events
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When: October 2015
What: Superb weekends
Where: Everywhere!
October. Where did the season go?
Still, autumn may definitely be on
the doorstep but we aren’t going
down without a fight and there are
still plenty of events out there to
keep summer alive.
There are five weekends in
October - sort of - and it opens its
account with a new and rather
specialised event - the P-15 Picnic
at Sywell Aerodrome, especially
for post-war (1946-48) Chrysler,
Plymouth, Dodge and De Soto
cars. Stock, custom, rod or work-
in-progress, all are welcome and
admission is free to the event that
marks the re-starting of production
in late 1945. It’s organised by a
trio of hopped-up P-15 owners, so
get to know your fellow owners!
This weekend is also host to the
Prescott Hillclimb Autumn Classic, a
distinctly American-flavoured event
with American car and hot rod
displays, US-themed entertainment
with live rockabilly from The Bravo
Boys, Wall of Death, and many
of Prescott’s hillclimb classes
competing for the end-of-season
honours. It’s worth a look, and with
prize money for the show’n’shine,
also worth pre-entering.
The following weekend of
October 10th and 11th sees another
new event - the Shakespeare County
Raceway Super Gamblers Shootout,
a big bracket with prize money
to the winners and no electronic
assistance allowed! Qualifying will
be on Saturday, and eliminations on
Sunday. There’s a 32-car field, but
all 32 slots need to be pre-entered
before the event will take place
so get in touch now by emailing
shakespearecountyraceway@gmail.
com.
There’s then a weekend’s
break before the season-closing
Halloween Bonfire Burn-up at
Shakey County over October 24th
and 25th, where there’s RWYB allday followed by a big fancy dress
(optional) party on Saturday
night. Meanwhile, on the Sunday,
there’s the Rat Rod Review at
the Ace Cafe London for all the
rodders who are strangers to the
world of polishing paintwork.
The weekend of October
31st and November 1st is
rather London-centric, with
the highbrow Classic & Sports
Car London Show occupying
Alexandra Palace. Out on the
streets, meanwhile - specifically
Regent Street’s ‘mile of style’ -
there’s the Regent Street Motor
Show, the largest free motor
show in the UK. It happens the
day before the famous London
To Brighton Run, and showcases
125 years of motoring history
between Oxford Circus and
Piccadilly Circus. It’s on from
10.30am to 4pm, and it’s not all
about veteran cars... Meanwhile,
for those of a noisier, less static
disposition, Santa Pod’s ever-
popular Flame & Thunder season-
closer combines invited classes
up to Nitro-burning fuellers
doing demo runs on track, with
stunts and other action off-track,
all followed by a bonfire and
fireworks. There’s even RWYB the
following day for the brave.
And that’s just about it! You’ll
note that the 2016 calendar is
beginning to fill up already, so
make the most of 2015 ... then get
ready for a stellar 2016!Events.indd 2 21/09/2015 14:13:36