Classic and Competition Car 28

Classic and Competition Car Issue 28 January 2013 VSCC Winter Driving Tests

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Contents Page 4

News

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Obituary - John Fitch

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Classic Car of the month - Lea Francis Lynx Roadster - 1960

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Tasman Revival preview

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VSCC Winter Driving Tests

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Photo tribute to some of the 2012 Champions

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Archive Photo of the month

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Boxing Day car meet, Moat House Inn, Alcester Christopher Williams and Duncan Round - 1930 Ford Model A

Cadillac at the Boxing day car meet, Moat House Inn, Alcester © Simon Wright Classic and Competition Car

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Simon Wright Editor

Pete Austin

Editorial.

Oh Well, Winter is upon us, and there is not much action taking place over the festive season. But now we can look forward to a New Year and a new season of motoring action. First major event is the Autosport International Show at the National Exhibition Centre, near Birmingham, England. This is always a great event for January and has the benefit of being inside.

This year will hopefully produce some spectacular racing and good weather, so we can enjoy our motoring pursuits without developing webbed feet!

The anniversaries continue to come thick and fast, with Aston Martin celebrating its centenary with lots of planned events world wide including the Silverstone Classic. We also have 50 years of the iconic Porsche 911, 50 years of Lamborghini and 60 years of the American classic Chevrolet Corvette, so 2013 promises to be another great year for car enthusuiasts, and we can't wait. See you out there.

Pete is the man for Historic racing, with an extensive archive of black and white images covering the last few decades of motorsport in Britain.

Also keen on BRM.

Mick Herring

© Simon Wright Front Cover : Edward Burgess - 1924 Bugatti T13 Brescia at the VSCC Winter Driving Tests © Pete Austin

Mick's first love is GT racing, including Historic's, especially the Lola T70.

All content is copyright classicandcompetitioncar.com unless otherwise stated. All photographs are copyright the original photographer and cannot be used for commercial purposes unless by prior approval of the original copyright holder.

We try to ensure accurate and truthful reporting but if you spot an error, please contact us and will we verify and correct accordingly.

Janet Wright

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

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News

Goodwood Festival of Speed date change.

Due to the unexpected change to the 2013 Formula 1 calendar which saw the German Grand Prix moved to the same weekend as the Goodwood Festival of Speed, the 5-7th July 2013, Goodwood have announced that subject to any further ammendments to the Grand prix Calendar, the 2013 Festival of Speed will now take place on the 12th-14th July 2013, with the Moving motor Show behing held on Thursday 11th July.

Current Formula 1 has played an important part in the festival of Speed over the last 20 years and will continue to do so for this 20th anniversary celebration.

Tickets already issued for the 2013 event will remain valid for the new dates. Any queries? Contact the Goodwood ticket office. See the Goodwood web site for further information www.goodwood.co.uk

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HSCC Provisional Dates for 2013.

Autosport International Show

The 2013 Show is due to be held at the National The Historic Sports car Club has announced its provisional dates for the 2013 Exhibition Centre near Birmingham, England over season. Starting at Donington Park in March, they manage to visit the majority of the weekend of the 12th and 13th January 2013, major circuits before the season ends with the traditional Walter Hayes Trophy with two trade only days on the 10th and 11th of January. Star of the show meeting in November at Silverstone. will be the World Championship winning Red Bull Racing RB8 which took 17th March Donington Park Sebastian Vettel to his third World Championship in 2012. In fact all the 30th-31st March Thruxton Grand prix winning cars from 2012 will be on display at the show.

20th-21st April

Cadwell Park (Wolds Trophy)

3rd-5th May

Donington Park Historic Festival

10th-11th May

Tour Britannia

18th-19th May

Silverstone International trophy (GP Circuit)

1st-2nd June

Snetterton (Autosport Three Hours)

6th-7th July

Brands Hatch HSCC Super Prix (GP Circuit)

26th-28th July

Silverstone Classic (GP Circuit)

3rd-4th August

Croft Nostalgia weekend

24th-26th August

Oulton Park Gold Cup (International circuit)

8th September

Mini Tour Britannia

28th September

Brands Hatch (Indy circuit)

19th October

Silverstone Championship Finals

2nd-3rd November

Wlater Hayes Trophy

The Historic Sports Car Club is promising an interesting stand at this years show, combining the fans love of Touring Cars with their love of Historic racing, by showing a display of eleven cars to represent some of the 54 year history of the British Touring Car Championship. Š Simon Wright

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John Clelland's Championship winning Vauxhall Cavalier

Stuart Roach Alexis Mk2 Formula Junior

It is 40 years since Jackie Stewart won his third and final World Championship, and there will be a tribute display of some of the cars he drove during his career. The show will also have a tribute to the late World Rally Champion Richard Burns with many of the cars he drove during his short career displayed together at the show.

