Welcome to the VMCC Banbury Run website.
Sunday 17th June 2012
Sunday 17th June 2012 at the Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon, Warks CV35 0BJ
65 acres of parkland 12 miles north of Banbury, Next to M40 J12.
Open to Veteran & Vintage machines manufactured before 31st Dece
mber
1930.
To view all the 2012 event information, click here > >
Banbury Run: Results 2011
Click the links to download in pdf format.
Photos of 2011 run now online!
Club Member Mary Adams took these photos at the Banbury 2011 event at Gaydon. If members are interesting in purchasing photos please e-mail mary@saundersfootrun.co.uk. To view please follow link https://picasaweb.google.com/saundersfoot100/BANBURY2011
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Photos on this page by Mary Adams. You can view the full set here.
The 2011 Banbury Run Report
The National Motor Heritage Centre at Gaydon in Warwickshire is now firmly established as the home of the VMCC Banbury Run and ‘Fathers Day’ (Sunday 19th June this year) has become the traditional date.
This year’s 63rd running of the event saw ideal conditions for the motorcycles – high humidity, dry - but not too warm for the riders to appreciate the scenery and the large crowds of spectators to appreciate the machines. Local knowledge counts for a lot and clerk of the course Harry Wiles and his team had selected an imaginative and attractive series of three routes with an almost total absence of ‘difficult’ road junctions. Plenty of room for both machines and car/trailer parking at Gaydon & slick and imaginative organisation generated the ‘right ‘atmosphere on which to build the day.
Setting off from Gaydon the route could be described as a clock-wise circuit through the Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire countryside taking in a succession of extremely couth villages with their chocolate box pubs and opulent manor houses and included a well-thought-out circuit of Banbury which avoided the worst of its traffic and yet enabled riders to pay their respects to The Cross and, of course, there was the climb up Sunrising Hill towards the end of the day.
Consisting of 3 routes (A, B or C) of differing lengths and a choice of timed or untimed entries timekeeping is not of great importance to the majority of the 600 entrants. It is often the atmosphere generated in the assembly area by the extraordinary collection of machines- some are old favourites, others are new discoveries and there are always new restorations to admire. Out on the roads there are the sights and sounds (and in some instances, smells) of historic motorcycles being put to good use. Old acquaintances are renewed and new friends are made. Hints, tips, advice and experiences are exchanged and some savage amusement can always be found in the huge autojumble.
Further details of the 2012 event will be available here in October.
Results:-
18 ‘Gold’ Award Winners
44 ‘Silver’ Award Winners
To qualify for a gold award, a competitor must be not more than 3 minutes early or five minutes late at all checkpoints. Silver awards qualifiers must not be more than 3 minutes early or 15 minutes late.
Click on the links on this site for full listings of all the awards.
The VMCC Banbury Run is the largest gathering of pre 1931 machines in the world & attracts an entry from across the globe. The event is supported by VMCC insurance partner Footman James Insurance Brokers, Bonhams Auctioneers & Old Bike Mart. For more details/ more details of the awards or for some great event images contact Sam Brown at VMCC HQ
events@vmcc.net
James Hewing, CEO, VMCC LTD
