About the driver

John Newell, is our driver and first raced in 1997, he has been racing for many years although he did have an 18 year break from the sport, returning in 2018. He has already taken 1st, 2nd and 3rd place positions and is consistently beating his own lap times.

John has been driving trucks since he was 8yrs old with his dad in the company yard and spends his days building tankers for the other family business RTN Clayton Vallely based in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. When he isn’t racing he is enjoying time with his 3 children and training in the gym with his partner. John is always happy to meet and greet truck racing fans at the race weekends so feel free to come and say hello.

NAME: John Newell
NUMBER: 18
AGE: 50
PLACE OF BIRTH: Sheffield
FAVOURITE CIRCUIT: Donnington
FAVOURITE PASTIME: Fitness Training