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Spin Off April 12 NOTTINGHAM SPORTS CAR CLUB April 2012 1 CLUB WEBSITE www.gosprinting.co.uk Don’t forget to visit the Club Web Site. Its full of useful information from Club events and dates to results, Championship positions, downloadable regs and membership forms and details. If you’ve got something that could be useful to other NSCC Club members, then why not advertise it on the Web site. For further details contact Andrew Warren on :- [email protected] SPIN OFF ARTICLES Breaking news, adverts, for sale items, letters, views and race & event write ups should be sent to the Editor. Copy date for the next Spin Off:- 14th May 2012 And sent to : Paul Marvin. 4 Marriott Drive, Kibworth Harcourt, Leicester LE8 0JX Tel : Mobile : 07715 353440 or Email : [email protected] 2 IN THIS ISSUE Chairmans Chat 4 Editors Mutterings 5 2012 Provisional Championship Rounds 6 Veloce Publishing 7 2012 Championship Contact details 8 Major Motorsport Events 2012 9 NSCC Events, Forms and Regulations 10 Membership update 10 Moon Walk 12th May for Breast Cancer 11 2012 Target Times 12 - 13 Marshals Update 14 Westfield SE For Sale 15 Bath Pageant of Motoring 16 BMMC 17 Snippets from “The Bulletin” Summer 1967 18 - 20 Something to put a smile on your face 21 MSA News February 2012 22 - 26 Official & Committee contacts 27 Acknowledgement The artwork on the front cover is re-printed with the kind permission of the well known motorsport cartoonist Jim Bamber. Jim has very kindly allowed me to use his illustra- tions. For a sneek preview why not visit his web site www.jimbamber.co.uk 3 Chairman's Chatter What a Chinese cracker! It was Rosbergs weekend with a scintillating pole position and absolute dominance in the race - I don't think Jenson would have caught him, even without the fluffed pit stop. Well done to Mercedes for their continued support for F1 after what has been a tough few years for them. Great driving all down the field with lots of passing and wheel to wheel battles after a slow start as everybody conserved tyres in the early stages - third race of the year and I think we can say grand prix racing is back with a bang. Pirelli must take a lot of the credit for producing tyres that put an increased onus on the driver to make them last but the speed and reliability of the mid grid cars is a credit to the engineers and teams who have brought them into contention with the 'big boys' and in some cases got ahead of them. The prospects for the rest of the season are great with the top drivers all in competitive cars (ok, Ferrari have got to catch up a bit) and the rest ready to pounce. Curborough coming up with a slim entry so plenty of runs for everyone and after this weekends Harewood and Three Sister's points are added to the mix we'll start to get a feel of whose going to be battling it out at the top of our Championship - I already get the feel that there are two or three who are determined to give it their best shot after knocking on the door during the last couple of seasons. See you at Curborough Roger C [email protected] 4 Editors Mutterings I do hope many of you are venturing to Curborough shortly for the first of our 5 events this season. We have been unable top attract any championships other than NSCC to this popular venue so the likely- hood of multiple runs is very high and as ever, all timed runs count, so take plenty of fuel with you, there is a very high possibility that you’re going to need it! Hopefully with the support of the NSCC members we can make this event pay, otherwise with my Treasurers hat on, I’ll be voting against its inclusion next year on the grounds of profitability. All the entry forms for the July double lapper event at Curborough are available on the club website. This event traditionally fills up before the closing date and with a good smattering of championships participating this year I expect it to fill up early. Therefore advance notice that if you haven’t got your entry in yet than I advise you to do so and please re- member that I will not bank your cheques until the closing date. We should hopefully have the entry forms for the season finale at Thoresby Park available to download, just waiting for the track licence from the MSA and then the event application can be processed. I would appreciate some write ups from the Curborough event on Sun- day 22nd April. Only NSCC entrants at this event so there’s no excuse for some of you not to write down about your days exploits, and for many of you, it will be your first event of the season. Email anything you have to me or post if you prefer. Contact details on inside front and rear covers. Ed 