This car was
originally called Impact and was driven by Yorkshireman Mike (Mick) Sayers.
When it first competed the bodywork was painted dark blue and it ran in the
Junior Dragster class (JD/27). The car was powered by a supercharged 998cc
Hillman Imp engine and it was a very successful machine. Once again, the car's
name is a play on words of the origin of the engine.
It ran
consistently to win the NDRC Castrol/RAC Points Championship for 1974. In a
cliff-hanger final round at Snetterton, Mick set a new junior dragster record,
being the first car in this class to dip below 11 seconds with a 10.89/125mph
effort. He had travelled nearly 4000 miles that year to compete in this 8 round
championship! Here was a perfect example of a giant killer, proving that you
didn't need a mega-buck V8 motor to win a championship.
The picture shows the car sometime later,
possibly having been sold on, hence the change of bodywork colour and race
number - now running in E class dragster. The class changes occurred around the
1978 season. I am not sure who was running the car when this picture was
taken.
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