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Cork teenager Owen Murphy once again showed
his astonishing pace by winning the first round of The Fiesta Sporting
Trophy (UK) Championship on theMalcolm Wilson Rally Saturday. This now
means that Owen leads two championships the 2006 McCauley Trailers
National Forest Rally Championship in his Yokohama Mitsubishi Evo 5 in
Ireland and the Fiesta Sporting Trophy in the UK
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Owen Murphy Testing His
Fiesta With 12 Other Fiestas
West Midlands Motorsport are pleased to
announce that we will be running Owen Murphy in the forthcoming Fiesta
Sporting Trophy run by M Sport.
The car has been build by West Mids and was run for the first time
in the Cumbria woods with 12 other Fiesta cars at the official test day
at M Sport.
A full program of testing is now planned in the run up to the first
round at the Malcolm Wilson Rally in Cockermouth.
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Online Shop Gets Bigger
We have been working hard over the past
weeks to bring you new pages to our online parts shop.. Every week more
parts and brands are added. Take a look at TRS Harness's and Lifeline
Fire ExtinguishersOur shop uses
SSL technology to take your order securely is a true online shop. All
parts are backed up by our fast and efficient mail order service. Take a
look today by clicking the
Online shop button or
just click here.
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Matt Barkers 205 For Sale
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Matt Barkers 1.9 205 Is For
Sale
Built New 2005 and Maintained Regardless
of cost by West Midlands Motorsport
2nd o/a 2005 205 Scholarship, 1st o/a on Dutch
Tarmac Round with 10 Fastest Stage Times,
1st FWD and 6th o/a Roger Albert Clark Open Rally,
Fastest Car Over All on Branham Park Stage.
Spec Includes R&D Welded-In Roll Cage, New TRS 6 Point Harnesses,
Bilstein Suspension, 21mm Torsion Bars, Rose Jointed Bottom Arms, Bias
Pedal Box, Hyd Hand Brake, Fully Aero quipped Brake and Fuel Lines,
Close Ratio Box 4.8 CWP and Plate LSD, 1.9 Controlled Scholarship Engine
Built New 2005 approx 135bhp, Flocked Dash, Carbon Co-Driver Foot Tray,
Finished in Silver. The Car is now fully re-prepared and ready for the
2006 Season.
£9,000.00 ono Call Today or
Matt direct on 07976 379704 |
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Here at Wes Midlands Motorsport we would like to wish you a Happy New
Year and that the year brings you everything you want from it.
Anthony, David, Simon and Matt and the rest
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Appointed Safety Devices
Centre
We are please to announce that we have been
appointed as a Safety Devices specialist manqué dealer for Peugeot and
also the Nissan Micra roll cages.
Call today for the best service and advice on all aspects of the range.
We will soon have all prices and pictures online so you can select from
this excellent range.
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More pictures added and Holland rally report
Well after much promise I have now loaded some more
images to the website that offer in insight into our work up and down
the country. Take a look at.
General images from 2005
Some pictures from
Autosport 2005
The
Moffatt boys and random rally cars..
A collection of rally car
pictures from 2002
Also take a read of Matt Barkers
look back at the RAC rally
Don't forget Austin's report
also
Holland rally report |
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We are sorry the site has been down the past few days
but it was a security issue with our service provider. Normal service is
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RAC Finish for the Team
West Midlands Motorsport put a two car team out on the
RAC rally. Over a very cold 4 days they brought both cars home in
the top 10.Austin McKinlay came in 6th Overall
and 4th in class
Matt Barker came in 5th Overall and 3rd in class
A full report will be on line very soon.....Honest!
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After far too much time we have finally put a load of
images from the past rally's.
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Open Day 2005
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The 6th of November saw the last round of
the 205 Challenge take place on the Conrad Euregio Rally in Hengalo in
Holland. West Midlands Motorsport took four cars to this impressive
event.
Tom Curtis, Jodie Bowcott, Dominic Hodge and finally Matt Barker.
The UK crews where dominant over the Dutch 205 drivers with the stage
times they put down,
Unfortunately early pace setter Tom Curtis was put out of the event with
electrical problems.
