In this Tandem pairing, Gordon Byers and his Renault 5 GT turbo were taking part in their first FDMC event, while Ian Harrison presses on in his Mondeo, to win Class D and finish 7th overall.

Was it really dark enough to need headlights?... Bill Mexson (XR2i) and Paul Smith (205 XS) obviously thought so. Derek Looker was driving one of his collection of 205's, and newcomer Mike Taylor drove his 998 Mini.

Our last Tandem picture shows Alan Hockham's Caterham, and David Garside with his latest Nova; two very different cars, but looking very evenly matched on this run, with David eventually finishing second out of 10 drivers in Class F, and 6th overall.

And here's one pair of the Tandem courses (not to scale)

For more information about these events, see AutoSolo's.

Award winners (with times in seconds)

Best Individual Performance: Andrew Thompson, Caterham 1600, 356.2

1st in class awards:
Martin Prescott, Mini 998, 372.5
Russell Smith, Peugeot 106 Rallye, 375.1
Will Cubberley, Golf GTi,372.6
Ian Harrison, Mondeo, 373.5
Ian Roger, Toyota MR2,366.5
Simon Trickett, Clan Crusader,367.5

2nd in class awards:
Richard Withers, MGB GT V8, 383.2
Paul Prescott, Mini 1300, 379.1
Adam Garside, Scirocco, 394.2
Ken Martin, Toyota MR2, 391.4
David Garside, Nova, 373.4

3rd in class awards:
James Llewellyn, Mini 1275, 383.1
Michael Duncan, Manta 2.0, 378.4

Fastest Lady:
Sherie Carter, Peugeot 306GTi-6, 410.5

Full results for the event are available here, Results.xls, and the Solo Challenge page has positions in the Challenge for all FDMC members, after this first round.

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