Conference on the History of Motorsport Technology

[Bishop Ranter]

With a professional and personal interest in motorsport history and technical development I am organising a conference at Cranfield University dedicated to this field. It will be on 3 July during National Motorsport Week. Details at http://www.motorsportconference.com

I hope this will be the first in a series that will elevate the work of engineers and designers as well as the historians and journal
ists who record motorsport history and its technologies.

[Bishop Ranter]

By way of an update I met up with Joe Saward last week and we should have Mark Hughes and David Tremayne on board for presentations. Some great cars are being lined up for the conference too. Expect to see a Group C car at Cranfield on 3 July.

[Bishop Ranter]

Information is now on the National Motorsport Week website

http://www.nationalmotorsportweek.co.uk/

[chunterer]

Thanks for keeping us updated!

[Bishop Ranter]

Originally Posted by chunterer

Thanks for keeping us updated!

My pleasure. Motor Sport magazine has agreed to be our media partner which will help raise awareness and 'profile' the conference.

There is going to be an interesting range of presentations during the day.

A display of cars is being organised.

Sir Jackie Stewart OBE will be our guest of honour at the conference dinner,

Discounts are available to MSA licence holders, MIA and VSCC members.

Information at www.motorsportconference.com

[Bishop Ranter]

I am able to 'look after' individuals who are able to bring a technically interesting competition car for the display which already has attracted a number of owners of GP, Group C and sports racing cars.

Email motorsport@cranfield.ac.uk if you are in position to bring a car.

Nondus Banning-Boddy has given permission for an award to be made for the best presentation at the conference in my memory of her late father.

[RTH]

Sounded just up my street until I got to the price.

[Peter Mallett]

I guess it's all relative. I've been offered much more than that to talk about contracting in the Oil and Gas business, a subject I'm sure you will agree is not quite so exciting. I've also paid around that much to attend a dinner with Sir Jackie Stewart.

It does look interesting and I wish it every success.

[wheelsportaddict]

Originally Posted by RTH

Sounded just up my street until I got to the price.

Same here. Would have been something of much interest to me.

[Bishop Ranter]

To place the pricing of the conference into context, the Manufacturer is arranging a tour of Cosworth for 35 persons. Delegate fees: £295 +VAT per delegate
Early bird offer: £245* +VAT per delegate.

In comparison Cranfield's conference represents really good value. We have revised the prices to reflect the current high cost of travel but it should be appreciated that there are significant costs associated with organising and running conferences.

By way of a special offer for VSCC, HSCC, BRDC, HGPCA and Group C members I have arranged the special price of £120 to attend both the conference and the dinner if the booking is made between now and the 31 May. You can either book online via http://www.motorsportconference.com or contact the Academic Operations Unit to reserve your place:
Academic Operations Unit
Cranfield University
Cranfield
Bedfordshire
MK43 0AL, UK

T: +44 (0) 1234 754176
E: shortcourse@cranfield.ac.uk
F: +44 (0) 1234 751206

[Bishop Ranter]

Atrium
09:00 - 09:30 Registration, tea and coffee. Exhibition open.
Auditorium
09:30 - 10:00 Welcome and Keynote address, Peter Wright, FIA and former Managing Director of Lotus Engineering and Technical Director of Team Lotus.
Session One
10:00 - 12:40
1. Ground effects from the 1920s - Charles Armstrong-Wilson
2. Technology and the Land Speed Record - David Tremayne
3. The major schools of motorsport engineering - Mark Hughes
4. The problem with secrets and lies - Joe Saward
5. Engineering insights from an innovator’s career: the remarkable Colin Chapman - Karl Ludvigsen
12:40 - 13:00 Question and Answers with the first session speakers
Atrium and outside
Motorsport conference networking lunch and exhibition
13:00 - 14:00 Conference networking lunch with poster presentations and exhibition. Posters and displays to include:
• Dr Mark Craig, Cranfield University - Coatings in motorsport
• Luke Crowley, Cranfield alumnus - Radial engagement gearboxes in motorsport: a history
• Craig Scarborough - technical illustrations
• Mick Hill - Bluebird LSR vehicles, Thrust II and 985 Lotus 97T
Auditorium
Session Two
14:00 - 17:00
1. F1 race car design and development in the 1960s and 1970s - Mike Pilbeam
2. Group C: a decade of change - Graham Humphrys
3. Impact testing of F1 cars since the 1980s - Brian O'Rourke
4. Race car simulator development - Graham Campion
5. Moto GP: Honda's RC211V; it was all in the metal - Neil Spalding
6. Motorsport Valley UK - past, present and future - Professor Mark Jenkins and Chris Aylett
17:00 - 17:30 Question and Answers with the second session speakers
17:30 - 18:00 Summary and presentation prize - the Bill Boddy OBE Award
Atrium and outside
18:05 - 19:15 - Exhibition and visits
Evening Programme
19:30 - Pre-dinner drinks, Mitchell Hall Bar
20:00 - Evening dinner, Mitchell Hall Banqueting Suite

[Bishop Ranter]

Special offer of £120 for both the conference and the dinner. This really is tremendous value when you compare our fee to the delegate's rate for the World Motorsport Symposium which takes place each January in Oxford.

You can book via www.motorsportconference.com or phone 01234 754176.

[Bishop Ranter]

Images of cars, bikes, engines and people http://www.flickr.com/photos/applied...7630406232960/

[Bishop Ranter]

I anticipate that we will organise the next conference to be held July 2014.

Interested participants should email motorsport@cranfield.ac.uk