Catalogue
Introduction Ever since I started seriously driving in trackdays which led to competing in sprints and then hill climbs, I have yearned for ways to evaluate my performance; one way is to time the laps that you do. But the rules at trackdays are quite clear; timing is not allowed by you in your car or by anyone for you
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Tom Pryce Memorial Those who have followed Formula One over the years will undoubtedly recall the name of Welshman Tom Pryce [11th June 1949 to 5th March 1977]. Sadly, Tom lost his life in a bizarre accident at the Kyalami circuit whilst competing in the 1977 South African Formula One GP. Driving the sometimes competitive but unreliable Shadow car, Tom won
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[17th September 1929 to 12th April 2020] I wish to make my own personal tribute to one of the greatest motor racing sportsmen this country has produced. My links with Stirling are a little tenuous but they are my links and I am proud of them. Although I was born to a non-motoring family with no interest in motoring or
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The omens for my 2020 Speed season seemed good. From December 2019 onward, calendars for the various Sprint and Hill Climb meetings and their associated championships began to appear and by January 2020 I had a fairly good idea of what events I wanted to do with my Lotus Elise and what championships I were to run in. Although I
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Well, you could say it involves just about any kind of sport that contains a motor where amateur drivers race or compete against each other. In the widest sense that might include cars, motorcycles, powerboats, lawnmowers etc [and it is also true that some professional drivers may start their motorsport career at grassroots level before moving into the mainstream]. However,
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Grass Roots Motor Sport - UK 