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ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP END
T H E H O M E O F
BRITISH ENDURANCE RACING
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Contents Welcome to Britcar
Page 3 Welcome Welcome to Britcar 2021
The 2020 season threw some enormous challenges, but we managed to ensure, along with a
Page 5 2020 Endurance Review dedicated bunch of competitors, that it was a resounding success. Our brand new Trophy
category excelled despite the pandemic, with an eclectic mix of cars and a wide range of driver
experience, and our roster of overall and class champions typifies the success that can be achieved
Page 7 2020 Trophy Review at this level, whilst our Britcar Endurance category once again
proved Britcar’s wide appeal to all aspects of endurance racing,
whether your commitment be “aspirational” or “destinational”
Page 9 2021 Championships – our teenage overall champions, Jem Hepworth and Danny
Harrison, can look forward to a professional career in global
Page 11 Sponsorship Support endurance racing, and, for instance, our Class 3 victors, Marcus
Fothergill and Dave Benett, add another trophy in careers as
skilled amateurs of over 20 years of experience.
Page 13 BEPI Explained
For our 2021 season, we build on the success of last year,
and continue with our two discrete Britcar Endurance and
Page 15 Raceday Hospitality Britcar Endurance Trophy categories on a race weekend, with
Endurance generally having two 60-minute races on a Saturday,
and Trophy featuring two 50-minute races on the Sunday. There
Page 17 Media and TV Coverage
may be some exceptions through the season, so please check our 2021 calendar. As previously,
both championships will be regulated by our unique Britcar Endurance Performance Indicator
Page 19 Trusted Partner Offers (BEPI), to ensure a structured and competitive environment. In addition, following the success of
the Praga marque in Britcar, we will be running a separate championship for these exciting cars,
within the Britcar Endurance structure and in association with the manufacturer. This category
Page 28 Contact details will have its own results, trophies and points structure, and will not conflict with the existing
Britcar Endurance Championship.
You will see a change to Britcar’s image in 2021, as the parent company of our long-standing
tyre partner Dunlop is changing the branding to Goodyear. This does not affect the stability of
the ongoing partnership, and we look forward to continuing our relationship with Goodyear’s
associates HP Tyres for the on-site supply of regulation tyres for all of our championships.
Additionally, our association with Anglo American Oils continues, for the at-circuit supply of
Sunoco fuel, and we also enjoy ongoing partnerships with a number of suppliers of automotive
and motorsport products and services, offering preferential rates and discounts to Britcar
competitors.
Britcar is indebted to the support of a number of people that ensure the smooth running of events;
to the Britcar staff, many of whom are volunteers, for their raceday support and background work
between events, and to members of the Williams family for their input on several levels.
I would also like to personally thank all of our sponsors, the staff at the British Automobile Racing
Club, and all circuit staff, and of course, the dedicated and hard working marshals who support
us at each event.
So it’s going to be an exciting 2021, and Britcar would love you to be part of our bright future.
ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP Claire Hedley & Team
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2020 Britcar Endurance Review
Danny Harrison and Jem Hepworth became the Class title. Usual stalwarts Mark and Peter
the youngest male/female pairing to win a Cunningham made only sporadic appearances in
major UK championship, clinching the overall their Porsche 997, while Colin Sowter’s Ferrari
Britcar Endurance and Class 1 titles in the VR 488 took a win in his only appearance at Brands
Motorsport Praga R1T. It wasn’t a foregone Hatch.
conclusion though, there were issues along the
Class 4 was the most competitive, and it was the
way, and both often had to fight through the
Reflex Racing Ligier JS2-R of Marcus Vivian
pack, and contend with team mates Jack Fabby
and Luke Davenport that took class honours,
and Garry Townsend, who also took wins. Jonny
though they were just one of many class winners
MacGregor and Ben Sharich valiantly took the
through the season. Nathan Wells’ BMW M3
fight to the Pragas in the unique MacG Racing
didn’t reappear after a mid-season engine blow-
Taranis, and MacGregor’s superb lone drive in the
up, and the similar machine of Jonathan Evans/
Snetterton season-closer almost resulted in a win.
