Matthew Bull has been an oval racing photographer for about 14 years. He was originally the official photographer at the Incarace tracks of Hednesford and Birmingham but a move South lead to him taking up the official photographer roles with PRI at Arena Essex and RDC at Mildenhall and Dover. In 2008 he will also be the official photographer at the mid-week venue - Arlington Raceway near Eastbourne. As well as these commitments Matthew also regularly attends other meetings on the Spedeworth, Trackstar and Incarace rosters. Matthew is also the assistant editor of Spedeworths programme, "Spedeweek", occasionally writes features and supplies photos for "Short Circuit" and other Motor Sport newspapers and magazines, such as "Motorsport News". Matthew set up Racepixels.co.uk in March 2007.

Dave Bastock is our man o' the Midlands and he is a keen follower of the Brisca F1 Stock Cars, F2's and Rebels. A lifelong fan of the sport, Dave used to mechanic for F1 Stock Car star, Nigel Whorton. When Nigel moved into the fledgling Rebels class, Dave followed him and backed up his mechanics duties with that of being the official Rebels photographer. These days Dave just sticks to being behind the camera and follows his favourite classes primarily across the Midlands and North of the country. Dave will also be a fairly regular face at meetings featuring the Brisca Mini Stox.

Chris Berry is our man in East Anglia! Chris is the official photographer at the venue of the World Hot Rod final, Foxhall Stadium, Ipswich. He is also the main photo man at Wimbledon Stadium in London. Chris first started taking photos in 1982 and only relatively recently made the switch to digital - he managed to make his old film camera, patched up with sellotape and elastic bands, last an indecently long time! He is still inclined to do the odd mad road trip to Cowdenbeath and/or Warneton in Belgium and fit in as much racing as he can on the way. As long as his beloved Southend Utd aren't playing on the same day!
 

Stuart Bishop is the man with his finger on the Banger racing pulse. Stu travels to most of the sports biggest Banger meetings, as well as a number of domestic affairs at Standlake near his Oxford base. It was at Standlake that Stu first started taking photos back in 1997, his travelling exploits started a year later and he can now generally be seen at tracks as far afield as Cornwall and Cowdenbeath. Stuart is a regular contributor to Wasted magazine and always seems to be in the right place at the right time to capture the sports most spectacular of moments.

 
Jim Crucefix is the official photo man at Yarmouth Stadium in Norfolk. Jim started his photo career at the Bovingdon oval in Hertfordshire and became the official photographer for the fledgling "Short Circuit" magazine in the 70s. Jim disappeared from the sport for a little while but never lost his passion for photography and indeed runs successful courses on the subject. His return to the sport was much welcome and he now has his hands full at the East Coast track with regular meetings throughout the summer on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday nights!

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Paul Huggett has a wealth of experience of Oval Racing. He started "Short Circuit" magazine back in 1977 and still supplies columns and features to the publication today, now under the editorship of Mark Haddleton. In 2006 Paul took on the production of the Spedeworth in house magazine, "Wheelspin" to go together with his role as editor of the Spedeworth programme "Spedeweek". He started attending oval racing events at Lydden Hill before spreading his passion for the sport further by actually competing in a Banger at Eastbourne and latterly in Autograss. These days he still picks up the odd drive here and there, but is mainly to be seen on the infield and in the pits, with either a camera or a pen in his hand.


Melvyn Johnson Melvyn became hooked on the sport in his teens and walked into the photographers position at Great Yarmouth as far back as 1970. Before that he was a keen spectator on the terraces at the Firs Stadium in Norwich and it was on those terraces that he honed his photographic talent. After a decade or so, Melvyn pretty much disappeared from the tracks throughout the 80s and 90s before coming back, tooled up with the latest digital equipment, to primarily capture the historic Hot Rod and Stock Car scene that had built up in his absence. Rediscovering his taste for the sport he became the official photographer at Swaffham and then Kings Lynn in 2007. He will cover both tracks in 2008.


Steve Lever is our "Super-sub"! Steve stands in for the official RDC Photographer, Matthew Bull, down at the RDC run, Dover Raceway in Kent. Matthew generally has other commitments at Arena Essex on Sunday afternoons! Steve also stands in for Matthew when he is unable to attend meetings at the other RDC track at Mildenhall. When not behind the camera, Steve can also be seen marshalling at Mildenhall. He admits to still learning cameracraft but his work often throws up a purler of a shot. It is a family affair for Steve, his wife Anne can be found in the track shops at Mildenhall and Dover. Anne will be more than happy to sell you some photographs from there!

Nick Tryon is our man based in the North. Nick was a regular at the Barrow track, which may yet return to the calendar in 2008. Now an official Incarace photographer. Nick plans to attend all the Hednesford meetings as well as occasional forays to Birmingham as well as Warton, Barford, Sheffield and other tracks in the North. Nick is very much a Banger fan and had a lot of work published in the infamous "Blitz" magazine and latterly 'Wasted'. Nick will also have the support of his eldest son, Jon, when trying to capture all the action at certain meetings.