Stratos 50 - LMC National Rally, Leamington Spa, 30th July

[ProtoTipo]

Was the last time we saw it at Abingdon Chris?
Was this the ex Jos Verstappen car?

The Omicron car wasn't ex Jos Verstappen John. I didn't know he'd owned one?
I never went to Abingdon.
I thought the only real one to go to Abingdon was Andrew Ferguson's yellow Stradale.

[Two-Eight-Six]

Martin Cliffe of 'Omicron' has owned the red, original Stratos 'stradale' which he brought on Sunday since 1985.

[john]

Ah! Of course should have realised it was the Omicron car given the occasion.
No, we had a red Stradale show up at Abingdon one year and the story was that it belonged to Jos Verstappen and well used for travelling Europe between Grand Prix.

[ProtoTipo]

Ah! Of course should have realised it was the Omicron car given the occasion.
No, we had a red Stradale show up at Abingdon one year and the story was that it belonged to Jos Verstappen and well used for travelling Europe between Grand Prix.

Was it Geoff Crabtree's car John? (my photo from Coy's Historic Rallysprint Silverstone 1998 when Bjorn Waldegard drove it - into the armco too!)

[john]

It was post 1998 Chris and the car I remember looked a lot tidier than that. I've probably got a photo somewhere.
I'm doubting my own memory on the Verstappen connection now as the chronology of Verstappens career wouldn't be quite right as a contemporary car would it?

[ProtoTipo]

'Sorry John, you said a Stradale didn't you.
That Geoff Crabtree car had square arches.

This red Stradale has been in the UK for ages. It's just been re-furbed and had another life as a Philip Morris (Marlboro) press car. (SEE HERE) It's been in more than one magazine article:

[john]

Certainly looks more like it. I'll see if I can dredge up the photos from Abingdon.