2026-07-05 19:48 There was a lot to do between Bilsington and Bovington. First of all, I had a list of accident repairs that I had to sort after 'ditching' the Rav at Bilsington.

2026-06-29 14:01 After a very rough and dusty day at Bovington, we finished 12th from 21 starters. OK, we were last overall (again) but secured 2nd in class. You can see details of how the day unfolded in the dedicate...

2026-06-21 11:01 Yes, there is a mistake on the SCOR flyer. It's round 5.

2026-06-11 15:07 This week I've created a new website area that provides some graphing tools to visualise our race results. By displaying the laptimes as graphs, we can gain insight into how the events unfold, and our...

2026-06-05 16:23 After round 1 at Manston, I said I wouldn't do another event until the front suspension was sorted. I watched round 2 and took some video, round 3 was cancelled, but with round 4 approaching and the n...

2026-06-02 17:18 To finish last, first you have to finsh! After a very eventful day, we managed to scrape a finish and last place at Bilsington.

2026-05-21 14:46 This week the Rav came back from Midland Motorsport Fabrication(MMF) where it had jacking tubes installed for rally workshop stands.

2026-04-25 17:50 Following my inaugural event in the Rav at Bilsington, I began the search for a better front suspension solution. After lots of googling it became apparent that I wasn’t the only one looking for bette...

2026-04-22 15:41 Unfortunately the Paddock Wood event has been cancelled due to the low number of entries.

2026-04-03 16:04 As part of recommissioning, I decided the RAV4 should go back on the road. With the car MOT’d testing would be a lot easier and it also meant that it could do a Hill Rally at some point in the future ...

2026-04-02 21:05 Following Manston, I'd hoped the Rav would be ready for Round 2, but it still away having its suspension upgrade. I still went along to watch the other competitors run, and take some video.

2026-03-15 20:31 When the car was built back in 2006 it was upgraded with a simple off the shelf kit, this resulted in a fairly spectacular failure. Since then the RAV4 has been through several suspension iterations, ...

2026-03-06 09:29 Despite it being almost 4 months since the last event of the 2025 season, 48 hours before the first event of the 2026 season the Rav was still in pieces in the workshop.

2026-02-26 14:27 This weekend was the first event of the 2026 season. There were only 2 starters in Class A, and only 1 finisher and that was the Rav so 1st in class!

2026-02-20 19:43 Following the Manston event I quickly started to build a 'to do' list of jobs for the Rav. The first event of 2026 seemed like a very long way away, but I knew the time would fly by.

2026-02-01 17:23 This year we have managed to secure a place on the Demon Tweeks sponsorship scheme. 

2026-01-25 20:47 It has been confirmed, the RAV4 has won class A in the 2025 Southern Counties Off Road Championship.

2026-01-22 19:39 A quick audio visual montage from the races we attended in 2025.

2025-11-19 12:46 Presenting ... the 2026 #RedRav4Racing wall calendar / race planner!

2025-11-08 16:58 Southern Counties Off Road Club have released a provisional calendar for the 2026 championship. It looks like this :

2025-11-05 18:49 After limping around Plurenden Manor Farm on broken suspension for most of the day, there was a fair bit to do to the Rav to be ready to race at Manston. The fact that it was to be run as a Safari+ ev...

2025-10-28 13:38 After an epic 2 days of racing our first Safari+ event, the results are in. 

2025-09-30 20:37 Following the .. * incident * ... with the old bonnet, the first update post race is a new bonnet. With the new bonnet comes new livery!

2025-09-24 20:25 The first job following round 5 was cleaning. Lots and lots of cleaning. I hand picked a lot of mud out of the wheel arches, a good couple of buckets worth.

2025-09-08 19:28 Yesterday we raced at Plurenden Farm, Kent. After a difficult day we finished a resounding last, but at least we finished!

2025-08-03 20:42 In the months prior to the event the Rav had been recommissioned, MOT'd and had over 500 miles of of testing, both on and off road. I was fairly confident in the cars reliability, and that it could fi...

2025-07-28 21:16 Yesterday we raced the Rav at Bilsington Priory, Kent. We came 12th overall and 1st in class A!

