• Following their successful 2011 season finishing 2nd in the SPEED EuroSeries Team Championship, TFL Racing took advantage of the unseasonably good December weather to do some testing for potential 2012 drivers.
  
  6 quick and experienced drivers tested the car that has been on the front row and podium so many times this year. Despite the cold conditions and slippery track surface, all the drivers put in competitive times yet again proving the stunning performance of the Juno Sports Prototype.
  
  The Juno Car 24 was the one to beat in the second half of the 2011 season and with further aerodynamic developments and upgrades already underway, Junos are guaranteed to be frontrunners in 2012.
  
  Team manager, Simon Reader is enthusiastic for the new season: ‘Having gone through the teething process with the new car this year, we will be hitting the ground running in 2012 and are confident, with Juno’s continued development and support, that we have an excellent chance of the championship’.
  
  With drives available for the 2012 season in both the SPEED EuroSeries and VdeV series, further test sessions are planned for 2012. Interested drivers can contact Sarah or Simon Reader for further details of our plans and budgets for the season. simon@tflracing.co.uk sarah@tflracing.co.uk.
  
  On the trackday car hire side we are already gearing up for our first event of 2012, supporting the BookaTrack Iberian trip to Estoril, Portimao and Jerez at the end of February. For hire car details please click on the home page link to our hire cars, or for details of the event log on to www.bookatrack.com
  
  As well as transporting our own cars, we are also happy to talk about transporting and supporting customer cars for this event.
  
  Wishing all our drivers and staff a Merry Christmas and New Year, the next update will be In January 2012.
  
  Photo courtesy of Jakob Ebrey
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• The SPEED EuroSeries ended on a high for TFL Racing with 2nd in the Team Championship and podiums in the last two events at Silverstone and Estoril. In the drivers championship Sarah and Darren finished equal 5th with Mike and Jamie a commendable 15th in their first season of sports prototype racing.
  
  Joint team owner, Simon Reader: ‘The support we have had this year from Juno has been fantastic. With continuous upgrades the cars have gone from strength to strength and are now proven front runners. Promised developments over the winter will enable us to start the 2012 season with sorted and competitive cars so that we can compete for podiums from day one.’
  
  Juno’s Managing and Technical Director, Ewan Baldry: ‘At Juno we are conscious that team’s and driver’s budgets are tight and we are 100% committed to giving them an all British, race winning car at an affordable price. We have shown this year that we can do it and we are not letting up over the winter months. With ongoing CFD development and upgrades already happening, drivers and owners can be confident of starting the 2012 season in our cars on the winning foot’
  
  Joint team owner and driver, Sarah Reader: ‘The new car from Juno is amazing to drive, so quick and well balanced. This is the third generation of Juno that I have raced and although it still has the legendry Juno reliability, it now also has the raw qualifying pace that the previous cars lacked. Pole at Donington, P2 at Silverstone and P3 at Estoril proved that. The car is so stable and there is much more to come from it, I am really looking forward to testing the winter upgrades’
  
  TFL Racing will be continuing their successful race partnership with Juno next year that worked so well this. Juno technical personnel will continue to support TFL Racing’s team at each event with their expertise, spares and advice. This will also be available to all other Juno owners as a manufacturer support package.
  
  For 2012 we are planning to run in the SPEED EuroSeries and French VdeV series again. If you would like to test one of our successful 2011 Junos, or to discuss budgets, then please do not hesitate to contact us. Juno will also be happy to attend any test to give support and advice. Contacts:
  
  Simon Reader at TFL Racing simon@tflracing.co.uk, 07771 900648
  
  Ewan Baldry at Juno Racing Cars ewan@junoracing.co.uk , 07971 531763
  
  Away from the race side, trackday car hire has been brisk with end of season sponsors events. This is now tailing off and the cars will be having a well earned refresh over the winter months.
  
  Already we are gearing up for the first track day event of 2012, which will be supporting the BookaTrack Iberian trip to Estoril, Portimao and Jerez at the end of February. If you would like hire car details then please click on the home page link to our hire cars; for further details of the event log on to www.bookatrack.com.
  
  As well as transporting our own cars, we are also happy to talk about transporting and supporting customer cars for this event.
  
  With 3 days open pit lane track time on quality European circuits, this event gives the chance for some serious winter running in the sun. Although weather cannot be guaranteed, this year the weather was so good that we were sitting on the beach in the Algarve having a beer between the Jerez and Portimao days!
  
  Next update before Christmas
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• This summer has been a successful time for TFL Racing with good race results and a busy track day car hire schedule. It also saw the addition of a new transporter to the TFL fleet, capable of transporting 3 sports prototype cars with associated wheels and support equipment.
  
  The new 2011 Juno showed it’s true pace at the Donington and Imola rounds of the SPEED EuroSeries by taking pole at Donington and the P2 slot at Imola, followed by podiums at both events.
  
  Since then we have been testing further modifications and settings with Juno for the race cars, achieving more performance gains for what is proving to be a very impressive car. Upgrades for the Silverstone round will concentrate on aero parts and a new rear diffuser to compliment the high downforce front diffuser.
  
  The car hire side is very busy, especially the ever popular 1600cc Caterhams. Although concentrated on UK circuits, August saw 2 cars at the BookaTrack Spa 2 day event. Next year’s plans are to diversify into European track day hire to provide an arrive and drive service for UK clients.
  
  Car sales are also happening, with a 2008 spec Juno due to be shipped to Australia this month. We also have a 2006 spec Juno for sale, which would make a very quick track day car. With a track day silencer fitted it will meet all but the most stringent track day noise limits.
  
