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Hi there all you Karters. Just sitting here in Queensland, Australia and thought I'd pass on a bit of history regarding The Dunkeswell Kart Club. The club started as an 'offshoot' of The Torbay Motor Club of which I was a member, as were Allan and Gordon, Jim, Tony and Paul. One evening over a beer at the 'local' the conversation got around to Kart Racing, and an approach was made to the T M C to see if we could come to an aggreement to run some sort of activity involving Karts? 'Not interested' was the reply, so it was decided to go it alone. Over the next few weeks we raced at 'Denbury', looked at a possible circuit in the Ivvbridge area, and then owing to some sterling work on behalf of our small 'committee' by a couple of drivers came up with Dunkeswll. We raced there for a number of years very successfully. We of the Dunkeswell Kart Club also attended the T M C Odicombe Hill Climb as marshalls, and had the honour of getting the FASTEST TIME of the day in a 100c, class one Kart, much to the chargrin of the T M C who weren't going to publish those times (set up by a gokart indeed, I should think not). Has anyone got any other memories? We have lost touch over the years unfortunately. Tony

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A memory of Dunkeswell in Devon shared on Friday, 23rd October 2009.

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RE: RE: Kart Club

Tony - thanks for your recollections re the Kart Club. I'm involved with the present club and I would love to pick your brains about its history in more detail
could you email me at mervyn@solicitorstitle.co.uk and I will explain more.

Kind Regards Mervyn Rundle

Comment from Mervyn Rundle on Friday, 21st May 2010.

RE: RE: Kart Club

Hi Mervyn.
How good to hear from you, I will send email today
cheers Tony

Comment from Tony Harper on Saturday, 22nd May 2010.

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