THE CREDIT SUISSE JERSEY FESTIVAL OF MOTORING 2008

Welcome to the ninth year of the Jersey Festival of Motoring – a unique event and a unique experience tailored especially for car enthusiasts of all ages – the cars not the occupants!  

If you are looking for something rather different with a touch of the Continent, look no further.  Jersey is a wonderful destination with its close affinity and history with Normandy, reflected in its granite buildings and French road names.  Jersey is ideal for “older motoring”, with magnificent scenery, wonderful beaches and delightful country lanes, not to mention the vast array of seafood restaurants. 

The Festival successfully combines touring and competitive elements which provide an all-round experience for touring and sporting cars, including a civic reception in the Town Hall (French style), visits to various attractions around the island as well as the chance to see the workings of the lobster and crab viviers, cream tea at one of the most beautiful manors in the island, participate in a huge static display of cars from all the clubs in the island as well as take part in the “Best Period Costume” parade and fun skilled driving, a cavalcade of all the touring cars down the sprint course on Victoria Avenue with Elizabeth Castle in the background, opportunities to spectate at the sprints and hill climbs, and introducing the grand finale of an all day tour around some of the hidden gems of Jersey – manor houses, traditional farms and much more, not forgetting two evening meals in the company of your fellow participants and members of the Jersey Old Motor Club. 

The view from Nick Hine's  Lagonda as races up Westmount. The speeding tickets are in the post Nick!