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OUMF races in the HRDC ‘Allstars’ and ‘Touring Greats’ in the Riley 1.5 at Thruxton Circuit

24/9/2016

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Our organization for the races was unusually tight this time! Early on the very sunny Friday morning we set up our stand at the entrance to Oxford Brookes Fresher’s Fair, to prove that our famous ‘Inca’ Alfa – the red 1966 Giulia Sprint GT endurance rally car - could attract all the right attention and be a suitable vessel to recruit some fresh classic car enthusiasts and motorsports nuts to the club.
OUMF Riley Wins at HRDC Thruxton Beating the Austin A40 Farina of Mike Jordan
Photograph: Jeff Bloxham

We had successfully signed on a happy bunch of students by mid-afternoon, so Iury and I  ‘wobbled’ over to our idyllic Oxford countryside HQ (aka ‘the barn’) in the back of  Dominic’s ‘road racing’ Morris Minor…having hot-wired it to get in going. Safely there, we swiftly completed the race preparations as the rest of the team arrived, loaded the Riley racer onto its aged trailer transport, and packed the van with way more than needed before setting off at 7pm – almost as planned!

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