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God that makes me feel old. Brilliant work Alex !!

Through my 15 or so years being in and around the WSCC Speed Series, I have never known much of what happened 'before my time'. Because of this thought, I decided to compile a list of all the WSCC Speed Series Champions from 1998 to today. I have included information and photos of the winning car in the season that it won. All info is from the Westfield World Magazines which are available to download and view, or from general paddock talk over the last decade. 1998 - Nick Lear Unfortunately, I was unable to find much information on Nick Lear's 1998 season, beyond him competing in the then Class A with a Crossflow powered car. 1999 - David Jones Similarly to Nick Lear, there is only limited information that I was able to find. David Jones competed in Class A with a Crossflow powered car. 2000 - Lindsay Pointon Competing in Class B in his Vauxhall C20XE (Redtop) powered car, Lindsay was the first of many C20XE powered champions. 2001 - Garry Bunn The well known now ex-Derby Notts AO, Garry piloted his Crossflow powered car to the championship in class A. Unfortunately I was unable to find a photo of this car, but he went on to compete in an amazing Cosworth powered car. 2002 - Adrian Clinton-Watkins Even when he was still young, Adrian Clinton-Watkins; the man behind GGR Communications and forum admin, was blisteringly quick in a Westfield. For his first championship, he competed in a Class B with a C20XE powered Car. 2003 - Tom Green The man responsible for the WSCC Speed Series, without which many friendships would not have been formed. Powering along in the famous Westfield 'Flymo' GT with a John Eales Rover V8, Tom was able to win the championship in Class H. 2004 - Tim Pennington Tim brought the championship back down to earth by winning overall in his Crossflow powered car that was still very modest (especially compared to the Flymo) in Class A. 2005 - Guy Hussey Probably one of the most interesting seasons in Speed Series history. Guy drove his Dad's Vauxhall X16XE powered Raw Striker to the overall championship in Class A, before the guest classes were introduced to the Speed Series. 2006 - Mark Smith The first SBD car to win the Speed Series. An extremely well tuned C20XE by SBD was the powerplant that helped Mark Smith win in Class H. 2007 - Andy Rushworth The first bike powered car to win the championship. A CBR1100xx Blackbird engine in a road-going Westfield. This chassis has gone on to win 4 Speed Series Championships (as of 2022), the most of any single chassis so far. 2008 - Andy Rushworth The first person to win the championship twice, and back to back non the less. 2009 - Richard Kerr This northern speedster drove his C20XE powered Westfield to the overall Championship in Class D. 2010 - Phil Newall 2010 saw the first of the Fireblade powered Westfields come to win. Phil Newall's example being one of the lightest cars ever built, with a modern 1-litre bike engine in the then Class G. 2011 - Stuart Hill The first Toyota powered Westfields to win the championship the 4AGE a great engine to get him the win in Class C. 2012 - Adrian Clinton-Watkins Now with a Duratec in his Westfield, Adrian came with a mission, and won the overall championship in Class F. 2013 - Barry Slingsby A return for the C20XE powered overall champions in Class D, and a second of the 'Team GGR' coloured cars to win overall. 2014 - Adrian Clinton-Watkins Adrian now sets the record for the most wins by a single person, with 3. This season, Adrian came to the championship with a very special engine, a de-stroked 1800cc Duratec which would place him in Class E. Interestingly, after the car had a large off at Loton Park, the engine and gearbox were transferred to Barry Slingsby's chassis to finish off the season at Ty Croes, Anglesey. 2015 - John Hoyle The first win for John Hoyle, an incredibly quick Yorkshireman with a C20XE powered car in Class D. 2016 - John Loudon The throaty roar of the 1700cc Ford Puma powered Westfield of John Loudon won the championship in Class E. 2017 - John Hoyle John Hoyle took back his title from John Loudon, this time, competing in Class F. 2018 - Howard Gaskin Another Championship for the trusty old C20XE, this time back in Class D. Going into the final day of the final event of the season, 3 people were still within a chance of winning. Howard Gaskin, Terry Everall and John Loudon. In the end, a points difference the equivalent of 0.07 seconds split Howard and John. 2019 - John Hoyle John Hoyle comes back swinging in Class F, as he equals Adrian Clinton-Watkins record of 3 championships won. 2020 - None Due to COVID-19, the 2020 season was cancelled. 2021 - Terry Everall After competing for approximately 20 years, Terry had finally won the Speed Series. A comeback for the Honda Fireblade CBR1000rr which had always been a very competitive engine since it's first appearance in a Westfield. Also a third championship for the chassis, as Andy Rushworth had won his championships in this chassis back in 2007/8 2022 - Terry Everall Just like busses, ey. With the 2022 championship won, the chassis has the unique distinction of being the only chassis to win 4 championships, with 2 back to back victories, over a decade apart. 2023 - Adam Phelps The 2023 season once again came down to the last event weekend to be decided, this time Adam Phelps just edged out Adrian Clinton-Watkins by less than 1 point. The Phelps family car powered by a 1440cc Suzuki Hayabusa, piloted by Adam, his sister Charlotte, and father John. Adam consistently put on great displays of his talent, often beating specialist single seat race cars. A worthy champion! And with that, the list is complete as of now. If there is any more information that people want to add or correct, let me know, and if there are any period images of the cars that don't have ones, please send me them via a message so that I can add them.

