Bourne Motor Racing Club

Shed Racing
2023-11-09 20:00 - 22:00 UTC
Ivan’s career in the motor trade began when, upon finishing his apprenticeship in pattern making, he joined the workshop of the Chequered Flag, quickly becoming foreman and experiencing the sights and sounds of the golden age in British motorsport.
During 1963 he started his own business and competed in his first motor race in Mk1 Jaguar. This interest in motorsport led to Ivan becoming the British Production Saloon Car Champion in 1973, but the oil crisis of the late seventies ended his professional racing career. The enthusiasm of the Bugatti marque nurtured by his father whose stories of Brooklands between the wars led to the formation of the restoration company in 1979.Ivan’s career in racing Bugatti’s began in 1983 in a Type 51, followed by years of racing a succession of Type 35B models. He now owns a Type 51, which he runs in significant historic racing events. With the arrival of the new millenium and Ivan’s sixtieth birthday, he felt it was time to retire and pass the reins to his son, Timothy.
If you were unable to attend, or want to see Ivan’s talk again, it is now on Youtube Ivan Dutton at BMRC

BRM Film Show 1963 onwards
2023-12-14 20:00 - 22:00 UTC
Our speaker will be Nick Owen with Part 2 of the BRM film show “1963 onwards”.

Members may recall the films that Nick showed earlier this year covering the 50’s and early 60’s.
These films come from the Rubery Owen archives and have rarely been seen in public.

AGM and The Invicta World Tour
2024-01-11 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Bourne Corn Exchange, 3 Abbey Road, Bourne, Lincolnshire, PE10 9EF, United Kingdom

Silverstone Museum
2024-02-08 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Bourne Corn Exchange, 3 Abbey Road, Bourne, Lincolnshire, PE10 9EF, United Kingdom
The speaker at the Bourne Motor Racing Club evening on 8th February 2024 will be Rob Jaina, Head of Learning and Engagement at Silverstone Museum.
Museum was a key partner, together with BRM Ltd in our Engineered in Bourne 2023 event to promote motorsport and the range of career opportunities working with local schools and colleges, in September last year.
Rob enthralled an audience of 550 in three seminars during the day and returns to the club to talk on his route into motorsport, his role within the museum and the future aspirations of his team.

Steve Parrish presents "Parrish Times"
2024-03-14 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Bourne Corn Exchange, 3 Abbey Road, Bourne, Lincolnshire, PE10 9EF, United Kingdom
Champion motorcyclist and truck racer, television presenter, practical joker or just plain survivor – Steve Parrish has been called them all. Parrish Times tracks his amazing journey over the last four decades, through a rollercoaster ride of emotions in surely the most dangerous and exhilarating sporting arena there is.
In the 1970s Steve was competing for the world motorcycle championship with legendary team mate Barry Sheene on a Suzuki. After retiring in 1986, Steve managed a successful Yamaha factory team to three British Superbike Championship titles and started a truck-racing career, becoming the most successful truck racer ever. He also proved to be a natural commentator, first for BBC radio, then transferring to television with Sky, ITV and Eurosport.

Santa Pod Raceway with Robin Jackson
2024-04-11 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London)
Robin Jackson takes us into the world of Drag racing, the fastest and loudest category of motorsport. It emerged from the ‘hot rod’ craze which swept post-Second World War America. The sport arrived in Britain in the early 1960s. This year marks the 60th anniversary of the 1964 British International Drag Festival, when sportscar manufacturer and entrepreneur Sydney Allard brought over a group of leading American drag racers to compete at airfield sites across England.
Santa Pod Raceway opened for business two years later on the Bedfordshire-Northamptonshire border as Europe’s first permanent dragstrip and will celebrate its 60th anniversary in 2026.
Some 400,000 people a year pass through Santa Pod’s gates to attend more than 60 events, public and private, on-track and off. The opening and closing FIA European Championship rounds headline a drag racing programme which includes national championship rounds and historic events.