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Tom Onslow-Cole switches to TEAM Hard NGTC Passat for 2013 © Simon Wright

Masters Series Dates

Masters Historic Racing run race series for Grand Prix Masters (3 litre Formula 1 cars built between 1968 and 1978), World Sports Car Masters (Le Tony Gilham, who runs Team Mans type Group 4 Prototypes built between the mid 1960s to 1974), HARD, has announced that they are Gentlemen Drivers (Pre-1966 GT cars and Pre-1963 Sports cars to Appendix preparing two NGTC Volkswagen K), Can Am Interserie Challenge (sports racing cars from the Canadian Passat CCs to run in this years American Trophy plus 2 and 3 litre prototypes of the 1970s.), Masters Pre-66 British Touring Car Championship Touring (Pre -1966 Touring Cars to Appendix K) and Touring 70s Celebration (Group 2 Touring cars of the 1970s). They have announced their provisional along side the two Vauxhall 2013 event calendar, covering ten events at major European circuits. The Insignias that the team ran last season starts at Oulton Park in March and finishes at Jerez, Spain in year. After working on the October. In between they are racing at some of the classic circuits of Europe development of the Vauxhall including the Nurburgring, Spa, Barcelona, Silverstone, Zandvoort, Dijon, Insignia, the team felt ready to Donington and Brands Hatch.

design their own car from the floor up.They hope to have 2 Passats and 2 Insignias on the grid at Brands Hatch. In a suprise move, Team Hard also announced that Tom Onslow Cole will drive one of the new Passats for the 2013 season. Team Hard also announced that 2012 Clio Cup Champion Jack Goff will drive one of the Vauxhall Insignias in the 2013 BTCC.

Lola saved to fight another day

Oulton Park, England 23rd March 2013

Masters Raceday

Barcelona, Spain

12-14th April 2013

Catalan Classic

Donington, England

3rd-5th May 2013

Donington Historic Festival

Brands Hatch, England 25th-27th May 2013 Masters Festival Dijon, France

14-16th June 2013

Grand Prix de l'Age d'Or

Silverstone, England

26-28th July 2013

Silverstone Classic.

Nurburgring, Germany 9-11th August 2013

Oldtimer Grand Prix

Zandvoort, Holland

30th Aug-1st Sept 2013 Historic Grand Prix

Spa, Belgium

20-22nd Sept 2013

The Lola name has been saved after Carl A Hass Automotive and Jerez, Spain Multimatic Engineering concluded a deal to continue the production of © Simon Wright Lola Chassis and parts and possibly introduce new Lola designs in the future. Canadian firm Multimatic Engineering had teamed up with Carl Hass Auto to become the North © Janet Wright American Lola distributors way back in 1967, selling thousands of Lola racing cars. Under the new agreement, Multimatic will produce replacement parts to service current customers while Hass Auto will serve as the Formula 5000 Lola T332 - Neil Daws distributor.

Spa Six Hours Event

11-13th October 2013 Masters Festival.

Rudolph Ernst March 721 at Donington Park in 2012 Classic and Competition Car

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80th anniversary of racing at Donington celebrated at Historic Festival 2013 The Historic Grand Prix Association (HPGCA) will celebrate the 80th anniversary of the first car race at Donington Park in 1933 by staging a pre-war Grand prix race at the Donington Historic Festival in May 2013.The winner will receive a Tazio Nuvolari Trophy.

The early days of Grand Prix racing were filled with legendary marques such as Alfa Romeo, Bugatti, ERA, Maserati, Frazer Nash, MG and Talbot-Lago driven by famous drivers such a Nuvolari, Seaman, Lang, Prince Bira,and Rosemayer. Many of these cars still race today.

In these early years, Donington Park saw its fair share of action. This included Richard Shuttleworth 'Mad Jack' winning in 1935 at the wheel of his Alfa Romeo P3 and the famous Silver Arrows of Germany dominating in 1937 and 1938 driven by Bernd Rosemeyer and Tazio Nuvolari. The HPGCA will aim to recreate some of this excitement at the Historic Festival. © Janet Wright

The Brooklands Double Twelve Motorsport Festival June 15th and 16th 2013 have been confirmed as the dates for the Brooklands Double Twelve motorsport festival. Organised by Brooklands and the Vintage Sports Car Club, the event is a birthday celebration for the original opening of the Brooklands circuit in 1907.

