The Club News Magazine Of The Darlington & District Motor Club

2012 NSSCC Champion

Bill Addison

It is quite a while since the Annual Awards Dinner, but unfortunately we had a few problems at that time and could not get the information to press. Please accept my apologies for this, especially to Bill Addison and all of the award winners. I think everyone enjoyed the night, possibly with a few sore heads on Sunday morning. The event was held again at the Hall Garth Hotel and again the staff excelled themselves with the quality of the food and service. I have booked the same venue for next year, only this time it is going to be held on the 1st of March 2014. Bill Addison was presented with his award as NSSCC champion by Paul Griffin Club President in 2012. Bill made a speech and kindly thanked all of the organisers and marshals from the club for contributing to the championship. He went on to explain that motorsport is definitely a family affair in the Addison households, with his wife Lyn managing all of them, making sure they enter on time and keeping a bit of an eye on the financial side. Pictured below are Bill and Lyn with the Grinton Picnic Trophy.

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One of the most deserved awards went to Craig Hope, for his selfless act in saving the life of a young lady who had attempted suicide. Craig came across her on the road, following a fall from a bridge. She had tried to hang herself, and although injured from the fall she was still alive but choking to death by the rope around her neck. Craig said that his marshal training kicked in,

and he managed to get a knife and cut her free. The award goes only a small way of recognising his efforts, but it is so good to know that we have someone like Craig as President of club.

Rescue News

Darlington Rescue continues to be busy attending events at Croft and other race circuits, rallies and autocross events (weather permitting). At the beginning of April the unit was asked to attend Cadwell Park not for a race meeting but the Alan Healy Memorial Rally organised by the Border Motor Club of Lincolnshire. An enjoyable event was had by the crew including the food laid on by the local hotel we always try to use, which these days means I have to book well in advance as it is now well known by regulars to Cadwell. We then had the first meeting of 2013 at Croft organised by the BARC. Also the same weekend the tour of Hamsterley took place so crew members split up to cover both events. The following week was the Pirelli Rally and we were in the far flung North of Kielder where the 4 wheel drive came into its own. Again that same weekend was the first of our journeys to Oliver’s Mount for a two day hillclimb where the crew sampled the new Premier Inn and other than vehicle parking to the usual standards of this chain of hotels. A week later was the club’s first race meeting of 2013 where the two crews were kept on there toes with some events to attend to during the weekend. For the third weekend on the trot one unit went on its travels to Curborough for the first of two weekends with the BMMC and then Lotus running events over the two days. The other unit went to Causey Park for the Autocross which was the first in a long time to run due to did someone say it rained in 2012! Again the 4 wheel drive unit performed impeccably which was one of the reasons this vehicle was purchased. This coming weekend 31st May to the 1st June they are heading off on the Jim Clark Rally and a week later both units are again at Cadwell Park this time for the annual VSCC meeting where some delightful vehicles can be seen being put through their paces. During June we have two other events booked with a late request for an event that the club is involved in which will probably be revealed in the next newsletter or sooner on the web site.

Earlier this year, NSSCC sadly lost one of our mechanics and friends Brian Holiday. We decided that we would like to help Brian’s family raise money for the British Heart Foundation. Jill & Hayden Moss got to work selling raffle tickets around the paddock at the Croft meeting. They managed to raise over £200. Alongside their efforts, we had been given a collection of books by Sue Dalton. Sue had been clearing out David’s office and knew that he would have wanted them to go to the motor club. The sale of the books managed to get the total up to £300. The club agreed to match this sum and we were able to pre-sent a cheque for £600 to Ian Humpish at the last Croft meeting. The cheque will be given to the B r i t i sh Hea r t Foundation in memory of our two friends Brian Holiday and David Dalton.

Also one of our regular marshals Bob Minto, has recently been diagnosed with Prostrate cancer, although devastating as this news was he and his family are coping as well as they can and trying to carry on with life to it’s fullest. His daughter Lesley, another keen marshal has decided to face one of here fears, heights, and do a skydive for Prostrate Cancer UK to help raise funds for research into treatments and also to raise awareness, our good causes fund managed to help her by donating £250.00 If you would like to support Lesley and Bob then you can by going to www.doitforcharity.co.uk/LesleyM she will be doing her Skydive on 27th July. All I can say is rather you than me Lesley !!! We at Darlington and District Motor Club are happy to help raise funds and awareness for causes like this, should you have a good cause we can help then please contact us or any committee member. Good luck with the jump Lesley, though personally I don’t think I would jump out of a perfectly good aeroplane ! !

