{{Short description|British motor racing team}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}} {{Use British English|date=July 2015}} {{sources needed|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox motor racing team | name = {{flagicon|GBR}} Tony Gilham Racing | logo = | founded = 2012 | folded = 2024 | principal = Tony Gilham | current series = VW Racing Cup<br>Ginetta GT4 Supercup<br>Renault Clio Cup UK<br>Britcar Endurance Championship<br>GT Cup Championship | former series = | drivers = Bobby Thompson<br>Jack Goff<br>Michael Crees<br>Carl Boardley<br>Tom Barley<br>Darron Lewis<br>Simon Rudd<br>Jade Edwards<br>Max Coates<br>Tom Knight<br>Michael Epps<br>Toby Davis<br>Nicolas Hamilton<br>Howard Fuller<br>Mike Bushell | driver titles = | team titles = | Website = {{url|team-hard.com}} }}
[[File:Tony Gilham, Thruxton, Apr 2012.jpg|thumb|Tony Gilham driving for Team HARD in the 2012 British Touring Car Championship at Thruxton.]] [[File:Jake Hill - 2017 BTCC Knockhill (Saturday, FP2).jpg|thumb|Jake Hill driving for Team HARD in the 2017 British Touring Car Championship at Knockhill.]] [[File:Team Hard Ginetta.jpg|thumb|Team HARD entered two Ginetta G55 Supercup cars in the 2019 Britcar night races at Brands Hatch.]] [[File:TeamHardGinetta.png|thumb|A Ginetta G55 Supercup run by Team HARD, driven by Joshua Jackson and Simon Orange and competing in the GT Cup Championship.]] [[File:TeamHardPorsche.jpg|thumb|A Porsche 991 GT3 Cup run by Team HARD, Ben Clayden and Sam Randon and competing in the GT Cup Championship.]]
'''Tony Gilham Racing''', competing as '''Re.Beverages and Bartercard with Team HARD.''', '''Autobrite Direct with Millers Oils.''' and '''Go-Fix with Autoaid Breakdown.''', was a British motor racing team based in Dartford, Kent and founded by Tony Gilham. The team raced under the '''Team HARD.''' banner in the British Touring Car Championship until the end of 2013. They competed in the British Touring Car Championship, Volkswagen Racing Cup, Ginetta GT4 Supercup, Mini Challenge UK and the GT Cup series.
==British Touring Car Championship==
=== 2012–2020=== In February 2012, Gilham announced he had purchased a Super 2000 Honda Civic from Team Dynamics.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=2833|title=Turbo Honda for Gilham|work=British Touring Car Championship|publisher=TOCA|date=17 February 2012|accessdate=10 January 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022115945/http://www.btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=2833|archivedate=22 October 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The following month he announced the formation of Tony Gilham Racing which would run the car in the 2012 British Touring Car Championship season under the RCIB Insurance & HARD. banner.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=2874|title=Gilham announces 2012 plans|work=British Touring Car Championship|publisher=TOCA|date=16 March 2012|accessdate=10 January 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120721111218/http://www.btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=2874|archivedate=21 July 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Gilham started on pole position for the reversed grid race at Thruxton but having already slipped down to third, he damaged the car and retired from the race.<ref>{{cite news|last=Woods|first=Chelsea|title=Gordon Shedden leads Honda 1-2 in race three at Thruxton|url=http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=7540|work=TouringCarTimes|publisher=Mediaempire Stockholm AB|accessdate=10 January 2013|date=29 April 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617233129/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=7540|archivedate=17 June 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Gilham took the first podium finish for the team at Donington Park in race three after Mat Jackson was disqualified, finishing third behind Gordon Shedden and Jason Plato. Robb Holland took over the car for the meetings at Snetterton and Knockhill.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=3058|title=American Holland joins HARD|work=British Touring Car Championship|publisher=TOCA|date=11 July 2012|accessdate=10 January 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722065924/http://btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=3058|archivedate=22 July 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Holland failed to finish his first race when he collided with the Speedworks Motorsport Toyota Avensis of Adam Morgan. Former Formula Renault BARC driver Howard Fuller raced the car in the meetings at Rockingham and Silverstone.