Classic and Competition Car 102 March 2019 by Simon Wright

The 21st Century magazine about cars and motorsport of the past and present.

March 2019

Issue 102

Classic and Competition Car Skope Classic Meeting, New Zealand.

Banbury Monte Carlo

Race Retro

VSCC Pomeroy Trophy

Contents

VSCC Measham Rally. Robert and Liz Our Team. RENSHAW, Austin 4 seat Tourer. Simon Wright - Editor. Janet Wright - Staff Photographer. Independant Freelance contributors in this issue. Pete Austin. Peter McFadyen. Syd Wall. David Goose & Stuart Yates of MotorsportImagery

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Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on.

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Photo of the month.

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News.

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Unnamed Car Group meeting.

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Tasman Revival Rd 3 Hampton Downs.

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Rallye Monte Carlo Historique, Banbury passage control.

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Archive Photo of the month.

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VSCC Pomeroy Trophy, Silverstone.

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Toyota Parallel Pomeroy Trophy, Silverstone.

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Ginetta Akula.

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Tasman Revival Rd 4 Skope.

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NZ Historic Touring Cars Rd 2 Skope.

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Autosolo at the Chateau, Chateau Impney.

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VSCC Measham Night Rally.

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Race Retro, Stoneleigh Park.

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Race Retro Live Action Rally Stage.

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British Historic Karting at Race Retro.

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Silverstone Auctions at Race Retro.

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NZ Historic Touring Cars Tereonga.

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Closing Shot

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Pomeroy Trophy Martin Stretton Frazer Nash Targa Florio

Race Retro. Terry Cree BMW 2002ti

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Editorial. We might not having any race meetings here in the UK yet, but this month we have expanded coverage from our racing colleagues in New Zealand, with two Tasman Revival race reports for the Formula 5000 single seaters and also two reports from the Historic Touring Car series in New Zealand. We have some track action here with the VSCC Pomeroy Trophy at Silverstone, testing vintage and modern cars to find the ultimate road legal Grand Tourer. This years winner might come as a surprise. Rally cars are always spectacular and Race Retro provided some great action on the Live Action Rally Stage Front Cover. Brett Stevens #28 Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth won the third race after a to-and-fro battle with Greg Murphy #42 BMW E30 M3 Gp A at Skope Classic, New

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Shelsley Walsh Breakfast Club. Peter Blankstone sporting Trial, Shelsley Walsh. VSCC Herefordshire Trial, How Caple. Restoration and Classic Car Show, NEC. BARC Championship races, Oulton Park. SDCC members Day, Curborough, Nr Lichfield. HSCC Season opener, Donington Park.

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MSVR Club Car Championships, Donington Park Bromyard Speed Festival, Bromyard. VSCC Formula Vintage Rd1, Silverstone. MSVR Club Car Championships, Donington Park BRSCC Club Car Championships, Oulton Park.

Zealand. © Fast Company/Euan Cameron. Banbury Monte Carlo - Owen Ferry & Jamie Crumlish (Volvo Amazon) © Pete Austin Race Retro - David Wright in the Ford Focus @ Motorsport Imagery. Pomeroy Trophy - Luke Roberts Armstrong-Siddeley 346 © Janet Wright

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For more events we suggest The motoring Diary web site www.themotoringdiary.com www.

We do not organise any events which are mentioned and we are not responsible if the event does not take place or is cancelled. Please contact the event organiser before making a long trip. Some events charge admission

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Photo of the Month By David Goose of Motorsport Imagery.

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This year there was a new pair of Rally stages at Race Retro. David Gathercole lifts a wheel in his Ford Escort Mk1 as he enjoys himself in the sunshine. See report on Page 70

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News

Famous Formula Ford Car. Seen at Race Retro was possibly the most famous Formula Ford car, a Van Dieman RF81, complete with Minister Ford 1600 Kent engine, as driven by the great Ayrton Senna. The car has been fully restored and this was its first public viewing. Van Dieman founder Ralph Firman gave Aryton Senna his big break in the UK in 1981. Senna finished 5th on his debut Formula Ford race at Brands Hatch. By the end of the season, Senna had won twelve races, six other podium finishes and had won two prestigious national Formula Ford titles. The Brazilian went on to win the World Championship in 1988, 1990 and 1991 for McLaren. The car had several other famous drivers including Roberto Moreno, Raul Boesel, Jonathan Palmer and Tommy Byrne

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Aston Martin New Heritage Racing Initiative.

An increased commitment to historic motorsport by Aston Martin has put all of the companies historic motorsport activity under the newly created Aston Martin Heritage Racing (AMHR) banner. They have been announced as official automotive partners of Masters Historic Racing and title sponsor of the Masters Endurance Legends Series. The company will supply Aston Martin road cars as Official Pace Cars and Course Cars for Masters Historic Racing, which for 2019 will place the Aston Martin Vantage

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at the head of grids at selected Masters race weekends. Course Car duties will be handled by the Aston Martin Rapide AMR. The Aston Martin Masters Endurance Legends Series is the premiere series for modern historic Le Mans and ALMS prototypes and GT cars from 1995-2012. This period encompasses Aston Martin Racing’s victories in GT1 with the DBR9, plus many other successes in the LMP1, GT2 and GTE categories. This series already features Aston Martin competition Cars such as the Gulf liveried Aston Martin DBR1-2 LMP1 car, which is always a firm favourite with the fans. This years dates are as follows: 29-31 Mar Le Castellet Motors Cup, Paul Ricard, France. 10-12 May European Le Mans Series support, Monza, Italy. 28-30 Jun French Historic Grand Prix, Magny Cours, France 26-28 Jul Silverstone Classic, Silverstone, UK. 9-11 Aug AvD Oldtimer GP, Nurburgring, Germany. 27-29 Sep Spa 6 Hours, Spa, Belgium.

Aston Martin Heritage Racing Festival Series. Building on the success of the triennial Aston Martin Racing Le Mans Festival events, held as a supporting race for the Le Mans 24 Hours race in 2012, 2015 and 2018, this will now become an annual AMHR Festival series. This will comprise of two race events in 2019, expanding to three race weekends per season in 2020 and 2021. They will be a celebration of Aston Martin’s competition successes, conceived to encompass the majority of Aston Martin Racing’s back catalogue. All GT1, GT2, GT3, GT4 and GTE cars are eligible with the exception of the Lola-Aston Martin LMP1 prototypes, and the latest generation Vantage GTE, GT3 and GT4 cars. There will also be a special invitation class for cars such as the Page 6

Beaulieu’s Simply Audi.

Aston Martin Vulcan and other unusual race cars like the Aston Martin Vantage GT8 that raced in the Nurburgring ‘N24’. For 2019, the AMHR Festival series will run at the Silverstone Classic in July, and at the Spa Six Hours in September.

Back by popular demand and a must for German car fans, Beaulieu’s second Simple Audi event will take place on Easter Sunday, April 21st 2019 in the grounds of the National Motor Museum. They hope to build on the success of last years event which saw 485 Audis drive into the attraction to join the display.From the compact A1 and A2 to the luxury A8, and high performance RS, TT and R8 supercars all are welcome to take part. Owners are invited to park in the grounds and enjoy chatting with other owners and enthusiasts before enjoying the museum, which contains one of the most iconic Audi rally cars, the 1983 Audi Quattro A2 driven by Stig Blomqvist, Hannu Mikkola and John Bosch. For drivers of Audis taking part, tickets cost £10 an adult and £5 for a child (aged 5-16) if bought in advance, online, before 5pm April 18th 2019. More info at www.beaulieu.co.uk/events/ simply-audi

Aston Martin Heritage Racing Track Experience. This is another new initiative for 2019, combining attendance of a live historic race weekend and top level hospitality with an assortment of road and track sessions in new Aston Martin road cars. There are a variety of weekend packages, tailored for existing and prospective Aston Martin customers as well as fans of the brand. Guests will enjoy the thrill of driving their own Aston Martin or a demonstrator in dedicated thirty minute sessions interspersed with the races during the weekend. The first weekend will be at the Masters Historic Racing weekend

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1926 Citroen B12 Taxi

Citroen Celebrates 100 years at London Classic Car Show. Citroen showcased some on its most iconic cars at the London Classic Car Show as part of the companies 100th anniversary

1985 Citroen Mehari

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1939 Citroen Traction Avant celebrations. Ten of its iconic cars were on display. The B12 Taxi is the only surviving example of its kind in the UK . For more on the history of CitroĂŤn, http://www.citroenorigins.co.uk/

1985 Citroen CX

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Classic Minis party at Silverstone Classic. As part of the Diamond jubilee festivities for the original Mini, the Silverstone Classic will host the biggest ever grid of racing Minis ever assembled. There will also be an exclusive anniversary track parade on Friday lunchtime, round the full Grand Prix circuit. Owners of pre-2001 Minis can apply for a unique Mini celebration package which offers owners a pair of adult tickets for Friday, or all three days, a vehicle pass giving access to the Mini Celebration display area, plus entry into the Mini celebration parade. This will allow owners who are not in a car club already attending the event, to be part of the celebrations. Mini owners can select the Mini Celebration Package from the ticket options on the official silverstoneclassic.com web site. All tickets must be purchased in advance and full details can be found at www.silverstoneclassic.com. The Silverstone classic runs from the 26th to 28th July 2019.

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Ligier success at Daytona 24 hours. The first race of the 2019 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship took place at the Daytona 24 hours race in Florida. The Core Autosport Ligier Nissan DPi driven by Roamin Dumas, Loic Duval, Jon Bennett and Colin Braun. The car was delayed with various problems, loosing two laps after a puncture and then after eleven hours it suffered electrical problems, causing a long pitstop and loosing five laps on the leader. By half distance the car was back to 6th. Torrential rainstorm caused the race to be red flagged on Sunday morning. After the restart Dumas was just four laps behind the leader. He then spun requiring a brief pit stop for repairs. With two hours still to run and the rain causing multiple accidents and off track spins, the race was again red flagged. Ten minutes before before the chequered flag, the race was officially stopped. The Ligier was in 4th place at the red flag, and was classified 4th in the results.

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First five finalists for Pride of Ownership revealed. The first Lancaster Insurance Pride of Ownership final of 2019 will take place at the Practical Classics Classic Car and Restoration show, held at the NEC from the 22nd to the 24th March 2019. The first five finalists have been revealed:

1964 Volkswagen Type 2 De Luxe Micro Bus. 1961 Bond Minicar Model G 3 wheeler. 1990 Eunos Roadster (known in the UK as a Mazda MX5). 1970 Dodge Challenger RT. 1992 Toyota Starlet GT Turbo. There will be twenty cars competing in the final.