  The next SPEED EuroSeries races supported by TFL Racing will be the ILMS events at Silverstone and Estoril, followed by the Magny Cours 6 hour night race and the Estoril 6 hour race in the French VdeV series.
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• Supporting the LMS 1000km of Spa was always going to be a special event and it did not disappoint. With glorious weather and the chance to watch the awesome Audi and Peugot LMP cars the Spa round of the SPEED Euroseries was the highlight of the season so far.
  
  Qualifying saw the works supported 2011 Juno of Sarah Reader and Darren Burke running 3rd for most of the session, when in the closing minutes they were demoted to 5th by a hard charging Alex Caffi and Philippe Haezebrouck.
  
  In the second TFL Racing Juno were former Ferrari champions and Caterham racers Mike Cantillon and Jamie Constable. Although not having raced sports prototype cars before, they qualified a very competitive 11th in the field of 22 cars.
  
  Completing the trio of cars being run by TFL Racing and supported by Juno were the Italian team of Island Motorsport in the 2009 model Juno.
  
  Race 1 saw some great team work by Sarah and Darren, finishing just off the podium in 4th. In race 2, despite running 3rd for the first half of the race, a mid race safety car bunched the pack up to their detriment with an 8th place finish.
  
  With competitive times against tough opposition the new Juno has showed that in only its second outing it has the pace of the opposition, with plenty more to come. Looking at video footage and data Juno’s Ewan Baldry was particularly pleased with the car: “The car is mighty through the high speed stuff including Eau Rouge, Puhon and Blanchimont and we just need to spend some time on setup for the lower speed handling”.
  
  Final words from team manager, Simon Reader: “With upgrades due for all the cars before the Donington round in June and testing in between, we are all looking forwards another very competitive event”.
  
  The next round of the SPEED Euroseries takes place at Donington on 18th June, followed by Imola on the 1st July.
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• The inaugural round of the SPEED EuroSeries supporting the LMS series took place at the South of France Le Castellet Circuit on the 1st of April. A sunny weekend with temperatures in the 20s was an idyllic setting for the first of the 6 round FIA series.
  
  The weekend format was two 90 minute races on the Saturday and a 30 minute feature race on the Sunday prior to the LMS 6 hour race. TFL Racing was running the Italian Scuduria Island Motorsport 2009 Juno and the latest works supported Juno 2011 development car driven by Sarah Reader and Darren Burke.
  
  Although looking similar to the 2009 car, the 2011 car is considerably different under the skin. Improvements have resulted from intensive development and design over the closed season and feature a new gearbox, electric pump water cooling, power management electrics, aerodynamic development and a host of other improvements. The car is considerably lighter than the previous model and there are further upgrades coming during this year.
  
  Both cars qualified well; in the first race the works car was challenging for a place just outside the podium when an alternator failure forced it to pit. Rejoining the race it finished an unrepresentative 9th. The second race saw the car works car finish a more consistent 6th and the Scuderia Island Motorsport car a well deserved 9th.
  
  The next round is at the Belgium circuit of Spa at the beginning of May
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• The final 6 hour round of the VdeV series was at a wet Estoril circuit, unlike last year’s wall to wall sunshine.
  
  Joining Sarah in the TFL Class B car were 2 former Ferrari champions and past Caterham adversaries, Jamie Constable and Mike Cantillon. TFL were also running the Class B car of Duncan Williams and Tony Freeman.
  
  Sarah lined up as the Class B front runner in wet conditions and made a blinding start to take 8 positions on lap 1. ..‘At the start everyone was messing around in the zero visibility spray, so I just pulled out and went for it…’ was Sarah’s unassuming comment about the start. This set the pace for Sarah’s 2 hour stint and she pulled the car up to 6th overall on driver changeover to Jamie.
  
  Having gone out on slick tyres, Jamie was in after a couple of laps for wets as the rain came again. However, Duncan and Tony made a canny move of pitting later for tyres, fuel and driver change at the same time, leapfrogging them into 5th, 1 place ahead of the TFL car.
  
  Duncan then pulled their car up to 2nd, before settling to run between 3rd and 4th. Jamie was holding 6th place, but a couple of spins later on demoted him to 9th before the changeover to Mike. ‘…the car was fantastic and I was enjoying myself so much that I just didn’t want to come in ….’ was Jamie’s analysis of his session.
  
  Mike quickly settled in to the pace and was running well, when he out braked himself on a greasy track and slithered into the tyre wall. Unfortunately the damage sustained was sufficient to retire the car after 5 hours.
  
  Meanwhile Tony was consolidating a dominant Class B win with an impressive 5th overall in the race. This was enough to seal them the Class B championship and an impressive 5th in the combined championship.
  
  Summing up their year, team manager Simon Reader said: ‘… it has been a roller coaster year of highs and lows with mechanical gremlins. However, the consistent factor was that we had some great drivers and a lot of fun. We will be back in 2011 with a brand new Juno for the SPEED Euroseries and VdeV championship and we aim to be winning ……..’
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• After a dry start, the rain set in for the annual 6 hour VdeV night race. This was to last the duration of the race and the associated spray and poor lighting made for treacherous driving conditions, which saw nine of the twenty seven starters DNF.
  
  Sarah Reader and Graham Fennymore were racing their Juno in Class B, as were Duncan Williams and Tony Freeman with their class leading car. New to the technical Magny Cours circuit, Sarah and Graham qualified a credible 11th and 1st in class B with a field of 27 cars.
  
