The 2013 Season – Official Announcement

Due to a team restructure, we will not be defending our titles in the 2013 Legends Championship.

Lawrence Davey has moved championships and is taking on the Mini Challenge. Nathan Anthony Racing is assisting Lawrence in his campaign – we will be providing race trucks and associated pit equipment.

Nathan Anthony Racing in association with First4Vans is currently building a new race car. This will undergo developement work and testing will take place throughout 2013 ready for a full title assault for 2014.

2012 winners – Nathan Anthony Racing Wins All 3 Titles!

After a dramatic season the Nathan Anthony Racing / First4vans backed team win all 3 titles –  Drivers Championship (Lawrence Davey), Team Championship and Rookie Championship (Deme Cordell).

All credit goes to all three drivers for the on track achievements.  This would not have been possible without the hard work of all team members, and the hard work done back at the Surrey based workshop!!!

It was celebrations all round at the last round at Brands Hatch. The weekend was a great opportunity for Lawrence as he also won the Sunoco Challenge.

Lawrence flew to Daytona race way to test for the Mitcham Motorsport team so he can take part in the 6 hour endurance race at the end of the January. We shall keep you updated with his progress.

Lawrence Davey At Autosport Show This Week

The First4Vans Legend Car can be seen at the Sunoco fuels stand this week, Lawrence will be on site to ask all your questions and have your photo taken next to the car!

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UK Legends Championship 2012 – Rounds 5 & 6

Wet and wintery conditions are the last thing you’d expect in the middle of June, but that’s exactly what the Nathan Anthony Racing Team faced when they arrived at the Angelsey circuit in north Wales with the 2012 UK Legends Championship.

The Horley based team began the weekend in buoyant mood with lead driver, Lawrence Davey leading the championship by 585 points ahead of the nearest contender.

Day one finished with three podiums for Lawrence, with Nathan and Deme tussling over the lower order.

In race one of day two several challenges came up for the pit crew after Eliot Bunn suffered brake failure and ended up ‘T’ boning Lawrence taking them both off circuit. Lawrence managed to get going again and came home a very respectable 8^th despite one wheel being completely out of action! In the action packed opener, Nathan also had a DNF after he suffered engine failure, while Deme’s gearbox expired on the last lap.

These challenges would knobble most teams but not the Nathan Anthony Racing crew. Chief Engineer, Martin Davey and his team got to work to ensure all three drivers were out for the final at the end of the weekend.

The results means Lawrence extends his lead to 880 points topping the championship with five rounds remaining.

Team owner/driver: Nathan Anthony has a real opportunity to break into the top 10 of the championship next time out while Kent based Deme Cordell has a slim lead in the rookie championship.

The team heads north of the border to the Scottish circuit of Knockhill for the next round in mid July. 

Nathan Anthony racing are sponsored by Horley based First4Vans.Com (part of the Nathan Anthony group of companies).

First4Vans.Com is Piaggio Commercial Vehicles only authorised dealer for London and the South-East.

For more information please contact: Pete Diamant – 07725 041151  petediamant@yahoo.co.uk

UK Legends Championship 2012 – Round 3 & 4

The 2012 UK Legends Championship rolled into the home of British motorsport at Silverstone during the Bank Holiday weekend.

The Horley based Nathan Anthony Racing team continued on from where they left off at Brands Hatch with Lawrence Davey winning 5 out of the 6 races and only missing out on a ‘full-house’ of 6 out of 6 wins by just 0.03secs with Lawrence taking the 2nd place on the podium in the final race of the weekend.

The result leaves Lawrence 585 points in the lead of the championship with two rounds down and six to go.

In a weekend of challenging luck, team owner/driver: Nathan Anthony overcame some mechanical issues and produced a stunning performance.
Starting from pit lane, Nathan produced the drive of the weekend and overtook 12 cars on his way to 14th place and in the process set his weekends best lap time.

