Prescott Hillclimb Americanand French spectacular 2014

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Dear All
One of the problems with being an enthusiast is belonging to several car forums- and I clean forgot to give you guys the heads up on the Prescott H/C all american weekend which happened last weekend.
We were in Butch- (bear with me here!)
see:
Remember this?:


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and even better this- Round 2:



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http://www.prescott-hillclimb.com/october2011.aspx

Next year will host La Vie en Bleu on 24/25 May 2014 which will be as spectacular with crowds/stands/etc.
Talking to the organiser Sunday night I ventured an entry in Herman- well it is sort of French Blue and Buchloe is fairly near Alsace & Lorraine (?)- which I think was well received.
(I got down to 52 seconds in Butch whilst not getting out of second gear). Should Herman beat Butch around this really twisty event?5qvVXd-Mf3I5qvVXd-Mf3I

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Just booked my (expensive- because of TT practice) ferry seacat tickets for Herman to take part in La Vie En Rose French Spectacular 24-25 May at Gotherington near Cheltenham Glos.
http://www.prescott-hillclimb.com/events/may2011.aspx

Love to see some of you guys there below is last year's event with 3 Veyrons competing!:


Peter Rosenthal, Events Editor Classic Car Weekly: "It was my first La Vie en Bleu and I thought it was a superb celebration of all things French but done in a typically quirky British fashion. Getting to see so many classic cars – some worth hundreds of thousands of pounds – being put through their paces with such gusto really brought the event to life. Can't wait until next year!" “Despite being called La Vie en Bleu, the event is quintessentially British - a mini Goodwood Festival of Speed set in the glorious Cotswolds - celebrating French cars, but in a British way. Its club motor sport at its best, where visitors can mingle with the cars, speak to the drivers, and watch rare historic vehicles to modern day supercars being pushed to their limits”
Nick Mason (Drummer from Pink Floyd, and avid car collector).

Our seventh annual pageant of French motoring excellence took place on Saturday 1 & Sunday 2 June 2013. The spectacular two-day event has been hailed the best event of the year and was blessed with glorious sunshine and huge crowds. As well as top class racing, there was an awesome car display in the paddock, the wickedly witty Gendarmes, live music, and straight from The Royal Albert Hall, BBC Strictly Come Dancing and ITV’s show Dancing on Ice, our Parisian Can-can girls who performed throughout the weekend.

Speaking of the event, Ian patton, General Manager, Bugatti Owners Club said "La Vie en Bleu 2013......what an event, we were delighted with the huge support we had from everyone, particularly all the officials, marshals, volunteers, competitors, photographers, event team, staff, car clubs and display vehicles who helped to make it all possible. Bugatti sent us three Veyrons from there factory and their works driver which delighted the crowds and the sound of that F1 Benetton reverberating around the hill was just superb. We were blessed by good weather which brought out the public and created a magical event. I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did."

Highlights included three Bugatti Veyron 250mph supercars, two Bugatti EB110, a 1937 Bugatti Type 37C, the Benetton B190 F1 car that took Nelson Piquet to victory at Suzuka and Renault F1 car amongst many many others.

In addition to the on-track action, Prescott was packed on the Sunday with a large gathering of Bugatti’s, and other rare and exotic French vehicles including: a 1924 Hispano, 1901 De Dion Bouton, 1949 Citroën U23 Tipper Lorry, 1910 AC Sociable, 1929 Vernon Derby, a Velosolex display and the ever popular Parisian bus.

The paddock featured live entertainment, from mime artists, French-themed comedy actors, can-can girls, and live music from one of the UK’s finest jazz singers - Cate Cody http://www.jazzcats.co.uk and Kevin (the Crooner) Mack. Gotherington Petanque Club were also on hand throughout the event to teach the game.

The Orchard was packed of visiting car clubs including: Renault Alpine Owners Club, Renault Owners Club, Citroen Car Club, Matra, Citroen 2CV Club, Pembleton Cars, Cotswold Car Club, Motor.net, TVR and Peugeot Owners Club and more.

Please visit -http://vimeo.com/12869941 (courtesy of Neil Boyle) PRESCOTT welcomes car clubs. Why not bring your Club to us and enjoy group ticket discounts, designated parking area, bespoke catering, hill cavalcades, and superb facilities. The NEW Prescott Club House will open its doors for the first time in April 2013, and is the perfect venue to hold AGMs, conferences, car rallies, meets and get togethers.

Contact us to see what we can do for your Club ... if you can dream it up we can (probably) make it a reality. Click here for a booking form or call Maggie Webster on 01242 662914 or email maggie@bugatti.co.uk

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Some pictures of the event here- (Butch in action):





Met an old chum who used to race a Camaro in the 90s

he now has a very famous Allard (with a flathead engine)


and at last an Alpina (replica)

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STOP PRESS

The French event at Prescott which features Herman my B6 2.8 in its first UK EVENT is the Sunday 25 May 2014

There are races on the Saturday - but not the French Themed one!

Come and support your flying E21 Alpina !

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Will be along to that - only missed one La Vie En Blu.

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Did I see you/vice versa?

we had fun !
see p 3 of :
http://www.bmwe21.net/forum/viewtopic.p ... 8&start=30