April 2016 - Plymouth Motor Club

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April 2016
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Officers and Committee
Patron
President
Vice Presidents
Mr David Sharp
Mr J Sluman, Mr J Ellison, Mr W Grimshaw,
Mr A Chanter, Mr R Blackaller.
Mr & Mrs B Benson,
Mr N Bradbury,
Mr G Myers, Mr & Mrs P Locke, Mr M Tuppen,
Mr & Mrs S Furzeland & Mr A Slade.
Mr K & Mr R Bennett, Mrs L Bennett,
Dr S Hateley and Rev K Wakefield.
Alf Chanter —07779793182
[email protected]
Honorary Life Members
2015 Honorary members
Chairman
Vice Chairman
Immediate Past Chairman
Treasurer
Secretary
Competition Secretary
Membership Secretary
Social Secretary
Awards Secretary
Magazine Editor
Press & PRO
Chief Marshal and
Safety officer
General Committee
James Ellison
Mrs Chris Pearce
Mr Alan Tomes
01752 219739
Peter Locke
01752 342741
Mr Keith Selley
01752 311128
1 Upland Drive Derriford, Plymouth PL6 6BB
[email protected]
Liz Barnecutt
[email protected]
Vacant
Lord Alf Chanter 07779793182
[email protected]
Vacant
Jay Brown
07867 860984.
[email protected]
K Moyses, Darren Stevens,
James Ellison, Sean Harris
12 Car Coordinator
Alf Chanter
07779793182
Honorary Club Chaplain
Rev. Kenneth Wakefield
Child Safeguarding Officer Miss Helen [email protected]
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Plymouth Motor Club Diary 2016
March
25th
The Austin Cup Rally, the first round of the 2016 PMC 12 car
series. Starting from the
28th
Autosolo with Truro and District MC
April
1st
Social night at the Union Inn.
3rd
Treloy Sprint, Newquay MC, Newquay airport
15th
PMC Scatter Rally, venue etc TBA prior to the event, contact
James Ellison for further information.
17th
Autosolo with Truro and District MC
22nd
The Barton Cup Rally, details TBA, the 2nd round of the 2016
KM Joinery 12 car series.
29th
The Corinium Stages, Down Ampney, 3rd round of the
ASWMC sealed surface stage series
29th/30th/1st
May
Werrington weekend has arrived—see this mag for details.
May
2nd May
6th
Sleep all day after a busy weekend
Social night TBA
20th
Comus Cup
21st/22nd
TSH Stages at RAF Portreath
magazine deadline for articles will be 14th of the month for inclusion
in the next publication.
For more information and dates please look at the website:
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Chairmans Chat / Editorial
It is my unhappy task as my first official duty as the Chairman to report the sad passing of our Patron, Mr Roy Rowe, who has held the
post for many years and has been a stalwart of local motorsport
over the years, for more detail on the arrangements etc plus look
at the detail following this report. Our condolences go to the family and friends of Roy.
Well, what do you know, here I am, coming up on 50 years old and
having been a member of Plymouth Motor Club since the youthful
age of 16 years of young Ive risen to the dizzy heights of being the
Chairman of the oldest motor club in the southwest of England.
During the recent AGM it was proposed and accepted that I become chairman, if you weren’t there then don’t complain, you
could have stopped me there and then. At this point some sort of
evil laugh that a Bond villain would do as he takes over the world is
appropriate, but very hard to put in to words. Ill settle with Ha Ha.
We’re not that far from being the oldest club in the UK I believe,
pipped at the post by the Midland Automobile Club who set out
their stall in 1901 at Shelsley Walsh Hillclimb, a long standing British
institution. Most of you know me from the various disciplines ive
been involved with over the years, hopefully my experience as
both an organiser and a competitor will assist me with continuing
the good works of James Ellison who has stood in for the last year
as actining Chariman, I would like to pass my personal and indeed
the committees thanks to James for his work not only in the last 12
months but in previous years as well.
Becoming the chairman and to be at the head of such a club as
PMC with its rich and varied history across the years, is indeed an
honour and a privilege (this is starting to read like an acceptance
speech from the Oscars, worry not, I wont cry) and at a time when
technology and legislation is ever changing and our sport has to
adapt to follow these changes, simple things like online entry systems and data logging, advances in automotive engineering,
websites and social media, we also have safety which has come
under the focus in recent years and will be the biggest change to
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our sport for the future, all of these things are brought about by a
need, a desire, a want to keep up with the rest of the world.
Needless to say that we, as a club, will continue to ensure that we
are a club primarily for the membership at all times. Plymouth Motor Club isn’t about me, or you, its about us. Whilst we have to
adapt to the changes, we must continue with our core ethos of
putting the people first.
