July 2008 Centenary Year - Plymouth Motor Club

July 2008 

Centenary Year 

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Officers and Committee 2008 

Patron Mr Roy Rowe 

President Mr David Sharp ........................................................ 01752 330702 

Vice Rhys Blackaller, Alf Chanter, James Ellison, Andy Pearce, 

Presidents Wayne Grimshaw, John Sluman 

Hon. Life Members Mrs M Bennets, Mrs S Fredman, Mr & Mrs B.Benson, Mr G.Meyers, 

Mr M.Tuppen, N.Bradbury 

Chairman Mrs Lynn Palmer ...................................................... 

Vice Wayne Grimshaw ..................................................... 07817703168 

Chairman 

Immediate Mr Andy Pearce ...................................................... 01752 335423 

Past Chairman 

Honorary Mrs Chris Pearce....................................................... 01752 335423 

Treasurer 

Honorary Mr Alan Tomes......................................................... 01752 219739 

Secretary 

Hon. Competition Mr Andy Pearce........................................................ 01752 335423 

Secretary 

Hon. Membership Mr Stephen Vickery.................................................. 07775 882262 

Secretary 90 Cunningham Road, Tamerton Foliot, PL5 4PT 

Hon. Social Mr James Ellison 

Secretary 

Hon. Awards John Sluman ............................................................. 01752 340146 

Secretary 

Hon. Magazine Mr Alf Chanter ......................................................... 01752 205638 

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12 Car Coordinator Miss Helen Bull hcbull@btinternet.com 

Chief Marshal Sean Drewitt. 07756655150 

Club Chaplain Rev. Kenneth Wakefield........................................... 01566 773932 

The Rectory, Werrington, Launceston, Cornwall, PL15 8TP 

General John Sluman, Jennie Locke, Darren Stevens 

Committee Mark Tucker, Anton Shaw. Paul Price, Fran Drew, Mike Perkin 

Child Protection Miss Helen Bull ......................................hcbull@btinternet.co.uk 

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Events Diary 

July 2008 

June 27th 12 Car Organised by James Ellison & Wayne Grimshaw some nice 

Cornish roads are promised. 

June 28th Centenary Ball. A few tickets are left contact Lynn Palmer. 

June 28th Bristol MC Castle Coombe Sprint 

June 29th Camel Vale MC Tarmac ASWMC Championship Autotest 

June 29th RallyingUK.com Stages – Bournemouth & DCC 

July 2nd ADE Tarmac Autotest – Marsh Mills 

July 4th Social Night @ the Lyneham Inn from 8pm. 

July 6th Longleat Hillclimb – Woolbridge MC 

July 12th Azimghur Stages Colerne – Bath MC 

July 12th/13th Sugworthy Autocross – North Devon MC 

July 12th/13th Castle Hillclimb – Camel Vale MC 

July 2oth Llys-y-fran Hillclimb – Swansea MC/Clay Pigeon Sprint – Bournemouth 

& DCC 

July 20th PMC PAUL INCH ENGINE SERVICES TAVISTOCK 

AUTOTEST Round of 2008 ASWMC /ACSMC Championships 

July 25th PMC 12 Car Rally, Contact Alan Tomes for details. 

July 27th Newquay Auto Club St Eval Sprint 

Aug 1st Out Door Social Night Contact James Ellison for Details. 

Aug 3rd Bristol MC AUTOSOLO 

Aug 6th PMC Marsh Mills Evening Autotest @ ADE Group Headquarters 

Aug 30th Possible Predannick Sprint 

Aug 31st Newquay AC St Eval Sprint 

Sept 10th PMC Marsh Mills Evening Autotest @ ADE Group Headquarters 

Sept 21st Barnstaple to Plymouth Run. Contact Dave Sharp for or details. 

Nov 1st 2 nd Nostalgic Evening, Elfordleigh. 

Dec 13th Plymouth Motor Clubs 2008 Awards Presentation Evening and 

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For more information on any of the dates please contact a member of the 

committee as per the list of officers. Remember, if you don't contact us, we 

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6th & 7th SEPTEMBER 2008 

Make sure that you put the above date in your diary. 

Paddock marshals required for the above event. 

Please contact Andy Pearce on 01752 335423 

or 

Peter Locke on 01752 342741 for more details. 

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Chairman’s Chat July 2008 

Welcome to summer sun is shining and the grass is growing. Talking 

about grass, the Autotest organised by Wayne Grimshaw it had 12 entries 

and after much handbrake turns saw cars slide gently into garages. 

A little bird tells me that Andy Pearce double drove John Slumans 

car and had a smile from ear to ear as his enthusiasm for 

Autotesting was rekindled. Well done to James Meaner who won the 

event. 

The tarmac Autotest at Marsh Mills was richly attended with almost 

as many spectating as were competing. After much competition and 

fun the event was finally won by Peter Kelsey in the Green Machine. 

Summer Ball on June 28 th is fast approaching. The tickets will be sent 

out shortly. Terry Thorne has kindly agreed to take photographs of 

groups/ couples upon their arrival. Guests will be welcomed from 6pm 

and we will all be seated to start the celebrations by 6.45pm. 

There is a photo shoot at Tesco’s car park, Lee Mill on Saturday 14 th 

June at 7.30pm and we have 3 local cars with their drivers giving up 

their valuable time to advertise the fact that PMC engages with charities 

to help them fundraise. 

Saturday and Sunday, 21 st and 22 nd , June between 10am and 4pm at 

Tesco’s Lee Mill, is the PMC car show. This is in partnership with 

Tesco to show a variety of competition cars owned by PMC members 

and friends of the club. The event will be run in aid of Dame Hannah 

Rogers School, near Ivybridge, and we thank Tesco for their on-going 

support and for providing the venue. The event could be further aided 

by members’ support who could give a small amount of time and tell 

interested folk about the club, race and rally social events. If you can 

spare some time, please contact Sean Drewitt chief marshal 

07756655150. 

Regards 

Lynn Palmer. 


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Down Hillclimb Champion & Multiple record holder Mike 

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Competition Report 

Well what a month May was for the club, we managed to organise a 

hillclimb weekend, 12 car rally, a national B road rally, a grass 

autotest, a tarmac autotest and a treasure hunt!! So if any of these 

events couldn’t tempt you out to either compete or marshal then I 

think you are in the wrong club. My first duty as an elder statesman of 

the club is to thank all of you who have helped out / completed in the 

above events. 

On a personal level I have unfortunately, seen the darker side of the 

sport. Whilst officiating at a Kart meeting recently I was called into 

the Clerks office to adjudicate on a verbal abuse case, not too much 

wrong you think. Until you find out that the official who has been 

abused was the Paramedic who was attending an incident involving 

the accused son. What was even worse was the accused sent his son 

and wife to the hearing while he left the circuit. Unfortunately the outcome 

was the son’s licence was suspended for 30 days and the matter 

referred to the MSA. So please when you are competing take time out 

and thank the marshals and officials. 

Okay looking forward to future events, this month we have another 

tarmac Autotest which will be over by the time you read this report. A 

scatter on the 20th and the 12 car rally on the 27 th , look at the diary 

dates for details, or ring the organisers, I am sure they would be 

pleased to hear from you. 

If you require any information on preparing your car, the right licences 

required for competition or you want to get involved and join 

one of the officials training programmes, please let me know and I 

will do my best to help or point you in the right direction. 

