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Instructing on the G82 BMW M4 GTP today, PalmerSport's most powerful car with 510 bhp.
With a 180mph top speed this car is an absolute joy to drive!
29th April 2023
Now one of the few instructors on the Ginetta GS56 GTA which is new to PalmerSport for 2023. Built on a GT4 FIA-approved race chassis with a raft of PalmerSport upgrades. Engine is the Ford 3.7-litre V6 with 270 bhp.
22nd March 2023
Great to catch up with Scott's Kevin Mills Racing FF1600 mechanic, Nathan Ward & race commentator Jake Sanson, who had some hot laps, when we were Winter testing at Donington. -5C when we arrived! Never got over 0C.
23rd February 2023
One of the highlights of the year was taking Freddie Hunt, son of 1976 F1 World champion, James Hunt, out for some hot laps. Freddie won the last LMP3 Le Mans Cup race this season at Portimao. Freddie was very impressed with Scott's driving and said he wouldn't mind Scott being his co-driver in LMP3!
31st December 2022
Scott participated in another charity kart race in aid of BBC Children in Need at TeamSport Trafford Park, Manchester. 12 teams took part including professional racing drivers. £6000 was raised on the night. The event was organised by Salvo Cachia a film and TV stunt driver who programme credits include BBC Top Gear. Scott was in Salvo's team. 'Racing 4MND'
22nd November 2022
Scott took part in the Team Hard scholarship tests to race in their Porsche 911 GT3 next season. The assessments took part at a very wet Blyton Park Circuit in FWD Golfs which Scott was unfamiliar with. Tests included, driving, fitness, TV media and interview & he excelled in all. Finals are early 2023.
16th November 2022
Picture: Stephen Huntley ARPS
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022
Scott Huntley Racing is saddened to hear the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. We send our condolences to The Royal Family. Her Majesty served our country and Commonwealth for 70 years, just recently celebrating her Platinum Jubilee.
8th September 2022
Scott secures first new sponsorship partner for 2023, Trek Trailers. They are nationwide distributors of Brian James Trailers, supplied Scott with his new Brian James Race Shuttle from their Trek Trailers Suffolk business (formerly Anglian Trailer Centre) in Bury St Edmunds. Pictured with Chris Winchester, Trek Group Managing Director.
SX Drones Ltd. continues to support Scott next season.
8th September 2022
Further sponsorship partnerships available for 2023. Hot laps available for potential partners in his Radical SR1.
Scott is now the owner of a Radical SR1 racing car in preparation for the 2023 race season in the Radical SR1 Cup.
24th August 2022
Scott is now instructing on the JP-LM (Jonathan Palmer Le Mans Prototype) car at PalmerSport. Believed to be the youngest instructor on it. This exquisite racing machine is powered by a Cosworth three-litre quad cam V6 engine for relentless acceleration and impressive straight line speed.
Scott also instructs on the Caterham 7, Caterham 7 Pursuit, (where he has demonstrated drifts and doughnuts in front of Martin Brundle), Renault Clio Cup Racer and Land Rover Defender. Soon he will be training to instruct on the new 180mph G82 BMW M4 GTP.
29th July 2022
Scott teams up with Freddie Hunt, son of James Hunt, 1976 F1 World Champion and among with other kart teams raised £19,000 for the British-Ukrainian Aid for life-saving First Aid kits & Ambulances to help save lives in Ukraine. The Support Ukraine Grand Prix took place at Rye House and was organised by Mark Garratt.
30th June 2022
Scott tries out Dyno Developments incredible racing sim, driving a Radical SR3 on the Snetterton 300 Circuit and declares its the best sim he has used, being very realistic, with great track feed-back. It was designed and built by Mike Gurney.
