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Club Secretary |
Alan Tomes
7 Wentwood Gardens
Thornbury
PLYMOUTH, Devon
PL6 8TD
Work Phone: 01752 219739
Email: atomes@btinternet.com |
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Secretary |
Andrew Pearce
41 Kingston Drive
Plympton
PLYMOUTH, Devon
PL7 2UZ
Work Phone: 07710 203020
Home Phone: 01752 335423 |
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| About Us |
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Plymouth Motor Club promotes many forms of four wheeled motor sport, but this was not true in the early days of the Club, formed in 1908, several years before another South West Motor Club which claims to be the oldest in the region! It was then called the Plymouth and District Motorcycle Club, with membership almost exclusively made up of motorcyclists. It was after the First World War that car enthusiasts started to infiltrate the ranks of the two wheeled fraternity. Early events consisted mainly of ‘road trial’ type events for both car and bike.
1952 saw Plymouth Motor Club and Cornwall Vintage Car Club forming a partnership - Cornwall Motor Racing Ltd. - to promote racing at the Davidstow circuit in Cornwall. During the short career of this circuit, it hosted Cornwall’s sole Formula 1 race meetings until 1955. One of the many reasons for the demise of this circuit was the bad weather.
In the modern Club, it would be fair to say that Rallying, Sprinting and Speed Hillclimbs are the main diet of the Club. We run our Speed Hillclimbs at Werrington Park near Launceston – the longest and fastest hillclimb in Devon & Cornwall – on the first weekend in May each year & are also a partner in the “5 Clubs” Wiscombe meeting held in September. In the past couple of years Sprinting has been making a comeback. Plymouth Motor Club last promoted sprints in the sixties & the circuit used then is now under the local council rubbish tip! We now use a variation of the long outdoor kart circuit at Dunkeswell. Six events are run there a year by the Devon4Motorsport partnership of which Plymouth Motor Club is a founding member. We also organise and assist in the organisation of several local stage rallies & run a 12 car rally series to encourage our members who are new to the sport.
Our members compete in most disciplines, at all levels, & with varying degrees of success. We also organise autotests, both on grass and tarmac, and will be running two rounds of the ASWMC autotest championship.
Also more aimed at the clubman, we offer Scatter Rallies and Treasure Hunts, and have a monthly social, held at the Lyneham Inn, Plympton near Plymouth |
| Club Events |
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Social evenings 1st Friday in month at Lyneham Inn, Plympton.
Treasure Hunts & Scatters held alternating 3rd Friday in month from March to November inclusive.
12 Car Navigationals held last Friday in month from February to November inclusive.
May Bank holiday weekend (Sat/Sun) Werrington (near Launceston-Cornwall)Hillclimb 'Nat B'.
Evening Tarmac Autotests normally 1st Wednesday in month from May to September inclusive. |
| Marshal - `Another` breakfast! |
Martin Newcombe, our international rally star! |
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