Classic and Competition Car 106 July 2019.

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

Issue 106 July 2019

Classic and Competition Car World Rallycross Silverstone.

British F3 Snetterton

Coventry Motofest

HSCC International Trophy, Silverstone.

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Contents Page 4 Photo of the Month.

Page 5

News.

Page 12 La Vie en Bleu Page 31 World Rallycross, Silverstone.

Page 26 Bentley Flying Spur

Page 18 Race from the Past DTM 2002 Donington Park

Page 37 Book Review Ferrari 250 LM

Page 38 Midland Enthusiasts meeting, Dudley Arms Page 43 HSCC International Trophy, Silverstone

Page 49 HRCR Classic 35 Rally.

Our Team

Page 57 British GT Snetterton

Independent Freelance contributors in this issue.

Pete Austin.

Peter McFadyen.

Syd Wall.

David Goose & Stuart Yates of Motorsport-Imagery.

Simon Wright - Editor.

Janet Wright - Staff Photographer.

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Page 62 British F3 Snetterton

Page 66 Classic Nostalgia, Shelsley Walsh

Page 71 Classic & Modern Festival, Mallory Park.

Page 80 Wheels on Wednesday, Spetchley Park

Page 85 Daks over Duxford

Page 91 MSVR Masters Race Weekend, Donington Park

Page 101 Citroen Centenary, Coombe Abbey

Page 106 Power Maxed MotoFest, Coventry.

Page 114 Closing Shot

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Photo of the month

Dreadful luck for Ollie Bennett in the World Rallycross event at Silverstone, at the end of the second semifinal when an oil line breaks half a lap from qualifying for his first final. Š Syd Wall

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News

McLaren £50 million line-up.

Brought together for the first time, a unique £50 million line-up of McLaren’s modern day road cars were reunited at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, Surrey. This unique line-up of 23 cars was assembled to help celebrate McLaren Automotive employee, family and friend open day. Included in the line-up were the P1 GTR, the track version of the World’s first ever hybrid hypercar and the new McLaren Speedtail, of which only 106 will be built.

New BMW 3 Series Touring.

New edition of the 5 door 3 Series will be available for delivery from 28th September.

McLaren Automotive was founded under a decade ago and has recently built its 20,000th car. The company plans to launch a further 14 models by 2025.

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and most knowledgeable Aston Martin restoration centres in the World. This model is the pinnacle of Aston Martin’s Continuation projects to date and proudly continues the brands 50 plus years association with Worldrenowned Italian coach builder and design house Zagato.

The car is finished in Rosso Maja red paint matched to original masters created by Max Meyer & ICI, the paint suppliers to the original cars. It is trimmed inside DB4 GT Zagato Continuation.

Making its public debut at the Le Mans 24 Hours race meeting, the most expensive Aston Martin BD4 GT Zagato Continuation extends Zagato bloodline in their Centenary year. This is part of the Aston Martin DBZ Centenary Collection, and only 19 will be built. As with all the Continuation cars, the Zagato has been created at Aton Martin’s Heritage headquarters in Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, and is the result of around 4,500 hours of meticulous artisan craftsmanship. This is now the largest, best equipped

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with Obsidian Black leather and black Wilton carpets. The car is powered by a larger 4.7 litre version of the Straight Six petrol engine used in the DB4 GT Continuation, and produces in excess of 390 bhp. The power is transmitted to the rear wheels through a four speed manual transmission system with a limited slip differential.

The car is designed for Track only use and is fitted with a full FIA approved roll cage as standard. The original model was designed to race against Ferrari in the 1960s and then, as now, only 19 were built.

After the success of the DB4 GT

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Continuation cars, the DBZ Century Collection cars are priced at £6 million plus taxes, with first deliveries to commence in QTR 3 2019.

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Zosh Wins in Ligier Cup. The fourth round of the Ligier JS Cup This was the first six hour race of the season in France took place at Magny-Cours on the 9th June 2019. There were twenty seven Ligier JS2 Rs entered, and the race was action packed, with several collisions. The race finished eight minutes early, under a Red flag, after an accident.

After putting the car on pole position, Victory went to the #10 car entered by Zosh Competition - DI Environment, driven by Hugo Rosati and Jean-René Defournoux, its third win of the season.

In 2nd place was the #280 Milo Racing Ligier JS2 R driven by Pascal Amand, Kevin Balthazar and Julien Ménard. They dedicated the podium to former teammate Philippe Roulet, who passed way a few days before the race.

They were followed home by the 3rd placed #42 MT Racing Ligier JS2 R driven by Grégory Servais and Dominique Lecru.

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Salon Privé to show significant competition cars.

A pair of rarely seen competition cars will be shown at the 2019 Salon Privé Concours d’Elégance on Thursday 5th September at Blenheim Palace.

Among the fifty exceptional and rare cars battling for the prestigious ‘Best in Show’ award will be the famous 1937 ‘Million-Franc’ Delahaye 145 and a rare 1957 Ferrari 500 TRC in the Competition Class.

The Delahaye is the first of four race cars built for Écurie Bleue Racing team owned by Americans Laury and Lucy Schell. Powered by a 4.5 litre V12 engine, one of the cars competed in the French Government’s automotive engineering challenge, the Million Franc Prize. On the 27th August 1937 René Dreyfus drove one of the cars for 200 kms in a record time of 1 hour and 21 minutes, 49.5 seconds, travelling at an average speed of 91.3 mph, on the banked Montlhery racing circuit, south of Paris. The prize was won, given by the French Government to encourage French manufacturers to beat the dominating Germans in motorsport. The Delahaye

then won the Grand Prix de Pau in 1938, beating the Mercedes Benz Silver Arrows. It also won the Grand Prix de Cork and took 4th place on the Mille Miglia before World War 2.

The Ferrari is one of only nineteen Lamprediengined 500 TRC models built. They were all built for privateers, and the car on display was the last one built. It was sent to John Von Neumann in September 1957. He was the first Ferrari dealer in California and painted all his cars silver (argento with a red stripe, the racing colours of Germany, with the red stripe a homage to Ferrari). He didn’t sell the car until August 1958, when it went to Jack Nethercult of Sylmar, California, for $11,232 plus tax. He competed in the car during 1959 with success along the West Coast of America.

For more information www.salonpriveconcours.com

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Streetcar Shootout back at Silverstone Classic.

McLaren mark Bruce McLaren first win at Spa. Teo Martin Motorsport celebrated with a victory in the third round of the GT Open Championship at SpaFrancorchamps, in Belgium, to mark the 51st anniversary of Bruce McLaren’s first win for the McLaren Formula 1 team at the same track. Driving a McLaren 720S GT3 for Teo Martin Motorsport, Andres Saravia and Fran Rueda took a convincing victory in the second race of the meeting, leading home teammates Henrique Chaves and Martin Kodric. After another podium place in the first race, Chaves and Kodric are now leading the championship as it heads to Austria for the 4th round next month.

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Back by popular demand at this years Silverstone Classic, the Streetcar shootout is now celebrating its tenth anniversary at the event. It gives fans a glimpse of British streetcar drag racing, with more than 70 cars battling to take the coveted crown.

Also returning is Legendary stuntman Terry Grant, a multiple World record holder, who made his Classic debut in 2018. The Silverstone Classic runs from the 26th-28th July 2019. All tickets must be bought in advance, no tickets available on the gate. For more information see www.silverstoneclassic.com

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Aston Martin at St Athan.

The British luxury car maker’s second manufacturing facility is now in operation as pre-production models of the Aston Martin SUV, the DBX are being built. St Athan will be the sole production facility for the DBX, the first Aston Martin SUV, which will be officially unveiled at the end of 2019.

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Simply Japanese celebrates MX-5 and GT-R. Two of Japan’s best loved performance cars will be honoured as part of Beaulieu’s Simply Japanese on Sunday 28th July 2019. The Mazda MX-5 celebrates its 30th anniversary, while the GT-R is 50 years old this year. Both models will have special display areas at the show, which attracts as many as 900 Japanese cars.

For further information and admission prices see www.beaulieu.co.uk/events/simply-japanese

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La Vie en Bleu, Prescott,

By Peter McFadyen.

Nearly fifty Bugattis gather (in the rain) to mark the 90th anniversary of the Bugatti Owners’ Club

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photo call each day. There were the now traditional attractions and diversions in the paddock with live music from Italian opera to a gypsy jazz band evoking the spirit of 1930s Paris, dancers and juggling stilt walkers as well as frequent parades up the hill by Bugatti’s recent creations – Chiron, Veyron and EB110 – and all manner of French and Italian vehicles. The latter included an ex-John Surtees Ferrari 330 GT complete with bodywork scars inflicted long after the 1964 World Champion’s ownership.

Fastest time of the day on Saturday went to one of the motor cycle engined small single seaters now so popular in hill climbing, Pete Tatham’s OMS 25 Hyabusa while Sunday’s FTD was set by Andy Charles Knill-Jones (Bugatti Type 59) © Peter McFadyen

Franco-Italian Weekend at Prescott Hill Climb.

The Bugatti Owners’ Club’s French themed hill climb La Vie en Bleu, first run in 2007, is now firmly partnered by its Italian equivalent, La Vita Rossa, the two events sharing the May bank holiday weekend at the Gloucestershire venue. The Italian flavour was provided on Saturday by a round of the Pirelli Ferrari Hill Climb Championship with the host club’s Bugattis and a class for French marques taking over on Sunday.

This year also sees the 90th anniversary of the Bugatti Owners’ Club and this was celebrated by a gathering of Bugattis around Ettore’s Bend for a

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This Citroën 2CV is powered by a supercharged BMW R1100RT engine. Its second run on Sunday ended in the barriers at Ettore’s Bend

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Frederick Smithson’s Ferrari 348TS competing in the Italian Marques class

Chiron and two Veyrons © Peter McFadyen

Cavalcade Vespa scooter

Marshals recover Sarah Tunnicliffe’s Bugatti Type 35B from the gravel at Pardon Hairpin where she had run off the road into the barrier, fortunately not very quickly

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In the demonstration runs, Duncan Pittaway’s 28-litre Fiat S76 ‘Beast of Turin’ was a clear favourite with the spectators

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John Bottomley’s 390cc Velocette

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Walker’s MGB V8, a class winner on both days. An innovation this year was the inclusion of the motor cycles, both solo and sidecar, running in the National Hill Climb Association championship.