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Further details on the Classic Car and Restoration Show can be found at www.necrestorati onshow.com

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Vanderhall steals the show on European debut. American specialist three wheeler ‘auto-cycle’ manufacturer Vanderhall Motor Works wowed the crowds at the 2019 Brussels Auto Salon, for its International Motor Show debut in Europe. They had a three vehicle display, two existing Vanderhall Venice three wheelers and the new single seater limited edition Venice Speedster. This is one of a limited 250 examples being built. They were represented at the show by Lenoir - Vanderhall of Hasselt, the brands official Belgian distributor. Both the two seater Venice and the single seater Venice Speedster are powered by a 1.4 litre turbocharged four cylinder engine driving through the two front wheels. It produces 185 bhp via a six speed sequential gearbox, and can accelerate from 0-60 mph in under 4.5 seconds with a maximum speed of 140 mph. Volkswagen complete WTCR driver line-up. Thirty one year old German Benjamin Leuchter, from Duisburg, has moved from TCR Germany to the FIA World Touring Car Cup. The Nordschleife expert has been involved in the development of the Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR. He joins team-mates Rob Huff (GB), Mehdi Bennani (MA) and Johan Kristoffersson (S) at the Sébastien Loeb Racing team supported by Volkswagen. The team will enter four cars for the first time in 2019. Leuchter has been part of the Volkswagen development team on the Golf GTi TCR since the start of the programme. In the 2016 ADAC TCR Germany series he finished 5th, highest placed VW driver. In 2017 he won the TCR class of the VLN Endurance Championship and at the Nürburgring 24 Hours race. Last year he was 8th in the ADAC TCR Germany, still the highest placed VW driver.

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Rallycross expanded calendar in Americas. Americas Rallycross (ARX) has announced an expanded schedule in 2019 for ARX and ARX2. This includes two new events in the midwest at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and Gateway Motorsports Park, marking the championshipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first visit to the American Heartland. There are six ARX Supercar events and nine ARX2 events from June through to October. June 8th-9th Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. July 13th-14th Gateway Motorsport Park. Madison, Illinois. August 3rd-4th Trois-Rivieres Canada. September 28th Circuit of the Americas, Austin Texas. October 5th-6th Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. See ARXRallycross.com for further information.

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Classic and Competition Car monthly magazine. You can get the latest issue of Classic and Competition Car magazine every month from our web site at www.classicandcompetitioncar.com Read it online or download it free from the web site. With over 7 years of history, all our past issues can be downloaded from the Previous issues page of our web site. We also have photo galleries which we hope to expand during 2018, so visit the web site often to see whats new. HERO_Classic Bentleys ready for Centenary year

Bentley’s Year of Celebrations. To celebrate the centenary of Bentley, the company will take part in many events Worldwide. Starting with Retromobile in Paris, where the oldest remaining and first racing model - EXP2 was accompanied by the all new Continental GT Convertible. It showcased Bentley’s motoring evolution over the past 100 years, giving visitors the unique opportunity to explore the heritage and innovations of the British luxury car manufacturer. Although separated by a century of engineering, the two models still share fundamental Bentley characteristics. Both are genuine Grand Tourers and offered sector defining levels of performance and both feature innovative technology at their core. Bentley will be attending the following events: 13th Annual Boca Concours d’Elegance in Florida USA, W.O. Bonhams Exhibition in London, the Bentley Drivers Club Centenary Extraordinary Drive between Castle of Mey in Crewe and London, the Benjafield Racing Club W.O. race at Silverstone, the Mille Miglia in Italy, the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France and the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in America, plus others.

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Audi field 4 RS 3 LMS in 2019 FIA WTCR. Niels Langeveld will join existing drivers Gordon Shedden, Jean-Karl Vernay and Frédéric Vervisch in the Audi Sports Drivers in the second season of the FIA World Touring Car Cup. The Comtoyou Team Audi Sport and Leopard Racing Team Audi Sport customer teams will race the Audi RS 3 LMS in the World TCR series. Thirty year old Dutchman Langeveld has performed consistently well in the ADAC TCR Germany over the last two years, finished 3rd overall last year, and the highest placed Audi driver in the series. He will drive for Comtoyou team Audi Sport alongside Belgian Vervisch. Scotsman Shedden and his French teammate Vernay remain with Leopold Racing Team Audi Sport.

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Electric Classic Mini. Sixty years after the iconic Mini first hit the streets, a British technology company has unveiled the first production electric classic Mini. The Swind E Classic Mini combines a fully restored body and a bespoke powertrain developed in-house by Swindon Powertrain in Wiltshire, specialists that have been providing expertise to the automotive and motorsport industries for over 40 years. The Lithium Ion battery contains 24 kWh of energy and the electric motor produces 80kw, equivalent to 110bhp. It can be fully charged in four hours vi female Type 2 connector, with a fast charge option available, with a single transmission unit. This gives the car a range of 125 miles and a 0-60 mph time of 9.2 seconds. This is the nippy, zero emissions city car with character, without incurring congestion charge fees. The car is available to order, in left or right hand drive, for £79,000. There will be a limited production run of just 100 cars, and each comes with a one year, unlimited mileage warranty and an MOT certificate. Page 14

RAC Historic Awards categories announced.

Falken start anniversary season with new car. To celebrate its 20th anniversary of motorsport on the Nordschleife, Falken Motorsport is starting its 2019 racing season with a new Porsche 911 GT3 R. It will be used alongside the teams proven BMW M6 GT3 at the Nurburgring. The Japanese Tyre Brand was the first Porsche customer team to test the 2019 model last autumn. This new generation Porsche 911 GT3 R Type 991 has a six cylinder boxster engine developing 550 bhp, while the Falken 300/680 R18 tyres give more grip on the front axle, while the rear axle if fitted with 310/710 R18 tyres. The driver lineup remains almost the same, with the Porsche being driven by Martin Ragginger and Klaus Bachler, both from Austria, with backup from Dirk Werner and Jörg Bergmeister from Germany. The BMW is driven by Peter Dubreck from UK and Alexandre Imperatori from Switzerland with Stef Dusseldorp from the Netherlands and Jens Klingmann from Germany.

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The categories for the Royal Automobile Club Historic Awards have been announced. Nominations for this recently launched new set of annual awards, which will recognise excellence and outstanding contributions to the UK’s historic and motorsport industries, open on March 20th. The categories are Competitive Event. Motoring Spectacle. Race Series. Collection. Restoration. Outstanding Journalism. Personality. To Qualify, any nomination must have a strong or exclusive historic element to it, and the nominated activity or event must have taken place between the 1st October 2018 and the 30th September 2019. It must have occured entirely, or at least the main part, in the UK. The winners will be announced at a gala evening on Thursday 21st November 2019 at the Club’s Pall Mall clubhouse. 1000 Mile Trial. Image credit Francesco and Roberta Rastrelli at Blue Passion.

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Unnamed Car Group meeting. 27th January 2019. The Old Wagon & Horses, Stourbridge By Simon Wright.

Variety is the spice of life at these meetings. Modern Lotus Exige Bemani, Porsche Boxster and Rover 2200 SC ÂŠ Simon Wright

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The first meeting of the year for the unnamed classic car group was held at the usual Old Wagon & Horses public house at the end of January. The weather was damp and a freezing cold wind meant Toyota Celica GT4 © Simon Wright that only the real hardy members turned out, with about 30 cars turning up for the lunch time meeting. Due to the icy and wet weather, it was the more modern vehicles which were on display. One of the more modern classics was a black 1992 Toyota Celica GT4. This Celica is a fifth generation model which was first introduced in September 1989 and is a high performance model of the Celica liftback. The ST185 was the most expensive Celica, with a 2 litre turbocharged engine producing 200 HP. A British Grand Tourer with style and power was the 1973 Jensen Interceptor, built locally at West

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Wartberg 353W

Bromwich, in the West Midlands. Powered by a large 7.2 litre Chrysler V8 engine, which was detuned to use regular grade fuel, it produced only 280 bhp. This model had power steering, electric windows, reclining front seats, wooden rimmed steering wheel, radio with twin speakers, reversing lights, electric clock and a large curving wrap around rear window, that opened up as a tailgate. This is a Mk III which included air conditioning, GKN Alloy wheels, revised front grill, headlamp finishers and bumper treatment, plus revised front seats. A stark contrast was provided by the 1987 Wartburg 353W with its 993cc two stroke 3 cylinder engine. Built by East German car manufacturer AWE and assembled in Eisenach in East © Simon Wright Germany, at the production facilities of

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the former German BMW production facility, called EMW under Soviet occupation. This model was also known as the Wartburg Knight in some markets. The 353 model was manufactured between 1966 and 1988, which made it the longest running Wartburg production model. The two stroke engine had only seven moving components, including the crankshaft, which led to popular saying amoung Wartburg owners that “One simply drives a car, but must only maintain a motorcycle”. During the cold war it was often used by Government officials and the Police, but private owners could wait up to ten years before taking delivery.

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Triumph 2000

Moving back in time we come to a pale blue 1967 Triumph 2000 saloon. Built in Coventry, this was a car that defined a new sector in the market when initally launched in 1963. It gave levels of luxury and comfort usually associated with larger Rover and Jaguar saloons with a lower purchase price and running costs. With a smooth inline six cylinder 2 litre engine which developed 90 bhp, fitted with twin Stromberg

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carburettors, and a four speed manual or Borg-Warner 3 speed automatic gearbox and independant suspension all round, it was also fitted with servo assisted disc brakes on the front and drum brakes on the rear. During its eight year production run between 1963 and 1969 (Mk1), over 120,600 were built. A slightly more unusual vehicle was a 1997 Land Rover fitted with very large wheels, mudguards and a periscope style exhaust. Obviously designed for serious off road action. This was joined by a Land Rover 110 pick up truck with a similar large wheel configuration. They showed their serious intent by having power winches fitted on the front of both vehicles, which owners can use to help pull themselves out of serious conditions, should the unlikely event that the four by four got stuck on tricky terrain. Citroen have often not followed traditional design principals Page 18

with their vehicles. The 1970 Citröen H van is definitely a stand out design, with ribbed corrugated panels on the bottom half of the truck, unlike anything else on the road. This front wheel drive panel van was manufactured between 1947 and 1981 in factories in France and Belgium, during which time 473,289 were produced. Citroen H van Built like the 1934 Citröen Traction Avant, the H had a unitary body with no separate chassis. It used a derated Traction Avant four cylinder engine and a three speed gearbox gave a top speed of just under 100 km/h.

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Triumph TR

Land Rover 110 Pickup truck © Simon Wright

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Austin 1800 Mk II © Simon Wright

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Mini Cooper S GP

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2018/19 SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series Rnd 3. ……………… Motorsport NZ Championship/HRC Events NZ Motor Cup meeting, Hampton Downs. Sat-Sun 26/27 January 2019. Prepared by FAST COMPANY of behalf of the New Zealand Formula

5000 Association. Photo Credit: Fast Company/Geoff Ridder.n www.F5000.co.nz

Ken Smith Lola T330 leads the start of the second race.

