JP Latham

Any form of sport involving specialist equipment is usually expensive and none more so than motorsport. Unless you are fortunate to have deep pockets or family backing, getting to the grid in a competitive car requires finding financial backing in the form of sponsors. In the first of a series of features looking at the […]

Barracksport, the team crewed by current and ex-Oxford Brookes University students, is firmly focused on returning to the Challenge grid with two cars for the forthcoming season. The squad, led by Harry O’Donoghue, have finalised their driver line-up for the Barracksport Grey Sheep Racing (GSR) entry where Welsh tech entrepreneur James Smith will share the

Boston College Racing returns for its second year in the Student Motorsport Challenge, the premier UK track-based series for schools, colleges, and universities, that nests within the BRSCC CityCar Cup with an expanded two-car line-up. Liam Browning will continue to drive for the Lincolnshire-based team and will be joined for 2024 by Rory Pickles who will

West Suffolk College, who finished third in the 2023 Student Motorsport Challenge, will be expanding its team to campaign two cars for the forthcoming season with the announcement that WSC student Brady Pollock and Andrew Payne, father of 2023 driver Haydn Payne, will be the East Anglian squad’s drivers. Brady Pollock – Club100 – Buckmore

Team Northbrook Racing will move up to a two-car entry for the 2024 Student Motorsport Challenge, the inter-series within the BRSCC Nankang Tyre CityCar Cup Championship, with the announcement that Ari Barker will join Richard Jepp at the double title-winning squad. Team Northbrook Racing, crewed by students from Northbrook College and led by Emma Norton

Ahead of the 2024 Student Motorsport Challenge season, the inter-series within the BRSCC Nankang Tyre CityCar Cup Championship, Student Motorsport Founder and Challenge series organiser John Paul ‘JP’ Latham and Head of Media Andy Lloyd delivered Introduction and Training sessions for two new teams to the Challenge paddock. The sessions provided the students with a

As we enter 2024 with the promise of a new season of high-quality domestic motorsport,the Student Motorsport Challenge, part of the BRSCC Nankang Tyre CityCar CupChampionship, is delighted to announce the first six confirmed entries of the year. In 2023, the second season for the Challenge, the grid peaked at 10 cars. For 2024,currently six

All the students and pupils worked extremely hard and I know they will benefit hugely from the experience and learning opportunities.” – A look back at the 2023 Student Motorsport Challenge JP Latham – Founder of Student Motorsport Motorsport is not just about arriving at a circuit with a car, racing it, putting it back

The champion and prize-winners of the 2023 Student Motorsport Challenge season were honoured at the BRSCC Awards Night on Saturday December the 2nd, held this year at the East Midlands Conference Centre. (All images (c) James Roberst Photography) Situated close to the campus of the University of Nottingham, the Conference Centre provided a spectacular setting

Team Northbrook Racing took two victories in the Student Motorsport Challenge, part of the BRSCC Nankang Tyre CityCar Cup Championship, at the season finale weekend at Silverstone to provisionally secure their second SMC title in as many years. The Sussex-based team had entered the BRSCC Finals Race Weekend with an unbeatable lead and, barring disqualification, had