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Catching up - apologies for letting this slip!

2025 1st half attached.

Hi all, some info around the Discovery Channel's coverage of the 24hr race for anyone not already aware...

Warner Brothers Discovery's Quest channel brings viewers new series The Race Mechanic (working title) for October 2026, which sees Shed and Buried alumnus Sam Lovegrove take on iconic races across the country as both race mechanic and occasionally as co‑driver. This 8×60 series, produced by Beagle Media, follows Sam as he works with passionate owners to prepare classic cars for vintage rallies, endurance trials, hill climbs and time trials, blending expert engineering, rich automotive history and race-day jeopardy.

You may already be aware that the Discovery Channel has chosen us to be featured as one of the episodes of this new series. Sam Lovegrove will be part of the Blueberry Muffins team at the 24hr race and the channel will be following the lads v ladies / Muffins v Tarts competition throughout the race. We would anticipate most of the filming to take place around these garages but there may well be some scene-setting around the paddock. If you do not want to be filmed, the film crew are happy to accommodate this.

We are very much looking forward to bringing 2CV racing and the 24hr audience to a wider audience. However, please do not publicise this at the moment. The channel would prefer no publicity beyond the above press release at this time, plus a) it will spoil the surprise when we announce this, and b) it may cause excessive intrusion / attention in the garages.

As soon as we have some firmer details about the broadcast, we will let you know!

RR is 20th-22nd Feb. Please contact me if you can spare a day to help out on the stand spreading the 2CV racing gospel.

Maria

And 2024...

HI all, we promised at the AGM, I'l collating the minutes not yet published to the forum. Here are the collected minutes from 2022 and 2023.

As you probably all already know, the AGM will be held as usual on 8th November before the dinner dance.  Please arrive from 2:30 for a 3pm start. Further technical agenda/proposal information will be sent out shortly along with STGM proxy voting forms.

Official notice and company AGM proxy form attached.

Hi all,

We were invited at Race Retro to the Masters of Motoring show on 7th-8th June at Castle Combe and Bowood House (https://mastersofmotoring.com/)

I've had this from the organisers:

As one of the themes of how to get in and enjoy motorsport, I'd love to invite you to join us with some of your members to showcase the series and maybe take some time on track for demo's?

We have camping available at both venues (£10 pn) and you can join us for the evening BBQ/Pizza on the Saturday evening (£25pp) when cars are being dropped in place.

There is also hospitality on the Saturday (£35pp) and VIP (£65pp) on the Sunday that people can upgrade to if they want to make more of the weekend.  These are discounted rates not the live pricing.

Can you let me know your thoughts?  I have a press event we are working on at Castle Combe Circuit on the 10th April for a few hours in the morning to early afternoon with a slot on track to showcase what the weekend will be about so would be great to have one or two of you there or at least we can promote you attending?

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So firstly, would anyone with a nice looking car(s) be available on 10th to attend the press event? And secondly be available in June (not as urgent to book yet). Please let me know ASAP if you can do April's date so I can get back to the organiser.

Cheers!

Maria

Possibly a long shot and not much notice, sorry, but we are invited to take part in the VSCC's Pomeroy Trophy on 22nd February:

Entries close for the VSCC Pomeroy Trophy on Sunday 9th February.

We would be grateful if you could remind your Members that as Members of an invited Club they are able to take part.

We have improved the entry from so it can now be filled in, saved and then returned to the VSCC.

The event remains open to any car, old or new. In an era where track time has become increasingly costly, the Pomeroy Trophy offers a unique opportunity. It's a chance to put your winter upgrades to the test, experience something different, and to enjoy a truly fun day out surrounded by an eclectic mix of cars and like-minded enthusiasts.

The Pomeroy Trophy is a truly unique competition, one of the few times you will witness pre-War cars competing against their modern counterparts in a single-day event. The objective is simple yet exhilarating; to determine the best touring car, with a series of challenges that test a car's performance and its driver's skill.

Throughout the day, competitors will engage in various tests, including a timed slalom, straight-line acceleration challenge, and a brake test, before culminating in the highlight of the event, a 40-minute-high speed session on the renowned Grand Prix circuit (using the Historic configuration) in the afternoon, divided into three speed-graded groups. This isn't a race but an exercise to complete a pre-determined number of laps based on the car's age and specification.

And in 2022, the Pomeroy Trophy introduced an exciting new class aimed primarily at touring cars from the 1970s through to the 1990s and beyond. For this special class, the requirement for all cars to have current road tax is waived. Basic requirements for touring race cars in this class align with standard race regulations, including operational lights, safety equipment, and standard silencing. Cars including from Motor Racing Legend's Historic Touring Car Challenge and Tony Dron Trophy, Goodwood Gerry Marshall cars, as well as any 1960s GT or touring cars running on race-spec tires like Dunlop L's or M's, are all eligible to enter. The main difference in this class is that road legality or a V5C is not required. While these cars won't compete for the overall Pomeroy Trophy (reserved for road-legal cars), they'll vie for the coveted Gordon Spice Cup.

Competing cars can be driven to the event or transported via trailer. The car that clinches the 'Pom' title is always a remarkable all-rounder, driven by a skilled and passionate driver.

Previous winning cars over the last ten years include the:

Subaru Impreza

Nissan Skyline

Ford Escort RS2000

Lotus Elan

HRS Sports

Frazer Nash Targa Florio

The entry fee is £326 for road legal cars(£233 for pre-1940s cars), and £355 for non-road legal Gordon Spice Cup contenders, providing 40 minutes of track time on the Silverstone Historic Grand Prix circuit, making it a genuinely competitive endeavour.

Proxy voting forms and accounts summary can be found here:

https://forum.2cvracing.org.uk/index.php/topic,3506.0.html

Hi all,

AGM and STGM proxy voting forms attached, along with a summary of the club accounts. Only one technical item, proposed by Martin Harrold, to rescind the rule allowing the use of 2 Tuff jugs per refuelling, on the grounds of requirement for having multiple jugs, plus the safety aspect of additional fuel to be stored in garages.

Looking forward to seeing many of you at the AGM/dinner dance :)

Hi all, The AGM will take place on Saturday 16th November before the dinner dance as usual. Please arrive from 2:30 for a 3pm start. Further agenda/proposals information will be sent out shortly along with proxy voting forms.

We've had a message to the club Facebook Messenger:

£200I have a bare 2cv shell that has a ggod screen panel and boot floor new bodged in floors and is basically sound but will never be good enough for a road going car aestheticaly .before I cut it up would it be of use to a 2cv racer I am in WF2 but can transport it a reasonable distance @75 p per mile.

More pics available. For more information / to make an offer, message me your details and I'll pass it on to the seller.

Maria

Hi all,

I've had a message from the organiser. Seems nobody took up the offer to take part in this which is a bit of a shame. Late entries can be accepted however if anyone still wanted to take part.

If you were potentially interested and decided against it, please could you let me know what changed your mind so I can give the organisers some feedback and see if there's anything that could be done differently in future to encourage participation.

Maria