Andrew Charles the Driving Instructor  www.ace-drivingschool.co.uk

 Andrew Charles the Racing Driver  www.ace-motorsport.co.uk

 2003 - Started doing some off road driving and competing in trials.

 2004 - Started racing - raced an Historic Formula 3 car built in 1970.

 2005 - Did a full seasons racing in a Formula Ford 1600cc Van Diemen car.

2006 - Gained my race instructors licence, was a passenger for a motorcycle sidecar and racing in historic karts.

 2007 - Carried on racing my historic kart, having raced it in Monaco on part of the F1 circuit.

 2008 - Continued with the historic karting, and started to do some off road racing.

 2009 - More off road racing in my new Land Rover and still racing my historic kart. 

 This is Andrew Charles in his fireproof race suit.

 The blue car # 79 on the left is a Formula 3 March 703 built in 1970, and raced by me in 2004.
The orange car # 36 is Palliser & also a Formula 3 from 1970, I helped prepare this car for racing.
 On the far right, this is me changing the gear ratios between qualifying and a race.

 These photos show Andrew Charles racing the Formula 3 car at Brands Hatch on 18-07-04.
Photos courtesy of Jim Houlgrave Services.

This car is a Van Diemen Formula Ford built in 1992, and raced by Andrew Charles for most of 2005.
 These photos are of me at Mallory Park on 29-03-05. Note the white wheels.
Photos courtesy of Paul Sands.

Left, Donington Park 22-05-05.  Centre, Mallory Park 26-06-05.  Right Donington Park 28-08-05.
 I repainted the wheels yellow to match my helmet and race suit.
Photos courtesy of Paul Sands, Michael Hoyer.and Phil Burridge.

 Left, Mallory Park 04-09-05. Centre and Right, Castle Combe 25-09-05.
 I had to fit a spare white wheel on the rear because I damaged a yellow one in qualifying.

 Left, Racing in my capacity as a sidecar passenger in 2006. Right, just messing about.

 2006 was the 50th anniversary of kart racing and to celebrate there was a race in Monaco.
 As soon as I heard about the race I set out to buy a kart suitable to compete in that race.
 I brought an historic kart, fitted with a Yamaha 250cc twin engine.

 Left, our paddock area for the whole weekend in Monaco.
Centre, driving out of the pit area, dated 14/15 October 2006.
Right, all of the historic kart drivers who raced in Monaco, see me?

 Left, racing my historic kart in Monaco 2006.
 Right, the same kart after fitting an aerodynamic nose, rear wing and number plate for the start of 2009.

 Left, off-roading in my first Land Rover in an old quarry.
 Centre, competing in a trial in 2003.
 Right, I sold the orange Landy and here it is all clean with its new owner.

In 2008 I brought this Land Rover to comp with, it had red body work, a black roof and a blue roll cage.

 I repainted it to have yellow body work, a red roof but kept the blue roll cage.

 Here it is with some black stripes on.

 More pictures of it in racing action to follow soon.

  e-mail:- ace@andrewcharles.info