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John
21st Mar 2003, 10:31 AM
Come on guys its been dead on here this week!!!

Heres a quick and simple question......

Who was the first person to race a 5-door Ford Mondeo in the BTCC and when was it - the actual round if possible please.
Stuart
21st Mar 2003, 02:04 PM
Wasn't it Charlie Cox in an ex- German Championship car?
Possibly the car he destroyed at Thruxton....
John
21st Mar 2003, 02:28 PM
As far as I'm aware the car CC totalled at Thruxton was a 4-door version.
Alan
21st Mar 2003, 02:51 PM
At a guess I would say Paul Radisich - 1995 but this is a stab in the dark.

I am assuming that CC and earlier like Robb Gravett, Matt Neal and so forth were running 4 doors and the later Andy rouse prepared machines were 5 door.
Alan
21st Mar 2003, 09:26 PM
Ha! Got it!!!!:p

Charlie Cox it was, but not until Brands (rounds 18 & 19) on the 13th August 1995.

The car he destroyed at Thruxton was four door, but the replacement, first raced as above, was five door.

Mind you - had to cheat and get the books out for this!!!!:D
Graz
21st Mar 2003, 10:05 PM
I think that the first 5-door mondeo was driven by Paul Radisich at the Pembry round in 1993. I am a little unsure about this but it is worth a guess.
Alan
21st Mar 2003, 10:16 PM
They were four door models (looking at the photos). Driven by Radisich and Andy Rouse.
John
21st Mar 2003, 10:32 PM
Originally posted by Alan
Ha! Got it!!!!:p

Charlie Cox it was, but not until Brands (rounds 18 & 19) on the 13th August 1995.

The car he destroyed at Thruxton was four door, but the replacement, first raced as above, was five door.

Mind you - had to cheat and get the books out for this!!!!:D

Yeah well done!! Stu was just about right but as you say Alan it was the replacement for the original car (which was 4-door like all the other Mondeos in 1995 and before) which Charlie raced from Brands on.

I'll have to think up another one now! :)
vitesse
11th Apr 2003, 07:17 PM
Originally posted by John
Yeah well done!! Stu was just about right but as you say Alan it was the replacement for the original car (which was 4-door like all the other Mondeos in 1995 and before) which Charlie raced from Brands on.

I'll have to think up another one now! :)

If memory serves, Cox's original Mondeo was Radisich's 1994 season car- ie the Touring Car World Cup winner, so Charlie wrote off quite a historic car at Thruxton!

His hatchback version didn't appear until pretty late in the season, and I think was built up around a brand new 5-door shell from Matter in Germany