Bristol Motor Club

Story Sunday: 1949 Colmore Trial

We did a lot of climbing muddy hills in the post war years. On this day in 1949, we ran The Colmore and here’s what appeared in the club’s journal soon after… The Colmore 12th March, 1949. The years [click. . .]

Story Sunday: 1960 Full Moon Cup

On this day in 1960, Chris Bigwood won the Full Moon Cup Trial in his VW. The event used many of the hills used today on the Allen Classic Trial. Here’s the review in Driving Mirror that year. FULL MOON TRIAL [click. . .]

2023 Bristol Two Litre Cup

The Bristol Two Litre Cup returns for 2023! 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. . .]

2023 Llandow Sprint: Regulations

Entries open at 09:00 on 28th February 2023 2023 June Llandow Sprint Regulations The 2023 June Llandow Sprint will again be co-promoted by Bristol Motor Club and Bristol Pegasus Motor Club. The event is a round of the [click. . .]

Driving Mirror (January – February 2023)

Chairman’s Chat – Together lets make 2023 a great year for everyone. Revolution – Latest News and Reviews from Motorsport UK. 2022 – Speed Season Review – Mike Smith swapped classes to keep his [click. . .]

2023 Classic & Performance Parade (Sunday 23rd July)

2023 Classic and Performance Parade Entry List (By Surname) 2023 Classic and Performance Parade Entry List (By Display Area) 2023 CPP – Paddock Plan 2023 CPP Timetable Sunday 23rd July 2023 8.30am – 4.30pm [click. . .]

2023 Winter NavScatter (Friday 27th January)

A great opportunity to have fun in your car with a friend. Starting at Tormarton and in the roads around Yate. You will need: OS Landranger Map 172 Some cardboard to rest the map on A pencil to write on the map A [click. . .]

2023 Bristol Speed Championship

The Bristol Speed Championship is back in 2023 with 5 rounds in this closed-to-club championship. Any club member competing at one of the rounds will be automatically entered into the championship. Scoring is based [click. . .]

Driving Mirror (November – December 2022)

Available to read as a PDF here. Chairman’s Chat – 2022 was a great year for us. Revolution – Some familiar faces inside if you take a look (p64). 2022 – Allen Classic Trial – With rain [click. . .]

General Meeting – Tuesday 6th December 2022

BMC held a General Meeting on Tuesday 6th December 2022 at the Swan Hotel, Almondsbury, Bristol. For completeness, following the meeting, please find attached a copy of the (unapproved) Minutes and Annex that includes [click. . .]

2023 All-Rounders Championship

The Bristol Motor Club All-rounders Championship is a closed-to-club championship for drivers, marshals, officials and media. Score points each time you compete or volunteer at an event. All-rounders Regulations [click. . .]

2022 Allen Classic Trial: Results

What a difference a drop of rain makes, we were happy to see the hills a little moist this year on our pre-event outings but would have preferred a dry night after the sections had been set up on Saturday. Oh well [click. . .]

PS4 22/23 vSprint Series

Bristol Motor Club are again running a winter Vsprint series based on the PlayStation 4 Platform and using the the GT Sport game, and will not require entrants to have a PS Plus membership. The format of the [click. . .]

Driving Mirror (September – October 2022)

In the magazine this month: Chairman’s Chat – I celebrate two of our recently crowned champions. Motorsport UK – Latest Revolution from our governing body. Ariel factory visit – Joe Clemow went and [click. . .]

Indoor Karting – Tuesday 22nd November

Event Date: 22/11/2022 – 19:30** Event Location: TeamSport Indoor Karting. Avonmouth Way, Avonmouth, Bristol. BS11 9YA. **19:30 is when we are required to arrive at the track for the safety briefing. We’ve [click. . .]

2022 Allen Classic Trial: Entries Open!

We’re accepting entries for this year’s Allen Classic Trial. Download the 2022 Allen Classic Trial Regulations here. Enter the main event on our entries website. We are also running a Heritage class for [click. . .]

Driving Mirror (July – August 2022)

View the published version in the online reader, or download the PDF to read at your leisure. Chairman’s Chat – We’re doing alright, but we still need your help. Motorsport UK – Latest Revolution [click. . .]

2022 Bristol Two Litre Cup: Round 5 Results

Ben Crick remains in the lead of the Bristol Two Litre Cup after round 5 at Castle Combe Circuit. From here on in, it’s dropped scores for Ben, so can he stay at the top? Aaron Sharp has a dropped score in [click. . .]

2022 Bristol Speed Championship: Round 2 Results

Dave Greenslade maintains his championship lead, but it was Steve Broughton who smashed the outright circuit record to score maximum points at Castle Combe Circuit. David Newman also smashed his class record to finish [click. . .]

2022 September AutoSolo: Entries Open

We are accepting entries for the second AutoSolo of the season at Wroughton Airfield from 8pm on 31st July 2022. As usual, we have four big tests planned on the brilliant runway surface for just £50. The event will [click. . .]

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