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    Steve Winterberg

    Lowflying February

    By Steve Winterberg, in Lowflying,

    In this issue:
    Picture gallery – another slice of life from the fridge door : News and events : Welcome to new members : Regalia – new arrangements for Regalia sales : The Lotus Seven Club at Le Mans : The Swiss International meeting : A beginning, a muddle and an end – engine ugrade, K-to-Duratec, part two : Portfolio – foul weather and fair at the Nürburgring : Club trackdays – some pointers for beginners and a look at an all-time favourite, Cadwell Park : Number 6 and the Seven – when the Seven became a star of the small screen : Nuke the Leuk – the latest fundraising news : Area directory : Classified advertisements : Diary of events
    Steve Winterberg

    Lowflying January

    By Steve Winterberg, in Lowflying,

    In this issue:
    Picture gallery - another slice of life from the fridge door : News and events : Welcome to new members : Area antics - exploring the roads of New Zealand - and Warwickshire 7s look back on the year : Nuke the Leuk - the latest fundraising news : Lotus Seven Club speed championship - the season closes on Anglesey, plus the final championship points : A beginning, a muddle and an end - engine ugrade, K-to-Duratec, part one : Area directory : Driving - updating your skills at the wheel : Classified advertisements : Diary of events
    Guest

    Nuke the Leuk - Lap 12

    By Guest, in Club Charities,

    This Month's Contributions

    Monthly standing order from a shy team sparring partner of old 25.00 Monthly give as you earn donation from another shy club member 25.00 Mike Donnelly would like to thank Richard Young for services rendered in the mud (sounds intriguing!) 25.00 Richard Bloomfield says thanks to Clive Dabinett
    20.00 Richard Bloomfield sends on the final donations from the Shuttleworth Blat 25.00 (Brings total to £685.00) Peter Burt says thanks to Simon Hoade for the Hillman Imp Owner's Handbook 10.00 Iain Forsyth thanks Graham Denham for the loan of a trailer to take his R400 to Caterham Midlands 20.00 Chris Alston says thanks to Michael Calvert for the fuel gauge, Rob Grigsby for the honeycomb boot floor and Graham Ridgway for the ali light blocks 30.00 Will Norman thanks Guy Lowe for the bench 25.00 Tim Nicholson thanks Graham for the sticky tape 15.00 John Vine thanks Jon 'jingars' Ingarfield for the download of a Duratec engine manual 20.00 David Lewis thanks Mike Sankey for helping him out with a trailer 20.00 Bruce Yale says many thanks to Dick Bowyer for supplying a spare Avon tyre free of charge. It will be well used at the next Dunsfold Handling Day 10.00 Roger Heeley makes a donation in lieu of sending Christmas cards 15.00 Mark Gibson makes a donation after receiving a free head restraint from Adrian Williams 10.00 Phil Cook says thanks to Guy Lowe for the gym weights 10.00 Ammo says thanks to Dave 'Dunsfold Dave' Wadey for the rollover bar 50.00 Joanna Jones says thanks to Fletch for the Seven mosaic picture and disk 30.00 The North Wales Area say thanks to Owens TV and Hifi, of Llanrwst, who generously donated the main prize for the NtL fundraising Christmas Party Quiz 40.00 Andy Webber sends on the proceeds from the ReHaB Area Christmas Dinner Raffle 135.00 Chris Alston sends on the proceeds from the combined Kent Areas Christmas Dinner Raffle 178.00 Keith Pickin Memorial Fund - passenger rides at Rockingham 110.00 (Brings total to £7872.00) Andrew Hooper thanks Dennis Powell for the Dunsfold pictures 10.00 Nifty passes on money raised by selling DVDs to Carrotlanders 25.50 Paul Richards passes on the donations from the L.A.D.S. Area Christmas Meal 205.00 Steve Brown passes on the proceeds from the East and North Yorkshire Area Christmas Meal Raffle 102.00 Pam Golding sends on the proceeds from the Warwickshire South Area Christmas auction 172.00 This month’s total: £1362.50 Total this year to date: £18,952.63 Plus fundraising history 1991 to end of last year: £321,701.15 Total to date: £340,653.78 Another great year for Nuke the Leuk, many thanks to all who contributed so generously.
    Steve Winterberg

    Lowflying December

    By Steve Winterberg, in Lowflying,

    In this issue:

