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The first club night of the year!
Yet again we return to the Wye Valley for the, now traditional, season opening event. This year the route will cover roads on both sides of the river. Once again Dick Craddy, who has organised this event, has been able to devise another route that will fully satisfy both Navigators and Drivers.
The event will require map 162 only.
The start location is the car park adjacent to the Tintern Abbey shop at map reference: 539 ½ 011 ½
Signing on from 7.15 pm. Route cards will be issued at 7.30 pm.
The distance will be 28 miles and yet again the finish will be at a Pub close to the River Wye
Bridge tolls will be reimbursed for those who use the Severn crossing.
Beginners, Novice and Expert Route cards will be available.
Should you require further information please contact Dick at: craddy@old-down.freeserve.co.uk
A Talk by Max Tyler
Racewear.co.uk is Britain's online racewear specialist - from your desktop to your doorstep. Max has been been in the business since 1982 and knows a thing or two about motor racing overalls, gloves, boots and accessories. Max currently has a project '160 for 360' and blog detailing its progress. "It seemed like a good idea - the Porsche 924 I'd just bought for £160 would be an ideal car to represent racewear.co.uk racing with midgetmax.com in the 360MRC's 6-hour race at Snetterton in April 2011." Hear more when he comes to talk to us in February.
Race Retro on Friday 25th February, always a good Club outing and regarded by increasing numbers as the best show of the year.
Once again BPMC are running a mini coach though this year we will be charging a nominal £5 that will go a very little way to helping bus hire / fuel. We will be stopping for food and/or refreshment at a very excellent hostelry on the return journey.
If you want to book your seat we suggest you get in touch as soon as possible; already we have had a number of bookings even before it had been advertised!
Martin will again endeavour to obtain a group-booking discount.
Call Martin Emsley now on 01454 250067 to reserve your seat NOW or e-mail martin@emsley.ndo.co.uk
Andy Moss organises - Note New Date which replaces the previously advertised dates for February and March Navigation events.
The event will start from map reference 172/ 652.5 688 which is the car park in Keynsham at 7.30pm. The route will cover 25 miles and Andy promises straight forward navigation with plenty of help available for novices. We will finish at the Globe at Newton St Loe around 10pm so we are in plenty of time for a drink and a chat.
The emphasis will be on a fun evening with a good social at the end rather than cryptic navigation. Members are welcome to join us at the finish pub even if you are not entering.
Martin Groves, three-time former champion, has taken the top spot for a fourth time at the wheel of his Gould/Cosworth GR55. In the second runoff at Doune, Groves stopped the clocks over half a second quicker than championship rival Scott Moran to take the title with two rounds remaining. In addition to his overall victory, he also set three new hill records along the way. It was a determined and hard-fought victory. British hillclimbing is all about ultimate speed and precision, and even 1/100 of a second can and often does make the difference between winning or not.
Since their formation in 1984, they have won more than 100 international rallies and six World Rally Championship titles with Subaru. They have won the British Touring Car Championship five times with BMW, Alfa Romeo and Ford and have won three GT1 tltles at Le Mans with Aston Martin Racing in 2007 and 2008 and with a privately-backed Ferrari team in 2003. In Australia their Ford Performance Racing team competes in the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series and currently leads the manufacturer's title. No other business is involved in so many top level international motorsport series.
During the detailed tour every part of Prodrive’s operation is covered and a unique insight to the workings of the business is revealed. The tour includes: Coffee and welcome in the Prodrive heritage centre where you can view race and rally cars from Prodrive’s 25 years in world motorsport. Rally car transmission and engine build and dynos - to see what it takes to make an £80,000 gearbox.
The workshops where they build the Subaru rally cars and the Aston Martin GT1, GT2, GT3, GT4 and the current Gulf liveried LMP1 sports cars and its V12 engines The advanced manufacturing facilities where they fabricate and machine all the parts which go into the cars
An opportunity to visit the new shop, to buy the merchandise produced on behalf of Aston Martin Racing, McLaren F1, Williams F1 and the Subaru World Rally Team, as well as Prodrive performance wheels and parts and special items of memorabilia not available anywhere else. All these are available at specially discounted prices to guests.
