Drivers
This page contains profiles and pictures of the registered championship drivers and their cars.
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Norman Wheat Class 3 4/4 |
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| Electrical engineer from Harrogate. Has owned the car since 1969, previously owned by his brother. Original engine, gearbox, chassis, springs, seats, etc. Aquaplane aluminium cylinder head, ported and gas flowed. Strengthened bottom end. 120 BHP at the wheels! Top Speed about 110mph and 0-60 about 6 secs! | ||
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David Frow Class 6 +4 |
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| Born 1962, Wife,2 young children, 2 dogs , 2 cats and 3 ponies ex steelworker now freelance photographer and property repairs, lives in Lincolnshire, owned morgans for 20 years has been competing in the Speed Championship for 5 years. Started with a modified 4/4 x flow ,winning the class in 2003,won the standard +4 class in 2004 and overall Morgan Speed Champion in 2005. | ||
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Philip Tisdall Class 8 Plus 8 |
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| Lives in Warwickshire, works in agriculture, has 1 wife, 2 daughters,2 morgans, just started sprints & hill climbs and is wondering why he left it so long do! | ||
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Phil Egginton Class 11 Aero 8 |
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| Born 1957, lives in Solihull, West Midlands. Now runs own business but spent many years going grey working in management for BT. 1 partner, 2 teenage terrors, 1 cat, 1 dog. Used to race Healeys and TRs in the 1980's. Used to sprint two traditional Morgans but now entering first Aero 8 in championship. | ||
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Rob Toon Class 3 4/4 |
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| Company director from Stroud. Despite a nut and bolt rebuild three years ago and a 130BHP Vulcan crossflow engine the car causes me less problems than any other member of the family and doesn’t have its own credit card! | ||
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Nigel Ledger Lomas Class 7 Plus 8 |
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| Currently secretly testing new parts from my Ferrari and ERA to add to my Plus 8 for the 2006 Season! The Formby Flier....aka...Stickerman looks forward to another exciting season in the Speed Challenge!.....Group 7 Original 1978 plus 8, No Nancy new Stuff, proper morganeering". | ||
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Richard Smith Class 2 4/4 |
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| Last year was first season in motorsport. Standard 4/4 with sticky tyres and glass fibre rear wings. Claimed top speed of 70MPH and too slow to measure the 0-60 time....as if!! | ||
Clive Hall Class 3 4/4 |
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| Civil engineer and local government officer from Hereford. Competed since 2002. 140BHP modified Kent engine and all the usual suspension mods. | ||
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Jane Hill Class 3 4/4 |
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| Jane "Tiger Ears" Hill.
Pharmacist from Leek in Staffordshire.
Competes in 1972 4/4 called Millie (Class 3 - modified 4/4 carb). Currently the only lady in the championship - hopes to attract more ladies to enter.
Been competing for 4 seasons and ambition is to beat the blokes. (Photo courtesy Stuart Baines - www.whatnonegatives.com) |
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Tim Hill Class 3 4/4 |
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| Registration co-ordinator for Speed Championship. Born 1967, Senior Engineer for Industrial Automation Company. Lives in Staffordshire with wife, 2 cats, 2 morgans and a camper van (minibago). Competing for 4 years, won class for past 2 seasons. Car - Steel bodied, Kent engined, Modified 4/4. List 1A tyres. Ambition - to beat Stormin Norman Wheat "on the road" | ||
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Nigel Ingram Class 9 Plus 8 |
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| Circa 1961, nice wife, dogs, cats, horses, & resident Buzzard, sells metal detectors for a living, based in Warwickshire. Progressed from karting to Sprinting 'Gertie' my 1989 Plus 8, Speed Champion 2002 and runner up 2003, currently resting the gearbox (listen to the video). | ||
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Brian Lee Class 2 4/4 |
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| You would be forgiven for calling me a "boring old f..." if you knew that for an occupation I am an accountant; even worse I am a specialist in corporate taxation (yawn). Fortunately, I have many compensations for this which includes being a keen photographer and an enthusiastic competitor in the Championship which I have been doing with little success for about 5 years! Born and brought up in Chesterfield, I am married to Jean and we have 3 grown up children and no pets, unless you count the foxes, squirrels and badgers that play havoc with my garden! | ||
Richard Plant Class 10 Plus8 |
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| Company Director from Stratford upon Avon. Car used as a reace car since 1985 and nearly won 9ts class in the 2005 MMC race series. Now on it's third chassis and fourth engine! | ||
Nigel Housley Class 3 4/4 |
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| General Manager from Ripley in Derbyshire. Car originally regsistred in Dublin, now with modified Kent engine. | ||
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Paul Bennett Class 10 Plus8 |
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| Architectural Technologist from Stratford upon Avon. 4500cc injected modified engine used by previous owner as a fast road car! | ||
David Siviter Class 1 4/4 |
