Life within the Quick Lane

The Classic & Sportscar Club’s 200th one-day event. Credit: Ian Giles

The club is about enjoying the countryside, driving beautiful cars, and, most importantly, sharing good company, food, and wine. It’s not about time-keeping or break-neck speeds anymore, it’s about enjoying all the things I’ve mentioned and in great company!   If that sounds like your kind of fun, we’d love for you to join us! You can find more information on our website: www.csccspain.com

Looking Back and Driving Forward

The Classic & Sportscar Club recently celebrated an amazing milestone: its 200th one-day event. This time last year, over 130 people came out to drive their cars through the warm Spanish countryside, ending the day with a shared lunch and plenty of good conversation. This is exactly the kind of experience I’ve been promoting for the last 17 years. In addition to our one-day events, the club has also organised over 40 multi-day tours across Spain and Portugal, and we have many more planned.

Our next five-day event, the Tour Sierras Altas, will start near Malaga and take us through Jaen, Ubeda, Granada, and the stunning Sierra Nevadas. The final night will include a special dinner and party in a beautiful Granada restaurant, where we’ll spend two nights and have a rest day. The tour will conclude with a superb lunch at Restaurante La Bohemia in Coin.

Currently, I’m participating in and helping to organise the six-day Sierra Nevada Classic Rally, a navigational rally for pre-1983 cars run by the Belgian group  ‘SunSeaRally’. It covers much of the same ground as our own upcoming tour, and I’ll be sure to report back on both of these events in my next column.

Upcoming Events

We have several exciting events on the horizon:

• Jaguar 90/50 Celebration: You may have seen in the “” that we’re organising a special event to commemorate 90 years of Jaguar and 50 years of the Jaguar XJS. This will take place on the weekend of October 18th and 19th. We hope to see many Jaguar owners and enthusiasts join us. The event includes a scenic drive on Saturday, starting near San Pedro, followed by lunch and a finish in the historic town of Olvera. A special celebration dinner and a hotel stay will round out the night. The following day, Sunday, will feature an optional Tour of LA Organic, the best olive oil producing facility in the area which will feature an oil-tasting, visit to the museum and then a first-class lunch produced using only the finest, freshest local ingredients.  It’s an amazing experience!  The entry fee is €195 per person assuming two sharing, and the event is supported by the “”   Cost of the Special Olive-Oil lunch is €75pp and is excellent value.

October Events:

• The club’s regular one-day car run and lunch is scheduled for Saturday, October 7th. We are also organising a Track Day at the amazing Guadix race track near Granada on Wednesday, October 29th. For just €220, you can have a full day of motoring with optional tuition and guidance. Guadix is a safe and non-damaging circuit with plenty of run-off areas, making it a perfect place to safely test the limits of both you and your car. To join, simply contact Ian Giles at csccspain@gmail.com.
• “Cars & Coffee” Meetings: We will also soon be organizing a “Cars & Coffee” meeting in the Marbella area. This will be a relaxed, pressure-free social gathering for enthusiasts to get together, enjoy coffee or breakfast, and show off their cars. We hope to make this a regular event, and I’ll share more details with you soon.

There are always interesting things going on in the motoring and social worlds here in sunny Spain and I aim to harness them together and bring you news and invitations wherever possible.

See you next month I hope!