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Newsletter Nov 2015 issue 11
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Tyre
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All, As you know we are in the midst of potential change with the tyres that we use in our Championship, an initiative that has been forced on us by our diplomatic friends in Brussels. I would like to thank all of you for your valued feedback on the topic. I am keen to make sure that as many drivers of our great series as possible are catered for now and I also want to safeguard the longer term stability and preservation of our Championship for the future. The tyre lists produced by the MSA have changed for 2016, in particular the Yokohama A048 which has been a popular choice in recent years has been dropped from list 1B (it is now a list 1C tyre which is for race only use). This presents us with a need and opportunity to rethink our rules on eligible tyres. The dilemma this has caused has been immeasurable; on the one hand, we currently use the Yokohama tyre that has served us well for many years, but the future of this tyre is still unknown. It does however look as though new Yoko AO48s will not be road legal in 2016 (granted there may be a few old stock that can still be purchased, but this would lead to split grids and the general consensus from drivers is that they do not have a desire to win races and trophies with a hollow victory due to an unfair tyre advantage). This has lead us to look at other options and the Avon CR6ZZ has risen as a natural alternative choice (there is an anomaly of the 165/13, which are available as a Michelin). These have the added advantage of being a 70 profile tyre (which look far more period correct), they are a race tyre with good levels of grip with the general feeling being that they will slide more than the Yoko's and therefore lead to a more period style of driving. For me personally, I firmly believe that we are a Road Championship and this status must be maintained, so that leaves us with the option to stay with a 60 profile road tyre. This MAY be a Yoko, it may be another manufacturer - at the time of writing we do not know definitively. Alternatively we take this as an opportunity to move to the Avon (the chosen tyre for the Spa Six hours). My personal preference is to move to the Avon, however I feel that this should be a decision made by our drivers and as such I am putting the options below to a vote. Please respond using the voting buttons above before the 1st December 2015. The one thing that I firmly believe is that we must avoid split grids (a wide variation of tyre performance) as I believe that this will lead to a big variation in speed and therefore we will lose the close racing that we have all enjoyed for such a long time. Possible tyre regulations for 2016: 1. Tyres may be any road legal tyre with a minimum of 60% profile (Note: this may or may not be a Yokohama, at this stage we do not have a definitive answer) 2. Tyres may be any road legal tyre with a minimum of 70% profile (Most likely these will be thee Avon/Michelin combo) I look forward to receiving all your votes and feedback and once collated, I will update all with the results. Again, many thanks for all your feedback. Kev Kevin Kivlochan Chairman |
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Silverstone Finals It is with some
sadness that I write the last race report of 2015, partly as it is now
over six months until the next race and also partly due to the sad loss
of Terry. Unfortunately Terry, who has served Silverstone Circuit well
for many years passed away on the last lap of the last race of the year,
how very sad. Terry had worked hard to help all drivers to stay focused
and keep on track, to help us all enjoy our racing and for that we are
eternally thankful. But sadly there is an end for us all and Terry sadly
passed away quietly after being thoroughly annihilated by a Morgan on
the last lap of the year …. shame. We shall all miss Terry….Terry
the Traffic cone! |
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Silverstone
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2015 Silverstone Finals |
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The
Historic Road Sports race set the tone for an afternoon of great racing
as Peter Shaw (Lotus Elan) just saw off Kevin Kivlochan (Morgan Plus
8) after a race-long contest. Only in the closing stages was Shaw
able to edge a couple of seconds clear after they traded the lead
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Message
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Dear
All
What a great race finale we had and thanks to you all for your contribution at the Drivers’ Meeting.
I will be doing
a full write up in due course but for now I am doing one last run of
the HRS 2015 jackets. If you would like one and you have raced a minimum
of 4 rounds or are a sponsor, please me know (along with your size)
by this coming Friday 23rd October.
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Brands Hatch Brands Hatch saw
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Newsletter Sept 2015 issue 9
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Oulton Park Gold Cup An impressive 24
car grid at The Gold Cup. Roger Waite ranked up another win in his élan,
although Patrick Ward Booth made him work hard with a gap of less than
three seconds at the end of a dry twenty minutes; David Bowland took
fastest lap of the race with a 2:02.495. |
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Nostalgia Weekend The great thing with Historic Racing is the variety and competition; with six weekends now completed and five different race winners, the Historic Road Sports Championship certainly leads the way. The weather was kind to us all weekend. Saturday morning saw an early start and a combined qualifying session with the 70's, so a busy track for all. Peter Shaw put his Élan on pole, closely followed by John Davison also in an Élan. Peter ran a beautifully controlled race from start to finish to win by 6.351 seconds to John Davison and Kevin Kivlochan taking the last podium spot. Dick Coffey winning class E in his Turner. Open the full newsletter by clicking on the image to the right. |
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Brands Hatch HSCC Super Prix It is with mixed
emotions that I write the summary of our Brands Super Prix meeting. |
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Newsletter July 2015 issue 6
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Cadwell Park (Wolds Trophy) Roger Waite put
his stamp on the Championship with an impressive double win and taking
a commanding lead it the points table. Although Larry Tucker, with 33
points in class E, is still in the mix and chipping away at Roger’s
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Snetterton 13th & 14th June (Autosport Three Hours) A very wet weekend's
racing was enjoyed by all. The Historic Road Sports and the 70's Road
Sports grids being amalgamated. Morgan's dominated the weekend with
a 1, 2, 3 in both races. The first race being won by Richard Plant,
with second place going to Philip Goddard and Kevin Kivlochan in third.