Academy of Robotics
2024-05-09 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London)
This month we explore the field of artificial intelligence with entrepreneur William Sachiti who formed The Academy of Robotics.
The company is based within the former RAF base at Neatishead in Norfolk and is in the forefront of developing autonomous vehicles and helper robots.
Kar-Go is van using sensors and artificial intelligence to learn its surroundings, enabling it to drive through urban roads to reach almost any given address. The company is striving for this vehicle to achieve savings of up to 90% in the last leg of deliveries, where vans are still the most common of transportation.
In addition “Milton” is a working helper robot, designed to deliver medications within NHS Hospital sites.
William is one of the foremost experts working in this new and exciting field and it promises to be a fascinating talk.

A Jaguar called Alfred with Kevin Bourne
2024-06-13 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London)
Our speaker this month is Kevin Bourne, a motorsport instructor and mechanical engineer, who is pursuing a project to break the Jaguar land speed record.
The car based on a 1980’s Jaguar XJ6 saloon, stripped of its luxury trimmings is nicknamed “Alfred”. Kevin designed, built and created it, including a totally unique V12 engine, powering the car to speeds in excess of 220 mph.
He is destined to take Alfred to Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah USA, one of the few places in the world capable of holding Land speed record attempts.
His incredible journey will be a fascinating story.

ROBS LAMPLOUGH AVIATOR & RACING DRIVER
2024-07-11 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London)
A life fuelled by Aviation and Motor Sport
Our speaker this month is former Aviator and racing driver Robs Lamplough.
The combined skills of Pilot and Racing Driver have over decades featured in the top level of Motorsport, however Robs became a pioneer in the international search and restoration of both historic racing cars and airworthy military aircraft.
A host of significant historic aeroplanes and racing cars owe their survival to him, at a time when only a few skilled experts existed prior to the many today.
His passion for aviation and motorsport were clearly inherited from his Grandfather who was a physicist at the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough during both world wars. His father a WW11 Squadron Leader serving in Africa.
Unsurprisingly he joined the RAF and learnt to fly in a Provost at Cranwell. Tragically his father was killed in a flying accident during his course and he left the service.
In 1962 Robs bought a Mini Cooper modified by renown tuner Don Moore, entered into a number of races competing against a well known member of BMRC, whose identity will be revealed at the meeting!
He quickly developed to become a professional international racing driver. Within just two years his first pro race was at the 1964 Canadian Grand Prix at Mosport Park, in a Brabham BT8, shown here at Laguna later that year.

In the following years he competed in an incredible long list of single seaters and sports cars, both in period and historic cars.
A common addiction is his enthusiasm for BRM’s, he still owns a P25 and P48 shown here competing in France at Angouléme .

Robs will also reveal his memorable meeting with Louis Stanley in Bourne to acquire three former team cars. This proved to be a catalyst for owning, competing and dealing in historic racecars. Many can be viewed in a rolling presentation on the night prior to Robs’ talk.
Amongst them is the ex Jim Clark Lotus 33 which took him to his second World Championship in 1965.

A former North American Racing Team (NART) Ferrari 275LM found languishing in Ecuador fitted with a NSU Wankel Engine! Eventually its original engine was located as part of a total renovation and sold by the new owner for a world record sum.

Robs rekindled his passion for aviation, when together with his brother in law he purchased an ex RAF WW11 Harvard advanced trainer.
In the mid 1970’s following a tip off from a friend he travelled to Israel in search of two abandoned WW11 Hawker Hurricanes in a scrap yard in Tel Aviv. The dealer was located in a street translated from Hebrew as “The street of a thousand bent car dealers” Sure enough there they were, purchased and bought back to Duxford for restoration.
Eventually the search widened and Spitfires and P51 Mustang’s found derelict in a Kibbutz, given as a gift for the children to play in! They were acquired together with a host of spares and form the basis for many Warbirds now flying today.
His prowess as a pilot featured not only in air shows but were in demand in the film industry, he flew his aircraft in Memphis Belle, Pearl Harbour and Dark Blue World. Robs has so many stories to tell it at has been an impossible task selecting those to focus on for the evening but I am certain it will be a highly entertaining and informative evening, not to be missed!!

