Putting the Sport into Your Motoring
Welcome to one of the largest and most active motor clubs in the country.
Established in 1959 by a group of like-minded petrolheads, Sutton & Cheam Motor Club quickly grew into one of the most respected and admired groups of rally and racing drivers working alongside some of the most respected competition teams in the UK.
Pioneers in motorsport organisation, many British and World Champions emerged from our membership base as well as a host of leading officials and regulators who shaped the sport as we know it today.
As we look towards the future, each step of the technological changes on the horizon is monitored and manged by a team of talented and well-informed members who are always available with help and advice wherever needed.
So, if you are just starting behind the wheel and looking to get underway or are simply looking for a way of getting involved in how it all happens the Sutton & Cheam Motor Club are a great place to start.
Take a look at the various tabs to discover why we still remain as one of the Premier Motor Clubs in the country!
SPECIAL FEATURE
SPOTLIGHT MAGAZINE – Dec 2023
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WHAT’S NEW
SOCIAL NEWS
In addition to special club nights and visits, the club meets ‘Down The Pub’ at various locations throughout North Surrey, Hampshire and Kent and details can be found under the Social Tab.
Saturday 17th February saw the club celebrate its 65th Anniversary with a prestigious Dinner and Annual Awards Ceremony at the sumptuous Royal Automobile Club, Woodcote Park, Epsom.
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COMPETITION NEWS
Coming soon…
ABINGDON MOTORSPORT
CAR-NIVAL SPRINT
Saturday 8th June
ABINGDON MOTORSPORT
CAR-NIVAL RALLY
Sunday 9th June
Go to www.abingdoncarnival.com for more details
OTHER NEWS
- March Competitor Of The Month – Jamie McBain
As headlined in the Motorsport News magazine “Mighty McBain” had a fantastic result on the Alan Healy Memorial Rally held at Cadwell Park at the end of March. Being a circuit rally championship event, the entry attracted a number of R5 cars, but Jamie finished 6 o/all and 1st in class with his Peugeot 205. Brake problems on the early stages had Jamie and co-driver Harry Walshaw down in 24th o/all but once sorted they set a number of top 5 stages times to fly up the leaderboard.
Other notable SCMC results in March included Mark Kelly’s 6th o/all on the British Rally Championship North West Stages, Declan Dear co-driving Matthew Hirst to their 4th consecutive North Wales Rally – Interclub Event win and Angelica Fuentes co-driving Gabriel Perez to 2nd o/all in their Skoda R5 on the Rally Hecho in Mexico.
It was a busy month for SCMC members.
- February Competitor Of The Month – Mark KellyMark took a fantastic 5 second win on the closed road East Riding Stages in Yorkshire at the end of February. With an entry including approx. 30 R5 cars of various manufacturers, Mark came out on top against them all in his R5 Skoda, a brilliant result with Will Atkins in the co-drivers seat.
- January Competitor Of The Month – Sean & Colin QuigleySean & Colin mixed it with the regular Motorsport News Circuit Rally Championship regulars at Brands Hatch on an icy Saturday in mid-January and ended their day in 5th o/all, an excellent result given the entry.Other SCMC members recording finishes wereBen Smith who had a great run finishing 27th o/all from a start number of 63Oliver Hucklebridge finished his first ever event in the drivers’ seat in a very credible 35th o/allScott/Darren Stutchbury 28th o/all in the ClioPaul/Ben Garraway 31st o/all in their SunbeamDominic Norman & Vlad Ardeleanu 45th o/all in the Golf
Photo courtesy of Mark Cuthbert - December Competitor Of The Month – Rob Swann & Ian Hucklebridge
SCMC members were very active in December claiming some excellent results.
Rob Swann and Steve McNulty claimed a superb victory on the Rixy Stages, a new tarmac event held at the Stanford Training Area in Norfolk.
Ian & Oliver Hucklebridge were back at Goodwood with car 1 on the door after last years victory. After a difficult icy first stage they recovered to finish 5th o/all against some R5 machinery. To round off 2023 the Hucklebridge’s took their Escort to Pembrey and in extremely wet conditions finished just 6 seconds away from overall victory in 3rd o/all.
Other club members in December with notable results included Duncan Brown who continues his campaign in the winter 12 car series with his Mini. Multi-talented Duncan drove to 2nd o/all on the Southern Car Club 12 Car event and then swapped to the other seat to finish 6th o/all on the FDMC 12 car event.
- November Competitor Of The Month – Declan Dear
Declan together with his driver Matthew Hirst clinched the Motorsport UK Pirelli Welsh Rally Championship title for a record-equalling third time after winning the Wyedean Stages Rally in mid-November. It’s been another good season for the Delta Salvage team with many podium results in their Fiesta R5.
Other notable results for SCMC members in November were Mark Kelly winning the Neil Howard stages at Oulton Park, Jamie McBain & Ryan Stutchbury finishing 20th o/all from a start number of 80 at Cadwell Park, Keith & Angelica Mainland finishing the London to Brighton veteran car run yet again on their 1904 Orient Buckboard and Duncan Brown got his 12 car season off to a good start with 3rd o/all on the Sevenoaks and District Motor Club 12 Car event.