Classic and Competition Car 111 December 2019

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

Issue 111 December 2019

Classic and Competition Car Founded 2010

Neil Howard Stages

HSCC Finals Silverstone Classic Motor Show, NEC

Walter Hayes Trophy, Silverstone.

Contents

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News.

Page 26 Targa New Zealand

Page 12 HSCC Finals Silverstone

Page 4 Photo of the Month.

Page 34 CSCC Swinging Sixties Donington Park

Page 50 Page 44 Bonded Warehouse Open Weekend

Page 61 Archive Photo of the month.

Walter Hayes Trophy Silverstone Page 93 HSA Sprint Curborough

Page 62 Classic Motor Show Front Cover:

Page 83 Silverstone Auctions at the Classic Motor Show.

Walter Hayes Trophy: Formula W Champion Jamie Chadwick competes at the Walter Hayes Trophy © Motorsport-Imagery.

Neil Howard Stages Rally : Steven Reid & Lee Clarke in the Subaru Impreza © Motorsport-Imagery.

HSCC Finals Silverstone: Michael Lyons in the Lola T300 © Simon Wright.

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Page 87 Rally of the Tests Our Team Simon Wright-Editor. Janet Wright-Staff Photographer.

Independent Freelance contributors in this issue.

Pete Austin, Peter McFadyen, Syd Wall, Plus David Goose & Stuart Yates of Motorsport-Imagery.

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Page 99 Neil Howard StagesRally

Page 109 Aston Martin Concorde edition

Page 114 Closing Shot

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Photo of the month

by David Goose of Motorsport Imagery.

On the recent Neil Howard Stages Rally, held at Oulton Park, the spectators were ready in ‘The Splash zone’ as the cars powered through the water splash on one of the special stages. Here 8th Place overall went to Richard Wells & Calvin Houidsworth in the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9

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Formula W Champion crashes out of Water Hayes Final.

Jamie Chadwick finished her 2019 racing season on a slight low after crashing out of the Walter Hayes Trophy final. Having already been crowned the inaugural Formula W Champion this year, she entered the Walter Hayes Trophy at Silverstone, driving a Ray GR14. She was drawn in Heat 1 and qualified 8th and finished 8th to progress straight to Semi-Final 2. Starting from the eighth row, she progressed to finish 13th and qualified for the Final. Unfortunately, as she was progressing through the field, on lap 3 she had a coming together with Stuart Gough in his Van Diemen JL16 at Luffield. Her car was too damaged to continue after being hit by Jamie Stanley in his Van Diemen RF02, who had no where to go. He was also out having damaged his rear wheel in the contact and the race was red flagged as her car was stuck on the track, though Gough did manage to take the restarted final. She did enjoy the race though and has vowed to return again.

Jamie was born in 1998 and at the age of 21 she has already won the British GT Championship (GT4) in 2015 sharing a Beechdean Aston Martin V8 Vantage with Ross Gunn, making her the youngest and first female winner of the championship. In 2018-19 she won the MRF Challenge in India with six wins in the single seater series organised by the Madras Motor Sport Club. She has been signed as a development driver for Williams Grand Prix Engineering.

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Auto Royale at Althrop.

The British International Concours d’Elegance aims to set new standards with its show at the ancestral home of the Spencer family, at Althrop in Northamptonshire. It will run from the 17th to the 19th July 2020 and aims to join the list of ‘Must attend’ essential English summer events. For more information visit https://autoroyale.org The Brabham BT62 showing part of its heritage, the Repco Brabham Grand Prix car.

Aston Martin DBS Superleggera Volante Sports car of the year.

The fastest ever convertible Aston Martin, a derivative of the Aston Martin Super GT, won “Sportscar of the year” at the Motor Awards 2019 with The Sun and Sunday Times. The award was collected by Miles Numberger at a star studded ceremony in London. It beat off the challenge from the McLaren 600LT Spider, the Porsche 911, BMW Z4, Toyota Supra and the Audi R8 V10

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Brabham returns to racing.

The famous Brabham name has returned to racing in 2019, with David Brabham emulating his father, Sir Jack Brabham, by winning in a car bearing his name. The Brabham BT62 sports car won on its debut in the Britcar Dunlop Endurance race at Brands Hatch at the beginning of November. Having to beat rain and darkness as well as fellow competitors, the car won the night race, and for the first time since the South African Grand Prix in March 1970, a Brabham, racing a Brabham, took victory with co-driver Will Powell.

The car was eligible to race because Britcar offered an invitation entry to its end-of-season race in the Dunlop Endurance Series. The Brabham ran ballast and was restricted to 60% of the 750 bhp output from its 5.4 litre, naturally aspirated V8 engine. It started from pole position and the only problem it encountered was a foggy windscreen.

When production models start rolling off the production line next year, they will include an electrically heated windscreen.

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edition model, with the 2 litre engine producing 295 bhp with bespoke FIA spec modifications and a hydraulic hand brake.

This was the final official public appearance of the car which celebrates 70 years since the introduction of the Jaguar XK120.

The Jaguar F-Type Chequered Flag limited edition is avaulable from £62,720. See www.jaguar.co.uk

Jaguar F-Type Rally Car makes final appearance.

One of only two Jaguar F-Type convertible rally cars was put through its paces on a special stage of the 2019 Wales Rally GB at Colwyn Bay. Driven by Junior Welsh Tarmac Rally Champion Jade Paveley, it demonstrated the agility and performance round the course which featured tight hairpin turns, and a challenging slalom section. The car pays homage to the legendary 1948 Jaguar XK120 rally car ‘NUB 120’ which achieved competition success in the RAC, Tulip and Alpine rallies in the early 1950s.

The F-Type rally car took design cues from the Chequered Flag limited

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Triumphant return of the Rolls Royce 103EX. The groundbreaking all electric experimental Rolls Royce Vision Next 100, codenamed 103EX, has returned to the Rolls Royce headquarters at Goodwood after touring the globe for the last four years. It will now be displayed at the companies headquarters to underline the marque’s commitment to future developments in electric power.

Originally launched in 2016, the radical car includes a fully electric drive train, completely autonomous drive with enhanced artificial intelligence. It represents the marque’s uncompromising view of the future of luxury motoring.

Book Review.

A Vintage Year 2019. Historic and Vintage Motor Sport.

By Peter McFadyen.

Landscape layout 10x8 in (25x20cm). 80 pages.

Hardcover. ISBN 9780464570691 Published Date: 22nd November 2019.

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A beautiful coffee table book has just been launched by one of our regular contributors, Peter McFadyen, It includes some stunning photographs displayed one per page. It features a selection of photographs taken during 2019 at race meetings, hill climbs, rallies and trials featuring vintage, historic and classic motor sport in the UK at its best.

You can purchase it from Blurb - click on this link. https://www.blurb.co.uk/b/9765970-a-vintage-year-2019 8 December 2019

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Unique Ginetta at Classic Motor Show.

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to the tub as well.

The car was designed to race in Formula 3 and was fitted with a 1 litre Holbay tuned Ford engine attached to a Hewland gearbox.

It made its debut at Snetterton on the 30th August 1964 where Chris Meek finished in 4th position, in what appears to be its only Formula 3 race. The complex construction of the tub made the car quite heavy and it was slow and difficult to make and as a result it remains a oneoff. It has been sold many times and at one point in the mid-seventies it was used as a hill climb car before being laid up. It has recently been fully restored and looked immaculate at the Classic Motor Show on the Ginetta Owners Club stand.

The Ginetta G8 was the first single seater that Ginetta designed and built in 1964. It was a ground breaking design that employed a centre monocoque tub made from two fibreglass mouldings bonded together in the form of a clamshell with a minimal steel chassis made up of 16 and 18 gauge tubing sandwiched inside. The drivers seat and fuel tank were integral to the design. A sub frame at © Simon Wright the front carries the suspension and brakes and is bolted directly to the tub. At the rear, the engine, gearbox and rear suspension is directly bolted © Simon Wright December 2019 Classic and Competition Car

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Bicester Heritage announces dates for Scramble events in 2020.

Starting its 6th year, the quarterly run Scramble events are open to all vehicles and enthusiasts, with pre-1990 cars offered access to park in the unique surroundings of the restored Technical site, formerly RAF Bicester, subject to availability. All events are ticket only and must be prebooked, there are no tickets available on the day. For more information on events and pre-booking tickets, see their web site : https://bicesterheritage.co.uk The dates for 2020 are 5th January 2020 26th April 2020 21st June 2020 - Super Scramble 4th October 2020. © Simon Wright

Autosport International Now that winter has arrived, motorsport events are in shorter supply, with mainly rallies and trials surviving the winter weather. So the motorsport fan turns to indoor shows to fulfil their continuing quest for motorsport. Europe’s largest motorsport show is on at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) near Birmingham from the 9th to the 12th of January 2020, with the first two days as Trade Days and the weekend is open to the public. This year is the 30th anniversary of the show, which was first held at the NEC in January 1991.

As well as halls of static displays covering all forms of motorsport, from grass roots right up to Formula 1, there are also the live action shows held in one of the larger halls to inject even more excitement in to your visit.

To book in advance and for more details visit their web site at www.autosportinternational.com

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Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500.

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Reis Race Retro show.

Europe’s number one historic motorsport show has forged a new partnership with Motorsport UK, the governing body of motorsport in the UK. Both organisations are working together to encourage more people to get involved in all forms of grass roots motorsport, which are showcased at the three day event. Celebrating it’s 18th anniversary, The Reis Race Retro show runs from the 21st to the 23rd February at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire. As well as several exhibition halls displaying all forms of motorsport exhibits, on the Saturday and Sunday there will be two live action rally stages held within the grounds of Stoneleigh Park, featuring up to 120 Group B, Group A, WRC and historic rally © Simon Wright cars giving demonstration runs round the challenging courses.

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Nissan and NISMO (Nissan Motorsports International Co Ltd) have released the first view of the 20202 spec Nissan GT-T NISMO GT500 race car. NISMO is developing the car for the 2020 Super GT series. It will comply with the new Class 1 technical regulations which will be adopted by the Super GT and DTM (Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters) series

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HSCC Silverstone Finals Historic Race Meeting.

Silverstone National circuit. 19th-20th October 2019.

By Simon & Janet Wright With additional photos by Peter McFadyen, Pete Austin And Stuart Yates of Motorsport-Imagery.

Lights are on for the start of the Historic Formula Ford 2000 race Š Peter McFadyen

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in a Gemini Mk2, 12th Hans Ciers in a Mallock U2 mk3 and 13th Tony Pearson in a Bandini. The second race on Sunday was held on a dry circuit and saw a repeat run for the first two, with class winner in the Formula Junior Front Drake winning by over Double engined race was Graham Barron in the Gemini Mk2 seven seconds from Mallock. De la Roche was beaten into 4th this time by Will Mitcham in another U2 Mk2 who took 3rd. Barron took a second class win in 11th, while the only other class winner in this race was Colin McKay in a Gemini Mk2.

Double Formula Junior Front engined race winner Chris Drake in the Terrier Mk4 was chased by Ray Mallock in the U2 Mk2

As we draw towards the end of the year, the Historic Sports Car Club (HSCC) held their Finals meeting at Silverstone, running most of their popular series for the final time in 2019.

The meeting started with the first of two races for Front Engined FJHRA/HSCC Historic Formula Junior single seaters. On a damp track it was Chris Drake in a Terrier Mk4 Series 1 who claimed Pole position for both races. The race was held on a drying circuit and saw Drake lead from start to finish, winning the first race by just 0.903 of a second from Ray Mallock in one The Class winning Bandini Front engined Formula of his U2 Mk2 cars.

Junior of Tony Pearson Well behind in 3rd was Peter de la Roche in a Lola Mk2. The other class winners were 9th Graham Barron © Simon Wright

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Hans Ciers in a Mallock U2 won his class in the Formula Junior Front Engined first race.

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Class winner Howard Payne Lotus Europa dives inside Steve Bellerby TVR 3000M in the 70’s Roadsports race The view most competitors had of 70’s Roadsports winner Kevin Kivlochan in his Morgan Plus 8

Next out on track were the 70’s Road Sports with a single twenty minute race on Saturday. John Williams put his Porsche 911SC on Pole position in the damp conditions at the front of a large grid, but was beaten off the grid by fellow front row sitter Kevin Kivlochan in his Morgan Plus 8. He led from start to finish to win by over twelve seconds from class

Wagstaff in an Alfa Romeo GTV and finally David Tomkinson in a Triumph Spitfire. © Simon Wright © Simon Wright Jon Wagstaff Alfa Romeo GTV won his class in the 70’s Roadsports

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A Triumph for David Tomkinson who won his class in the Triumph Spitfire in the 70’s Roadsports race

70’s Roadsports Class winner Rupert Ashdown Lotus Elan S1

Class winner Dave Karaskas TVR 3000M finished 2nd overall in the 70’s Roadsports race.

winning Dave Karaskas in his TVR 3000M. He was battling with Nic Strong in 3rd driving a Marcos 3000GT, while pole man Williams finished just behind in 4th. There were various class winners, including 6th Rupert Ashdown in a Lotus Elan S1, 7th Howard Payne in a Lotus Europa TC, 13th Jon

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Returning to single seater action, the first of two © Janet Wright races over the weekend for the HSCC Historic Formula Ford 2000 series. There was a great entry for this series and Jake Byrne was fastest in qualifying in his

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Historic Formula Ford 2000 double winner Jake Byrne in his Reynaed SF79

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Reynard SF79 but it was fellow front row man Ian Pearson who had the initial advantage in the race in his Royale RP30 over a squabbling pack of four cars fighting for the lead. By lap four Bryne had got in front and managed to open out a slight lead. On the ninth lap there was a collision when Daniel Clayfield spun his Reynard SF79 at Brooklands and © Simon Wright

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as his car went backwards across the track he collected the Delta T80 of John Moore and ripped off the rear wheel and wing from the Delta. This left Moore stuck on the edge of the track, while Clayfield was able to continue, minus part of his rear wing.

