gets underway. With the tree-filled country park setting of the venue it is very easy to interact with public and over the 12 years of the show, the live action demos have become very popular and one of the features with the public. One thing that has not changed was the location of BHKC inside stand in Hall 2. The number of visitors that keep returning is amazing, also thanks to the number of people who visited BHKC at Autosport show. Of the well-known motorsport personalities, Whizzo Williams was among those who visited.
To keep the interest, this time Ed Thurston’s Deavinson Sprint/Parilla, Ian Pittaway’s 1964 Buckler/Bultaco joined the ever popular Fox/twin McCullochs of Peter Brinkworth’s and Paul Wilkes’ Zip/Komet K77. BHKC kept its Bahamas Speed Week video and photographic display as the Bahamas Speed Week organisation had its own stand and it provided very good co-promotion. The next Bahamas speed week will be in January 2015 and feature an all-new circuit. The static show did spill over into the live action marquee as some of the more unusual karts were there
to interest the public, like Peter Miles 1960 Studio Suspension Kart and Malcolm Sharp’s Aerokite along with Robert Bassett’s 1961 Getkart/Sundapp Bella 197cc. The Get kart became one of the karts to see, completely surpassing the intricacies of the studio suspension kart and unusual chassis of the Aerokite. Robert Bassett, one of BHKC latest members, found it in a shed, having been unused for forty years, thus proving that there are interesting karts to be found. He expects it to be restored and on track later this year. However, live action is about track action. Over the weekend more than forty karts provided track action on Saturday and Sunday, the sessions integrated between the rally car sessions.
Over the weekend more than forty karts provided track action on Saturday and Sunday
The circuit is over the narrow internal roads of Stoneleigh, which
see more of agricultural vehicles than karts or rally cars. Despite one corner passing the construction of a new building, the picturesque setting and the spectators having good vantage points, the atmosphere was extremely pleasant. The road surface makes sideways drifting easy but as usual it was “Sideways” Eric Atkinson (Fastakart/Montessa) down VROOM UK
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