At the end of a fraught day it was Matt Barker who took the win and
Jodie taking an impressive 3rd with Dominic taking 4th
With the Championship now complete it was an impressive result for the
West Midlands Motorsport Team.
Tom Curtis is Fastest Stage Time
Champion and 5th Overall
Matt Barker is 2nd in the Fastest stage time Championship and 2nd
overall in the Championship.
Alex Evans is 3rd in the Fastest stage time Championship and 10th
overall.
Jodie Bowcott is 3rd overall in the Championship
Dominic Hodge 2nd overall Senior and 8th in the Championship
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BMW Sump, Tank and Diff Guards
Tested, developed and ready to fit. West
Midlands Motorsport BMW guards are now available for you. A complete
protection kit consists of a aluminium sump guard, tank guard and also a
diff guard. It comes complete with all the fitting kits and is an easy
fit for all your Motorsport needs. Call today for best prices.
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Mid Wales Win For The Junior
Rally TeamWest Midlands Motorsport
Junior Rally Team
member
Tom Curtis showed just what a prodigious talent he is last weekend,
fighting off a strong challenge from reigning champion Simon Moore to
win the fourth round of the Quaife Peugeot 205 1.9 Scholarship at the
Mid-Wales Stages Rally.
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Welsh Rally Report
Following a successful debut at last month's Malcolm Wilson Rally, the
West Midlands Motorsport Junior Team achieved more success at last
weekend's Panaround Rally, the second round of the Quaife Peugeot 205
1.9 Scholarship. Team mentor Matt Baker finished second overall, with
team members Alex Evans, Tom Curtis and Matt Bettridge all having
encouraging runs to finish third, seventh and eighth respectively.
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BRC Live
West Midlands Motorsport took a stand on the BRC Live
weekend on Saturday along with some of the top drivers and teams in the
country. It was a cold and blustery day. But it allowed recent Prospeed
Scholarship winner Tom Curtis to spend some time with owner Olli Marshal
over the day.
The team had on display the Junior Rally Team cars. As well as West
Mids, AB Motorsport, Pat Flynn and Kevin Furber along with his
recent purchase of another T16 205 where available for people to chat to
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STOP THE
PRESS...........
Tom Curtis has won the Prospeed Motorsport
Scholarship for 2005. After months of evaluation and interviews from one
of the UK leading teams on the WRC and JWRC. They have selected Our
Junior Rally Team Driver as the winner for 2005.
More news will be announced in the next few days but we would like to
thank everyone who has helped to make this happen for Tom. |
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Junior Rally Team Live
Website
West Midlands Motorsport are please now to launch a dedicated
website for our Junior Rally Team.
We aim to bring you up to the minute news as it happens with the team.
Read all about the drivers as the year goes on. With in-depth interviews and
profiles so you can see what makes these drives tick. Get the inside line on the
highs and lows of each event and test.
Visit today at
www.juniorrallyteam.com |
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Full Report Alex Evans Takes
First Win
The West Midlands Motorsport Junior Team made an
excellent start to the season on Saturday, when team member Alex Evans
claimed victory on the first round of the Peugeot 205 1.9 Scholarship
championship at the Malcolm Wilson Rally. Evans, co-driven by Janice
Hooley, slithered and bounced his way to the winner's podium over seven
icy and rutted special stages in the Lake District, beating former
Peugeot 205 Challenge champions Paul Tod / Iestyn ap Dafydd by 35
seconds. Another West Midlands Motorsport car, crewed by Matt Barker /
Richard Walker, came a close third. More.... |
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Alex Evans took his first
win of the Championship on the Malcolm Wilson rally in Cumbria last
weekend. In 2004 Alex took the Junior championship and for 2005 has put
himself in a front position in the race for the championship with this
first win.
Alex is a member of the West Midlands Motorsport Junior Rally team and
this win puts faith in the decision to make him a member of the team.
Partnered by Janice Hooley the pair worked well to bring the car to the
finish and take the top honours for the team.
The Championship moves to Wales next month and the we are looking
forwards to the development of the team as the year progresses.
Look out for the launch of the dedicated website for the team at
www.juniorrallyteam.com
that goes live on Sunday evening. Along with the new look West Midlands
website.
