We wish a happy and successful New Year to all our customers and friends.

Well, here we are again, another New Year and it’s all go!

The long awaited extension to the workshop is well under way, giving us another 2,000 ft², with room for a couple more lifts and designated work bays.

We are busy carrying out the usual engine and transmission rebuilds and car preps for the coming season. The Ferrari bare chassis rebuilds are well under way for this year.

The engine Dyno facility is proving to be a great asset, with some pretty interesting customers’ engines coming in for running and setting up. So, if you would like that little bit more from your engine development, pick up the phone and call Tim or Jay to discuss your requirements.

It looks like being another busy season. We plan to contest the Le Mans Classic, Goodwood Revival, Mille Miglia, British GP, some 50s Sportscars, HGPCA and Gentlemen Drivers. Again, if we can be of assistance for either a one-off event or a series, please get in touch. We are expanding our customer base with the extra facilities we have available.
 

Once again we contested the Ferrari Dino 246S in the F1 Grand Prix Historic support race. Piloted by Peter Hardman in scorching hot weather the car qualified P2 in the 30 Minute Saturday practice session.

Sunday and the weather was even hotter, Peter made a fantastic start off the line taking the lead before the first corner. However Philip Walker in his Lotus 15 was hot on he's heals and took P1 away on Lap 3. The little Dino put up a valiant fight much to the spectators enjoyment and finished in P2 just a few seconds behind the Lotus.

We hope to be returning back to Silverstone at the end of the Month with The Dino and the Aston DBR1 for the 1950's Sportscar race which is part of the Silverstone Historic weekend - Don't Miss It !
 

We've made a few more subtle changes to our web site which should help to improve page load times and reduce screen clutter.
We've also added a new 'Videos' section.

To get things rolling just before our race season kicks off, we present four videos shot at last years Le-Mans Classic Weekend.

We hope to be able to add to this section soon with some new and exciting videos from events from this years calendar.
 

Last November we attended an end-of-year Track day extravaganza hosted by our good friends the RMA. Two days at the fantastic Spa-Francorchamps race circuit followed by two days at the notorious Nordschleife. For the event the team took five cars, A Ferrari F50, 330LMB and 246S Dino, our BMW M5 Track Car and the Pro-Sports 3000 Spider,  an old favourite of ours for these events.

The Team, Drivers and Guests all had a great time over the four days despite rain & sub-zero temperatures. We've just posted a new Gallery with images from all four days curtsey of Paul Jarmyn and Fotografia-Corse,  which can check out here.

We're attending a RMA Trackday at Silverstone on the 19th of April so if anyone wants to see a collection of great cars in a non competitive environment then please come along. For more information on RMA Trackdays  please check out their website.
 

What better place than that temple of Italian speed the Monza Autodromo to hold last years final round of the Shell Historic Ferrari Challenge 2004. As usual, for this last event the grid was very large and made of of some very impressive Italian racing machinery including our own Ferrari P3 and the little 206 P.

The Weather helped to make the whole weekend 'interesting' switching from sunny periods to downpours, this however didn't stop the P3 from starting the race at the front of the grid and, piloted by its owner going on to win its class for the championship.

Paul Jarmyn and Fotografia-Corse, captured some great images of this busy but spectacular weekend on camera,  you can view the photos in our Gallery section or click here.
 

We've updated the picture gallery with some images of Creation Autosportif's Porcshe 962 Bi-Turbo motor on our dyno.

If your interested in the power & tourqe figures you can view the final power run at the bottom of the 'Dyno' info page.
( A big thanks to Creation for allowing us to publish the figures ).

Be sure to checkout Creation's web site for more on this story here.
 

The Tim Samways team wish every body a Happy New year.

A big thank you goes out to our suppliers, drivers and of course our customers, We've got a few more exciting projects coming this year, and we'll be posting news of those here as they happen throughout the coming year.

We hope to get some gallery's up soon with pictures from the last round of the Ferrari Challenge at Monza and of our end year trek to Spa and the Nordschleife, four glorious track days at two of the greatest circuits.
 

Making its first UK racing appearance, Peter Hardman drove the awesome Ferrari 412/P3 to yet another victory in the first race at Donington Park in the UK round of the Shell Historic Ferrari Challenge.

Peter switched to the little 2 litre Ferrari Dino 206 P for the second race and put in a entertaining drive to finish 3rd.

As usual we've got some great pictures of the weekend courtesy of Paul Jarmyn and Fotografia-Corse,  you can check them out in our Gallery section or click here.
 

