Popped in at Mk Engineering today, had a chat with martin and looked round the latest project he has going, also watched one of the video's from the prototype's 1st outing, iirc he managed a win in his class race.
Looks really tempting and then too find out it only cost's £6 entry, and then £3 to race, a full days racing for £9 makes trackdays look like an expensive holiday

Thought i'd ask a bit more, with too much on at the minute i can't commit to a fun car in the near future, but Martin tells me they have plans for busa powered machines and also a V-twin road legal version, could imagine these being great fun for a bit of blast round a field and then a steady drive home on the road, Be good if some of the tracks opened up for Autocross trackdays too (Lyden,Cadwell,Blyton etc

If Martin had been building these a few years back, i think i would have had one by now.

F600 Link

Like that

Go on Chris, you know you want one , I am going to have to pop down for a look now, they look fun

looks good, I will have a read over the weekend.

That is seriously cheap racing! Sadly the F600 series seems to be based at the other end of the country.

Come on Chris catch up been there dune it got the T shirt


After another great meeting [ The Nationals 1981 ]


Yes that brings back good old days and the car looks like its giving Berrisford cars a run
Graham

Martin certainly keeps himself busy developing stuff!

I like that a lot and could see it being a fun summer road hack too

martin is a butterfly, he can never go in one direction i think its the key to his genius

Haven't been to see Martin for about 6 yrs, one of the coolest things I ever saw were those roll over garages, really must get round to building one some day

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Haven't been to see Martin for about 6 yrs, one of the coolest things I ever saw were those roll over garages, really must get round to building one some day

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2nd picture .If you take the basic idea you can make it smaller /flat roofed etc

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Originally posted by jacko
Come on Chris catch up been there dune it got the T shirt


After another great meeting [ The Nationals 1981 ]


Yes that brings back good old days and the car looks like its giving Berrisford cars a run
Graham

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Nice one Jon
Where did you race / what club . I raced for Hull club but we raced at different meetings all over ,
Scarborough was my favourite but we did Lincon anti clock track /Bradford /York /Ten-by / Droitwich to name some
The photo was taken after the Nationals and we all went to Alton towers for 2 days
GOOD OLD DAYS
Graham


After another great meeting [ The Nationals 1981 ]

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Nottingham, old amen corner track complete with tree was my home club.

Traveled well, Lincoln, White Rose when they where at penninstone, Trent, Scunthorpe who are now back in the same place, Cambridge, blue bell at skeggy, the list goes on.

The 1st photo is a class 8 with a mini engine in back, bike engines where just breaking into the sport as I left, the second 2 are the same chassis, rover v8 and pinto, the pinto gave way for a cosworth then later V8.

I loved the sport but there was a lot of money in it those days to be anywhere near competitive, I think it's got worse since, and whilst entry fees are low you dont see a lot of track time.

Got some great memories, one that springs to mind was at "fastest man on grass" at Lincoln, do they Still run that meeting ? I entered the devil takes the hindemost race, was in class 10 at the time so started on the back row of a 20 car grid with the last car on each lap been flagged off, won the race can't remember the year but if I find the trophy it will be on there, also sadly on the same track saw a competitor lose his life wasn't in the same race and didn't see the incident but saw the aftermath, rules regarding the floor in specials where changed after the incident, his name escapes me, it shoulnt but it does.

lincoln have moved away from the showground , not sure where , i think its near sleaford .

scunny race at blyton iirc .

There was a lad who died in a car called Mamas & papas but i think that was at Market rasen i was not there that meeting but did race a lot there
One meeting my mate and i swapped cars for a race i raced his class 9 and some how ended on the roof of another car i have a photo some were a bloke gave me the next meeting
Jacko


Haha me coming past a special to WIN another race

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