Last weekend the British Automobile Racing Club (BARC) held a meeting at the mini Nürburgring (Cadwell Park), the fantastic hilly and wooded Lincolnshire circuit.

Classic Formula Ford 1600, MX5 Championship, MGOC Championship and BARC Saloons cars were all out on the track to entertain us. However, it was the Minis in the Mini Se7en and Mini Miglia events that stole the show for me.

There were a lot of Minis and they were not holding back in the damp and tricky conditions. Entering Hall bends the pocket rockets were cocking a leg on the first corner and sliding around all the way to the Hairpin, great stuff.

Alfie Brown in the number 81 machine competing in the Mini Miglia event was consistently on the edge, pushing the limit of these classic machines. 

At any event I go to I keep an eye out for something different, flames, driving styles or great paint jobs. The 81 machine ticked all of these boxes for me.

Dave Drew was leading the Mini Miglia points table going into the weekend of racing and was placed 4th on Saturday and two 5th in both races on Sunday.

The Formula Ford 1600 entry list was a little light as were a few of the other entry lists, probably something to do with The Goodwood Revival being on at the same time.

Paul Neville dominated the meeting, his Ford Escort RS2000 winning all the races from pole position.

Demetris Neophytou in his Mk1 Ford Fiesta and Chris Baker in the Ford Escort RS1600i made up the other podium places.

The entry list was a little better in the MAX5 Racing Championship with Mk1, MK3 and the latest Mk4 Mazda MX5 all competing in the same race but for different class honours. These front engine rear wheel drive cars have been the staple for track days and racing for years. This race series started in 2004 as a cost effective way into motorsport and shows no sign of slowing down with the introduction of new Mazda MX5 Mk4. 

There weren't many Mk4 on track, the pack being mainly the earlier models, probably as the Mk4 haven't depreciated in value enough to justify ragging them round a track. Paul Roddison 55 in his immaculate Mk4 put in a fastest lap of 1:43.963 over the 2.1869 mile Cadwell course during the meeting to win all of the races over the weekend.

Josh Malin the 18 year old from Bournemouth was fastest the MAX5 Racing Championship during the practice sessions with a lap time of 1:54.751. Winning the first class A race and getting a 3rd in the next race despite a 5 second penalty for exceeding track limits. 

Classic and modern MG compete in the Lancaster Insurance MG Owner’s Club Championship, probably the most diverse starting line up you will see in motor racing. 

With 35000 members in the MG owners club this race series is always well supported.

Martin Wills in his shocking pink 1800 MG F had a fastest lap of 1:47.336 going onto win both of the races during the weekend cementing his lead in the class F championship.

BARC Saloons and VTEC, this race series includes VW, Honda VTEC Series and Ford Saloon and is for any saloon car owner who just wants to get out on the track and race. 

The competitors were split into two groups, the first catering for those running Volkswagen cars and for this weekend, those running Honda VTEC and Fords Saloon cars.

339 Tony Absolom in his mental V6 3.2 Golf set the fastest lap times in Saturdays Classic VW practice, following this up with a win and second place on Sunday after the race one winner Ken Lark retired.

Robert Burkinshaw in his Honda Integra dominated the weekend in the VTEC Series. 

Racing alongside Burkinshaw, Ashley Shelswell in his stunning Ford Sierra XR4i was equally as dominant in the Ford Class and only a few seconds behind the Tegg at the end of the race. 

To allow the Marshalls to have a break and keep the crowd entertained, Cadwell organised a parade lap of American Muscle cars during the lunch interval, which was nice. However, I did miss my lunch which was bad.

The Luna Logistics Classic Formula Ford Championship is an open cockpit Single Seat Racing Championship broken down into two classes. 

Class A cars have to be built between 1st January 1974 and 31st December 1981 and class B is for cars manufactured before 1st January 1974. 

Nigel Lingwood notched up his first win ahead of Ted Pearson and former champion Stuart Kestenbaum after Tilley retired from race two.

So to sum up the BARC event at Cadwell Park it is a mixed bag of racing with open cockpit race cars to classics, so has something for everyone. The variety of cars will allow you to get some interesting pictures to add to your portfolio.

I hope you have enjoyed this write up and photographs of the BARC event held at Cadwell Park. As always, I don’t claim to be an expert on this subject, it's just my observations of a day out with some friends carrying a camera and hopefully I will inspire some of you to get out there and take some great images.