After a great start to the championship at Oulton Park, rounds 3 and 4 of the 2012 ECAS 2CV Racing championship took place at Silverstone on May 5th and 6th. Each race a 14 lap sprint around the short Silverstone track, which usually provides some fierce racing!

Peter Rundle took race 1 honours in a close finish, with Phil Myatt coming second after a race-long fight.

Race 2 was another close finish between Sandro Proietti and Wayne Cowling - the pair of them finishing just 74 thousandths of a second apart, with the next car 12 seconds back!

Full results available here: http://www.tsl-timing.com/barc/2012/1218212cv.pdf

Galleries of the event: Here, here and here

The Classic 2CV Racing Club have produced a poster featuring the details of the race dates for 2012 and some extra info. Click the image below to download the poster to your computer in PDF format.

Update on the 24 hour race entries:

The following teams have made an entry for the 24 hour race this year:

• Hollis MotorSport
• Crisis Racing
• Iceni Racing
• Team Twin Snails
• Daughters&Dads
• Dogfish
• Team Fine Print
• MIM Racing
• Car 63
• Crusader Vans
• Lucky Jon Racing
• BCOT
• The Pie Men
• Flying Dutchmen
• SJ
• Rent Boys Racing
• Team ECAS
• Grease Monkey
• Tete Rouge 1
• Gadget Racing 1
• Gadget Racing 2

Additionally there are 3 'Mini Grand' entrants so far.

The 2012 season of classic 2CV racing got under way at Oulton Park on March 24th, and it was as if no one had been away! Many of the same cars that finished the season in 2011 were still present, and no major colour scheme changes to confuse the spectators!

What was evident however, was that quite a few cars that only turn up for the 24 hour race were now entered into the sprint races, piloted by some new faces. Ian Arnold was driving the old orange 'Boss Hoggs Army' car (#50). David Watson and Marc Nordon (ex-BTCC) had taken on 'Badgaroo' (#89), James Northfield joined Nick Finch in the #59 'Traleda' car, and the pairing of Adam Bollons/Bankhurst took on the Overflow car (#81) - Bankhurst returning after competing in the 24 hour in 'Team Dogfish'.

With Christer Hallgren taking over Nick Paton's previous car (#44), and Julie Walford driving the Steve Walford Motorsport car (#55), there were at least 5 new drivers at Oulton, and we also welcomed back some of the drivers who have raced with us before!

Oulton Park is known for its fickle weather, but with mid-March enjoying a slightly unseasonal run of good weather, all the races took place in the sunshine. Qualifying took place early at 08:55, and there were some pretty tired people in the paddock.

Sammie Fritchley and Peter Rundle were wide awake though, as BOTH of them got exactly the same time in the first qualifying session, a 2:08:248. Rundle took the top spot however, having set the fastest lap time a lap prior to Fritchley. Nick Paton, just 8 hundredths of a second behind, qualified 3rd.

The club has released an entry form for this year's 24 hour race, held at Snetterton, Norfolk, on the bank holiday weekend in August (25th-27th). You can view and download the form by visiting the "Join the club" page.

Remember there are incentives for those who complete sprint races during the season. See the news item on the club website for more information, or consult the entry form.

Additionally, there are huge discounts for UK club members driving in the Spa 24 hours this year. Again, consult the 24 hour entry form for further information.