Paul Griffin Club Secretary.

Good Causes Donations

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Committee Contacts

Chairman Terry Wright

chair@darlington-motor-club.org.uk 01325359895

Car Sports Secretary & Newsletter Editor Steve Gibson

cars@darlington-motor-club.org.uk news@darlington-motor-club.org.uk P:01642644201 M:07787514650

Treasurer Phil Lee

plee@darlington-motor-club.org.uk P: 01429267047 M:07969549332

Secretary Paul Griffin

secretary@darlington-motor-club.org.uk M: 07882340567

Rescue Coordinator Chris Gibson

rescue@darlington-motor-club.org.uk P: 01642644201 M:07990594915

Marshals Secretary Bob Wright

marshalling@darlington-motor-club.org.uk P: 01132691997 M: 07860866935

Motorcycle Sports Secretary Graham Sanderson

bikes@darlington-motor-club.org.uk P: 01740652391

Social Secretary Lesley Starkey

ldstarkey@email.com P: 01429869407 M: 07950248105

Car Sports Committee

John Travis Jt.travis@ntlworld.com P: 01642890154

Mick Starkey mlstarkey@email.com P: 01429869407

Gavin Lee gavin.lee79@hotmail.co.uk P: 01429267047 M: 07738407479

Kevin Hutchinson planespotter@btinternet.com P: 07887951590

Marshals Committee

Dave Lea marshal@darlington-motor-club.org.uk d8lea@btinternet.com P: 01748830854 M: 07814592922

Tom Alden Tom.alden@btopenworld.com

Craig Hope CRAIG.HOPE@btopenworld.com P: 01833660962

Graham Turner graham.turner50@ntlworld.com P: 01325460876

If you wish to contact any of the above please do so at sociably acceptable times.

The Northern Saloon and Sports Car Championship have already completed 6 rounds and the current top ten is covered by only 31 points. As you can see Bill Addison is again at the top of the table, with designs on taking the title for a second year. Andrew Morrison has made a welcome return to the championship following an enforced 12month lay off. It has been good to see him back in the championship and demonstrating that he hasn’t lost any of his skills whilst taking it easy. The championship this year has been so close that it is too hard to call a result; some people have been having difficulties in one form or another. All of the class D contenders, Myles Collins, Martin Addison and Paul Moss have experienced problems with the cars at one round or another, but this does keep everyone on their toes to pick up points. Class H seems to have come to light this year, with pretty good entries, certainly the best we have had since the class was introduced. Brian Morris seems to have had a new lease of energy, getting the Datsun into very unfamiliar ground with top 5 on the grid becoming the norm for him. Clinton Ewan is getting the mini sorted, it seem well suited to the new tyres and has been putting in some impressive times. Mike Williamson asked me what he had to do to get a mention; I suggested that he gets to the front of a race and then that would make it happen. Good to his word, the very next race he emerged as the leader into the first corner, making a cracking start at Croft. He got used to winning ways last year and looks like he could be getting things sorted for this year. We look forward to seeing his name in lights again. Alan McPherson is having a bit of a lonely time this year, Simon Mayne has been missing so far, due to business commitments, but he is due to make a welcome return to the championship at Cadwell Park. Judging by the way Alan has been going this year, Simon is going to have to make sure he has blown the cob webs out before he heads to Cadwell. The championship has so many things going on with so many drivers having great races, that I can’t mention them all. Enjoy the racing and if you can figure out who is going to come out on top in each class then you are a better judge than me. We are hoping for some fine weather soon, but at least the hospitality van has been useful. If you are at any of the events, please pop in and have a coffee, everyone is welcome. I look forward to seeing you

Kindest Regards Lesley

NSSCC

POSITION CLASS NUMBER NAME CAR SCORE

1 E1 1 BILL ADDISON CATERHAM SUPERLIGHT R400 134

2 B 54 ANDREW MORRISON SEAT CUPRA 132

3 A1 8 DAVID BOTTERILL PORSCHE 944 TURBO 128

4 D 11 MARTIN ADDISON PEUGEOT 106GTi 126

4 E2 7 ALAN McPHERSON MK INDY RR 126

6 E1 77 MARK LEYBOURNE WESTFIELD SEiW 122

7 H 18 BRIAN MORRIS DATSUN 240Z “G” 114

8 D 95 MYLES COLLINS PEUGEOT 205GTi 110

9 D 66 PAUL MOSS CITROEN SAXO 106

10 A2 91 STUART CARR CATERHAM 103

Car Sport News

Well another year over, this time not the calendar year but we official start work on the 2014 season with the forms to fill in for the championship to be returned to the MSA before July. What else is on the horizon, Well going by the season so far we look like having an enthralling second half to the NSSCC with the leading points scorers in the classes all squabbling over the honours it could be another down to the wire year to finally find the champion. As mentioned elsewhere we are putting on a clubman's rallycross and with the initial interest shown who knows where this might lead, we can only dream of the halcyon days of clubman's rallycross. Or can we!