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=3146|title=Rookie for Rockingham|work=British Touring Car Championship|publisher=TOCA|date=10 September 2012|accessdate=10 January 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918145434/http://btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=3146|archivedate=18 September 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He achieved a best result of eleventh in the first and third races at Silverstone. Prior to the final round of the season at Brands Hatch, Tony Gilham Racing bought a full NGTC–spec Vauxhall Insignia from Thorney Motorsport along with an incomplete shell which would be built up over the winter.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thorneymotorsport.co.uk/racing/btcc/team-hard-purchase-two-ngtc-insignia-vxrr-474.shtml|title=Team Hard purchase TWO Insignia VXR-R's|work=ThorneyMotorsport.co.uk|publisher=Thorney Motorsport|date=15 October 2012|accessdate=10 January 2013|archive-date=26 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026180738/http://www.thorneymotorsport.co.uk/racing/btcc/team-hard-purchase-two-ngtc-insignia-vxrr-474.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> Gilham raced the Insignia at Brands Hatch and former Ginetta GT Supercup driver Aaron Williamson drove the Honda Civic.<ref>{{cite news|last=Turner|first=Kevin|title=Tony Gilham planning to field three cars car in the BTCC in 2013|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/103482|work=Autosport|publisher=Haymarket Publications|accessdate=10 January 2013|date=16 October 2012}}</ref>
In December 2012, Team HARD. announced the development of an NGTC Volkswagen CC to compete in the 2013 season which would run alongside a pair of Vauxhall Insignias and the S2000 Honda Civic.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/2012/12/gilhams-game-changer-as-team-hard-announce-ngtc-passat-project/|title=Gilham's Game Changer as Team-HARD. Announced NGTC Passat Project|first=Scott|last=Mitchell|work=The Checkered Flag|publisher=BlackEagleMedia Network|date=10 December 2012|accessdate=10 January 2013}}</ref> The team signed series rookie Jack Goff to drive the first of the Insignias later that month.<ref>{{cite news|title=Goff signs with HARD.|url=http://www.btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=3280|work=British Touring Car Championship|publisher=TOCA|date=19 December 2012|accessdate=10 January 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014183238/http://www.btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=3280|archivedate=14 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The first of the Volkswagen CC drivers was announced at the beginning of January 2013 with Tom Onslow-Cole joining the team from eBay Motors in a three-year deal.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}} The second Insignia seat was filled by former FIA Formula Two Championship driver James Cole.<ref>{{cite news|title=James Cole joins HARD.|url=http://www.btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=3285|work=British Touring Car Championship|publisher=TOCA|date=3 January 2013|accessdate=10 January 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014183134/http://www.btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=3285|archivedate=14 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Robb Holland will return to the team for a minimum of two rounds which do not clash with his drive in the World Touring Car Championship.<ref>{{cite news|last=Gilham|first=Tony|title=Robb Returns to HARD.|url=http://www.tonygilham.com/2013/01/robb-returns-to-hard/|work=Tony Gilham Racing|publisher=Tony Gilham|date=13 January 2013|accessdate=26 January 2013}}</ref> The team sold their S2000 Honda Civic prior to the start of the 2013 season in order to focus on starting the season with three NGTC cars.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hudson|first=Neil|title=Tony Gilham Racing sells S2000 Honda Civic|url=http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=8538|work=TouringCarTimes|publisher=Mediaempire Stockholm AB|accessdate=26 January 2013|date=23 January 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127140147/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=8538|archivedate=27 January 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The team ran their cars under two names, the Vauxhall Insignias were run under the RCIB Insurance Racing banner and the Volkswagen CCs were run under the PPCGB.com/Kraftwerk Racing banner.<ref>{{cite news|title=BTCC announces record entry|url=http://www.btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=3350|work=British Touring Car Championship|publisher=TOCA|accessdate=21 March 2013|date=21 March 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014181606/http://www.btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=3350|archivedate=14 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
