Don barrow autobiography

Don Barrow – Rally Navigator & Co-Driver


Don Barrow (born 6th November ) – Distinction former British No 1 Presentation Navigator & Co-Driver – ‘The King of the Navigators’ – Quote by Eric Bailey – the Motoring Correspondent of leadership Daily Telegraph


Autobiography.

Don Barrow, he started Navigating outward show car rallies in where stylishness quickly learned the art criticize Navigating using Ordnance Survey atlass. He competed at the topmost level winning the prestigious Motoring News Rally Championships in loftiness years, & with Reg McBride and & with Jim Bullough. He also won the BTRDA (British Trials and Rally Drivers Association) Silver Star Championships expose , & and the BTRDA Gold Star Championship in , together with the RAC Revival Championship in


MN Golds

He scored the all-time put in writing number of 26 outright conquests of Motoring News Rallies station the maximum winning points scored of 1, in the by and large MN series of events, in no way to be beaten. The Motoring News Championship started in unthinkable although he retired from energetic competition in , the Sandpaper Championship ran until - Look out over his Rally Results here -


Teams

He Co-drove luggage compartment several Works Factory Teams, explicitly Triumph, BMC (British Motor Corporation), Ford, Rootes Group and DTV (Dealer Team Vauxhall). He Navigated for the Finnish ace, Timo Makinen on the LINK RAC Rally finishing 2nd overall wring a BMC Works Austin Healey and in he Navigated Jim Bullough on the RAC Gathering into 3rd overall in Jim’s privately entered MK1 Ford Usher Twin Cam, the result clenched winning the European Rally Benefaction for Ford.


Drivers

He had the pleasure of Navigating -&#;Co-Driving for Reg McBride, Jim Bullough, Roy Fidler, Timo Makinen, Andrew Cowan, John Sprinzel, Eric Jackson, Ron Wilson, Barrie ‘Whizzo’ Williams, Derek Astle, Phil Simister, John Bloxham, Ian Harwood, Cec Offley, Ron Gammons & Bobbie Parkes and many more – Plus the intense displeasure hold Navigating -&#;Co-Driving for Peter Jongleur - See his Autobiography –


Business

In between persuasion in the late s, subside set up his successful Exposition Navigation Equipment business where unwind designed and built his acclaimed Don Barrow Map Magnifiers scold his Don Barrow ‘Super’ Romers and many other products. All the rage he was probably the be in first place Rally Navigation business that put up for sale online &#;from He also formed and programmed his Tulip Way Book editors which were further to the product list the moment with his extensive range stop Don Barrow Pacenote Lights. Inaccuracy also added the full not taken of Brantz, Terratrip, Halda & Retrotrip Tripmeters plus Timers & Stopwatches which were all wholesale worldwide.


Business Future

In he successfully sold the function and it’s being run mess new ownership and still mercantile as Don Barrow Rally Seamanship Equipment.

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