Mono F3
2nd: Chris Davison
3rd: James Drew-Williams
This class saw a close battle between Tony Bishop and Chris Davison through the whole season and unfortunately we were denied the final shootout as Chris was stuck in China for the final round of the championship. However, they will be picking up where they left off for 2021 as both drivers are already entered for the full 2021 season!
Mono 2000
2nd: Bryn Tootell
3rd: Robert Smith
Mat Jordan took his first championship victory this year in the 2000 class after coming close many times before. He took victory at the final round of the championship by just one point after a stunning drive to win and take fastest lap.
Mono 2000 Classic
2nd: Jared Wood
3rd: Jim Spencer
Another first time champion this season was Eddie Guest. Having competed for many years in the 1600 championship in his Lola, Eddie moved over to the Classic class in his newly rebuilt Anson last year. After finishing second in the championship in 2019, he secured the championship win at the final round. Jared Wood came second and Jim Spencer third, with just one point seperating them.
Mono Moto 1400
2nd: Jason Timms
3rd: Tony Gauntlett
Martin Wright won this championship for the first time this season, after finishing second or third many times. A consistent season with 3 wins and 6 second places saw him claim victory over last season’s champion, Jason Timms.
Mono Moto 1000
2nd: Chris Woodhouse
3rd: Myles Castaldini
The Moto 1000 class has grown hugely in popularity over the last few years and this season was no different with a big entry of fast cars and drivers over the season. Dan Clowes won the championship ahead of Chris Woodhouse, both in Jedis, and Myles Castaldini came in third in his Kawasaki engined Van Diemen RF94
Mono 1800
2nd: Chris Lord
3rd: Steven Griffin
Phil Davis was crowned the Mono 1800 champion for the second year in a row having led the championship from start to finish. Chris Lord kept him on his toes only a few points behind all the way through but ultimately came second despite winning the final two races of the season.
Mono 1600
2nd: Geoff Fern
3rd: Sam Donn
Will Cox was crowned the Mono 1600 champion after a very strong season, taking 7 wins, 2 second places and 3 fastest laps during the season. Geoff Fern stayed close behind him on points and although he took 7 of the fastest laps he only managed 3 of the wins. Although this was Will’s first win of this championship the Cox name is already on the trophy as his father, David Cox, won the same one back in 1983 when it was known as the Mono B Class.
Tiedeman Trophy
2nd: Mat Jordan
3rd: Bryn Tootell
The first four rounds of the Tiedeman Trophy were crossed with the final four rounds of the Mono Championship, therefore the final Tiedeman Trophy meeting at Thruxton was given double points which really mixed the standings up and made for a very exciting finale.
Going into the final meeting, Geoff Fern was third, Mat Jordan fourth and Bryn Tootell was down in ninth place. The three weren’t favourites for the final shootout but a number of retirements from other contenders during the day pushed them to the fore. Due to the way the scoring works, it was actually a move on the last lap by Mat Jordan overtaking Bryn Tootell for the class win that gave Geoff Fern the overall Championship victory.
Thruxton was very exciting viewing and those not attending in person were able to watch the action online as Geoff Fern won his fourteenth Monoposto Championship.
SUNBAC Nova Award
2nd: Josh Warren
The Sunbac Nova Award is given to the most successful Novice driver of the year which for the 2020 season was Jim Spencer who took third place in the Mono Classic Championship. Josh Warren came second in his Jedi in the Moto 1000 class, finishing ninth overall in the class championship.
New Member Trophy
The New Member Trophy is awarded for the most succesful new full competing member of the club. This year the award was won by Sam Donn for finishing third in the Mono 1600 Championship.
Ray Dackombe Memorial Trophy
The Ray Dackombe Memorial trophy is awarded to the driver scoring the most class points for both qualifying and race position, plus fastest lap, in the meeting chosen as the Ray Dackombe Memorial Meeting. Silverstone International was the chosen meeting and the winner was Will Cox with a perfect score of pole position, 2 race wins and both fastest laps.
Vindaloo Trophy
The Vindaloo Trophy is awarded to the driver who achieved the most fastest laps during the Mono Championship, this season Geoff Fern won the award.
