The timetable for the 2011 2CV 24 hour race weekend on the 26th - 28th of August has been published by the organising club, BARC. At a minimum, teams need to sign on at 18:00 on the Friday (26th), get their car scrutineered from 18:45, and then each driver must complete 3 laps in EACH of the 2 qualifying sessions on Friday, at 20:00 and 21:00. Each session is 1 hour long.

The race itself starts at 17:00 on the Saturday, and there's a warm up session from 10:40am to 10:55am.

There are free test sessions on the Friday for cars entered in the race. Exact details of which sessions 2cvs are allocated will not be known until a few days before the race. There should be at least 4 x 30 minutes.

Test day starts at 0900, lunch is 1235-1335 and finishes at 1700.

More information can be found on the timetable itself, which it should be noted is still in draft form. Click here to see it.

Ten racing 2CVs attended Croft circuit in North Yorkshire on Thursday 2nd of May to test out a new exhaust system, designed to comply with Croft's noise limits.

All cars attending were fitted with twin silencer exhaust systems, with the exit placed on the offside rear. The test went very well, and a static noise test produced only 83-87 db.

It will now be a mandatory requirement to use this type of exhaust for the races at Croft this year.

If you need any help or advice with this, ask on the forum, or contact Philip Myatt.

Click 'Read more' to see pictures of Paul Robertson's exhaust extension, below:

On the bank holiday Monday at the end of May, a thilling couple of races took place at the scenic Mallory Park circuit in Leicester, under some quite difficult conditions.

The rain continued to come down all day, as befits a bank holiday! But the Dodo Juice 2CV challenge racers fought bravely in the drizzle to provide some of the best and closest racing - televised LIVE on Motors TV!

Commentators Martin Haven and Charlie Butler-Henderson were enthusiastic about the close but mostly clean racing - something that not all races on the day could manage.

In the first Dodo Juice 2CV challenge, Sammie Fritchley just pipped Phil Myatt to the win by just 38 thousandths of a second! David O'Keeffe joined them on the podium in 3rd.

The second Dodo Juice 2CV challenge race was a similarly close affair, with Paul Robertson taking the honours from Greg Wheeler by just 51 thousandths of a second! A particularly brilliant drive from Paul, after taking some time off racing due to ill health - this was his first race back, and already he's planning his next outing. Joining Paul and Greg on the podium was Peter Rundle, only 3 tenths of a second behind Greg.

Full results can be viewed by clicking here.

Quirky video of the 2CV's racing at Silverstone - directed by Richard Swainson:

Sammie Fritchley qualifies fastest and wins the first race at Silverstone.
Simon Clarke comes from the back of the grid to win the second race at Silverstone.

For more results click here.