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Moleracing 2024 Season – 3 of 4 – still in with a
25 October 2024
Returning to Mallory Park brought mixed emotions after earlier challenges. With the car finely tuned and weather on our side, the competition was fierce. Despite setbacks, including a dramatic crash, I managed a solid performance. The journey continued through Lydden Hill and Kirkistown, each offering unique trials and triumphs.
Moleracing 2024 Season – 2 of 4
25 October 2024
After a successful run at Anglesey, I focused on refining the car’s setup for Blyton Park. Despite a technical hiccup during practice, adjustments and support from SBD ensured smooth performance. Competing against formidable rivals, I managed consistent placements, keeping me in the championship race as we head to Pembrey
Moleracing 2024 season not a bad start – 1 of 4
25 October 2024
The 2024 season kicked off with extensive winter upgrades, including a major engine refit and chassis improvements. Despite a busy off-season filled with travels, meticulous planning ensured everything came together. The new 1998cc Duratec engine delivered impressive performance, setting the stage for a thrilling start to the racing year.
Vi Selby A Life In Motorsport
28 December 2023
In 1969, Vi Selby’s journey into motorsport began at Thruxton circuit, marking the start of a lifelong passion. From memorable races, encounters with racing legends like David Purley, to her role in reviving the Nottingham Sports Car Club, Vi shares a captivating narrative spanning decades in the world of motorsport.
The Early Days at Curborough
28 December 2023
In the early 1960s, Ray Masters reflects on the beginnings of Curborough Sprint course, recounting its origins with the Shenstone & District Car Club and his personal journey into racing with a 1936 MG PB. Nostalgically recalling the challenges and changes over 40 years, Masters fondly shares his experiences, highlighting the enduring appeal of Curborough as a cherished sprint venue.
Moleracing 2023 season – Autumn update 4 of 4
27 December 2023
Revving up the excitement, the thrilling 2023 moleracing season reached its podium climax after four intense weekends spanning three countries. From gripping battles at Blyton Park, where unexpected challenges tested drivers’ mettle, to the awe-inspiring dominance of Alex Summers at Anglesey, the championship chase unfolded in surprising twists. The dramatic finale at Castle Combe saw Pete Goulding emerge victorious, securing the championship title in a nail-biting showdown, while racers gear up for a promising 2024 campaign with plans to enhance their cars and compete against a formidable field of drivers and friends.
moleracing 2023 season – Summer update 3 of 4
15 September 2023
A few musings from the summers months, looking better that last year and hoping the hang onto 3rd place at the end of the season. Has been a testing time with a few issues and lots of splitting the car and working on bits, but cannot complain as I have the time and resources to do it.
moleracing 2023 season – Spring update 2 of 4
30 August 2023
Read the captivating update on moleracing's 2023 season. The garage transforms into an efficient workspace, confront challenging circuits, navigate clutch struggles, and embrace thrilling run-offs..
moleracing 2023 season starts here 1 of 4
29 April 2023
Steve Miles shares a report of his winter developments and upgrades for the British Sprint Championship. Including a full sort out, repaint and a new clutch! Read on to find out about his mishap at Anglesey and how he plans to off set his carbon footprint.
steve miles bsc champion
20 February 2022
Steve Miles was crowned 2021 British Sprint Champion at Longton & District’s autumn Anglesey sprint on this month’s opening weekend event (2-3 October). Steve led the championship from start to finish, taking the victory with five rounds to go.
The British weather threw everything it had at the drivers, and despite not adding to his overall tally in Wales, his closest competitors could not rival his score of 445-points. The remaining championship positions will be decided in the final rounds, which occur at Castle Combe on 23 October.
On his championship win, Steve said: “Well, after 20 years, I’ve finally done it, 2021 British Sprint Champion. There has been great competition all year from V8s and Ecoboosts, and closest of all, Matt in the works SBD Dallara. Many thanks to my sponsors and a wonderful bunch of competitors in the paddock. I love you all!”
nscc archives mike mayfield
3 March 2020
The Clubs' Archives ( as they exist at present ) are largely the domain of Mike Mayfield, the self appointed Club Archivist over the past 15 — 20 years.
moleracing – 2019 season – Early Summer Report lo
8 July 2019
Something to start the week off with!
The last 4 events haven’t gone that well, and I suppose I my say Im lucky as I haven’t had a big acciendent in my 20 years of driving this single seater racing car, so I suppose it had to happen at some point!
Still all is well now and we are on the up…
moleracing – 2019 season – Winter Upgrades First
15 May 2019
A winter check over of every square mm of the car in an attempt to get more reliability was the focus of the winter work. The intake assembly was sent back to SBD and Jenvey for an upgrade, plus new injectors. Also, the shock absorbers were the biggest expense, with a full strip and rebuild and we found that not one shock absorber was the same, and the two closest ones were on different axles!
moleracing 2018 season – Final Report 4 of 4
4 February 2019
After the trailer tyre puncture on the way home from Scotland, I invested in 4 new trailer tyres to make
sure I made it to Northern Ireland a fortnight later. Unfortunately, 1 hour into the 12-hour journey, a
wheel came off at 60mph, but luckily it cleared 3 lanes of the M6 and dropped to a halt in the central
reservation – no one hurt, just my wallet in getting a new wheel, tyre, studs and nuts to continue the
journey with no further incidents.
moleracing – 2018 season – report 3 of 4
4 February 2019
Abingdon
The car loom was repaired following the failure at Pembrey and I was back in action the following
weekend. Abingdon is highly unusual in as much as the 140-car entry is split in two, with half the field
competing on one course while the other half competes on another. At lunchtime you swap over and at
the end of the day your best time from each course is added together for an overall result. I first competed
at this event around 2000 and have done so about 6 times – but never won it.
moleracing – 2018 season – report 2 of 4
4 February 2019
Croft
With Snow forecast all week, this was always going to be an interesting event! However, it was the rain in
the end that caused the event to be cancelled before the first timed run was even posted!