Ex-John Surtees Ferrari 330 GT in the cavalcade was given to the World Champion by Enzo Ferrari in appreciation and was used to commute between European race meetings © Peter McFadyen

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Stuart Penfound’s 1955 Lester MG competed both days

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Nigel and Kirsty Glover from Dorset on their 750cc Triton outfit

The French flags flutter as Nick Topliss prepares for another classwinning run in the famous British voiturette, the ex-works ERA R4D © Peter McFadyen

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5-litre V-Twin bike built by Allen Millyard using two cylinders from a Pratt & Whitney 9-cylinder rotary aero engine

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The 500 Owners Association had their own classes on Sunday. Steve Lawrence (Cooper Mk VIII JAP) accelerates away from the line

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4-cylinder, 28 Litre Fiat S76 alongside 5-litre V-Twin bike built by Allen Millyard using two cylinders from a Pratt & Whitney 9-cylinder rotary aero engine

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Peter Jordan and Danny Fitzsimons (600cc Norton)

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Tim Jeffrey’s GTA Turbo PRV won the invitation class for Renault Alpines

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Andy Walker’s 4.6 litre MGB V8 won its class on Saturday and set FTD on Sunday

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Race from the Past.

DTM Donington Park 2002.

18th-19th May 2002.

By Simon & Janet Wright.

Manuel Reuter had a great start to the weekend, grabbing pole position in the Opel Astra V8 Coupe. Things just went down-hill after that!

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race of 100 kms length.

First surprise in Practice was the performance of Alain Menu in the Opel Astra V8 Coupe which qualified in 3rd place, his best performance of the season. He was hoping for wet weather in the race to help maintain his performance against the Mercedes and Audi teams. Ex-Grand Prix driver Jean Alesi also had his best performance of the

Double race winner Jean Alesi in a Mercedes Benz CLK-DTM

Alain Menu in the Opel Astra V8 Coupe

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The Germans arrived in England for the third round of the German Touring Masters Series, held at Donington Park for the first time since 1993. The meeting was using the full Grand Prix circuit, with an eight lap Qualifying race and a twenty five lap main © Simon Wright © Janet Wright

season so far, having been fastest through most of qualifying in the Mercedes-Benz CLK-DTM but was pipped at the end by the other Opel Astra V8 Coupe of Manuel Reuter who grabbed pole position.

After wet weather during qualifying, Sunday dawned sunny and a crowd of 21,000 fans turned out to watch this exciting series. At the start of the qualifying race Joachim Winkelhock stalled his Opel Astra V8 Coupe in the middle of the grid and was hit by the Mercedes Benz CLK-DTM of Uwe Alzen and

Martin Tomczyk ABT-Audi TT-R

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knocked into the pit wall. Both cars were out of the race. Alesi had grabbed the lead from the start and was chased by pole-man Reuter, but at the chicane on the first lap Martin Tomczyk slipped passed the Opel to put his ABT-Audi TT-R into 2nd place. As the cars reached the end of the first lap, the safety cars were still sorting out the start line accident and the cars lined up behind the safety car. At the restart, Tomczyk was side by side with the Mercedes of Alesi, but Alesi managed to stay ahead Jonny Dumbreck Mercedes Benz CLK-DTM

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Joachim Winkelhock in the Opel Astra V8 coupe during practice

as they turned through Old Hairpin. The leading pair began to pull away from Reuter in 3rd, while Menu in the other Opel had dropped back to 6th place.

Local driver Jonny Dumbreck and Patrick Huisman both driving a Mercedes Benz CLK-DTM, received drive through penalties for speeding in the pit lane.

Alesi held off Tomczyk to take Mercedes first win of the season. Tomczyk was only 0.795 of a second behind at the chequered flag while Reuter was over

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two and a half seconds further back in 3rd. Marcel Fässler took 4th place on the last corner in his Mercedes Benz CLK-DTM, slipping passed the Opel Astra V8 Coupe of Timo Scheider, with Menu maintaining 6th place in the Opel Astra. Former Grand Prix driver Karl Wendlinger was 7th in the ABT-Audi TT-R, with reigning champion Bernd Patrick Huisman Mercedes Benz CLK-DTM

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where he dived inside Alesi to try for the lead. Alesi was still able to hold his line and maintain the lead.

The next lap, Fässler moved up the inside on © Janet Wright

Marcel Fässler Mercedes Benz CLK-DTM © Simon Wright

Schneider taking 8th place in his Mercedes-Benz CLK-DTM. Christian Abt in the Audi TT-R races The main twenty five lap race started in the under the bridge at finishing order of the qualifying race, so Alesi on Old Hairpin pole from Tomczyk, who made a slow start. Alesi Tomczyk into the last corner and nudged the Audi stormed off in the lead while Marcel Fässler had into a spin. In the confusion, Timo Scheider hit the shot off the second row to © Janet Wright back of Reuter’s Opel and badly snatch 2nd place from damaged the front of his Opel Astra Tomczyk. Bernd Schneider V8 Coupe, with the bonnet section also made a good start to missing and the front tyre smoking move into 4th place. On the badly as it rubbed on what was left of second lap Fässler moved the front wing and his race was over. inside Alesi into the chicane, Fässler was given a stop go penalty the two Mercedes made for the incident. Next off was Michael contact, but Alesi held his line Bartels in his Opel Astra, spinning at which allowed Tomczyk to take Redgate and getting stuck in the back 2nd place on the run gravel, having been given a helping Timo Scheider Opel Astra V8 Coupe down to the Melbourne hairpin, shove from one of the Audi TT’s.

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Reigning Champion Berndt Schneider in the Mercedes Benz CLKDTM didn’t have the best weekend with a couple of stop and go penalties for speeding in the pit lane.

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Dumbreck's day didn’t get any better in the main received a stop go penalty for speeding in the pit race, receiving a stop go penalty for a quick start. In lane. Alain Menu was a close 3rd behind the the main race, everybody has to do a mandatory Mercedes pair, which became 2nd when Schneider pit-stop to change tyres. When Alesi pitted, took his stop and go penalty pit stop. This pair were Schneider took the lead and when he took his stop well clear of the pursuing pack, with Schneider now Christian Abt took the lead in his Audi TT-R until his back in 6th position. Leading the pursuit was stop. As Schneider rejoined Thomas Jäger in 3rd place © Janet Wright the race after his pit stop, he driving another Mercedes, came out right on the tail of while another driver receiving John Alesi. When Abt took his a stop and Go penalty for mandatory pitstop, there was speeding in the pit lane was a problem fitting the right rear Aiello in his Audi TT-R. tyre and he dropped down the Schneider then got another order. Alesi was now back in stop and go penalty for the lead with Schneider very speeding in the pits, which is close behind him in 2nd. surprising as the cars have an Unfortunately Schneider then automatic setting to control Thomas Ekström ABT Audi TT-R

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Thomas Jäger Mercedes Benz CLK-DTM 2001

their speed in the pit lane. He was joined in battle for 6th place by Ekström in his Audi TT-R, until he dived into the pits for his stop and go pitstop. The

Michael Bartels Opel Astra V8 coupe

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next driver having problems was Karl Wendlinger in his Audi TT-R, who was nudges into a spin at the final hairpin on to the start straight by Christian Albers Mercedes. With six laps to go, Christian Abt

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in his ABT Audi TT-R passed Albers for 3rd position. Schneider was driving flat out to try and make up places from his now 13th position.

Meanwhile at the other end of the field, Matias Ekström in his Audi TT-R, passed Albers to claim 4th position through the chicane with just a few laps to go.

With just two laps to go Menu slowly headed for the pits to change tyres, putting Abt up in to 2nd place. Menu rejoined in around 9th place and managed to gain one more place by the flag, finishing 8th. Championship points leader Laurent Aiello was black flagged right at the end of the race. Jean Alesi won by twelve and a half seconds, taking his first victory for Mercedes. Youngster Christian Abt was 2nd in the ABT-Audi TT-R from the same car of Matias Ekström in 3rd. Christian

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Still leading the championship after Donington was Laurent Aiello in the ABT Audi TT-R

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Albers took 4th place for Mercedes ahead of Karl Wendlinger in an Audi. Marcel Fässler was placed 6th for Mercedes just ahead of Patrick Huisman in another Mercedes and Alain Menu getting the Opel Astra V8 Coupe home in 8th position after his late pitstop.

After the Donington race, Aiello was still leading the championship with 25 points, while race winner Jean Alesi moved in to 2nd place with 17 points with Matias Ekström in 3rd just one point behind. Christian Abt was 4th with twelve points while Bernd Schneider was 5th with just seven points.

These were to be the only victories in the season for Jean Alesi, who eventually finished the season in 5th place. Aiello took victories at Sachsenring, Norisring, Lausitzring and at Hockenheim to claim © Janet Wright

Ex-Grand Prix driver Karl Wendlinger had a spin in his Red Bull ABT Audi TT-R

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Stefan Mücke in the Team Rosberg AMG Mercedes CLK DTM 2001

the DTM drivers title for 2002. Bernd Schneider was 2nd in the championship with wins at Lausitzring (main race) and Hockenheim (main race). Sweden’s Matias Ekström took three wins, at Norisring (Qualifying race), A1 Ring (Qualifying race) and Zandvoort (Main race) to claim 3rd place overall in the championship. Swiss driver Marcel Fässler took back to back wins at the A1 Ring in Austria in the main race and at Zandvoort in the Netherlands in the Qualifying race and was 4th in the championship. The only other winner in the season was Uwe Alzen who took victory in both races at the Nürburgring driving the Warsteiner AMG Mercedes- Benz which placed him 6th in the championship.

The team championship was won by Vodaphone AMG Mercedes by just 3 points from Team ABT Sportsline, for Audi.

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Yves Olivier Opel Astra V8 Coupe Christian Albers took 4th place for Team Rosberg Mercedes

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Uwe Alzen would have to wait till the Nurburgring before he would claim a victory in his AMG Mercedes CLK-DTM 2002.

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Stefan Mücke

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Bernd Mayländer AMG Mercedes CLK-DTM 2001 © Janet Wright

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Bentley Flying Spur Sports

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range of suspension adjustment, which allows for limousine style ride comfort or sporty handling. It features Continuous Damping Control (CDC) which uses four ride height sensors to constantly measure the distance between the axle and the body. If the system detects a difference compared to the normal height, the air volume in the springs is corrected accordingly to restore the normal height. The Bentley Dynamic Ride System is designed to improve both handling and ride comfort. A 48 volt system controls an electronic actuator unit which manages the stiffness of the anti-roll bar to keep the car level during cornering.

It also features the latest in safety technology, including Traffic Assist, City Assist and Blind Spot warning. Night vision and a Heads Up display help The third version of Bentley’s luxury four door Grand Tourer, Flying Spur, is an all new vehicle which delivers sports saloon agility with modern limousine luxury and refinement. The model features a first for Bentley with Electronic All Wheel Steering which joins Active All Wheel Drive and Bentley Dynamic Ride.

