This is the website of Rotor Racing, a Motorsport team founded in 1982 by Graham Millar, a motorsport junkie for 40 years, to race Rotor Racing cars. Rotor Racing has always been a group of unpaid amateurs keen on motorsport of all varieties and over the years the group have had a go at most things. You can read about the past activities of Graham and his group in our archive section and keep up to date with recent developments here. Graham has had plenty of helpers over the years and collectively they are called "Rotor Racing." But why "Rotor?"
Well the dictionary defines rotor as; " any part of a machine that spins."
In his early racing days, Graham found that he did rather a lot of spinning. Hence, Rotor Racing.
Click on any of the years or descriptions on the index bar to follow our history or check out the news section for more info or go to our Rotor Racing Cars Facebook page.
2023 40 years and counting………..
Time flies when you are enjoying yourself. Hard to believe that RoToR Racing has been going for more than 40 years. In a previous life Graham Millar and Tommy Donachie raced FF1600 under the Lander Alarms banner with a Dulon Mp17 and then a Hawke Dl 19. They had met in 1975 through an involvement with Lanarkshire Car Club. Tommy and His brother in law, Ian Bryson, who sadly passed away recently, competed in rallies in an Imp as did Graham. In 1979 when Graham returned to Formula Ford Tommy joined him as mechanic. In 1981 after a mishap with the Hawke, a mishap that they couldn’t afford to repair using proprietary parts, they expanded the team with Jim Kennedy and then Munro Anderson coming onboard. The four then built the first FF1600 and raced it in 1983 and as they say the rest is history and you can use the title bar to see what they have got up to.
RoToR JT1 Ingliston race circuit 1983.Unfortunately not much has been happening recently. Various projects have been getting some attention but we are still trying to sort out the mess that losing our workshop caused. To that end we are having a concerted effort to sell the Mygale FF1600s that we ran for Cardowan Creameries. The cars have been in storage for the last few years so they’re are some things needing attention. Sadly the formula has gone downhill and the blame lies firmly with the clubs and pro teams. Graham would love to say more on the subject but while we still have an interest, that might not be wise given the way tings have gone in the last few year in the Formula. Next year, under a new regime, might be better but the damage has been done by people who are trying to make money from formula Ford. Watch this space.