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Mallory Park Race meeting - 5th April 2009
Andy P - "I was looking forward to mallory as last year I finished in the hairpin wall! So my aim this weekend was to get round in one piece and improve on my just under 1 minute lap times, which I succeded in the qualifying session with an outstanding 57.73 best lap which put me 10th on the grid for the heat. My main aim was to get into the final and that mindset was responsible for my dropping back a couple of places in the race, that said I was still on the grid for a final in 19th position.
Locost Final. A good start enabled me to keep up with those in front and very soon a battle between myself and 4 other cars began. A fantastic and enjoyable race was had with a final position of 17th finishing a thoroughly enjoyable weekend, in fact my best to date."

Rich D - "After the best possible start to the season at snetterton, I came down to earth with an almighty bump. The second lap of qualifying saw me eased onto the grass on the run up to the hairpin. With effectively no braking I slid into the tyre wall and extricated myself from the car to watch the rest of practice.
Closer investigations showed that the nearside track rod end had snapped, the steering downlink was snapped and the steering rack was bent.
Amazingly with a lot of help from Andy, Chris and many people round the paddock, especially Jason Gibbons who supplied most of the parts. The car was repaired and I lined up on the back of the grid in 30th place. The start saw me climb up through the pack. I made up 8 places or so in the first lap. By lap 7 I was up to 16th. on lap 10 having just slipped past a competitor to take 15th when, entering Gerrards, I lost it and parked unceremoniously in the barriers. Ho hum! Roll on Brands"

Team Allied move on to Brands Hatch with Rich and Chris flying the flag while Andy consolidates some finances and takes over the role as spanner monkey and team motivator. See you at Brands

15th March 2009

Team Allied Motorsport were out in force at the first meeting of the season at their local circuit, Snetterton. Andy, Chris & Richard were raring to go for the first two rounds of the Locost championship. Qualifying early on Sunday morning saw mixed fortune for the drivers, with a mixture of fuel, oil & water being dropper on the track at various points, Richard surpassing all his expectations by claiming 7th and 5th place grid positions for the two races. Chris put in an excellent lap time near the end of the session to record 15th best time for both races, however, lady luck deserted Andy and on lap three of the qualifying session he exited Russells chicane waving his gear stick to the massed spectators on his way to the pitlane. Andy still managed to secure the 25th & 24th positions on the grid out of the 36 entries.

Richards Races - "Race one saw me get a good start and from 7th place on the grid move ahead of three cars ahead from the line and first time down the main straight saw me draft past the remaining three cars ahead to lead into the esses (never been there before). my lead lasted till russels when I was passed by two or three cars on the start straight. A lap later I was clipped into a spin on the first corner and caught by another driver, leading to a red flag and restart. for the restarted race i lacked confidence in the car having not been able to assess the damage. I completed the race in 9th position acheiving my goal of a top ten finish"

"Race two saw me line up in fifth. An uncomplicated race saw me move from 4th to eighth and back to fifth at the flag gaining on the lead pack towards the end of the race. however, three of the four drivers ahead were given time penalties for corner cutting which meant I was gifted a second place. I'm certainly not complaining, but I would have liked to have gained it on the road. Well that was my weekend, first top ten finish, first time in the lead and first podium. I will come down to earth eventually."

Andy's day "For me snettetton had a mixture of the pointer good luck mixed with Aaaargggghhh I dont believe it! So qualifiying lasted for a total of 4 laps when approaching Russels I fumbled for what should have been my gearstick only to find it laying on the passengers floor looking up at me with an "i dont feel very well" expression, limped back to the pits in fourth and waited for my lap times. 25 out of 36 entries, Angry head on for the start overtaking 7 cars by end of first lap finally finishing 10 places up in 15th.

Race 2 started from 24, again the pointer luck (or lack of it) strikes again with the clutch cable giving up the ghost 6 laps in after I had moved up to 13th. Gearbox was also wrecked during the race due to manhandling the stick in attempt to find gears. Ho Hum off to Mallory Park we go"

Chris's Locost Debut - "The day started well with the car getting through scrutineering with no problems and then during qualifying I managing to secure 15th on the grid from half decent qualifying times.