So, being the chairman I thought I had better look up what my
responsibilities are, its not just a question of a sneaky pint at a
committee meeting once a month as a quick google search
showed a few things, so I set the parental guidance rules a bit
tighter on my internet search and searched again, and this time it
actually came up with what I was after rather than men tied to
chairs being flogged with a horse hair whip. I was in shock I can
tell you.
Google tells me in a roundabout way that the role of a chairman
is to ensure that the committee is effective in its tasks of setting
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Spotlamp is published on the 3rd Friday of each month (hopefully!).
Contributions should be sent to the Editor, address as published in the list of Club
Officers, or e-mailed to [email protected]. All articles
should be with the Editor by the 14th of the month. The Editor reserves the right to amend
articles received as necessary. The views expressed in Spotlamp are the views of the
individual contributors and not necessarily those of the Editor, or of the Club and its Officers. Copyright Plymouth Motor Club 2016©
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and implementing the clubs direction and strategy. The chairman
is appointed by the committee based on either experience, or in
this case availability, as I was the only volunteer, yes, I volunteered.
A Chairman is expected to act as the club’s leading representative which will involve the presentation of the company’s aims and
policies to the outside world; in our case the membership and the
general public, who, in the ideal world, we want to be members of
PMC in the future. Another important role for the chairman is that
during committee meetings etc they should direct discussions towards the emergence of a consensus view and sum up discussions
so that everyone understands what has been agreed, basically,
get everyone singing from an agreed song sheet towards achieving great things for the club, the committee in general exists for
that reason, to ensure that the resources that we have, the events
that we run, are all for the best of Plymouth Motor Club.
The various roles of the committee all bundle together to ensure
that everything that we do is towards a greater good, we are a
team that has one goal, and that is to take Plymouth Motor Club
forwards through to the next 100 years, I believe that we are now
in our 108th year as a motor club, a lot has changed in that time,
the motor car has universally become one of the most important
inventions we have seen, PMC were formed in the year that Henry
Ford announced the model T, in 1908 there were in the region of
80,000 cars on the road in the UK, current statistics from the DVLA
show that there are in the region of 35 million registered vehicles
on the road. Hence use of the motor car and subsequently motorsport as a social event has become popular with the masses, the
great unwashed so to speak.
There was a time when only the very rich could afford to race their
automobile, Plymouth Motor Club has strived over recent years to
ensure that there are grass roots car events for the many rather
than the few, to compete in your standard road car and to have
fun, it is after all a hobby, and hobbies should be fun. We have
members with everything from fully fledged WRC rally cars that
can compete at the highest level, to those that compete in their
everyday drive to work cars. This is the essence of every car club in
the UK, we try and cater for all levels but ensure that those with a
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tight budget, with no room to store a weekend car, or minimal talent or ability, we want these people to enjoy being members of
Plymouth Motor Club as much as those competing at the top
flight of our sport. Each and every member is important to us, and
we want to run events that tick the boxes for everyone concerned. A club by the people and for the people. Im sure some
famous American has already used that expression before when
forming the united states, piffle, Ill still use it as a great description
of what we are and what we exist for.
One of my goals for the year is to try and make us more available
to the public, Plymouth and the outlying areas is full of petrol
heads, many of which don’t know that car clubs such as ours exist, let alone the MSA and the competition licencing scenario. I
have no doubt that they strive to compete at different events, we
just have to make these events through our club accessible to
them in some way, so my focus will be on looking at ways and
means of spreading the word of Plymouth Motor Club around the
various groups that sit night after night and talk of engines and
wheels and dare deeds done. Lets take the local Fast and Furious
and show them what organised events can offer, what experience other club members can give them in the way of guidance
and advice. We are a valuable resource to them if they know we
exisit, lets put ourselves out there for the public to see. In the same
way, if you kn ow of any clubs, colleges or associations that may
find Plymouth Motor Club of an interest to them, then let me know,
Ill happily talk to them over what we do and how local motorsport
works.
Lord Alf Chanter (ish)
Chairman (and Editor)
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Werrington Park International PR work
As a club we actively support new members and are always on the lookout for influential people to join us, we took the plunge and sent our very
own Wayne Grimshaw first class to Dubai to see what interest he could
rustle up, it seems he came back empty handed while he was out there but
did his very best for us, it’s a tough life but someone has to do it.
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Competitions update – April 2016
What can I say, the months of planning have finally come to fruition and
Werrington is up and running. As I write this, entries are almost full on
both days, everything is in place, all we need is your help over the weekend (and the day before!) and everything will be “sorted”. I’ve even been
to see Rev Ken (not to be confused with our own “Revvin Kevin”), the
local vicar, and he tells me that, even though he’s off sick at the moment,
he’s had a quiet word and sunshine is guaranteed this year.
