Westfield Elevens

For some very good video footage of a very competitive car go on " youtube " and enter " Ian Howel Westfield Eleven ". I spoke with him at Shelsley Walsh back in 2012 , a true gent and a meticulously presented car.

The problem with hill climbs and sprints (i.e. against the clock rather than against other people) is that you cant tell if a car is quick or not - especially when now times are displayed.

Search awracing20 on youtube if you want to see a competitive 11 against other cars...

Great clips like these give a little burst of motivation to hurry up and get my engine assembled and into the car!!!!
Its really taking shape now I just cant wait to play!!!!

Cheers Si

Regards hillclimbs and sprints such as Shelsley Walsh / Curborough / Harewood House etc. it is the " Taking Part " that is a major factor and the social event involving like minded people adds to the occasion . Ian Howel's car runs a Lotus Twin Cam and I think both a Quaife gearbox and L.S.D. . the Car / Drivers times for different venues are posted on various forums and it is quite easy to see from these that both the car and the driver are " Competitive "

As I now have his spare bodywork, will my car be a quick 'un?

His 11 is indeed as nice looker. Shame I only had 5 mins to peruse it when I picked up my rear clam / scuttle.

I'm sure he is 'competitive', I don't know the guy nor have I seen him drive - just stating that with hillclimb/sprint videos its difficult to tell if they are quick without times being posted - i'm not going to go trawling the internet for results.

To me a "competitive" Eleven is any vehicle that actually competes in some sort of speed event. Never mind how well you do against anything else. God knows there are few enough of us! I was totally amazed at one black original Eleven racing at Spa in September that was very close to breaking 3:00 laps. Impressive. Expensive.
Adam - likely to be out in 2014?

Tim,

Why don't you invite Ian over here? The more the merrier...

I'm sure your car wil be very, very quick!

(How's that on the motivational scale?)

I did ask Ian if he knew about us (he didn't) and I did say we were friendly! And that a few of us competed. However, as he wasn't administering the sale of the bodywork (turned out it was his son via another family member's ebay account) I got the feeling he wasn't particularly interwebby....

Ian if you are here, come on in!!