Andy P 


Editorial 

Its fair to say its been a bit of a month for Plymouth Motor Club, with events 

across the diary for the last month, and the next few weeks, and indeed 

months, giving us all the opportunity to do something most weekends, possibly 

even twice a week now that we have the ultra successful ADE Group 

Tarmac Autotest’s held down at Marsh Mills. I enjoy Autotest’s but due to a 

variety of reasons never seem to be able to get to the start of the event in 

time, but do indeed enjoy watching the entrants have a good go in this fantastic 

new venue. Andy Slade, the owner of ADE Electrical, a local maintenance, 

engineering and electrical company, was a member of Plymouth Motor 

Club when I first joined some zillion years ago and was always an 

Autotest competitor amongst other things. Having taken some time out to 

establish his growing business, he has given us the opportunity to use his site 

on the Marsh Mills Industrial site to run the midweek tarmac Autotest series, 

and with a return to the drivers seat, in a borrowed car, he quickly got the 

hang of it again and kicked some butt to take a class win I believe, so not 

only does he give us the chance to compete on his car park, he goes and 

beats some of the regulars as well. It’s always great to see someone return to 

competing after a layoff and hopefully, together with the fantastic entries 

that the tarmac Autotest’s are getting, we can see plenty more action on the 

tarmac of Marsh Mills over coming months. 

With a choice of other events undertaken over the last month, we have seen 

grass, tarmac, country lanes and sprint circuits put to good use by PMC 

members. We had the JRE Motorsport Plymouth Rally at the end of May, 

this ran with a reasonable entry but due to a number of issues on the night 

we are still working towards getting a result, hopefully this will follow soon. 

As for me, Anton Shaw and I are off to Welsh Wales to take part in the 

HOVAC 1000 Lanes Road Rally, as it is once again this year a round of the 

ASWMC series. This event was tough for us last year as we managed to 

smash the sump after a very rough couple of sections in Walters Arena, as 

used on the Wales rally GB each year. This year the organisers have promised 

a smoother start to the arena, with hopefully all competitors getting in to 

the lanes for the road sections afterwards. Were hoping for a good run 

through the arena and then a good crack at the road sections, last year saw 

the event suffering from some very heavy rainfall, so hopefully a little sunshine 

would suit us better this year. 


It would be rude of me not to mention the 12 car rally championship. It’s an 

unusual situation for me as Paul Price and I are currently leading the championship 

due to two wins from three starts, and I can tell you no one is more 

surprised than Paul or I as we both started the year for some fun in the lanes. 

It’s got that serious that I was supposed to miss the June event as one of the 

lads in work is getting married, and hence I was supposed to have been there 

instead. However, with a championship points scoring opportunity, ive decided 

to not drop this event and to miss the wedding instead, a difficult situation, 

but hey, I don’t win much so want to make the most of this. And also, 

truth be told, because I love the road events anyway. The Hillman Cup Rally 

is next, into which we go with no pretence that were the favourites as there 

are better crews out there, but hopefully the event will be another good one 

for us, scoring at least some reasonable points. It will probably go wrong for 

us on the night, but lets face it, its only a bit of fun really, if we don’t do well 

its not going to ruin the rest of my life is it. Grrrrrrrrrrrr, it might do actually. 

The red mist is already descending. 

During the month Newquay MC had its usual sprint near St Eval, Newquay, 

and for this one I was in fact driving someone else’s car. Mike Vosper had 

kindly offered me to drive his car, so my Pug 106 was being put to good use 

by my usual sprinting partner Mike Perkin, together with Paul Price, who 

hadn’t competed on anything like this for many a year. As is often the case 

at that time of year with St Eval, there was heavy rain upon our arrival, Mike 

had trailored his 205 GTI down, and I had driven the 106, with Paul, Mike 

and Ally all making up the team, together with Gordon McGee acting as 

team van driver and spares carrier in his large van. First things first and out 

with the awning and tarpaulin, thus keeping us dry for the day. Perhaps in 

part due to the wind and the rain, our awning, as is often the case, proved to 

be a popular gathering place for drivers and team members, with Wayne not 

competing on this one, he arrived with waterproofs in hand to offer his support 

as a marshal instead. Thus the small engine class was looking a bit bare 

with just a few cars out. In the 1600cc road car class (my first time) we had 5 

entries before moving up to the bigger engined cars. Overall as with St Eval 

it was a decent entry. 

So there was me ensconced in Mike Vosper’s Peugeot 205 1.6 GTI, never 

having driven a 205 like this before, I was quite looking forwards to it. Driving 

down to the start line I started to realise he had a slight issue with water 

penetration. Each time I turned the wheel, water poured in through the sun 

roof, it made for an interesting first practice I can tell you. I could tell how 


fast I was going on each corner by the angle of the water as it dribbled on to 

my lap on the left handers. With standing water on the track, my first lap was 

hairy to say the least, with a couple of good sideways moments whilst I felt 

my way around. Mike Perkin and Mike Vosper all felt the same. 

There’s always one though, the one who wants to be different. Talks different, 

brushes his hair different, and wears green overalls. Yes, Paul Price decides 

that rather than go for a fast time on his first competitive event for 

about 15 years, he was going to maximise his mileage while on the track, so 

does two spins on his first three laps around the circuit. And they weren’t 

just gentle pirouettes, no, they were full on spins on the tight right handers 

before the hairpin. Good mileage for sure. All in all a good days sport, the 

weather cleared up for the later times, and Mike Perkin (I think) took a first 

in class, with Paul perhaps a little further back. Mike Vosper and I had our 

own battle, with myself coming out on top, but Mike setting one of his best 

times at St Eval in his 205. Barry Chapmen was pushing Mike Perkin Hard 

all the way but was just pipped at the post in the end. 

I found the 205 harder to drive than my 1.4 106, the GTI having more power 

than mine meant getting of the line and keeping it trim around the hairpin 

were my biggest problems, together with the gearing on the GTI being considerable 

different than my 106. Overall, and principally as I wasn’t use to it, 

I found it harder to drive, yet clearly you can see why the 205 has such a following 

as it goes well in its 1600cc form, handles well, and is a car that 

gives plenty of fun for everyone. 

I think that’s about it for me this month, all that remains to say it that you 

should look through the diary dates, see what you can come out on and join 

in the fun. We have a few social events coming up as well, so something for 

everyone I think. 

Feel free to drop me a line if you’ve done something the membership may be 

interested in reading about, or give me a call. 

Regards 

Alf 


2008 Celebrations / Social Corner. 

Hi all well we had a slight change of Social this month with a BBQ 

and outdoor games evening at the Rock Yelverton, this was well enjoyed 

by the people who turned up on a sunny but cool evening. 

We enjoyed food and a game of rounders and ‘Lob’ which consisted 

of throwing a ball between two teams and trying to catch it in which 

case the thrower was out this continued until only one person was left 

standing. 

The rounders was won by the Lady’s team as the men took pity on 

them and hit them some catches to get out. (We where too unfit to run 

any further really….). 

Those present enjoyed it so much that we are going to do it again on 

the August Social night the 1 st . More details next month so watch this 

space. 

Looking towards this month we have nothing planned for the July Social 

so it will be a Noggin and Natter up at the Lyneham Inn, Plympton 

from 8pm. 

