BRDC NEWS No. 144 – 23 October 2013 www.brdc.co.uk

750MC – SATURDAY 26 OCTOBER WALTER HAYES TROPHY – SATURDAY 2 & SUNDAY 3 NOVEMBER

This Saturday the unique Birkett Six Hour relay race will be held on the Grand Prix circuit. The Clubhouse will be open 9am – 5pm serving a sandwich lunch.

The Walter Hayes Trophy on 2-3 November will be the last event of the season at Silverstone. There will be fireworks and a bonfire at the Circuit on Sunday from 5.30pm. The Clubhouse is open 9am – 5pm both days serving a 2/3 course lunch on Saturday (see menu below) and a carvery on Sunday. Starter Haddock fishcakes with capers and horseradish with tartar sauce and market leaves Butternut squash and sage soup with bacon crisp and croutons Butternut squash and sage soup with croutons (v)

Main Course Seared chicken supreme and jugged celery, bacon, apples and almonds on mustard mash, juices Wild mushroom and leek bread pudding with balsamic tomatoes and braised celery (v)

Dessert Pancakes with caramel, bananas and blueberries, clotted cream

To book for either of these events please email Aspire Hospitality at [email protected] or telephone 01327 855104 by the Wednesday before the weekend if possible. Please remember the subsidised lunch for the Member and their Primary guest only applies if booked in advance.

CAMPSITE SHUTDOWN

The campsite will close for winter after the Walter Hayes meeting on 2-3 November. If you have a motorhome on the campsite can you please ensure it is removed as soon as reasonably possible after this meeting.

CONGRATULATIONS

Congratulations to the following for winning their Championships:

Andrew Jordan – Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship Michael Meadows – Porsche Carrera Cup GB Rising Star Matt Parry – Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup Ris ing Star Josh Files – Renault UK Clio Cup

Also congratulations to Michael Meadows and Jason Plato who are joint winners of this year’s Silver Star, both finishing with 217 points. The full final standings for the Silver Star are detailed at the end of this Newsletter.

BRDC CHRISTMAS CARDS

An order form for the 2013 BRDC Christmas cards will be sent to all Members with the Autumn Bulletin. This year’s card features another design from the Carl Giles collection at the British Cartoon Archive, University of Kent.

BRDC ANNUAL AWARDS – MONDAY 2 DECEMBER 2013

The BRDC Annual Awards Booking Form will be sent to you shortly. In the meantime, details for the ever popular Club Awards are as follows:

Grand Connaught Rooms, London 12pm - 3.30pm £112.50 per person (plus VAT) Tables of 10 available

To see why the BRDC Annual Awards is such an important event, click here: http://circuitpro.co.uk/view/share/708

To register your interest please email Hannah at [email protected]

FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS: SEAN EDWARDS

Sean’s funeral will take place on Tuesday 29 October at 12 noon at St Paul’s Church, Knightsbridge (SW1X 8SH). There will be a celebration of Sean’s life at the Berkeley Hotel, Wilton Place (Ballroom entrance) afterwards. All are welcome at both.

It is requested that no flowers be sent. If you wish to make a donation in Sean’s memory, please do so to the Sean Edwards Foundation (further details available from [email protected])

NOTICE OF DEATH - SIMON PHILLIPS

It is with regret that the Club has to announce the death of Life Member, Simon Phillips, on 16 October 2013.

Simon competed in sports car and endurance racing from the mid 1970s through to the early 1980s. He contested the Le Mans 24 Hours race five times with his best result coming in 1982 driving the Nimrod Aston Martin NRA/C2 to seventh place overall and fourth in class sharing with Ray Mallock and Mike Salmon.

Simon joined the BRDC as a Full Member in 1978 and served as a Club Director in 1992. Simon’s father, William Dustan Phillips, was also a Full Member of the BRDC joining in 1931.

Condolences have been sent to Simon’s wife Sheila. Funeral details are not yet known.

BRDC SOCIAL LUNCH – WEDNESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2013

The next BRDC Social Lunch will be held in the Clubhouse on Wednesday 20 November 2013 and is for Members only. To book please contact Aspire Hospitality by email on [email protected] or 01327 855 104

BRDC CHRISTMAS LUNCH – THURSDAY 19 DECEMBER 2013

This year’s BRDC Christmas lunch will be held on Thursday 19 December in the Clubhouse. Lunch is open to Members and guests and will cost £28.00 per person. Due to the popularity of this event Members may only book up to three guests each. A reserve list will be created for those Members who would like to bring more than three guests and these requests will be dealt with on a first come first served basis if space allows nearer the time. To book please contact Aspire Hospitality by email on [email protected] or 01327 855 104.

