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August Welsh Sprint Weekend: June Update

Following a meeting of the Bristol Motor Club/BARC Wales joint organising team it has been decided that the Welsh Sprint Weekend, comprising of two sprints at Llandow and Pembrey circuits, will be going ahead in [click. . .]

How We Stream Our vSprints

Have you ever wondered just what goes into streaming our GT Sport vSprints online? Here’s the answer! We have 3 people who come together to make it happen. Clerk of the Course The Clerk sets up the audio party for [click. . .]

August 2020 Welsh Sprint Weekend: Easter Update

We have now received the permits for the two sprints being jointly organised by Bristol Motor Club and BARC (Wales) on 15th/16th August at Llandow/Pembrey circuits. Currently there is no guarantee that the Motorsport UK [click. . .]

Social Distancing Racing: PS4 GT Sport

We’re practising social distancing and that means racing has to happen from a distance. Grab yourself a PlayStation 4 and a copy of GT Sport to get involved! We are running a virtual Vincenzo & Sons [click. . .]

2020 Great Western Sprint: Entry List and Final Instructions

Great Western Sprint Entry List and Finals

We’re ready to go for the 2020 Great Western Sprint, but we would very much like some more marshals. If you’re free on Saturday 21st March and you want to watch really fast cars from the best locations at [click. . .]

Llandow May Sprint: Entries Open!

Event cancelled We are now accepting entries for our second sprint of the season to be held at Llandow Circuit near Cardiff in Wales. Cars compete over 1.75 laps and there’s classes from standard road to single [click. . .]

Committee Digest: February 2020

This month, there’s been lots to talk about with our first events completed and organising teams flat out working on the Great Western Sprint, Autosolo and Llandow events. The karting night went well and [click. . .]

2020 Great Western Sprint: Entries Now Open

You’ve been waiting for this moment; entries are now being accepted for the Great Western Sprint at Castle Combe Circuit. Enter online and pay by card using our online entries system: [click. . .]

2020 Bristol Two Litre Cup: Round 1 Entries Open

The time has come and BDCC are accepting entries for the first round of the 2020 Bristol Two Litre Cup! Enter now in class G1 using the entry form: [click. . .]

Committee Digest: January 2020

It seems a long time since our last committee meeting in November. We started with a look back to the Allen Classic Trial. It was even more of a success than usual with the last car finishing around dusk. The live [click. . .]

Digital Membership Cards and Online Renewal

We’re moving to the 21st century with the blessing of Motorsport UK. From 2020, we will no longer issue you with a physical membership card. You can join the club and renew your membership through the online [click. . .]

Committee Digest: September 2019

A little late with the digest this month, just in time to remind you of club night this Tuesday at Colston’s School in Stapleton. We didn’t have much to discuss this month, with little to review from [click. . .]

2019 Bristol Speed Championship: Final Results

After 5 rounds comprising two sprints at Castle Combe, one sprint at Llandow and two hillclimbs at Wiscombe Park, Dave Greenslade has emerged the victor in the championship. His often driving partner, Simon Clemow ran [click. . .]

2019 Bristol Speed Championship: Round 3 Results

After 3 of 5 rounds, Matthew Bennett has broken the unlimited Roadgoing class record twice to take the lead in the Bristol Speed Championship and also win the King of Combe trophy. Dave Greenslade lies second in the [click. . .]

On This Day: 18th July 1965

We ran our first ever 3 lap sprint at Castle Combe Circuit on this day in 1965. The event was stopped early due to some local residents who objected and the future of the circuit was in jeopardy. Two of our members [click. . .]

Committee Digest: July 2019

Club Displays We had the club gazebo on the Chipping Sodbury Classic Run held by the Rotary Club. A few members attended and enjoyed themselves. We also ran a small display at Heathfest. We had poor attendance [click. . .]

2019 Dick Mayo Sprint: Entry List & Final Instructions

Marshals Required: Dick Mayo Sprint The Dick Mayo Sprint is upon us! Next week, we’ll be at Castle Combe all weekend for the Dick Mayo Sprint (Saturday 27th July) and the Classic & Performance Parade (Sunday [click. . .]

Event Filming: The Plan

You may have seen some of the amazing footage Hillclimb.tv has been producing recently and also some of the videos we’ve compiled of recent events. We’ve wanted to step this up for a while. In fact, [click. . .]

Marshals Required: Dick Mayo Sprint

The Bristol Motor Club Dick Mayo Sprint takes place at Castle Combe on Saturday 27th July 2019. To enable this event to run safely and smoothly we need 40+ Marshals for circuit posts, paddock and start line duties. No [click. . .]

2020 Bristol Two Litre Cup

For 2020, we are announcing a new championship; the Bristol Two Litre Cup! 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 [click. . .]