Tom Bradshaw regularly headed the pack but
Class 2 frontrunners Steve Burgess and Ben didn’t always win, while pro-driver Sean Doyle
Dimmack, in the RAW Motorsport Radical RXC and Irish champion Nicole Drought, learning
Coupe also took a couple of overall wins, but her way around British circuits, were early-season
missed out on the Class title and overall runner- favourites in the Valluga Porsche Cayman 981;
up spot, to outgoing champion Paul Bailey in his they took the runner-up spot in the standings,
2019 title-winning Ferrari 488, in which former ahead of the EDF Motorsport SEAT Cupra of
co-champion Andy Schulz, and new co-driver Ash Woodman and Martin Byford. Lone driver
Ross Wylie both played a part during the season. Peter Erceg put in some solid performances in
Military veterans Martyn Compton and Warren his Cayman, while the Team BRIT Aston Martin
McKinlay had their most successful season yet in Vantage was a revelation, Bobby Trundley’s
the naturally aspirated VR Motorsport Praga R1, autism positively inspiring some courageous
while Mike Moss’s BMW 1M was fast but fragile. performances, supported by wheelchair-bound
Aaron Morgan. New team Newbarn Racing
In Class 3, old hands Marcus Fothergill and
were on a learning curve, the totally new squad
Dave Benett came out fighting from the opening
campaigning a former road-going Jaguar F-Type
round in their new Porsche 991, and they
for Callum and Adam Thompson; they had their
recovered from a troubled early season to take
problems along the way, but never lost their spirit.
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2020 Britcar Trophy Review
The inaugural season of the new Trophy category entry Honda Integra of Nigel Ainge and Danny
was a resounding success, attracting drivers of Cassar, while the MacG Racing Mazda RX8 of
varying experience into an endurance racing Jonny MacGregor and Josh Tomlinson was
format, in a wide-variety of machinery, so it is a front-runner too, but had its issues, as did the
fitting that our overall champion had little racing Smart ForFour of Rob Baker and Jon Packer,
experience, in a 25 year-old car, exemplifying who took an early-season win. Anthony Hutchins
what can be achieved in this category. Oliver was in-line for the Overall and Class 5 titles, by
Smith, with a decade of track days under his consistent finishes, but his Porsche Boxster failed
belt in the JC Racing BMW M3 E46, took the in the final race of the season, relegating him to
prize, sealing the Class 6 title in the process. Our class runner up, the same happening to Class 6
runner-up, and Class 7 victor Johnathan Barrett, runner-up, the Ginetta G40 of Charlotte Birch
in a BMW 330 run by Saxon Motorsport, was a and Adriano Medeiros, after some spirited drives
recent convert to racing too, while our Class 5 by both pilots, while not figuring in the top points
title winners, Charlie Campbell and Rob Smith, placings, but consistently running in the front of
showed the benefits of a pro-am pairing, BTCC the class pack were the Porsche 996 of Richard
aspirant Smith building a buffer in the Peugeot Higgins, and Brad Kaylor’s SEAT Supra; Higgins
RCZ that gentleman driver Campbell fought hard took an overall win, while Kaylor’s performances
to protect. The category established a class for earned him the Driver of the Year award.
the Renault Clios too, where brothers James and
In Class 7, Alistair Lindsay’s VW Golf was the
Ben Colburn mixed their battle with the overall
benchmark for pace, but mechanical issues
positions, though it was Aaron Thompson,
thwarted his title chances, relegating him to third
partnered by dad Steve, returning after a 13-year
in the standings, with father-and-son duo Steve
lay-off, that took the class crown.
and Edward Cook, in a Honda Civic, taking the
It wasn’t all about the titles though. Barry runner-up spot. Team BRIT brought their BMW
McMahon’s Alfa Romeo 156 was untouchable, 116s into Class 7, where it was generally an inter-
but stymied by mechanical issues, and was kept team rivalry amongst the drivers, with the pairing
honest by Kester Cook once he joined mid-season of Matty Street/Andrew Tucker being most
in his Ford Fiesta, and also by the invitation successful.
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2021 Britcar Endurance Championship
The Britcar Endurance Championship and the Britcar Endurance Trophy Championship
continue as separate entities for 2021, and we are introducing a new category, exclusively for
the Praga marque.
In the Endurance category, there will be four classes – E1, E2, E3 and E4 – with the vehicle
classification in Classes E1-E3 being determined by Britcar’s BEPI system, and Class 4 being
for current or historically-homologated GT4 and TCR cars and the Ligier JS2-R Cup only.
