News 2005

Brands Hatch Season Opener and some great racing

This weekend saw Team NJL Racing kick off their Blaupunkt SEAT Cupra Championship campaign at Brands Hatch with driver Nick Leason. more

Last minute deal for 2006 season opener

Nick Leason has managed a last minute deal at the eleventh hour to compete in this years SEAT Cupra Championship with Team NJL Racing and will be on the grid for the first race at Brands Hatch British Touring Car Meeting this weekend. All Nick had to say was "its just a miracle we are out and I would like to thank all those that supported me over the last few months when its been very hard times. We now just want to get out there on the track and enjoy it".

Safe driving plays dividends for Brands

With a weekend with no budget and tricky Qualifying conditions Nick managed to achieve 2 good results. "We had to run all weekend on old tyres and could not afford to damage the car, but that's how it was and we just got on with the job". more

A move forward for Silverstone

At last Nick and CMS Motorsport made good progress at Silverstone. Race one saw Nick having a great race and fighting for position with four other cars throughout the 18 laps. more

A wet weekend at Knockhill

Severe weather conditions at Knockhill saw Nick Leason only complete one lap in the first qualifying session. The car reached the gravel on turn two and had to be retrieved by the marshalls, which meant immediatte exclusion from the session. more

A big leap forward.

Big leap forward for Leason and CMS Motorsport Following a difficult start to the season CMS had to take a slightly unconventional approach to the race weekend at Snetterton. more

CMS positive for Snetterton

CMS motorsport and Nick are looking at the weekend with a positive attitude. more

Unlucky Croft .

Hoping Nick and CMS motorsport were going to change things around this weekend with results saw the team having a unlucky weekend. more

Improvement for Oulton Park....

Nick and the Team at CMS Motorsport had a succesfull weekend as they stepped up a gear to become more competitive over the 2 days with 15 cars competing at Oulton Park. "We are still at a learning stage and it seems a huge mountain to climb, when you are always playing catch-up with all the other teams who have done so much more testing plus 2 race meetings more...But we feel we have learnt a great deal this weekend, not only with the technique of driving the car, but also set up as well". more

Brands Hatch and first time in the Seat Cupra R

It was just great to be back in the racing seat again after 18 months hard work setting up the Team. Professional racing driver Nick Leason is racing a Cube Design-backed Leon Cupra R in this year’s Smartnav SEAT Cupra Championship – which began at Brands Hatch. more

Nick Leason and CMS join the SEAT Cupra Championship

Professional racing driver Nick Leason will race a Cube Design-backed Leon Cupra R in this year's Smartnav SEAT Cupra Championship - beginning at Brands Hatch this weekend. Nick had planned to race in the British Touring Car Championship this year, and while that is still the 36-year old Northampton driver's aim for 2006 he has committed himself to the rest of the 2005 SEAT series. more

Fordpark Raceway at Rockingham

Rockingham in association with CMS & FordPark Raceway presented slot car racing to the public for the first time on the 6th June. Fordpark constructed a replica of the International circuit for the days of Thunder crowd. A steady flow of people raced on the 8 lane track in a selection of cars.. The fastest lap time came from Rockinghams own Daniel Davidson with his unsheduled stop to inspect the layout early on the Sunday morning. A very impressive sub 16 second lap. Could this be his true vocation in life, we will have to see.......Watch this space?

Silverstone 19/20th May

Nick Leason flies the CMS Motorsport Flag as Fords Pro driver at the HSBC days at Silverstone. Using the Grand Prix circuit Nick was their to take Fords' clients around the track in the RS Focus. Nick would like express his thanks to all at Excel and Ford for the sucessful event

Economic Growth of Northamptonshire

A positive and enthusiastic response to our marketing Intiative - promoting the Economic Growth of Northamptonshire as it was presented for the first time at the breakfast Networking Meeting on the 15th April.

THE ECONOMIC GROWTH OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

The government is presently investing heavily in the Northamptonshire region, making sure the infrastructure is in place to sustain industry at all levels. By the year 2010 it aims to make the East Midlands/Northamptonshire region one of the top 20 regions in Europe. A place where people want to live, work and invest because of its vibrant economy, its healthy, safe, diverse and inclusive society and its quality environment. Using our involvement in the The British Touring Car Championship we shall be promoting the regions economic potential. The branding of the team, car and transporter with a selection of companies and government organisations will give a clear economic picture of the region, highlighting the potential for commercial growth as well as continuing stability.

A special thanks to Allen Ford

A very special thanks to Allen Ford of Northmpton and especially Stuart Jenkins - CRM Manager- who, very kindly and at very short notice (just 2 hours) provided us with an ST170 Focus for our static display at the Chambers of Commerce Breakfast meeting. Our race car was to have been ready for the event but it had been delayed. We approach Allen Ford and they were pleased to be able to assist a local company and delighted to be involved such a pro-active marketing initiative for the region. Mark Mosley was invited along to the meeting not only to see first hand exactly what we propose to do but also to represent Allen Ford.

July 14th 2003   Deterination & Professionalism will see team CMS MacMillan
in the BTCC with driver Nick Leason for the long term.

Team Macmillan will be in the BTCC and maintain it will be for long term and not just a few one off race meetings to make up the grids for this year. Team CMS Macmillan have signed Nick Leason Lamborghini and one make racer long term to race for them and are hoping to get out at the end of the season to prepare for next season and beyond. more

Jan 9th 2003   Macmillan "GO Racing" to provide vital cancer care.

CMS Motorsport has joined forces with cancer charity Macmillan Cancer Relief to take on the best of British Motorsport in the 2003 British Touring Car Championship. Team Macmillan will enter a specially branded Ford Focus Macmillan car in the championship (Production Class).

The team, headed by CMS's team principle Malcolm Cleland, will raise money by directly donating a percentage of their sponsorship to Macmillan. Through the high profile championship we intend to raise the awareness of Macmillan Cancer Relief and the great work they do, whilst establishing the charity as a household name. More ...

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