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First thing up, please accept my apologies for
the wait on this website being updated since we
moved house we have changed connection and are now
down to a 28.8 bit connection! Dax line and no hope
of Broadband, BT say "It's Not Viable to update
Your exchange!" so if anyone out there wants to get
involved I need a website whiz, there’s no
money for this position, we're just a small team,
but I’m sure we can find some perks. Any
would-be applicants please email me at
meshugge@mutleyracing.com It would be nice if the
applicant had some knowledge of cars.
Second, yes we did buy another car. We now have
a Carbon Fibre Tubbed Force PT, we've fitted a
standard GSXR K2 1000cc Suzuki engine and after a
lot of false starts with the electrics, we're up
and running, this runs a 6 speed box so that’s
one more than the WP 1100cc engine we had in the
last Force HC (Carbon/Aluminium Honeycomb) car,
which incidentally is about to be re-sprayed and
then will be up for sale at a very modest amount.
Enquires welcome to above email. Also this new
engine means with its complicated electrical system
our rev counter, Speedo clocks don’t work, so
we're running without any dials until ebay can
provide at a very modest price!
This Force, Chassis Number 8 from the
Bridgewater Works was fitted with Avon Radials, so
that's a first for us, completely different set up
to get right. All in all a lot of firsts, the
time's been ticking away and we missed our first
few events, but at Colerne, ill prepared we arrived
at The Wessex Sprint, we were still trying to get
the car ready at 3.30am, we said to hell with it,
lets go and treat it as a practice, I'd not even
managed to work out a way to fit into the coffin
like tub, the last owner, being considerable
smaller than I, had put the pedals far nearer the
seat than I would have liked and my knees rammed
into the bulkhead, in a Force there's nowhere to
go!
We arrived at Wessex Sprint near bath, held by
the “Bristol 3 Clubs” of Bristol Motor
Club, Pegasus Motor Club & the MG Car Club.
At about 7.30 am, unloaded the car, changed to
slicks, checked tyre pressures, belts, mixed
petrol, signed on, got srutinered, cut race seat in
half and covered with duck tape to stop it falling
to bits, It’s one of those mould your own in a
bin bag, isn't that a fun game! jumped in car,
started up, throttle jams open! That made my heart
go, seems we have a wee problem, we're pretty sure
it's the management system, out of the car I get,
John takes out the remnants of my "Handmade
seat!"
It could just be the cable catching, maybe a
heavier spring, well that's how the convoy run was
done, but the throttle was still sticking and the
first corner was taken a wee bit fast for a convoy
run, no brakes, they haven't bedded in, hope the
car in front gets his skates on!
Well both John & I raced, with all sorts of
little glitches, like the brakes taking quite while
to bed in, more seat adjustments till I can pull my
foot back enough to stop them riding the peddles,
several heavier springs later I would almost say we
had throttle control, so all left to the last run
and an incredibly competitive class, Ross Browne
Won in his Force HC 2/10ths second ahead of myself,
followed by a Very Lively Trevor Hartland in his
snazzy new red OMS 2000M, hotly followed in 4th
Chris Perry driving the Ex-Trevor Hartland OMS
SF1B, then Max Liverton really getting to grips
with his Force HC this will be his second season
venturing into single seaters, he’s well known
for his past speed and success in his black
Westfield. 6th Dean Robertson in his self-made Dick
Terrapin my better half John in 7th, 8th John
Bunting in a Jedi 1V and David Garnett sharing the
Jedi.
So we drove home in a happy state, pleased with
the way the car handles and its stability around
corners, despite the tyres being 2 years old and
nigh on dead, Good old Avon's, but then I never had
any complaints with the Hoosiers, it's just that
the set up is totally different, you can't run
radials the same way you run cross-plies.
Second Sprint (My 14th) the meeting was at
Llandow, near Cardiff, held by the Welsh Counties
Car Club, I always love the Welsh events, not a lot
beats the enthusiasm of this lot, take Henryk
Kozlowski, he's in the same class as me in a mean
Jedi Mk1/6, man is he quick, Faster than senoket!
In a meeting 2 season's ago, he helped John and I
when our car developed an oil pressure fault,
solved the problem and I went on to win, Henryk's
smile never faltered, he's a Gent.
