Talk:Cambridge University Automobile Club
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editI have a wealth of further information on the club, particularly on past karting and rallying events, which I am in the process of compiling and adding.
I also have a list of sources which provide interesting details, but I have not yet been able to find sufficient back-up sources and further information to merit adding them to the Wiki. These are as follows. If you are able to add to these and incorporate them into the Wiki, please do.
http://www.historicracing.com/search_action.cfm?start=1&page_no=1&keyword=cambridge&otd=1895&search_type=A&search_full=Y 1930s racer Dick Seaman - CUAC man?
http://www.tc-auctions.com/AuctionPages/Sale1/TextPagesInset/TCAsale1p2.html 1934 CUAC dinner memorabilia
http://website.lineone.net/~pete.stowe/pete_whitchurch_1937.htm 1937 Bristol Speed Trials, CUAC driver won several classes
http://forums.autosport.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=65021&perpage=40&display=&pagenumber=4 http://forums.autosport.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=79133&highlight=cuac http://forums.autosport.com/showthread.php?s=7605ae3a7fa0390c120be0f6568da808&postid=1531577#post1531577 1939 Donington race
http://www.historicracing.com/search_action.cfm?start=1&page_no=1&keyword=cuac&otd=1388&search_type=A&search_full=Y 1956 Eric Thompson in CUAC sprint
http://www.healeysix.net/Records%20Montlhery.htm 1958 Austin Healey 100-six (failed) record attempt
http://wspr-racing.com/chassis/aston.htm 1960 CUAC Sprint at Snetterton
http://www.greenegage.co.uk/Motorsport/Apr1960.html 1960 featured in Motorsport magazine
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/louise.hay13/mollsgap/contact.html 1991 CUAC ralliers
http://ina.certh.gr/homes/ndarz/karting.htm Nikos Darzentas, karting in 2000s
http://people.pwf.cam.ac.uk/mac65/cuac/cuac.htm 2004 Marko Cosic, karting and rallying
http://www.john-joyce.co.uk/cv.php Ex-Competitions secretary
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/sidocs.asp?SIR=O29176 Record stored at UL
http://www.glenlude.org.uk/Douglas/Motor_Sport.html Member
http://forums.autosport.com/showthread.php?threadid=73895 Connection to David Piper
http://www.mgccangliacentre.org.uk/Pages/Cambridge%20Natter.html Previous watering hole "Cambridge University Car Club"
Fasterthansound 21:24, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
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editI have removed some unencyclopedic content, such as the current officers and the hour of the weekly meetings. I've also rearranged the former trivia section into the article proper DGG (talk) 20:10, 2 September 2007 (UTC)