This year’s Andy Mort Tour is gearing up to be the best yet. Thanks to the legendary Paddy Hopkirk appearing as the guest of honour, the 2300 Club of Blackburn has seen a surge of interest in the one-day touring assembly, with the original entry limit of 50 cars now […]
Andy Mort Tour
72 posts
‘Get your entry in now’ is the urgent message from the organisers of October’s Andy Mort Tour. The 2300 Club of Blackburn have received an unprecedented level of interest since the regulations were published last week. “We were delighted to get almost 20 paid-up entries in the first 24 hours,” […]
The regulations and entry form for the 2300 Club of Blackburn’s eagerly-awaited Andy Mort Tour will go live on their website on Sunday, August 4 at 10am.And it promises to be a memorable day in more ways than one, with the organisers mapping out a route with a difference this year.“We have spent a long […]
Paddy Hopkirk will be greeted with a familiar sight when he flags off the crews at October’s Andy Mort Tour – his own Mini Cooper S! Although entries don’t open until next month, Mini Sport of Padiham have confirmed that Paddy’s 1990 Pirelli Marathon-winning car, 6 EMO, will be among the starters. The iconic red-and-white machine is still owned by Hopkirk,and is prepared and […]
Heads-up – here’s a date for your diary. This year we will be running the Andy Mort Tour, starting at West Bradford Village Hall on Saturday 19th October. The formula will be similar to previous years, with the exception that we plan to bring a very big rally name to […]
Finishers Awards 6 timecards were drawn at random from 26 finishers. The ‘winners’ got a bottle of fizz 1 Rob Baxandall Ryan Offord Landrover Defender 23 Peter Croft Amanda Bradley MG MGB GT 24 Julie Wardale David Wardale VW Transporter T6 10 Owen Frankland Pam Frankland MG 3 Sport 22 […]
Ron Cowan, the 2300 Club’s Safety Officer was out and about with his camera last weekend and has published quite a few photos from the Andy Mort Tour on his Flickr account here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/scottish-images/albums/72157696854258180
Flint, one of the 2300 Club Committee set up a camera overlooking the car park at the start of the Andy Mort Tour and this is the resulting time lapse of the cars assembling for the off.
The Andy Mort Tour 2018 was run on the 20th October, receiving praise from all involved. One of the Competitors, Owen Frankland in Car 10, has prepared a blog and video on YouTube, which are linked below: Owen’s Blog, including experiences and some pictures is here: http://www.oily-hands-mg-life.co.uk/oilys-news/andy-mort-tour The 9 minute YouTube […]