This proved to be our busiest event of the year, in total we had 9 cars attending the event consisting of two Ferrari 330 LMB's and a 250 GTO racing in the Tourist Trophy. Two Aston Martin DBR1's and the Ferrari 246 Dino racing in the Sussex Trophy. Two Ford GT40's which were used as course cars for the three days of racing and a Aston Martin DB4GT Zagato which was used as the safety car in the TT  Race.

The cars owners and the teams usual Goodwood drivers, Peter Hardman and Tony Dron were joined this year by Jackie Oliver, Mike Salmon and Gerry Marshall making for some close and spectacular racing.

You can view some great images from our weekend here.
 

The team went to the home of European endurance racing, Le Mans in sunny France for the 2004 Le Mans Classic. The Event which this year was made up of over 360 cars racing in 6 different grids is a fantastic opportunity to see cars spanning just about every era racing in the day and night on this famous circuit.  This year we entered the 1959 Le Mans winning Aston DBR1 and a the Ferrari 246 Dino.

As usual we had Peter Hardman and Tony Dron at hand to pilot the cars along with Dr Ulrich Bez (CEO of Aston Martin) and the cars owner.

Both cars did well in qualifying with the Dino taking pole which led the night race until the mandatory pit stop when unfortunately we were held at the pit exit because of the safety car. We lost a whole lap while waiting for it come around again. During the following mornings race, we suffered gear box problems with the DBR1 and had to retire it.

With only the Dino left running, Tony and Peter joined forces for the last race and went on to win it which contributed to winning the Overall Team Prize.

Images from the 2004 Le Mans Classic can be found in the Gallery of by clicking here.
 

Once again, the little Ferrari Dino 246S driven by Peter Hardman in the 2004 British Grand Prix, Historic Sportscar support race at Silverstone showed what a great chassis this unique car has.  Starting from pole position, the little Ferrari was immediately mugged by the bigger engined cars and dropped to 5th, but we knew this would be the case. Sure enough, once Peter was up to speed he was able to start reclaiming positions and by lap four he was back in the lead and went on to win the race by over ten seconds.
 

We have been attending the Goodwood festival of Speed for the last 10 Years, each year we bring a selection of our cars, This year we took the the 1959 Le-Mans winning Aston DBR1 and the amazing beautiful Ferrari P3 to the now famous hill climb.

As always, Peter Hardman pleased the crowds with his sideways driving style in  the Aston DBR1, then opting to do a timed run in the P3, he set the 2nd fastest run of the weekend with a time of 0:47:210. This was the first time that our Ferrari 412/P3 Chassis No 0844 has been seen running in the UK.

You'll have a second chance to see & hear the P3 in all its glory later in the year at the Donington round of the Shell Historic Ferrari Challenge.
 

Following on from our success at Vallelunga, we had another very successful race weekend at the famous Spa-Francorchamps race circuit.

Once again the Ferrari P3 driven by Peter Hardman won Race 1, while for race 2 he switched to the Dino 206P and drove a magnificent race to finish 2nd.

Images from the weekend can be found in the Gallery of by clicking here.
 

The teams winter preparations paid off at the 1st round of the 2004 Shell / Ferrari Challenge which took place at Vallelunga, Italy. The team won both races with the magnificent sounding Ferrari P3 while the little 2.0 litre 206SP Dino did well coming in a respectable 5th in both races.

Images from Vallelunga can be found in our Gallery or by clicking here.

The team are now looking forward to the next round at Spa at the end of the month . . .

Our 2004 Season kicks of this month with the Mille Miglia Tour in Italy, where we will be entering a Pre-War 1932 Alfa 8C.

Then it's on to the 1st round of the 2004 Ferrari Challenge at Vallelunga with the P3 and 206P Dino.

A week later we'll be touring Italy once more with the Aston Martin DB4GT Zagato in the Ecurie Ecosse.
 

We have just attended the first Historic Motorsport Show at Stoneleigh, and what a fantastic event it turned out to be. There was a good cross section of the industry showing a varied selection of cars, and interesting displays of trade stands.

I would like to thank all the visitors to our stand for showing so much interest in what we are doing. It gave us the opportunity to promote our new high specification Schenck engine test cell facility and show the broad range of activities we cater for.

Please give us a call and arrange to visit and discuss any requirements you have.
 

We will be exhibiting at the International Historic Motor Show which will take place at Stoneleigh Park on 21/22 February. We'll have the fantastic Ferrari P3 on display along with some of our team on hand to answer any questions.

You can more about the event including ticket availability and direction at the event official web site
 

Firstly, we'd like to thank all of our customers and supporters a Happy New Year.

2004 will be a big year for us so we are in the process of revising our web site, some of the sections are currently unavailable so please bare with us, normal service should be resumed over the next few weeks.