Before that we have the BIG Social Event of the year the Centenary 

Ball by the time you read this everything should be ready for the big 

Evening. I am really looking forward to it as we have been planning it 

for nearly 4 years now and I am sure that it will be worth it, I know 

that Lynn Palmer has organised virtually all of it herself, with a little 

help, and that she deserve much praise for the hard work and effort 

that she has put into it over what has been a difficult time for her so 

hopefully it will all go well and it will reflect well on the Club and 

Chairman. I look forward to seeing you all at the Duke of Cornwall 

Hotel on the 28 th . 

Before that we have the Motor show at Tesco’s Lee Mill on the 

21/22 nd again as last month any help would be appreciated please contact 

Lynn with offers of help. 


The Regs are now out for the Barnstaple to Plymouth Run on the 21 st 

September if you would like to enter then either contact Dave Sharp or 

down load a set from the Club website. 

Well I think that that is all for this month so if any one has any ideas 

as to what they would like to do then please let me know. I am looking 

hold another Skittles evening and an indoor Games evening some time 

in the Autumn, the idea of a quiz night has also been floated. 

We must not forget either that we have another Nostalgic Evening on 

the 1 st of November so another excuse to look out your old Photo Albums. 

Well that all for this month. 

James Ellison. Social Secretary 01579 363661 

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Anything from a one of fabrication through to purpose made and designed components 

and fittings for your application, manufactured from your drawing or pattern 

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components for single seaters, dash panels, adjustable arms, engine mounts, nylon 

bushes, sump guards, under floor skid protection, seat brackets etc. Suppliers of 

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Round 3: PMC/Sorensen Road Sport 

12 car championship 

The 3 rd round of this years championship was due to start at our sponsors 

premises, but Carl unfortunately couldn’t make it on the night, so 

the 5 crews did noise test and Scruitineering, and retired to the Lyneham 

Inn for some liquid refreshment and some light banter. 

Our steed for the night was Bens Rover 400 Shaped Honda Civic. Our 

usual Escort was having trouble keeping any pressure in the brake 

lines. The Civic should be faster, but will Ben want to risk damaging 

his road car by driving hard, only time would tell. 

The first time control was all the way up by Ashburton. We were car 

2 on the road du to the fact that Daz and John were organising. The 

first section took us round the back lanes around Buckfastleigh. I had 

a little trouble with the first handout, which resulted in us being several 

minutes late. 

It became apparent that the Civic was not ideal for the roads around 

the South Hams with the hard suspension and the low slung exhaust 

manifold, which had developed a hole in by the end of the event. 

We traversed the villages of Rattery, Harburtonford, Modbury, Windsor 

and the outsjirts of Plympton. 

Unfortunately for me, I have developed a worrying habit of checking 

into controls early. On 2 separate occasions, I checked in 3 minutes 

early, which resulted in 6 minutes of penalties. Luckily, however, we 

weren’t the only crew to receive penalties. Just before the final control 

at the Lyneham Inn, there was a secret check as you turn into the 

lane going down to the pub. The route went over the bridge over 

Deep Lane Junction over the A38 from a Plymstock direction. The 

correct route was to go past the Lyneham Inn Junction, around the 

roundabout and turn left into the lane. Several crews disobeyed the 

road signs and just turned right, thus receiving a hefty penalty for 


driving standards. 

Amazingly we were the second team home, but I was sure we would 

finish down the order due to my lack of timekeeping talent. We settled 

down for a lovely breakfast and waited for the results. We were 

more than happy with our 2 nd place results. Congratulations to the 

winners. I’m sure there names will be in REALLY big print somewhere 

in the mag. 

Thanks to Darren and John, and especially the marshals who stood in 

the middle of nowhere all night, 

Tiny and Wooks 

Hillman Cup 12 Car Rally 

27 th June 12 Car. Signing on at the 

Holland Inn, Hatt from 8pm. Entry’s 

and enquires to James Ellison 01579 

363661 (Some nice fast Cornish 

Roads are promised.) 


Driver P Price J Sluman W G/shaw D Smale R Harris L Wilson L W'wham A Hamlyn 

Navigator A Chanter D Stevens J Ellison P Nye L Turner N Swan R Holmes D Wills 

Class Expert Expert Expert Novice Novice Novice Novice Novice 

Board CAR 1 CAR 2 CAR 3 CAR 4 CAR 6 CAR 7 CAR 9 CAR 10 

MTC 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

PC A Manned 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

TC 2 3 0 0 4 1 10 6 4 

PC B P151CFJ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

TC 3 1 2 4 7 3 30 5 4 

PC C Manned 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 

TC 4 5 2 4 30 10 15 W/A 30 12+15W/A 

NTC 5 0 0 0 30 0 4E 0 6E 

LRTC 5a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

PC D WJ51NBN 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 

TC 6 0 0 15 W/A R 0 4 0 6 

PC E P342OPT 0 0 0 E 0 5 5 0 

PC F L839COD 0 0 0 T 0 5 5 0 

PC G T402BFP 0 0 0 I 0 5 5 0 

PC H X616AFJ 0 5 0 R 0 5 5 0 

PC I G13HFJ 0 0 5 E 0 5 5 0 

MTC 7 6 0 6 D 1 30 5+15 W/A 30 

Total 15 9 34 Retired 15 128 91 82 

O/A Pos 3rd 1st 4th N/A 2nd** 7th 6th (5th, Not Reg) 

Class Pos N/A 1st Nov Not Reg 

Champ Points 11 15 10 1 13 8 9 Not Reg 

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The Ford Cup Rally—Organiser Ben and Tim

AUTOSOLO’s 

You may think it’s a miss print , but its not , AUTOSOLO’s are a form of 

event that has been growing in popularity since its introduction from the 

USA several years ago. 

Further up country , lots of clubs run these events with big entries , still in 

its infancy so too speak in westcountry , but a team of organisers from Bristol 

MC have run several events in the last two years and are again running 

one at the OLD AIRFIELD at Weston super Mare on August 3 rd . 

The event is open to road legal cars driven to the meeting and the great bonus 

is that the event is self supporting with marshalls as each driver has to 

take a spell in the field marshalling as part of the entry regs . Great stuff. 

Its basically a sprint , without licence , helmet or overalls , but with the 

route / track layed out with cones ! The entry fees tend to be lower also , 

about £25 , so a great time had by all . The last two at Weston have been 

over subscribed , so if you fancy a go , you will need to see the Bristol website 

and get an entry in quickly , Plymouth MC is an invited club , it would 

be great to see some PMC members out on this new type of event. 

Its also a good event to watch , so if you are not sure what its all about , you 

could still come up and watch. 

KEVI� COOPER MOTOR FACTOR’s 

Just a reminder to members that on production of a valid membership 

card, you will be entitled to some very generous discount when 

you are buying your car parts from the Octagon Depot. 

The discount varies depending on what you buy, but certainly general 

service items like filters and brake components get great reductions, 

whilst other items like oil not quite so generous, but you still 

will be pleasantly surprised. 


FOR FOR SALE 

SALE 

Ford escort mk1, 

tax exempt, 1972 

1700 x flow engine , rally prepared 

for full spec ring Peter Benson 

01752 241723 


Readers Letters 

Thank you to James and every body that came to the 

bbq at the rock on Friday 

It was a very nice evening 

Lauren my cousin and i had a great time playing rounders and 

climbing the rock with every body 

On Saturday dad (Rob Harris) and I went to kart world near Liskeard 

It was a great place that I had not been before. so was very excited as 

it was my first time on a proper go-kart and really enjoyed my self . 

it was scary for the first lap but then settled myself in to the kart, 

dad was telling me to go faster so i tried hard to do so. 

