A Big thank you to all ACOC club members who supported Jean Marc and I on this the fifth Le Mans Classic we have organised.
All 8 Chateau were full and catered for all our needs to the standard we have become accustomed.
Jean Marc, Thank you for pulling all strings to cater for all 125 ACOC members who attended our ACOC Gala Dinner on Friday Night. Hopefully by 2012 the restaraunt has Air Con. Pheeeww ....zzzz
A very cosmoplitan mix of ACOC members, with 82 from the UK and the balance from as far afield as Luxemburg, Germany, France, Barvaria, Portugal, Hong Kong and the 10 Members of the Mulacek Family who flew in from Chicago (USA) accompanied by 4 AC Ace Bristol's.
Well done Ron & Mauricette Mulacek. Ron to save on air frieght costs you can always leave any one of the 4 Ace Bristols with me for safe keeping and to keep BEX333 company .... Not proud which one, all four were great restorations.
During Saturday, I counted over 40 ACs on the Club Stand with various other AC's in other areas of the Bugatti Circuit and further Aces and Cobras in three of the six paddocks.
The massive Picture of John Deveson's 1959 Le Mans 24hr winning Ace took pride and place above Jean Marcs similar coloured Ace, a great combination and focul point, too advertise the ACOC !.... brought back to the UK for the ACOC National in August.
Sorry to hear that Bertrand Lesuer's Ace Bristol blew a head gasket in it's fourth and final race, even more sorry to see ACOC Member Constant Wagner's Lotus 11 looking seriously modified and forlorn when it was attacked just 2 kilometres into the first lap of practice.. Just what planet was the other driver on ...[?][?] Hopefully the FIA look into the incident.
Due to Master Switch and Solenoid problems with BEX333, Julie & I didn't get back to the Circuit for the rest of Sunday's racing, How did Kevin Kivlochan & Bill Bridges do in The yellow Canary [?] and ACOC Member (ex AC Ace racer) John Arnold do in his 1951 Renault 4CV, Yep! a Renault 4CV.. and very cute it looked too!
Thank you Jean Marc for helping make this our fifth Le Man's Classic a bigger success than our previous four. ( 2002/2004/2006 & 2008).
Last but not least, Hope all members got home safely without major incident and a very
Big Thank You to all the ACOC members who supported Jean Marc Dubost & I throughout the weekend .....
One of ACOC's major International events.
Will download some pictures next weekend ... [
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