1st May 2022
Scott took part in a Karting4MND charity kart race at Thruxton Kart Centre, which raised over £10,000 for the Motor Neurone Disease Association. Organised by David Brabham & Bill Williams, whose brother Gideon is suffering from MND. Drivers from F1, Formula E, Le Mans, BTCC, Britcar & GB3 competed
26th August 2021
After Scott's phenomenal driving ability is noticed by a senior instructor at a PalmerSport event at Bedford Autodrome, winning the Formula 3000 & Caterham Seven categories & named Williams Team Driver of the Day, he is offered a job as a racing driver instructor. Lewis Hamilton is a former instructor here.
Now instructing on Caterham Seven & 'drift' Caterham Pursuits & training as an instructor on the BMW M2 Competition
25th August 2021
Scott testing a Radical SR1 at Silverstone GP circuit August 2021
Scott tests a Radical SR1 car on the Silverstone GP circuit, overtaking every car on the track including Porsche 911 GT3 RS's, bar one, a Radical SR8 with over double the horsepower!
August 2021
Scott wins the Formula 3000 & Caterham Seven races
& named Williams Team Driver of the Day
at PalmerSport event, Bedford Autodrome
July 2021
Scott receives his 2019 Rookie Vice National Champion BRSCC FF1600 trophy, delayed due to Covid-19 pandemic
July 2020
Scott lays 'winners wreaths' to mark the 60th anniversary of Essex F1 drivers Alan Stacy and 50th anniversary of Piers Courage passing away
June 2020
Scott builds a simulator room so can practice during the COVID-19 pandemic
COVID-19 pandemic lockdown 2020-2021
Scott Huntley is the 2019 Rookie Vice Champion, BRSCC Avon Tyres Formula Ford 1600 National Championships
14th October 2019
Scott races at Brands Hatch in memory of friend, mentor & former FF1600, F3 driver, John Humphreys
1st October 2019
Scott's record breaking Senna themed kart displayed at McLaren Hatfield
30th September 2019
Scott’s record breaking Senna themed kart to go on display at McLaren Hatfield with McLaren Senna & P1 GTR
19th September 2019
News
January 2019-August 2019
Second Rookie Class Cup win at Brands Hatch
August 2019
Scott moves to new team, Kevin Mills Racing. Pays tribute to Henry Surtees on his car.
July 2019
Scott pays tribute to Ayrton Senna on his car at Oulton Park on the 25th anniversary of his passing
May 2019
Scott featured on BBC Essex Breakfast programme with Ben & Sonia
May 2019
Scott wins Rookie Class Cup at first race weekend from karts at Snetterton
April 2019
Bowers & Wilkins, premium British audio brand, partners Scott
March 2019
Scott gets advice from former McLaren F1 driver, David Coulthard
January 2019
Scott awarded place in 'Class of 2019' Motorsport UK Academy AASE programme at Loughbourough College
January 2019
"Great drive from Scott Huntley, one to watch!"
Daniel Ricciardo, F1 driver
November 2018
Scott on McLaren F1 simulator at the McLaren Technology Centre
Scott gets within 0.195 sec of Ayrton Senna's famous 1988 Monaco quailfying time
“Scott Huntley competes with class and intensity, always pushing himself to the max although a rookie to car racing, always learning” That’s what I hope people say about me and my efforts to hopefully become a professional F1 racer.
Karting, car and sporting achievements
2022
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Scott is now the owner of a Radical SR1 racing car to maintain seat time and possible future participation in the Radical SR1 Cup. With this superb 2-seater sports prototype racing car he can take prospective sponsorship partners on hot laps (subject to height & weight restrictions).
In July Scott began instructing on the JP-LM (Jonathan Palmer Le Mans Prototype) car at PalmerSport. At 20, believed to be the youngest instructor on it. Scott also instructs on the Caterham 7, Caterham 7 Pursuit, (where he has demonstrated drifts and doughnuts in front of Martin Brundle & Sir Chris Hoy), Renault Clio Cup Racer and Land Rover Defender.
In June Scott teamed up with Freddie Hunt, son of James Hunt, 1976 F1 World Champion and among with other kart teams raised £19,000 for the British-Ukrainian Aid for life-saving First Aid kits & Ambulances to help save lives in Ukraine. The Support Ukraine Grand Prix took place at Rye House.