Online-Landlord Trophy
The Online-Landlord Trophy is given to the driver scoring the most points prior to any deductions for dropped scores. Geoff Fern won the trophy with 136 points in the Mono 1600 championship, but unfortunately dropped scores put him into second place in the championship.
Endeavour Trophy
The Endeavour trophy is for the driver who came nearest to winning Championship Honours without doing so. Terry Clark won the award this year, coming fourth in the Mono 2000 class Championship by 2 points.
Mechanic’s Award
For the mechanic considered to have contributed most to a driver’s success (Mono F3/1400/2000/Classic). this year the award went to Ian Davison for his preperation of the Dallara F301 and trackside support of his son Chris, who came second in the Mono F3 Class. He provided a faultless car which was on the cards for a championship showdown at Donington, until the driver had to isolate and couldn’t attend the meeting.
President’s Award
For the mechanic who has done the most to get their driver to the circuits and keep the car going (Mono 1600/1800/1000). This year the award was given to Martyn Donn for his support of his son, Sam who came third in the Mono 1600 championship as well as helping others trackside, including class rival Will Cox.
Steve Pashley Memorial Trophy
To the driver of the self-prepared car prepared to the highest standard. Myles has developed his Van Diemen RF94 a lot over the last year and achieved some good results in the Moto 1000 Championship after a number of difficulties in previous seasons. His car is always very nicely presented and had a new striking livery for the 2020 season as well.
David Coombs Memorial Trophy
To the driver whose endeavours and enthusiasm have added to the spirit of the club. This was awarded to Robert Smith who has supported the club over a number of years, always has a positive attitude and enjoyed his first win at the first round of the season.
Club Trophy
To the person most typifying the Club’s spirit and pursuance of its aims. This year the club trophy has been awarded to Joanie Harvey, who sadly passed away earlier in the year. Joanie was a ray of sunshine in the paddock, welcoming and friendly to everybody and looking after the whole of Team Fern on race weekends. Joanie also organised and participated in the baking Grand Prix every year and is sorely missed by so many of us in the paddock.
Committee Trophy
The Committee Trophy is awarded to the person doing much in the Club’s interest. Terry has been our Clerk of the Course for a number of years and always works very well and enthusiastically with the club and our drivers. He makes sure to attend all of our championship events and even travels to the ones which aren’t MSVR meetings to represent us.
Spheric Trophy
Awarded to the driver with the biggest balls. This trophy was awarded to Terry Clark for carrying on and finishing fourth in a race at Silverstone even though one of his wheels had snapped in half.
Quill Trophy
Awarded by the Editor for services to the Club magazine. Although the club doesn’t have a magazine any longer, this award is given for significant contribution to the club. Andrew Cliffe has been awarded the trophy this year for building a new website for the club. Pic: Jon Bryant / Snappyracers
Jock Sergison Life Time Achievement Award
This is awarded to the person who over many years has made a unique mark on the club. Tony Cotton has been involved in the Monoposto Racing Club for a long time, not just as a competitor, but he’s held many roles including board member, Startline Online Editor, Secretary and Treasurer. He has been awarded this trophy to recognise all of his years of voluntary service for the club!
Long time Monoposto member Patrick Huston has written an article, not about racing, but about other adrenaline fueled pursuits for your enjoyment:
Dear Editor,
Long ago I decided that the last place I wanted engine failure was at 150’ when climbing away from 08 at Strubby. This altitude put me at the end of the runway with houses ahead, hangars to the right, and an industrial complex full of heavy machinery to the left, so it was inevitable that Dr Sod’s Law determined that this was where the engine failed. What I had not envisaged was that Dr Sod’s Law dictated that the second seat be occupied by my wife Ruth.
With no altitude or speed to play with, the recommended course of action is to land ahead, but the engine was still turning, and it sounded as if the exhaust pipes had detached from the manifolds, something that has happened before, being a two stroke this results in a considerable drop in
power, but provides enough power to maintain level flight, so I turned to conform with the left hand circuit expecting to fly a low circuit and return to the airfield. As the turn was executed I realised that there was effectively zero power, and we did not have the range to reach a runway.