Darlington Rescue

The club is still on the look out for potential crew to join the units. All that is required is a reasonable knowledge of Motorsport probably with approximately twenty events attended as a marshal, A First Aid certificate is not mandatory but is a preferred certificate to possess. The ‘First Aid at Work’ certificate is a good starting point. One of the main requirements is to get on with fellow crew members as you are enclosed in the confines of the Rescue Vehicle for a number of hours at a time. You must be interested in all disciplines of the sport as the events and venues as well as the times are varied. If you are interested in joining and going all around the country sightseeing then please contact Chris Gibson for further details. If you know someone who is not a member who does not receive this newsletter please pass these details on to anyone who may be interested.

Anyone requiring overalls etc see Paul Griffin at any race meeting where supplies will be available, or if you have any queries e.g. sizes, or availability then I can be contacted on 07882340567 or via e-mail: secretary@darlington-motor-club.org.uk Why not have your items personalised, for a small charge you can have your name embroidered onto your overalls.

Marshal’s Gear

Club Nights

DDMC club nights are held on the second Friday of every month at the Copper Beech Nesham Road in Darlington why not come along and join us, for a noggin and natter.

A Grand Day Out

Hi All, As some of you are aware DDMC had a visitor to our last meeting at Croft. Kieran suffers from a very rare disease known as Juvenile Battens Disease. Kieran is the only child in the North East with Battens which only 15 to 20 children in the UK have. The disease attacks the nerves in the brain and a child with battens is only expected to live until there late teens to early 20s. Because of this and Kieran's love of cars we had to give him a day to remember. On arriving at Croft we had a walk around the NSSCC paddock and met several drivers and many had a nice chat with Kieran and his family especially Andy Wilson who let Kieran and his brothers sit in his car, he also tried on Andy's helmet and the seat belts where fastened. As you can see in the photo he couldn't stop smiling. Regards Craig Hope

Keeping “Griff” Busy

2012 into 2013 has been a busy year for Paul Griffin, he was pleased to become President of the Motor Club in March 2012 taking over from David Cox. But who would have guessed by the end of his presidency he would have finally taken the plunge and married the lovely Julie. We organised the awards dinner a week before his wedding so he could practise his public speaking. Best wishes to the happy couple and a big thank you for all you both do for DDMC.

Wright On

Doesn’t motorsport seem disjointed this year? A five week gap for Touring Cars and a five week gap for the NSSCC. It seems feast or famine but, unfortunately, that’s the way it goes. Hopefully, it will give some time to get some more cars back out in our Championship. The first few rounds have produced very good clean racing but there has been quite a lot of unreliability with significant retirements in every round. The A & E classes are missing some of regular protagonists but even eight cars has produced a good race. All we need now are a few more cars. The B, C, D & H is well subscribed and many competitors have upped the anti with a few lap records falling and new faces at the sharp end of the grid. Fresh on the calendar is Rallycross with a true clubman event scheduled for November 24th this year. Billed as The BTRDA 75th Anniversary Trophy Rallycross it caters for two wheel drive cars only. The heats and Finals will run classless and awards will be extracted from the results at the end of the meeting. Heat 1 will be selected randomly with Heat 2 being run in the reverse order of the times from Heat 1. All the cars will be called to the dummy grid and sorted in to order and 8 cars will be sent to the grid for each race. That way we can ensure that all but the last two races are full grids. The Finals will be based on the single fastest time with the first two finishers moving on to the back of the next Final and so on. And for next year we are looking to resurrect the Sprint assuming we can get a date for early April. The idea is that we can retain an anniversary date rather than it moving around as it did when we ran at Easter. There is quite a bit of interest shown already particularly by the British Championship. Our ‘Rally Championship’ is picking up with a few competitors forwarding their results particularly Martyn Tinker who has some excellent results under his belt already particularly over at Three Sisters. Let me know where you finished in class and how many starters and you will be included in the race for the John Neasham trophy.

