Anthony Dunn & Barry Gates finally made it onto the podium at the final VdeV UK round at Silverstone this weekend.After starting from 4th place, Barry got quickly into the groove in his Chevron Racing Team Ligier JS49 and consolidated his position, staying with the leading pack on the opening laps. He took 3rd position when Adam Derbyshire ran wide at Becketts whilst attempting to ... [read more]
Submitted by: Anthony Dunn on 20/10/2008
Anthony, Barry & the Chevron racing team put on their best performance of the season in round 7 of the VdeV UK Championship at Croft.After a difficult couple of rounds at Brands Hatch & Assen, the team were determined to get closer to the pace. A good test at Donington in the week before the event allowed them to find a better setup on the car and the pace showed when they got ... [read more]
Submitted by: Anthony Dunn on 3/10/2008
Anthony & Amanda race against each other in VdeV UKFor the first time in their car racing career, County Durham partners Anthony Dunn & Amanda Whitaker competed against each other on track in VdeV UK at Croft this weekend.Amanda picked up the last minute deal to race a Ligier JS49, partnering Paul O''Neill. It was her first modern sports prototype race - all her background has ... [read more]
Submitted by: Anthony Dunn on 30/9/2008
Following their dramatic pitlane fire at Snetterton 3 weeks ago, Anthony Dunn and Barry Gates finished 6th in VdeV Uk this weekend at Brands Hatch in their Ligier JS49.Mechanical Problems in qualifying relegated them to 10th place, a considerable way down on their test form as one of the pace setters.Barry took the opening stint of the 3 hour race and in wet conditions made forward ... [read more]
Submitted by: Anthony Dunn on 25/8/2008
The number 7 car driven by Simon Phillips and Rob Garofall won the longest race of the VdeV UK calendar, the 6 hour at Snetterton. Garofall achieved the fastest lap with an impressive 1.06.943 seconds which equates to an average of 105 mph around the Norfolk Circuit. The unbroken run of pole positions ended with the car starting in fourth position on the ... [read more]
Submitted by: Neil Walker on 23/7/2008
Stratford-upon-Avon racer Sarah Reader and her co-driver Ryan Hooker continued their impressive run of form in the VdeV UK Endurance reries when they competed at the Snetterton circuit in Norfolk on Saturday 19th July.They were contesting their longest race of their season so far - a six hour endurance marathon and came home an excellent third to record back- to- back podium ... [read more]
Submitted by: Nick Carter on 23/7/2008
Junos Continue To Display Enviable Reliability In The Latest VdeV UK RoundOnce again, all Junos present finished in the latest round of the VdeV UK Championship further reinforcing their enviable reliability and also competitiveness with the TFL run Juno of Sarah Reader and Ryan Hooker taking 3rd place, for a second successive podium finish. A gruelling 6 Hour race saw the 5 Junos ... [read more]
Submitted by: Rebecca Hobbs, PR Juno Racing on 21/7/2008
A potential win for Barry Gates and Anthony Dunn went up in flames at Snetterton after a problem whilst refuelling took them out of the lead.Despite only qualifying in 7th, Anthony made a strong start to stay with the leading pack and kept his head when the rain hit the circuit, taking advantage of the conditions to jump to 2nd behind the number 7 car of Simon Phillips and Rob ... [read more]
Submitted by: Anthony Dunn on 21/7/2008
Anthony Dunn & Barry Gates had another mixed weekend at Oulton Park last weekend.In damp qualifying, Anthony qualified the Ligier JS49 in 7th place, despite only getting one clear lap when conditions were at their best due to an alternator problem forcing them to spend much of the session in the pitlane.Anthony took the opening stint of the four hour endurance event, slotting ... [read more]
Submitted by: Anthony Dunn on 30/6/2008
The third round of the VdeV UK Series saw the Number 7 car of Phillips & Garofall again qualify on pole and set the fastest lap of the race. However that was all they were to achieve as the car was put out of the race by a back marker who hit the rear of the car under braking at the Shell Hairpin and then t-boned the side of the car for good measure.Phillips, who was driving ... [read more]
Submitted by: Tim Mullis on 30/6/2008
Warwickshire driver Sarah Reader scored her best result of the season on Saturday (28 June) when she and her co-driver, Ryan Hooker, scored a second-place finish in the VdeV UK Championship at the Oulton Park circuit in Cheshire.Stratford-upon-Avon-based Sarah, 25, and Ryan were racing their TFL Racing-prepared Juno SSE-CN sports car in a four-hour endurance round of the championship, ... [read more]
Submitted by: Nick Carter on 30/6/2008