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31st March 2004 Crofty kicked off his 2004 racing with a Super Mighty Mini race at Donnington. He qualified 6th in class and made it to 9th before a camber bracket snapped pushing him back down the field.
On the rallying front, Jim Holder and Matt Burt are sitting 5th in the F1000 championship after a sucessful debut and Neil will be co-driving for Simon Wallis on the Pirelli International Rally. Story by: Neil Burgess
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14th November 2003 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 Story by: Neil Burgess
First outing
20th October 2003 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. Story by: Neil Burgess
Promising results
4th October 2003 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. Story by: Neil Burgess
Super Crofty!!
15th September 2003 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! Story by: Neil Burgess
Painful Weekend
9th September 2003 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.. Story by: Neil Burgess
For England!
26th August 2003 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". Story by: Neil Burgess
Roundy roundy games
20th August 2003 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. Story by: Neil Burgess
Mann what a weekend!
4th August 2003 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! Story by: Neil Burgess
Achy breaky Minis
13th July 2003 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. Story by: Neil Burgess
Jim Clark Memorial rally
11th July 2003 The Jim Clark started with the Mini leading the entire International field!! Reverse seeding, new Ohlins shock 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). Story by: Neil Burgess
Edinburgh spirit to give rally Mini a ghost of a chance
26th June 2003
Adam Lyal (deceased) announces his support for the rally team on the Jim Clark. Read more about this here.
Story by: Neil Burgess
Crofty at Pembrey
21st June 2003 Crofty qualifies 7th at Pembrey and finished 8th in both rounds of the double-header battling all the way! Story by: Neil Burgess
Rally trauma Scottish Rally
17th June 2003 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. Story by: Neil Burgess
Manic mixed weekend
9th June 2003 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. Story by: Neil Burgess
Clarky @ Combe
26th May 2003 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!!
Story by: Matt Gray
Brighton Rocks
18th May 2003 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.
Story by: Neil Burgess
Crofty increases pace
10th May 2003 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.
Story by: Neil Burgess
Things look up for Clarky
4th May 2003 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!
Story by: Neil Burgess
Press coverage
1st May 2003 After a disappointing start to the PBRC season we were pleased to find we gained significant coverage in both Autosport and Motorsport News.
Story by: Neil Burgess
Rally team makes early trip to the bar
27th April 2003 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. Story by: Neil Burgess
Bank holiday racing result & Today's Motorsport News
23rd April 2003 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.
Story by: Neil Burgess
Rally team lead world rallying into new era
18th April 2003 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. Story by: Neil Burgess
Clarky at Donnington, Crofty at Mallory
14th April 2003 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.
Story by: Neil Burgess
Clarky at Silverstone
22nd March 2003 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.
Story by: Neil Burgess
Second in class on Snetterton Stages
9th March 2003 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)
Story by: Neil Burgess
New web site
16th February 2003 New website launched complete with 2003 calendar.
Story by: Neil Burgess
Monte Carlo or bust!
2nd December 2002 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. Story by: Neil Burgess
Driver accolade
6th November 2002 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 Story by: Neil Burgess
Ulster Rally
7th September 2002 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.
Story by: Neil Burgess
Pirelli British Rally Championship
7th September 2002 After Ulster the team was confirmed as class A5 Champions in the 2002 Pirelli British Rally Championship Story by: Neil Burgess
Manx International Rally
3rd August 2002 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... Story by: Neil Burgess
Jim Clark Memorial Rally
14th July 2002 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... Story by: Neil Burgess
Future events
16th June 2002 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
Story by: Neil Burgess
Scottish Rally
8th June 2002 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.
Story by: Neil Burgess
International Rally of Wales
19th May 2002 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 Story by: Neil Burgess
Rallying return
3rd March 2002 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.
Story by: Neil Burgess
Monte Carlo with a car that did not bust!
20th January 2002 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. Story by: Neil Burgess
Fastest Mini success
13th August 2001 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! Story by: Neil Burgess
CBM Out in Force
8th August 2001 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.
Story by: Neil Burgess
World First for CBM Supporter
7th July 2001 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.
Story by: Neil Burgess
New MINI on the Horizon
30th June 2001 Neil represented Mini Mad Merseyside at the exclusive club preview at the Bedford Autodrome racing test complex.
Story by: Neil Burgess
The Adventurers Return
10th June 2001 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. Story by: Neil Burgess
Neil Burgess and Anna McColl Reveal Their Route for Austrian IMM in June.
24th April 2001 The 12 Day Capital Tour
Brussels
Luxembourg
Liechtenstein (much to the bemusement of an insurance company!)
International Mini Meeting
Vienna
Budapest
Bratislava
Prague
Story by: Neil Burgess
Cadwell Park - Mighty Minis
8th April 2001 Andy's second race - qualified a worthy 15th and after a long battle finished 16th Story by: Neil Burgess
Donnington Park - Mighty Minis
25th March 2001 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! Story by: Neil Burgess
Safety Devices National Rally Championship
9th November 2000 Neil Burgess awarded first overall driver, Class B9
Anna McColl awarded first overall co-driver, Class B9 Story by: Neil Burgess
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