Andy dawson rally driver

Rally videos of the golden era 1976 castrolautosport. Third place went to andy dawson in a datsun violet entered by glovers of ely and fitted with an extremely potent engine which arrived from japan only a few days before the event. Crewed by andy dawson and john foden, and using the powerful imp coventry climax engine loaned to andy by chrysler, his then employer. Chester rally event will stir up memories of when mcrae won. The brainchild of recordbreaking rally driver and engineer andy dawson, dad has helped countless motorsport brands to maximise their vehicles potential. A collection of photos, posters and books historic motor racing, rallying and sailing all categories books modern historics photos posters regular uncategorised 0 items. In rallying nissandatsun is the first japanese make to come out with a true in house. Scottys driver donald haggie hairline second overall. The first driver sponsored by hoopers of bristol, andy dawson was immediately successful locally and. Amateur footage from the 1981 lombard rac rally stage at sutton park shot by my dad on 8mm film, which i have subsequently recorded from a projector with my digital camera. February 2010 page 109 i rallied one andy dawson this allrounder. Among my collection of rally books and the like is what is probably a rare copy of a softcover booklet entitled 25 years of the manx rally by doug baird and gordon kniveton. The first driver sponsored by hoopers of bristol, andy dawson was immediately successful locally and went on to be one of the fastest men of his time at higher.

Wilson improved the following year by winning the event, elsmore was second once again. In 1981, audi quattro works driver michele mouton became the first woman to win a world championship rally. Lup 62j exceeded expectations by finishing second overall to the works ford escort of roger clark and jim porter. Britsih rallies, 1980 posted in the nostalgia forum. Aug 23, 2018 driven by rally driver turnedhypermiler, andy dawson, and co driver john chillman, the mondeo averaged almost 55mpg more than the secondplaced hybrid. Exworks rally clan crusader lup 62j the clan owners club. Memory lanes provides a first hand insight and a detailed record of what was one of the uks premier rally series, the motoring news rally championship, and covers the years 1970, 1971, 1972 and 1973.

In what was akin to acropolis weather conditiorts, ari vatancn and co driver dave richards took their immaculate rothmans escort to its first victory in this years sedan open rally championship on the atcost 80 international rally, better known as the welsh. You know this morning and weve just got in whos leading dawson. Memory lanes provides a first hand insight and a detailed record of what was one of the uks premier rally series, the motoring news rally championship, and covers the. Home of dawson auto developments and abarth racing uk. It also has the advantage of having been associated with the great colin mcrae who was the the greatest rally driver ever, according to his friend, tommi makinen. Much involved with imps, he was a rising star on the british rally scene and a successful engineer. Its been a while since a gratuitous book plug, so thought that i should make up for lost time or ill get double parked. These cars were usually on irish reg plates, very early andy dawson ones on. I was looking for the complete results of the following rallyes of the year 1980scottish rally also entry listcircuit of ireland also entry listmanx trophy internationalcould someone help me, please. The text is available under the creative commons attributionshare alike but additional terms may apply for the media files. The motoring press heaped praise on the car, the order books were filling up and the company was on a high. Hi, i am trying to find a list of competitors and results for the 1977 mintex and wondered if anyone could help.

The season consisted of 12 rallies, one more than the previous year. Then a young hotshot with a tendency to stuff his car into the scenery, he was the first driver in. The original rally quattro debuted in 1980, and was very much based on the roadcar versions of the car, but with a highly tuned 300bhp engine. Theres been a few mentions on other threads of this event, but ive not been able to find much in the way of details. Weekend rally roundup february 25 rallysport magazine. Scotland uk national west euro rally cup cup for rally drivers int. Bgmsport will be bring colin mcraes 1992 swedish rally subaru legacy partnered with wrc journalist david evans.

Motorsport junkie, designer, engineer, driver, workaholic. This capacity was achieved by boring right out, and resleeving, on selected blocks, to a bore of 72. Andys experience as a rally driver and engineer was invaluable in optimising the car for the kiwi terrain. Britsih rallies, 1980 the nostalgia forum the autosport. Andy dawson and jon lloyd watch over service in monte carlo. Looking through the entry list i find a number of my other future drivers although i did not know them all at that time.

