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Tim Le Pelley, Born in Guernsey, Age :
42
Tim is a qualified Electrician with 27 years
in
the trade, all served with
Electrical Installations Ltd.
Seasons Racing 23rd
Nationality / British / Guernsey
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Speedteams Mini won
the best Race car at the Guernsey Mini Owners Show
2008
20th November
2008, Tim buys Jims half of the
mini as Jim starts his Mk1 escort Rally car.Tim sets
about doing a total rebuild on the car for the 2009
season, Tim has sent the engine to KAD for a total
rebuild and Dyno.
6th January
2009, Engine is back from KAD and
Has more power for this year,Tim begins to prep the car
and fits a new sub frame, Brake system ect
20th march
2009, The rebuid is coming on well
with the engine in and the bits and bobs around it
complete.
10th April
2009, The engine has been started
and the car finished all systems check out and Tim awaits
the start of the season.
11th April 2009 ,
Kart club Sprint gets the racing
under way with Tim posting a time of 13.50 just 2 one
hundredths short of his record.
13th April
2009, 1st Hill of the year and a
36.31 on a cold hill, a good start to the year with the
car feeling good
4th May 2009,
The Hill today was still cold but
till dinner the conditions were good but after the road
cooled and the times slowed down, Tim had a quick 35.75
sec run on his 1st flyer and it was just 6 one Hundreds
short of his record with Neil Bourgaize 2nd with a 37.32
and Keith Mourant with a 39.84 second run,
May 25th
2009, Todays Hill was wet in the
morning and dry with wet middle all day, Tim recorded
36.06 seconds with Neil recording 37.26 seconds Tim had a
broken Hardy Spicer joint on run 3 but repaired it for
run 4
June 6th
2009, The Sprint was good and
the weather good too, Still no record but a 13.57 second
run mid afternoon was only 9 hundredths short so not bad
at all
Next race is the 18th July
national Hill climb
July 18th
2009, The Hill started Dryish for
the Two practice runs, Tim did a 36.22 in the 1st and an
35.66 Unofficial record in the 2nd practice, then the
heavens opened for the 1st timed runs and never stopped.
It was Tim's personal best time and it was a shame he
could not carry the quick time through to the runs but
hopefully all will be sunny on the Aug 1st hill. It was
nice to see some faces from the past watching at the top
of the hill :-)
Aug 1st
2009, Hill climb was wet on and
off and the times were slow Tim won the class with a 43
second run
Aug 31st
2009, Hill climb was dry and
running was good as there was a few offs by people but
everyone was o.k Tim Posted a personal alltime best of
35.54 and with it the Record in his class, Neil was still
suffering with running problems but still posted a time
of 37.35 second run.
Sep 5th Sprint
2009, sprint was good Tim posted a
time of 13.62 seconds for the win and the Sprint
championship
Sept 12th
2009, Hill Climb was dry and Tim
posted a 35.70 for a New record in the class and the
class championship.
Sept 18th /19th
2009, Alderney Sprint was good
with tim Smashing the record by .40 second to 20.41
seconds and tim was .43 seconds short of his record at
the hill climb
October 17th
2009, Petit Bot hill was a dry and
Brilliant day for Tim as He broke the record he held in
the class three times. starting with a 33.08 run He then
did a 32.08 for an New record ,then lowered it to 31.07
then again to a 30.90 and ended the season on a real high
note.
Season update is as
follows 4 records this year Car club Hills , Kart club
hills , Alderney Sprint and Pettit bot hill , 3
championship wins Car Hill , Kart Hill and Kart Sprints
winning all the 13 events entered this year .
The Dinner and Dance
was a great time to celebrate the years racing , This
year I won the class for Guernsey Hill climb and Sprints
also Alderney Hill Climb and to top it all 3rd place in
the Paul Le Pelley championship Trophy, Paul was my
Brother who passes away in 1991 aged 27 ,this is awarded
to the best of the drivers who did all 16 events timed
against their class records,The award was presented by
Local Racer and Triple World Touring Car Champion Andy
Priaulx, Happy days!
One Happy winner Indeed!
Team sponsored by
Maximum security LTD
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