We spent half the day there racing against other children aged between 

8 and 15 

and my lap times got better and better. 

Being in a junior kart I had to try hard as my kart was slower I 

did finish a head of lots of the older boys in faster karts 

I cant wait to go again and think it would be a good idea for 

the club to go together 

we had a fantastic time 

see you all soon 

Illice harris. 


WISCOMBE AWAITS YOU! 

“Times is ‘ard and friends is few” so the saying goes. There’s no denying 

that the first part is true with petrol & diesel prices at record highs & 

prices rising faster than one of Darren’s lifts. I’m not so sure about the second 

part though, in fact I’m rather hoping that it’s not true at all. 

A couple of weeks ago I saw something extremely rare, Andy Pearce 

looking embarrassed!!!! We were at a Five Clubs Wiscombe meeting & the 

lack of marshals from Plymouth was mentioned, which was the cause of the 

aforementioned embarrassed look. To be fair, it wasn’t just Plymouth that 

had failed to supply marshals for the event last year but the other club 

(begins with a “B” in case you want to know) concerned can go & sort their 

own life out….. 

As part of the “Five Clubs” partnership, our primary task is to supply 

sufficient marshals to run the bottom paddock. Not an onerous task really, 3 

or 4 people are quite sufficient. In fact 2 people, John Sluman & Debbie 

Locke managed admirably last year. So this year we are looking to at least 

double our marshalling force, preferably without calling on the efforts of last 

year’s marshals. 

So come on then, don’t be shy, stand up & be counted. Wiscombe is 

situated 5 miles South of Honiton, a comfortable one hour drive from Plymouth 

– the same sort of time it takes to get to Werrington, but a bit further 

in terms of distance. When you get there, a warm (well usually) welcome 

awaits you. You even get to drive down the complete hill to get to the paddock 

- you don’t get that at Werrington , do you! For those who can remember 

National A Top 12 runoffs, Dick Mayo, & very late finishes and haven’t 

been back since, Dick passed away several years ago & the new Clerking 

team are rather less grumpy – in fact more like a bunch of clowns really. 

Sorry Andy!!! 

In fact, you’ll get a free lunch & you’re very likely to get a bag of 

chocolates to munch on if you stay till mid afternoon, & I can guarantee 

chocolate buns or cake to all Plymouth marshals on both days. Just go & see 

Linda in the results caravan & say I sent you!!!!! 

Going back to the first part of my opening statement, I’m sure that the 

club will be providing some financial assistance to those who come along to 

marshal, see next month’s Competition Secretary report for more details. If 

these aren’t forthcoming next month, I’ll spill the beans the month after. Go 

on Andy, get your cheque book out!!!! 

For more information & to volunteer your services, contact either 

Andy Pearce on 01752 335423 or me on 01752 342741. 

See you there. 


The opportunity of a lifetime 

Win an all expenses paid ride on a real rally in 

the iconic 375 bhp group B Metro 6R4 supercar 

from the best era of rallying 

Adrian Brown, the owner of Crown Copiers, and a long time member and 

sponsor of Plymouth Motor Club, has offered a ride in his car on a local rally 

to be auctioned at the Centenary Ball this June. 

The winner of the auction will get an opportunity to co-drive on a tarmac single 

venue event (probably Smeatharpe in the autumn) held here in the southwest. 

The winner would not need any prior co-driving experience at all due to 

the nature of the venue and Adrian's experience. The winner of the auction 

will need to either hold a navigators competition licence, or to obtain a licence 

prior to the event. 

Everything else would be supplied as a part of the prize ride. ie, helmet, entry 

fee etc etc. This would be a great day out for someone, perhaps a wife, sibling, 

or family member, and I would also give them a framed picture of them in the 

car after the event. 

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Werrington Park Speed Hillclimb. 

Dear Chairman Plymouth Motor Club 

I am writing to you to express my thanks to all the members of Plymouth 

Motor Club, the officials, the competitors, and everyone else who worked so 

hard before, during and after the event to make the Clubs annual Speed Hillclimb 

at Werrington Park such a success this year, its 30th running. 

It would be rude to mention any one individual as everyone involved was 

committed in their own way to making the event one of the best we have 

ever put on. 

The few incidents that we had over the two days were dealt with quickly and 

professionally by those involved causing the minimum amount of delays, 

and it was a real pleasure to have the venue all packed up and put away by 

7.45pm on the Sunday night. 

Every competitor I saw seemed to have a smile an their faces and to be 

happy and have a good word to say about the venue and the organisation. I 

found it a real joy to walk around the the venue on Sunday morning and to 

see that everything was running in a smooth and efficient way without and 

drama, in fact it was almost boring. This is always a good sign of good 

preparation and I must thank everyone who took the time to attend the 6 

planning meetings and to give their input in to the event. 

Once again the Vicars BBQ went down well aided by the kind generosity of 

some competitors teaming up to provide a barrel of beer and a live band to 

dance the night away. 

Once again, thank you to all who played a part in making the event such a 

success and hopefully we will be able to make it better next year, a hard task 

but one that I know the Club is up to. 

Yours Sincerely 

James Ellison 

2008 Werrington Hillclimb Event Director 


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Well what an evening! I arrived to see people signing on and teams 

setting up. There was a hive of activity as teams were setting up cars, 

unloading them off trailers and changing tyres. 

Tony and I signed on and were given a really nicely produced, clear 

set of tests which were written and printed by Brian Benson. 

Test one was brilliant with only the very brave opting to attempt the 

handbrake into the stop astride at the end of test one. With this type of 

event, it was imperative not to make any mistakes at all, and with seventeen 

competitors, the pressure was really on. 

There were four classes. The production car class had four entries. 

Three lads and Jennie Locke, she drove really well keeping it all very 

tidy to win the class. One up for girl power. 

Class two saw the standard minis competing. Dan Benson took the 

class win comfortably by 16.2 seconds, taking the quickest time of the 

day on attempt one of test two. Nice one Dan! 

Class three, the smallest class saw the medium sized cars competing. 

Wayne had a slight directional problem trying to stop astride sideways, 

clipping a cone which left the class win to John Sluman. 

This left the fourth class to the specials. I saw a new face Andy Slade 

in an ultra light mini, double driving with Paul Inch. Tony said Andy 

was quite useful at autotests twenty odd years ago! He hasn’t lost his 

touch! 

Tony has been experimenting with a tandem footbrake system, which 

at last is now working, although I still cant get to grips with using it!! I 

kept it clean and tidy and felt I was doing quite well but was very surprised 

to find at the end that I had taken FTD, with Andy Slade taking 

first in class, 2.9 seconds ahead of Tony. The two old foggies can’t 

beat the youngsters, at least today! 


Again, I would like to thank all of the marshals for their time and for 

Andy Slade for the use of his car park and especially to Brian Benson 

for the tests he devised. 

Roll on the next event. 

Peter Kelsey 

Lawrence and Nick Jones on their second event. 

Peter Kelsey FTD 


Championship Tables 

Over the next 4 pages you will find the championship tables for 4 of 

the clubs overall championships, featuring what is realistic to fit on to 

a page yet still be readable. 

