Motor Club celebrates centenary
17/03/09 10:49 Filed in: News
Aberdeen and District Motor Club is celebrating its
centenary this Saturday, with a dinner addressed by former top
co-driver and BMC, then Ford competitions boss Stuart
Turner
The club started in 1909 with its focus on motorcycling, opening its doors to automobilists shortly thereafter. In more recent times the motorcycle members went off to form the Bon Accord Motorcycle Club.
Aberdeen club members have won the British Championship in rallying (David Gillanders pictured) and hill climbs with Graeme Wight Junior.
The club has run continuously since 1909, with only breaks for the two world wars. In the first, many of the club’s members became dispatch riders.
In the 1960s, the club came to national prominence with its motor races at Crimond and Edzell. It was at Crimond that Scotland's two-times World Champion, Jim Clark had his first race. Later the club started the long-running hill climbs at Fintray, near Dyce, and the Granite City Rally – both events reaching British Championship status.
The club started in 1909 with its focus on motorcycling, opening its doors to automobilists shortly thereafter. In more recent times the motorcycle members went off to form the Bon Accord Motorcycle Club.
Aberdeen club members have won the British Championship in rallying (David Gillanders pictured) and hill climbs with Graeme Wight Junior.
The club has run continuously since 1909, with only breaks for the two world wars. In the first, many of the club’s members became dispatch riders.
In the 1960s, the club came to national prominence with its motor races at Crimond and Edzell. It was at Crimond that Scotland's two-times World Champion, Jim Clark had his first race. Later the club started the long-running hill climbs at Fintray, near Dyce, and the Granite City Rally – both events reaching British Championship status.