Our new online entries system nearly couldn’t cope with the demands
placed on it but, thanks to Chris Pearce and Jason, we overcame the teething troubles and have taken 60% of our entries this way. In my view it’s
the way forward for our larger events with quicker & better acknowledgements, an online viewable entry list showing entry status (available next
year due to the aforementioned teething troubles!) and easier event management for the organising team – what’s not to like?
In response to competitor comments – read complaints! - we are having
the top paddock resurfaced before this year’s event. It’s been three years
in the planning but hopefully will be worth it to quell the rising tide of
disgruntled drivers.
The one “new for 2016” that I would like to say in my next, post event,
magazine article would be that we had some new faces at our Friday setup
day on 29th April. It’s not going to happen I know but, if you fancy a day
out in the sunshine at my country estate in North Cornwall, set your sat
nav to PL15 9SR and be there for 09:00. Lunch and good company provided free of charge! The team and I will be mightily glad to see you. If
you can’t make it on the 29th, Jay will be pleased to welcome you to help
marshal the hill over the weekend. For those that come out on Saturday
there’s a free barbeque after the end of hostilities, sorry, competition and
on Sunday we’ll take you down the pub if you stay to help pack everything away. This doesn’t take too long, a couple of hours normally, and
then we’ll let you have a day of rest on the next day as it’s a Bank Holiday JJJ As if…
More news next month.
Peter Locke
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The Barton Cup Rally
The second round of the KM Joinery PMC 12 car rally
series for 2016 takes in map 201 and is organised by
Tess Salvage and Darren Stevens and starts from the
workshops of AC Haines Engineering up at 7.30—
8pm, with MTC1 for car 1 being at 8.31. Contact Alf
for further information. First control is at 8.31PM so
make sure you arrive in good time to sign on and get
scrutineered. All plotting is done after your start time,
with the first car hitting the lanes at 10.01pm, suitable
for novices and experts alike. Contact Alf Chanter as
noted in the front of this magazine for entries etc
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Chief marshals mutterings
Oooh this has sprung up on me this month! Apologies for a rather shorter version this month, knee deep in safety manuals, set up manuals and loads of paperwork! What’s been happening since the last instalment I hear you cry (well I
might be a little optimistic on that one!) Well beginning of March saw the Bovington Stages, a very fast event with some fantastic machinery! Congrats to
Steve and Yvonne Furzeland on the win. Although not to far behind was Kevin
Tappin and Jamie Vaughan whose Mk2 Escort was only 7-8 seconds behind the
Furzelands for most of Sunday. Entertainment value went to the Army Rally
Challenge who had quite a few Land Rovers entered. Their top speed must only
be 70 or 80 mph but they kept that speed consistent regardless of corners, chicanes or stage furniture! A great two day event!
Sunday 20th March there was a marshals training day at Wiscombe. A good days
training and a fantastic turnout, there was even a reserve list for spaces! Well
done to all that attended and just to go one better we burnt two cars this year!
(Fire training I hasten to add!!).
Right then: 30th April and 1st of May = Werrington Hillclimb just outside Launceston. We need marshals to help run the hill also we’re looking for volunteers
to help set up on the Friday and help pack up on the Sunday evening. If you help
in anyway I’d love to hear from you. I can be reached on 07867 860984 or email
[email protected]
Still pushing this! “January saw the launch of the MSA’s on line training modules, compulsory for NEW marshal registrations (or as it’s now called
“accredited”), existing accredited marshals have until 1st Jan 2017 to take the 3
modules. It does not affect your grading. I took it and is very simple and not time
consuming ( I think 15 mins to do all 3!)All the details as available from the
MSA website www.msauk.org or give me a shout and I’ll try to answer your
enquiry. At the same time as this launch the “conduct requirements” for want of
a better phrase was put into writing. Most importantly, from 2017 although it
may become practice this year, non accredited marshals will not be allowed to
marshal a post without an accredited marshal being on the same post. Obviously
this will impact personnel deployment on events. The good news is now you can
apply direct to the MSA to be an accredited marshal without the need of a motor
club endorsement (it will still be needed for upgrading etc though) so get accredited now!!! The other major one is that marshals will not take photos unless directed to do so by a senior official following an incident. This will be seen by
some as quite a controversial one, however, as safety requirements have been
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“up-ed” it is expected that marshals are concentrating on their job and not getting close up pictures. I will urge you to abide by this please.”
Any questions or info needed drop me a line and I’ll see what I can do to answer it!
Stay safe,
Jay Brown
Social Report
Hi All,
April’s social evening will be held on Friday the 1st at The Union Inn,
Plympton. Have a think beforehand everyone as want to look ahead at
some events. Pool, darts, bowling ect .
