Ahh.
Happy days. I did indeed work for Beatties on a Saturday in Leeds and later in Lester when i was studying down there. As far as i'm concerned it was a great place, great fun and always busy and full of great stuff. I did get sponsored for a very short time and my claim to fame was out qualifying Craig Drescher / Jamie Booth and a few other top boys, way back, when we had an indoor TMS race at batley sports centre. Can't remember where exactly I ended up, but after the first couple of rounds I was 2nd and there were 100 + drivers.... shame I haven't got better with age, quite the opposite. I ran a Parma 13 single with Glyn Peglar cells (SCE's !)
In those days we all set off from the start line together. I was in the same heat as Craig D, and clearly remember beating him to the first corner in each heat with my Beatties powered Procat !
Shame they aren't going any more. I think they went under quite a few years ago.
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