DATES FOR DIARY:

OCTOBER 2013 26 750 Motor Club – Silverstone Clubhouse open 9am – 5pm serving a sandwich lunch Contact: Aspire at [email protected] or 01327 855 104 NOVEMBER 2013 2-3 Walter Hayes Trophy – Silverstone Clubhouse open 9am – 5pm both days serving a 2/3 course lunch on Saturday and a carvery on Sunday. Contact: Aspire at [email protected] or 01327 855 104 20 Members’ Social Lunch – Clubhouse (Members Only) Contact: Aspire at [email protected] or 01327 855 104 28 BRDC Film Night – Silverstone Wing Contact: Hannah Thompson on 01327 850 925 or [email protected] DECEMBER 2013 2 BRDC Annual Awards Lunch – Grand Connaught Rooms, London Contact: Hannah Thompson on 01327 850 925 or [email protected] 4 South West Regional Lunch – Bottelino’s, Portishead Contact: John Woodington [email protected] 6 South East Regional Christmas Lunch - The Old Tolgate Hotel, Bramber Contact: Les Thacker on 01293 773 997 or [email protected] 12 Southern Region Christmas Lunch – Gins Farm, Beaulieu River Contact: Rex Woodgate [email protected] or Brian Heath on 01590 643 408 19 BRDC Christmas Lunch – Clubhouse (Members & Guests) Contact: Aspire at [email protected] or 01327 855 104

GOLD STAR POINTS UPDATE (AS AT 21 OCTOBER 2013)

POSITION DRIVER CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS 1st Lewis Hamilton MBE F1 187 2nd Sean Edwards ALMS(GTE)/PMSC/Nurburgring 24 Hours 170 3rd Mark Webber F1 166 4th Alexander Sims Blancpain/GP3/F3 160 5th Rob Huff WTCC 148 6th Sam Bird GP2 142 7th Allan McNish GrandAm/ALMS/WEC/Le Mans 24 138 8th James Calado GP2 124 9th Justin Wilson GrandAm/Indy Car Series/Indy 500 122 10th James Nash WTCC 114 11th Alex Lynn F3 112 12th Tom Chilton WTCC 103 13th MBE F1 94 14th Nick Tandy IGTO/ALMS(GT)/ELMS(GTE) 91 =15th Tom Blomqvist F3 85 =15th Indy Car Series 85 =17th Mike Conway ICS/ALMS/WEC (LMP2) 80 =17th Brendon Hartley ELMS/GrandAm 80 =17th Jack Harvey GP3 80 20th GrandAm(GT)/ALMS/WEC/Le Mans 24/Blancpain/FIA GT 79

FINAL SILVER STAR POINTS 2013

POSITION DRIVER CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS =1st Michael Meadows Porsche CC GB 217* NB: Silver Star points =1st Jason Plato BTCC 217* show the ‘best 12’

3rd Gordon Shedden BTCC 205* results of the Member’s

4th Andrew Jordan BTCC 202* season.

5th Matt Neal BTCC 188* 6th Colin Turkington BTCC 184* * denotes Members 7th Will Buller British F3 112 counting their best 12 8th Mat Jackson BTCC 110* results 9th Rob Austin BTCC 94 10th Matt Bell British GT 80 =11th Jonny Adam British GT 77

=11th Andrew Howard British GT 77

13th Oliver Bryant British GT 76

=14th David Ashburn British GT 75 =14th Nick Tandy British GT 75 =16th Michael Caine British GT/BTCC 73 =16th Tom Onslow-Cole BTCC 73 18th Sam Tordoff BTCC 66 19th Dan Brown British GT 60 20th Rob Collard BTCC 59

21st Rob Barff British GT 56

22nd Phil Keen British GT 44

=23rd Warren Hughes British GT 33 =23th Duncan Tappy British GT 33 25th Richard Westbrook British GT 32 26th Aaron Scott British GT 27 27th Joe Osborne British GT 18 28th Will Bratt BTCC 7 29th James Walker British GT 6

=30th David Jones British GT 3 =30th Godfrey Jones British GT 3 =32nd Shaun Balfe British GT 1 =32nd Charlie Hollings British GT 1 =32nd Piers Johnson British GT 1

CLUB STAFF CONTACT DETAILS

Stuart Pringle, Club Secretary Tel: 01327 850 926 Mob: 07831 826 626 [email protected] Lisa Benamore, PA to Club Secretary Tel: 01327 850 922 [email protected] Steph Sykes, Archivist Tel: 01327 850 927 Mob: 07980 732 858 [email protected] Hannah Thompson, Events Tel: 01327 850 925 Mob: 07854 232 459 [email protected] Sue Goold, Communications Tel: 01327 850 923 Mob: 07966 806 854 [email protected] Sarah Jordan-Hardy, Operations Tel: 01327 850 931 Mob: 07946 802 016 [email protected]

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