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2021
In August Scott tested the Radical SR1 car on the Silverstone GP circuit and overtook everything on the track including Porsche 911 GT3 RS's, bar one, a Radical SR8.
In July, Scott along with 31 other drivers, attended a day at PalmerSport at Bedford Autodrome where they drove 8 different cars on 7 tracks, none they had been in or on before. Despite not being in a racing car (an FF1600) for nearly 2 years due to the pandemic, Scott was winner, P1 in the most coveted car of the day, the Formula 3000 single seat car. The F3000 sits between an F3 and F1 car and was the final stepping stone to drivers wishing to progress to Formula 1 until 2004. Scott was P1 in the Caterham 7, P2 in both the JP-LM, Jonathan Palmer 'Le Mans' Prototype & Sodi GT5 kart, both by just 1/300ths of a second from winning. Scott was P2 driver overall and was also part of the overall winning team for the day - Williams - who named him their Driver of the Day. As a result of his phenomenal performance he was offered a job as a racing driving instructor with PalmerSport where he instructs on Caterham 7's and has just undergone training to instruct on the BMW M2 Competition.
2020
Scott graduated from Loughborough College in 2020 where he was studying for the Motorsport UK Academy DiSE course. The Covid-19 pandemic meant that he had to complete the course remotely in the last five months. In July he received his Rookie Vice Champion, Avon Tyres BRSCC award as was unable to attend presentation evening due to the death of his grandmother, Cathy Huntley. The pandemic had delayed the sending out of the trophy. Scott builds a simulator room so he can practice during the pandemic.
2019
Scott Huntley named 2019 Rookie Vice Champion, BRSCC Avon Tyres Formula Ford 1600 National Championships. This was achieved despite missing 9 races, having no Winter or pre-race weekend practice & changing teams. Scott was actually leading the Rookie Class Championship after the first 7 races.
2018
Scott is praised by F1 driver Daniel Ricciardo after a record breaking win in November.
'Great drive from Scott Huntley, one to watch'.
3rd overall in the birelART Junior 100 kart Class National Championships.
As is previous years in karting, Not run by a professional team but by his amateur mechanic father and not race coached by professional experts.
Accepted into the 'Class of 2019', as one of the most promising young UK racing drivers, Motorsport UK Academy AASE at Loughborough College.
Breaks track record at Sutton Circuit after just a few minutes on the track.
2017
Scotts gets within 0.195 seconds of Ayrton Senna's 1988 Monaco Grand Prix qualifying time on a McLaren F1 simulator at the McLaren Technology Centre. He only had two laps on the sim.
Scott witness's first public run of BLOODHOUND SSC after his name went on tail of car after achieving the highest speed on the simulator at Autosport International 2013.
2016
3rd overall in the 100cc Junior EasyKart UK National Championships.
Buckmore Park, Henry Surtees Foundation charity race prestened with prestigious 'H Trophy' by John Surtees CBE, 1964 F1 World Champion.
2015
Scott won two prestigious awards for his karting achievements. He was named Essex Chronicle Media Group's 'Young Sports Star of the Year' as well as picking up the top overall award, 'Essex County Cricket Club's Award for Sporting Excellence in Essex'. Nominees included Commonwealth Games winners including a Gold medalist and GP2 Champion, Alex Lynn.
Invited by Bruce McLaren's sister, Jan McLaren to lay a wreath on his memorial at Goodwood.
Lays a wreath on Pier's Courage's grave to mark the 45th anniversary of his death.
Runs a McLaren/Williams theme on his kart to ark the anniversaries of Bruce & Piers deaths.
2014
One of only two Cadets to represent GB in EasyKart World Finals in Lignano, Italy.
3rd overall in the 62cc Cadet EasyKart UK National Championships.
Wins five podium finishes in his first "Rookie' year of MSA racing. Helped by Barry and Rob Newman at first two or three rounds.
Sets all time Cadet EasyKart lap record at Whilton Mill which had been held for 6 years.