    Le Mans 2009 : News and events : Welcome to new members : Lotus Seven Club speed championship - hillclimbing at Wiscombe Park: In the cockpit - looking at the craft of driving : Taking the air - ‘aero’ experimentation with a Seven : Le Sept XI - looking back at a big summer adventure : Portfolio : Nuke-the-Leuk - the latest fundraising news : Area directory : The tale of Colin the bear : Classified advertisements : Diary of events
     
     
    Guest

    Nuke the Leuk - Lap 11

    By Guest, in Club Charities,

    This Month's Contributions

    Monthly standing order from a shy team sparring partner of old 25.00 Monthly give as you earn donation from another shy club member 25.00 Peter Griffiths thanks Keith Henson for the printer cartridges 30.00 Norfolk and Suffolk Area donate the excess money collected to pay for the room for their October meeting
    10.00 Bruno Dewaelheyns says thanks to Ash Bailey for the back issues of Low Flying 10.00 Guy Rossler makes a donation to say goodbye to his Volvo 50.00 Jeremy Webb says thanks to John Birrell 10.00 SM25T thanks Prangerman for arranging the visit to Kemble Airfield 20.00 John Marshall thanks Richard Lee for the Silverstone parade lap photos 10.00 Gordon Cardew thanks Howard R for the free oil 15.00 Ralph Morgan donates in lieu of carriage charges for an exhaust silencer bought from David Thompson and transported for more convenient collection by David White 15.00 Grant Taylor forwards a donation from Jinny Claydon who needed a replacement 50th anniversary tankard for her husband, as she broke the first one 7.00 Barbara Swift sends on a donation made as someone else buys some of her lovely BlatChat stickers 10.00 (Brings total to £1500.00) Steve Mell sends on the proceeds from the Dunsfold Handling Day in September. Thanks to Jim McAllister, Peter Farnfield, Nigel Roberts, Dave Hollington, John Malcolmson, Steve Newman, Doug and Mandy Phillips, Ansar Ali, Andy Noble, Angus Davidson, Peter Carmichael and all the other marshals and volunteers 1050.00 Paul Davis (the former General Secretary not the photographer!) bought one of the 50th anniversary prints 60.00 The organisers of the 50th anniversary event send on the final donations 1226.68 (This brings the total to a brilliant £4910.56) Simon (Red SLR) Scott says thanks to Richard Newman for help fixing his PC 20.00 Martin Bushaway sends on the money raised at the Roadhog event. Thanks to Steve Newman, Doug and Mandy Phillips for their hard work and most importantly all those who came along and made this inaugural event such fun 1000.00 Many thanks to Stuart McGill, Gary Frost, Neil Gilby and Neil Fraser for the help in transporting wheels from Manchester to the Midlands via Angelesey for Grads racer Mark Gregory 20.00 This month’s total: £3613.68 Total this year to date: £17,590.13 Plus fundraising history 1991 to end of last year: £321,701.15 Total to date: £339,291.28  
    Steve Winterberg

    Lowflying November

    By Steve Winterberg, in Lowflying,

    In this issue:

