Castle Combe Autumn Classic 2016

[Pete]

I'm planning to get to this event on October 1st as it was so good last year. HRDC have a pre '66 45 minute saloon race and there's lots of good stuff on the race card and on display.

http://www.castlecombeautumnclassic.co.uk/home/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwZwRFpWlW4

They still have room for a group display if anyone's intersted?

[surfblue63]

This is a good event with lots to see on and off the track, I'll check my diary.

[smithyrc30]

Great photographs as ever.

Does anyone know why the Hepworth car has the pre-United Kingdom Union Jack on it please? (no red diagonal cross)

[rich@minispares.com]

you could always email them and ask

info@hepworthinternational.com

[minitravellerman]

Great photographs as ever.

Does anyone know why the Hepworth car has the pre-United Kingdom Union Jack on it please? (no red diagonal cross)

I noticed that .... excluding us Northern Irish .... not on at all!!

[Pete]

If anyone wants to go and park their Minis/variants etc together I can sort a spot out but we need to move pretty quick. It's as good a historic race event as any I've been to outside of Goodwood, but more laid back with a nice grass roots atmosphere.

[surfblue63]

I'd be up for a Mk1 Performance get together, but I would be in my '97 Cooper.

[smithyrc30]

I mailed them, will be interested in the reply.

[nimbusprint]

Yep, last year was excellent, we are down there Thursday onwards, "Old House at Home" in Burton still had a room or two when we booked. No car yet but lots of enthusiasm

see you there

Ian.

[surfblue63]

Great photographs as ever.

Does anyone know why the Hepworth car has the pre-United Kingdom Union Jack on it please? (no red diagonal cross)

The car had the original British Union flag in period

[Pete]

Great photographs as ever.

Does anyone know why the Hepworth car has the pre-United Kingdom Union Jack on it please? (no red diagonal cross)

The car had the original British Union flag in period

I was parked next to that in the collecting area last year, when it revved up it nearly blew the bleedin doors off me Unipower.

[smithyrc30]

Great photographs as ever.

Does anyone know why the Hepworth car has the pre-United Kingdom Union Jack on it please? (no red diagonal cross)

The car had the original British Union flag in period

Strictly speaking the flag on the car in period is the Cross of Saint George, which the English adopted from the Genovese in 1188 or 1190 depending on which history books you read. Principally it was for identification during the crusades and for the protection of the Duke of Genoa for English trade ships entering the Mediterranean Sea, for which a royalty was paid.

The union flag without the red diagonal (Cross of St. Patrick) was created in 1606 as a maritime flag and officially adopted as a national flag in 1707 when the kingdoms of Scotland and England were officially united and thence used until 1801 when the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was created. It is still used but is titled as the flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Sorry, I did history at school....

I'll get me coat.....

[surfblue63]

Sorry, I did history at school....

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I did metal work

[nimbusprint]

Sorry, I did history at school....

:

I did metal work

HEAVY ???

[smithyrc30]

Sorry, I did history at school....

:

I did metal work

I did that as well. I think my school had the 'posh' version, it was called Engineering Workshop Theory and Practice.
I skimmed the brake drums of my first Mini in that class along with machining a whole bunch of tools and adaptors to take it to pieces and put it back together...

[bmcman.ie]

i did human biology, behind the bike shed!

[Pete]

Anyone seen an entry list?

I'll be there near the bar ( ) in the paddock with my Unipower GT together with chassis number one owned by Tim Carpenter to celebrate 50 years of the cars, will be getting a spin around the circuit (not literally hopefully!) at lunchtime. See you there Stu?

[nimbusprint]

Given the mid morning forecast, the bar sounds like a plan

Ian.

[surfblue63]

Anyone seen an entry list?

I'll be there near the bar ( ) in the paddock with my Unipower GT together with chassis number one owned by Tim Carpenter to celebrate 50 years of the cars, will be getting a spin around the circuit (not literally hopefully!) at lunchtime. See you there Stu?

Due to me deciding on entering the Northumberland Borders, (click here to see what I have got viewtopic.php?f=4&t=14323&start=10 ) I won't be down as I need to do more prep on the car.

Have a good day.

PS My Fitz arrived from Amazon, got a bit of a surprise when I found it had been signed on the title page. Perhaps this will be like Wizzos book where the unsigned ones will be rarer than the signed ones

[Pete]

I'll take me camera then Stu!

Timetable :

Races


Provisional Timetable (September 2016)

0830 - 1210 Qualifying
1210 - 1240 Classic Cavalcade
1240 - 1400 Races

VSCC Race for Pre-War Sports-Cars (20 minutes)
The Allan Cameron Invitation Challenge Race for Healeys & Austin Healeys supported by Bill Rawles Classic Cars - Part 1 (20 minutes)
The Bristol Aeroplane Company Motor Sports Club Challenge Trophy race, run by the 500 Owners Association (15 minutes)


1400 - 1425 'Star Car' Demonstrations

1425 - 1810 Races

The FiSCaR 'Inter-marque' race supported by Spencer Lane-Jones Ltd. (2 driver pitstop - 30 minutes)

FJHRA/HSCC 'Silverline' Historic Formula Junior UK Championship race (20 minutes)

HRDC 'Coys Trophy' race for Touring Cars 1958 - 1966 featuring the Terry Sanger Trophy (45 minutes)
The JEC Norman Dewis Trophy race for pre '66 Jaguars (30 minutes)
The Jon Gross Memorial Trophy race for Historic Aston Martins (20 minutes)
The Allan Cameron Invitation Challenge Race for Healeys & Austin Healeys supported by Bill Rawles Classic Cars - Part 2 (20 minutes)

Touring car entry list :

http://www.ccracingclub.co.uk/assets/en ... EBSITE.pdf