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Last  on September 01 2008
The 2008 season
 
| Date 2008 | Venue | Info | Key | Result
Class | Points |
| March 24 | Croft Sprint | New PB | MID | 5th | 11.90 |
| April 13 | Harewood Hillclimb | Wet | MID | 2nd | 20.00 |
| May 18 | Fiesta in the Park | | | | |
| May 24 | MIRA Sprint | New PB | MID | 1st | 21.00 |
| June 22 | Epynt Hillclimb | New PB | | | |
| | | | | Total 52.90 |
| • MID = Midland Speed Championships
• NSCC = Nottingham Sports Car Club Championships
• APP = Applied for entry (eg sent off the entry form with cheque)
• ACK = Entry acknowledged, but not yet accepted
• ACC = Entry accepted
• REQ = Requested copy of regulations (entry form)
• New PB = New Personal Best time
• DNS = Did Not Start
• DNF = Did Not Finish |
Note: June 2008 -> There is currently a dispute for the points awarded for the Croft Round in March 2008. The Event organisers declared that the clocks were 51% fast, and the results have been published with times recorded by the fast clocks. Therefore the times should be reduced by 51% to make the times reflect the times actually recorded by the competitors. Until this correction factor is applied, the points awarded by the Midland Speed Championship do not reflect the times recorded, which is unfair. Anyone finishing 3rd place or lower is being penalised.
Past events
Event reports featuring details of car setup, photos, and data recorded on the DL90 datalogger, are captured in the reports below; I also write articles for my sponsors, and several car club magazines, and these are captured in Adobe PDF format below.
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| Event report (html format) | Magazine article (Adobe Acrobat format) |
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The 2007 season
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The 2006 season
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The 2005 season
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The 2004 season
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The 2003 season
Click here to read about the 2003 season
Which class is my Fiesta XR2 eligible for?
I'll be competing in class 4B: Sports Libre Cars over 1700cc. Its a bit of an odd class to be in, grouped in with all manner of hybrids, but the nature of the modifications I've made to my Fiesta, preclude me from entering the 3B: Modified Production Cars class, as I've changed the engine from that fitted to the original model. Or it depends on how you interpret the rules. The rule book says "The engine block and cylinder head must be externally identifiable as that fitted to the original homologated model". So, I could argue that the Fiesta is fitted with the 1800 Zetec-E in the RS1800 16V model, and that my car is also a Fiesta, and therefore the rule has not been broken.
To be safe though, I'll be entered in the 4B class, not 3B. No point in trying to run in a class I'm not eligible for.
Class 4B includes Special Saloons, which are defined as "Saloon based cars which have been homologated to FIA Appendix 'J' Group A (or 1/2)", which of course the Mk1 Fiesta was, as it was rallied at international level in the 70's and 80's. As for the different engine, rule J25.5.1 says "Change of power unit is permitted", which allows me to compete as a Special Saloon.
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