Honeywell - Team Honeywell Car wins for second year running
Heating installer Neil Plimmer and his driving
partner Geoff Fawcett have won the Uniroyal Fun Cup
motor racing series for the second year running in their
Team Honeywell car.
The races are endurance events on major circuits
including Brands Hatch and Snetterton. They feature
regularly on Sky Sports TV.
Following their success, Neil and Geoff will compete as
Team Honeywell in the eight hour World Cup race at Vale
de Vienne in France, on 10 to 11th November.
“2007 is the ninth consecutive year of our association
with Honeywell, the leading controls company,” said
Neil, who runs Brian Plimmer Plumbing & Heating
Engineers, based in Pontefract West Yorkshire.
“Honeywell backed us initially in National Formula Ford
and continued its support when we switched to the
Uniroyal Fun Cup in 2002.”
Team Honeywell shows great professionalism, which is
acknowledged by the championship organisers. The two
drivers were asked and have agreed to assist with driver
coaching in Fun Cup Scholarship events during 2008.
Neil and Geoff hope fellow heating installers and
plumbers will cheer them on in their races throughout
the 2008 season, at the tracks or on Sky TV. Full race
details are posted at www.funcup.co.uk.
“Uniroyal Fun Cup races have all the drama of Formula
One but are totally the test of drivers’ and pit crews’
skills, as all cars are built to a single specification
with 130bhp VW/Audi engines,” explained Neil.
“The cars may have VW Beetle-styled bodies, but are real
racing cars with a tubular chassis, GPR body, central
driving position and mid-mounted engine with rear-wheel
drive.
“To ensure car performances are the same, the engines
and gearboxes are sealed to prevent tampering and they
use identical Uniroyal tyres.”
Races usually last between three and six hours, with one
hour qualifying beforehand and often a test session the
day before, they explained. The grid positions are
normally made up from a ballot rather than times set in
qualifying.
Each race is split into sections of between 30 and 50
minutes, followed by a pit stop window when each car
must stop and may refuel. When in the pits, the driver
must get out and either be replaced by another driver or
run round the car and get back in again. That way
whatever the number of drivers in a team there is no
disadvantage.
The racing is ultra close with just fractions of inches
between the leaders. Frequently just a second or two
separates the leaders at the chequered flag, from after
five hours of action.
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