mk2 escort, driven better than vatenan ?

[1601mex]

lads do yourselves a favour and check out this mk2 sprinting in ireland on youtube hope the link works
best mk2 driven on the limit and nearly beyond that ive seen in a long time
simon mckinley early 07 hillclimb season

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d01VBR5nKPw

[taffr]

that car is set up well , and the fella knows how to drive it too , awesome

[oldskooljoe]

awesome driver nice video

[rwdrs]

bloody magic bit of driving that, very tasty

only managed fifth though, so maybe the spectacular driving isn't as effective as it could be, or there were faster cars there

[graham John]

thats been on here a few times, even so, still bloody impressive,

good vid,

cheeRS

[little fella]

now thats entertaining to watch

[paul spence]

he can dance

[oldskooljoe]

thats been on here a few times, even so, still bloody impressive,

good vid,

cheeRS

I thought this vid has been shown before somewhere on here.

[rsjohn1]

Mk2

Watched this clip so many times and puts a big smile on!!!

Anybody on here know the guy personally?

regards john

[RT2400]

bloody magic bit of driving that, very tasty

only managed fifth though, so maybe the spectacular driving isn't as effective as it could be, or there were faster cars there

Rarely beaten byany saloon. Only cars that beat it are 250 bhp + single seaters, even then there is an occasional FTD 1st overall uaually 2nd or 3rd overall. visit www.motorsportireland.com and hillclimb championship results to see what was in front and behind it. One crash in 5 years , caught a rock on inside of a corner, just bent the rim and compressed the compression strut. 300hp in an Escort weighing 800kg is not something too many have sampled, its a handful even with super sticky hillclimb slicks.

[RS fruitbat]

Fantastic vid,he sure knows how to drive a mk2

[emily]

f--k me he knows how to throw a mk2 around the gaff.........

[Miniliteman]

From the irishhillclimb-site:

Premier Machine Tools Hillclimb & Sprint Championship Rounds 13 & 14 Limerick Hillclimbs at Old Mill and Broadford 4th and 5th of August 2007 by Senan O’Connor.

Simon McKinley and Paul O’Connell arrived at the first of two Limerick Hillclimbs with equal points in the Premier Machine Tools Hillclimb and Sprint Championship. After fourteen rounds held over seven weekends in such different machinery, not even a point could separate them. Local driver O’Connell was back in his racetrack derived Delta T79 single-seater with a borrowed engine. McKinley is still piloting his fathers rally evolved MK2 Escort snubbing the Lant single-seater he used for the Carrick on Suir Hillclimbs. It was McKinley who reconditioned and fitted the borrowed engine after Paul’s own one blew up at the Carlow Sprints. Has it ever happened before that a competitor has put so much into helping his principle opposition when a National Championship has been at stake? I think not.

Sounds like a top bloke! (could be one of us )

Is this the next generation McKinley waiting to have a go??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oTQ0j4fnlk&NR=1

[FoMoCo]

Great advert for a Warrior