Skywheels Racing join Classic Stock Hatch

Lowry will return to the championship with Skywheels Racing
Photo: Michael Barrett

Written by Joshua Barrett

Skywheels Racing will enter the 750 Motor Club Classic Stock Hatch Championship this season with Chris Jones, Gavin Johnson and Ryan Lowry on driving duties.

Skywheels Racing was created when Johnson decided he want to switch to car racing after racing in Formula TKM Karts where he won the Novice Gold Cup in his second weekend. He never had the budget previously to race cars, however decided that he wanted to switch to car racing this season.

Johnson got in touch with many members of the Classic Stock Hatch family such as Mervyn Beckett, Damian Cottrell, Phil Wilson, Ben Ward and Ryan Lowry who all helped to point him in the right direction to get into the driving seat for this season.

When looking for sponsorship Johnson met up with his friend Chris Jones, an ex-racer, who is a director of the Skywheels group. Jones wanted to support the team with his brand and wanted to get involved himself, originally with the plan of himself and Johnson sharing a car.

However, after further discussions Jones has decided he also wants to race a car by himself. Therefore, to start off the season the pair will share their Ford Fiesta XR2i before running their own cars later in the season.

The pair also met Ryan Lowry who has been racing in Classic Stock Hatch since 2012 and he will join up with Johnson and Jones at the team. 

The Skywheels group plan to use their apprentice mechanics to work on the cars this season and that is all part of the whole idea of the team - to create opportunity for the youngsters to move up their careers and to get involved.

Jones wants to start of with Classic Stock Hatch with the plan to learn the art of racing with the possibility of progressing. Although, everybody at the team know that it will be a steep learning curve.

Jones said "The Skywheels group are known for their commitment to quality and attention to detail, I hope we can impart this business ethic into the team and continuously develop through the year. The 750 Motor Club is great club to be part of and Classic Stock Hatch which looks very competitive."

Johnson added "My season hopes are to learn about racing in a competitive class, achieve some solid finishes and gain confidence to move Skywheels Racing forward as a team."

Lowry said "I'm delighted to be involved with Chris and Gavin and to be part of the team this year with Skywheels racing. I've been a regular front runner and I'm hoping to build on that with some podiums and also help the new drivers along. The support of Skywheels group is much appreciated, I'm looking forward to meeting the apprentices and helping them along with the cars."

You can follow the team on Facebook and on Twitter, @skywheelsracing

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