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Monthly Meeting |
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Meeting |
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05/19/2010 |
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05/19/2010 |
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Our May meeting will be back at the Deutscher Club in Clark. Our guest speaker will be Murray Smith, an activist in racing and collecting. After college, Murray entered the advertising world, moving first to Athens, Greece and next to Paris with various firms. While in Greece he competed in the famous and very dicey Acropolis Rally, finishing in the top ten three times. Murray moved to France, he began racing there and in England in various series and cars, which led him to a lifelong love affair with historic racing, race cars and the motorsports world in general. Racing in the US, Murray has had a distinguished career in historic/vintage racing. Campaigning cars he has owned, such as The Le Mans Classic,The Monaco Historics, The Classic at Silverstone, etc. He is a member of the prestigious British Racing Drivers Club (BRDC) and has been involved in the production of the British Grand Prix, held each year at Silverstone, owned by the BRDC. Some of the cars Murray has owned include the Porsche 956 and 962, Chevron B2, Brabham BT-44, he has won races at tracks such as Lime Rock, Daytona, Watkins Glen and Laguna Seca. Murray now has a small, but refined car collection, including a pristine BMW M3, vintage 1987, Porsche 356 Spider, 356 Carrera and a Packard Series160 Woody. Aside from his racing prowess, he has had an exceptional career as a promoter and producer of motorsports events. In 1991, he created and produced the now legendary Louis Vuitton Classic at Rockefeller Center. Most recently, in 2009 Murray assumed production responsibilty for the 28 year old Lime Rock Historics. Murray looks forward to once again welcoming members of the BMW Clubs to the LRP Historics.
Please join us in welcoming Murray and to learn about his exciting journey with racing and collecting cars, and organizing classic car events!
Date: May 19 (Wednesday)
Time: 7:30pm
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