22 May 2015 | comment, fun night, hillclimbs, track night
We had a great track night at Forrestburn on 20 May 2015. The weather was good and with entries limited to 20, everyone was able to have multiple runs on the hill. Entrants took turns at marshalling the various posts and all the cars went home in one piece! Quite a number of spectators also turned up and there was good banter around the paddock. Thanks are due to Jamie and Shonah for organising and running the event.
Here’s a photogallery of the track night from Donald and Trish MacDonald.
1 Jan 2015 | comment, hillclimbs, news, production car trial, track night
A very Happy New Year to everyone. We have published our Calendar of Events for 2015 which you can study with awe and respect. The results for 2014 are still available of course and you can see these in the right hand sidebar of the Events Page. There will probably be more events added, such as Track Nights at Knockhill and some minor alterations to dates as the season progresses but the main events such as Hill Climb dates are fixed.
It is exactly a month till the first event of the year which is the MSCC Annual General Meeting. Two months from today will be the first motor sport event of the year at Forrestburn – a Production Car Trial on 1 March. Terrible isn’t it?
In case you are wondering, the image at the top of the page is of a Jaguar E-Type specially prepared in the graphics intended for the Forrestburn International Circuit which in 1996 had full planning permission and EU grant funding. Some people in the Club still have an interest in developing Forrestburn through smaller additions over time such as an extension to the hill climb track to include a sprint track or kart circuit. If you are interested and think you can help in some way – financial, construction, legal, planning, grant aid etc – please get in touch.
Meanwhile enjoy 2015’s MSCC motor sport programme, if you are not a member already please think about signing up and if you are a member please renew in the next few days. Thanks.
23 Sep 2014 | autotest, comment, hillclimbs, news, track night
On a glorious afternoon, the end of season track day on 21/09/14 attracted the usual enthusiastic entrants plus some new faces and some different cars.
In a new twist (and many turns), a non-competitive auto test was available for anyone wanting to try something different while taking a break from running up the hill. As always in auto testing, it appeared that the machinery was willing but the memory was weak and it took a number of tries for entrants to follow the correct route, generating much hilarity for, and jocular verbal abuse from the onlookers. The irrepressible Scott Clements again tried unsuccessfully to launch the Clan’s pistons into the stratosphere with his own exuberant style and liberal interpretation of the test route. The four-wheel steering on the Honda Prelude was a definite asset and enabled the big car to demonstrate surprising manoeuvrability.
Everyone who tried the test finished with a big grin on their face and we hope that next year, there will be some new entrants for the club auto tests.
Thanks to Donald for the text and Trish for the photos.
31 Aug 2014 | news, track night
Fab news – thanks to David Baxter, we have some images of a tracknight at last. They are great too, reflecting an enjoyable and successful evening for the club and the entrants who made this a great success. Thanks David!
8 Aug 2014 | fun night, news, track night
Here’s a post from Malcolm Malky McDonald describing his first trip to Forrestburn – thanks Malky!
Our first ever visit to Forrestburn started earlier than we’d anticipated when we left Kintyre, in Argyll, just after 1pm. We had to take a not-so-quick detour via Stirling to get a front brake caliper swapped over after snapping off the bleed nipple the previous day. Whoever said this was cheap way of entering motor sport does not live more than 100 miles from a motor factors! Anyway, despite the diversion, we managed to arrive just about the same time as everyone else.
The good weather had brought out plenty of drivers for the fun night and we were raring to go in our Peugeot 106 Rallye. A few minutes form filling at HQ and then a quick drivers briefing and we were ready to join the queue at the bottom of the hill. With there being two of us sharing the one car we’d decided that I (Malcolm) run the car first before handing over to John for the second stint. Unfortunately my first time on the hill was marred by an overheating engine – courtesy of a failed radiator fan – which made my first run a bit of a Sunday drive! Still I was able to get an idea of the track layout ready for (hopefully) faster subsequent runs. The corners were a bit tighter than I expected and the blind brows certainly make for an interesting drive! By the time my stint with the car was up, I was really enjoying the flow of the track and didn’t really want to hand over to John!
After refuelling (burgers cooked on the BBQ), I did a bit of spectating at the top of the hill where I spoke to a number of people. Everyone was really friendly and interested in our car, the distance we’d travelled and how we’d got on. It’s a standing joke where we come from that no matter where you go in the world, you’ll always meet someone else from Argyll and this time was no exception. A Mini, all the way from mid-Argyll (just 45 minutes closer to Forrestburn than us) looked very promising.
We’ve entered for the Hill Climb this weekend and are really looking forward to getting the car on the hill, and of course, meeting up with everyone again.
Thanks to Trish and Donald McDonald we have a nice gallery below of images from the Track Night.
7 Jul 2014 | comment, news, track night
Monklands Sporting Car Club is delighted to announce two track nights at Knockhill for 2014. The first is just weeks away on Monday 28 July, followed by Wednesday 27 August 2014. As usual, all nights are open pit lane and run from 6pm till 8pm. Sign on is open from 5pm and there is a mandatory drivers briefing at 5.45pm.
Cost is £70 in advance or £80 on the night for each event. Online registration details are available here for the July event – details and registration for the August event will be published later.
What you need to know:
- Sign on from 5pm, mandatory drivers briefing at 5.45pm, track open from 6 till 8pm. Please remember to bring your driving licence, and have this ready at sign on.
- Passengers are welcome, one at a time please and in the front seat.
- All cars must be roadworthy with seatbelts, no single seat formula type race cars. If you are not sure if your car will be allowed, please contact Knockhill on 01383 723337.
- Helmets are mandatory for all drivers and passengers.
- The track night is operated by Knockhill Racing Circuit and their decision on vehicle and driving standards is final. There are no refunds for being excluded.
- Cancellations more than 24 hours before the track night will be refunded in full minus any credit card fees applicable. No refunds applicable within 24 hours, though track night spaces are fully transferrable to other drivers, please advise as soon as possible.
- This is a fun night, please be courteous on track and enjoy yourself!
A couple of other things – I guess many of you will have smart-phones on the night. If you could fire off some images we could use on the website (when you are safely out of the car) it would be genuinely appreciated. Also, if anyone feels like turning their hand to a bit of journalism a nice wee report on the evening’s proceedings would be fab….and some kind of reward might be arranged. 300-400 words would be ideal.
Bookings are now open so hit up the link and sign up for a wonderful evening. Dry sunny weather has also been provisionally booked, so we look forward to seeing you on the night.
