Great BFBS TV news piece covering what was a fantastic day.

Huge thanks to Nissan for the GTR, Silverstone for, well, everything; and especially to Graham Raphael whose energy is remarkable setting these days up.

Hugely popular, the Nissan GTR was a big hit

Jimmy successfully found the Westfield engine after a prolonged search

Last year we ran a day at Silverstone with the help of Mazda on Track www.mazdaontrack.co.uk – it was a real hit with the lads.

Silverstone Drift day was really popular, Vince Noott doing the demo rides

So, this year we’ve a drift program, and the first run out for the MM ‘Drift5′ with some BMW support was at Santa Pod this week. Veteran, MM racer, now policeman Will Browning has pulled together a brilliant program and 3 lads got to experience some full bore runs, and then instruction so they could have a go themselves. Freezing, foggy, didn’t matter. Superb fun.

The first MM Drift What Ya Brung day, Santa Pod

Want to have a go? The Driftcars just get bigger and faster this year, and we’ll be looking into stunt driving too…

By hugely popular demand – Mission Motorsport’s inaugural 2 wheeled event conducted with our friends at The Bike Experience

Never seen Gav look so nervous – but he did incredibly well.  Couldn’t get him off the bike in the end!

Want to have a go? Email team@missionmotorsport.org

Delighted to see our friends at Race2Recovery’s very successful launch at Tedworth House and on Salisbury Plain on Thursday.  Tony, Tom and the team are due to compete in the Touareg Rally in Africa in March as part of their preparations for Dakar, and we wish them all the very best.  Please have a look at their fantastic site http://www.race2recovery.co.uk

The guys are very much part of Mission Motorsport’s target audience so we are assisting them in their preparations for Dakar by taking them endurance racing in 2012, although the service area may be a little bit cleaner and nicer than they are used to…