Clifford Bunn
Clifford Bunn passed away in May 2022 after a year long battle
with cancer.
Cliff had raced with the club since 2004 when he took to the
circuits in a front engine Fireball. He stayed with the front
engine cars throughout his tenure switching to the self built
Firehawk in 2011.
His love of racing took him to America where he made the friendships
that led to him bringing over a Danny Drinan chassis at the
end of the 2014 season. This car made quite an impact on the
racing scene in the UK and became poplar with pictures editors
in particular who rightly recognised it as a great looking machine
which lit up editorial and promotional pieces.
However the car did not just look good - Clifford drove it
well too winning the British Championship race in his first
season with the car. The Drinan was not key to his long record
of successes on track though. He’d finished second in the overall
championship with the Fireball in 2008 and fifth with the Firehawk
in 2012/13. Clifford was the top points scorer in the meetings
contested in the first year of the pandemic although he was
keen to play that down. Five times front engine champion and
the only driver to take that accolade in successive seasons
with a different car.
Cliff will also be remembered for his work behind the scenes
as club secretary over the years.
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