The Electronic All-Wheel Steering enhanced high speed stability and low speed manoeuvring. At low speeds, the system steers the rear wheels in the opposite direction to the front wheels. This has the effect of shortening the wheelbase, reduces turning circle and makes parking noticeably easier. At high speed, the system steers the rear wheels in the same direction as the front wheels, increasing stability and makes overtaking and lane-changes more assured.

New three chamber air springs allow for a greater

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the driver focus on the road, while Top View Camera gives an eagle-eyed view of the car and its immediate surroundings, aided by reverse traffic warning and self-parking features.

very quickly, making the car feel more balanced. It develops 626 bhp and 664 lb/ft of torque which propels the car from 0-60 mph in just 3.7 seconds and a top speed of 207 mph.

The car is powered by an enhanced version of Bentley’s renowned 6 litre twin turbocharged W12 engine, matched to a ZF dual-clutch eight speed transmission. The previous version of the Flying Spur had permanent all wheel drive with a 60:40 split. The new model uses a clutched system which delivers two wheel drive to the rear wheels. Then depending on the road conditions and wheel slip, it will automatically send drive to the front axle as required.

Turn-in response is dramatically improved and the front end feels much lighter and changes direction

The wheelbase has been increased by 130mm which increases the spacious and luxurious cabin space, finished with single and dual veneer wood options. The all new twin fluted leather seats have heating, ventilation, multi-mode massage, adjustable bolsters and top tilt, with optional unique Mulliner Driving Specification three dimensional diamond quilting leather. The rear seats have a folding centre armrest and manually deployed centre headrest that stows away when not in use to improve visibility.

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The HD digital instrument panel display is hidden behind a wood veneer facia which rotates to display the unique rotating centre console with a choice of 12.3 inch digital touchscreen displaying three, customisable digital tiles, or the second side which displays three analogue dials showing outside temperature, a compass and a chronometer. It can also be left as the wooden veneer panel. There is also a remote control touch screen for rear passengers. All combine to make the Flying Spur’s cabin one of the most modern, innovative and luxurious places to travel in. The interior can be further enhanced with a full length panoramic glass sunroof.

Another feature is the Flying B mascot returns to the bonnet of a modern Bentley, rising from beneath a modern Bentley badge. Lower down, unique cut crystal effect LED matrix headlamps are enhanced by chrome sleeves, while at the rear, the wrap-around rear lamps have a ‘B’ motifs. The car features a gloss black radiator matrix, with bright chrome surround and vertical vanes that harks back to the iconic 1957 Bentley S1 Continental Flying Spur.

The new Flying Spur will be available to order from the autumn, with deliveries beginning in early 2020.

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FIA World Rallycross Championship Silverstone, 25th May 2019

By Syd Wall.

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The Monster Rig gave a great view of the start line and circuit © Syd Wall

Looking at the entry list for this year’s World Rallycross series, you’d be forgiven for wondering where the big names have gone. Audi, Peugeot and the dominant Solberg VW teams have pulled out, Petter Solberg has retired and 2017 & 2018 champion Johan Kristofferson and Sebastian Loeb have moved to rallying after the disappearance of the aforesaid teams. But don’t think for one moment that the racing is any less exciting. Spectators were treated to a thrilling weekend of World and European

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Rallycross Championships with the RX2 series in support.

The elder of the Hansen brothers, Timmy (Team Hanson Peugeot 208), claimed his second victory of the season at Silverstone’s fourth round of the FIA World Rallycross Championship, taking over the championship lead from younger brother Kevin’s similar car with Andreas Bakkerud (MKS Audi A1) who has been in hot contention for the win at all four events this year without ultimate success, staying 32

Oliver Eriksson was dominant in Euro RX, winning every race and the final

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Timmy and Kevin Hansen set the pace in Saturday’s qualifying with Bakkerud fastest in both Q3 and Q4 on Sunday, Bakkerud going on to win his semi final, Timmy winning the other. The two front row qualifiers then engaged in a titanic battle in the final race. The Audi made a great start, benefitting from two new front tyres, enabling him to edge ahead for turn one, shutting the door on the Peugeot and pushing it into the

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tyre wall. This could have meant disaster for Hansen (as it had done for Mark Higgins in Q4) but he survived the moment allowing Bakkerud to surge into the lead. Over the next two laps, Hansen reduced the deficit and took his joker on lap 3, crucially rejoining just ahead of third placed Anton Marklund’s Renault Megane. Hansen then set the fastest lap of the day, again closing on Bakkerud.

The leader took his joker on lap 5, losing time and exiting the longer route in second place. Despite massive pressure from Bakkerud, Hansen held on for the win with only a car’s length between them at the flag. Afterwards, a disappointed Bakkerud revealed he had been without a handbrake since halfway through his semi final, which would have been a real handicap for slow corner entry.

Anton Marklund finished third, only the second podium of his career. In his GCK Renault Megane, he overtook Timo Scheider on lap two, staying ahead of the Muennich Motorsport Seat Ibiza to the end.

Kristian Szabo in the second of the three Matthias Ekstrom-run Audi A1s in the final finished fifth with the third Audi of © Syd Wall Taking the podium positions in the final, Timmy Hansen, Andreas Bakkerud and Anton Marklund

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home favourite Liam Doran failing to complete the race.

With so much pace in Saturday’s qualifying, you may be wondering what had happened to championship leader (before the final) Kevin Hansen. His mistake came in the semi final while running in second place behind his brother. A moment of madness in the joker section on the final lap sent him spinning into the barriers, out of the final and out of the championship lead.

There were two moments of high drama in the other semi final. Niclas Gronholm was again absent from driving duties, recovery from an appendicitis operation taking longer than expected, so Joni Wiman substituted again in the Marcus Gronholm run Hyundai i20, hoping to repeat his podium place from the previous round at Spa. As Liam Doran and Janis Baumanis took the jump together on lap one

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Mark Higgins tried a different approach to the jump in Q2 with nose heavy landings

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and battled towards the following right hander, Wiman saw his chance to take the inside line just as Doran untangled himself from Baumanis.

Subsequent contact put Wiman into the wall and onto his roof. The race was red flagged, but in the restart, Baumanis was unable to make the top three with a damaged car and was finished for the weekend. On the penultimate lap, an impressive Oliver Bennett, having made his first ever semi final in the Xite Racing BMW Mini Cooper was in third place and all set to make his first final, only to have to pull out with the rear of the car ablaze. A heavy landing over the jump had broken an oil line. The third home driver, Mark Higgins had a frustrating Saturday in the Albatec Peugeot 208 with a broken drive shaft in practice and handling issues in Q1 and Q2. Adjustments made for a better Sunday 34

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with 9th in Q3, but being pushed into the tyres at the first corner and coming to a halt left him out of contention in Q4 and no chance of qualification.

Timur Timerzyanov, in the other GRX Hyundai i20, went from the high of his first World Rallycross win in Spa to the low of missing the final at Silverstone, never being fully competitive.

Equalling Ollie Bennett’s stroke of bad luck was Guillame de Ridder, the victim of contact from Liam Doran who got out of shape over the jump in Q3. The collision caused suspension damage and while sterling work by the crew repaired the car, they missed the Q4 pre-grid by seconds.

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Joni Wiman dives down the inside after the Baumanis-Doram contact and rolls

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Scheider won the close Q4 battle with Timerzyanov by just 9 hundredths of a second

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Book Review By Peter McFadyen.

Ferrari 250 LM – The remarkable history of 6313 Author: James Page Publisher: Porter Press International Ltd Price: £30.00. Hardback (275x240mm, 10¾x9½ in), 128 pages, copious illustrations b/w and colour ISBN: 978-1-907085-73-4 In motor sport, it is often said, only winners are remembered and those who finish second are quickly forgotten. On that basis, while victory in the 1965 Le Mans is readily recalled as having gone to the NART Ferrari 250 LM of Jochen Rindt and Masten Gregory, what of the car which finished second and which had led the race for ten hours until a puncture on the Mulsanne and consequent bodywork damage had cost it five laps on the Sunday morning? If it does nothing more, this book, the seventh in Porter Press International’s Exceptional Cars series, restores the balance by telling in fascinating detail the story of that car, another LM chassis number 6313, entered by the Belgian team Ecurie Francorchamps and driven by Pierre Dumay and Gustave Gosselin. But in fact it does more, much more.

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The rear-engined 250 LM was introduced at the Paris motor show of 1963 at a time when motor sport authorities were struggling to define Grand Touring or GT cars and distinguish them from out and out racing sports cars or prototypes. Ferrari tried unsuccessfully to pass the LM off as a development of the (frontengined) GTO, itself a development of the 250GT, and therefore a GT car despite its strong resemblance to the 250P prototype. The opening chapter of the book recalls the period and the efforts of not just Ferrari but also Aston Martin, Jaguar and Porsche to circumvent the rules. Despite having to race as a prototype, however, the LM would achieve considerable success of which Le Mans was the pinnacle. Chapter two is a technical analysis of the 250LM. Part two deals with the major races of 1965, one chapter per race of which there were six, before the third part takes up the story of this particular LM’s later life, including its mistaken identity and how this was resolved. The book finishes with a set of outstanding studio photographs of the car which has recently been restored to better than new condition.

The author is an experienced and accomplished writer and while following the thread of 6313’s racing career he recalls a fascinating period of sports car and GT racing in a very readable and authoritative manner, backed up by an excellent layout and high quality presentation of the colour and black and white photographs, many reproduced full page.

At just £30, the book represents excellent value for money and is well recommended. It is soon to be followed by a volume on the Ferrari 250 GT SWB which will be an interesting companion.

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Midland Enthusiast Group Meeting Dudley Arms, Himley, Dudley, West Midlands 6th June 2019 By Simon & Janet Wright.

Chevrolet Camaro heads the line-up of modern enthusiast cars Š Simon Wright

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1985 white Ford Escort Mk 3 RS Turbo. To compete with the Volkswagen Golf GTi, Ford developed a hot hatch version of the Escort, the XR3, with a tuned version of the 1.6 litre CVH engine, fitted with a twin-choke Weber carburettor. Then in October 1982 they added Fuel injection, the XR3i. The final step was to add a turbocharger in October 1984, the RS

Honda Civic and SEAT Leon

The Midlands Enthusiasts group are a Midlands based club for people who love cars, bikes and trucks and share their passion. Now the long summer evenings have arrived, the group have weekly meetings at the Dudley Arms Public House at Himley, near Dudley.

This was the first evening meeting of the year and saw a good turn out of people with an interesting selection of fairly modern vehicles.

