Cover : Martin Baker at Castle Combe in his Seat Photo : Steve Kilvington
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Cover : Martin Baker at Castle Combe in his Seat Photo : Steve Kilvington
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Navigation Exercise
Friday 7th March - 7.30pm. Last Nav-ex of the Winter. The start (and finish venue) for the March Nav-Ex will be the Swan Inn Tytherington MR 172/670882.
The event will all be on map 172
Usual navigation equipment
required. Any questions please contact Martin Emsley on 01454 250067 or e-mail
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Telephone 0117 9409772 or 07799
056176.
E-Mail bob.hart@blueyonder.co.uk
Great Western Sprint
Saturday 29th March Our new joint event with Bristol MC at Castle Combe and a round of the British Sprint Championship. The regulations are available to download from the website or they can be sent to you by getting in contact with the Entries Secretary Alan Want at 17 Bristol Road, Portishead, Bristol, BS20 6AQ or by phone on 01275 848736. Note entries close on the 10th.
Club Night
Monday 14th April
Production Car Trial
Sunday 20th April
Regs are now available from the Website or please contact Andy Moss on 0117 9041841 or e-mail andy@mossdata.co.uk.
Wessex Sprint
Monday 5th May
Regs available from the website or from Carole Morgan. Marshals to contact Bob Hart - details below.
Llandow Sprint
Monday 26th May Regs available from the website or from Andy Moss - 0117 9041841. Marshals should Bob Hart. Telephone 0117 9409772 or 07799 056176. E Mail bob.hart@blueyonder.co.uk
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Club Night
Monday 10th March
Wheatsheaf from nformal club night venue.
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Stoneleigh Show Visit
Friday 14th March
Club visit to the Historic Motor Sport Show - "Race Retro" - More info later in the magazine.
Marshals'Training Day at Castle Combe
Saturday 15th March
Subjects are Personal Safety, First
Aid & Fire Training.
Incident Management with some "real" incidents to train with. Hot drinks and lunch are provided. Places are limited.
Anyone interested please contact Bob Hart - first come first served.
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Chairman's Chat
By Kieron Winter
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time to go back to the car for lunch and then cross over the road in the afternoon to watch the Speech House stage. From memory, Speech House is a fast and flowing stage, and not far into the stage we found a sweeping 90 degree bend to watch at. I soon recognised a few familiar faces amongst the other spectators as Matt Marples and Mark Astin had also chosen to watch at the same corner. It was good to see a wide selection of cars on the event, there were one or two ex-WRC cars, Andy Burton's unique Cosworth powered Peugeot, lots of Evo's and Subaru's and first through the stages, the 1400cc class cars. However much to my delight there were a good number of Mark II Ford Escorts who were very happy to hang the tail out, they were joined by a few Mantas and a Sunbeam from the same era. Also very entertaining were the Land Rover Discovery and Freelander entries. I was expecting them to struggle around corners, but no they looked very stable and were certainly trying.
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February we had our first guest speaker of the year, when David George
came to talk to us about Project Thrust SSC. David gave us a brief history of the Project and some of the struggles they faced with Engineering and financial
challenges. David joined up as a Platinum Club member and when the team got out to the Black Rock
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In last month's Backfire, Alan Spencer wrote an article about his adventures on this year's Exeter Trial. Alan happened to mention in passing that Channel 5 were out filming two of their presenters who had entered in a car. As he was running close to their car he had seen the TV crews out filming. It was a day or two later that I tuned into Fifth Gear and who should appear in several shots, but Alan in the DPS. One of the shots had a very nice close up of the club badge on his car. I hope all this TV fame does not go to his head! In the shots of other cars I spotted Mai and Donny Allen's Marlin, with Mai's elbow hanging over the door. However I did not spot Mark Tooth and Rob Gilmour who went on to win a Gold medal on the event. This also meant that Mark achieved a Triple as this event counted in place of the cancelled 2007 Edinburgh trial - Congratulations Mark. I thought that the TV report was very good and gave a good insight into one of the oldest forms of motorsport for members of the general public. It was also impressive to see the crowds of spectators out on the hills throughout the night.