  Graham took the first 2 hour stint, which started dry and quickly turned to extreme wet as dusk fell. After handing over to Sarah at the 2 hour mark, Graham said it was not the rain that was the biggest problem but the blinding glare from the change lights! Fortunately these were taped over at the changeover.
  
  As the rain increased, Sarah’s 2 hour stint was blighted with Safety Car periods due to rain induced incidents. It was here that Juno’s Ewan Baldry’s experience came into play advising an early fuel stop behind the safety car and then a driver change under another, which effectively gave us a free fuel stop and driver change.
  
  With skillful driving and using the safety cars to effect Sarah pulled up to P5 at the handover for the final stint, with the car on the same lap as the leaders. Asked how her session went, Sarah said: “…it was the most difficult conditions that I have ever driven in. The lack of proper lighting was the biggest problem. It was always a lottery whether you came across a car broadside the track in the spray……”
  
  Getting back into his stride Grahams stint was also interrupted by Safety Car periods due to the conditions. During one period he was heard over the radio singing “…. I can see clearly now the rain has gone”…!
  
  The final push came from 10 o’clock to 11:30 during which time Graham was promoted from P4 to P3, when the car ahead went for a driver change and this was to be the finishing podium position.
  
  The next and final event is the 6 hour race at Estoril in Portugal, where hopefully the conditions will be a lot warmer and sunnier without any rain!
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• TFL Racing enjoyed a return to the podium at the French circuit with Sarah and Simon Freeman racing to 1st in class and 8th overall in the 3 hour race. In only his second race of the 2010 season, Simon Freeman showed that he had lost none of his pace and he and Sarah were well suited.
  
  Extremes of wet and dry weather saw changeable conditions in qualifying, with Sarah qualifying the car 13th in the early part of the session. The race was run in the dry with Simon starting and doing the first 90 minutes, during which time his consistent driving pulled the car up into the top 10.
  
  Sarah took over for the second 90 minutes and had to contend with numerous safety cars, making for a hectic finish to the race. Having raced to 7th place towards the end of the race, the final safety car left two laps to go and Sarah finished in 8th and well clear as winner of Class B.
  
  Although finishing, Tony and Duncan had a frustrating race. Gremlins in the paddleshift system twice forced the car into the garage during the early part of the race, but they went on to finish 3rd in Class B.
• 

• In July BookaTrack celebrated their first 10 years with a visit to the infamous Nordschleife circuit for a one day event. TFL Racing was pleased to participate in BookaTrack’s celebrations and had 3 of their Caterhams on hire for the day.
  
  The weather was sunny and dry and the BookaTrack organization as slick as ever. The day proved that a private trackday is the safest and best way to enjoy the circuit and hopefully this will become an annual event.
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• Located on a plateau between Nimes and Avignon, Lèdenon circuit is one of the hilliest, winding and most technical circuits in France. The circuit was built in the 1970s by the motor-racing enthusiasts, Jean-Claude and Sylvie Bondurand
  
  Although good weather was to be expected in the Provence, the temperatures excelled with blistering heat of 35 degrees on each day of the 4 day event.
  
  Experienced single seater and sports car driver Lee Cunningham drove with Sarah in the TFL Juno in Class A, whilst Duncan Williams and Tony Freeman again contested Class B, which they were leading.
  
  Modifications were made to the cooling system of the TFL car to cope with the heat and both cars went faultlessly into the race. Whilst Duncan and Tony went onto claim a well deserved 10th overall and 2nd in class the water pump failed on the TFL car half way through the race, severely damaging the engine.
  
  Although disappointed, the team’s view was that they would definitely return to what is a lovely part of France and underrated circuit.
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• The 6 hour, round 3, race of the VdeV championship took place at the Motorland Aragon circuit in Spain in hot, sunny conditions. Set high up in the Iberian Peninsula, Motorland Aragon is a modern 5,3km circuit hosting big name events such as MotoGP and World Series by Renault.
  
  Although Duncan Williams and Tony Freeman qualified down the field in their Class B car, Duncan quickly got into his stride in his first 2 hour stint with some impressive lap times of 2:03 against the Class A leaders times of 2:01.
  
  Tony Freeman, now recovered from his shoulder surgery, took the second 2 hour stint and Duncan the final third. By carefully conserving their fuel and putting in consistently quick lap times the pair were able to run in the top 5, which is where they finished for another fifth place and class win. This now puts them in a strong 4th position in the overall championship and first in Class B.
  
  The TFL pairing of Sarah and Lee Atkins were not so fortunate, as the high temperatures proved to be too much for the engine cooling system. Having qualified at the back of the grid due to gear selection problems, Lee took the first stint and quickly made his way up to 15th and at 90 minutes handed over to Sarah in P11. Sarah pushed hard in her stint to hand back to Lee at the half way stage in 8th place. The 3rd stint saw Lee improve their position to 7th, but the engine was now loosing coolant and several pit stops were required in Sarah’s final stint to top up coolant and to deal with heat related issues.
  
  Although finishing 12th, it was little reward for Lee and Sarah after enduring the dramas of the weekend and the blistering heat, when they were certain of a top ten and possible top 5 finish. However, theirs was not the only car to suffer in the gruelling race with only 16 cars classified as finishing from 23 starters.
  
  The next round is a 3 hour race in 4 weeks time at the Lèdenon circuit in the South of France.
• 

• As a result of our commitment to the Juno brand, Juno have now recognised us as an official support team, enabling us to run customer cars in both the UK SPEED series and the European VdeV series.

• Opie Oils, TFL Racing’s lubricants sponsor, invited TFL to display their Juno race car on their promotion stand at the May festival.
  