The following cars are usually on display in the heritage centre, although from time to time some may be unavailable. 1984 Porsche 911 SCRS – Group B rally car, 1986 MG Metro 6R4 – Group B rally car, 1990 BMW M3 - Group A rally car, 1992 Subaru Legacy RS – Group A rally car 1996 Subaru Impreza 555 – Group A rally car driven by Colin McRae 1998 Honda Accord Super Touring Car – BTCC car 2000 Ford Mondeo Super Touring Car – BTCC winning car 2000 Subaru Impreza WRC – Burns’ safari winning car 2000 Subaru Impreza P1 – road car 2003 Ferrari 550 GTS Maranello – Le Mans winning car 2004 BAR F1 car – driven by Jenson Button 2006 Prodrive P2 – road car, 2008 Aston Martin DBR9
Special club discounted Ticket price of just £15 each. Please contact Nick Wood for further details or to book 01275 833098 / 07786936941
Regs will be available on the Bristol Motor Club website in due course.
Kind regards
Louise Hemmings
Secretary of the Meeting (Acting)
Bristol Motor Club
This event has moved from August to April for this year, so don't miss out on getting your session tickets before they are all gone.
Please note that we have moved venue. We will now meet in the upstairs function room of the The Parkway, 43 North Road, Stoke Gifford, Bristol BS34 8PB. And the same venue for future nights.
Our Production Car Car Trial is being held on the 17th of April 2011 at Lower Grove Farm, Highridge Road, Dundry, Near Bristol. Map Reference 554½ 673½ .
The venue is superb for an event of this type and should offer a challenge for most.
So what is a Production Car Trial? Well, simply it's a Trial that you can do in an ordinary road car. Entrants will need a vehicle, a driver and a navigator/bouncer – whose job it will be to jump about in the passenger seat to maintain traction when the going gets a bit slippy. If you don't have a passenger, don't worry – you can always grab a fellow competitor to sit in.
Anyone who has seen a more specialist Trial and gazed on in awe whilst thinking: "how on earth do they get up/across/through something like that?!" may now be thinking "there's no way my car would be suitable". Worried about ground clearance, losing the sump or suspension damage? To put those minds at rest, rather than the often heavily rutted tracks used in Classic Trials, the venue is a grassy field.
If you fancy having a go but are lacking a suitable vehicle, get in touch and we'll try to pair up any would-be bouncers with drivers as far as possible. If you'd like to be involved but can't find a driver (or still have concerns about damaging your pride and joy), you could always come along and marshal! We could also do with someone to help with checking over the cars before the start and also need a club steward.
A brilliant fun afternoon with your ordinary road car
Entry Just £10 - Any car is suitable
For further details and an entry form, use the link below. Or contact Andy Moss on 0117 9041841(H), 0117 9912702 (W) or email andy@mossdata.co.uk
Following our first club night visit to the Parkway in Stoke Gifford last month, the May club night will again be an informal affair. We plan to bring the video projector along and we are going to have a Grand Prix theme - as well as having film from memorable Grand Prix of the past, we are asking members to bring along programmes, photos and memorabilia from events they have attended, whether the British Grand Prix or further afield - this format has proved fun in the past and there will be plenty of opportunity for a drink and chat.
Please note that we have moved venue. We will now meet in the upstairs function room of the The Parkway, 43 North Road, Stoke Gifford, Bristol BS34 8PB.
Yesterday was the closing date for entries for the Bristol Llandow Sprint. Despite our efforts to encourage more entries and reduce costs, we are still some way below the minimum entry and a viable event. We have therefore reluctantly taken the decision to cancel the event.
