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Personal
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Name:
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Larry Carter
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Age:
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39 |
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Marital status:
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Single
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Children:
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None
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Occupation:
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Freelance Motor Sports Journalist
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Place of birth:
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North Yorkshire
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Country or county where you live:
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England
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Does your spouse / partner like rallying?
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Of course, she has to.
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Any other hobbies?
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Many. Motorcycles and Football in particular.
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Your opinions
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Favourite food:
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Indian
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Favourite drink:
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A pint with my friends
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Favourite motorsport paper / magazine:
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Motorsport News
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Favourite sports person (other than rallying):
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I work with Superbike star Steve Hislop and we get on well
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Favourite film star:
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Anyone who's funny
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Favourite holiday destination:
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Florida
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Which TV sports programmes do you watch?
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Most of the stuff on Sky Sports and Channel 4 Rallying
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Starting out
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How did you start out?
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Always been interested since I was a kid watching the RAC
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First driver you sat with:
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Glen Workman aka Buzzard |
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First event:
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Lion Stages 1997
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Rallying background
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Type of licence held:
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International
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Which motor club do you belong to?
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Northallerton AC
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Do you contribute towards your rallying?
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In many ways but not financially
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Have you ever driven on a rally?
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No, but I plan to do so soon
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Did you ever marshal on events? When and where?
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I've done so many times - Christmas Stages 1992 to present
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How many events do you get to watch? (eg. per year)
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Very few unless I'm unfortunate enough to retire
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How many rallies do you take part in? (eg. per year)
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As many as possible - around 8 in 2001 (FMD blighted of course)
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Have you competed abroad? Where and when?
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No
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Your opinions (rallying)
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Favourite rally car:
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The nostalgia of a 6R4 in a forest does something for me
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Favourite rally driver:
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Originally Clark, then Vatanen and now McRae
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Favourite rally co-driver:
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Can't say I have one, I see them all as competition
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Favourite bit of road or forest:
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Dalby Forest - a classic test of man, balls and machine
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Do you prefer pace notes or map reading events?
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Prefer pace notes
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Things you dislike about rallying?
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Petty officialdom, retiring from an event, and people who give the
sport a bad name.
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Who do you think will win the World Rally Championship in 2002?
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Colin McRae
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Rallying history
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Drivers you have sat with:
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Glen Workman, Richard Welford, Paul Bird
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Best driver you have ever sat with?
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All good in their own right
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Best result:
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40th overall and Fleet Street Award Winner - Network Q
Rally GB 2001
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Worst result:
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The last one where I didn't finish
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Championships contested:
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Mainly local club championships
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Best Championship result:
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2nd 2001 ANECCC Championship
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Best rally memory:
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Crossing the finish ramp in Cardiff and signing the autographs
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Strangest incident on a rally:
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Breaking some ribs in a roll in Grizedale and urging the driver to
carry on despite the car being wrecked
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Biggest accident:
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See above
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Achievements gained from rallying:
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Fantastic thrills, making friends, always learning and a couple of
old cups
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Your current performance
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Your current driver(s) and events or Championships being contested
in 2002
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Still unsure
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How could you improve your ‘own’ current performance?
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By doing what I strive to do - asking questions and taking advice
and importantly, learning from any mistakes
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How could you improve your current driver’s performance?
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Nothing a few events in his new car wouldn't put right
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If you had £50,000 to spend on rallying, what would you do?
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Pay myself a decent salary for doing such a good job!
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Your future in rallying
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Where would you most like to compete (in the world):
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Wherever the opportunity arises
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Which rally would you most like to compete in?
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Perhaps a long distance event - Paris to Dakar, maybe
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Which driver(s) would you most like to co-drive for?
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Ones who are capable of winning
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Ambition in rallying for the future:
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Like most, to be happy and successful and good at what I do
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What would you like to put back into rallying?
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I put lots into rallying as it is through my own PR & Publicity
company helping promote local competitors and events
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future of rallying |
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Which up-and-coming rally driver can you recommend?
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Watch out for Steve Head
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Which up-and-coming rally co-driver can you recommend?
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His co-driver Andy Dugdale
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What would be the best tip you could give to other co-drivers?
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Be totally organised and always plan for the unexpected
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| posted 3/2/02 |
