Drive for a Carrera-high

OUT FRONT: Dean Stoneman, who is lying third in the Porsche Carrera Cup.

10:51am Tuesday 18th June 2013

REDLINE RACING team boss Simon Leonard is confident of victory ahead of this weekend’s upcoming Porsche Carrera Cup GB meet at Croft.

Soft option adds thrills

DARING TO TREAD: Dunlop tyres are, more than ever, a vital element of the British Touring Car Championship

10:47am Tuesday 18th June 2013

DUNLOP is celebrating a landmark birthday this year.

Happy days are here again for Rob

ON THE EDGE: Rob Austin’s Audi

10:45am Tuesday 18th June 2013

TOURING car driver, Rob Austin is already a star in the pit lane, but now he is also a star of the silver screen. The WIX Racing ace can be seen alongside A-list celebrities in the forthcoming Hollywood blockbuster Rush.

Plato’s home philosophy

THAT WINNING FEELING: Jason Plato celebrates a race win earlier in the season

10:40am Tuesday 18th June 2013

JASON PLATO will return to the North-East in confident mood as the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship calls in at Croft this weekend.

It’s pedals to the floor...

HIGH-SPEED THRILLS: Jason Plato competes in last year’s Round 14 of the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship event at Croft

10:37am Tuesday 18th June 2013

THE Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship may be the showcase event at Croft Circuit, but there’s plenty more high-octane action to be had.

Bean gets Euro call-up

8:00am Saturday 15th June 2013

FOURTEEN-TIME European champion Kenneth Hanson has personally invited Junior British Rallycross competitor Charlie Bean to compete in the FIA European Rallycross Championship.

Payne fends off challenge by Petch to win Dukeries Rally

VICTOR: Charlie Payne in action in the Dukeries Rally

4:40pm Friday 14th June 2013

RIPON driver Charlie Payne and his County Durham counterpart Stephen Petch were in top form at last weekend’s Rainworth Skoda Dukeries Rally when they brought their respective Ford Focus WRCs home in first and second position respectively.

Organisers gearing up for an improved rally

12:28pm Tuesday 11th June 2013

TRACKROD Rally Yorkshire organisers are promising an increase in cars, championships and spectator facilities for this year’s rally on September 27-28.

Vettel’s third time lucky

2:26pm Monday 10th June 2013

SEBASTIAN VETTEL made it third time lucky in Canada by cruising to a deserved victory around Montreal’s Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

Burns in superb form to seal Donington Park podium spot

Burns in superb form to seal Donington Park podium spot

6:17pm Friday 31st May 2013

THERE was a distinct shortage of local riders at last weekend’s FIM World Superbike Championship meeting at Donington Park, but Newcastle’s Joe Burns did the region proud when he came away with a podium finish after a superb performance in the Pirelli National Superstock 1000 race.



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