Bryne won by nearly three seconds from Benn Simms in a Reynard SF77, with Andrew Park making it a Reynard 1-2The double Class winning Tui BH2 3 in his SF81. The other of John Stapleton in Historic two class winners in the race were 10th placed Stuart Pearson in a Lola T580 and 20th placed John Stapleton in a Tui BH2. The second race was much closer, with Benn Simms leading the early stages before Calum Grant in a Delta T78 managed to get his nose in-front. The first three staged a great battle at the front, with Grant leading © Simon Wright until two thirds distance (10 laps) when Byrne retook the lead. At the flag it was Byrne by just 0.298 of a second from Grant who was just 0.52 of a Stuart Pearson Lola T580 took two class wins in the Historic Formula Ford 2000 second in front of Pearson. Simms had retired on lap nine from third place.

Pearson and Stapleton both again won their respective classes.

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Matthew Wrigley won both XL Aurora Series races in his Formula 2 March 782

Also getting two races over the weekend was the HSCC XL Aurora Series. The damp conditions favoured the more nimble Formula 2 cars and Matthew Wrigley claimed Pole position driving his March 782. After initially leading the first race, Michael Lyons used the power of his Formula 5000 Lola T300 to take the lead from Wrigley, but he was soon passed by Timothy de Silva in his Formula 2 Chevron B35 © Peter McFadyen

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Matthew Wurr’s F5000 McLaren M10B leads Neil Armstrong’s Lotus 69

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Clive Wood in his class winning Chevron B34 in the XL Aurora races

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who led for six laps, until just after half distance when he retired. This put Michael Lyons back in to the lead, but as they entered the final third of the race, Wrigley got the March back in front and went on to win by over eight seconds from Michael Lyons, who still won his class. In 3rd place was Andrew Hibberd in The XL Aurora Class his Formula 2 winning Brabham BT30 of John Cottrill Brabham BT38.

The only other car on the lead lap at the flag was Daniel Clayfield in his © Janet Wright March 722. In 5th place was the class winning Chevron B34 of Clive Wood, while Chris Levy in a Van Diemen RF83 and John Cottrill in a Brabham BT30 both won their classes. The Lyons family made it a clean Chris Levy Van Diemen sweep of class RF83 won his class in the XL Aurora race wins with Frank Lyons in the Lola T332 and Judy Lyons in the Surtees TS9 both

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Michael Lyons Lola T300 won his class in 2nd in the first XL Aurora race.

Frank Lyons took two class wins in his Lola T333 in the XL Aurora

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Judy Lyons Surtees TS9 took a couple of class wins in the XL Aurora races

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won their classes. Unfortunately, for the second race, on Sunday, Michael Lyons car was withdrawn along with Richard Ellingworth’s March 74B, Steve Worrad’s Chevron B45 and the Chevron B35 of Timothy de Silva, all of which had retired from the first race on Saturday. This left the Formula 2 cars of first race winner Wrigley in the March and Hibberd in the Brabham to have a fantastic battle for the race. Hibberd led the first four laps with Wrigley on his gearbox, before Wrigley got passed and led for the next ten laps before XL Aurora class winner Jeff Hibberd went Williams Van back in front Diemen RF82 again, but Wrigley was back in front next lap. Hibberd was in front again a few laps later © Simon Wright and looked to have the race victory in his pocket, but Wrigley timed it to perfection and took the win on the very last lap, winning by just 0.137 of a second. The pair had lapped the entire field,

with a class winning Clive Wood taking 3rd, one lap behind.

In 4th was Matthew Wurr in a McLaren M10B, winning his class along with Jeff Williams in a Van Diemen RF82 in 11th. Frank and Judy Lyons upheld family honours, both taking a second class win of the weekend.

Remaining with single seaters, it was now the turn of the Rear Engined Formula Junior cars to take to the track. With sunny qualifying on a drying circuit, it was Cam Jackson who was A mixed group of rear-engined Formula Juniors led by Peter Strauss (Lotus 20/22) fastest in and Nick Carlton-Smith’s Kieft qualifying in his Brabham BT2 and took Pole position in both races.

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around six seconds from Timothy de Silva in another Brabham BT2. The Brabham's in both races were well clear of 3rd placed Martin Walford in a Lotus 22. The other class winners in the races were, in the first race, John Chisholm took 7th place in a Gemini Mk3A and Guy Sheppard took 9th in a Cooper T56. Jason Williams in a Lotus 20/22 and Jeremy Bouckley in a

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Callum Grant Delta T78 finished 2nd in the second Historic FF2000 race

Peter Thompson in a close battle for second place in Historic F3 race

Neil Armstrong in his Lotus 69 making full use of the kerbs © Motorsport-Imagery © Peter McFadyen

Alex Morton’s Condor S2 (number 8) and John Arnold’s Elva 100 (No 13) side by side at Luffield early in the FJ F/E race

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Oil on the approach to Luffield led to an off-course excursion for Jack Moody’s Lotus Cortina among others in the Historic Touring Cars race.

Unusual to see such a powerful single seater as this F5000 Lola T140 driven by Alex Summers racing without wings, front or rear

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Cooper Mk2 took class wins in both races. In the second race it was class wins for Andrew Taylor in a Cooper T56 and Hans Ciers in a Lotus 20.

Opening lap of the second enthralling FF1600 race with eventual winner Cam Jackson (Winkelman Palliser WDF2) already in the lead

Historic Road Sports winner Kevin Kivlochan - AC Cobra

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The HSCC Historic Road Sports had their single race on Saturday afternoon, with Kevin Kivochan starting at the front in his AC Cobra. He led the twenty minute race from start to finish, winning by over six seconds. In 2nd place was Robin Pearce in a Morgan Plus 8 ahead of Richard Plant in another Morgan Plus 8. Class C winner was 4th placed Mark Godfrey in a Ginetta G4, while Class G was won by 10th placed Thomas Giddings in a Lotus Elan S1. The other three class winners were Class D John Shaw in a Porsche 911 in 12th, Class F Paul Kennelly driving a Austin Healey 100M in 17th and Class E winner Tony Davis driving an Austin Healey Sprite in 24th.

The HSCC Historic Formula Ford cars were also getting

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some useful practice for the Walter Hayes Trophy, coming up a couple of weeks later. On Pole position was Benjamin Tusting in his Merlyn Mk20A, but it was Cam Jackson in the Winkelmann WDF2 that was leading the train at the end of the first lap, with the top five all together and under a second separated them. The lead swopped between Jackson and Pierre Livingston in a Merlyn Mk20A for several laps, then Linton Stuteley got to the head of the train in his Royale RP3. The © Motorsport-Imagery

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Excursion onto the grass for Ross Drybrough in hi Merlyn MK20 AS in the second Historic Formula Ford race.

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Historic Formula Ford - Race 1 - Cam Jackson in the Winkelmann WDF2 leads the pack.

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front three managed to open a slight gap to the pursuing bunch with Jackson and Stuteley taking turns to lead, but at the flag it was Jackson winning by just 0.007 of a second from Stuteley with Ed Thurston less than half a second further back in 3rd at the wheel of his Merlyn Mk20A. Livingston finished 4th ahead of the class winning Brian Morris at the wheel of a Lola T202 in 5th place. The second race started in the finishing order of the first race and again Jackson and Stuteley took turns leading the train of four, all under a second apart. Livingston had a moment of glory at the front on the penultimate lap, but at the © Peter McFadyen flag it was second victory for Jackson, 0.042 of a second ahead of Stuteley, with Livingston in 3rd. Rob Smith took the class win in his Merlyn Mk20 in Tim Brise, brother of the late F1 driver Tony 7th.

Brise, took his Merlyn Mk20 to tenth place overall in the FF1600 race and fourth in the class for drivers over 50

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Classic F3 double race winner Ed Morris March 783

The HSCC Classic Formula 3 cars were out both Saturday and Sunday, closing the racing on Saturday. In Qualifying it was Ed Morris at the wheel of a March 783 that took pole with a sub one minute lap, at 59.196 seconds. He then dominated the first race to win by over seven seconds from Class C winner Benn Simms in a Reynard SF77 and David Thornburn took 3rd in a Ralt RT3. Class D was won by Tony Hancock in a Van Diemen RF82. The Sunday race saw Morris take a second win of the weekend, this time beating Steve Maxted driving a Ralt RT3 by over twelve seconds. Thornburn took another 3rd place. Simms repeated his class C victory, this time in 5th place overall.

Class D was taken by Ben Stiles in a Van Diemen RF82 in 7th.

Sunday saw some different championships taking to the track, with the first of two Classic Clubmans races opening the racing programme on Sunday. After qualifying on Saturday evening, it was Mark Charteris in a Mallock Mk20/21 on Pole position, which he converted in to a win by over seventeen seconds from Alan Cook in a similar Mallock Mk 20B/21. In 3rd was Adrian Holey in another Mallock Mk 20B, the only other driver on the same lap as

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Classic Clubmans double race winner Mark Charteris Mallock Mk20-21

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the winner. Class B was won by 7th placed Barry Webb in his Mallock Mk16BW and Class C was won by Chris Woodgate in a Mallock Mk11. The Invitation class was won by 4th placed Alan Davenport in a Centaur Mk14B-17 and the Sports 2000 class was won by 5th placed Hugo Besley in a Tiga SC82. The second race was later, on Sunday afternoon and it saw Charteris take a second convincing victory, this time ahead of John Harrison driving a Mallock Mk21, who also won the Invitation class. Cook was right behind him to take 3rd. Webb and Woodgate both took second class wins, as did Besley in the Sports 2000 class.

Start of the second Historic Formula 3 races

from Peter Thompson in 2nd in a Brabham BT21, with Simon Armer in a March 703 right behind him at the chequered flag.

The Invitation class was won by Roger Fowler in a Lola T60.

With Milicevic out of the running for the second race, it was again left for Hibberd to take the victory, over seventeen seconds ahead of Michael Scott in a Brabham BT28. In 3rd place was Andy Jarvis in a March 703 just ahead of Armer.

Fowler again won the Invitation class. © Pete Austin

After the second races for the Front Engined Formula Juniors, Historic Formula Ford 2000 and XL Aurora Trophy cars it was time for the first of two HSCC Historic Formula 3 races. Andrew Hibberd was having a busy weekend in several races, and he claimed Pole position for the Historic Formula 3 race in his Brabham BT18 by a very slender 0.073 of a second from Jon Milicevic in his Brabham BT21B. From the start it was Milicevic in the lead and Hibberd on his gearbox, until Milicevic retired in the pits on lap twelve. This left Hibberd to take a clear win, by nearly twenty seconds,

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Another double race win for Andrew Hibberd Brabham BT18 in the HS+CC Historic Formula 3

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Another double race winner Richard Belcher - Ford Lotus Cortina in the Historic Touring Cars races

The HSCC Historic Touring Cars also had two races on Sunday. On Pole position was Richard Belcher at the wheel of his Ford Lotus Cortina and he converted that to a lights to flag victory. He was initially chased by Roger Stanford in another Ford Lotus Cortina and then Jack Moody in another Ford Lotus Cortina, but it was David Hall in yet another Ford Lotus Cortina that finished 2nd and won his class, with Stanford 3rd and Moody 4th. The K3 class was won by 5th placed Bill Sollis in a Morris Mini Cooper S, just ahead of C Class winner Bob Bullen in a Ford Anglia. The other two class winners were 7th placed Roger Godfrey in an Austin Mini Cooper S and 13th placed Charles Fripp in an unusual An unusual entry in the Historic Touring Car races, Charles Fripp’s class winning 1966 3.4 litre Iso Rivolta

Tim Harber’s Austin Mini’s rear wheel takes a rest as he takes Brooklands Corner.

Iso Rivolta. Making it two in a row, Belcher won the second race, this time ahead of Moody, who won his class, Stanford was 3rd and Hall 4th, all driving Ford Lotus Cortina saloons. Sollis (5th), Bullen (6th) and Godfrey (7th) all took second class wins, while the Iso Rivolta was withdrawn from the second race. © Motorsport-Imagery

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Class winner David Hall Ford Lotus Cortina finished 2nd in the first Historic Touring Cars race.

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Driver change for eventual winners of the Guards Trophy race - Michael and Andrew Hibberd

Lotus 23B of Andrew & Michael Hibberd who were in second place. They returned to the track in the same order, but four laps later the Lotus got passed to lead the race for a couple of laps. But Allison responded and retook the lead and was first passed the chequered flag. He was then given a 30 second penalty for speeding in the pit lane which dropped him down to 4th. This gave victory to the Lotus 23B of Andrew and Michael Hibberd who were over six seconds ahead of Philip Nelson in his Chevron B8, while Nick Pancisi took 3rd in an Elva Mk7. All three won their respective classes. The pole sitting TVR of Gardiner and Cook also won their class in 5th place. The other class winners wereRichard Piper driving a Fitzgerald B2 Brahma in 7th, Ross Hyett in a Lotus Elan 26R in 10th, Douglas Muirhead in an Austin Healey 100/6 in 17th and Richard Grube in an MGB in 18th.

The meeting closed with the second races for Historic Formula 3 and Historic Touring Cars bought the HSCC 2019 season to a close.