Happy Motorsport, Terry

Club Contact

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Rallycross Returns

Back in 1967 a new form of motorsport hit our TV screens courtesy of BBC Grandstand. Known as Rallycross it attracted top drivers from both Rallying and Autocross to compete in a ‘made for television’ competition. For 1968 ITV didn’t want to be left out so they approached DDMC and Croft Autodrome to run a series for World of Sport. This went out live or nearly live between the horse racing and wrestling on a Saturday afternoon. The format of the events were classless, heats then finals and a winner from both the Professionals such as Roger Clark, Jumping Jeff Williamson or John Taylor and the clubmen such as Pip Carotte, Alex Birkbeck (Chris’ Dad) and, by 1971, believe it or not, me – I was never near the winner’s circle! The petrol crisis gave Croft Autodrome manager, L R Dixon-Cade, the ideal excuse to stop Rallycross as this meant working during the winter months. It was 1981 when George Shield reintroduced the sport at Croft Circuit and DDMC was back in the driving seat. The Club organised around 10 events a year with club events interspersed with visits from the British Championship. Entries for club events steadily grew from around 40 to over 120 at its high point. These events launched the careers of Mark Rennison, Mike Shield, Tony Bell, Tony Bardy and even ‘Mad’ Mark Watson. The Club introduced the Colway Tyres championship for cars running on treaded remould tyres which reduced performance advantage nicely. Martyn Tinker and Dave Bellerby were initiated in the sport through this category. As far as major events go, we were fortunate enough to run two Internations Cup events with teams of 4 coming from all the Rallycross Nations and also a round of the European Championship. Unfortunately Rallycross has had a lean period but the Club believes that there is a demand for low cost clubman based events and it is to that end that we have joined forces with the BTRDA to try an experimental Clubman's event on 24th November this year. Running to what some people refer to as GP style (but I prefer Old Lydden format) that is without classes and everyone getting a Final and also being limited to 2WD, it is intended to create a fast turn round, fun event. Regulations were placed on the website on 16th May. By the 21st we had received 26 entries! I think the event is going to be a success.

Terry

Trials Dates

JUNE 16th Braidley ALL CLASSES

JULY 14th Oxnop ALL CLASSES

AUGUST 18th Underbanks ALL CLASSES

SEPTEMBER 15th Downholme CHARITY TRIAL ALL CLASSES

OCTOBER 27th Woodyard ALL CLASSES

NOVEMBER 17th Fremington Edge ALL CLASSES

The above dates are provisional and are dependant on the weather and land availability

Rallying the Wright Way

What have an Austin Ulster, an Aston Martin DB4 Zagato, a Lotus Elan and Fiat Dino Spider got in common? Simple answer, they are all Classic cars participating with 55 other cars on the HERO Reliability Trial from London to Lisboa ( Lisbon in English!). The event, originally the brain child of John Brown, ran from Greenwich to Lisboa via Portsmouth, St Malo, through France via Poitiers and Pau to Spain where overnight stops were in Burgos, Leon, and Ourens before crossing the border into Portugal and stopping at Vila Real and Caramulo before the finale in the Praca do Comercio on the quay side in Lisboa. The event had a steady average speed and included 25 navigation and regularity sections, 16 tests of manoeuvrability and speed and extremely nice scenery and high climbs to see the skiers at 1600m and was predicted to cover 2,386 miles ( 3,817km) and take 8 days from start to chequered flag. The event required marshalling and as such I applied in October 2012 to be in one of the 5 cars of travelling marshals covering the event. A tough selection process was decided in mid December and as one to be chosen, planning began. To the surprise of most of the travelling marshals, our travel arrangements in terms of food and accommodation were to be ‘with the competitors’ as often as possible and paid for by the event. Our ferry fare, food and cabin on the outward journey were provided as well as contributions to fuel out and a larger sum for our ‘find your own way home’ expenses. The expedition ‘opened’ with a test on the wide expanses of Dunsfold airfield amongst the trick motorcycle training teams and top gear evidence. Little Elans and Healy 3000s were good to watch in and out of cones and boxes and eventually ‘stopping astride’ but the sight of a ‘Steve McQueen’ Mustang and an ‘E’ type doing the same test just proved that rubber was an expendable feature of the event. A dash to Portsmouth, a photo call in front of HMS Victory and then boarding, dining and sleeping on route to St. Malo followed. On Sunday’s run to Poitiers was lost the Austin Ulster for a time, the Mustang started coughing and the Riley 12/4 blower developed supercharger problems while the Citroen CM from Norway bounced round the highways and byways with the motion of a playground swing. Our first duty of the day was a hidden PC just before an ‘unmanned’ level crossing, probably the most scaring thing I have ever seen. The bells ring, the one sided barriers come down and as they reach the bottom of the arc of lowering, the express races through. Absolutely no chance of a successful ‘risk it’ to cross! We were told on the ferry crossing that despite strenuous efforts, the French government would not allow any Regularity sections on their highways as they classified them as racing so all timing points were effectively reduced to PCs and no times taken, which to the well informed meant that all competitors could use the National speed limits of 60, 80 and 120km/hr instead of the trials proposed maximum of 48km/hr ... silly but as we found out later, it is a rule based on the fact that it was a foreign MSA and not the French MSA that was running the event. Our second ‘PC’ was in the gateway to a couple of fields on a sleepy back road into a village ... easy ...parking not a problem until Giles arrived with feed for the sheep in the field! CHAOS! But it was made to work. As for quiet, there was a farmers market in the village some 500m down the road which accounted for the heavy traffic flow. I will pass on the overnight accommodation for the marshalling team as the arrangements had been ‘overbooked’ and we stayed in a Campanile hotel, similar to a Premier Inn without a good bar. Day three and the road to Pau. A country lane PC at ‘take kids to school’ time. Ever

