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Sunday had us sweltering at Mallory Park and the leaf blower came in handy not just to keep the car cool in the queue, b...
23/06/2026

Sunday had us sweltering at Mallory Park and the leaf blower came in handy not just to keep the car cool in the queue, but also the crew. We also tried to cool the tyres with wet tea towels during driver changes which helped.
The times just weren’t there on Sunday. Mike had a half spin at Devils elbow as he tried to keep it flat on the first qualifying run, and then had another spin coming out of Edwina’s chicane on the next timed run. The next two runs were tidy but he couldn’t beat Saturday’s times and ended the day with a fastest time of day 69.02secs.
Cathy was consistent with a 77+secs on all 4 runs of the day, her aim was to build confidence back up while being smooth and not crash! 😂

Thanks to the awesome crew Josh Marchantt, Holly Malpass-Weaver, Dan and Jack 🙌

Massive thanks to sponsor The Buck & Bell and Chris Bull who made it possible for us to rebuild the car and have it back out at Mallory in time. 🙏

Thanks to the Organisers and Marshalls of Sheffield and Hallamshire Motor Club. 🏁

British Sprint Championship 🏎️

The car ran faultlessly today after all the hard work getting it back together, and Mike set a new PB of 67.59secs beati...
20/06/2026

The car ran faultlessly today after all the hard work getting it back together, and Mike set a new PB of 67.59secs beating his previous Saturday times here by 8secs! 🏎️💥💪
Cathy meanwhile was starting to regain confidence improving each run and finished the day on a 74.35secs. We’ll be back out tomorrow, so let’s see if Mike can get closer to the sharp end, he would need to find another 6secs! to be up with the top boys🏎️🚀 🫣

Thanks to the crew today Josh Marchant, Holly Malpass-Weaver, Dan and Jack 🙌

The Buck & Bell
British Sprint Championship

All is well so far with 2 runs done. Mike has a new pb of 69.52sec, and Cathy is off the pace taking time to get back i...
20/06/2026

All is well so far with 2 runs done. Mike has a new pb of 69.52sec, and Cathy is off the pace taking time to get back into it after crashing at Pembrey. See what we can do this afternoon 🏎️

The Buck & Bell

British Sprint Championship

It’s been a busy few weeks! Mike’s worked late most nights to put the car back together, and we have made it to Mallory ...
19/06/2026

It’s been a busy few weeks! Mike’s worked late most nights to put the car back together, and we have made it to Mallory Park Circuit for some more rounds of British Sprint Championship this weekend.

Huge thanks to Chris Bull for making all the new aero parts, when the pressure was on! 🏎️🙌

The Buck & Bell

01/06/2026

Mike's fastest run for the day 103.28secs on Saturday. Mike qualified and scored points in the morning and afternoon run offs and is currently Sat 6th overall in the British Sprint Championship with 188pts! 🏎️🏁

The Buck & Bell

01/06/2026

Cathy's 1st timed run on the Sat morning, qualifying 7th for the British Sprint Championship run off with a 100.96 secs her fastest time around Pembrey so far, which also won 1st in Class for the day despite crashing out on the last run. This is far from perfect but bare in mind we only get 1&3/4 practice lap in sprinting before the timed runs, so it's a matter of perfecting lines and braking as you go throughout the day while trying to push as hard as you dare, which is all part of the challenge and fun of sprinting. 🏎️🏁

The Buck & Bell

31/05/2026

Cathy crash testing yesterday on the last run and the car did its job! But we now have a lot of work to do before Mallory in a couple of weeks 😔🏎️
Huge thanks to BARC officials, marshals, rescue and ambulance crew. 🙌👍

The Buck & Bell
British Sprint Championship

We travelled across to Pembrey for the BARC Summer Sprint weekend but unfortunately our weekend has been cut short and t...
30/05/2026

We travelled across to Pembrey for the BARC Summer Sprint weekend but unfortunately our weekend has been cut short and the car is now on the trailer, after Cathy stacked it into a tyre barrier on the last run of the day. Both drivers qualified and competed in the first run off to score points, with Cathy just pipping Mikes times. In the afternoon Mike scored in the run off while er hem Cathy visited the scenery, the evidential damage pictured below. Despite the carnage Cathy picked up 1st in class with a 100.96secs while Mike posted 103secs over the day.

Thanks to Josh Marchant and Holly Malpass-Weaver for running the car. 🙌

Huge thank you to the organisers, marshals, rescue and ambulance crew.

Cathy was fine but car is going to need a lot of TLC! 🏎️

Thanks to The Buck & Bell for their support🙌
British Sprint Championship

19/05/2026

Mike's Spin across the finish 🏁🏎️

Thanks to the Organisers and Marshals of Longton & District Motor Club for a great weekend, and for once again booking t...
19/05/2026

Thanks to the Organisers and Marshals of Longton & District Motor Club for a great weekend, and for once again booking the nice weather. We contested another 4 rounds of the British Sprint Championship on the Eric Leadbetter Memorial Sprint and after round 10 on Sunday Mike currently sits in 8th place on 151 pts, and Cathy 7th with 160 pts. Cathy's consistent steady driving style vs Mike's aggressive attack mode, currently playing out in the points table, and we think Mikes favourite song must be "you spin me right round"😆 All that said Mike was the faster overall on sat by a good 3 secs but Cathy turned it around on Sunday just beating Mike's fastest time of 60.64 with a 60.35!

The car is developing nicely and there are still improvements in the pipeline, as it's one of the heaviest in the BSC. But our main focus is the driving, as this is currently where the biggest gains lie, it needs to be pedalled much faster around the bends to get the full benefit of the Aero, the car is very capable, the drivers on the other hand...
still need a lot of developement🤔😂🏎️

Huge thanks to our crew Josh Marchant and Holly, who did a brilliant job running the car this weekend. 🏎️🙌

Thanks to our wonderful sponsor The Buck & Bell for their support.

Well done to Chris Bull for competing in his first Sprint, it was great to have him join us for the weekend.

We will be out again in a couple of weeks at Pembrey Circuit.




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