The second races for the Rear Engined Formula Junior cars, Historic Formula Ford, Classic Formula 3 and Classic Clubmans were followed by the Guards Trophy race. Claiming Pole position for the single forty minute race was the TVR Griffith 200 of Gardiner and Cook, who led the race until their pitstop on lap fifteen. This gave the lead to the Chevron B8 of © Motorsport-Imagery Charlie Allison, who held it for six laps before he stopped for his compulsory pitstop, followed in by the Richard Grube through Luffield on three wheels during qualifying

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Callum Grant’s Marcos 1800GT lost a rear wheel at Luffield

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25th anniversary 2019 Targa New Zealand Taupo-Palmerston North 29th October to 2nd November 2019.

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This year’s Targa NZ event again incorporated a Time Trial organised in association with New Zealand’s Vintage Car Club.

MACKENZIE & SAYERS STEP UP FOR FIRST TARGA NZ WIN. Proving that the old adage ‘to finish first, first you have to finish,’ is as true today as it was when it was first coined, Aucklander Haydn Mackenzie and his Hamilton-based codriver Matthew Sayers (Mitsubishi Evo 10) won this year’s 25 anniversary Targa New Zealand tarmac motor rally.

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minutes (11.47.9 was the exact margin) up on the secondplaced Porsche 991 GT3 RS of 2103 event winners Martin Dippie and his codriver Jona Grant.

In doing so, Mackenzie – the 35-year-old dealer principal at his family’s Toyota dealership in Auckland’s Albany, and good mate Sayers, who works in sales in Hamilton – claimed their second major Targa event win in a year, having earned their first, at the three-day Targa Hawke’s Bay event in May. © Fast Company/ProShotz Inkster & Winn out.

Their impressive from-thefront win also broke the fiveevent winning streak by fellow Aucklanders Glenn Inkster and Spencer Winn (Mitsubishi Evo 8) who set the pace early on only to fall victim to an engine bay fire on the first stage – Fields Track – on Friday.

In taking over the lead from Inkster and Winn and going on to win this year’s TaupoPalmerston North event, Mackenzie and Sayers have added their names to an exalted list of recent Targa NZ winners which includes

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circuit-owning Scottish-born entrepreneur Tony Quinn and his Adelaide-based co-driver Naomi Tillett (Nissan GT-R35) who won the event four-times in a row between 2009 and 2012, and this year’s runners-up, Dunedin duo Martin Dippie and co-driver Jona Grant (Porsche 991 GT3 RS) who won it outright in 2013.

Early on in the event Subaru Impreza WRX ace Leigh Hopper and co-driver Michael Goudie ran second to Glenn Inkster and Spencer Winn

Second overall and first 2WD car home was the Porsche 991 GT3RS of Martin Dippie and Jona Grant

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That said, before they blew a power steering pump and the resulting engine bay oil fire stopped them in their tracks on Friday morning the event belonged to Glenn Inkster and Spencer Winn.

Gunning for a record-making sixth consecutive win, the pair had set a punishing pace from the start of this year’s fiveday 1932km marathon in Taupo on Tuesday. And as they headed into the Field’s Track stage had a four-and-a-halfminute lead over Mackenzie and Sayers and a frankly incredible (at the time) buffer of 10.59.5 minutes over third placed Leigh Hopper and co-driver Michael Goudie (Subaru Impreza WRX).

Hopper and Goudie had held second place with Mackenzie and Sayers in third up until halfway through the third day of the event.

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But damage to the car’s cooling system sustained after a heavy landing off the first of the event’s famous Inglewood ‘yumps’ the day before proved terminal and like Inkster and Winn, Hopper and Goudie were out with two full days of competition still to go.

Inkster and Winn still won the most stages – 15 out of 31 – but Mackenzie and Sayers were next best with 10, including a title-affirming blast through the final 23.95km Mangatainoka stage on the way back to event’s end in Palmerston North, the margin over penultimate stage winner and final and event runners-up Dippie and Grant, just 0.4 of a second!

Heading into the final day Mackenzie and Sayers’ teammates, fellow Aucklanders David Rogers and Aidan Kelly (Mitsubishi Evo 10), closed to within eight seconds of the Dippie/Grant Porsche. And looked like a definite P2 threat.

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Gravel rally ace Marcus van Klink and co-driver Matt Richards proved just as quick on seal in van Klink’s tri-rotor 20B-powered Mazda RX8!

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Dippie, however, accepted the challenge with bells on it, cranking the gap back up on the more open roads of the Manawatu and far western Hawke’s Bay to secure the runner-up spot.

As it turned out Rogers and Kelly had problems of their own, ending up back in fifth place (and third in class) after engine issues in the penultimate stage.

That left event specialist Jason Gill and his co-driver Mark Robinson (VW Polo R) to move up another spot to third with Marcus van Klink and his co-driver Matt Richards following through to fourth in van Klink’s triple rotor 20B-powered Mazda RX8 After early marque pace-setter Eddie Bell and co-driver Bair Forbes crashed out of the event on the third day in Bell’s late-model BMW M3, the first BMW home this year was the E46 M3 of Perth driver Robert Darrington and Kiwi co-driver David Abetz in sixth place overall, just 6.8 seconds – mind -

in front of the six cylinder-engined ‘330ti’ Compact model of Jeremy Friar and Katrina Renshaw.

Enjoying one of their highest finishes, not to mention best events in several years, in eighth place, meanwhile, were Subaru Impreza WRX pair Graham Wong and Kim Blatchley Classic battle.

If ever there was a battle royal for class honours that raged from the first stage on Tuesday until the final one today, it was the one between Classic 2WD class winners Bevan Claridge and co-driver Campbell Tannock (Holden Commodore SS V8) and event stalwart Barry KirkBurnnand and his co-driver Dave O’Carroll (BMW E30 M3).

Early on it was Barry’s Wellington-based nephew Mark and co-driving father Chris in their own E30 BMW M3 who were setting the pace in the Classic 2WD category.

They – literally – slumped out of the event on the start of the third day when a front left suspension strut collapsed,

Mitsi Evo 10 engine and running gear in trick, Polishbuilt V Polo R chassis proved potent combination for event stalwarts Jason Gill and codriver Mark Robinson

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Bevan Claridge and Campbell Tannock won the Classic 2WD class in Claridge’s Holden Commodore SS

faceted one with three separate starting groups Competition, the Targa Tour and another Time Trial organised in conjunction with the Vintage Car Club of New Zealand.

A separately scored but concurrently-run two-day ‘Regional Targa’ – complete with its own eight-strong Targa Tour group - was also run this year over the final two days of the main event.

Former New Zealand rally champion Bruce Herbert and codriver Bevan Parker (Mitsubishi Lancer) from Palmerston North won the two-day Regional Targa event from the Subaru Impreza WRX of Richard Gillies and Stephen Burr.

The concurrent Time Trial organised and run by the Vintage Car Club of New Zealand in association with Targa NZ, meanwhile, was won by Russell Yates and Alise Inger in an MGB Roadster.

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however, leaving Auckland-based Barry the only driver capable of running at the (top 10 overall) pace Claridge and do-driver Tannock were setting.

Claridge certainly knows the car, after-all, he bought it new back in 1992, sold it, then bought it back several years later – pretty much from the side of the road in Cambridge because he always reckoned it would ‘make a great Targa car!’

Which indeed it has, the Horowhenua market gardener (the face, of Bevan’s Potatoes, no less!) and good mate and codriver Tannock enjoying a winning buffer or just over five minutes by the time they reached the finish line.

Which sounds a lot, but a comparison of stage times across all five days shows that sometimes the margin between the Commodore and the B K-B/O’Carroll BMW M3 was down to 0.2 of a second.

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This year’s 25 annual Targa NZ event was again a multi-

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RESULTS. Final Overall Top 10.

1. Haydn Mackenzie/Matthew Sayers (Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X RS) 5:44:04.0 2. Martin Dippie/Jona Grant (Porsche 991 GT3 RS) 5:55:51.9 Glenn Inkster and Spencer Winn +11:47.9 +11:47.9 Mitsubishi Evo 8 set the early pace.

3. Jason Gill/Mark Robinson (VW Polo R) 6:00:34.9 +16:30.9 +4:43.0 4. Marcus van Klink/Matt Richards (Mazda RX8) 6:02:18.8 +18:14.8 +1:43.9 5. David Rogers/Aidan Kelly (Mitsubishi Lancer EVO 10 RS) 6:07:14.1 +23:10.1 +4:55.3 6. Robert Darrington/David Abetz (BMW M3) 6:07:51.9 +23:47.9 +0:37.8 7. Jeremy Friar/Katrina Renshaw (BMW 330ti) 6:07:58.7 +23:54.7 +0:06.8 8. Graeme Wong/Kim Blatchley (Subaru Impreza WRX) 6:14:23.2 +30:19.2 +6:24.5 9. Bevan Claridge/Campbell Tannock (Holden SS) 6:17:26.3 +33:22.3 +3:03.1 10. Barry Kirk-Burnnand/Dave O'Carroll (BMW E30 M3) 6:22:37.2 +38:33.2 +5:10.9

2. Grant Ford/Gary Smith (Holden Monaro) 570 3. Tim Evans/Wylie Evans (Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV) 632 4. John Corbett/Dallis Yates (Jaguar E Type) 765 5. Mark Errington/Peter Cameron (Subaru) 990 6. Ash Price/Grant Simpson (Volvo 131) 1137 Two-Day Regional Targa.

Top 6 1. Bruce Herbert/Bevan Parker (Mitsubishi Lancer) 2:33:04.0 2. Richard Gillies/Stephen Burr (Subaru Impreza) 2:34:04.3 +1:00.3 +1:00.3 3. Chris & Francesca Lewis (Toyota 86) 2:34:08.8 +1:04.8 +0:04.5 4. Stuart & Jane Richmond (Mitsubishi Lancer EVO 6)

Aussie Rob Darrington and Kiwi codriver David Abetz in Darrington’s BMW “Art Car’-inspired E46 M3

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you and shout ‘classic.’ But it has a fantastic ‘back story’ (see main event report), has been built smart (drysumped engine/forged wheels/big aftermarket brake package etc etc) and is a real crowd favourite, particularly in the rural heartland.

Next up is the E30 model BMW M3 of Targa ‘superveteran’ Barry Kirk-Burnnand and co-driver Dave O’Carroll. ‘B K-B’ started doing Targa NZ events in a Mk 11 Lotus Cortina…. until he decided the toll five days of high-speed racing on our less-than-perfect roads was having on the car and his wallet.

At that point he and Wellington-based brother Chris updated to the then newer, more robust and reliable E30 BMW M3s. But as both the maintenance required to keep them reliable, and value of these cars starts trending up, the pair might well have to start thinking again about a succession policy.

Or start looking at purpose-built classic race (as opposed Graeme Sharp and John Rapley Saab 96

SIDEBAR STORY. A CLASSIC DILEMMA. Time, as they say, waits for no man. And the days of the annual Targa NZ event looking like a rolling road show of knockabout, daily-driven ‘classics’ are long gone.

Evolution is not necessarily a bad thing, however. Take the top ten finishers in the Classic 2WD class and check out the diversity therein.

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Rounding out the top ten were the Datsun 240Z of David Menzies and Rhys Turner (9 ) and the car which has become the ultimate expression of the ‘classic’ spirit of the event, ‘Barty.’ the 1964 Fiat Abarth Berlina Corse 1000 of Mike Lowe and co-driver Phil Sutton.

After 20 Targa NZ events together Lowe ‘retired’ Barty to Tony Quinn’s National Motoring Museum at Highlands Motorsport Park, replacing ‘him’ with a late model Fiat 500 ‘Abarth.’

The newer car was quicker, more reliable and (much) easier to drive. But in as good a metaphor for the place classic cars continue to have in this ‘classic’ Kiwi event, Lowe missed ‘Barty’ and the experience not just of driving him, but also keeping him going, So, he pulled him back out of the Cromwell museum and used him to finish a (relatively) trouble-free 10 in class and 29 overall in this year’s 25 annual event. th

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to modified road) cars like the Wales Motorsport Mk 2 Ford Escort of Tim McIvor and co-driver Kerry Sloan which finished third in class this year.

Or the archetypal ‘bubble-guarded’ Mk 1 versions of event regular Peter Jones and co-driver John Ludlow from Nelson (4 in class & 15 overall) or the one Emirates Team NZ boss Grant Dalton and classic Japanese motorcycle and now car collecting co-driver Chris Stephens leased to go 8 /25 .

The Classic 2WD class will always be a natural home, too, for the likes of Mark McCaughan and co-driver Lindsay Lyons in McCaughan’s Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16 (5 ).

Not to mention the Porsche 911S of event stalwart Eddie Grooten and co-driver Wade Maurice (6 ).

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The Swinging Sixties Group 2 race gets underway with Dave Roberts (Datsun 240Z) and Malcolm Johnson (Lotus Europa) leading away

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Swinging in the Rain The Classic Sports Car Club began life in 2001 after founder Richard Culverhouse moved on from his position as Competition Secretary at the Aston Martin Owners Club.

Its aim was, and still is, to promote motor sport at ‘grass roots’ level and its own first race series, entitled the Swinging Sixties, made its debut at Croft in April 2004 with just fourteen cars on the grid. Since then, the CSCC and the series have flourished to the extent that they now run ten race series and the Swinging Sixties has had to be split

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into two groups to cater for the numbers wanting to take part.

As originally devised, the Swinging Sixties caters for sports, saloon and GT cars from the 1950s and ‘60s, running on 60-profile Yokohama road tyres with each race offering a minimum of 60 minutes on track – 40 minute race plus at least 20 (now 30) minutes practice and so it was well named. All cars must retain their original silhouette from any angle, the original engine type and mode of induction and be well presented. These

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Third place in the Swinging Sixties Group 2 race went to the Wolfe/Thompson TVR Tuscan V8, hardly the ideal car for the conditions

are the only rules. Group 1 consists of three capacity classes up to 2,000cc with a separate class for cars on Dunlop Historic tyres while Group 2 is for larger engined cars, V8s and all Lotuses. Interestingly, there is also a ‘taster’ class for first time entrants who, for one race only, do not have to pay the series registration fee.

