[sjb]

couple of other cars were the "Snitterbeast" wildly modified Escort van...had rear box archs,totaly modified front body work and a front roof section from a salloon.
wasant there a HB Viva aswell,yellow in colour with completly modified front bodywork,then there was a yellow TR7 another one with lots of bodywork

[Lucky777]

thanks for the info wayne would love to see the video maybe i can catch up with you at the track next year, ive restored the car and had some work done at jon websters its runs a 355 chevy now, ive owned it since 2000 and love the car its a real sleeper,i remember your pop do you know whats happened to it? wasn,t there anothher pop that ran in the rover series,red? i cant believe all you guys from up north came all the way to north weald to race, its a shame north weald couldnt be included in some of the street racer series events that run at the other tracks.

Hey Ritchie , Remind me nearer the time , I will bring the video with me. Dont laugh though , I was a couple of stone lighter and had a lot more hair

I have travelled to the Pod for years , I could probably do it blindfold now

[ritchi101]

ok wayne thanks i,ll do that, phil them old rover motors ran some stout times low 12s on small tyres', ive ran a couple of 12 zeros with the chevy hoping to get in the elevens next year, i remember the snitterbeast bieng on fire a serious one at that,wasnt it pat lyonsiek who had the vivas, the last version was real nice like a mini pro stock,any pics anyone? the first version has been on ebay a few times still looks good though.

[Flying Phil]

Hi Ritchie
In fact the Street Rover cars were running faster than you think- Adrian Booth ran an 11.006/131 and Jez Atkinson an even quicker 10.94 at the Aug 8th meet in 1992 at York. This was on very sticky "street legal" treaded tyres remember .....

[ritchi101]

pretty stout times phil,never saw jez,s anglia run but ive seen pictures of it im sure jerry posted pictures of the forum earlier in the year shame noone has posted pictures of some of the cars thet ran in the series,like adrians firenza, pats vivas, i noticed on the pistonhead site that the new owner of pats original viva has posted some pics on there, hasnt anyone got any pics of his later car,and what about ian hampsteads car im told they still own these cars, steve law he was another fast runner.

[muddytalker]

Will this do Ritchie. Ian Hampstead photographed by Brian Adams at Avon Park 1994. I seem to recall that this MK1 Escort was a real screamer against Steve Green's Cortina.

[muddytalker]

Looking through some of the first season race reports (1986) and programmes I have noticed that the class as a championship (JWR/Street Machine Rover V8 Championship) didn’t get its own billing in the Pod programmes other than the drivers entered were running in the BDRA Roadster class. Was the championship not officially recognised by the RAC (now MSA) or the clubs (BDRA & NDRC & PDRC)?

So the 1986 JWR/Street Machine Rover V8 Championship dates were:
May 4th/5th - Santa Pod Raceway - 2nd Labour Day Nationals (DNF - See page 1 report)
June 7th/8th - North Weald Drag Strip - Southern Nationals
July 26th/27th - Santa Pod Raceway - Summer Nationals
August 9th/10th - York Dragway - Northern Nationals
Sept 27th/28th - Long Marston Raceway - Autumn Finals (Championship Finals)

[muddytalker]

Here's a shot of the original Straightline Angle taken at Avon Park in 1990 plus the link to the 'Return of Straightline Angle' thread.



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[ritchi101]

great pics jerry you must have a spare room full of drag racing pictures' im really enjoying this thread there really were some great cars in the rover challenge,i loved ians car it was a real crowd pleaser, it a real shame the rover challenge is no more.

[Badger]

Ian Hampstead's escort in that late guise was an absolute rocket! I think it held the class et record for a while .. it's a bit of an old tubed custom too with those rear lights and frenched plate!
I've got quite a few rover pics from the york rounds, I'll scan a few ..