Motorsport

Top teenage talent Ben Stafford stormed to an impressive ninth position at the opening round of the Pirelli National 600 Superstock Championship at Donington Park on Monday. This Easter weekend was the start of the 12-round series for Saracen’s Head ace Stafford, who is again racing for Silicone Engineering Racing. Saturday served as part one of qualifying (Q1), before part ...

Ben Wilson bagged a brace of sixth places on his return to the British Supersport Championship at Donington Park over the Easter weekend. Although the Kirton ace was targeting better, his haul of 20 championship points sees him leave the Leicestershire circuit in sixth place overall in the rider standings. After a difficult year in the British Superbike Championship, Wilson ...

Saracen’s Head teenager Ben Stafford will once again compete in the Pirelli National 600 Superstock Championship this season. Stafford, who impressed at the back end of last season, will continue his ride with the Silicone Engineering team aboard a Kawasaki ZX6R machine. Having joined the 2014 series half-way through the campaign, he used the available rounds left to learn his ...

Ben Wilson makes his return to the British Supersport Championship at this weekend’s opening round at Donington Park. Having endured a frustrating time in the British Superbike Championship last year, the Kirton race ace is raring to go in a series he’s enjoyed plenty of success in over the past decade. After taking part in the official test at Donington ...

By Stephen Evans Sutton Bridge race ace Gavin Mills has been crowned the East Midlands Racing Association (EMRA) Formula 125 champion. Hi-octane motorbike maestro Mills won the competition with a total of 144 points, which was some 90 points better off than the tally of his nearest rival. Amazingly, the 23-year-old was in his debut season – making the fact ...

South Holland speedway ace Simon Lambert insists having the chance to race for Peterborough Panthers is a “dream come true”. The 25-year-old was unveiled as the club’s sixth winter signing at a Peterborough Panthers Speedway Supporters’ Club (PPSSC) Christmas quiz bash on Friday night. Lambert, who is from Gosberton Risegate, will slot into the Panthers team at reserve on a ...

Racers with a need for speed enjoyed Bourne Kart Club’s Grand Prix Meeting as eight different classes were on show. With the meeting kindly sponsored by Travis Perkins of Spalding and Bourne, three heats were held in the morning to give drivers their grid positions for the Grand Prix. Following some very close racing in all classes, the winners were: ...

Ben Stafford is reflecting on an incredible breakthrough season on the Pirelli National Superstock 600 scene after concluding his race schedule at Brands Hatch. Saracen’s Head talent Stafford placed a respectable – but somewhat disappointing – 17th at the 12th and final round of the series in the Kent countryside. But the very fact that the Silicone Engineering race ace ...

Ben Wilson has sealed a welcome return to the British Supersport Championship with the Gearlink Kawasaki team – and is already targeting the title. The Kirton racer transferred to the British Superbike Championship in 2014 – also with Gearlink Kawasaki – but only scored a handful of points and never really gelled with the bike. The team have also re-signed ...

Resurgent Ben Wilson recorded five podium finishes for Gearlink Kawasaki at the Annual Sunflower Trophy meeting over the weekend. The Bishopscourt based event in Ireland saw Wilson reunited with his old 600cc Supersport machine – and also acted as his final race of the season. He qualified in third place to start his two Supersport races from a front row ...

Ben Wilson ended a testing MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship campaign with a four-point haul at Brands Hatch over the weekend. That means that the Kirton ace finishes on 40 points for the campaign, placing the Gearlink Kawasaki racer in 20th position overall in the standings. The weather was on Wilson’s side during a damp qualifying. He made it through ...

Ben Stafford added another feather to his cap over the weekend as he raced to an eye-catching ninth place at Silverstone in what was the penultimate round of the Pirelli National Superstock 600 Championship. The Saracen’s Head teenager, who was making only his seventh appearance of the series in Northamptonshire, was once again impressive as he placed in the points ...

A crash during Saturday practice forced Ben Wilson to withdraw from the MCE British Superbike Championship races at Silverstone on Sunday. The Kirton racer was suffering with blurred vision and concussion after crashing his Gearlink Kawasaki machine in Northamptonshire. Friday’s free practice had gone well for the Wilson, who completed the two sessions in 19th and 18th position. But the ...

With the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship drawing to a close, Ben Wilson is hoping to finish with a flourish. The Kirton race ace travels to Silverstone in Northamptonshire for the penultimate round of the series this weekend as he bids to end a testing campaign on a high note. The last round at Assen’s Cathedral of Speed saw the ...

Ben Stafford again showed his seemingly limitless potential as he joined two Silicone Engineering team-mates to compete in the Hottrax three-hour endurance race at Oulton Park. Along with Russ Mountford and Malachi Mitchell-Thomas, the trio competed in the 1000cc class due to Mountford riding a ZX10 machine. This instantly put them at a great disadvantage, as the other two riders ...

Holbeach brothers Ryan, Ashley and Kieran Rudd all impressed for Team TRM at the first round of the Winter Series at Peterborough Motocross Club’s Chatteris track over the weekend. In the Juniors’ section, ten-year-old Kieran grabbed a hat-trick of second places. He also grabbed two holeshots, which earned him the ‘holeshot trophy’. Ashley had the exact same set of results ...

Ben Wilson had a mixed weekend as the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship visited Assen in Belgium. The Kirton rider was back in the points after completing the first race at the Cathedral of Speed circuit in 13th place. But as the second race began he was involved in a four rider incident on the first lap – and after ...