Final Positions on the Rally
1 - Alex Evans Janice Hooley 0:56:21 West
Mids Team
2 - Paul Tod Iestyn Ap Dafydd 0:56:56
3 - Matt Barker Richard Walker 0:57:10 West Mids
Team
4 - Ben Calvert Jon Marsh 0:57:54
5 - Michael Curtis David Curtis 0:58:55
6 - Jody Bowcott Gareth Evans 0:59:27 West Mids
Team
7 - Matt Bettridge Susan Brown 0:59:52 West Mids
Team
8 - Stefan Davis Craig Burgess 1:01:12
9 - Michael Bradley Phill Pearce 1:01:15
10 - Dominic Hodge Mark Mason 1:06:58 |
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Simon
Hawthorn Gains Support From Yokohama And Moves To The MSA Gravel
Championship.
Popular BTRDA competitor Simon Hawthorn has decided to change his
championship plans for 2005. The Midlander and his Brecon Co-driver
Martin Jones will be contesting the CLUBMANS MSA GRAVEL RALLY
CHAMPIONSHIP in his 16v Vauxhall powered Escort MkII. Often a
frontrunner in class B11 in 2004 Hawthorn
hopes his BTRDA experience will stand him in good stead for the coming
season.
"The Clubman’s series is tailor made for us really, with no sequential
gearboxes allowed my car is pretty well as good as it could be, last
year in the BTRDA we were always up against it really and I’m looking
forward to this fresh challenge". The pair will this year be officially
supported by
Yokohama
tyres and also
West Midlands
Motorsport.
Their campaign starts in Yorkshire with the Kall Kwik Rally on February
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Hasham Docs sees Matt Bettridge Join The Junior Rally Team.
On a cold and blustery
morning West Midlands Motorsport met
Matt Bettridge off the boat from the Isle Of Man to collect his 1.9 205
Rally car.
Matt with join Alex Evans and Tom Curtis in this years assault on the
205 Scholarship starting with the Malcolm Wilson rally. A round of the
BTRDA rally championship.
Stay up to date with the teams progress with event reports on the
West Midlands
Motorsport Website. |
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Alex Evans Tests His New LHD 205 For The First Time
If there was an award for
making history the Alex Evans would have a small collection of
silverware in his house.
In his first year of rallying he came second in the 205 Scholarship, and
also competed in an International rally.
This year he has now built the first left hand drive car in the 205
Scholarship. Alex feels this was a wise move as he wants to develop his
talents for the future.
Supporting a new silver paint work and a new co-driver in Janice Hooley
the pair will be part of the Junior Rally Team
for 2005. |
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Another 205
Joins The Scholarship.
West Midlands Motorsport are pleased to
bring you the first images of Austin Mckinlay's new 205 Scholarship car.
Finished in a deep red this full specification car has since been tested
and also seen competitive mileage. Austin is looking forward to the
challenge that is ahead of him.
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New Micra Kit
Car Rolls Out Of The Workshop, As A Road Car!
West Midlands Motorsport have now built
the first Micra Kit Car for the road.
Supporting a gleaming deep black paint shine the car runs a full spec
body kit and 17" wheels.
A change from the normal type of business we do, this car will for sure
turn heads on the streets.
Micra Kit Car Parts are always in stock at West Midlands Motorsport.
Just call or e mail for a quotation. This is a very competitive car and
for sure looks the part on any championship event |
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New Paint For
The New Year
The new year brings freshly painted cars for the Junior
Rally Team.
Over the holiday period West Midlands Motorsport have been busy in the
in the workshop painting the new shells for the team. The first round
will be upon us soon, and the team are now assembling the cars in
readiness for testing later in the year.
2004 was a an exciting time for the team, with Tom and Alex both within
a chance on winning the 205 Challenge, and our own Simon Hawthorn being
voted the 9th best driver on the BTRDA. Plus many more memorable
moments.
So on this subject we would like to put together a special page of
pictures of us out and about in 2004. Send in your pictures to
david@wmms.co.uk and your work
will be added to our site. |
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Xmas Greetings
From West Midlands Motorsport
Yes its that time again, the end of
another year, and we here at West Midlands Motorsport, we hope you all have
a nice holiday period and look forward to a successful 2005.
