Pendine Sands speed event

[Tony oily bike]

So, are we allowed to know what you're building............ piccies?    

[panthershaun]

what he said ^^^^^^ 

[hunter]

You will.
As soon as i can find it.

[Manky Monkey]

Buried in the sand?

[Tony oily bike]

Bit of background info - John Godfrey Parry-Thomas was the unfortunate fellow who was killed in Babs in 1927 at Pendine whilst attempting the World Land Speed Record.
The car was buried in the sand not long after the crash, where it remained until 1969 when it was excavated.

J G Parry-Thomas was buried at Saint Mary's Churchyard, Byfleet, Surrey, quite local to Manky Manor.

Pendine was used for Land Speed Records due too it long flat sands, but as speeds rose, so longer distances were required, Daytona basically took over.


Loads of info on the following website

http://www.parry-thomas.co.uk/

The website also states
John Godfrey Parry-Thomas was truly an understated genius as a driver and an engineer below are a few of his huge number of inventions that were patented between 1910 and 1926

Electrical Power Transmission. - 1910
◦Power Transmission.- 1910
◦ Electrical Controller. - 1911
◦Winding Apparatus. - 1913
◦Power Transmission Mechanism. - 1914
◦Suspension Of Rail Car Bodies And The Like. - 1914
◦Railway Motor Coach . - 1914
◦Variable Speed Power Transmission. - 1915
◦Gearing. - 1916
◦Driving Of Road Vehicles. - 1916
◦Driving Of Road And Rail Vehicles. - 1916
◦Electric Power Transmission. - 1917
◦Charging Of Accumulators from a variable Speed Dynamo Electric Machine. - 1918
◦Power Transmission. - 1918
◦Power Transmission Mechanism On Rail And Road Trains and the like.. - 1919
◦Electric Starting And Ignition System .- 1919
◦Ignition Of Internal-Combustion Engines. - 1919
◦Internal Combustion Engine (Lubrication). - 1920
◦Method Of Testing Gear Wheels. - 1920
◦Method Of Transmission Of Power. - 1920
◦Clutch and Brake Control On Road Vehicles. - 1923 [re issue]
◦Internal Combustion Engine. - 1924
◦Valve Operating Mechanism For Internal Combustion Engines. - 1924
◦Clutch and Brake Control On Road Vehicles. - 1926 [re issue]

[Manky Monkey]

I'd love to see "Babs" run. When Taz & I visited Pendine a few years ago, it was sat in a small museum on the beach front. Is it still there?

[hunter]

Well apparently they are going to run it at the Hotrods event later in the year.

[Tony oily bike]

Pendine Museum - That's Babs' 'home' whilst not visiting events.

It can often be found in the Brooklands Museum (its 2nd home?).

I've seen it running a few times - tis rather wonderful...................  

[Manky Monkey]

I'll definitely be at the hotrod event then.

[Tony oily bike]

The rules for the PDR June event are now available  £7.50 plus P&P


http://www.pendinelrc.com/

http://www.lulu.com/shop/pendine-landspeed-racing-club/pendinelrc-rule-book-2013/paperback/product-20934439.html

[tbone]

What! you have to pay for the rules!?
Rules & regulations are generally free and made available prior to entry of anything/anywhere.
Money grabbing tossers.

[spanners]

What! you have to pay for the rules!?
Rules & regulations are generally free and made available prior to entry of anything/anywhere.
Money grabbing tossers.

BRISCA, is the same you have to pay for a rule book before you can build youre stock car ,,

[Tony oily bike]

The MSA is the governing body of UK (non bike) Motorsport and thier Competitors' Yearbook, which Contains technical rules and regulations, Scrutineer names and addresses, list of ARDS, ARKS and BARS schools etc. costs £29 if you want a hardcopy
http://shop.msauk.org/productslist.asp?id=1560084&pagenum=1
It is however free as PDFs if you view online.

With respect to the ACU – The rules are available on line as PDFs.
A free CD of the rules/regs comes with the Competition licence (but you have to pay for the licence).
‘Supplementary Regs’ normally come with entry-application forms.

The SCTA (Southern California Timing Association) are the guys who run Bonneville, and charge $10 for their ‘Rules and Regs’ book.


This is how the folk who are organising Pendine describe themselves:
The Pendine Landspeed Racing Club (PendineLRC) is run buy a group of dedicated individuals, Petrol Heads, Bike Builders, Racers and Motor Sport Lovers.
Others involved with the club are involved with road racing, drag racing, sprints and other motor sports both on a technical and participant level.
If you want to help out get in touch, everything we do is voluntary so we need all the help we can get.

I’ve been involved in the organisation of motosport events, and it can take a whole team of voulteers an awful lot of time and patience, and everything that has to be done, has to be paid for.

[Manky Monkey]

I just think it's fantastic that they've been able to get permission to race on the sands at all. Taz & I visited the hallowed beach a couple of years ago & stood on it, imagining daring chaps in aero engined behemoths thundering by. Well done to the organisers for resurrecting it.

[panthershaun]

yup, hat's off to em I say.. it is all coming out of their own pocket's at the moment and is costing a small fortune.. I'm pleased that someone has got off their arse and organised this.. big boost for me and for such a historic event ( can only have a 1st time once  ) i think ALL the cost's are reasonable.. far cheaper than trying to run at Bonneville eh