JAPCOM at RacingHondas
JAPCOM is thrilled to be joining the Racing Hondas Championship for the 2025 season, following a hugely successful 2024. Last year saw remarkable growth, with 54 drivers competing across three classes and Autosport magazine highlighting the series as having the biggest grid expansion in the UK. Racing Hondas is built for club-level competition, offering an inclusive environment for both newcomers and seasoned racers. With a strong emphasis on accessibility, the championship continues to embrace grassroots motorsport, welcoming everyone from first-time drivers to those running a ‘van and trailer’ setup.
Fraser and Bob first met during a track day at Knockhill back in 2015. Bob was driving his EK9 and Fraser was in his DC2, both very inexperienced at the time and Fraser wasn’t best prepared by driving his DC2 to, from and on the track on road tyres. Fraser melted his front left tyre and was left with half of the track day left and no rubber. This is when Bob offered a pair of his Volk CE28n’s with R888s just to get some more laps in. Both had never met each other before this day.
This started a great working relationship for Fraser and Bob. Fraser had been breaking lots of Civic’s and Bob had been building Civic’s for customers. Lots of parts would make the journey from Japcom in Glasgow up to Barron Automotive in Huntly over the next number of years. Always asking each other for advice and helping each other as much as possible.
In 2019, Fraser started his adventure in motorsport with a single entry into Time Attack (RWYB) at Cadwell Park. This got him hooked and he entered Super Lap Scotland for 2019 and 2020. Becoming Class E Champion in 2020. Fraser entered the final round of Knockhill Mod-Sports Series in 2020 which was his first door to door racing event. Fraser bought his first home in 2020 which removed all chances of going racing for the next few years as he has always been self-funded for racing with some sponsors helping out in a non-financial effort.
Fast forward to 2024. The opportunity arose for Fraser and Bob to fly HondaPro Jason over from America to see the Scottish Honda Scene with the help from Jamie @ Bamikaze Garage and Andrew @ Automek. This involved a Track Day at Knockhill which really kickstarted Bob’s desire to go motor racing. Fraser had already been competing in the Knockhill Mod-Sport Series in 2024.
This brings us to 2025, 10 years on from that chance encounter at Knockhill. Bob and Fraser have entered the Racing Hondas Championship as a joint team effort from Barron Automotive and Japcom. They have chosen the team name “Kilted Kswaps” to show their Scottish Heritage and both running Kswapped Civic EG’s
Fraser will be driving a K20 Honda Civic EG
Bob will be driving a K24 Honda Civic EG