In addition to the social we will be starting a quiz championship in
May .So start hitting those general knowledge books because it won’t all
be rally questions or multiple choice.
Have a great Easter an see you all at the social.
Liz
(pmc social secretary)
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Blandford march March Slalom
A chance viewing of the Bournemouth Club website about something else, and
I saw on the calendar The March Slalom, and Plymouth MC was an invited
club and as I am a member of Plymouth and Truro my entry was put in. A quick
email to Aaron, and my entry was sorted , it’s a few years since I had been to an
event at Blandford. The only possible hiccup was that I was competing near
Dorchester the previous weekend in the Golden Springs Trial organised by
Woolbridge MC which was a round of the MSA NATIONAL , BTRDA and
ASWMC Trials Championships , I let Aaron know that I would let him know
if the car survived the Trial , which thankfully it did taking a Class Win and 5th
Overall on Index of Performance .
A bright start to the day , dry but a bit chilly and a good entry of 19 cars assembled . Its often how a route map is drawn that can actually make it look more
complicated than it actually is too drive ? That’s just how it seemed on this occasion. The space available at Blandford Army Camp is fantastic , enough room
to have 3 sections laid out with two runs at each and a total of 9 sections to be
driven during the day.
A good mix of cars in three classes , from Mini 1275GT , Corsa Saxo MX5
Clio and a Mk1 and Mk2 Escort , the classes split at 1300 , 1600 and 2000 , so
the Nova was in unknown territory as its usually in the small capacity class
After the first 3 tests having been driven twice each , it was very close , Edward Hoare in a Clio in Class 3 , the biggest engine capacity class was leading
overall on 257.69 , from me in my Nova SR in Class 2 on 258.09 , Richard Bailey was leading the small engine class with 277.49.
My car now supported by THE DEVONPORT ROYAL DOCKYARD EMPLOYEE TRUST an organisation that supports sports men and women in and
around Plymouth in all areas of sport. Twelve more sections would be driven
and the dry ideal conditions were very welcome after a miserable wet winter.
The surface of the driving area is very abrasive and a number of cars were having to change tyres frequently.
Aaron was kept busy compiling the results and after each set of three tests , he
printed off interim results , so everyone knew what was happening . After the
next batch of runs , I was well pleased to of moved ahead of Edward in his
Clio , with a time of 502.13 from his 508.64 , Richard was still ahead in Class 1
on 525.17 with Steve Candy in his Mk1 Escort was on 527.97 in Class 2 and
Michael Stewart was 2nd in Class 3 in his Mk2 Escort on 519.42
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Not too much separating the cars , a hit cone or wrong test would certainly
make a big difference. I completed the final batch of tests correctly , concentrating on driving them correctly rather than risking a wrong test or hitting a cone ,
and it paid off , Aaron soon had the results printed and I was really pleased that
my trusty Nova SR had not only won the class but also taken FTD. The round
trip of over 200 miles was well worth it
My time at the end was 785.28 to take FTD , with Edward in his Clio taking
Class 3 on 803.35 and Michael Stewart in his Mk2 Escort 2nd on 814.09 , Richard Bailey took the honours in Class 1 on 818.08 from Colin Stewart 2nd in his
Corsa on 900.46 , in Class 2 Steve Candy in his Mk1 Escort took the award for
1st Class on 827.87 from Paul Coleman in his Puma .
Can I say a big thank you to all the organising team who made this event happen , and to the marshals and timekeepers on the day without whom we the
competitors would have no events , and for the warm welcome I had from everyone who seemed surprised I had driven from Plymouth to compete
Regards
And Thank you
Wayne Grimshaw
Young marshals out and about
After receiving a marshals licence from the
MSA I went straight out to The Bovington
Stages to do some marshalling. A brilliant
weekend, I ended up being with Alan Tomes
on radio. Another step towards doing more
within the motorsport world. As a trainee
marshal I look to doing more and will try to
get to more events this year (work permitting) if not I shall see most of you at Werrington Hillclimb. Stay safe out there guys
and gals.
Tyler King
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Various rule books etc are featured on the website,
where magazines, copies of results, championship tables once the year gets going etc will be featured, the
club rule book, event entry forms and championship
regulations for our moting events are also featured in
the pages relating to the various disciplines, if you
want to have anything featured on the website feel free
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in accordance with our standard procedures etc. Check
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The return of the Pink Pantherrrrrrrrr.
Or in the case possibly, the return of the red devil. Pinky, has become the devil
incarnate, ish. There’s a point to this, or at least I hope there is, if not your going to waste 5 minutes of your life reading something pointless, so I assure you,
there’s a point to it. 31 of them to be precise.
