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116Trophy, 2021, BMW, Gaz Shocks, Silverstone - May 5, 2021

Silverstone Host the first round of Gaz Shocks 116Trophy 2021.

The Silverstone National Circuit hosted the first round of the 2021 Gaz Shocks 116Trophy series on the 25th April. Perfect conditions welcomed the bumper 32-car grid of immaculately-prepared BMW machines. The 2021 spec 116Trophy machines feature a new intake system from the two-litre engine and a map to suit. Not only has the significantly reduced lap times and sharpened throttle response, it’s also brought the field closer than ever. Second to thirteenth in qualifying were separated by the less than a second. After a twenty-five minute qualifying session, pole position went to the 777 machine of Sam Carrington-Yates and Mark...

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2021, Jacob Ashcroft, Karting - April 27, 2021

Whilton Mill Club Round 1

We spent Friday and Saturday testing at PFI ready for this weekends race so we didn’t get to test at Whilton on the Saturday, nevertheless we decided to go and race to get another race day experience on the Redspeed kart. Practice was good but only 3 laps pace was Heat 1 Started 20th finished 4th fastest lap Heat 2 Started 12th finished 6th Heat 3 Started 2nd finished 5th To many half moves and to much fighting Final Started 4th but the pole man started on the wrong side so that pushed us back to 6th it also allowed...

Season launch of the 2021 Kwik-fit British Touring Car Championship

Silverstone Circuit in sunny Northamptonshire was this year’s venue for the season launch of the 2021 Kwik-Fit British Touring Car Championship. That’s where we launched the 2021 Laser Tools Racing assault on the BTCC season as defending champions! This season we see a three-car attack comprising Ash Sutton, Aiden Moffat and Carl Boardley in the all new Infinity Q50s. After a brief shakedown session at Donington Park last week, this was the first time we have seen the cars in their full new liveries and boy do they look good. The iconic Laser Tools Racing is refreshed every season and...

Laser Tools announces new race partnership with the 750 Motor Club’s BMW 116 Trophy series

Laser Tools has announced a new race partnership with the Gaz Shocks 116 Trophy, the affordable, competitive and unique one-make endurance race formula dedicated to the BMW 1 Series E87. The sponsorship deal will see all 116 Trophy cars racing with front and rear Laser Tools number plates.Now in its third year of running and holding events across the UK’s most historic circuits, the 116 Trophy (held in partnership with the 750 Motor Club), is the country’s fastest-growing RWD Endurance series.The Managing Director of Laser Tools, Eddie Altham commented: “We are obviously well known for our sponsorship in the British...

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December 21, 2020

Laser Tools Racing Rally Team 2020 Review

As we all know this has been a difficult year for everyone with the Covid pandemic and we have been very lucky for the 2020 championship to keep going although with a reduced number of rounds. We started the year in March at Donington Park, and with the cold and wet conditions we finished second in class which gave us 26 points for the championship, so this was a great start to the year but all was halted until September with the onset of lockdown. During this time we did some major upgrades to the car with a new close...

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