NOTTINGHAM SPORTS CAR CLUB June 2011 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 July 2010 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 Chatter 4 Editors Mutterings 5 WSCC Curborough Regs 6 2011 NSCC Speed Championship Calendar 7 Invited Event dates for 2011 8 Major Motor Sport Event dates for 2011 9 Target Times 2011 10 - 11 Event Contacts List 12 Classic Corner 13 Marshals Update 14 Caption Fun 15 Mole Racing Report 16 - 19 La Vie En Bleu - Cinq 19 - 21 Urgent Marshal request - Huntsman Rally 25th June 21 Supplementary Regulations 22 MSA News 23 - 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 Cala Galdana, Menorca BMI Baby wouldn´t wait for me to pen a few thoughts for this month so here I am sit- ting on a beach missing the Editor´s deadline- It´s a tough life! The problem here is in the 10 years or so we´ve been visiting the island I can´t re- member seeing an interesting car never mind a whiff of motorsport - the budding Alonso´s must be up in the hills somewhere. Thank goodness for Eurosport which is a bit of a luxury for someone like me who refuses to bolster Murdoch´s billions with a subscription to Sky but, I must admit, it´s tempting - there just aren´t enough hours in the day though to be earning a living and watching what´s on offer. I know we sprinters and hill climbers think we have touched "the edge" after a blitzing run and get out of the car with twitchy hands and shaky knees (or is that just me) but the bravery of John McGuiness and co on the Isle of Man is at a different level. Sadly there have been more deaths this week including the bravest of the brave, a sidecar passenger. Car safety has improved beyond measure in recent years although the exploding car- bon fibre is pretty spectacular, witness Alan McNish at Le Mans, but the road racing bikers have no protection from lamposts, trees, walls etc as they touch 200 mph - breathtaking for someone like me who has never ridden a bike, and they go back year after year. Sir Stirling called it a day this week, at 81, after scaring himself in practice for the Le Mans Legends race in his Porsche - one of the greats bowing out gracefully with hon- esty and dignity. It´s different for us oldies on the hills, we only put ourseves at risk, racing is a different matter. Vettel seems well on his way to a second championship but there´s been some pretty good racing behind him and Monaco could have been one of the best finishes in years except for the safety car. There is hope, the Ferraris are getting better and you feel Lewis and Jenson are there or thereabouts - Lewis just needs to calm down a bit but then he wouldn´t be Lewis. I´m impressed with new boy Paul de Resta, he is holding his own in the Force India team with the mimimum of hype or fuss in the media, an all round nice chap. Blyton, now known as Blyton Park, looks more likely for next year if we can afford the fees - 1.5 miles new tarmac with a licence to run both ways if the MSA approve. Must cool off - the water is crystal clear so got to go See you at Curborough next month Roger C [email protected] 4 Editors Mutterings To those of you who have received this edition of Spin Off via the post, you will have noticed no change. However, I have now taken the step, with a little help from our new webmaster Andrew Warren, to email Spin Off where ever possible. This not only saves me time, but more importantly, also saves the club some valuable printing and postage costs during these rather difficult times. Any of you who responded to the flyer that was sent out with the membership re- newal forms in December last year have had your wishes carried out; that is you’ve either elected to receive future Spin Offs by email in pdf format or to continue to receive a hard copy by post. Any members who did not return the form or are new members, then if an email address was provided on the membership forms for 2011 then I have used this to email the magazine to you. The membership forms will probably change for 2012 and a discount may be offered to members who elect to receive their 10 issues of Spin Off by email thus encouraging as many of you as possible to take the email route. Watch this space…….. Our July event, which I am “secretary” for, is now filling up fast. If any competitive members were considering entering this event, I strongly recommend you get you entry in quickly as you could be disappointed