£15,000 ONO Not had the time to build this kit due to being ill, working away and can't see any changes in the next few years, so I have decided to let this go. I brought this at the 2017 kit car show and received it Oct 2017. During this time I purchased a running 1969 steel wheeled Midget which I stripped down for all the parts required. As I could not make up my mind about which wheels to run I bought wire wheel axles (front and rear). List of Optional extras bought from Westfield Ford type9 5 speed gearbox conversion kit. Front anti-roll bar kit. Wiring loom. Mirror kit. Extra rear bulkhead carpet (red). Extra dashboard vinyl (red). Upgrade front and rear braking kit (disc brakes all round). Mintex 1444 brake pads front and rear. Parts bought from Moss Front axle both sides Front brake callipers Front brake discs Front brake pads Front wheel bearings Rear brake drums Rear brake cylinders Rear brake shoes Rear brake dust covers Fat steering rack Parts bought elsewhere Lotus Elan 140mph speedo Aluminium radiator Dashboard switch decals (as in land-rover) Webber side draught carburettor 40 Webber throttle linkage Inlet manifold for above Too much to list I hope this will give you an idea of what I'm selling here, can email photos, for more information please don't hesitate to contact me. Tony Pearman 079860338870 tony@Pearman.co Just added a few photos of the kit and one of the doner car. sorry I'm being a bit slow with the information as I'm working away at the moment.

Not on such a large scale as Eden, but The LostGardens of Heligan (~ SW of St Austell) are worth a visit if you are in the area.

So it is... see you there 🙂

Years ago now I asked my insurer about fitting none runflats, and that particular insurer wouldn’t cover them. I’m sure things have moved on since. (F11 520d touring from around eight or so years ago). So worth checking, I guess.

I run non run-flat winter tyres on my wife's car and have done for over 6 years. If she had a blow out in one resulting in damage, I guess the insurers could argue it wouldn't have happened on a run flat. It's a risk I'm willing to take. I'd counter the argument that the car is safer on winter tyres (rear wheel drive).

Very sorry to hear of your loss. My Fil died at this time of year 5 years ago so it is always there, but like your Dad as soon as he knew the end was near he went quickly as he wanted to do. Take time sorting things out as things that see important today are not, they can wait a while. Take care of yourself and those around you

Same here, arrived this morning, all in tact just about 👍.

Ive only just received mine this morning, so sit tight folks the delivery is a little sketchy.....

Fine weather in Surrey today, so I got out for a blast to Newlands Corner, followed by a thorough wash & shine. Main jobs for 2023, apart from keeping it between the hedges, include updating the headlights to LED (smaller diameter with black surrounds - recommendations welcome!), and replacing the seats with lighter carbon / composite.

Photos, (as many as you can) also make a huge difference to the success of adverts. In particular, potential buyers want to see detail pictures as well as a few over all shots. Good luck with the sale! This is a very rare and excellent opportunity for someone to pick up an XI kit! (They will be back, but probably a year or so away, if you want to build an XI in 2023, buy this!)

Or just go anyway!

Last update of the year. progress has slowed a bit recently as a change of career and the cold weather has meant I’ve not made it out to the workshop quite so often. I was fortunate to source a set of the correct Dunlop CR65 Tyres in the right size second hand, they’ve got some age to them and probably not ideal for serious racing but at 1/10th the price of a new set they’ll be fine for setting up the geometry and getting everything rolling and pointing in the right direction. For now I’ve put these onto a set of minilites till I work out what to do with the JA Pearce Magna’s. with the car now at a rolling stage and with not much more to bolt on other than the bodywork I decided to give e it a weigh, 105kg on the front axle, 140kg on the rear giving a dry weight of 245kg and 57/43% across the axles. over Christmas I hope to get the firewall in and the fuel system finished I still need to fit the pump and filter, as well as terminate all the electrics at the rear. There might be a pause after that as the final job I’ve been putting off for a long while is the bodywork. I’ve started stripping back the layers of filler and paint revealing it’s original gold colours from the Racing Car Show. There’s also a lot of damage that needs repairing, so I need to find somewhere experienced with aluminium bodywork and probably also wheeling. Before that can happen though I also need to buy a bigger trailer that the car will fit on. A couple of pictures to finish