Ginetta motor sport

6 hour race didn't quite go according to plan. My G4 had early fuel and then electrical problems. After these were sorted it ran really well, my co driver enjoying playing with modified lotus Elises. However, our other team car had an early off, bending the chassis and all the other attached items. Both driver and passenger were fine but obviously ending in early  retirement. Now needs to some work to get it ready for the rally. So after this it turned into a shakedown for our car after its rebuild.

HSCC Silverstone  This 42 car race was run on the full GP circuit. Dave Randall used 8000 rpm (128 mph) on a couple of occasions to bring his G4 home 2nd overall to the pesky Morgan +8. He also beat the TVR Griffith that runs in the invitation class. As that car pulled into the pit lane at the end of the race, 3rd was awarded to the mad Australian in his G4!

Patrick was second in class and 18th overall in his G4 and Peter Bornhauser was 3rd in the same class and 25th overall in his G15.

CSCC Snetterton 10th April 2010. Paul's G4 was 6th in the Swinging 60s and a mad guy in a yellow G4 on Historic tyres did well in the other race too!

HSCC Cadwell Park 11th April 2010. An overall win for Dave Randall, Patrick's smaller engined G4 was 7th and 2nd in class, Peter Bornhauser's G15 was 3rd in the same class.

Palle from Denmark sent this remarkable news: We did a great run at the 2 hours Gentlemen Race became 12 overall and 2 in under 2 liter class.  My co driver clocked 3:06 at SPA, I could not do better then 3:10.  Next year we will be back, with a better aerodynamic Ginetta, to get more top speed.  In the tricky part, we were as fast as the winning car.

A lot of people ask what specification G4s have to be in order to compete in various forms of racing.  Here is our view.

In European and North American club racing almost anything goes.  For a British owner at FIA events in Europe you can only use a round tube Ginetta G4 with a 1000cc engine and an A series axle (this should not be so but it is the current thinking).  This will give you GTS papers for which the Ginetta G4 was homologated.  You can run an original car or a continuation car with a historic technical passport.

Otherwise you can run GTP papers providing your actual car is running to the specification that a G4 ran internationally in period (prior to 1966) and you have proof!  A G4R (Independent rear suspension and Lotus twin cam engine) raced at Sebring so it should be possible to get an HTP for one. European owners seem to get GTP papers a little easier.

The Classic Sports Car Club allow any G4 to 1960s specifications i.e. Both round and square tube cars of any age are eligible as long as they have period engines.

HSCC will only allow 1960s production specification or FIA cars.  So unless you have an FIA car or a production 1000cc, 1200cc, 1300cc or 1500cc car you will struggle as twin cam engines and independent rear suspension are not deemed "production" and are effectively banned.  Spoil sports.  Too many scared Elan drivers there we fear!  However, Dave Randal has achieved outright wins and the overall championship with 1500cc.

Dave Randall was out at Cadwell yesterday. He qualified 2nd, dropped to 4th at the start and made it past the Griffith and an Elan in an exciting and very wet race to finish 2nd overall.

We have just bought a G27 Race car with huge potential (i.e. it'll be cheap!)

Dave Randall won the first round of the HSCC Historic Roadsports in his G4 at Donnington recently and he's coming to our race at Mallory.  He beat his mate in the Griffith who started from pole by 8 seconds!