Time Attack support raises over £10,000 for BMMC
In its 20th consecutive season, Club Time Attack announced that the beneficiary of their annual charity initiative for 2025 would be the BMMC Marshals Club in recognition of the vital role they play in supporting the sport in the UK.
At its annual awards dinner held at the start of November in Daventry, Club Time Attack revealed an amazing total of £10,410 had been raised from a combination of late entry fees, raffle monies and money raised from tyre raffles with tyres generously provided by Yokohama Tyres.
Time Attack challenges drivers to set the fastest lap – and then do it again! Introduced to the UK in 2006, the Time Attack Championship has gone on to become the largest and most professional championship of its kind in the world. The wide range of classes means that almost every production-based car is eligible, from standard road-going machines right up to full-race power-packed monsters.
BMMC Chair Chris Hobson said: “This is an amazingly generous donation from the Time Attack team. The BMMC is grateful to accept this contribution to our costs involved in running the only club in the world run by marshals for marshals. BMMC currently has almost 3,500 members providing marshals for all forms of motorsport run under the auspices of MotorSport K – including the Time Attack Championship.
“Marshals rarely get the recognition they deserve, standing out in all weathers, carrying out duties on and off the circuits at all levels, providing the safety cover essential to enable competitors to enjoy their sport. Whether it is races, sprints or hillclimbs at a fixed venue, rallies and off-road events at non-permanent venues, club level Auto Solos or international Grand Prix our members give of their time and effort free of charge, purely for the love of the sport.
“This show of appreciation from Time Attack will help us to continue to train and equip our members to support not only their events, but many others around the country. We are extremely grateful – “Thank You”.
Andy Barnes of the Time Attack Organisation comments: “I am delighted by our final total and thank each and every driver who has contributed this season as well as the great folks at Yokohama tyres for their tyre pool. Through a simple initiative, using our strengths, our club was able to donate 100% of the amounts raised to support the BMMC and its volunteers who keep our beloved sport on track and as safe as possible for all.
“In addition, we provided all-weather marshals ruck sacks, food and race suit patches as part of our 2025 campaign to show support and acknowledge the work of all marshals in the UK, it’s a great result and one which all members of our club are proud of.”
Pictured: Ian Whiting (South Mids Chair) and Simon Clarke from Yokohama, alongside the main championship drivers from each discipline. Left to right: Simon Clarke (Yokohama), Ian Whiting (BMMC), Dan Thackeray (Racing Hondas) and Aleksandr Volkov (Time Attack Championship).