Howard Fuller and Robb Holland were due to share the other Volkswagen, however this never occurred and from Snetterton onwards the team entered partnership with Team BMR Restart by supplying them with a NGTC Volkswagen CC (the team had previously been running outdated S2000 machinery).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=3473 |title=BTCC :: Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship |accessdate=2013-08-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014173805/http://www.btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=3473 |archivedate=14 October 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Onslow Cole managed to grab three podiums at Thruxton and Croft while his teammates struggled to make it into the top 10 in their insignias. James Cole left the team in July and he was replaced by Robb Holland. Scottish Legends racer Kieran Gallagher replaced Holland for the Knockhill round, little over a year since Gallagher gained his racing licence.<ref>{{cite news|title=BTCC welcomes Legends racer|url=http://www.btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=3502|work=British Touring Car Championship|publisher=TOCA|accessdate=6 August 2013|date=6 August 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014173250/http://www.btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=3502|archivedate=14 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Goff decided to miss the Knockhill round in order to save his sponsorship budget with Paul O'Neill stepping in .<ref name="O'Neill">{{cite news|title=Paul O'Neill returns|url=http://www.btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=3506|work=British Touring Car Championship|publisher=TOCA|accessdate=9 August 2013|date=9 August 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007041518/http://www.btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=3506|archivedate=7 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Goff returned for the Rockingham round while Howard Fuller took the second Insignia.<ref>{{cite news|title=Fuller's focus|url=http://www.btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=3537|work=British Touring Car Championship|publisher=TOCA|accessdate=4 September 2013|date=4 September 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014183845/http://www.btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=3537|archivedate=14 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Onslow-Cole left the team and joined Motorbase the final three rounds of the season <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=3543 |title=BTCC :: Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship |accessdate=2013-09-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014174823/http://www.btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=3543 |archivedate=14 October 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> In the final race of the year at Brands Hatch Jack Goff finished second after battling with reigning champion Gordon Shedden for the lead. The two teams managed to accumulate 4 podiums between them and finish 9th and 11th in the championship respectively.
Before the start of the 2014 British Touring Car Championship season, Tony Gilham Racing merged with Team BMR to form Team BMR Racing.<ref>{{cite news|title=Welcome to Team BMR BTCC|url=http://www.teambmr.com/news/welcome-to-team-bmr-btcc|work=Team BMR|publisher=TeamBMR.com|accessdate=27 January 2014|date=27 January 2014}}</ref> Goff was confirmed as their first driver, racing under the RCIB Insurance Racing banner in a Vauxhall Insignia.<ref>{{cite news|title=GOFF RETURNS WITH RCIB INSURANCE RACING|url=http://www.btcc.net/2014/01/22/goff-returns-with-rcib-insurance-racing/|work=British Touring Car Championship|publisher=TOCA|accessdate=27 January 2014|date=22 January 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140122142956/http://www.btcc.net/2014/01/22/goff-returns-with-rcib-insurance-racing/|archivedate=22 January 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
By the mid way point of the 2014 season at Snetterton Warren Scott and his Team BMR racing team had severed all ties with Tony Gilham Racing after purchasing all of the teams assets including the pair of Vauxhall Insignia's and Volkswagen Passat CC's. From that round onwards the team continued to run under the Chrome Edition Restart Racing Banner fielding four Volkswagens for Scott, Alain Menu, Aron Smith and Jack Goff. Tony Gilham and Team Hard re-emerged at the start of the 2015 season with a single car entry after a deal was done with United Autosports to acquire one of their Toyota Avensis' that was previously raced by Frank Wrathall. Scot Kieran Gallagher has raced the Avensis at each round with a string of poor results to date, with the car not even taking to the grid on several occasions, as the team and driver continue to struggle with budget issues.
=== Cupra Leon (2021–2023) === The team introduced the Cupra brand to the BTCC for the first time in 2021, with Jack Goff, Glynn Geddie and Aron Taylor-Smith driving three brand new Cupra Leons.
