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The wait is over. First race of 2023 is this weekend at Castle Combe.

At last. The long awaited first race of the WSSCC Championship 2023 is this weekend. With new class structure for the season ahead we should see some close racing this year.

The wait is over. First race of 2023 is this weekend at Castle Combe.
The Welsh Sports & Saloon Car Championship (WSSCC) is entering its 33rd season with the first 2 races at Castle Combe on Bank Holiday Monday 10th April with some changes aimed at simplifying the regulations to help the championship stay relevant, as a new series of cars become available. There is still the same mix of cars and Class One is for cars up to 2 litre on List 1a Tyres.
In all the other classes there is a free choice of tyres. Classes 2 to 5 are only separated by the cc of the engine.

Class 2 - Saloons, Road Sports, and GT Cars up to 2000cc.
Class 3 - Saloons, Road Sports and GT cars over 2000cc.
Class 4 - Supercars and Kit cars up to 2000cc + Motorcycle Engine Cars.
Class 5 - Supercars and Kit cars over 2000cc.

There are a mixture of familiar faces and cars, with some new Faces and some new cars.
Several faces are trying Slick tyres for the first time. Also among the new faces for 2023 are Craig Attard who is joining us with a Mazda RX8.
Nick Crompton is re-joining us with a 'Stuart Taylor' sportscar (a Fisher Fury type of car) powered by a Haybusa motorcycle engine.
However if he runs into problems with the car, he has a Westfield waiting in the wings. Keith Butcher, who has used various Audi cars over the years, has entered a Lamborghini Huracan!
Keith a WSSCC stalwart will be in Class Five the same class as fellow WSSCC stalwarts Chris Everill and Dave Karyem.
Joining us a guest is the familiar face of Gareth Haycock, who has spent some time setting up his new business 'Image Paintworks' and counts several F1 teams amongst his clients!

Colin Dunn who is the current champion is taking a short break but may join us later in the year. Colin from Cheltenham, proves the championships motto ' You don't have to be Welsh to join in the fun'

Castle Combe Entries

Car No.

Class

Name

Car

Sponsor

53

One

Verity

Banks

Ford Focus

7

One

Rodney

Teague

Renault Clio

Hillcroft Garage

14

One

Tyrone

Dowsell

Renault Clio

Hillcroft Garage

52

t b c

Mike

Cook

BMW 330

Cockoo Spring Cottages

33

Two

Jason

Peard

Honda Civic Type R

Hillcroft Garage

88

Two

Andrew

Williams

Renault Clio

Hillcroft Garage

96

Two

Wayne

Spiller

Mazda RX5

Intelle Construction

56

Two

Craig

Attard

Mazda RX5

Rocket Dog Racing

180

Two

Mark

Williams

Renault Clio

Prompt Transport

15

Three

Robert

Rees

BMW Mini T

80

Three

Nick

Crompton

Stuart Taylor Haybusa (M)

AKA Fisher Fury

or

Maybe

Nick

Crompton

Westfield

44

Four

Damien

Longotano

Westfield SE

Whitchurch Motor Sevices Ltd

36

Five

Keith

Butcher

Lamborghini Huracan

169

Five

Chris

Everill

Ginetta G55

CE Commercials

888

Five

David

Krayem

Ginetta G50

Speed Tec Motorsport

17

Guest

Gareth

Haycock

BMW Mini S

Image Paintworks