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HistoryI
first started watching at Aycliffe and Hartlepool in the Mid 80's and
then started as a 'Mechanic' (In the loosest sense of the word) for Ian
Johnston (888), who raced at Aycliffe and Hartlepool.
I
decided I wanted to build my own F2...
...For
my 21st birthday I got a second hand stick welder, mask
& gloves. I cleaned out my parents shed and the day
after my 21st birthday I went into the shed. The day after my 22nd
birthday I came out of the shed (Not the closet!!) with what I thought
was an F2 (I have some pics somewhere I will try and find one!).
 My
first meeting was at Aycliffe in 1989.
I
raced 'on and off' until about 96 - it was difficult to
race much with the arrival of kids, houses, marriage etc.
From
89 to 96 I had 3 cars, the one I built, a John Rigg (29)
built 'Don't forget your postcode' one and a Higman I bought
off Neil Burnett (36). He leant me it for the National at Hartlepool as
he had broke a finger and I had broke my car. I was flying in it when
that post coming out of the 'Museum Bend' jumped out and grabbed
my...err...his back wheel. I bought it off him as a 'bag of
bits' less engine!
 I
stopped racing in 96 so that we could move house - I kept the old car
with a view to racing again.
In
2004 I bought my next car from Geoff Buck (204) and scrapped the one
that had been in my mother's garage for 8 years - sorry mam!
I
did half a season in 2004 and full seasons in 05 and 06.
My
first win was on May 8th 2005 at Buxton (16 years after I started
racing). What a day! It was the first meeting Lou and my oldest
daughter (Em) had missed in 04 and 05, so when I got home they
both came out to meet me with some cheap sparkling wine which we had
left over from Christmas and covered me in it - I felt like Damon Hill!
My
highest grade is blue which I managed to get to at the end of 05 and
started from there in 06.
My
best achievements so far have been(In Order):
2008 Targets:
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