A CELEBRATION OF MARQUES NO LONGER WITH US A new event is The Festival of the Dead Car Clubs at Burghley House on Sunday 2nd July. The aim is to raise as much money as possible for Mission Motor Sport which is an excellent charity supporting injured Service Personnel. For more details see www.festivalofthedead.uk
The Grimsthorpe Speed Trials will take place again this year on Saturday 1 July. For entry and more details, please see speedtrials.co.uk
The speaker at the Bourne Motor Racing Club evening on 8th June will be the well known Motoring Journalist and Historian Simon Taylor. Simon has been immersed in motor sport for nearly 50 years joining the weekly magazine Autosport from university, and was its editor by the age of 23. He moved on to become a publisher…
The speaker at the Bourne Motor Racing Club evening on 11th May will see a return of the Author and Biographer Jon Saltinstall who will be talking about the Motor Racing Legend Jacky Ickx. Jacky Ickx started racing motorcycles becoming Belgian Champion twice before moving on to car racing in Formula two. He won the…
Meet Sainsbury's car park, Exeter Street, Bourne At 10-30 to leave at 10-45. In North Street on right Wake House, early home of Charles Worth, 1825-1895, Fashion Designer. At 11 he started work at a printers in Bourne. Aged 12, he went to London as an apprentice at Swan & Edgar, Department Store. 1846 he…
The speaker at the Bourne Motor Racing Club evening on 13th April will be TV personality ‘Fuzz’ Townshend Real Name John Richard Keith Townshend, he got his nickname ‘Fuzz’ from his friends at his junior school due to his Afro hairstyle. After his mother bought him a drum kit, ‘Fuzz’ took lessons and made his…
Lissy has been competing in the British Junior Supersport 300 championship at the British Superbike Championship rounds last season. She will be talking mostly about her past year of racing with the big team, how the experience went for her and what it was all like being a bit in the spotlight with a championship…
At our February meeting we are pleased to welcome Nick Owen who will be showing a selection of rarely seen films from the BRM archive. The meeting will be preceeded by our AGM.
As Guy was unable to attend our December meeting due to illness, he will be the speaker at our January meeting. The AGM and Membership renewal will be delayed until February. As previously advised, due to space limitations at the Corn Exchange, this meeting will be Strictly Members only, guests will not be admitted.
Our speaker at the December meeting was expected to be Guy Martin, however, unfortunately he is unwell and unable to attend on this date. We hope to reschedule his talk for a later date and will advise members via TrackNotes when this is confirmed. Instead of this talk, we plan to show a motoring related…
Our speaker will be Anders Hildebrand, Managing Director of Anglo American Oil Company Ltd. His talk will cover:- Ethanol and petrol The issue The solution Engines and engine oils are changing The difference between oils made for modern engines and modern specifications to older types of engine design Make up of an engine oil Why…
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The BMRC Speaker for 13 October will be the author Jon Saltinstall who will be talking about the entire Competition history of the great Niki Lauda. Jon’s presentation will cover the earliest days of Niki’s career in motorsport driving Minis and Formula Vee, Formula 3 and Formula 2 before graduating to Grand Prix racing with…
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