  This annual festival proved to be a capacity spectator event at the sunny Castle Combe circuit and saw displays and circuit action from some highly tuned cars, with the legendary Nissan Skylines proving there is no limit to the size of turbochargers you can fit! As well as club circuit action, team drifting competitions on the circuit kept the crowds entertained.
  
  OPIE OILS specialises in the distribution of quality oils and lubricants. In addition, they also sell Brembo brake parts, Denso performance spark plugs, UFI Filters and other performance upgrades. For more information and to order on line visit www.opieoils.co.uk
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• Round two of the VdeV series was at the classic Mugello circuit in the breathtaking setting of the Tuscany countryside. The team were fortunate that all their drivers and staff managed to get to the event on the day that the volcano ash struck, although getting home proved infinitely more difficult!
  
  Graham and Sarah were pleased to be joined by Lee Atkins for the 6 hour race. Lee is a very experienced and quick driver and readily adapted to the car, despite not having done any testing beforehand.
  
  Tony and Duncan were joined by Tony’s son, Simon, who is also a very experienced and quick driver. In the race they replicated their Jarama result with another faultless drive to first in class. This puts them well ahead in class B and 4th overall in the series.
  
  The Class A car of Sarah, Graham and Lee was not so fortunate, being plagued by alternator problems. Although finishing the race following a mid race alternator change, they were once again out of contention for any points.
  
  The next race is at Motorland Aragon in Spain at the end of May. Here Duncan and Tony will be looking to consolidate their dominance in class B and the TFL car will be looking to prove their pace with a podium result.
• 

• The first European VdeV event of the season saw TFL Racing at the historic Spanish Jarama circuit. As well as running Sarah and Graham Fennymore in our 2009 Class A Juno, we were also running Duncan Williams and Tony Freeman in their Class B Juno.
  
  Weather conditions for the weekend were mixed wet and dry, as it was the 4 hour race.
  
  Whilst Duncan and Tony drove a faultless race to finish fourth, the TFL car suffered throttle problems necessitating 2 visits to the pits and dropping them out of contention for a podium finish.
  
  Despite the disappointing finish, the pace of the 2009 Juno proved that the development work done over the winter has considerably increased the car’s pace and performance.
• 

• Over the winter and into the new racing season TFL Racing have been busy moving into new premises and expanding their race and car hire operations.
  
  Having moved into a 1750 ft2 secure workshop unit outside Leamington Spa, we have purchased a 13tr lorry and a further 2 Caterhams for our hire fleet.
  
  The lorry is capable of transporting 2 Junos or 4 Caterhams and this will also be available for hire by other teams looking for occasional transport.
  
  The two Caterhams are another 1600cc Roadsport, which are always popular for corporate hire and a latest race model R300.
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• TFL Racings Caterham CSR was driven to double victories by the TMJ Joinery pairing of Oliver Taylor and Graham Fennymore at the Britsports inaugural race for Caterhams at Brands Hatch at the end of 2009.
  
  This was the trial event for the all new 2010 Britsport series for Caterhams, consisting of 2 x 40 minute races at each of the popular Britcar events. In the first of the 2 races Graham set a blistering pace and came home first by over a lap! No mean feat in Caterham racing where the racing is famous for being both frenetic and closely fought. In the second race Oliver took the car over and again finished on the top step of the podium after a hard fought race.
  
  Graham is a former Caterham Superlight champion and although Oliver is relatively new to Caterham racing, he has already made his mark by winning 2 of the highly competitive Caterham R300 rounds in 2009.
  
  TFL Racing are looking for interested drivers with appropriate budgets for their race winning CSR for the 2010 Britsport season. This car has extensive race setup history to draw on and driven competitively will certainly be the car to beat in 2010. The first round of the 2010 season is at Brands Hatch on 13th March and the series features popular UK circuits and 3x40 minute races at Zolder in May.
  
  For further information on hiring this car please contact Simon Reader on 07771 900648 or at simon@tflracing.co.uk
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• For the second time this month Warwickshire racer Sarah Reader and her team-mate, Oxfordshire's Graham Fennymore, are celebrating a resounding second-place finish at the wheel of their TFL Racing-prepared Juno sports car.
  
  This time the duo were contesting Saturday's (22 Aug) demanding six-hour endurance round of the SPEED Series, at the Snetterton circuit in Norfolk - a track on which Stratford-upon-Avon-based Sarah, 26, has excelled before.
  
  Reader and Fennymore, who lives at Weston-on-the-Green, qualified an excellent sixth on the grid thanks to recent suspension and brake modifications which have dramatically improved the performance of their 150mph machine.
  
  Unlike the early-August Brands Hatch round, where changeable weather played into the TFL team's hands thanks to inspired tyre selection tactics, the Snetterton weather was hot, dry and sunny throughout the gruelling 300-lap event.
  
  Graham started the race and soon made up a place, battling to overcome a mystery lack of straightline speed which has plagued the team. By mid-distance, after Sarah had taken her first stint and Graham had retaken his place in the cockpit, the TFL Juno was up to third.
  
  The final hour of the race was one of high drama; after all the runners had completed their scheduled pit stops for refuelling, tyres and driver changes, Fennymore found himself third, 30 seconds adrift of the second-placed car and reeling it in at the rate of two seconds a lap.
  
  After overcoming a heart-stopping glitch, which saw the TFL car cut out momentarily with an oil pressure problem, Fennymore closed on to the tail of his opponent. Then, just as Graham lined him up for a pass, he saw him peel off into the pits. "They had to call for more fuel," said team boss Simon Reader, "because they had used more than expected trying to defend against Graham's charge for second."
  
