Location: Derbyshire
Team Principal: Julian Lane
Drivers in 2005: Cliff Jobson
Website: www.joospeed.co.uk
Contact: 01246 456660

The name Joospeed is identified with high performance upgrades for TVR road cars so it was inevitable that Joolz would eventually make his way into the TVRCC Challenge. Joolz' technological input showed as the Joospeed prepared blue-then-yellow 2.8 Tasmin quickly developed throughout the season to finish fifth overall under Cliff's command. Joolz has enviable links with ex-Formula One technicians and British GT development engineers which puts Joospeed at the forefront of TVR road and race development. Complimenting the modified suspension on car 27 this season is Cosworth 24v power and improved weight distribution, it has been a busy winter!

Location: Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Team Principal: Richard Moore / Paul Fenton
Drivers in 2005: Pat Smith, Glyn Morris, Kevan Gore, Dave Reynolds, Gary Coulson
Website: www.moore-racing.co.uk
Contact: 01908 368960
Richard@moore-racing.com
Paul@moore-racing.com

Over the five years that they have been racing TVR's, Moore Racing has become one of the driving forces behind the TVRCC series, having won the overall championship twice with Steve Lewis. Only V8 Racing has been able to challenge their dominance in the series.

Moore Racing specialises in the preparation and racing setup of motorsports cars in the UK. They offer ongoing support, maintenance and performance upgrades for BMWs, TVR racing cars and sports cars, as well as restoration and rebuilds of Aston Martin and other classic cars.

Their huge articulated race transporter will continue to be at the heart of the TVR Village on race days, where team members can always be found offering help and advice to competitors from the smaller teams. This year Moore Racing will again be supporting several 300bhp+ TVRs as well as running a few hire cars. Anyone interested in a race in the TVRCC Challenge Cup this year would be well advised to give them a call

RT Racing

Location: Yorkshire
Address: 39, Bailey Street, Sheffield, S1 4EH
Team Principal: Richard Thorpe
Drivers in 2005: Steve Hall, Tim Broughton
Website: www.rtracing.co.uk
Contact: 0114 281 7507

Richard Thorpe and RT Racing have long been synonymous with TVR and especially the Wedge series. It's probably no surprise that with Steve Lewis he was one of the founders of the TVRCC racing series.

He has been responsible for bringing in much new blood to the series, and has acquired a reputation for building more and more outrageous race cars. His latest project will see his test pilot, Steve Hall, flying an ex-tuscan challenge car with a 5.7litre V8 and a Tasmin Series 1 body attached. That has just got to be worth a trip to the races to see.

Location: Leicestershire
Address: TMS Performance Vehicles, Beler Way, Leicester Road, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
Team Principal: Peter O'Connor
Drivers in 2005: Paul Glynn, Steve Guglielmi, Richard Wright
Website: www.tmstvr.co.uk
Contact: 01664 481065

Melton Mowbray based TVR dealers TMS Performance Cars will be campaigning two cars in 2005. Once again they will be campaigning their distinctive red Griffith 500, alongside a "new" TVR Tuscan Challenge car. A new engine is currently in build for the TMS Griffith and the car will be driven by TMS Service Manager Paul Glynn and Steve Guglielmi who between them have developed the car from scratch over the past three seasons. The Griffith also features Nitron suspension for whom TMS are local dealers.

The new Tuscan Challenge car will be driven by Richard Wright, and his son Ben. Richard owns the most original TVR in existence, TVR 2, which is on display in the TMS showroom, and is also responsible for the TMS race transporter and hospitality awning.

All of the TMS team are friendly and enthusiastic, and are always on hand to offer interested spectators a cup of coffee and a look round the racing cars. They are looking forward to another year of close racing, particularly with Simon Bowes, with whom they often proved the highlight of races during the 2004 season.

Location: Scotland
Address: V8 Sports & Classics, Fenton Barns Industrial Estate, Near Haddington, East Lothian
Team Principal: Noel Flannery
Drivers in 2005: Simon Bowes
Website: www.bedlingtonmotorcompany.co.uk
Contact: 07980 652447 (V8 Sports & Classics)
01670 823327 (Bedlington Motor Co.)
noel@v8sports.fsnet.co.uk
info@bedlingtonmotorcompany.co.uk

2005 will be the third year in competition for the Anglo-Scottish team run by Noel Flannery and Paul Stephenson. Formed in 2003 the team dominated the championship at their first attempt, with eight wins in one season.

When the series expanded in 2004, it made sense to prepare and race a TVR Griffith. Paul's company, Bedlington Motor Company, are independent suppliers of TVRs and have long been associated with Noels company, V8 Sports and Classics. Paul located an accident damaged car, and Noel and the team rebuilt the car from the ground up. Years of experience in extracting performance with after market products from ACT, Nitron, Leven Technology and Mark Adams was put to good use to ensure that the bright orange Griffith was at the front of the grid straight out of the box, claiming six wins in the season.

For 2005, Noel and his chief mechanic, Frank, will continue to rack up thousands of miles, determined to regain the championship, whilst enjoying the friendly rivalry that characterises the TVR paddock.

Noel is always very willing to help out, so make sure you say hi if you're in the paddock. He also has the 2003 Championship winning car for sale or hire if you're interested in taking part.

Black Cat Racing

Drivers in 2005: Graham Walden

Black Cat Racing is made up of Graham and his long suffering father, Ian (Pops) Walden. They prepare their car from their garage in Kidderminster, and have steadily improved to their best position of 2nd overall last year, with some help from Moore Racing. Grahams performance on track helped save what little hair Ian had left in 2004, as his sons tendancy for spectacular spins melted away. Having finally got the hang of things, 2005 will re-test Ian's versatility as he is presented with a totally different challenge - a racing Tuscan.

Behind the Wheel/Team 34 Racing

Drivers in 2005: Steve Watton

Team 34 Racing is made up of Steve Watton, Rick Ireland, Paul Welsh, Carol Watton and Nigel Reuben. Despite being based near Worcester, the teams main mechanic, Rick travels from South Wales to work on the car on a weekly basis. Paul is not so far away, just the other side of Worcester. The main element of the team is Steve's wife, Carol. She contributes enormously, knows more about the sport than most men and is the main fund provider. Steve just sits and pushes pedals and twirl that wheel thingy in front of him.

Technical input comes from long time mate Nigel, who is the main technical expert behind the whole build of the car. He's a seven time championship winner himself in a variety of formula and he knows just what makes a car tick and can get in and show you how to drive it if needs be. He runs 'Behind the Wheel Motorsport Preparation', in Bromsgrove and is a leading expert in the preparation of classic TVR's. A great deal of work is also put in by Nigel's brother Duncan and Keith Ticer. These two also have years of experience in building TVR's and without these three the car would be no-where near as good as it is.

The other person who has helped when ever asked is Chris Schirle, also an expert TVR builder.

Team TVR Power

Drivers in 2005: Marc Hockin

The TVR Power team is another Father and Son arrangement, with the technical skills provided by father Tony Hockin, from his Garage in Devon. They are a dark horse team, and with backing from TVR Power could surprise everyone.