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2022 Events Calendar

Below are details of our 2022 Events. Entering those we organise ourselves is easy, simply visit our online membership and events portal here: [click. . .]

Driving Mirror (November – December 2021)

In the magazine this month: Chairman’s Chat – I apologise for getting older before celebrating some of our crowned champions. Motorsport UK – Read the latest from our governing body. One Junior Drivers [click. . .]

2021 Great Western Sprint: Entries Open!

We are now accepting entries to the 2021 Great Western Sprint. Enter using our online entries system: https://my.bristolmc.org.uk/Events/Calendar/View?id=34 Entries are limited to just 90 drivers, so please act [click. . .]

2021 Llandow Sprint Results

The 2021 Llandow Sprint started wet but soon dried out to a glorious sunny day. The times tumbled during the day with Stephen Miles taking FTD and the club’s outright record on his first run before calling it a [click. . .]

2021 Pembrey Sprint: Entries Open!

We are now accepting entries for the 2021 Pembrey Sprint Weekend. The event is a round of the following championships: Bristol Speed Championship Vincenzo & Sons Bristol MX5 Challenge Bristol Two Litre Cup Trident [click. . .]

2021 Llandow Sprint: Final Instructions

The 2021 Llandow Sprint is closed to spectators. If you’re planning to come to the event, you must be one of the following: a member of the organising team. a competitor a marshal Limited spaces available [click. . .]

2021 Llandow Sprint: Entries Open

Whilst permission has not yet been given for motorsport to restart in Wales we are hoping that by July the situation will have changed, however should the event have to be cancelled for COVID reasons all competitors who [click. . .]

Vincenzo & Sons Bristol MX5 Challenge Regulations

The 2021 Vincenzo & Sons MX5 Challenge Regulations are now available to view on our Bristol Motor Club website here. We’ve been keen to maintain the ethos of the Challenge as a relatively low cost entry into [click. . .]

2021 Bristol Two Litre Cup

The Bristol Two Litre Cup returns for 2021! The championship is designed to allow most normally aspirated cars of up to two litres to compete. All cars will run in a road-legal condition with road-legal tyres. [click. . .]

2021 Vincenzo & Sons MX5 Challenge

Bristol Motor Club will be running it’s 7th Vincenzo & Sons MX5 Challenge in 2021. The challenge is open to near standard, normally aspirated Mazda MX5 NA, NB and NC models and will comprise [click. . .]

Committee Digest: November 2020

It’s been a tough year, but we’ve come through it just fine. This was the last committee meeting of the year and we had a few things to discuss. With our AGM taking place via email, we finalised the [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. . .]

2020 Bristol Two Litre Cup Review

This might not have been the ideal year to start a new championship, but that didn’t dampen the quality of the field for the Bristol Two Litre Cup. Seven drivers entered the opening round, which ended up being [click. . .]

Welsh Sprint Weekend: Finals and Entry List

With one week to go until our Welsh Sprint Weekend, entries are closed and you can see who’s competing right here: https://www.rallies.info/webentry/2020/welshaugsprint/entries.php?type=s&combined=1 You can [click. . .]

New Rounds for Bristol Two Litre Cup and Vincenzo & Sons Bristol MX5 Challenge!

Good News! The Manor Farm rounds of both championships have been moved to Wiscombe Park Hillclimb for a double-header finale at the end of September. Best of all, online entries are now open for the event at [click. . .]

Welsh Sprint Weekend: Entries Open

Great news! Entries are now being accepted for the Welsh Sprint Weekend. Regulations can be downloaded here: https://bristolmc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2020-AUGUST-WELSH-SPRINT-SRs-V2-Jul20.pdf Enter [click. . .]

2020 Dick Mayo Sprint: Entries Open!

Competitors This will be the first sprint in the UK after the motorsport season kicks off again. In order to do this, there are key restrictions…. No Spectators One pit crew (actual pit crew, not spectating [click. . .]

August Welsh Sprint Weekend: June Update

Following a meeting of the Bristol Motor Club/BARC Wales joint organising team it has been decided that the Welsh Sprint Weekend, comprising of two sprints at Llandow and Pembrey circuits, will be going ahead in [click. . .]

How We Stream Our vSprints

Have you ever wondered just what goes into streaming our GT Sport vSprints online? Here’s the answer! We have 3 people who come together to make it happen. Clerk of the Course The Clerk sets up the audio party for [click. . .]

Throwback Thursday: 1977 Wiscombe 5 Clubs

On this day in 1977, we ran the second “5 Clubs” hillclimb at Wiscombe Park Hillclimb, an event that continues to this day. Here’s what Dick Mayo, the Clerk of the Course, wrote in our newsletter at [click. . .]