Motoring News

27/04/2012
Stars turn out for Royal Automobile Club Charity Cup

High profile names from the worlds of motorsport and media turned out to the Royal Automobile Club’s Woodcote Park on Tuesday for the first ever Charity Cup golf competition.
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17/04/2012
The Green Charge

At the end of last month the Club played host to a lively meeting looking at the energy consumption and CO2 emissions data collected from participating vehicles in the 2011 RAC Future Car Challenge.
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06/03/2012
Annual Motoring Dinner with Martin Whitmarsh

Martin Whitmarsh , CEO of McLaren was guest of honour at the Annual Motoring Dinner on 22 February.
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07/02/2012
Stylish Atalanta Sports Tourer re-launched after 75 years

On Monday 5 March 2012 the clock was turned back exactly 75 years at the Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall, London when a new British made Atalanta sports car was launched. The Atalanta Sport
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06/01/2012
Club member’s 33,000 mile round the world trip

Geoffrey Herdman, a member of the Royal Automobile Club, and his wife, Hilary, recently completed a remarkable trip around the world in a 1956 Bristol 405 Drophead Coupe, of which only 42 we
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15/12/2011
50th anniversary E-Type sculpture to raise money for Henry Surtees Foundation

A sculpture that incorporates metal from the award-winning restoration of Jaguar’s ultimate Lightweight E-Type, the Lindner Nocker, is to raise money for the Henry Surtees Foundation.
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08/12/2011
2012 Historic and F1 Grand Prix

Limited number of rooms available for Royal Automobile Club members for the 2012 Historic Grand Prix and the 2012 F1-Grand Prix
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22/11/2011
Ultimate Jaguar partnership starts The Beaujolais Run

John Surtees OBE, World Motorcycle and Formula One Champion and Norman Dewis; one of the legends of the British motor industry, started this year’s world-famous Nokia sponsored Beaujolais Ru
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10/11/2011
Future Car Challenge Highlights

Autocar Ace Surrenders his Title Jim Holder, editor of Autocar magazine, was crowned champion of the inaugural Future Car Challenge in 2010 at the wheel of the prototype Volkswagen Golf Blue e-Motion.
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17/10/2011
Royal Automobile Club supports Bill Boddy tribute day at Brooklands

The passing of Motor Sport magazine’s founder editor Bill Boddy was marked by a spectacular celebration of his life at Brooklands:
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17/10/2011
Bridget the Mars Rover Comes to Pall Mall

You may have noticed an odd looking vehicle in the Rotunda at Pall Mall last week. Well, meet Bridget, a full-scale working prototype of a Mars Rover.
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10/10/2011
Motor Racing Legends at Spa

Saturday’s Royal Automobile Club Woodcote Trophy race at the Spa Six-Hours Meeting was won from pole by the white D-type of Carlos Monteverde and Gary Pearson, although the early laps suggested the outcome could be very different.
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19/08/2011
Solo Atlantic Row 2011

This December, Club member Tommy Tippetts is embarking on an epic expedition – aiming to become one of the youngest people to ever row the Atlantic solo.
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07/06/2011
Mid-Summer Murder, Madness, or Majesty...

We had a great warm up for the Mid Summer Drive-In with the Breakfast event on Saturday 14 May, 50 cars parked on the beautifully manicured croquet lawn... and no damage reported by the grou
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06/06/2011
Donington Historic Festival

The Donington Historic Festival was a successful new event on the motoring calendar and the result of Duncan Wiltshire’s commitment to classic motorsports.
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31/05/2011
50th anniversary of Moss’ victory at Monaco honoured at the Royal Automobile Club

The Royal Automobile Club hosted a champagne reception in honour of Sir Stirling Moss OBE who won the race 50 years ago. The Lotus 18 in which Moss took the chequered flag half a century ago
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14/04/2011
Nick Mason at the Woodcote Park Motoring Dinner

Nick Mason and Mark Hales were the stars at a Motoring Dinner at Woodcote Park on Friday 1 April.
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25/02/2011
A Winning After Dinner Speaker

Christian Horner, team principal of the Red Bull Formula 1 team which scooped the 2010 Drivers and Constructors titles, was in great form when he starred at the Club’s Annual Motoring Dinner on Thursday 24 February. With the Mount
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09/02/2011
Yamaha Off-Road Day

The Club’s second Yamaha Off-Road Day took place in rather less threatening conditions than 2009.
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Monaco Grand Prix

My Yacht Monaco, now in its seventh year, is a unique luxury lifestyle experience for the discerning traveller and F1 fan at the 70th Monaco Grand Prix. For four days and evenings guests enjoy the ultimate in 5-star hospitality on board a private, $50m, 45m tri-deck superyacht, moored next to the street circuit.

The Club recently welcomed current Indy 500 champion Dario Franchitti to the Segrave Room. Dario had kindly agreed to participate in a podcast series for Motorsport magazine and spent an hour amiably chatting about his life, career and trademark laid back approach to racing.

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