    Picture gallery - another slice of life from the fridge door : News and events : Welcome to new members : A member’s tale : Sevens on show - amazing machines at Legoland : Lotus Seven Club speed championship - the season’s second sprint at Curborough : Brands awareness - Lotus Seven Club trackdays : Sprinting at Aintree : Roadhog! - a trip to the seaside : Nuke the Leuk - the latest fundraising news : Behind the wheel - looking at the craft of driving : Members’ benefits - a round-up of deals, discounts and savings : Area directory : Classified advertisements : Diary of events : Cover photograph by Andrew Jenkins
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    In a world first, the next model to be produced by Caterham Cars will be created online by the public.
    In collaboration with Project Splitwheel (www.splitwheel.com), the manufacturer of the legendary Seven is offering every car enthusiast, irrespective of any engineering skill, design experience or mechanical ability, a dream opportunity to design an all-new sports car.
    To be part of automotive history, people can join ‘Project Splitwheel’ from its dedicated website, www.splitwheel.com. From here, members from all over the globe are able to submit ideas and concepts for every single aspect of the new Caterham and discuss and debate them with other users, before ultimately voting on what makes it to the final vehicle.
    Initial registration for this revolutionary venture is now open with the Project set to start in earnest early in the New Year.
    The Splitwheel.com website will use a combination of articles, blogs, forum discussion, a Wikipedia-style user-edited knowledge base and a comprehensive voting system to turn user input into a workable vehicle design. Along with acting as a liaison with Caterham’s engineering team, Project Splitwheel will also provide guidance and input from automotive industry experts as required.
    Splitwheel will also factor increased environmental pressures by exploring alternative methods of propulsion, such as electric and hybrid, and crucially their desirability to drivers. Once the specification is agreed, Caterham Cars will seek to produce a prototype vehicle which could become an addition to its model range as early as 2011.
    Starting from a blank sheet of paper and with very few restrictions in place, the result should be an exciting and truly unique performance vehicle.
    As an added incentive to participants, Splitwheel and Caterham will offer plenty of opportunities to get ‘hands-on’, with members test driving and possibly even racing the development car.
    “We are thrilled to be involved in what we believe to be the world’s first project of this type,” says Ansar Ali, Managing Director of Caterham Cars. “Creating a worthy stable mate for the iconic Caterham 7 is one of the greatest challenges in the automotive world and one which will be hugely exciting for enthusiasts to get stuck into!”
    Project Splitwheel is the brainchild of automotive consultant Piers Drake, 31, from London.
    “Cars are amongst the most hotly debated topics on the internet and for the first time we are going to channel some of that passion and energy into an exciting high-profile project with a real-world outcome,” says Drake. “Every petrolhead dreams of running their own sports car company. Project Splitwheel is effectively the world’s first ‘virtual’ car manufacturer and as far as possible we will be asking our members to call the shots, just as if they were running a marque themselves.”
    “Every attribute and detail of the new vehicle will be decided by Project Splitwheel members, from the chassis and powerplant to styling, equipment and even the name. Importantly, the partnership with Caterham gives the Project access to engineering resources, facilities and expert knowledge to deliver this car from the internet and into the real world.”
    Membership of Project Splitwheel is free and open to anybody passionate about performance cars. Visit www.splitwheel.com for more information.
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    Class 1, Class 2, Class 3, Class 4, Class 5, Class 6
    (top 7 scores count, dropped scores in RED)
    Class 1

    Pos Class Name Goodwood Llandow Llys-Y-Fran Curborough1 Pembrey1 Pembrey2 MIRA Shelsley Walsh Loton Harewood Curborough2 Aintree Wiscombe Anglesey1 Anglesey2 Total 1 1 Johnanthan Ward 100.00 100.00 98.48 96.46 98.68 98.30 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 698.68 2 1 Malcolm Hickey 99.59 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 98.98 98.65 98.85 97.97 698.57 3 1 Richad Ormson 94.57 100.00 93.73 100.00 100.00 96.47 96.66 91.91 97.86 94.49 685.56 4 1 Matthew Willoughby 99.98 98.98 97.64 96.13 96.77 96.88 97.95 684.33 5 1 Andrew Willoughby 100.00 89.07 96.34 97.20 96.77 94.29 98.05 97.69 680.34 6 1 Allister Gibbins 93.56 95.13 93.53 99.36 99.45 95.08 94.21 97.75 96.17 677.15 7 1 Neil Fraser 91.13 95.71 95.06 94.54 96.18 93.27 96.04 95.73 96.64 96.13 671.49 8 1 Alan Johnson 91.01 87.32 94.55 96.24 93.87 94.25 94.38 97.02 97.12 95.92 669.48 9 1 Judith Hickey 92.32 89.87 91.99 96.51 91.16 91.54 90.80 644.19 10 1 Michael Burnham 85.74 87.49 91.23 90.55 89.80 90.95 92.94 90.89 91.34 637.70 11 1 Paul Boston 92.70 91.57 90.82 93.81 95.60 94.36 558.86 12 1 David Grewcock 93.17 94.08 94.63 90.67 90.89 463.44 13 1 Greg Price 96.44 91.45 93.54 281.43 14 1 Kristy Price 86.85 85.42 88.40 260.67 15 1 Hannah Boston 80.35 74.69 76.46 231.50 16 1 Alec Tunbridge 97.58 94.99 192.57 17 1 David Lynch 95.17 95.17 18 1 Steve Causey 94.91 94.91 19 1 Andrew Steele 90.39 90.39  
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    Class 2

