1973 ASTON MARTIN V8

The car pictured below took part in the Targa Tasmania Rally in 1999, with Bob White driving and Rikki as navigator.  They successfully completed the Rally and also won 1st in Class, Targa Trophy and Highest Place International Crew out of 19.

       

Displaying the Trophies

1959 DB MK III

This car has an extensive history of racing and took part in the Liege-Rome Rally in 1998 and 1999.   In the 1999 AMOC racing season Rikki, with Jim Darling's (the owner) permission and support, raced at Mallory Park, Croft, Oulton Park, Donnington and attempted the Horsfall at Silverstone which was rained off.  They collected 3 Class wins and a 1st on Handicap.   

 

1957 DB2/4

This car, affectionately known as 'Bunny' (see number plate) has completed many Rallies including the 1994 Marathon, 1998 Liege-Rome, and is a frequent participant in AMOC racing.

        

Stealth Blow Up
Brands Hatch May Day 2006
Rikki finally unveils the Stealth race car and gets all his competitors running scared. 

                                                                     

 

            

 

Stealth's first two seasons have been very challenging from the initial engine blow up to various accidents. (maybe we should change the name to Warrior)

Through our dedication, time, skill and expertise we have developed the "Stealth" into a race winning car. It will return in ............... 
November 2008 The Champions! 

What a great race season 2008 has been thanks to the total reliability of Phil Williams car " The Stinger" we have been able to win the AMOC race championship outright.
The car has been totally built and designed by us including Engine, Transmission, Suspension, Brakes and Chassis all carried out in house incorporating a wealth of experience and expertise gained by us over the last 25years.
We are very proud of all our team from the tea boy to the engineers who have all contributed to making this such a successful year in 2008!
We are already preparing for 2009 so if you would like to be supported by us in 2009 then give Rikki a call to discuss exactly what you need.

"Rose"

Joe Cann 2010 C2 (AMOC) Champion
 
Rikki Cann 2010 (AMOC) Intermarque V8 Team and Class B Champion

Race win at Snetterton (CSCC)

Race win at Donington night race (CSCC)

 

2011 MRC 360 Race Meeting

30th April 2011 was the http://360mrc.com/ 6hr race at Snetterton along with the 30 min wedding breakfast support race. I can see this event becoming an annual festival .

We have been having lots of engine problems with Rose which proved very expensive and time consuming (dropped2 valve seats) The only testing that we had managed before the 360 race was half an hour on a rolling road, so no track time or set up time was done before we arrived on the 29th April 2011, we just new we had to be there.

We went into qualifying not knowing how much fuel we needed, if the brake pads would last, if the tyres would last and if the valve seats would stay where they should.

 

We qualified behind the Euphoria Escort by some 1.7 seconds, Rikki started the race and we all agreed to take it easy as this is an endurance race not a sprint, but after the start I saw an opportunity to take the lead and did, then five laps into the 6 hr I found myself pushing harder (remember this is a endurance race not a sprint) and trying to take Hamilton's flat out I quickly found out that you could not and went off which removed the spoilers chin, (what a plonker) fortunately there was no other damage and all the gauges were reading ok (phew)

 

I handed over Rose to Joe at 80 mins and still in the lead, each stop also meant more fuel, Joe set off and was still in the lead, the Escort and BMW were both charging hard, eventually a safety car was deployed and so Joe came in for more fuel, we did a slash and dash and resent Joe out hoping to get in front of the safety car crocodile but unfortunately we did not and was held in the pit lane for another lap.

 

Joe was then in second place for another 40mins, he came in and handed Rose over to Phil Williams who rejoined the race in second place and was having a great race with the climax motor sport BMW for lap after lap, eventually Phil got caught out by Hamilton's and he had a 360 spin off and then back onto the track, again fortunately Rose had no other damage and Phil continued for some more laps, he came in and handed over to Rikki in 3rd place more fuel was needed and back into the race we went climbing our way back to 2nd overhaul.

 I had a great few laps dicing with the Escort, but I had to eventually give in to the quicker through the corners Escort I had also noticed that under hard braking and right hand cornering my oil pressure would drop off and eventually the oil light started to come on, which meant I had to go slow and wait for the car to be straight before I could nail the throttle, this lasted for about half an hour, I then came in put 2 - 3litres of oil in the engine. The guys refuelled and Joe took over for the last stint. Unlike me and Phil Joe kept out of trouble and drove the car home to take first place in the race proper.

Rose Really showed what its made of by winning the race in front of the BMW of climax motor sport and the Alfa Romeo of pace products and everything held together we used lots of fuel but only one set of brake pads and tyres, apart from the oil top up Rose ran faultlessly with a fastest lap of 2.14.632 on lap 100.

Well done to all involved in our team

Aston Madness

In two years the 360 had doubled its entrants and added a support race, lets all help it double its entrants for 2012 and knowing Claire and the 360 team there will be even more to look forward to in 2012.

The 360 MRC has also introduced us to lots more motor sport friends for all this we thank you all.

Team Madness

  • Rikki Cann (Driver)

  • Joe Cann  (Driver)

  • Phil Williams (Driver)

  • Scott Passmore (Crew Chief)

  • Tony Palmer (refuelling)

  • Robert Lowman (Mechanic)

  • Scrappy (Mechanic)

  • Mark Lloyd (Fabricator)

  • Jayne Cann (Food)

  • Lauren Cann (Pit Crew)

  • Cheryl (Nelson) Lester (Pit Crew)

 

 

 

The "Elite"

WBS race was Laurens first ever race, she had her ARDS test on the 15th march 2010 which she passed, thanks to Whizzo Williams for all the advise on "how to race" which has helped Lauren.

29th April was the start of "nerves" and anticipation for the race the next day, 30th April was an early start and soon Lauren was out on the new Snetterton 300 circuit for her first time and she was qualifying, once she had warmed the Elite up, she started to put in very consistent times and her smile was getting bigger (I think the nerves had now gone)

The gird for the race was very interesting with such an array of different cars from Crossle 9Sto Camaro IROC - Z and of course the Elite which qualified 20th with a time of 3.10.678. Lauren did keep herself on line as the other drivers lapped her and were all pleased with how she was not put off by them passing her very quickly. she finished the race with no damage to the Elite in 14th place with an improved time of 3.08.24, her first words to me when she got out of the Elite was "I'm knackered "

   

Jack Sears

MG Beast