Motorsport

The PEUGEOT 2008 DKR is to make its first competitive appearance since January’s Dakar at the end of August. Two cars have been entered for the China Silk Road Rally (August 29-September 11) which traverses some of the country’s most epic roads. It is a breath-taking journey that awaits Team Peugeot Total through what is today the brand’s biggest single ...

Team Harford celebrated winning the inaugural Defender Challenge by Bowler championship on Sunday, after victory in the series finale in Scotland edged out rivals Race2Recovery. The champions, driven by Edd Cobley, went into the final rally with a slender one point lead in the championship, from Race2Recovery, who are driven by Surrey’s Ben Gott. And despite being pushed to the ...

The Defender Challenge by Bowler championship will be decided this weekend, with Race2Recovery and Team Harford going head-to-head to win the inaugural title. Championship leaders Team Harford, driven by Edd Cobley, a Land Rover Experience instructor from Leicestershire, lead the series by just one point, from team Race2Recovery, who are driven by Surrey’s Ben Gott. Cobley had hoped to secure ...

The Jewson Isuzu D-Max Rally Team finished its debut season in the British Cross Country Championship with an unprecedented class win. Competing in Class 1B, driver Jason Sharpe and his co-driver nephew Russell, piloted the D-Max to eighth position at the final round at Walters Arena, South Wales, ensuring the crown will take pride of place in the trophy cabinet. ...

Belfast’s David Johnstone claimed victory in Round Six of the Defender Challenge by Bowler series, to set up a championship decider at next month’s Borders Hill Rally. Seven teams battled through testing conditions in North Wales, as their Bowler-prepared Land Rover Defender vehicles raced across 45 difficult miles of forest and tarmac stages at the Cambrian Rally. The seven Land ...

The PEUGEOT 2008 DKR clocks up testing kilometres in France As the countdown to the 2015 Dakar Rally begins to accelerate, the Peugeot- Total squad is continuing to develop the fearsome PEUGEOT 2008 DKR at a frenetic pace with its three star drivers, including Cyril Despres, who is getting to grips with competing on four wheels for the first time. ...

With over 67,000 visitors over 3 days, the 2014 Cholmondeley Pageant of Power was another success, and why shouldn’t it be?  The Pageant combines the best of historic and contemporary automotive power from land, water and air.  Central to the action is the 1.2 mile circuit within the castle grounds were over 150 cars and bikes spanning seven decades of ...

It’s amazing how a small conversation can convert into a a trip abroad and a weekend stood in drizzle and forgetting what sleep is. This is how it happened and how I ended up visiting Iceland twice in a month. Last year when I met Paul Williamson from Tomcat and did a feature on the pair of Tomcat cars (see ...