THE 2300 Club of Blackburn will be out in force on this weekend’s Cambrian Rally. A team of 13 are helping with marshalling duties on SS3 Penmachno, which is due to run at 10.30am. This is the third year the 2300 Club have officiated on the Cambrian, the opening round […]
John Easson Award
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John Easson Award winner Ewan Tindall begins his challenge for the 2020 BTRDA Rally Championship in North Wales this weekend. The talented 18-year-old from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne is seeded at car 53 in his Fiesta R2 on Saturday’s Cambrian Rally. With a new car and a new co-driver – Andrew Roughead – […]
To mount a serious challenge for any rally championship, you need a serious car. And for 2020, Ewan will be behind the wheel of a Fiesta R2, sourced from KG Motorsport in Northern Ireland. That represents a big step-up for the ambitious youngster from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, who had previously contested the […]
Since its inception in 2004, the John Easson Award has helped numerous rally drivers further their involvement in the sport. With £5000 in cash to the selected applicant, and a bonus £1000 if they win their overall championship class award, the JEA is recognised as the UK’s top free-to-enter scholarship. […]
2300 Club are pleased to announce the winner of the 2019 John Easson Award. Tyne & Wear Driver Ewan Tindall (centre) was chosen as the winner of this year’s prestigious award which is worth a total prize fund of £6,000. The 18 year old was the choice of the judges […]
The 2300 Club’s John Easson Award winner from 2013 has just won the ERC title in a very tense final round in Hungary. Again partnered with Ross Whittock in their Toksport Fabia R5 they endured a very slippery event and very poor conditions. The pair had a puncture and lost […]
The Club Champion It was late November 2018 when it was announced that Lincolnshire’s junior rally ace George Lepley had won the 2300 Club’s 2018 John Easson Award. After entering the competition for 4 years, his persistence had finally paid off. George had shown some serious promise, having won the […]
A young Chris Ingram applied for the 2013 John Easson Award “Rally is in my blood. I am driven by my ambition of becoming World Rally Champion and dedicate every day working towards achieving my goals so that not only myself, but my team and my partners will benefit.” MASTERPLAN […]
The 2300 Club’s 2018 John Easson Award winner, George Lepley, kicked off his season with a class win on the Cambrian earlier in the year. He’s since been carrying on the good form by winning the championship! Very well done to a very worthy winner. If you are a young […]
“We have won the BTRDA Silver Star in the mighty Avenger, beating all the Escort BDA’s, Millington’s, modern R2’s etc! It was great to win 4 from 4 events. Needing to finish 6th or higher on the Nicky Grist event, we finished 3rd.” “Tyre choice and being held up by […]