Cast your mind back, yes, I know many of you cant remember your own phone
number let alone something that happened in the past, but cast your mind back
12 months ago to last years April edition of Spotlamp, where I reported on the
Bovington Stages 2015, and how Pinky, being Ben Parkers red Honda Civic
stage car, expired. It had previously expired at Brean a few weeks before hand
while Ben and myself were tackling the first round of the ASWMC sealed surface (tarmac) championship, Ben had breathed life in to it once more for the 2 nd
round of the ASWMC series for the Bovington stages, only for poor old Pinky
to expire once again. To be fair he expired whilst going well, and we were well
inside the top 15 last year when another gearbox decided it didn’t like the rotary
motion we required of it and threw its toys out of the pram. That as they say,
was the end of that. After a fraught 2014, and a horrendous start to 2015, Pinky
was retired to the garage for a year while various works were undertaken to
make him in to a more reliable pinky. The Honda had been exemplary for the
first 2 years, finishing 2nd overall and 4th overall consecutively in the ASWMC
series, and then, as we started to go faster, as Ben drove it harder, as I read my
map no more than I had ever done, the standard components of the Honda started to break, with engines and gearboxes letting us down during 2014 before
failing at the early stages of 2015. April 2015 was the start of the rebuild, which
as it turned out took until March 2016 to be completed, partially due to finance
and partially due to availability of parts, we tried for Brean but didn’t make it,
we even hopefully aimed for the regency at the end of 2015 which wasn’t even
close, and to be fair, it was a last minute thing for Bovington, there was a point
at which Ben probably hated the car as he was working on it up until the point
at which it was loaded on a trailer and dragged of to Dorset.
The thing to understand here is the human story of the amount of stress that Ben
went through in the last few months of the build, and in particular the last few
weeks, we had an intermittent but bad electrical fault probably relating to the
loom on the engine throttle bodies which meant it wouldn’t run reliably, and
with Brean being binned it was clear to Ben that a bespoke loom was the only
way forward, and we had about 5 weeks to sort it out, you may think that 5
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ready under pressure with schedules for the beginning of the motorsport season,
Ben was more than grateful to Sandy Brown for organising a miracle and getting the loom done, at the same time we stole bits from the now defunct Peugeot
205 of Smasher Parker senior after the cars Brean final demise and took the
ECU for Pinky as well, Ben finally had it on the rollers for setting up on the
Thursday before Bovington, a few last minute hitches continued to niggle at
Ben but everything was as good as it was going to get and on his arrival at the
accommodation near to Bovington he was clearly stressed. I think he was
stressed as they finished serving food at 9pm and Team Parker arrived at about
9.03pm so they missed food.
For those of you who know Ben, he does get stressed sometimes, its one of his
things, and it was clear until we sat in the car ready for stage 1, drove around the
stage and got back to service, he wouldn’t relax. Tense is an understatement,
and there was no way I was going to rub his shoulders for him. So there we
were, 10.30am on the Saturday of a 2 day event, strapping ourselves in the car
for the first time in 12 months, to be fair, I hadn’t lifted a finger pretty much
during the rebuild, Ben had done it all assisted by various team members, there
was a mix of pleasure, excitement, apprehension, flatulence, and to be fair relief
that we were at the least about to start a rally, the car was as yet untested and we
had no idea what the new dog box was like, how the gear ratios would work out,
what the new brakes were like, how the engine would perform under load, basically, we had no idea, some would argue that’s normal for me however.
As we left the service area to get our start time we both agreed that stage 1 was
best attacked steadily, feel the car, feed the power in, test all aspects as we went
around, a test lap if you will. A steady approach. We both thought it was a good
idea. As our seconds ticked down we left the line and launched ourselves in to
the stage, Ben is an exceptional driver I have to say, and the Honda is a very
neutral car, it behaves impeccably and doesn’t tend to do anything scary, so
leaving the line was like leaving the line on every other event we have competed on together, it felt normal, it felt precise, it felt good. The car pulled strong
from its new 2000cc power plant, the gearbox selected gears almost like it was
designed to do so, the first corner was a long open 45 right in to a bus top double aspect chicane on the left, we went through it smoothly, the stage continued
in much the same way, we know the venue fairly well and there were no surprises, the car felt good, Ben looked like he was in control, and off course I was
awesome on the maps. Part way around the stage we reached one of the faster
areas and it was clear there were strong improvements from the car, with the
speedo showing 120mph rather than its previous struggle at 100mph, the car
was doing as it had always done, but faster. It certainly felt solid, well footed
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and dare we say it, normal. But faster. We noticed a vibration on right hand corners which initially felt quite bad, but once we got used to it, it wasn’t a problem, and the stage continued in the same way, safe, but fast, certainly faster than
previous stages. No problems on the stage and we finished the stage with Ben
fairly happy with the car, the initial stage had gone well, now was the time to up
the game and see what it would do.
