Lothian Car Club – Chairmans Message April 2018

Dear Member, Competitior, Official, Marshal past and present. As you may be aware the club celebrates 50 years of the creation of Doune Hillclimb the king of hills this year. The committee met to discuss the arrangements for our June event to mark this significant...

Messsage from the Chairman

Dear All Firstly I would like to thank the team at Lothian Car Club, Scottish Motorsport Marshals Dunblane Scouts and the volunteers who helped over the recent event at Doune which was I can say one of the most challenging we have faced. I know all of you have been...

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