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Originally Posted by dgpearson
Andy Pyke had a mk1 with red stripe and Carl Sawford had RS 2000 with blue stripe both loverly cars
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Yes i got a little bored & yes i raced my Mk1 escort (mexico) as an RS2000 trim for my first season of Super road saloons. Having sprinted the car the year before, my wife couldn't believe why we drove all the way to Oulton Park (for what she thought was a sprint)
Raced in class B with firenzas , lotus sunbeam et al;
Was well outclassed with a medeocre spec 2 ltr pinto.
Decided following season to fit an all steel revvy x flow & run in class C. This we ran back in Mexico (red stripes) guise. Had a good number of very succesful seasons until selling in 93' to make way for a mk1 xr2, again running a Tim Swadkin engine, more success followed before selling the car to Ian Sturt who campaigned the Lydden series foe 2 seasons, winning overall.
We moved on to Eurocar V6 for 4/5 seasons then a brief foray in Pickup truck series (3 seasons)
Been mucking about with ol' pal Tony Paxman Mk2 escort zakspeed/castrol reincarnation at Daytona florida, + most of europe. Where we enjoyed some 1 hr & 2hr races together for entry fees far cheaper than contempory uk circuits.
Be great to catch up with some old names.