I instantly became aware of why one should not turn back in such a situation, with no speed or momentum, turning out of the 8kt headwind reduces airflow over the wings. In sailing terminology the apparent wind was reduced. The crosswind leg was minimal, another high risk turn followed as we turned downwind. So far so good, we had not stalled, but a house roof and a garden with medium sized trees lay ahead, with minimal clearance we avoided them. Fully occupied I did not look down expecting the wheels to bump on the house’s ridge tiles, but my wife did and started
screaming………….
We were now down to about 50’ but there were no more large obstacles, just hedges, ditches, and posts marking field boundaries. In theory I could now turn into wind, but doubted that we had sufficient height, especially as there was no longer sufficient altitude to bank, but while we were still
flying I gave it a go, and to my amazement the Chevvron responded, straightening up being determined by stopping the turn just before the wheels touched, we landed with the wings level, and in line with the rows of winter wheat.
Ruth stopped screaming and commented that that was another of her nine lives gone. Unfortunately, it was a very soggy field of winter wheat, and instead of rolling the wheels dug straight in, when the spats touched they immediately tore off the Chevvron’s notoriously weak undercarriage.
Photographs prove that the Chevvron came to a halt in about half a metre, but our ground speed was so low that no unusual force was experienced by the crew, and pitch was minimal, but still enough to remove the nose wheel. Neither my wife or I commented on any discomfort experienced in the landing, instead the comments were about how close the ground was, and how muddy we were going to get walking out of the field and recovering a wheelless aircraft. The stall speed of a Chevvron is about 30mph, it did not slide, I have the photographs to prove that it did not slide, but we did not experience sudden deceleration.
I will never be able to explain how such a landing occurred. After some time for reflection Ruth suggested that it had been a good landing, and did not add the caveat: “In the circumstances”. The ground was so soft that the propeller survived intact even though the mud on one of the blades indicated that it had been embedded in about 30cm of soil. The propeller drive belt sheared, it was eventually found on a runway 150 metres distant. Damage was restricted to a couple of dings and scrapes on the underside of the forward fuselage from the sheared off nosewheel, broken undercarriage, torn off brake pipes, and an engine that had suffered a mechanical failure, probably one of the crankshaft bearings broke up, a SD570 weakness that I thought cured. The engine was not seized, but was most reluctant to revolve. Most disappointing, for over 200hrs I have been used to the Konig SD570 purring quietly away. This instantaneous failure came out of the blue, the engine had been running well, zero time rebuilds are a required at 300hrs and it had 280hrs recorded*.
I will be eternally grateful to the Strubby club members who left their Sunday dinners and other activities to recover the wheelless Chevvron into its bespoke trailer. Getting the wheelless fuselage into the trailer without doing further damage was a challenge. My wife and I took off at 1300hrs, were in a pub ‘enjoying’ a late Sunday lunch with post mortem at
1600hrs………. A busy three hours. The Chevvron was repairable, but I was in the middle of selling my house and moving to Huddersfield. With nowhere to keep an aircraft near my new home the Chevvron was sold, it went abroad.
The Chevvron is a composite microlight of motor glider configuration designed by John Wright of Gem fame, I was very sorry to part with it. And given the above experience I have only praise for its flying qualities.
The Police had been called, before we left the flying club a police officer stood behind me talking to a club member. I overheard the police officer say, “He seems very calm for someone who has just crashed”. The club member replied, “He races single seaters”.
Patrick Huston
* 280hrs before major mechanical failure may sound reasonable to some, but compared to the reliability of a modern car engine it is pathetic. 280hrs @ 60mph (its a Chevvron) equates to 16800 miles. One expects any modern car engine to cover at least 100000 miles with no problems. And the Zetec in my track car has covered about 15000 miles on track, flogged every inch of the way while the Konig was always treated with great consideration. No wonder the literature for microlight engines is peppered with disclaimers.
Dear Members,
I thought that I should give an update as where we are and how the Coronavirus might impact us in the Monoposto Racing Club.
As we are all aware there is a fluid situation with respect to public health requirements to manage the Coronavirus outbreak. As the position evolves we will endeavour to send regular updates. At present we are hopeful, that due to the nature and relatively low numbers involved in club motorsport events these will still be able to proceed as planned and this is also the position of MSVR.