Talking of spectators, I ventured over to the Forest of Dean to do some spectating myself on the Wye Dean Rally for the first time in several years. It was a lovely day with the sun shining brightly and there were plenty of spectators out enjoying the event. I took in the Serridge 1 stage in the morning, had
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desert he was able to take his holiday and go and join them. David described what was involved in preparing the car for a run and I did not appreciate how many people were involved. The Platinum club members were involved in the preparation of the course either marking out the run lines of walking the course to look for stones and other debris that could cause damage to the car's tyres or engines. The Club members also performed perimeter security duties to try and stop people driving onto the desert during the runs. It was when on this duty, that during one of the runs, the parachutes of Thrust SSC failed and the car overshot the end of the course. David happened to be in the location close by and was asked by the team to get to Thrust SSC. So he set off in his Camper Van and was the first to reach the car to offer assistance to Andy Green. David also had the chance to go up in one of the microlights that were used by the team and fly over the desert. David was there the day that Andy Green broke the land speed record which had been set by Richard Noble in Thrust 2, but he had to return home and missed out on the day when the car pushed the record further and broke the sound barrier. It was an excellent talk and David brought along part of his collection of memorabilia which included a lump of Black Rock that gives the desert its name and a sample of the sand from the desert floor.
March is going to be a busy month, especially with an early Easter. We have a Nav Ex, a club night where you can come along and have a Noggin & Natter, a visit to the Race Retro Show at Stoneleigh, the
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marshals training day at Castle Combe and we finish off with the Bristol Seat Great Western Sprint. There will also be a race meeting at Castle Combe which features the Classic racing cars from the 1960's, 70's and 80's as well as the first round of the three CCRC championships, this is a race meeting where in the past I have met up with many club members.
Behind the scenes there has been a lot of activity going on. Club members attended a MSA training day for non-licensed officials at Exeter. The Wessex Sprint organising committee has met and the regulations are now available. The Llandow Sprint team have also met and Secretary of the meeting Mai Allen is getting the paperwork sorted and entries Secretary Andy Moss will have the regs out shortly. The team behind the Great Western Sprint have also been finalising the details for the event. Chief Marshal, Nick Wood, has received excellent support in the call for marshals; Clerk of the Course Martin Baker has paid several visits to Castle Combe and with his deputies Mark Chater and Bob Hart the layout of start line, assembly area and Paddock are being confirmed. Entries for the event have been coming in and at the time of writing have passed the 85 mark. As there is a limit of 100 cars, then those who want to enter and have not done so should take action now.
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Bristol Pegasus Fantasy Fl 2008
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championship; however, the rest of your team can still score. Likewise, if one of the teams packs up and goes home, your drivers and other car can still score.
Car scores are based on the highest finishing machine of your chosen make. There are also bonus points for pole position and fastest lap for finishing cars and drivers.
The organisers may ask for a tie break choice to be made before the last race of the season.
Here's how it works (all points apply to both the drivers and the cars):
Win - 25 points 2nd - 20 points 3rd - 18 points 4th - 15 points 5th - 12 points 6th - 10 points 7th - 8 points 8th - 5 points
Improvement Points:
One point for every place made up from start position. So if grid position 12 finishes in sixth place, you get six points.
Race Bonus Points :
Pole position - 5 points.
Fastest lap - 5 points.
Hat-trick (pole, fastest lap & win) - 5
extra points.
Duplicate teams are inevitable with the number of entries received each season. We therefore ask for a Tie Break - "Joker Race" - Nominate the one race at which you think your team will perform at it's best. In the event of a tie at the end of the season your points from this race will be doubled. You will not score
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The Bristol Pegasus Fantasy Formula One competition is now into its 13th year and seems to be as popular as ever.