Anyway now he has a better faster engine (Yamaha
R1), and I’m only just in the car, with loads
of issues still to resolve, but jeez it's so good
to be back racing again, I feel more alive when I
race if that's possible!
Llandow went well, with steady progress all day,
we’re getting the hang of the tyres and their
pressures, the 6 speed box takes some getting used
to, and with nothing to tell me what gear I’m
in at any time, I have to count and just try and
remember, I have no idea of revs as we haven't a
rev counter, but the engine tell it's own story,
the day ended with Henryk 1st by 1.18, I don't know
the course well enough to be a threat to Henryk yet
and ultimately I don't know if a standard engine is
fast enough, and me I’m rusty I need
practice!
Driving your father's old Fiat Panda 998cc
Sisley 4x4 best suited to our way of life on
Exmoor, just doesn't prepare one for 0-60 in 2.2
seconds, jeez I’m so unlucky!
Next Event Llandow, Bank Holiday
Monday
Where sadly we had a loose wheel bearing and had
to pack up after the first timed run, Well Done to
Trevor Hartland for re-claiming his title and
winning the class, Henryk in 2nd and myself in 3rd,
Chris Perry 4th 5th Dean Robertson. Fyrth Cross in
his lovely Mallock 6th
Next Event Dunkerswell 12 June.
Dunkerswell Sprint run very smoothly by Devon 4
Motorsport on the 12th June We only managed to get
to this event with the incredible kindness of our
fellow Team members Jay & Yve Rivers-Fletcher
after our Tow Car's engine blew up and left us
stranded, they drove all the way down to Exmoor
from Warwick, and towed the car and trailer to the
event, at the end of the event they towed it back
home and then made their way all the way back to
Warwick, I can't thank them enough.
Dunkerswell is a Kart Circuit, tight twisty with
one very fast straight, the first practice run I
came bombing down the straight, pressed the brakes
for the semi-circle and nothing happened! we'd
changed the pads and obviously made a mistake,
luckily no damage done, we returned to the old
knackered pads as the better option and the second
practise left me second as the racing car classes
had been amalgamated.
The Force coped well with the tight corners and
I came in second FTD and first in class 0.46 behind
an ever Swift Stuart Browne in his 1127cc Jedi,
When we both got out of the cars after our last
runs, we where grinning from ear to ear, both
scoring personal bests.
What a Great Day.
Llandow 18th June
For Llandow Annie and Nigel Webber of Lynton
Laundrette lent us their Discovery and we set off
at 4.15 am on what turned out to be a swelteringly
hot day, Jay and Yve had camped the night at the
circuit and so where just waking when we
arrived.
My Brother Harry also came with us and great
friends we first met through the BWRDC, Helen &
Brian Allen came to help us run the two cars. (They
themselves successfully circuit race a Ford Fiesta
XR2i)
This event was hosted by M.A.C. and is a round
of the Hillclimb & Sprint Association
Championship it was decided that Jay would run
second, he'd never sat in this car before! we're
about the same height and build so we don't even
have to change the seat belt positions but the heat
of the day might be a problem to the car double
driving over a lap and a half course, we'll
see.
Now we'd got new brake pads again, only this
time they seem to work from the word go, thank god,
in fact everything worked bar the shift light, I
saw it twice! the sun is making it impossible to
see but I'm unused to it anyway, so the problems
not great. the first run went well and left me
fastest, I didn't know because it ruins my
concentration and everyone felt it best not to
say!
Jay went out on his first run, I take my hat of
to him, he drove it well from the start, a bike
engine takes a while to adjust to, the gear-stick
is sequential, a change from his H-Pattern, and the
acceleration after his Classic Royale F/F is a
mind-blow.
On each run he took great chunks off his time,
got smoother and learnt the course, also a first
for him, we all walked it together in the morning
and Jay showed me a better line through the bottom
corner into the finish, on the second practice, I
braked to late into the chicane and unable to shed
enough speed span and got a fail.
This sharpened me up no end for the timed runs,
that coupled with Jay's advice on race line gave me
nothing short of a Miracle result, FTD by a 0.53
margin, which as you all know, means Fastest Time
of the Day, Jay finished 6th in a very strong
class, Yve drove the Formula Ford beautifully but
was totally out-powered by the cars in her class,
including Tony Marsh's beautiful Gould.