We can confirm that if an event is cancelled your entry fee will be refunded. This has been confirmed by MSVR.
We would ask that you enter events as usual so that the consequences of people holding off entries does not in itself lead to unintended consequences. We will confirm with you 2 weeks before each event, before payment is taken, when more relevant up to date information on the situation should be available.
Kind regards,
Eddie Guest
Monoposto Chairman
We have teamed up with Purple Lap to offer an online entry system to members. The traditional PDF entry form is still available to download if you would prefer, but we would encourage you to give the online entry a go.
Whilst the online entry asks your preferred payment method, payment will not be due until 2 weeks prior to each event as per normal, so you can put entries in for all of the events you plan to attend and will be able to withdraw your entries with no admin fee or payment taken up to 2 weeks before the event.
How to use the online entry system:
- Go to purplelap.com
- Register as a New Member – Top right menu
- Confirm the link you are sent on email and sign in to purplelap.com – if you don’t receive your email please check your junk and spam folders
- Update all your Personal Details and Emergency Contacts under My Details
- Add Monoposto Racing Club as a club under My Clubs – For your Membership number please type your initials followed by your race number. You will need to do this before you can enter an event.
- Add your car details under My Cars and your licence details under My Licences
- Use the top right menu “Events” to enter championship events.
If you have any queries about how to use the online entry system, please contact: rachel@monoposto.co.uk
The 2019 season Annual Awards Dinner will be held on Saturday 15th February 2020 at Stanbrook Abbey, near Worcester.
Come and join us for what will be a fantastic evening of food, drinks and trophies!
The AGM will be held at 2.30pm, but please join us at 2pm for tea and coffee.
An informal discussion will follow the AGM.
A complimentary prosecco and canape reception will be held from 6pm in the St. Anne’s Wing (there will also be a fully equipped bar available at this drinks reception) and you will be called through to dinner at 7pm.
The Awards Presentation will take place between courses and conclude after the dinner.
For those who still want more after the dinner has finished, George’s bar will remain open until ‘last man (or woman) standing’
Stanbrook Abbey are offering discounts on their room prices and holding rooms for us until 15th November. Please call them on 01905 832940 to book your room. The rooms will be released for general sale after 15th November, but they will still honour our discounted rates on any rooms available until the date of our event.
Quote Monoposto to make sure you receive the discounted rate.
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ANNUAL AWARDS
The main championship awards have already been settled (except for the Reprise IT Tiedeman Trophy Champion which will be decided at Anglesey on 17th November), BUT there are also a number of subjective awards that we give out each year.
As per the last couple of years, we thought we would throw it over to you, the members, to nominate people who you think deserve the awards.
The awards and their criteria can be found below, along with a nomination form.
You can make as many nominations as you like.
Please send all your nominations to Rachel by 20th November.
(rachel@monoposto.co.uk or RJ Events, Nelson Street, Doncaster, DN4 5AB)
Monoposto will be visiting Zandvoort for the second time on 11th – 12th May 2019. We will be one of the races involved in the Historic Zandvoort and National Oldtimer Festivals. More information about the festival is available here: historiczandvoorttrophy.nl
All our drivers who raced at Zandvoort last year had a fantastic time, which is why we’ve decided to visit the iconic track again this year.
For those who have not visited the circuit before, the circuit is located in the dunes north of Zandvoort, Netherlands, near the North Sea coast line. The circuit is on the beach and walking distance to the local town, so is ideal if you’d like to turn a racing weekend into a holiday!
The entry fee is £550 and the event will consist of 1 qualifying and 3 races. There will be practice sessions available on the Friday which can be purchased from the organisers directly.
They have given us a special deal for Friday practice whereby a single 30 minute session can be purchased for €85, or the full day ( 4 x 30 minutes sessions) can be booked at the discount rate usually reserved for club members of €185. More information can be found here: harc.nl/events/event/10/vrij-rijden
Please be aware that you must hold a minimum of a National ‘A’ or equivalent licence to enter this meeting.
This is a non-championship event and will be run according to the Reprise IT Tiedeman Trophy Regulations. Cars from outside the normal 7 Monoposto classes can apply to enter our invitation class.
