Bourne Motor Racing Club The club is for motor racing enthusiasts and meets on the 2nd Thursday of each month at the Red Hall in Bourne. The club is also responsible for organising the Bourne Classic Car Show each year and this year’s event will take place on the Well Head Field on Sunday 14th June between 10am and 4:30pm. Entrance to the show is free. www.bournemotorclub.co.uk has further details about the club.
Future Events Thursday March 12 – The speaker this evening will be Ed McDonough. Ed, apart from having racing experience is a racing journalist working on the Vintage Racecar magazine and also is an author of many racing books. His illustrated talk will be the best 100 cars that he has tested.
Thursday April 9 – The speaker this month will be Pat Thomas, his topic this time will be “From Pode Hole to Le Mans”. This will cover his experiences at the 2008 Le Mans meeting where he was part of the Group C support race for the main 24 Hour event. Thursday May 14 – The speaker will be one of our members, Roger Fountain. Roger’s talk will be about the 1971 BC Centennial Rally, which was to commemorate the centenary of the founding of British Columbia. The rally was actually a resurrection of the Shell 4000 Rally which ran several years in the sixties, and usually had an entry or two from UK works teams, like Ford, BMC and Rootes Group.
Thursday June 11 – The speaker this month will be Simon Hadfield. Simon is great historic racing driver as well as a restorer of the classic racing machines. Thursday July 9 – This will be the annual BBQ, details to be confirmed. Thursday August 13 – No meeting, as usual we do not hold a meeting in August due to holidays. Thursday September 10 – The speaker this month will be the BTCC driver John Cleland. Thursday October 8 – tbc Thursday November 12 – The speaker this month will be the BMC Rally Manager Stuart Turner. Thursday December 10 – This will be the annual Christmas Party.