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deadscoob said:
Barry,
What were the specs of your dampers? I assume you mean they were custom rather than you designed new square ones or something?
Yes they were bespoke build buy my race engineer, Graham Hathaway RacingWhat were the specs of your dampers? I assume you mean they were custom rather than you designed new square ones or something?
I'll post his credentials, sure he could knock you up a set. They were Ohlins Quality but Graham's prices!
deadscoob said:
Barry,
What were the specs of your dampers? I assume you mean they were custom rather than you designed new square ones or something?
We went for double adjustable with remote reservoirs and new springs. It did transform the car to the point where you could drive down country lanes with one hand.What were the specs of your dampers? I assume you mean they were custom rather than you designed new square ones or something?
This is Graham's profile who engineered the solution!
[report] [news] Wednesday 18th April
I thought it might be worth giving you a brief rundown of Graham's History, he is always happy to assist in a very involving way with regards to set up, engineering or anything else you require.
He will be with me at all track days this year and is very interesting to talk to and I feel sure he could help with any parts of projects you don't want to undertake yourself
Hope you find it useful and interesting
About Us
Graham Hathaway the founder of GHR, first started working with cars at the age of sixteen as a vehicle technician for British Telecom. At the age of seventeen, Graham entered his first Autocross race and won all major championships at both local & national levels driving a Ford Anglia and MK2 Ford Escort Twin Cam. Total 96 Wins and 7 Championships.
Notable achievements to date
Rallycross
1978 British Championship – 4th Overall, MK2 Ford Escort
1979 British Championship – 2nd Overall, MK1 Ford Escort
1980/1/2 Competed in Belgium, France, Holland & Northern Ireland.
1980 Lydden Series – 2nd Overall, 1st in Class
British Champion – 1st Overall
Belgium Championship – 3rd Overall
1981 Lydden Series – 2nd Overall, 1st in Class
British Championship – 2nd in Class
Belgium Championship – 2nd Overall
1982 Snetterton Winter Series – 2nd Overall, 1st in Class
Northern Championship – 2nd Overall
1983 British Championship – 6th in Class
1987 British Championship – 4th Overall, RS200
TOTAL 46 Wins
Circuit Racing and work achievements
1982 At Nardo test track, Southern Italy, driving for Alfa Romeo, helped to achieve 18 World Speed Records
1983 Snetterton 24hr – 12th Overall, driving Alfa Romeo GTV6 for Alfa Romeo
1984 Ford Credit Fiesta XR2 Championship – 6th Overall
1985 Ford Credit Fiesta XR2 Championship – 2nd Overall
BTCC – 1st in Class, driving Ford Escort RS Turbo at Silverstone
1986 Left British Telecom and opened Graham Hathaway Racing (GHR)
Production Saloon Championship – 2nd Overall, 2nd in Class, driving Ford Escort RS Turbo
Worked for Ford Motorsport for two years with the WRC program
1987 Production Saloon Championship – 2nd Overall, 1st in Class, driving Ford Escort RS Turbo in the Monroe Championship
Uniroyal Production Saloon Championship, Wilhire 24hr at Snetterton, 1st Overall, second Driver with Robb Gravett
1988 Built RS500 BTCC, sponsored by ‘Soans of Leamington’
BTCC – Driving Ford RS500, not all events entered due to work commitments
1989 BRSCC Saloon Car Championship. Built and prepared two Ford Cosworth Sapphire GpN 4x4, driven by Graham and Frank Greenway. Achieved several wins throughout year, but did not win Championship due to work commitments
BTCC – Driving Ford RS500, not all events entered due to work commitments
Team Manager for Ford Motorsport Indonesia, Running ten Rally Cars
1990 BTCC – Driving Ford RS500, ex Dick Johnson car, not all events entered due to wok commitments, best result 3rd at Thruxton
1991 British Group N Saloon Car Championship – 3rd Overall, Driving Ford Cosworth Sapphire 4x4
