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by **robswindell** » Thu, 26 Aug 1999 04:00:00

ROB SWINDELLS RACING: ELF-FASTRACK PREVIEW - Rob Swindells

NEWS MEDIA CONTACT: Rob Swindells - Public Relations

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 25, 1999

PREVIEW: ELF-FASTRACK

ROB SWINDELLS 3RD EQUAL - 1999 GOLDLINE BEARINGS SUPERCUP Championship

What: ELF-FASTRACK SCHOLARSHIP 1999, Silverstone

The Elf-Fastrack programme is dedicated to finding the Grand Prix
drivers of the future. On offer is a year's tuition at the world's only
motoracing academy, "Elf La Filiere" at le Mans, absolutly FREE and a
season's FULLY FUNDED single-seater racing in the French Campus-Elf
championship

Rob Swindells: "This is a fantastic opportunity for me to progress my
career. I've been working hard all year and I'm glad that I've managed
come up with the budget to have a crack at winning the Elf-Fastrack 1999
competition. I'm expecting tough competition and relishing the first
real challenge of my motoracing career. I'm extremely motivated to
succeed and I feel in a good position, thanks to my training, to
capitalise on this chance. The competiton is being held on a circuit I
know - Silvertone's Stowe Circuit, so my first priority is to win the
final two rounds of the Jim Russell Goldline Bearings Supercup
championship, held on the same circuit. This I feel, will set me up well
and give me the confidence to get to Le Mans."

1996 Elf-Fastrack Champion: Tom Davies
1997 Elf-Fastrack Champion: Westley Barber
1998 Elf-Fastrack Champions: Adam Jones & Adam Carroll

--
Rob Swindells
3rd equal in Goldline Bearing FFord Championship (18 Points);
9 points behind Championship Leader (as of round 4 of 6)
"If you're a great driver, you will get through. It's not harder than
any time before." ~Martin Brundle
"If we could do this every week, we would be more consistent..." ~Bryan
Robson (I think)

by **robswindell** » Thu, 26 Aug 1999 04:00:00

That's the version Ron Dennis would be proud of... What I really feel is
that if I don't win, it'll be an injustice and I'll kill myself!
--
Rob Swindells
3rd equal in Goldline Bearing FFord Championship (18 Points);
9 points behind Championship Leader (as of round 4 of 6)
"If you're a great driver, you will get through. It's not harder than any
time before." ~Martin Brundle
"If we could do this every week, we would be more consistent..." ~Bryan
Robson (I think)

by **Jan Verschuere** » Thu, 26 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Good luck Rob.

Jan.
------

>That's the version Ron Dennis would be proud of... What I really feel is
>that if I don't win, it'll be an injustice and I'll kill myself!
>--
>Rob Swindells
><snip>

by **Jim Alliso** » Thu, 26 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Go get 'em Rob! Be sure to invite all the GPL'ers to the motorhome when you
make it into F1 ok :-) .

by **Mr. Blac** » Fri, 27 Aug 1999 04:00:00

What relationship does this have to the Elf Winfield school?

> ROB SWINDELLS RACING: ELF-FASTRACK PREVIEW - Rob Swindells

> NEWS MEDIA CONTACT: Rob Swindells - Public Relations

> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 25, 1999

> PREVIEW: ELF-FASTRACK

> ROB SWINDELLS 3RD EQUAL - 1999 GOLDLINE BEARINGS SUPERCUP Championship

> What: ELF-FASTRACK SCHOLARSHIP 1999, Silverstone

> The Elf-Fastrack programme is dedicated to finding the Grand Prix
> drivers of the future. On offer is a year's tuition at the world's only
> motoracing academy, "Elf La Filiere" at le Mans, absolutly FREE and a
> season's FULLY FUNDED single-seater racing in the French Campus-Elf
> championship

> Rob Swindells: "This is a fantastic opportunity for me to progress my
> career. I've been working hard all year and I'm glad that I've managed
> come up with the budget to have a crack at winning the Elf-Fastrack 1999
> competition. I'm expecting tough competition and relishing the first
> real challenge of my motoracing career. I'm extremely motivated to
> succeed and I feel in a good position, thanks to my training, to
> capitalise on this chance. The competiton is being held on a circuit I
> know - Silvertone's Stowe Circuit, so my first priority is to win the
> final two rounds of the Jim Russell Goldline Bearings Supercup
> championship, held on the same circuit. This I feel, will set me up well
> and give me the confidence to get to Le Mans."

> 1996 Elf-Fastrack Champion: Tom Davies
> 1997 Elf-Fastrack Champion: Westley Barber
> 1998 Elf-Fastrack Champions: Adam Jones & Adam Carroll

> --
> Rob Swindells
> 3rd equal in Goldline Bearing FFord Championship (18 Points);
> 9 points behind Championship Leader (as of round 4 of 6)
> "If you're a great driver, you will get through. It's not harder than
> any time before." ~Martin Brundle
> "If we could do this every week, we would be more consistent..." ~Bryan
> Robson (I think)

by **Meij** » Fri, 27 Aug 1999 04:00:00

This wins you a year at the school which obviously includes a year of
Formula Campus. I was at an F3 race last year at Snetterton where the
Campus championship was having a run. Close cars, good racing.

M

by **Eldre** » Fri, 27 Aug 1999 04:00:00

>ROB SWINDELLS RACING: ELF-FASTRACK PREVIEW - Rob Swindells

Good luck, dude.

