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7 days ago
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Action-packed Caterham Racing Weekend returns to Croft this weekend
The British Automobile Racing Club (BARC) returns to North Yorkshire's Croft Circuit on June 28-29 for a thrilling Caterham Racing Weekend (Image: Tony Todd) The British Automobile Racing Club (BARC) returns to Croft Circuit with its action-packed Caterham Racing Weekend this Saturday and Sunday (June 28 and 29). Just two weeks since its last visit, this time round BARC will be hosting several rounds of the popular Caterham series along with the Vertu Mini Challenge Trophy and the Darlington and District Motor Club (DDMC) Northern Sports and Saloon Car Championship over the two days. Advertisement Headlining will be the Dutch Barn Vodka Caterham Seven Championship UK which is the flagship series on the Caterham ladder and one of the most prestigious national racing championships in the UK. The Caterham series returns to Croft Circuit (Image: Tony Todd) These machines sport a 180bhp two-litre engine along with a six-speed sequential gearbox and will line up on the grid three times over the course of the event. The visit to the North Yorkshire track will be the fourth round of the season and as ever will promise some close wheel-to-wheel action across the tarmac. Series leader Matt Armstrong is not heading to Croft but second-placed Harry Senior and Paul Donkin, who is third, will be and will be looking to take advantage in Armstrong's absence. Advertisement The Vertex Caterham 310R Championship will also be contesting round four of their series. The class is seen as the penultimate rung on the ladder in the Caterham ranks, with drivers taking to the wheel of machines which have evolved from the Academy car. They will also go head-to-head three times over the weekend. Opening the racing on Saturday afternoon will be the Edge Caterham 270R Championship. A step up from the Roadsport series, most of the cars have evolved from the Academy stage but boast a stiffer suspension and the removal of the windscreen and lights. They will also be in action twice on Sunday, but championship leader Ben Wheatley will be missing so second-placed Louis Darling and third-placed Henry Speaks will be looking to reap the benefits. Advertisement The Bilstein Caterham Roadsport Championship will be in action once on Saturday and again on Sunday. This series is for graduates of the Academy and pits drivers against each other in the road-legal Roadsport race car, which is a simple progression of the 125bhp Ford Sigma powered Academy car. In the Moobob Caterham Academy Championship, novice drivers learn the trade on the first step of the ladder and will race just once on Saturday afternoon. Away from the Caterhams, the Vertu Mini Challenge Trophy will race three times over the weekend. The Trophy championship uses an older generation MINI Cooper which always provides close action. Advertisement DDMC's Northern Sports and Saloon Car Championship will be contesting round seven on Saturday and round eight on Sunday in two 15-minute races which always provides a full grid and an eclectic range of both modern and historic cars in the various classes. Qualifying begins at 9.30am on Saturday followed by racing at 1.55pm. On Sunday there is the opportunity for fans to get up close to the drivers with autographs taking place in the pit lane at 11am. The first race will follow at midday with a full programme of racing throughout the afternoon. Adult admission is just £17 on both days with accompanied children aged 15 and under admitted free, with free parking and paddock access. For further information, contact Croft Circuit on 01325 721815 or you can book your tickets online now at
BBC News
05-02-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
'Hall of fame list shows current side what it takes to be Dons legend'
When deciding what to write this week and having covered Aberdeen's latest morale-sapping defeat at a Hibernian side now within striking distance of a team that was once 23 clear of them, I felt it was time for a break from that rather than dip readers in more the current incumbents of the red jersey tailspin towards the bottom six and, incredibly, something far worse, another handful of legends were inducted into the club's hall of fame last pre-World War II goalscorer Matt Armstrong along with 1990 Scottish Cup heroes Brian Irvine, Charlie Nicholas and Hans Gillhaus were the latest to have the honour bestowed upon Dons won the cup double in 1989-90 at a time it was expected they wouldn't just challenge for major honours, but win decisive penalty in the shootout victory over Celtic 35 years ago remains Aberdeen's last Scottish Cup victory. At the time people would have scoffed at the suggestion they still wouldn't have won it again three-and-a-half decades later as they prepare to face Dunfermline on Sunday for a place in the would struggle to find a nicer gentleman than Irvine, who had deputised for the injured Willie Miller for much of that season. He placed his spot-kick into the top right corner away from the grasp of Packie Bonner with some style and calmness when you consider the pressure he must have been who was signed by Alex Ferguson in 1985, was at the club for more than a decade and had a helping hand in ensuring the Dons avoided relegation in terms of signings, Nicholas arriving at Pittodrie in the New Year of 1988 is unlikely to be surpassed. This was as Hollywood as it gets for Aberdeen. Joining from Arsenal, the former Celtic forward was a proper star and his arrival lit up the post-Ferguson knew Nicholas was returning to his boyhood club Celtic when he stepped up to take his penalty in that 1990 final against the team he would be part of shortly after, but he stuck it away like he was practising in his back garden. Ice is on the record as stating he feels he shouldn't have left Aberdeen when he did and if he had hung around, perhaps that 1991 title would have gone their way rather than Rangers' on the final arrival two years after certainly pushed the Nicholas signing in terms of excitement. This was a Dutch international who had won the European Cup the year before, starting PSV Eindhoven's victory over Benfica in Stuttgart. It's unimaginable these days a club like Aberdeen could pull off that sort of Dutchman scored twice in the first half of his debut, including a memorable overhead kick, against Dunfermline and followed it up with a superb winner against Rangers just a few days later. He too converted his penalty at the current Dons side desperately try and get the engine running on their season, they could do worse than study the club's Hall of Fame list and see what it takes to become a Pittodrie legend.