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Turbo. In was delayed several times and didn’t reach the showrooms until early 1985, with a limited run of only 5,000 models, all painted white. It was only marketed in a few European nations. The turbo-charged 1597cc engine produced 130 bhp, but the car was disappointing, as the chassis came in for severe criticism. The model was well equipped, with

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alloy wheels from the RS1600i Ford Escort , along with Recaro seats and a limited Slip differential. There was one exception, painted in Black for lady Diana Spencer. © Janet Wright

had four-wheel-drive and the most noticeable feature was a very large “Whale-tail” tailgate spoiler. Originally 2,500 road going versions were built as required for homologation purposes, but demand was so great that Ford continued the production run. From 1995, the vehicle was fitted with a smaller turbocharger than the homologation version, and the “whaletail” spoiler became an option. Escort Cosworth production ceased in 1996.

Also on show at Dudley was the predecessor to the Escort Cosworth, a 1986 Ford Sierra RS Cosworth. This high performance version of the Ford Sierra was built by Ford Europe from

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The ultimate Escort was probably the Escort RS Cosworth, which was originally launched in early 1992. Mechanically it wasn’t a true Escort, it was based on the four wheel drive Sierra floorpan and mechanicals, including its longitudinally mounted engine, then body panels were added to resemble the Escort Mk V. It was intended to replace the Sierra Sapphire RS Cosworth as Ford’s Rally challenger. It used the turbocharged 2 litre Cosworth 16 valve engine which produced around 225 bhp and could reach 150 mph. It

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1986 to 1992, and was built to produce an outright winner for Group A racing in Europe.

The project was the brainchild of Stuart Turner, head of Ford Motorsport in Europe. He got the support of Walter Hayes, who was VicePresident of Public Relations for Ford at the time. The engine was a Cosworth development twin cam, 16 valve engine based on Fords Pinto engine, using the T88 engine block. An official request from Ford to add a turbocharger produced 204 hp for the road going version, and 300 hp in race trim. Cosworth required Ford to take 15,000 units, even though the homologation only required 5,000 units to be produced. The surplus of engines would lead to the development of a second generation four door Sierra RS Cosworth. The engine was paired with the Borg-Warner T5 gearbox from the Ford Mustang, but due to the high revving nature of the Cosworth engine, a dedicated production line was set-up to produce the gearboxes required. The large rear wing was required to keep the rear wheels in contact with the road at 300 km/h. A requirement to race in Group A was that 5,000 cars had to be built and sold, but dealers only estimated selling 1,500 cars, so Ford took radical measures to reduce the price of the car. It was only offered in three colours, Black, White and Moonstone Blue and only one interior colour, grey. There were also only two

equipment options - with or without central locking and electric windows. Of the official first 5,000 cars built, 500 were sent to Aston Martin Tickford for conversion to the Sierra three door RS500 Cosworth. The cars were all Right Hand Drive and were produced at the Ford factory in © Simon Wright Gent, Belgium.

The maximum speed was quoted as 149 mph with a 060 mph time of 6.5 seconds.

It wasn’t just a Ford show in Dudley, there was an eye catching Volvo 300 series car in a fetching Rust Gold colour reminiscent of the Mad Max film style of vehicle. At the other end of the scale was a nice silver 2009 Volvo S40 R-Design, a sporty version of the popular Volvo compact saloon. The RDesign enhanced the sportiness and comfort levels with additional equipment and trim to the standard S40. © Janet Wright Volvo S-40 R-Design

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These included a sports style body-kit, large dimeter alloy wheels, two tone interior, blue instruments and sports pedals, two stage heated seats, cruise control and climate control.

The American scene was represented by a 1995 red 5.7 litre Pontiac Trans Am and a large 2003 Triton V8 5.4 Boss Ford Pickup truck.

The © Simon Wright Japanese and Asian brands had a 1995 Honda Civic and a 2011 Civic Type-R, a 2010 3.8 litre Nissan GTR, a Toyota MR2 and a Subaru Impreza, while the European Nissan GT-R

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cars were represented by a couple of Seat’s, a brand new Citroen C3, plus a Vauxhall VX-R.

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HSCC International Trophy Race Meeting,

Silverstone, 18 & 19 May 2019

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Dean Forward in the CanAm McLaren M8F attempted to pass John Burton’s Chevron for the lead of the Thundersports race but spun into the gravel at Luffield.

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Dunlop Saloon Car Cup - Race 1 Mark Wright - Ford Sierra RS500 - 1st

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The HSCC held their annual International Trophy meeting over two days at Silverstone using the full Grand Prix circuit.

Kicking off proceedings on Saturday in damp conditions was the Jaguar Classic Challenge which included in the entry Le Mans winner Andy Wallace sharing a Mk1 saloon with Roger Cope. Running out the winner in this 60 minute pit stop race was the EType of brothers John and Gary Pearson followed by the C-Type of Paul Pochciol and former Volvo touring Jaguar Classic Challenge -Andy Wallace & Roger Cope - Jaguar Mk1

car driver James Hanson. The newly restyled Dunlop Saloon Car Cup had two races with Mark Wright winning both in his Ford Sierra RS500. On Saturday he was followed home by the Holden Commodores of Ric Wood and Abigail Eaton but on Sunday the BMW E30 M3 was runner up with the Eaton Commodore (this time driven by father Paul) coming in third.

Ford Capri (Frank Wrathall) versus BMW (Max Goff) in the Dunlop Saloon Car Cup

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Thundersports - Race 1 - John Burton - Chevron B26 - 1st leads Dean Forward - McLaren M8F - 2nd

The three Classic Team Merlyn cars in the FF1600 races – Pierre Livingstone (car 76) and Ben Tusting (car 64) with Ed Thurston and race winner Cam Jackson (Winkelman, car 7) behind

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The two Historic Formula Ford encounters provided exciting racing with both races going to Cameron Jackson in his Palliser/Winkelmann WDF2 followed by the Merlyn Mk20A’s of Callum Grant on Saturday and Peirre Livingston on Sunday. © Pete Austin

John Burton won the first re-branded Thundersports race in his Chevron B26 but was excluded from the results of the second race on Sunday due to an infringement under the safety car. The Lola T282 of Leo Voyazides subsequently won with the thundering McLaren M8F of Dean Forward being runner up on both occasions. © Pete Austin

Historic Formula Ford - Race 1 - Cameron Jackson Palliser-Winkelmann WDF2 - 1st leads Callum Grant - Merlyn Mk20A - 2nd

XL Aurora Trophy Race 1 - Marc Campfield - Chevron B24 - 1st

Also re-branded was the XL Aurora series for F5000, Atlantic and F2 cars. Marc Campfield in his F5000 Chevron B24 took both races in his Chevron B24.

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Jamie Brashaw in his March 73A was second on Saturday but retired from Sunday’s race allowing the Michael Bletsoe-Brown Chevron B27 to occupy second spot.

Graeme Dodd assists son James – in car – as they change over on the way to winning the GT & Sports Car Cup

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70's Road Sports - Alex Taylor - Mazda RX7 - 1st

Rounding off the Saturday proceedings was the 70s Road Sports encounter won by Alex Taylor in his smart Mazda RX7. The 90 minute GT and Sports Car Cup on Sunday Graeme Dodd provided a Jaguar E-Type interview one-two with the Graeme ed after his stint and James Dodd example in the winning leading home the car of E-Type Mark Donnor and Richard Kent.

Morgan Plus 8s took all of

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Keith Pickering’s rare Britannia FJ retired

Historic Roadsports winning Morgan Plus 8 of Tim and Robin Pearce pursues the Hadfield / Voyazides Ford Falcon which won the class for invited Historic Touring Cars

the podium places in the 40 minute Historic Road Sports race with Tim and Robin Pearce taking the top spot from Richard and William Plant and Philip St Clair Tisdall and Simon King. © Peter McFadyen

Johan Denekamp (TVR Tuscan) rejoins the track in the HRS race.

Cameron Jackson was out again in the Historic Formula Junior race, this time in his Brabham BT2 but had to give second best to winner Sam Wilson in his Lotus 20/22.

The final race of the weekend was the Guards Trophy for sports racing and GT cars which was won by Graeme and James Dodd, this time in their Ginetta G16 followed by a trio of Chevrons led by the B6 of James Littlejohn and Will Schryver.

Unusual to see the Plus 2 version of the Lotus Elan racing – Jim Gathercole qualified for the Guards Cup race but was a non-starter

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Dunlop Saloon Car Cup - Ric Wood Holden Commodore - 2nd

Cameron Jackson (Winkelman WDF2) leads the FF1600 pack

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Jaguar Classic Challenge -John & Gary Pearson - Jaguar E-type - 1st

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Dean Forward in the CanAm McLaren M8F spun into the gravel at Luffield. The grass-track racing champion then showered spectators with stones as he powered back onto the track

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HRCR Classic 35 15th-16th June 2019.

By Simon and Janet Wright.

One of the oldest cars in the rally, a 1937 Bentley Derby 4.25 Special driven by Elliot Dale and Charlotte Ryall finished 5th overall and won its class.

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Pollitt and Paul Price in a Amazons, a Nick Triumph TR3 tackle the test PV544 and a round the paddock at Curborough.

P1800 all competing.

The oldest cars entered were a pair of Bentley Derby 4.25 cars and an © Janet Wright MG TA. The Bentleys were crewed by Stuart and Emily Anderson in the 1936 version and the 1937 version was driven by Elliot Dale and Charlotte Ryall. The 1936 MG TA was driven by Martin and Lesley Neal.

The most modern car was a 1986 Porsche 924S driven by Brian and Janette Dwelly.

Outright winners Dave Smith and Pete Johnson in their 1984 Austin Maestro

The Historic Rally Car Register ran the Classic 35 The major tests on Saturday were three different rally to celebrate the club’s 35th anniversary as a two layouts around the Curborough sprint course, near day Clubman’s Road Rally, using a straightforward Lichfield. One test was even tulip and descriptive road Philip B Wood and Iain Miller tied set round the normal book. The event included grass tracking on their way to 22 place in a Volvo P1800 paddock area. regularities and some special tests on tarmac surfaces. The Surprisingly, with several event was limited to just sixty Mk2 Ford Escorts crews, who started off from the competing, it was the 1984 Tillington Hall Hotel in Stafford.

Austin Maestro of Dave Smith and Pete Johnson There was a good selection of that dominated the event, classic rally cars entered with holding the lead through a large contingent of Volvo © Simon Wright both days to take overall owners taking part, with three nd

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The Class winning MG A of Adrian Campbell and Brian Herring finished 13th overall

Pressing on, Robert Robinson and Peter Mellor took a class win in their Audi Coupe GT in 17th place.