Race two saw Goddard take the spoils with Plant in second. |
Newsletter June 2015 issue 5
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Newsletter June 2015 issue 4
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Donington Wow Wow Wow, what
a race we had at Donington and what a great turn out (26 car grid) and
a great day for new faces. |
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Silverstone Well we finally
got a race in 2015 and what a race that was. We were joined by FISCAR
with some beautiful 50’s sports cars to make up a grid of 39 cars. |
Newsletter May 2015 issue 3
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Silverstone GP 16 - 17 May Peter Shaw (Elan) heads a spectacular 50 car grid on the Silverstone GP circuit, but his luck didn't last. |
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Race
report courtesy of
 Polesitter Shaw was allso out of luck in HRS/FiSCar when his Elan broke, leaving Roger Waite to fly the Lotus flag against the V8 Morgans of Richard Plant and Kevin Kivlochan. In the end, Waite split the Moggies with a late flourish. Andrew Sharp's Aston Martin DB2 pverpowered Robin Ellis's Elite in the 50s set. |
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Special
guest Julian Balme lines up ahead of Graham Oakins' beautiful Alfa Giulia,
in a Marcos borrowed from Bob Pomeroy.
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Larry
Tucker and Ian Burford discuss the handling characteristics of their
Midget based racers.
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Newsletter April 2015 issue 2
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Thruxton |
 Gerry Marshall award new for 2015 |
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Thruxton 4th - 5th April Due to an incident in the previous race this was as far as the HRS grid went in the season opener. Peter Shaw was on pole having achieved an average speed of 92mph, with new Chairman Kevin Kivlochan just 0.3 secs behind.
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Whilst
the outcome was disappointing, smiles were restored when the club announced
it would issue vouchers to all drivers for the full value of the entry
fee, to be used at any future round.
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Harness
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There are a number of alternative ways of attaching harness straps to the structure of the car. One method is to wrap the harness webbing around a harness bar incorporated into the ROPS (requirements as per (K)1.3.9) and secure is by use of a three bar adjuster. For the arrangement to be secure, the... Click to see in full. | ||||
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2015
Sponsors
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We
are delighted to announce that the new Championship Sponsor for the 2015
season is ONI Plc. ONI is a communications integrator with over 23 years experience of delivering business communications solutions to organisations both in the public and private sector. We are privately owned with a track record of growth and profitability and a reputation of consistently delivering on our promise. Our goal is to provide the specialist knowledge, expertise and services that allow our customers to benefit from the latest developments that are changing the way we connect, communicate and collaborate. |
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Newsletter February 2015 issue 1
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Welcome
to the latest edition of Historic Road Sports News
I hope you like the format of the new Historic Road Sports News. Since the Silverstone finals I have been busy working with Mike Eagles, Dave Randall and the HSCC office, coming up to speed with my new role. Last year we had some great races and wonderful grids, although we did suffer at a few circuits with low entries. My aim is to try and encourage friendly and safe racing for all with a good camaraderie in the paddock as I believe that over time this will help to swell our grids and provide us all with some close racing and enjoyable weekends. The provisional calendar is shown within this news letter, however we are still not aware of the details of each weekend's schedules, when these are available I will circulate to all (although I have attached an initial provisional schedule for our first race at Thruxton). In the meantime, I have managed to “repossess” the paddock flag and as such I will aim to place this in the correct area within the paddock to encourage us to all park in the same location, so please do look out for that. I am still trying to find and encourage some sponsorship for our series that I can use to provide hospitality for drivers and friends at the races (particularly the two day weekends), so if you know of anyone who may be willing to help in any way, please do pass them my details. Our first race this year will be at Thruxton., There is a Premier Inn in Andover, 4 miles from the circuit and that weekend they have a saver rate of £39 for 4th (Sat) and £35 for 5th (Sun) which is Easter weekend – so you might just need to book early! (I have checked and they don’t offer discounts as they feel their room rates are competitive and they offer the best deals already). I have been in communication with a number of potential new drivers to our series and some pervious competitors who are considering returning to race with us. If you see these people at the tracks, please do make them feel welcome. Open the full newsletter by clicking on the image to the left. |
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The Gerry Marshall Novice Award new for 2015 The Historic Sports
Car Club has launched a new scheme to encourage novice competitors
to join one of its most accessible race championships, Historic Road
Sports. The Gerry Marshall Award is aimed at novice drivers who wish to start racing in historic sports cars (A novice being a driver who starts the season with three or less signatures on their licence). The first award
will be presented by Gerry's son Gregor; "When Kevin contacted
me and asked if the club could use my late father's name for a new
award for the best newcomer, I did not hesitate to say yes. It is
a great honour that a club with such standing has asked, but more
importantly it is very important to encourage new people into Motorsport
and Dad would have fully supported and backed the idea. The HSCC calendar is one of the best available in the UK, with a schedule of high-profile historic race meetings that includes the Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit, the Silverstone Grand Prix circuit, the Oulton Park International circuit and Donington Park. |
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2015 MSA Rule changes Click to see rule changes |
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Motorsport Noise Petition Like your Motorsport with noise? Have your say now, this e-petition closes in March. Well done Darron Coster for making a stand for common sense. Introduce mandatory
noise complaint waiver for anyone who buys or rents a property close
to motorsport venue. |
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Hitoric Road Sports Champions 2014 Historic
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