It was a good and bad weekend for Restart Racing on its trip to the Knockhill circuit in Scotland, with JAS Motorsport development driver Scott Sumpton securing his career-best result, while on the flipside Chris Smiley was chasing car issues all weekend, including a...
Race reports
Chris Smiley keeps points coming on damage limitation weekend at Oulton Park
Chris Smiley secured two top ten finishes at Oulton Park, battling at the front despite some teething issues with his new Civic Type R, which replaces the test car that was used at Snetterton and Croft.The team took delivery of the new car just a few days before the...
Strong pace shown at challenging weekend at Croft
Restart Racing had a difficult second race meeting at Croft for the second round of the 2023 TCR UK championship, with both drivers Chris Smiley and Scott Sumpton failing to finish Race 1, but had a strong recovery in Race 2, driving through into the points in an...
Chris Smiley scores a podium for the new Honda Civic on its TCR debut at Snetterton
Chris Smiley secured a podium finish for the new Honda Civic Type R FL5 TCR on its racing debut in the TCR UK championship this weekend at Snetterton, while new team-mate Scott Sumpton put on an overtaking display in Race 2 to fight his way into the points.The new...
Race Truck Arrives
Race truck arrives just in time for our second season, this time last year we didn't even have a tool box what a start for Chris Smiley and Scott Sumpton. The trailer is being stickered up and were looking forward to show of the Paddock at Tcr uk first outing at...
TCR UK Finale at Snetterton and FIA Motorsport Games 2022 Representation in France
How it Began We knew we would be in the TCR UK Championship early in April, this wouldn’t normally be an issue however, the season started the weekend of the 16th and we had to go to Europe to pick up the car. Chris hadn’t driven the car and the team had precious...
TCR UK Donington Park August 2022
TCR UK Donington Park August 2022 We returned to Donington Park and this time raced on the slightly shorter National circuit layout for this bank holiday event. Practice and Qualifying - Monday 29th August 2022 A decent start practice session with a fastest lap time...
TCR UK Castle Combe August 2022
TCR UK Castle Combe August 2022 Another single day event this time at Castle Combe, what a great of racing. Practice and Qualifying - Saturday 6th August 2022 The day started off ok with practice and then qualifying, the 30 minute qualifying session saw Chris once...
TCR UK Oulton Park Island July 2022
TCR UK Oulton Park Island July 2022 This round of races took place on the one day at Oulton Park, a long day for the team. Practice and Qualifying - Saturday 16th July 2022 A decent practice session as the team fitted some new parts to the car and Chris was getting to...
TCR UK Brands Hatch Indy June 2022
TCR UK Brands Hatch Indy June 2022 With the third race weekend of the season over, we are taking a look back over the weekend and reviewing the steady weekend the team had. Friday 17th June 2022 We arrived at Brands Hatch, the teams local circuit, and set up the...