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2 Talgarth Road, Norton, Stockton on Tees, TS20 1LF

The rain did have an effect on the ability to take photos and after

being thoroughly soaked the camcorder didn’t want to function very

well.

On track the McRae’s (Colin and Alistair) entertained with a masterful

display in two very well sorted MK2 Escorts, they were so quick that

even in the wet Jonny Milner could barely pull and distance over them

in his Prospeed Skoda Octavia WRC.

on hand for interviews throughout the day were a variety of rallying

celeb’s old and new, the old stagers being Pentti Airikkala and Bjorn

Waldegaard and David Llewellin and Phil Short and the youngsters

being led by Gigi Galli (current Mitsubishi driver) and Jonny Milner (Not

so young now!)

After the lunch break there was a

display of all Richard Burns’ ex

rally machinery from his humble

Peugeot 205 gti, through to his

Legacy and Impreza and most upto

date the Peugeot 206 WRC,behind

the procession was the man

himself obviously stillunable to

drive, waving at

the huge crowd of fans from the

back seat of a car, a sad reminder

that we are all onlyhuman after

all.I would recommend the

Rallyday to anyone and even though it is a long haul and a night in a

hotel tickets are a bargain at £10 so there is no excuse any more I

WILL be going to Rallyday 2006

Martin PeacockMartin PeacockMartin PeacockMartin Peacock

Prize QuizPrize QuizPrize QuizPrize Quiz

Last months question was correctly answered by Colin.

“Who finished 3rd on the 1986 rally of Argentina”

Answer: Stig Blomqvist in a Peugeot 205 T16

This months question is: ‘Who won the first post war Pikes Peak hill

climb driving a Maserati?’

Answers to: Martin Peacock.

Martins mumblingsMartins mumblingsMartins mumblingsMartins mumblings

Not too much to mumble about this month as I have been very busy

with trying to prepare the Sunny for it’s debut as a sprint car

hampered by a bit of bad luck and mechanical mishaps! It gets MOT’d

on saturday so I hope it is all sorted now, it has been a bit of an

arduous week.

Mike has proposed an off road buggy race as an aside to karting, it

might be worth having a bash as our last off road race was some 7 or

8 years ago and resulted in muddy mayhem!

Karting is going well although it seems odd that to fill 20 karts is so

hard, there have been 40 different drivers in the first three races

alone, is it really that hard to commit?

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Positions as of 15/8/05: Positions as of 15/8/05: Positions as of 15/8/05: Positions as of 15/8/05:

At the 3/4 stage we have a new championship leader in Mike Smailes

following his massive effort in organising the day out at Croft for

Ned’s 80th birthday and the huge amount of publicity generated in

the press. Derek Holgate leaps into third with all his efforts as safety

officer on the Jim Clark memorial rally being recognised.

This month sees the addition of the club night attendance points in

the table (min. 20 attendances to qualify as per Championship Rules)

and as a result there is a breakaway group at the top of the table but it

is not too late to get another 16 points added to your total just by

attending the club nights.

Name Points

Mike Smailes 76

Martin Peacock 74

Derek Holgate 72

Colin Peacock 53

Ned Brook 53

Jim Kirwin 45

Sally Peacock 37

Dave Plews 35

Steve Waggett 33

JohnTubman 23

Chris Langan 19

Dave Tubman 16

Martyn Calkin 15

Martin Plews 08

Richard Simpson 08

Geoff Dale 05

Lee Robinson 05

Paul Swan 03

MauriceJennings 06

Andy Fenny 01

Graham Fenny 01

Grid positions for Kart race Sept 4th 2005Grid positions for Kart race Sept 4th 2005Grid positions for Kart race Sept 4th 2005Grid positions for Kart race Sept 4th 2005