This may well be my day for Victory but without
the help of every person I've just mentioned and a
huge lot I haven't, it would have been a very
different story, my thanks to Roger Thomas, all the
officials and helpers from M.A.C. and the ever
wonderful Orange Clad Marshals for the best day of
my life so far.
Friends, Location, result, it doesn't get any
better.
After that huge up, we didn't get a tow vehicle
for Prescott Hillclimb run by The Bugatti Owner's
Club and so went to as spectators and to support
Jay & Yve in their Royale.
Virtue was rewarded and Jay drove a faultless
last run to take the class win, Yve drove
fantastically all day and gained a triumphant
2nd.
Next Event Castle Combe 2nd July.
Electrical glitches plagued us all day ending in
a 4th place, went home despondent, took the car to
bits and hopefully things will improve at
Merrifield Sprint jointly being held by the Royal
Navel Automobile Club & The Burnham on Sea
Motor Club, a new 3 mile course, it will be lovely
to start on a totally level playing field, new
courses come up rarely.
23rd July Merrifield.
What a day, I led from the first practice to the
last timed run, since its a new course for everyone
this meant I got a Course and class record, what a
hoot and what a turn around from Castle Combe!
Fastest Time of the Day trophy was a delectable
ships decanter, since I don't drink this seemed
quite ironic but I love it, Great course, Wonderful
hosts, Great Day
29th august Colerne Sprint, everything
went well again still playing around a lot with the
car, finally cracked it on the last run, 1st in
Class and a new class record.
18th September Dunkerswell Sprint, Max
Liverton piped me this time into second but I won
the 1/2 mile drag race class, it was a cold day and
I just couldn't go fast enough around the bends,
another great day and Max had a well deserved
win.
We finished with jolly at Prescott on 24/25th
September, so nice to spend time with all our
Hillclimbing friends and thank-you to Mike Moulder
for all his help with the car and Bert Dyde for his
action packed photos.
Final Count: Top Lady in the HSA Championship,
9th overall ASWMC Sprint Championship, BWRDC Sprint
Champion.
Jane Farthing - Winner of the 2005 Duckhams
Trophy
Jane sprinting a Force, acheived 1 class record
and 4 class wins in a short season as the car was
badly damaged half way through.
Jane Farthing -Winner of the BWRDC Hillclimb
and Sprint Championship
Jane Farthing scoring 55.4 points from 1
hillclimb and 2 sprints, she was also the highest
placed lady driver in the Aldon Automotive
Hillclimb and Sprint Association Speed
Championship.
Jane Farthing - winner of the Duckhams
Trophy
Jane Farthing - collecting the cup for the BWRDC
Hillclimb and Sprint Championship
Jane does Hill Climbs and
Sprints in the UK. 2nd Shell Trophy. Also won the
National Speed Trophy and the Duckhams Trophy
meshugge@mutleyracing.com
Championship’s Won:
1998
First Event Lotus 7 Club at Curborough (Best
Novice)
1999
First season bought a 2 litre, Vauxhall-engined
Caterham 7HPC. Formed Team Mutley (we all have
dogs, Mine was called Mutley who was deadly!) After
a poor start getting used to the car we finished
strongly and finished 2nd in the ASWMC Sprint
Championship.
2000
Leading ASWMC Sprint Championship however
gearbox problems resulted in a final position of
3rd. Won the British Ladies Racing Drivers (BWRDC)
Sprint Championship.
2001
Badly broke right femur (non-motor related).
This meant being rescued from Lynmouth beach by
large “Yellow Helicopter”. The RAF Air
Sea Rescue worked in conjunction with The Devon Air
‘Sea Ambulance’ followed by a year on
crutches and regular visits to The Limb
reconstruction centre at King’s College
Hospital in London although North Devon District
Hospital did a superb job with the aid of a little
Titanium!
