Cover : Nick Cook at the BPMC Chepstow Auto Challenge
Photo : Andy Moss
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Cover : Nick Cook at the BPMC Chepstow Auto Challenge
Photo : Andy Moss
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The Bristol Pegasus Motor Club Backfire -July 2008
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2008 BPMC Events Calendar 2008
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The Bristol Pegasus Motor Club Backfire -July 2008
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Events for July Club Night
Monday 14thJuly
An informal club night at our normal venue of the Wheatsheaf high street Winterbourne - come along for a drink and a chat from 8.30 pm.
Frenchay Transport Festival
Saturday 19th July
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Treasure Hunt
Monday 21st July
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Organised by Ken Robson and Dave Bence, July's Treasure Hunt will start at the lay-by on the southbound A38 between The Almondsbury
Interchange Hotel and Junction 16 of the M5 (Grid ref. ST606835) at 7.15pm.
Fifty questions over a twenty mile route around South Gloucestershire, finishing at The Masons Arms in Rudgeway at 9.30pm.
Events for August
Castle Combe Track Day and Tuition Day
Saturday 9th August
The Castle Combe day is almost a sell out at the time of going to press -as usual once all the places are gone we will start a reserve list. For those of you who miss out - sorry there's always next year!
The day isn't a closed event. For those of you who would like a nice day out, mix with club members of the BPMC and the Mini Cooper Register, enjoy a picnic or on site refreshments. Bring along the family
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The Club will have a stand at the Transport Festival at Frenchay Museum on Saturday July the 19th.
Andy Moss is organising the stand and is keen to hear from anyone who would be willing to bring a car along or help on the stand.
Contact Andy on 0117 9041841 or andv(g)mossdata.co.uk
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Cars should arrive between 1 and 1.30pm.
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The Bristol Pegasus Motor Club Backfire -July 2008
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you will enjoy it - maybe you will think about booking next year.
For more information see the article later in this Backfire.
Club Night
Monday 11th August
GUEST SPEAKER
Alan Freke from the Frenchay
Historic Society. Alan will be giving
a talk on the automotive technical
illustrator Frank Simpson.
Wheatsheaf from 8.30pm
Treasure Hunt
Monday 18th August
Bristol Two Club Sprint Colerne Airfield
Monday 25th August The Regulations for the Bristol Two Club Sprint have now been issued and can be found on the web site. Those who do not have access to the web should contact Andy Moss (tel: 0117 9041841) who will put a set in the post.
Lots of marshals are also required for this event, if you have not filled in one of the marshals booking forms to confirm your availability, then please contact the Chief Marshal Nick Wood on 01275 833098 who will be very pleased to hear from you. If you are new to marshalling we will put you with an experienced team - don't forget this is the only way to see the action at Colerne.
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BPMC Autosolo
Saturday 20th September The club will return to Chepstow for an Autosolo event on Saturday the 20th of September. Chepstow race course is an excellent venue and only 20 minutes journey from the Almondsbury interchange junction of the M4/M5.
The September event is a round of the Cotswold Motor Sport group Autosolo Championship and will make use of an different area that comprises a more open piece of tarmac and will be a more traditional Solo.
Invitation Events
Sunday 3rd August
BMC AutoSolo - Weston
Bristol Motor Club & CMSGCC will organise a Clubsport Solo on Sunday 3rd of August 2008 at Weston-super-Mare Airfield. The Cotswold Motorsport Championship rounds have been very popular so enter quickly if you want to get in - regs from the website or contact Allen Harris on 0117 9421204 - Entry fee is £25.
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The Bristol Pegasus Motor Club Backfire -July 2008
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ACTING CHAIRMAN'S
CHAT
By Martin Baker
As most of you will know, I have had the sad duty of stepping up to the position of acting chairman. I am fortunate that the committee and vice-presidents have given me their backing, and I hope that the membership do too. However, my tenure in this role is likely only to be temporary and will probably cease at the AGM in December.
The club has been lucky to have had a chairman such as Kieron; his legacy is leaving the club in as strong a position as ever before. We have a large (and still growing) membership list and a full calendar of events. I am encouraged by, and grateful for, the assistance offered by both my fellow committee members and the "rank and file" in coming forward to fill the inevitable gaps left by Kieron's untimely passing. However, I believe that the club deserves to be chaired by somebody who can give the position the time and energy it needs - certainly more than I can give it in the longer term. The challenge now is to find that person!
As an aside I should mention that Kieron's father, Mike, has accepted an honorary membership of the club. Mike was responsible for the construction of the signage we use at Colerne (countdown markers, turn signs and such) which are much more user friendly and durable than the previous ones. And on the topic of honorary members, an apology to Tom King whom I promised to meet in Penzance - sorry, Tom, everything
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went to rats at Newton Abbot and we only got as far as Truro.
Returning to club events and such, we cancelled the production car trial and postponed the Alan Freke meeting in May as a mark of respect for Kieron. Whilst we do not know yet whether the PCT can be rescheduled, I am pleased to report that Alan has agreed to speak to us in August. And staying with Alans, our own Spence is not currently firing on all four and so we have postponed his talk to later in the year. We will, however, be participating in the annual Frenchay Show on July 19th and Andy Moss is coordinating our efforts for this.