Due to financial difficulties, the team downsized in 2024 and were slated to compete with two cars in the 2024 British Touring Car Championship;<ref>{{cite news|title=HARD. Works Continues For 2024|url=https://btcc.net/hard-work-continues-for-2024/|work=British Touring Car Championship|publisher=TOCA|date=4 March 2024|access-date=26 December 2025}}</ref> the team would apparently be rebranded as Un-Limited Motorsport for 2024 with a single car effort.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sutton tops final BTCC pre-season test|url=https://www.autosport.com/btcc/news/sutton-tops-final-btcc-pre-season-test/10599489/|work=Autosport|first=Marcus|last=Simmons|date=17 April 2024|access-date=26 December 2025}}</ref>
===BTCC Results=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; width:1000px" ! colspan=13| British Touring Car Championship results |- ! Year ! Team name ! Car ! Drivers ! Wins ! Podiums ! Poles ! Fastest laps ! Points ! {{tooltip|2=Drivers Championship|D.C.}} ! {{tooltip|2=Teams Championship|T.C.}} ! {{tooltip|2=Independent Drivers Championship|I.D.C.}} ! {{tooltip|2=Independent Teams Championship|I.T.C.}} |- |rowspan=5| 2012 |rowspan=5| RCIB Insurance Racing |Vauxhall Insignia |rowspan=2| Tony Gilham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |rowspan=2| 71 |rowspan=2| 17th |rowspan=5| 11th |rowspan=2| 14th |rowspan=5| 8th |- |rowspan=4|Honda Civic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |- |Howard Fuller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 24th | 21st |- |Aaron Williamson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27th | 23rd |- |Robb Holland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 26th | 22nd |- |rowspan=11| 2013 |rowspan=8| RCIB Insurance Racing |rowspan=8| Vauxhall Insignia |- |Robb Holland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31st |rowspan=7| 11th | 28th |rowspan=7| 8th |- |Jack Goff | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 17th | 13th |- |James Cole | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 21st | 18th |- |Howard Fuller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 26th | 20th |- |Kieran Gallagher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28th | 30th |- |Tom Barley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35th | 32nd |- |Paul O'Neill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | NC |- |rowspan=3| PPCGB.com/Kraftwerk Racing |rowspan=3|Volkswagen CC |Tom Onslow-Cole | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 12th |rowspan=3| 9th | 7th |rowspan=3| 7th |- |Aiden Moffat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30th | 23rd |- |Andy Wilmot | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38th | 32nd |- |rowspan=3| 2015 |rowspan=3| RCIB Insurance Racing |rowspan=3| Toyota Avensis |- |Kieran Gallagher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30th |rowspan=2| 18th | 22nd |rowspan=2| 15th |- |Tony Gilham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32nd | 23rd |- |rowspan=7| 2016 |rowspan=3| RCIB Insurance Racing |rowspan=7| Toyota Avensis |- |Michael Epps | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 24th |rowspan=2| 11th | 22nd |rowspan=2| 5th |- |Jake Hill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 17th | 23rd |- |rowspan=4| TLC Racing |- |Chris Smiley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30th |rowspan=3| 18th | 20th |rowspan=3| 14th |- |Michael Caine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33rd | 24th |- |Tony Gilham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35th | 23rd |- |rowspan=4| 2017 |rowspan=3| Autoaid/RCIB Insurance Racing |rowspan=4| Volkswagen CC |- |Michael Epps | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 17th |rowspan=2| 13th | 8th |rowspan=2| 5th |- |Will Burns | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35th | 18th |- | TAG Racing |Jake Hill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 