18-12-2020, 07:11 PM
(This post was last modified: 18-12-2020, 07:26 PM by Ruairidh Dunford.)
In the spirit of remembering people as you hope they would wish to be remembered; I knew Ian because he came up to or Guildtown Rally a number of times.
He really did enjoy himself - free bar.
The last time he came up, the special had very recently been supercharged. I have no idea about these things and nodded appropriately as he screamed the t*ts off it in front of me. As he was an early arrival on the Friday I asked him if he would give me a lift to collect our Pearl, which was near Dundee, at a friend's house.
I expected the ride to be fast, but I was absolutely not prepared for what happened...
We left Perth and headed onto the A90 - at which point Ian absolutely floored it. Very quickly indeed we were touching 7000rpm in each gear and I was struggling to breath, literally.
I could feel parts of my beard tickling my ears - it was absolutely terrifying and I eventually convinced Ian to slow down to the point where I could expel air from my lungs.
We collected the the Pearl and he followed me - it must have been quite a dull drive back for him.
Here he is a Shelsley Walsh a few years ago...
I am sorry not to be able see him again, best wishes to his family.
He really did enjoy himself - free bar.
The last time he came up, the special had very recently been supercharged. I have no idea about these things and nodded appropriately as he screamed the t*ts off it in front of me. As he was an early arrival on the Friday I asked him if he would give me a lift to collect our Pearl, which was near Dundee, at a friend's house.
I expected the ride to be fast, but I was absolutely not prepared for what happened...
We left Perth and headed onto the A90 - at which point Ian absolutely floored it. Very quickly indeed we were touching 7000rpm in each gear and I was struggling to breath, literally.
I could feel parts of my beard tickling my ears - it was absolutely terrifying and I eventually convinced Ian to slow down to the point where I could expel air from my lungs.
We collected the the Pearl and he followed me - it must have been quite a dull drive back for him.
Here he is a Shelsley Walsh a few years ago...
I am sorry not to be able see him again, best wishes to his family.