As it turned out, we didn’t need to really, we were both very surprised to find
that we were 11th overall after stage 1, a great run through the stage had shown
us what it would be able to do and for stage 2 we now knew what was what and
what we could target. The rest of the first day went well, the car and Ben did a
grand job, we kept it clean, didn’t hit anything other than losing a mirror on the
drivers side early on but other than that it was a case of watch the weather in
case it changed, play with tyres and keep going. Day 1 saw us finish in 9th place
overall and 3rd in the 2 litre class amongst the more established Escorts with
their clicky boxes and Vauxhall engines, its fair to say the entire team were delighted with day 1, the car was superb and Ben hadn’t developed any rust himself over the last 12 months.
Day 2 saw another fabulous day for weather, very cold but sunny, perfect conditions for the very fast stages that day 2 had for us, 6 more stages run almost in
the opposite direction as day 1, but faster, possibly a better day for the big power
boys and girls in their well developed cars. Whilst we had ooddles more power
than we used to have, we still couldn’t compare with the established cars in our
class on the power stakes, Class C for the really quick escorts and other 2 litre
cars is always well contested and at a venue like Bovington they were very well
suited, so we were relying on Pinkys light footed style to keep us in our position.
The day went pretty much as day 1 had gone, Ben continued to be smooth and
well focussed, whilst I looked at the trees and the scenery as I normally do, we
continued with our pace actually getting up to 7th overall at one point due to mechanical issues for a couple of cars in front, before the power disadvantage crept
in and a couple of cars who were chasing us yesterday managed to claw time
back and pushed us back to 9thby lunch time. On the penultimate stage, we
broke the exhaust on the launch from the start line just below the seats so it was
more like a tank than a Honda, we were clearly down on power and had to drive
to ensure that we didn’t lose the exhaust completely and force retirement, so we
still had a fair bit of pace but dropped about 40 seconds and the WRC spec Subaru starting behind us (yes, it started behind the 20 year old Honda Civic) managed to catch us by the end of the stage, we knew it wasn’t a disaster as long as
the exhaust could be repaired/botched and despite the dropped time our position
in class and overall was secure as we had a good margin over the chaps behind
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us to the tune of about 90 seconds.
At service our dedicated band of professional mechanics in the form of Gary
Parker (Audiologist) Michael Rigby Jones (all round clever bloke) and Simon
Heywood (Heating and plumbing) assisted by Ben on the jubilee clips managed
to hang the system back together again in what was typically the shortest service we had all weekend. The result was a once again silent ish pinky, certainly
good enough to finish the event with a little care. I just stood there wearing my
helmet and FHR and said 10 minutes, 5 minutes, we need to go. Typically useful as always.
The final stage is always a bit nervy on rallies, you have gone well all weekend
and your always keen on a result, you know the exhaust is fixed on by things
more normally found on a radiator hose but at the same time you want to go
through the stage at a good pace, because that’s what rallies are all about, the
ability to have a go. We launched from the line like a snail climbing forder valley, there was no way the exhaust was going to brake on the start line, thereafter
once again it was service as normal but no risks being taken, we had our margin
over the chaps behind in their state of the art Escort (6 speed sequential, big
power Vauxhall engine, trick back axle etc etc) and we knew we couldn’t catch
the 4wd turbo charged 300bhp Subaru in front of us with a Honda Civic, I mean
that would just be embarrassing wouldn’t it. So no risks still took us to a splendid run through the stage in 10th fastest ensuring we took 9th overall and second
in the 2 litre class, an absolutely fabulous result for a weekends rallying and one
which I have to say credit is given to Ben for his efforts on the car and his ability behind the wheel.
All in all, we can say with some satisfaction that Bovington 2016 was a brilliant
event for team Pinky, a great event overall, the stages were superb, the weather
was far better than we would ever have hoped for and Bournemouth and district
car club should be congratulated on their running of another brilliant event.
There were a good few crews running who were members of PMC, Steve and
Yvonne Furzeland took the victors spoils for 2016 in their WRC Subaru with a
great pace, a shining and well deserved result for Mark and Nic Clayton in the
first dry event for their 1600cc Mini taking a fabulous 13th overall and 1st in
class B, and Tom Goss navigating for Phil Ferguson in their 2lite Vauxhall Astra finishing in 41st overall in what I believe is Toms first stage event.
Next for team Pinky is the Corinium Stages at the end of April, sadly clashing
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climb for the first time in years as were having a good crack at the sealed surface
stage rally series this year to see what the Honda can do with its new heart, with
the TSH run down at Portreath in late May over my birthday weekend, in fact in
something like a 7 week period we have 4 stage rallies, so a frantic and expensive time in our lives certainly.