We apologise for the disappointment this will cause. We have not cashed any cheques received, and these will be securely destroyed.
In order to go some way to fill the gap created by the loss of the Sprint we have arranged a Track Day at Llandow on the same date – the costs, and therefore the minimum entry, for this are much lower. The entry price is £65, which we believe is excellent value for money. An additional driver sharing a car can be added for only £15.
The key features are:
Entry details are in the booking form link below and entries will be accepted on a first come first served basis – you can reserve your place before posting your form by e-mailing cherryzrobinson@hotmail.com.
Another great day out is recommended by A.C.E.; which as you may know all proceeds go to a different charity every year. This year we are supporting 'The Air Ambulance Service'. Please download copies of this years' entry form, and for those of you who are still new to out little adventure, a copy of directions to the B.A.W.A, at Filton, Bristol.
Our new venue has a large smooth car park so why not bring your interesting or competition car along? Show off your pride and joy whilst telling a friend/work colleague/relative all about our club & events. We hope to have an interesting display to view over a pint.
We will now meet in the upstairs function room of the The Parkway, 43 North Road, Stoke Gifford, Bristol BS34 8PB.
The evening starts at 8:30pm.
Sheepcot Farm
Miss Graces Lane
Tiddenham Chase
Chepstow NP16 7JR
M/R 172/549997
Signing on from 9:00am with the first car starting at 10am.
Club member Steve Dummett has very kindly leant us a field for a fun / social event. Most vehicles eligible, for some challenging and not so challenging ‘tests’ on grass. We also have loan of a BBQ for lunch time so bring the family, some food, sling it on the barbi and enjoy a bit of socialising as well. The venue will be arrowed from main road. We need some non-competing volunteers to help run the day.
For further details or any questions please contact Martin Emsley 01454 250067.
Map of venue below :-John & Liz Corfield will be running this Treasure Hunt and have decided to use the area South of Bristol between Bath and Chew Valley Lake. The start and finish will The Brassmill, Keynsham (Avon Mill Lane, Bristol, BS31 2UG). As usual we'll aim to start at 7:30 but we'll stay in the car park for 20 minutes in case anyone arrives later. The hunt, as drafted so far, is 25 miles giving a nominal finish time of 10:30 but we might cut that back nearer to 20 miles to cater for those who have a distance to travel to get home and then have to get up for work next day :-(
Please contact John Corfield, 07717677271, john_e_f_corfield@hotmail.com if you have any questions.
As many of you will be aware Bristol Motor Club are celebrating their Centenary this year with a two day event at Castle Combe. As well as our usual invitation to the Dick Mayo Sprint on Saturday the 25th, Pegasus members have kindly been invited to attend the Sunday centenary event which will feature on-track demonstrations of vehicles with a motorsport heritage from the clubs inception in 1911 to the centenary year of 2011.
If you have a historic vehicle there is the opportunity for your vehicle to be displayed with similar aged/style vehicles in the paddock and you also will be able to demonstrate the vehicle on track as part of parade of cars from each decade on track together. There will also be a “historically interesting” class as part of the sprint and competitors can enjoy the evening celebrations camping overnight at the circuit before the centenary event on Sunday. For more information contact Paul Monis on 01179 572051 or e-mail pmonis@hotmail.com
We have been invited to enter this years Chipping Sodbury Classic Run which will take place on Sunday 26th June 2011.
Open to all pre 1985 cars, motorbikes and light commercial vehicles. Organised by the Rotary Club of Chipping Sodbury. Contact Mark Benstock 01454 311712 e-mail rotary.classic.run@hotmail.co.uk
Start 1915 from the Parkway Tavern, Stoke Gifford and travel in convoy to the Griffin to collect the Bristol Hotrods. We will be finishing at the Bookbarn Hallatrow where we will display our cars. We can browse for books and refreshments will be provided. Contact Martin Emsley 07891639513 or Nick Wood 07786936941 for further details or to add your name to the list.
