1st Win of the Sports 2000 Season

After qualifying 1st with nearly a 3sec advantage Oliver Stirling won the 1st round of the Sports 2000 series on the Silverstone International circuit. Oliver used the Barry Davison owned and JDR built Tiga SC80 to great effect in the wet conditions to dominate the day. Oliver will be contesting the rest of the championship in the Tiga.

3rd in Class And Driver Of The Day

Nick Atkins won Driver of the Day and 3rd in class at the Donnington round of the Equipe GTS series in his Lotus Elite. The JDR prepped Elite was much admired and Nick is looking forward to more races in 2009 including the historic support race at Le Mans.

Britcar 3rd Place

Colchester based John Danby Racing claimed a 3rd place finish, and 2nd in class, with the Lotus Motorsport Elise of David Fenn and partner Roberto Giordanelli in a thrilling 90 minute race on Silverstone’s International circuit. Having qualified in 6th place lead driver David Fenn managed to avoid the ciaos at the start and mount a successful stint before handing over to Roberto who brought the Lotus home and claim the podium position on a thrilling final lap.

Elise Winter Project

The David Fenn Lotus Motorsport Elise has undergone a significant development programme over the winter in preparation for the highly competitive production class of James Tucker’s Britcar Championship.

Historic Championship Winners 2008

Oliver Stirling drove his Historic Tiga to victory at Brands Hatch in October – winning the Sports2000 Historic Championship. The car, fully rebuilt by JDR over the winter, won every race in the Championship, making Oliver outright victor.
Congratulations to Oli and the Team!

Cars For Sale

JDR have various cars for sale. Email us or call on 44 (0) 1206 214997 for more details.

'Double Win at Cadwell'

JDR and Tiga owner Barry Davison celebrated yet another victory at Cadwell Park this month.

Oliver Stirling made it 'two in a row' in his Historic JDR built Tiga, winning the second Historic Race of the year and securing his lead in the championship points.

Guest driver Patrick Sherrington also celebrate a great success by winning the Pinto Race in the Historic Tiga rebuilt by JDR.

This was the car's first race in the UK having been imported and rebuilt by JDR, and Patrick faced great competition racing against much more modern cars.

Jenson Button Drives the JDR Ligier JS49!

Jenson Button drove the JDR Ligier at a Honda Corporate day, taking his personal guests round the GP circuit at exciting speeds!  As televised on the British GP coverage, Jenson enjoyed his fun laps in our Ligier!

VdeV UK - Brands Hatch 3hr

The UK VdeV Championship 2009 dates will be issued in a provisional format soon, see Calendar for information. JDR will have the car available to rent for the 2009 season – please enquire for further details.

XK restoration - concours winner!

The JDR restoration and conversion of a crashed XK140 is now complete! The project, to take the crashed XK140 and turn it into a Road Rally Special, has been several months in the making, but the team are delighted with the results. The car made its debut at the Three Castles Rally in June, and won a Concours Prize for Best XK. See gallery for more pictures