Acheson's Sauber-Mercedes C9 Test Sparked by Goodwood Encounter
This Sauber’s owner had no idea he was sitting across from Kenny Acheson during an encounter at Goodwood, which led to this test
Kenny Acheson’s return to the cockpit of a Sauber-Mercedes came about entirely by chance. Invited to a corporate event at the Goodwood Festival of Speed last summer in his capacity as a businessman working in the cosmetics industry rather than as an ex-racing driver, he happened to sit opposite the owner of this particular C9, historic racer Rupert Clevely.
“Kenny asked me what I did and I ended up telling him that I raced a bit,” explains Clevely, who has also owned Lancia LC2 and Peugeot 905 Group C cars. “He asked me what car I drove, I said it was a Sauber. When I told him it was a C9, he said, ‘Wow, I finished second at Le Mans in one of those’. I had no idea who he was when we started talking.”
One thing led to another, and suddenly Acheson was digging out his old overalls for a short test in Clevely’s C9.