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Guys, don't build me up to something in your minds that may disappoint in reality. I'm just another car enthusiast and racer who hasn't been actively racing since the early 2000s.

wagonrunner wrote:Gordon, don't get tie up with mg man mamaguy there yunno.

All applicants to drive get directed to this. I submitted mine in 2007 and only got approval sometime in 2010 eh.

LOL! Well I may not be able to take a drive then.

That should be fun to drive then.

Lovely! Love the rims and tyres. What are the basic specs?

This old brain can't remember these things man. Point me to a pic please.

Thanks MG Man... I may well take you up on that!

What car is it (1st gen)?

Keep me posted about the next event date.

Don't know whether you saw this post:

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Nah... has to be a different one. I was wondering where you knew of the one I was referring to! I believe his name was spelt Clelland, but I may be wrong.

ever met John Cleland? Yes I did. He was involved in the Courtesy Car Club (CCC) back in he early '70s. I remember him being part of the first 500 mile rally I ever took part in - as navigator for Simon Gillmore in the car that eventually became ZMMA. Gregory Solis was the third person in the car (...

Did you feel the change between grip / no grip with it (as it's such a short car)? I've been only been a passenger in something "similar". The longer wheelbase RWD's seem to give a lot more warning. It definitely was a bit skittish. I had to be on my Ps and Qs with it in the section in th...

Hi Guys, Just returned from a visit with my good friend (and amazing driver) Gary Huggins in Cayman Islands. Thought you'd get some kicks off this pic of me driving his RWD Toyota Starlet race-car: http://www.ggonsalves.com/racing/starlet_cayman_islands_fun.jpg Here are two static shots of the car: ...

that's the picture. by the way are you the photographer that sent Mr. Easton that picture. I'm not a photographer, but rather, a collector of photos and an ex-driver (well maybe not totally "ex"... while I'm alive and can still drive, who knows... maybe one day I'll do some competitive dr...

anybody remember Peter Easton. many years ago i had the pleasure of speaking with him about his days on the Waller Field Circuit & i happened to notice a picture on the wall in his office of a car airborne to what looked like the north stands. he said that it was the photo his car on the day of...

I have several pics of both Mark's Mazda and Peter's space-frame Escort. Here are a few: http://www.ggonsalves.com/racing/wallerfield_0001.jpg Mark Moodie's Mazda and Peter Moodie's Escort lead the field. That's me in ZMMA on opposite lock with the tail high in the air after making contact with Alec...

Wow this thread has really turned out to be something spectacular really reminds me of my days sitting with Brian Camacho who is Andrew Cheeks Brother in law and had a really sweet Capri luckily for me he lived a few houses from where I grew up and also when I was building my First Cortina going by...

Hi Folks, Gary Huggins is one of the best drivers I have ever known (in fact, Gary was responsible for getting me interested in car racing back before we were even teenagers) and now lives in the Cayman Islands. Gary still competes in solodex-type events and will probably still jump into a racing ca...

"Run Baby Run" ran in Group 2 Class 2 against cars like "ZMMA", Simon Gillmore's very successful 2-litre Escort which I sometimes also drove. We used to do times in the 46-second range, 45-seconds when everything was going well, and on exceptional occasions we went into the 44-second bracket. Of cou...

Not Gordon "Becks" Gonsalves. His name is Lennox "Becks" Gonsalves. I ent dat old.

I remember that. How do you think Solodex could be changed to get more of the people from other motorsport bodies to come out and compete? For example, what would you like to see at a solodex event to come out yourself and have some fun driving? Each motor sport discipline has its own special chara...

To my knowledge, I'm the only Gordon Gonsalves that's ever raced cars anywhere, but I could be wrong. No other Gordon Gonsalves has ever raced at Wallerfield, that's for sure. In an earlier post regarding Minis, I used the name Alec Poole but meant Richard Longman. Thanks for tickling my brain. Than...

since sanctifier and the lot have alot of wallers time under their hats , how's about some stories about the minis that raced there. i know i may sound partial , sorry but i have heard some good stories from guys such as the mini doctors , towheed ali and jameel ali , bunny ' glenn mosegue , also a...

so mr. gonsalves , what will bring it all back you think ? That's a hard question to answer. Certainly the forming of TTUMRA (T&T Unified Motor Racing Association) which brings representatives of all the various motor sport disciplines together is a step in the right direction. On the other hand, l...

Something magical happened with T&T motor sport in the early seventies. A number of disparate circumstances came together which resulted in the best circuit racing Wallerfield has ever seen. First of all, there was an influx of talented and enthusiastic participants, both on and off the track. There...