Back to Basics

I'll fill in the history as and when I get the chance, but it's safe to say that over the last 2 years the car has been completely rebuilt. This has involved a large amount of time and money, which would have been even greater without the help and dedication of the supporting team who need an introduction.

Karen (The Team Boss & SWMBO):

Karen is one of the rare breed of women who has a genuine passion for cars and motor racing. She makes sure everything ticks in the background and lets me concentrate on the driving without having to worry about anything else. Without her support and encouragement I would have given up long ago!

Simon (Race Engineer):

Simon is a former colleague at Prodrive and longtime friend. He has helped with late nights scraping underseal, painting, diff and gearbox rebuilds, the list goes on and on. He is also a good target for a little bit of abuse from the driver. That may all end soon as Simon has plans for the 2010 season and now has a Rover Tomcat in build for Pre-93. Plenty of opportunity for me to repay the favours with late nights working on his car!

Stuart (Race Engineer & Entertainer):

Stuart is an experienced Cosworth technician having completed his apprenticeship in the Brooklyn workshops on their BTCC Sierra back in the 80s'. He is also the team leader for many of the Aston Martin show cars and one off prototypes which cover the pages of the motoring press. As you can guess he is a clever chap and pretty handy at working on cars, so his help and advice has been invaluable over the last few years. He can also be quite entertaining after a few ciders and enjoys the odd cow pushing session....

Where to start

Let's start at the very beginning (it's apparently a very good place to start!).
Having raced a BMW 320 in the PBMW Series for a few years I decided that I wanted to go faster so the search was on for a suitable set of wheels.
Whilst off work with a chest infection, I set about keeping myself entertained surfing all the usual sources for race cars.... After a few days of tirelessly surfing I noticed a race prepped Sierra Cosworth on ebay and made a few enquiries. It turned out the car was known within the Classic Touring Car Racing Club and had a pretty good history although it hadn't be seen on the track for a number of years. The bids were made on a tense Saturday evening in January 2007 and I became the owner of said vehicle (she who must be obeyed has now vowed to never leave me in the house with an internet connection!)

With the Cossie in the workshop, the detailed investigations into what I'd bought began....

My BMW E30 320

My BMW racecar which was successfully raced to 3rd place in the 2006 Production BMW Championship.

Welcome to my Blog

Over the past 2 years I have been rebuilding my Sierra Cosworth to race in the Classic Touring Car Racing Club Pre-93 Championship. The purpose of this blog is to share with others the story of the re-build, race reports and results and the adventures of the racing...

You can also follow our progress at http://www.classictouringcars.com/ for all the latest race results and up and coming race dates.