2002
While still on crutches at The International
Autosport Show secured a drive in a Force Racing
1100cc single-seater, 2 months of intensive
training and much Ensure Plus heralded a successful
if somewhat tentative test day at Haynes Motor
Museum’s test-track located at Sparkford in
Somerset. This heralded the start of a season in
The British Hillclimb Championship. The season
ended with us in 2nd in the BWRDC Hillclimb
Championship and more unexpectedly winning the
BWRDC Sprint Championship mainly due to an end of
Season F. T. D (Fastest Time overall of the Day
– irrespective of class entered) and a new
course record at Dunkerswell Circuit. Finished 2nd
in the BWRDC National Speed Championship.
2003
Wessex Sprint, Result 1st in Class & New
Record by 2.82 seconds”! British Speed
Hillclimb Round at Gurston Down finished 3rd, was
pleased had stiff competition in the form of Well
known Driver’s Marc Budgett & Rob
Barksfield. Bridgestone Sprint Championships
Pembrey Saturday ; 1st in class, Sunday’s
Sport also 1st & a new class record, also
qualified for The British Top Twelve Run Off plus
both Ladies Awards, well chuffed!
Anglesey Sprint 3rd, Castle Combe Sprint 1st
& New Class Record, missed FTD by 200ths!
Colerne Sprint 2nd, Prescott Hillclimb 4th,
Chivenor Drag Race 1st and FTD.
Chivenor Sprint Fastest Time of the Day &
New Course Record.
2003 British Women's Racing Drivers Sprint
Champion
2003 British Women's Racing Drivers National
Speed Champion
2004:
Silverstone 1st, Wessex Sprint 1st, Gurston Down
5th,Chivenor Sprint 1st, Chivenor Quater Mile Drag
1st,
Castle Combe 2nd. John had a slight accident at
Castle Hillclimb which then led to a regroup and a
lot of spanner work plus the loan of a car from
Jeremy Rivers-Fletcher (He's a Star) also a Lotus
Elan has been purchased and is being readied for
the track!
Occupation: Farthing’s Antiques
Location: Lynton on Exmoor – well
worth a long holiday, the best in my humble
opinion, views, walks, rides and roads in England.
You can have a day’s walking , canoeing or
fishing on the rivers. Lyn, Hadoe, Exe or Barle or
ride a horse all day long over the moors.
Type of Motorsport: Sprints &
Hillclimbs Hope to circuit “Monoposto”
Race one day!
First year of Competition: Competed once
in ‘98,First Season 1999
Why did you start? Wanted to see if I
could win, always loved cars and always loved
competition.
Previous Championships Achievements:
2nd in Sprint Championship 1999 – 1st in
2000 Sprint Championship BWRDC – 1st in 2002
Hillclimb BWRDC- 1st in 2002 Sprint Championship
– 2nd in 2002 National Speed Championship
BWRDC
2nd BWRDC Hillclimb Championship
2003 BWRDC Sprint Champion
2003 BWRDC National Speed Champion
Best Race: Winning the Bristol Aviation
Motor Clubs Sprint in the Caterham, held annually
at Castle Combe. 1st in class and FTD!! (Fastest
Time of the Day) Tried too hard, but nearly got it
right on final run - good enough to win –
Worst Race: I like tham all!
Favourite Circuit/Venue: Any
Types of cars competed/owned: Caterham 7,
Lotus 7, Austin Healey Sprite TVR Vixen, MG midgets
and MGBs, Porsche 911 (very old), Westfield SE8,
Westfield SE, Avanti II, Lotus Europa twin-cam,
GTM,Lotus Force Single Seater, Elan SE etc.
Best car driven/owned: Force 18 Race
Car
Any funny stories? My Parents where
driving past Dunster Castle on the A39, when my
father spotted an odd shaped vehicle approaching in
the distance, “What on earth is that?” he
questioned, Mother peered ahead “I Think
it’s your daughter in the Fiat Panda with what
looks like a wardrobe on the roof” The said
wardrobe had been an unexpected buy in Taunton and
absolutely dwarfed the little Fiat Panda onto whose
roof it had been strapped with ropes passing right
around the car.
Current Car: Caterham 7 HPC and Force
Race Car
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Age 34
Occupation Antiques Shop Owner - Farthing’s
in Lynton Devon
Email Address meshugge@mutleyracing.com
Website www.mutleyracing.com
Type of Motorsport Sprints & Hillclimbs Hope
to circuit “Monoposto” Race in 2003
First year of Competition Competed once in
‘98,First Season 1999
Why did you start? Wanted to see if I could win,
always loved cars and always loved competition.