seen a school bus lock up, swerve and avoid the back end of a little Morgan ... sweet country smells from somewhere. Lunch on the hoof and onto a test at the Paul Armagnac circuit at Nogaro. Two tests in the car park of the circuit and no barriers between them and it was not the driest of afternoons. We did not have time to measure the slide of the Ferrari Dino 246 but it did manage to leave one test area and join the other before correcting the errors of its ways. The little Riley Brooklands arrived, did the tests and then spent several hours drying the interior of the car. The Mustang had a gear box failure and retired but the crew continued in a borrowed TR4 Our night in Pau and the travelling from one Ibis to another is best left to a quiet time over a pint when the marshals have all calmed down. Day four and Spain was in sight although our first task was operating a main time control at the morning coffee halt. The location was moved at the last minute as the hotel chosen cancelled because ‘he did not think he would have cleared up the mess from the previous four days of village festival’ ... we had arrived a day too late? Coffee was taken a little further along the road and the stories of ‘misadventure’ started to unfold. One team of mechanics were trying hard to part the front of one of the Australian Morgans from a very strong garden wall. The Riley Blower did not like the hills without his superrcharger working and had diverted to the lunch halt. The Austin Ulster decided a similar route was best and the Zagato, which had just joined, diverted while the driver waited for his wife in her Mercedes 280 SEL. We completed the day with duties as stop line officials on a test at the Miranda Kart Circuit where absolutely nothing spectacular happened apart from the deposition of rubber as cars stopped astride. Our overnight stay in Burgos was remote from the crews, but we survived Day five and the Picos mountains was our target and we had a ‘hidden’ PC on the end of a Dam wall. Four minutes of twisting road took the competitors to the base of the dam wall and onward. All that started the day reached us and by now the format of the prizes was beginning to take shape. Porsche 911 followed by an Elan and another Porsche with a Healy 3000 and Jaguar XK120 in hot pursuit. The Aston Martin DB5 Vantage was not far behind A climb to 1609m and a drop down to the beautiful lake at Riano put us in a Timing Point well above the snow line, but still warm enough for shorts. The trip down to Leon behind one of the course cars was enjoyable and the sight of our overnight accommodation, The Hotel Parador de Leon was fantastic. All in the same hotel and dinner all together. The floodlit front of the hotel, an old monastery is worth a visit even if the accommodation costs are a little high. Day six and back into the Picos mountains on-route to Ourens. My Sat-Nav took us on a route that looked Ok. The road book was using the same road and then we came across a small village. We tucked the wing mirrors in, travelled a bumpy stony 400m of ‘track’ through the village and then rejoined the tarmac. It would appear that the ‘local authority’ own the road to the edge of the village and maintain the roads to that point, then the village owns the road through the village and the Authority takes over again on the other side. Some competitors could not believe it either! We did our timing point and made haste to our next control, the Monastery at ‘Hotel Parador De Santo Estevo’ If you have never been .. put it on your ‘must visit list’. All the competitors still running arrived some with what looked like assistance in the form of a tow rope, but they were there. The Austin Ulster crew bought a round for all, having made it to the overnight halt. We dined and then had to depart to a local B & B as ‘there was not enough room at the Inn’ Day seven was basically downhill to the Kart circuit at Braga. All the competitors arrived, all did the test. I managed the ‘observer ‘ role on the start line gantry where I could look over the boundary wall to the airfield and racing circuit .. no cars testing. There weather was now the hottest of the whole trip and unfortunately it only lasted 3