  The Reader/Fennymore machine crossed the Snetterton finish line three laps behind the winning Ligier and two laps ahead of their closest challenger. Their car was the best-placed Juno of the three taking part.
  
  Both Fennymore and Reader were delighted with the team's third podium result of the year. "It's a fantastic result for all of us," said Sarah, "not least because of the lack of top-end power that we were suffering. We had to force people in front to make mistakes, and get by that way.
  
  "We spent the last hour worrying that the car might cut out again and that Graham wouldn't make the finish. All credit to the team: the pit stops were fantastic, as always, and we both drove well in what were very difficult, hot and exhausting conditions.
  
  "The great set-up the team gave the car made it consistent to drive and it was very satisfying to beat several professional teams."
  
  The SPEED Racing Series features seven events ranging in length from three to six hours and visiting top UK tracks as well as European venues. The final round of the series is a three-hour event at Silverstone on 10 October.
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• Warwickshire racer Sarah Reader and her driving partner, Oxfordshire's Graham Fennymore, came close to a SPEED Series race victory on Saturday (1 Aug) at Brands Hatch but were foiled by the weather. Stratford-upon-Avon-based Sarah, 26, and Weston-on-the-Green's Fennymore may have missed out on victory in the Le Mans-style sports car series but were more than happy to achieve a solid second-place finish - their best result of the season so far.
  
  With the cancellation of last month's Dutch rounds the Brands Hatch race was the TFL Racing duo's first outing since Spa-Francorchamps in May, at which event mechanical problems robbed them of a worthwhile finish. Since then, much testing and workshop time had been spent on the team's Juno machine to provide an excellent set-up.
  
  Changeable weather conditions were a factor throughout the three-hour race; Sarah started from seventh position and coped well on 'slick' dry-weather tyres despite occasional rain to hold sixth for much of her stint. After 75 minutes, however, the rain became heavier and Reader pitted for treaded tyres, fuel and to hand over the controls to Fennymore.
  
  Graham then made excellent progress: by two-thirds distance he had risen to fifth, and then made up a further position when a rival dropped out.
  
  "In the last half-hour Graham got up behind the third-placed car and by some inspired driving took both third and second places on the same lap," said TFL team manager Simon Reader. "We were now second, on wet tyres, behind the leading works Juno, which was on slicks."
  
  Just 10 minutes from the end the rain started to get heavier. "We knew that the works Juno would not be able to cope with the conditions and we were anticipating inheriting the lead when it pitted. However, it was not meant to be - four cars on slicks went off the circuit on the same lap and the race was red-flagged to a halt. "But second was more than we had hoped for after our disappointing result at Spa. We've now taken two podium finishes from three races, and a 1-2 for the 2009 Juno cars is a good result and showed that strategy and good teamwork is a major part of endurance racing, as well as good consistent driving."
  
  The SPEED Racing Series features seven events ranging in length from three to six hours and visiting top UK tracks as well as European venues. The next round, a six-hour marathon, takes place at Snetterton in Norfolk on 22 August.
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• Warwickshire racer Sarah Reader and her new driving partner, Oxfordshire's Graham Fennymore, made an excellent start to their SPEED Series title bid on Saturday (16 May), finishing third at Anglesey in the opening round of the Le Mans-style sports car series.
  
  It was a dream result for Stratford-upon-Avon based Sarah, 26, and Weston-on-the-Green's Fennymore, who were at the wheel of a new and unraced Juno chassis in which they had had minimal testing time.
  
  In addition to this, they had to contend with several major dramas, including a fire, heavy rain and strong gusting winds which did their best to destroy the TFL Racing team's pit set-up during the four-hour marathon at Anglesey.
  
  Pre-race testing for the event was dry, but the TFL team knew the likelihood was rain for the race, which hampered their hopes of finding the optimum settings for the new car. "The radical steps forward taken by Juno for the new car meant we could not just transfer the settings form last year's car," said TFL team manager Simon Reader. "Graham and Sarah and their considerable expertise made the job easier, but we were still left with a long list of jobs to do at the end of testing. This was compounded by a small fire which burned a hole in the centre floor section, but with everyone's help we managed to get the car repaired and ready in time."
  
  Fennymore and Reader qualified seventh on the grid, and Graham took the opening 90-minute racing stint, quickly making up places thanks to a swift start and the early retirement with mechanical problems of one of the team's rivals.
  
  Despite frequent squalls of heavy rain, Fennymore stayed out on slick tyres for the duration of his stint and was able to hand the car over to Reader in third place. A slick pit stop - achieved despite the wind's best efforts to blow away the team's awning - allowed Sarah to maintain third, which she then improved to second, latching on to the tail of the leading car.
  
  Frustrated in her attempts to pass for the lead by some severe weather, and further hampered by the loss of radio communication with her team, Sarah nonetheless enjoyed her stint: "It was a fantastically enjoyable drive," she said. "Really hard work and exhausting in the conditions but it was great to be back racing again."
  
  The TFL car settled in to a solid third in the closing stages, Fennymore back at the wheel, but there was drama in the final 15 minutes when the pneumatic paddle gearshift system started to malfunction, which allowed the fourth-placed car of Phil Bennett to close in. "Graham's considerable skill allowed him to deal with the problem," said Simon Reader, "and he brought the car home third, much better than we dared hope for.
  
  "The winning car was another of the new Junos - first and third on its debut is a great result and all credit must go to the designer, Ewan Baldry, for producing such a competitive and reliable new car."
  
  There was a further boost for TFL Racing when their car won the Turtle Wax award for being the best presented, an accolade the team puts down to the immaculate livery work of Simon Hopkins Design.
  
