A round-up of the latest products and news stories from EBC Brakes this month
LATEST EBC NEWS
EBC Brakes Set to Host Cars/Bikes & Coffee Events at UK HQ on 17-18 May
EBC Brakes is pleased to announce that its popular Cars & Coffee/Bikes & Coffee events will make a return on 17 May (cars) and 18 May (bikes), at its UK headquarters in Northampton.
The weekend will build on the incredibly successful instalments carried out in 2023, this time commemorating, among other things, the 10th anniversary of the firm’s EBC Brakes Racing sub-division.
Tickets are FREE but will be distributed on a strictly first-come, first-served basis. They’ll launch from Eventbrite at 6pm on Friday, 2 May – use the links below to ensure you don’t miss out.
All funds raised on the day will be donated to Daventry-based The Reach for Health Centre – a charity very close to the hearts of EBC staff.
Each event will run from 9am-1pm, offering a casual, laid-back chance for EBC enthusiasts to catch up over a hot beverage, with food/drink stalls on site. There’ll also be various EBC-sponsored riders and drivers present, showcasing their skills in their impressive machinery.
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This year, Clubracer Motorsport have moved up from Class D to Class B of the Trackday Championship with their new race car – a turbocharged Mk5 VW Golf GTI. This more potent machine demands even more impressive stopping power, so the boys have opted for hard-anodised four-piston EBC Brakes Racing Apollo brake calipers, two-piece fully floating discs and SR-21™ sintered race pads up front, as well as Yellowstuff pads and Ultimax grooved discs at the rear. After a few engine complications in the first round, normal service was resumed in round 2 at Silverstone as the team finished in a fantastic P3.
Following an overall 7th-place finish in the 2024 season of the Super 4 British Championship, kart racer Marcus Hudson is back campaigning in the 2025 series, with the first round taking the roadshow to Three Sisters Circuit in Wigan, where the driver picked up a solid P7 to start the season.
Northern Ireland-based Andrew Smyth of Parker Car Transport Racing outfit has successfully competed in BSB’s Superstock 600 series for the last few years, using EBC braking components for much of this time. We caught up with Smyth as he took part in the debutant 2025 round of the Ulster Superbike Championship at Bishopscourt, where he experienced a weekend of “learning, progression and positivity for the team”.
Dave Barrett is competing in the 2025 Modified Ford Series, piloting his upgraded Mk4 Ford Fiesta 1.6 Zetec within the Class C category, where he has seen great success in the 2 challenging opening rounds, taking home P2 finished on both occasions.
Max Symonds has been gearing up for another season competing in the British Superbike’s National Superstock category. The rider, who also won Castle Combe Circuit’s coveted NG Road Racing ‘King of Combe’ race in 2023, has switched from his Yamaha R1 to a Honda CBR 1000RR Fireblade for 2025. Symonds enjoyed a very busy season of testing at circuits across Europe, proving to be a huge success. Unfortunately, a fractured foot means he’ll miss the first few rounds…
After a comfortable win in the 2024 season, Nicole Drought is back competing in the MSVT Trackday Championship for 2025, continuing to run EBC Brakes components in her Civic Type R. Drought has been running an EBC Brakes Racing Apollo Big Brake Kit for some time now, which was recently upgraded with the firm’s SR-11™ sintered endurance race pads – components which have helped her yield some great results in recent years. A win in the first round at Snetterton helped state Drought’s intentions – a message that was continued during the second round at Silverstone’s GP circuit recently with another win.
With 2024 being another great success, Phoenix Race Support’s Paul Charman was back for the 2025 season of No Limit Racing’s Pirelli Super Series 1000 at Norfolk’s Snetterton Circuit recently, where he collected a solid P8.
Retford-based Scott Stone is competing in No Limits Racing’s Premier 1000cc Championship in 2025 on his Yamaha R1, aiming to achieve solid results throughout the year. Following a promising debutant round at Snetterton recently, Stone took a sideways step into the Bemsee MRO Powerbikes Championship, for their second round at Oulton Park, where a mixture of good and bad fortune made for an interesting weekend of racing.
Luca Wilkinson and Zack Weston of the NW Racing team are competing in various BMCRC and BSB motorcycle race series for 2025. Wilkinson is racing in BMCRC’s F400 class and BSB’s Superteen class on his Kawasaki ZX-4RR, while Weston is competing in BMCRC’s MRO600 and BSB’s Supersport championships on his Yamaha R6. The latest BMCRC (Bemsee) rounds for both riders took them to Cheshire’s Oulton Park, where more class podium finishes were enjoyed by both riders.
Caterham racer Charlie Lower has been using EBC Brakes Racing components for many years now, predominantly in the 270R category and more recently dabbling in some rounds of the 420R Championship last year. For 2025, he’s campaigning in the fiercely-fought 310R Championship. Round 1 was held at Snetteron, where Lower set his championship intentions with two podiums, a haul of points, and serious pace shown across all conditions.
