The History of Windsor Car Club
The early years
Windsor Car Club was formed by a small group of motoring enthusiasts in
Windsor and the surrounding district in 1949, to bring together those with a
mutual interest in motoring. Membership is open to all those interested in
motoring and in this respect the Board wishes to emphasise that the Clubs
objective is to cater for all types of motorist, the owner of the family
saloon being just as welcome as the performance car owner. The Club was
formed into a Company Limited by Guarantee for technical reasons in November
1969.
The 1980's
I'm open to suggestions on this bit!
The 1990's
The early and mid 1990's has seen the club have a dominating presence in the road event scene in the local area. As well as running two scatters in the Five Maps Scatter championship, 1997 saw the introduction of the Swan Rally. This road rally, run in conjunction with High Wycombe and District MC, was rapidly accepted into the local championships and has been well received in the area. In 1999, ex World Champion Rally Driver Pentti Airikkala was at the start to flag the cars away from the Reading start. As many of the top competitors have graduated to stage rallying, this domination has faded a little, although WCC competitors still put in a strong showing whenever they venture out.
Towards the end of the decade, we have also been involved with the Bridgestone Motorsport Carnival, a two day affair held at Wroughton airfield near Swindon. Saturday sees a sprint and an autotest, and competitors are then able to camp overnight before the stage rally on the Sunday. WCC run the autotest at this prestigious event.
Championships
WCC has had a pretty successful history, winning the the following titles in the past few years:
1990's
Navigational Scatters
- Five Maps Champion Driver 1994 (Andy Juniper)
- Five Maps Champion Navigator 1994 (Dean Taylor)
- Five Maps Novice Champion Driver 1995 (Les Parsons)
- Five Maps Novice Champion Navigator 1995 (Jon Barber)
- Five Maps Novice Champion Driver 1998 (Andy Watson)
- Five Maps Novice Champion Navigator 1998 (Alan Whiteley)
Road Rallies
- ACSMC Road Rally Inter Club Shield 1991?-1997
- LCAMC Road Rally Champion Driver 1992 & 1993 (Terry Schraider)
- LCAMC Road Rally Champion Navigator 1992 & 1993 (Chas Davies)
- ACSMC Road Rally Champion Driver 1989, 1990, 1992 & 1993 (Terry Schraider)
- ACSMC Road Rally Champion Navigator 1989, 1990, 1992 & 1993 (Chas Davies)
- AERRO Champion Driver 1993 Terry Schraider
- AERRO Champion Navigator 1993 Chas Davies
- AERRO Champion Driver 1994 Doug Kingsley
- AERRO Champion Navigator 1994 Chas Davies
- ACSMC Road Rally Champion Driver 1994 & 1995 (Andy Juniper)
- ACSMC Road Rally Champion Navigator 1994, 1995 & 1996 (Dean Taylor)
- ASEMC Road Rally Champion Driver 1994 & 1995 (Andy Juniper)
- ASEMC Road Rally Champion Navigator 1994 & 1995 (Dean Taylor)
- ACSMC Road Rally Champion Driver 1996(Les Parsons)
- Inter Association Road Rally Challenge 1996 winning ACSMC team (Andy Watson, PRAR, Trevor Joel, Dean Taylor, Mark Greenwood, Andy Juniper)
- Inter Association Road Rally Challenge 1997 winning ACSMCteam (Trevor Joel, Stefan Arndt with help from others)
Stage Rallies
- Barretts/Prewell Tarmac Rally 1600 Class Champion Driver 199? (Anthony Price)
- ACSMC Overall Tarmac Rally Champion Driver 199? (Nick Hood)
- ACSMC 1300 Class Tarmac Rally Champion Driver 1997 (Sara Church)
- ACSMC 1300 Class Tarmac Rally Champion Navigator 1997 (Nigel Mollett)
- ACSMC Overall Tarmac Rally Champion Driver 1997 (Sara Church)
- ACSMC Overall Tarmac Rally Champion Navigator 1997 (Nigel Mollett)
- ACSMC 1600 Class Tarmac Rally Champion Driver 199? (Nick Hood)
- Autocross of Bracknell ACSMC Forest Rally Championship 1998 Champion Driver (Les Parsons)
- Autocross of Bracknell ACSMC Forest Rally Championship 1998 Champion Navigator (Stefan Arndt)
Autotests and other off road events
- British RAC Autotest Champion 1994 (Peter Jackson)
- BTRDA Jubilee Class Autotest Champion 1995-1998 (Peter Jackson)
- ANWCC Autotest Champion 1991,1992,1993,1995,1996,1997 (Peter Jackson)
- ANWCC Specials Class Autotest Champion 1998 (Peter Jackson)
- ANCC Specials Class Autotest Champion 1996 (Peter Jackson)
- SD34 Off Road Championship Specials Class 1991,1992,1996,1997,1998 (Peter Jackson)
1980's and earlier
There must have been some but I have no records - if someone can provide me with the details I'll put them in!
- LCAMC Autotest Champion 1985 (Peter Jackson)
- LCAMC Specials Class Autotest Champion 1989 (Peter Jackson)
- ACSMC Autotest Champion 1985 (Peter Jackson)
- ACSMC Specials Class Autotest Champion 1989 (Peter Jackson)
- AC159 Autotest Champion 1984,1986,1987 (Peter Jackson)
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