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Jerry B
March 26th, 2003, 09:51 AM
Sorry everybody, after getting you all excited a couple of weeks ago, I`m afraid to say that nothing is going to happen after all. But let me tell tou what it was all about anyway........

Pirelli were initially interested in putting my car in the old Pirelli livery and running the car as a promotional vehicle on rounds of the Pirelli British Rally Championship. I would have driven the car around the stages before the competing cars and had the car on display at the start and the finish.
It would have made quite a spectacle, but unfortunately the various bodies couldn`t all agree that it was a good idea and it was decided that it wasn`t what the championship was really all about and the project has finally been shelved after many weeks of waiting for the green light.

It`s very disappointing that something that I am sure would have been of real interest to spectators wasn`t taken up, but I`ve left the door open with Pirelli for the Stratos Challenge next year.

Apologies again for getting you all excited unnecessarily but I really thought that it was going to happen.

Stratos
March 26th, 2003, 11:51 AM
Jerry,

Would have been brilliant if it had come off.

Like the comment about the Stratos Challenge. It'll be a subject I'm sure we'll discuss at Abingdon.

Do you think they would be interested in sponsoring a team of Stratos in the 2004 Roger Albert Clark Rally? This is the re-creation of the RAC of old.

chris.richard
March 26th, 2003, 12:11 PM
It's a shame it didn't happen, it would have been a tremendous sight for rally fans, not to mention the trade it might have generated for Hawk and the club. Ah well!:rolleyes:

JohnB_SPY8808053
March 26th, 2003, 03:21 PM
Sorry to hear that. Maybe we could stir up some support on the rally forums. A few encouraging emails couldn't hurt.

John B.

Sando
March 27th, 2003, 01:43 PM
Thats a shame Jerry, would have been a great sight.

Are you still going for the Pirelli paintwork? it sounded from your earlier post that you had been busy preparing it anyway.