News...
January
2004
Plans
for 2004 Unveiled:
November
Wales
Rally GB
The CBM team took Mildred to a class
win in the final round of the 2003 World Rally Championship.
Read all about it at www.manicminis.com/rallygb
20th
October
First
outing
Neil and Jim teamed up for the first
time at the Oakington Stages. Finishing a credible 24th
overall despite still carrying their 100kg international
rally weight penalty, the paring worked together well and
are now looking forwards to the Wales Rally GB.
4th
October
Promising
results
Burgess and McColl were showing good
form on the Trackrod rally in Yorkshire with David Hardingham,
Neil & Ruth Cottingham and Johnny Brown in service.
Unfortunately the steering arm broke two miles from the
end of the last stage. At Brands Hatch Clarky had a torrid
qualifying after a rear shock absorber tried to make a bid
for escape. Progressing from his 13th position in qualifying,
Clarky made good progress to finish 9th.
15th
September
Super
Crofty!!
Crofty turned in his best ever improvement
on qualifying position at a hot and sunny Castle Combe this
weekend. Qualifying 13th,
Crofty proved his worth by battling up through the closely
fought grid to secure a fantastic fifth place!
9th
September
Painful
Weekend
After qualifying third, Clarky was
disappointed to retire from the first race at Brands with
a puncture. The second race in the double header was to
provide more drama after Clarky was punted off into the
tyre wall at 60-70mph. Now suffering from bruising Clarky
has a lot of work to do before the next round. Meanwhile
Neil and Anna survived the first five slimey stages of the
Ulster rally before retiring with a broken alternator bracket..
26th
August
For
England!
Neil, Anna and Mildred have been selected
to represent England for the Nations Cup in the forthcoming
Ulster rally. "This is such an honor" said Neil,
"Mildred the Mini will be waving the St Georges cross
on her roof with pride".
20th
August
Roundy
roundy games
Clarky stamped his authority on the
Mini Se7en racing grid at Thruxton this weekend, taking
pole by a large margin from the rest of the bulging grid.
Unfortunately this was not to last as retirement reared
its head during the race after a spark plug disintegrated.
Crofty had a double-ding-dong-header at Rockingham
finally finishing both races in
seventh position. Neil was off in Edinburgh competing in
the 48 Hour Film Challenge, making a short film which will
be shown at the Edinburgh Film Festival on Friday. Motorsport
News today carries news of our WRC bid - see link on the
homepage.
4th
August
Mann
what a weekend!
Three events, three results! Clarky
finished in second place after a close race at Rockingham,
while Crofty finished 11th at Cadwell.. Neil/Anna finished
3rd in class, also collecting the coveted "Spirit of
the Rally" award in the 40th Manx International Rally.
Finishing 31st overall and 9th in the PBRC finishers turned
into a hard won achievement after electronic problems forced
the team to literally push the Mini over he finish line!
13th
July
Achy
breaky Minis
The pile of broken Minis grows after
Crofty's gearbox broke whilst qualifying in 8th at Mallory
and Clarky stormed up the field to second place only for
a hub to collapse on the last lap. Three sets of transmissions
broken in two weekends, all of different specs. Ouch.
11th
July
Jim
Clark Memorial rally
The Jim Clark started with the Mini
leading the entire International field!! Reverse seeding,
new Ohlins chock absorbers and a new wheel and tyre combination
put the Minis time on top of the tree until the F2000 Peugeot
206 of Ellya Gold and Kevin Plunkett pipped the Mini by
1.9 seconds. The rally was going well until the gearbox
expired on SS16 despite the best spell casting of Adam Lyal
(deceased).
26th
June
Edinburgh
spirit to give rally Mini a ghost of a chance
Adam
Lyal (deceased) announces his support for the rally
team on the Jim Clark. Read more about this here. |
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21st
June
Crofty
at Pembrey
Crofty qualifies 7th at Pembrey andfinished 8th in
both rounds of the double-header battling all the way!
17th
June
Rally
trauma Scottish Rally
Neil and Anna supported by Clarky, Matty Gray, Stuart Williams
and Christian Malin comes to a dramatic end after rally
car was rear-ended by non competing car on road section
before SS1. Team bravely battled on but had to withdraw
before first stage of leg two as a consequence of the incident.
9th
June
Manic
mixed weekend
Clarky shone at Spa by setting an astonishing 1.5 second
pole in the Seven race. Leading for the first seven of eight
laps, all his hard work came undone after the following
pack slipstreamed their way past on the last lap. Falling
back to seventh he finally finished fourth. Crofty was not
so lucky with a DNF to his name after collecting substantial
damage at Snetterton. Neil returned from touring the country
on a motorised bed to become the official deputy pace car
radio operator / driver at the ASCAR meeting on Sunday.
The rally team is now preparing for next weekends Scottish
rally
26th
May
Clarky
@ Combe
After qualifying eighth, Clarky had a flying start and was
in second place buy the time he reached the first corner!!!!
