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Classic Motorsport Evening in Limerick

  • 15-02-2013 9:58pm
    #1
    airnwater
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 124 ✭✭


    Classic Motorsport Evening

    Following the success of their earlier events, the Limerick Classic & Vintage Car Club are holding another Classic Motorsport Evening on Friday March 1st at the Kilmurry Lodge Hotel Limerick at 8pm . This is near the University of Limerick and just off M7 junction 28 .


    Featuring;

    - Rosemary Smith, the first lady of Irish motorsport, back by popular demand to share more of her adventures. First hand accounts of the Tulip Rally, London-Sydney Rally, the Circuit of Ireland etc., racing at Dunboyne, the Irish Land Speed Record and much more.


    - Irish man Jim Gavin is coming specially from the UK to talk about his career in motorsport. To include doing the Circuit of Ireland in a Ford Consul, the 1968 London Sydney Rally in an Escort and drag racing the twin engined 'Twinny' Mini special. Jim was also involved in the Deep Sanderson (mid engined mini-powered sportsracer) Le Mans effort of the 1960s and organising many of the long distance rallies of the 1970s. Hear about pulling a drowning Escort from the river Ganges with a 100 year old elephant and rescuing Stirling Moss when lost in the Sahara during the 1974 World Cup Rally. Jim also pioneered ride - on lawnmower racing.....Unmissable!

    Lots of photos & slides never seen before.


    Entry only 5 euro , all proceeds to charity.

    For more details;
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    A few tasters ;


    Rosemary Smith with her Hillman Imp at the Alpine rally



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    Deep Sanderson "Twinny" twin mini engined drag / sprint racer


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    Deep Sanderson sports racer at Le Mans 1963


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    Sad Citroen DS at 1968 London - Sydney rally



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    Mini Moke aka "The Coke Moke" competing in 1977 London - Sydney rally , Ayers Rock in background.



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    Lawnmower racing in UK ,pioneered by Jim Gavin



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Comments

  • #2
    Clareman
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 24,002 Mod ✭✭✭✭Clareman


    I removed the phone numbers from your post, this is a public forum so anyone can view the numbers and spam them.

    I know someone who really enjoyed this event last year and said that all the money went to charity, so I'll leave it here, but please note that putting the same thread in multiple forums is considered spanning, you may want to choose which thread you want to leave as the main 1 and delete the other ones.


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