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Club News 2004
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25-27 February
2005
Group C/GTP Racing will
have a stand at The International Historic Motorsport Show 25-27 February 2005
- NAC Stoneleigh
News item date: 1st December 2004
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13-16 January
2005
Group C/GTP Racing will
have a major display in the Historic Hall at Autosport International 13-16
January 2005 - NEC Birmingham.
We
look forward to welcoming club members and enthusiastic supporters over the
four days of the event.
News item date: 1st December 2004
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2005 Race
Programme
Thanks to all the
people who came to the club meeting on Saturday 16th October. Thanks also to
everyone for such a good response to the questionnaire, which is helping us to
sort out the race programme for 2005.
Anyone new coming to the
site who would like to complete the questionnaire will find the link in the
news item below.
In the meantime, we are
working hard to produce a provisional programme that best matches the desires
and pocket of the members. More on this in the next three weeks, when we
should have more confirmed dates.
News item date: 20 October 2004
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2005 Race Programme Questionnaire and
Club Meeting on Saturday 16th October 2004
We are holding a club meeting at The White Horse in
Silverstone Village at 12noon prompt on Saturday 16th October, which will
finish at around 1.30pm.
In order
to make the meeting as constructive as possible we would ask you to complete
the QUESTIONNAIRE by
clicking
here
News item date: 8 October
2004
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Ian Donaldson, Club member and
ex-Porsche 962 competitor
Congratulations to Ian Donaldson, Gregor Fisken and Lars Nielsen for
finishing 6th in the GTS class in their Porsche GT3 at Le Mans 2004, a
fantastic achievement and great that it happened when we had returned with the
Group C cars.
News item date: 22
July 2004
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Justin Law at
Goodwood
Congratulations to
Justin Law who stopped the clock at 49.26 to set FTD at the Festival of Speed
in a Don Law Racing client's Jaguar XJR-12. "Autosport" -
News item date: 22 July 2004
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Spa Entry List
posted
Click Here to see
the entry list for the Spa Francorchamps event
Qualifying and race results now posted in
Race Reports (Full report now added)
News item date: 5 May 2004
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Le Mans 2004
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What a fantastic
sight it is going to be on Saturday June 12th 2004. We already have 36 cars
signed up and paid for and a few more waiting in the wings - but they had
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Not since 1990 have spectators had the
opportunity to see such a large group of these fabulous cars from possibly the
best modern sportscar era.
A very welcome addition to
out ranks in 2004 is Charlie Agg with his Nissan R90CK which ran at Le Mans in
1990 driven by Bailey, Brundell and Brancatelli. |
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Picture shows car running on the
Daytona infield.
News item date: 27th April 2004 |
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New Cars for
2004
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Click Here for
details of these interesting cars that will be joining us in
2004
News item date: 26 April
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16 April 2004 Silverstone Test
Day
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Neil Clark and Ian Stinton testing
the two EMKA Aston Martins and by the end of the day putting extremely
repectable times.
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Neil Clark surprised
himself and had a great time without having to change gear all the time. You
can't beat litres !
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Justin Law/Henry Pearman completed a successful test
session in Henry's XJR11.
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Jim Graham. Managed to get the engine working really
well and sorted the VERY lively back end. Just the brake balance to tweak,
ready for Le Mans.
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Henry Pearman ran well until a familiar mystery
cut-out. As Jim Graham can confirm, some Porsche secrets are difficult to crack
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Richard Bateman and David Mercer working together to
get the very best out of the extremely smart (open rear wheeled) Tiga for the
2004 season.
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Jim trying to sell overalls to John ! |
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News item date: 23 April 2004 |
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1st April 2004 Silverstone Test
Day
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David Mercer shaking down his
very fast and well developed C1 Spice for the first race at Spa. Sadly, not
able to join us at Le Mans.
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Molly Mercer. Ace pit
crew and overall manager keeping the lad upto speed.
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The Don Law Team battling against the elements - cold
and windy !
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Linzi Smart, Justin Law, Don Law and John Grant (and
mystery man?)
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Don Grice very cautiously finding his way in the newly
aquired (ex Randall) Porsche 962, formerly run by Erwin
Kremer.
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Don Grice, new member, BMW saloon racer enjoying the
moment when Jim confirmed the entry fee for Le Mans !! The club welcomes Don to the gang.
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News item date: 23 April 2004 |
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20-22 February 2004
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News item date: 26 March 2004
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Group C/GTP Racing had a stand at International
Historic Motorsport show - NAC Stoneleigh and we had a great deal of interest
from all types of racing people, including organisers, Richard Lloyd and so on.
Picture shows Charlie Agg with John Christie (worked on Nissans in the
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Group C/GTP
Racing 'Return' to Le Mans - 12/13 June 2004
Lovers of the fantastic
'Group C' period will be thrilled to hear that Group C/GTP Racing, the club
running these cars in Europe, has teamed up with Motor Racing Legends to run a
race on the Saturday morning of the main race at Le Mans in June 2004.
The race is for 40 cars (+ 4
reserves) with one driver of a maximum of 40 minutes duration, (no refuelling)
allowing for wheels/tyres to be changed in the event of a late weather change.
As with all Group C/GTP Racing
events, entry is by invitation and will be restricted to members who raced in
2003 plus those who have already requested an invitation to run their cars in
the 2004 season of individual races. There will an exciting mix of period cars from the Group C and GTP /
IMSA family and is likely to include Aston Martin AMR1, Argo, Bardon, Ecosse,
EMKA, Jaguar, Lancia, Nissan, Porsche, Spice, Tiga.
A great spread of the finest period cars from 1984 to
1993 are expected and the sight of 40 of these cars will undoubtedly re-ignite
the enthusiasm felt by so many who followed the cars in period, from the famous
front runners to the smaller, semi-private teams.
We can't
wait to see the grid line up! Photo of the year?
Provisional Programme
Signing on at |
09.00
on Thursday, 10th June 2004 |
Drivers Briefing |
15.30
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Qualifying |
17.30
to 18.30 - Thursday |
Free
day |
Friday, 11th June |
Race
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10.00
Saturday, 12th June |
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News
item date: 17th February 2004 |
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RACE CALENDAR at 10th February
2004
Due to the very recent sale of the
UK circuits, race availabilty is the subject of a fairly massive rescheduling
of everyone's programme. We now have four races booked, subject to
contract, which include Spa on May 7-9, Nurburgring June 25-27, Donington 28-29
August and Zandvoort on September 25-26.
We are hoping for confirmation
of availability on the other races within the next 10 days.
Any queries please ring Jim
Graham on +44 (0) 1926 43 58 43
Thank you all for your patience
News item date: 10th
February 2004
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Autosport International Show
Stand
Group C/GTP Racing had a stand at
Autosport International.
Click Here for
pictures from the event.
We had a good show with a lot of interest from general
enthusiasts, car owners and race organisers.
Thanks - We would like to
thank Paul Knapton, Derek Hood, Gary Pearson, John Pearson and Phil Stott for
sponsoring the stand and Penny Graham for enduring five days on parade
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News
item date: 28th January 2004
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