NOVEMBER : 2010

ISSUE 04

It’s all been go go go of late, what with the final flourishes being

put to the highly anticipated ISSUE 3 of RubberDuck - and, of

course, RubberDuckMag.Com winning SILVER in the Digital

Magazine Awards, for Car Magazine of the Year 2010.

We’ve also been dominating the inclines of some of the world’s

legendary hillclimb venues, in the shape of wonky-placed

stickers suckered to some rather quick machinery...

RubberDuck has been supporting this triumphant team of

racing legends, from both the UK and America, for a while now

- so without further ado, may I introduce RubberDuck’s Darren

Gumbley, Ralph Pinder, Keith Edwards and Andrew Havas.

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Ralph is perversely passionate about anything yellow; aggressive over bananas, a sucker for custard and jaundice by choice. His yellow peril pants are also a bit of a give away as to his mental state! Ralph also campaigns a VERY

yellow and VERY quick Peugeot 205 GTI – which recently broke the Barton Hillclimb class record @ 57.16seconds – along with his 300 horses: fenced into a fettled Mi16 lump on throttlebodies, all within a tin-foil Peugeot shell. He’s been on his roof once. Broke his neck, as a consequence. Loves figs. And flies the RubberDuck flag in true mad, mischievous, manic style. Look out for RubberDuck Ralph at a hillclimb near you in 2011.

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“THE FIRST TIME OFF THE LINE - INCREDIBLE;

FRIGHTENING... ESPECIALLY WHEN I DIDN’T

HAVE MY SEAT BELTS ON; HADN’T GOT MY

GLASSES ON. SECOND RUN I REMEMBERED TO

PUT MY SEAT BELTS ON. THIRD RUN I REMEMBERED

TO PUT MY GLASSES ON AS WELL!”

Photography: Richard Sloman & Gavin Weston

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RubberDuckMagazine is proud to announce their award at the 2010 Digital Magazine Awards – the official awards body for outstanding achievement in the Digital Magazine Industry – in the closely fought category of ‘Car Magazine of the Year’.

Sponsored by Quark, the Digital Magazine Awards were judged by luminaries from the digital publishing industry including Quark’s Vice President of Marketing Gavin Drake; Microsoft’s Executive Producer, Peter Bale; Telegraph Media Group’s Technology Editor, Shane Richmond and WIRED Magazine Editor, David Rowan.

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We’ll admit that we’ve got a bit of a habit when it comes to hillclimbing, which isn’t helped one bit by Shelsley – the world’s oldest hillclimb – being parked right on our doorstep. It was here that we first spied Keith’s killer quattro, later allowing us to wash his 850bhp Audi in a dozen Duck stickers. Never has our bird been up a hill so quick - charging the 1000-yard marker in 29-seconds flat. 1000kg, GT40 turbo, AP stoppers, MoTec ecu; scary stuff!

“SCARY! IS THE ONLY WAY TO PUT IT: WE’VE BEEN SIDEWAYS IN A FEW PLACES...”

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It’s hard to keep up with our dear Darren Gumbley... Not only is he getting quicker by each race meet, he’s also getting through our stock of Duck stickers at an alarming rate! As soon as a car of his bares

our glorious name he flipping well flogs it - car and all - then turns up cap in hand requesting yet another darn Duck decal for yet another darn car. Thankfully the 170bhp 1100cc

bike-powered Force you see here has been with Darren & Duck for a full season now - clocking a Shelsley time of 29-seconds and a bit. However; over a few beers with Mr. G the other evening he duly admitted that this 140kg rouge racer is up for sale... oh, and that he needs another sticker for his next hillclimb project. They don’t grow on trees, you know!

