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ABOUT WISCOMBE A number of drivers believe that During the course of a season a diverse selection of motor cars
and motor cycles can be seen at this beautiful venue which nestles in a
picturesque south Go to DATES for information on
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ON THE WRIGHT TRACK JONATHAN WRIGHT
ADDS CHAMPIONSHIP TO PREVIOUS YOUNG DRIVER AWARD Despite a inclement evening in November many drivers attended
the awards presentation of the Bridge Tyres & Wheels Wiscombe Park Hill
Climb Championship. The main purpose of the evening was to celebrate the
successes of the trophy winners and to crown the eighth outright champion.
During the history of the championship we have seen a number of closely
fought campaigns with the battle going down to the wire during the Five Clubs
weekend in September. However, the 2009 season yielded a ‘photo finish’ with Exeter
driver Bob Rouse amassing a points haul of 56.11 points in his rapid Ford
Fiesta. The construction project manager’s points total was matched by Golf
GTi driver Jonathan Wright. The Wellington driver, who has previously taken
the Young Driver of the Year Award at Wiscombe Park claims the 2009 title,
the Bridge Tyres and Wheels Trophy and £300 by virtue of scoring more points
in the first round of the championship back in April at the Woolbridge Motor
Club meeting. Such a close finish does however show that if a driver has
intentions with regard to posting a good performance, or even winning the
series, it is critical to optimise your performances from the word go leaving
nothing to chance at the end of the challenge. Hindsight though is a
wonderful thing. The season long championship for the motorcycle brigade was won
by Alan Jolley on his rapid KTM. Alan received the impressive Sir Nicholas
Williamson Trophy after a season at Wiscombe which comprised of four events. The Young Driver Award for 2009 was won by Weymouth driver Geoff
Blake who has campaigned a 1.8 litre Zetec engine Westfield SEi with his
father Graham. Blake junior claimed class victories during the year and now
heads towards 2010 with a new more powerful mount. Can Geoff follow Jonathan
Wright’s footsteps and go on to win the championship outright? |
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LONG LEGGED BLONDE TRIES JEDI RACER FOR
SIZE It is a
Saturday morning in August at the centre of Taunton. And the business of the
day is to promote the early autumn meetings at Wiscombe Park. The cars
forming the display are all set, i.e. the Jedi of Andy Potter and the Subaru
of Mike Potter. Personnel are in place and ‘on message’ when we observe much
to our amazement a lady on stilts making her way towards us. It
transpires that she is further along the street as part of the Saturday
market and her purpose, just like our own, publicity. Being
game for a laugh it did not take much persuasion for the ‘lanky lady’ to try
a racing car for size!! As you can see the ‘heel and toe’ driving technique
could prove difficult, almost as problematical as it was to return her to the
vertical state. If
nothing else it entertained Taunton’s shoppers for a while. |
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WISCOMBE PARK 50 YEARS - THE STORY SO FAR Having
celebrated the Golden Jubilee of Wiscombe Park last year it is now
appropriate to commemorate such an occasion with the publication of a brief
history of the venue, the personalities and the machines which have made
Wiscombe what it is today. The publication, which has been compiled by Colin
Rolls and produced by Andrew Forsyth, will be available at all Wiscombe
meetings this season or by mail order at £6.00 including postage and packing.
For mail order e-mail grp@wiscombepark.co.uk |
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