Joy Richings
CLUBMANS RACING
GEM, Crossle, but the one name that has stood above them all is Mallock. This legendary manufacturer that was formed by Major Arthur Mallock in 1958 and continued by his son Richard, and his wife Sue, until their retirement three years ago.
Arthur was one of the great pioneers of post-war motor racing, an innovative engineer with a competitive spirit and a focus on the key principles of simplicity, low cost, low weight, chassis stiffness and suspension geometry. His first self-designed chassis, the U2 MK1, was built in 1958 and began a long line of cars that continued to evolve until just a few years ago.
Neil Chapman( CSP2) leads Barry Webb( CSPB), who is chased by Clive Wood( CSP1) and Pippa Tanner-Wood( CSPB) at Donington Park
“ Around 80 percent of the cars in the Clubmans Championship are now Mallocks,” says Richings.“ If you look at one, a bit like you do with a Porsche, you might think‘ it is designed all wrong, the weight is in the wrong place, it has a live axle at the back … that is not going to work, is it?’ But, just like Porsches, they work incredibly well!
“ They have always been quick, but Arthur Mallock was not like Colin Chapman – he did not design things down to the limit where the car would fall apart as it crossed the line. His cars were built very much with the customer in mind, so they are very quick, and very robust. That is why they are always been so popular.
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Clive Wood and his daughter Pippa Tanner-Wood are one of the two father and daughter pairings in Clubmans. In 2018 Clive won the CSP1 title and Pippa the CSPB title
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