Malaysian Touring Car Championship in Johor, 1st in the last round of the series (only round entered) sponsored by Petronas
Super Saloon Championship in Malaysia, 1st both heats
Snetterton 24hr – 3rd, leading for first 12 hours
1992 Malaysian Touring Car Championship – 1st
Super Saloon Championship – 1st
1993 Malaysian Touring Car Championship – 2nd
Super Saloon Championship – 1st
Ford Saloon Vectra Championship – 1st in all rounds entered, RS200
1994 British Thunder Saloon Championship, competing in Ford Escort Cosworth 4x4 with Mike Quaife
Guiness World Speed records achieved for Fastest Production Car
0-60 3.07sec, 0-100 7.06sec, 0-100-0 12.6secs, which stood up until 2006
1995 British Thunder Saloon Championship, competing in Ford Escort Cosworth 4x4 with Mike Quaife
1996 V8 Eurocar Championship with a Ford Thunderbird. Only competing in a few rounds due to work commitments
1997 BTCC – Team Manager and Engineer to Robb Gravett, driving Honda Accord – 1st Independent
German Hill climb Championship – Team Manager and Engineer to Dieter Knuttel, 2nd Overall with Ford RS200
1998 British Privilege GT Championship, driving Quaife GT1 4x4 with owner Mike Quaife
FIA European Historic Touring Car Championship, driving MK2 Jaguar 3.8 with owner Les Ely – 3rd at SPA
British Winter GT Championship, driving GT2 Viper – 2nd in Class
1999 Global GT Lights – Owner, Manager and Engineer. Through to present day, GHR have introduced 1000cc Yamaha, 1300cc Hayabusa, 2.0ltr Duratec (Sports 2000) Powered Global GT’s
2000 Pre 1990 Group C Silk Cut Jaguar 9/90 – 3rd at Nurbergring in first ever race
2001 Pre 1990 Group C Silk Cut Jaguar 5/90 – 1st at Nurbergring, 1st Silverstone British Empire Trophy
2003 British Winter GT Championship, driving Global GT Light, 600cc – 1st in Class
2004 Pre 1990 Group C Silk Cut Jaguar – 9th at Le Mans classic
T-Car – Owner, Manager and Engineer
2005 Testing new Global GT2, 2 seater. Designed and Manufactured in house at GHR
Running of T-Car Championship up until sale to Mr. J Palmer. Increased Grid number from 2 cars to 13 registered)
2006 Designed and Manufactured 2 seater Global GT, 2.0ltr Duratec, entered Sports 2000 Championship with David Mountain driving
LMA Super Tourer Honda Accord, Team Manager for Simon Blanckley – Won most rounds outright
2007 BTCC, ex Team Halfords Honda Integra, Team Manager for Simon Blanckley. Best Finish to date – 10th at Brands Hatch
Radical SR3 World Series, Team Manager for Allan Timpany. Best Finish to date – 4th at Valencia
Twin Cam Lotus Cortina competing in Grand Heritage Touring Car, 2nd Driver to David Mountain. Best finish to date – class win at Snetterton
2008 Camaro Z28 6ltr Chevy V8, competing in Heritage Grand Touring Cars, also competing in ‘The Masters’ touring cars of the 70’s. 2nd driver to Alec Hammond. VARIANT OF SUCCESS FROM POLE AT SILVERSTONE, FASTEST LAP AT THRUXTON & WIN AT BRANDS HATCH.
Jaguar XK40 driven by Mike Cann. GHE Ltd re engineered the suspension & set up of the Jaguar, tested at Cadwell Park in September, which resulted in instant success with 2 wins of the day.
Introduced BESCR – Bike Engine Sports Car Series. Lauching at Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch on October 18/19th. A new series consisting of 4 classes 1100cc, 1200cc, 1300cc & over, which will allow any make bike engine sports car to compete.
750 MC Bike Sports Championship saw Graham Miller in his R1 injected Global GT, take class win and runner up to overall Champion.
2009 Currently looking to run other cars in Heritage Grand Touring car, ‘Masters’ Touring cars of the 70’s. And also looking for cars to run in the BESCR Series. (Bike Engine Sports Cars).
TOTAL 73 Wins
Overall Career as Driver Wins 216
Overall Career as Team Manager Wins 135
In addition not mentioned are the Two 850HP RS200's that we built for the pikes Peak Challenge. Needles to say these were for some very well known drivers and are still in existence today!
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