The Silverstone weekend also saw the debut of Tonbridge based Deme Cordell with the First4Vans.Com team.
With the 2012 season being his first in the Legends racing series, Deme finished the weekend with a career best of 12th in the final race of leaving him just 45 points of the lead in the 2012 Legends Rookie Championship.

With a 5 week gap until the next outing, the team heads back to Horley to strip the cars down for a re-build in preparation for the next round at the picturesque coastal circuit of Anglesey, in North Wales.

Nathan Anthony racing are sponsored by Horley based First4Vans.Com (part of the Nathan Anthony group of companies).

First4Vans.Com is Piaggio Commercial Vehicles only authorised dealer for London and the South-East.

Davey’s Brands Double Is The Stuff Of Legends

First4Vans sponsored Lawrence Davey should be nicknamed First4Legends after he raced past his rivals to win a
thrilling final last Saturday.

At the start of the big race Martin Lucas, one of four Belgians to grace the giant grid, burst through from the third row to lead Matthew Pape, Nathan Anthony and Nick Brace into Paddock.

Brace the hit the front to lead from Lucas, Anthony and Eliot Bunn, who was really making progress before the
safety car was deployed because David Jones’s stranded car had blocked the exit of the Graham Hill Bend.

The entire field telescoped into a tight, seething mass as Davey looked for a way through.

Soon after racing resumed the safety car was out again: John Mickel had spun at the apex of Druids and collected Nick Brace’s son Dean.

As soon as it peeled off into the pits Davey charged through to the front chased by Bunn. These two fought all the way to the flag but at the finish Davey was still just in front.

James Holman moved up to finish third ahead of Ben Power and ‘Faster Guy’ Guy Fastres.

On Sunday Davey went even better when he started the final from the 10th row of the grid – and yet by the end of the second lap was through to the lead.

Once in front he pulled away on a very wet track and went on to win by 10 seconds from Nick Brace, with Power third.

Report by Kerry Dunlop

RESULTS – SATURDAY FINAL (14 LAPS)
1. Lawrence Davey
2. Eliot Bunn
3. James Holman

HEAT 1 (4 LAPS)
1. Lawrence Davey
2. Richard Pocklington
3. Fastres

HEAT 2 (10 LAPS)
1. John Mickel
2. Eliot Bunn
3. Lawrence Davey

RESULTS – SUNDAY FINAL (12 LAPS)
1. Lawrence Davey
2. Nick Brace
3. Power

HEAT 1 (10 LAPS)
1. John Mickel
2. Lawrence Davey
3. Eliot Bunn

HEAT 2 (10 LAPS)
1. Richard Pocklington
2. Lawrence Davey
3. Dean Brace

First4Vans.com

First4Vans.com are proud to sponsor the Nathan Anthony Racing team. This is their first official marketing platform.

First4Vans.com offer a wide range of commercial vehicles where high quality, reliability and customer satisfaction are standard.

First4Vans.com specialise in high quality, one owner, service history vehicles in excellent condition.

Pre-delivery inspection, finance, warranties and after sales back-up is included with every vehicle.

Earthpound.com

The latest online auction site, Earthpound.com, were proud to sponsor the Smart Motorsport team at the final rounds at Brands Hatch. This was their first official marketing platform. It was a huge success with Earthpoound.com giving away free gifts to all race goers, and backed by a great set of results on the track, giving both Smart Motorsport and Earthpound.com a great end to the Season.

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The Italian Job

Phil Cooper head of Legends Europe has recently secured a new distribution deal for Italy. As 600 Racings preferred builder Smart Motor Sport are pleased to announce that we are currently preparing 7 Legends Cars as their first order to be completed for this championship. The cars are a mix of sedan and coupe models and are running a standard 1250 cc engine. Phil Cooper intends on rolling out more Legend cars in to Italy and other European countries.

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Pembrey 8th October

The Smart Motorsport, www.getanewvan.com team have made the long  journey to Pembrey, South Wales. This weekend will see the drivers compete in 6 races over the weekend.

