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National Motorsport Week hailed a success

National Motorsport Week 2012 has been hailed as a huge success as, for the second year, the Motor Sports Association joined forces with the Motorsport Industry Association not only to celebrate the UK’s position at the forefront of global motor sport but also to encourage more people to get involved at all levels.

A hectic programme of promotional activities kicked off with a record 185,000 crowd attending this year’s Goodwood Festival
of Speed and drew to an appropriate close with local team Red Bull Racing scoring a memorable victory in the Formula 1 Santander British Grand Prix at Silverstone.

While these two major events stole many of the headlines, they were just two highlights to book-end a week that included just about everything from MPs racing around the Silverstone Grand Prix track on an F1 simulator in the Palace of Westminster to local motor clubs organising special taster autotest events for complete novices.

As the MSA’s official spokesman for National Motorsport Week, 13-times grand prix winner David Coulthard played a major role. He helped push the motor sport message inside Westminster by joining the MSA at the House of Commons, where over 50 MPs were put through their paces in an F1 simulator. He also appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme and Radio 1’s Chris Moyles Show, plus several other major regional BBC stations including Radio Scotland and Radio London.

All eight of the UK-based F1 teams supported the week by running special competitions on the MSA’s www.GoMotorsport.net website offering some great prizes including factory tours, autographed F1 components and opportunities to join race teams.
There were a large number of activities on the ground, too. Croft Circuit in North Yorkshire raised nearly £500 for charity with passenger laps around the track in a selection of competition cars provided by the Darlington and District Motor Club, while Silverstone offered a 50 per cent discount on selected single-seater and supercar experiences booked during the week.

For the second year running Richard Egger, Go Motorsport’s Club Development Officer, helped motor clubs across the country to get behind National Motorsport Week in an effort to bring new blood into the sport at grass roots level. His efforts resulted in a raft of different activities ranging from demo autotests and treasure hunts to marshal recruitment at the British Grand Prix.

Meanwhile in Scotland more than 20 youngsters were given a taste of motor club life by taking part in an autotest at Tesco in Lockerbie, which pulled in a crowd of around 250 interested onlookers. The event was featured in the The Sun and Daily Express and generated further local press interest.

One club initiative organised by Accrington Motor Sports Club, CSMA Club North West Motor Sport Group and Under 17 Motor Club NW offered a randomly picked member of the public the chance to take part in an AutoSOLO/PCA aboard a car provided by Egger’s fellow Go Motorsport RDO Steve Johnson. The lucky winner, 14-year-old Ryan Townsend, said: “I drove 10 tests, five each on track A and B. I got quicker each time and Steve was helping and encouraging me. With each run I was getting to know the car better and enjoying it more and more.”

“This year’s National Motorsport Week has been a remarkable success with so much happening throughout the country,” said MSA Chief Executive Colin Hilton. “At one end of the scale we had MPs racing against David Coulthard in Westminster while at the other there were lots of newcomers having fun on four wheels by participating in their very first grass autotest. National Motorsport Week has established itself as an important fixture in the motor sport calendar and we’ll announce next year’s dates as soon as possible.”

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