At the end of 1977 the fire service went on strike. The strike lasted into 1978. At
the end of the strike Graham had £6. Rallying was forgotten. Graham and Kenny
Allan decided that they would try and save for a better car. Kenny stopped rallying
when he got married and Graham returned to thoughts of racing again. After a year
away from competition Graham bought a FF1600 Dulon from Tom Brown. The car was
painted yellow and used in the Scottish FF series at Ingliston. Graham was no
superstar but loved driving. An old acquaintance from the road rallying days, Tom
Donnachie helped out with the mechanical side for Graham. FF1600 was expensive and
they were lucky enough to attract backing from Lander Alarms. The pair of them did
an amazing 18 races in 1979 at Ingliston,Croft, Aintree and Oulton Park. In 1980
Lander offered more support and the team bought a Hawke DL19. Again the team had a
busy season but with Knockhill opening, trips down south were undertaken less
often. At the end of 1980 Lander became part of the RMC group and a fanciful plan
was hatched to move into National FF1600. The deal fell through, Kenny Aichison
got the support, so Graham and Tommy raced when money was available. Things got
worse when Graham crashed at Knockhill. The parts were to cost £350, a sum that
the team did not have, but fate took its course and Jim Kennedy who had helped
build the Imps made the parts for £3.50. In 1982 Rotor Racing was formed and they
decided to build their own FF1600. It was called a Rotor JT 1 JT stands for Jim
and Tommy.
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