We have been invited to enter the CMSGCC & Bristol Motor Club's Castle Combe AutoSolo which will take place on Saturday 9th July 2011.
Our July Club Night will be at our regular venue of the Parkway Tavern. This month proceedings will start at 8.20pm in the upstairs room where we will have a short EGM to discuss the proposed membership fee for next year and to give the opportunity for members to vote on this proposal. Following the formal business, we plan to retire downstairs for an informal drink and chat - if the weather is good we can make the most of the sunshine and sit outside.
Frenchay Village MuseumVintage Vehicle Extravaganza in conjunction with Frenchay Flower Show
A static display of historic bicycles, motorcycles, and cars by members of local clubs, in the Car Park next to Frenchay Village Museum, Entrance B of Frenchay Hospital. Also this year, Vintage bus rides to the Frenchay flower show, and a display from Bristol Motor Club in the Museum to celebrate their Centenary. Free Admission.
Once again we will have a club display at this show, which has been enjoyed by club members in previous years.
To assist at the show or if you want to display your car please contact Alan Spencer alanspencer@orange.net 01179712587
Chris & Coralie Thompson will be running this Treasure Hunt and have decided to use the area around Thornbury. The start will be the Alveston Lay-by on the A38 at map reference: 172/643885. If you do not have the right map simply look up New Lane Thornbury on Google maps. As usual we'll aim to start at 7:30pm with signing on starting from 7pm for the early birds. We will stay in the lay-by until 7.50pm in case anyone arrives late. The hunt, should last around two hours so there will be plenty of time for a chat and a pint at the finish, which is at the White Hart, Littleton-on-Severn.
If you have not joined us for a Treasure Hunt before then why not come and have a go. It is not unknown for first timers to win and we do not take it too seriously.
Contact Chris Thompson on 07917606337 or email cmtbristol@tiscali.co.uk if you have any questions.
Our new co-promoted event at Castle Combe run with the MG Car Club. The event will offer a different format to existing events at the circuit and will give you the chance to drive all the corners on circuit at competitive speeds whilst still offering a traditional format with two practice and two timed runs.
Full Lap Format with 2 Practice and 2 Timed Runs
IMPORTANT - Your support needed - Marshals
We need more volunteers to help marshal the Wessex Sprint at Castle Combe and would really appreciate it if you could help on this event. A cooked meal in the Tavern will be provided at lunchtime and there is shelter on all the posts at the circuit. As the event is in the holiday season we know getting a full compliment of marshals will be a challenge, so please consider helping if you possibly can. No experience is necessary and an entertaining day involved in the action is guaranteed. Friends and family are of course also welcome to come along and get involved as well ! To volunteer contact Nick Wood on 01275 833098 or 07786936941 or nickswood@hotmail.com.
Click to view photos from the event in the gallery
NOTE CHANGE OF DATE - THE AUGUST CLUB NIGHT MOVES 1 WEEK LATER
Something a little different for the August Club Night which moves a week later than previously advertised, to avoid a busy weekend before the original date. We have been offered the use of a field near Easton-in-Gordano belonging to club member John Puzey, and we will be setting out some simple fun driving tests. The plan is for this to be a social activity, rather than a serious competition, so you can turn up in your ordinary road car and have a bit of fun on the tests that take your fancy. There will be no charge to enter. Even if you don't want to drive you can still have a laugh at everyone else.... After we have had some fun we will retire to the Rudgleigh Inn for a drink and a chat. To make the most of the remaining summer sun we will start earlier than normal around 7pm - more details next month, but make sure you put the date in your diary
Regulations are now available from this website.
Further details from Bruce Weston on 01963 440941
Following the success of past events we return to Chepstow for more fun around the cones. The event will use the stables area at Chepstow and will be run as an All Forward Autotest giving us a bit of freedom in the layout of the courses and allowing a wider variety of cars to enter. Our aim is to run a fun driving event rather than a memory test - the course layout will use numbered cones and yellow marker cones. If you enjoy Auto Solo you will love this event.
