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Early season problems overcome at Brands Hatch

CTR Racing have just arrived at Thruxton for round two of the Eastern Airways British F1 Championship in partnership with British Superbikes. Dramas in qualifing at Brands Hatch resulted in significant chasis damage on Saturday morning, the team worked solidly for the next 24 hours, with everyone playing their part to make sure the bike made race two on Monday. After a brief shake down in morning warm up Craig and new passinger Darren lined up on the back of the grid for a rain delayed race. After a first lap staying out of trouble CTR soon found their groove and set about dispatching the bikes in front eventually finnishing 10th.

Craig "Conditions on track were especally wet, but we manged to make good progress though the field and with a couple more laps couple have made though to 9th, but it wasn't to be."

More details and a full report from Thruxton to follow next week.

Darren Tritton Joins The CTR Team

With the 2012 season fast approaching the work behind the scenes to get the team to the grid is continuing at a hectic pace, changes to the bike for the new season have been completed and this week sees the machine go for a shake down and tuning on the dyno. Meanwhile away from the machine the riding line up for 2012 has been confirmed, once again Craig will be riding the bike while a change of passenger has had to take place.

After stepping into the team from the second round last year, Patrick Farrance was already contracted for 2012 with Dave Molyneux Racing, to concentrate in achieving Patrick’s last big unfulfilled ambition of winning at the Isle of Man TT.

Patrick – “ Whilst returning to the British F1 Championship in 2011 after a break with CTR was an excellent experience, my partnership with Dave at the TT is long standing and bringing home a TT winner’s trophy is one of the few major sidecar achievements that I have yet to fulfil.”

Patrick stays with CTR in 2012, remaining as technical advisor for the team, particularly helping with the telemetry and suspension settings on the bike, so expect to see Patrick around the BSB paddock this year. The team wish to thank Patrick for the experience, enthusiasm and talent he brought to the team though a difficult season last year, and wish him the best of luck in achieving his ambition this year. During discussions about his future, Patrick didn’t rule out returning to the team in the future but no firm commitment has been made.

Team owner Craig Chaplow said, “It a shame for the team that Patrick has moved on but we wish him the best of luck for the coming TT. Patrick, Kate, Josh and ‘BUMP’ know they will always be welcome in the team.

“We wish Patrick and Kate all the best for their new arrival later this year too.”

CTR are pleased to announce at the same time that Darren Tritton has agreed to join the team for the 2012 season. Darren has been the long passenger to Carl Parkinson over the last couple of years and with Carl taking a break from the F1 Championship this year he was an obvious choice to approach as new passenger. Darren brings a wealth of experience to the team and is already a good friend of the team in the paddock, who are really looking forward to working with him in 2012.

Craig said, “I’m really delighted that ‘Trits’ has agreed to ride with me this year, he is a real asset and brings a massive wealth of talent and experience to the team. We’d also like to extend a warm welcome to the Triton Family; Darren’s wife, Kate (thanks for the loan!) and their two children Danielle and Jack.”

CTR Team Feature at the MCN Motorcycle Show

CTR Racing were displaying their distinctive championship sidecar outfit at the MCN Motorcycle Show in the ExCel Centre, London, on the weekend of the 4th and 5th of February.
There was massive interest around the sidecar that formed part of the BSB stand. Several celebrities had a look round the sidecar amongst which was Derek Redmond the former international 400m athlete. Derek was really interested in the CTR Racing sidecar outfit so much so that he jumped at the chance of trying it for size.

Derek Redmond trying the outfit for size with Craig on the BSB Stand

Craig went on stage in front of a large knowledgeable crowd to be interviewed together with Connor Cummins (Tyco Suzuki superbike rider) and Michael Laverty (Honda superbike rider) by Barry Nutley.
Craig explained the journey that sidecars have been on from the 1980s when the world championships ran with the 500cc Grand Prix championship then went on a downhill spiral where the sport almost disappeared from the general public view to where they are now. Running with the world’s premier solo championship, BSB. He also discussed the teams optimism for the forthcoming season.

Peme 2011 Apprentice of the year Anna Walker as part of her award has been given the opportunity to be a mechanic for CTR Racing in the forthcoming season. Anna attended the show as a guest of CTR. She met some of the team as well as some of the other competitors. Anna and the team discussed duties and the structure of the race weekends.