Eldred

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by **robswindell** » Fri, 27 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Elf used to fund drivers who won Winfield right upto Formula One (Eric Comas,
Eric Bernard, Olivier Panis). Unforunately Elf cut back on their sponsorship
of the program a few years ago, and now the Elf support only goes as far as
the French F3 championship :( The Winfield School is still top knotch and
winning that will still get you a season of Formula Renault Elf-Campus. (About
25,000) But not, I believe, entry into La Filiere.

> What relationship does this have to the Elf Winfield school?

--
Rob Swindells
3rd equal in Goldline Bearing FFord Championship (18 Points);
9 points behind Championship Leader (as of round 4 of 6)
"If you're a great driver, you will get through. It's not harder than any time
before." ~Martin Brundle
"If we could do this every week, we would be more consistent..." ~Bryan Robson
(I think)

by **Meij** » Fri, 27 Aug 1999 04:00:00

I'd be researching that a bit better if I were you :)

From the website:
"This year's two winners will each receive a funded season of single
-seater racing in France's Campus-Elf Championship in the year 2000, plus
an exclusive place at Elf La Filire - the world's only motor racing
university - at the Le Mans circuit, in France"

I am surprised you didn't know that Rob...

Bad monkey

M

swindells, at, netscape, online, dot, co, dot, uk <rob,> wrote in

by **robswindell** » Fri, 27 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Yes, I know this - THAT is the prize for winning the *Elf-Fastrack*
competition. _Winfield_ is something quite, quite different. Winfield is a
motoracing school that teaches you to correctly drive single-seaters. If you
successfully complete the Winfield course, you have a chance to compete in
the Winfield Challenge. I went for this chance to win a 25,000 scholarship
of Formula Renault Elf-Campus but missed out by 0.5s - that was 1998 and all
took place at Paul Ricard.

Now I'm going for the Elf-Fastrack scholarship which will get me a "funded
season of single-seater racing in France's Campus-Elf Championship in the
year 2000, plus an exclusive place at Elf La Filire - the world's only motor
racing university - at the Le Mans circuit, in France".

ELF-FASTRACK Website - http://www.racecar.co.uk/elf-fastrack
WINFIELD Website - http://www.racecar.co.uk/~winfield

Understand? I know exactly what's going on with my motoracing. Everything is
black and white for me at the moment, how it should be. I have the budget,
the ability and confidence to succeed right now...

I'm glad you have a high opinion of my intelligence. Thanks.

--
Rob Swindells
3rd equal in Goldline Bearing FFord Championship (18 Points);
9 points behind Championship Leader (as of round 4 of 6)
"If you're a great driver, you will get through. It's not harder than any
time before." ~Martin Brundle
"If we could do this every week, we would be more consistent..." ~Bryan
Robson (I think)

by **Rob Swindel** » Fri, 27 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Thanks for the support guys! ;-)

Ugh! So AOL really is bad! :)

Rob Swindells
3rd equal in Goldline Bearing FFord Championship (18 Points);
9 points behind Championship Leader (as of round 4 of 6)
"If you're a great driver, you will get through. It's not harder than any time
before." ~Martin Brundle

by **Richard G Cleg** » Fri, 27 Aug 1999 04:00:00

: Now I'm going for the Elf-Fastrack scholarship which will get me a "funded
: season of single-seater racing in France's Campus-Elf Championship in the
: year 2000, plus an exclusive place at Elf La Filiere - the world's only motor
: racing university - at the Le Mans circuit, in France".

: ELF-FASTRACK Website - http://www.racecar.co.uk/elf-fastrack
: WINFIELD Website - http://www.racecar.co.uk/~winfield

: Understand? I know exactly what's going on with my motoracing. Everything is
: black and white for me at the moment, how it should be. I have the budget,
: the ability and confidence to succeed right now...

Heh... well good luck. I've seen a round of the Campus-Elf
Championship I think. Is that the one where there's lots of the same car
and you draw lots for which number you race in? Very confusing for the
watchers - they should paint them different colours or something.
Looked like good racing though.

--
Richard G. Clegg Only the mind is waving
Dept. of Mathematics (Network Control group) Uni. of York.

www: http://manor.york.ac.uk/top.html

by **D.Oggopolon** » Fri, 27 Aug 1999 04:00:00

What is the "Goldline Bearing FFord Championship"? I have never seen or
heard of this championship during my travels around the UK circuits. I
attend upwards of 30 events per year at club, national and international
level, I would have thought that on at least one occaision during this time,
our paths would have crossed.

by **robswindell** » Fri, 27 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Hi there - the Goldline Bearings Championship is run by the Jim Russell school
for their course graduates. It's only a 6 race series run on the Stowe circuit
at Silverstone. It's not very big and only useful for gaining signatures on my
licence and racing experience.

> What is the "Goldline Bearing FFord Championship"? I have never seen or
> heard of this championship during my travels around the UK circuits. I
> attend upwards of 30 events per year at club, national and international
> level, I would have thought that on at least one occaision during this time,
> our paths would have crossed.

--
Rob Swindells
3rd equal in Goldline Bearing FFord Championship (18 Points);
9 points behind Championship Leader (as of round 4 of 6)
"If you're a great driver, you will get through. It's not harder than any time
before." ~Martin Brundle
"If we could do this every week, we would be more consistent..." ~Bryan Robson
(I think)

by **Jan Verschuere** » Sat, 28 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Sounds very confident Rob, I like it!!

Supreme confidence is the first step to becoming a consistent winner.

Cheers,

Jan.
------

>><snip>
>Understand? I know exactly what's going on with my motoracing. Everything
is
>black and white for me at the moment, how it should be. I have the budget,
>the ability and confidence to succeed right now...
><snip>-
>Rob Swindells