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| Jeweler from Malvern. Standard CVH engined 4/4 4 seater capable of 95MPH with a following wind! | ||
David Hobden Class 5 Plus 4 |
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| Hydrographic Surveyor from Hereford. Car intially cost £80 in 9170 with a cracked chassis which was replaced for £55! It was then stored for 25years and finally restored in 1995. Extensively modified TR engine giving approx 150BHP. | ||
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Tim Ayres Class 9 Plus8 |
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Company Director from Sturminster Newton in Dorset. Has owned this car since new. |
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Peter Savage Class 8 Plus8 |
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| Civil Engineer from Cranleigh in Surrey. Standard 1984 car with telescopic dampers. | ||
Colin McLatchie Class 8 4/4 |
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| Company Director from Edinburgh. Newly fitted 2.0ltr tuned Zetec engine built by leading specialist Paul Dunnell. Modifiedsuspension. | ||
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Paul Clarke Class 9 4/4 |
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| Printing Compnay Director from Barton under Needwood. Well campaigned and continually modified car. Championship winner in 2004. New 3.0ltr Roadster V6 engine for this season with Getrag gearbox. Top speed 135ish with 0-60 in 4.5ish. | ||
Steve McDonald Class 8 Plus8 |
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| Builder and Developer from Hexham. Cra owned fro 10 years and has been competing fro 6. Class winner 3 times. 180ish BHP. | ||
Paul Scarborough Class 8 Plus8 |
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| Business Finance Consultant from Duffield in Derbyshire. Standard car with AVO shocks and brake reaction stays. | ||
Jeremy Lewis Class 8 Plus 4 |
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| Chartered Accountant from Witney. Car won racing championship in 1990 and 1991. Fitted with turbocharged Rover T16 engine giving 257BHP. | ||
Jennifer Lees Class 9 Plus8 |
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| Teacher and Mother from Arnesby in Leicestershire. John Eales prepared 250BHP engine with Cosworth T5 gearbox. | ||
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Simon Baines Class 8 Plus8 |
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| Director of Building Controls Compnay from Marple in Cheshire. Standard car fitted with foam air filter, tubular exhaust and slightly modified suspension. 180BHP, 130MPH. | ||
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David Gibson Class 5 Plus 4 |
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| Engineer at Nissan in Sunderland. Lives in Trimdon near the PM and Club Chairman! Married to Joanna with two Boys who constantly tell me I drive too slow. I Started the Series in 2005 and wish I’d done it years ago, surprisingly picking up the novice award at the end of the season. Great fun with a great bunch of people. Car left the factory in 1961 and spent most of its life in America, I purchased in 1992 (total basket case) with a plan to complete in 12 months and spent best part of 8yrs restoring to Super sports spec, could never afford a real one. | ||
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Peter Turner Class 3 4/4 |
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| Retailer from Ilminster in Somerset. Car purchased in 1998 has been totally rebuilt and sympathetically modified over the
last 8 years and has been competing for two seasons. 1700cc, 244 Kent cam, Big valve head, Roller rockers, Strengthened bottom end, Lightened and balanced, AP Fast Road clutch. |
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Peter Rafter Class 2 4/4 |
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| Lives in Dore, Sheffield. Retired from the steel industry and now works on a voluntary and part time basis for a local charity and a Hospice. 2006 was first year of sprints and now making slow but enjoyable progress. Car is weighed down with every conceivable cosmetic extra. | ||
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Greg Parnell Class 10 Plus 8 |
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| Retired Lloyd's broker, found club motor sport late in his career and is now firmly hooked. Since 2004 has campaigned his heavy 4.6litre Plus 8 with modest success. Achieved second in class 9 in 2006 but ended the season with a sizeable repair bill following an unscheduled visit to a marshall's post at Castle Combe. Despite this and mechanical problems at Curborough still manages to drive the car to and from events. |
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John Cocks Class 1 4/4 |
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| Matthew is a solicitor and dad an architect from Chalfont St Giles. The mog is a standard 1968 1600 Xflow and has been campaigned since 2003. Matthew won class 1 in 2005 & 2006. | ||
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Simon Moore Class 7 4/4 |
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| Lives on the Shropshire - Staffs border, with wife Jayne. Works in IT. Has owned the "shropmog" car since 1989, rebuilt in 1996. The original Kent engine has been replaced with an 1800 Zetec. Started sprinting in 2006 after attending the Taster Day at Curborough. | ||
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John Bevan Class 7 4/4 |
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| Science teacher from Twickenham. Car slightly scruffy, but much loved, red 4/4 4 seater, some bits of which (the cowl and bonnet!) date from 1979. Engine old 2 litre Ford Zetec from e-bay! I am hoping to be faster than the older less powerful cars this season. Various suspension modifications, which make the car faster than the driver. | ||
