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Tim Le Pelley, Born in Guernsey, Age :
44
Tim is a qualified Electrician with 30 years
in
the trade, all served with
Electrical Installations Ltd.
Seasons Racing 25
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!
2nd April
2010, The Season starts here and
you can follow all the latest news here as it happens!,
the car is fine a few bits and bobs replaced and ready
for off!
3rd April
2010, the seasons 1st sprint was
very wet with Tim doing a 16.22 second run and newcomer
Ben doing a 14.90 in his Busa Mini.
5th April
2010, 1st Hill of the year and Tim
sets the fastest Mini time ever up the hill with a 35.14
second run and is the second fastest front wheeled drive
car ever up the hill,This was tims all time ambition to
Top the times in a Mini!
17th july
2010, National Hill was great and
a well run event,Martin groves dropped the hill record
outright and tim won the class with a 35.26 second
run,not before going under the record in practice with a
35.06 second run ,but because it was practice the time
does not count.
30th August 2010,
The car clubs last
hill of the year was cut short for Tim as after a practic
time of 35.96 seconds He only got 1 run in before blowing
the left drive shaft on the start line, but before this
he did a 35.51 securing the win and the Car Club hill
climb championship 2010.
3rd Sept 2010,
Drive train is
apart and new swiftune drive shafts in plus just as a
backup while it was apart I fitted new C.V joints and New
Hardy Spicer Couplings, plus 2 new front tyres for the
next event,No change out of £700 for this lot
:-(
4th Sept
2010, Kart club
Sept Hll and all systems go in the 1st couple of runs,
tyres scrubbed in and then down to buisness on the last
run with a 35.21 and new class
record,Excellent!
17th and 18th of Sept
2010, Alderney
sprint was sunny and Tim lowered the record down from
20.41 to 20.22 seconds on a great day of racing,
At the hill Climb Tim
came within striking distance of the record with a
brilliant 30.05 on the last run just short of the record
of 30.02, a great time was had over the
weekend!.
2nd and 3rd October
2010, The 2 day
weekend was a mix of wet,wet,wet and sometimes dry
running,Day 1 Tim had a time of 37.97 seconds and secured
the championship this year! on day 2 a time of 37.04
seconds and the class win!
16th October
2010, Pettit bot
HIll was dry and a fantastic way to finish the year as
tim lowered his record of 30.90 down to 30.55 on his
second to last run, meening that it gave him 2nd in the
Le Pelley trophy for best in club against all 10 events,
Happy Day's!
2010 championship
Results for Tim
Kart club Alderney
Hill climb, 30.05
and championship win
Kart club
sprint, 13.52
seconds and 2nd place
kart club Alderney
Sprint, New record
20.19 and 1st place
Car Club hill
Climb, New Record
35.14 seconds and championship win
Kart club Hill
Climb, New Record
35.21 seconds and championship win
Pettit bot Hill
Climb, New Record
30.55 and 1st place
Tims off for a well
erned rest and then the Kart and Car club Dinner and
dances for the Trophy presentations, before getting the
car ready for 2011 where tim is going to compete in the
Jersey hill for the 1st time in 15 years , He cannot
wait!
2nd January 2011,
The Kart club Dinner and dance was
great,Tim picked up 1st at both Guernsey and Alderney
hills, and also Picked up 2nd in the Paul le Pelley
Memorial Trophy for Best in club open to all compeditors
against their class records,This was a special moment for
Tim as Paul was his brother and After gaining 3rd overall
Last year he went one better this year with 2nd place
overall, Happy Days!
Tim Collects his 2nd Place trophy from JJ
Galligaher
Tim and Matt Bitwistle his Sponsor
from Maximum Security Ltd,Matt is tims Brother in Law and
Sponsor,Matts contribution has Helped tim to 10 New
records over 3 Years,A big thankyou goes to Matt and
Maximum Security for all their help!
