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Here's a link to one of my videos that are being featured over at Mecannix TV. This is the NLG bike that won the first motorcycle race at the Brooklands Track in 1908 : http://www.mecanix-tv.com/cars/british-cars/nlg-brooklands.html

Lads, just thought I'd mention that I am co-organising a classic car run through the Surrey (UK) countryside on the 24th April (a Saturday) to finish up at around mid-day at Brooklands Museum, where you can then savour the delights on offer there.
We are currently finalising the start points and 'halfway halts'.
Check out the website at www.stgeorgesdayrun.com

A heads-up for our UK based members.



I have been asked by Brooklands Museum to help them with a little pre-Christmas publicity for their New Year’s Day event.

The Museum will be open again on New Year’s Day in 2010 for the largest New Year’s classic car gathering in the South East so if you’re not nursing too sore a head from the night before then please come along. The bar and restaurants will be open for the Museum’s traditional turkey-free New Year’s Day lunches and… Continue

Probably best observed by members here in the UK ; I can now copy from VHS tape to DVD. If you'd like to see some of those old tapes you still have, please feel free to e-mail me ; gary@yesterdaysracers.com -- very competitive rates!!

I have just put the finishing touches to my latest vintage racing DVD, this is the fourth and I think it's probably the best yet. As per usual, it runs for just on an hour and this time features an Amilcar Rally in the South of France, an interview with Team Lotus Team Manager Peter Warr, part 2 of our interview with Ron Tauranac, a piece on the un-raced Lotus 58 and some footage from the Club Lotus show at Donington with a feature on Jim Clark's race cars.

Please feel free to e-mail me at… Continue

hi all, please go here : http://wipednews.com/features/a-driving-passion-reclaiming-missing-motor-sports-footage/
It's an article on my film collection, you may find it interesting.

Last night I went to the preview of this programme in London.

Brought to us by the same team that gave us 'Graham Hill-Driven' last year, it's another superb production by Mark Craig and Mark Stewart Productions. (the same company behind last weeks' Maharajah's Rolls-Royce programme).

This programme contains a wealth of rare film footage, including many home movie clips supplied by Jim's family. Contributors include Jim's sister Bettie, John Surtees, Sir John Whitmore, Sally Swart,… Continue