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Santa Pod falls silent RACING WAS BROUGHT TO A HALT AT SANTA POD ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE FIA EUROPEAN FINALS, after the death of Queen Elizabeth II was announced. At 11.30 the following morning, then again
at 1.30 on Saturday afternoon, the Santa Pod crew and officials gathered at the startline to observe two minutes’ silence in Her Majesty’s honour, with the years of her life (1926-2022)
displayed on the scoreboards at the end of the strip.
THE FORMER OWNER OF A CUSTOMISED MUSTANG is appealing for information on its whereabouts today. Geoff Schofield won the car at a show in Shipley, West Yorkshire, in 1978 – having paid just £1 for four tickets in a charity raffle which had seen it transported around a series of events around the country. The sweet taste of victory was to turn sour when the car turned out to be more of an unfinished project than anything else. But Geoff decided to keep it because he loved Mustangs. ‘Somebody from the charity took me to one side,’ he says, ‘and explained to that due to the car being taken all round the country, the work had not been finished and they would rather offer me some money instead. I said I’d rather have the car I won – not knowing how much work had not been done on it! ‘I was given the keys and told the MOT would be posted to me. A few days later, I got the test certificate – showing a full 12 months’ MOT, even though the car was already in my garage by that time! I started to inspect it and there was a big hole under the driver’s carpet with a plate laying over it as opposed to having been cut out and welded in. I found lots of things that should have been done but hadn’t and was not pleased at all.’ In the 18 months that followed, Geoff sank a load of money into bringing the Mustang up to scratch – but, he says, it still didn’t come up to the standard it should have been at when he won it. He finally sold it on, seeing it on the road once more after that – and now here he is, 45 years later, wondering what came of it. ‘The Mustang was left-hand drive with the 6-cylinder engine and three on the floor, and as far as i remember was blue and gold buttoned dralon inside and metalflake gold on the body,’ he says. ‘I know it was a long time ago but I hope the builders see this and give me a ring so they can tell me more about it.’ Got any info? Geoff is on 07855 492559 – he’d love to hear from you.
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