2025 AWARDS
Margaret Simpson
Margaret began her marshalling story in the early 1970s as an on-circuit telephonist at Oulton Park, calling in incidents and reports, alongside keeping lap charts. In those days, most clubs did not allow women to marshal“ on the bank”. Even when they relented our roles were restricted to that of telephonist to the Post Observer. Fortunately, times have changed and women now undertake all marshalling roles. I hope to see a continuing increase in our numbers track side and as officials.
She remembers when wooden railway sleepers, backfilled with earth lined the outside of corners, debris fencing was non-existent, track limit cameras unheard of, and marshals did not wear the now familiar orange.
For over a decade Margaret has attended Mission Motorsport’ s Race of Remembrance at Anglesey Circuit. She says,“ participating in the pit lane Remembrance Service with retired and active service personnel and other marshals is a profoundly humbling and emotional experience.”
As a Chief Marshal she has had the privilege of meeting a truly diverse, professional, dedicated, humorous group of marshals who work together as a team in all weathers to make our sport possible.
Kate Haston
Kate’ s 50 + years of volunteering have brought her wonderful lifelong friends, and she has developed and used many skills while increasing her knowledge of club motorsport. Most importantly it has allowed her to carry on from her father, who was involved in marshalling throughout his life, and to pass the gauntlet to her daughter Jen, who is already an accomplished and respected motorsport volunteer.
Kate’ s first experiences of motorsport were at Bo’ ness hill climb in the very late 1950s and 60s, and she began selling programmes at Ingliston in 1966. Throughout the 1970s she was‘ a runner’ at Ingliston and a junior mechanic and helper on a racing team at various UK circuits. When her children were born in the 1980s, Kate took on marshals signing-on and‘ soup dragon and pie’ duties for marshal’ s lunches. In the 1990s she became Secretary taking over from Bernard Buss, managing Drivers’ signing-on and when Ingliston finished, Knockhill starts. During the 2000s, Kate became Deputy Race Controller, and was recently awarded the Duncan Fisher trophy for her lifelong dedication to the Scottish Motor Racing Club as part of the Race Control Officials team.
Richard Pease
Richard Pease, known by everyone as Dick Pease, is the Bath Motor Club’ s longest serving member, and is now an Honorary Vice President. He competed in his early days, and was Clerk of the Course for the clubs’ Azimghur Stages Rally for 26 years, and is one of the leading Safety Radio Operators in the South West. Richard is a good solid foundation which every club needs. For his activities in the sport past and present, he is a worthy nomination for the Long Service Recognition Award. Richard’ s motorsport highlights include being a member of the Lombard RAC, Network Q Rally, and Wales Rally GB results teams, and as a Travelling Official on Transworld Events such as the London-to-Sydney and London-to- Mexico rallies.
Revolution- December 2025
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