Pole

21. Robert Fern 13.Colin Peacock 9.Martin Plews

1.24.820 1.24.125 1.23.478 LR

3. Phil house 18.Lloyd Chapman 11. James Sayers

1.26.039 1.25.542 1.25.026

12. A Sayers1. Martin Peacock 5. Tommy Hough

1.27.240 1.26.502 1.26.218

8. Dave Plews 16.Nick Smith 17. Lee Watson

1.28.483 1.28.117 1.27.403

19. Dom Metcalfe 2. Chris Bell 4.MikeSmailes

1.28.944 1.28.939 1.28.630

15. Dave Sills 20. Simon Down 10. Paul Devine

1.31.922 1.31.709 1.31.132

14. Jeff Smith 7. Simon Turton 6. jason Drinkel

1.38.152 1.36.851 1.33.222

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Stockton and District Motor Club will promote a club championship to

run between January 01st 2005 and December 31st 2005. The main

objective is to encourage members to enter events, attend club nights

and promote the club.

All forms of motor sport are eligible.

1111stststst prize is prize is prize is prize is ££££200 plus club Champion trophy200 plus club Champion trophy200 plus club Champion trophy200 plus club Champion trophy

2222ndndndnd prize is prize is prize is prize is ££££100100100100

3333rdrdrdrd prize is prize is prize is prize is ££££50505050

A special award of £50 will be awarded to the best performance by a

member under 25 years old on january 1st 2005.

All fully paid up members of S & DMC are eligible but they must

register with the championship co-ordinator at least 24 hours before

their first event.

Points will be awarded as follows.

Clubmen events (12 cars, Karting, etc)Clubmen events (12 cars, Karting, etc)Clubmen events (12 cars, Karting, etc)Clubmen events (12 cars, Karting, etc)

1 point for entering,

1 point for finishing

2 points for marshalling

5 points for organising (must be named as part of the organising team

in the supplementary regulations)

National B eNational B eNational B eNational B events (Road rallies, auto tests, etc)vents (Road rallies, auto tests, etc)vents (Road rallies, auto tests, etc)vents (Road rallies, auto tests, etc)

1 point for entering

2 points for finishing

3 points for best Stockton crew*

3 points for marshalling

8 points for organising

National A and International events (large stage rallies, races, etc)National A and International events (large stage rallies, races, etc)National A and International events (large stage rallies, races, etc)National A and International events (large stage rallies, races, etc)

1 point for entering

4 points for finishing

5 points for best S & DMC crew*

5 points for marshalling

10 points for organising

Events which do not require a car (quizzes, table tops, etc)Events which do not require a car (quizzes, table tops, etc)Events which do not require a car (quizzes, table tops, etc)Events which do not require a car (quizzes, table tops, etc)

1 point for entering

1 point for winning

4 points for organising

BonusBonusBonusBonus points will be awarded as follows points will be awarded as follows points will be awarded as follows points will be awarded as follows

1 point for newsletter article or write up (submitted to editor within 14

days of event)

1 point for a mention in the motoring press (Motor sport news, etc)

1 point per mention in non motoring press (Evening Gazette, etc)

3 points will be added for an accompanying photograph, all bonus

points subject to a plug for the club.

All points claims must be submitted within 14 days of the event to the

awards co-ordinator with proof (results sheet, etc). the editor will

verify if an article was submitted, it will be printed at his discretion but

points will still be scored.

Finally to be eligible for the championship a member must attend 20

club nights per year, when 20 attendances are reached 20 points will

be added and 1 point will be added for every subsequent week

attended.

*Best crew applies only if more than one S & DMC crew are entered

The Championship CoThe Championship CoThe Championship CoThe Championship Co----ordinator is Mike Smailes, 2 Talgarth Road, ordinator is Mike Smailes, 2 Talgarth Road, ordinator is Mike Smailes, 2 Talgarth Road, ordinator is Mike Smailes, 2 Talgarth Road,

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Coming events.

September

10th/11th September Donington. Renault Heritage @ the World

Series by Renault in assoc. with Club Alpine Renault. Tracing?

10th 3 Counties road rally, Hadrian MC

12th TMSG Quiz, Hartlepool & DMC

11th Belgian GP, Spa Francorchamps.

17th Sprint at Harewood, BARC

17/18th Simpson's Skoda Bolton Midnight road rally, Bolton le

Moors car club

18th BTCC Silverstone

21st How to navigate with herringbones

25th Brazilian GP, Interlagos.

