A bus !..........are you sure ?

Yes, Bill Richards Racing does get involved in some fairly unusual projects. This 'Safari Bus' really is Mini powered and was a recent job for the workshop. Lee took it for a test drive and reported some instability whilst carrying passengers - the passengers (Bill and Sam) have not commented on their experiences.

New photos of Lee's Miglia - 02/06/03

Well it's almost finished -Lee's beautiful new Miglia gleams in the sun ! The car still has to have a few minor parts fitted but it it's mostly finished and certainly looks very special. Lee hopes to get it out on track in the very near future and we'll announce any dates of where you can see the car in the flesh as soon as they're available - more photos here

 Race report from Lydden - 05/05/03

Track conditions were pretty good for SEMSEC's event at our local track. The Mini sounded a little 'off song' and we were all concerned how it might run as we'd worked out that it hadn't been rebuilt for eighteen months (a long time for a race engine !), however we managed to qualify the car on the third row and finish third overall (and first in class). Best lap-time was 46.8 seconds. Ron Watson and Allan Rawlings came first and second in their class with Allan recording his best ever lap time.

The fifth race of the day featured our Cosworth Metro, we had qualified in fifth and a very exciting race followed with excellent battles between our car and Peter Thurston's monster Escort (see above). The Metro achieved another class win and came home fourth overall with a best lap-time of 45.48 seconds.

Ron Watson has sent in a report of his day please click here to see how he got on  

 Lee's Miglia project - 08/05/03

Lee is currently building a circuit racing Mini, it is being constructed to run under Mini 'Miglia' regulations. There is now a 'Miglia' page on this site so that you can follow the car's progress. The car is nearly complete and has been built to Lee's normal high standard and Bill Richards racing has put together one of our celebrated engine packages for the car. Lee has experienced quite a bit of success in sprinting over the last couple of seasons with his father Dave and we look forward with interest to his circuit racing debut later in 2003. Lee's Miglia page will available via the 'Racing' button on our main menu or by clicking here   

Triangle Fire Protection - our newest sponsor - 06/05/03

The SEMSEC race meeting on Bank Holiday Monday gave us a chance to show off the logos on the cars from our new sponsor, Triangle Fire Protection. It was great to see representatives from this local company at the circuit and we hope they enjoyed their day at Lydden. Click on their logo to go directly to their website

 A report on how the days racing went will be published in the next few days   

Bill Richards Racing at Silverstone - 02/05/03

The 26th of April saw the team venture far from their home circuit of Lydden to the SEMSEC event at Silverstone. This is the first time that this particular car has ventured out onto a 'long' circuit and the gearing was raised in order to cope with the faster track. Whilst the engine coped admirably, the car itself felt rather fragile and Bill thought that if the car was to be used regularly on these faster tracks, it would need steel doors put back on the car rather than the current GRP ones which flexed and flapped alarmingly at high speeds. Both Bill and Ron Watson had problems with oil coolers again but both cars managed to finish and achieved class wins.

Our next event is at Lydden on the 5th of May (Bank Holiday Monday)