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2024 Classic and Performance Parade – Sunday 14th July

Sunday, 14 July 2024 08:30 – 16:30 Castle Combe Circuit ***Free entry to display your car*** ***Free entry to see all the cars*** ***Free to walk or cycle the circuit at lunch time*** ***Just £20.00 to parade [click. . .]

Driving Mirror (January – February 2024)

Driving Mirror (January – February 2024) Chairman’s Chat – Great start to the year with membership numbers tracking 2023. BMC Juniors – Driving a Ginetta G40 Junior – Archie Laurence describes [click. . .]

Driving Mirror (July – August 2023)

Download a copy of the magazine Driving Mirror (July – August) 2023 Chairman’s Chat – I do a thing, marshalling at our Dick Mayo Sprint. Powering ahead – Dave Broadway achieves one ambition with a [click. . .]

Story Sunday: 1949 Grand Cup Trial

Our full name is Bristol Motorcycle and Light Car Club Ltd. Just like in our name, the bikes came before the cars and on this day in 1949, we ran the Grand Cup Trial for motorcycles. Here’s how it was [click. . .]

Story Sunday: 1949 Lulsgate Race Meeting

In 1949, we secured the use of the Lulsgate Airfield, which is now Bristol International Airport. We ran a race meeting on a circuit around the perimeter roads and down the runway. There were 8 races featuring over [click. . .]

Throwback Thursday: 1955 Full Moon Cup Trial

On this day in 1955, we ran the Full Moon Cup Trial. Here’s how it was reviewed in our journal… Full Moon Cup Trial 19th March 1955 This event attracted twenty-five entrants, of which all but three [click. . .]

Story Sunday: 1949 Colmore Trial

We did a lot of climbing muddy hills in the post war years. On this day in 1949, we ran The Colmore and here’s what appeared in the club’s journal soon after… The Colmore 12th March, 1949. The years [click. . .]

Story Sunday: 1960 Full Moon Cup

On this day in 1960, Chris Bigwood won the Full Moon Cup Trial in his VW. The event used many of the hills used today on the Allen Classic Trial. Here’s the review in Driving Mirror that year. FULL MOON TRIAL [click. . .]

Driving Mirror (January – February 2023)

Chairman’s Chat – Together lets make 2023 a great year for everyone. Revolution – Latest News and Reviews from Motorsport UK. 2022 – Speed Season Review – Mike Smith swapped classes to keep his [click. . .]

2023 Classic & Performance Parade (Sunday 23rd July)

2023 Classic and Performance Parade Entry List (By Surname) 2023 Classic and Performance Parade Entry List (By Display Area) 2023 CPP – Paddock Plan 2023 CPP Timetable Sunday 23rd July 2023 8.30am – 4.30pm [click. . .]

Driving Mirror (May – June 2022)

View the published version in the online reader, or download the PDF to read at your leisure. Chairman’s Chat – More of a focus on circuit racing this month, life is tough out there. Motorsport UK – [click. . .]

2022 Classic and Performance Parade

Sunday 24th July 2022 10.00am – 4.00pm – Castle Combe Circuit in Wiltshire (UK) We’ve now closed online entries, but you can still enter on the day. Members of the public are also welcome to attend [click. . .]

2021 Allen Classic Trial: Results

This year’s Allen turned out to be a very different one in many ways. It was the first event after the sudden death of John Hayes back in 2020. John, first as assistant to Clerk of Course, Jim Cullimore, then as [click. . .]

2021 Allen Classic Trial: Entries Open

We are now accepting entries for the Allen Classic Trial on Sunday 28th November 2021. Regulations can be downloaded here: http://bristolmc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2021-Allen-Classic-Trial-Regs.pdf Entries [click. . .]

Throwback Thursday: 1950 Lulsgate Race Meeting

On this day in 1950, we ran a race meeting at Lulsgate Airport, or Bristol International Airport as it’s known today. With the inaugural Formula 1 World Championship kicking off in just four weeks time at [click. . .]

Throwback Thursday: 1956 Poole Trophy Trial

#OnThisDay in 1956, we ran the Poole Trophy Trial. Here’s how it was reported in the February edition of Driving Mirror that year… Poole Trophy Trial 14th January, 1956 HARD WORK BUT WORTH IT After the [click. . .]

Throwback Thursday: 1949 Half-Day Sporting Trial

On this day in 1949, we ran a sporting trial. We still run a sporting trial each November, the Roy Fedden Sporting Trial. Half-Day Sporting Trial 19th NOVEMBER, 1949 At one Tuesday meeting when reading Motor Sport, [click. . .]

Throwback Thursday: 1955 Roy Fedden Trial

On this day in 1955, we held the Roy Fedden Trial, which included the infamous Crooked Mustard section, now a feature on the Cotswold Clouds. Here’s how it was reported in the December issue of Driving Mirror, [click. . .]

Throwback Thursday: 1949 Weston Speed Trials

1949 Weston Speed Trials Programme Cover

On this day in 1949, we ran speed trials on the promenade at Weston-Super-Mare and for the first time, cars left the line side by side. Big names attended; 17 year old Peter Collins (future Ferrari F1 driver), Joe Fry [click. . .]

Throwback Thursday: 1949 John Bull Cup Trial

In the 1940s, we ran trials in the Summer as well as over the wetter months. In the height of Summer and the middle of a heat wave, on this day in 1949, we ran a car trial. Here’s how C.B. Salter described it [click. . .]