25th Durham Dales historic rally

October

2nd Hartlepool auto test, Club sport

2nd BTCC Brands Hatch

5th 12 car rally map 93

8th John Robson navigation rally, Hexham MC

8-9th Trackrod Rally, Yorkshire forests.

9th Japanese GP, Suzuka.

16th Chinese GP, Shanghai.

19th Club event, details to follow

29th Stockton Motor Club’s 75th Anniversary celebration

30th Hartlepool auto test, Club sport

31st MSA Motorsport experience, drive the Nurburgring and

Spa Francochamps in your own car!

November

20th Karting at Langbaurgh, £45 per person

12th Grand Northern Auto jumble , Hartlepool headland.

13th Hamsterly stages rally.

19th-22nd Roger Albert Clark rally.

December

4th Le Jog (Lands End to John O Groats)

January 2006

28th Club championship presentation night

March

8th 12 car rally

kart results September 4th

Pos Driver Total Best Speed

1st Martin Plews 29 laps 1.22.839 LR FL 52.166KMH

2nd Colin Peacock +36.349 1.23.160

3rd Robert Fern +39.436 1.23.276

4th James Sayers +40.096 1.24.046

5th Phil House +57.273 1.24.893

6th Lloyd Chapman +1.07.130 1.29.434

7th Tommy Hough +1 lap 1.26.164

8th Martin Peacock +26.434 1.25.849

9th Dom Metcalfe +34.790 1.26.407

10th Chris Bell +45.537 1.27.508

11th A Sayers +45.878 1.25.738

12th lee Watson +46.616 1.26.565

13th Dave Plews +54.421 1.27.626

14th Mike Smailes +55.211 1.27.383

15th Nick Smith +56.127 1.26.507

16th Simon Down +2 laps 1.28.627

17th Paul Devine +15.644 1.27.458

18th jason Drinkel +44.709 1.27.390

19th Simon Turton +3 laps 1.31.157

20th Jeff Smith +6.469 1.32.465

21st Dave Sills +10 laps 1.30.948

What’s in a name?What’s in a name?What’s in a name?What’s in a name?

Ever wondered what those acronyms that form a car makers badge

mean? Well now you can astound your friends down the pub with an

amazing knowledge of car trivia.

TVR is actually formed from the first name of the company's founder

TTTTreVVVVoRRRR Wilkinson.

Swedish car and aircraft builder SAAB actually stands for SSSSvenska

AAAAeroplan AAAAktie BBBBolget

Despite rumours that FIAT stands for Fix It Again Tomorrow it is in fact

short for FFFFabbrica IIIItaliana AAAAutomobili TTTTorino

MG the on- off makers of old mans cars stands for MMMMorris GGGGarages

which does even less for the flat cap image

Our Teutonic friends in the south of the fatherland produce BMW’s

which is the abbreviation of BBBBayerische MMMMotoren WWWWerke and not Bob

Marley and the Wailers

BSA the bike manufacturer is alarmingly BBBBirmingham SSSSmall AAAArms

Truckies might be glad to know that ERF are the initial letters of EEEEdwin

RRRRichard FFFFoden

Our cerveza necking friends at SEAT would probably need a siesta

after reeling off SSSSociedad EEEEspanola de AAAAutomobiles de TTTTurismo

So there you are you can be the envy of all your friends (if you have

any) as possibly the most boring person in the pub, except for the old

bloke who smells of wee in the corner, you know the one with the flat

cap and a whippet, the one who makes a half of bitter last for 3 hours.

Diary of a late starter; part 3Diary of a late starter; part 3Diary of a late starter; part 3Diary of a late starter; part 3

Becoming familiar with the TR came in very useful when the firm

decided to enter a team in an international rally as a means of gaining

more publicity for it’s products.

The rally chosen was the 1959 Scottish RAC rally and the team

comprised Bobby Parkes and Mr Mallen with respective wives in two

mark 2 Jaguars and Peter Harding and myself in the TR.

