[Healeys] Fw: News From Denis Welch Motorsport

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News From Denis Welch Motorsport


From: sales at bighealey.co.uk
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 1:10 PM
To: gbrierton at hotmail.com
Subject: News From Denis Welch Motorsport






International 1000 Km record attempt looks hopeful

November 15th 2009 Millbrook, England





Sunday 15th November 2009 saw the 'Healey Endurance' car built by Denis Welch
Motorsport attempt the International and National speed record up to 1000 Km
(International Group 2 Class 8 non supercharged). The car successfully
completed 308 laps at record breaking speed, averaging 148.22 mph.

The ambition was to beat the non-supercharged 4 cylinder records set by the
Healey works team in 1954 at 132.81 mph and the current National records held
by Prodrive. So mission accomplished so far.

It is now subject to FIA & MSA homologation as to whether the 6 International
and 9 National records under consideration are confirmed.

The car had a trouble free run with 3 scheduled pit stops and was driven by
owner Martyn Corfield and Engineer Jeremy Welch in 4 stints of one hour each.





A further pit stop was made after Martyn was spun across the track at 150 mph
due to the damp surface from that morning and previous day's torrential rain
and howling gales.

After such a mind numbing moment he was still able to gather the car, losing
little time and after a safety check carry on unabated to the next scheduled
stop.



" We have made a great attempt at the 1000 km endurance record this weekend
and subject to confirmation are happy that the car has performed brilliantly
achieving near the theoretical maximum calculated by MIRA in 2009 which is
better than we could ever have hoped for. It's definitely the fastest Austin
Healey in the World today at 153.44 mph, according to the stopwatch and is now
the subject to FIA & MSA homologation to see whether the official
International and National records have been achieved. We are looking forward
to releasing more news shortly"
commented Jeremy Welch.

Keep up to date on progress at www.healeyendurance.com


 Photographs courtesy of Crucial Image www.crucialimage.org.uk

Denis Welch Motorsport

Sudbury Road, Yoxall, Burton on Trent, Staffs DE13 8NA

TEL +44(0)1543 472214 FAX +44(0)1543 472339

   PARTS HOTLINE +44(0)1543 472244

SEE MORE DETAILS ON THE WEB www.bighealey.co.uk

ALSO AT www.healeyendurance.com



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