Tom Duckett - NS71

Tom started racing at the end of 2003 with a Vauxhall Nova in Class 2 after being introduced to the sport through Steve Moreton, his employer at the time. Steve had raced for many years during the 80's and 90's.

The car was entirely self built as was the engine and the 2004 season was a steep learning curve for Tom. He raced at the MAP Open and had two thirds and a fourth which unfortunatley wasn't enough to make the final. With his first taste of National racing, Tom was hooked and planned to build a new car for 2005, making some changes along the way.

With Tom only living around the corner from John and both of them regularly attending local race meetings, they quickly became friends and Tom set about building his new shell in John's workshop at the end of 2004 - this was when JD Motorsport started out using Tom and John's new cars for 2005 as the adverts!

Tom put a lot of time into the new car over the winter time using new ideas picked up from his travels the year before. He used the same engine from the year before with some alterations and a rolling road session.

He joined the BAS for the 2005 season but was unfortunate to suffer problems during the early part of the year, although at MAP, he had a second and two thirds which left him just one place short of his first final at National level. Tom made some further improvements to the car during the year but unfortunatley the engine gave up at STAR's penultimate meeting. Tom had kept his old shell built for Steve to race at club meetings, so he borrowed it back for the last BAS meeting where he finished with a second, third and fourth. Again - not quite enough for the final.

At STAR's final meeting of the year, Tom won his first class points title in his old car but ended up being rolled to end the year off!

He intends to build a new shell and engine for the 2006 Class 2 campaign.