Cover : Bristol Llandow Sprint 2008 Photo : Andy Moss
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Cover : Bristol Llandow Sprint 2008 Photo : Andy Moss
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The Bristol Pegasus Motor Club Backfire -June 2008
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The Bristol Pegasus Motor Club Backfire -June 2008
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Monday 9th June Wheatsheaf Winterbourne 8.30pm.
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Photo : Start of the 2007 ACE Classic Tour
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A fun Sunday run starting from BAWA in Southmead Road from 9.30am -what better excuse to get the car out.
Primarily aimed at Classic Vehicles, most interesting vehicles are welcomed on this charity vehicle run. The start venue is well worth a visit as there are lots of interesting cars. Watch out for the editor and family in a rover P6 !
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Following the success of last year's Auto Solo we return to Chepstow for more of the same fun this year. This time we will be running the event as an "All Forward Autotest".
It will follow a similar format to the Auto Solo from last year but this change allows us a bit more freedom in the layout of the course and opens it up to a wider variety of cars.
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"A Midsummer's Nightmare"
A delightful wander around the environs of the fair city of Bath.
Start : 7: 15 for 7:30 pm, Rose and Crown, Pucklechurch (172/697769), finish at the Crown, Bathford (172/787669).
"No chocolate involved, the only rude words will be your own".
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The event is about having fun with your car. The event will not be run as a memory test, there will not be complicated routes to remember. Routes will be marked and there will not be any reversing. We will be making use of a slope, making this an interesting and unusual venue for such an event. Take a look at the club website, it has photos of last years event.
No helmet or special equipment required. More details later in this issue.
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Events for July Club Night
Monday 14thJuly
Treasure Hunt
Monday 21st July
Events for August
Castle Combe Track Day
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you have not entered yet, please do not leave it too late as this event is always a sell-out. Bookings forms are available from the website or from Tony Smith.
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The clubs events were overshadowed at the beginning of May by the sad loss of our Chairman Kieron Winter. We were all moved by the many tributes paid to Kieron and we are determined that he will not be forgotten. Hopefully we can continue to run the club in a way that would make him proud and make sure we take the sort of professional and friendly approach that he will be remembered for. There is a further tribute to Kieron later in Backfire and there were many kind words posted on the club website.
The Llandow Sprint was once again wet, but despite the weather we had very few incidents and the day went well. We might just have got a third run in, but most agreed it would not be fair on the marshals who had done a brilliant job in horrible conditions.
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The day is excellent for newcomers, with a limited number of cars on track there is plenty of space to go at a speed you are happy with and you will not impede others on the circuit. The Castle Combe Racing School provide an Instructor who gives a briefing to all drivers before they go out onto the track. To help the beginner there are cones out on the circuit to show turn-in points and the apex of a corner. There is also the opportunity for some one-to-one tuition. The Instructor will take you out in your car and show you the lines and braking point for your car. Everyone who has done this has come back very impressed and the Instructors are really pleased when the pupils then go out and put into practice what they have been taught.
Last month the first of the clubs summer season of Treasure Hunts was run, Chris Goodchild organised an excellent event starting from Wickwar. We had a good turnout of crews, Chris managed to get a good spread of scores, and not too many complaints at the finish.
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It was a very enjoyable event and we travelled around some lanes not used on any club events in recent times.
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Motorsport Solo Championship event has been moved to our September date and we will therefore be using the Stables course in June for a more "clubby" event. We will be running the event as an "All Forward Autotest", however it will follow a similar format to the Auto Solo from last year. This change allows us a bit more freedom in the layout of the course and opens it up to a wider variety of cars.
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We have an exciting month in June, starting with the ACE tour. ACE stands for "All Classic Enthusiasts" -which is a group of Classic car fans from Rolls Royce. In recent years we have joined them to help organise the paperwork for the event and many of our club members have enjoyed the event over the years. This year things start as usual from BAWA in Southmead Road Bristol.
The next day we have our Club Night at the excellent venue of the Wheatsheaf. We were all interested to read that the pub is up for sale again - so far the many changes, since it was sold out of private hands, have not affected us too much and we hope if there is another change of ownership it won't have an impact on us. The current manager is certainly doing a good job and makes us very welcome.
Saturday the 14th sees our second visit across the bridge to Chepstow race course. We have had a slight change of plan in that the Cotswold
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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
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Martin Emsley will
'Ramble'
Photo above - Martin attempting Wheelchair Land Speed record after previous attempt ended in failure.
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Saturday 14th June
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Routes will be marked and there will not be any reversing. We will be making use of a slope, making this an interesting and unusual venue for such an event.
Take a look at the club website, it has photos of last years event The Chepstow AutoSolo - 8th September 2007'.
No helmet or special equipment required.
Regs and an entry form can be downloaded from the club site:
Or alternatively obtained from:
Chris Thompson
15 Saxon Way Bradley Stoke Bristol BS32 9AR
Tel - 01454 615604
E-mail - cmtbristol@tiscali.co.uk
If you want to know more about the event then I am happy to answer your questions.
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Following the success of last year's Auto Solo we return to Chepstow for more of the same fun this year.
We have had a slight change of plan in that the Cotswold Motorsport Solo Championship event has been moved to our September date and we will therefore be using the Stables course in June for a more "clubby" event.
This time we will be running the event as an "All Forward Autotest". It will follow a similar format to the Auto Solo from last year but this change allows us a bit more freedom in the layout of the course and opens it up to a wider variety of cars.
Last years event was run exclusively for standard production road and kit cars. This time modified cars including rally cars and specials are welcome.
The event is about having fun with your car. The event will not be run as a memory test, there will not be complicated routes to remember.
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