Bradley Gravett maintained his impressive form in the Vertu Motors MINI CHALLENGE with a battling performance on track at Knockhill as his season resumed after the summer break. Bradley had gone into the break on the back of a strong weekend at Oulton Park, where he had powered his EXCELR8 Motorsport-run car to a second podium finish of the campaign to leave him sitting sixth in the championship standings. As usual, the action kicked off with two practice sessions on Friday, which would end with mixed emotions for Bradley as he worked to get back into the groove on-track. Despite...

As the summer break comes to a close, Bradley and Gravett Racing are gearing up for a thrilling return to the track at Knockhill, Scotland, for Round 5 of the MINI Challenge JCW series. Following an impressive performance at Oulton Park, Bradley is riding high on momentum and is determined to build on his recent success to secure consistent podium finishes this coming weekend. Oulton Park last time out proved to be a turning point for Bradley, showcasing his skills and determination on track and reminding everyone of his immense potential. With an outstanding second-place qualifying position, provisional pole for...

So Knockhill, round 4 of the 2022 Quaife MINI Challenge UK JCW Championship is now complete, and over the weekend, I think I clocked just shy of 1100 miles, which is the most I've ever driven in a single weekend, and that's not including the racing miles too, but, the fortunate thing is, I like driving, so we're all good! :) Being an eight-ish hour drive, with a couple of planned pit stops on the way, we decided to make our way up to Scotland early Thursday morning, so we could arrive at our hotel, check in and still have...

So, that's the BTCC summer break over, and by the time we get to our Knockhill race weekend this coming weekend, that'll have been a total of 7 weeks away from the track; it's flown by! Albeit my third full season of car racing, this is the first summer break I've ever had because my last two racing seasons have been during the pandemic, thus causing a very compacted calendar, leaving no time for any big breaks. Having a little time away from the track has been great; it's not only allowed me the opportunity to catch up on a...

So, Knockhill; yep, I can confirm it's a very, very long way away, but I have to say, it's definitely worth the trip. Knockhill Racing Circuit is about 30 minutes north of Edinburgh city. Edinburgh is a place I've never visited before, but it's a place full of culture and character, and somewhere I'd definitely recommend for a long weekend, and somewhere I'll definitely be going back to in the future. We flew into Edinburgh late Thursday afternoon to be there, settled and ready for testing early Friday morning. All week I'd been keeping my eye on my weather app,...

Knockhill is probably one of the most critical test days I'll do all year. As I alluded to in my previous article, Knockhill is not an easy circuit to drive. It has plenty of high-speed blind turn-in points, huge curbs that you need to use and rather large inclines and declines one needs to understand. So, having arrived in a rather wet Scotland late Sunday evening, I'd pretty much accepted that it was going to be a wet test day, and, when we arrived at the circuit the following morning, I was not wrong; it was absolutely throwing it down....

It's like quick-fire MINI Challenge racing at the moment. Because of the delay to the start of the season earlier this year, all the race weekends are being thrown at us thick and fast to try to complete the season on the right side of summer; you know, the summer we're not having! And, because pre-race weekend testing is just such a necessity, it's weekend after weekend of MINI driving at the moment; it's absolutely brilliant! So, Knockhill; yeah, it's another one I've never actually driven, and from what everyone's been telling me, it's one of the highest commitment and...