Anna Walker meeting Craig and Chris

Craig said that it was great to meet Anna again and introduce her to the team. With the higher profile of the championship this year every team need to step up a gear in preparation and maintenance of the sidecars. She will bring different engineering skills to the team and will be a great asset to the team as well as perhaps learning something from us
Anna said that she has never worked in this type of environment before with the general public looking into the race awning at you working to prepare the sidecar for the next race. I am looking forward to being part of the CTR Racing team for the upcoming season and meeting the whole team along with the other competitors. I think it will be a great experience and I am looking forward to learning everything about the sidecar.

You can also catch a brief look around the bike on the stand in the MCN Motorcycle Show on in following video here

Big thanks to both PEME and Able systems whose support made the trip to the show possible and their continued backing of the team.

CTR Team Feature at the MCN Motorcycle Show

CTR Racing are displaying their distinctive championship sidecar outfit at the MCN Motorcycle Show in the ExCel Centre, London, on the weekend of the 4th and 5th of February.

The MCN Motorcycle Show is one of the biggest, and most popular, motorsport events in the British calendar. Everyone who is anyone from the biking world will be there, from Honda to Harley Davidson – and this year CTR will be joining the fun.

“We’re really looking forward to the weekend,” said team owner Craig Chaplow.

“CTR will be on the British Superbike stand, publicising the team and telling everyone what a fantastic sport sidecar racing is. I’m particularly excited to be interviewed by BBC commentator Barry Nutley alongside a whole host of other British Championship stars.”

Organiser of the BSB Eastern Airways Sidecar Championship, Roger Body, says “In this exciting time for F1 sidecar racing, RKBF1 are delighted that Craig and the CTR team will be displaying the outfit at the MCN Motorcycle show, especially on the prestigious BSB stand. This will mean that a machine from each class that has a British Title in BSB, will be at the event.’

Of course, we wouldn’t be there without the support of CTR’s sponsors.

“Able Systems are generously funding the transport of the outfit and the team to and from London,” says Craig, “and we’re really looking forward to welcoming PEME on the stand with us on Sunday.”

Come down and visit the CTR team on Saturday the 4th and Sunday the 5th of February at the ExCel Centre in London. It will definitely be a weekend to remember!

CTR F1 Sidecar Racing Confirm entry for 2012 Eastern Airways British F1 Sidecar Championship

With the new year only 8 days old CTR Racing are pleased to confirm they will be contesting the 2012 British F1 Sidecar Championship. Winter maintenance and development for the bike is gathering pace and negotiations with our returning sponsors from 2011 and prospective new partners are in an advanced stage. We are looking to announce our partners for 2012 in the next couple of weeks.

The series organizers RKBF1 have again pushed the profile of the series upwards agreeing a 16 race partnership with the British Superbikes Championship. A full list of events can be found below:

Hope to see you at your local round over the coming year and don't forget to check back later in the month for updates on our official partners for 2012 and developments within the team.

CTR at PEME Apprentice Awards Evening.

CTR Sidecar Racing took time out of 2012 preparations to attend Title sponsors prestigious ‘PEME Apprentice Awards evening’ earlier in November.

Set in the Prestigious ‘Bell Hotel’ in Stilton near Peterborough, this annual event has grown each year as Peterborough Electrical and Mechanical Engineering’ has seen its business grow. This year over 50 attendees were able to celebrate a number of successes across the PEME 30 strong apprentice program. The Highlight of the evening was the presentation by Managing Director, Ashley Maile of ‘Apprentice of the year’ to Anna Walker who as well as the Annual Trophy and prize gets to spend 2012 season working with CTR F1 sidecar racing as part of the team!
ANNA WALKER

Craig, from CTR Said ‘It was an absolute delight to speak to so many well mannered, talented young people, without exception they seemed to be a credit to the company’ adding, ‘The young people I have met today displayed a very different characteristics to the portrayal of this age group in the media, it was a pleasure to meet them, with apprentices like these you can see a great future for PEME.’

2011 INTAKE

Attached pictures show some of the apprentice’s sitting in (or on!) the sidecar outfit, to gain a better understanding of the engineering involved in sidecar racing,

PEME have developed a rich pedigree working with numerous blue chip companies. They have developed a reputation of delivering exceptional services to their clients and the business continues to thrive and grow in these austere times.

CTR are delighted to extend their Collaborative working program with PEME into 2012, working in partnership to help PEME deliver their vision of “To become the No.1 supplier of high quality engineering services to the world’s most respected manufacturers”
More information (including any vacancies and types of work undertaken) is available at the PEME website www.peme.co.uk