As you will no doubt have guessed, the Scottish in those days was far

different than it’s format subsequently. Then, over four days of the

event, HQ in Oban, we toured each day around the quiet roads and

impressive scenery of Scotland, returning to Oban for the night.

The TR acted as pathfinder for the Jags and the only thing to watch

was that we did not exceed the 40 MPH average speed between

controls.

The competitive side of the event was the driving tests, take either in

the morning before setting out for the day or in the late afternoon

after the days motoring. these were on smooth surfaces and large

areas with simple tests around cones. Distances were much greater

from start to finish than in today's tests, so speed and acceleration

were vital factors. Luckily the TR has both and Peter (The driver of the

car) got a class win.

I don’t remember how the Jags fared except that both driver seemed

content with their performance. Overall it was an enjoyable event, the

weather warm and sunny, enthusiastic school children lined their walls

and cheered us on. The rally atmosphere was relaxed and friendly, and

I felt privileged to be a member of an actual works team.

Ned BrookNed BrookNed BrookNed Brook

Teesside sprintTeesside sprintTeesside sprintTeesside sprint

orororor

Does my bum look big in this!Does my bum look big in this!Does my bum look big in this!Does my bum look big in this!

After looking at competing in a sprint or hill climb for over a year I

finally made the decision to enter the Wigton run event at Teesside

autodrome on August bank holiday Monday, the only problem was that

I only decided on the 8th of August and I did not have a licence or a

race suit.

So there was a bit of a panic to get my MSA national B competition

licence but there are very few applications so late in the year and it

came with over a week to spare.

Mike had agreed to loan me his suit so that problem too was

sorted...sort of. By the time I got round to trying it on it was apparent

that I was quite a bit larger than Mike and although it did fit it was,

well, tight! A panic ensued and I ordered one from Demon Tweeks

online on the Thursday hoping it would come on Saturday, which as

can only be expected it didn’t, plan B was swung into action and

Mike’s suit it was to be, I can only blame myself for leaving it too late

although I would rather blame Parcel force or Demon Tweeks!

I also had car trouble before the sprint having to replace the front to

rear brake pipes, nice job to do on the drive on your back...NOT. I was

still not happy with the brakes even by the time of the sprint, they

were good enough to pass the MOT but just felt spongy and only had

a firm feel after pumping the pedal a second time.

But, i made it I competed in my first speed event, didn’t crash, got

faster with each run and I am now looking at doing the whole

Wheatsheaf series next year, budget permitting, and my bum does not

look big in my nice shiny new Sparco race suit.

Oddball Racing Cars. Oddball Racing Cars. Oddball Racing Cars. Oddball Racing Cars.

An occasional column about some out of the ordinary cars.

Fireball (GB) 1970 Fireball (GB) 1970 Fireball (GB) 1970 Fireball (GB) 1970

If you built a car would you use such a corny name? Perhaps its

constructor was a fan of the car in the childrens programme

"Thunderbirds" and cribbed the name from their car Fireball XL5? This

car was designed and used for the track racing series run by

Speedworth Ltd these races were usually held at speedway venues

mainly in the south of the country. Designed by Frank Boyle and built

by Ian Bayley at JB Developments of Aldershot. Power was from a Mini

engine fitted complete with subframe at the rear. This single seater

proved very quick with an all up weight of only 272Kg (less than

600lbs). When used away from the cinder tracks the Fireball frequently

proved to be faster than the Formula Ford cars of the period.

UK Government ploughs money into Motorsport! UK Government ploughs money into Motorsport! UK Government ploughs money into Motorsport! UK Government ploughs money into Motorsport!

Don`t get too excited but its true, the Motorsport Development Board

(MDB) is supporting the Energy Efficent Motorsport (EEMS) project to

the tune of £145,000 to support three existing race teams using

alternative fuels. Two of the teams are competing in the Le Mans

series one with a diesel powered car and the other with a bio-ethanol

powered car, the third team which some of you may have heard of is

the Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) powered car which ran in last years

Touring car series and will do so again this year.

There is more information on EEMS for the technically minded in the

booklet which is available on any club night from the secretary.

