The Roaring Season

Hi Bob...It has been so long. Hey, you should have got me out on the track in that nice Twin Cam Mk 2 you were building back in '82. As it turned out I was more successful as a race driver than a rally driver. Whatever happened to that car? Send me a PM with what you are up to these days. Peter

Thanks Steve. That was a car I built at RNZAF Base Hobsonville Hobbies club in 1982 after I rolled my Mark 1 Escort competing in the '81 Motogard Rally after being told I was in 8th overall. First lesson learned. Don't let your desire to win exceed your ability to do so. I ran it in 1982 as an RS ...

I just dug the tape out of a box of archived race stuff. It turns out I have 1982 and 1983 Ashley Forest Rallysprints. I competed in both. I remember Reg Cook won in his Datsun Sunny Shellsport car against Tony Teesdale in his Engine Rebuilders RS 1800. I will try to find a PAL to NTSC conversation ...

I have a copy of the 1982 televised event that I plan to convert from PAL VHS and put it up on Youtube soon. I will post the link when I get it done.

Regards,

Peter Farrell

I stumbled on this site during a google search only to find a picture of my old Mark 1 Escort RS2000 in the 1981 Hamilton Tarmac Rally. Fantastic to read old names from 30 years ago and reminisce the good old days. I though some might be interested in this recent story that features my old New ...