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Originally Posted by Jesper OH
Round 11 – Donington Park, 16th September 1990, 15 laps
Jeff Wilson turned up with a newly build Vauxhall Bellmont. Build by Brian Holliday of HWR Racing with help from Andy Barton. Engine by Bruce Stevens of Merlin Developments. Sponsorship from Bristol Street Motors (Sunderland), Auto Coachworks and Valvoline. All this ended with an oil leak and withdrawn.
Jim McGaughay driving the car usually driven by Hugh Chalmers.
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IIRC, both Wilson and McGaughay came from similar racing backgrounds- Special Saloons/GTs and sportscars (in fact they shared a car in Thundersports at one point).
Jeff Wilson and Brian Holliday were (and apparently still are) business partners in HWR Racing.
(HWR=Holliday Wilson Racing presumably?
http://www.hwrmotorsport.co.uk/aboutus/ )
Wilson had previously raced some pretty fearsome machines, including his V8-powered VW Beetle and even more monstrous BMW M1...
http://www.ingliston-circuit.co.uk/p...ton1982_5.html
McGaughay is probably best-known for his highly-successful Lancia 037 clone, based on an F2 Toleman chassis
http://www.lanciabetamontecarlo.nl/racing.html
and later in Thundersports, in a variety of cars including the ex-Group C Grid-Cosworth, the 2-litre Grange-Hart (shared with Wilson) and a Tiga-BMW
http://www.racingsportscars.com/phot...-05-25-055.jpg
http://www.racingsportscars.com/phot...-04-01-054.jpg
The 'FES' listed as an additional sponsor for the McGaughay M3 was his longtime sponsor Forth Electrical Services, an electrical and building services contractor, based in Stirling.
http://www.fes.ltd.uk/