Category: General News

RIP Chris Batterbee (by C Steeper) It is with great sadness that we learned Chris Batterbee had passed away on 23/03/23. Chris had been a wonderful & generous supporter of Sports 2000 over the last few years. I recall at the SRCC Awards Dinner in 2021 Chris Batterbee & I chatted about innovation and he […]

A fitting end to another great season AGM  & Dinner Dance – Radisson Blu Hotel, East Midlands. The Sports 2000 annual Dinner and Dance gala took place last week, a fantastic opportunity for the Sports 2000 community, including volunteers, drivers and their teams to come together and celebrate in each other’s success. The highlight of […]

SRCC Sports 2000 are proud to confirm that for the 25th year in a row Yokohama HTP will be the championship tyre supplier in 2023. Yokohama’s support has enabled the Championship to go from strength to strength attracting new competitors in both the Duratec and Historic (Pinto) classes Over the last 25 years the Sports […]

Are you ready for a party !! Following the Sports 2000 Championship and Locks 4 Vans 2022 season of full grids, close racing and a great club atmosphere, it’s time to celebrate. As with last year we will have live entertainment from our very own Josh Law and the Gatsby Band and the formalities will […]

Andrew Greenwood 7 December 1960 to 5 September 2022 Andrew passed away suddenly and unexpectedly, at home earlier this month. I first met Andrew, in 1988 although, it was soon apparent, that we had competed in motorcycle trials at the same time as each other. We shared a love of all thing’s motorsport, and shortly […]

The SRCC is sad to announce the passing of long time supporter and competitor Tim Matthews. Tim qualified as a teacher at Durham University and following 3 years teaching in Worcester took up a career in motorsport. He raced on both two and four wheels internationally. When Tim first took up motorsport it was as […]

For our second race meeting of season 2022 SRCC are returning with MSVR to Silverstone; a circuit where Sports 2000 have enjoyed many close slip streaming races through the years. After the hugely successful race meeting art Donington earlier this month we will be having separate races for our Historic Pinto cars and the modern […]

For this season Sports 2000 Racing Car Club have been very fortunate, and privileged to entice Alan Jones, the well known and respected retired HSCC Competion Secretary to join the SRCC team. Alan’s SRCC role is as “race meeting liaison” with the aim of keeping the drivers in order (good luck with that). Alan started […]

Sports 2000 cars took to the track for the first time this year.Taking part in the MSVR Media day at Snetterton. We had four cars attend the MSVR launch day at Snetterton on 4/3/22. Two Duratecs belonging to Mike Turner and Andrew butler. Two Pintos belonging to Richard Cooke and the Besley brothers Charlie and […]