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Gavin Chisholm and Shannon Turnbull flying the Complete Cleaning flag on the gruelling five day (and night) 2019 Roger Albert Clark Rally at the end of October.
This rally recreates the punishing time schedules of rallies in the seventies and eighties, with competetive sections in Wales, northern England and southern Scotland.
Fog rain and mud added to the challenging conditions, and despite more than a few problems, Gavin and Shannon made it successfully to the finish.
2018, and newly crowned 2019 British Rally Champion, Matt Edwards, has secured a works drive with Hyundai on the UK round of the World Rally Championship, Wales Rally GB in early October 2019.
Matt, with backing from Complete Cleaning, is pitting himself against the very best in the World on this three day event based out of Llandudno, competing in all the legendary Welsh forest stages.
Complete Cleaning is proud to be supporting the 2019 STV Appeal and has re-liveried Caroline Carslaw’s rally car for the occasion.
On 14th September Caroline and her navigator Charley Sayer-Payne are competing in the Galloway Hills Rally, the last round in this years’ Scottish Rally Championship.
It takes place in the Galloway forests starting in Dalbeattie and finishing in Threave Garden. There will be a team out at strategic points and spectator areas armed with collection buckets trying to raise as much as they can for this very worthwhile cause.
Find out more about the STV Appeal on their website or Facebook.
For 2019 Complete Cleaning is continuing to support Caroline Carslaw in the KNC Groundworks Scottish Rally Championship, driving a Fiesta R2.
Along with the new car, Caroline has teamed up with experienced navigator, Charley Sayer-Payne to create an all female crew. Except, however on the Argyll Stages in June, when Caroline is being also skilfully guided through the forests by Welshman, Matt Edwards, the 2018 British Rally Champion.
Our car can be seen on all rounds of the Scottish Rally Championship and selected British Championship events. Find out more on Caroline’s website and Facebook page.
THE MONTE CARLO RALLY was first run in 1911 and started from eleven locations across Europe to converge in Monaco. It has become an iconic event, known to many, but especially for motor sport emthusiasts everywhere.
The Rallye Monte Carlo Historique recreates the original format, and Complete Cleaning’s Donald Carslaw entered the 2018 edition from the UK start in Paisley, guided by navigator, John Duke.
His 1971 Saab 96 V4 has competition history, but had not been used for about ten years. Weeks of preparation preceded the gruelling rally of over 2000 kilometres and 300 competing cars, with sections running through the night, and difficult wintry conditions on tight alpine roads.
After being flagged off the start ramp, and only a few miles down the M77 in driving snow, it became apparent there was a problem with the engine that was to blight the rest of the rally. Running on only three cylinders, and using a lot of oil, frequent stops all the way to the Channel were necessary. Friends and strangers were on hand with offers of assistance, but the worry of imminent engine failure was always present.
Donald was still in the rally, but with a sick car, they had to miss out some of the stages to stay on time, to get to Monaco, and to finish.
Stopping every hundred miles or so to fill up with oil and change spark plugs, they made it to Monaco, but were not finished yet.
After a few hours rest, the final stage was the famous Col de Turini, in the dark, in the mountains high above Monte Carlo – a must-do!
But, with only a few kilometres of the fifty kilometre stage to go, disaster struck. An over exuberant driver got caught out on a hairpin bend, the car being saved from going over the edge by a barrier, but terminally damaging the steering and suspension in the collision.
A cruel blow considering the car was still running, after being nursed along for over two thousand hard kilometres.
And the end of quite an adventure.
Caroline Carslaw
The previously campaigned Fiesta.
Complete Cleaning has had a long involvement with motorsport through it’s founder and CEO who competed throughout the 80s and 90s.
The Company now actively encourages and helps youngsters to get involved and runs a Subaru rally car for Caroline Carslaw, Scottish Ladies Rally Champion 2013, 2014 & 2016.
Our car can be seen on all rounds of the Scottish Rally Championship and selected British Championship events. Find out more on Caroline’s website and Facebook page.
Caroline with the current (& 7 times) USA Rally Champion, David Higgins
Following an accident on The Speyside Stages in April 2017, Caroline’s campaign on The Scottish Championship was curtailed as she sustained a broken wrist in the incident. After several weeks in plaster and a few more in a wrist brace she’s hoping to get back behind the wheel before the end of the season.
In the meantime we have secured the services of former Vauxhall and Audi factory driver Andrew Wood to fly the Complete Cleaning flag on the McRae Gravel Challenge on the 23rd September. This event is to commemorate the late former World Champion Colin McRae who died tragically 10 years ago in a helicopter accident.
Andrew was one of Britain’s top professional rally drivers in the past and will be putting the Complete Cleaning Subaru through its paces navigated by Caroline through 30 miles of forestry tracks in Perthshire. This will be quite a spectacle and well worthwhile coming along to see.
Details on www.coltnesscarclub.com
The Complete Cleaning Subaru was on full display at the recent Ignition Festival at the SEC Glasgow.
The event featured 5 former rally World Champions – Ari Vatanen, Stig Blomqvist, Timo Salonen, Marku Alen and Miki Biasion, alongside Scotland’s very own 5 times British Champion Jimmy McRae.
Our car was featured on the Scottish Motor Sports stand and Caroline was on hand to talk to the enthusiastic crowd about the car and her career.
A great weekend interspersed with a few downpours that didn’t keep the crowds away.
For 2017 in track racing we are giving support to Christie Doran driving a VW Golf in the VAG Trophy series.
Christie is a young track racer from Falkirk. Despite have done no karting, she came second in her first Scottish series (the Scottish Classics) and fourth in her first UK series.
She was third in the VAG Trophy Class B championship last year – with three wins and twelve podiums – and is determined to get more success in the VAG Trophy in 2017.
She said: “It is a very tough series, with top drivers, many of whom are working their way into touring cars or endurance racing. My progress with Slidesports Race Engineering has been good but there is so much more we can achieve. It is great that Complete Cleaning Services has spotted what I have been doing and believe in me enough to support me. They will have rally success with Caroline Carslaw. I hope I can add more girl power – this time on track.” Follow Christie’s progress on Facebook.
RACE ace Christie Doran has vowed to end her season on a high after a dramatic double podium on her debut at Thruxton. The Complete Cleaning Scotland driver, from Falkirk, has proved to be a fast-track demon in the past and proved the point by producing two powerful drives to take two second places in the VAG Trophy B Class at the Hampshire circuit.
Now she wants to repeat the feat or go even better in the final round at Oulton Park in October. She said: “The results really boosted my confidence and the next round is Oulton where I have had some success in the past. It would be good to finish the season with more podiums – or even a win.” Christie added: “I always like going to a new circuit. Thruxton was a challenge because it is not on any computer game so we I could only go on other people’s onboard footage. “The track is very fast. You need to be brave and commit to the corners at over 100mph. We had a few slight issues in testing that restricted our running, but my Slidesports team are great at sorting them out and giving you confidence in the car. We finished the day with some promising times and knowing there was plenty more to come. Qualifying was all about determination. I thought I was doing OK then saw I was P4 with just a few minutes to go. That wasn’t part of the plan but I hooked up a great lap to take P2 at the death. That also boosted my confidence.”
She then repeated the result after an epic battle with Barrie Culley. She said: “I had to fight really hard but it was really good fun. It was a good weekend – solid points rewarding a good team performance.”
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