20th | 15th | 10th | 11th |- |rowspan=10| 2018 |rowspan=5| Trade Price Cars with Brisky Racing |rowspan=10| Volkswagen CC |- |Mike Bushell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 24th |rowspan=5| 16th | 16th |rowspan=5| 10th |- |Jake Hill | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 26th | 19th |- |Daniel Welch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37th | 26th |- |Ollie Pidgley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38th | 27th |- |rowspan=5| Team HARD with Trade Price Cars |- |Bobby Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 28th |rowspan=4| 21st | 17th |rowspan=4| 14th |- |Michael Caine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36th | 24th |- |Carl Boardley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | NC |- |Ethan Hammerton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39th | 28th |- |rowspan=6| 2019 |rowspan=3| GKR Scaffolding with Autobrite Direct |rowspan=6| Volkswagen CC |- |Bobby Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 22nd |rowspan=2| 15th | 11th |rowspan=2| 9th |- |Michael Crees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 26th | 19th |- |rowspan=3| RCIB Insurance with Fox Transport |- |Jack Goff | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 21st |rowspan=2| 14th | 12th |rowspan=2| 7th |- |Carl Boardley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 29th | 15th |- | rowspan="7" |2020 | rowspan="5" |RCiB Insurance with Fox Transport | rowspan="6" |Volkswagen CC |Jack Goff |0 |0 |0 |0 |11 |23rd | rowspan="5" |14th |16th | rowspan="5" |9th |- |Mike Bushell |0 |0 |0 |0 |1 |27th |21st |- |Glynn Geddie |0 |0 |0 |0 |1 |29th |23rd |- |Tom Onslow-Cole |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |31st |26th |- |Ollie Brown |0 |0 |0 |0 |3 |25th |25th |- |ROKiT Racing with Team HARD. |Nicolas Hamilton |0 |0 |0 |0 |1 |28th |16th |24th |13th |- |HUB Financial Solutions with Team HARD |BMW 125i |Carl Boardley |0 |0 |0 |0 |18 |21st |13th |15th |11th |- | rowspan="5" |2021 | rowspan="3" |Team HARD with Autobrite Direct | rowspan="5" |Cupra León |Jack Mitchell | | | | | | | | | |- |Jack Goff | | | | | | | | | |- |Glynn Geddie | | | | | | | | | |- |ROKiT Racing with iQuoto Online Trading |Nicolas Hamilton | | | | | | | | | |- |Team HARD with HUB Financial Solutions |Árón Taylor-Smith | | | | | | | | | |- | rowspan="6" |2022 | rowspan="4" |Autobrite Direct with JourneyHero | rowspan="6" |Cupra León |Carl Boardley | | | | | | | | | |- |Tom Oliphant | | | | | | | | | |- |Bobby Thompson | | | | | | | | | |- |Will Powell | | | | | | | | | |- | rowspan="2" |Yazoo with Safuu.com Racing |Nicolas Hamilton | | | | | | | | | |- |Árón Taylor-Smith | | | | | | | | | |- | rowspan="6" |2023 | rowspan="2" |Re.Beverages and Bartercard with Team HARD | rowspan="6" |Cupra León |Dexter Patterson | | | | | | | | | |- |Jade Edwards | | | | | | | | | |- | rowspan="2" |Autobrite Direct with Millers Oils |Bobby Thompson | | | | | | | | | |- |Dan Lloyd | | | | | | | | | |- | rowspan="2" |Go-Fix with Autoaid Breakdown |Nicolas Hamilton | | | | | | | | | |- |Jack Butel | | | | | | | | | |- ! Year ! Team name ! Car ! Drivers ! Wins ! Podiums ! Poles ! Fastest laps ! Points ! {{tooltip|2=Drivers Championship|D.C.}} ! {{tooltip|2=Teams Championship|T.C.}} ! {{tooltip|2=Independent Drivers Championship|I.D.C.}} ! {{tooltip|2=Independent Teams Championship|I.T.C.}} |- |}
==Britcar Endurance Championship==
===Ginetta G55 GT4=== Team HARD entered Britcar, for the 'Into-the-Night' race at Brands Hatch, at the end of the 2016 season with two Ginetta G55 GT4s. The cars were entered as invitation entries, ineligible to score points, in Class 3, with Darron Lewis and Daniel Wylie alongside Tom Knight and Dan Kirby. Lewis and Wylie qualified 8th on the grid while Knight and Kirby were 11th on row 6. Lewis and Wylie finished the 3-hour race 7th overall with Knight and Kirby finishing 9th.