The weekend consists of three stand alone events- the Double Twelve Speed Trials held on the Mercedes-Benz World Circuit on the Saturday, the Double Twelve Driving Tests on Sunday and the Double Twelve Concours held on both days. Each event will have its own awards but to qualify for a Brooklands Double Twelve award, a competitor must compete over both days in any two of the three events and the combined scores of the two events will decide their Double Twelve placing. This means that a competitor can do the Speed trial on Saturday and the Driving Test Sunday or either of those events and the Concours on the other day. Due to time constraints, it will not be possible to compete in all three events.

The Speed Trial and Driving Tests are being organised by the VSCC. For more information see their web site at www.vscc.co.uk. The Double Twelve concours is organised by the Brooklands Museum and will be split in to the following classes:Aston Martin Centenary, Vauxhall 30/98, The 'Grand Tour' pre-war, the 'Grand Tour' post war, British cars at Le Mans, Mercedes Benz SL Pagoda 50th Anniversary, Veteran and Edwardian, Historic Brooklands Vintage , Historic Brooklands PostVintage, Spirit of Brooklands Pre-war, Spirit of Brooklands post war and the Spirit of Brooklands Open Wheel racing. © Simon Wright

Charles McCabe ERA R5B

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Aston Martin Le Mans of Christopher Scott Mackirdy will be eligible for the Aston Martin Centenary class January 2013

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Aston Martin 100 years old. © Janet Wright

As Aston Martin reaches its centenary, just over a third of the company has been sold off to an Italian consortium Investindustrial for £150 million as part of a half billion pound spending plan aimed at reviving the brand's fortunes. Investindustrial had previously held a stake in Ducati before selling it to Audi. They join Kuwaiti firm The Investment Dar as backers of Aston Martin. The Italian consortium are hoping to achieve similar results that they achieved at Ducati by expanding the model range and strengthening the dealer network throughout the World. There have been suggestions that the current range has stagnated, with models appearing outwardly similar, though there are major differences under the skin.

To celebrate the centenary year, Aston Martin is planning a packed programme of global events throughout 2013. The centre piece of these Aston Martin Vantage V8 LMGTE Am car of Roald Goethe and Stuart Hall celebrations will be a dedicated Centenary Week which will involve every at Silverstone in 2012 aspect of the company, from its headquarters at Gaydon to the spiritual home at Newport Pagnell and will include the global dealer network and the Aston Martin Owners Club. This week is from the 15th to the 21st July 2013. For further information, see the Aston Martin web site at www.astonmartin.com

Donington Park major dates for 2013.

Donington Park has announced its major events calendar for 2013. The car events start with the Historic Sports Car Club season opener on the 17th March 2013, followed a week later by the 750 Motor Club Car Championships race meeting on the 23rd March. This is a 'home' event for the club which is now based at Donington. April has the Motors TV National Race Day meeting televised live on Motors TV on Saturday 6th followed by an MG Car Club meeting on the 7th. The first of the big events is the British Touring Car Championship on the 20th and 21st of April. The very popular Donington Historic Festival is now a 3 day meeting from the 3rd to the 5th May. Another significant event is the return of the Superstars International Series at the end of August. This European series for powerful V8 saloons is making its third appearance in a row at Donington and always provides spectacular action.

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The BTCC always proves to be popular at Donington

For further information and to see the full list of dates, please visit the Donington web site at www.donington-park.co.uk Classic and Competition Car

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Manx Classic 25-27th April 2013

The annual Manx Classic is eheld over closed public roads on the Isle of Man for classic and sports cars. The three day sprint and Hill Climb event uses parts of the infamous Isle of Man TT Course. For more information, visit their web site at www.manxmotorracing.com/

GT & Sports Car Cup The 2013 calendar for the GT & Sports Car cup has been announced with races across Europe. The season starts at Silverstone in England on the 18th and 19th May at the HSCC International Trophy meeting.

The rest of the season will double up with the Carol Spagg's U2TC and 1000kms series at Monza, Italy on the 1st and 2nd of June. The series has two races in France, at Dijon on the 12th and 13th July and Paul Ricard on the 31st August and the 1st of September. It is also planned to race at Portimao in Portugal and a date will be confirmed later. Š Simon Wright

Adrian Newey Jaguar E-Type at the Silverstone round in 2012

Croft Nostalgia weekend 2013.

The North East circuit has announced that their popular nostalgia weekend will be the weekend of the 3rd and 4th of August 2013. For more information, visit the circuit web site at www.croftcircuit.co.uk (c) Paul Hardiman Classic and Competition Car

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Donington Historic Festival 3rd-5th May 2013.

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A Williams Cosworth FW08 similar to the one driven by Ayrton Senna in his first Grand Pric test in 1983 at Donington Park

Formula Ford Duratec championship.