All cars from all 7 of the classes will be on one grid for this event.
The are many different ways to travel to Zandvoort, the route with the least driving is Hull/Harwich to Hook of Holland, this is an overnight ferry and the drive from Hook of Holland to Zandvoort is approximately 1.5 hours. Another option is Dover to Calais/Dunkirk, this route involves approximately 4.5 hours driving from the port to Zandvoort.
If you are sending your car with somebody else and plan to fly over, there are many budget airlines that fly to Amsterdam. The circuit is only 15 miles from Amsterdam Schiphol airport, with good public transport links.
We will be allowed access to the inner paddock to set up on Thursday evening, but teams are allowed to arrive before then and park in the outer paddock.
On the social side of the weekend, there will be a group meal organised in Zandvoort town on the Friday evening at Le Grand Prix restaurant where all Mono drivers and team members are encouraged to attend. The restaurant is walking distance from the circuit.
On Saturday evening, HARC have invited drivers to attend Happy Hour in pitbox 4-6. The event is free for drivers and one guest, including food and a drink. Extra tickets can be purchased for €15.
Please contact rachel@monoposto.co.uk if you have any questions.
EVENT DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION
Documents will appear here as they are released or updated:
The 2019 Monoposto Yearbook has now been released which contains information about the club, the classes we have, the two championships we run, the dates for the year and more.
The Yearbook is designed to be a guide for newcomers to Monoposto, but has useful information for established competitors as well.
To view or download the Yearbook, please click here: 2019 Yearbook
Anglesey will host the final two rounds of the Reprise IT Tiedeman Trophy Championship for the third year in a row. We will be using the Coastal circuit for this meeting on 17th November.
The meeting will be held over one day, with all cars on one grid. This meeting will use the twin header format, with the grid for the second race determined by the fastest laps set in the first race.
Points will be awarded in each class to Competitors listed as classified finishers in the Final Results as follows: 15, 12, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Fastest lap in each Class = 1 point. Plus 1 additional point for each of the number of entrants in the class as at the qualifying session for the round.
Anglesey will hold a general test day on Saturday 16th November which is £100 for the full day. To book your space, please follow this link: https://www.angleseycircuit.com/events/general-testing-161119/
Event Documents and Information
Documents will appear here as they are released or updated:
- Entry Form
- Entry List (V5 – Correct as at 14.11.19)
- Timetable (V3 – Correct as of 13.11.19)
- Final Instructions (V2 – Correct as of 13.11.19)
- Supplementary Regulations
- Results
The second meeting for the Reprise IT Tiedeman Trophy Championship will be held at Pembrey on 5th October.
This will be the first time the club has visited Pembrey since 2007 and we are looking forward to visiting the circuit again.
The meeting will be held over one day, with all cars on one grid. This meeting will use the twin header format, with the grid for the second race determined by the fastest laps set in the first race.
Points will be awarded in each class to Competitors listed as classified finishers in the Final Results as follows: 15, 12, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Fastest lap in each Class = 1 point. Plus 1 additional point for each of the number of entrants in the class as at the qualifying session for the round.
Event Documents and Information
Documents will appear here as they are released or updated:
- Entry Form
- Entry List V3 (Correct as of 2.10.19)
- Timetable
- Final Instructions
- Entry Pack
The Reprise IT Tiedeman Trophy Championship will kick off at Mallory Park this year on 14th September.
The meeting will be held over one day, with all cars on one grid. This meeting will use the twin header format, with the grid for the second race determined by the fastest laps set in the first race.
Points will be awarded in each class to Competitors listed as classified finishers in the Final Results as follows: 15, 12, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Fastest lap in each Class = 1 point. Plus 1 additional point for each of the number of entrants in the class as at the qualifying session for the round.
Event Documents and Information
Documents will appear here as they are released or updated:
- Entry Form
- Entry List V2 (Correct as of 10.9.19)
- Timetable
- Paddock Plan
- Final Instructions
- Entry Pack
- Results
The final two rounds of the 2019 Monoposto Championship will be held at Brands Hatch on 31st August and 1st September.