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David & Melanie Jansen Roberts won their class in a 1974 Porsche 911, finishing 26th.

Kevin Haselden and David Kirkham 1971 Mini Cooper S won their class in 9th overall

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failure. Tim Lawrence and Roger Bricknell in their 1967 MG B GT took up the challenge at Curborough, taking 2nd place on the final three tests at Lichfield.

They went on to finish 4th overall and won their class.

Stephen Owens and Nick Bloxham finished 3rd overll in their 1962 Porsche 911, winning their class

Three wheeling their way to 2nd were Paul Bloxidge and Ian Canavan in a 1985 Volkswagen Golf GTi Mk2 © Simon Wright

victory. However his margin for victory was a single penalty point from Paul Bloxidge and Ian Canavan in their 1985 Volkswagen Golf GTi Mk 2. The Maestro had won all six tests at Curborough on Saturday, but was initially challenged by the Morris Mini Cooper S of Patrick and Hubert Lynch who took 2nd on the first © Simon Wright three tests before having to retire from the event at Curborough with terminal Tim Lawrence and Roger Bricknell did well at engine Curborough in their MG B GT on their way to a class winning 4th place.

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Slotting in to 3rd overall was the 1962 Porsche 911 of Stephen Owens and Nick Bloxham, also winning their class in the process.

Showing remarkable progress for such an old vehicle, the 1937 Bentley Derby 4.25 Special of Dale and Ryall took 5th overall, to win their class. Rounding out the top six was the first of the Volvo contingent, with Leading Volvo was the Amazon of Damon Damon Green and Sean McGuire won won their class in 6th Green and Sean McGuire winning their © Janet Wright

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Oldest car of Stuart & Emily Anderson in a 1936 Bentley Derby 4.25 finished 5th in class in 27th overall.

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David & Gail Blackhurst 1965 Ford Cortina finished 45th and 6th in class.

Conn Williamson & Clifford Auld 1971 BMW 2002 Tii finished 39th and 8th in class.

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Michael Holding & Chris Derbyshire 1961 Volvo PV544

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Dominic & Thomas Anghileri finished 3rd in class in their 1951 Sunbeam Talbot 90 Mk2

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The Dutch crew of L.G. Monderman and D. Hijkema in a smoky MG B GT made it to the finish in 51st place and 9th in class.

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Martin & Lesley Neal 1936 MG TA finished 25th and 4th in class.

Richard Harrison & Steve Skepper MG B GT caught the the Ford Escort of Steve & Debbie Spiers round Curborough by the end. The Escort later retired.

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Graham Richardson & George Cowling 1974 Ford Escort Mk1 finished 32nd and 6th in class.

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class in their 1966 Volvo Amazon.

Taking a class win from 8th overall was Mark Goodwin and Anthony Davies in a 1981 Triumph Dolomite Sprint, while only 6 points behind in 9th place was Kevin Haselden and David Kirkham in a 1971 Mini Cooper S who also won their class.

American muscle car 1963 Ford Falcon Sprint of Lou Lusardi & Valerie Jones finished 49th and 5th in class.

The final two class winners were 13th placed Adrian Campbell and Brian Herring in a 1960 MG A and 17th placed Robert Robinson and Peter Mellor in a 1983 Audi Coupe GT. Of the fifty seven cars that took the start, only four retired, which shows remarkable reliability for these classic rally cars.

Class winning Triumph Dolomite Sprint of Mark Goodwin & Anthony Davies finished 8th overall. Š Simon Wright

One of the more unusual cars competing was a 1963 Ford Falcon Sprint driven by Lou Lusardi and Valerie Jones. The 5 litre American saloon was substantially larger than the rest of the field, which may have worked against it on some of the tighter tests, but they managed to bring the car home in 5th place in class and 49th overall.

The oldest cars all made the finish, with the 1936 MG TA finishing 25th overall and 4th in class, while the 1936 Bentley was 27th overall and 5th in class.

The most modern car, the 1986 Porsche 924S finished 3rd in class and 35th overall. Š Simon Wright

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2nd in class the Ford Escort Mexico of Tim Sawyer & Suzanne Barker finished 16th.

The newest car, a 1986 Porsche 924S, of Brian & Janette Dwelly finished 35th and 3rd in class.

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Malcolm Dunderdale & Anita Wickins brought the 1985 Mercedes 190E 16V home 23rd and 2nd in class.

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Stephen Hall & Duncan Brown 1972 Lotus Elan Sprint 4th in class and 40th overall.

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Archive Photo of the Month.

By Pete Austin.

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One of the drivers making an appearance at the HSCC F5000 celebration during Autosport International in January was Alan Rollinson. Sadly we recently heard the news that he had passed away on 2nd June. He is shown here in his F5000 Lola T300 leading a group of cars during the 1972 Race of Champions at Brands Hatch.

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British GT Round 2.

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A very tight bunch at the start of the race, with Gamble in the Century Motorsport BMW on Pole position.

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opening lap incident with Sam de Haan gifted the early lead to Glynn Geddie.

Geddie built up a seven second lead over Gamble, with a hard charging Adam Balon in the Lamborghini in fourth place behind Ollie Wilkinson in the Aston Martin. A slow driver change for the leading Bentley handed the lead back to the BMW of Jack Mitchell, who had taken taken over from Gamble, leaving the BMW with the hard charging Phil Keen in the Barwell Lamborghini very close behind.

Mitchell defended robustly until a technical issue slowed the BMW. Once past the leader, Phil Keen created a 13

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Second meeting of the season saw the British GT Championship return to the full circuit at Snetterton.

Saturday qualifying saw the Century Motorsport BMW of Tom Gamble , carrying twice the normal handicap ballast due to a late driver change, and TF Sports Aston Martin share the GT3 pole positions.

Meanwhile Canadian Scott Maxwell in the Multimatics Ford Mustang, maintaining the teams 100% qualifying success in the 2019. To spoil the party, the second pole of the weekend went to Scott Malvern in the Team Parker Mercedes AMG GT4 who recorded the fastest ever GT4 qualifying lap in the process.

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second lead which. He maintained to the chequered flag.

The final two steps on the first podium of the weekend were loosely contested by several drivers including Jonny Adam, Seb Morris, Ryan Ratcliffe, Jonny Cocker and Rob Bell, but after a succession of incidents, the TF Sports Aston Martin of Jonny Adam took second place, eight hundredths of a second ahead of third place finisher Jonny Cocker in the second Barwell Lamborghini. Seb Morris in the Bentley finally finished fifth in a very battered Bentley.

GT4 pacesetter Scott Maxwell was passed at the start by Richard Williams in the Steller Motorsport Audi R8 LMS, Maxwell was not helped by success Seb Morris and Rick Parfitt in the JRM Bentley

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and status penalties of 24 seconds at the pitstop and this ensured the team finished well down the order at the finish. The Steller Audi team taking overall GT4 victory for the new car in the GT4 class.

Race Two saw Phil Keen and Adam Balon take victory in the GT3 class, making Keen the most successful GT driver in the championships history. Second place went to Barwell teammates Sam De Haan and Jonny Cocker, with the Balfe Motorsport McLaren of Bob Bell and Shaun Balfe in third and completing the podium.

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Team Parker Racing Mercedes AMG GT4 of Scott Malvern and Nick Jones, however issues with the car in the final laps gifted the victory to the Tolman Motorsport BMW team of Jordan Collard ands Lewis Proctor. A cruel result for the Mercedes team who had been dealt very similar bad luck at the first meeting of the year at Oulton Park.

A very good weekend for Phil Keen and Adam Balon in the Barwell Lamborghini, two race victories, Sunoco fastest layoff the weekend for Keen, and two records to add to Phil keens other achievements, most overall GT wins (17) and most GT3 wins (15).

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The Audi R8 of Stellar Performance showed good potential for the future

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Glynn Geddie and Ryan Ratcliffe had a strong weekend in the Team Parker Racing Bently

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Hampus Ericsson leads from Johnathan Hoggard

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Race Two saw the front man, drawn after the reverse grid, Carlin’s Lucas Petersson claim his first British F3 win, with a lights to flag victory. The other two places on the podium were claimed by drivers who made paid progress from down thew grid to have a very successful race. Second place went to Douglas Motorsports Benjamin Pedersen who climbed from 7th place on the grid whilst Double R Racing’s Neil Verhagen had an even better race taking third place from a start from the 6th row of the grid in eleventh place. A small incident involving Lanan’s Josh Mason when he hit the barrier gently, meant that Petersson’s early lead was wiped out under the safety car, but he kept his nerve and eventually took the flu to win by

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Formula 3 Championship With three races over the weekend, one on Saturday and two on Sunday, the F3 contenders had a lot to gain from their visit to Norfolk.

The first race saw Carlin’s pole sitter Clement Novalak take an early lead before fellow front row starter Fortec’s Johnathan Hoggard made the most of his fresh tyres to take the lead on lap six. Novalak paid the price for using a used set of Pirelli tyres during the race. Hoggard eventually won by just under three seconds, in what on paper was a convincing victory. Third place went to Kiern Jewiss in the Douglas Motorsport car, with his first ever podium in the British F3 Championship. © Motorsport-Imagery

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over three seconds.

Race three was again a maiden victory, this time for Hampus Ericsson from the Double R Racing team. The win came at the expense of three of the front runners who were eliminated on the first lap.

Neil Verhagen made a good start but ran wide and made contact with Johnathan Hoggard, leaving Verhagen on the grass. When he did rejoin the circuit he made contact with Hoggard and Kiern Jewiss, eliminating all three from the race. The ensuing safety car went back into the pits leaving the remaining drivers with a five lap sprint race.

Ericsson came under increasing pressure from Clement Novalak, eventually winning the race by just over half a second. At the end of the race the

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top four cars were covered by less than two seconds, with Carlin’s Kaylen Frederik in third and CDR driver, Ayrton Simmonds finishing a close fourth.

This years British Formula 3 championship is as competitive as ever, with three different drivers sharing race wins over the weekend, the series now moves on to the next round at Silverstone in June.

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Waiting their turn in the paddock are Christopher Wigdor’s Mallock (car 72) and Briony Serrell (Lotus 51a) who would end her run in gentle contact with the barrier at Bottom ‘S’, fortunately without any damage

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Loudest car of the weekend was Mick Strafford’s 5-litre Chevrolet Firenza competing in the Ralli22 class

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Classic Nostalgia at Shelsley Walsh.

