The Johnny Herbert Karting Challenge

This years Karting Challenge will be  at the Raceway Docklands, London again on Sunday 5th December 2010.

We will be supporting our good friends at the Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance again, you can visit their web site at www.wnaa.co.uk for more info.

Dave Ayres and Dan Overton will once again be our official photographers.

Keep coming back to find out details of team entries/celebrity drivers and more

As usual, Roy will be arranging it all and you can contact him at info@johnnyherbertkarting.co.uk

As many of you know Scott was with us at last year’s karting event helping Johnny support our chosen charity so we thought it was only right that we post the following (from Dominic Malvern). Please give any support you can.

This is really a ‘please to you all’ to see if any of you, or anyone you can think of, can help Scott get to the end of the championship. The next six to eight weeks are critical with the whole of the second half of the championship condensed into the period between 14^th August and 26^th September.

Scott, the race team and all of the sponsors have done a fantastic job to date and the fruit of our considerable effort is that Scott leads the championship at the halfway stage of the season. It cannot be under stated what a fantastic achievement this is as Scott is a complete under dog in this situation. He is driving a car manufactured by minnow company Raysport, who were given no chance in this championship. The car was considered uncompetitive against the might of the French giant Mygale company who have won this championship for the past five years. Indeed the Ray’s last podium finish was back in 2007 and then it was driven by the very highly rated Nick Tandy who is currently very much a championship contender in the International Porsche Supercup that supports Formula One Grand Prix events.

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We would like to congratulate Danny Watts and Fiona Leggate on their marriage on 24th July 2010, it was a fantastic wedding day that took place in Wrangle, Lincolnshire on a lovely warm summer day, they are both long term supporters of Johnny’s event  and will be joining us again on 5th December.

I raced against Danny in Karts 20 years ago and have watched him grow into the fantastic race driver that he is today, at Le-Mans a few weeks ago he set many records including a 1st place in the LMP2 class ( highest acheived by an LMP2 car ) and also the farthest distance covered too, you can see the full results and check out Danny’s team at http://www.strakkaracing.com you can also click on the link to Danny’s webb site too, Fiona is no slouch either having once been a top BTCC driver!!

We wish them every happiness for the future

Roy Craig

A number of BRDC members are running in the 2010 London Marathon, some of which are British Racing drivers who have joined us at Johnny’s event over the years, none more times than Sports car ace Johnny Mowlem, he will be alongside Ollie Gavin, Darren Turner, Guy Smith, Richard Westbrook, Charlie Hollins and Marino Franchitti who have all been along to our challenge ………….. if you would like to return the compliment to Johnny Mowlem and these lads please go to the following link to make a donation and help them reach their target of £50,000 ……… please state your support for Johnny Mowlem when donating at;

http://www.justgiving.com/BRDC-marathon-legends

Start Supporting Now!!

you know it makes sense.

Johnny Herbert came 2nd in the 1st race and DNS in the second due to no spare bearing for the propshaft.

You can view some of the images from the race here:-
http://www.superstars.it/eng/Gallery.aspx?area=1

Johnny had already one the 24hrs from the UK to Imola, in order to compete in the 2nd round of the International Superstars series. He had to drive due to the flight ban in Europe.

British star Johnny Herbert joins 2010 SUPERSTARS SERIES on a Chevrolet Lumina CR-8 for Motorzone Race Car

The name is a guarantee of quality. Johnny Herbert is set to join the SUPERSTARS SERIES family for this season’s INTERNATIONAL SERIES. After entring 160 Formula One Grand Prix over 12 seasons, Herbert is set to join the 500-hp saloon racecar series sanctioned by ROMA FORMULA FUTURO. He’ll partner with Motorzone Race Car, and run a Chevrolet Lumina CR8.

Joining reigning title holder Gianni Morbidelli, Andrea Chiesa, Emanuele Naspetti and Mimmo Schiattarella, Herbert will add his name to the toll of former F1 racers in the 2010 SUPERSTARS SERIES.

Herbert will also take his sensational experience to the team, already featuring the contribution of Technical Director Giuseppe Angiulli and Renato Melchioretto. After making its debut in 2009, Motorzone Race Car enjoyed a successful first stint, as the team’s brand-new Chevrolet Lumina CR8 took an outstanding maiden win at Kyalami. Driver and Team Manager Fabrizio Armetta had a great part in the team’s success too, and proved decisive in the talks with the British star.

View the video in the full story below.
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