For 2017, Team HARD made a quadruple car entry, in the Endurance category in Class 3, for the first round at Silverstone, with Simon Rudd and Tom Barley,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britcar-endurance.com/newsRead.php?link=75&page=19|title=TeamHARD Announce Ginetta G55 Drivers for Britcar in 2017|website=Britcar Endurance|accessdate=16 December 2016}}</ref> Darron Lewis and Tom Knight,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britcar-endurance.com/newsRead.php?link=80&page=18|title=Second Team HARD Ginetta Driver Pairing Announced|website=Britcar Endurance|accessdate=11 January 2017}}</ref> Angus Dudley and Callum Hawkins-Row<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britcar-endurance.com/newsRead.php?link=82&page=18|title=Team HARD confirm exciting young pairing for 3rd entry|website=Britcar Endurance|accessdate=30 January 2017}}</ref> and Toby Bearne and Daniel Wylie. At the end of the season, Lewis and Knight were 2nd in the Endurance championship, 19 points behind Witt Gamski and Ross Wylie, Rudd and Barley finished 3rd while Dudley and Hawkins-Row were further behind on points in 5th. In Class 3, Team HARD made it a 1-2-3 in the points standings.
In 2018, the first round at Rockingham saw Team HARD bring in three G55s in Class 3, to compete in the Endurance category, the duo of Simon Rudd and Tom Barley, Darron Lewis and Adam Hatfield and invitation entry of Graham Roberts and Ben Wallace. During the course of the season, there was only one driver change for Simon Rudd, Sam Randon in round 4 at Donington Park. Through the whole season, the car piloted by Hatfield and Lewis had multiple driver changes, in the form of Callum Hawkins-Row, Sam Randon, Angus Dudley, Nick Scott-Dickeson and Ryan Harper-Ellam. The driver changes meant varying positions where the car finished, but with only one non-finish. At the end of the season, Rudd and Barley finished 2nd in the Endurance championship standings overall 12 points behind Matt Greenwood and Sarah Moore, but were 1st in Class 3. The second of Team HARD's cars was 4th overall in the championship 8 points behind Mike McCollum and Sean Cooper and third in Class 3.
The team did not participate in the opening rounds of 2019, only confirming an entry at the end of the season, competing in the 'Into-the-Night' races at Brands Hatch with Nick Scott-Dickeson joined by Steve Chandler<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britcar-endurance.com/newsRead.php?link=285&page=0 |title=Scott-Dickesøn joins 'Into the Night' Finale|website=Britcar Endurance|accessdate=5 November 2019}}</ref> and Ben Clayden driving with ex-BTCC driver Michael Epps.
===BTCC Cars=== In 2017, Adam Hatfield drove an ex-BTCC Volkswagen Passat at Donington Park in round 5, he qualified 24th, finishing 15th in race one but retiring before completing the second 50-minute sprint race. Hatfield competed in the next round at Oulton Park in a Toyota Avensis.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britcar-endurance.com/newsRead.php?link=133&page=14|title=Adam Hatfield to debut BTCC machinery in Britcar|website=Britcar Endurance|accessdate=19 October 2017}}</ref> He qualified 15th on the grid, finishing the race in 10th place and 2nd in the Sprint category. In the 50-minute Sprint race he placed 5th overall. For the annual 'Into-the-Night' races at Brands Hatch, Jesse Chamberlain and Ben Wallace drove the Avensis, qualifying 23rd on the grid, finishing 14th overall in the first race and 4th overall in the Sprint race.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britcar-endurance.com/newsRead.php?link=145&page=13|title=BTCC Night Rider for Team HARD|website=Britcar Endurance|accessdate=17 November 2017}}</ref>
In 2018, Sam Randon and Michael Crees drove the Avensis again in the night races at Brands Hatch. They qualified 14th on the grid for the race, but retired from the first race due to mechanical issues. They managed to move up from the back of the grid and finished 3rd overall in the Endurance race.
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{official website|http://www.team-hard.com/}}
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