    Pos Class Name Goodwood Llandow Llys-Y-Fran Curborough1 Pembrey1 Pembrey2 MIRA Shelsley Walsh Loton Harewood Curborough2 Aintree Wiscombe Anglesey1 Anglesey2 Total 1 2 Michael Sankey 100.00 100.00 100.00 99.10 100.00 100.00 99.76 100.00 98.69 98.63 99.23 99.81 99.31 99.90 100.00 700.00 2 2 Richard Price 0.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 99.51 700.00 3 2 Matthew Jenkins 98.03 97.86 97.91 96.75 99.50 98.67 98.04 686.76 4 2 Roger Cumming 97.94 97.51 99.33 95.10 95.50 98.58 96.33 94.35 97.16 682.35 5 2 Paul Collins 93.68 99.30 96.53 94.12 96.69 96.64 97.06 97.83 96.49 680.54 6 2 Robert Spencer 94.33 95.75 97.64 0.00 96.07 96.91 98.72 96.24 97.09 678.42 7 2 Graham Howard 95.59 100.00 98.44 98.31 99.20 95.99 587.53 8 2 Kate Sankey 92.51 89.51 95.73 95.83 92.83 91.98 558.39 9 2 Katie Price 90.82 91.52 87.68 91.89 93.89 90.22 546.02 10 2 Stephen Herring 95.10 95.99 97.99 97.54 95.90 482.52 11 2 Rod Thonger 86.50 83.55 81.01 84.80 83.80 419.66 12 2 Patricia Herring 88.95 87.58 76.40 81.49 334.42 13 2 Colin Heseltine 91.71 98.95 94.19 284.85 14 2 Mike Vickers 90.08 97.89 94.16 282.13 15 2 Andrew Jenkins 93.44 91.58 95.44 280.46 16 2 Stuart Vickers 88.34 92.29 95.71 276.34 17 2 James Spicer 83.16 88.43 91.88 263.47 18 2 Andrew Couchman 98.35 89.11 187.46 19 2 Andrew Brown 97.58 97.58 20 2 Peter Lethbridge 96.97 96.97 21 2 Mike Spicer 88.94 88.94 22 2 Paul Barrow 82.37 82.37 return to top
    Class 3

    Pos Class Name Goodwood Llandow Llys-Y-Fran Curborough1 Pembrey1 Pembrey2 MIRA Shelsley Walsh Loton Harewood Curborough2 Aintree Wiscombe Anglesey1 Anglesey2 Total 1 3 David Nelson 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 99.16 100.00 700.00 2 3 Michael Calvert 97.39 99.84 98.82 87.59 99.08 100.00 97.81 98.22 96.97 98.18 99.74 96.74 97.40 97.82 693.88 3 3 Jeff Smith 96.69 98.69 96.87 99.93 100.00 97.99 100.00 98.73 692.21 4 3 Grahame Wardall 97.51 99.01 98.83 96.72 96.68 96.94 98.07 97.09 98.18 685.63 5 3 Robin Brackett 95.26 96.90 98.33 93.48 98.01 97.24 97.79 98.31 96.05 94.37 682.63 6 3 Kevin Evans 96.29 95.34 91.38 94.55 95.47 96.18 93.53 93.73 96.64 96.53 671.00 7 3 Mark Gibson 90.81 89.83 97.09 96.24 96.57 96.11 94.14 94.27 95.34 94.56 670.18 8 3 Tamara Calvert 88.47 92.90 93.08 89.15 91.36 94.09 93.34 93.21 91.63 94.89 93.53 91.19 83.59 86.63 655.04 9 3 Gary Frost 87.10 88.95 92.32 93.57 92.34 91.74 88.55 634.57 10 3 Alan Bowler 89.98 92.87 84.67 91.45 91.17 450.14 11 3 Clive Bridges 89.95 85.83 88.98 88.13 90.51 443.40 12 3 Suzanne Gibson 86.37 85.77 88.20 90.53 89.99 440.86 13 3 Dave McFarlane 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 400.00 14 3 Mike Desmond 91.99 86.14 85.80 87.53 351.46 15 3 Christopher Hawkes 89.68 89.29 87.70 83.34 350.01 16 3 Gemma Hawkes 75.19 82.02 81.56 79.36 318.13 17 3 Tony Robinson 89.73 93.41 93.79 276.93 18 3 David Wingfield 93.67 89.95 91.60 275.22 19 3 Martyn Mills 90.90 87.92 91.05 269.87 20 3 Joseph Bennett 89.89 88.51 89.58 267.98 21 3 Johnathan Hughes 88.16 84.04 81.87 254.07 22 3 Roger Burns 94.89 95.35 190.24 23 3 Iain Peace 92.49 96.95 189.44 24 3 Kaspar McFarlane 87.05 83.71 170.76 25 3 Stacie Smith 78.64 90.01 168.65 26 3 Geoff Dixon 98.37 98.37 27 3 Bryan Lyall 87.40 87.40 28 3 Graham Vingoe 81.06 81.06 return to top
    Class 4

