It’s amazing
what you find when you’re not really looking, it’s even more amazing what you
find when you have forgotten you had it in the first place!
I have just completed the first
draft of the text for the next book covering the decade 2000 to 2009 and came
across these pics (and more) from a private test session way back in 2005.
Colin was trying out some new
stuff in his Escort, Neale Dougan was there with his Escort World Car and John
Crawford with his Metro plus the usual ‘hingers-oan’ as you can see from the
pics.
It brought back memories of
much happier times. Days like this were to be treasured and memories cherished.
Just a bunch of car-daft boys out for a hoolie. No pressure, no crowds, no
rubber-neckers and no competition. Or maybe I should correct that. Even at times
like this there was ‘competition’ but it was incestually friendly and fuelled
by banter.
These photos have never been
shared before because they were private gatherings not public test sessions and
the boys knew that anything that was passed on to the newspapers and magazines was
only with their approval, something I always respected.
But it is finds like these
that are encouraging me to come up with an ‘extra’ book on the Scottish Rally
Championship, featuring all these previously unpublished photographs and other
more embarrassing photos which were never shared with the public media. So, once
I have documented the life and times of the Scottish Rally Championship I will
turn my attention to other less savoury publishing pursuits.
But having said that this next
book will feature many more previously unpublished and unseen images from times
past.
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