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Leason and Kerry Upbeat and Positive with Test
Team AFM and its drivers Rick Kerry and Nick Leason tested yesterday and both drivers were
very upbeat and positive with the results that their months of development and hard work have
paid off… Leason and Kerry with Team AFM had planned to compete in the second part of
season in the HIQ MSA British Touring Car Championship but decided to continue
development of the BMW 120d. [more]
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Goodwood Festival Of Speed Goes Too Quick [more] |
BTCC racer Nick Leason drives for Wiesmann [more] |
LEASON HELPS BATTLING DOYLE IMPROVE WITH THRUXTON PACE
Promising young touring car racer Michael Doyle enjoyed his most competitive run of the 2008 season at Thruxton in Hampshire yesterday, Sunday, 18th May – a credit to the determination of the Scotsman’s In-Tune Racing team having been badly let down by a number of non-attending mechanics just two days prior to the race meeting. But with some very encouraging race performances, and assistance from sidelined BTCC racer Nick Leason, the Gartocharn based driver managed to achieve his second Independents Trophy points finish of the year with a terrific top 15 result in round 10. [more]
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Kerry and Leason Delay BTCC Schedule
Team AFM and its drivers Rick Kerry and Nick Leason have announced that they will miss the start of the season in the HIQ MSA British Touring Car Championship as the team is to put their start to the BTCC Season on hold as they continue development of the BMW 120d. [more] |
Bio Diesel BMW Team Announce Plans to Run Two
Cars in 2008 With
Drivers Kerry & Leason
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Leason's first outing
in the Porsche |
Leason set for Carrera Cup debutNick
Leason will make his Porsche Carrera Cup GB debut at Brands Hatch (18/19 August)
when he joins Team Parker Racing for rounds 15 and 16 of the championship. [more] |
Leason puts Lexus drive on holdNick
Leason has put his Lexus drive in The Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship
on hold as the Team try to make the cars reliable and vows he will return. [more] |
Leason Ops To Miss Croft To Cure Mechanical
Gremlins for Good......Nick Leason is to miss out on Croft this weekend
at The MSA Dunlop British Touring Car Championship as the team strive to sort
out the misfortunes and gremlins in his Lexus..... [more] |
Luck has got to change for Leason.......Leason
has had a particularly tough start to the season in the Dunlop MSA British Touring
Car Championship as he has been dogged with frustrating problems from the start
as the Team try to develop the true potential of the Lexus. more |
Leason shocked by run of bad luck...... Nick
Leason and the Team BTC Racing unfortunately struggled all weekend with pace in
the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship at Rockingham as they continued
in the development of the Lexus, but was fault by misfire and mechanical problems
in both cars at Leason's home track. more |
Leason Enters His Home Arena With Confidence...While
all the top works drivers were probably relaxing ahead of the weekend's races
at Rockingham, Duston's Nick Leason was flying to Monza in Italy in his role as
a racing instructor. more |
Leason Upbeat After Brands WeekendLeason was very upbeat and positive
after Brands weekend in the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship. Although
Team BTC Racing had no time to pre test before the first round, the Team done
a tremendous Job getting the cars built and ready for Brands. more |
Rockingham backs local talent in British
Touring Car Championship Rockingham Circuit in Northamptonshire is racing
into the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) calendar by sponsoring
a local driver in 2007. more |
Lexus "transformed"
says Stockton Chris Stockton believes major technical modifications to
his BTC Racing team’s pair of Lexus will transform the performance of both cars
in time for the start of the new Dunlop MSA British Touring Championship season.
more |
Leason Secures 11th Hour Deal & Steps up to Lexus Squad BTC Racing
Shock
news… Nick Leason will partner Chris Stockton in the Lexus Team, BTC Racing,
in the 2007 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship. more
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Leason Confirms
for 2007 And Sticks With The Vauxhall Nick Leason has confirmed he will
be driving one of the Vauxhall Astra's again under Team NJL Racing with Daniels
Motorsport Banner in this years Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship. more Leason
thanks Silverstone fansNick Leason says the fans’ support at Silverstone’s
Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship meeting last Sunday more than made
up for the disappointment of not being able to contest the final round after his
car lost a wheel on the way to the grid. more |
Leason has good pace but blighted by problems...
16/10/06 Nick Leason had a frustrating weekend with high's and low's throughout
in his second outing in the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship. more
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Leason looks to move up 05/10/06
Nick Leason reckons a top ten finish is possible in only his second Dunlop MSA
British Touring Car Championship race meeting at his home track of Silverstone
on 15 October. more |
Leason confident of good pace and improvement 25/09/06 Dunlop MSA
British Touring Car driver Nick Leason’s debut weekend at Brands was a great boost
for the Team and sponsors Ensafe, Maddison Group, Aspect and Showtrax International
even though they disappointingly missed out on race 2 and 3 due to a mechanical
problem. more |
Nick Leason makes his Touring Car debut and secures deal to race in the BTCC…..18/09/06 Northamptonshire driver Nick Leason will be making his Touring
Car debut racing in the last six rounds of the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car
Championship in preparation for his full campaign in 2007. more |
Brands Hatch Season Opener and some great
racingThis weekend saw Team NJL Racing kick off their Blaupunkt SEAT Cupra
Championship campaign at Brands Hatch with driver Nick Leason. more |
Last minute deal for 2006 season openerNick
Leason has managed a last minute deal at the eleventh hour to compete in this
years SEAT Cupra Championship with Team NJL Racing and will be on the grid for
the first race at Brands Hatch British Touring Car Meeting this weekend. All
Nick had to say was "its just a miracle we are out and I would like to thank all
those that supported me over the last few months when its been very hard times.
