Aston gathering at Le Mans
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Simon T said:
Anyone got any info about the Aston gathering at Chartres on the Friday of race weekend, looking for an alternative to CBW/pit walk about/driver parade. After 27 years we need a change ??
your wish is my command ! came through on email to AMOC membersAMOC Le Mans Luncheon
Hotel De France
Friday 16th June 2017
If you are going to Le Mans in an Aston Martin then there is no more appropriate place (after the circuit!) to visit, than the Hotel de France at La Chartre sur le Loir. This was of course the hotel found by John Wyer in 1952 when he ran the Aston Martin team for David Brown.
Things have hardly changed there in the last 60 years, and it’s sometimes impossible to tell photographs taken in the 1950’s from those taken just recently. Almost all of the famous racing drivers from that period have stayed at the HdeF including Sir Stirling Moss, Roy Salvadori, Carroll Shelby, along, of course, with their DB cars. The Club still have some tickets available for their Champagne Luncheon on the Friday before the 24 Hr race, which will start at 12 noon, with the buffet luncheon served between 12.45 and 1.30pm. We will then stop for some short speeches by David Richards, Simon Sproule and Maitland Cook. The event usually finishes at around 3pm, when you are free to simply linger and soak up the famous La Chartre atmosphere, and maybe bump into 1 or 2 of the famous drivers that still stay there, or return up to Le Mans for the evening Driver’s Parade.
The Hotel is situated half way between Le Mans and Tours, and is a very pleasant 40 min drive from the circuit on the D304, the actual road that John Wyer’s Aston Martin mechanics would use to drive the cars up to the circuit, and sometimes test them too!!
Tickets have now been reduced to £59, as the exchange rate is more favourable than we originally thought. Members are more than welcome to bring their friends to this event, so please book on the Club’s website or contact Christine/Ben at the Club’s events team via e-mail, and help make this a very special occasion for everyone.
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AMOC Le Mans Luncheon
Hotel De France
Friday 16th June 2017
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Celebrating 70 years since David Brown bought the Lagonda marque, adding it to his already recently purchased Aston Martin company, the AMOC will be returning to the Hotel de France, at La Chartre sur Le Loir, a very pleasant 40 minute drive from the famous Le Mans Circuit.
This is the Hotel that John Wyer made famous when his Aston Martin team stayed there from 1953 through to 1963 (and in 1954 the David Brown Lagonda team stayed too). At that time, Wyer was Britain’s most famous sports car manager, running a private Aston Martin team, before going on to run the works team, then the GT40 programme for Ford, the semi works Gulf Porsche team and finally his own Mirage team, winning the race outright 4 times!!
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This event will run with Champagne and Buffet luncheon on the day before the 24hours, at 12 noon. Lunch will be served at 12.45.
We will later hear from Simon Sproule AML’s marketing director who will give us a small speech on what we should expect from the company over the next few years. David Richards will toast his predecessors successes, and talk about the progress the AMR team have made this year, and their chances of success in the 24 Hour race over the weekend.
Maitland Cook (who worked for John Wyer) will tell us about the history of the Hotel and its strong and long association with Aston Martin. He will also pay tribute to Jean and Michael Salmon, both of whom sadly passed away last year, and always attended our previous events.
If you would like to attend in a car with a significant to Le Mans History please contact David Wright at david@73harleystreet.co.uk or 07860 866432.
Book now:
Only £59 per person
Website:
https://www.amoc.org/events/hotel-de-france-lunch-...
Christine Howson
christine.events@amoc.org
+44 (0)1865 891838
Ben Valbret
ben.events@amoc.org
+44 (0)1865 893935
Prior to the race you can also attend the Saint Saturnin British welcome
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LordBretSinclair said:
Even if you can't make the Friday event a visit to the HdF is a must.
We particularly enjoyed the post race atmosphere last year, the whole town was really buzzing on the Sunday evening
AgreedWe particularly enjoyed the post race atmosphere last year, the whole town was really buzzing on the Sunday evening
This will be my 7th or 8th consecutive year and the drive to HdF for lunch on the Friday has become a key part of the routine, even though it often means not being able to do some of the other events on LM24 Friday
AMOC have done a lunch there several times in the last 8 years and I've been to some of them- they are very good. But this year we are just eating at the Hotel separate to the AMOC do. Almost certainly too late to bag a reservation at the hotel now for lunch, but even if you just turn up for a beer in the bar overlooking the square it's normally a great day - always some very interesting cars there
Our group this year comprises 993 GT1, 993 GT2, CGT, 488 GTB, F40 or Miura, 2x GT4, my V12 Roadster and a DB7 Vantage. The first couple of cars on that list alone are worth attending for - the GT1 in our group actually ran at Le Mans and has since been made road legal so not the strassenversion one might have expected
We try and stay at HdeF for a couple of nights after the race weekend, its a lovely venue in a great area to mozzey around. Trouble is the poor staff are dead on their feet by this stage having worked their socks off for several days.
I try and support them anytime I'm in the region.
DW
I try and support them anytime I'm in the region.
DW
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