Rally manuals at haynes media magazines, tv, film, video. The car was wills first rally mini 397eoe in silver with blue roof which at this time had a 1098cc engine from a morris 1100. Olivers mount race track stage andy dawson in chequered flag team lancia. Andy mcelrea director mcelrea holdings group linkedin. Oct 28, 2016 i think i did the rally 8 or 9 times im not quite sure if i did it in 1974 or not i have no records. Ford mustang v8 delivers 36 mpg in mpg eco marathon. Rkv 408m was built as a cc race engine by the fraser team, originally with a deep cylinder head and longstroke crankshaft. Also navigating was rob lawrence i did the mn norwester rally with him in his exworks mini jmo969d rob was with his brother derek who later became a top f3 race driver. Feb 19, 2020 star guests for the revival event confirmed so far include colins father and fellow rally driver jimmy mcrae, derek ringer with whom colin won the 1995 world rally championship and andy dawson. Former world championship rally driver and team manager turned economy driving specialist andy dawson shattered all the records at this years layer marney cup, the historic essexbased fuel trial which was first run in 1914. Throughout all this noone had noticed a london garage owner and amateur driver called andy dawson, who in the chequered flag stratos was. This involved strengthening via an integral rollcage and dispensing with anything that could not justify the weight.

See the complete profile on linkedin and discover andys connections and jobs at similar companies. The addition marked the return to new zealand, an event which would remain on the schedule through today 1979 marked the first season for the new world rally championship for drivers. Page 1 of 2 avon motor tour of britain posted in tnfs archive. On the 1986 indonesia international rally, where again it failled to finish, in the hands of andy dawson and kevin gormley. While this number was the same as the previous year, one change was made to the schedule, replacing quebec with the rally codasur, marking the first wrc event to be held in south america while simultaneously. The first driver sponsored by hoopers of bristol, andy dawson was immediately successful locally and went on to be one of the fastest men of his time at higher levels of competition. By this time, the schedule format had become generally stable, with only one or two changes to venues year to year. In the past, the rally has started at glasgow and moved into the highlands to be based at grantown or aviemore. Preparing, servicing and supplying parts for race, rally and road abarths. This is an incomplete list of drivers who have entered a world rally championship event.

The story of the datsun violet gt starts as long ago as easter last year when teams lines up for the start of the 1980 safari rally. Amateur footage from the 1979 lombard rac rally stage at ceri shot by my dad on 8mm film, which i have subsequently recorded from a projector with my digital camera. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. The works imps, those that were prepared by rootes competition department to be used in the rallies by the works drivers, such as rosemary smith, used a 998cc engine. Andy provides an easy way to download and install android apps and games for your windows pc or mac. Ford mondeo hybrid, fuelled with gulf endurance, achieves staggering 123. Dad is also the parent company of abarth racing uk, which has been preparing and supplying abarth tuning parts to both road and racing drivers since 2010. Vatanen initially had an off song engine and pond went into a comfortable lead. Following on from my previous books in the haynes manuals series on classic racing cars, in 2019 the audi quattro group 4 and group b book came out. View andy mcelreas profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. This was built from the lessons learnt from the first and was to have been used by andy dawson in the 1973 season. Nov 25, 2016 andy dawson was navigating in 1971 he and i came 6th on the manx in his imp. Join facebook to connect with andy dawson and others you may know. Pull from one of the few private entrance who can afford to rally a fullhouse escort.

Rally manuals at haynes posted in media magazines, tv, film, video. He was a successful amateur rally co driver who competed with andy dawson and jimmy mcrae, and whose greatest competition success was second place on the 1984 circuit des ardennes in belgium in a nissan 240rs with pentti airikkala. It runs to 80 pages, mostly made up of two page reports from. A ford mondeo hybrid entered into the weekends layer marney cup run in essex returned 123.

Abarth racing uk helped driver mike lowe complete an epic 2500km in new zealands 2015 targa rally in a d. Andy dawson recommended these and thats good enough for me. Andy dawson was navigating in 1971 he and i came 6th on the manx in his imp. Special stage talk to ex works driver andy dawson at. Rr004 was then sold to a scottish rally driver, donald heggie, who used it in the 1973 season and achieved a best result of first in class on the jim clark. Oct 05, 2016 special stage talk to ex works driver andy dawson at rallyday 2016 special stage. It represents an opportunity to own at a realistic level a group b rally car which will get entries to the vibrant and growing historic rally scene or a surefire future investment.

