Mini Tempest Rally, Longcross, 5/04

[Blib]

Originally and wrongly posted yesterday on General Motorsport, I thought I'd sling it on here too.

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A few, very poor, shots from today's Mini Tempest stages rally, held today at Longcross.

I was there to support and help service( i.e. get the teas in) Dave Watson's Strato's replica.

[Ferg]

Hey Blib,
I wasn't aware beforehand, but my business partner was servicing at Longcross for the fat bloke driving this car:



Kevin was somewhat taken with the idea of rallying a Strato's and if he wasn't skint at the moment I reckon he'd have one!!

He also said that someone with the Strato's had a 'GTM' t-shirt...... who dat den??

[Blib]

Ferg.



Yes, they were set up right opposite us. The cap with the GTM tee was a fellow competitor. The story goes thus......

On stage two, the Strat had a fuel tank breather problem which caused fumes to enter the car's passenger compartment. This caused considerable discomfort to the co-driver, so much so that he was seriously physically sick, obliging Dave to pull out of the stage for a 'maximum'.

The GTM had retired after stage one and Dave's co-driver asked theirs to take his place. She agreed and the rally organisers allowed Dave to continue, albeit, he was excluded from the results.

We moved the breather and the problem was solved. The car was running top ten times by the last stages. Not too bad as Dave hadn't driven the car with its new 24v engine before.

Very encouraging.

[Ferg]

Blib said:

The chap with the GTM tee was a fellow competitor.

Ah, that'll be Dean Thomas' Coupe.
I had one of those you know....
but not with a Honda engine!

[Vixpy1]

bks, was away on Sunday or I would have popped over

[Ferg]

Incidentally Blib....

Kevin won the Mini Tempest in...er, 2003 I think...

[Blib]

Vixpy1 said:

bks, was away on Sunday or I would have popped over

I think that there's another meet in around six weeks time Vixpy.