Author Simon Pow

In best football commentator cliche speak, The Nationals was a show of two halves this year. Not just because of the coming together of the modified and hotrod scenes but due to the weather too. Saturday was we...

Castle Combe played host to “Europe’s biggest Japanese car show” as JAPFEST roared its way through on Saturday 10th May. It was clear on the faces of those in attendance that it was an early start but nev...

Sadly missing form my calendar this year was the Britcar 24hr endurance race. Instead, for one year only, it was replaced with the Britcar 1000km - A six hour race, held on the full Silverstone Grand Prix circu...

I have decided I probably shouldn't go to Players events. I am always so impressed with the builds on show that I go home with grand ideas of starting my own project car. (more…)...

With USC, then Mini In The Park and now Ford Fair, the UK car show season is in full flow, and the weather seems to be holding. Despite a warning of showers, Silverstone stayed sunny and dry much to the relief ...

I spent last weekend totally emerged in car culture under beautiful blue skys. How lucky am I? I spent Saturday at Players Classic at Goodwood then hot footed it over to South Wales for Round 2 of the British...

Last weekend a new show was born when Players Classic came to Goodwood. This is not your typical modified car show. There are no car clubs here, no cars with nothing more than after market wheels, no sheds, no�...

Working with Performance Direct, I get to cover a lot of events, but Modified Nationals has always been my favourite. It's always big with a huge club turn out, live stages and a great atmosphere. Having pa...

Back for its 11th year, Japfest, Europe's biggest Japanese car event, returned to Castle Combe Saturday. Being deep in rural Wiltshire, getting to the circuit can be an issue, with some people queueing into t...

For one day every April, the narrow streets of Bristol's medieval Old City are filled with hundres of italian cars and bikes. Members of the Italian AutoMoto Club and the Ducati Owners Club come together t...

After a good start, British spring time struck again at round one of the Maxxis British Drift Championship. After a bright morning for the Semi Pro and Pro qualifying sessions, the heavens opened on Lydden Hill...

Worldwide driving sensation and King of the Hoonigans, Ken Block came to Santa Pod and he brought some friends! Along for the ride were drift legend Vaughn Gittin Jr, British rallycrosser Liam Doran and the mas...

Last weekend saw the rather epic Britcar Endurance Race hit Silverstone for 24 hours of racing, reliability issues and rain. I've covered Britcar events before but as this was my first 24 hour race, I armed ...

For an event only in its second year and despite not exactly rolling off the tongue, The Forge Motorsport Performance Action Day (FMPAD), at the Castle Combe Circuit in Wiltshire, already feels like a well esta...

Despite being only 20 miles away from Castle Combe circuit, I'd never been to Rallyday until this year so I had no idea what to expect. The event marked its twelfth edition in style on Saturday August 18th with...

Despite the weather, a late change of venue and some early concerns about the track, round two of the Drift Allstars European Series (aka The Big Smoke) at Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium fell into place on the da...

Every July, Lord March opens the  grounds to his stately home and tens of thousands of petrolheads and speed freaks make their way to Goodwood in West Sussex for The Festival of Speed - "the largest motoring g...