The Club
Oxford Motor Club was founded in 1907 to provided a meeting place for
people with an interest in motoring. The Club has since evolved to provide
a forum for motor sport (particularly rallying) in Oxford. The Club has a
full and active Calendar of social activities, Technical Talks, Video
Evenings, Guest Speakers and Club Competitions.
The club is now over 100 years old -
find
out more about the early years.
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Oxford Motor Club is affiliated to the Motor Sports Asscociation and
is recognised for the promotion of motor sport competitions. We are
also members of the following Regional Associations and Group of Motor
Clubs.
This enables Oxford Motor Club members to compete in events
organised by other motor clubs within these regional associations and
gives us a voice (in rule changing) at regional and national level. |
RAC Rally
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The MSA is recognised as the
governing body of motorsport in Great Britain by the world governing body,
the Paris based Fedaration Internationale de
l'Automobile or FIA. As the governing body the RACMSA is responsible
for the administration and control of the motor sport rules in the United
Kingdom.
Oxford Motor Club members enjoy a full social calendar - quizzes, talks,
videos, Scalextric racing (!), dinners ...
We run the Carfax Stage Rally, the Bullnose Road Rally.
We marshal on a wide range of motor sport events including the Rally of
Great Britain.
Oxford Motor Club MSA Safety and Medical Frequency radios mean that Club
members go out frequently and provide safety radio cover on many stage
rallies throughout the year. These radios are available on a free loan
basis, and training is given to those wishing to adopt these important
skills.
Oxford Motor Club owns a noise meter and three Club members are MSA
licensed Sound Test Officials. They are active at events in the south of
England.
Check out the membership details.
Monthly Club Night
Oxford Motor Club meets regularly at 8.00pm on the first Wednesday
of each month at
Cumnor
Cricket Club, Cumnor. O.S. Map reference 164/460040 |
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OXFORD MOTOR CLUB has experts at hand to help you get started ...
and you don't need a special car to get involved in:
Marshalling
Help out at the heart of the action, our experienced members will
show you how. Oxford Motor Club members marshal at all sorts of local
events, and further afield – up to the Rally of Great Britain and
events abroad.
The National Marshals’ Register presentation was trialled at
Oxford Motor Club, and we have the Training Video, which can be loaned
to help those wishing to join this scheme. |
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12-car Rallies
12-car rallies are 60 mile road rallies for up to 12 pairs of club
members. They are run to the MSA rules and are an ideal training ground
for those planning to progress to road rallies (or indeed to master the
concepts of timing that is essential in stage rallying).
We pioneered a beginners class where the navigational handouts take the
form of marked maps – newcomers to the lanes sometimes have enough of
a problem getting used to “finding the slots” without having to
sort out the navigational clues first.
Road Rallies
Typically 100 to 150 miles of all-night sport for an entry fee of
only £40 or so. Events in this area are “navigational”
road rallies and do not tend to used many unsurfaced roads so are
eminently suitable for standard cars. Oxford Motor Club organises and
runs its own
Bullnose
Road Rally in September of each year. |
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Stage Rallies
The most popular form of motorsport in Britain, perhaps because it
involves ordinary looking cars. Two people working together, a driver
and a co-driver with the cars running at one minute intervals
competing against the clock rather than against each other. The events
are held on private property such as Forestry Commission land or
dissused airfields. There are many types of event and many levels of
competition but you will need a specially prepared car to take part.
Oxford Motor Club organises and runs its own
Carfax
Stage Rally in December of each year. |
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PCT's
How far up a muddy hill can you go? Our relatively flat local area
precludes our organizing these events! However, the Cotswold Motor Sport
Group has a strong PCT championship open to all members of Oxford Motor
Club.
Sprints
A speed trial against the clock on race tracks and disused
airfields. Classes for anything from standard road cars to full blown
race cars. We don't organise these, but do have information on local
events and some members will be out either competing or marshalling. |
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Table Top Rallies
Rallies by Mail Order! If you fancy the idea of pitting your mind
against others in a Navigational Exercise then Table Tops are for you. All
the skills that are required by a Road Rally navigator, and some more are,
used to crack the clues and plot the route.
Scatters
Events with no fixed route - work out from the clues given where the
locations to visit are. Choose which points you can visit within the time
available and provide proof of visiting (e.g. by noting a piece of
information from a signpost). See competitors in action on the
National
Motorsport Week website.
