Hi everyone,
Hope that you are all keeping warm.
It's going to be a really great race with so many top racing drivers taking part.
I hope that as many of you as possible can come down and remember that the entry fee is only a fiver which goes direct to the charity..... the Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance. You can visit their web site at
www.wnaa.co.uk
Here's the latest update from the Johnny Herbert Karting Challenge website, Lucy & Anna had a mention too .....
http://www.johnnyherbertkarting.co.uk/
Nitey nite
Paula
News Update for this years event - Nov.02, 2010
We are now well on our way to another super Karting Challenge and Johnny is as keen as anyone to head the leader board, sadly for Johnny so will his Daughters Chloe and Aimelia who will be racing against him again this year, Radio 5 Live from the BBC will also be with us again, their team is headed by F1 and Sports Car Star Anthony Davidson, his brother Ian, Jack Harvey and Alan Van Der Merwe ( FIA Medical Car Driver ) too…… CRS Racing are entered and their driver line up include Robert Foster-Jones, Harry Tincknell, Oliver Rowland and Alex Walker…… top Motor Racing Photographer Paula Hamilton has entered a team and one of her drivers will be Craig Llewellyn from www.Crash.net , another is up and coming star Louise Richardson, they will no doubt be chased hard by Adam Jones’s team from 100cc PR as he will I’m sure have got some ace karters together once again…… Johnny Herbert and Johnny Mowlem will again join forces but have loads of extra help from the super quick karter ( not to mention Glamorous! ) Tiffany Chittenden…………… also Ollie Millroy, Jo Riley and Scott Malvern, a team that I’m sure they will hope can make the top step of the podium this year……. as well as being busy with the microphone Gareth Jones will be leading his team ” Gareth Jones on Speed” with the help of his podcast side kick Paul“ZOG” Ireson and Mercedes GP Race Team Co ordinator Martin Pople ………… Team No 1 “Herbies Heroes ” is the only team to have taken part in everyone of Johnny’s events and before the format was changed it was headed by the man himself ( on many podiums too !!! ) Anthony Canon and Andy Baker are the longest participating drivers in the event ( Johnny as well of course !!! ) more news on team entries soon.
Motorsport Photographers Dave Ayres and Dan Overton will be taking care of your team photos so please get your drivers together as early as you can on the day.
Ben Constanduros will be filming the event as well as fielding his own team featuring Richard Dean, Chris Dymond and Keiron Vernon.
Top TV star Gareth Jones will be keeping us entertained conducting interviews from 9.00 am while driver sign on takes place and at 9.30 he will present a kart demonstration by KartForce, learn more about this very worthwhile cause on www.KartForce.org ……James Jakes is back from testing in Abu Dhabi, Danny Watts fresh from a great season with Strakka Racing ……….James Rossiter, Dino Zamparelli, Duncan Tappy, Archie Hamilton, Andrew Richardson and Ted Kravitz will also be there……..watch out for Ashley Grant an up and coming racer and Lucy Owens and Anna Richards too ………. keep checking here for more star drivers.
Scott Malvern will be with us before he has to dash to the Grosvenor House Hotel for the Autosport /BRDC Awards night, as will many others too no doubt.
Some say he’s quicker than Lewis Hamilton, others say he is an F1 Champion in waiting !! All we know is he’s called Phil Duncan ………. and he is the F1 writer for the Daily Mail web site, you can meet Phil and also watch his driving and see if he really compares with Lewis !!! ……….. the truth is out there !!
PLEASE NOTE THAT DOORS OPEN AT 9.00 AM ON SUNDAY 5th AND DRIVERS SHOULD ARRIVE BY 10.00 AM