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SHelSley HIllClImb venUe where the majority of this issue’s photographs were shot, is carved out of the stunning Worcestershire landscape - with events running 7 times a year, from March until September. Witness young and old battle it out on the hill with a

pint in your one hand, a pork bap in the other... Great location. Great

atmosphere. Great spectacle: ...great because RubberDuckMag are always there, as well as our team of wacky racers. Why not say hello to us all

throughout the 2011 season? www.shelsley-walsh.co.uk

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Don’T We all aCT a little smug on our birthday? It’s hard not to I suppose,

especially when a gaggle of guests gather around a similar creation of cake and candles

(as seen in this picture) to sing your praises? Oh he’s a jolly good fellow indeed, but

no matter how much this day is lay aside exclusively for

present-giving, pampering and partying, no one should ever

be subjected to the aggravated levels of arrogance displayed

by this dog – his big day or not!Though the team’s appointed

‘pat and pet’ man, I must admit that I’d struggle a stroke, never

mind chuck a stick for this smug bastard. I mean just look at him. Out of shot is an orderly

queue of eager party-goers patiently awaiting their turn to wipe that smug look from his

flipping face. JS

IT SeemeD lIKe a fabUloUS IDea on paper being dressed to the nines in dapper threads, getting ferried around Dubai in a limo with a hired model as my only company for 48 hours – day, and night – for a magazine feature! She was a little cracker too, called Anna, but she annoyingly (and somewhat constantly) told me off for one thing or the other. If it wasn’t for dabbing my brow with a napkin (complaining that me having corners of damp white paper towel doted all over my face was making her look bad), or for me forgetting to shave, it was not paying her enough attention throughout the day.On the next day of shooting we had a lovely romantic breakfast on a whacking great yacht – but even with all the charm in the world and our glorious setting, we continued to fight. But at least our bickered brought us closer that very morning; realising we were both rather partial to a fruit danish or two. Actually it was because I took not one but two that got on her lady bits. The picture (right) was never used. I think it was partly due to the fact that we actually looked like a true married couple – squabbling over freshly squeezed fruit juice and pancakes. At least our playful quarrelling resulted in a little roll around on the floor in fruit compote to settle our differences. Oh the joys of journalism… JS

IT’S noT JUST a SmUG DUCK anD a DoG CelebRaTInG SomeTHInG this month; Honda’s king of smug, ASIMO, is having a party of his own too! Yep Honda’s advanced humanoid is 10-years old. He spent most of his big day running around in circles and walking up and down the stairs. But all the excitement and E numbers came to a crescendo when ASIMO was drawn into a dance-off, only to be laughed off the floor at his granddad style of dancing. We later learned that he can do most things better than the humans that created him, other than bust a routine of robotics on the dancefloor. Taking pity on our favourite robot, RubberDuckMag.Com sent ASIMO a much-needed belated birthday present – Mr. Wiggles Popping and Locking Training DVD. JS

TaKInG InSPIRaTIon fRom JoHn Saxon’s character, Johnny Portugal, in the 1960′s panhandle western classic The Unforgiven, yours truly has been styling a stellar horseshoe tache - on and off - for a while now: And I do mean horseshoe. I had been misguided, along with many others, in believing that my designer drape was of the handlebar variety. At the height of excitement my friend Ceri arranged for drinks and dinner at the infamous Handlebar Club in London W1: the international club founded in 1947 for gentlemen with huge handlers – www.handlebarclub.co.uk. I showed up all jolly too, boasting a bristling bush, only to be sternly informed I had shaved myself a horseshoe! So it transpires, to qualify as a handlebar, the moustache has to flee out horizontally, all originating from the top lip. As soon as the fuzz grows along the jowls it quickly becomes a beard. So there you go.… JS

my GooD fRIenD Rob HaS JUST SenT me a few shots of his wedding; a cracking day by all accounts, with plenty of pleasures on hand, including the Lamborghini Superleggera that I brought along to use as a general dog’s body pool car – ferrying guests to the church and then to the reception, usually via the insanely long way around!I did get some funny looks I must say, not all agreeing with my blatant showboating. So, to compensate for my potential ‘up-staging’ of the gorgeous bride Beck, I decided to wear a ‘blend-into-the-background’ brown suit and shirt. I personally think it worked. If it weren’t for my occasional outbursts about life in general, rising fuel prices and the outrage that is female vicars most the guests wouldn’t have even known I was there.I must say I was also on superb form spying man-bags. The most creative choice of the day was actually brought to the event by Ray (pictured far right) who shunned current trends by wandering around that day with a blush-red all-purpose fabric shopping sack. He was later spotted with an off-the-shoulder number, again red. Although I salute his daring display of church boutique I thought his lack of accessorizing, to effectively bring out the vibrancy of the mighty rouge was a poor oversight on Ray’s behalf. 8/10 I’d say, and forever remembered for such. R.I.P. JS

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