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| Abingdon CAR-nival Sprint and Rally, June 2003 |
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(Pictures - RallyGallery: to display captions, rest cursor on pictures)
Our premier event, the CAR-nival motorsport weekend is organised jointly with Sutton and Cheam MC, at Abingdon Airfield. Its unique and very popular format combines, over two days, a sprint with two timed courses, a single venue tarmac stage rally, a tarmac autotest run by Windsor CC, and various social activities.
This report features a selection of the FDMC competitors in this year's event. In the Rally, Jeremy Straker, with Neil Harrison co-driving, finished 4th overall with the unique, 2 litre 16 valve Vauxhall engined GTM: while Simon and Adrian May brought their Escort home 13th overall, after some early electrical problems.  
The Sprint, which is a round of several championships, included 15 FDMC entries, the first group shown here comprising Alan Wood, Paul Webb, Dave Dockree, Keith Hazell, Barry Sayers, and Rod Styles - whose Anglia also has 2 litres from Luton under the bonnet.  
 
 
First runs at Abingdon tend to take place through early morning mist, as shown in these shots of Ian Anderson, Andy Silman, Nigel Patten and Matthew Preston....  
 
The sun came out eventually, with Ian Gaskell seen here, hard at work in his 1.4 BDG engined Westfield. 
| Jeremy Straker/Neil Harrison, GTM Coupe 2.0 |
4th O/A, 1st in class |
| Simon May / Adrian May, Escort Mk2 2.0 |
13th O/A, 4th in class |
| Dave Dockree / Nick Davies, Sunbeam Ti 1.6 |
46th O/A, 11th in class |
| Brian Stevens / Tom Swinney, Mazda RX7 |
Retired |
| Guy Wigley / Bruce Coate Bond, Escort Maxi |
Did not start |
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CAR-nival Sprint (total of best times for both courses)
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| Alan Wood, Westfield SEi |
102.51 |
1st, class 7 |
| Andy Silman, Westfield SeiW |
105.36 |
2nd, class 8 |
| Ian Gaskell, Westfield SEiW |
105.37 |
6th, class 12 |
| Philip Wood, Westfield SEi |
106.18 |
3rd, class 7 |
| Nick Davies, Mazda RX7 turbo |
111.82 |
6th, class 6 |
| Dave Dockree, Mazda RX7 turbo |
112.2 |
8th, class 6 |
| Keith Hazell, Sylva Stryker |
113.01 |
8th, class 7 |
| Barry Sayers, Golf Mk 1 GTi |
122.76 |
11th, class 5 |
| Matthew Preston, 205GTi 1.9 |
122.93 |
4th, class 2 |
| Roger Lane, XR3i |
123.66 |
5th, class 2 |
| Craig Smith, BMW M3 |
125.68 |
11th, class 3 |
| Rod Styles, Anglia 1700 |
129.75 |
9th, class 10 |
| Paul Webb, 205GTi |
129.93 |
3rd, class 4 |
| Nigel Patten, R8 Gordini |
130.22 |
4th, class 4 |
| Ian Anderson, Corsa Sport |
138.84 |
8th, class 2 |
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