We are a family friendly motor club and the only Autograss club in the Manchester area. If you are interested in joining us as a racer or a social member come along to our monthly meeting(very informal) at the White Lion in Heywood (OL10 4NS). These are normally held on the first Monday of the month. 

Vinny Gibbons Heywood based garage owner has been a LEEWOOD member since the 1970s..He raced a Ford v6 in class 10 that engine was mated to a VW transmission and generally worked well ,making one of the quickest cars in the class nationally .he   has won many trophies ...

Vinny decided he wanted more power under his right foot so  with a fresh chassis this time with a Chevrolet v8 for power he has developed a racer to compete with the nations best.

Vinnys other cars include a mark 9 1950s Jaguar and a Chev Corvette.

Back in the 80s Vinny ventured out in a formula one stock car at the old Belle Vue, just the once and decided to stick with Autograss.

 Thanks for your time Vinny.

Steve Le Carpentier has been around since his early teens originally helping our club president Ian Gilbertson with his racer. Steve has raced various classes in  Autograss, with varying degrees of success. he raced a class 3 many years ago but more recently he has switched to specials (single seat race cars ). Steve currently prepares 4 yes 4 racers a class 7 an 8 and 2 10s. His latest project is a Ford ST powered class 10. He is another  racer  from Heywood and is employed as a mechanical engineer, training youngsters at the ACE training centre in Rochdale . Steve took 3 of his race cars to a local classic car show this summer to help promote LEEWOOD.

Thanks for your time Steve.