(Super) road saloons - where are they now?

[Al Weyman]

Thats the one Tel, well done. Fine till the scrutt decapitised the Samuri! Spoilsports. Mind you if you say thats 2005 they must have allowed it later on.

[BILTEL]

Originally Posted by Al Weyman

Thats the one Tel, well done. Fine till the scrutt decapitised the Samuri! Spoilsports. Mind you if you say thats 2005 they must have allowed it later on.

The fella under the bonnet (Zeyd) bought it off Alan Zini a long time ago. It's still the same apart from a black bonnet, oh and an Evo lump pushing out somewhere north of 500bhp!!! It's fairly infamous on Evo trackdays and has been ever since Alan sold it.

[ascona i2000]

Found a short clip on youtube from 1991 at Combe. Cant get a link at the mo but type in escort mk1 castle combe. 2 or 3 lancers on there to.

[m/sport]

cracking thread has anybody got any pics of the autocavan mk1 golf modsaloon and stories ?
cheers

[Tim Wilkinson]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4NSD...eature=related

I think that Golf pops up a few times in this.

[m/sport]

Originally Posted by Tim Wilkinson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4NSD...eature=related

I think that Golf pops up a few times in this.

thats the Nick Cresswell car simular spec and also very quick,pics and stories on this one if you hve them?
cheers

[dgpearson]

Hi all who remember me ,nice to heresome old names just fell on this old thread .I started racing in slick 50 saloons god ,the year escapes me.Thats me in one of the previous pitures at donington in the blue escort mk2 1600 sport the x simon tate car.I then moved onto a mk2 xr2 believe i was the first person to race 1 in this series before moving into super road saloons winning the championship one year.With the brscc killing this series off i moved to mod prods before changing to the northern saloon championship winning that before selling the car to Darren flounders and converting an ex irish gpA Escort cosworth rally car 4 track use .Will write in soon with who i remember and what there doing

[greenamex2]

Originally Posted by dgpearson

Hi all who remember me ,nice to heresome old names just fell on this old thread .I started racing in slick 50 saloons god ,the year escapes me.Thats me in one of the previous pitures at donington in the blue escort mk2 1600 sport the x simon tate car.I then moved onto a mk2 xr2 believe i was the first person to race 1 in this series before moving into super road saloons winning the championship one year.With the brscc killing this series off i moved to mod prods before changing to the northern saloon championship winning that before selling the car to Darren flounders and converting an ex irish gpA Escort cosworth rally car 4 track use .Will write in soon with who i remember and what there doing

If you don't remember me I shall be jolly upset!

[dgpearson]

Could never forget you denis

[dgpearson]

The rapid red toyota corrolla must have done more laps than most is it the same car Also Peter Edwards in his white mk1 xr2, jon Warburton Red and White VW Golf , Andy Cope ,A great mate David Macer smooth fast and sadley taken way too early RIP.Ron Field and the flying orange tiger RogerTurner a hard racer it took me a full evening to polish the red white and blue paint of my xr2 after a race long duel with his Samara at doiningon

[greenamex2]

Originally Posted by dgpearson

The rapid red toyota corrolla must have done more laps than most is it the same car

Yep, still the same car. Currently somewhere in Lincoln NOT being worked on

I keep seeing an Andy Robey popping up, not sure if it's the same one though. Rob Compton is still around, threatening to bring out his Belmont in Classic Thunder (where some of the Mod Prods/SRS ended up, along with pre-93).

[Al Weyman]

Ron Field thats the guys name I have been trying to remember I was trying to tell one of our racers in Post Historics about him as he races an Avenger and I just couldnt remember his name, I think he also lived in Watford. .

[R59]

Originally Posted by Denis Bassom

Yep, still the same car. Currently somewhere in Lincoln NOT being worked on

I keep seeing an Andy Robey popping up, not sure if it's the same one though. Rob Compton is still around, threatening to bring out his Belmont in Classic Thunder (where some of the Mod Prods/SRS ended up, along with pre-93).

Did somebody call me??

Ahhhh Mr Pearson... there you are!!!!!

And I still have the Nova, with some very bad ideas for it.

Thems wuz the days!

[dgpearson]

HI rob hope u r ok .Still remember that damp day at Silverstone national when we finished first and second ,blew all the big cars away. I was told Ron Fields car had a Brizilian block if that makes sense. Corgi actually made a model of it . Think there is only one Andy Robey he won Supers and went into Fiestas on the TOCA package spent alot of money for no reward. Bought a focus for the one make series that never happened is back racing a bmw in nw saloons but car has been seen on ebay

[Al Weyman]

If it did have a Brazilian block I can't see how it was legal, no wonder I struggled to catch him in my legal Ti.

[dgpearson]

I also remember AL and his white and blue sunbeam although our paths never crossed [he was too quick in slick 50s] .Plus a yellow sunbeam two drivers shared think it was Mike Wright .Vince Mitchell of course we had a good battle one year for the championship he was unlucky at the last round. Richard monk Smith, John Groves and his flying white Metro which it did one day at snetterton

[MiniMadness]

You mentioned the white Mk1, was this the same car driven by Andy Pyke at one time, I think I have a photo of it with blue stripes. Now going back a few years, wasn't there a Mk1 Supersport that raced aswell ?

I remember Jon Warburton's Golf, it looked great with the stripes and after market alloys.

[MiniMadness]

The red Corolla I assume this is RWD ? Wasn't there a few FWD Corollas that raced at one time aswell ?

[Al Weyman]

The chap with the yellow Ti (Mike?) is now a scrut, I met him at Oulton I think it was.

[dgpearson]

Andy Pyke had a mk1 with red stripe and Carl Sawford had RS 2000 with blue stripe both loverly cars

[Al Weyman]

Yeah he didnt like me towing my car back from the track on one of them A-frame things but I still maintained it was safer than driving a race car home after a good thrashing on the track and as four wheels were on the ground I saw no problem.

[MiniMadness]

Originally Posted by dgpearson

Andy Pyke had a mk1 with red stripe and Carl Sawford had RS 2000 with blue stripe both loverly cars

Andy's car had a red strip ? I will need to check my photos. This isn't the same car that's racing with CSCC is it ?

I remember Carl Sawford's Mk1 Escort, yep nice car.

[ascona i2000]

Originally Posted by dgpearson

Andy Pyke had a mk1 with red stripe and Carl Sawford had RS 2000 with blue stripe both loverly cars

The Carl Sawford car now belongs to Steve Primmett of Post Historic fame with CTCRC.

[greenamex2]

Originally Posted by MiniMadness

The red Corolla I assume this is RWD ? Wasn't there a few FWD Corollas that raced at one time aswell ?

His Chris Fulke-Greville had a RWD Corolla until him and Lol Dyke in a FWD Corolla decided to get a bit snuggly at Paddock at Brands and got a late running race cancelled. Lol messed around a bit in other series but haven't seen him for years. Chris popped up in sprints every now and then but haven't seen his name for a while.

There was another one but he barely lasted a season.

As far as I know it is now just me circuit racing a mid 80's Corolla of any form now.

[dgpearson]

MR CHRIS HAD A LONG HOLIDAY FOR STABBING THE BLOKE NEXT DOOR. MADE A GOOD TV PROG,