WF2012 - Super Simmo (11 DAYS TO GO!)

Today step on the journey sees us pay tribute to the outgoing champ

871 Mark Simpson

Naturally overjoyed, Simmo with spoils

One of Brisca's nice guys took the glory in the monsoon mud bath of King's Lynn last September, despite waking up that morning, not thinking he could win it. He wasn't even in the race on the morning of the event. Benevolent Fund Treasurer, Sharon Blood, tipped Simmo to win back at the NEC Show of that year. After a not very good semi performance, Simmo seemed resigned to another year without a world final appearance, He'd race the consolation semi and see where he was. The rest is as they say, history!

What made his win so special, is that as a mainstay of the Skeggy Spedeweekend, he is known to all and sundry. Many have stayed at the Cottage Farm campsite which lies close to the track, and many have enjoyed his hospitality at the site.

He's been racing for near on 20 years and the World Title is a fitting peak to a driver who has given it all over the years, both on tarmac and shale. He's won consolation semis, semis, started 2 world finals on the front row, and then took a safe second behind Barry Goldin to secure his place on the grid.
In fact, he was the winner of  what many pundits call, "the Greatest of all time", the meeting final of the 1994 Warton Semi Final. Early signs that whilst others lost their heads, his came through to the top.



His golden year promise was to try and get to every track. Tooled up with two new cars and gold roofs shimmering, Simmo set about achieving this.  Sadly a nasty break curtailed his racing mid season and this fell by the wayside. However he has done a superb effort in travelling with the gold roof, from the far South West with St Day to a week in Scotland. In previous weeks he has seen hit the Mendips Raceway and all over tracks across the land. He has certainly continued the Champions' blue print. Show it off and keep smiling, regardless of the results....

So the Memories of the cracking race and victory for the ever cheerful Simmo. A true ambassador for the sport, and certainly a year he wont forget...