Se you all out there somewhere
Ben Parker and Alf Chanter
9th overall and 2nd in the big boys class
Bovington stages 2016.
At speed on stage 10
on the way to a great
top ten finish
Pinkys new
power plant
sticks out a bit
This is where the magic happens
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AUTOSOLO’S………….WHAT?
Once again Plymouth Motor Club members are invited to compete at the
Truro and District Motor Club events at Cornwall College Camborne , in
2015 they ran over ten events at the venue and 2016 will be no different.The first event of the year took place on the 17th January , the second
planned for the 7th February and many more to follow throughout the year
Any ROAD GOING car can compete , without any major modifications ,
one of the common failings at scrutineering being security of battery !
and unmarked earth , so you don’t need lots of car preparation.
Autosolo is a mix of autotesting in so much that the course is set out using cones , and a mild sprint . More often than not its smooth driving that
wins rather than exuberant antics and tyre smoke! The organising team
are fortunate that they have two car parks to chose from , and tend to alternate between the two for the various events.
All the details and entry forms are on the Truro and District Motor Club
website
Dates for 2016
17th April
2nd May
30th May
19th June
17th July
29th August
2nd October
23rd October
20th November
31st December
Its well worth the trip down to Camborne
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Scatter Report
First scatter of the season saw us gathering at the services in Saltash. From there we decided to head towards Liskeard, turning off the
main road in the Notter area.This was our first evidence of flooding
with the road surface full of potholes. We quickly found the first marker then headed towards Callington on the A3888, turning off just prior
to St.Mellion.
Our next marker was growing in the hedgerow (we later discovered
this was incorrect) but moving on we located Chapel Farm where we
could not find the marker. Wasting no more time we proceeded towards the A3888 taking in a slight detour around St.Dominic and returning to St.Mellion for our next marker found shortly after we turned
off.
Moving in a circular route around Pillaton we located a further 6 markers, also encountering other crews on route. Heading towards home
we picked up one more marker before finishing at the Crooked Inn
pub. Here we then had to amalgamate our letter collection into a series of words, not overly easy when most where K, U and Y! Six
crews in all took part and we enjoyed our first scatter of the season,
finishing a credible 2nd. Thank you to James and Fran for organising a
nice route around Cornwall – pity we don’t get to see the views.
Joan and Isobel Golightly
Bank transfer payments
For payment of the Dinner and Dance tickets plus entries
where accepted or advised in the regs etc, please send
payments to the following account details, with your
name as the reference. If you know your PMC membership number then include this as well.
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The annual Werrington Park Vospers speed Hillclimb is almost upon us, with a fabulous full entry on both days over a
month before the event, we were forced to close entries as
this also included a host of reserves as well, so a brilliant response to one of the most popular Hillclimbs in the country,
with entries coming from across the UK. As always it doesn't
run its self and many hands make light work as they say, so
we are looking for volunteers for the set up day on the Friday, and both days of racing to marshal the hill. For marshal enquiries please contact Jay Brown as per the front of
this magazine. on 07867 860984 or email [email protected] . The weather is booked, as
always the racing will be fabulous, come on out and see
what the best Hillclimb in the south has to offer you all.
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April 2016
PLYMOUTH MOTOR CLUB LTD
12 CAR NAVIGATIONAL
RALLY SERIES 2016
OFFICIAL ENTRY FORM
MONTH.........................................
DRIVER'S NAME .....................
......................................................
Adress………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………….......................................................................................
...................................................................Tel. No (Evenings) ......................................
NAVIGATOR'S NAME ……………............................................................................
Adress………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………….......................................
...........................................................................................Tel. No
(Evenings) ........................................
ACCIDENT!! Contact Name ........................................Tel.No .......................................
DETAILS OF ENTRY
Car,
Make and Model .............................................................................................................. .
Engine Cc.................. Reg. Num.........................................Colour....................................
Current Cheques/Postal Orders must be made payable to Plymouth Motor Club
Ltd.
Entry Fee
£17.00
Membership Fee
£
Insurance Fee
£
Total enclosed
£
For Bank transfer Sort code 09-01-51/Account 18187317
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INDEMNIFICATION & DECLARATION
'I declare that I have been given the opportunity to read the General Regulations of the Motor Sports
Association &, if any, the Supplementary Regulations for this event & agree to be bound by them. I
declare that I am physically & mentally fit & competent to take part in the event. I understand that
motorsport is dangerous& accidents causing death, injury, disability & property damage can & do
happen. I understand that these risks may give rise to my suffering personal injury or other loss & I
acknowledge & accept these risks'.
