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| National Report by Dave Puzey, Club Chairman.
Saturday morning saw me zooming down the A303 with a boot full
of poles and banners, safely arriving at Haynes Museum, it was
time to start putting the club banners together. Very soon some
other SD1s had arrived and it was time to leave on our tour to
the Fleet Air Arm Museum. Now in theory this is only down the road
however as we ought to use our classic cars more we went a slightly
longer route via Yeovil.
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The museum traces the history of the fleet air arm and includes a
spectacular aircraft carrier experience. In addition to the military
history the museum also houses the British prototype Concorde.
One of our great engineering achievements and still stunning,
although it is tiny inside! |
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| Leaving the museum it was a short drive to
the campsite. Time to put up my new tent! 30 seconds later I was
pushing in pegs then it was time for tea and something to drink! |
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We were also joined by one of our members from
Switzerland, at the site.
Sunday dawned dry and we were soon heading back to Hayes Museum
to move the banners into position and sort out where everyone would
park. As there had been too much rain the previous week we now
had access to the track. Soon SD1s started to arrive and we separated
series 1 and 2 around a semi circle. The club shop set up and started
to do a roaring trade.
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| The museum contains a large collection of cars
in several rooms, the big one being the 'Red Room' where all the
cars on display are red! |
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| One vehicle on display was of particular interest
as it was one of the 2 prototype SD1 estate cars. |
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| At 2pm plenty of cars gathered at the entrance
ready for this year's run. As we were on the circuit we just had
to do a lap before departing and heading north. The route took use
through Castle Cary and past the campsite, up towards Shepton Mallet
before turning west past Worthy Farm, I think something big happens
there each year! Finally heading south, along the Fosse Way back
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| Final activity of the day was to present the
awards, this year we revived the Self Judging event, congratulations
to all the winners. Then it was time for some fun and the police
car was seen to be chasing our intrepid activities organiser round
and round the track with all the blues flashing |
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(as voted for by the club members attending the show) |
Best Series 1 2300/2600 – Nigel Holden |
Best Series 1, 3500 – Matt Evans |
Best Series 1, Vanden Plas (also Best Series 1 overall) – Ken Cooper |
Best Series 2, 2300/2600 – Hoppy Hopkins |
Best Vanden Plas EFI– Eric Randall |
Best Vitesse - Robert Davies |
Best Series 2 Vanden Plas - David Pedder |
Best Series 2 3500 (also Best Series 2 overall) - Andy Lawrence |
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| Best moment of the day for the winners – trophies
and photo line up!! |
| Thanks go to Sally Sheldon for organising the
day, Sam and Patrick for manning the gate and Stuart Fairly for bringing
the club shop, it made it this year! Finally just as we finished
packing away the heavens opened! Still it had remained dry for most
of the day.
Dave Puzey
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