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Matt Snowball’s Plymouth Barracuda which finished 13th and won its class in the Swinging Sixties Group 2 race.

the conditions. But go ahead it did with Group 2 of the Swinging Sixties the first on track. Dave Roberts (Datsun 240Z) managed to stay on track and lead for the whole 40 minutes except for his compulsory pit stop when Jamie Keevill’s Lotus Elan took over until its own stop dropped it back to tenth at the finish. The first of two safety car periods came on lap 2 and with cars sailing off

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This Series 4 Lotus Elan has competed in the Swinging Sixties Group 2 races from the beginning and is now driven by Jonathan Crayston

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John Leslie has raced his Reliant Sabre 6 GT in the Swinging Sixties from the very earliest rounds – and seems to have the scrutineers’ stickers on his window to prove it

into the gravel at every opportunity the second one came just five laps later. Only five cars failed to reach the finish however, Malcolm Johnson’s Lotus Europa finishing second and the John Wolfe/David Thompson TVR Tuscan V8 taking third.

Christopher Edwards’ Triumph TR4 kicks up the spray in front of the McBride/Domin MGC in the Swinging Sixties Group 2 race.

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The opening lap of the Swinging Sixties Group 1 race with the Minis of Patterson/Ford and Streek already to the fore

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A full 36 car grid lined up for the Group 1 race and again one car held onto the lead all the way, the Rover Mini 1275 of Guy Patterson and Anthony Ford which finished over 42 seconds ahead of the Austin Cooper S of Oliver Streek with class winner Ian Everett’s BMW 1502 a further 24 seconds adrift. He was almost 30 seconds ahead of his nearest rival, Steve Smith who finished 4th overall and 2nd in class in his 1900cc MG A. This time, the safety car was not needed and 31 cars were classified as finishers. Sam Polley took the B class win in his MG Midget 1500, over a lap ahead of his nearest rival Tim Cairns in his Austin Healey Frogeye Sprite 1460

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The Sunbeam Rapier H120 driven by Paul and Jill Lovett survived several spins to finish 29thin the Swinging Sixties Group 1 race.

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Brent Fowler’s Austin Healey Sprite leads the 4th places MGA of Steve Smith, Nick Aveyard and Rob Sinclair’s MG Midget and Ian Clark’s MGB GT in the Swinging Sixties Group 1 race.

The Swinging Sixties Group 1 race winning Mini 1275 of Gary Patterson and Anthony Ford.

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Swinging Sixties Group 1 variety – Drew Nicholson’s Alfa Romeo GY Junior leads the BMW of Thomas Pead, Tim Read’s Marcos 1600GT, MGB, Lotus Cortina and another BMW

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The battle for second place in the Swinging Sixties Group 1 race between Ian Everett’s BMW 1502 and Oliver Streek’s Cooper S Tony and Aston Blake’s Porsche 911 RSR finished second in the Future Classics race

Between the two Swinging Sixties races, another successful CSCC series, the Future Classics had their 40 minute race which was won by Matthew Irons and Jake Severs in a BMW 323i E21 from Aston & Tony Blake sharing a Porsche 911 RSR and the class winning James & William Dingle driving a Porsche 944 S2. In 4th place was class winner Tom Brenton in a Ford Sierra XR8 followed in 5th by another class winner, Paul Dolan driving a BMW 325i E30. The other class winners in the race were Martin & Rob Adams in a Triumph TR7 V8, Jonathan Mitchell in a Mazda MX5 Mk1 and Colin Claxton in a Triumph Dolomite Sprint.

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The third placed Porsche 944 of James and William Dingle follows the similar car of Richard Bayston towards Redgate in the Future Classics race.

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Matthew Irons and Jake Severs won the Future Classics race in their BMW 323i E28

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Martin Reynolds’ 6.8 litre Ford Mustang Mach 1 in the Future Classics race.

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Colin Claxton’s Triumph Dolomite Sprint was a class winner in the Future Classics race

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Side by side into Redgate go Sanjay Talwar (Porsche 911) and the Gilbey/Molineaux BMW E30 M3 in the Future Classics race,

Tom Brenton’s 5.4 litre Ford Sierra XR8 passes Mark Chilton’s Nissan Skyline during the Future Classics race

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The start of the Jaguar Saloon & GT Championship race

A race for the Jaguar Saloon & GT Championship run in conjunction with the Jaguar Enthusiasts Club was won by James Ramm’s 4-litre XJS before the longest race of the day, the 60-minute Mintex Classic K race, began with the rain finally beginning to ease slightly. This series is for cars complying with the FIA’s Appendix K regulations and therefore relatively standard and the race was won by a Jaguar E-Type from two Ford Mustangs and an Austin Cooper S. The day’s racing ended with a 40-minute night race and, although clocks did not go back for another 8 hours, it began in complete darkness.

In complete contrast, the following day was dry, bright and sunny and the CSCC completed its season with eight more races, two of them after darkness had fallen.

James Ramm’s Jaguar XJS won the Jaguar Saloon & GT Championship race

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Colin Philpott finished third overall in his Jaguar XJS

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The Jaguars stream into Redgate with Sam Clarke Jr on the inside of race winner James Ramm closely followed

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Bonded Warehouse Open Weekend.

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The Overland offered more power at 27 bhp and a three speed selective sliding gearbox with an oil filled clutch, compared to the two speed planetary gearbox of the Model T. The Overland also featured semi-elliptic spring suspension, but the two leaf springs wee configured in a triangular “triplex” layout. Two quarter elliptic springs at each axle cantilever inwards to the chassis at an angle.

The car also featured wooden spoked wheels. Also until 1922, it used a gravity feed fuel tank located in the cowl. In the early years, Willys-Overland was second to Ford in production, and in the early 20’s production was a round 100,000 vehicles a year.

Stourbridge Six from the 1930’s.

The Bonded Warehouse in Stourbridge, West Midlands, held their annual Open Weekend at the end of October, which included their usual Classic Car Show. This year, on the Sunday, there seemed to be fewer Classic Cars on display, but whilst there may not have been quantity, there was definitely quality. It was probably an equal split between vintage and classic cars on show. The most unusual car was a 1922 Willys Overland Model 4 Tourer, built in Toledo, Ohio, USA. This car was offered as a more upmarket vehicle compared to the popular Ford Model T.

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With pride of place at the entrance to the site was a 1934 Morris Oxford Six saloon. The original model was built between 1921 and 1926 with a straight six engine, but the car proved to be unreliable. The version was re-introduced in 1929 as a replacement for the Morris Oxford 16/40 and built until 1935. The 1938cc Six Cylinder was built until 1933 and was much © Janet Wright more successful than the previous version.

The engine produced 45 bhp and the car could reach 60 mph in top gear. The coach built saloon cost £299.

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Austin Sixteen Light Six, to distinguish the model from the smaller engined models in the range, a plated Austin Six badge was fixed to the radiator grill. The model was built at Longbridge between 1927 and 1937 as a medium saloon, fitting in above the Austin Seven and Twelve cars but below the larger 3.6 litre Austin Twenty.

It was powered by a six cylinder 2249 cc side valve engine which was connected to a four speed manual gearbox through a single plate dry clutch. It drives the rear wheels through an open prop shaft connected at the front by a Hardy type joint and the rear by a metal universal joint to the three quarter floating back axle. The suspension is semi elliptic springs front and rear. © Janet Wright

A more luxurious car from the same period, was the 1934 Daimler Fifteen Six light saloon. This was the first Daimler to be sold for under £500 since World War 1, with a price of £450. The Six cylinder 1805cc inline over

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head valve (ohv) engine produced 15 bhp, which gave the model its name. The engine was connected to a 4 speed Wilson preselective self changing gearbox with fluid flywheel and an open prop shaft connected to a worm driven rear axle. © Simon Wright If you wanted a more sporty option, there was the 1938 MG VA or 1 ½ litre tourer. The car at Stourbridge was one of only two cars that left the Abingdon factory as a Chassis only in 1938 and was exported to Keller & Co in Switzerland, where it appeared in the 1938 Geneva Motor show, still as a chassis. It is thought to have been fitted with a special body and took part in the Swiss Time Trials as part of a 3 car MG Team, which won the team prize. The car is believed to have been involved in an accident, as there are signs of chassis damage. After being returned to Abingdon, it was fitted with a standard Touring body and registered in England in 1940. The four cylinder 1548cc engine gives a top speed of 82 mph with the windscreen lowered, and a cruising speed of 55-60 mph. In 1938 the list price of the Tourer was £285.

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At the other end of the market was a 1939 Standard Flying Eight with its 1021cc side valve engine engine and 3 speed gearbox.

This was the smallest of the Standard Flying family and was launched in 1938 It was also the first Standard in the 8 hp market and also the first British 8 hp family car to feature Independent Front Suspension via a transverse leaf spring. It also had cable © Janet Wright operated brakes. The small engine produced 31 bhp at 4000 rpm. The all steel body was produced by Fisher & Ludlow in Coventry.

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by an 850cc engine and was aimed at buyers of the rival Austin 7, which had been introduced in 1922. In 1926 William Morris had privately bought Wolseley, which gave him more production capacity and access to Wolseley’s design engineers and enabled him to very quickly produce the Morris Minor.The new Wolseley designed engine produced 20 bhp, allowing a top speed of 55 mph. Morris’s in-house engineers devised a simpler side valve design which produced lower power, was introduced in late 1930 and was fitted to the cheaper models of the car.

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has a 918cc four cylinder OHV engine fitted with a single SU carburettor and develops 32 bhp. It is connected to a four speed gearbox driving the rear wheels. This car was based on the Morris Eight series E and shared some body panels with the MG Y-type and was designed before the second World War and was originally due ti be launched in 1940. Although based on the Morris Eight, it had a different appearance due to having traditional Wolseley bonnet and grille and the boot lid was hinged at the bottom rather than the top. It was more expensive than the Morris Eight at £416, which was £115 more than the Morris. © Janet Wright

some differences to the body, with the rear wings and boot panels not interchangeable and as usual a Wolseley grille was fitted. The engine was the BMC Bseries engine, the same as the MG Magnette but was fitted with just a single SU carburettor and therefore produced less power than the MG at 55 bhp. It had the option of a Manumatic two pedal centrifugal clutch transmission. This was controlled by a switch hidden in the gear lever which operates a vacuum servo. There was no synchromesh on first gear and required double declutching to engage the lowest gear ratio. With the Manumatic clutch, it could reach a top speed of 77 mph and accelerate from 0-60 mph in 26.7 seconds. It could achieve 28.7 miles per gallon and cost £1011 when launched. Between 1956 and 1958 over twelve thousand cars were assembled. © Simon Wright

Maintaining the British Leyland theme, there were a modern Rover 2000, Morris Minor, Nash Metropolitan and a Triumph Spitfire also on show. Also adding a little variety were a three wheeled Bond Bug and a Grinnall three wheeler, plus a Monster truck - Roughneck.

Moving further forward in time, there was also a 1958 Wolseley 15/50 saloon, which was almost identical to the MG Magnette. Like the earlier Wolseley Eight, there were

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The Walter Hayes Trophy.

Silverstone. 2nd-3rd November 2019.

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Starting as he meant to finish , Jorden Dempsey Spectrum 011c won the first heat and went on to win the Walter Hayes Trophy final.

What is probably the biggest Formula Ford race meeting in the World, the Walter Hayes Trophy has been run as a season closing meeting at Silverstone for many years. Running on the National circuit, the entry required four heats to accommodate the large entry. There were also additional races for the WHT Carl Hamer Trophy for Pre 82 Formula Ford cars and the WHT Janet Cesar Trophy for Pre 93 Formula Ford Cars.

Heat 1 saw Jordan Dempsey in a Spectrum 011c start from Pole position and take a very close win from Jonathan Browne in a Ray GR19. In 3rd was Thomas Cappezzone driving a Swift SC16.

Heat 2 saw last years winner Michael Moyers start from Pole position in his Spectrum 011c just ahead of another favourite, Joey Foster in a Firman RFR FF16. After an eventful heat which saw the two favourites clash and both retire, it was left to American Scott Huffaker, in a Team USA Ray GR19, to take victory over two seconds ahead of Ivor McCullough in a Van Diemen RF00 and Ian Campbell in a Ray GR08. Š Peter McFadyen

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Above: American driver Scott Huffaker, driving a Ray GR19 for Team USA, won the second heat before progressing to the first Semi-Final. This he also won, see here leading Matt Cowley (Van Diemen JL15) and Luke Cooper (Swift SC18) who finished second in the semi-final

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Heat 3 had Michael Eastwell in a Spectrum 011c starting from Pole position, but after leading the first lap, he dropped back to finish 8th. Rory Smith driving a Medina Sport JL18 took the lead on the second lap and just

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Medina JL17 on the very last lap, to win by 0.142 of a second from Cowley and Luke Cooper in a Swift SC18, with Green ending up in 4th, only 0.645 of a second behind the winner.

The drivers who didn’t automatically qualify for the Semi finals then went in to the 10 lap Progression race on Sunday.

This was a second chance for last years winner Moyers and challenger Foster to progress towards the Walter Hayes final and they didn’t make any mistakes this time, finishing 1st and 2nd, just 0.391 of a second apart at the flag. Peter Gillespie took 3rd place in his Spectrum 011c, while early

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managed to hold off Julian Van Der Watt in a Mygale SJ01, to win by just 0.074 of a second. Also in the lead battle was 3rd placed David McCullough in a Van Diemen RF00.

