(Super) road saloons - where are they now?

[micky rason]

i wonder if that was the old red and white one from Falken days?
as raced in the truckspeed vid at lydden circa 1992 ish

[MrC]

Originally Posted by dgpearson

HI rob hope u r ok .Still remember that damp day at Silverstone national when we finished first and second ,blew all the big cars away. I was told Ron Fields car had a Brizilian block if that makes sense. Corgi actually made a model of it . Think there is only one Andy Robey he won Supers and went into Fiestas on the TOCA package spent alot of money for no reward. Bought a focus for the one make series that never happened is back racing a bmw in nw saloons but car has been seen on ebay

Hi

I found this site while searching for history on my Hillman Avenger Tiger race car and what a great site it is

I currently own the ex-Ron Field Avenger Tiger which is currently waiting restoration. I can confirm that the engine is still the same 1600cc Griffin motorsport engine that Ron ran with. I also had involvement with the Corgi model which could have been better detailed as they used Tiger road car exactons instead of Ally Cats and a standard interior again from the road car model.

If anyone has any pictures or even better video footage of the Avenger Tiger pictured below, then please PM me.

[R59]

Sad reason for a thread revival ....

Vince Mitchell passed away yesterday (1st Nov) after a long battle against cancer.
A b***dy good engineer, and a handy peddler in a Sunbeam Ti.

[Al Weyman]

Sad news RiP Vince.

[philip seaman]

That's really sad news, nice guy and a good driver, RIP Vince.

[tim dodwell]

Sorry to hear that.

[micky rason]

always sad to hear that type of news.

[H15HSV]

Originally Posted by chunterer

I thought Fermor's was an XR2, as he had raced in the Fiesta challenge before road saloons?

The Red Fiesta I raced in Road Saloon's was a 1600 I built just for that series and later sold as a road car.
The yellow one I bought as a XR2 one owner road car and raced it in the Group 1 with a 1300 engine.
I also raced this car at Lydden as a 1300 or 1600 in there own saloon series.
I sold this car to Hugh Poston who then sold it Neil Bray.

[Al Weyman]

And its still racing to this day!

[chunterer]

Originally Posted by H15HSV

The Red Fiesta I raced in Road Saloon's was a 1600 I built just for that series and later sold as a road car.
The yellow one I bought as a XR2 one owner road car and raced it in the Group 1 with a 1300 engine.
I also raced this car at Lydden as a 1300 or 1600 in there own saloon series.
I sold this car to Hugh Poston who then sold it Neil Bray.

Thanks for the update!

[G.Walker]

Three races from 1988 Super Road Saloon season can be viewed here -

https://youtu.be/ArwNjfPpCGg

[piekey]

Just jumped on here for a browse, many names i recall having some great races with.

When i sold the mk1 mexico i built a mk1 xr2 racing it for a few years to good results before moving on to V6 Eurocar 98/2002 then on to pick ups for 3 seasons.
Now fast forward to 2009 i linked up with ol' mate Tony Paxman from eurocar days, and we run a very nice/quick mk2 escort in group2 zakspeed livery.
mainly doing european longer races. Plenty of pots to prove provenance.

Anyone know where my old mk1 mexico is living these day's please give me a call. andy pyke 07778 185606

[piekey]

Just jumped on here for a browse, many names i recall having some great races with.

When i sold the mk1 mexico i built a mk1 xr2 racing it for a few years to good results before moving on to V6 Eurocar 98/2002 then on to pick ups for 3 seasons.
Now fast forward to 2009 i linked up with ol' mate Tony Paxman from eurocar days, and we run a very nice/quick mk2 escort in group2 zakspeed livery.
mainly doing european longer races. Plenty of pots to prove provenance.

Anyone know where my old mk1 mexico is living these day's please give me a call. andy pyke 07778 185606

[piekey]

Quick update to above double post (oops)
I still see Phil Wright who shared my mexico for a couple of seasons, also Nathan Anthony who shared my mk1 xr2 for couple of seasons.
My good friend & ex sponsor Mr Roger Parry (xr2) sadly passed away a few yrs ago C' got hold of him too quickly.
Andy Belcher 1300 fiesta super sport is still alive and kicking about with caterham 7 stuff.

Where are all the lotus sunbeam boys nowadays ?

[ascona i2000]

I watched that youtube link a few posts up over the weekend, i have gone to show someone else today and its gone to a private setting?
Any ideas why?

[ascona i2000]

It would be interesting to know where the sunbeam drivers are nowadays as piekey said above, there were a good fair few over the years, also where are the cars??!

Neil hasler
Mike seaman
Nick kaye
John smirthwaite
Bob Beaumont
Jon Woodward

Any more?