Prior to the end of the month I will update these tables to the club 

website for all to see, featuring every championship and every competitor 

or marshal. Should you require a set of tables please let either 

myself or John Sluman know and we will forward a full copy by either 

post or email 

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COMPETITORS 

Beginners 18/1 

Valentine 15/2 

Feb Scatter 22/2 

MERCURY 2008 

Aswmc t/a 16/3 

March Comus 21/3 

March 12 car 

April Scatter 18/4 

J.SLUMAN 10 18 10 18 16 12 16 20 18 20 10 16 18 184 

W.GRIMSHAW 10 16 14 10 10 14 10 10 20 16 16 18 16 164 

T.SYMONS 12 10 20 18 20 10 10 18 P 118 

J.ELLISON 10 16 10 10 18 14 18 16 O 112 

B.PARKER 12 10 18 20 10 18 I 88 

L.TURNER (L) 14 20 10 18 10 12 N 84 

P.PRICE 10 14 20 16 20 T 80 

A.CHANTER 10 20 16 10 20 S 76 

D.STEVENS 20 12 10 20 10 72 

F.DREW (L) 10 16 10 18 18 72 

S.SLUMAN (L) 18 16 16 20 T 70 

L.WHITENHAM (L) 14 10 12 10 10 10 O 66 

A.HAMLYN 18 10 14 10 12 64 

D.WILLS 18 10 14 10 12 64 

R.HARRIS 14 10 18 10 12 C 64 

R.HOLMES 14 10 12 10 10 O 56 

M.WORLEY 16 16 10 12 M 54 

L.WILSON 12 10 10 10 10 E 52 

M.SWAN 12 10 10 10 10 52 

M.VOSPER 18 10 14 10 12 52 

C.BENSON 18 18 16 14 52 

T.CARVER 18 16 18 16 52 

D.SMALE 20 10 10 10 50 

D.BENSON 20 16 14 18 50 

R.GRIMSHAW (L) 16 16 14 46 

J.HUDDY 16 16 12 14 44 

A.PEARCE 18 14 10 42 

P.NYE (L) 20 10 10 40 

J.MOYLE 20 20 40 

N.COLES 20 20 40 

D.BENNETT 20 20 40 

A.BOND 20 20 40 

J.LOCKE (L) 12 16 12 18 40 

K.ROWE (L) 16 10 12 38 

Ken MEAD 20 18 38 

J.DINNER 18 20 38 


April 12 car 

Werrington sat 

Werrington sun 

Mid-week T a/t 7/5 

May Comus 

May 12 Car 

G a/t 26/5 

Plymouth Rally 


TOTAL

MARSHALS 

TYRES & WHEELS ROSEBOWL 

Beginners 

Valentine 

Austin 

Barton 

S.DREWITT 15 15 15 15 15 75 

A.KING 15 15 15 15 15 75 

D.KING 15 15 15 15 15 75 

V.POPE (L) 15 15 15 15 60 

A.TOMES 15 15 15 15 60 

Illice HARRIS (J) 15 15 15 15 60 

H.BULL (L) 15 15 15 45 

M.TUCKER 15 10 15 40 

J.LOCKE (L) 15 10 15 40 

J.TUCKER 15 10 15 40 

P.FORD 10 15 15 40 

D.STEVENS 15 15 30 

J.ELLISON 15 15 30 

J.SLUMAN 15 15 30 

S.STEVENS (L) 15 15 30 

E.STEVENS (J) 15 15 30 

M.COLLIER 15 15 30 

C.PEARCE (L) 15 15 30 

A.PEARCE 15 15 30 

M.WORLEY 15 15 30 

F.DREW (L) 15 10 25 

M.BULLOCK (L) 10 15 25 

A.ADAMS (L) 15 10 25 

T.COOMBE 10 10 20 

W.GRIMSHAW 15 15 

S.GRIMSHAW (L) 15 15 

R.GRIMSHAW 15 15 

D.SMALE 15 15 

C.SMALE 15 15 

S.MADDOCK (L) 15 15 

S.SLUMAN (L) 15 15 15 

A.KENNEDY 15 15 

T.BASSETT 15 15 

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Ford 

Hillman 

Plymouth 

Renault 

Riley 

Rover 

TOTAL

Sorenson Roadsport 12 Car Rally series 2008 

Status 

Registered Contender 

Austin 

DRIVER 

P.Price Ex YES 15 t 11 15t 41 

B.Parker Ex YES 13 Org 12 13 38 

J Sluman Ex YES 10 15t Org 12 37 

R.Harris Nov YES 8 13n 10 31 

W.Grimshaw Ex YES 9 10 11 30 

L.Wilson (L) Nov YES 7 8 15 

D.Smale Nov YES Org 12 1 13 

A.Shaw Nov YES 11 n 11 

L.Whitham (L) Nov YES 1 9 10 

M.Worley Nov YES 1 1 

A.Hamlyn Nov No 10 9 19 

C.Smale Nov No 10 10 

NAVIGATOR 

A.Chanter Ex YES 15 t 11 15t 41 

D Stevens Ex YES 11 15t Org 12 38 

T.Symons Ex YES 13 Org 12 13 38 

L.Turner (L) Nov YES 9 13n 10 32 

J. Ellison Ex YES 10 10 11 31 

N.Swan Nov YES 8 8 16 

P.Nye (L) Nov YES Org 12 1 13 

R.Holmes Nov YES 1 9 10 

K.Rowe (L) Nov YES 1 1 

D.Wills Nov no 10 9 19 

K.Sorenson Nov no 11 n 11 


Barton 

Ford 

Vauxhall 

HALF-WAY


Plymouth Rally 


Werrington take-down 

Werrington sun 

Werrington sat 

Werrington set-up 

March Comus 

Aswmc A/T 16/3 

MARSHALS 

TOTAL 

G a/t 26/5 

May 12 car 

May Comus 

April 12 car 

April scatter 

March 12 car 

Feb Scatter 

Valentine 

Beginners 

Golden Jubilee Championship 

125 

10 

10 

15 

5 

10 

10 

5 

15 

15 

10 

15 

15 

S.DREWITT 

125 

10 

10 

15 

5 

10 

10 

5 

15 

15 

10 

15 

15 

A.KING 

120 75 70 65 60 60 60 55 55 50 50 50 45 45 45 40 40 40 

10 

P 

10 

15 

P 

5 

10 

10 

15 

15 

10 

15 

15 

D.KING 

10 

O 

O 

5 

10 10 10 10 

10 10 10 10 

5 

10 

10 

10 15 

15 15 10 10 15 15 

J.ELLISON 

I 

15 15 15 

I 

5 

10 

D.STEVENS 

10 10 

10 10 

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N 

5 

5 

A.PEARCE 

T 

T 

5 

C.PEARCE (L) 

S 

S 

15 15 10 

15 15 15 

15 

V.POPE (L) 

15 15 15 

A.TOMES 

15 

I.HARRIS (J) 

T 

T 

5 

10 

10 

10 

15 10 15 15 

J.SLUMAN 

10 

O 

10 

O 

5 

5 

10 10 

L.LOCKE (L) 

15 

10 10 

M.TUCKER 

15 

10 

J.LOCKE (L) 

10 

C 

10 

C 

5 

10 

10 10 

D.LOCKE (L) 

O 

O 

10 

10 

15 15 10 

F.DREW (L) 

M 

15 

M 

15 

P.FORD 

E 

10 

E 

5 

5 

10 

P.LOCKE 

15 

10 

15 

S.STEVENS (L) 

15 

10 

15 

E.STEVENS (J)

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May Comus Cup. 