  The SPEED Racing Series features seven events ranging in length from three to six hours and visiting top UK tracks as well as the Dutch circuit of Assen and Spa-Francorchamps, home of the Belgian Grand Prix. Spa is the TFL team's next port of call, at the end of May.
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• Having failed by the slenderest of margins to beat her chief male rival in endurance racing last season, the UK's leading female sports car driver, Sarah Reader, has opted to join forces with him for 2009.
  
  Reader's TFL Racing team will therefore welcome multiple champion Graham Fennymore to the squad for the opening round of the SPEED Racing Series at the Anglesey circuit on Saturday (16 May). They will share driving duties in the latest 2-litre Juno prototype and will start the season as a favourite for title honours in the Le Mans-style series.
  
  Stratford-upon-Avon-based Sarah, 26, tied on points with Fennymore at the end of the 2008 season but Graham won the title on a tie-break. "He had two second-place finishes to our one," said Reader, "which was a horrible way to lose the championship. But we're over that now and, working on the principle that if we can't beat him then we had better join him, we are really looking forward to working with Graham and benefiting from his massive experience and professionalism. His reputation speaks for itself and we are very lucky to have him on board."
  
  Reader and Oxfordshire-based Fennymore, 44, both have long and impressive racing CVs. Graham was a Formula Ford and F2000 champion in the 1990s before turning to sports cars five seasons ago. He won the Caterham Roadsport Challenge title in 2005, was Caterham Superlight Challenge Champion in 2006 and '07 and also the 2007 Caterham Eurocup title winner.
  
  Sarah cut her racing teeth at the wheel of a Caterham in the Academy starter series in 2000. She progressed through the Roadsport Challenge to the Eurocup, in which she claimed third place in the Roadsport class in 2003.
  
  In 2005 Reader claimed her maiden pole position at the wheel of a Caterham, going on to championship fifth at the wheel of her R400. The following season, with co-driver Olly Bull, she finished third overall in the Caterham CSR Masters, and in 2007, driving solo, claimed an impressive fourth place in the championship. "We believe that Sarah and Graham will be a formidable combination," said TFL Racing team manager Simon Reader. "We proved last season that we have the organisation and professionalism to claim podium results in endurance sports car races and we are looking forward now to taking race victories."
  
  The SPEED Racing Series features seven events ranging in length from three to six hours and visiting top UK tracks as well as the Dutch circuit of Assen and Spa-Francorchamps, home of the Belgian Grand Prix. This weekend's opener is a four-hour race.
  
  "The new Juno is great to drive and a big step forward from last year's car," says Sarah. "But we have not had much opportunity for testing. It will be a tough event."
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• It feels like the long winter is over as TFL Racing complete a successful shake down test with their new car at Donington.
  
  This is the first CN-2009 car to be built by Juno and whilst it retains the proven mechanical parts of the previous CN car, it has a much improved aerodynamic body with a lowered engine and gearbox.
  
  Straight out of the box the car proved to be quicker than the old model and everyone was very impressed with the step forward that Juno have made especially as this was a shake down with no significant tuning of the set up.
  
  The car has been returned to Juno to be painted and it will then be out testing before the first SPEED 3 hour race at Donington on 18th April.
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• tfl racing are proud to announce that Sarah Reader has been chosen as a nominee for the new BWRDC Gold Stars. These prestigious awards are to be presented at Autosport International in January where the BWRDC have secured a large stand.
  
  The Gold Stars are the BWRDC way of flagging up talent within the sport & helping to promote & progress the winners careers.

• The BWRDC have secured a prime position opposite the David Coulthard Display at this years Autosport International show. The BWRDC have invited tfl to display this years VdeV joint championship winning car driven by Sarah Reader. TFL would like to thank the BWRDC for this opportunity and their continued support of Sarah’s career.
  
  We hope to have as many members of the team present at various times throughout the show. Sarah Reader will also be working for Mercedes giving drifting demonstration rides in their AMG range.
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• The TFL team enjoyed a excellent evening out when they collected their second place trophy in the UK VdeV championship. Team owner Simon Reader commented; “It was a great night out and collecting the second place trophy having come so close makes us more determined than ever to go one place higher next year, when we contest the full European championship”.
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• Warwickshire's TFL Racing is celebrating a second-place championship finish in the VdeV Endurance sports car series after claiming another points-scoring result in yesterday's (Sun) final round at Silverstone.
  
  But the squad was without star driver Sarah Reader after the Stratford-on-Avon racer developed an eve-of-race illness which prevented her from taking part. "Sarah was in pain during testing on Friday," said her father and TFL team manager Simon Reader, "and by Saturday night the infection had spread to her kidneys and she was virtually immobilised. There was no way she could race."
  
  That left Sarah's regular driving partner, Ryan Hooker, stuck for a team-mate. Luckily one of Sarah's friends, former Caterham winner and LMP2 driver Simon Pullan, was able to deputise. "Fortunately Simon had tested our car at the beginning of the year and was familiar with it," said Simon Reader. "Luckily also the car was well set up after Friday's work at the circuit." Hooker and Pullan qualified the Juno SSE-CN ninth on the grid for the three-hour endurance event.
  
  The TFL team needed to finish two places ahead of their rivals Graham Fennymore and Chris Bialan in the Piranha Racing-prepared Juno if they were to clinch championship victory, and things went Hooker's way in his opening stint when Bialan spun while trying to pass him for sixth.
  
  When Fennymore took over driving duties from Bialan he wasted no time in making up the lost ground, however, and come the fall of the chequered flag their car was back up to fifth - just one place behind the Hooker/Pullan machine. "We ended the season tied on points with the Piranha team, but they win the championship on the tie break because they had two second-place finishes to our one," said Reader.
  
