| Date of Birth |
19-11-1974 |
| Home Town |
Holdingham, Lincolnshire |
| Family |
Clare (WIFE), Connor (6) & Reagan (2)
(SONS) |
| Occupation |
Departmental Manager in the manufacturing
industry |
| Current car / Engine |
We (Matt Lomas and myself) have just
imported a car each from the PRO RACE CAR facility in
FREDERICA, DELAWARE USA. Special thanks go to Walt and
Richard for all their help and assistance during this
process. My car is a 2011 PRO BANDIT DXR with a 06 GSXR 1000
engine fitted. |
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(Walt) |
| Racing History |
Well where do I start?? I started racing
National Mini Stox in 1988. It was an ex Paul Nicholson car
(of Olive & Nicholson fame), which started a friendship that
lasts to this day (he was my best man at our wedding). We
raced that car for 1 season on both shale and tarmac, it
then became a shale car as we then bought a car from Matt
Bennett (who retired due to age) for tarmac. We used that
car for 1 season and then it became a shale car as we then
built our own new car for tarmac. We used that for 1 season
and then it became a shale car as we built another new car
fir tarmac. I was lucky enough to race against the likes
of:- Andy Smith, Ray Witts, Andy and Stevie Hodgson, Mark
Woodhull, Billy Johnson, Stephen Cooper, Simon Rogers, Mick
Sworder to name a few. In 1992 we started in F2's with an
old chassis that we did a bit of work on and then raced. My
first race day was at skegness followed by the trip to
Boston that night. I was hooked on shale and it is still my
preferred surface to this day. 1993 saw the purchase of a
new HCD car after my rise to a blue top. After a great start
to the season I was soon a red top. well chuffed. we raced
the F2's consistently for 6 years and a couple of times held
super star status for most of the season.
Towards the end of my F2 career we slowed
down on the racing and only raced when we wanted to. One day
in 2003 I mentioned to dad that Mark Woodhull had an F1 for
sale. We knew the family from mini days so went to have a
look. A deal was done and we bought the year old FWJ car
from Richard Doleman (150). This car was a great car for us
and we won more than I ever expected to in it. (see below).
After finishing second in the semi meeting my dad talked
about expectations from starting on the second row of the
'world'. Not really having a tarmac special we decided that
unless it rained we would only be there to make the numbers
up. Luckily I have great parents and my dad said have a word
with frank (FWJ) about building a car. We did and in 6 weeks
(frank actually built the chassis in 2 weeks) we had
finished the car and it was on the track the meeting before
the world at Northampton. Unfortunately it was not to be, I
got took out on the first corner, but I had that car until I
retired. After a crash at the Peter Falding Testimonial
meeting which was the second occurance of a memory problem,
I took the rest of the year off and we built a new shale
car. The current shale car was sold to Joe Booth. We used
that car again until my retirement in 2011.
2012 is a new era for me in the UK MODIFIEDS and I am
relishing the challenge ahead of us. |
| Best Achievement |
Jointly
Spinning on the first bend of the 2005 Belle Vue SemiFinal
and still recovering to finish second behind Andy Smith. it
was a really wet day, but we were all well chuffed.
Winning the 2004 UK open at Kings Lynn. I managed to win
something like 4 out of the 6 races I entered that weekend. |
| Best Racing Moment |
Having to retire from F1's, but every
cloud has a silver lining and that is the UK MODIFIEDS!! |
| Racing Ambitions |
To really enjoy the racing, have loads of
banter and make some good friends. |
| What do you love about UK
Modifieds? |
The whole package, the acceleration,
grip, sense of speed (go kart style) and the friendlyness of
the people involved. |
| Favourite Track |
Current = Kings Lynn
Past = Crewe |
| Drivers most
respected |
John Lund, FWJ, Stu Smith Snr |
| Other Hobbies |
Watching my eldest son play football |
| Road Car |
Peugeot 306D |
| Comments / Extra |
As always I would like to thank my wife
for her patience with all things to do with
stockcars/racing. Stockcar racing is great and once bought
the UK MODIFIEDS are definatley one of, if not the most cost
effective forms of racing. it can certainly be run all year
on a little budget for a seasons racing. If you have any
questions please do hesitate to get in touch, as we can now
cost effectively import a car from the USA. |
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