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Lewis Parin

Submitted by Lparin on Wed, 24/03/2010 - 15:22
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Team: 
Velocity Racing
Occupation: 
Public Servant
Maritial status: 
Married to Sarah Parin
First rally: 
Eden Valley Rally 2006
Rally wins: 
1
Rally highlights: 
2009 ASP Kuitpo Forest Rallysprint finishing equal 1st to 110th of a second after 97km of stages in the 2009 SA Rallysprint Championships. Finishing 3rd in the 2009 SA Clubman Championship after only contesting 2 events. Setting top 3 stage times at the 2009 Robertstown Rally in my first event back on gravel in over 14 months, building our Evo III from a bare shell in our home garage after destroying our old car at the 2008 Tarawatta Stages. Finishing our first ever rally at Eden Valley despite 2 flat tyres, a bent steering arm, broken suspension and a blown intercooler pipe. Finishing 2nd in clubman in my first ever event at the 2006 SA Autocross Championship.
Most embarrassing motorsport moment: 
Spinning and becoming beached on a post in the spectator area of the Forties special stage during the 2009 Rally of SA - it took for a pack of spectators to run over and push us off WRC style! Or crashing into and knocking over a 15" steel Armco barrier in front of 6000 people during the Angaston Super Special Stage in 2007. The car was fine but the stage was stopped while a forklift was brought in to resurrect the barrier.
Web site: 
www.velocityracing.net.au
Favourite movie: 
Up, The Increadibles, Blue Streak, The Lethal Weapon Movies, etc
First car: 
1978 Mitsubishi Lancer LB Hatchback
Dream car: 
Tommi Makkinen's works Group A Lancer Evo III or maybe a Pagani Zonda
When not competing, you'll usually find me...: 
At home with Sarah and our pets: 2 cats, shadow & elf and our dog Gigi (named after Gigi Galli) or out in the shed working on the Evo.