  "Sarah was obviously distraught at not being able to take part in the final race when she had done so much to get us to the top spot. Our success in our first season was truly a complete team effort: two consistent and skilled drivers achieved excellent results in every race and the team ensured a consistent car with faultless reliability. Great pit stops gave us the edge over some formidable professional competition."
  
  Sarah is well on the mend after her enforced track absence and is looking forward to doing some European endurance events before the year end.
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• Warwickshire racer Sarah Reader and her co-driver Ryan Hooker are heading for a dramatic final-round championship shoot-out next month after another strong result in the VdeV Endurance Series yesterday (Sunday).
  
  Stratford-upon-Avon-based Sarah, 25, and Ryan raced their TFL Racing-prepared Juno SSE-CN sports car to fourth place in the Croft round of the championship. Their points haul for the season to date puts Reader and Hooker in second place in the championship with only the 19 October Silverstone round remaining.
  
  “Second in the championship is better than we dared hope for at the start of our first season in the championship,” said Sarah, “and our aim for Silverstone is to finish well and to at least secure the runner-up spot. That said, we will of course push to win the title if we can.”
  
  The TFL Racing team’s slick preparation and pit work ensured that Sarah and Ryan enjoyed a trouble-free outing at Croft. They qualified seventh after some good work in setting up the Juno to cope with the North Yorkshire track’s notorious bumps.
  
  Reader raced first and handed over to Hooker in sixth place after 90 minutes in the hot seat. Ryan improved their position to fourth, thanks to another car suffering problems and a masterly pass which Hooker pulled off at the end of a safety car period. The TFL Juno continued in fourth to the chequered flag to finish two spots behind their title rivals, Graham Fennymore and Chris Bialan in their Piranha Racing Juno.
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• Warwickshire racer Sarah Reader and her co-driver Ryan Hooker have claimed a narrow overall lead in the VdeV Endurance Series following another strong result at the Assen circuit in the Netherlands on Sunday (7 Sep).
  
  Stratford-upon-Avon-based Sarah, 25, and Ryan were racing their TFL Racing-prepared Juno SSE-CN sports car in the three-hour Dutch round of the championship. They finished fourth overall after some clever tactical work by their team in predicting the tricky weather conditions.
  
  Reader and Hooker qualified seventh on the grid - the best of the Juno runners - and Sarah took the wheel for the first driving stint, on a dry track threatened by heavy clouds. The rain arrived before the end of Reader's shift, forcing her and the rest of the field to the pits to switch to rain tyres, but the team made a good stop and no time was lost.
  
  Sarah handed over the TFL Juno and seventh place to Ryan, who then stayed out on wet tyres despite a drying track. "We gambled that there would be more rain," said TFL team manager Simon Reader, "and there were several nail-biting laps for us as the track continued to dry and those cars which had changed to slick tyres started to gain an advantage. Then the anticipated shower came and we were able to capitalise as other cars were forced back to the pits for wet tyres."
  
  The weather's intervention helped secure fifth place for Reader and Hooker, a lap ahead of their nearest rival, and they were promoted to fourth towards the end by the retirement of one of the frontrunners. Their car was the leading Juno finisher.
  
  With only two rounds remaining - at Croft and Silverstone - Reader and Hooker have assumed a slender lead in the championship, but the team is not counting its chickens just yet: "The championship is very tight at the top," says Simon, "and any one of three teams could win it - there is everything to play for."
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• Stratford upon Avon driver Sarah Reader returned to her racing roots at the weekend (30/31 Aug) at Donington Park, where she went back behind the wheel of the TFL Racing-prepared Caterham CSR which she last year drove to third place overall in the evo Caterham Eurocup.
  
  And Sarah quickly proved she has not forgotten how to succeed in the Eurocup. In the first of the weekend's 40-minute races she survived a spin to take fourth place, behind the cars of title protagonists Nick Payne and Clive Richards, and that of Lee Cunningham. There were no mistakes in race two, and Sarah's reward was a third-place finish behind Richard Hay and Kurt Hoffmann. For good measure she rounded out her weekend with another third-place finish in the event-closing feature race.
  
  Next weekend Reader returns to the cockpit of her Juno sports car for the Dutch round of the VdeV UK series, at Assen.
  
  Backers for Caterham Motorsport's UK and European race series include Bilstein, Brian James Trailers, Cooper-Avon Tyres, The Daily Telegraph, Demon Tweeks, evo, HSBC, insuremotorsport.com, Motorsport News, Quaife and Stack.
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• Stratford-upon-Avon racer Sarah Reader and her co-driver Ryan Hooker continued their impressive run of form in the VdeV UK Endurance series when they competed at the Snetterton circuit in Norfolk on Saturday (19 Jul).
  
  They were contesting their longest race of their season so far - a six-hour endurance marathon - and came home an excellent third to record back-to-back podium finishes. Reader and Hooker maintain second place overall in the championship standings.
  
  Sarah, 25, and Ryan arrived at Snetterton less than well prepared, as driveshaft problems had limited pre-event testing in their TFL Racing-prepared Juno SSE-CN; they achieved 11th place on the grid in qualifying.
  
  With just over 60 minutes between qualifying and the start of the race, TFL Racing had to pull out all the stops to get the car prepared for the grid. They made the cut and Hooker took the first 90-minute stint, making steady progress before handing it over to Reader for the next hour and a half. By half distance the Reader/Hooker Juno was up to sixth.
  