[philip seaman]

A bit of an update, Super road saloons Lotus Sunbeam's....

Neil Hasler sold his white and green stripe car to Liegh Fraklin around 04/05, that came in a few years back for some improvements and upgrades, he competes in Toyo Racing Saloons, although I haven't seen him in the results for a couple of years.

Neils red Sunbeam I built back in '89, got sold to Mark Wyatt around '93, he went on to class champion, (I think), Mark sold the car to Steve Taylor, he done a few races around '95/'96 he then sold to Mark Monk around '98, he done few races, then sold to Dave Thorpe for track days, he then sold to Steve Sutton for track days, he then sold back to Steve Taylor for track days, it came back in for restoration and improvements a few years back,
Steve sold the car on last year, he didn't get around to building it up again.

Spoke to Jon Woodward not long ago..he still has his orange race car, not raced since around '93/94.

Not sure if Rob Beaumont still has his car. Woody might know.

Mikes Super Road Saloon car became his Mod Prod car for '92/'93, then became my Mod Prod car as from '94 to present

My first Super Road Saloon car '90/'91 then became Eric Crawley's, he then sold to Nick Kaye around '97, Nick went on to class champion in around '99/'00, car then came back to me, I then sold to Dave Thorpe, he done few Mod Prod races. he still has the car.

I spoke to Nick Kaye at Brands last year, after the Sunbeam he went on to racing Ferrari's with good success, he expressed an interest in his old Sunbeam,

My second Super Road saloon car (my first green and orange stripe), I raced a few rounds in '92/'93, sold to a friend as road car to fund present Mod prod car. that car changed hands to another friend around '04, it came back in a
couple of years ago for restoration and upgrades, still used on track days.

[R59]

You can't beat a bit of a thread revival!

I came back here after a few mentions about my Brother's and my own Nova Sports elsewhere.

Still good to see some of you out and about from time to time. Plus those who have reconnected via Facebook too. I guess that's taken away much of the jibber jabber from here.

I still intend to restore my Nova Sport back to it's 1991 spec at some point. The GSi that I ran in latter years is another work in progress job, which now sits in ModProd spec, and will probably evolve further for running elsewhere.

Happy days. A shame it got ruined.

[GEMS037]

Super Saloons now running a full series under the CSCC banner! Check out their website for more info http://www.specialsaloons.co.uk/

[andy97]

Originally Posted by GEMS037

Super Saloons now running a full series under the CSCC banner! Check out their website for more info http://www.specialsaloons.co.uk/

Been running for about 6 years

[tim dodwell]

This is nothing to do with Super Road Saloons!!!

[piekey]

Originally Posted by joss Ronchetti

We deliver cars for Lou Macari who now has a Ferrari Centre In London.
He is often out these days in customers Race Ferrari/Maseratis
I raced against him and the Lancer Crew in 86/87/88 in the Super Road Saloons in my Sunbeam Lotus and entered the odd race in my Rover Vitesse Slick 50 car.

I thought LOU macari was a footballer ?
I think this was JOE Macari who still runs a Ferrari specialist in Sth London.

[piekey]

Originally Posted by dgpearson

Andy Pyke had a mk1 with red stripe and Carl Sawford had RS 2000 with blue stripe both loverly cars

Yes i got a little bored & yes i raced my Mk1 escort (mexico) as an RS2000 trim for my first season of Super road saloons. Having sprinted the car the year before, my wife couldn't believe why we drove all the way to Oulton Park (for what she thought was a sprint)
Raced in class B with firenzas , lotus sunbeam et al;
Was well outclassed with a medeocre spec 2 ltr pinto.
Decided following season to fit an all steel revvy x flow & run in class C. This we ran back in Mexico (red stripes) guise. Had a good number of very succesful seasons until selling in 93' to make way for a mk1 xr2, again running a Tim Swadkin engine, more success followed before selling the car to Ian Sturt who campaigned the Lydden series foe 2 seasons, winning overall.
We moved on to Eurocar V6 for 4/5 seasons then a brief foray in Pickup truck series (3 seasons)
Been mucking about with ol' pal Tony Paxman Mk2 escort zakspeed/castrol reincarnation at Daytona florida, + most of europe. Where we enjoyed some 1 hr & 2hr races together for entry fees far cheaper than contempory uk circuits.

Be great to catch up with some old names.

[AWatson]

Tim raced for bit longer after with minis, and some in the XR2 but his grandson now races

[TCS]

Hi Apologies if this is in the wrong forum , wasnt sure where to ask , does anybody know anyhting about either of these , history, team members, drivers spec etc ??