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We resumed our competitions calendar with Chris Goodchild's "To Oz(leworth) and Beyond" treasure hunt. This took in some interesting roads on the western fringes of the Cotswolds, and some long sections without route questions that made you wonder if you were heading down the right lane... Then it was into, sorry across the Bristol Channel for a rather damp and windy Llandow Sprint. From the relative calm of the control office I watched an aircraft trying to land at nearby Rhoose, I'm convinced its ground speed was negative! Despite the weather I only
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The Bristol Pegasus Motor Club Backfire -July 2008
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had to despatch the rescue vehicle once, to tow in a car with a broken gearbox from the back straight. Clerk of Course Mark Chater was right to suspend proceedings for an early lunch after reports that a car was dangerously sliding on the straights. However, further enquiries revealed this to be Mike Rudge, who only ever uses slicks! Despite, or perhaps because of the drop-out rate it looks like this event has made a profit, and it was at least a relief to complete a sprint without incident.
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first-rate job to universal acclaim from the competitors, so well done them.
By the time you read this the BMC Dick Mayo sprint at Castle Combe will have come and gone. I looked after the paddock, it never ceases to amaze and amuse me that people who can afford to run race-prepared Porches have trouble working out which is the left hand lane of paddock exit... Both entries and marshals numbers were a bit down from normal (let's hope that's not a trend) but BPMC members were well represented in both categories. Must mention Pete Goodman who set a new class record, despite some reservations about his clutch! We're back at Combe as a club on August 9th for what is likely to be a sell-out track day. In addition to the official tuition there will be a number of experienced club members who will be only too happy to sit in and show the lines to those who haven't driven the circuit before. As always there will be a charity raffle, do support this either by buying tickets, donating prizes or preferably both! The regs for the Bristol Two-Clubs Sprint (Colerne, 25th August) have also hit the streets, don't forget that the only way to get close to the action of this British Championship round is to marshal. Clerk of Course Bob Hart or Chief Marshal Nick Wood will be pleased to hear from you.
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Club Member Chris Thompson and children admire the superb Bentley at the start of the ACE Tour
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Next up was the ACE Classic Tour which took in great chunks of Gloucestershire either side of the Severn. Our own Andy Moss took the Rover P6 for a jaunt on this one, and having warmed the car up brought it to the club night the following evening. Which is a bit more stylish than yours truly who arrived on his bike! To complete the triple crown of river crossings, the next event was the Autosolo held at Chepstow racecourse. I couldn't be there myself, being caught up in the D-Day landings and having a minibus vandalised in Loughborough (don't ask) but I understand that Mai Allan and Chris Thompson, ably supported by their marshalling team, did a
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Date For Your Diary Future Club Night
Monday 8th September Club Night
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Club Night Venue
The Wheatsheaf
From M32 J1
Take the A4174 ring road towards Downend. 200 metres further on, turn left at traffic lights (signposted to Winterbourne). Follow the B4058 for approximately 2 miles. You will find the Wheatsheaf Inn on the right hand side of the road.
From M5 J16 (Almondsbury)
Take the A38 towards Bristol After 200 metres take the first left at the roundabout. Keeping in the outside lane to go straight ahead at the traffic lights.
Continue straight ahead at three consecutive roundabouts. At the fourth roundabout turn left, continue to the T junction and turn left into Winterbourne High Street. The Wheatsheaf Inn is on the right hand side of the road, approx. 400m from the turning.
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For our September club
night our very own
Martin Emsley will
'Ramble'
Photo above - Martin attempting Wheelchair Land Speed record after previous attempt ended in failure.
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THE PEGASUS SPRINT 18th OCTOBER 2008
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• sending out final instructions;
• attending all (2 or 3) event organisation meetings;
• on the day, assisting with paddock layout, competitor signing-on, managing the results team and ensuring awards are correctly allocated.
Naturally all expenses would be reimbursed and full training will be given. If you think you have the necessary skills and enthusiasm, and want to make a difference to the running of this important club event, then please contact the secretary of the meeting Martin Baker on 0117 9563664 or 07981 908305. Your motor club needs you!
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Wrapped as we are in the balmy days of summer (!), the club naturally turns its attention to what it will be doing on a crisp autumn Saturday... Before we know it the 2008 Pegasus sprint will be upon us, and the organising team, under clerk Ian Hall, has already met for a preliminary discussion.
Something that was identified at that meeting was the need to appoint an entries secretary for the event. We would like, if possible, to introduce a new face to the circle of organisers and so are looking for a volunteer from the ranks of the club to come forward and find out what makes an event such as this "tick". The position would be fully supported by the secretary of the meeting and the rest of the organising committee, and would occupy perhaps an hour a week or less from regulation publication date (mid-August) until the event itself. Tasks would include -
• sending out supplementary regulations ("the regs") to previous entrants, invited clubs/championships and on an ad-hoc basis;
• receiving, checking and processing to spreadsheet all incoming entry forms;
• passing all cheques and requests for cancellation refunds to the club treasurer;
• compiling and publishing entry lists;
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Castle Combe Day Raffle
A gentle reminder that Tim Murray (0117 9499449) requires raffle prizes for the track day at Castle Combe. As usual we would be very appreciative of anything you can get as this again supports Diabetes UK.
Thank you so much for your support. Contact Tim in advance or just bring your donations along on the day.
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