We are using the full GP circuit for this meeting which is always very popular. The meeting will use the double header format which will see qualifying and one race on Saturday for each grid and a further race on Sunday for both grids.
Qualifying will set the grid for Race 1 and the grid for Race 2 will be decided by the fastest laps set in Race 1.
Event Documents and Information
Documents will appear here as they are released or updated:
- Entry Form
- Entry List V3 (Correct as of 29.8.19)
- Timetable V2
- Paddock Plan
- Final Instructions V2
- Supplementary Regulations
- 2019 Briefing Notes
- MSVR Safety Bulletin 2019
- Entry Pack
The penultimate two rounds of the 2019 Monoposto Championship are to be held at Silverstone on 17th & 18th August. We will be using the full GP circuit for this meeting
This meeting sees all eight classes share one grid in a double header format. This means that there will be qualifying and one race on Saturday and a further race on Sunday.
Qualifying will set the grid for Race 1 and the grid for Race 2 will be decided by the fastest laps set in Race 1.
Event Documents and Information
Documents will appear here as they are released or updated:
- Entry Form
- Entry List (V3 – Correct as of 14.8.19)
- Timetable V3
- Paddock Plan
- Final Instructions
- Supplementary Regulations
- 2019 Briefing Notes
- MSVR Safety Bulletin 2019
- Entry Pack
- Results
The Castle Combe race meeting on 6th and 7th July has been nominated as the 2019 Ray Dackombe Memorial Trophy Meeting.
Ray Dackombe very sadly died in 2008. He was a longstanding and key Member of the Club. His abilities as Paddock Coordinator on Race Days contributed in many ways to the Club’s success, and to everyone’s enjoyment of the racing. After his death a trophy was donated in his memory and a race is nominated each year to be the Memorial race where the trophy is contested.
The Ray Dackombe Memorial Trophy is awarded for performance on track. The criteria is standard “class” points which are awarded for both qualifying and race positions, plus a point for fastest lap in class. Points will be added up for each Monoposto class and the driver with the most points will be awarded the Trophy. Ties will be decided in favour of class wins/poles and if still tied, awarded to the leading point scorer of the largest class.
This is one of the most prestigious Trophies awarded by the Club and competition has been very close for this award in previous years.
Previous Winners:
2018: Chris Lord
2017: Matthew Walters
2016: Not Awarded
2015: Not Awarded
2014: Richard Gittings
2013: Daniel Hands
2012: Lee Cunningham
2011: Olly Thorpe
2010: Ian Hughes
2009: Chris Woodhouse
2008: Tristan Cliffe
Snetterton will host rounds 8, 9 and 10 of the Monoposto Championship on 27th and 28th July.
The meeting will use the triple header format with qualifying and race one held on Saturday and races 2 and 3 for each grid held on the Sunday.
Qualifying will set the grid for race 1 and the grids for races 2 and 3 will be determined by the fastest laps set in the previous race.
Event Documents and Information
Documents will appear here as they are released or updated:
- Entry Form
- Entry List V3 (24.7.19)
- Timetable
- Paddock Plan
- Final Instructions
- Supplementary Regulations
- 2019 Briefing Notes
- MSVR Safety Bulletin 2019
- Entry Pack
Castle Combe has proved to be a popular circuit with our Reprise IT Tiedeman Tropy over the last few years, so for this season it has been included in our main Monoposto Championship calendar for the first time in many years.
The Wiltshire circuit will host rounds 5, 6 & 7 of the Monoposto Championship over the weekend of 6th & 7th July. The meeting will use the triple header format with qualifying and race one held on Saturday and races 2 and 3 for each grid held on the Sunday.
Qualifying will set the grid for race 1 and the grids for races 2 and 3 will be determined by the fastest laps set in the previous race.
This meeting will also host the Ray Dackombe Trophy which will be contested over the weekend. The Ray Dackombe Trophy runs across all eight classes and can be won by anybody, for more information about the Ray Dackombe Memorial Trophy and the criteria for the award please click here.
Event Documents and Information
Documents will appear here as they are released or updated:
- Entry Form
- Entry List V5 (2.7.19)
- Timetable
- Paddock Plan
- Final Instructions
- Supplementary Regulations
- 2019 Briefing Notes
- Entry Pack