Last years winner Michael Moyers won both the Progression race and the Last chance race in his Spectrum 011c

Heat 4 had Josh Green in a Ray GR18 on Pole and saw a four car train fighting for the lead., which seemed to vary between Josh Green in a Ray GR18 and Matthew Cowley in a Van Diemen JL15. However, on the only lap that really counts it was Oliver White who snatched victory in his © Janet Wright

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leader Samuel Street took 4th in his Swift SC92F, the first off the Janet Ceasar class cars. Rick Morris was the first of the Carl Hamer class cars in 6th.

Now everybody not already qualified for the Semi Finals went in to the Last Chance ten lap race, with Matthew Wrigley in a Reynard 89FF starting from Pole position, while Heat 4 was won by Oliver White in the Medina JL17

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Logan Hannah Ray GR15 finished 21st in the Walter Hayes final.

Carl Hamer Trophy race for Pre’82 cars – Peter Hannam (Nike Mk 6, #161) with Will G Zanelli (Van Diemen RF80, #20) to his inside at Luffield

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Last Chance race – the wonderfully named Horatio Fitz-Simon with damaged nose on his Classic Team Merlyn Mk 20A has Joe Watts (Van Diemen RF92) hard on his heels

Jeremy Caine Lola T200 finished 10th in the Carl Hamer Trophy final. © Janet Wright

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Typical Formula Ford Racing as Neil Hunt in a Mondiale and Mark de Rozarieux Van Diemen RF90 battle in the Janet Cesar Pre-Final

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Martin Whitlock PRS RH02 had a spin and came 11th in the Carl Hamer Trophy final.

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Moyers was now in to Semi Final 1, starting on the thirteenth row, while Oliver White was on Pole position in his Medina JL17. The twelve lap race saw Scott Huffaker in his Ray GR19, who started from the front row, lead from start to finish, winning by just 0.164 of a second from Luke Cooper © Simon Wright

Neil Tofts Reynard 88FF (17) was the first Janet Cesar Class car in the Last Chance race Samuel Street in the Swift SC92F was the first car in the Janet Cesar class in the Progression race.

Moyers and Foster started side by side on the eleventh row. Neil Tofts in a Reynard 88FF was the early leader from his front row starting position, but Foster was through in to the lead by the fourth lap with Moyers attached to his gearbox.

Waiting until the penultimate lap, Moyers went through to win by just 0.313 of a second from Foster while early leader Tofts had been dropped to 3rd, over thirteen seconds further back, but still first of the Janet Cesar class cars. Morris took another 6th place to be the first Carl Hamer class car.

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in his Swift SC18, while 3rd placed Jack Wolfenden in a Firman RFR FF17 was only a further 0.160 of a second further back, Ivor McCullough was 4th in a Van Diemen RF00 and Moyers had worked his way through to 5th only 0.779 of a second behind the winner. Ben Tinkler finished 10th and was first of the Janet Cesar class cars.

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Foster was starting Semi Final 2 from the thirteenth row, with Rory Smith on Pole position in his Medina Sport JL18. Again the Pole man didn’t lead, Jordan Dempsey had that advantage in his Spectrum 011c and apart from a couple of laps near the end, Dempsey led from start to finish to win by just 0.014 of a second from Rory Smith, while Julian Van Der Watt in a 55

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Ben Tinkler Reynard 89FF was the first Janet Cesar class car in the first Semi-Final

Mygale SJ01 was 3rd only another 0.343 of a second further back. Joey Foster managed to work his way up to 8th by the finish. In 12th place was Tom Brown in a Van Diemen RF91 who was the first Janet Cesar Class car to finish and in 20th was Rick Morris in his Royale RP29, the first Carl Hamer class car.

Now we came to the last race of the meeting, The Walter Hayes Trophy final. Dempsey had Pole position from the fastest race time in the Semi finals with Huffaker sharing the front row. The final got red flagged after just three laps when Formula W champion Jamie Chadwick driving a Ray © Peter McFadyen

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GR14 was involved in an accident at Luffield and her car was left stuck on the circuit after a collision with Stuart Gough in his Van Diemen JL16 (see page 5). The race was restarted in race order at the red flag, with seven cars not making the restart, including Chadwick. All eyes were on last years winner Michael Moyers, who was now restarting from sixth place on the grid, but Dempsey was not about to give away his advantage and slowly began to pull away while Moyers got caught up in a battle for second place with Huffaker and Wolfenden. At the end of the ten laps, it was Dempsey that won by over five seconds from Moyers in 2nd and Huffaker in 3rd, with Jonathan Browne in a Ray GR19 had also joined the battle for second and finished 4th and Wolfenden took 5th.

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Cameron Jackson Van Diemen RF80won the Carl Hamer Pre-Final race.

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much dominate the race, winning by almost five seconds in his Van Diemen RF80. Fowler took another 2nd place in the Winkleman WDF2 ahead of Horatio Fitz-Simon driving a Merlyn Mk20A. In 4th place was Rick Morris in a Royale

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RP29 ahead of Mark Armstrong in a Van Diemen RF80 and Will G Zanelli in another Van Diemen RF80. The Pre-final winner Cameron Jackson retired on lap 5 from third position.

The Janet Cesar Memorial Trophy for Pre ’93 cars (19821992) saw a thirty two car field headed by Tom Brown in a Van Diemen RF91 after qualifying. The Pre-Final was race seven on the programme on Saturday and saw the lead swapped throughout the eight lap race between Brown and Callum Grant in another Van Diemen RF91. At the chequered flag it was Brown winning by just 0.066 of a second from Grant, with Ben Tinkler also in the battle, finishing 3rd in his Reynard 89FF. The twelve lap final took place on Sunday and provided a win for Callum Grant in his van Diemen RF91. He battled with Ben Tinkler in his Reynard 89FF for the entire race and they finished just 0.087 of a second apart at the chequered flag. Right behind

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Callum Grant Van Diemen RF91 won the Janet Cesar Memorial Trophy final

Iain McBay had worked his way through the field to take the lead of the race. He managed to maintain a slight gap over Barak until he retired on lap fifteen. This handed the lead back to Barak, who was over forty seconds clear of the rest of the field. He was able to maintain his lead until the chequered flag, winning by over twenty eight seconds from Gomm in the Escort. In 3rd place was Bob Bullen in his Ford Anglia, while Paul Castaldini took a class win in 5th in his Jaguar E-Type.

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them was Tom Brown in his Van Diemen RF91 in 3rd place.

On the track, Jaap Blijleven in his reynard 88FF had finished 3rd but he received a 5 second penalty for exceeding track limits, which dropped him down to 8th. Neil Tofts took 4th ahead of Peter Lucas in his Van Diemen RF88 and Joe Porter in his Van Diemen RF92.

On Saturday there were two additional races, the HSCC Allcomers Closed Wheel Race A and the HSCC Allcomers Closed Wheel Race B. Race A saw Joe Gomm Qualify fastest in his Ford Escort Mk 1 BDA, but from the start it was Phil Barak that took the lead in his Lotus 1. For the first few laps he slowly pulled away from Gomm, but by lap seven © Motorsport-Imagery

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Gaby Weyer Phantom P94 had pole position for the HSCC Allcomers Race B and finished 2nd.

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Race B saw the Phantom P94 driven by Gaby Weyer fastest in qualifying and he led the first half of the race. But just after half distance Alan Davenport swept passed into the lead in his © Motorsport-Imagery Centaur Mk14B-17 and he won by nearly six seconds from Weyer. In 3rd place was the class winning Tiga SC82 of Hugo Besley, who was over fifteen

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seconds further back at the flag. A lap behind was 4th placed Roger Waite in the Royale S2000M, while 5th placed Andrew Hibberd won his class in the DRW Mk6 and 6th placed John Muirhead also took a class win in his Mallock Mk18.

The Silverstone Allcomers Closed Wheel field heads into he first corner led by Will Powell (Radical), Clive Hayes (MCR) and race winner Jon-Paul Ivey (Radical)

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On Sunday the two additional races were the Silverstone Allcomers Closed Wheel race and the Allcomers Open Wheel Race. The Silverstone Allcomers Closed wheel race saw a larger entry than the closed wheel race on Saturday with twenty cars entered. Jon-Paul Ivey was fastest in qualifying at the wheel of his Radical but for the first half of the race it Allcomers Closed wheels race was Will winner Jon-Paul Ivy Radical Powell who led in his Radical.

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brief moment of glory, leading for couple of laps before Ivey moved through to first place. He maintained his lead to win the race. Fox had valiantly chased him, but on the very last lap he lost 2nd place to Powell. Fox won his class in 3rd.

The other class winners were8th placed Lucky Khera in a Ginetta G55, 14th placed Mike Perkins in a Lotus Elise and finally Morgan Short in a Citroen C1 who finished 20th. © Janet Wright

Silverstone Allcomers Open wheel race winner Martin Daly Dallara F311

The Silverstone Allcomers Open Wheel race saw Robbie Watts in his Dallara F308 just grab pole position by just 0.186 of a second from the similar Dallara F311 of Martin Daly. The start was a disaster for Watts as he dropped down to seventh at the end of the first lap, while Peter Williams in his Ralt RT1 shot through in to the lead ahead of Christopher Davison in a Dallara F301, with Daly down in third place. Williams maintained his lead until around half distance, when he was © Simon Wright passed by Daly, then a couple of laps later he was also passed by Davison.

The order remained the same to the flag, with Daly winning by just over four seconds from Davison.

Mark Harrison took 3rd place in his Dallara F397, while Williams dropped to 4th but still won his class.

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Chris Fox’s spectacularly noisy Lola T280 finished third in the Silverstone Allcomers Closed Wheel race

Christopher Davison in a Dallara F301 finished 2nd in the Silverstone Allcomer Open Wheel race

Clive Hayes MCR 3rd, lapping Morgan Short Citroen C1 who won his class in the Silverstone Allcomers Closed Wheel race © Simon Wright

#96 Kevan McClurg Dallara F397 leading #78 Myles Castaldini Van Diemen RF94 and #93 Mark Harrison Dallara F397 with #9 Robbie Watts Dallara F308 behind in the Silverstone Allcomers Open Wheel race.

Early leader of the Silverstone Allcomers Open Wheel race, Peter Williams (Ralt RT1) later slowed and finished fourth

Lucky Khera won his class in a Ginetta G55 in the Silverstone Allcomers Closed Wheel race.

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By Pete Austin.

The recent release of the film 'Le Mans '66' reminded me of my one and only trip to the event in 1983. Porsche 956 cars dominated the race in a multitude of colour schemes. One of my favourites was the yellow and black New Man liveried car of Schickentanz, Merl and Narvaez which finished 4th.

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Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show, with Discovery.

National Exhibition Centre (NEC), Birmingham.

8th-10th November 2019.

By Simon & Janet Wright.

With additional photos by Pete Austin & Syd Wall, plus Stuart Yates of Motorsport Imagery.

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The 35th Anniversary of the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show with Discovery took place at the NEC at the beginning of November with over 300 car and © Simon Wright motorcycle clubs in attendance, displaying over 3,000 iconic classic and vintage vehicles. The three day celebration attracted over 71,000 enthusiasts to attend this grand finale of the classic motoring season. The theme of the show was ‘Top Trumps’ based on the popular card game, with many owners making their own ‘Top Trump’ card s based on their vehicles, though the prize for the best ‘Top Trump’ card must go to the Jowett Car Club, the Oldest one make Car Club in the World Trump that!

The show covered seven of the largest halls at the NEC, with thousands of vehicles on display, making this a must attend event for the car enthusiast of any

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age. The show covers everything from some of the earliest motor vehicles created through to some of the most exotic cars ever produced, with everything in-between.

On the Discovery Live Stage, Mike Brewer from TV’s Wheeler Dealers’ programme hosted various guests and motoring talent including BTCC Jason Plato as well as a fantastic parade of cars passing through, plus a three day restoration of a Jaguar EType.

There are quite a few awards given out during the show, including the prestigious Meguiar’s Club Showcase. This fantastic display of sixteen vehicles includes all the Meguiar’s winners from other car shows held during the year. At © Janet Wright the show, the ultimate winner is selected and this year the crystal Trophy went to Dave Rippard’s 1959 Morris Mini

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Minor, but in my opinion, the most unusual car in the entire show was the 1924 Singer Sport that had been awarded the top Meguiar’s award at the National Hot Rod and Custom Car Show in May. Also announced at the show was the Classic American Car of the year, sponsored by Classic American magazine. They also had selected their finalists from winners at eight shows through the year, which acted as ‘heats’ for the American Classic Car of the year. Once the eight finalists are at the NEC, they are judged by an independent panel to choose the overall champion. This year the winner was 1955 Dodge Custom Royal belonging to John Miller.

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1973 Authi Austin Victoria De Luxe.

This was the result of a styling exercise by Michelotti of the ADO16 in 1968 that was actually rejected by BMC. However, a delegation from Leyland South Africa by chance saw the project and decided to create a revised ADO16 using this Michelotti styling. This resulted in the South African Apache. The design was then sold to AUTHI of Spain.

They redesigned certain elements including the front panels and the interior and produced the Authi Austin

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Victoria. Between October 1972 and May 1975 they produced 7,393 of the Victoria and a further 17,289 of the Austin Victoria De Luxe. This car originally came from Madrid and was owned by a British ex-pat who returned to the UK in July 1990 and brought the car back with him. It has since changed hands several times.

The Victoria were powered by a transverse 1275cc A-Series engine, and the De Luxe was fitted with twin carburettors and an improved interior trim.

