Team Owner James Manning started Karting at the age of 6 and went on to compete for many years in the British Championships throughout the UK and Europe. Over a period of 6 years, James competed in over a thousand races gaining invaluable experience. He went on to gain his ARDS Race Licence at
Over a period of 6 years, James competed in over a thousand races gaining invaluable experience. He went on to gain his ARDS Race Licence at 14 and competed in the Ford Fiesta Junior Championship for a season before leaving motorsport to finish his studies. With motorsport being such a large part of his life it wasn’t long before the inevitable return to racing when he joined Stratton Motorsport to train as a race mechanic. While at Stratton he was a member of the team for two seasons in British GT, working on Lotus GT4’s owned by Ultratek Racing. Between British GT rounds, James and the team also ran several Aston Martin GT4’s in the AMOC series.
In James’ final season with the team, they took part once again in the AMOC Series with James progressing to the No.1 mechanic on one of the Aston’s. During this season James and the team also took part in several individual races including the Creventic 24hr of Barcelona, GT Cup and Britcar Endurance Series. During James’ time at Stratton, his responsibilities included, ordering parts, race car builds, trackside support, race weekend logistics including flight and hotel bookings, data acquisition, software management and fuel and tyre requirements.
Race reports from our first season in 2019 Race report for Mini Challenge Croft Race report for Mini...
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Using our fully covered and insulated car transporter we can collect and deliver your car to and from any circuit. If you have just purchased a...
Here are some of the many pictures taken during our time in racing. We try to credit all our photographers on each picture...
