[ukdrn]

Having a general surf around the net and come across some info and pictures from Le Mans in 82.
What's the little black slingshot down the page ? Looks familiar but the brains not giving me the answer?
Also check out the lawnmower

http://translate.googleusercontent.com/ ... w1iN60YrGQ

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[timetravel]

Interesting site Jon and that's the blown Lancia slingshot of Mary Grace, I've gotta couple more pics of it here http://www.timetraveldvds.co.uk/gallery ... index.html

[muddytalker]

Mary and Hoss Grace were also connected with the eighties magazine 'UK Drag Racing' through a family connection who happened to own a printers. Magic Mushroom, who used to do the discos at Long Marston, was also involved with the car and in some small way, the magazine too. As Nick says interesting site. I wonder how many of those French cars still exist!

[Wallywolf]

I was in the 'Pit Crew' for Hoss and Mary way back then, and would like to point out, that although the car looks familiar, it is not as it seems. It could be, that this is the car, before it was Owned / Driven by Team Koodegras.

I do have some pics from back then, that I'll have to sort out.

The Koodegras slingshot was originally purchased, by Hoss's brother Tony, and driven by his wife Mary. ( Although Tony's wife Caroline did drive on a couple of occasions ). Tony owned a Litho Printing works, and the now legendary 'UK Drag Racing Magazine' Was produced from there.

Dave 'Magic Mushroom' Cox, did also serve some time as Pit Crew ( What a nightmare, finding a boiler suit to fit ! ),
and took over the running of the Disco from 'Lights and Shades'. Those were back in the days of the Circus Big Top, for a beer tent !

Oh, sweet nostalgia ! ( Anyone know what happened to Blackie ? )

[every penny]

Hi , Wallywolf is spot on when he said the picture shown was probably taken before Tony Grace owned the car.
I know because i sold the Dragster too Tony and the Chromme et Flamme stickers on the car were put on by me when the Magazine sponsored us .
The Lancia powered Dragster was built by myself and my late crew chief Bob Shayler
The Chassis was built by Norm Wheeldon and the rest was put together by Bob and I , It raced at Avon park , the Pod ,Le Mans . Albi , and in Switzerland .
I bought it back off Tony Grace about 5 years ago when i was still racing in Top Methanol ,He still had it sat in his garage near High Wycombe and still had the original trailer seen in the background in one of the shots . Mike key put me back in touch with Tony and we went along to see it ,he was calling it Dickey Mint then ,We rann it under the name of Streetfighter as Bob and I were Bouncers in a club back then ,
I,d love to get in touch with anyone who had anything to do with the car as i,m restoring it ,in fact i,ve just come in from making the new motor plate , Tony and Hoss modified a few things on the car and in fact it did,nt have the blower on when i got it back ,it had a pair of 40 dcoe,s on and was back on petrol not Alcohol .
I have all sorts of pictures of the car ,and the article from the magazine ,and more recently i came across a video of the car at Albi ,southern France .

So anyone ,especially Wallywolf , I,d love to hear from you John Parkinson