Calafat situated an hour south of ...

Weston Hills teenager Johnathan Hoggard will be back on the British Formula 4 (F4) grid next season after securing a full-time seat with Fortec Motorsports. Hoggard, who is 17, contested the second half of the 2017 season with Fortec, having concentrated on his education at the beginning of the year. He visited the podium once in his 12 race stint ...

Gosberton teenager Abbi Pulling was handed three big trophies at the British Women Racing Drivers’ Club’s awards bash. Karting ace Pulling won the BWRDC Mary Wheeler Embassy Trophy as she was crowned Club Champion, as well as winning the Kartsport Trophy and the Junior Shield for her performances in 2017. The 14-year-old, who drives a Junior TKM kart, won the ...

A budding Spalding biker is gearing up for his second season of motorcycle racing and first competing alongside adults. Bailey Harker, who attends Spalding Academy, competes in the British Mini Bike championship and he’s looking for sponsorship ahead of moving up a level in 2018. The 16-year-old finished an impressive fifth in his first season competing in the Junior SM ...

Spalding speedster Andy Molsom is looking forward to a new challenge in 2018 after opting to move into the Caterham Graduates Racing Club’s Sigmax Championship. Molsom, who finished as runner-up in the Super-Graduates Championship this season, has decided to switch cars after more than 100 races in his Caterham over the past 16 years. After electrical and fuel problems plagued ...

P & R Plant Hire Team Holbeach enjoyed a winning end to their season as they won the MSN Rally Championship. The father and daughter duo of David and Alice Tinn went into the final leg of the championship some 12 seconds down on the leaders. But they were on sensational form at Cadwell Park and eventually took the lead ...

Race ace Ben Wilson is targeting a return to the track in 2018 as he continues his long road to recovery. It has now been 18 months since the Kirton rider suffered a badly-broken femur and a broken knee at the North West 200 International Road Race. After numerous operations and following the removal of an external fixator (used to ...

Four motocross racers from Pinchbeck concluded their impressive campaigns at a trophy-laden presentation night. Darren Andrew earned second place in the Veterans group to cap a super season. In the Small Wheel 85 class, meanwhile, Brodie Ferguson (12) sealed sixth place and brother Bradley Ferguson (11) secured 12th. The youngest Ferguson brother – eight year-old Jack – also finished fourth ...

Spalding speedster Andy Molsom had to settle for second place in the Caterham Graduates Championship after a thrilling finale to the season at Silverstone. Molsom took two second place finishes at the Northamptonshire circuit, finishing behind series champion Toby Briant on both occasions. The South Holland pace ace, who finished eight points behind Briant in the overall standings, admits that ...

Aaron Clarke crashed out of his Pirelli National Superstock 600 season finale at Brands Hatch on Sunday. Kirton race ace Clarke was progressing well throughout free practice and qualifying – and the draperRACING talent started his race from the seventh row. He got away to a good start and made up ground through the first few laps to take up ...