'In consideration of the acceptance of this entry I agree that neither any one of or any combination
of the MSA & its associated clubs, the organisers, the track owners or other occupiers, the promoters & their respective officers, servants, representatives & agents (the 'Parties') shall have any liability for loss or damage which may be sustained or incurred by me as a result of participation in the
Event. Nothing in this clause is intended to or shall be deemed to exclude or limit liability for death
or personal injury. To the fullest extent permitted by law I agree to indemnify & hold harmless each
of the Parties in respect of any loss or loss whatsoever & howsoever arising from my participation in
the Event'.
'I declare that to the best of my belief the driver(s) possess(es) the standard of competence necessary for an event of the type to which this entry relates & that the vehicle entered is suitable & roadworthy for the event having regard to the course & the speeds which will be reached'.
'I declare that the use of the vehicle hereby entered will be covered by insurance as required by the
law which is valid for such part of this event as shall take place on roads as defined by the law'.
'I have read & fully understood the Procedure for Control of drugs & Alcohol as contained in the
Competitors' & Officials' Yearbook Regulations H39, D35.1, G15.1.4 & have also fully familiarised
myself with the information on the web sites referred to (www.ukad.org.uk & www.wada-ama.org) in
particular the Anti Doping Rules which have been adopted by the MSA (as amended). Further, if I
am counter-signing as the Parent or Guardian of a minor then in addition to the deemed consent to
the testing of that minor (UKAD Code Art 5.6.2) I hereby confirm that I give such consent for the
minor concerned to be tested'.
'I hereby agree to abide by the MSA Child Protection Policy & Guidelines & the National Sporting
Code of Conduct'.
DRIVERS SIGNATURE .........................................................................................
DATE .............................................................AGE (if under 18) ............................
NAVIGATORS SIGNATURE .................................................................................
DATE .............................................................AGE (if under 18) ............................
Entrants under 18 years of age must have this form countersigned below.
"This entry is made with my consent"
PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF DRIVER PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF NAVIGATOR
Full Name ...........................................................Full Name ........................................................... Relationship........................................................Relationship ....................................................... Address...............................................................Address ..............................................................
Tel. No . .......................................................…….Tel. No ……………...................... ........................... Signature.............................................................Signature ...........................................................
Date....................................................................Date .............................................. .....................
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Application for Membership 2016
To:
The Membership Secretary, Mr Keith Selley
1 Upland Drive, Derriford, Plymouth PL6 6BB.
Email: [email protected] 01752 311128
I hereby apply to be admitted as a member of the above company, I agree to observe the
Rules and regulations of the company and I am aware that membership will not involve
me in any liability to pay my Annual subscription and to pay a sum not exceeding £1, in
the event of the company being wound up whilst I am a member.
Title ____ First Name______________ Surname ______________
Address _______________________________________________
______________________________________________________
Post Code _______________ Telephone ____________________
Email Address __________________________________________
Family Member (if applicable)
Title ____ First Name______________ Surname ______________
Email Address __________________________________________
Please circle the type of membership applied for
(Family membership is for two or more members of a family residing at the same address)
Ordinary E-Membership
£12.00 (Email magazine)
Family E-Membership
£19.00 (Email magazine)
Superior Membership
£17.00 (Postal magazine)
Superior Family Membership
£24.00 (Postal magazine)
Please return this form together with the correct fee, to the membership secretary.
Please make cheques payable to Plymouth Motor Club Ltd.
Signature ___________________________ Date ______________
For Bank transfer Sort code 09-01-51/Account 18187317 and state full
name and email/post form to [email protected]
Night rallies
Autotests
Autosolos
April 2016
Please circle your interests
organising
Hillclimbs
stage rallies
Marshalling
Sprints
Karting
Committee treasure hunts Social events
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Be a Junior Member of
Application for Membership 2016
Annual Membership fee only £2.00
To:
The Membership Secretary, Mr Keith Selley
1 Upland Drive, Derriford, Plymouth PL6 6BB.
Email: [email protected] 01752 311128
Members Receive :
Junior Membership Card
PMC Sticker
Free entry to all PMC events
First year of adult membership free
Applicants Must Be :
Aged under 14 years of age
Have a parent who is a full member of PMC
I hereby apply to be admitted as a junior member of the above company. I agree to
observe the rules and regulations of the company and I am aware that junior
membership will not involve me in any liability to pay my annual subscription, or any payment, in the of
the company being wound up whilst I am a junior member
Signature ............................................................... Date ...............................
Title ............ First Name ................................... Surname .............................
Date Of Birth .....................................................................................................
Address ............................................................................................................
...........................................................................................................................
Post Code .......................................... Telephone ..........................................
Parent/Guardian Name .....................................................................................
Membership Number .........................................................................................
Please return this form together with the right fee to the membership Secretary, at
the above address
Please make cheques Payable to Plymouth Motor Club Ltd or for direct
bank payments see overleaf.
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