The stars of this year’s Classic Nostalgia, the Midland Automobile Club’s flagship hill climb event held over the weekend of 15-16th of June, were the 1982 – 2004 rally cars of the Ralli22 Register and the celebrity vehicles of the film The Italian Job. Heavy rain showers punctuated both days but for the most part it was dry. Incidents were few although marshals were kept busy dealing with an overturned rally car at the Esses, a car which caught fire while waiting in line in the paddock and the occasional spillage of oil and, in one case, fuel, from the competing cars.

There was music and dancing in the Courtyard, retail tents selling all sorts from books to handbags and, on Sunday, the usual concours, won this time by John

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Pre-war interest centred on Saturday’s Bert Hadley Memorial Championship class for Austin 7s such as Terry Griffin’s Austin 7 Race Special seen here

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The ex-Colin McRae Suburu Impreza of Marcus Willis about to leave the line

Simon Durling’s first run in his Renault Alpine petered out as he approached the Esses but the experienced hill climber - who actually lives at Shelsley Walsh – was back out later © Peter McFadyen © Peter McFadyen

Fastest overall among the rally cars was John Clayton’s Mitsubishi Evo 9 Bucklers, sold in kit form or as complete cars in the 1950s/60s, had their own class with the very experienced Rob Newall taking the DD1 with de Dion suspension to victory each day

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Fletcher’s 1959 Facel Vega.

The Italian Job coach and one of the Minis – with appropriate registration

Fastest time of the day on Saturday went to Richard Brown, a previous outright record holder at Shelsley, driving a Mallock Mk 17 which he shared with Tom Brown who was second fastest. On Sunday the George and Tom Brown in the same Mallock had to give best to Mark Harrison’s ex-Derek Warwick Formula 2 Toleman which was just 0.15 second faster than

The Bugatti Owners’ Club’s Henney’s Cider Classic Speed Championship class pitched saloons and sports cars in with single seaters, Andrew Tippett’s 3.5 litre Brabham BT30X unsurprisingly being fastest

George’s best time. Among the class winners was Simon Taylor, whose definitive history of HWM (‘John (Heath), George (Abecassis) and the HWMs’) has just been published, in his HWM Stovebolt Special which, as always, he drove to and from the event from his London home. Phil Stader’s performance in catching a very sideways moment in his MGB V8 at the Bottom ‘S’ won him the Hero of the Day award and a brand new MHD CR1 watch.

HWM historian and former BBC F1 commentator Simon Taylor in his HWM Stovebolt Special won his class on both days

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Neil Brighton’s 1985 Renault 5 Maxi Turbo

Gerald Mullord’s Austin 7 Hamblin at the Esses

Among the competing Minis it was nice to see a Wolseley Hornet version, this one driven by Peter Flanagan

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The Dellow Register displayed some of their cars, best known for their performances in trials, at the bottom of the hill, overlooking the main car park

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Peter Tomlinson, Chairman of Worcestershire County Council, about to start a run in his MGC Sebring Roadster which unfortunately would end in a major ‘off’ at Top ‘S’ with considerable damage to the car but thankfully not its driver

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Rob Bremner’s AC Cobra 289 won the class for 1960s Saloons and Sports Cars

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Ali Serpen’s ex-Tony Pond Metro 6R4 which competed in the 1986 Monte Carlo Rally during its top line career

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The British Racing and Sports Car Club (BRSCC) Class winner Chris Wilson Cooper Mk IX/X leads the chasing pack round Gerrards. organised the Classic & Modern Motorsport Festival at Mallory Park on Sunday 16th June 2019. The meeting featured a mixture of classic and modern car races and also a Classic Bikes race round the full 1.35 mile Leicestershire circuit.

opening up the race program. Peter de la Roche grabbed pole position in his Cooper Mk V and led the first race from start to finish, winning by over nineteen seconds. Mike Fowler was 2nd in another Cooper Mk V followed by Stuart Wright in a Cooper Mk XI, who also won his class, and Finlay Mackintosh in another Cooper XI was 4th.

Peter de la Roche made it two out of two with the second race, but Mike Fowler was beaten into 3rd place by Chris Wilson. He took 2nd in another Cooper Mk IX/X as well as a class win.

The 500 Owners Association bought a varied grid of twenty one single seater racing cars for two races, Winner Peter de la Roche Cooper Mk V laps Martin Sheppard Effyn Bryfan Tyddyn Specialer © Janet Wright

Track Attack winner Rich Hockley Honda Civic leads the field away in the second race

The Track Attack Nippon Challenge combined with the Tricolore Trophy and Multi Marques and had two races during the day, being the second race on the programme. Rich Hockley claimed Pole position in his 2 litre Honda Civic and ran away with the first race, winning by nearly twelve seconds from Nick Gwinnett in his Tricolore class © Simon Wright

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Robert Buckland Renault Clio winner Tricolore Class race 1 ahead of Nick Gwinnett Renault Clio Tricolore Class winner race 2 and Robbie Durant Subaru Impreza 3rd in Track Attack class race 1

winning Renault Clio. Just behind, in 3rd place, was Robert Buckland in another Renault Clio. The Multimarques class winner was Clive Haynsford in a Mazda RX8 who finished 10th. The other Track Attack class winners were Tony Markham in a Honda Civic in 7th, Adam Lockwood in a Toyota MR2 Mk1 in 12th and Kevin Middleton in a Mazda MX5 in 13th. The other Tricolore class winners were George Goucher in a Renault Clio in 9th and Crispin Williamson in a Peugeot 206 GTi in 14th.

In the second race, Hockley dominated again to take a second win of the day but this time it was Buckland who took 2nd place and the Tricolore class win in his Renault Clio. In 3rd place was Steve

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Cassar in another Time Attack Honda Civic.

Markham, Lockwood and Middleton also repeated their class wins in the second race. In the Tricolore class the other class winners were also repeat winners with Goucher and Williamson claiming their second class win of the day. There was no Multimarques cars started in the second race.

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Production Saloon winner Bradley Lane Honda Civic Type R

in a Ford Puma. The final class winner in the race was 6th placed Todd Garner in a Ford Fiesta ST150.

After lunch the first of two Classic Bikes races took 2nd placed Dave Charlton SEAT Leon leads the chasing pack in the Production saloon race.

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place, part of the Bonhams Lansdowne British Historic Championship. The first race just finished before a heavy rain storm hit the circuit. Mike Russell put his Manx Norton on Pole position, with four similar bikes lined up Duncan Fitchett Manx behind him. With Nortton took two 3 places in very close racing the Historic Championship. right through the field, he had dropped to 10th place by the end of the first lap and retired on lap eight. Sam Clews © Janet Wright was the early leader on another Manx Norton, but he was swopping the lead with Peter Bardell on a Matchless G50 and it was Bardell who took the first race win by just over a second and a half from Clews, with Duncan Fitchett a very close 3rd on a Manx Norton Chris Bassett took a class win in 4th on another Manx Norton. The other class Tony Hazeldine winners in the first race Norton Domiracer rd

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were 9th placed Fernando Mendes riding a BSA Goldstar and 17th placed David Hebb on a Manx Norton 350cc. The second race saw Bardell take an early lead but was soon replaced at the front by Clews who took the second race win by a convincing eight second margin from First race winner Bardell at the end of the twelve minute race.

Fitchett took another 3rd place. In 4th place and taking a class win was George Thomas on a Dunnell Manx. Hebb took a second Class win in 14th pace, while the other class winner was Mike Farrall riding a Rudge TTR into 10th place. © Janet Wright

Second race winner Sam Clews Manx Norton ahead of race one winner Peter Bardekk on a Matchless G50.

The CMMCS/Wade Garage Super Saloons race was race 5 on the program. The race took place in a heavy rainstorm. Kevin Bird had set the fastest time in qualifying in his Nissan 200SX and he managed to lead at the end of the first lap. In the wet conditions, track position was important due to the spray being thrown up. Steve Rothery got the

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Class winner Mick Robertson VW Corrado fights with Ronan Bradley BMW M3

Peugeot 308 in to the lead on the second lap but was passed by Rod Birley on lap four in his Ford Escort, who then went out of the race. This left Rothery a comfortable win in the rain, opening up the gap to over sixteen seconds by the end of the race.

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Class winner Niall Bradley BMW E46 M3 takes the hairpin in front of Paul Nevill Ford Escort RS2000 on the wet warmup lap.

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Volkswagen Golf, while Bird managed 3rd at the end.

Class winner Niall Bradley in a BMW E46 M3 took 4th place, while the other class winners were 8th placed Mick Robertson in a VW Corrado and 9th placed Chris Baker in a Ford Escort.

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Wet start to the Aero Morgan race with Andrew Thompson starting to pull away in the Morgan ARV8

New Water Sport - Synchronised Spinning. Craig Hamilton-Smith (Blue Nose) and Tony Hirst spin off in the Morgan race.

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had almost caught Phil Thomas in his Morgan +4 who took 2nd place and a class win by just 0.361 of a second. The other class winners were Jack Bellinger in a Morgan +8 in 4th, Stephen Lockett in a Morgan +8 in 5th, Kevin Laidlaw in a Morgan +8 in 8th, Ian Sumner in a Morgan 4/4 in 11th and finally Peter Cole, two laps behind, in a Morgan Roadster in 12th.

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who took Pole position in his Jaguar XJS. He also led from start to finish to win by over three seconds from Kevin Hewer in an MG BGT V8. The race was stopped with a red flag with just over a minute remaining, when Martin Barrow had a big accident on the start straight in his Jaguar E Type. He appeared to loose control exiting Devils Elbow and hit the tyre wall in front of race control, with his car left in the barrier just before the finish line. He was Not Classified as a finisher as he was not running when the red flag was shown, which was unfortunate as he had fought his way into 2nd place on track in his pursuit of Bowman in the XJS, and he also just set fastest lap. This gave Hewer 2nd place after his race long battle with David

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Moorhouse in an Austin Mini. He took 3rd place and a class win. The other class winners were 4th placed Clive Gimson in a Triumph GT6, 6th placed Michael Hunter in a Triumph TR4 and 8th placed Hannah Brian in a Rover Metro.

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Paul Cocksedge was 3rd in class in the combined race in his Vauxhall Tigra.

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Puma in 14th and Todd Garner in a Ford Fiesta ST150 in 17th.