A rather damp 16 th of May saw 4 crews gather at the Tamar Bridge 

Carpark for the Comus Cup set by Tim & Leanne. 

The ‘Route’ consisted of visiting various waterfront locations around 

Plymouth. The first stop after the Car park was Saltash Passage, then 

down to the Torpoint Ferry where Tim caught us out with a bus stop. 

Next stop was the end of Richmond walk for a much needed comfort 

break while we where there for both us and the Dogs. By this time the 

rain had cleared up and the sun was trying to come out. 

Next up was the roundabout outside the Royal William Yard entrance 

again Tim had us scratching our heads – there was quite a good party 

going on in one of the houses there that was tempting to gate crash but 

sadly we moved on to the Dome on Plymouth Hoe again he had us all 

wandering around looking for answers before a little trip in the car to 

West Hoe and the Old Royal Western Yacht Club and some more 

head scratching. 

The next location was meant to be Mount Batten but we visited Jennycliff 

first as it was starting to get dark and time was getting short. 

From Jennycliff it was down to Mount Batten where we had a little bit 

of success before moving on to Turnchapel where we got one answer 

despite looking at several….. by this time it was time to make our way 

to the finish venue of the Lyneham Inn having missed out on a further 

6 locations – we where not the only ones not to get every where. 

Many of the missing answers where guessed with varying degrees of 

success it must be said. 

Once all the teams where back the results where calculated which saw 

Chris & Andy in 4 th place, Wayne, Rachel & Sarah in 3 rd , Fran & I in 

2 nd place, with John & Stephanie Sluman and Friend in 1 st place. 

It is nice to see some of the younger Club members taking part in the 

events and enjoying themselves. Thanks must go to Tim and Leanne 

for taking us something different. 

James & Fran, & the Dogs. 


2008 QUIZ COMPETITIO� 

Why don’t you have a go at the questions of the ‘Won’t Cost You Anything 

Quiz Championship’. It does exactly what it says on the printed page, as it 

won’t cost you anything to enter. Send your answers in by the 11 th July 

2008. Either post or drop off the answers to: - 7, Wentwood Gardens, Thornbury, 

Plymouth, PL6 8TD, or e-mail to atomes@btinternet.com or phone 

01752 219739. Good Luck, Alan Tomes. 

Questions for June 2008 

1. What had it’s 50 th Birthday on June 10 th 2008? 

2. Who has a saying that they have always a foot in the water? 

3. What has Peter Ustinov & David Niven have in common & what was 

Niven’s claim to fame during WW2? 

4. In Greek mythology, what did they call what we would describe as 

Heaven? 

5. Why are there five Olympic rings? 

6. In 1968, who won the Monaco GP & who would have won if he hadn’t 

had a driveshaft snap when he was leading & how many cars actually finished? 

7. To the nearest 100 sq miles, what is the area of the Republic of Congo 

& who are it’s neighbours? 

8. How much a week may a War Widow (other ranks) claim for their first 

child? 

9. Who won the 1989 Galway International Rally & in what car. But who 

had to pull over because his oil light came on when he was leading by over 

four & a half minutes & in what car? 

10. Who won the 1997 World Championship Mens Singles Table Tennis & 

who did they beat & by what score? 

Stephs Sweetie Quiz—Answers 

Thanks to all who sent in there answers. Here are the ANSWERS. 

We had Two correct entry's, so well done to :- 

The Tucker Family and The Coles Family. 

I like Lisa Coles last comment, 

"Not too sure if i can eat them all, but hey, I`m prepared to give it a 

go" 


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Clever folk smarties 

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Feline equipment kit kat 

Garden flowers roses 

Assorted girls dolly mixture 

Dairy holder milk tray 

Arrange marriage partners matchmakers 

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Wobbly infants jelly babies 

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Gem orchard opal fruits 

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PLYMOUTH MOTOR CLUB Autotest's 

Since the last Spotlamp we have had a grass event at Bere Alston and 

also our second visit too the ADE GROUP HQ at Marsh Mills for another 

evening event. 

These have both proved popular , both with marshalls and drivers 

alike , but even for such a relatively low key event , there are arrangements 

too be made in advance of the events , sometimes not always 

appreciated , we are fortunate that we have a willing team behind the 

scenes, thanks go to Alan Tomes for getting he ball rolling so to 

speak by applying for the permits , Steve “The Cone” Vickery for the 

logistical support in getting these items to and from the venues , Tony 

Carver for being the clubs contact with Gerald Venning the farmer for 

getting the permission and for the many calls that were required trying 

to identify the field we were too use. We are also very fortunate that 

we have Team Locke who provide us with computerised results at the 

events and are usually on hand to timekeep also. Brian Benson for taking 

on the task of making the best use of the area of car park we have 

to use at marsh mills and designing some new tests. ALL the marshalls 

who turn up , especially Andy and Chris Pearce , Barry and 

Kathleen Chapman , Sean Debbie Alex 

After the latest visit , it was pleasing to see different drivers having 

success at the event , a return to past form saw Peter Kelsey take 

FTD , a report from him elsewhere in this mag along with the results. 

Jennie Locke heading the production car class , Dan Benson taking the 

small saloon class and John Sluman taking the larger saloon class. 

Andy Slade showed that it may have been a few years since he last 

played around the cones , but it must be a bit like riding a bike , you 

never forget, and he put the Clive and Chris Morgan ex ASWMC 

Championship winning Mini to great use and won the class , the car 

being transported from somerset especially for Andy and Paul Inch 

too use. 


Plymouth Motor Clubs 

Centenary Ball. 

Saturday June 28th 2008 

Duke of Cornwall Hotel, Plymouth. 

We are pleased to announce that Tickets are now on sale for Plymouth 

Motor Clubs Centenary Ball at the Duke of Cornwall Hotel 

on Saturday June the 28th 2008. 

The evening promises to be one to remember with Guest Speakers, a 

5 Course Meal, Live music, Raffle, and Charity Auction, and a 

Disco until 1pm*. 

The Menu is now out. There should be a copy with 

this newsletter otherwise Down load a copy from 

www.plymouthmotorclub.co.uk 

Demand for this once in a lifetime event is keen so 

make sure that you get your tickets early and enjoy 

the evening celebrating the Clubs Centenary. 

All Tickets are £50.00 a head. 

Tickets numbers are limited to 180 and are selling fast so get your 

place booked for this memorable occasions soon. 

To Book Tickets, or for further details Contact: 

Lynn Palmer 

9 Edwards Drive 

Plympton 

Plymouth 

PL7 2SU 

Tel: 01752 341675 

A few Rooms are still available in the Hotel contact Lynn for further 

details. 

(*Details subject to confirmation). Dress code: Suit & Tie. 


Plymouth Motor Club Centenary 

Classic Car Run 

Barnstaple to Plymouth 

Sunday, September 21 st 2008 

As part of the Plymouth Motor Club Ltd Centenary celebrations, we shall 

be re-enacting an event from Barnstaple to Plymouth. It is believed that 

this event was last run in 1949 (possibly as a Road Rally). This one-off run 

will be limited to 100 entries and will be approximately 100 miles in length, taking 

in various checkpoints and places of interest. 

