BLYTON 2015 Make a note in your Diaries!

[mk1coopers]

Glad I've booked both days, it's going to be a great weekend

[rich@minispares.com]

I can confirm that ex Downton, Arden and Cooper works race driver Gordon Spice will be with us on the Saturday. I'm trying to arrange a decent Britax replica for him to take round the track.

that's maybe not the photo to show if your attempting the loan of someones pride and joy........


.....'just a couple of gentle laps'.........

[Pete]

European Saloon Car Champion for Coopers : Warwick Banks will be with us for both days.

[rich@minispares.com]

European Saloon Car Champion for Coopers : Warwick Banks will be with us for both days.

warwick is a spot on fella, I used to race/circulate on the track/delete as applicable at the same time as him in heritage

[Pete]

I can confirm that ex Downton, Arden and Cooper works race driver Gordon Spice will be with us on the Saturday. I'm trying to arrange a decent Britax replica for him to take round the track.

that's maybe not the photo to show if your attempting the loan of someones pride and joy........


.....'just a couple of gentle laps'.........

Oh contraire! Richard Humphrey has kindly offered his excellent Britax Downton replica to do the honours.

[Pete]

Peter Baldwin can't make it as he's at Donington, though did want to come.

If anyone's delaying booking a track space I wouldn't leave it too long as there's only six spaces left for Sunday and eleven for Saturday.

[wantafaster1]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cYNRJ9z2bso

This just came up on Facebook.

[Pete]

That footage appeared on Youtube some years ago and as a result a DVD was released 'Dice With Spice' which also contains an interview with Gordon. You can still buy it from places like this:

http://www.grandprixmodels.com/searchde ... er-S-model

You could get one signed at Blyton!

I got Gordon back in a Mini at CPOP a few years ago...

1969...


2010...


At the risk of turning into his agent, he also brought a book out 'Life Of Spice' in which he features his time at Downton, Arden and Coopers.

I think it's fair to say that (going off his performances in 1969) had the team selected the smaller 1000cc class to run in instead of an ambition for outright wins (and beat the Escorts) with 1293 Spice would most likely have become outright saloon champion. It was the team he'd just left (Arden) who were smart enough to make that choice and run 999cc (you can see Spice lapping Alec Poole in the clip) and hence it was they who won the championship outright in 1969. Spice finished 5th O/A and 2nd in class to Craft's Escort.

[mk1coopers]

Gordon in Richards car...... Warwick in mine.......sounds like an interesting few laps for a passenger ride

[Pete]

I think that could be arranged as parade laps, I wonder if they'd let us do that at the lunch halt on the Saturday. I'll ask, and also see if I can add to it (if James Palmer will bring Anita Taylor's Mini??) and I'm sure Whizzo would join in (if Tim brings his?) and Mike Wood could go in ORX 707G. If we got Paddy up, we could tow him round in GRX 309D!

[rich@minispares.com]

I think that could be arranged as parade laps, I wonder if they'd let us do that at the lunch halt on the Saturday. I'll ask, and also see if I can add to it (if James Palmer will bring Anita Taylor's Mini??) and I'm sure Whizzo would join in (if Tim brings his?) and Mike Wood could go in ORX 707G. If we got Paddy up, we could tow him round in GRX 309D!

its got the makings of a celebrity race...

...'when the flag drops, the bullshit stops'.................

[Pete]

I think we'll need a pace car!

Another Downton employee in the form of works manager and prolific racer Barry Hawkins has confirmed to return this year, we'll have to find a Downton car to take him round.

[1959si]

All booked for sunday, in this old girl! Looks as though it's going to be a cracking event.

[JohnA]

I'm sure it will be a cracking event, that old traveller looks pretty cool.

[Pete]

That cone wasn't there for long.

[JohnA]

Silly place to put it anyway

[rich@minispares.com]

Silly place to put it anyway

quite a few cars had witness marks on the lh front wing from where they had 'found the apex' by the end of the day...

I had to do the 'walk of shame' and collect the headlamp ring from my gtm!

[Pete]

Gordon Spice will have signed copies his 'Dice With Spice' DVD available to purchase at Blyton. The DVD is a film of the 1969 Crystal Palace round of the British Saloon Car Championship I'm sure you've seen about plus he'll also have signed copies of his book 'Life Of Spice' available on the day.

[surfblue63]

I just ordered one of those Dice with Spice DVDs from the Crystal Palace Foundation. I've not watched it yet, maybe tomorrow when 'er in doors goes out.

[Pete]

The Gordon Spice DVDs will be £10 and copies of his book will be £15, all available to be signed. Please let me know if these will be of interest for anyone to collect at Blyton. Gordon will be bringing a few up anyway.

James Palmer has offered to bring 110 NNM up to Blyton to be reunited with Anita Taylor.