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‘Lotus to be celebrated
HISTORICS ShelsleyWalsh’s featured marque, below
Photos: Paul Lawrence
IN BRIEF
DOWN THE PUB Joy Rainey
deathofwell-knownhillclimberJoy
CHARLES MotorsportNewsissadtoreportthe
Raineyattheageof65.Thedaughter
CAMPBELL ofAustralianF3championMurray,
Joyovercamedisabilitytocompete
Age:66Lives:Edinburgh Ex-Toyota driver Meeke will use Mk2 Escort extensivelyinspeedeventsinarange
RallyingaDavrian ofcars,includingspecialsbuiltby
herfather.Sheheldtheladies’
recordatShelsleyWalshfor22
years,andherskillandbravery
wonhermanyfansinthesport.
MN for beginners
TheMotorsportNews-supported
HRCRClubmansRallyChampionship
Breen will compete willfeatureanewbeginners’classthis
season.Already,morethan20crews
in freshly-built M3 havesignedupforthenovicedivision
whilethebeginners’classisforcrews
whohavecompetedinfewerthanfive
MEEKE AND BREEN ralliesbeforeSaturday’sseason-
opener,theRossTradersRally.
His R.A.C. outing was brief Lotus is featured
HehasaDavrian TO BELGIAN EVENT Lotuswillbethefeaturedmarque
“I’vehadtheDavrianfromnewin atthisyear’sClassicNostalgiaat
1980:IboughtitfromTimDuffeeat ShelsleyWalsh(June20-21)with
hisfactoryinLampeter.It’saMk8 WRC battlers to join Hirvonen in competing in Legend Boucles Bastogne this weekend carsondisplayandcompetingonthe
builttorallyspecification,which hill.MarquespecialistPaulMattyis
meansaheavy-dutyshell.Iuseditin involvedingatheringcars,rangingfrom
theScottishforestsanditwasquite ByPaulLawrence co-driverPaulNagle.Last Meekeandhisco-driverSeb road-goingcarstoraresingle-seaters.
successfulinitsclass.Iuseditfor year’swinnerHirvonenwill Marshallwilluseacarfromthe Thecompetitionwillincludearoundof
aboutthreeyearsinitially,thenIgot WorldRallystarsKrisMeeke, returntotherallyinanother RallyingSolutionsstableof thePaulMattyLotusChampionship.
interestedinothermorepowerful CraigBreenandMikko EscortMk2,althoughThierry BelgiancompetitorChristophe
cars.TheDavrianwasrunningan Hirvonenwillallcontestthis Neuvillewillnotcompetethis Jacob,whileHirvonenwillagain Veterans come back
Impengine,whichwasachallenge, weekend’sLegendBoucles yearduetopressureof his beco-drivenbyJarnoOttman. RallyingveteransJohnEdwards-
butitwasalwaysprettyreliableas Bastogne,thebiggestsuch factoryHyundaicommitments. EventpromoterPierre PartonandAndyDawsonareboth
longasIkeptitontheroad.” eventinEurope. Breen,whowilldriveaGroup Delettresaid:“Obviously, planningtocompeteintheHRCR
Thethreeaceswillhead AcarfromthevandenBrand therewillalwaysbe somewho ClubmansRallyChampionshipthis
Thenhedidotherthings astar-studdedentryforthe teamintheNetherlands,said: willregret theabsence of season.Dawsonishatchingaplan
“Ithenputitawayandgotthings historicrally,whichoften “PaulandIarelookingforward Thierry NeuvilleandNicolas toreturntocompetinginaDatsun
likeSunbeams,BDAFordEscorts runsinsnowandiceinthe tothisuniqueeventand Gilsoul.During theweekend 1600SSS,anoriginalcarherallied
andToyotaCorollas.ThenIturned BastogneregioninBelgium. continuingourhistoricjourney. Thierry andNicowillcall into inthe1970s.Hehopestopersuade
towardsracingbecauseitwasabit Meeke,whorecentlycalled Don’tworrythough,we’llbe say hello.Having saidthat,we formerco-driverAndrewMarriott
easieronthepocketandeasierfrom timeonhisWRCcareer,will backtomodernmachinery canbe proudof our2020entry, tojoinhimontheadventure.
atimepointofview.Ididactually driveaFordEscortMk2while beforetoolong–butIamgoing which isquitesuperb.It’squite
racetheDavrianatInglistoninRoad Breenwillcampaignafreshly- toenjoythesoundtrackfrom simple,no other eventonthe F3 goes Dutch
SportsandIraceditinEnglandin builtBMWM3withregular thiserainthemeantime!” historic scenecandoit aswell.” Hirvonen won event last year TheFIAHistoricFormula3European
theRallyCarChallenge.” CupwillreturntotheZandvoort
circuitduringtheHistoricGrandPrix
Hehadsomegoodraces onSeptember4-6.Thethirdsuch
“Oneofmymorememorableraces eventinthesequencewillallowdrivers
wasatMalloryPark.Ididn’tdo Young racers O’Brien and Thurston to team up in Lotus 23C at Goodwood Members’ Meeting ofF3carsupto1984totacklethe
agoodpracticeandstarted11th, revisedvenueafterthisMay’sreturn
butwentfromtheretothirdatthe YounglionsMichaelO’Brien sports-racerforbothdrivers, thepast,whileO’Brienhas teamiscurrentlyre-preparing oftheDutchGrandPrix.TheF3cars
firstcornerbyovertakingonthe andEdThurstonwillteam whohavebeeninvitedto morerecentlydrivena thecarreadyfortestingahead willhaveadouble-headerweekend.
