Very well done chaps ...!
It's a good story ... goes something like this ...
In period only one of the Bonds was completed, they were an ambitious project with the front-wheel drive. Apparently the finances ran out and the rear-engined cars started to appear, so they were outclassed anyway, before they'd been fully developed. The second car was never finished in period.
One of the original team was Jon Goddard-Watts.
Many years later ...
Jon Goddard-Watts is made aware that the cars still exist, he rebuys them, in barn-find condition and they are sent to Andrew Tart and his crew to restore and race. The previously unraced car is the one that Andrew Tart drives, in Class B2. A couple of seasons later Andrew/Team Bond are FIA Lurani Champions, Jon is there to see it too, despite having not enjoyed the best of health during the 'project'. Gil Duffy driving the other Bond is the winner of the 1000cc Front-engine class, B1.
I've gone wheel-to-wheel with Andrew quite a bit this year, especially the latter part of the season when I upped my own game, it's been fun, and safe, racing with him ... even though it's worth bearing in mind that with front-wheel drive he doesn't necessarily take the same lines or handle the same way as the rest of us!
It's a great story and they deserve full credit, the cars are always beautifully turned out, and very reliable ... although the final Iberian rounds proved challenging for Team Bond too, as it did for us!
Champagne all round!
No comments:
Post a Comment