The Classic Bikes second race was followed by the final race of the day for the Sports v Saloons challenge race. The small entry was fairly evenly split between saloons and sports cars and of it was Andrew Thompson in the Morgan ARV8 that started from Pole position and steadily pulled away from the rest of the field to win by over thirty two seconds. Best of the rest, and the only other car to compete the full race distance, was Paul Huxley in his Volkswagen Golf in 2nd place and winning his class. The final podium position went to Clive Gimson in a Triumph GT6, one lap down on the winner. The other three finishers all won their respective classes, with David Moorhouse in the Austin Mini finished 4th, Michael Hunter was 5th in his Triumph TR4 and the final finisher was Hannah Brian in her Rover Metro in 6th. The only retirement was Kevin Hewer in his MG B GT V8. Š Simon Wright

Volker Timm took a win in his Audi TT

Nevill was another class winner in 3rd In a Ford Escort RS2000. With this being a combined race, there were lots of different class winners, including earlier race winner Steve Rothery who was 4th in a Peugeot 308, 7th placed Bradley Lane in a Honda Civic Type R, 8th placed Jezz Francis in a Vauxhall Nova and 11th placed Paul Huxley in a VW Golf.

The final class winners were Dave Charlton driving a SEAT Leon in to 13th, Adrian Matthews in a Ford

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Class winner Paul Huxley in his VW Golf

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Nathan Wells Mini Cooper S R53 in the Production saloons race

George Thomas on a Dunnell Manx leads Chris Bassett Manx Norton and Peter Carr on a Manx Norton

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Adrian Bradley BMW M3 had a quick spin in the Super Saloon race

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Ian Sumner Morgan 4/4 ahead of Richard Fearn Morgan CS in the Aero Racing Morgan Challenge.

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Gary Thomas Lotus Seven in the Classic Challenge

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Gordon Russell in his Parker Kieft battled with Brian Joliffe in his Cooper Mk IX in 500 race.

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Wheels on Wednesday Spetchley Park Gardens 5th June 2019.

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Wednesday is open from 5pm on the first and third Wednesdays of each month from April to October and closes at 9pm. Admission is £3.00 per car (£2.50 if booked in advance via the web site https://www.wheelsonwednesday.co.uk/) and catering on site is provided by several food and drink outlets.

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Wheels on Wednesday This is a brand new venture set in the grounds of the Spetchley Park Gardens estate (post code WR5 1RS) and only a few minutes from Worcester North Junction 6 and Junction 7 of the M5. The organisers, led by ex-Shelsley Walsh manager Robin Webb, describe it as a social gathering of like-minded motoring enthusiasts and from modest beginnings in Spetchley’s car park alongside the A422 it has grown rapidly, having already had to move into the parkland itself to accommodate the numbers of vehicles of all types which come to see and be seen.

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A pair of British Classics, an MG Midget and a Triumph TR Sports Cars

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the current owner of the 7.2 litre V8 powered car having bought it from Essex quite recently. Not far away, next to an AC Cobra replica, stood an American Ford, decked out in the livery of New York Police Department. Its owner, also wearing NYPD © Peter McFadyen

The Welsh are coming A pair of Gilberns

supercars were in abundance, Lamborghinis and Aston Martins in particular. Among the ‘classic’ cars, we spotted not one but two Gilberns sitting together, a GT model and the later, slightly more angular, Genie. About 200 of each model were produced at Gilbern’s factory in the Rhondda Valley during the company’s short life from 1960 to 1972. © Peter McFadyen

American cars were well represented.

A 1975 Chrysler Imperial Le Baron has been in the UK for only about a year, Chrysler Le Baron.

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insignia, was nearby ‘guarding’ his son’s low-mileage Mini, apparently the more valuable of the two cars. A number of customised vans at the gathering were © Peter McFadyen somewhat overshadowed by a rather large sixwheeled Volvo camper with its interior accommodation open for inspection.

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desirable motor bikes, mostly modern, including Ducati, Yamaha and Triumph along with some lesser known but equally impressive specialist examples of 2-wheeled engineering.

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Ducati 999

luxury car to bear the Austin badge was an impressive 3-litre De Luxe model with hydrolastic suspension. Powered by a 125 BHP straight six cylinder engine returning 15-19 mpg, it was launched at the 1967 London Motor Show and, of the 9,992 built over the next four years, only 66 are reportedly still on the road.

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There was certainly a lot to see and plenty of variety at Wheels on Wednesday and it makes an interesting destination for an evening drive or ride on a long summer evening.

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Lamborghini, TVR supercar line-up

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Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe © Peter McFadyen

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Daks over Duxford

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As the pilots completed a multi thousand mile journey, the motorway signs helped them navigate the last 400 yards

troops landed in gliders or parachuted into Normandy. These troops were followed by a further 160,000 troops who stormed the Normandy beaches to start the liberation of Western Europe The air assault was dominated by the Douglas C47 Skytrain or as it was more commonly known in the UK, the Dakota. The Daks over Duxford event was set up to commemorate the 75th anniversary of this famous date in our history but also remember the vital part played by the Dakota. Of the 16,000 built, 300 still remain in flying condition around the world and over 30 were planned to gather at Duxford before at mass flight to Caen Carpiquet Airport in Normandy. The flight of Dakotas were then

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Daks over Duxford 75 years after the main event, the organisers of the anniversary commemorations seemingly had everything planned well in advance, but like their counterparts during WW11, they could not count on the British weather for its support.

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ensure it would be special.

Similar to 19454, a mass in period parachute drop of up to 250 jumpers using old style round chutes, was cancelled due to the inclement weather at Duxford.

In addition to the local Dakotas from Duxford and the UK, a squadron of Skytrains arrived from the US. Headed by the crew of “Placid Lassie” who C53 Little Egypt N8336C C-53DO "The Spirit of Benovia"

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Eight of the Dakotas were due to be based at RAF Mildenhall and joined the main group on the 5th June at Duxford for the main departure to France.

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had previously flown in America as part of the 70th anniversary. The squadron made various stops en route to the UK including Goose Bay in Canada, Narsarsuaq in Greenland, Reykjavik in Iceland, Wick and Prestwick in Scotland before arriving at Duxford.

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Leader of the pack, Placid Lassie was the first Dakota to commit to fly to the UK and lead the US squadron across the Atlantic.

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This two seat Spitfire runs pleasure flights around Duxford, but you will need around £3000.

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MSVR Masters Race Weekend

8th-9th June 2019, Donington Park.

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minute race. It was the Ford Escort RS1600 Mk 1 of Manfred Pledl on pole position, but it was Marcel Frijlink in another Ford Triple class winner in the NK GT & TC 66-81 race, Mark Dols in his Marcos 1800GT Escort RS1600 Mk1 that took the lead at the start and held the position to the flag. Pledl dropped to third at the start but was soon back into second place and the two escorts pulled well clear of the rest of the field to finish just 0.347 of a second apart. Continuing the Escort domination, another Mk 1 1600 finished The MSVR Masters Race Weekend meeting at 3rd driven by Freddy van Sprundel and Thijs & Theo Donington Park took place over the weekend of the van Gammeren finished 4th in an Escort RS2000 th th 8 and 9 June 2019, using the national circuit.

Mk1 and Jan Willem Oosterhagen was 5th in Saturday was mainly another RS2000. The Double class winner in the NK GT & TC 66-81 taken up with races Jeroen Feijten Simca Rallye 2 Gr2 first non-Ford finisher qualifying, only two was 6th place class races taking place late winner Eric Holthausen on Saturday afternoon. in a BMW 3.0 CSL. The One welcome addition other class winners to the meeting was the were Timo Span in a Dutch Championship Mini 1275 GT in 8th, NK GT&TC ‘66-81’ and Mark Dols in a Marcos their first of three races 1800GT in 9th, Michel had the honour of Vereeken driving a Ford starting the meeting Escort RS2000 Mk2 in © Simon Wright with a twenty five

Dutch NK GT & TC 66-81 double race winner Manfred Pledl in his Ford Escort RS1600 Mk 1

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11th, Ebdon & Slark sharing a Austin Mini Cooper S 1275 in 13th and Michel Braxhoofden driving a Renault 5 Alpine in 15th.

The second race saw Pledl get his revenge Thijs van Gammeren Ford Escort RS2000 by taking the Mk1 passes the class winning Michel victory after Braxhoofden in his Renault 5 Alpine in the NK GT & TC 66-81 race.

Frijlink retired in the pits after having battled with Plendl. Sprundel took 2nd, Oosterhagen was 3rd with Ford Escorts taking the first seven places. Apart from Timo Span, all the first race class winners repeated their success in the second race. With Span failing to take his class, Timo Span in his Mini 1275 GT in it was Jeroen the NK GT & TC 66-81 race Feijten in a Simca Rallye 2 GT2 that took the other class win in the second race.

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final outing for the Dutch teams at Donington saw a repeat of the second race for the first two places, with Pledl leading for the majority of the race.

Sprundel was over thirty seconds behind at the chequered flag and 3rd was taken this time by Thijs van Gammeren in his Ford Escort RS2000 Mk1.

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The Gentleman Drivers had a ninety minute race to bring Saturday activity to a close. Starting on Pole position was the Shelby Daytona Cobra driven by Thomas and Lockie. They led from the start until lap 32 when they made their driver change pit stop. This handed the lead to John Pearson, solo driving a Jaguar E-Type, for a couple of laps until he pitted for the compulsory pit stop. This put Steve Soper, also solo diving a Lotus Elan 26R, into the lead for a couple of laps until the Thomas/Lockie Cobra retook the lead.

They held the lead until they had to pit and retire on lap 51. They were still classified 15th overall, twelve laps behind the winners. Pearson now reinherited the lead but only kept it for a couple of laps, when the Shelby Daytona Cobra of Leo Voyazides and Simon Hadfield took the lead.

Over the last ten laps they extended the lead, to win by over eight seconds from John Pearson in the E-Type. The winning margin would have been greater but they received a 5 second penalty for exceeding track limits. The last podium place was taken by John Spiers in a TVR Griffith. The only other car to complete race distance was the Ginetta G4R of Maydon and Willis who won their class in 4th place. The other two class winners were 6th placed Ahlers and Bellinger in a Morgan Plus 4 Super Sports, four laps behind, and 10th placed Aylett and Farrall in a Diva GT, seven laps behind the winner.

Tim Harvey took an early lead in the Classic Formula Ford race.

The Luna Logistics Classic Formula Ford started the action on Sunday with their first of two races.

Former Touring car champion Tim Harvey claimed pole position in a Van Dieman RF81, but it was Simon Hadfield in a Lotus 59 off the front row, who led for the first six laps. Jordan Harrison in a Lola T540E grabbed the lead for a lap but he was passed by Rick Morris in a Royale RP29 and then Harrison retook the lead the next lap. The pair battled until the end of the race, with Š Simon Wright

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Start of the Classic Formula Ford race

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in the Lotus 59 and Rick Morris was 2nd on the road, but got a five second penalty for exceeding track limits. This dropped his Royale RP29 down to 5th and promoted a class winning Tim Harvey into 2nd place in his Van Dieman RF81. Mark Armstrong was 3rd on the road in his Van Dieman RF80, but he also received a five second penalty for exceeding track limits, which dropped him down to 7th. This gave 3rd place to Simon Jackson in a Javelin.