Which included a three dial dashboard, wooden rimmed steering wheel and cloth seats. It also had twin head lights and a vinyl C-pillar. © Simon Wright

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Another top award which was hotly contested was the Lancaster Insurance Pride of Ownership competition which saw twenty cars voted for by the public. The diverse selection of cars saw the 1961 Morris Minor Million of Ted Brooke’s that won, beating Ian Cummins 1991 Mazda MX-5 and Tahmid Haque’s 1988 BMW E30 325i Sport.

There was a similar competition for the classic motorcycles, but this Pride of Ownership was decided

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by an expert panel of judges. The winner was Mark Taylor with his Ariel Square Four bike and sidecar, while in joint second place went to father and son Alan and Paul Stopford with their two 1959 Triumph Bonnevilles. In third was the 1975 Honda XL250 of Blake Hemmingway. © Pete Austin

Among the cars on display, the 1973 Porsche 917/30 on the Porsche Club Great Britain stand was possible the most powerful sports racing car ever built, producing 1100 bhp from its 5.4 litre 12 cylinder twin turbocharged engine in trace configuration, and up to 1,580 bhp in qualifying trim. It dominated the 1973 Can-Am series in America, driven by Mark Donohue, it won all but two races in the season to take the title. It was also © Simon Wright the only car to win the Can Am Championship not powered by a Chevrolet engine.

There was also a Porsche 910 which was significant to Porsche as it brought them their first outright win at the Nurburgring 1000 kms.

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On the Jaguar Enthusiasts Club there was a tribute to Norman Dewis OBE, the famous Jaguar test driver who recently passed away, with the one off 1966 Jaguar XJ13 which he helped develop. In a separate Hall was the new Ecurie LM69 which has been developed by Le Mans winners Ecurie Ecosse. They are producing 25 cars showing what could have become of the Jaguar XJ13 if it

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had been produced for road or race track, by retroevolving it to race at the legendary 1969 Le Mans 24 Hours race. It is powered by a quad-cam V12 engine and constructed from aluminium and composite materials, strictly adhering to the 1969 FIA racing requirements and technology of the period, with minimal exceptions to comply with today’s safety and road regulations.

One corner of Hall 1 was a slice of Italian Heaven, with Lamborghini, Alfa Romeo, De Tomaso and Ferrari all represented.

Lamborghini Club UK had a display of their supercars on

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show, including the fantastic Miura and the Urraco. The Classic Miura was the first supercar with a rear midengined two seat layout and was manufactured between 1966 and 1973, during which time 764 were built. The 3.9 litre V12 engine is transversely fitted behind the seats, driving the rear wheels through a 5 speed transmission.

When launched it was the fastest production road car, with a top speed of 171 mph and a 0-60 mph time of 7 seconds.

The Alfa Romeo Owners Club UK had a mix of road and competition cars on their stand. One outstanding car was a 1974 Alfasud Ti Trofeo Autodelta Group 2 racing car which had competed in various Italian Group 2

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championships and won two titles in 1979 and 1980, with driver Nicolino Moffa being awarded trophies by Alfa Romeo in recognition of these victories. It was brought over from Italy in 2015 and driven by Simon Jeffs in the Classic Touring Car Championship between 2015 and 2017, winning Class B in 2017. It is now owned by Ted Pearson and has had a 1st overall in the HRDC Classic Alfa Romeo Challenge at Castle Combe in October 2019. The De Tomaso Drivers Club © Simon Wright had an impressive line up of supercars on display, including the interesting Mangusta with its twin rear hatches to access the

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4.7 litre Ford V8 engine.

The Mangusta was first introduced in 1966 and was the first De Tomaso that was built in significant numbers, © Simon Wright around 400 were built before production ended in 1971, when it was replaced by the Pantera.

The Ferrari Owners club used their stand to display a grid

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GDT70 Spyder from Gardner Douglas.

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The Studebaker Avanti (Green) and 1950 Studebaker Champion (Orange)

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Hall 1 also included stands from the Midland Automobile Club (MAC) for Shelsley Walsh hill climb, the Vintage Sports Car Club (VSCC) and the Historic Sports Car Club (HSCC). On the MAC stand, they had various cars representing the different types of cars that compete at Shelsley Walsh, with a Lotus 20/22 Formula Junior single seater and a modified 1982 Ford Escort Mk3 RS1700T ex-works rally car and a 1960 Austin Healey Sprite better known as Alec Poole’s ‘One-eyed Sprite’.

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MAC hold at Shelsley Walsh during the Summer months.

The Vintage Sports Car Club (VSCC) had several cars on display that have competed in VSCC events during the year, with a Frazer Nash, MG and Alvis representing the ‘Racing’ cars and a Rolls Royce representing the display side of the club.

The HSCC had a large stand with cars representing the various race categories that the club organise. The most unusual car on the stand was a 1969 Bolwell Nagari which was representing the HSCC

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Historic Roadsports Championship. The car was built in Australia by Bolwell cars Ltd in Mordialloc, Victoria. The total production was 100 cars built between 1968 and 1974.

Bolwell produced a “Lotus Elan’ style steel backbone chassis and the one piece GRP body. Many of the other components came from Ford Australia from the Falcon GT, which was produced between 1968 and 1970. These parts included the V8 302 and 351 engines with a 4 speed gearbox, ventilated disc brakes, front uprights and the 9” LSD rear axle.

Weighing only 912 kg’s and with a short wheelbase and wide track, they were a winning car in ASCC & Production Sports races in Australia.

This is one of only 2 Nagari cars to have left Australia, the other car is in Spain.

Nagari means “Flowing” in Aboriginal. © Janet Wright

The Morgan Sports Car Club stand had another very old vintage vehicle, a recreation of a 1910 Morgan Runabout.

Morgan started as a garage business in Malvern sell Darraq, Wolseley, Siddeley and Rover cars. Henry Morgan realised there was an opportunity to sell lightweight vehicles to people with more modest budget. He built the first Morgan 3 wheeler in 1909, powered by a V Twin Peugeot motorcycle engine. After extensive development and testing, the Morgan Runabout went in to production in 1910. It was a single seat vehicle, steering with a tiller and now powered by a British built J.A.P. V Twin engine. Not many sold until a two seater model was produced with a conventional steering wheel. This recreation has been built using as many Edwardian parts as possible. The chassis is from 1915 but restored to 1910 specification. The engine is a 1910 J.A.P. V Twin, with Bosche magneto, Borg & Back carburettor and Powell & Hamner acetylene headlamps. It is regularly used in competition driven by Martyn Webb who is an Archivist at the Morgan Motor Company.

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Bron Burrell & Tina Kerridge with the six limited edition model s of their Austin Maxi rally car Puff. Only 1 for sale on Ebay.

1989 Peugeot 505 Dangel Estate 4x4 is one of only 3 RHD built. On the Club Peugeot UK stand. © Syd Wall

Porsche Classic had a lovely 911 in the colour scheme of the 1970 Le Mans winning Salzburg Porsche 917

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1975 Panther Rio. Panther’s attempt at a small economical, hand built luxury car, based on the Triumph Dolomite Sprint. Only 16 built

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The Bugatti Owners Club had a large display of old Bugatti cars on a marked out grid, with suitable ‘Top Trump’ cards displaying key information. The Bugatti Type 59 was first introduced in 1935, developed 250 bhp and the value was shown as Priceless. The information stated that the car is considered by many as the most beautiful Grand Prix car of all time. Although hampered by a lack of finance for development, it still managed to win a few races.

Futuristic and eye catching, even today, the 1969 Adams Probe 16 with its bright orange bodywork, appeared in the Stanley Kubrick film, “A

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Clockwork Orange”. Designed by former Marcos cars designers Dennis and Peter Adams, the car was first displayed at the 1969 Motor Show and is powered by the mid-mounted BMC B Series 1800cc engine, tuned and bored out by Janspeed Engineering to produce 95 bhp.

This gave the fibreglass 34 inch high sports car a 0-60 mph time of 12 seconds.

Only 3 were built.

Showing that all ‘new’ ideas are really only reinventing past creations, there was a 1912 Baker Electric car on display at the show. Baker Motor Vehicles were an American manufacturer of Brass Era electric automobiles from Cleveland, Ohio, from 1899 to 1914. They © Simon Wright produced the Worlds first electric car. The first car they produced was a two seater and sold for $850. Thomas Edison had one as his first car. He also designed the nickel-iron batteries used in some Baker electric cars.

Unfortunately, in 1902 Baker took part in a speed trial on public roads on Staten Island, New York. The car lost control and two spectators were killed and several others injured. This led to the Automobile Club of America stopping races © Simon Wright on public roads and there

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was a general loss of confidence in the safety of electric cars. The car at the NEC was one of the magnificent new Baker Coupe’s which were advertised in 1913 as a genuine automobile and not an electrically driven coach.

One new feature of the car were revolving front seats which could turn around. The car offered lever steer from the rear seats or wheel steer from the front seats. It had a range of around 80 miles.

On the Riley Motor Club stand was probably the oldest car at the show, Percy Riley’s Voiturette of 1898, which was completed when he was only 18 years old. This was one of the earliest cars seen on the streets of Coventry, and was possibly the first car to be fully designed and © Janet Wright built in the city. Percy constructed the chassis along bicycle lines, using parts he made in his spare time at his fathers Riley Cycle Company. He designed his own air cooled single cylinder petrol engine, transversely mounted, with extensive fins on the cylinder and valve chambers, cooled by a high speed fan. It also featured one of the earliest practical uses of a mechanically operated inlet valve to improve efficiency, entirely of Percy’s design. The engine

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used belt drive to the rear axle, driving the rear wheels via a leather belt, crossed to provide better grip and reverse the rotational direction of the engine. It also featured a steering wheel as opposed to the tiller design, used on most contemporary vehicles of the period. It also featured large wheels and a high seating position to offer some protection from the poor road conditions.

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French manufacturer Rosengart obtained a license to manufacture the Austin 7 in 1923 in Paris, with production starting in 1927 of the Rosengart LR2 and continued until 1939. By 1931 the car appeared as the LR4, now with significant differences from its Austin Origins. A further substantial upgrade took place in 1938 with the appearance of the Rosengart LR42N 4CV. In the early 1930s Rosengart teamed up with German manufacturer Adler, offering license built copies of the Adler Trumpf and Trumpf Junior. At the NEC was a 1938 Rosengart Sutosix

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SuperSept Coupe, which is the only survivor of the five or six cars manufactured. It has a 1097cc straight six engine - in effect one and a half Austin 7 engines. It is currently owned by Federation of British Historic Vehicle Club chairman David Whale and when purchased recently, it had only done 8812 kms having spent most of its life in Collections.

An interesting car was the 1972 Warszawa 223, a car from behind the Iron Curtin, that was manufactured by FSO between 1951 and 1973. It was the first new designed Polish © Simon Wright

car built after the second World War. They were popular as Taxis due to their rugged design and sturdiness, but due to

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their weight, they were underpowered and had high fuel consumption. Since 1962, the car was fitted with an OHV l4 engine and from 1967 Perkins 4 cylinder diesel engines were used in export models. The car at the NEC was fitted with a 2120cc petrol engine which develops around 70 HP. Gracing the Volvo Owners Club stand was a 1928 Volvo ÕV4, the very first Volvo model. The first car rolled off the production line in Gothenberg on the 14th April 1927 and embarrassingly it had one forward and three reverse gears due to the incorrect assembly of the rear differential. This was quickly modified! The ÕV stands for “Open Vagen” or © Simon Wright

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front suspension has been taken from a Volvo 240 Dana 44 and a Vauxhall Magnum at the rear. The front and rear wings have been widened by 30mm on the front and 45 mm on the rear to allow Radir 6” x 15” wheels on the front and 8” x 15” Radir wheels on the rear.

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open car and the 4 for 4 cylinder.. The car had an Ash or Beech wood frame with sheet metal body panels attached, and like the original Model T, it came in just one colour scheme, dark blue with black mudguards. Only 250 were originally produced and it is believed that there are still 10 remaining. The car at the NEC was first registered in January 1928 and has recently undergone a meticulous 12 months restoration by Swedish experts. It has a 4 cylinder inline side valve 1940cc engine which produces 28 hp. It has a three speed gearbox and cable operated brakes on the rear wheels only. It has a top speed of 55 mph and a cruising speed of 37 mph.

The Rover 10 was a small family car produced by Rover between 1927 and 1947 and in 1937 they were powered by a 1.4 litre straight 4 engine producing 44 bhp.

However, this 1937 Rover Ten has been modified and fitted with a Daimler Majectic Major 4.6 litre Hemi V8 engine and a 4 speed automatic ZF transmission. The

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Another highly modified car on the National Street Rod Association stand was possibly the lowest car at the show, a 1953 Ford Zephyr Six Convertible Mk1. The car is named Lowciphyr and is fitted with a 5.7 litre Chevrolet small block V8 engine connected to a 350 automatic gearbox with a 10 bolt narrowed back axle. Only the bulkhead, floor and transmission tunnel have been

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modified to fit the larger running gear. This car is also thought to be the earliest known convertible to exit and is number 21 out of the Carbodies factory. The first 17 were thought to be prototypes and probably destroyed. It is also the only Zephyr convertible with semaphore indicators in the body.

The Reliant Sabre Scimitar Owners Club (RSSOC) had an unusual prototype on display. The Reliant Sabra/Sabre prototype from 1960 was a collaboration

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between Reliant and Autocars in Israel. The boss of Autocars, Yitzhak Shubinsky, wanted to make a sports car to sell in America to boost Israel’s exports. At the 1960 Racing Car show he liked the car body from © Simon Wright Ashley Laminates and the chassis from Lesley Ballamy. He got Reliant to put these two together, along with a Ford Consul 1703cc engine and produced this car, the Reliant Sabra prototype. From this came a production car called “Sabra” which is a type of cactus that grows in Israel and is also the name of honour adopted by Jews born in Israel. In total 162 Left Hand Drive Sabras were built and exported, with the first 100 shipped straight to America from Reliant.

