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. 

AGM 3rd DECEMBER

The venue is The ALBANY Hotel  on ROCHDALE road east Heywood OL101PX start time 8pm. Members it is crucial that you try to attend as 2019 is set to be our  BIGGEST season in many a long time, with us holding a prestigious UKAC round.

LEEWOOD is your club PLEASE do your best to attend. Of course the AGM is MEMBERS ONLY

                         LEEWOOD SEASON REVIEW

After a delayed start to our season here at LEEWOOD due to the weather i.e. the flooded track , canoes would have been needed to get around the track, then the beast from the east  , we managed through a lot of hard work to run 5 race days, including our war of the roses 2 day event.

 .The sun did shine on all our meetings including our season finale on the 2nd September.

A huge well done to all our class points champs and to  our new Ladies and Mens champion  of champions Suzanne and Jack Gibbons.

Quite a few new drivers racing with LM prefix this season, always a good thing.

A BIG thanks to all our visiting drivers from as far away as Scotland and mid Wales especially, come back again next year.

Hopefully we will attend charity cars shows again next year to promote the club .

We are also looking for sponsors for 2019, contact a committee member if you can help.

So that's it at LEEWOOD for 2018.

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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.