Best Wishes |
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Top Team Run
Junior Aces
West Midlands Motorsport will run a team of 3
cars in a new and exciting Junior Rally Team.
Tom Curtis will lead the team, along with Alex Evans and Matt Bettridge.
Matt Barker will also drive in 2005 and run as a mentor to the trio. The
team will be part of a six car line up planned for 2005.
More news will be released on the teams plans and line up, so return
soon for more information. |
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Simon
Hawthorn Named 9th Driver In Motorsport News
West Midlands Motorsport rally technician Simon
Hawthorn has been named the 9th best driver in the BTRDA Motoring News
report.
Driving his Ford Escort built at our Kidderminster workshop he has seen
some exciting battles in the forests of the UK.
Simons immaculate car is now being prepared for an extensive rebuild for
the 2005 season to which every one at the workshop are looking forward
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Flocked Door
Cards For The 205
Now in stock and ready to make your 205 feel like
a World Rally Car are these flocked door cards. A set of four, two for
the front and two for the back. Comes with the holes for the door
handle, window winder and the door pull.
They are a must have in any 205. And the price, just call and ask, you
will be amazed. Don't forget to quote the web site and tomorrow they
could be yours. call 01562 825800 or
e mail now. |
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Alex Evans
Takes Second Place
Alex Evans took second place in the
Conrad Euregio Rally in Holland and also secured a second place in the
205 Challenge for 2004.
West Midlands Motorsport are proud to be associated with Alex because at
just 18 years old he has proven himself to be calm and calculated
in the championship. Watch out for this driver in 2005. |
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We
all go Dutch The final round of the 2004 205
Scholarship takes place this weekend with the Conrad Euregio Rally an
oversees event in Holland. This will be the first time any of the 205
Scholarship teams have competed on foreign soil and Scholarship
organiser Kevin Furber was delighted to be taking 6 teams to complete in
the 70kilomiter tarmac event.
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Over 100 people
attend the WMMS and 205 Challenge Open Day
Saturday the 30th saw the workshops of West Midlands Motorsport
full of rally enthusiasts from across the UK and Ireland.
Kevin Furber and Pat Flynn put on a fully interactive show to show the
benefits of joining this fantastic one make Championship.
After the event every one wandered freely about the cars on display and
where able to view the facilities of WMMS and eat from the buffet
supplied by the team.
Click to see more images from
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Our Open Day
Draws Closer
Our open day draws closer and we have a whole
host of activities planed for the day. All of them relating to the 205
Challenge and our race and rally interests.
Come and see:
Rally car shells in preparation. We have them lined up so you can see
what we do and what makes our different.
205 rally cars, 1.9 205. Matt Barkers 2003
Championship car, 1.6 , 1.4 challenge cars and 205 race cars.
A Nissan Micra being built to Kit Car specification for the road !
Simon Hawthorns BTRDA Escort
Don't forget Kev Furbers 205 T16
Sunbeam race and rally cars and many more
Come and talk about our Junior Rally Team for
2005. A major announcement for everyone who wants to win.
Come and see our Motorsport workshop. We have real food on offer for the day.
We are just minutes from Kidderminster town centre and easy to find.
Just follow the rally arrows when you get in to town
See you at 1.00pm on the 30th |
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Sunbeam Rally Car
For Sale
This is an deal car for the Classic Challenge,
for sale by one of our customers, click the image to see more spec.
Lots of spec
Seam welded
strengthened shell (not a single repair patch on whole shell!!)
Series 2 grille and lights etc
Normal bolt in cage and door bars
2 wheel spare wheel carrier
Lifeline mechanical extinguishers hand-held and plumbed in
Motordrive grp seats (faded but not damaged)
4pt harness
Deep dish suede steering wheel.....More.. |
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Open Day
At West Midlands Motorsport
Interested in the Challenge?
Then come and see us at our open day.
Saturday the 30th of October from 1pm to 5pm
The event format will include a short championship presentation covering
how to get started in motorsport and the benefits of the championships.
We will also be looking to take this opportunity to host interactive
sessions so that new and existing competitors can help us select our
2005 calendar of events and refine the technical regulations for 2005.