2013
Cadet Class Champion, A12 Pro Karters, Witham.
Wins 30 trophies on indoor and outdoor karting tracks in Essex in corporate karts.
Cadet fastest lap Trophy and 3rd overall, at Junior Race League, Brentwood.
Wins VIP visit to the McLaren Technology Centre.
Scott's name to go on tail of BLOODHOUND SSC when it attempts World Land Speed record after achieving the highest speed out of 10,000 visitors on the simulator at Autosport International 2013.
2012
Within a month of venturing on his first outdoor track for the first time at Brentwood, Scott beats the lap times of 2012 F2 World Champion Luciano Bacheta & Nicholas Hamilton. He was driving a Cadet 120cc Honda 4-stroke compared to their faster Senior 200cc's.
Obtains his 1 mile swimming certificate.
Starts to learn to 'drift' in a 200cc buggy that his late grandfather & father built, on farmers Pete & Fran Theobald's land in Rettendon.
2011
Cadet Vice Champion, A12 Pro Karters, Witham.
2010
Cadet Vice Champion, in first ever Championship as a 'Rookie'. A12 Pro Karters, Witham. Began indoor karting aged 10.
About Scott Huntley Racing
Passion. Persistence. Perseverance.
After five years in national championship karting with multiple P1 qualifying, race wins and fastest laps I moved to single seat car racing in 2019. I competed as a Rookie driver in the BRSCC Avon Tyres FF1600 National Championships with Kevin Mills Racing & finished the season as the 2019 Rookie Vice Champion despite missing 9 races and having no practice before race weekends.
Although I had only one pre-season test day on a full track prior to the season starting, I won my first Rookie Class Cup at my first ever race weekend in cars, straight from karts, at Snetterton in April 2019.
With no pre-race weekend practice, in a new car, new track with a new team, Kevin Mills Racing, I won my second Rookie Class Cup at Brands Hatch in July 2019.
In 2018, I was selected as one of the most promising young drivers in the UK, onto the Motorsport UK Academy AASE programme at Loughborough College. In September 2019 I started my second year. I lived back home in Danbury, Essex, when not living in Leicestershire while I attended Loughborough College.
A former Team McLaren and now a McLaren Plus fan loyality programme member, I am also a member of the Bruce McLaren Heritage Centre Trust in New Zealand. I have worn tributes to founder, Bruce McLaren, Piers Courage, one of Essex's first F1 drivers &
Ayrton Senna on my kart & kart race suit during my time in karting.
Partnerships
New partnerships available for the 2024 race season. Hot laps available in Scott's Radical SR1 for potential new sponsors.
2022-2023
Trek Trailers Suffolk
Trek Trailers Suffolk has long enjoyed a strong reputation as East Anglia’s leading supplier of trailers for both leisure and professional use. Merging with Anglian Trailer Centre in 2020 to become the largest retailer of trailers, from a number of premium trailer manufacturers in the area. These include: Brian James Trailers, Equi-Trek, Debon, Humbaur, Brenderup & Cheval Liberte.
They are nationwide distributors of Brian James Trailers and supplied Scott with his new Brian James Race Shuttle from their Trek Trailers Suffolk business in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.
2019-2023
SX Drones Ltd.
Aerial & ground Cinematography by multi-award winning broadcast TV Lighting Cameraman. 40 years experience in aerial stills photography & filming for TV Broadcast, Commercials & Press. CAA Operational Authorisation, EASA & BBC Approved Commercial Drone Pilots with £10 million Public Liability Insurance.
2019 FF1600 Partners below
Motorsport UK Academy DiSE Programme
Launched in 2009, the two-year Motorsport UK Academy DiSe in Motorsport programme is delivered in conjunction with Loughborough College, ranked outstanding by Ofsted. The programme is essentially a sports science course focusing on all of the human performance elements that combine to create highly skilled and successful drivers.
