Steve Gordon's wife bought him a motor racing licence application form for his 30th birthday. This was just the start of his motorsport of course, and in 1999 Steve bought an old XR2 from a man in Essex, and entered the Stock Hatch championship.
The first year was all about learning - and there was plenty of that to do. Mechanical work, no problem, but body repairs were a new experience! Results began to improve, and the first race win came in a heat at Snetterton. The year ended with a creditable 28th in the championship, with 96 drivers having scored points during the year.
Following on from the first year of racing in 1999, the target in 2000 was to take it to the next level, and finishing as the highest placed XR2 driver, inside the top 10 overall, with 98 drivers having scored points, was a great result.
At the end of the year, the top 10 in the championship looked like this, but it was time to move on to a new car, and so the first of several Peugeot 106 XSi Stock Hatch cars took the number 8 in 2001
Pos
Driver
No.
Car
Championship Round
Total Score
Final Score
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
1
Frost
3
Swift
53
52
52
55
55
41
43
46
42
50
49
56
55
0
649
608
2
P. Taylor
5
205
44
50
50
53
53
52
47
44
47
46
47
50
49
50
682
594
3
Featherstone
17
205
47
48
0
28
37
55
44
48
50
52
52
39
50
52
602
574
4
Elliot
14
XR2i
39
42
45
43
25
45
46
42
44
32
45
45
38
43
574
517
5
Griffin
67
205
36
38
36
35
41
44
48
52
52
1
0
48
45
39
515
514
6
Burgess
66
Swift
48
1
0
42
47
0
52
40
49
41
46
49
47
41
503
503
7
Ridd
16
Swift
35
0
41
47
50
48
50
34
1
47
50
0
48
40
491
491
8
Gordon
74
XR2
42
37
42
0
17
36
40
26
36
49
42
40
46
42
495
478
9
Sheehan
34
205
45
25
43
40
32
1
41
32
26
42
37
44
1
47
456
454
10
Stokes
52
XR2
43
45
49
32
43
1
37
41
41
1
0
41
36
44
454
453
This video clip shows the Cadwell Park race, a truly fabulous track!
