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F1 and WEC racing teams are closely aligned with lubricant and fluid manufacturers and almost all teams have technicians from their suppliers embedded in their teams such is the importance of lubricants and fluids to the performance of the race car. ExxonMobil are partnered with Red Rull, Shell’s relationship with Ferrari goes back through the decades, Gulf with Ford and later Porsche, Petronas are aligned with Mercedes, and of course Castrol were involved with TWR throughout the success Le Mans and IMSA programme during the 80s/90s. Prior to that Motul backed…

Its that time of year again where Swallows Racing hosts its cars and coffee event, opening the doors to 3 regions of the JEC as well as friends and customers to enjoy artisan coffee, good food and great conversion. Sunday the 1st of June at 09.00am until 01.00pm we will host roughly 150 people, giving you the opportunity to see all of our race cars and builds. This insight will also include how we create our cars through design and fabrication to geometry set up and driver coaching. We will have…

External influences occasionally are motivation for new product development. Whilst our primary drivers are improving car performance sometimes at Swallows Racing, we also have the dual influences of solving limited part supply or offering more cost-effective solutions to parts that have become overly expensive for one reason or another. These reasons can include world events that disrupt the normal supply chains such as Covid, the Ukraine war and high prices of global traded commodities. Catalytic converts are a prime example of a car component that is both affected by limited supply…

Castle Combe was host to round 3 of the championship, 21 big Cats joined us at what was a fine but very hot day unlike rounds 1 & 2 at Snetterton in April. In a change of procedure, this was scheduled as a 30 minute race rather than the usual 20 minutes, necessitating some drivers having to install larger fuel tanks. Notable absentee was championship stalwart Adam Powderham who, due to business commitments, missed his first race in 6 years but attended as a spectator. Having missed the first 2 rounds…

With the Swallows open day just over a month away now its time to look into the schedule for the event and who we have sharing their knowledge through talks across the morning, as well as some of the special cars we have on display attending on the morning. Weather permitting we will have a few special vehicles from the Jaguar marque including the largest gathering of Palmer sport X150’s since their days at Bedford Autodrome, XJ220, stunning E-types, Palmer Sport JP1 and race cars from the JEC GT/Saloon and Comp…

Over the next few months we will be building a fresh Jaguar supercharged V8 for the coming 2018 season and with all the usual SR refinements for Rob Bool Racing, this space frame Land Rover will be built to compete in the BCCC where is won the 2017 season and is sure to hold onto his crown this year. These races are a fantastic spectacle to watch and we urge you to take a look at these light weight monsters in action.. there is nothing like a growling Jag V8 and mud…