The Bentley DC race meeting at Silverstone in August is the last one make club run race meeting after the MGCC stopped running race meetings on cost grounds.
I did a few BDC meetings over the years and they were the most informal races I’ve done. A step back in time. I was with Equipe GTS who were an invited (paying) grid. It always puzzled me that BDC could run a meeting with some fairly sparse grids when my own MGCC struggled to cover the cost with bigger numbers.
I’ve heard a couple of tales that BDC have a long standing agreement with BRDC that goes back to the purchase of Silverstone,
It goes like this; When the RAC declined to buy the airfield, BRDC stepped in and had most of the money, but not quite enough. Some of BRDC members were former Bentley racers and thus some money came from the BDC to complete the required amount. In return BDC got a guaranteed date in August at a preferential rate.
Is this fact?
Edited by Derwent Motorsport, Yesterday, 11:31.