grassontheoutside.Itwasdry,but uptoraceaLotus23Cinthe racethecarnowownedby McLareninBritishGT. of theGoodwoodevent.
IthinkItookeveryonebysurprise.” GurneyCupattheGoodwood HistoricGrandPrixCars “Wethinkthecarhasdone “Thiswillbeanew McRae’s outing
Members’Meeting. AssociationracerTony lessthan10racesinitslife,” experienceforme,”added Jimmy McRae and Derek Ringer are
TheDavrianwasstored Itwillbethecar’sfirstrace BestandhissonCharlie. saidThurstonof thecar O’Brien.“It’sabrilliant among the star names now confirmed
onSkye sincethe1960s.Itwillalso Bothdrivershavecompeted thathasbeeninstoragesince opportunityandI’mreally for the Chester-based Network Q
“IcomefromtheIsleofSkyeandthe bethefirsttimeinaperiod inHistoricFormulaFordin thelate1960s.NeilFowler’s gratefulforthechance.” Rally Revival on Saturday February
carwasstoredthere.Thefamilyhas 29. The event will feature a range of
gothotelsupthere.Wejuststored demonstration stages and entries
thecarawayanditwasn’tabarn include an ex-Colin McRae Subaru
find;itwasabarnrecollection!Itwas Rally organiser Legacy driven by Ian Gwynne and
storedforthebetterpartof30years Cardell passes away World Rally Championship journalist
and,beforelastyear,I’dnotdoneany David Evans. Cars spanning 60
motorsportsincewayback.Idid Therecentdeathof Denis years of rallying are due to take part.
someProductionSaloonCarracing CardellhasrobbedWelsh
inthelate1980sinaVauxhallAstra. motorsportof oneof its Stage demo is go
Ididalong-distanceraceinTexas leadingfiguresof thelasthalf The Historic Rally Festival, based in
in2002andthennothinguntillast century,ashisvoluntary Telford on June 6-7, will be the first
year.LastyearIdecidedtoreturn, contributiontorallyingand such event to run to a Motorsport UK
andwefoundaPeugeotRCZin racingwasimmense. stage rally demonstration permit. It
Belgiumandranitinthe750Motor Cardell,fromBrecon,was will be the first multi-venue event in
ClubEnduranceChampionship.” anorganiser,acompetitorand Warren’s Porsche is among top contenders Britain to have this permit, which
amemberof theMSAboardfor allows participating cars to run at
The RAC was an 16years.Hewasaninventive TWEAKED ROSS TRADERS RALLY STARTS HRCR SEASON speed on special stages. Achieving
ambition organiserof challengingrallies this status is a major step forward
“I always wanted to do the RAC Rally andservedthesportinWales TheMotorsportNews- frommiddaybefore Golf)andIanCrammond/ for the inaugural edition of the event.
way back when. My mate Graham formostof hisadultlife. supportedHistoricRallyCar finishingatRoss-on-Wyein MattVokes(Mercedes280).
Legget said it would be a good idea Hisowncompetitiontookin RegisterClubmansRally theevening.Thereisno “We’rejustshortof 100 HSCC manifesto
to resurrect the car and get it going speedeventsandrallies,both Championshipwillopenon spectatoraccessatCaerwent. registrationssofarand The Historic Sports Car Club has
for the Roger Albert Clark Rally. asadriverandco-driver. Saturdaywiththerejuvenated A50-carentryincludes expect2020tobeabumper launched its core values, 10 key
Pete Furber did a fantastic job on Butheisbestknownasthe RossTradersRally. leadingcontenderslikethe year,”saidseriescoordinator reasons to race with the club. The
rebuilding the Davrian from a bare mostexperiencedorganiser Therouteincludes Porsche911sof PaulCrosby/ MartinPhaff. topics include on- and off-track
shell. Sadly, the gearbox broke on of histimeandwasanMSA specialtestsattheCaerwent AliProcterandHoward HisLanciaFulviawill behaviour, scrutineering and value-
the first stage of the Roger Albert steward,timekeeperand baseandroadregularity Warren/IainTullie,Richard contesttheeventinthehands for-moneyhistoricracing.In2020,the
and we were out.” chairmanof theWelsh sectionsonnearbyroads Isherwood/IanCanavan(VW of GTracerMattNicoll-Jones. club will promote 18 race categories
Associationof MotorClubs. across nine race meetings.
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