Motorsport

Gosberton’s British Formula 4 talent Abbi Pulling will step up to the Formula Renault Eurocup with FA Racing when she makes her international driving debut at this weekend’s Formula 1-supporting round at Imola. The former Ginetta Junior and GT5 Challenge racer, who spent most of her karting career in Britain’s TKM kart scene and won back-to-back national junior titles before ...

Weston Hills racer Johnathan Hoggard admitted it was a “dream come true” to drive a Formula 1 car for the first time. Last week saw Hoggard complete his first F1 test as part of his prize for winning the 2019 Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year Award. The South Holland speedster won the Award, which also includes ...

Abbi Pulling put in another impressive performance in the F4 British Championship at Croft over the weekend. The Gosberton teenager, who became the first-ever female racer to achieve an F4 podium earlier in the season, was back on the third step again on Sunday. After qualifying fifth, she was third in the first race at the Darlington circuit before finishing ...

After a much-delayed start to the Caterham Graduates Racing Club season, Spalding racer Andy Molsom enjoyed a promising return to the track at Croft. As it was the first proper outing of the year, Molsom tested at the circuit prior to the meet. The first session was difficult as he was troubled with braking issues, with the right front locking ...

Abbi Pulling had an eventful weekend at Silverstone in the F4 British Championship as she put in two solid showings after spinning out of the opening race of the weekend. Qualifying was incredibly close at the home of British motor racing, with just 0.877secs spanning the 11 drivers on the grid. Gosberton speedster Pulling qualified sixth for race one and ...

Race ace Abbi Pulling secured her best-ever finish in the F4 British Championship on Sunday as she placed second in the final race. The podium position capped an already strong showing from the JHR Developments driver from Gosberton, as she managed other finishes of fifth and sixth at Thruxton. With team-mate James Hedley winning all three paces at the high-speed ...

It was something of a mixed weekend for Abbi Pulling at the latest round of the F4 British Championship at Knockhill. The JHR Developments racer, who is from Gosberton, qualified in seventh place for race one at the Scottish circuit. She improved on that to secure a strong sixth place in a race she described as “a tough, long tussle” ...

Spalding race ace Kirt Powell picked up four top five finishes on his return to action at Mallory Park. Powell, who hadn’t raced for five long months because of the COVID-19 pandemic, picked up two fourth places and a pair of fifths at the EMRA meeting. After a two-hour drive to the track, Powell woke up feeling positive on Saturday ...

A sixth place finish was the highlight but it was a largely frustrating return to action for Abbi Pulling as the British Formula Four series got underway. Donington Park hosted the first round of the season with three races and the JHR Developments driver qualified an impressive sixth for the first of those. But contact with Rafael Villagomez, who finished ...

Their bikes may have been stranded in Spain at one time, but the new British Superbikes season is finally in sight for G and S Kawasaki. While the championship should have started in March, a new calendar has been drawn up for the series to get back underway in August. There will be six meetings. It all starts at Donington ...

Racing driver Johnathan Hoggard is continuing to make a name for himself across the world, even without leaving his house. The 19-year-old should have been flying around the other side of the world competing in the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia for Team StarChase. Instead he’s stuck with his parents in Weston Hills due to the COVID-19 lockdown. But he is ...

The upcoming motorcycle racing season has been decimated by coronavirus fears. Even though some club racing was set to go ahead, the government has now sealed its fate by stopping the medical services from attending the events for the foreseeable future. With no medical back up, there can be no racing – meaning the Isle of Man TT races, the ...

Top teenage talent Johnathan Hoggard hs signed up with reigning Porsche Carrera Cup Asia champions Team StarChase – who compete in the toughest one-make championship in Asia. The 19-year-old Weston Hills racer has established himself as one of the brightest young talents in the British single-seaters paddocks over the last two years, making his mark in the ultra-competitive British Formula ...

Father and son duo Simon and Rowan Venni enjoyed some success at the stock car season opener at King’s Lynn’s Adrian Flux Arena on Saturday. In the 2Litre saloon stock cars, veteran campaigner Simon took a couple of top ten finishes away with him, with a fourth place in a preliminary heat race his best result. Rowan, finished his first ...

JHR Developments have confirmed that Gosberton teenager Abbi Pulling will join the team for the 2020 F4 British Championship (certified by FIA – powered by Ford EcoBoost) season. The 16-year-old makes the switch to Britain’s FIA Formula 4 series from the highly-competitive Ginetta GT5 Challenge, having previously contested the Ginetta Junior Championship. Pulling also has a strong track record in ...

Stock car racing is back with a bang at the Adrian Flux Arena in King’s Lynn on Saturday as the first meeting of the season gets into gear. The traditional season opener is a meeting that fans and drivers travel from all around the UK and even across from Holland to enjoy. With as many as 170 cars booked in ...

Top Weston Hills talent Johnathan Hoggard was one of the standout performers at the Rolex 24 at Daytona over the weekend. The 19-year-old South Holland sensation set his team’s fastest lap of the race on his endurance racing debut, despite suffering from a nasty knee problem. Racing with Precision Performance Motorsport, BRDC British F3 runner-up Hoggard enjoyed a competitive running ...

A bumper crowd enjoyed the 27th running of the Unlimited Banger Icebreaker Teams championship at the Adrian Flux Arena on Sunday. Some 141 bangers contested ten hard-fought races, with southern-based team Extreme A taking the Points titles and King’s Lynn’s Predators A team landing the Entertainers crown. South Holland ace Simon Goodale raced for the Boston Warlords ‘A’ team. Driving ...

The Adrian Flux Arena sees its first big event of 2020 this Sunday with more than 150 racers set for the Unlimited Banger Icebreaker. The event, which sees racers making up teams of four, always kicks-off the banger action in fine style at the King’s Lynn venue with drivers coming from across the nation to take part. The teams will ...

Rising Weston Hills star Johnathan Hoggard was named as the winner of the 2019 Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year Award on Sunday night. BRDC British F3 runner-up Hoggard saw off rivals Ayrton Simmons, Enaam Ahmed and Jamie Chadwick to clinch the coveted award at the Autosport Awards at Grosvenor House Hotel in London. Hoggard, who claimed ...