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Old 8 Dec 2011, 08:52 (Ref:2996886)   #174
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Thanks Graham- Adrian Fu's name seems to turn up in most of the Ford touring car threads we've done....

Apparently, he was in the hotel business in Hong Kong, and seems to have been a Macau regular around that time.
He came 2nd in 1982 in a BMW, but after that it looks like he was very much a 'Ford man' for the next few years- the Escort makes 3 Group A Fords we've been able to link his name to- all cars that came from the UK.

He apparently bought one of Andy Rouse's Capris in 1982/3...
http://www.fotop.net/Reis/Reis36/83_Capri_001
...the RS Turbo from Richard L. in 1986, and the ex-Guy Edwards Rouse/Kaliber RS500 for 1988- Rouse drove the Sierra in 1988 (3rd), and 'Gio Fan' in 1989/90.
http://tentenths.com/forum/attachmen...1&d=1318960149

I think this is him http://www.supercarclub.com/detail.php?292 although the career history lists him as being 'retired' 1985-90, so maybe he entered the Escort for another driver?
On the other hand, someone did say in the RS500 thread that the 'Gio Fan' in the Sierra wasn't a different driver, but a pseudonym that Fu raced under...
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