Blyton in Lincolnshire will play host to a new aspect of rallycross on Saturday June 11th with the first rallycross championship “night” race. The event will start at approx 4pm running through till 11.30pm under floodlights. This will bring a totally new dimension to the sport and add to the unique element to the british [...]
I have to be honest, round one was not exactly the result we where hoping for. I knew it was going to be “one of them” when i drove the car out the garage on saturday morning to load it on the trailer. We had repaired a selector rod after breaking one at the previous [...]
The final round of the Kumho Tyres MSA British Rallycross Championship will be switched from Croft to run on a newly built track at Mallory Park on October 18. The move has come about after new restrictions covering the usage of Croft Circuit (near Darlington) forced the circuit operator, the British Automobile Racing Club (BARC), [...]
After the recent catastrophic failure of the engine at Lydden Hill the HortonRacing team is pleased to announce that the Subaru will be back out at Mallory Park on the 18th of October for the final round After Lydden the car went back in the garage to ascertain what the problem was. It is apparent [...]
With the Subaru out of action Sunday at Pembrey was an opportunity for Simon to go back to his roots for the day and compete in the BTRDA Stockhatch class in Steve Rattues Peugeot 205 GTI. Steve had already proved the day before that the car was running well by winning third place in the [...]
The Hortonracing team is going double Dutch in August! On the Bank holiday weekend of the 30-31st of August, Simon will contest both a round of the British and the Dutch championship at Lydden Hill (kent). The Dutch championship makes a visit to British shores on the Sunday the 30th and the BRDA event is [...]
After the fire damage problems at Lydden Hill at we are glad to report that the Subaru Impreza is now fully fixed and repaired ready for the track again. Thanks to the expert electrical knowledge of Peter Horton, the car has been totally rewired with a new modular wiring loom, meaning that if part ever [...]
Motors TV’s coverage of the Kumho Tyres MSA British Rallycross Championship moves up a gear in August as the ‘High Speed Television’ channel brings live coverage of round 5 of the 2009 season from Lydden Hill courtesy of Hayfisher. British Rallycross used to enjoy a regular Saturday slot on BBC’s ‘Grandstand’ program often commentated by [...]
Round 4 of the MSA British Rallycross championship ended before it really even started!! During practise the oil return pipe from the turbo ruptured and spewed oil onto the red hot downpipe which ignited and cause a fire round the turbo area which caused heavy damage to the Impreza’s electrical system and pipe work. The [...]
Welcome to the Hortonracing website for 2009. After introducing the new Subaru Impreza supercar last year, many lessons where learned along the way and the season ended on a high and pointing in a positive direction for this year. So what has been happening over the winter and what can we expect to see in [...]