We now just want to get out there on the track and enjoy it". |
Safe driving plays dividends for Brands With
a weekend with no budget and tricky Qualifying conditions Nick managed to achieve
2 good results. "We had to run all weekend on old tyres and could not afford to
damage the car, but that's how it was and we just got on with the job". more |
A move forward for Silverstone At
last Nick and CMS Motorsport made good progress at Silverstone. Race one saw Nick
having a great race and fighting for position with four other cars throughout
the 18 laps. more |
A wet weekend at Knockhill Severe weather conditions at Knockhill
saw Nick Leason only complete one lap in the first qualifying session. The car
reached the gravel on turn two and had to be retrieved by the marshalls, which
meant immediatte exclusion from the session. more |
Big leap forward for Leason and CMS Motorsport
Following a difficult start to the season CMS had to take
a slightly unconventional approach to the race weekend at Snetterton. more |
CMS positive for SnettertonCMS motorsport and
Nick are looking at the weekend with a positive attitude. more |
Unlucky Croft Hoping Nick and CMS motorsport
were going to change things around this weekend with results saw the team having
a unlucky weekend. more |
Improvement for Oulton Park.... Nick and the Team at CMS Motorsport
had a succesfull weekend as they stepped up a gear to become more competitive
over the 2 days with 15 cars competing at Oulton Park. "We are still at
a learning stage and it seems a huge mountain to climb, when you are always playing
catch-up with all the other teams who have done so much more testing plus 2 race
meetings more...But we feel we have learnt a great deal this weekend, not only
with the technique of driving the car, but also set up as well". more |
Brands Hatch and first time in the Seat Cupra
R It was just great to be back in the racing seat again after 18
months hard work setting up the Team. Professional racing driver Nick Leason
is racing a Cube Design-backed Leon Cupra R in this year’s Smartnav SEAT Cupra
Championship – which began at Brands Hatch. more |
Nick Leason and CMS join the SEAT Cupra ChampionshipProfessional
racing driver Nick Leason will race a Cube Design-backed Leon Cupra R in this
year's Smartnav SEAT Cupra Championship - beginning at Brands Hatch this weekend.
Nick had planned to race in the British Touring Car Championship this year,
and while that is still the 36-year old Northampton driver's aim for 2006 he has
committed himself to the rest of the 2005 SEAT series. more |
| Fordpark Raceway at
Rockingham Rockingham in association with CMS & FordPark
Raceway presented slot car racing to the public for the first time on the 6th
June. Fordpark constructed a replica of the International circuit for the days
of Thunder crowd. A steady flow of people raced on the 8 lane track in a selection
of cars.. The fastest lap time came from Rockinghams own Daniel Davidson with
his unsheduled stop to inspect the layout early on the Sunday morning. A very
impressive sub 16 second lap. Could this be his true vocation in life, we will
have to see.......Watch this space? |
Silverstone 19/20th May Nick Leason
flies the CMS Motorsport Flag as Fords Pro driver at the HSBC days at Silverstone.
Using the Grand Prix circuit Nick was their to take Fords' clients around the
track in the RS Focus. Nick would like express his thanks to all at Excel and
Ford for the sucessful event |
Economic Growth of NorthamptonshireA
positive and enthusiastic response to our marketing Intiative - promoting the
Economic Growth of Northamptonshire as it was presented for the first time at
the breakfast Networking Meeting on the 15th April. |
| THE ECONOMIC GROWTH OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
The government is presently investing heavily in the Northamptonshire
region, making sure the infrastructure is in place to sustain industry at all
levels. By the year 2010 it aims to make the East Midlands/Northamptonshire region
one of the top 20 regions in Europe. A place where people want to live, work and
invest because of its vibrant economy, its healthy, safe, diverse and inclusive
society and its quality environment. Using our involvement in the The British
Touring Car Championship we shall be promoting the regions economic potential.
The branding of the team, car and transporter with a selection of companies and
government organisations will give a clear economic picture of the region, highlighting
the potential for commercial growth as well as continuing stability. |
| A special thanks to
Allen Ford A very special thanks to Allen Ford of Northmpton
and especially Stuart Jenkins - CRM Manager- who, very kindly and at very short
notice (just 2 hours) provided us with an ST170 Focus for our static display at
the Chambers of Commerce Breakfast meeting. Our race car was to have been ready
for the event but it had been delayed. We approach Allen Ford and they were pleased
to be able to assist a local company and delighted to be involved such a pro-active
marketing initiative for the region. Mark Mosley was invited along to the meeting
not only to see first hand exactly what we propose to do but also to represent
Allen Ford. |
July
14th 2003 Deterination & Professionalism will see team CMS MacMillan
in the BTCC with driver Nick Leason for the long term. Team Macmillan
will be in the BTCC and maintain it will be for long term and not just a few one
off race meetings to make up the grids for this year. Team CMS Macmillan have
signed Nick Leason Lamborghini and one make racer long term to race for them and
are hoping to get out at the end of the season to prepare for next season and
beyond. more |
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Jan 9th 2003 Macmillan "GO Racing"
to provide vital cancer care. CMS Motorsport has joined forces
with cancer charity Macmillan Cancer Relief to take on the best of British Motorsport
in the 2003 British Touring Car Championship. Team Macmillan will
enter a specially branded Ford Focus Macmillan car in the championship (Production
Class). The team, headed by CMS's team principle Malcolm Cleland,
will raise money by directly donating a percentage of their sponsorship to Macmillan.
Through the high profile championship we intend to raise the awareness of Macmillan
Cancer Relief and the great work they do, whilst establishing the charity as a
household name. More ... |
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