Autocars then made a further 171 in Israel, most of which were exported to Belgium. Production stopped in 1968 in Israel. Reliant decided that it might be a good idea to sell this model in the UK, so a couple were converted to Right Hand Drive and called Sabre © Simon Wright (SE1). Unfortunately it was December 2019

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not liked by the Press or the public and only 44 four cylinder Sabre cars were sold.

weekend, see separate report on page 83.

The Sporting Bears were running charity ‘Dream Rides’ from Hall 5, with over 750 people taking a ten mile passenger ride in a variety of over 80 cars which were generously provided by their owners. The range of super cars available ranged from Mk 1 Jaguar saloons, through Porsche 911s, Ferraris and even American muscle cars like the classic Chevrolet Camaro. This raised just under £30,000 for various UK Children’s charities.

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Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire 236.

A beautiful sky blue 1956 Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire 236 was on display on the club stand. The model was produced between 1955 and 1957, during which, 603 were made. The four door saloon is a traditional front engine rear wheel drive layout. The 2.3 litre straight six cylinder OHV engine was fitted with a single downdraught Stromberg carburettor and produces 85 bhp and can take the car to a top speed of 90 mph, while at lower speeds the fuel consumption ranges from 25-38 mpg. A conventional manual gearbox was available but many were fitted with a Lockheed Manumatic “clutchless” transmission. Overdrive was an option on both transmission systems.

1960 Ford Anglia 105E Bullet on the Ford Anglia 105E Owners’ Club stand.

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Modified by Nick Hedley, this car was going to be used in Hill Climb competitions. It has a 6.2 litre Chevrolet Corvette V8 engine instead of the original 1.2 litre Ford unit. The engine is matched to a six speed gearbox. The original shell has been strengthened and modified, including a rear spoiler to improve aerodynamics. Some of the body panels had been replaced with fibreglass and carbon panels to save weight.

The interior was stripped out and a full roll cage installed. A pair of Tillett full carbon race seats have been fitted in the front and a fire extinguisher is mounted behind the seats. It has variable traction control and launch control to improve acceleration from a standing start and take Bullet from 0-60 mph in just 2.8 seconds. It is geared to reach 200 mph and has reached 140mph on a rolling road. It has only done around 30 miles outside at the moment.

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(Report on page 87), held in one of the NEC halls. For the first time the public could watch the rally cars compete on an actual stage of the rally as they passed through Birmingham on their way north. The Rally had

There were a large contingent of rally cars in Hall 8 and the connecting walk-way, with a wide variety of models on display. There was everything, from the exotic Lancia Stratos, through the powerful Audi Quattro and stunning MG Metro 6R4. There was a Martini sponsored Ford Focus Mk1 RS WRC Tracktool Tribute car in memory of Colin McRae, with a life-size cardboard figure of this iconic driver standing next to the car.

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started at Torquay the day before they reached the NEC and would finish at Chester on the Sunday.

The 2020 Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show with Discovery will take place from the 13th to the 15th November 2020, make sure you don’t miss it. For more information see www.necclassicmotorshow.com

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Dan Gurney 1970 Plymouth Barracuda Trans-Am

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Line up of classic BSA motorbikes

Ford Capri Mk3 2.1 Zakspeed Tribute

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Silverstone Auctions at the Classic Motor Show,

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Silverstone Auctions held a two day sale during the Classic Motor Show at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) at the beginning of November. The sale of cars took place on Saturday and Sunday.

The top selling car was for someone who maybe fancied being James Bond, a 1965 Aston Martin DB5 sold for £618,750 on Sunday. The day before a similar 1965 Aston Martin DB5 which featured on the August 2013 Royal Mail postage stamp issue, sold for £607,500 An unusual supercar for sale was a 1993 Jaguar XJ220 with only 2,000 miles on the clock, sold for £362,813 An historically important race car with a fabulous history, a 1955 Triumph TR2, ex-works Le Mans car sold for £258,750.

A stunning 1973 Ferrari Dini 246 GT with just 40,500 miles on the clock, sold for £236,250.

Another Aston Martin sold well, a 1984 Aston Martin V8 Vantage Volante sold for £202,500 and a V8 Series 4 sold for £155,250.

An immaculate 1960 Jaguar XK150 3.8 DHC sold for £151,875.

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For fantastic performance, a 2013 Noble M600 Carbon Sport, which has a better power to weight ratio than the Bugatti Veyron, sold for £148,000.

A 1965 Maserati Mistral 3700 sold for £123,750

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A superb 1967 “Eleanor” Ford Mustang GT Fastback Evocation fetched £76,500. The 1976 Dax Tojeiro 427 replica Cobra failed to sell.

A rare, collectable engineering masterpiece, the 2015 Volkswagen XL1, which it is claimed can achieve 313 mpg, sold for £70,875.

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From a historic viewpoint, a 1952 Bentley Mark IV ‘Special’ sold for £85,500

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A recreation of the Ford GT40, a 2008 Roaring Forties GT40 sold for £65,000 Interestingly, a 1972 Ford Escort Mk1 RS1600 Custom sold for £58,500 on Saturday and another 1972 Ford © Janet Wright Escort Twin Cam sold for £49,500 on Sunday. A newer 1983 Ford Escort RS 1600i sold for just £30,375.

A 1962 BMW Isetta 300 bubble car sold for £16,875. © Simon Wright

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An eye catching car as you entered the sale was a 1978 Leyland Mini ‘Jubilee’ pained as a Union Jack flag, a rare example of the Jubilee Mini, © Simon Wright which sold for £8,100.

Even more rare was a 1989 Rover Mini 30 LE which was unregistered and with delivery mileage only and sold for £25,313.

Cheapest car sold was a beautifully restored 1970 Fiat 500 which went for £7,313, which was the same price that a 1974 Honda CB 750 Four motorcycle reached.

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The RAC Rally of the Tests 2019.

Torquay to Chester.

7th-10th November 2019.

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RAC Rally of the Tests - Lunch halt at the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show in one of the Halls at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC).

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RAC Rally of the Tests winner - Steve Entwistle & Mark Appleton - Morris Mini Cooper S in action on the indoor stage at the Classic Motor Show, NEC.

The 18th running of the Rally of the Tests started from Torquay at the beginning of November. With a wet start to the event, Steve Entwistle and Mark Appleton made a great start in their Mini Cooper S, leading from the Dutch crew of Alexander Leurs and Bas de Rijk in their Opel Ascona. Rally rookie Phil Hindley is more used to racing a Porsche, but he held 3rd at the start with navigator

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Martin Taylor in their Porsche 911.

Another surprise that made a fantastic start was the 1937 Derby Bentley of Stuart Anderson and Leigh Powley which held 4th after the Prologue. The conditions suited the nimble little Minis with two more in 5th and 6th, with Kevin

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Haselden & Gary Evans ahead of Bill Cleyndert & Tony Brooks. An exciting entry was the Ginetta G15 of Mike & Matthew Vokes which was 11th at the start.

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Ginetta of Mike & Stuart Anderson & Leigh Powley won Class 1 Matthew and were officially 4th overall in the 1937 Bentley Derby.

Vokes had moved into 2nd after the Leurs& de Rijk Opel Ascona had dropped to 3rd after missing a junction and having to backtrack quite a distance. The Porsche of Hindley & Taylor had moved in to 4th after the 1937 Derby Bentley dropped back to 5th after damaging a manifold on a severe hairpin. A quick temporary fix managed to keep them going.

The rapid Ginetta G15 of of Mike & Matthew Vokes finished 3rd on the road and 2nd in class 7 but were ineligible for overall awards as the car was too modern

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Charles Graves & Andrew Fish - Jaguar XK150 were classified 20th overall and 3rd in Class 5.

Here they are in action inside the NEC at the Classic Motor Show.

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Saturday saw a first for the event, as the rally held a live stage in one of the Halls at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) at the Lancaster Insurance Classic Car Show, and this proved to be a great success. It was estimated that between four and five thousand people watched the cars in action at the NEC over a two hour period. This was an actual stage of the event and not just a demonstration.

Despite having early pace, Patrick & Hubert Lynch in a Morris Mini Cooper S finished 36th overall and 8th in Class 2.

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After the ‘dry’ stage inside, the crews then headed out in to the rain and dark as they continued heading north. The crews finally had to face one of the toughest tests of the rally round the Swynnerton military ground. Entwistle & Appleton had increased their lead to nearly two minutes, now ahead of another Dutch crew, Harm Lamberigts & Arjan van Der Palen in a Ford Escort Mexico after a great performance in Swynnerton. Hindley & Taylor were in 3rd in the Porsche. The Vokes Ginetta had literally slipped to 4th after overshooting a code board and nearly getting stuck in a bog.

The third day saw Entwistle & Appleton take victory in the Mini loaned to him by Paddy Hopkirk, winning on the Minis 60th Anniversary. Novice rally driver Hindley and experienced navigator Taylor in the Porsche 911 had worked his way up to finish 2nd overall and win class 6, but

Paul Dyas & Martin Pitt Volvo Amazon made an amazing fight back to finish 3rd and win Class 4

took the final podium spot in 3rd in their Volvo Amazon despite finishing sixth on the road and winning Class 4, having been as low as 40th in the early stages of the rally.

Third on the road went to the Ginetta G15 of Class 10 winners Thomas & Roger Mike & Matthew Vokes Bricknell Volkswagen Golf Gti finished 5th on the road. but they were ineligible for the overall awards as the car was too young.

Another ineligible car for overall awards was the Volkswagen Golf GTi of Thomas & Roger Bricknell who were fifth at the finish and won © Simon Wright Class 10. The Dutch pair Leurs & de Rijk in the second on the road was taken by the Dutch team of Opel Ascona finished Lamberigts & van Der Palen in the Escort Mexico, but the seventh on the road and car was too new to be eligible for an overall award, but did were also ineligible for win class 7. The big surprise was Paul Dyas & Martin Pitt © Janet Wright overall awards, but still 90 December 2019 Classic and Competition Car Dutch crew Harn Lamberigts & Arjan van der Palen won Class 7 in their Ford Escort Mexico and were 2nd on the road, but the car was too young to qualify for overall awards

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Darren Everitt & Susan Dixon won Class 5 in their Triumph 2000 Mk1 and finished 13th overall.

Bill Cleyndert & Tony Brookes Morris Mini Cooper S did a bit of Grass Tracking at Curborough on their way to 8th overall and 2nd in Class 2

winning Class 8. In 4th place officially was the amazing Bentley Derby of Anderson & Powley who also won class 1.

Another ‘modern’ car was the Porsche 911 of Federico Berbet & Nick Bloxham won class 9, finishing fifteenth on the road. They were just ahead of the MGB Roadster of John & Peter Dignan who won class 3. The final class win, Class 5 was won by the Triumph 2000 Mk1 of Darren Everitt & Susan Dixon who were 13th.

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Howard Warren & Iain Tullie Porsche 911 in action at the NEC officially finished 7th and 3rd in class 6

John & Peter Dignan won Class 3 and were classified 9th overall in their MG B Roadster.

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Seren & Elise Whyte finished 6th overall and 2nd in Class 1 in their Standard 10.

Frederico Berbet & Nick Bloxham won Class 9 in their Porsche 911

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Rob & Amy Henchoz in a Volvo PV544 finished 5th in Class 4 and 29th overall.

Rob & Julie Clifton in their Vauxhall Viva finished 4th in Class 9

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SBD/HSA Speed Championship Round 28 Curborough 12th October 2019.

By Simon & Janet Wright.

Keith Rose Mazda MX5 did a best time of 67.93 seconds to finish 2nd in the Road going series production MX5s up to 2000cc class.

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Alex Summers set the Fastest time of Day in the DJ Firehawk, setting a new 2 lap course record at 48.63 seconds.

The penultimate round of the SBD/HSA Speed Championship was part of a double header weekend at Curborough sprint course, near Lichfield, in October. The Saturday sprint used the two lap configuration, while the final on Sunday used the figure of eight layout.

With the Championship already decided with Nick Mugglestone driving a Mazda MX5 having won the title this year, he did not enter the event. However there was still fierce competition for the other places.

The top class entry included three front Stuart Bickley in the Jedi was 2nd overall. runners from the British Hill Climb Championship. It was Alex Summers, runner up in the British Hill Climb Championship, who dominated Saturday, © Janet Wright breaking the outright

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circuit record previously held by John Bradburn driving a Gould Cosworth HB. Summers took Fastest Test of Day (FTD) in his DJ Firehawk-Suzuki, setting the new 2 lap course record at 48.63 seconds. On Sunday he also set the fastest time on the figure of eight course with a time of 50.74 seconds. For the weekend, he was sharing his Firehark with Dave Uren. The fastest three drivers on Saturday were all from the 1100cc racing class, with Stuart Bickley driving a Jedi in 2nd, over two seconds behind

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Summers record time, while David Tatham was a close 3rd in his OMS Hornet. On Sunday Tatham moved up to 2nd overall, over three seconds behind Summers.

The Formula Ford class was well supported with three The Formula Ford Class winning Van Diemen RF80 driven by Richard Summers and Trevor Willis, driving here.

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times British Hill Climb Champion Trevor Willis making his Formula Ford debut driving Richard Summers Van Diemen RF80. They had a problem in practice, with a rear suspension mounting breaking. After it was repaired it was Richard Summers who took the class victory on both days, beating Russell Haynes Zeus in to 2nd place on Saturday.

Trevor Willis was leading the class on Sunday until the very last run when Summers beat him to take his 2nd class win.

