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Blytheswood Square start 
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type Jaguar of Merrick and
Merrick in opposite lock across the top of the Col de Turini on the
1962 MCR.
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Start for Monte Carlo Historique
Centenial - 2011
It's
Official!
Report by Douglas
Anderson
 Like
many car mad boys growing up in the 50’s and 60’s,
I was
smitten by the magic of the Monte – the cars, the glamour,
the
adventure. There was nothing quite like it. It was
always my
ambition to experience it at a first hand by going to Blythswood Square
to take in the atmosphere of this world famous rally. But for
so
many reasons I never made it. Perhaps that’s why I
have had
this burning ambition to bring back the Glasgow Start of the Monte
Carlo Rally.
It has taken a bit of time and
effort, but the
good news is that the Start of the Monte Carlo Rally is coming back to
Scotland. I have managed to fulfill my ambition and I am
ecstatic. I keep re-reading the confirmation email from
Michel
Ferry of the Automobile Club de Monaco just to make sure that it is
true! Yes, the magic of the Monte is coming back to
Blythswood
Square on 27 January 2011 and I would like as many people as possible
to be part of this great event.
Naturally,
there is still a lot
of work to do, not just with organising the Start and the route down to
Dover, but also a full programme of events in Glasgow leading up to the
Start. At this stage there are lots of plans afoot and over
the
next few months I will keep you up to date with all that’s
happening. You can be sure that there will be lots of
opportunities for people to be involved. Let’s give
them a
Start to remember.
Click on the picture below to view this Pathe News
clip from the 1952 event, covering the Glasgow start and the
loading at Folkestone for the trip over to France.
Pre Regs are now
available from
the Automobile Club de Monaco
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