The car is owned by Stuart Cairney, although in this picture his son Andrew is driving and Stuart is the passenger. (more photos)
(Brickhill is in Bedfordshire, UK. "Its woodlans withna sandy soil.")
Stay off the tarmac, that's for those who can't drive properly on the dirt. Try PCTs like the big boys do.
Trials keep going from October on. We play on the grassy hills in the bad weather because we're so good that if we go out in dry weather we would get so far up the slopes that it would get too dangerous and the cars would fall over backwards.
There's bound to be a motor club which holds proper events in your area. If not, you'll just have to go circuit racing, sprinting and hillclimbing.
- John Rhodes, 22 Oct 1999
Did you know that the Imp is still very active in Trials ? Imps are quite prevalent in class 4 of Classic Trials. There are probably six or seven regular competitors.
Not so many Imps in Production Trials at the moment. Drivers: Stuart Cairney; Steve Courts; Bill Moffatt (Clan Crusader); Jim Scott (Stiletto); Jim Hall (only local events).
| The Falcon Motor Brickhill Trial - Oct. 1997: |
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| The car is a 915cc Imp. Modified for trials by raising the suspension and having a sumpguard fitted. On production trials it runs with 50 kg of lead ballast strapped inside the back bumper. This is removed for classic trials where the power to weight ratio is so important.
The car is owned by Stuart Cairney, although in this picture his son Andrew is driving and Stuart is the passenger. (more photos) (Brickhill is in Bedfordshire, UK. "Its woodlans withna sandy soil.") |
The photo is used with permission, taken from Michael Leete's page on classic and production trials. Imps are often mentioned.
To learn more about trials follow the various internal links on his page or check out John Upham's Motorsport page which goes over the basics.
Other names in Production trials:
Robin Howard and Mike Pearson still have their Imps but are currently driving Marlin and Dellow respectively.
Mark and Sharon Chilver haven't been seen out with their Imp since the summer of 1997. (They have a new car as they rolled the last one).
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(British Trials and Rally Drivers' Association)
There were twelve entries in Class 4: three Beetles, a Fiat 850 and eight Imps. Three past champions were entered in Imps: Courts, Hazelwood and Moffat. One of the other Impers was Andrew Clarke.
Steve Courts won the trial outright on index.
M. Hazelwood won Class 4.
Motoring News of Oct 13th, 1999 has on p.24 a picture of an Imp competing in a PCT, reg no. ROU 35M.
| Matrk Chater's trial Chamois
four PCT photos (Mike Marsh's photo album) The Imp Site Competitive Impers |
| © Franka |