With Mugglestone missing, Andrew Till in his MG ZR 105, who was 2nd in the standings, also gave the Saturday event a miss, but took part on Sunday and finished 3rd in class on the day to secure his 2nd place overall in the championship. This gave 3rd placed Andrew Webber in his Rover V8 powered Lotus Europa 47/62 the opportunity to close in on 2nd place. He won his class on both days and also took the Alan Payne memorial Trophy for winning the Class winners run-off with a 2.63 second improvement over

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his class winning time. However it was not enough and he dropped to 4th overall in the championship.

Another driver chasing SBD/HSA points was Peter Goulding driving a Mygale Ecoboost. He has already claimed 2nd overall in the British Sprint Championship and took 2nd in the Alan Payne Memorial run-off with a 0.35 second improvement. On Sunday, Goulding managed to finish 3rd overall, which confirmed his 5th overall in the HSA Championship.

Peter Taylor took a class win in his Mazda MX5

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In 4th place in the overall standings, Peter Taylor driving a Mazda MX5 took two class wins in the Road going Series Production MX5s up to 2000cc class to promote him to 3rd

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Dean Cubbitt took a class win in his Mazda MX5 and beat his time in the run-off

the top car in each class. Alex Summers was again the fastest car on the course, but he did not better his time from the timed runs, setting a time of just 49.78 seconds, over a second slower than his previous best time of 48.63 seconds. Peter Goulding in the Mygale FF200 did improve his time from 52.12 down to 51.77 secs. Hillclimb Super Class winner Christian Mineef in the Pilbeam MP43

overall in the Championship, but his next nearest rival, Michael Thomson in his Honda S2000 was unable to beat Dean Cubitt’s Mazda in the Road going Series Production Cars over 1400cc and © Simon Wright up to 2000cc class. This cost him 6th in the championship as he was equalled on points by rival Rob Thomson who had one more class record during the year.

This put his overall position under threat as Rob Thomson was the clear winner in the combined S1/A1 class in his Renault Clio 172 Cup on both Saturday and Sunday which moved him from 10th in the Championship to 6th overall by the end of the weekend.

Rob Thomson in his After the two timed runs, class winning Renault there was a Runoff for Clio 172 Cup

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Sports Sports Libre Cars class winner Christian Mineef in his Pilbeam MP43 just failed to beat his time in the run-off by just 0.04 of a second with a 53.81 in the timed runs and a 53.85 in the run-off. Richard Summers in the Van Diemen RF80 was also slower Eric Morrey was another class with a 61.60 winner in his Hillman Imp compared to his earlier 61.37 seconds.

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Ivan Russell in the Ford Anglia was one of the few to better his class winning time in the run-off

to his best timed run at only 67.67 seconds. The last run-off driver did not manage to improve, with Robert Thomson in his Renault Clio 172 Cup, who had won the Road going Series Production Cars up to 1400cc class, dropping from 68.34 seconds down to 68.96 seconds.

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seconds. Ivan Russell in the Ford Anglia 105E did improve his time from 63.85 seconds down to 63.77 seconds and Dean Cubbitt did the same in his Mazda MX5 coming down from 63.98 to 63.94 seconds. Unfortunately Stephen Laing could not continue the trend being fractional slower in his Caterham R500 going from 64.44 to 64.72 seconds.

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There was an impressive turn out for the Pirelli Ferrari Hillclimb Championship, with eleven cars taking part in the days action. David Snelson set the fastest time with a 63.66 second run in his Ferrari F430. Almost a second behind him was the Ferrari 355 GTS of Chris Hitchman with a best time of 64.46 seconds. Third in class went to Paul Booth in his Ferrari 458 Spyder with a time of 66.55 seconds, who just pipped Mike Spencer in his Ferrari 328 GTB with a 66.62 second run and Richard Preece in his Ferrari 360 Modena who set a time of 66.80 seconds. © Simon Wright

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The Mazda of Peter Taylor had obviously reached its pinnacle as he matched his 66.71 second run exactly in the run-off, while Andrew Webber in his Lotus Europa took over two seconds off his time with a 65.04 second run compared

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Raymond Worrall Honda S2000 4th in class.

Simon Parkin MG ZR 3rd in the Road going Series production cars up to 1400cc class.

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Andrew Bisping OMS 2000M 8th in Racing Cars up to 1100cc class.

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Justin Andrews Subaru Impreza won the Road going Series production cars over 2000cc class.

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Laurence Marks Van Diemen RF84 9th in the Formula Ford class.

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Steven Burns Suzuki Swift 7th in the Road going Series production cars over 1400cc and up to 2000cc class.

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Richard Preece Ferrari 360 Modena finished 5th in the Ferrari Class.

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Richard Worth Ford Puma 3rd in class.

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Nigel Trundle VW Scirocco 5th in class.

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The 2019 Neil Howard Stages rally.

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Will & Llion Owen in the Ford Escort MKII retired after going off road.

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Stephen Simpson & Patrick Walsh took home the overall victory from the event in his Ford Fiesta R5

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After winning the last three Neil Howard Stages, Yorkshire based Kevin Proctor opted out of this years event for family reasons, leaving the rally open to a new name on the trophy since 2016.

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John Carroll & Callum Young in the Honda Civic Type-R EP3 finished 64th

Ashleigh Morris & Jamie MacTavish in the very nicely presented Ford Focus R200 finished 42nd and 4th in Class B

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Keith Anglesea & Paul Barbet BMW E36 Compact finished 63rd

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Josh Simpson & Garry Green finiahed 43rd in their Ford Fiesta ST

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One of two Porsches on the event, Ciro Carannante & Simon Coates in the Porsche Cayman retired with engine problems

Mike Taylor & Martin Haggett in the Lotusbits Talbot Sunbeam Lotus finished 11th and 4th in class

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John Griffiths & Nigel Wetton retired which mechanical problems in the Subaru Imprezza

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Mike Riley & Phil Gough finished 69th in the MKII Ford Escort

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Nicky Cowperthwaite & James Wood in the Vauxhall Corsa looked set to win Class A until he lost over 30 seconds to eventual winner Ben Wilson on the last stage and finished 2nd in class and 36th overall

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of grip.

Frank Bird & Jack Morton in the Focus WRC07 retired from the lead on the 5th special stage with turbo failure

Bird & Jack Morton in his Ford Focus WRC07 won both of the opening stages to lead from British Rally Champion Matt Edwards & Rhys Stoneman in Guis Ford Fiesta R5 in second place. At lunch, after the first batch of stages the two frontrunners were separated by only 10 seconds. The permanent rally experience stage proved a real challenge for many of the drivers. The tarmac surface has a compound applied that reduces traction, even in a prepared rally car many drivers struggled with the lack

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Matt Edwards & Rhys Stoneman led briefly before their Ford Fiesta R5 before retiring due to a broken manifold and sufferred a small

Graham Coffey & Sam Colman in the Ford Fiesta S2000 Turbo recovered to 3rd place after sufferring turbo boost issues

During the 5th stage, leader Frank Bird’s Focus suffered a misfire after the watersplash, this couldn’t be rectified between the © Motorsport-Imagery stages and he was forced to retire, elevating Matt Edwards to the rally lead. Hard charging Graham Coffey & Sam Colman in their Ford Fiesta S2000 suffered turbo boost issues which dropped him from a podium place down the order temporarily. Leader Matt Edwards looked comfortable in the lead until the car stopped mid stage as a small engine fire confirmed his retirement also.

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The main beneficiary of everyone else’s bad luck, Stephen Simpson & Patrick Walsh in the Ford Fiesta R5 who had previously won the event twice but not since 2016, set two fastest stage times in the afternoon to confirm his victory. At the finish, Simpson won from Andy Scott & Marc Fowler in Kevin Proctor’s. Ford Fiesta S2000 by 37 seconds. The recovering 102

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Tom Delaney & Brynmor Pierce in the Mini Cooper S finished 17th overall and 7th in class

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Still quick for its age, Erdinc Degirmencioglu & Barry Armer in the Ford Escort 1300XL finished 68th

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Ashley Davies & Freddy Hewitt in the Peugeot 205 GTi finished 34th and 9th in Class C Joshua & Tamsyn Davey finished 5th in the Darrian T90 and won Class C

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With Kevin Proctor unavailable for the weekend, Andy Scott & Marc Fowler took advantage and took 2nd place in the Proctors Ford Fiesta R5

four places for Ford Fiesta’s. The two Darrian’s of Joshua & Tamsyn Davey and Barry Morris & Tom Hutchings completed the top 6, both winning their respective James Curtis & Thomas Stuart in the tail happy BMW 328i E36 finished 46th

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Graham Coffey completed the podium but only by 1 second from 4th placed James Self & Ian Davis, completing top

classes. In 7th place was Steve & Jack Tilburn in a MKII Escort, beating many more modern cars in the process and taking 2nd place in class.

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6th place overall and Class C win for Barry Morris & Tom Hutchings in the Darrian T90 GTR

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well ahead of their nearest class challenger Mike Watson & Adrian Lloyd who finished 72nd.

7th place overall and 2nd in class went to Stephen & Jack Tilburn in the Ford Escort Mk2 RS2500

One of only 12 built by Opel Poland, Chris Ruck & Steve Harris Opel Corsa S1600 dominated Class B and finished 30th

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BTCC Race Winner and commentator Paul O'Neill & Jack Benyon at the wheel of a Paul Sheard Mazda MX-5 finished 18th and won the MX5 Class

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Chris Ruck & Steve Harris took their rare Opel Corsa S1600, one of © Motorsport-Imagery only twelve built by Opel Poland, to a class win in 30th position, ten places ahead of their nearest class rival, Paul Gorge & Daniel Hurst in a Mazda MX-5.

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Rob Jones & Tom Murphy Mini Cooper S finished 50th

Simon Tuckman & Andrew Wilson sideways in the Ford Escort MKI finished 62nd

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Sir Andrew McAlpine & Andrew Merrifield in the beautifully prepared Morris Mini Cooper finished 57th and 6th in class

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Steven Reid & Lee Clarke in the Subaru Imprezza coped better with the slippery rally experience surface than many of the competitors and came 51st

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Steve & Jack Tilburn came 2nd in class and 7th overall and top MKII Ford Escort

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Ron Walker & Amy McCubbin in the quick and nimble Ford Puma finished 54th and 3rd in class

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Still going strong, David & Ben Forrester's Peugeot 205 1.6 GTi finished 7th in class and 58th overall

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Mark & Matthew Blackmore in thre Vauxhall Corsa cruely retired on the last stage of the rally

Alasdair Stables & Neil Jones Vauxhall Chevette 2300 HSR finished 37th

The Citroen AX GT of Ben & Kevin Wilson took the Class A honours in 35th position, just ahead of Nicky Cowperthwaite & James Wood in a Vauxhall Corsa, right behind them in 36th position overall.

The winter series moves forward to various other circuits including, Cadwell Park, Knockhill, Brands Hatch and Anglesey before the champion is crowned in the spring.

George Sheard & Tommi Meadows Ford Puma retired with drive shaft failure.

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Jade Paveley & Max Freemanin the Subaru Imprezza finished 33rd

After a series of bad luck for the rally leaders, James Self & Ian Davis finished a creditable 4th in the Fiesta R5 Kevin Williams & Andrew Davies retired with fuel pressure problems in their Vauxhall Chevette 2300 HSR

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Aston Martin DBS Superleggera Concorde Special Edition.

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manufactured and is now home to the last ever Concorde to fly. The vehicle was announced on the 26th November, which is exactly sixteen years since the last Concorde landed for the final time.

Aston Martin DBS Superleggera Concorde Special Edition.

The car features a carefully selected selection of interior and exterior design and trim modifications to celebrate the achievements of the Concorde team. Externally, it is distinguished by bespoke side strakes milled from solid aluminium, featuring the iconic delta wing shape

There are no more iconic aircraft than the legendary Concorde, instantly recognisable and fondly remembered.

Now, 50 years since its first flight, this supersonic jet is the inspiration for the latest member of the highly desirable Aston Martin Wings Series. Featuring lavish personalisation from Aston Martin’s bespoke service, Q by Aston Martin, the Aston Martin DBS Superleggera Concorde also celebrates the centenary of one of Concorde’s two airline operators, British Airways.

Commissioned by Aston Martin Bristol, it is a limited run of just 10 cars. Aston Martin Bristol is very near to Aerospace Bristol at Filton which was where the British Concorde were

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of Concorde. The painted livery includes the British Airways colours down the side of the roof, the rear diffuser, boot spoiler and front spoiler. The black tinted carbon roof also features the Concorde delta wing silhouette.

Inside are more features to celebrate the remarkable achievements of Concorde, including the Concorde logo on the front seat facings. There is also a Mach Meter graphic embroidered on the driver’s side sun visor and the paddle shifters are made from titanium from Concorde

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compressor blades.

There are also bespoke sill plaques.

The cars performance also reflects the supersonic performance of Concorde, with the 5.2 litre twin-turbo V12

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engine producing 725 PS, 900 Nm of torque to give a top speed of 211 mph and a blistering 0-62 mph acceleration time of 6.4 seconds.

The Aston Martin DBS Superleggera Concorde Edition is strictly limited to just 10 vehicles which are available to purchase from Aston Martin Bristol. Part of the proceeds from each sale of each individual car will be donated to the Air League Trust, a not-for-profit organisation that teaches under-privileged children how to fly, and offers support for them to work in engineering.

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Closing Shot.

By Janet Wright.

The Walter Hayes Trophy is renowned for close Formula Ford racing as can be seen here in the Janet Cesar PreFinal where (18) Ben Tinkler Reynard 89FF leads Jaap Blijleven Reynard 88FF (hidden) and (431) Callum Grant Van Diemen RF91. Grant finished 2nd, Tinkler 3rd and Blijleven dropped back to 7th

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