For Classes 1-3, the performance windows will generally be as 2020, eg, roughly (but not
exclusively) approximating to GT3 for Class 1, Ferrari Challenge for Class 2, and Porsche Cup
for Class 3. We will follow the existing format of two 60-minute races on the same day, though
our highlight event at Silverstone GP on July 3rd will feature a single two-hour race.
Our Trophy category format for 2021 continues much as last season, with four classes (T1,
T2, T3 and Clio), and we are making some minor adjustments to the class T1 and T2 structure
to ensure competitiveness. Following the success of the separate Clio class on 2020, we are
highlighting the potential for other one-make series to form a discrete class within the Trophy
format. The race format will be, as last season, two 50-minute races on the same day.
Our New Praga category, is a one-make championship, in association with the manufacturer,
that will share the Endurance grid, and there will be two classes, for Praga R1T and R1S
machines, with the R1T cars running a “a Competition Pack” ECU to balance the performance
with Britcar Endurance Class E1 competitors. The race format will be as Britcar Endurance,
being two one-hour races on the same day, with the highlight two-hour race on the Silverstone
GP circuit on July 3rd.
Endurance Calendar Trophy Calendar
27th March Silverstone International 2 x 60 min 28th March Silverstone International 2 x 50 min
8th May Snetterton 300 2 x 60 min 9th May Snetterton 300 2 x 50 min
12th June Oulton Park 2 x 60 min 4th July Silverstone GP 2 x 50 min
3rd July Silverstone GP 1 x 120 min 1st August Brands Hatch Indy 2 x 50 min
31st July Brands Hatch Indy 2 x 60 min 21st August Silverstone International 2 x 50 min
23rd October Donington Park GP 2 x 60 min 24th October Donington Park GP 2 x 50 min
Praga Calendar
27th March Silverstone International 2 x 60 min
8th May Snetterton 300 2 x 60 min
12th June Oulton Park 2 x 60 min
3rd July Silverstone GP 1 x 120 min
31st July Brands Hatch Indy 2 x 60 min ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP ENDURANCE
23rd October Donington Park GP 2 x 60 min
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Sponsorship Support
The Britcar Endurance Championship offers a wealth of opportunities for companies,
brands and individuals to connect with potential partners and customers.
We have the opportunity to offer you a bespoke package to suit your needs, anything from
simple stickers on cars to help to generate exposure or meeting and entertaining facilities
at the race weekends. We can offer behind the scenes tours of a race meeting and exclusive
pitlane access.
During recent seasons we have had emerging global brands use Britcar to launch new
phases of their expansion plans, artisans use Britcar to connect with new clients, charities
generate awareness and national and international brands use their presence in the Britcar
paddock and on the competing race cars to leverage exposure.
As the Championship promoter Britcar is in the unique position of being able to offer the
widest range of solutions to your requirements: be it a simple advert in a programme, through
title sponsorship of a race meeting, having your branding on the TV coverage, race event
hospitality meeting and networking facilities, hot-lap rides or anything else you can think of.
Our team will work with you to achieve your ideal promotion.
To discuss the opportunities available please contact Claire Hedley at Britcar
claire@britcar-endurance.com
01428 288008
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BEPI Explained
The Britcar Endurance Performance Indicator (BEPI) is our way of grading each cars
performance to ensure a fair and level playing field in each of the classes of the Britcar
Endurance Championship. Most multi-class series categorise their cars based on a
simple power-to-weight ratio or an engine size formula but neither of these methods
take into account all of the aspects of car performance. This can easily lead to a car
with a lower power to weight ratio out performing a car with a higher power to weight
ratio due to a more sophisticated suspension system, a better gearbox or superior
aerodynamics. This can lead to frustration for teams and drivers unable to compete.
The BEPI uses the power and weight of the car but that is only part of the solution. We also
take into account the aerodynamics of the car, the position of the engine, which wheels
are driven, the style of gearbox, development of the suspension and aerodynamics and
what driver aids the driver has access to. This is all fed into our online calculator which
then takes all this information, assigns various weightings to the different selections and
calculates a figure, known as the BEPI figure. Each class has its own BEPI figure range
making it easy to then classify each car based upon all these factors.
The BEPI calculator is hosted on our website at the following URL:
britcar-endurance.com/bepi/
The data updates live to give you the opportunity to develop and adjust your car
‘virtually’ and directly see the result of how it will affect the classification of the car.
