Paul’s team tackles 25-hour challenge

DREAM team . . . (from the left) Paul Wighton, Anthony Reid and Antonio Armelin team up for the world’s longest race at Spa in Belgium, part of the British Racing and Sports Car Club Fun Cup endurance championship

A CHADDERTON racing driver is teaming up with a motorsport hero to take on the world’s longest - 25 hour - race.

Paul Wighton, who owns Drury Lane Auto Services in Hollinwood, has assembled a dream team to take part in the British Racing and Sports Car Club Fun Cup endurance championship.

The competition is a series of endurance races lasting between four to six hours each at the UK’s most prestigious race tracks — including Silverstone and Brands Hatch — and a gruelling 25-hour race at the famous Spa-Francorchamps track in Belgium.

Paul will be joined by former professional driver Antonio Armelin and one of motor racing’s best-known names, Anthony Reid, who together make up Drury Lane Racing. The trio will each put in shifts behind the wheel of a highly-modified Volkswagen Beetle.

Paul’s recruitment of Anthony Reid to his team has raised a few eyebrows in the motorsport world as he is regarded by many as the fastest-ever driver not to make it to Formula One.

Paul said: “To have someone of Anthony’s calibre on our team is fantastic. We have a great driver line-up, meaning we can compete at the highest level. It’s great that all three of us are doing this together, we’re all friends from years ago. I first met Anthony over 30 years ago when he was the judge of a competition I was in to find the next Formula One driver. And now all these years on we’re doing this together.”




RACE DATES

April 4 — Silverstone

May 30 — Snetterton

June 20 — Brands Hatch

July 9-11 — Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium)

August 22 — Donington Park

September 26 — Anglesey

October 17 — Oulton Park