Race 1……………..

Lawrence finishes 2nd!!

Race 1 saw Nathan Anthony start on the 2nd row, with Paul Simmons start on the 3rd row. Jess Gwynne started on the 6th row with Lawrence Davey starting on the last row.

On the start Paul Simmons lost an oil line covered the track in oil. This meaning that Paul’s race only lasted 4 corners. 

Nathan Anthony made a good start and was sitting in 3rd position untill he was passed by Team mate Lawrence Davey on lap 2. Nathan hit the oil while running in 4th position and spun off the track. Once he rejoined the track Nathan had lost a lot of positions and a recovery drive saw him finish in 10th place.

Jess Gwynne had a steady start from the 6th row and had a race long battle with Dave Ward and Steve Whitelegg. This battle saw Jess swapping positions and driving well to record a 13th place finish.

Lawrence Davey started from the last row of the grid. Before the race the rain came down and Lawrence decided to change onto almost wet tires. This was infact the wrong choice as the drizzle stopped. Lawrence drove from 16th to cross the line in 3rd on lap 2.  A number of laps later saw the tires over heat and Lawrence had no grip. The last 3 laps saw Lawrence drive steady to record a 2nd place finish.

Race 2………………..

With the first race grids reversed, Lawrence Davey started on the front row. Jess started on row 3 with Nathan and Paul starting at the back of the field.

Lawrence got a good start, and came out of the 1st corner in 2nd place.  Lawrence was having a good race with Dean Brace untill Brace lost all gears coming out of turn 1. This putting Lawrence in the lead. This left a 3 car train racig for the lead with Lawrence heading Mickel and Morton. On the last lap Mickel passed Lawrence down the back straight. Lawrence went straight back for the fight for the lead but doing so, got stuck on the back bumper of Mickel and this threw Lawrence off the track. Lawrence finished the race in 3rd whist on the grass.

Jess put her 3rd row start to good use and had a good race untill she was knocked off the track. This didnt phase Jess and she got her head down and fought through the field to pick another top 10 finish.

Nathan started at the very back of the field and on his fight though the field, he had a coming together with Nick Brace. Sufferig with car damage Nathan limped on to finish 15th.

Paul who also started at the back of the field, put his bad luck from race 1 behind him and had a good race with Nathan. Paul was putting Nathan under a lot of pressure but couldnt find a way past and fnished 16th.

Race 3………………..

With a DNF Paul started on pole position with Nathan on his bumper on row 2. Jess was on row 4 and Lawrence was on the very last row.

With a good start Paul headed the field into turn 1 from Nathan. At the end of the first lap Paul was in 3rd and the saftey car was called. On the restart Paul and Dean Brace had a coming together into turn 1 and Paul had to retire due to damage on his car.

Nathan started on row 2 and was leading when the saftey car came out. On the restart Nathan headed the field into turn 1 and was able to avoid the carnage behind him. The race was red flagged and this ment Nathan had to lead the field again on the restart. After a hard fight through the race, Nathan was hit by Steven Treherne and suffered further damage on his car. Although the car wasnt handling, Nathan was still able to finish 9th.

Jess who started on row 4 got a good start and had made up a couuple of places but as they entered turn 4, Jess was spun along with a couple of other cars. During the spin Jess had suffered damage to her steering so was unable to finish the race.

Lawrence started on the last row, due to picking up a lot of points from the heats got a very fast start and was sitting in 5th when the saftey car came out at the end of the 1st lap. On the restart, Lawrence managed to miss the spun cars of Paul Simmons, Nick and Dean Brace and was in 2nd behind Nathan. The red flags came out and Lawrence was re gridded to 4th. By lap 3 Lawrence was in 2nd chasing Dean Brace hard untill Brace made a mistake and Lawrence found his way into the lead. A race long battle with Peter Morton kept Lawrence busy, but it was Lawrence who came out on top over the line. This race win had ment Lawrence won the overall day and has closed within 500 points to the championship leader.