Thankfully bad weather was kept at bay for the 75th Members Meeting. Although the track was damp for qualifying the rest of the weekend was dry and mild. We campaigned 5 cars in the Weslake Cup with considerable interest in a 6th. Shaun and Charles Rainford qualified in 8th and 9th whilst Ian Burford, Mike Haigh […]
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Spring had arrived just in time for last Thursdays test at Goodwood Motor Circuit. The sun was shining and the track was dry. This was the final test for the Cheetah and the Shelby GT350R prior to Goodwood’s 75th Members Meeting and the Graham Hill Trophy. Some final adjustments are being made now before we
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Monday was another day at the circuit for us. This time it was Goodwood for the annual HRDC track day. With us was Mike Haigh and his wonderful inline 6 powered Ford Falcon and his Lenham Le Mans. The 6 cylinder engine sounded better than ever, echoing across the air field, with it’s new 250-2V
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Our favourite race weekend of the year is Goodwood’s GRRC Members Meeting. This year is the 75th event and promises to be the best yet. The Weslake Cup is a race for A-series powered Sports and GT cars and in which we will have the pleasure of running five of them. Starting with our very
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Our Midget dog engagement gear kits are in stock. Suitable for any A-series, sports, GT or saloon car using the Sprite/Midget gearbox. Designed to utilize the 1275 rib case gearboxes but we can modify the 1098 gearbox casing as well. We can supply the kit on its own or build a gearbox for you using
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As Sunday afternoon was bathed in glorious sunshine we decided to pop down to Goodwood House for the annual vehicle display and house open day. Plenty of people there with as many interesting cars in the car park as there were on the lawn. Food and drink were excellent and they even had live music.
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You might recognize this race winning Chevrolet Camaro from the Gerry Marshall Trophy race at Goodwood’s 74th Members Meeting. The car came in today for some dyno time prior to its trip to Belgium next month for one of the Spa 6 hour support races. We tried a few things and found a few brake
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A successful Goodwood weekend at by all accounts albeit a little cold. The wind down the pitlane was brisk but all our drivers and both our cars went out and performed admirably. Some modifications to the Rover knocked 1 second of last years lap time. Riorden Welby had a stellar drive on Saturday making up
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The BMW 1800ti of Stuart Patterson has been prepped ready for the Whitmore Cup at Goodwood’s 74th Members Meeting. We are looking forward to the under 2 litre format this year in what should prove to be a very close race with the other 1800’s, Mini Cooper S’s and Lotus Cortina’s.
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Today we had the Group 1 Rover SD1 on the rolling road ahead of the Gerry Marshall Trophy at Goodwood’s 74th Members Meeting. We tested it with and without silencers. Without silencers the car is making an extra 5bhp and a lot more noise.
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