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Welcome to Downton Motor Club
Downton Motor Club is more than just a car club - our heritage can be traced back to the days of the world famous Downton Engineering Works, who were responsible for providing tuning services, preparing race cars and building special engines for high performance road / race / rally cars.
Throughout the year we also have our own fantastic set of 'Speed' Championships with qualifying events run at major motorsport venues across the country - these championships offer an affordable range of motorsport thrills and all at a reasonable cost.
Downton Motor Club - A great place to start your motorsport career.
(Photo - 2024 Speed Champion Derek Kessell)
DOWNTON News
Downton Motor Club - A New Season !
Early bird online Club Membership and Speed Championship applications are now open. Click on the membership tab to apply now.
The membership cards are ordered and should be delivered in the next few days - we propose to start shipping the membership packs out before Christmas.
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Downton Motor Club - AGM and Speed Championship Awards
The annual awards presentation for Downton Motor Club was held last weekend at the Woodfalls Inn, Downton. The premier award was for the annual Speed Championship – a motorsport championship running from March through to October and based on 30 sprint / hillclimb events held at famous and historic venues across the country.
The championship was very well supported in 2024 by local motorsport enthusiasts and provided some low cost but very exciting competition.
This year we saw another hard-fought season with plenty of lead changes throughout the year ..... keeping us guessing until the very last meeting as to who would win what trophy!
Congratulations to Derek Kessell for lifting the overall ‘Speed Champion’ title and also two other awards - the Wiscombe Park Challenge and the Richmond Trophy!
The Clubman Cup was also a very close run thing with just 2 points covering the first 4 places. We had competitors in different types of cars from 3 different classes – the very essence of club motorsport and reflecting the sporting heritage of Downton Motor Club. The Clubman Cup was won by the Club Chairman, Adam Holland.
Our thanks to Brenda Harris for presenting all the awards and to the Woodfalls Inn for looking after us so well.
Looking to try some Motorsport?
Downton Motor Club is synonymous with the name ‘Mini’ and for 2024 we have special classes in our Speed Championships for legal R50 and R53 BMW Minis (Class 4 and 4A). As we are running in a ‘road legal’ format there are no need for fire extinguishers, cut off switches, roll cages or full harnesses.
We have Downton Classes at 30+ events throughout the year - starting in March and going right through until the end of October. The ‘Speed’ calendar includes Sprints at famous circuits like Goodwood, Pembrey, Llandow and spectacular hillclimbs at venues like Wiscombe Park, Shelsley Walsh and Prescott - something for everyone.
Check out the Motorsport tab for more details