Summer Social
2024-08-08 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London)

Carolyn Corliss " A Lifetime Fascination with Wheels"
2024-09-12 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London)
Our speaker this month is Carolyn Corliss a long standing member of Bourne Motor Racing Club.
Thurlby resident Carolyn Corliss has been involved with many aspects of Motor Sports for over 60 years. These involved competing, organisation, journalism and restoration project management.
For almost 50 years Carolyn owned a 1929 1750 Zagato Alfa Romeo, taking part racing and rallying in many European events. An interesting locally built Raymond Mays car is now in her custody.
Well into retirement, she still takes a keen interest in vintage/historic activities, administering an online historic Alfa Romeo Group with 4,000 + members Worldwide. Other than this she is a published Children’s Author and Illustrator.
Certain to be be an extremely interesting and informative evening.

Don Wales: Sir Malcolm and Donald Campbell
2024-10-10 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London)
Our speaker this month is Don Wales the grandson of Sir Malcolm Campbell MBE and nephew of Donald Campbell CBE, who between them broke over 21 World Land and Water speed records in various Bluebird craft.
Don is a professional photographer and currently holds the World Land speed record for a steam powered car, a ten-year project from conception to completion on Edwards Airforce base in California. He also held the UK Land speed record for an Electric car for 12 years and the Guinness World record for a ride on lawn mower!
He will relate the incredible achievements of the Campbell legacy over the past century.

Julian Bronson Historic Racing
2024-11-14 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London)
Our speaker at our meeting is Julian Bronson.
Julian started his motorsport career in 1966 with a five pound Hillman Minx competing in figure of eight and grass track racing. He soon progressed through to rallying with a wide variety of competitive cars right up to present day.
In 1988 he decided to go into historic motor sport, built the Riley Blue Streak Special, one of the most successful cars in the VSCC (Vintage Sports Car Club). It still holds records on some of the UK Hill Climbs for Pre-War Sports Cars and remains in his ownership.
Julian and his great friend Mac Hulbert, became joint custodians of the famous ex Raymond Mays ERA R4D and also jointly owned the HWM Jaguar VPA9.
His talk will explore his exploits in BRDC Sports Car Class events and at the Monaco Historic Grand Prix, winning four times receiving the honour of life time membership of the prestigious Automobile Club de Monaco.
Julian has also been a regular entrant at Goodwood Revival campaigning his beloved 1960 Scarab-Offenhauser F1 with three wins to his credit.
A career highpoint was being asked to drive a 1958 Ferrari Testarossa at the Sanoma Raceway in California.
So we can look forward to another highly entertaining night at the Corn Exchange, don’t miss it.

James Toseland Tickets
2024-12-12 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Bourne Corn Exchange, 3 Abbey Road, Bourne, Lincolnshire, PE10 9EF, United Kingdom
We regret to advise you that all seats for this event have now been booked.

Our guest is James Toseland, a former two-times World Superbike champion, rock star and TV presenter.
He has included a visit to Bourne on his current UK tour “An Evening with James Toseland”, giving our audience the opportunity to gain an insight into his career as a racer, rock star , TV commentator and pundit.
Toseland won the 2004 and 2007 WorldSBK titles with Ducati and Honda respectively and claimed 16 victories and 57 podiums over the course of nine seasons. He also spent two seasons competing in MotoGP with Tech 3 Yamaha.
James retired from racing in 2011 in the wake of a series of injuries sustained on his return to the World Superbike series with Yamaha and BMW.
In 2020 he became the team manager for the Czech based Wepol Racing Yamaha team with their rider Danny Webb.
In recent years James as been a commentator and pundit on the Superbike championship with Eurosport/Discovery.
An accomplished keyboard player and vocalist he pursued his music career forming his band Toseland. His first album was released in 2104 which received outstanding reviews.The band have toured all over the UK and Europe, besides their own headline shows they have appeared along with guest sets including Status Quo, Aerosmith, Deep Purple
The event will include discussion on his motorbike racing career spanning multiple titles, live acoustic performances of his classic songs, and a question and answers session.
Members should make their reservations as soon as possible as we expect that there will be considerable interest from the general public once the event has been publicised and we are limited by the seating capacity of The Corn Exchange. Booking your seat via the button below will send you an email confirming your reservation. You will need to present this at the door, together with your current BMRC membership card to gain free access.
Subject to available space, reservations will also be accepted from non members of the club. Guest admission, with a reservation, at this meeting will be £15, payable at the door (Cash only please).

