Archive for the tag 'Array'
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Racing Steps Foundation: 2008 season review - 1 Comment!
February 3rd, 2009It has been over a year now since the initial announcement of the Racing Steps Foundation. In 2008, the programme enjoyed its first full season of competition. During this time, it has enjoyed success, disappointment and at the hands of British Formula Ford champion Wayne Boyd, controversy. I thought this was a good excuse to take a look back at the programme, its participants and what they achieved over the year.
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London 2012: How much funding should Olympic sports receive? - Be the first to comment!
January 29th, 2009The BBC is reporting that eight Olympic sports have had their London 2012 funding cut following an overall budget shortfall of £50 million. In total, eight Olympic sports have had budgets cut by 50% or more with Shooting (-75.5%), Wrestling (-68.1%) and Fencing (-59%) hit hardest.
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MSA British Race Elite: My Application - 2 Comments!
January 27th, 2009Ever since it was launched in January 2007, I have applied for the MSA British Race Elite programme. Run in tandem with its sister programme, MSA British Rally Elite, together they are the only driver development schemes officially sanctioned by our governing body – the Motor Sports Association.
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2009 Dunlop Race Academy – Good News for British Motorsport - 2 Comments!
January 10th, 2009I’ve written a lot recently about the various motorsport scholarships on offer in British motorsport recently. Well, now there is a new addition (kind-of) – The 2009 Dunlop Race Academy and the prize is a fully funded drive in the 2010 Dunlop Sport Maxx Cup.
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Spreading the wealth: Who’s getting all these scholarships and awards? - 3 Comments!
October 17th, 2008Over the last few weeks there have been plenty of announcements. First, the initial five McLaren Autosport BRDC Young Driver of Year nominees were announced. Next, Porsche announced the six drivers to be evaluated at Silverstone for the new Carerra Cup GB Scholarship. And finally, the Racing Steps Foundation announced that 2008 British Formula Ford Champion Wayne Boyd will be the recipient of the fully funded Formula Renault UK drive with championship winning Fortec Motorsport.
During this spate of announcements, I was wondering: Is it just me, or do many of the same names keep coming up, time after time? I decided to take a look and see what I could find.