  It was shortly after this that the weather came into play: "Towards the end of Ryan's next stint it was obvious that rain was coming," said TFL team manager Simon Reader. "We were able to keep Ryan out on track until the rain started, so that we could refuel the car and change on to wet-weather tyres at the same time as swapping the drivers over. The team made a superb pit stop, refuelling and changing tyres in record time."
  
  Sarah then took over for her stint in heavy rain and spray, the weather causing a number of incidents and resulting in a period with the race controlled by the safety car. Sarah did not put a wheel wrong and, after the safety car came in, she put in some impressive times in the wet, maintaining the team's overall position and keeping the opposition at bay.
  
  "By now some other teams were experiencing reliability problems, but our car was running faultlessly," said Simon Reader. "Then the sun came out and in the drying conditions we were able to keep Sarah out until her hour's stint was up and we could bring her in for a driver change, refuel and go back on to slicks."
  
  Sarah handed over to Ryan for his final stint with the car in fourth place, and Hooker proceeded to chase down and pass the third-placed runner. He went on to open up a useful lead over it and cruise home to a solid third. Theirs was the leading Juno finisher; the race was won by Phillips/Garofall in a Norma.
  
  "Driving in the wet was the best time I have had in a car for ages," said Sarah after her triumph. "The car felt fantastic, a reflection of all the hard work the team had done on set-up to produce a balanced car for the wet/dry conditions we had been expecting. It was a fantastic team effort: the crew's faultless pit stops contributed a major part of our success."
  
  The next round of the championship is a three-hour race at Brands Hatch, Kent, on 9 August.
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• Warwickshire driver Sarah Reader scored her best result of the season on Saturday (28 June) when she and her co-driver, Ryan Hooker, scored a second-place finish in the VdeV UK Championship at the Oulton Park circuit in Cheshire.
  
  Stratford-upon-Avon-based Sarah, 25, and Ryan were racing their TFL Racing-prepared Juno SSE-CN sports car in a four-hour endurance round of the championship, the longest event they have so far tackled.
  
  Hooker took the first stint, climbing from 11th on the grid to ninth place after 75 minutes work in the cockpit. Reader took the wheel for the following hour and three-quarters, Sarah working hard to conserve brakes and tyres and improving their overall placing to fifth by the third hour and her hand-over to Hooker.
  
  Sarah was left to bite her nails in the pit lane for the final hour as Ryan battled towards the finish. "There was a lot of nervous pacing up and down for me," said Sarah, "but I needn't have worried as Ryan drove brilliantly and the car ran faultlessly all afternoon thanks to the impeccable preparation work of TFL Racing."
  
  The Reader/Hooker Juno crossed the finish line in third place, but was later promoted to second when one of the cars which finished ahead on the road was found to have been running incorrect tyres. "I am overjoyed with the result," said Sarah. "To take second place in only our third race in this championship is fantastic."
  
  TFL team manager Simon Reader was delighted also: "The whole team is very pleased. A four-hour endurance race is always fraught with problems and there was a succession of cars coming into the pits throughout the race for attention to mechanical problems, but ours ran perfectly. Sarah and Ryan looked after the car well and our driver changes were among the quickest, which enabled us to make up places at each stop."
  
  With five rounds of the championship to go - the next is a six-hour epic at Snetterton in Norfolk in three weeks time - Reader and Hooker hold second place overall in the championship standings.
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• Warwickshire racer Sarah Reader enjoyed a superbly successful start to her season on Sunday (13 Apr) at Donington Park, where she was making her debut in the VdeV UK Championship.
  
  Stratford-upon-Avon-based Sarah, 25, and her co-driver Ryan Hooker finished the Donington three-hour endurance event in fifth place overall and were delighted: "We had targeted a top-10 finish for our first race," said Sarah, "so fifth was very pleasing - and it could easily have been third."
  
  Tyre problems in qualifying beset Sarah's TFL Racing team and their 2-litre Honda-powered Juno SSC-CN sports car. "We suffered massive vibration problems which left us unable to get any higher up the grid than 15th, which left us with a lot of work to do."
  
  There were further problems before the race, when Hooker was unable to find a gear and missed the start of the warm-up lap. Ryan eventually managed to get off the line but incurred a drive through penalty for taking up the original grid position instead of starting from the back.
  
  That dropped the Reader/Hooker Juno to 21st and dead last on lap four, from which point Ryan staged a superb fight back to climb into the top seven by mid-distance and the hand-over to Sarah for the final driving stint.
  
  "The pit stop took longer than it should have done because we lost time changing the seat and with a refuelling problem, but in the closing laps I was able to make up a couple of places. Fifth was a pleasing result and really we couldn't have asked for more.
  
  "That said, the officials ended the race 15 minutes early and the winning car we discovered later had been running out of fuel and the second-place finisher had problems also. Had it gone the full distance we could have wound up third."
  
  The next round of the VdeV UK Championship is at the Anglesey circuit in North Wales over the weekend of 17/18 May.
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• tfl’s Sarah Reader successfully shook down the Juno she will be racing in the UK and European VdeV championship. The car ran faultlessly straight out of the box which bodes well for the rest of the season.
  
  “The car felt fantastic and we are feeling confident about the year ahead” said Sarah.
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• tfl racing are exited to announce that in 2008 we will be competing in the V de V Europeon and UK Endurance Racing Championship in a Juno SSE-CN.
  
  The championship is being run throughout Europe and is made up of 4, 6 and 12 hour races. Durability is essential from both the car and our drivers but with Juno winning the 2007 VdeV championship we are confident in the car and it goes without saying, we are confident in our drivers!