AC Owners’ Club 2015 Clubman’s Sprint Meeting

[MkIV Lux]

quote:Originally posted by C9OBY
   
Thanks to Jon Payne for sharing this video of him going around the Goodwood motor circuit yesterday in his lovely Lotus Sunbeam.  Lots of work required at the wheel to keep it pointing down the track!
   
   https://youtu.be/enn-88uS3H0
   
   

   Indeed quite a difficult beast to drive with the powerful 2.2 l Lotus engine and a rear live axle in a short wheebase!
   Just wonder why Jon mostly drives one-handed?

[DGoose]

Bruce,
   
   You've done it again, just gets better & better this event with a decent mix of AC's from Buckland to 378 GT Zagato.
   
   Clip below from my Ace is poles apart from the drama of the lotus, I must try harder next year !
   
   www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ-JRoGQT6U

[AC Ace Bristol]

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   Bruce and Team
   
   You pulled the rabbit out of the Bag !!  Great event, very entertaining whether you were leaving Madgwick, going through Fordwater, avoiding the water and bump at St Mary's.
   Lavant was super slippery then pedal to the metal down Lavant straight, into Woodcote then negotiate the chicane...[;)]
   I will never be a Seanna or Hamilton[:(] but enjoyed it all the same.
   
   Well done to Bruce and the Team, not forgetting the Marshalls who braved the elements throughout the day.
   
   Thank You , looking forward to ACOC GoodWood Sprint 2016.
   
   Keith

[administrator]

Ted has posted his video, complete with advertising!
   
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXwyzKpp6BE
   
   He got a round of applause at the end for catching the last slide.

[MkIV Lux]

great ride !!
   thanks for sharing

[shep]

It just shows how a dad can hold his breath for the best part of 4 minutes without even noticing! If the lines look a bit strange Ted was wisely avoiding standing water, and the edges where a trip onto the grass would not end well. Just caught my breath now. Well done Ted!

[shep]

David, just watched yours too! Really good, and lots of potential. It was really treacherous, so very brave to give it welly!

[C9OBY]

Thank you to all of you for your enthusiastic participation at this year's ACOC's Clubman's Sprint at Goodwood. Please find attached the final times for the event, plus trophy awards (to be presented at the ACOC's annual Dinner Dance on 6th February 2016).
   
   I am pleased to announce that I've awarded the Secretary of the Meeting's Cup to Howard Bryan. Howard drove 600+ miles from York and back in his AC Greyhound in order to participate, enduring rain, two spins and a session in the Lavant gravel trap in the process... true AC spirit and determination!
   
   Congratulations to Cheung Lim for his fastest time of the day of []b108.28, an impressive achievement considering the slippery conditions.
   
   Well done to Robert Bremner in his AC Cobra 289 for winning the Brooklands Trophy (fastest AC car of the day) and to Sarah Thorne for winning the Betty Haig Trophy (fastest lady driver in an AC). Murray Shepherd wins the Ted Whitewall Trophy (fastest AC Ace Bristol), with the fastest time of the day on handicap in an AC car awarded to Andy Shepherd in his AC MKIV Cobra Lightweight (being only 3.1% off the fastest time in his class). Last but not least, the Knickered Demon Trophy is awarded to Steve Grey in his AC Buckland for the fastest time in an AC-engined car.
   
   Best wishes to you all over the festive season and I look forward to seeing you all again in 2016!
   
   Official Class Winners
   (for non-AC classes, 2nd and 2nd/3rd place awards are linked to class size).
   
   Classes 4,6, 10 (AC Ace, Bristol, Aceca, Greyhound)
   1st: Murray Shepherd, AC Ace Bristol, 126.39
   2nd: Ted Shepherd, AC Ace Bristol
   3rd: Mark Morgan, AC Ace Bristol
   
   Classes 11, 15 (AC Cobra, MKIV, Superblower)
   1st: Robert Bremner, AC 289, 117.62
   2nd: Andy Shepherd, AC Cobra MKIV Lightweight
   3rd: Neil Fisher, AC Cobra MKIV
   
   Classes 14, 16 (AC 3000ME, Brooklands Ace)
   1st: David Goose, AC Brooklands Ace, 129.34
   2nd: Bryan Moseley, AC 3000ME
   
   Class 17a (AC Member not driving an AC car - 1950's)
   1st: Mark Aldridge, Jaguar D-type Recreation, 128.80
   2nd: Ted Shepherd, Daimler SP250
   3rd: John Abel, Daimler SP250
   
   Class 17b (AC Member not driving an AC car - 1960's & 1907's)
   1st: Colin Newbold, MG MGB FIA Roadster, 127.74
   2nd: Andrew Mitchell, Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GT
   3rd: Neil Peskett, Ford Escort MkII
   
   Class 17c (AC Member not driving an AC car - modern's)
   1st: Cheng Lim, RAM 427SC, 108.28
   2nd: Russell Peskett, Toyota Celica GT4
   3rd: Kirby Boggis, BMW M3
   
   Class 18 (Aston Martin Owners Club)
   1st: Steven Atkinson, V8 Vantage Prodrive, 111.00
   2nd: Steve Grey, AC 378 GT Zagato
   
   Class 20, 27 (VSCC, The Pre-Was Austin Seven Club)
   1st: Howard Harmann, MG PA, 155.97
   2nd: Ray O'Bierne, Alvis Firebird
   3rd: James O'Bierne, Alvis Firebird
   
   Class 21 (BMW Historic Motor Club)
   1st: Alastair Pugh, Frazer-Nash BMW 328, 137.10
   2nd: Tom Thornton, Frazer-Nash BMW 319/28
   
   Class 22 (500 Owners Association)
   1st: Richard De La Roche, Smith Buckler F3, 138.03
   2nd Jan Nycz, Starride MkIII F3
   
   Class 23 (Frazer Nash Car Club)
   1st: Philip Champion, Frazer-Nash Mille Miglia, 130.71
   2nd: Ian Bingham, Frazer-Nash Geoghehan Lightweight Special
   
   Class 24, 26 (BARC, Historic Lotus Register)
   1st: Jon Payne, Chrysler Lotus Sunbeam, 120.42
   2nd: Geoff Weeks, BMW Z3
   
   Class 25 (Jaguar Enthusiast's Club)
   1st: Chris Keith-Lucas, Jaguar XK120, 119.33
   2nd: Paul Kennelly, Jaguar E-type Semi-Lightweight
   3rd: Mark Aldridge, Jaguar D-type Recreation
   
   

[dsjw1]

Would love to see pics. Are they anywhere stored to view?

[JonathanSadler]

Just wanted to say thank you to Bruce once again, a great event, my first sprint and a brilliant introduction.
   
   Are there photos online anywhere?

[DGoose]

I'm not sure who took these (Helen Sanders ?) but as the pic's are available in the public domain I guess it must be OK to link to them.
   
   Follow the link below and scroll back.
   
   https://www.flickr.com/photos/helensanders/22460588119/in/photostream/lightbox/