I’ve now got my Pass and ticket for the BVAC Classic at Thirlestane this Sunday the 8th of June and it looks as though I will have the same pitch as last year, right beside the pedestrian entrance gate from Lauder and opposite the Border Reivers stand so there might be some weel kent faces within a bunfight flinging match from my own pitch!
Last time I had two books for sale, this time I’ll have four – three of mine plus Eric Dymock’s authoritative (and accurate) biography of Jim Clark.
Joining last year’s launch book on the Scottish Rally Championship covering the decade 1980-1989 will be this year’s tome covering the 1990-1999 decade. This latest book follows a similar format to the last but with more pages and more foties – by public demand!
The first half of each book features reports from all constituent rounds of the Scottish Rally Championship during those ten year periods and lists the top ten results and class winners from each individual rally, both drivers and co-drivers. The second half is devoted to photographs and there is a separate section on the first family of Scottish rallying ‘The McRaes’ plus a few personality profiles. It’s also worth noting the vast majority of the 400 or so photographs have never before been published and the majority of them come from my own collection.
I’ll also have copies of the ‘Murmurs on Mull’ book – the only publication (in the world!) which features every single ‘MullMurmurs’ bulletin as they were published during the rally in the years 1993-2010. I thought it would appeal only to Mull Rally addicts but I even sold some at Knockhill’s 50th motor racing celebrations the other week including to one young lady who walked past the ‘booktique’ three times before stopping and buying one. Apparently her Dad lives in Oban and is a Mull Rally fan so guess what he’s getting for Father’s Day!! Mind you she had a good look through the book (and a wee chuckle or two!) before making this momentous financial commitment.
Anyway, if I don’t have the same pitch as last year (arrowed in the photo) just look for the red Transit and the wee blue topped marquee.
https://bvac.org.uk/bvac-classic/tickets/
