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E19 Lee Lebrun leads eventual winner Terry Childs at the 1980 Tenby Nationals in their Class 9's
Rover V8 engined special of Yorkshire racer Roger Gale
Forest racer Bob Bodenham in a race for the first corner with Phil Dyke's supercharged V6 special. Sandwiched in between is Tony Proctor - ex Rallycross driver and father of Touring Car driver Mark Proctor.
Another racer from Yorkshire Dave Clark campaigned this V12 Jaguar engined special with some success in the late 70's & early eighties
John 'Gaffer' Gaffney leads Haydn Cole in a class 9 dice
Another shot of Barry Glendenning in his Rover V8 Special
Hereford racer Neil Crump leads John Grounds in their 1300 Ford pushrod specials
BC69 Bruce Campbell was always at the sharp end in whatever car he raced, seen here in a class8
S007Y Dave Gilson (?) leads Steve Wilson who went on to be a successfull circuit racer
BS7 Phil Goodenough in his Nationals winning Class 2 Escort. In 1980 it was one of the first Mk2's to hit the tracks
Ladies and Mens Nationals were still run at the same meeting until 1984. Ladies classes were even amalgamated sometimes as in this shot of class 2, 4 & 5 cars.
Mick Jennings from Concord in a clubman pickup cuts across Paul Pearce in this class 6 battle
Ivor Davies leads Mick Farrell and Bernie Edgeley into the first corner
Phil Dyke in dad Ken's Ford V6 Mini leads Mick Holtby and Jeff Hogg. The Boss' Imp was Ford pushrod powered in those days
Bernie 'the bolt' Edgeley in his glorious Raven Hotel V8 Mini Pickup
Roger Newbould built this fuel injected Cosworth BDX engined Imp to defend his class 7 title, replacing the Lotus twincam powered car from 79.
A Forest V6 Beetle leads Bob Talboys then Pinto powered Allegro at Cribbs Causeway, Bristol
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Pete Burge's 875 Imp won several 'best prepared' prizes as well as a national title for wife Pat.
Well known engine specialist Nick Stagg leads Rory Fisher's North Avon Mini in this class 4 race at Cribbs Causeway. A massive shopping mall is now built on this spot
Jeff Grist's 875 Imp. Jeff still races class5 today with the Stroud club