2025-06-25 16:44 This coming weekend we were planning to compete in the 4th round of the Southern Counties Off Road Club championship at Bovington, but unfortunately the event has been cancelled.

2025-06-16 19:04 Today the Rav was (re)fitted with its AUTOGRAFIX livery!

2025-06-07 14:40 This weekend the Rav was checked by the AWDC scrutineers and passed.

2025-06-02 14:52 This week the rollcage in the Rav was updated, in line with current regulations.

2025-05-15 21:35 A short video of some recent testing of the Rav4.

2025-04-01 21:47 Prior to its recommissioning, the Rav last ran in 2020 when it moved storage locations. It had been reluctant to start, but eventually fired up and drove out of the workshop and on to a trailer under ...

2025-02-20 20:38 For the first time in 15 years, the Rav is again MOT'd.

2025-02-15 16:30 When originally built, the car was fitted with a full length aluminium 'belly' plate, but this was removed, chopped up by the previous owner and replaced with various bits of plastic sheet.

2025-02-08 19:00 New Season, New Tyres! Time for a new set of eco boots for the Rav.

2024-03-16 21:42 Through its racing life the Rav has received a fair amount of body damage. If you look closely at the historical photos in the Gallery you will see a number of notable accidents ...

2023-12-01 14:22 After a number of years in storage, the recommissioning of L955NBF has begun.

2020-09-27 19:19 This month the Rav moved to a new (storage) home...

2011-09-01 12:00 Change of Ownership, the Rav was sold to its current owner.

2011-04-24 20:00 This month the car entered in the All Wheel Drive Club Comp Safari Event at Waterbeach as number 89. See the videos section for a short video of the car running in the event.

2011-01-01 21:10 Rav sold to a newowner.

2010-11-28 21:15 This month the car competed in the 37th Rallye Plaines & Vellees, near Saint-André-de-l'Eure, France. The event took place over the 26th, 27th and 28th November. The car was entered as car number 219.

2010-10-11 20:42 Over the weekend of the 8th, 9th and 10th of October, the car competed as number 229 in the 33rd FFSA Dunes et Marais Rally near Royan, France. 

2010-05-31 08:55 Sussex racing driver Paul Lund has opened his 2010 season with a class win in the French Rallye Tout-Terrain Championship at Soissons , just east of Paris this weekend

2010-05-30 20:49 This month the car competed in the 35th FFSA Rallye Jean de la Fontaine, in Soissons, France. The event too place during the weekend of the 21st and 22nd May and the car was eEntered as car number 223...

2009-11-30 21:12 FFSA 36eme Rallye Plaines et Vallees, November 2009   Last weekend, (27th, 28th and 29th November) the car competed in the 36th Rallye Plaines & Vallees, near Saint-André-de-l'Eure, France.  Entere...

2009-09-24 14:11 Glastonbury racing driver Paul Lund and his Dorking-based co-driver Marc Guenigault broke a three month hiatus to return to competition in his Toyota Rav 4. 

2009-07-30 21:34 This month the car is featured in Total Off Road Magazine. The 2 page article includes some interesting info on the history of the car.

2009-06-15 14:10 Last month the car was entered in the 34th Rally Jean de la Fontaine in Soissons, France. The event took place over the weekend of the 30th and 31st of May. The car was entered as number 225.

2008-11-30 21:55 The weekend of the 29th and 30th of November car the Rav4 complete at the Rallye Plaines & Vallees, near Saint-André-de-l'Eure, France. 

2008-06-01 14:01 During the weekend of the 10th and 11th May, the Rav was raced in the 33eme Jean de la Fontaine Rally, France. Entered as number 225.

2008-05-06 12:00 Lund targets Tout Terrain success. Somerset-based racing driver Paul Lund is set to return to competition in the French Tout Terrain Rally Championship.

2007-11-25 17:18 This month the car competed as number 85 in the FFSA Tout Terrain Plaines et Vallees

2006-06-05 17:24 This weekend the car competed as number 47 in the FFSA Tout Terrain Jean de la Fontaine

2006-06-02 19:10 FFSA log book issued to allow the car to race in France.

2006-05-01 08:37 Motorsport UK log book issued, May 2006  

1994-06-20 21:32 "New at first registration", a brief history of the RAV4.