if you leave it much longer. The Curborough sprint cir- cuit is a very popular venue for us and the traditional July double lap event that NSCC host has even more championships participating now and therefore even more likely to be over-subscribed. Finally Jenson Button has broken through and won another F1 Grand Prix. Well deserved I’m sure. Didn’t actually see any of the practice, qualifying or the race its self as, quite frankly, it now bores me to tears! Only highlight of the weekend for me was when I happened upon a YouTube clip that was emailed to me of that arrogant Red Bull driver parking his F1 race car in the wall on Friday ….. Superb!! PM Westfield Sports Car Club Curborough June 19th Supplementary regs and entry forms are on the BARC website for drivers to download Go to ……… http://www.wscc.co.uk/regs.htm (Discount available to NSCC registered members) SPIN OFF Have you received a copy by post and you would sooner receive an elec- tronic copy and save the club a few pounds? Email me at [email protected] and you’ll receive future copies to your email in-box. Plus……… If you received an electronic copy and would prefer a “hard” copy, then please email at the above email address and I’ll make the necessary amends. Paul Marvin Classic Touring Car Racing Club Mallory Park Sunday 18th June 2011 We have been told that the Supplementary Regulations and Entry Forms for the above event are now available to download on the website. This is not a championship round of ours but still worth a visit! Go to ………. www.classictouringcars.com If any member has a problem accessing the site then I do have some electronic forms that I can email. Paul Marvin 6 2011 NSCC SPEED CHAMPIONSHIP CALENDAR Round Date Day Circuit Organising Club 1 17-Apr Sunday Harewood BARC (Yorks) 2 17-Apr Sunday 3 Sisters Longton & Dist’ MC 3 17-Apr Sunday Silverstone Sheff’ & Hallamshire 4 30-Apr Saturday Aintree Liverpool Motor Club 5 07-May Saturday Shelsley Walsh MAC 6 08-May Sunday Shelsley Walsh MAC 7 14-May Saturday MIRA MAC 8 04-Jun Saturday Pembrey BARC (Wales) 9 05-Jun Sunday Pembrey BARC (Wales) 10 11-Jun Saturday Anglesey Chester MC 11 12-Jun Sunday Anglesey Chester MC 12 19-Jun Sunday Curborough Westfield Sports CC 13 25-Jun Saturday Aintree Liverpool Motor Club 14 10-Jul Sunday Curborough (L) NSCC 15 16-Jul Saturday Llandow BARC (Wales) 16 13-Aug Saturday Mira NSCC 17 28-Aug Sunday Harewood BARC (Yorks) 18 03-Sep Saturday Aintree Liverpool Motor Club 19 10-Sep Saturday Loton Park Hagley & District LCC 20 11-Sep Sunday 3 Sisters Longton & District MC 21 17-Sep Saturday Thoresby Park NSCC 22 18-Sep Sunday Thoresby Park NSCC 7 INVITED EVENTS Events to which we have accepted an invitation, but do not form part of the NSCC Championship. Keep watching this space as it will be updated as more invites are accepted. DATE VENUE CLUB CONTACT noreenward 20th March Mallory Park BARC Midlands @tiscali.co.uk MG Car Club’s ormerod. 3rd April Curborough Midland Centre [email protected] martin. 7th May MIRA Bentley DC green- [email protected] noreenward 7th May Curborough BARC Midlands @tiscali.co.uk Classic Touring www. 18th / 19th Mallory Park Car Racing classictouring- June Club cars.com noreenward 13th August Curborough BARC Midlands @tiscali.co.uk noreenward 1st October Curborough BARC Midlands @tiscali.co.uk 8 MAJOR MOTOR SPORTS EVENTS FOR 2011 F1 Round 1 BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX March 13th Round 2 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX (Melbourne) March 27th Round 3 Malaysian Grand Prix (Kuala Lumpar) April 10th Round 4 CHINESE GRAND PRIX (Shanghai) April 17th Round 5 TURKISH GRAND PRIX (Istanbul) May 8th Round 6 SPANISH GRAND PRIX (Catalunya) May 22nd Round 7 MONACO GRAND PRIX (Monte Carlo) May 29th Round 8 CANADIAN GRAND PRIX (Montreal) June 12th Round 9 EUROPEAN GRAND PRIX (Valencia) June 26th Round 10 BRITISH GRAND PRIX (Silverstone) July 10th Round 11 GERMAN GRAND PRIX (Nurburgring) July 24th Round 12 HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX (Budapest) July 31st Round 13 BELGIAN GRAND PRIX (Spa-Francorchamps) July 28th Round 14 ITALIAN GRAND PRIX (Monza) Sept’ 11th Round 15 SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX (Singapore) Sept’ 25th Round 16 JAPANESE GRAND PRIX (Suzuka) October 9th Round 17 KOREAN GRAND PRIX (Yeongam) October 16th Round 18 INDIAN GRAND PRIX (New Delhi) October 30th Round