See Maximum Security's Web site at
www.maximusecurity.com
Sat 2nd April
2011, Winter preps done and season
Ready to go!,
After Having to have rules to run too
for the sports Libre special saloons as required by the
M.S.A so we are covered by insurance,(last year the rules
were efectivly suspended) the sports libre saloons upto
1400/1800 and 1800 and over classes got rule 12.4.1 made
excempt (that is that you are now allowed to cut the
chassis for the purpose of Tunnels for gearboxes eg rally
cars and cut in boxes for panard rods in escort 5 link
setups ext "as this was a sticking point with the M.S.A
last year"on alot of cars that race and have floor mods
in saloon classes, This satisfied the M.S.A So the rules
were implemented as proposed at the agm in January 2011)
,This ruling did not effect Tims mini as it has all the
Unitry constructed chassis intact anyway but enabled all
the other saloons in the sports libre classes to have
rules thus insurance in case of an accident, The Sprint
itself was windy with approx 10-20 mph winds gusting Tim
got down to 13.75 and was well pleased with this result
for the 1st shakedown of the year,
Monday 25th April
2011, Easter Hill
and the 1st hill of the Year was a
cracker for tim , not only Being the 1st person to break
a record this year with a 35.08 on his 1st timed run but
Tim managed to be the 1st Mini ever to go under 35
seconds on the hill and in the prosses clocking a
fantastic 34.88 and Beating Simon Wards
long Standing Time of 34.90, this time having been
the fastest front wheel drive time ever recorded up the
hill, Too top it all off Tim managed to be the fastest
Tin top on the Day! This has to be the best start to a
season ever and gives tim great hope for the other events
this year!!!!
Monday 2nd May
2011, Bank holiday hill and after
a practice of 36.90 seconds it was a 36.26 on the 1st
timed run and then the hevens opened and that was the end
of that!, fingers crossed next bank Holiday will be
better :-)
Monday 30th May
2011, Weather was a bit drizzley
at times but held off long anought to do a 36.35 and only
after we had to replace a brocken drive joint, 1st timed
run Tim broke his steering arm by clipping the bank just
over the finnish line,but not before setting a new record
as he went over the line and into said bank,New record
35.14 seconds.
The Guernsey National
Hill climb! was with out a doubt
the wettest hill for some time but fun was had in the
rain a cool 42 second run got Tim second against a ford
puma cosworth 4 wheel drive turbo rally cross car fom the
u.k! ,It was only 2 seconds or so quiker then Tim so You
could say he put up a fair fight against a 600bhp puma
!
Sprint results are as
follows
June
11th ,13.61 seconds weather
Fair
Sept
10th ,13.91 weather fprce 4
headwind
Alderney Sprint 15th
Sept , Weather was good but a
force 2-4 headwind but this aside tim managed to break
his record on the last run by .20 of a second to set a
new record of 19.99 and thus entering the sub 20 bracket
at last, not too many saloons in the 19's.
Guernsey hill Results
for August the 6th and 29th and Alderney 2 day hill on
Sept 16th and 17th,
August 6th Kart
Hill , 35.30 seconds
August 29th Car Club
Hill , 38.17 due to drive output
Failure.
Alderney Hill 16th and
17th ,
Pettit Bot Hill Climb
8th October,
Weather was good
and Tim Broke last years record by 12 hundreths setting a
new Record of 30.43 seconds to sign off the
year.
2011 championship
Results for Tim
Kart club Alderney
Hill climb, 30.05
1st place and championship win
Kart club
sprint, 13.61
seconds and 1st place
kart club Alderney
Sprint, New record
19.99 and 1st place
Car Club hill
Climb, New Record
34.88 seconds and championship win
Kart club Hill
Climb, New Record
35.15 seconds and championship win
Pettit bot Hill
Climb, New Record
30.43 and 1st place
Time for a rest now
the season is over couple of dinner and dances will be
fun and then the car is going to get its winter check and
bodywork tidy up,
Team sponsored by
Maximum security LTD
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