Peter Digby Chairman British Racing Drivers Club
2025-01-09 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Bourne Corn Exchange, 3 Abbey Road, Bourne, Lincolnshire, PE10 9EF, United Kingdom
Peter has been a director of the BRDC board since 2021 and is a former chairman of the Motorsport Industry Association. He recently negotiated and secured a 10 year extension to host the Formula One British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
He previously was at the helm of transmission maker Xtrac who build transmissions for a large share of the global motorsport market.

Steve Soper Sports & Touring Car Racing Driver
2025-02-13 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Bourne Corn Exchange, 3 Abbey Road, Bourne, Lincolnshire, PE10 9EF, United Kingdom
Steve has raced in major sports and touring car races, at the very forefront of these highly competitive sectors of motorsport.
His major successes include winning multiple British Saloon Car & Touring Car Championship races. In Sports Cars the 24 Hours at Le Mans and Nurburgring winning in 1987, also at Spa in 1992 & 1995.
Steve’s incredible career encompasses a long association with BMW and fast Fords.

Peter Riches Ex Team Lotus, BTCC & British F1 GP Chief Scrutineer
2025-03-13 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Bourne Corn Exchange, 3 Abbey Road, Bourne, Lincolnshire, PE10 9EF, United Kingdom
Our guest is Peter Riches, the holder of the HRH Prince Michael of Kent Award of Merit, the highest Motorsport UK honour given in recognition of his service to motorsport.
His tenure associated with the British Grand Prix covers 45 years of which 35 years was as the Chief Scrutineer of the event.
His involvement in the sport dates back to the 1970’s with Lotus in the management of their engineering and technical development with the Car Division and the Formula 1 team.
From the 1980’s his long career as a Scrutineer and FIA Technical Delegate encompassed Formula Ford, Formula 3, Touring Cars on an National and International level and of course Formula 1 at Silverstone.
He remains actively involved in Motorsport and has just returned from Asia and Australia.
A unique opportunity to hear of his considerable knowledge and experiences.

Richard Cross British Tractor Pulling Association
2025-04-10 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Bourne Corn Exchange, 3 Abbey Road, Bourne, Lincolnshire, PE10 9EF, United Kingdom
The BTPA organises the spectacle of the best in high-powered tractor pulling events across the UK. A spectacular and often unpredictable sport with 11 different classes up to 10,000hp+!!
Richard Cross the clubs Vice Chairman has an extensive experience in competing and promoting the sport. His day job is a director of an agricultural dealership with 30 years in the farm machinery industry,

Guy Loveridge Chair Northern Guild Motor Writers & Goodwood Commentator
2025-05-08 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London)
Guy has been involved with events in motorsport for over 30years, including racing all around the UK having held a competition licence since 1993.
A former chairman of the Guild of Motoring Writers (2014-16), and currently Chair of the Northern Guild of Motor Writers. Guy published his first motoring book in 2000 and has written over a dozen since then.
He’s also received the Guild’s Peugeot Motorsport Cup in 2015, and the Malcolm Jeel Award from the Society of Automotive Historians in Britain in 2019.
Guy also finds the time to commentate at motoring and motor racing events all over the country, including Goodwood Revival and is currently organiser of The Holme Moss Centenary events. He also presents television and radio programmes, and has appeared on Wheeler Dealers.