2012 NSCC RIVERSIDE SPEED CHAMPIONSHIP CALENDAR R’nd Date Day Circuit Organising Club 1 March 11th Sunday Mallory Park BARC (Midlands) 2 Apr 15th Sunday Harewood BARC (Yorkshire) 3 Apr 15th Sunday 3 Sisters Longton & District 4 Apr 22nd Sunday Curborough NSCC 5 Apr 28th Saturday Aintree Liverpool MC 6 May 5th Saturday MIRA Bentley DC 7 June 9th Saturday Anglesey Chester MC 8 June 10th Sunday Anglesey Chester MC 9 June 17th Sunday Curborough Westfield SCC 10 Jun 30th Saturday Aintree Liverpool MC 11 July 8th Sunday Curborough 2 lap NSCC 12 July 21st Saturday Blyton Westfield SCC 13 July 22nd Sunday Blyton Westfield SCC 14 Aug 11th Saturday MIRA NSCC 15 Aug 19th Sunday Olivers Mount Auto 66 16 Aug 26th Sunday Harewood BARC (Yorkshire) 17 Sept 1st Saturday Aintree Liverpool MC 18 Sept 9th Sunday Loton Park Hagley & District 19 Sept 9th Sunday 3 Sisters Longton & District MC 20 Sept 15th Saturday Thoresby Park NSCC 21 Sept 16th Sunday Thoresby Park NSCC 6 Veloce Publishing Ltd Brand new this month. Pre-order by calling us on +(0)1305 260068* Le Mans Panoramic by Gavin Ireland Gulf-Mirage (WSC Giants Series) by Ed McDonough Nothing Runs - Hilarious misadventures in the Classic, Collectable & Exotic Car Biz eBook by Adam Slutsky How to modify your retro or classic car for high performance (SpeedPro) by Daniel Stapleton Electric Cars – The Future is Now eBook by Arvid Linde Caring for your car eBook by Trevor Fry *Orders by telephone are during office hours only (9am-5:30pm GMT, Mon-Fri). For more ebooks, check out our current list of ebooks on our website In our latest video interview, Anthony Carter reflects on a lost era of motor racing, and takes a nostaglic trip back to a time when the sport was less commercial, much more accessible, and much more dangerous! Watching this video and listening to Anthony brings the era to life again! The Essential Buyer's Guide iPhone/iPad app to give you a closer look. Having this app is just like having a marque expert by your side. 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More info 7 Date Venue Club / website Contact March TBC Mallory Park BARC (Midlands) 15th April 3 Sisters Longton & District MC [email protected] 15th April Harewood BARC (Yorks) [email protected] 22nd April Curborough NSCC TBA 28th April Aintree Liverpool MC [email protected] 5th May MIRA Bentley DC 9th June Anglesey Chester MC [email protected] 10th June Anglesey Chester MC [email protected] 8 17th June Curborough WSCC [email protected] 30th June Aintree Liverpool Motor Club [email protected] 8th July Curborough NSCC TBA 21st July Blyton WSCC [email protected] 22nd July Blyton WSCC [email protected] 11th August MIRA NSCC TBA 19th August Olivers mount Auto 66 [email protected] 26th August Harewood BARC (Yorks) [email protected] 1st Sept Aintree Liverpool MC [email protected] 9th Sept Loton Park Hagley & DLCC [email protected] 9th Sept 3 Sisters Longton & DLCC [email protected] 15th Sept Thoresby Park NSCC TBA 16th Sept Thoesby Park NSCC TBA MAJOR MOTOR SPORTS EVENTS FOR 2012 F1 Round 1 AUSTRALIA (MELBOURNE) MARCH 18th Round 2 MALAYSIA (KUALA LUMPA) MARCH 25th Round 3 CHINA (SHANGHAI) APRIL 15th Round 4 BAHRAIN (SAKHIR) APRIL 22nd Round 5 SPAIN (CATALUNYA) MAY 13th Round 6 MONACO (MONTE CARLO) MAY 27th Round 7 CANADA (MONTREAL) JUNE 10th Round 8 EUROPE (VALENCIA) JUNE 24th Round 9 BRITAIN (SILVERSTONE) JULY 8th Round 10 GERMANY (HOCKENHEIM) JULY 22nd Round 11 HUNGARY (BUDAPEST) JULY 29th Round 12 BELGIUM (SPA-FRANCOCHAMPS) SEPT 2nd Round 13 ITALY (MONZA) SEPT 9th Round 14 SINGAPORE (SINGAPORE) SEPT 23rd Round 15 JAPAN (SUZUKA) OCT 7th Round 16 KOREA (YEONGAM) OCT 14th Round 17 INDIA (NEW DELHI) OCT 28th Round 18 ABU DHABI (YAS MARINA) NOV 4th Round 19 UNITED STATES of AMERICA (AUSTIN) NOV 18th Round 20 BRAZIL (SAO PAULO) NOV 25th MOTO GP Round 1 QATAR (Losail) APRIL 8th Round 2 SPAIN (Jerez) APRIL 29th Round 3 PORTUGAL (Estoril) MAY 6th Round 4 FRANCE (Le Mans) MAY 20th Round 5 CATALUNYA JUNE 3rd Round 6 GREAT BRTAIN (Silverstone) JUNE 17th Round 7 NETHERLANDS (Assen) JUNE 30th Round 8 GERMANY (Sachsenring) JULY 8TH Round 9 ITALY (Mugello) JULY 15th Round 10 USA (Laguna Seca) JULY 29th Round 11 INDIANAPOLIS (INDIANAPOLIS) AUG 19th Round 12 CZECH REPUBLIC (Brno) AUG 26th Round 13 SAN MARINO (Misano) SEPT 16th Round 14 ARAGON MOTORLAND (Aragon) SEPT 30th Round 15 JAPAN (Motegi) OCT 14th Round 16 MALAYSIA (Sepang) OCT 21st Round 17 AUSTRALIA (Phillip Island) OCT 28th Round 18 VALENCIA (Ricardo Tormo) 9 NOV 11th NSCC 2012 Events Championship Regulations and Supplementary Event Regulations are now on the Club Website and available for you to download.
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