Unfortunately he had a little trouble though the 'S's' which
left him in fourth. Clarky was in a battle for the rest
of the race trying to get those positions back, dropping
to fifth in the process but managing to regain fourth one
lap from the end, just missing out on the podium!! Well
done Clarky!! Matty (CBM Motorsport Mechie and now Media!)
18th
May
Brighton
Rocks
CBM Motorsport had a good presence at today's London to
Brighton Mini run with Neil's Mildred featuring on the MiniWorld
magazine stand and Crofty's Henry on the Mini Spares Centre
stand.
10th
May
Crofty
increases pace
In only his second Super Mighty Mini meeting, Crofty qualified
9th in the field of 12 cars. In the race he quickly progressed
through the field to hold 4th position and the fastest lap
for the lions share of the laps. After an incredible amount
of pressure from other drivers, Andy made an untimely visit
to a gravel trap pushing him back to finish in 11th place.
Bad luck but both the car and driver have now proved their
speed.
4nd
May
Things
look up for Clarky
After problems with the car Clarky was forced to start the
race at Croft on the back of the grid. Always one to watch
when he has to make up places, Clarky soon moved from 18th
place up to 8th position. Unfortunately after being mis-sighted
at the fastest point of the circuit, Clarky found himself
at the back of the field, climbing up to 12th position for
a credible finish to a spectator entertaining race!
1st
May
Press
coverage
After a disappointing start to the PBRC season we were pleased
to find we gained significant coverage in both Autosport
and Motorsport News.
27th
April
Rally
team makes early trip to the bar
Due to incredibly rough conditions on the first two stages
of the Pirelli International (knee deep ruts) the team retired
with a broken steering rack after less that a miles rallying.
23rd
April
Bank
holiday racing result & Today's Motorsport News
An article on page 13 of today's MN covers our www.ynil.com
exploits..
Crofty had a superb outing at Brands Hatch - his first race
with the Mini in "Super" specification. Qualifying
and finishing 10th for the first race he then battled all
race with many drivers including Geoff Taylor to finish
7th at the end of the second race. Not bad for a completely
new setup! Clarky's woes continued. After a major racing
incident elsewhere in the field, Clarky was in the great
position of fourth for the restart. Unfortunately his Mini
did not restart so back to the workshop.
18th
April
Rally
team lead world rallying into new era
The CBM rally team will debut the www.ynil.com
technology next weekend on the Pirelli International Rally
becoming the only rally team in the world to use this innovative
new form of advertising.
14th
April
Clarky
at Donnington, Crofty at Mallory
Unfortunately Clarky seems to be having a bad start to the
season with flywheel / crank problems, however Crofty has
just completed a successful test at Mallory. Crofty's car
is now in the more powerful Super Mighty Mini spec, working
with Simax they now have the car on pace ready for Brands
Hatch.
22nd
March
Clarky
at Silverstone
Clarky started the season with a strong 6th position. Well
that would of been the case if an errant Mini did not change
things causing severe damage to Paul's rear suspension.
At the End of the race Paul finished a credible 20th place.
9th
March
Second
in class on Snetterton Stages
Despite having far too much fun spending most of their time
sideways, the rally team embarrassed lots of Escorts and
finished the event second in class. Successful shakedown
complete, the team now looks toward the Pirelli International
Rally.
See a video clip shot by
Matt Gray here... (1.07MB RealPlayer)
16th
February
New
web site
New website launched complete with 2003 calendar.
2nd December 2002
Monte Carlo or bust!
Neil started his new career as "freelance rally driver", leaving
the wonderful world of Kingpin Media and Rockingham. Neil's
first task is to re-prepare the Mini and service vehicle together
with securing sponsorship. - UPDATE Unfortunately we were
denied entry into this event due to a restructure of classes.
6th November 2002
Driver accolade
Motorsport News highlights Neil's efforts by electing him
as one of the five "Season's best of the rest" along with
BTCC Champion James Thompson, works driver Rory Gallagher,
hotshot Robert Woodside and Swedish ace Johan Kressner
7th September 2002
Pirelli British Rally Championship
After Ulster the team was confirmed as class A5 Champions
in the 2002 Pirelli British Rally Championship
7th September
Ulster Rally
With only four days in the garage between events, the team
changed half the gearbox and the crank after significant damage
was found to these components. Despite this tight schedule
the Mini tackled the treacherous stages with zest, only to
be knocked back by a rapidly deteriorating drive coupling.
The team was relived to finally drive over the finishing podium.
3rd August 2002
Manx International Rally
The team tackled the fog-bound island with energy and emerged
the other side with huge grins on their faces! Night stages
proved the most enjoyable for the team - Neil and Anna could
of circulated Castletown all night! Later flying exploits
were frowned upon by the service crew, but all was rectified
with careful application of a Dudley screwdriver...
14th July 2002
Jim Clark Memorial Rally
The Mini flew on its return to tarmac! Finishing only 9 seconds
behind the class leader in class A7 for cars up to 2 litres!!
