Members of the Southern Group were deeply saddened on 3^rd August 2011 by the loss of much-valued member Ken Rogers, who died of a heart attack, at home in Basingstoke. It came as a shock to all who knew him, even though he had been ill with an incurable lung disease, diagnosed seven months earlier.

SGMW member discovers a forgotten genius

‘I feel I’ve shone a spotlight on an unsung hero,’ says SGMW member Charles Armstrong-Wilson. His feature in the March 2011 issue of Octane magazine reveals how a Frenchman figured out how to use ground effect on cars a whole half century before it burst onto the scene in the 1970s. The article goes on to tell the background story of the man responsible and discovers whether his ideas would have worked.