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Originally Posted by Simon1977
Hi gordon streeter i have sent you a more in depth private messege. My father ian used to do the mechanics for nevil smith racing the green anglia number 75 then bought one of the yellow lotus cortinas and raced that. With neil roper who worked for big teams as jordan heart doing his engine work . My dad has cancer bad, some footage of yours and nevs races would cheers him up to reminisce about travelling the country in caravan and nevs racing career .we were at every race. If you could help with this me and mum would be over the moon to give him a little positivity . Many thanks , simon ward
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Sorry to hear about your dad. I raced a Lotus Cortina in ICS for a few years and will have come across your dad, I'm sure. Was he at Donington park in 1994 (I think) when Mansell was racing a Mondeo and the circuit was packed full of fans that day. I think Nevil in the green Anglia (which had been the Jim/Richard Evans car) finished about 20 odd seconds in front of me. I think he was 5th and I was 6th. He then bought the Pete Landers Cortina (won the HRSR championship in 1997) and then sold it to Louis Bracey from Bristol then it went to Dan Cox and now raced by Richard Belcher in HRSR Historic Touring Cars. Did Nevil have two of the Landers/Marksdanes yellow Cortinas?