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Welcome to the Horton Racing websiteHere you can find the latest Horton Racing news and pictures. For this season we've a new look website which we hope you like. As well as the usual information we've added a video page where you can watch Horton Racing in action at events throughout the season. Latest News - Click here for more news 2008 Season is GO GO GO ! ! – Croft 2nd March 2008 The HortonRacing team was out on force this weekend at Croft circuit for the first race of the season and there was a new addition to the team in the form of Mark Strange in his Peugeot 205. Simon had the full intention of the plucky Metro being sold and having the Subaru ready in time for the start of the season but it is still about 6 weeks off, so fingers crossed keep your eyes peeled for its grand entrance at Pembrey, so for the first race of the season we saw a welcome return to the Metro. It has to be said that last season was not the best for the Metro so it was going to interesting to see how it would run after such a length of time in the garage and having not a lot of work concentrated on it, but Simon got the racing bug and thought he would give it a go. All three of the team would be competing with each other in each BTRDA Stockhatch event so it was going to be very interesting. For the first heat Simon and Richard shot up to the first corner tussling for position and Mark was towards the back of the grid keeping up with the best of them and did not lose his nerve at all to say this was his first competitive race. Simon and Richard continued on a great run and Richards’s car was on form and looking very quick but after a few laps it was clear there was a problem Rics car had slowed down considerably, when he came back to the pits he found that the coil lead was hanging lose so it was not getting a spark. Simon finished in third place and Mark in fifth. In heat 2 Richard managed to get his car back out but again his car was not performing as it should be due to an unknown electrical fault. Simon had an even better run and finished in 2nd place whilst Mark came 6th. It all kicked off in Heat 3 as Richard was under pressure to get a good finish to ensure that he would make the finals. Again he managed to fix the car and get it out on the grid. As the race started and all the cars got to the first corner Jason O’Donovan who was hiring Phil Chickens car rolled at the first corner and the so the race was red flagged. On the second run Richard and Carl Jones came together this time at the dreaded first corner and both him and Richard span off and so again the race was red flagged. Because Ric was involved in the red flag incident at the first corner he was unfortunately not allowed to take the re-start which was a blow for Richard as the car was performing really well. The race was again re-started and both Simon and Dave Martin were tussling for position and ran a very good and clean competitive race in which Simon by the skin of his teeth made 1st place with Dave less than a second behind him. Both Simon and Mark made it to the A Final, with Simon 2nd on the grid and Mark fifth on the grid which again was a fantastic result for his debut race. The final was fast and furious and was pretty well spaced out with Craig Brown first, Dave Martin 2nd and the final spot on the podium went to Simon in third with Mark finishing not far behind Simon in a very creditable fourth place. The teams attention now turns to the next round at Lyddem Hill in Kent on Easter Monday in which Steve hopes to make a welcome return to join alongside Richard and Mark on the stockhatch grid. 28/02/2008 : The Horton Racing team are proud to add Fine Wine Sellers as a new sponsor for 2008. Fine Wine Sellers (www.finewinesellers.co.uk) are a growing business selling wine, champagne, gifts and some spirits to the public and corporate customers. They offer a fantastic range and value for money service and can deliver to the whole of the UK Scotland and Northern Ireland. They will be supplying the Horton Racing team with lots of celebratory champagne (we hope) throughout the season. Check out their website for any of your wine, champagne or gift needs: www.finewinesellers.co.uk 28/02/2008 : 3 of Horton Racing team to compete at Croft this weekend Simon, Richard and Mark will be competing at this weekends BTRDA series, Simon will be using the trusty Metro for the last time before the new Subaru is revealed. Mark is a new member to the team, He will be racing a newly prepared 205 built by the Horton Racing Team. Richard will be using the same 205 as last year but with a fresh coat of paint and a few tweaks since last season. Stevens car is not ready to race due to work commitments but will be ready for the next Lydden event. There will be some close racing between the 3 of them and I’m sure there will be some good results. It’s been a while since Simon and Richard have raced together and will guarantee to make some interesting racing. Simons car is still currently for sale so if you’re interested please pop over for a chat for any information you may need. News and pictures will be uploaded shortly after the event.
Welcome to 2008 with the hortonracing team. This year The team will again be focused around rallycross with both Simon & Richard Horton competing in the British championship and fellow team mate and sponsor Steve Rattue back at the wheel for 2008. All the drivers will be racing in both the British rallycross championship and the rallycross open championship through 2008. Richard and Steve will once again be racing in the Stockhatch class in there respective Peugeot 205’s whilst Simon will make the huge jump up to the elite Supercar class in a purpose build Subaru Impreza. The team will share there experience and resources to help make this year as successful as possible for all it’s drivers, and the hortonracing website will have more information than ever to keep you all up to date with all the results and news through out the year.
17/01/2008 : Car Updates, start of 2008
07/01/2008 : Horton Racing Metro GTI FOR SALE Hortonracing prepared Rover Metro GTI stock hatch (748).
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promises to be the team biggest and best year yet with a new car in the fleet and the drivers with more experience than ever before. 
The first real piece of news is a quick update on where all the cars are up to at this point in time as of the 1st of January 2008.
