As we enter 2019, one of the old friends not joining us for the next motor racing season is Rockingham Motor Speedway, which hosted its last race on the 24th November last year. Rockingham has been a venue for motorsport in the UK since it opened back on the 26th May 2001, with multiple configurations…
This weekend saw the Rockingham BTCC rounds 2018 with the British Touring Car Championship heading to the Northamptonshier circuit complete with the support series including the Renault Clio Cup, British F4, the Ginetta GT4 Challenge, and the Ginetta Juniors. The weekend saw a few driver changes with Ollie Pidgley making his BTCC debut for Team Hard,…
This weekend saw the Rockingham Clio Cup Rounds 2018 as part of the BTCC support package at the Northamptonshire circuit. With the series not heading to Rockingham in 2019, it may be some time before the teams get a chance to return to the circuit. After a test day on Friday, it was Jack McCarthy…
This weekend saw the British F4 Rockingham Rounds 2018 as part of the BTCC package at the Northamptonshire circuit. Patrik Pasma showed the same form in qualifying as he had done two weeks before at Snetterton, managing to top both the fastest lap and the second fastest lap tables in qualifying to give him the…
With the new motor racing season starting for most series, February and March see plenty of test sessions, and today saw the British F4 Pre season test 2018 at Northamptonshire’s Rockingham circuit. It was a great opportunity to see the 2018 series of cars on track, with some fantastic new liveries on display. There was…
The BTCC Rockingham Event 2017 took place over the bank holiday weekend, and anyone who was at the 2016 event was no doubt hoping for better weather on Saturday than we had seen last year. Thankfully the weather was much better, with a nice day on Saturday and wonderfully blue skies on Sunday. The support events…
The British Formula Four Rockingham Event 2017 was as normal part of the BTCC weekend, and in marked contrast to Saturday of last year, there was plenty of sunshine to be seen this time. Qualifying say Linus Lundqvist set the fastest time ahead of Oliver York and Logan Sargeant. Lundqvist held on to convert the…
The Ginetta Junior Rockingham Event 2017 was of course part of the British Touring Car Championship weekend. There was a big change this weekend, with JHR Developments being excluded by Ginetta from the championship meaning that their drivers have needed to find a new team for the weekend. This includes the two drivers at the top…
The sunny weekend that is sadly now drawing to a close saw the BRSCC Fiesta Championship Rockingham 2017 event – as well as the Fiesta Juniors – and with a huge field these days, the event is split into two, with the Class C cars racing in one series and the Class A, B and D…
This weekend’s racing included the BRSCC Fiesta Junior Championship Rockingham 2017 event, with the popular Fiesta championship for 14-17 year olds in action. It was a scorching hot weekend, which saw Jack Davidson set the fastest time in the first practice session from Scott Cansdale, with Cansdale topping the second practice session from Harry Gooding. Qualifying…
The BRSCC event this weekend saw the Excool BRSCC OSS Championship Rockingham 2017 round, with the sun shining brightly in the sky for the hottest weekend of the year so far. This is one of the five weekend outings for the Excool OSS championship, or open sports series, with various marques racing across the eight categories…
The Ginetta Junior Winter Testing 2017 session today was part of the junior test day at Northamptonshire’s Rockingham circuit, where series including the BRSCC Fiesta Junior Championship, the new Clio Cup Junior Championship, and the JSCC series were all on track. The day was cold and wet, and the inclement conditions meant that the drivers…