A walk of the track the previous evening was very useful as it revealed where the puddle and standing
water was, as in the morning with the rain and more water down, it was all wet and these areas of deeper
water were not obvious.
moleracing – 2018 season – Winter Upgrades & First
4 February 2019
Winter Upgrades
During the last event in 2017, I was pulling a large G loading though one of the bends at Anglesey and the
consequences of something breaking would not be good – so my winter upgrade was focused on safety
modifications. I changed every rod end and spherical bearing in the car, plus put on a new set of brake
discs and meticulously checked everything.
moleracing – 2017 season – Final Update 4 of 4
4 February 2019
Blyton Park Weekend
This was just a fun weekend supporting my local club and allowed me to try different things out as a test
session. There was no significant opposition once Glyn Sketchley had crashed and I took FTD on both
days.
The Sunday layout caused a major moment that could have ended in disaster
moleracing – 2017 season – 3rd report update
13 September 2017
Lydden Hill Circuit – Another circuit I enjoy driving and this event was entered purely for the pleasure of doing so as I hadn’t
been there for a few years as no sprints have been run for a while. Massive M25 delays meant many
competitors who set off on the Friday never got here until Saturday morning!
moleracing – 2017 season – 2nd report update
3 July 2017
Refreshed from a weeks holiday in Umbria, the car was loaded up on Friday morning and I drove to Snetterton, back past Stansted Airport where I’d landed the day before! Borough 19 motor Club run a slick event on the 100 circuit, whilst the rest of the paddock was crammed full for a wide range of races on the 200 layout plus 1000’s of minis anticipated for a big mini fest! All this meant plenty of spectators and a tight paddock.
moleracing – 2017 season first 4 events update med
4 May 2017
Back to School
I thought I’d treat myself to some proper instruction and go back to
school to see if I could drive a little better! Five of us had secured
the services of a well-respected professional race engineer and
excellent driver and we spent a day at Blyton learning to drive the
quick way – as opposed to the safe way
moleracing – start of 2017 season update
20 March 2017
After collecting the awards last November – seen here with Naser who worked
his aero magic on the car last season – the SBD 2 litre normally aspirated engine
that had taken me to the British Sprint 2 litre championship title last year had
given 4 years excellent service but was overdue its 40 hour rebuild. Yes, you did
read that correctly, the engine needs a full rebuild after just 40 hours, but you
don’t get 300bhp from an normally aspirated engine without a downside.
moleracing 2016 season Final event report
1 December 2016
Blyton Park double lapper –
After a 5 week break, everyone was raring to go again at this
popular venue near Gainsborough. Perhaps the 20 hour round trip
was a bit much for the one day meeting for the Calder’s who gave
it a miss, although they plan to be out to attempt to secure the
top 2 spots at Anglesey for the season finale.
moleracing 2016 season 2nd event report
1 December 2016
Snetterton –
The intervening 6 weeks since Croft saw additional front wing second element go on the car in a high downforce
configuration for better front end grip. I’d also added extra padding for shoulders and legs in the cockpit so that in
the big corners, where high lateral G is being generated (2.7G is the highest sustained loading seen so far!) I’m now
restrained laterally as well as with the six-point harness.
moleracing 2016 season winter developments and the
1 December 2016
Winter Developments –
For a change, I was doing nothing to the engine or the gearbox in the off season, and so decided tp centre all
improvements on going a tad quicker in the bends. Also for safety reason, I decided to replace every nut and bolt
on the car and all the rod end joints in the suspension. A new clutch slave cyclinder was put in as its always make
dodgy noises! As I’d stripped the car so far, I took the opportunity to weld the chassis up and also extract all the
rivet head that get left in the tubes when you put a floor on.
NSCC 2016 3 of 3 R19-R22
29 November 2016
Having completed 18 rounds of the NSCC Championship by the end of August, thefirst port of call for September was MIRA with MAC, where the top 2 contenders forthe NSCC title battled the conditions as much as each other. Standing water andchanging conditions caused a number of incidents and 2nd placed Gavin Neate wasfortunate not to do more damage to his Peugeot 106 during some rally-cross styledemonstrations in front of the control tower.
NSCC 2016 2 of 3 R11-R18
29 November 2016
Having just completed the NSCC Curborough double header at the beginning of July, we only had a few days to regroup and sort our cars out in time for another double header. This time we were part of the hugely popular WSCC weekend at Blyton Park. It’s an excellent circuit and has always suited my Lotus Elise. That was until the heavens opened!
NSCC 2016 1 of 3 R10
29 November 2016
We are well into the 2016 NSCC Speed Championship, with 10 of the 22 rounds completed. The ever popular Rockingham Sprint started the season, with the usual suspects performing well. Great to see Gordon Peters taking part in the championship after a few years out and he was off to a flying start in the raucous Nissan 350Z GT.