Shed Motorsport is run by two amateur motorsport enthusiasts from Somerset: Tim Painter and Andy Fraser, who have competed in motorsport speed events for many years throughout the country, including two popular championships: The Motorsport UK British Hillclimb Cup and The Midland Hillclimb Championship.

Tim and Andy’s motorsport activities have previously been supported for many of these years by Tipadel Limited, Tim’s locally well-known builders merchants, allowing them to compete in a number of exciting and powerful cars which have included an MG Metro 6R4 rally car, a Gould Ralt GR37 single seater, several Porsche GT3 cars and, most recently, Aston Martin Vantage GT4 racing cars.

In 2018, Tipadel was sold to a national firm of builder’s merchants and Shed Motorsport was established to continue Tim and Andy’s involvement in motorsport

Tipadel sponsored many motorsport events throughout the years, and for 17 years was the main sponsor of the Longleat Speed Hillclimb run by the enthusiastic and extremely capable Woolbridge Motor Club. For many years, Tipadel also sponsored a class at the hillclimb venue at Gurston Down, now Shed Motorsport’s most local hillclimb, with a calendar of well over-subscribed events run by the BARC South Western Centre, the highlight each year (March to September) being the Motorsport UK Hillclimb Championship rounds which attract a large crowd of spectators to see the most desirable range of competition cars and fastest single seaters.

Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Car at Shelsly Walsh Speed Hillclimb, 1st June 2014
Photo Credit: Andrew C. Noble

Tim and Andy’s infamous MG Metro 6R4 with TPR 4100 bodywork. This was bought as a rally car and gradually developed over the years for hillclimbing. It was fitted with a 3 litre international spec V6 engine producing IRO 400bhp and mated to a 5 speed straight cut gear dog box.

For the 2016 to 2019 hillclimbing seasons, Tim and Andy drove this Prodrive Aston Martin Vantage GT4 complete with a 4.7 V8 engine and 7 speed paddle shift automated manual gearbox. With a few mods to make things a bit lighter, Tim and Andy had four seasons of brilliant fun.

The GT4 at Shelsley Walsh turning into bottom ess

Loton Park in 2017 – extremely wet!