GARY PICKEN

Name Gary Picken
Race No. 93
Town Stoke-on-Trent
Age 42
Family/marital status Single, Available
 
Occupation Project Manager. Keele university estates
 
Nickname Gary "gas man" Picken in honour of Richard griffin scra
Have you raced in other formula (if so what,when)  
Hot Stox 1990-1993. Claim to fame, started as a novicein first race
with Andy Smith (391)
 
Racing debut Modstox(year) 1994 Formula fiat days
why join Modstox Cheapest contact race car out there. Not too quick
Greater camaradarie and the Mack boys, without themwe'd have given 
up long ago
Current car details(prev owner) ex Rick Keeling (1) 2 time Gold roof car recaged sprint car style
 
Mechanics Father Reg(191) team manager, brother Kev(91) nathan(95) & pat mac
mech(56) when were stuck
 
Sponsors none officially Kev for labour, welding rods and steel
Pat for tyres & misc freebies. New sponsor 2007 Meir county Trikes
 
Best moment in race career (any formula)  
Winning tyrefitchamps at brampton 2005 on the last bend
 
Worst moment in race career (any formula) Reg collapsing with a stroke pushing car back into the pitsin 1997
after Kev had just done an end over end roll "on his own" borrowing
my car
Major honours (Modstox) 1st tyrefit champs 2005, 3rd national points 03/04/05
1st champion of champs 2005, 2nd shaleshifter 2006
Joint rollover champion 2002
Major honours (other formula)  
none  
Favourite track (modstox) Ruabon sadly gone, hold it flat out and enjoy.. Nearest thing to USA
dirt racing in England
Favourite track (any formula) Crewe & the old (real) Belle vue for shale
Hednesford for tarmac
Favourite track (the world) Eldora, Ohio, USA. Hlafmile sprint car track. 150 mph on dirt
Volusia, florida a close 2nd
Favourite driver ( the world) Wildcat Stu Smith(391). Consistency &who dares wins attitude. Byron
Reed in allstar sprints & Tony Stewart in Nascar. I met him before he
  was famous in 1994 copper world thanks george rimmer & ellen ellis
  The tank in N.Z
Any ambitions to move up to a different formula No chance. Why spend five times as much to get less enjoyment & the 
same plastic trophies. If I lived in the usa. Would race minisprint or
  midgets

 

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