Peugeot 106 XSi for 2001

Well, after a long and uncertain time, I can at last confirm that I will be racing in the Stock Hatch championship in 2001 in a brand new car, built over the winter.

The car is a Peugeot 106 XSi, one of several new 106 based cars to line up in 2001. Despite very tight deadlines, the car was in a fit state to take its place on the grid for the first race of the year, and had a very encouraging race. There is still work to do, but what race car is ever finished?

I must thank the following people for their help.

• John Gladman, for the advice I needed before I could even consider building my own car.
• Chris Payne, for some fantastic cage welding.
• Mike Gordon, for useful contacts, and component manufacture.
• Tony Foy of Weld and Metalcraft, for a fuel tank.
• Darren Blumson, for coming all the way down here to help me fit torsion bars, despite a back problem.
• Richard Gordon, John Gordon, Paul Goulding, for their hands on assistance.