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Updated 11.05.08

Whilton Mill Round 3 Open Endurance Championship May11th:

A triumphant return to racing for the team after a five month lay-off. We got 3rd overall having found a setup in practice and after our test day in April, which really got the Gillard chassis handling well. Thomas still has some way to go before he fully recovers from his Labarynthinitis, but we were still going well enough to be able to keep up a respectable pace and to take advantage of others team's misfortunes. A hugely encouraging day for the team and marks our fifth podium finish in the last five races. Full report and results to follow.

Unfortunately, James is way in Croatia for the next round in June, there isn't a round in July and Thomas is away in France in August. So it may not be till September that we can race in the OEKC again. There is a slight chance that Thomas will find another co-driver to replace James in June, but we'll have to wait and see......

Tips for Endurance Racing:

As Thomas recovers from his illness, he's put together a few tips for making your racing more successful. Have a look here.

OEKC Summer Championship 2007 - and 2008!

We got 3rd overall in the 2007 Summer Championship with Box Tech ten points ahead in 1st and Red Max coming in 2nd just three points ahead. In the Rotax Class we came 2nd to beat Red Max this time but with Box Tech in front once again. Here are the full results.

For 2008 the Summer Championship dates have now been confirmed. See the full schedule here.

Rotax Endurance Racing:

The main series if you're serious about endurance racing in the UK  is the Open Endurance series run at Whilton Mill and Milton Keynes largely by Gary Chandler and heavily sponsored by Box Tech with Chris York running the race days at Whilton and Milton Keynes. This is a truly serious test of endurance in a Rotax for a two man team, with each race lasting 4.5hrs. The 2008 Summer Series will be based as before at Whilton Mill and Daytona Milton Keynes. Dates are here.

An alternative is the series run for Rotax owner drivers by Ian Ward at the Bayford Meadows circuit. Regulations are similar to the old Club 125 series and races are 90 minutes long.

F6 plan to run a 90 minute endurance series for Rotax as part of their normal monthly meetings. This is to be called the Kent Cup but the announcement has been so low key and the details so scarce that one wonders how serious about it they really are. In fact the closest one can get to any information about this series is from the Bayford Meadows site here.

The race schedule for both the OEKC and the Bayford Series is available here.