BRM Heritage Evening Celebrating The Life of Richard ‘Dick’ Salmon
2025-06-12 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Bourne Corn Exchange, 3 Abbey Road, Bourne, Lincolnshire, PE10 9EF, United Kingdom
Celebrating The Life of Richard ‘Dick’ Salmon (1925-2025)
Former BRM Formula 1 Mechanic.
Born in Irnham, the son of the village postmaster and his wife, who ran the village shop, Dick grew up with a fascination for things mechanical and left school at 14 to work in local garages.
Keen to serve his country, he joined the Home Guard at age 16 and received his army call-up in 1944. Service in various parts of the Middle East broadened his mind considerably, and like many others of his generation, he wasn’t too keen on the prospect of an ordinary office or factory job following his ‘demob’ in 1947.
Initially, Dick returned to working in a local garage, but in 1950, a friend’s tip-off about an opportunity at BRM, led to his being one of the first people employed by Raymond Mays.
Dick immediately showed great initiative and was soon promoted to a Mechanic’s role in the Racing Team. There followed 15 years of travelling the world, working with and for many of the greatest drivers of the era. The pinnacle of Dick’s career was undoubtedly serving as Graham Hill’s mechanic in 1962, the year of BRM’s World Championship triumph.
With family responsibilities pressing, Dick stepped back from the Formula 1 team in 1965 and later took up the offer of a job with Lotus, testing production cars. By the early 80’s, Dick had become a partner in a successful car restoration business, based in Billingborough.
Finally, at the stage in his life where pipe and slippers would beckon most men, Dick turned his ever-active mind to writing; producing two excellent books, relating the intertwined stories of his own life and the rise and fall of BRM.

Summer Social Event
2025-07-10 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Bourne Corn Exchange, 3 Abbey Road, Bourne, Lincolnshire, PE10 9EF, United Kingdom
In July we will be running our annual Summer Social event.
A chance to meet up and chat with other members.
If you have an “interesting” vehicle, whether modern or vintage, bring it along to the display.
The bar will be open and a finger buffet available during the evening.

Lunch at BRDC Silverstone
2025-08-09 | Silverstone Racing Circuit, Towcester, Northamptonshire, NN12 8TN, United Kingdom
Our President, Warwick Banks is hosting a lunch at the BRDC suite, Silverstone on Saturday 9 August.
On track that day is the Bentley Drivers Club Summer event featuring racing with these classic English cars.
The costs of the two course lunch will be £40 per person and this includes admission to the circuit, parking and use of the BRDC suite during the day.
Please register your interest by emailing tracknotes@bournemotorracingclub.co.uk.

Andrew Osbourne Solo Atlantic Rower
2025-08-14 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Bourne Corn Exchange, 3 Abbey Road, Bourne, Lincolnshire, PE10 9EF, United Kingdom
In 2023 Andrew Osborne rowed 3000 miles solo across the Atlantic totally unsupported, to raise funds for cardiac risk in the young. Row for Amy, his daughter who died aged 24, is a charity to get young people tested or undiagnosed heat conditions. Fascination account of endurance and how to persevere under pressure.

Italian Evening
2025-09-11 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Bourne Corn Exchange, 3 Abbey Road, Bourne, Lincolnshire, PE10 9EF, United Kingdom
We will be showing the acclaimed documentary “Vincenzo Lancia and the Birth of Modern Motoring”.

We also plan to have a display of Italian cars in the car park. More details and how to book your entry to follow.

This meeting will be a ticketed event with free admission for BMRC members and £10 for guests.

Lancia typified the spirit of the age. At the turn of the 20th century, the motor car fired the imagination like few other inventions.
He was 18, son of an entrepreneur, and living in Turin, a buzzing city reinventing itself as a capital of industry.
In the right place at the right time, he seized his opportunity, first as a test driver for the nascent Fiat and then as their daredevil racing driver, helming mighty machines to the delight of crowds on both sides of the Atlantic.
was a young man with grand designs and in 1906, the famous racer established his own motor company. Not to build racing cars, but to make cars of a certain quality and drivability uncommon at the time.
With his small team of talented engineers, against a backdrop of world war and political upheaval, Lancia embraced unorthodox thinking, listened to his customers and contemplated the ‘total’ car.

Within just 16 years, his quiet revolution was complete, with the creation of the Lancia Lambda, a vehicle so innovative and advanced, it set the agenda for the modern motor car.
A feat he achieved again 15 years later, with the Aprilia, a year before his premature death.
Today Lancia is celebrated worldwide as one of the great Italian marques and for its legendary rally conquests over the last 25 years of the previous millennium.
However, few remember its founding father and how he paved the road to the future.