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LAP RECORD IS ICING ON THE CAKE FOR F5000 SERIES SUPERVET SMITH. True to his word Kiwi F5000 category superveteran Ken Smith (Lola T332) claimed back the outright national circuit lap record on his way to another perfect three-wins-from-threestarts performance at the third round of the 2018/19 SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series at the annual SpeedWorks Motorsport NZ Championship/HRC Events’ NZ Motor Cup meeting at Hampton Downs. Heading into the meeting, the 77-year-old in his 61st season of national level motor racing in this country, reckoned there was a 58.00 second lap in him and his Lola T332. He didn’t quite get that in the first SAS Autoparts MSC series race of the weekend on Saturday, his best time the second fastest at a 59.940. However he got close enough in the second race (on Sunday morning) to make the lap record his again, his best lap Evergreen Kiwi motorsport veteran Ken Smith (#11 Lola T332) reclaimed the outright track lap record with a 59.444 lap at Hampton Downs today. Here he leads young gun Michael Collins (#94 McRae GM1) who pipped Smith for pole position in qualifying on Saturday

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Aaron Burson (#29 McRae GM1) finished 3rd in the feature race on Sunday

– a 59.444 – just quick enough to re-take the outright track lap record – a 59.483 – set by fellow F5000 category fast man Michael Lyons (Lola T400) from the UK back in 2014. Smith then went on to extend his winning run in this season’s SAS Autoparts MSC series to nine wins from nine starts (three each at the three rounds held so far) with a runaway victory in the 12-lap feature final early on Sunday evening. In that race Smith was again challenged by category young gun Michael Collins (McRae GM1) until Collins was forced to pull over and retire with a broken input shaft. In his absence UK-based series regular Greg Thornton (Chevron B24) drive another blinder of a race, recovering from an early spin to work his way back up past Brett Willis and Aaron Burson to claim second place. Burson drove another strong race to cross the line third despite a fast-finishing Brett Willis (Lola T330) closing down Page 22

Greg Thornton (#32 Chevron B24) finished an event-best second place in the 12-lap feature race on Sunday.

the gap to just over half a second at the flag. David Banks (Lola T332) was next across the line, albeit just ahead this time of the trio who again provided some of the most entertaining dicing of the weekend, former NZ Formula Ford champion Kevin Ingram form Feilding in his recently acquired ex Ian Clements Lola T332, Muscle Car series convert Tony Galbraith (Lola T332) and Shayne Windelburn (Lola T400). Tony Roberts (Class A McLaren M10B) and Peter Burson (McRae GM1) again rounded out the field with Glenn Richards (Lola T400) a non-starter with a dropped valve. Bar Richards not starting the two earlier SAS Autoparts MSC Series races followed a similar pattern. After being pipped for pole position in the series’ qualifying session on Saturday morning by Michael Collins (who stopped the clocks with a 59.211, 0.402 of a second quicker than Smith whose best

time was a 59.613) four-times series champ Smith was obviously in a determined mood in the first race of the weekend on Saturday, using the wide line off P2 to sweep around the outside of Collins through the daunting downhill, off camber and tightening Turn 1 and into a lead he would never lose by Turn 2. Collins was again quicker but simply could not find a way past the wily Smith. Greg Thornton did, however, manage to turn the tables on Aaron Burson for third place while Shayne Windelburn enjoyed a good start to his weekend moving up a place to finish 8th. In betweeen Aaron Burson in 4th and Windelburn in 8th came David Banks, Glenn Richards, and Tony Galbraith, with Kevin Ingram 9th, Tony Roberts 10th and Peter Burson 11th. Brett Willis qualified sixth but was forced out of the race on lap 5 with a broken half shaft. © Fast Company/Geoff Ridder.

Also coming south for the meeting was Tony Galbraith (#88 Lola T332)

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Greg Thornton. He tried incredibly hard again, but Collins simply couldn't find a chink in Smith's well-polished armour. That again left Greg Thornton to run a lonely race in third place, the Englishman eventually crossing the finish line almost 9 seconds behind Collins but 10.5 in front of Aaron Burson who in turn had a 4.1 second advantage over David Banks with Glenn Richards sixth ahead of a fast closing Brett Willis. Enjoying one of his most competitive ever outings in the category meanwhile was Shayne Windelburn. Like Brett Willis, the Auckland-based category stalwart, again spent the best part of the race working his way forward, first finding a way past Tony Galbraith then SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman setting his sights on Kevin Ingram. The Cup Revival Series stalwart Shayne smile on his face afterwards said it all. Windelburn enjoyed a competitive Former NZ Formula Ford champion weekend in his #33 Lola T400. Kevin Ingram proved a harder nut to crack but Windelburn eventually not only got past but was The result and way it was achieved in the first race was able to ease his way forward to cross the line 1.8 seconds in virtually – identical in the second race of the weekend on front. “Races like that make all the hours we spend in the Sunday morning, particularly up front where Ken Smith again workshop working on our cars worthwhile,” Windelburn said. got the jump on Michael Collins (this time from pole) before Tony Roberts and Peter Burson again completed the list of artfully managing the gap between the two. In doing so he race finishers in 11th and 12th places respectively. Next stop went faster than he did in qualifying (a 59.613), his quickest for the SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival race lap -which he set on just the second of 8 laps - at 59.444 Series is now Christchurch with the southern city hosting the the new outright circuit lap record. Not to be outdone Michael penultimate round at the annual Skope Classic meeting at Collins also set his quickest race lap (a 59.987) on the second Mike Pero Motorsport Park. lap as he and Smith again sprinted away from third placed

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Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique and Classique Passage Control Banbury. 31st January 2019. By Simon & Janet Wright with additional photos by Pete Austin.

Fiat 124 Coupe of Robert & Oliver Tomlins leaves the start ramp

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Ritson and Ross Thomas Lancia Fulvia 1600 HF

The 22nd running of the Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique and 3rd running of the Monte-Carlo Rallye Classique took place between 30th January and the 6th of February 2019. With various starting points from all over Europe, twenty two cars decided to start this marathon event from Clydebank in Scotland on the 30th of January. As the crews headed south for the channel crossing, they had a passage control in Banbury town centre. Cherwell District Council, North Oxfordshire have now turned this into an annual event, closing off the town centre from normal traffic and getting displays of historic rally cars and classic cars all around the town centre. The rally cars arrived around lunch time for a welcome short break, with lunch provided in the Town Hall. Then the cars headed off, using an impressive start ramp with jets of smoke shooting up from either side of the start ramp, as the large crowd of people cheered them on their way. The first car to arrive was the glorious red and white 1972

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Lancia Fulvia 1600 HF of father and son crew Ritson and Ross Thomas. They competed in last years event for the first time, where they unfortunately crashed out on the Col d’Echarasson stage. This year they were determined to get to the finish but unfortunately they retired for Gordon and David Glen Opel Kadett personal reasons after ZR03. The next car to arrive was the 1978 Opel Kadett GTE of another father and son team, Gordon and David Glen, who also competed last year. They crashed out last year on the final stage, the Col de Turini after hitting some ice and rearranging the front of the car. This year they made it to the finish ramp and were classified 150th out of 247 finishers, and were 88th in their group. The cars were spread out as they arrived, with the 1953 Ford Page 26

Chris Mockridge and John Varney Austin A40 leave the start ramp

Ian Glass & Nick Ward Ford Popular

103 Popular third in to the passage control. This car is affectionately known as the Flying Tortoise, in a two tone green colour, and is driven by Ian Glass with Nick Ward. They are regular competitors in the Rallye Classique and use the event as a way of raising money for charity. This year, like last year, they were raising money for Pancreatic Cancer Action. The Classique entries take the same route as the concentration leg of the Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique without timekeeping, using the same passage control points until Valencia, from where they could drive on to Monte Carlo. The little 1967 Austin A40, affectionately known as Tina the Farina, has been rebuilt into an authentic 1960’s rally car and

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driven by Chris Mockridge and John Varney. This was their second Historique Monte Carlo, having driven a Mini last time and winning the Saltire Trophy for the highest placed/ smallest engined Scottish starter. They also raised £2,500 for the Alzheimers Society. This year they were raising money for Children’s Hospice South West. They again made it to the finish, coming in 236th overall and 61st in Group. The Volvo Amazon was a popular rally car in the 1960s and Owen Ferry © Janet Wright

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and Jamie Crumlish, both from Paisley, bought a 1968 version to restore, with the intention of taking part in the Douglas Anderson and Craig McGibbon VW Up! Classique Monte Carlo Rally. Another crew tackling the Classique nearly didn’t get into the passage control at Banbury. Monte organiser Douglas Anderson and Monte start committee member Craig McGibbon were due to compete in the Classique in a 1977 MG Midget. It was the official West Dunbartonshire car, carrying a special gift for HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco. However, © Simon Wright they arrived in a 2017 Volkswagen UP! and the local officials controlling entry to Parc Ferme obviously thought they were just more shoppers trying to access the town centre as they tried to turn them away. Once they showed their competition number card, they were allowed access. A pale blue 1964 Rover 2000 SC driven by Ranald White and

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Ranald White & Karsten Brown (Rover 2000SC)

Karsten Brown had plenty of experience on this event. In 2017 they were the highest placed finishers who started in Scotland. The car had been rebuilt for this event, fitting bigger brakes and lightened the car to help improve handling on the downhill alpine passes. This year they finished a very respectable 111th overall and 9th in Group. The classique entry also included a 1958 Standard Pennant driven by Jim Wilson and Ian Dixon. Their car was rebuilt to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the last Standard Pennant to compete on the Monte Carlo Rally. The car was originally imported from Nigeria in the 1980’s and was Jim Wilson & Ian Dixon stripped down to bare metal for a (Standard

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total rebuild. Jim is a real Standard enthusiast, having owned an example of every single model of the Standard 8/10 range, most of which he personally restored. © Janet Wright

William Twelvetrees & Adrian Twelvetrees (Riley Monaco Saloon) Andy James & Keith Woodburn (Jaguar Mk2)

Showing the strength of Coventry built cars was the 1964 3.8 litre Jaguar Mk2 driven by Andy James and his uncle Keith © Simon Wright Woodburn, both from Cumbria. Unfortunately they didn’t make the finish, retiring with mechanical problems. This was the first Monte Carlo Historique for Andy and the Jaguar. The car had spent almost 55 years in New Zealand before being imported in 2018 back to the UK. An unusual rally car was the 1972 Fiat 124 Coupe driven by John Roberts and Oliver Tomlins. This was their sixth time competing in

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the Historique Monte Carlo rally together in the Fiat. Unfortunately they didn’t make it to the finish, retiring with mechanical problems. © Simon Wright There was a strong presence of 1930 Rileys taking part in the Classique event. The first to arrive in Banbury was a 1933 Riley 9 Monaco driven by Will Twelvetrees and his father Adrian, who have competed in many rallies over the years, winning several class awards on the VSCC Measham Night Rally. Will bought the car in 2004 in a partly dismantled state, having been off the road since the Fiat 124 Coupe early 1960’s, and rebuilt it on a very of Robert & Oliver Tomlins tight budget. This was followed in by a Page 29

John Lomas & Martin Greaves (Riley Sprite)

1936 Riley Sprite driven by John Lomas and Martin Greaves. John is the MD of local Blue Diamond Riley Services Limited, based at nearby Bicester Heritage, and Martin is the owner of Classic Performance Engineering, also at Bicester Heritage. They have competed in a number of events, including the 2018 Flying Scotsman Rally. The car had previously competed in the 1937 RAC Rally. The two Americans driving car number 406 decided to have a quick tour of Banbury, as they approached the town centre from the opposite direction to all the other crews.