Click here to download supplementary regulations or from Martin Emsley, come and join the fun. Marshals also required please.
We have been invited to enter this year's Wiscombe Park Hill Climb at Wiscombe Park, Honiton, Devon.
The talk will last just over an hour. It will rather ambitiously (!), covers road cars, racing cars and there's also a little bit on record breakers. We have to start with some simple aerodynamics, though, so I hope that wouldn't put people off too much.
Please note that we have moved venue. We will now meet in the upstairs function room of the The Parkway, 43 North Road, Stoke Gifford, Bristol BS34 8PB. And the same venue for future nights.
Regulations are now available from this website.
Further details from Bruce Weston on 01963 440941
This will be organised by Matt Claydon and Dean Hogarth of Bristol Motor Club, who have invited us to the event.
The start venue will be the lay-by on the A37 at Hursley Hill, OS Landranger reference ST617654, and the event will take place entirely on map 172. It should be possible to visit 75% of the points without covering more than 65 miles. The finish time will be 22:30 at a pub which closes at midnight. The exact location of the finish will be included in the route information to be issued to each crew at the start.
We're returning to an old venue this year: Dyrham Wood, off the A46 (OS LandRanger Ref. ST742742; nearest postcode SN14 8LF).
As usual we will need a group of marshals to help run the event. Don't worry if you haven’t marshalled a Sporting Trial before; the rules are not difficult to pick up and if necessary we can allocate you to work with more experienced marshals. It is not a long day and it's both rewarding & entertaining. Chapelhay Catering (Alan & Mo Richards) will be on-site with their usual high-class service. It's a very friendly discipline, and you will rarely get thanked personally by as many competitors in any other form of Motor Sport. Please contact me, Tony Streeting on 07801 415238 for more information.
Please note that we have moved venue. We will now meet in the upstairs function room of the The Parkway, 43 North Road, Stoke Gifford, Bristol BS34 8PB. And the same venue for future nights.
The event will be held at Teamsport Bristol, Avonmouth Way, Avonmouth, Bristol, BS11 9YA. Full details of the track and directions can be found on their website www.team-sport.co.uk/bristol
Date: Thursday 17th November 2011
Time: 7.00p.m. start - 10.30p.m. finish
Format: 25mins Qualifying + Endurance Race over 2 ½ hours
Teams: 5 drivers per team – 16 Teams in total
Cost: £175 per team = £35 per driver
This is your chance to be at the sharp end of your own Grand Prix Team, 25 minutes of qualifying will determine the grid for the start of the race with the best lap time taking pole position. The drivers briefing on the night will give the usual rules and regulations which will be supplemented by those below: -
Ken Robson
201 Juniper Way
Bradley Stoke
Bristol
BS32 0DP
p. 07900 007747
e. kenrobson@btinternet.com
This event will raise around £1200 which will be donated to the chosen charity of BPMC – Wiltshire Air Ambulance.
For the November scatter there will be the usual mix of grid references and basic rally navigation for the majority of locations with a few harder bits of navigation to keep more experienced crews entertained. There will also be a time-limited intermediate checkpoint where extra route instructions (and bonus points) can be collected which will offer added interest to novices and experts alike.
The event will run on Friday 25th November with the start from the lay-by on the B4059 near Latteridge, grid ref ST172, 670/846 and will all be based on OS map 172.
Signing on will be from 18:45 with the start at 19:30. The finish will be at the Swan Inn, Tytherington.
Regulations and entry form can be downloaded from here. There is no entry fee but insurance will be required (details in the Regs).
Contact Chris Goodchild for more details: goodchild69@gmail.com or 07875 388483.
The Annual General Meeting of the Bristol Pegasus Motor Club will be held on Monday 12th December 2011 at The Parkway Tavern. The meeting will commence at 8.00 pm. Partners welcome.
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