Mustill’s newest monster: Volvo S60 silhouette
Nigel Mustill, synonymous with meaty saloon and sportscars, debuted Wessex Commercials’s latest beast at Castle Combe on Easter Monday. Acquired from the Spa-Francorchamps Museum, his second Volvo S60 silhouette won the 2011 Spa 12 Hours – by 15 seconds – with Vincent Radermecker/Nico Verdonck.
Rebuilt with a seven-litre Chevrolet LS7 V8 engine mated to its Sadev transaxle, the monster was shaken down by Craig Dolby (whose 64.959s Combe GT lap record was set in Mustill’s 6.2-litre S60 in 2018) at Donington Park recently. Mustill tussled with Alex Fores (Caterham) and plans to race the Volvo again at Thruxton this weekend.
Unwanted attention: Fergus Campbell and Will Sharpe
Photo by: Gary Hawkins
Colliding while battling for the lead of a race is unfortunate, but doing it twice is careless. That’s what happened in the MG Owners’ Club races at Brands Hatch last weekend when MG ZR drivers Will Sharpe and 2020 champion Fergus Campbell clashed in both races.
The first flashpoint occurred when Sharpe attempted to round leader Campbell at the fast downhill Paddock Hill Bend. The cars touched and both went off, leaving Sharpe beached in the gravel (above) and Campbell delayed.
In race two, Campbell got a run on Sharpe exiting Graham Hill Bend. Contact was made on the following Cooper Straight and the pair careered over the grass at Surtees.
Reigning champion Steve McDermid was the chief beneficiary as he picked up the pieces to win both races.
Quick fix of the week: Steve Hill
Photo by: Tom Banks
Steve Hill and his unique Mitsubishi Evo took fifth place in the second round of the British Rallycross season opener at Lydden Hill, with arguably the story of the weekend.
His Mitsubishi suffered a misfire in the latter stages of the semi-final, down to a broken valve spring in the engine. In an impressive effort with limited time between the semi and final, Hill’s team removed a spring from its spare engine,…
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