Chrisso Rheault from New England and his navigator Michael Barry from New York were driving a 1931 Riley 9 on their first attempt at Richard Schneider & Noel Schneider (Riley Kestrel) the Monte Carlo Rally Classique. The car, at least, should know the rest of the route, having completed the 2016 event. The 1936 Riley Kestrel of husband and wife crew Richard and Noel Schneider, also from the USA, arrived on a trailer, being towed in by the Blue Diamond service van. The mechanics immediately got to work on the car in the town centre and got it running again, so they were able to take the restart. The saloon is completely standard apart from having a heater fitted, and the couple had bought the car unseen, and only saw it when they arrived on the 28th January 2019. Arriving in the middle of the Riley parade was the 1949 MG TC of Adam Gompertz and Henry Barwell.

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Chrisso Rheault and Michael Berry Riley 9

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Somerville. They had spent the past few months preparing the car, which has been painted in the old BMC competition livery, lo represent the three 1800’s entered in the 1968 Monte Carlo Rally. While Alan and Eddi have competed in racing and rallying previously, the entire crew were new to the Monte Carlo Rallye Classique. © Pete Austin

Adam Gompertz & Craig Callum (MG

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Adam is a vicar, and this was the pairs first historic endurance event. Before he joined the church, Adam had been a car designer at Aston © Simon Wright Martin. The pair were raising money for OCD Action, a mental health charity. The last car to arrive at Banbury was the 1972 Austin 1800 of three man crew, Alan Hamilton, Eddie Kilgour and Robert Alan Hamilton & Eddie Kilgour (Morris 1800)

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Prodrive display Mini and Subaru

Among the static cars on display in Banbury Town centre were various rally cars. These included the Dani Sordo/C. Del Barrio MINI John Cooper Works WRC next to a Colin McRae/ Derek Ringer Subaru Impreza, with a Ford Escort RS1700 T, a droop snoot Vauxhall Chevette 2300 HSR and a classic 1960’s Mini Cooper rally car all next to the start ramp. On the edge of the market square there was the Austin 1800 ‘Beauty Box’ parked next to a Triumph 2500, a pair of classic Mini Cooper S rally cars and a Hillman Imp. Just over the road in Page 31

Ford Escort & Vauxhall Chevette Rally cars

Ford Zephyr Zodiac Berkeley B95

the actual market square were five Berkeley sports cars, including three in rally specification. The rest of the displays were made up of various classic cars, including Standard’s, a Dodge Charger and then many other British classics like the Jaguar E-Type and Triumph Herald, plus a few ex military vehicles. © Pete Austin

Triumph Vitesse, Triumph GT6 and Jaguar E-Type © Simon Wright

Cllr Maurice Billington & Cllr Colin Clarke Hillman Imp

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Archive Photo of the month. By Pete Austin.

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One of the personalities appearing at Race Retro this year was former Grand Prix driver John Watson. During his Formula 1 career he drove for Brabham, Surtees, Lotus, Penske and McLaren winning 5 Grand Prix. He is pictured here during the 1977 British Grand Prix at Silverstone driving a Brabham BT45B Alfa-Romeo where he unfortunately retired with fuel feed problems.

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The VSCC 64th Pomeroy Trophy, Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit. Saturday 16th February 2019. By Simon & Janet Wright with additional photos by Motorsport Imagery - Stuart Yates and David Goose.

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Roberto Corno 2007 Lancia Thesis

and be able to hold a standardised set of luggage suitcases. Penalties are awarded for failure on © Simon Wright any of these tasks and the winner is the one with the least penalties. This years entry list ranged from a 1920 Vauxhall 30-98 driven by Tony Lees to a 2017 Citroen C1 of Alex Middleton. The most unusual car was probably a 2007 Lancia Thesis saloon driven by Roberto Corno. The Pomeroy Trophy is a unique event in the VSCC calendar An interesting head-to-head contest was between David as it is the only event where members can compete in a Richards (Chairman) and Hugh Chambers (Chief Executive) of modern vehicle. The actual trophy is a splendid model of a Motorsport UK (Formally the MSA). Dave Richards was driving 1914 4 1/2 Litre GP Vauxhall and was presented by T.W. a Frazer Nash Le Mans replica, while Hugh Chambers was out Baggery in 1946 in memory of Laurence Pomeroy Senior, the in his MG B. celebrated Vauxhall designer. The This years event saw one of the first ‘Pom’ contest took place on the Oldest Car was the 1920 Vauxhall 30-98 closest competitions in recent years 22nd March 1952 and was won by of Tony Lees with over one hundred cars Peter Binns in a Vauxhall 30/98. entered, high-lighting the events The idea is to find the ideal Grand importance as the first major track Tourer, so acceleration, handling event of the new season. It was and brake tests are all included, warmer than recent years and along with a forty minute high hundreds of spectators braved the speed trial, with a handicap system bright, but cold weather to enjoy the to compensate for different vehicle action. The first test was the performance levels. The vehicle ‘wiggle-woggle’, over a measured should be road legal, have a roof, 1/4 mile course round the marker or have a hood raised if convertible,

Pomeroy Trophy winner Alex Ames Chevron B8 BMW.

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Roddie Feilden Ford Mustang GT350. © Motorsport-imagery

Christopher Crook MG-F WC ahead of an off track Tim Harrison Mazda MX5, the yellow MG ZS of Daniel Stent and Stewart Rich Mazda MX5 Sport. © Janet Wright

Richard Gatley Frazer Nash/ BMW 319 Type 45 Saloon. © Simon Wright

Hugh Chambers MG B from Motorsport UK 2nd in class.

Richard Lake Volvo P1800S ahead of the newest car in the event, the 2017 Citroen C1 of Alex Middleton, William Lake in the Austin Maxi and Luke Armstrong in the Armstrong Sidderley 346

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Cars line up round Woodcote before the start of the Wiggle Woggle test on the start straight

cones on the national start straight. Most got through this test without problems, apart from one unfortunate driver who hit the pit wall. This was followed by the braking test and a standing 1/4 mile into a flying 250m test. After the lunch break, the competitors were split into three separate groups for their 40 minute high speed trial round the full Grand Prix circuit. Although not a race, each car has to complete a set number of laps during the forty minute period, Simon Diffey Ford Escort hangs the tail out chasing Lukas Halusa Porsche 911 while keeping the VW Golf of Nick Leston behind

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it is still exciting to see all these different cars on track at the same time. After all the timed laps were completed and the results © Motorsport-imagery calculated, it was 7 Patrick Blakeney-Edwards Frazer Nash Saloon won the a very close Densham Trophy victory for Alex Ames in his 1967 Chevron BMW B8, an unusual road going version of this classic racing car. He managed to win despite having to pit during his high speed trial session to have a problem fixed. His total score was 438.12 and right behind him, snapping at his heels, was Simon Diffey Page 37

Top under 30s member Lukas Halusa in his Porsche 911 sweeps past UK Motorsport Chairman David Richards Frazer Nash Le Man replica

with a total score of 437.71. He had spent most of his high speed trial sideways in the 1998 Ford Escort RS2000, while battling with the 1965 Porsche 911 of Lukas Halusa, who finished 20th overall, and the 1990 Volkswagen Martin Nash Frazer Nash Bologne won the Pomeroy Golf of Nick Leston, who finished Voiturette Trophy 9th overall. This trio had swapped position for lap after lap and appeared to be enjoying the close racing. Simon Diffey also won his class. Patrick Blakeney-Edwards completed the top three in his 1928 Frazer Nash Saloon with a total of 412.23, also taking the Densham

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© Janet Wright Trophy for the best Pre-War car as well as winning his class. The top under 30s member was Lukas Halusa in his Porsche 911 and Martin Nash won the inaugural Pomeroy Voiturette Trophy for small capacity Pre-War cars in his 1928 Frazer Martin Hunt won his class in Nash Bologne. his Frazer Nash BMW 328 The other class winners were Martin Hunt in a 1937 Frazer Nash BMW 328, Richard Tyzack in a 1972 BMW 2002, Simon BlakeneyEdwards in a 1929 Frazer Nash Super Sports and Theodore Hunt in a 1953 Frazer Nash Targa Florio. The Motorsport UK battle went to David Richards in the 1950 © Motorsport-imagery Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica, who finished 2nd in class with a total score of 373.71, just ahead of Hugh Chambers in his 1964 MG B, who also finished 2nd in his class, and scored 368.11. Finally the new vs old battle was settled in the favour of the new 2017 Citroen C1 of Alex

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Class winner Richard Tyzack BMW 2002 battling with Robert Cobden Elva Courier

Middleton who was 42nd overall with 315.72, while Tony Lees in the 1920 Vauxhall 30-98 was 69th overall with a score of 261.16.

Luke Roberts Armstrong-Siddeley 346.

Class winner Theodore Hunt Frazer Nash Targa Florio

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Martin Walker Porsche Boxster S dives inside Charles Leith Porsche Caymen S outside BRDC Centre

Motorsport Photographer Jacob Ebrey Porsche 944 tries the other side of the lens. © Simon Wright

Charlie Martin MG TF

Robert Glover Vauxhall 30-98 OE Velox.

Matt Endean MG ZR had a loose bonnet

Christiopher Btty Bentley 3/4 1/2 L VDE Tourer

5 Edward Bradley Aston Martin MK IIL.

43 Nicholas Pellett Frazer Nash Le Mans Coupe.

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Toyota Parallel Pomeroy Trophy Silverstone, February 16th 2019. By Simon Wright.

The Ultimate Toyota - The Toyota IQ driven by Richard Seymour

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2nd place Russell Gidding in his Toyota Celica GT-Four

The inaugural Toyota Parallel Pomeroy Trophy took place at Silverstone on the same day as the VSCC Pomeroy Trophy took place. The event was run in tandem and alongside the VSCC event. Open to any Toyota owner, the ‘Para Pom’ followed the founding principles of the VSCC event, with a Toyota twist. The VSCC event aims to find the best GT car of any age, through a series of speed and handling tests. The Toyota event pitched Toyota owners against each other to find the greatest Toyota. There was a comprehensive selection of Toyota cars lined up to take part. A 2006 Aygo was up against a Yaris GRMN. All four generations of Prius were represented, as well as all three generations of the MR2 sports car. There was no restriction on age or size of Toyota, which saw a 1981 Celica Supra competing on an equal basis with a small Toyota IQ. The first test, like the main Pomeroy Trophy, saw two pieces of standard size luggage fitted into the ‘boot’. Immediate penalty points for the MR2 drivers! The slalom test was next, weaving in and out of marker cones, to show the handling

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skills of cars and drivers. This was timed, and the car had to stop at the line. Overshoot the line and more penalty points. The acceleration and braking test followed, and cars had to come to a complete stop in the braking zone area. Many drivers were glad to have a second attempt at this test during the afternoon. The final test was similar, but added reversing halfway through. This meant the drivers needed to be fully aware of the location of the stop and start lines. Forty competitiors took part in the Para Pom, and before the winner was announced, all the competitors were allowed three parade laps round the Grand Prix circuit. It is said that good things come in small packages, and this was the case here. The little Toyota IQ driven by Richard Seymour was the winner, with the Toyota Celica GT-Four of Russell Gidding in 2nd and the Toyota Yaris GRMN of Ben Huxtable was third. © Simon Wright

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1973 Toyota Crown 2600 Estate

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1977 Toyota Celica 1600 GT © Simon Wright

1985 Toyota Celica Supra

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New Ginetta Akula.

