David Coveney

Some­times you record a great hillclimb run (this one up Loton Park) only to find a tech­nical glitch has spoilt the record­ing. So if that’s the case, you must improvise.…

The first event you ever do is a great exper­i­ence. Don’t make your­self sick with worry, and ignore the people mak­ing fun of you and sug­gest­ing you’ll go out in a big ball of flames or sim­ilar! Acci­dents, in par­tic­u­lar ser­i­ous ones, are rare in sprints and hillclimbs, and if you take it […]

They built a reser­voir at Scam­monden for one very simple reason.
Because it rains a lot there.
And Sunday wasn’t a dis­ap­point­ment in that respect. Still, it’s one of those ven­ues that needs sup­port­ing — Pendle & Dis­trict always put on a good event with plenty of runs and although it’s a short hill it’s always a good […]

Woke up this morn­ing, looked out­side, saw the sun… and just wanted to go back to sleep! Yep — I was shattered! I’d failed to get to sleep early, and then woke up with a start a few times. I don’t know why, but when I have an event on the next […]

Every year I look for­ward to Loton Park, down in Shrop­shire. And every year I worry about it! It’s a lovely hillclimb — scenic and great for spec­tat­ors but there’s no deny­ing that it’s not without dangers. Lots of people end up with dam­aged cars here.
I’ve decided not to trailer the car up […]

I’m often asked by people how to start com­pet­ing in sprint­ing, and the real­ity is fairly simple. This inform­a­tion also applies, by and large, to enter­ing many other events which don’t require a spe­cial license — eg, tri­als, autotest­ing, nav­ig­a­tion ral­lies and so on.
First, find an event with a local club. In the North […]