Vantage Racing is extremely proud of the team that run it and bring it to life. Here you can find out all about our drivers, support and technical staff.
A physicist by background and with a successful business career behind him, Tom came to motorsport relatively late, only obtaining his ARDS licence in 2008.
He spent the 2008 season learning the craft of GT driving at club level with the Aston Martin Owners’ Club and has surprised himself (and probably most others) by steadily improving to the point that he now regularly challenges for podium finishes in AMOC events and has acquitted himself well at recent FIA and Britcar events.
Alan won the Jim Russell Scholarship in 1992, since then he has raced Formula Ford, Vauxhall Junior, Intermarque, Formula 2000, Formula 3, Formula Palmer Audi, Britcar, British GT, and Le Mans.
Of all the cars he has raced, the highlight for Alan was driving in the Classis Le Mans 24 hours in the very first Jaguar that Ecurie Ecosse took delivery of, which was the 1952 Jaguar C-type Ecurie Ecosse s/n XKC 006.
It was sold by Christie’s at its Retromobile auction in Paris on February 11th 2006, for $1,649,638 and he raced it that July at Le Mans, with no seat belts and using the original headlights of the day !!
Stuart started his racing career in the T-cars Championship in 2000, where he was crowned Champion in his first year. He then moved on to British Formula Ford and Formula Renault Championships, ending up as Formula Renault Winter Champion in 2004 with Fortec Motorsport. He competed in British Formula Three in 2006, but due to lack of funding did not complete the Championship. His debut year in Sportscars in 2007 was with Rollcentre Racing, in the LMP1 class.
Stuart came 4th Overall at Le Mans, 1st Rookie and 1st British Driver and came 5th Overall in the Le Mans Series with 2 podiums, again 1st Rookie and 1st British Driver. In 2008 Stuart once again competed at Le Mans and the Le Mans Series with Creation Aim. He was also part of the MSA Race Elite Programme. In 2009 Stuart joined Aston Martin Racing for the Le Mans 24hours and the Nurbergring and Silverstone 100kms, scoring a podium at Nurburgring. Also winning the first two rounds of the British GT Championship with Rollcentre Racing. Stuart is a proud member of the British Racing Drivers Club and one of only 14 members to be named as Superstars for the 2008 and 2009 seasons.
Away from the track, Stuart is a keen long distance runner, he has run the Houston Texas Marathon twice with his best time of 3hrs 8min and in 2010 he is running the Virgin London Marathon for Starlight, hoping to break the sub-three hour barrier!
Hugh Chamberlain is one of the best known names in motorsport and for many years has been a dominant figure in the world of endurance sports car racing. Over a career spanning more than 30 years, Chamberlain-managed teams have won 3 World Championships, 2 European Championships including the Le Mans Series prototype Championship, 9 National Championships and numerous class wins at Le Mans.
In fact, Hugh holds the record for the largest number of consecutive entries at Le Mans (23) covering the world’s most famous marques: Lotus, Porsche, Jaguar, Chrysler, MG and TVR, plus the specialist race car manufacturers Spice, Lola and Dome. Equally, many famous drivers including Derek Bell, Mark Blundell, Julian Bailey, Claude Ballot-Lena, David Kennedy, Nigel Mansell, Yukyo Katayama, Will Hoy, Nick Adams, Xavier Pompidou, Anthony Reid, and Yojiro Terada have driven Chamberlain cars.
He is also a regular pundit on the specialist TV channels; Speedvision, Eurosport, and Motors TV as well as radio.
Following a career in traditional automotive engineering with Honda and Mazda and a little race experience with Lotus Elans, Steve became properly involved in motorsport in 1999. He has extensive experience at the top of endurance racing having supported a broad range of teams and cars across many series.
Highlights include the Chamberlain Vipers GTS-Rs in FIA GT and various other series in the Europe, US and Japan, several Lola LMP675 for the MG Works team, for Intersport Racing in the US and for Binnie motorsport at Le Mans, a Chamberlain Dome Judd S101 at Le Mans and the American Le Mans Series and a Kondo Racing Dome at Le Mans. With a short spell in F3, he has also tasted the world of open-wheelers but has since returned to GT endurance racing, which is truly where his heart is.
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Having enjoyed racing as a competitor in club motorsport for eight seasons, Simon went back to school to obtain his HND in Automotive Engineering and started a new career as a race engineer in 2000.
He has worked for teams in many varied series including British GT, FIA GT, European and American Le Mans series, A1gp and Grand Prix Masters. His focus has mainly been on endurance racing and he has worked for teams in the Le Mans 24 hour race, Daytona 24 hour, Sebring 12 hour and Suzuka 1000kms.
Lee started off her career by teaching horse riding and aerobics!!
When she realised that these choices were just a labour of love, she travelled out to Spain and started to work for an off-shore company as a PA. Back in the UK she had various pa roles before she was offered a job to work with an entrepreneur who had just taken up his passion for motor racing….
After being thrown in at the deep end, she is learning the ropes of the motor racing industry and thoroughly enjoying the challenge. One day she might be brave enough to drive one of the cars – but always keeps it in mind - it’s never good to crash the bosses pride and joy!!