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Ginettaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all-new Akula Supercar. Prior to its offical unveiling at the Geneva International Motorshow, the Leeds manufacturer has released photographs and details of its new supercar, the Akula, which is Russian for Shark. Designed with a blank sheet of paper and manufacturered in-house at Ginettaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Leeds headquarters, the new supercar will be named at its offical unveiling. Using their experience from building racing cars, they have combined this expertise with the companies heritage of building high powered, low weight road cars, the new supercar is a driver orientated and useable package. The mid engine location allows for

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exceptional weight distribution and with near LMP3 levels of aerodynamics which are far in excess of traditional road cars, it represents a truly individual supercar offering. The carbon fibre monocoque and carbon fibre body give the car a dry weight of just 1150 kilograms, with a weight distribution of 49% front and 51% rear. It is powered by an inhouse manufactured, dry-sumped 6 litre, normally aspirated 90 degree V8 engine, constructed from a single aluminium bullet with forged inners. It develops over 600 bhp and 700Nm torque, resulting in a power to weight ratio of 545 bhp per tonne. It is attached to a six speed sequential paddle shift gearbox with a carbon fibre propshaft. Stopping power is manged via carbon ceramic brake discs. The rear wing has the same aerofoil shape as the latest Ginetta LMP1 racing cars, and with underbody diffuser and efficient body ducting and side exhausts it produces 376 Kg of downforce at 100 mph, only 5% less than the Ginetta LMP1 race car. The superb handling is thanks to an adjustable pushrod

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activated double wishbone suspension system and hydraulic power assisted steering. Even the wheels are Ginetta designed and maufactured, with 19 inch on the front and 20 inch on the rear, made specifically for the new

Block supercar. The driver and passenger sit in lightweight and ergonomic seats moulded into the carâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s carbon tub. The car also features the latest in technology with ABS, traction control, reversing camera, automatic headlights, parking sensors, air conditioning, heated screens front and rear and wireless phone charging. It even has a very large boot with a 675 litre capacity, ideal for Grand Touring. Each owner will be able to go through a bespoke specification programme with plenty of configuration options available. The owner will also have a tailored seat fitting to ensure the car fits the driver perfectly. Customers will also be offered the opportunity to take to the race track in race cars built alongside their car. The first production will start in 2020 and is limited to just 20 vehicles, of which 60% are already sold. Price is expected to be around ÂŁ400,000 New Ginetta supercar with 1965 Ginetta G10 and 2019 Ginetta LMP1.

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2018/19 SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series. Round 4. Skope Classic meeting, Mike Pero Motorsport Park Ruapuna Christchurch 02-03 Feb 2019 Prepared by FAST COMPANY of behalf of the New Zealand Formula 5000 Association. Photo Credit: Fast Company/Euan Cameron. www.F5000.co.nz

fourth placed Brett Willis (#16 Lola T330) in the first race on Saturday

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Category young gun Michael Collins (#94 McRae GM1) made it three wins from three starts in the SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series races at the annual Skope Classic motor racing meeting in Christchurch over the weekend.

QUICK COLLINS TAKES F5000 BATTLE TO SMITH – AND WINS

over a year ago and after showing speed and consistency in his first season in the car last year, Collins returned this season as the driver most likely to take the battle to four-time series title holder Smith. At the previous third round of the series, at Hampton Downs, Collins outqualified Smith for the first time. But Smith, the 77-year-old Supervet in his 61st season of national level competition, kept his 2018/19 season winning streak alive by getting the jump on fellow front row starter Collins in all three races…and just when Collins looked like he was close enough to make a winning move the input shaft of his car broke (in the third race). There was no such bad luck on the first day of competition at Christchurch’s annual Skope Classic meeting though. This time it was Collins, revelling in the hot, dry weather and track conditions at his home circuit, who was comfortably quickest in qualifying, and who got the jump off pole at the start of the Third in today’s race was Chevron B24 driver Greg Thornton (#32)

With pole position in qualifying, and a breakthrough win over long-time SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series pace-setter Ken Smith (Lola T332), category young gun Michael Collins (McRae GM1) came of age at the annual Skope Classic historic motor racing meeting in Christchurch. The 22-year-old dominated the South Island Formula Ford series but was struggling to work out ‘where to next’ until local preparation specialist John Crawford suggested he look at the SAS Autoparts MSC F5000 category and series. Collins himself is too young to have even seen the first of the original Tasman Cup Revival Series races, but jumped at the chance of a drive in one of Queenstown car owner Alistair Hey’s cars, the ex Evan Noyes McRae GM1. That was just

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8-lap race. Collins and Smith quickly pulling away from the rest of the field as they engaged in a high-speed game of catand-mouse in front of the large and enthusiastic crowd present. That it was Smith who set the quickest race lap - a 1:18.734 – attests to how hard he was trying. But this time Collins was not to be beaten. “He deserved that,” Smith said of the victory, which ended his own 9-race winning streak. “He’s a good young fellow, very good to race with. There were places where I could catch him but others where his car was better than mine but we’ll go back to the drawing board and see if we can find something extra to bring to the battle tomorrow.” And Collins? “I’m just happy to finally get a win. Ken is absolutely on the top of his game at the moment and though we’ve been able to run the same and better times than him, © Fast Company/Euan Cameron

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Series supervet and runaway 2018/19 points leader Ken Smith (#11 Lola T332).

beating him in a race has been a different story altogether.” UK-based series regular Greg Thornton (Chevron B24) was again the best of the rest of the SAS Autoparts MSC Series runners crossing the finish line third ahead of Brett Willis (Lola T330), Aaorn Burson (McRae GM1), and the Lola T332s of David Banks and Kevin Ingram. LeRoy Stevenson, driving car owner Alistair Hey’s recently rebuilt Leda LT27, qualified and ran in third place early on but pitted to check on a vibration in the rear of the car, losing two laps before returning to the race with two laps to go. Unfortunately the qualifying session saw Auckland car owner/ driver Tony Galbraith (Lola T332) crash heavily. The session was red flagged while medical officials attended to Galbraith and his car was retrieved, but it resumed after a short delay. Galbraith was conscious throughout but was admitted to hospital with a leg injury. In each of the two Sunday races, Collins and Smith were in a Page 49

Also impressing in his first drive in the Alistair Hey-owned ex Graham McRae Leda LT27 was former New Zealand Formula Ford champion LeRoy Stevenson (#22)

class of their own, sprinting away from the rest of the field and circulating within metres of each other from the rolling starts until the chequered flags came out. In typically modest fashion there was no punching the air when Collins finally claimed his first category race win – or the subsequent ones – though. Even when he got back to his pit and climbed out of his car there was little fanfare. “Not my style,” the former kart and Formula Ford driver explained afterwards, going on to say that his main emotion on finally getting that all important breakthrough class win was relief more than anything else. “Yeah,” he said, “it was like ‘finally!’ For his part Ken Smith was sanguine, saying that if he had to beaten by someone he was happy that it was Collins. “I’ve got no problem coming second to a young bloke like Michael,” he said. “There were places where I could catch him but others where his car was better than mine but like at Hampton

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Downs it really depended who got the jump at the start. If I had been able to get in front, I don’t think he would have been able to get past me.” UK-based series regular Greg Thornton (Chevron B24) was again the best of the rest of the SAS Autoparts MSC Series runners in the first race of the weekend on Saturday but ended up back in 7th place in the second race after struggling with what he felt was a diff issue. “It was something in the rear end, anyway,’ he said. ‘It was fine under brakes and into a turn, but the minute I got on the throttle it wanted to swap ends.” With LeRoy Stevenson back up to speed and Thornton running off the track then spinning twice, Brett Willis led the mid-field battle pack home in the second race, with David Banks fifth, Aaron Burson sixth, Thornton recovering to finish seventh and Kevin Ingram claiming the final finishing spot © Fast Company/Euan Cameron

Beaten series points leader Ken Smith (#11 Lola T332).

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after losing two places when he spun with two laps to go. In the 12-lap feature final, Stevenson initially got the jump on Smith and held second for two heady laps before Smith was able to find a way past and set off after Collins again. Stevenson remained in third place – despite a spin of his own – with Greg Thornton back to his and his Chevron’s best in fourth ahead of David Banks and Aaron Burson. Early on Brett Willis was running comfortably in fourth but ended up a dnf with not one but two broken half (drive) shafts. Kevin Ingram also ended up a dnf when he couldn’t get his Lola T332 restarted after a spin. After the final race on Sunday, meanwhile, series regular (and the man behind SAS Autoparts) David Banks was presented with the Stan Redmond Memorial Trophy. The trophy is awarded annually at the Christchurch round of the SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series to the © Fast Company/Euan Cameron

Category young gun Michael Collins (#94 McRae GM1) earned his first SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series race win at the Skope Classic

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driver who best exhibits the characteristics of fraternity and good sportsmanship the late Stan Redmond, one of the first local drivers to champion the revival of the Formula 5000 category, held dear. Race 1 (Sat) 8 lap 1. Michael Collins (McRae GM1) 10:38.192 2. Ken Smith (Lola T332) +1.070 3. Greg Thornton Chevron B24) +27.320 4. Brett Willis (Lola T330) +27.998 5. Aaron Burson (McRae GM1) +31.552 6. David Banks (Lola T332) +37.288 7. Kevin Ingram (Lola T332) +38.170 8. Leroy Stevenson (Leda LT27) + 2 laps Race 2 (Sun) 8 laps 1. Michael Collins (McRae GM1) 10:38.279 2. Ken Smith (Lola T332) +2.121 3. Leroy Stevenson (Leda LT27) +19.653 4. Brett Willis (Lola T330) +27.262 5. David Banks (Lola T332) +29.140 6. Aaron Burson (McRae GM1) +31.552 7. Greg Thornton Chevron B24) +45.318 8. Kevin Ingram (Lola T332) +1.21.991 Race 3 (Sun 12 laps) 1. Michael Collins (McRae GM1) 16:01.521 2. Ken Smith (Lola T332) +0.473 3. Leroy Stevenson (Leda LT27) +22.278 4. Greg Thornton Chevron B24) +30.188 5. David Banks (Lola T332) +45.174 6. Aaron Burson (McRae GM1) +47.037 7. Dnf Brett Willis & Kevin Ingram

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2019 Arhcibalds NZ Historic Touring Car series Round 2. Skope Classic meeting, Mike Pero Motorsport Park Ruapuna Christchurch, New Zealand. 01-03 Feb 2019. Produced by FAST COMPANY on behalf of the Historic Touring Car (NZ) Association. Photo Credit: Fast Company/Euan Cameron.

Greg Murphy (#42 BMW E30 M3 Gp A) has fellow race winner Brett Stevens (#28 Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth) alongside him on the warmup lap of one of the Archibalds HTC races at the Skope Classic

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Kiwi tin-top legend Jim Richards was the other guest driver behind the wheel of Peter Sturgeon’s historically significant BMW, the Gp C 635i CSi.