Our rules differ a little from those found in the "real" Fl championship so make sure you read them carefully. The major difference is that we have the concept of improvement points - if you start last on the grid you will get points for every place you make up during the race. This can make things quite unpredictable at times !
We will accept entries upto the first race - the Australian Grand Prix on the 16th of March.
Entries should arrive by Friday 14th March - Good Luck !
The Rules
You must choose TWO DIFFERENT DRIVERS and TWO DIFFERENT CARS and one ENGINE from the listings below to make up your team. You may choose any driver and team combination - for example you can put Kimi Raikkonen in a Super Aguri if you wish.
Your team budget is £ 100 m. You may spend less but if you exceed the budget your team WILL NOT be accepted for entry.
Your driver scores only when he is racing, and the cars and drivers MUST be classified by the FIA as a finisher to score points. Substitute drivers do not count. If your driver looses his seat, he's out of the
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double points unless there is a tie. The organisers may ask additional questions if it still looks as though the fantasy championship is heading for a tie towards the end of the season.
Entry is free and open to all club members. Spouses may also submit an entry. Results will be published in Backfire each month and will be available between magazines on the club website.
Prize - A DVD or Video of your choice will be awarded to the winner.
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2008 Race Dates
16 March Australia
23 March Malaysia 06 April Bahrain
27 April Spain
11 May Turkey 25 May Monaco 08 June Canada 22 June France
06 July Great Britain 20 July Germany
03 August Hungary
24 August Europe
07 September Belgium 14 September Italy
28 September Singapore
12 October Japan 19 October China 02 November Brazil
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Online entry is now available at h ttp://bristolpegasus.com/fantasyf1 or Complete the form below – if you do not wish to cut you Backfire send entry on a photo copy or a plain piece of paper to the Backfire address at the front of the Newsletter.
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2008 Fantasy F1 Entry Form
Remember : You have £100m to spend on two different drivers, two cars and an Engine.
Driver 1 : Driver 2 : Team 1 : Team 2 : Engine : Joker Race :
( choose one race to score double points in the event of a tie )
Name: Address :
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New World Land Speed Record Attempts
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The team remains committed to Steve Fossett's vision and with the successful test firing of the jet engine, the driver evaluation and selection is in full swing. The team recently announced a short list of eight driver candidates.
The driver will be exposed to a combination of G-loads and visual distortion greater than any other person has ever experienced. Assisting project manager Eric Ahlstrom in the process will be an advisory board of notable motorsports and aviation
professionals. They include Aviation Speed record holder Lee Behel and current Land Speed record holder Andy Green, as well as former record holder AITeague.
Meanwhile in Australia the Aussie Invader World Land Speed Challenge team is headed by the 'Fastest Aussie on Earth', Rosco McGlashan -current Australian Speed record holder at 500mph, are building their new Land Speed Record vehicle featuring a 300,000 horse power LOX /JP5 rocket power.
The Aussie Invader 5R (R for rocket) will be a large car - To accommodate the fuel cells required it is being built at over 55 feet in length and almost 10 feet in tail fin height.
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Many members who enjoyed the story of Thrust SSC at the February club night may be interested to know there are two teams trying to beat the record of 763 mph set in 1997 by Britain's Andy Green.
An American team was formed by world record setting aviator, sailor and balloonist Steve
Fossett. Their aim is to take the record through the
800mph barrier.
The project had a major set back when Fossett went missing while flying a light aircraft, and despite an extensive search he has never been found.
Power is from a single, after-burning J-79 turbojet developing 22,650 lbs of thrust (45,200 hp) formerly fitted to a USAF F-4 Phantom fighter-bomber. The car was originally designed and built by five-time land speed record-holder Craig Breedlove for his unsuccessful 1996/97 LSR campaign, and is currently undergoing chassis modifications and aerodynamic development under Fossett's team, led by project
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Clubman's Championship
2008 Rules
1. The best 10 results for events entailing the use of a car are counted.
2. Points are awarded according to the formula ((5("No. of Starters" minus "Finish Position")/"No. of Starters") + 1).
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