See more @ www.205challenge.com |
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See the images of our latest car build.
With fully welded in roll cage, light weight shell, and all the latest
West Midlands Modifications. This is a car to be seen. Call today for
more information.Looking to join 205 or 206
Masters for 2005? Then don't hesitate to call. We are planning our team
for the next season, join the front running drivers and follow in the
footsteps of Matt Barker, Alex Evans, Tom Curtis, Elliot Rettalick,
David Crossen, Ben Colley, Mike Green, Ben Calvert, the list goes on
all where and are winners with us. |
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Woodpecker Rally Brings 3 Cars Home
This weekends Woodpecker Rally based around Ludlow saw the West
Midlands Rally Team field a 3 car team for this the local round of the
BTRDA Championship calendar
John Pardoe lead the team away in the F1400 class followed by the the
Escort pilot Simon Hawthorn the team was complete with Chris Dykes in
his brand new MI16 powered 205. With only one drama of the day; when a
rock went up behind the rear calliper of John's 205. Ripping it clean
off, and smashing the disc. All was calm with the team as Johns calliper
was replaced at first service, with no service time lost. By the end of
a long sunny day, all three cars came home. The team are now preparing
for the next 1.6 205 round in just a few weeks time. |
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Training for the 1.9 Scholarship teams with
Mark Higgins As
part of the on going development program for the 1.9 Scholarship
program, Mark Higgins took time out of his busy schedule to give some
one to one training at the Forestry Experience Rally venue on Friday
27th
An excellent day was had by all drivers who also benefited from
Mark driving there cars to give feed back on the set up ect.
View the New Images link for more
pictures of the day
More are planned for 2005, so if you want to be part of this exciting
Championship then call us today |
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The largest One Make Championship has been
launched, Kevin Furber brings together all of the Peugeot Talbot
cars in to one big event for 2005
Visit
the 205 Website to learn more
www.205challenge.com
Want
to join? Then don't hesitate to call or e mail us for a competitive
quotation. We are fully experienced in all Peugeot Talbot cars and are
one of the Approved Suppliers of parts for the Championship.
So don't just think about it, join us and the largest one make
Championship in the world |
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A record crowd of nearly 10,000 attended Saturday's fourth Rally
Supercar Day at Castle Combe.
Star of the show was Colin McRae, who arrived at the Wiltshire
Circuit by air to drive a Dakar-prepared Nissan Pickup and the
incredible 150mph Nissan Micra R.
As well as getting the chance to see Colin McRae in action, the
crowds also thrilled to the driving talents of Alister McRae,
Daniel Sola, Pentti Airikkala, Kris Meeke, Andy Gwynne, Phil
Collins and John Taylor to name but a few, whilst Russ and Paul
Swift provided excellent entertainment with their very popular
precision driving displays. The event was also attended by other
rallying celebrities including Nicky Grist, David Sutton and Jon
Desborough. Tony Mason provided commentary and conducted
interviews throughout the day.
Visit
www.rallyday.com
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ome meet
the team at the The Rally Supercar Day now in its 4th year at the
excellent Castle Combe Circuit on
14th August 2004.
We have cars, parts and a whole host of special features planned for
this excellent day out for any rally fan.
Come and talk about your plans for the rest of the year, from your own
club Championship to the 1.9 205 Challenge, we are here to help, we have
the parts to help you be competitive. Don't be afraid to introduce
yourself to ourselves. See you there!
Visit
www.rallyday.com
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A final stage shock retirement for the 205 Scholarship runaways
points leaders Simon Moore and Mason Mason
has opened up the championship fight as Tom Curtis
and Mike Harries took their second Scholarship
win on the Swansea Bay Clubman’s Rally.
Whilst many people would have chosen a conservative approach in order to
consolidate the championship lead Moore and Mason had decided to take
the fight to their competitors knowing that a win on the Swansea bay
event would have given them a 99% sure championship win with 2 rounds
remaining. In hindsight that maybe a decision that they will regret as a
no score toped with a win from 23rd old Curtis has now given Curtis a
strong chance of battling for the championship and certainly takes the 2
competitors to the last round of the championship in order to decide the
title. |