To register for event regulations and entry form (as soon as published), please contact 

Mr. David Sharp at 5, Amados Drive, Merafield, Plympton, Plymouth, PL7 1TS 

or via e-mail at barnstaple2plym@aol.com 

Early registration will guarantee you a priority event number and immediate delivery 

of regulations etc. as soon as published, approximately 3 months before the 

event. 

Entries will be accepted on a ‘first come, first served’ basis, but due attention will be 

paid to your event registration number. 

For updates and news of all the Plymouth Motor Club news, please see 

www.plymouthmotorclub.co.uk. 

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I declare that: 

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loss or injury caused through their negligence. 

2. To the best of my belief the driver possesses the standard of competence necessary for an event of 

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the event having regard to the course and the speeds which will be reached. 

3. The use of the vehicle hereby entered is covered by insurance as required by the law which is valid 

for such part of this event as shall take place on roads as defined by the law. 

4. I understand that should I at the time of this event be suffering from any disability whether 

permanent or temporary which is likely to affect prejudicially my normal control of the vehicle, I may 

not take part unless I have declared such disability to the DVLA which has, following such 

declaration, issued a licence which permits me to do so. 

5. If I am the Parent/Guardian/Guarantor of the driver I understand that I shall have the right to be 

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event and the General Regulations of the MSA. As the Parent/Guardian/Guarantor I confirm that I 

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ASWMC CHAMPIO�SHIP POSITIO�S 

With the season now well under way and results now filtering through 

too the co-ordinators , the tables are being updated as the events progress. 

A great start so far for several members 

2008 Richard Egger ASWMC AUTOTEST CHAMPIO�SHIP 

With a slight rest for the competitors , before the new too the calendar 

event for this year being put on by Camel Vale on 29 th June , PMC 

members are maintaining good positions in this series . Wayne Grimshaw 

in his Babcock Marine / Puremotorsport supported Nova 1.4 SR 

is in 3 rd place and Tony Carver in his Mini Special is in 6 th place . 

2008 Bridge Tyres ASWMC Hillclimb Championship 

With the sad loss, for the time being of Tregrehan , its been a rest time 

for some of the speed eventers , hopefully a return to the great venue 

near St Austell will be arranged before the end of the year. Current 

positions see Neal Coles in his Striker in 4 th Place and Mike Lee currently 

in 15 th position. 

2008 Sealed Surface Stage Rally Championship 

With what seems a busy start to the year for the rally teams , Gavin 

Hearndon has got off too a great start in his Escort and sees him in 5 th 

position , with Steve Furzeland hot on his heels in 6 th place. James 

Harvey is in 10 th place. The Navigators section sees Yvonne Furzeland 

in 4 th place. 

ACSMC CHAMPIO�SHIP POSITIO�S 

With many events being dual Championship , its always worth registering 

for both ASWMC and ACSMC so that points are won in both 

regions 


ACSMC / SOUTHER� TARMAC AUTOTEST 

CHAMPIO�SHIP 

With this discipline being more popular further East there are more 

contenders scoring , however with mainly west country based events 

coming up , Wayne Grimshaw is in a good 3 rd in Class position in this 

Championship 

HAMILTO� CLASSIC 2008 ACSMC HILLCLIMB CHAMPI- 

O�SHIP 

Strange how different areas have more popular types of event , but 

this not being quite as well supported as the ASWMC or Cornish 

Speed Championships , it still provides some very close competition , 

Wayne Grimshaw is maintaining a class leading position here , having 

taken Awards in the last couple of years for winning his class , this 

series is primarily class based rather than overall in championship. 

With rounds at Castle and Wiscombe , the series benefits from some 

good local venues. 

2008 COR�ISH SPEED CHAMPIO�SHIP 

With two new sponsors for 2008 , the popularity of this series is 

maintained, the opening rounds at Werrington Park saw a few new 

faces make the trip up to compete. The sad loss of Truro’s great Hillclimb 

, for the time being atleast hopefully , and also Predannack 

Sprint has seen a bit of a void In the calendar , however , the St Eval 

Sprints are proving as popular as ever and July will see the Camel 

Vale Hillclimb weekend under way at Castle. 

The top Plymouth registered members who are competing for a NEW 

TROPHY put in place by the committee for 2008 for the leading PMC 

registered driver in the overall series will be listed in the Spotlamp as 

soon as up to date scores are received from the series co-ordinator. 


May Bank Holiday Grass Autotest 

Well what a day, the first time back competing in about 12 years, yes 

12 years!! I was given the opportunity to take part in the grass autotest 

by John Sluman who offered me the chance to double his nova. 

Okay so after 2 days of sunshine over the bank holiday I was hoping 

for good weather on the Monday, was I surprised no it was precipitating 

well. Still after receiving a text from Wayne saying the event was 

still on we headed out to the new field at Bere Alston (right opposite 

Mike Vospers place). 

When we arrived a happy band of volunteers were out placing cones 

around the field, all 6 tests laid out it was on to signing on. Here I 

could check out the opposition, what became apparent was the number 

of youngster’s taking part amongst them 2 females namely Rachael 

Grimshaw and Jennie Locke, the 3 lads being Nick and Lawrence 

Jones with Christopher Benson. 

Then came my class the opposition numbered 7, these included the 

oldies (sorry James, John, Mike and Wayne) and the young ones Dan, 

Nigel and Jon. Lastly the final special class, here were the aces in the 

pack Tony Carver and Peter Kelsey. Also a gent named Chris Damper 

who thought it would be nice to drive down from Bournemouth for the 

day!! 

The other important people on that day were the hardy bunch of people 

known as marshals, thanks to Brian Benson, Pete & team Locke, 

Sara Grimshaw, Barry Chapman and Kathleen also Sean Drewitt, 

Debbie and the tribe. 

Onto the tests, being backward John and myself started at test 6, this 

was a bit of what was described by someone as the frogs face (its ok 

Jen I won’t tell them it was you!!) the first round I go for the handbrake, 

yank it as you would on tarmac but oops it’s grass off I go pirouetting 

like a ballet dancer. Never mind a bit of opposite lock and 

I’m heading for the finish. As I hand the car over to John he has 


laughing because I have a grin from ear to ear which lasted all day. 

After doing all 6 tests twice, it was decided we had time to do tests 3, 

4, 5, and 6 again twice!! Wahoo more fun, test 3 consisted of 3 big 

circles around 6 cones, 4 was a slalom up a row of 4 cone then back 

the same way to the finish. Test 5 sorry Jen was described as a slug’s 

head, which was a fair explanation. Well in between our runs John and 

I helped Jen out navigating on the tests, to my benefit John actually 

got lost whilst sitting in with Jen, slowing her down enough that when 

the overall results were announced I actually beat the youngsters!!! Ha 

oldies rule okay!!! 

The winners were in the youngsters category 1 st in class – Lawrence 

Jones with Christopher Benson finishing a credible second. Onto the 

small car class 1 st Overall was Wayne Grimshaw, 2 nd was John Sluman 

(damn couldn’t blame the car then) with 3 rd in class going to Dan 

Benson. In the special class 1 st in class went to Tony Carver, the outright 

winner taking FTD was James Menear. 

To sum up on a wet day 16 competitors enjoyed the competition, 11 

people bravely marshalled. All thanks must go to the organiser Wayne 

Grimshaw and the owner of the field whose name I do not know. As 

for me I haven’t had so much fun with my clothes on for well 12 

years! And I’m certainly looking forward to the next grass autotest. 