days. Another Kart circuit in the afternoon at Vila Real, next to a military airfield where the airfield Fire engine insisted on a water spraying session every half hour. All the cars arrived, lots of rubber and smoke and I managed the ultimate in Observer locations, one floor down from race control, in the bar area with a delightful waitress bringing me cool drinks. The overnight hotel, in Portugal, next to main hotel in Vidago was called the Perfume hotel due to the different fragrances on each landing and each floor. The Australians had rejoined during the day in a hire car and did the regularities but not the tests. The replacement TR4 broke and they hired a car. The Zagato and Merc went missing, the Elan running second lost most of the day with a broken distributor arm .. but a replacement was found, We now had Porsches first and second, the XK third and creeping up the DB5 and the second Elan and the much fancied TR 3 Day eight and the coffee halt in the ‘Port’ making valley. Calm steady run but the cars that had had problems were now all missing the full day and going to the night halt as touring cars. We arrived at the overnight halt at Caramulo in plenty of time. Certainly time to have lunch in the village and book into the hotel and then travel the 5km to the top of the longest, fastest, highest official hill climb in Europe. A clear day, the view was for miles in each direction, the hill top has a pad for hang glider takeoffs ... absolutely fantastic. The drive of the day was from the silver cloud Rolls that managed a 75m slide and a half turn before stopping some 30m past the white line. Second fastest up the test on the first run, the 1935 Bentley Derby Special Sports from Switzerland. Even the riley Brooklands made a run up the hill but had several bad attempts at stopping astride. Dinner that night was across the road in the Museum associated with the Hill climb and the hotel. Tables were set amongst the old cars and 150 plus people dined until about 2300 when the owners cordially invited all to visit the rest of the museum which had been kept open specially. The protective ropes round the exhibits were allowed to be removed and sitting any exhibit was allowed. Modern cars like the Gull winged Merc and F40 Ferrari were alongside a Bugatti, a silver ghost, the 5 tonne Presidential armour plated Merc .. with bullet marks. The staircase to the upper level had Crank shafts supporting the hand railing. ALL the cars had rally plates mounted on stands to show that they were working cars and had been out on ‘rallies’ in recent times. Day nine, the last day and a test to run at a Drifting track .. very interesting! We had ‘the lunch break’ in the event to set up and run a test for all the cars still running, about 45 of the 55 that started. A large interested crowd enjoyed the 50 minutes of fun watching our cars before we had lunch in their bar and disappeared off the Lisboa. Assembly in the Praca do Comercio was affine end to a rally as all the competitors still running were either driven or towed ( the rolls towed the Austin) over the ramp and across the line. Just to add a little further glory to the finish line, The Cruise liner Queen Victoria departed Lisboa with a large blast and the driving was complete. The prize dinner in the Rally HQ and bed, ready for a ‘find your own way home’ expedition which started Monday morning and finished seven day later As for the result, overall winner a Porsche who dropped just 35 seconds on regularities and navigation on the whole trip. His penalties on tests were less. Second another 911 followed by the Bentley special, the XK, the Elan and one of the Healys. The DB 5 was up amongst the top people all the way and the couple in the rolls won the ‘travelling in style’ award That is the reason I missed the two meetings at Croft! As for the Austin Ulster, it was driven and owed by the Hagerty Classic Car insurance Co. Team of Angus Forsyth and Marcus Atkinson. Finally, the trip home is a whole new chapter just waiting to be written.

Some pictures from the event

And finally our transport home............ I Wish ! Regards Bob

At the recent DDMC race meeting some of our marshals received awards so very richly deserved.

Well done

Well done to them all and thank you for all the hard work you and your fellow marshals do in the name of motorsport.

The Trophies were presented by DDMC Chairman Craig Hope Right; James Harrap accepts the ETS Trophy Below: Trevor Jones receives the Ken Gibson memorial Trophy. Below Right: Adrian Shaw gets receives the small but perfectly formed “Yank Harrison Trophy” that collected on his behalf at the D&DMC Annual Dinner Dance.

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The Club News Magazine Of The Darlington & District Motor Club As for the Austin Ulster, it was driven and owed by the Hagerty Classic Car insurance Co. Team of Angus Forsyth and Marcus Atkinson.