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DOWN THE WITH MARTYN HALLIDAY Original Cobra chaser reappears for Goodwood Members’ Meeting

72 Horsham Historic trials promoter

He’s always competed “I’ve been in motorsport since I was 18 but I only started racing when I was 60. I did a bit of hillclimbing and I went racing in 2004 in a Lotus 7 in Historic Road Sports. Then I had a Lotus 23 for the Guards Trophy and now I’ve got a one-litre F3 Chevron B15C, which was Stuart Tizzard’s.”

He’s about to race the Chevron “I tried the Chevron for the first time at Goodwood recently and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The Members’ Meeting will be my first single-seater race. I’ve got a Mallock Classic Clubmans car as well.” He was a trials driver before “I was primarily a trials rider and then driver and went through modern sporting trials in the late 1980s and early 1990s. I love the old cars and so here we are. We’ve converted a lot of historic racers and about 75 per cent of our competitors are new to trials. We want people looking to do something different in the winter for a bit of fun.” “Our first event was in May 2012 at Long Compton in Oxfordshire and it has grown far more than I expected. At Sywell in January we had 44 entries, including a lot of two-driver entries, which is amazing. We want to make it fun and not take it too seriously. The historic class is for pre-1970 and the post-historic class is up to 1977.”

There is growing demand “There is a shortage of cars right now, but there are more cars coming and we’ve got people who are restoring cars. A new recreated chassis is about £2500 and a good complete Cannon is about £15,000 and it should hold its value very well.”

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