Le Mans Classic 2012

Post by **gvickery** » Sat Dec 03, 2011 12:43 pm

TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE SUNBEAM TIGER OWNERS CLUB

The Le Mans Classic Tour 2012

Here are details of the Club’s tour to Le Mans in July 2012. The formula is pretty well tried and tested by now but if you have any questions please contact Dave Puzey or a Committee member

Intro: http://www.sunbeamtiger.co.uk/Galleries ... um/lm1.pdf
Booking: http://www.sunbeamtiger.co.uk/Galleries ... um/lm2.pdf

Here’s a small taster of what awaits you!
http://www.fiskens.com/pages/video/vide ... 8DumFOEj7c Non-Tiger.

Graham
STOC Editor

gtsmrt · Post by **gtsmrt** » Sat Dec 03, 2011 9:55 pm

Something tells me Gregor doesn't need the mirrors on his car as he was the only one passing... were the other cars actually racing??. Beautiful engine note as well. Thanks for the link.

dpuzey · Post by **dpuzey** » Fri Dec 09, 2011 12:35 pm

Just looked at the ferries and have booked from Portsmouth to Le Havre, with LD Lines, much cheaper than Brittany Ferries. Looks to be a popular weekend there are very few cabins left!!!!!!!

tigerguy2 · Post by **tigerguy2** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 2:39 am

Regarding the video link posted above... Must enjoyable, thanks from afar!
Does anyone know what car he was driving? It appears to be red which would make me think Italian at least from a vintage racing perspective. (My apologies to RedRaceTiger...) But it is also right hand drive, which leaves me a bit more confused than usual..

Thanks, Gene

Brad1380 · Post by **Brad1380** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 10:44 am

I'll be there with the French Triumph Club, it will be good to meet up with some of you chaps from the STOC,

Cheers
Brad

Post by **gvickery** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 9:11 pm

Gene

The car is a 1960 Ferrari 246 S. More on driver and car here http://www.fiskens.com/Pages/News/Motor ... ekend.aspx

Brad

STOC has a joint stand with the Club Classic Sunbeam of France (http://classicsunbeam.free.fr/le_calend ... 12_719.htm. I expect we will be sited in the pines above the Bugatti Circuit between the Dunlop Bridge and the Esses, or thereabouts!!

Graham

tigerguy2 · Post by **tigerguy2** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 9:37 pm

Graham,

Many thanks for the additional information. You guys are extremely fortunate to have such events like this on the Continent and others like it in England so easily accessible (relatively speaking!).

Thanks again for sharing a bit of the flavor.

Gene

Post by **gvickery** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:02 pm

Gene.

Next month we'll be posting early details about our plans for celebrating the Tiger's 50th Birthday in 2014. Including our Golden Anniversary Tour to Le Mans and our homage to the 'works; rally effort with a tour to Monte Carlo tracing parts of the original route from Geneva.

It will be a 'huge ask' for USA fans of the marque to come over to Europe then but I am hearing some folk are making plans!!

Graham
STOC Editor

tigerguy2 · Post by **tigerguy2** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:22 pm

Graham,

Now something like that is going to be extraordinarily great. Time to start planning on this side too!

Gene

dpuzey · Post by **dpuzey** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 8:36 am

There is still time to book your place at Le Mans Classic this year. Please see the links at the start of this post or contact me

Dave Puzey

dpuzey · Post by **dpuzey** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 8:42 am

Once last call for tickets, please contact me by the 6th February 2012. Afraid there are no track laps left they are fully booked.

Tomaselli · Post by **Tomaselli** » Sat Feb 04, 2012 5:57 pm

For those paying homage and visiting the great 2012 Le Mans Classic in France, just be careful of the new breed of speed cameras that are being deployed across the country. The visiting 'British' folk will be easy prey me thinks.

New style speed camera spotted in France

garyv8tiger · Post by **garyv8tiger** » Sat Feb 04, 2012 6:48 pm

like to set fire to that one

gtsmrt · Post by **gtsmrt** » Sat Feb 04, 2012 9:46 pm

Brad1380 · Post by **Brad1380** » Sun Feb 05, 2012 6:33 pm

Joking aside, they do have different cameras now, they look like the 'this is your speed' ones outside schools in the UK, i thought i'd broken one as it only had two digits so flashed Red 99 at me in the Sprite, it wasn't broken...E60 for a 10 min drive, luckily i was braking for the corner at the time.