HISTORIC TOURING CAR CLASS HAS NEW FAN IN GREG MURPHY. New Zealand’s Archibalds Historic Touring Car Series (HTC) has a new fan in four-time former Bathurst winner and now TV motorsport show co-host Greg Murphy. With fellow multi-time Bathurst 1000 winner Jim Richards, Murphy was one of two guest drivers invited to join the grid at the second round of the 2019 Archibalds NZ Historic Touring Car Series at the annual Skope Classic historic motor race meeting at Christchurch’s Mike Pero Motorsport Park. Thouhg he was doing double duty at the meeting – also demoing the hi-tech F1-style Rodin FZED single-seater – the man they call Murph proved a real star turn behind the wheel of local man Peter Sturgeon’s ex Cecotto/Brancatelli BMW E30 M3 Gp A car, qualifying it on pole and winning two of the four Archibalds Historic Touring

Car Series races over the weekend. “That car is just mega,’ he said of the quick, nimble little Gp A two-door, in which in won the first race untroubled but then spent the other three battling away mightily, first with Christchurch car dealer Bruce Miles, then Motueka category veteran Brett Stevens, Miles got the jump on fellow front row starter Murphy off the rolling start to win the second race in his later model ex Prince Leopold van Bayern BMW E36 320i SuperTourer. Stevens, driving his Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth Group A car, then used the susperior power of its turbocharged engine to win the third – after swapping places with Murphy several times. It was Murphy who won the final race though after Stevens – who had been again been swapping the lead with Murphy virtually every lap – came under attack himself and had to momentarily defend second spot from Race 2 winner Bruce Christchurch’s Phil Mauger was the quickest of the 2 litre SuperTourer drivers in his ex-BTCC #77 Nissan Primera.

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Miles. That was all the impetus that Murphy needed and with his third fastest race lap out of the four HTC class races, he eased away to take his second victory of the weekend form Stevens, Miles and usual category fast man Arron Black (BMW E30 M3 Gp A) from Dunedin. Behind Black, Murray Cleland in the sister E36 BMW330i SuperTourer to Bruce Miles’s, finally got the better of the mixed five-car battle pack of Christchurch’s Lindsay O’Donnell (Volvo S40 SuperTourer), Paul Carter (Gp C Mitsubishi Starion), Jim Richards (GP C BMW 635i) and Scott O’Donnell (ex Paul Radisich Ford Mondeo SuperTourer). Christchurch’s Phil Mauger (Nissan Primera SuperTourer) had been part of this group battling for places in the top four in previous races (finished a round-best second to Murphy in the first race) but flat spotted a tyre in the final and pulled in

Lindsay O’Donnell (#400 Volvo S40) and his nephew Scott O’Donnell (ex-Paul Radisich Ford Mondeo) were this close in most races.

The 23-strong field included this TWR-built #7 Rover Vitesse V8 Gp A car driven by Wanaka man Allan Dippie.

with two laps to go when the tyre went flat. Other highlights from the wide spread of cars in the 23-srrong field, included NZTC BMW 320i driver Steven Kelly from Christchurch, qualifying 7th overall and NZTC category original Kevin Pateman form Timaru finishing 8th overall in the first race in his familiar Ford Telstar V6. Two more local drivers, Gary Johnstone (Gp A Jaguar XJS V12) and Austin McKinley (Holden Commodore VK V8 GP A) were also rarely more than a couple of car lengths apart a little further back in the field, with Dennis Ham form Dunedin driving a NZTC-spec Alfa Romeo 155 joined them to make it a three-way battle in the final.

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The Autosolo at the Chateau. Sixty and Worcestershire Motor Club. Chateau Impney. 10th February 2019. By Simon & Janet Wright.

Gary Ridgway and Phillip Bridgwater line up to start a test in their Mazda MX5 sports cars. ÂŠ Simon Wright

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Winner E J Martin in his Mitsubishi Lancer

The Sixty and Worcestershire Motor Club organised an Autosolo event on the gravel parking area outside the Regent Centre, in the grounds of the Chateau Impney hotel, near Droitwich. These Autosolo events are also known as forward only autotests, and allow the drivers to demonstrate their car control as they negotiate tricky course layouts round Mark McCubbin finished 2nd in class in his Pontiac marker cones, against the clock. The slightly loose and damp course allowed some of the drivers, especially in Mazda MX-5 sports cars, to hang the tail out as they performed 180 degree turns round some of the cones.

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There was a reasonable entry of nineteen cars, and each driver was allowed three timed runs on each of the four tests. To make things tricky, each test was run three times in one direction and then three times Phillip Bridgwater Mazda MX5 in a reverse smokes the tyres in the wet conditions order. The morning was cool and overcast, with a short, heavy rain shower. At the end of the twelve runs, over the four tests, it was E J Martin driving a Mitsubishi Lancer that took first overall, with a total time of 521.6 seconds. The time was taken as the added time from the best two of the three results for each of ÂŠ Simon Wright the four tests. The Mitsubishi was not the fastest on combined times from the first three tests, but made sure of overall victory by being fastest on test four by over five seconds from the next fastest competitor. Page 56

Ian Williams was 2nd overall in his Renault Clio and was classified 1st in Class C for Production saloon and sports cars over 1800cc after being fastest on Test two. The Class B winner for Production saloons and sports cars from 1401cc to 1800cc was Dave Cross, who was 3rd overall in his Toyota MR2. He also was fastest on combined times on test three by just one tenth of a second. The small sports cars certainly appeared fast and spectacular, as they were thrown round the course. Gary Ridgway was an example of this in his Mazda MX5, who finished 4th overall and second in class B. He was fastest on the first test by half a second from Ian Williams Renault Clio. © Simon Wright

Grant Victory pressing on in his very spectacular Citroen Saxo

Russell Stead Mazda MX5

Adam Button in his Class B Volkswagen Golf, who was over thirty seconds slower than Grant Victory, not helped by clipping three cones during the event. The award for fastest driver under twenty five years of age went to Hendrik Minderman driving a Mazda MX5. He was classified 7th overall and fifth in Class B. He was only 0.1 of a © Simon Wright

Grant Victory was very spectacular in his Citroen Saxo, often rounding marker cones on three wheels, with the inside rear wheel nearest the marker cone flapping high off the ground. This got him into 5th place overall and third in Class B and only three seconds behind Dave Cross. In 6th overall was

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Adam Button finished 6th in his Volkswagen Golf

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George King Nissan Micra was 2nd fastest in class A but no award as needed eight starters in class.

second behind Adam Button and just 0.1 of a second ahead of Andrew Bridgwater who was classified as 8th overall in a Citroen Saxo and 6th in Class B. Class A was for Production saloon and sports Cars up to 1400cc, and was won by Ethan Harris in a Volkswagen Polo, who finished 9th overall. The only other finisher in Class A was George King in a Nissan Micra. The only other offical class placing was 2nd in Class C which went to Mark McCubbin who had swopped his offical Nigel Graham Talbot Sunbeam finished 11th in Class B

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Andrew Bridgwater was 6th in Class B in his Citroen Saxo

entry of a Jaguar XJ C with a very large Pontiac Firebird V6. This American muscle car may not seem ideally suited to these tight manouvre tests, but he certainly attacked them with gusto, clipping four cones in the process over the four included tests. He finished 14th overall. There were two other Toyota MR2 sports cars taking part in the Autosolo. Showing how evenly matched they were, the finished © Simon Wright together in the results with Tom Murray taking 8th in Class B despite clipping two cones compared to one cone clipped by Alexander d’Elia, who finished 9th in class B. There were two other spectacular Mazda MX5 sports cars belonging to Russell Stead and Raj Gor who were 4th and 5th fastest in class C but both clipped a cone on test four. The Honda Civic of Andy Taylor finished 7th Page 58

Tom Murry Toyota MR2

in class B after clipping two cones on test one and another two on test four but still made the top 10 overall. Nigel Graham in a Talbot Sunbeam finished 11th in class B and 18th overall , having clipped a single cone on the first test. Finally there was a class for a Production Car Autotest (PCA) which had one competitor. Nick Clarke took the honours in his Subaru Impreza, and officially classified as 19th overall.

Raj Gor Maxda MX5 © Simon Wright

Ethan Harris Volkswagen Polo won Class A

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Dave Cross Toyota MR2 finished 3rd overall and 1st in Class B

Andy Taylor Honda Civic © Simon Wright

Gary Ridgway Mazda MX5

Ian Williams Renault Clio 1st Class C and 2nd overall

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Edward and Duncan Hopkinson in their 1968 MGC GT.

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additional 5 post war cars to take on this historic rally.

Daniel Hunter and Ian Macfarlane, Riley Lynx.

A mild evening in Leicestershire in January would suggest that it was a pleasant night for a drive! But we are talking about the Measham Night Rally, a gruelling 150 mile all night rally on Leicestershire’s ‘B’ roads, a special and historic event, and an event the legendary co-driver Fred Gallagher puts in his top three toughest events he has competed in. Although it has around 60 years history, it is now in its third and probably final year based at the now disused Bruntingthorpe Airfield, (well at least disused for flying activities, the site is now home to almost 30,000 nearly new cars awaiting delivery or auction). A total of 47 competitors converged on Bruntingthorpe, 42 for The 2019 Measham and 5 for the inaugural Mini Measham. entrants from a 1920 Vauxhall to a 1962 Morris Minor will line up alongside an

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Once scrutineering has been completed under the wings of a preserved English Electric Lightning of the Lightning Preservation Group, the cars made their way round to the Whittle building where competitors had either 15/30 or 45 minutes of plotting time with the first car leaving at © Motorsport-imagery 21.31.The more James Edwards and Angus experienced Frost, 1930 Morgan Sport crews being Family. given the least time to plan their route, a form of crew handicapping. The first part of the Rally covered around 90 miles and tired and hungry crews returned to the Whittle building for some wellearned sustenance and to either collect the instructions and begin to plot for the second part of Page 62

from the Main Measham event left the warmth of the Bruntingthorpe base on the second leg into the Leicestershire / Lincolnshire countryside. Cars started to return before dawn broke for a hot breakfast, whilst awaiting the provisional results. Three trophies were awarded at the end of the main event,The Richard Dames Longworth Trophy was won by Dr Graham Rood and Thomas Campbell in Graham`s 1936 © Motorsport-imagery

Mark Garfitt and Dood Pearce, Fraser Nash BMW 319/55 Sports.

Tim and David Britnell, Sunbeam 20HP.

the Measham Rally or to hand their scorecards and head-off to bed for those entered in the Mini Measham. In the early hours of the morning the brave remaining crews © Motorsport-imagery

Keyth Richardson and Morwenna Corry, Talbot BA75.

Riley, whilst the The Measham Trophy was won by Tim Kneller and Nick Cooper in Tim`s 1930 Riley. The JeddereFisher Trophy was won by Dr Dick Patten and Andrew Mortimer in Dick`s 1929 Riley. Priscella Llewelyn and David Filsell were victorious in their MGA in the inaugural

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Nicholas Topliss and Sarah Austin, Jaguar XK140 6 Head.