The Britcar Endurance Performance Indicator system has proven itself to provide
fair and even racing across the classes and with its refinement and re-balancing of the
calculations it continues to provide this level playing field as new cars are produced and
developed.
For all enquiries relating to the classification of vehicles please contact David Hornsey on
david@britcar-endurance.com
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Raceday Hospitality
Following our, pandemic-restricted, take-away service in 2020 we are looking forward to the return of our
full hospitality service in 2021 (nationwide regulations permitting). We will, again, have professional
caterers looking after our teams, drivers and their guests building on the fantastic array of cooked
lunches, cakes and snacks for the Britcar Members Hospitality you’ve all come to expect. All Britcar
registered competitors and teams are welcome into the Britcar Hospitality Centre at each race weekend
for complimentary tea, coffee and cold drinks.
At most UK race meeting our caterers will provide a two course lunch to all competitors in the Endurance,
Trophy and Praga championships and are able to provide the same service to their guests and sponsors
when purchased and booked in advance. Please contact Britcar directly to confirm prices and availability
on claire@britcar-endurance.com or 01428 288008.
Endurance and Praga Championship competitors are entitled to four hospitality passes included in their
entry fee and have the ability to purchase additional passes prior to each event to ensure none of their
guests miss out. Trophy competitors receive two passes per entry and also have the ability to purchase
additional passes prior to each event.
The Britcar Endurance Hospitality is open all day and we encourage teams to socialise after the race has
finished as this is when awards will be presented for overall and class places in the days races.
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Media & TV Coverage
n Television: The team at Pro-Active Television filmed the 2020 Britcar
championship with around 40 hours of coverage across the various distribution
channels and over 80 individual TV slots - a large percentage of which were strong
prime time slots or strong secondary or weekend slots.
Every programme was featured on the FreeSports and Motorsport TV channels with
further coverage on our dedicated Youtube channel. Freesports is the first 24hour
Thanks to all the photographers and media who sports channel which is free to air in the UK on the Freeview, Freesat, Sky, Virgin,
have covered Britcar in 2020, we look forward to Talk Talk and BT platforms and has a potential reach of over 18 million households
working with you again in 2021. and an average of 1.9 million viewers during the broadcast period. TV producer, Chris
Hartley, commented:
“Britcar continues to enjoy a much wider level of television coverage than many other
National championships. Indeed only a very small handful of other championships
can offer teams and sponsors regular prime-time coverage on such a wide choice of
platforms. Rather than solely focusing on conveying the excitement and quality of
racing on track, our coverage tries to put the spotlight on the drivers, characters and
Media and photo credits for this publication: incredible cars that feature - and not just the front runners but entrants from every
Steve Wood, Chris Valentine, Paul Cherry, Stevie class, right the way through the grid.”
Borowick, Steve Jackman. In 2021 Britcar breaks new ground with live streaming of all the Endurance, Trophy
and Praga races through 247.tv. After a well received preview event with the Trophy
Championship at Silverstone in 2020, Britcar and 247.tv have reached an agreement to
cover all the Britcar Championships with 247.tv’s livestreaming platform.
n Photography: We continue to benefit from support from a number of professional
and freelance photographers who post their race photos on the Britcar Endurance
website after each event providing a very visible platform for on-car and on-
racesuit sponsor logos and graphics. Images are available to be purchased from
the photographers directly for driver and team publicity, please contact the office
if you require any images and we will provide contact details of the appropriate
photographer.
n Social Media: We continue to expand our presence on Facebook, Instagram
and Twitter with nearly 5000 followers on each platform. Videos, photos, news and
results will be posted live during each round. We also have our own Youtube channel
featuring replays of the TV programs.
n Publications: Covered by recognised publications Autosport and Motorsport
News as well as a number of motorsport specific websites. Some of our sponsors also
feature race reports and updates on their own websites and promotional material.
n Websites: The championship will continue to have web coverage for 2021 with
race reports, team and driver interviews as well as special features on the Britcar
Endurance website (britcar-endurance.com). All race timing is provided by TSL and
timetables, results and live timing can be viewed on their site (tsl-timing.com).
Contact: For all media enquiries:- contact Chris Valentine at chris@britcar-endurance.com ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP END
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At Britcar we work hard to develop relationships for the benefits of our competitors
and members. The following pages contain promotions from a select group of trusted
partners with offers for drivers and teams within the Britcar Championships.
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