Jumped starts & F1 races Jumped starts & F1 races Jumped starts & F1 races Jumped starts & F1 races

Have you noticed that nobody ever jumps the start these days? There

is a reason for this and as you might have guessed its all down to

electronics. One day someone had the bright idea to put an electronic

tell tail in the track surface which is linked to the starting lights and

would indicate if the car jumped the start. Now it didn`t take the team

boffins long to realise that if they developed a transponder in the car

that held the car on the grid and then released the car as the tell tail

switched off (remember its linked to the starting lights) then the car

would get a perfect start every time. All the driver has to do is have the

car in gear and have sufficent revs `on` and the electronics do the

rest. Simple, the perfect start and not a hundreth of a second wasted.

wish.

Kart ChampionshipKart ChampionshipKart ChampionshipKart Championship

17/04 26/06 4/09 2 17/04 26/06 4/09 2 17/04 26/06 4/09 2 17/04 26/06 4/09 29/10 Total9/10 Total9/10 Total9/10 Total

Colin Peacock 20 20 19 59

Martin Plews 16 18 20 54

James Sayers 19 15 17 51

Tommy Hough 17 19 14 50

Lee Watson 18 13 10 41

Chris Bell 15 09 11 35

Martin Peacock 08 14 13 35

Dave Plews 09 12 08 29

Dominic Metcalfe -- 16 12 28

Steve Colclough 10 11 -- 21

Robert fern -- -- 18 18

Andy McAuley -- 17 -- 17

Phil House -- -- 16 16

Lloyd Chapman -- -- 15 15

????????? 14 -- -- 14

Nick Smith -- 08 06 14

Geoff Dale 13 -- -- 13

Mike Smailes -- 05 07 12

????????? 12 -- -- 12

John Stott 11 -- -- 11

Paul Devine -- 07 04 11

John Blackwell -- 10 -- 10

A Sayers -- -- 10 10

Brad 07 -- -- 07

Michael Watson 06 -- -- 06

Jason Drinkel -- -- 06 06

James Singh -- 06 -- 06

Adam Lenihan 05 -- -- 05

Simon Down -- -- 05 05

Martin Garton -- 04 -- 04

Steve Whetram 04 -- -- 04

Wayne 03 -- -- 03

Chris Taylor -- 03 -- 03

Michelle Watson -- 02 -- 02

Simon Turton -- -- 02 02

Peter Colclough 02 -- -- 02

Paul “Conehead” 01 -- -- 01

Jeff Smith -- -- 01 01

Steven Teague -- 01 -- 01

Dave Sills -- -- ret 00

A trophy will be awarded to the overall champion, all 4 scores to count

A high speed passenger ride at CroftA high speed passenger ride at CroftA high speed passenger ride at CroftA high speed passenger ride at Croft

Tuesday afternoon, July 19th and, with dave and Derek in attendance

I’ve greeted my driver Walter and I am getting strapped into a Porsche

944 Turbo to do 3 laps of the circuit in his experienced and very

competent hands.

before going any further let me with hindsight say that doing

something like this for the first time, no one could imagine what it

would be really like, i certainly hadn’t.

i am sure both Dave and Derek had made suggestions and I likewisw

indicated that I wanted to be properly entertained, so, off we went. I

tried to estimate the braking point for the first long righthander, I

need not have bothered, we didn’t! Next the chicane, same again. Turn

attention to the lines taken, use of track, steering. first lap w e seemed

to use most of the track, occassionally nudged a kerb and a touch of

opposite lock to make the tail behav when cornering.

i think from the grin on my face, walter realised I was appreciating the

experience so he really turned the wick up second time around. we

used all the track and all the kerbs plus about 1 metre of run off

somewhere at the back of the circuit. Opposite lock seemed in

operation most of the time, left or right and at one point the car tried

to take over, twitching violently exiting a corner. However Walter had

other ideas and straightened us out almost immediately, we both

grinned this time!

Final lap a repeat of the second (without the moment) and all too soon

we are coasting to a stop in the pits. It’s difficult to put feelings on to

paper, I think the overriding thrill was motoring as never before, being

driven in a way that I could never have driven, and luckily being able to

appreciate the skill and competence so ably demostrated.