Race 1 - My start was ok, lost a couple of places but gained two back so after the first lap was still in the middle of the pack. After that it all started to go downhill. I managed to go off at the first corner and by the time i got back on to the track i had lost quite a few places. Ended up behind Andy P. This could be interesting! However before we had the chance to do battle the race was red flagged and at the restart, for some reason, I was placed at the back of the grid. At the restart the car just didn't want to go. I could have walked faster. I managed to get to the end of the pit-lane and thought i would pull over rather than risk further damage so that was the end of that race!

Race 2 - there wasn't much time between races but once the car cooled down it started, sounded ok with no leaks so I lined up on the grid. Lights out....go! Well not for me! It just chugged off the start, luckily no-one hit me but I went backwards! By the end of the start/finish straight it seemed to come to life, not brilliant but it was going. By this time I was dead last and at least 10seconds behind the next car. I had 18 minutes to keep going. i just wanted to finish! I did manage to overtake a number of cars and managed to finish 17th which wasn't too bad considering the circumstances.

It's now time to check over the engine and get it running sweet again ready for the next race which, for me, will be Brands Hatch. Unfortunately I'm having to miss Mallory. but roll on end of April.

1st March 2009

Allied Motorsport are pleased to announce that they are now sole distributors for LRC Motorsport Locost parts and services. We will be offering their full range of body panels, chassis and suspension parts for both road going and race prepared Locost cars. This includes a selection of chassis and suspension kits for the self builder. These can be collected from Allied Motorsport’s Norfolk centre, or from the manufacturer’s premises in Cambridgeshire or can be delivered to any of the 750mc Locost race meetings throughout the year LRC have many years experience in construction of road and race Locost kit cars and have developed an excellent product range. LRC Motorsport can also be called on to produce bespoke fabrication work should it be required.

The team will be carrying the LRC logo prominently on their cars and will carry information and catalogues to all of the race meetings. (If you want a catalogue sent in the post, please drop us an email with your address), we will also be carrying a few choice samples on board to enable you to see the quality of the parts.

As well as our sole distributorship with LRC Motorsport, Allied Motorsport are also resellers of various Locost consumables and equipment. We have a range of Oils and lubricants, safety equipment and parts, contact us for more details on allied.motorsport@hotmail.co.uk .

24th January 2009

All three Allied Motorsport Locosts were out today at Snetterton for the Motor Sport Vision track day. The first run since rebuild for Andy Pointer & Richard Dixon and the first run ever in his locost for Chris Hubbard. The day was extremely cold and it proved very difficult to get any heat into the tyres. Chris worked on a basic setup for the car and declared himself pleased that the handling of the car had improved enormously over the course of the day. Andy was very pleased with the way the car was handling and felt he was really starting to find the limits of the cold track by the end of the day. Richard spent the day evaluating the setup of the car and his day was only marred by a slight hesitation/misfire in the corners (this could have been due to the cold weather) and a slight overheating incident which was solved before the end of the day.

1st January 2009 - Happy New Year

Allied Motorsport would like to wish all our sponsors, supporters, friends and families a happy new year and hope we can have a winning 2009

9th November 2008 -Rebuild time.

Currently, the cars are being given their winter rebuilds. Andy has renewed the front end of his locost after his "off" at Mallory and is also refreshing the suspension and bodywork. Chris is carrying out an all round checkover on his new locost and making a few changes prior to taking it out for a test session in the near future and Richard is looking to change a few bits on the car as well as shed a little weight on both car & driver.

9th November 2008

New Team Allied Motorsport website is launched.

End of Season -

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Behind every man is a good Woman and my dearly beloved Elaine has been as much a part of the Locost rep role as I have…( she’s still not getting a new kitchen though!!)

Signing off as always, Andy p.

Signing off as always,

Andy p.