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I
raced a Mini at Kimbolton Raceway a short circuit oval 1978-79.
Two first and two seconds.Here's me lapping a back marker. I'm
the blue car.This car was powered by a A series 998cc revving
to 8,500R.P.M with a Weber 40 DCOE twin barrel, with many other
modification.
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This
car was driven by Pete Scott of Bedford at Northampton Stadium.
I built the engine based on a 1275 A series. The
capacity was 1460cc using Ford Fiesta piston and some clever machining
on the bores and crankshaft.
Unfortunately
the chassis always let us down. The front tyres were ex-Formula
One fronts and placed tremedous load on the ball joints, which
failed. The engine really pulled well. As you can
see there was no sponsorship on the car. In motor racing you
need two things to win, talent and money. This was about
1979 and I was soon to leave the racing seen as my future wife
came on the scene. Pete to this day stills dabbles in
racing, mostly oval circuit and also some Eurocars.
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