DiSE athletes work closely with coaches, nutritionists and psychologists, and receive performance-based sessions in the technical and tactical elements of driving, coaching, lifestyle, career management, health and safety, communications and the media. This programme provides athletes with the opportunity to develop their skills and knowledge while working towards a fully accredited qualification, making competing in motorsport a responsible and legitimate career choice.
Members of the DiSE programme are enrolled as students of Loughborough College. Working with the athletes, they develop blended study plans to support their learning with individual tutor guidance.
The AASE/DiSE programme was featured in the spring 2017 edition of Motorsport UK Magazine. Read the article here.
Loughborough College
Scott graduated from Loughborough College in 2020 where he studied his Motorsport UK Academy DiSE Programme. In his first year he resided at the Elite Athletes Performance Centre, a Grade II Victorian building. This is dedicated to under 18's on site.
Sharing it World Class Sports facilities with Loughborough University, just over the road, Loughborough College was rated good overall with outstanding, for Apprenticeships on their June 2017 Ofsted inspection.
If Loughborough College was a country it would have been 17 on the country medal tables for the 2012 Olympic Games, just under Jamaica!
Bowers & Wilkins
Premium British audio brand providing the highest class of speakers including the new wireless Formation Wedge. (See Scott's Instagram, Facebook and Twitter accounts at top of page, for review).
Providing Premium sound systems for McLaren, Maserati, BMW and Volvo cars.
The sleepy coastal town of Worthing in South England might not look like a hotbed of 1960s freewheeling experimentation, but for audio fans it’s a place that’s synonymous with innovation. Thanks to the first Bowers & Wilkins speakers built here in the early years of the company, music lovers could experience albums such as Sgt. Pepper and Pet Sounds in new, mind-expanding depth and clarity.
2019, still a leader in sound innovation.
Frank Harvey Hi Fi
HiFix - Home of Hi Fi Excellence are passionate about delivering the best experience, have one of the largest ranges of quality Hi-Fi and Home Cinema products in the UK, allowing you to get the very utmost out of your listening and viewing experience at the lowest prices. For next working day delivery, order before 3:00 pm online or telephone sales, all at low prices backed by their price promise guarantee.
They have over 25 years of Hi-Fi and Home Cinema experience so for help, advice or recommendations don't hesitate to call 02476 631 707, or email at sales@hifix.co.uk
HiFix stock over 100 of the world’s top brands including Bowers and Wilkins, KEF, Bose, Michell, Denon, Marantz, Q Acoustics, Monitor Audio, QED, Rega, Sonos, Tannoy, Wharfedale and Yamaha. From large ranges of Speakers, headphones, turntables, amplifiers to Home Cinema Receivers.
Sutton Circuit
Leicestershire’s No 1 Go Karting Circuit, nestled in the Leicestershire countryside.
Sutton Circuit is a tight, technical modern karting circuit where you can race in superbly maintained single engined Sodi Karts.
Sutton Circuit is Leicestershire’s foremost outdoor Go Karting venue, and one of the best outdoor kart racing venues in the UK.
A fantastic circuit that will impress your friends, bowl over your clients, create chemistry with colleagues or allow you to simply enjoy the track.
Living Memorial & Lazybones Bootsale Rettendon, Essex
Their bootsales are held across 30 acres of land at Whitehouse Farm in the beautiful countryside of Rettendon, Essex. Lazybones Bootsale is now coming into its 28th year. As a family run bootsale they pride ourselves on our commitment to a people friendly environment and to their beautiful surroundings ensuring that a day at our bootsale is an enjoyable event for the whole family. Their other goal is to try and put something back into our community.
Fundraising for the troops, free pitches for registered charities and of course our Living Memorial. A field with over 1000 trees planted to remember every service person killed since WWII. Their names are on plaques and regular services are held to remember them.
Scott got his first taste of driving on the farm when he used is 200cc buggy built by his late grandfather Dennis Huntley and his father, Stephen Huntley, who spent 200 man hours building it.
Lazybones Bootsales are held every Saturday and Sunday from Mid April to Mid November (weather permitting!)
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