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until it too headed into the pits for its scheduled stop, which returned the lead to 9. The leading pair maintained their positions until lap 33 when the Falcon dropped out. This put the Ford Lotus Cortina of Martin & Soper in to 2nd place and he started to close the gap through traffic. By the end of the race the Martin and Soper Ford Lotus Cortina had closed the gap to jut 1.649 second behind winner Craig Davies in the Mustang, with both cars winning their class. Pole man Tom Bell finished in 4th in the Austin Mini Cooper S, winning his class.

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consisting of Mini Coopers, it was nice to see Tom Bell take pole position in an Austin Mini Cooper S. He managed to hold the lead for the first lap, but then Craig Davies in a much more powerful Ford Mustang got through and held a steady lead from the Ford Falcon of Thomas and Lockie. They maintained position until 9 Pre 66 Touring Cars winner headed in Craig Davies Ford Mustang for its scheduled pitstop.

The Falcon led for two laps

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Start of the Dunlop Saloon Car Cup race

Next out was the first of two Dunlop Saloon Car Cup races, who would also close the meeting on Sunday evening. Julian Thomas claimed pole position in his Ford Sierra RS500 even after loosing a lap time due to exceeding track limits. But it was fellow front row driver Stewart Whyte who took the lead from the start in his Honda Accord. He managed to hold on out front for the first seven laps before he had to give

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The moment Ric Wood Holden Commodore took the lead of the Dunlop Saloon Car Cup race from Stewart Whyte in his Honda Accord

best to Ric Wood in the mighty Holden Commodore, who went on to win by nearly nine seconds from Whyte. In 3rd place, some way behind, was Mark Wright in a Ford Sierra RS500.

All of the first three finishers won their respective classes. Pole man Thomas retired from the race on lap eleven. Almost all the other finishers won their class.

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missing pole man Ric Wood. This allowed Whyte an untroubled race to take a lights to flag victory in the Honda Accord. He was over six seconds ahead of Mark Wright who finished 2nd in his Ford Sierra RS500, and also won his class. Getting to the end of the race this time, Julian Thomas finished 3rd in his Ford Sierra RS500. Jason Hughes took 4th and a class win in his MG ZS. All the remaining finishers won their respective classes with in 5th place was Tony Absolom in a Vauxhall Cavalier, 6th place was 97

Class winners Mark Smith BMW E30 M3 and Jason Hughes MG ZS in the Dunlop Saloon Car Cup

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George Pochciol in a Ford Capri, and 7th was Jonathan Gomm in a Ford Escort Mk 1 BDA. The final finisher was Ronnie Haines in another Ford Escort Mk1, 2 laps behind the winner. © Simon Wright

Julian Thomas spun off in his Ford Sierra RS500 spun coming out of Goddards

The Masters Historic Sports Cars had a single one hour race before a very late lunch break. With a

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Start of the Masters Historic Sports Cars race with the A&M Banks McLaren M6B leading off the line

relatively small entry of just twelve cars, it was the powerful McLaren M6B of A & M Banks that was on pole position. Unfortunately another car was lost before the start as the Ian Simmonds Lola T70 Mk 1 Spyder failed to complete a single lap. The McLaren M6B of a & M Banks led the first twenty laps before pitting, but only © Peter McFadyen managed one more lap before retiring to the pits. Michael Gans in a Lola T290 was now leading and was so far in front he never lost the lead after his pitstop. After the stop he still had a twenty three second lead over Class winner Paul Allen Lola T212 in the Historic Sports Cars race

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Start of the SU Carburettors Masters Pre-66 Mini race

the Lola T70 Mk3B of Leo Voyazides and Simon Hadfield. When the Lola T70 retired into the pits, Matthew Wrigley in a Chevron B19 was over thirty seconds behind the leader in 2nd place. Over the next five laps, he closed the distance to just over three seconds. At this point Gans pressed on and started to open up a lead again and went on to win by over twenty three seconds from Wrigley. The Thomas and Lockie Chevron B8 was a lap down in 3rd place, while Paul Allen in a Lola T212 and the © Peter McFadyen Ahlers and Bellinger Cooper Monaco King Cobra completed the finishers, with all five who completed the race won their A & M Banks McLaren M6B was fastest in the respective Masters Historic Sports Cars race but retired

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SU Carburettors Masters Pre-66 Minis race. There was a large twenty eight car grid for this one hour race and the Jeff Smith and Scott Kendall Austin Mini Cooper S took pole position by just 0.031 of a second, despite having three lap times disallowed for exceeding track limits. They won’t the only ones who were throwing this agile little cars a bit too much round the track with another five cars having a total of another nine lap times disallowed. The first six cars on the grid were covered by less than a second. The one hour race covered a total of 99

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Mark Burnett Austin Mini Countryman finished 4th in the SU Carburettors Masters Pre-66 Mini race.

Pre-66 Mini race winner Endaf Owens Austin Mini Cooper S

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forty one laps. The race developed into a battle between the Minis of Endaf Owens and the shared car of Ian Curley and Bill Sollis. Owens led most of the way, with Curley/Sollis taking the lead on occasions before finally retiring on lap twenty nine.

This left Owens unchallenged to take the win by Benjamin Hatton Morris Mini Cooper S had an off at the Roberts chicane

over fifty four seconds from Elliot Stafford, with Nick Paddy in 3rd place. The meeting closed with the second of the Dunlop Saloon Car Cup races.

Smith/Polley Austin Mini Cooper S being chased by Jonathan Kent

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Citroen Centenary Event Coombe Abbey Park and Coventry City Centre 31st May – 2nd June 2019.

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Citroen 2CVs in convoy .

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Traction Avant which I remember from the original Maigret series on television featuring Rupert Davies. There was certainly a good line up of these cars here.

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Organised by the Citroen Car Club the 100th Anniversary of the marque was celebrated at Coombe Abbey Park near Coventry on the weekend of 31st May to 2nd June with a large gathering of cars. In addition to the familiar Traction Avant, 2CV, Ami, Dyane and DS examples, specials such as the Lomax were also represented. My particular favourite is the Citroen

On Friday the Citroen Specials Club offered a ‘tulip’ style run to all models and on the Saturday 2CVGB presented their Registers Day display.

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Citroen 10 Rosalie.

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Citroen Speedster

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On Sunday morning 100’s of Citroens set off in convoy for Coventry to take part in the Coventry Motofest which was also taking place over the weekend.

Following a parade on part of the ring road the cars were then on display in various parts of the city.

Ready for the convoy to Coventry MotoFest

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Power Maxed MotoFest, Coventry 1st-2nd June 2019

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to the recent changes in the law, this was the second year that a competitive motorsport event took place on closed public roads. An official round of the BARC Connaught National Speed Championship took place on a course laid out round approximately a quarter of the city inner ring road. With seventy seven cars competing across a range of classes, the field consisted of everything from a Fiat 500 Sport, through Lotus and Caterham

Shaun Elwell was fastest on the first timed run in his Caterham Seven Superlight

Group 44 Jaguar E Type

Now in its sixth year, Coventry MotoFest continues to expand, and this year it broke all previous attendance records, with 229,292 visitors attending the two day festival of motoring. This puts the event in to the same league as the Goodwood Festival of Speed as one of the biggest attended motoring Festivals in the UK. Even Saturday attendance was the largest yet with around 140,000 people enjoying all aspects of motoring that the event embraces.

This was about the same attendance as for the entire weekend in 2018.

The entire city centre was handed over to motoring and motorsport, with the GT Radical Sprint circuit using a large part of the City inner ring road. Thanks

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Sports cars, TVR’s and Hyundai Coupes, right through to a Bentley Continental GT3. The first timed run on Saturday saw Shaun Elwell set the fastest time in a Caterham Seven Superlight with a 107

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Sunday, with Clews improving on his second run, with a time of 76.20 to take 2nd overall on Sunday.

Jonathan Gibbs was 3rd fastest overall on Sunday in a Caterham C400 with a time of 77.49 seconds.

As well as the sprint competition, the ring road race track was used for all kinds of demonstrations over the weekend. One Saturday, hundreds of motorcycles took part in demonstration laps round the circuit, as well as displays from Jaguar heritage, © Pete Austin

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time of 71.82 seconds. The second timed run saw Clive Wooster in a Radical SR4 go faster, with a time of 68.93 seconds, and Chris Edwards managed 2nd fastest overall in a Mazda 323 GTX with a time of 71.06. Elwell was classified 3rd. On Sunday the fastest in the first timed run was Richard Clews in a Volkswagen Golf R with a time of 77.37 seconds. The times were much slower on © Simon Wright Sunday, with the second timed run seeing Chris Edwards with fastest time of 74.27 seconds.

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Triumph TR7 V8

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sponsored BMW E93 M3 competition car entertained the crowds, all watching the action for free. Sunday morning saw around a thousand Citroen cars parade around the circuit, having driven in from their centenary celebrations at nearby Coombe Abbey.

Away from the Sprint circuit, there was more action, with a drift circuit running in the Skydome Fueltopia Arena, under the ring road, and an Autotest National Championship © Pete Austin round on another car park within the city. Then there were the static Classic car displays, which were sponsored by the Coventry Business Skydome Motorsport & Performance Zone

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Improvement District, which celebrated over 100 years of motoring heritage. It seems like every bit os space within the city had turned into a car or motorcycle display area.

There was a large display in Broadgate, around the Lady Godiva statue, of classic cars.

Mazda MX-5 under the gaze of Lady Godiva

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Bull Yard, in the shopping area, was full of motorcycles. © Pete Austin

Italian Job Minis

The main display area for the event was located on Greyfriars © Pete Austin Green, a park area located next to the sprint circuit start line and next to Coventry train station. In this area there were displays

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Jaguar Formula E racer

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British Motor Museum and a stage with live music entertainment, plus a tribute to the movie ‘The Italian Job’. Jaguar have been such a large part of Coventry and as well as the Jaguar Heritage display, Jaguar were also proud to show the future, with the Jaguar Formula E Electric single seater racing car and the new Jaguar i-Pace electric racing SUV, which has its own support race series to the Formula E championship. The area also offered a good view down on the sprint circuit towards the start line. A returning favourite this year was the reappearance of Racing Trucks on track doing demonstration runs on the sprint course. These powerful vehicles are always a crowd pleaser. © Simon Wright

Racing Trucks made a return this year.

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We are pleased to bring you the exclusive shot of the new MinTina. A classic design 8 wheeler, seen in action at the MSVR Masters Race weekend at Donington Park.

Closing Shot.

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