I have previously written a separate article about this rally in the imp. Active drivers listed in bold in the tables are those who have entered a wrc event within the past twelve months. Online archive of fia world rally championship from 1973 to present day. Please consider supporting us by disabling adblock. Andy dawson this allrounder managed something works drivers never could he won a uk rally in a stratos it was quite simple, really. In 1975, andy prepared and drove a dodge avenger to victory in the rothmans 747 rally in jamaica, beating the renowned rally driver, flying finn timo makinen. In the very early days the clan motor company did have a degree of financial stability, but then britain fell pray to the miners strike, the oil crisis and the introduction of vat, the country went into meltdown and clan was one of the companies to be a victim of the crashing economy. So with clark out the stratus had a clear lead that could andy dawson get the car to the finish. This car is also the last quattro to compete in a fia world rally championship, as this indonesia international rally was the last fia rally to allow group b cars to compete. Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements.

Amateur footage from the 1977 lombard rac rally stage at oulton park shot by my dad on 8mm film, which i have subsequently recorded from a projector with my digital camera. Sitting in andy dawson s rally imp is a bit like being thrust into the fires of hell, both from the banshee noise when all its available 10,000 rpm and 105 bhp are used in anger, and from the appearance of the interior, gutted to such an extent that it might have been fed through a furnace to dispose of all surplus weight. Russell brookes started 1978 mintex international rally, the opening round of the inaugural sedan products open championship, as reigning british champion. Driving andy dawsons rally imp dfl492c zenithsolex carburettion.

The sunbeam talbot lotus with henri toivonen on his way to win the rac rally in 1980, with des odell team manager and bernard unett providing roadside support. A puncture then put mcrae ahead, but a broken rotor arm then dropped the scot to third and gave victory to the red triumph and its manx based driver. Amazingly, only 30 seconds covered the leaders after a mammoth 80 miles over 21 stages. The datsun of andy dawson finally beat elsmore in 78. Hughes rally entry list seeded 1st june 2019 53 completed entries paid and accepted, out of a maximum of 60. Special stage talk to ex works driver andy dawson at rallyday. Driven by rally driver turnedhypermiler, andy dawson, and co driver john. He began to take up serious rally driving in 1954 when he took on the. Andy dawson andy is a famous world rally car driver who won many stages and came second as world champion 3 years on the run. Dad is also the parent company of abarth racing uk, which has been preparing and supplying abarth tuning parts to both road and racing drivers. Andy was the first person to tame a lancia stratos in the forests by winning the mintex international rally in 1976, described by retro cars magazine as one of british rallyings greatest wins apr 2004. If anyone could point me at a sitepersonplace where i could find them, id be most grateful.

Im cataloguing my old photos, and short of the dates, entry lists, results etc. Sep 19, 2003 peter harper used to rallycross in a midengined fraserimp, tuned by andy dawson. Piloted by rally drivers turned hypermilers andrew marriott and andy dawson, the mustang achieved the biggest improvement over manufacturers claimed mpg in the mpg marathons 14year history. Avon motor tour of britain tnfs archive the autosport. Andy dawson was renowned in the 1970s and 80s as a world rally championship driver. Special stage talk to ex works driver andy dawson at rallyday 2016 special stage. He saw the potential of a 500kg car with 120bhp and convinced haussauer that they should collaborate on an entry in the international manx trophy rally. Mar 27, 20 the sunbeam talbot lotus with henri toivonen on his way to win the rac rally in 1980, with des odell team manager and bernard unett providing roadside sup.

Exworks rally clan crusader lup 62j first registered in december 1970, lup 62j was the prototype crusader which, in order to contest the 1972 manx international rally, was converted to competition specification. Fly this year, the china rally car driven by andy dawson and ian pegg. Next it was overbored to 1140cc for peter harper for use in rallycross. This book mentions withers of winsford many times and is available online, or direct from cal withers. Japanese insistence on rallying cars close to standard specification brought the datsun 160j to full. Nissan datsun violet 710 160j 16v group 4 1975 racing cars. List of world rally championship drivers wikipedia. Peter harper used to rallycross in a midengined fraserimp, tuned by andy dawson. The clan motor company in 19671968 paul haussauer and brian luff, who both worked for lotus, decided that as soon as they could go their own way they would build a sports car. Avon motor tour of britain tnfs archive the autosport forums. As his career progressed through the late 80s and early 90s, andy also had successes in formula 3, formula ford and truck racing. The quattro won the manufacturers championship for audi in 1982 and 1984, and the drivers championship in 1983 and 1984, with hannu. Navigational night sections and driving tests were the primary way of defining.