Can’t end without a big thank you to all my friends in S & DMC who

made it possible. As a birthday gift it was tops. Ned Brook

Emaciated ring road. Emaciated ring road. Emaciated ring road. Emaciated ring road.

With effect from 4th July the Stockton ring road will have just a half

mile of 40mph carriage way (from the Norton village roundabout to

the Billingham Motors roundabout) the remainder is now restricted to

30mph. You have been warned. Perhaps someone could tell me what is

the point of such a restricted ring road.

LeJog is coming to Teesside. LeJog is coming to Teesside. LeJog is coming to Teesside. LeJog is coming to Teesside.

Thanks to the efforts of Derek Holgate this years LeJog will have its

Sunday evening overnight halt at the Tall Trees Hotel with possibly a

regularity test at Croft (Sunday) and a autotest at the hotel on Monday

morning. So book your annual leave now for the 1st week-end in

December `cos we'll need all the help we can muster to man the

control and run the test.

Whilton Mill Karting centre. Whilton Mill Karting centre. Whilton Mill Karting centre. Whilton Mill Karting centre.

I recently competed in a GP karting event at Whilton Mill which is just

off the M1 near Junction 16. There are 2 tracks the larger approx

1.4Km and the one we were on just 600m long. The format of the

races was similar to Teesside as were the karts except they were only

single engined, there was room for the second engine but nobody had

got round to fitting it! The track, despite its short length was great

although overtaking was tricky as there was only two corners which

required braking, there were several waved black flags during the

afternoon but no stop go penalties thank goodness. Whilst the venue

and surroundings were excellent the personal equipment supplied was

poor, in fact it was rank! The helmets which all seemed to have

scratched visors all stank and the !

gloves (yellow gardening gloves) were sorted by smell...yes the

promoter sniffed each one and discarded the smelliest, the ones

handed out were disgraceful so just what the dissuaded ones smelt of

I'll leave to your imagination. So, if you're in the area its worth a visit

assuming you take your own helmet and gloves.

The larger track was in use for `mini` bike racing. This is for all the

budding Valentino Rossi`s of this world. The bikes are about 12" high

and the riders about 7 years old but equipped with knee sliders and

Rossi leathers put on a great show of racing. If you ever get the chance

to watch it don't hesitate its brilliant but watch out for the over

enthusiastic parents!

Mike SmailesMike SmailesMike SmailesMike Smailes

Appeal bears fruitAppeal bears fruitAppeal bears fruitAppeal bears fruit

Our recent media appeal for archive material has produced some real

finds and brought some former members back to club too.

We have been very lucky in tracing two trophies both dating back to

the 1930’s and we have unearthed a wealth of photographs and other

historical items including a golden jubilee T Shirt.

If anyone has or knows the whereabouts of anything relating to the

club please contact Sally via the website, we can return all items once

they have been documented.

Bus trip to the Classic Car Show Bus trip to the Classic Car Show Bus trip to the Classic Car Show Bus trip to the Classic Car Show

TYMC have organised a bus to the Classic Car Show at the NEC on

Sunday 6th November. The cost will be £25 per head (which includes

bus fare and admission to the show).

Anyone wishing to go should contact Joe Scullion on 01642 563071 or

I have some booking forms which are available from me on any club

night. Mike Smailes

BORING BRITISH GPBORING BRITISH GPBORING BRITISH GPBORING BRITISH GP

I was quite pleased to be sitting smugly at home being bored rigid, in

the knowledge that I had not wasted any money to attend the GP.

Perhaps I missed it but I don't recall noticing any overtaking after the

first lap. As Martin Brundle said "they really must do something to

improve the racing". If it is true that the turbulent air stretches for 130

yards behind a GP car then the aerodynamic aids must be removed to

allow cars to run close together and re-introduce overtaking. After all,

Silverstone is one of the widest tracks in the world and if they can't

overtake here there is little chance of doing so elsewhere. Surely they

must learn from the exciting racing demonstrated by those death

defying riders in Moto GP.