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| Career 1987-89 |
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| 1987 |
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Dave Pinkney’s racing career first started in 1987 when he contested the Uniroyal Production saloon championship in a Rover SD1 Vitesse, the car was run from his garage and transported to and from the circuits in a converted D series horse transporter.
It was an interesting year, competing against the new turbo powered Ford Cosworths; the Vitesse was getting a bit long in the tooth and was comparatively down on power. But Dave still managed to mix it with the Cosworths on a regular basis enjoying many top ten finishes. |
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| 1988 |
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His experiences that year convinced Dave to run a 3 door Ford Cosworth in 1988, again in the very well supported Uniroyal Series and he also contested a few rounds of the Monroe Shock Absorbers Production saloon championship.
It was a Monroe round at Mallory Park on the 8th of May that year that saw Dave take his first race win, he went on to score 4 wins, a second and 3 third places.
He also took part in the Willhire 24 Hour race in June, sharing his car
with Rob Gravett (later to go on and win the BTCC in 1990) and Lawrence Bristow. They qualified on Pole position and after 23 hours were in second place closing down the leader when the engine let go! |
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| 1989 |
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The great success Dave enjoyed in 88 speared him on to move up in 1989, to the now very popular BTCC in a Ford Cosworth RS500. It proved to be a troubled year for Dave, as part of a three car team, his car was very quick in a straight line but suffered bad handling and poor reliability.
His best result was 11th at Thruxton on the 29th of May. However as is Dave's way, he did not give up an on the 20th of August at Brands Hatch managed to come through the field up to 5th position before a crash at Clearways brought the1989 season to a premature close.
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