Carl and Emily Gray, Austin 65 Sports.

Mini Measham, although there were only 5 cars entered for the new event, with many teams struggling to complete the full Measham the shortened event could prove popular with © Motorsport-imagery

Marcus Rowe and Jacob Steed 1960 Morris Minor

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David Johnson David Rolfe, Lea-Francis P-Type Avon Tourer.

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Tony Lees and Jakob Ebrey in the 1920 Vauxhall 30-98.

David leigh and Annabel Jones in the Fraser Nash Interceptor.

Johnathan and Helen Garton in their Riley 12/4 Special .

Hughie Walker and Robert Moore in the Saab 96.

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Elizabeth and Simon Stephens in their Austin 7.

Dennis Bingham and Stewart Rich, Ford model A.

Derek Chatto and Anthony Costigan, Ford Model A.

Neil Thorp and Dr Christopher Robert Pearson in their Railton Ranalah Sports Couper.

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Race Retro, Stoneleigh Park, Coventry. 22nd-24th February 2019 By Simon & Janet Wright with additional photos by Pete Austin

Tribute to the Le Mans 24 Hours with Audi R8C, Porsche 962 and Ford GT40

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Race Retro, the annual International Historic Motorsport Show, took place over the weekend of the 22nd to the 24th February 2019 at Stoneleigh Park. This was the third year of the event being run by Clarion Event’s ownership. The show is unique in the uk in that it has four halls of exhibits and then over the weekend it has a live rally stage in the grounds of the park. This year saw an increase in attendance, with 24,212 enthusiasts attending over the three days, an increase of over 1,000 people from last years figure of 23,100. This year the special guests who appeared on the MotorSport Live Stage included British Grand Prix driver John Watson and endurance © Pete Austin racing expert John Fitzpatrick, and rallying professor Rauno Aaltonen, who also got to drive a classic Mini on the live Rally Stage on Saturday and Sunday. Other people who also took part in interviews included F1 engineer Frank Dernie, Rally drivers Russell Brookes, Jimmy McRae, Willy Cave, Rosmary Smith and

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Bron Burrell plus racing drivers Anthony Reid and racing pundit Tony Jardine. At 11am on Friday there was a special tribute paid the show favourite Barrie Whizzo Williams, who had sadly passed away since last year, with a minute of applause in honour of this great character, who was sorely missed by everybody. There were special displays for the Motor Sport Hall of Fame © Janet Wright

The Toleman TG185 was raced during the majority of the 1985 season by Teo Fabi and later in the season he was joined by Piercarlo Ghinzani. Fabi claimed pole position at the Nurburgring. Powered by the Hart 415T straight 4 1.5 litre turbocharged engine, the car was very unreliable, only finishing two races with Fabi. This was the last Toleman GP car. Page 68

Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the first turbocharged victory, there were several cars on display. The Williams FW11 as driven by Nelson Piquet to the Championship in 1986. Powered by a 1.5 litre V6 Honda engine Alfa Romeo 185T. Driven by Ricardo Patrese and Eddie Cheever during the 1985 season, it had poor reliability and competed in eight races without any success. This was the end of Alfa Romeo in F1 until they return this year.

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which included a celebration of the Formula 1 turbocharged era, the Legacy of Le Mans , 100 years of Bentley and a special tribute to the UK’s first World Champion, the late Mike Hawthorn. © Janet Wright

For some strange reason, you enter the show via Hall 2, and then go through hall 1 to reach hall 3 where the MotorSport Live stage and Hall of Fame displays took place. In Hall 2 was main street where the major historic motorsport clubs had © Simon Wright their stands. The largest display was from the Historic Sports Car Club (HSCC) who had cars representing some of the various Page 69

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categories of racing they organise. These ranged from Historic Formula Ford and Clubmans, through to Super Touring Cars. The Vintage Sports Car Club (VSCC) had Reg Parnell’s Challenger single seater racing car on their stand. This was built in the late 1930s in a hope to build a more competitive © Simon Wright Grand Prix challenger than the current ERA’s. At the end of main street the 750 Motorclub had a display of various cars showing the diverse range of racing categories

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that the club promote. The Bugatti Owners Club, who run the Prescott hill climb venue, had a pristine 1927 Bugatti Type 35B on show, next to a Palliser Historic Formula Ford racing © Simon Wright car on the Prescott side of the stand, to show the wide range of racing cars that compete on the hill climb course. In another corner of Hall 2, The Midland Automobile Club (MAC) had a stand to promote the Shelsley Walsh hill climb course, the oldest motorsport venue in the UK. They had three cars on their stand, a modsport Midget, a single seater racing car and a classic Mini to promote the Shelsley Walsh Mini Day on Sunday 25th August 2019, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Mini. The Historic Page 70

Marathon Rally Group had a stand with a Triumph 2500 and Austin 1800, two unusual Rally Cars of the 1970s that found a home on long distance endurance rallies. Also on the stand was a display cabinet containing 1/43rd scale models created of a large selection of the cars that competed in the 1970 World Cup Rally. These models have been hand created from existing models of the various vehicles, and hand painted and finished with accurate representations of the sponsors stickers and logos.

The British Women Racing Drivers Club had a couple of interesting cars on display. The Lola T210 represented 2 litre sports car racing from the early 1970s. These were

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Triumph Special

popular in that the Lola and its opposite number the Chevron B19 could be racing in the European 2 litre Championship, or entered in major © Simon Wright Endurance racing events, like the Le Mans 24 Hours. The other car was a Triumph Special single seater. Built in 1996 from the wreck on a 1968 Triumph GT6, the car has been competing in hill climb events for the past 22 years. The 1000cc Historic Formula 3 stand had a couple of interesting cars March 703 Page 71

on display. The March 703 was introduced new in Formula 3 in 1970 with the aim of being a major customer car. The other car was a Lotus, which was also a customer orientated car, for drivers to buy and be instantly competitive. Moving into Hall 1, the main display was historic Group B Rally cars, many similar to those that appeared on the Live Rally Stage over the weekend. Hall 3 contained the © Simon Wright

Motorsport Live stage and the Hall of fame displays. The final hall was split into two. The first half was full of traders selling all kinds of car parts, accessories and memorabilia, while the bottom half was parc ferme for the Live Rally stage cars. In between was the Pride of the Paddock with a lineup © Janet Wright of interesting competition cars, which the public could vote for their favourite. The winner was Ian Medcalfs 1978 Fiat 500 Special saloon. Used in sprints and hill climbs, this unusual little Fiat 500 is powered by a 1380cc Swiftune ‘A’ series Mini engine which produces around 140 bhp.

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Upon entering the show, the first stand most people came across was the MG Car Club. They actively promote all kinds of motorsport for their members to enjoy and there was a nice example of a race modified MG B GT along with a vintage MG racer. Another large stand on main street belonged to the Classic Touring Car Club and featured four saloons from their various historic © Simon Wright racing classes including the impressive Holden saloon.

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Race Retro Live Action Rally Stage By Simon Wright with additional photos by Stuart Yates and David Goose of Motorsport Imagery and Pete Austin.

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Dave Halford - Audi Quattro S1 E2.

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Bron Burrell in Puff the Austin Maxi

Paul Bonas and Craig Cameron Subaru Impreza

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Warren Philliskirk - MG Metro 6R4

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Marcus Willis Subaru Impreza 97 WRC

Rauno Aaltonen in the fog, started each day in his Mini Cooper S

The high-light of the Race Retro show every year is the live action Rally Stage which takes place twice a day over the Saturday and Sunday of the show. The rally cars are always preceded © Pete Austin by a display from the Historic Karting association, which runs historic karts round part of the tarmac special stage. Rauno Aaltonen

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This year, the rally stage had to move from its previous location due to construction work for HS2 digging up the old course. This gave the organisers the opportunity to have two new stages this year. The first stage was the most interesting, with the shorter second stage mainly used for passenger rides. Rallying with Group B were in charge of over 120 Group B and WRC rally cars which © Simon Wright had arrived to take part in the demonstration runs. The stages were not timed, but that doesn’t stop the drivers from having fun and getting the tail out. Rauno Aaltonen was the first driver out on stage, reunited with Will Corry - Ariel Nomad in the early the original Mini he morning fog on Sunday

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Darren Howard Ford Escort Mk2 three wheeling.

Ryan Ennion - Peugeot 306 Maxi. Ian Grinrod/Jimmy McRae Opeel Manta 400

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David Wright in the Ford Focus WRC

Mark Tabor Volvo 123GT Amazon

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Chris Davkin - Subaru Impreza.

Tony Worswick Ferrari 308 GTB ahead of David Wright Ford Focus WRC 01

drove to victory in the Monte Carlo Rally, with car owner Patrick Walker acting as codriver. Jimmy McRae lined up next driving his late son Colin’s Subaru Impreza. Sunday started very foggy, with the morning Kart session cut short due to lack of visibility. The course car was an Ariel Nomad with a row of spot lights across the top of the roll cage. It was quite eerie to see these lights slowly emerging from the fog. Fortunately after about 16 minutes, the fog cleared, leaving a bright and sunny day. Mark Smith - Ford Escort MK2 Rothmans, sideways as it should be.

Steve Magson Mercedes Benz 190e 2.3 2.3 16v

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Andy ‘Ace’ Harrison Morris 1800S Mk2

Terry Cree BMW 2002ti

Oli Smith Opel Manta 400

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Stuart Newby Skodaru Tegsport Prototype leads Arron Newby Subaru Impreza

Gary Bulley Opel Ascona 400

Ian Houston Vauxhall Victor VX 490

Cathy Stewart Talbot Sunbeam Lotus

Neil Maynard Triumph TR7 V8

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Will Corry - Ariel Nomad.

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British Historic Kart club Before the Rally cars took to the special stage on both Saturday and Sunday sessions, the British Historic Kart club took to the track, to warm the crowd up. Unfortunately, the Sunday morning session running was severely curtailed by heavy fog, but still some of the intrepid karters went out on their pocket rockets to test the conditions. There were around 40 karts taking part over the weekend, ranging from historic 1960 examples, right through to 1982 models. © Simon Wright

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Sold. 1966 Mini Cooper Mk1 £30,376

Sold 1964 Mini Cooper S Mk1 £38,250

Silverstone Auctions Classic Car Sale Race Retro. 23-24th February. By Simon & Janet Wright. Classic and Competition Car

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The cheapest car to sell was a 1976 Mini Marcos. This was a TransXL international works car from 1977. It utilises lightweight construction and is fully rose jointed. It is fitted with a special rear axle and magnesium callipers. Powered by a 1480cc “A” Series engine, purpose built by John Mowatt along with special gearbox and limited slip differential, the car broke four land speed records driven by Steven Roberts. It also won two Modsports championships and won 36 out of 98 races, with a further 27 second places and third place 11 time. It has been exhibited at the London Science Museum and then at the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu. It sold for £5,738.

Silverstone Auctions at Race Retro. For the eighth year in a row, Silverstone Auctions held a Classic Car Sale at the Race Retro show over the weekend of the 23rd-24th February 2019. Upon entering, you were greeted by three classic Mini saloons, then the first hall consisted of mainly racing and rally cars. An imposing car as you entered was a 1969 AMC Javalin - Mark Donohue tribute car, in Blue, White and Red colour scheme. It failed to sell.

