| Dad started racing in 1991,
after chatting to Dean Robertson, a Bristol Motor Club member who
happened to have an industrial unit next to Dad’s premises. He then
introduced us to the Perry brothers. Chris at this time was running a
Dutton. We then saw a Dutton for sale as a box of bits, bought it and
started to build our first competition car. Dad's first event was
Colerne in August 1991. We continued to develop the car and in October
1996 I had my first event at Castle Combe. |
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| Scott at
Wiscombe 13 September 1997 |
| After blowing up the
crossflow engine at Longleat in approx. 1998 we decided it was time for
a change, and embarked on a new venture. Having always wanted to try
slicks etc. we decided to convert the Dutton into a Sports Racing car.
We retained the original chassis, suspension and running gear but fitted
a Ford Zetec engine. After various chats with Dunnell we agreed upon a
state of tune and bought the necessary parts to make our Zetec give
approx. 215bhp. We bought larger wheels and tyres from Chris and Martin
Perry, had a nose cone made from a mould Dean Robertson had, made our
own rear wing and bodywork from alloy, and christened it the DSP11.
After a few initial teething problems we had a very good season in 1999
with a selection of wins each. |
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| Scott,
Dunkeswell May 2000 |
| We started the next season
with much the same plan but decided we really wanted to go for a
single-seater. We found a Royale Formula Ford for sale with a cross-flow
on fuel injection and decided to look at it, despite preferring to go
bike-engine. Needless to say, we bought it. During the winter of
2000-2001 we sold all the cross-flow, fuel injection and Hewland parts
and bought a standard Honda Blackbird engine. We sourced a diff unit
from a kit car magazine (intended for trikes!) and constructed the car
we compete in today. The engine is standard apart from a repackable
Merlin silencer, dyno jet kit and K&N filter retaining the original
airbox. The gearbox is standard, suspension is Royale RP26/27 (1979)
(obviously set-up by Dave Pillinger Motorsport!) but running 8"
front and 10" rear wheels. Wings are standard Royale Formula Ford
2000 (hence the /27 part!). The brakes are standard Metro cast 4-pots at
the front and cast Mini-Cooper 2-pots at the rear. |
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| Dave at
Llandow, June 2002 |
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| Scott at
Colerne 2002 |
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| Dave at
Colerne 2002 |
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| As with any new project we’ve
had various problems, but we are both getting used to it and starting to
get some respectable results. |
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