Previous Championships 1998
First Event Lotus 7 Club at Curborough (Best
Novice)
1999 First Season bought a 2 litre Vauxhall
engined Caterham 7HPC. Formed the Team Mutley (we
all have dog’s, Mine was called Mutley and he
was deadly!) After a poor start getting used to the
car finished very strongly and finished 2nd in the
ASWMC Sprint Championship.
2000 Leading ASWMC Sprint Championship but
gearbox problems resulted in a final position of
3rd. Won the British Ladies Racing Drivers (BWRDC)
Sprint Championship
2001 Badly broke right Femur (non-motor related)
this meant being rescued from Lynmouth beach by
large “Yellow Helicopter” The RAF Air Sea
Rescue work in conjunction with The Devon Air Sea
Ambulance” a year on crutches and regular
visits to The Limb reconstruction centre at Kings
College Hospital in London, although North Devon
District Hospital did a superb job with the aid of
a little Titanium!
2002 While still on crutches at The
International Autosport Show secured a drive in a
Force Racing 1100cc single seater. 2 months of
intensive training & much Ensure Plus heralded
a successful if somewhat tentative test day at
Haynes Motor Museum’s test-track located at
Sparkford in Somerset heralded the start of a
season in The British Hillclimb Championship. The
season ended with 2nd in the BWRDC Hillclimb
Championship and more unexpectedly winning the
BWRDC Sprint Championship mainly due to an end of
Season F. T. D (Fastest time overall of the Day
– irrespective of class entered). And a New
Course record at Dunkerswell Circuit. Finished 2nd
in the BWRDC National Speed Championship.
Previous Achievements 2nd in Sprint Championship
1999 – 1st in 2000 Sprint Championship BWRDC
– 1st in 2002 Hillclimb BWRDC- 1st in 2002
Sprint Championship – 2nd in 2002 National
Speed Championship BWRDC
Best Race Winning the Bristol Aviation Motor
Clubs Sprint in the Caterham, held annually at
Castle Combe. 1st in class and FTD!! (Fastest Time
of the Day) Tried too hard, but nearly got it right
on final run - good enough to win –
Worst Race Harewood Hill near Leeds –“
Came off ” on what I arrogantly thought was an
easy bend stuffed the new nose cone on the Force
Favourite Circuit/Venue Any
Types of cars competed/owned Caterham 7, Lotus
7, Austin Healey Sprite TVR Vixen, MG midgets and
MGBs, Porsche 911 (very old), Westfield SE8,
Westfield SE, Avanti II, Lotus Europa twin-cam,
GTM, etc.
Best car driven/owned Force 18 Race Car
Any funny stories? My Parents where driving past
Dunster Castle on the A39, when my father spotted
an odd shaped vehicle approaching in the distance,
“What on earth is that?” he questioned,
Mother peered ahead “I Think it’s your
daughter in the Fiat Panda with what looks like a
wardrobe on the roof”
The said wardrobe had been an unexpected buy in
Taunton and absolutely dwarfed the little Fiat
Panda onto whose roof it had been strapped with
ropes passing right around the car-
WE MAKE MAXIMUM USE OF OUR VEHICLES!
Current Car Caterham 7 HPC and Force Race Car
Current Sponsors Lyn Financial Services (Inc
Castleton Financial) Offices in Lynton, Minehead,
Barnstaple & Torrington
Other Plans for 2003 Aim- to Win
So far we’ve had engine gremlins at Loton
& Prescott, resulted in a 5th & 8th, very
disappointing. Engine Sorted for Colerne Wessex
Sprint, Result 1st in Class & New Record by 1
½ seconds”! Gurston Down 3rd, was pleased
had stiff competition in the form of Well known
Driver’s Marc Budgett & Rob Barksfield.
Pembrey Saturday 1st in class, Sunday’s Sport
also 1st & a new class record, also qualified
for The British Top Twelve Run Off plus both Ladies
Awards, well chuffed
New picture at Farthing jpg.
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