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1956 BMW 502 V8 Did not Sell.

The biggest seller of the weekend was a beautiful1958 silver Porsche 356 A Speedster, complete with red leather seats. It sold for £292,500. © Janet Wright

The next highest sale was for a 1972 Right Hand Drive (RHD) Ferrari 246GT Coupe, in blue, which went for £270,000.

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2007 Peugeot 207 THP Spider Sold £22,833

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2019 Archibalds NZ Historic Touring Car series Round 3 (Final) Evolution Motorsport Classic Speedfest meeting Teretonga Park Invercargill, New Zealand. 15-17 Feb 2019. Produced by FAST COMPANY on behalf of the Historic Touring Car (NZ) Association. Photo credit: Fast Company/Richard Dimmock

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Lindsay O’Donnell (#40 Volvo S40) joined Arron Black GpA BMW M3 on the front row of the gird for the third race

MILES AND BLACK SHARE HISTORIC TOURING CAR SERIES SPOILS AT FINAL ROUND BMW drivers Bruce Miles (E36 320i Super Tourer) and Arron Black (E30 M3 Gp A) shared the spoils at the final round of this year’s Archibalds Historic Touring Car Series (HTC) at the annual Evolution Motorsport Classic SpeedFest at Invercargill’s

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Teretonga Park. Dunedin ace Black qualified quickest and won the first of the three Cooke Howlison BMW-backed category races of the weekend held late on Saturday afternoon, then the second, held in similar cool, damp weather and track conditions, first thing on Sunday morning. However Christchurch man Miles who qualified second quickest and was first across the line in the Saturday race only to be relegated to third when a 10-second penalty for a false start was imposed – came back from a sixth place finish in the second race of the weekend on Sunday morning to pip pole man Black virtually on the line to win the third before leading the final race of the weekend and season later in the afternoon from start to finish. Black remained a factor in both races Miles won and capped of his own weekend with his and the category’s fastest race lop of the weekend - a 1:05.325 - in the final, the only one of the four races which started and finished on a dry track. Best of the rest over a weekend which saw crews as busy as drivers changing between slicks and wet weather tyres was Timaru NZTC category original Kevin Pateman in his V6engined Ford Telstar. He finished a weekend best second in the red-flag punctuated first race on Saturday before finishing Page 86

fifth in the second race, third in the third and fourth in the final, after again running third early on behind the runaway Miles/ Black duo before Christchurch driver Murray Cleland finally managed to catch him then pull away in Bruce Miles’ other E36 Super Tourer. Unseasonably cold and damp weather conditions played their part on all four races, the first of three Cooke Howlison BMW-

backed six-lappers on Saturday. The race was effectively a two-part affair after it was red-flagged after just two laps so that officials could remove Simon Crampton's E30 BMW M3 GpA, which had slowed the stopped between the Loop and Castrol corner. The field was already well mixed at this point, however, after third quickest qualifier Lindsay O'Donnell spun his Volvo S40 entering the first corner. Though those © Fast Company/Richard Dimmock behind were able to avoid hitting the Volvo Austin McKinley from Christchurch ended up with some panel work.to do on his Group A Holden Commodore VK after tagging one of the other cars as both tried to avoid the O'Donnell Volvo. To add to the drama - and right on time a rain shower lashed the track as the field was waiting on the race to be restarted. Bruce Miles was again quickest off the rolling start though Arron Black stayed within striking distance, while category original Trevor Crowe (GpA BMW 635i) made the most of the tricky track conditions to catch and pass fellow Christchurch driver Peter Sturgeon (GpA BMW E30) to take 4th place. Black then won the second Cooke Howlison BMW-backed race on a wet track on Sunday morning form father and son Lindsay and Matthew O’Donnell with Dunedin driver Stephen Grellet enjoying his most competitive run to date in his ex-Paul Radisich BTCC Peugeot 406 Super Tourer working his

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Bruce Miles (#38 BMW E36 Super Tourer) claimed two wins from two starts at the final round of the 2019 Archibalds Historic Touring Car Series at Invercargill’s Teretonga Park

way up to fourth place ahead of Kevin Pateman, Bruce Miles, GpA Jaguar man Gary Johnstone and Nick Young in his GpA BMW 325i. Lindsay O’Donnell joined pole-sitter Arran Black on the front row of the grid for the third – this time Southland Tyre Centrebacked – race which started just before the lunch break on Sunday, and held second place for the first two laps before being caught and passed by a charging Bruce Miles then outbraking himself on the rain-slicked track with two laps to go and running off the road at the hairpin. The Volvo was undamaged but that was the end of O’Donnell’s race, elevating Kevin Pateman to 3rd, Trevor Crowe to 4th, Nick Young to 5th and Gary Johnstone to and event-best sixth. Stephen Grellet was another to lose control on the damp

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track, starting from P4 but spinning off – again without car damage on the opening lap. Matthew O’Donnell suffered a similar fate as the group of cars he was with funnelled into the Castrol left-hander. A wheel off the track was all it took to see him spin, pushing him back to 14th place before he could gather his BMW Super Tourer up and work his way back up to 11th place at the flag. Having pulled out a decent lead early on Arron Black looked like winning his third race in as many starts until the final run from the Elbow corner to the chequered flag. Putting in a final charge – one which netted hm the fastest race lap, Bruce Miles caught Black’s E30 BMW by the pit lane entrance and was past as the chequered flag was waved, the margin just 0.59 of a second. Behind Black meanwhile, Kevin Pateman was a lonely third, with a large gap back to Trevor Crowe, Nick Young, Gary Johnstone. Murray Cleland, the NZTC-spec BMW 320i twins of Steven Kelly and Graeme Clyde ten Peter Sturgeon, Matthew O’Donnell, Austin McKinlay, Dennis Ham and local man Tony Forde in his GpA Walkinshaw Holden Commodore V8. Which just left the fourth and final – Cooke Howlison BMWbacked category race, won in imperious pole-to-flag fashion by Bruce Miles in his distinctive bright orange Jägermeisterliveried ex Prince Leopold von Bayern BMW E36 Super Tourer with team mate Murray Cleland also breaking the 1:07 barrier on his run to third place. Biggest mover this time was Lindsay O’Donnell who set the third quickest race time- a 1:06.391- as he charged through the field from his back of the gird starting place to finish 5th. Also setting his best time in the final race was Steven Kelly who set a personal best time in his NZTC BMW 320 on 1:08.761. Page 88

RESULTS Race 1 (Sat) 6 laps 1. Arron Black (GpA BMW M3) 13:20.045 2. Kevin Pateman (NZTC Ford Telstar) +3.133 3. Bruce Miles (BMW E36 320i ST) +8.897 4. Trevor Crowe (GpA BMW 635i) +13.007 5. Peter Sturgeon (GPA BMW E30 M3) +14.076 6. Murray Cleland (BMW E36 318i ST) +15.115 7. Nick Young (GPA BMW 325i) +17.073 8. Matthew O'Donnell (BMW E36 318i) +17.343 9. Lindsay O'Donnell (Volvo S40 ST) +19.925 10. Gary Johnstone (GP A Jaguar XJS) +24.826 11. Tony Forde (GpA Holden Walkinshaw Commodore) +25.111 12. Stephen Grellet (Peugeot 406 ST) +26.385 13. Graeme Clyde +26.707 14. Steven Kelly (NZTC BMW 320i) +29.01 15. Dennis Ham (NZTC Alfa Romeo 155) +35.841 DNF Simon Crampton 5 laps DNF Austin McKinley (GpA Holden Commodore VK) 6 laps Car 38- 10 second time penalty - false start Race 2 (Sun 6 laps) 1. Arron Black (GpA BMW M3) 7:33.755 2. Lindsay O'Donnell (Volvo S40 ST) +5.630 3. Matthew O'Donnell (BMW E36 318i) +36.016 4. Stephen Grellet (Peugeot 406 ST) +38.302 5. Kevin Pateman (NZTC Ford Telstar) +38.371 6. Bruce Miles (BMW E36 320i ST) +43.436 7. Gary Johnstone (GP A Jaguar XJS) +50.865 8. Nick Young (GPA BMW 325i) +51.369 9. Peter Sturgeon (GPA BMW E30 M3) +57.589 10. Trevor Crowe (GpA BMW 635i) +1.02.701 11. Tony Forde (GpA Holden Walkinshaw Commodore) +1.03.541 12. Steven Kelly (NZTC BMW 320i) +1.04.174 13. Austin McKinley (GpA Holden Commodore VK) +1.04.179 14. Dennis Ham (NZTC Alfa Romeo 155) +1.19.016

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DNS Murray Cleland (BMW E36 318i ST), Graeme Clyde & Simon Crampton Race 3 Sun (6 laps) 1. Bruce Miles (BMW E36 320i ST) 7.16.284 2. Arron Black (GpA BMW M3) +0.155 3. Kevin Pateman (NZTC Ford Telstar) +9.734 4. Trevor Crowe (GpA BMW 635i) +40.475 5. Nick Young (GPA BMW 325i) +45.020 6. Gary Johnston (GP A Jaguar XJS) +4.922 7. Murray Cleland (BMW E36 318i ST) +46.614 8. Steven Kelly (NZTC BMW 320i) +47.987 9. Graeme Clyde +48.284 10. Peter Sturgeon (GPA BMW E30 M3) +49.796 11. Matthew O'Donnell (BMW E36 318i) +59.530 12. Austin McKinlay (GpA Holden Commodore VK) +1.14.148 13. Dennis Ham (NZTC Alfa Romeo 155) + 1 lap 14. Tony Forde (GpA Holden Walkinshaw Commodore) + 1 lap DNF Lindsay O'Donnell (Volvo S40 ST) 4 laps Race 4 (Sun) 6 laps 1. Bruce Miles (BMW E36 320i ST) 6:41.973 2. Arron Black (GpA BMW M3) +0.591 3. Murray Cleland (BMW E36 318i ST) +15.351 4. Kevin Pateman (NZTC Ford Telstar) +19.037 5. Lindsay O'Donnell (Volvo S40 ST) +20.275 6. Trevor Crowe (GpA BMW 635i) +25.846 7. Peter Sturgeon (GPA BMW E30 M3) +35.420 8. Gary Johnstone (GP A Jaguar XJS) +37.087 9. Matthew O'Donnell (BMW E36 318i) +37.284 10. Graeme Clyde +37.889 11. Tony Forde (GpA Holden Walkinshaw Commodore) +38.579 12. Nick Young (GPA BMW 325i) +38.788 13. Steven Kelly (NZTC BMW 320i) +39.849 14. Dennis Ham (NZTC Alfa Romeo 155) +1 lap 15. Austin McKinley (GpA Holden Commodore VK) + 1 lap dnf. Stephen Grellet (Peugeot 406 ST) Page 89

Closing Shot

By Simon Wright

Rally Driver with a sense of humour. Martin Husband in his Talbot Sunbeam Lotus ‘Taxi’ at Race Retro. On the second rally stage, drivers were giving paying passengers rides round the stage, so Martin decided to do it properly!

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