Rounds 5 and 6 of the Armed Forces Race Challenge took place at the famous Donington Park circuit in Leicestershire. A track known for tricky elevation changes, fast sweeping curves and Ayrton Senna’s monstrous first lap charge in the 1993 European Grand Prix. However, this would be a somewhat different event than that of a Grand Prix for the Car Racing …
CRT – Anglesey – Jun 19
Words courtesy of DTH Motosport Blog Photo credit to RAF Valley Phot Section and Jon Elsey Photography The weekend of the 15th and 16th June 2019 took the 750 Motor Club to the picturesque Welsh coastline on the island of Anglesey. This would be the first time that the Armed Forces Race Challenge (AFRC) had visited the gusty, narrow and …
CRT – Brands Hatch
Race report for the opening round of the Armed Forces Race Challenge 2019 at Brands Hatch on 13 Apr.
CRT – Autosport Live Show 2019
Motor racing fans made their annual pilgrimage to the Autosport International Show this week; 10-13 Jan. Members of all 3 services manned an AFRC stand to promote the 2019 championship to the pubic and industry, with nearly 100,000 making their way through the doors of the NEC. This annual pre-season event covers all areas of motorsport, both professional and grass …
CRT Inter Services Championship
The RNRMMSA Car Racing Team finished off the 2018 season on 27 Oct at Silverstone GP Circuit for the historic Birkett Relay, which also paid host to the Inter Service Championships. After a mixed season where reliability and service commitments hampered our showing in the individual Armed Force Race Challenge (AFRC) standings the team were determined to finish on a …
RNRMMSA in Navy News – June 18
Good exposure for 2 of our teams in Navy News this month. For an online version of the paper please see here:
RM Veteran Wins At Rockingham
RM Veteran Mark Inman made it two from two at Rockingham, taking the overall and Class B win in his VX220. Qualifying pole in Race 1 he led a lights to flag victory over a strong Army field. Race 2 was to be more challenging with Mark slipping back to 4th on the opening lap after out-braking himself into turn …
CRT Silverstone Report
A glorious sunny Silverstone welcomed the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Car Racing Team to Round 2 of the Armed Force Race Challenge. PO Jimmy Cantwell, Mne Adam Dewis, CPO Gareth “Stirling” Moss and Lt Cdr Keith Attwood ventured to the home of British motorsport hoping to improve on reliability issues that had scuppered a strong team performance during the …
CRT Oulton Park Report
The Armed Forces Race Challenge returned for a new season on 14 Apr to a sunny Oulton Park in Cheshire. The RN RM team had worked hard over the winter to try and eradicate any early season reliability issues that blighted them at the start of the previous season. Returning this season was RN Champion Lt Cdr Keith Attwood (NCHQ) …
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