MSV FIA Formula 2 finished.

With the MSA Formula Ford Championship dropping the Duratec class for 2013, the BRSCC have announced they will run a separate championship for these cars in 2013. The races will be held over 7 or 8 events and will include a class for Zetec powered cars. (c) Simon Wright

In just 2 years the Donington Historic festival has established itself as one of the major historic motorsport events on the International scene. This year sees two significant anniversaries for one of Grand Prix racings finest drivers, both of which are associated with Donington Park. Ayrton Senna started his Formula 1 career at Donington Park in 1983, testing a Williams FW08. Ten years later, he won a very wet European Grand Prix at Donington Park.

Many considered this to be his greatest victory. In honour of these two anniversaries, the Donington Historic Festival will celebrate the career of Ayrton Senna. For more information see www.doningtonhistoric.com

The FIA and MSV have agreed to not run the FIA Formula 2 championship for the 2013 season. After running for just 4 seasons, since 2009, it was agreed that the single team policy for the formula had lessened its appeal to drivers and if Formula 2 is ever to return, it should be on a multi team basis. The series has drawn good grids and competitive racing over the past 4 years. © Mick Herring

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Fabian Welter (MEX) Mygale SJ08 Duratec Class winner Donington Park Christopher Zanella MSV Williams Formula 2 car Classic and Competition Car

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John Cooper Fitch 4th August 1917-31st October 2012 Born in Indianapolis, John was an American World War 2 flying Ace who took up sports car racing after the war, dring an MG-TC. Showing plenty of talent in sports car racing, he was signed up for the 1951 Buenos Aires Grand Prix of Sport Cars, Argentina driving a borrowed, restored Allard J2.

The car had been involved in a crash and the chassis had been straightened by tieing the frame to an oak tree and Š Roger Allard powering the Allard until the chassis was roughly straight. John used his skill to win the race.

He went on to race in Europe driving Cunninghams at Le Mans and won the 1953 Sebring 12 Hours race driving a Briggs Cunningham C4R Chrysler with Phil Walters. He joined Fangio and Moss at Mercedes in 1955, winning the Production class in the Millie Miglia and sharing outright victory in the 1955 Tourist Trophy with Stirling Moss in a Mercedes Benz 300 SLR. He witnessed the terrible crash at Le Mans in 1955 which killed 83 people and injured another 120 and it led him to begin working on improving safety. He developed the Fitch Inertia Crash barrier, the yellow sand filled barriers that are common on American highways. He also went on to manage the Chevrolet Corvette sports car team and later developed his own sports car, the Fitch Phoenix which he raced regularly at Lime Rock Raceway, where he was General Manager living next to the circuit. To his family and friends we offer our sincre condolences. We would also like to thank Roger Allard for the photographs in this article. Š Roger Allard

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Nick Fennell Lotus 25

Race Retro 22-24 February 2013 Back again at Stoneleigh, near Coventry, Race Retro is the perfect day out for the Historic Motorsport fan, with a mixture of static displays and live Rally action on Saturday and Sunday on a special tarmac stage round the roads of the show ground.

This years event will celebrate the magnificent racing history of Team Lotus with a display of classic Lotus cars, while on the stage and in the halls there will also be a tribute to the Renault Alpine on the 40th anniversary of its first ever WRC title. © Janet Wright

Held at the National Exhibition Centre in conjunction with the Autosport International Show, the Performance Car Show is the place to be for aspects of high performance road cars. This years show will include a couple of new car launches in the UK. The new Ariel Atom 3.5 will make its public debut at the show. One of the fastest road cars to buy, the new 3.5 includes an engine power boost to 310bhp from the supercharged 2 litre Honda VTEC engine. This gives it a 0-60mph time of just 2.7 seconds and a top speed of 155mph.

The other launch is the new Radical RXC, a Le mans inspired racer for the road along with a race version ready for International GT and Sportscar championships. © Radical

Renault Alpine Classic and Competition Car

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Classic car of the month.

Lea-Francis Lynx Roadster 1960.

This car was number two of only three built by Lea-Francis in 1960 for the Earls Court Motor Show. This car was displayed without an engine at the show after being rushed together in only 6 months after a six year break in production at the factory and much financial uncertainty. Both the cars

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displayed at the show were finished in lilac. The cars were fitted with the Ford 6 cylinder 2553cc engine from a Ford Zephyr MkII, which produced between 107 and 149 BHP and gave the roadster a top speed of 123 miles per hour. The car was based on a 1948 tubular steel chassis from the 14hp sports model, adapted to fit the Ford Zephyr engine and Moss gearbox with overdrive powering the rear wheels. Fuel consumption was quoted at 26 miles per gallon. The car incorporated Dunlop disc brakes and rack and pinion steering, with indepedent Torsion bar front suspension and semi-elliptec leaf spring rear suspension attached to a live axle. When new it had a list price of £2096.

