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Good show today, great weather and also meeting new people. Thanks to all who made it. @Marcus Barlow - Show and Events Co-ordinator @Breakable? @Nicholas Rycroft @SigmaA @Martin OU61 @Ross Seight @Gareth D (GAZ 4885) @bigron @MGG @Stuart Smith and anyone I've forgotten!

Amazing views of the aurora here. I drove five mins out of town and that made all the difference. Subtle colours visually, much stronger on camera but still amazing to see.

In the rare occasion of clear blue skies, it was really good to get out in a fabulous open topped car. Also at GBS representing the WSCC were @Jakejmagee, @Martyn Vann - Warwickshire AO, @Vanvandals and Chris Emmerson. Shamelessly copying photos taken by our new official photographer Jake -

Just because we all like pictures.

Made some covers for the rear roll bar today.

We got some great views of the aurora from Warwickshire as well

It was Knockhill so possibly a trek for you. I am sure other circuits must offer something similar. They called it a performance driving course in the driving experience section. I was on track for about 1 hr with quick stops into the pits to discuss lines, braking and technique etc.

All clean, ready to get dirty around Exmoor tomorrow 🤪 Expecting a lovely day, so the doors have come off 👍

Hopefully this works https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6zcZgSipG2/?igsh=MW11eHdrZmg0eWZ6cg==

You can get a golf trolley and bag in your Westfield!

There is a great video of the evening on the GBS instagram page but I don’t know how to post it on here!!

Looks like a great meet!

Hi, The Caterham and Lotus 7 club are having a sprint at Curborough tomorrow so thought it rude not to bring some balance to the force and take some Westfields to watch 😂 We will be aiming to land about 10am, spectating/parking is free and the cafe will be open. Feel free to come along 👍

Wow, that’s amazing.

Cracking car Stu 👍

Cleaned & ready to go on track for the first time. I had an instructor booked yesterday to give me guidance before I tackle a track day. What a great time I had improving my technique and entry lines. The car felt epic and very predictable, when the rear broke away it was progressive and easily caught. I even had a hero moment of oversteer at the hairpin after that I steadily improved my lines to avoid this and carry more speed.

Well a short run out ( about an hour) to check all my recent mods work and didn't fall off. Pleased to say yes and no in that order. Just my local park on a lovely sunny day ( not often can you say that around here !).

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Just taken the Westfield for a half hour blat around the lanes outside Crewkerne to check all is well ahead of a big day tomorrow around Exmoor 👍. Doors are off, and it’s great to be back to basics again.

Nice to meet you all! i want to present my westfield and show some pictures of the restoring process. I bought this car in 2022 from a guy in Asti (TO). Now the car is located in in Belluno (near Cortina or the Giau pass for example) It would be a pleasure for me to meet any member of wssc and show some of our beautiful mountain roads😁 the car it's a 2008 fw duratec 2.0 with wide track and throttle body. MT75 gearbox and sierra iopen diff. In the first pictures you can see that she was in a deplorable overall condition and a lack of basic general maintenance. since then I've done: full service (gearbox oil, diff oil, engine oil, fresh coolant) ECU tune and sweep test, the car now make around 170hp on 95 octane. We are far away from the hp alpha weber used to advertise on its ITB kit. Does anyone have the same ITB? New 55mm coolex radiator new steering bolts and steering lockstop (while turning left the wheel used to touch the body, now this doesn't happen anymore) installation of heater, wiper and windscreen replaced the straight exaust with the original one polished new 195/50 r15 hankook k120 new RCC seats new interior moquette new air filter corner weighting and wheels alinement fixed the stop light (brake pressure switch wasn't working anymore) rollbar painting I will also come to Malvern on sunday the next month, but I will reach Uk by ✈. https://1drv.ms/f/s!AiCTvxtbkYfcgatk1n4k5lfSbCQWtg?e=e2drSg

New MOT and tax today, so first run out of the year. A joy.

Fitted the new pipe and it appears to have fixed the problem. So dropped it at my local MOT station and happily it passed (as expected). Now I can tax it and take it for a spin. So happy days are here again.

Daughter lazer cut this wasp / jasper for me a while back, I was worried the car wasn't conspicuous enough.

Great!- We're still crazy 😁 Sadly the few train dates in and out of Austria mean we won't be in Italy over a weekend- As you can see we leave on the Sat, but you could drive on the Sat morning with us? It's only about 2.5 hours to Innsbruck from our Hotel, so we can go Pass Blatting on Saturday morning too with you. Passo Giau is on our list as well as - passo costalunga, Passo Falzarego, Passo Fedaia, passo Gardena, Passo Monte croce, Passo Sella, Passo Stelvio & Gallerie Passo San Boldo

I remember of you crazy guys coming to Italy with westfield 😁 In Italy i can reach you on saturday or sunday, we will organize what's possibile. Passo Giau it's a really popular route for light cars here in Italy. Lot's of hairpin bends and stunning wiew plus the road is in pretty good conditions. You should check that, I can also bring you but It's up to your travel plans. See you and the guys in Malvern!

Ciao Mattia @mTT97 Great to see your progress with your car. We've already been talking on FB as we didn't manage to meet last summer in Italy. We're heading back this year and we can talk at Malvern. It would be great to see you during our trip too. You're right in the centre of our proposed 'play ground'-

here are some of the latest pics

Really loving my time with the car (nearly 2 weeks in). Naturally helped by the perfectly timed change in the weather! Slowly building up my 'feel' of the car. The car always looked mega, came from a wonderful source and was also known via this club to be maintained on a no-expense-spared basis - but that hasn't stopped me wanting to build up my own trust in the cars abilities and reliability patterns. I've therefore been building up the length of my runs out, carrying out routine checks, and generally just gaining more confidence after each trip. Pleased to report it's been fantastic. Hot and cold starting is effortless, it's leak free, handles like a dream, and basically just a joy to own. Carried out a couple of small additions so far - a hard wired CTEK MXS and a small suction rear view mirror as I found I needed a bit more rear visibility aside from the side mirrors. Reactions are great aren't they! Always had positive reactions with cars such as the Elise in the past, but the amount of double-takes, point-and-stare reactions and thumbs up are on another level. Wife and kids currently having to draw straws on who's next to be the passenger, which is great as it's proving to be fun for everyone as I'd hoped for. Finally, a nice self indulgent pic to round off the post.

not quite this face 😆

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.