What was your first compertition car ?

[eglf]

1993 Rotherfield Hillclimb in a MK1 Fiesta
Ford Fiesta Supersport by XRMOTORSPORT, on Flickr

Edited by eglf on Thursday 9th April 13:44

[Driftaholic]

R5 GTT

[little RZD]

Ginetta GT Junior

[Mikeww]

caterham graduate ( 1.6VX)

Edited by Mikeww on Wednesday 31st January 19:26

[rcarr]

Fiesta kinda XR2 with twin webers

[rallycross]

Talbot Sunbeam Ti.

no pics sadly.

[paolow]

eglf said:

WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST COMPERTITION CAR ?

Not sponsored by the oxford engish dictionary then?

Sorry - couldnt resist

You're one up on me - still trying to get a rally mini project off the ground!

Edited by paolow on Thursday 1st February 01:21

[Graham]

TVR Tasmin 2001

[Galileo]

Nice thread eglf. pictures of cars doing what they do best.

Heres my first. I havent raced it yet, just finished getting it ready for this season. I will be testing it at Bruntingthorpe on Tuesday.

Edited by Galileo on Thursday 1st February 10:18

[onomatopoeia]

Morris Marina 1.8DL, used for 12 car rallies, autotests and PCTs until the floor rotted out.

(edit: was also my first car and my daily driver)

Edited by onomatopoeia on Thursday 1st February 11:54

[guru_1071]

my mini - still racing it now, its taught me that handeling is far more important than out and out power.

great fun, best thing i ever did, getting my finger out and getting involved.

just wish i had some more money

[anonymous-user]

205 as per my profile. sprints, production car trials, nav scatters....

[Chris_w]

Another mini, prepared by my Dad (without whom I never would have got near a track!). Used for sprinting, it's in pieces right now for a winter rebuild - more power and more handling (well, more grip at any rate).

Taught me a fair bit about handling, such as don't lift:

[fwdracer]

Another Mini....



Started in Karting - This isn't the first car, but contains bits from my first purchase (also a Mini 7 does that count?) - recycled and re-shelled!

Motorsport is an itch that needs scratching.....

Edited by fwdracer on Thursday 1st February 12:51

Edited by fwdracer on Thursday 1st February 12:51

[gary_tholl]

Went from autocrossing (gymkhana over there) a Lotus Europa S2 to road racing a Reynard F2000.

[mark bailey]

A 1988 Honda CRX Championship car. Picture from Rockingham.

Same series as Driftaholic.

[droptheclutch]

E28 M535...in bits now as it's turning into my(our) first race car...

Yes, it will be big & heavy, but by heck, it will shift some and surprise many...

[lanan]

Modsports Midget. Factory alloy panelled, road registered as I couldn't afford a road car aswell. Silverstone 1986.

Edited by lanan on Friday 2nd February 20:34