Exciting news is mooted about the teams future events - watch
this space...
16th June 2002
Future events
Come along and see us on the following events:
Jim Clark Memorial Rally 12/14 July 2002
Manx International Rally 1-3 August 2002
Ulster Rally 6/7 September 2002
8th June 2002
Scottish Rally
The teams second event in the Pirelli British Rally Championship
was very rough. With a marshal loosing the suspension on his
Range Rover and all other teams encountering major problems
due to the terrain, the Mini did very well to finish the first
day 25th overall. Suspension failure on a road section put
a halt to our progress.
Full reports and even some piccies of the teams adventures
can be found on http://www.mini-online.org/
19th May 2002
International Rally of Wales
On their International and gravel debut, Neil and Anna make
history by becoming only the second team to win class A5 in
a Mini Cooper. Finishing 30th overall the team took to gravel
with ease and are now leading their class in the Pirelli British
Rally Championship and even got a mention on Channel 4. Service
crew: Simon Maxted, Clem Burgess and Scott Callow
Full reports and even some piccies of the teams adventures
can be found on http://www.mini-online.org/
3rd March 2002
Rallying return
CBM finally returned to the rally stages in anger after a
year out. Anna and Neil once again entered the Snetterton
Stages as a shake down for Mildred and licence upgrade for
Anna. Neil, happy with modifications said "It's great fun!
Despite returning to standard valve sizes, the Omex
system provides as much power and a more responsive engine,
while the ex-Timo brakes mean we can stop on a sixpence!".
Although the team suffered a few small teething problems during
the day, the car finished 3rd in class/30th overall and was
kept on the road by the valiant efforts of Simon Maxted, Clem
Burgess, Andy Croft, Brett Moorecroft and Craig Moorecroft.
March 2002
Mini-Online.co.uk
Full reports and even some piccies of the teams adventures
can now be found on http://www.mini-online.org/
January 2002
Monte Carlo with a car that did not bust!
Joined by Mini Se7en racer Paul Clark and ex-BMC Special Tuning
manager Basil Wales, Neil serviced for Cooper Car Company
team members Peter Sandeman and Andrew Kirlby on the Monte
Carlo Rally Historique. Thankfully suffering few problems,
Peter and Andy finished successfully after a hard weeks rallying.
13th August 2001
Fastest Mini success
A Mighty Mini was never expected to succeed in the Fastest
Mini in the World race, however Neil managed to finish first
in class and third overall!
8th August 2001
CBM Out in Force
The Mini Racing Festival at Mallory park on the 12th August
will see Crofty competing in the Mighty Mini Championship
race and Neil competing 'Purdey' in the "Fastest Mini in the
World" race!
After rolling his Mighty Mini at Snetterton, the last round
of the Mighty Mini Championship, Andy was down to earth with
his plan for this race commenting "I plan to finish the race
with all wheels on the track". New was similarly ambitious
after a break of more than a year from circuit racing. "I
am really looking forwards to getting behind the wheel again,
but I have been around the anti-clockwise Rockingham Motor
Speedway oval so much recently, I just hope that I remember
to turn right!" said Neil.
This is the first meeting to feature both our racing cars.
Come over and have a chat.
7th July 2001
World First for CBM Supporter
Roger "The Hat" Wall, the first customer to order the new
MINI has become the first member of the public to collect
the much awaited car. "I'm really happy with the car - it's
fantastic" said Roger. "You get a great reaction wherever
you go, people are just so interested in the car".
Roger was followed around on his first day by the German magazine
AutoStrassenverkehr.
30th June 2001
New MINI on the Horizon
Neil represented Mini Mad Merseyside at the exclusive club
preview at the Bedford Autodrome racing test complex. Report
coming soon..
10th June 2001
The Adventurers Return
Neil and Anna returned safely after a successful trek around
Europe. 13 countries, 11 capital cities, 20 borders, 3355
miles and one handbrake cable later!
Additions to the previously published route include the World
Superbike round at EuroSpeedway, Berlin and Poland.
24th April 2001
Neil Burgess and Anna McColl Reveal Their Route for Austrian
IMM in June.
The 12 Day Capital Tour
Brussels
Luxembourg
Liechtenstein (much to the bemusement of an insurance company!)
IMM
Vienna
Budapest
Bratislava
Prague
8th April 2001
Cadwell Park - Mighty Minis
Andy's second race - qualified a worthy 15th and after a long
battle finished 16th
25th March 2001
Donnington Park - Mighty Minis
Andy's first ever race and first ever drive of his Mighty
Mini off of the public highway!
This is an ideal opportunity for apologies to Neil Hasler
after Andy's interesting new line around Craner Curves in
qualifying!
Qualified 24th, Finished 20th - a worthy improvement for a
first race!
November 2000
Safety Devices National Rally Championship
Neil Burgess awarded first overall driver, Class B9
Anna McColl awarded first overall co-driver, Class B9
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