Richard Jenkins
2025-10-09 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Bourne Corn Exchange, 3 Abbey Road, Bourne, Lincolnshire, PE10 9EF, United Kingdom
An evening with Richard Jenkins, Award winning Motorsports writer
Our speaker is Richard Jenkins: Richard is an award-winning author and motor racing historian who writes for oldracingcars.com and is known for well-researched books such as Richie Ginther: Motor Racing’s Free Thinker, Mike Spence: Out Of The Shadows and Tyrrell: The Story Of The Tyrrell Racing Organisation.
His first book, Richie Ginther, won both the RAC Motoring Book Of The Year Award and the Guild of Motoring Writers Award. For his presentation, Richard will give a talk on the lives of Richie Ginther and Mike Spence, with particular emphasis on their time at BRM.

Ian Titchmarsh and Peter McFadyen
2025-11-13 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Bourne Corn Exchange, 3 Abbey Road, Bourne, Lincolnshire, PE10 9EF, United Kingdom
For our November meeting, we look forward to an illustrated talk from the formidable double-act of Ian Titchmarsh and Peter McFadyen.
Ian commentated on his first race in the mid-70’s and was a journalist and motorsports fan for many years before that. Having been principal commentator at Silverstone from 1983 to 2015 and covered races at virtually every other UK circuit, he’s a familiar and knowledgeable voice to anyone who has attended race meetings during the last half-century. In his other endeavours, he’s been part of the Radio Le Mans team, a Director of the BRDC and Lead Judge in the Racing category at the 2024 RAC Historic Awards.
Peter has been photographing motorsport since the 1960’s and his work has appeared in many books, including the leading motorsports annual ‘Autocourse.’ For many years, he contributed pictures and race reports from Oulton Park, Aintree, Donington and other UK circuits; to ‘Autosport’ and ‘Motorsport (formerly Motoring) News.’ He has published two books on racing at Oulton Park and has raced his Lotus Elan in the Classic Sports Car Club’s ‘Swinging Sixties’ series. He remains an active member of the Lotus Drivers Club.

Les Thacker and Paul Tarsey
2025-12-04 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Bourne Corn Exchange, 3 Abbey Road, Bourne, Lincolnshire, PE10 9EF, United Kingdom
The speakers this evening will be Les Thacker from BP Fuels Motorsport and Paul Tarsey, Le Mans commentator.

Note This meeting is a week earlier than usual.
Les Thacker
On leaving the army in 1963, Les was recruited by Shell-Mex & BP and began a career in the oil industry; initially in the Sales & Marketing Division and later reinstating BP to the motorsports scene. As BP’s Motorsports Manager, he helped establish the careers of Derek Warwick, Martin Brundle, Johnny Dumfries and others.
Throughout his career, Les remained a camera-carrying enthusiast at heart. The privileged access, afforded by his position, gave him marvellous opportunities to amass a huge motorsports photography archive. A selection of these images, with commentary by Paul Tarsey, will form the basis of our entertainment on Thursday 4th December.
Paul Tarsey
Coming from a family with strong motorsports connections, it was inevitable that Paul would become involved in the sport. Realising that he didn’t quite have the talent of his boyhood hero, Stirling Moss, a career behind the microphone beckoned.
Paul’s first event, as commentator, was the 1984 Willhire 24hr race at Snetterton. He progressed from this to specialising in 24hr events, including Le Mans, Daytona and Paul Ricard.
In addition to his commentary work, Paul founded and runs the Historic Racing News website.

John Barker
2026-01-08 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Bourne Corn Exchange, 3 Abbey Road, Bourne, Lincolnshire, PE10 9EF, United Kingdom

Seb Perez - Rally Driver
2026-02-12 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Bourne Corn Exchange, 3 Abbey Road, Bourne, Lincolnshire, PE10 9EF, United Kingdom

Nene Valley Railway
2026-03-12 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Bourne Corn Exchange, 3 Abbey Road, Bourne, Lincolnshire, PE10 9EF, United Kingdom
