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HISTORIC RACING

The class structure was another key factor in the father and son’ s decision to race with Masters Racing Club.“ The class that we run the Elva in could mean you were racing against a sports prototype, whereas, with Masters, we found that it was all similar cars,” Andrew notes. The consistency in car categories ensured that they were racing against comparable machinery, making for fairer and more competitive racing.“ We got the Elva in 2007, with the idea that we would go historic racing,” he adds.

Additionally, the structure of Masters Racing Club events, which allowed for endurance-style races, with pit stops, was more appealing than shorter sprint formats offered by some of the other historic racing clubs.

Continuously supporting each other’ s passion, Mark and Andrew have often competed in different classes, though frequently at the same events. Over the years, they have owned and raced a diverse collection of cars, including:

In the process, they have built lasting and meaningful friendships in the paddock. Their involvement, in this sense, has always been about more than just racing.“ We have made some fantastic friends,” Mark recalls.“ There are a pair of brothers, Mark and James Bates. We ended up racing with them from probably 2010 onwards. We had some great battles, and that is how some of those relationships have formed.”

“ There are people like Matthew” Andrew adds,“ I have been racing against him for 25 years. Then there’ s Nick and Ben – they work for the teams as mechanics or engineers – but they are our friends.”

As integral members of the Masters Racing Club since its infancy, the father-and-son team have both experienced and contributed to its transformation over nearly two decades. However, they have witnessed the acceleration of this transformation in recent years.

Masters Racing Club has recently come under the ownership of Frédéric Fatien, and the 2025 calendar reflects his ambition to engage motorsport enthusiasts on a global scale, with races originally planned for Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Fatien, a passionate historic motorsport enthusiast, experienced racer, and long-time supporter of Masters Racing Club, took over the reins from Ron Maydon directly, the series’ founder and former owner. As the driving force behind the club’ s future, Fatien has announced a merger with GP Extreme, his Dubai-based global motorsports group.

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Mark and Andrew work alongside their team at Goodwood

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