Mini Se7en Racing Club family come together to help Libre driver repair car after heavy Snetterton accident
Mini Libre driver Peter Hills says his season has been saved after members of the Mini Se7en Racing Club pooled resources to help fix his car after a heavy accident at Snetterton.
Hills, 60 from South Wales, was T-boned into the Agostini hairpin during the first wet race. The contact caused heavy damage to the car’s roll structure, bodyshell and drivetrain.
Hills, who has been a longserving member of the British Automobile Racing Club rescue unit at Pembrey and funds his racing by marshalling on track days, was facing a long spell out until club members gathered together to offer support.
Led by members of Endaf Owens’ team, the paddock has donated a new rollcage, components, as well as time and labour. Some sponsors have also offered cash for the repairs and Hills aims to return for the European round at Zandvoort.
“I’m genuinely overwhelmed because I thought I was going to be out for at least a year and a half with that amount of damage,” said Hills. “I was just cancelling travel plans when the guys from the Owens team called me to say they’d had a chat in the paddock and so many people wanted to help me. It’s quite emotional, and I don’t know how I could ever repay everybody. It’s saved my season as it’s a good few thousands of pounds’ worth of work. At times like this that make you feel so lucky to be involved in the sport and the Mini Se7en Racing Club.”