    Pos Class Name Goodwood Llandow Llys-Y-Fran Curborough1 Pembrey1 Pembrey2 MIRA Shelsley Walsh Loton Harewood Curborough2 Aintree Wiscombe Anglesey1 Anglesey2 Total 1 4 Mark Durrant 99.66 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 700.00 2 4 Martin Sargeant 100.00 96.39 97.97 97.65 97.92 98.99 98.24 687.16 3 4 Nigel Fox 0.00 98.31 96.99 90.63 96.48 96.69 96.28 92.05 93.34 92.94 95.73 98.75 94.20 98.19 99.60 685.01 4 4 Neil Cavanagh 100.00 99.63 96.36 96.00 94.09 97.49 96.40 0.00 679.97 5 4 Chris Howard-Harris 98.02 93.81 91.74 94.57 94.02 94.49 96.36 95.66 89.12 666.93 6 4 Clive McCall 94.56 92.17 86.81 91.65 91.98 94.06 90.46 94.94 93.95 91.15 90.69 94.17 655.37 7 4 Steve Unwin 93.23 86.31 81.32 92.21 93.68 95.49 94.40 91.13 646.45 8 4 John Caldicott 85.21 85.16 86.62 86.76 89.14 89.34 89.07 611.30 9 4 Lynn Gilbert 89.91 88.34 85.08 82.76 85.75 83.38 88.07 83.82 83.37 604.35 10 4 Paul Forster 97.49 97.55 95.77 96.40 95.20 89.99 572.40 11 4 Julie Sargeant 77.64 79.80 79.53 85.30 87.24 81.31 78.59 569.41 12 4 David Jeggo 94.72 0.00 89.78 94.63 95.59 95.02 469.74 13 4 Martin Bushaway 93.77 86.02 94.47 274.26 14 4 Nicki Beeney 85.42 83.78 83.44 252.64 15 4 John Lyon 97.68 97.68 return to top
    Class 5

    Pos Class Name Goodwood Llandow Llys-Y-Fran Curborough1 Pembrey1 Pembrey2 MIRA Shelsley Walsh Loton Harewood Curborough2 Aintree Wiscombe Anglesey1 Anglesey2 Total 1 5 Simon Rogers 100.00 86.88 99.66 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 97.82 98.01 700.00 2 5 Adrian Williams 100.00 97.81 100.00 96.94 98.01 98.36 99.48 99.56 100.00 97.93 97.88 100.00 100.00 699.04 3 5 Shaun Elwell 92.62 92.89 97.14 95.05 97.25 95.41 94.37 94.57 94.52 95.15 93.75 97.80 96.96 674.76 4 5 Rob Margel 94.74 95.65 88.41 97.64 97.91 95.59 96.17 93.93 671.63 5 5 Gill Elwell 79.55 79.39 83.79 80.87 84.28 83.99 81.20 82.71 85.78 83.84 83.05 85.80 82.54 590.53 6 5 Roland Preece 88.48 96.40 96.91 94.70 91.12 467.61 7 5 Stephen Gatward 87.22 88.27 87.26 89.99 352.74 8 5 Patricia Chan 82.29 85.63 86.01 85.92 339.85 9 5 Lynda Preece 82.55 88.12 83.31 253.98 10 5 John Young 87.95 86.82 174.77 11 5 Robert Grigsby 100.00 100.00 12 5 Paul Gibb 96.47 96.47 13 5 Mike Riley 93.51 93.51 14 5 Nifty Styles 90.63 90.63 15 5 David Hersey 87.36 87.36 16 5 Rachel Luke 82.00 82.00 return to top
    Class 6

    Pos Class Name Goodwood Llandow Llys-Y-Fran Curborough1 Pembrey1 Pembrey2 MIRA Shelsley Walsh Loton Harewood Curborough2 Aintree Wiscombe Anglesey1 Anglesey2 Total 1 6 Graham Ford 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 400.00 2 6 Darrell South 0.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 98.53 398.53 3 6 Darren Luke 100.00 100.00 200.00 4 6 Gavin Craig 93.24 100.00 193.24 5 6 Adam Hay 100.00 0.00 100.00  
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