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Old 17 Feb 2010, 10:50 (Ref:2634883)   #348
Alan Brown
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Alan Brown should be qualifying in the top 10 on the grid
Alec Poole

1970
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Alec Poole – Complan Mini Cooper S 1.3 turbocharged (reputedly 180 bhp) – “conceived by Syd Enever at Abingdon … rides high on 13 inch Brabham F3 wheels” MN 17-9-70 – also raced in Britain by Alec Poole – Roger Enever had a one-off and victorious race at Silverstone in October

1971
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Alec Poole – “the Mini is presently at Chas Beattie’s workshops being revamped with a space-frame front end and wishbone front suspension”. (MN 25-3-71) – 1.3 turbocharged (also driven by Gabriel Konig), later 1430 turbocharged - red
Alec Poole – Rover – ex-BL/Pierpoint

1972
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Alec Poole – Complan Mini Cooper S 1.3 turbocharged (reputedly 180 bhp) – “conceived by Syd Enever at Abingdon … rides high on 13 inch Brabham F3 wheels” MN 17-9-70 – also raced in Britain by Alec Poole – Roger Enever had a one-off and victorious race at Silverstone in October
1974
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Alec Poole and Roger Enever (Robert Ryan Racing) – Escort Broadspeed BDA 2.0/1.9 or FVC

Clarifications to Alec Poole's cars (source: whole page article in MN 28-8-75).

1970-71 Turbo Mini (190 bhp) – sold to the Caribbean

1972 – ex Bill Shaw/Roy Pierpoint Rover 3500 fitted with a stroker kit to increase the capacity to 4.5 – also sold to the Caribbean

[1973 – some races in a slightly modified Group 2 Datsun Sunny 1.3]

1974 – drove the Bob Ryan Broadspeed Escort (ex-Rafael Barrios) and acquired the Gillian Fortescue-Thomas Escort 2.0 from Ford at Boreham, this also ended up in the Caribbean
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