Now an established name in the motor racing fraternity, Eddie Hall has made a name for himself as a fast, if sometimes controversial, driver.

His first experience behind the wheel was at an ‘arrive and drive’ karting venue during a trip to Silverstone on his 12th birthday in 1993. He spent the next two years competing mainly in non-championship events in the Anglia Karting Junior league before moving across to compete in the Indikart Junior championship in 1996. Eddie only competed in the opening race of the season before being forced out of the championship and had to contend himself with spending the rest of the year doing open practice sessions.

The year testing did not go to waste, however. Eddie was easily the man to beat as he stormed to the championship in 1997. He was also invited to take part in two challenge races for the Club, winning the home race with ease.

During this year, Eddie purchased his own kart and made his debut in the Regional CBKC Senior championship in mid season. After a shaky start he quickly got on the pace and claimed his first victory in a non-trophy meeting at the end of the year.

Despite no testing over the winter, Eddie turned up for the opening race of 1998 and totally annihilated the competition. Unfortunately after such a promising start, the rest of the season was something of a disappointment. A quick but often erratic driver, poor mechanical reliability and a lack of finance hampered Eddie and he only managed one more win. In truth, he was ill-prepared and out of his depth technically to ever be competitive. Despite this, however, he managed to take the championship fight down to the wire and proved to be one of the most naturally gifted drivers in the field.

By this time, Eddie had already set his sights on moving up the ladder into racing cars. After a disastrous opening race of 1999, Eddie decided to call time on his karting career. Determined to make his racing car debut when he was 18, Eddie focused all his efforts on raising the money to take part in the Jim Russell Racing Scholarship.

After graduating from the scholarship, Eddie made his Formula Ford debut at Silverstone. Despite showing flashes of promise, he could finish no better than 8th in the Goldline Bearings Supercup. By this time, Eddie had completely run out of funds and walked away, disillusioned, at the end of the season with very little to show for his efforts.

It would be nearly two years before Eddie made a return behind the wheel after a fun karting event in 2001 lead to a test with Club100 at the end of the year. With his passion re-ignited, Eddie made a return to full time competition in 2002 in the Sprint championship. Eddie was touted as the “impressive newcomer” in his opening race and quickly made a name for himself both on and off the track.

His performance in his rookie year had attracted the attention of endurance teams. As well as continuing in the Sprint championship, he also made his endurance debut first with Racing Imperative before being snapped up by IMSD Racing.

Eddie combined his Sprint Racing duties with a handful of Endurance races for IMSD Racing in 2004 including making his international debut at the famous Spa Francorchamps circuit in Belgium. He became a full time member of the squad in 2005 as the reigning City Challenge champions launched their assault on the Inters Championship. In a truly remarkable year, the team took 9 podiums in 12 races, winning 5 times (including class wins at the Lance Yeomans Memorial Race and the Spa-Francorchamps 10 Hour) on their way to the championship.

Moving up to the Premier Clubman Championship in 2006 was a disappointment in comparison. Despite winning at Spa for a second consecutive year, the team only managed 4 other podium finishes and finished a distant 3rd in the championship.

2007 saw a move up to the Premier championship but sadly the team were not competitive and slipped back into the mid-field. Before the year was over, Eddie announced his intention to leave the team at the end of the season and join 3Cubed for an assault on the Premier and European Championship in 2008.