Andrew Nesbitt

[WJM]

Entry for Belgium. Look at number 92!
http://www.duivelsbergcircuit.be/ins...lijst%20EK.htm

[Barrie]

Andrew Nesbitt entered Belguim ERC in one of Per's Saab's, come on.

[silver bullet]

Is this just a one off, or is looking at doing some more meetings?

[rx-guru]

RXO’s Frank Van Rooy has mentioned just SAAB 9-3 T16 4x4. Therefore I wonder if it will really be an ASS (Aero Sport Sedan) version or the older one.

[The Eye]

Originally Posted by rx-guru

RXO’s Frank Van Rooy has mentioned just SAAB 9-3 T16 4x4. Therefore I wonder if it will really be an ASS (Aero Sport Sedan) version or the older one.

There are only 2 SAAB 9 3 ASS (Aero sport sedan) One is the Eklund ERC car! and the outher is the Eklund SRC BioPower Car!! If Andrew Nesbitt have hired one SAAB from Eklund it is the old SAAB 93 . The same car Ola Stenvall drove last year and nearly von the Swedish Championship!!

[The Eye]

Can you tell me a little bit of who Andrew Nesbitt are?? What have he done?Can he handle a Supercar??

[TWRv12]

Originally Posted by The Eye

Can you tell me a little bit of who Andrew Nesbitt are?? What have he done?Can he handle a Supercar??

Some pictures from CRSPICS of Nesbitt.




http://www.crspics.com/wallpapers/2002/anesbw102.html

http://www.crspics.com/wallpapers/20...bittlks05.html

[rx-guru]

Originally Posted by The Eye

The same car Ola Stenvall drove last year and nearly won the Swedish Championship!!

But he finished only 5th overall in the 2006 SRC…!?

[The Eye]

Originally Posted by rx-guru

But he finished only 5th overall in the 2006 SRC…!?

Before the last race in Kinnekulle he was second in the SRC. And in Götene he had problems with the car! There where no driving error! And yea!!! what a poor preformance to be 5th in the SRC!!

[rx-guru]

Originally Posted by The Eye

And yea!!! what a poor preformance to be 5th in the SRC!!

I was possibly misunderstood… Not bad at all finishing in front of Michael Jernberg, Andreas Eriksson etc. with a rent-a-car. I was just surprised to find him on 5th place after you pointed out he nearly won the series.

[Roundy Mooney]

No sign of Dermot on that list is he just doing Valkenswaard ?

Wonder is Nesbitt going to do Valkenswaard as well ?

[edoncke]

Does anybody know if it is an ex eklund car??

mayby nesbit is also the irischman who has placed a bid on jos kuypers ford focus???

Anyway, nice startinglist for the belgium round of the erc!!

[rx-guru]

Originally Posted by edoncke

Does anybody know if it is an ex eklund car??

Not an ex-Eklund but an Eklund car.

[rx-guru]

Originally Posted by Roundy Mooney

Wonder is Nesbitt going to do Valkenswaard as well ?

According to TW on ERC24 Valkenswaard is not out of question.

[rx-guru]

And which one of the two ASS is the car that Per used in the 2006 ERC, the now BioPower car? However, Per must have at least three cars currently.

[The Eye]

Originally Posted by rx-guru

And which one of the two ASS is the car that Per used in the 2006 ERC, the now BioPower car? However, Per must have at least three cars currently.

The car Per drove last year in the ERC has the new BioPower engine. It is the one he drive in the SRC! The new car he drive in the ERC! It is lighter and have moore power!

[rx-guru]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Nesbitt

[rx-guru]

From ERC24, by Tim Whittington:

Irish rally superstar to drive Eklund Saab in Belgium
593 Ulsterman Nesbitt has raced in Rallycross twice before, driving Pat Doran’s Escort WRC at Brands Hatch in 2004 and racing George Tracey’s MG Metro 6R4 at Mondello Park last winter. It is Tracey who has encouraged Nesbitt to try his hand in the ERC.
“I’d spoken with George [Tracey] about doing an event or two a couple of times and we got to a stage where logistics meant it was going to best to use a car from Per Eklund. I was away on business recently and when I came back it was all arranged,” said Nesbitt, for whom Rallycross is an addition to his rally events.
“I hope to do one or two more rallies this year, Rallycross is a good way to keep my hand in, I’m certainly not ready to hang up my gloves and stop rallying yet. I enjoy Rallycross, it’s a very sociable event and you can do your racing and then be back in the office the next day, it’s less time consuming than rallying.”

Nesbitt first came to prominence in 1996 when he won the Donegal International Rally in a Toyota. In a successful period driving Subarus he subsequently won the Irish Tarmac Rally Championship in 2000 and 2002 and took an historic hat trick (2002, ’03 and ’04) of wins in the Jim Clark Rally. Nesbitt also drove a Subaru in Sweden in 2004 where he made his WRC debut. More recently he has driven for Mitsubishi in WRC and Irish events.

At present Nesbitt is only certain to race in the Belgian event, although there is a possibility that he may extend his deal to include the following weekend’s Dutch ERC round. Although Nesbitt has relatively little experience of driving in Rallycross he is familiar with the sport and regular in the BRC paddock where his younger son Matthew races in Junior Rallycross.

[bigted]

thats the dutch entry!

[mivec]

Originally Posted by bigted

thats the dutch entry!

Shame on me! ( it still is close to Belgium )

Wich one of you forum lads are coming to visit the Belgian or Dutch ERC round?

[bigted]

well, i was hoping to do both

[Roundy Mooney]

Even better check out some of his in car .

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=uB0FrlQvRoI

[TWRv12]

Originally Posted by Roundy Mooney

Even better check out some of his in car .

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=uB0FrlQvRoI

The rallycross guys are probably lucky he isn't bring James O'Brien with him