Cheers Andy Pearce 



CG Motorsport take Silver in Scotland 

After the disappointment of the high speed roll on the Pirelli Rally last 

month, the Bodmin based rally team of CG Motorsport made the long 

trip to Scotland to start the 2 nd round of the Tesco 99 Octane British 

Rally Championship and C2R2 Cup – The Jim Clark Rally. Matt Cotton 

and Anthony Godden headed to the event base of Kelso, still sore 

from the bruises and memories of the disaster that was the Pirelli 

Rally in April and their first event of the year. 

The Jim Clark Rally offers the first of 3 sealed surface events in the 

calendar, and is the only closed road rally in the UK mainland which 

in itself brings its own challenges to the series for the 300 competitors 

to encounter throughout the 2 day event. As with all BRC events 

recce is available pre-event, and although most still utilise Paterson’s 

Pacenotes which are commercially available, you would be silly not to 

take advantage of the familiarly run. 

However this means leaving Wednesday to ensure we can sign on and 

after a relaxing evening with some fellow competitors, we started 

Thursday morning bright and early. A conscience decision was made 

to stick with Paterson’s Notes for the longer stages where more time 

could be lost, and seek to practice the shorter stages using our own. 

Having a maximum of 3 passes per stage allowed us to make fine adjustments 

to what we thought was right, although only when competitive 

would we be entirely sure! 

All that was left for Friday was to recce the remainder of the stages 

and possibly make a final pass over the stages we were unsure of. 

What became very clear, even with the company Almera recce car 

(they really don’t know what recce means thank god) was that the 

closed roads of the Scottish Borders were incredibly undulating. 

“Bump/kick” was a prevalent pacenote and with the Pirelli accident 

due to a nervous back end, it was clear caution would prove the best 

plan of attack for the weekend. A quick change back in Jedborough 

and we headed back to collect the C2 at Charterhall airfield to drive 

out to shakedown. With the stage being non-timed there was no pressure 

to perform and not even driven the car on tar before, we could 


use the 1.5mile Macks Mill stage as a good test. The roads were lined 

with people, many standing a bit too close for comfort and with the 

big jumps lining the stage, an err of caution would prevail on the first 

run. The newly fitted Brembo tarmac brakes were HUGE…and wow 

did it stop…I will run out of nerve before the brakes will! Sadly 

500yrds into the 2 nd pass, over one of the jumps (which we took much 

faster!) the car just died and would not restart. Sidelined for 20 mins, 

we managed to utilise a kind house holder’s tool kit and re-wired the 

faulty cut off switch. 

Calling it a day we retired for an early night….but only after a curry 

and pint or three! 

Saturday dawned overcast and windy but warm, and the early start 

saw us head to the first stage of the day. Abbey St Bathans was run 

last year, but the Jim Clark organisers had extended the stage to make 

the worlds hardest early morning wake up call! 16.5miles of stage 

would get us into the groove and we made a very cautious start. So 

many things were different for us compared to the Pirelli…we had 

grip…we could stop…we could crash so much quicker (if that was 

possible)…and I had far less confidence than before. 

Cautious is fine, until you look at the times, and realise that returning 

C2 Cup contender George Thomas took a massive 1m40s out of us in 

just 16 miles. A clean run through SS2 Fogo would see us drop plenty 

of time once again, but a team talk back in service would see the way 

we would play the rest of the event. A 4 th on the Pirelli was good considering 

the roll, but a good solid finish could pay dividends at the end 

of the year. Anthony agreed with Dave Gough (TI Motorsport team 

manager) that we should not push and continue on as we were and 

drive our own rally. It was just as well as George and Adam Gould in 

the Clio pulled out a massive margin over the next loop of coastal 

stages. However SS4 was cancelled in the wake of Guy Wilks fire 

which destroyed the £100k Evo 9. A quick re-route (which organisers 

cleverly put into the back of the roadbook) and we would head back to 

a short service before the Langton/Abbey/Langton/Fogo loop. 


Now this is where we start to have slight issues with the C2`s electrics. 

Aside from the shakedown problems (which did not return all 

event) the Citroen had decided that it was raining in its little mango 

coloured world. The lights were permenantly on, the indicators would 

not work (hand signals were used but I forgot what left 

was?..anyone?), and most annoyingly the wipers were on…all the 

time. This would change every now and again and they would 

stop….but start again very soon after, certainly distracting but not insurmountable. 

It seemed hitting the rev limiter would help the matter, 

and we constantly achieved that! The 185bhp 5 speed sequential 

pocket rocket is an amazing drive and I fear only time in the car will 

allow us to drive it to its full potential, certainly George Thomas has 

shown this in his times so far. The loop of stages before the end of leg 

went well and we even kept the same tyres on all day. The Pirelli’s 

wear very well and at £155 per cover, it’s a good job. A small spin 

after the famous Langton watersplash didn’t detract from the days 

events and we headed back to parc ferme in 3 rd position. Out of 7 

starters we knew our plan to drive our own rally would prove a good 

one. 

Sunday would see cloud cover coming in low, and an early start 

would not give the sun a chance to burn through. However hearts 

sank as we climbed into the car in Parc Ferme. The car was dead and 

the battery had discharged itself through the night. A quick bit of 

thinking and we jumped the car back to service, and with time tight to 

the first stage we elected to keep it running as much as possible. The 

Bothwell stage is close to the killer Abbey stage, and we arrived to 

find it shrouded in low cloud cover. Anthony seemed to take a while 

to wake up with the notes and we backed right off….slightly disappointed 

not to use the cloud to gain some time back, but once again 

the finish of the event would be the goal. Back to service and a refuel 

before the final loop of 4 stages………… 

……..disaster would strike just as we left the refuel rig in the service 

area. A MK2 who was clearly late for his time decided to come down 

the wrong side of the service area on a narrow gravel road…and could 

not stop. He managed to slow down enough but hit us with his front 


wing. Luckily the CofC saw the event and gave him a severe ticking 

off before kindly checking we were ok and ensuring we had no damage. 

Slightly unnerved we headed out to the Eccles stage trying to 

banish the RTA from our minds and concentrate on the event again. 6 

miles into the stage we came across Irishman Martin McCormack with 

a wheel off his C2. This would elevate us to 2 nd overall and I backed 

right off over the remainder of the stage. Although when we got to 

Leitholm we found we had dropped 15 seconds to the charging Martin 

Roberts, and decided to keep on the pace we had been all day. 

In the queue for the finish we were parked up signing autographs for 

the thousands of spectators that crammed into the Kelso town centre 

finish. Word filtered through that we had indeed taken 2 nd and got to 

spray the champagne for the first time this year. A great team effort 

by all concerned and we were over the moon to have reached the finish 

after last months disaster. The result also leaves us in 2 nd overall in 

the C2R2 Cup. We still have a lot of work to do however, with 

George Thomas finishing a massive 13 minutes ahead…..but to finish 

first…first you have to finish. 

Next event: Rally Show Chatsworth 7/8 June 08 

Next Round: Rally Isle of Man July 08 

Keep up to date with CG Motorsport’s progress at 

www.cgmotorsport.co.uk 

Tel:01208 851503 M:07870 216931 

Email:Mattjcotton@aol.com 


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