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Old 26 Nov 2010, 16:29 (Ref:2796141)   #50
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Graham Middleton's attempt to use one of the MIL Motorsport BTCC Supras as a tarmac rallycar on the 1988 Manx International has been mentioned a couple of times in the thread.....
Finally found a pic of this online- can't link to the individual pic, just the 1988 Manx album on www.rallypics.org

3rd thumbnail down on the right-hand side on this link:

http://www.rallypics.org/manx88_1.htm

I'd love to know the story behind this..... Bearing in mind the problems MIL were having in making the car work on the circuits, taking time out to run a one-off rally entry seems an odd course of action- especially as the Manx meant taking on tougher-than-usual opposition for a UK event, with a number of top-class Cosworth/M3/Integrale-equipped European visitors in at the head of the entry list. Did the impetus for this come from the team, Middleton, a sponsor or Toyota- and why....?
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