Although the cars were manufactured very quickly, they showed considerable attention to detail in a unique style. Unfortunately, despite the high hopes of the management and staff, the design failed to win a single sale. After only 3 were built, the project was abandoned, and this expensive exercise for the struggling firm probably contributed to the eventual closure of the factory. It's streamlined body design had a crash worthiness ahead of its time with design features not seen on other cars for many years.

This car was originally bought from the receivers by two brothers in 1961 who completed the car. The current owner purchased the car in 1968 and had it completely

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restored by Chisbon Restorations who returned it to its original motor show finish, but added the lowered windscreen, which was one of twenty modifications instigated by the factory in the spring of 1961 to make the cars ready for sale.

The cost of development of this model may well have contributed to the decline of the company which was originally formed in August 1895

by Richard Lea and Š Janet Wright Š Simon Wright Graham Francis. Based in Coventry, the firm originally produced bicycles before switching to car production in 1903 with a strange model fitted with an under floor mounted 3 cylinder engine, which also failed to sell. They switched to motorcycles with more sucess before moving back to cars but went in to receivership during the great depression in the early 1930s.

The company was revived in 1937 under new management, and produced a new car designed by Hugh Rose, formerly with Riley. After the war, in 1945, the cars proved more popular in saloon and sports car layout. Its 2 1/2 litre engine proved popular and was fitted to various racing cars of the time, including early Connaughts. In the early 1950s sales declined again and the company concentrated on general engineering before attempting a come back into car production with the Lynx in 1960. The company finally folded and the assests were all sold by 1962. In total around 10,000 Lea Francis cars were built. Š Simon Wright

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2012/13 MSC New Zealand F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series Preview of Rnds 4 & 5 NZ Festival of Motor Racing - celebrating Denny Hulme meetings Hampton Downs Northern Waikato Fri-Sat Jan 18-20 & 25-27 2013 STRONG AUSSIE ENTRY BOOSTS MSC FESTIVAL FIELD A strong Australian entry has boosted the MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series field for the two NZ Festival of Motor Racing - celebrating Denny Hulme meetings at Hampton Downs in the New Year.

Six Australian drivers are crossing the Tasman for the two meetings, taking the number of entries for the MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series races at

Australian drivers Bryan Sala (Matich A50/51) Classic and Competition Car

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the Jan 18-20 and 25-27 2013 meetings to 35.

Heading the Aussie squad is 2012/13 MSC series round one race winner Bryan Sala from Melbourne who will drive a Matich A50/51. He will be joined at the two meetings here by fellow Victorians Paul Zazryn (Lola T332), and Bill Hemming (Elfin MR8), South Australian John Bryant (Lola T140), and Rod Carroll (Lola T140) and Aaron Lewis (Matich A50) from New South Wales.

The two mid-summer meetings at Hampton Downs have traditionally attracted a number of drivers from around the world and the 2013 ones are no different. Local MSC series regulars continue to make up the bulk of the field.

But their numbers will be supplemented this year by the six entries from across the Tasman, three - Mike Whatley (Lola T300 & Surtees TS8), Greg Thornton (McRae GM1) and Mark Dwyer (Lola T400) - from the UK, two - Bruce Leeson (McLaren M10B) and Eric Haga (Lola T190) - from the United States, and one expat Brit Peter Dunn (March 73A) - from Lola T140 pair John Bryant and Rod Carroll are crossing the Tasman to contest rounds four and Monaco. Š Fast Company/Alex Mitchell After two points rounds - one in Australia five of the 2012/12 MSC F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series at Hampton Downs in January and one here - so far this season, defending MSC series title holder Steve Ross holds a 33 point lead over Auckland driver Aaron Burson (McRae GM1 with Ken Smith just a point behind in third place with class newcomer David Banks (Talon MR1A) fourth and David Abbott (Lola T430) from Christchurch fifth.

Ross and Bryan Sala shared wins at the opening round of the 2012/13 MSC series at the big Muscle Car Masters meeting in Sydney in September but Ross staged an impressive clean sweep to claim the prestigious Lady Wigram Trophy at the second, in Christchurch, a month later.

Dark horse at the two NZ Festival meetings, however, could well be regular UK visitor Greg Thornton. At the recent non-championship MSC series round at Australia's biennial Tasman Revival meeting in Sydney he won two of the four races in his newly acquired ex Stuart Lush McRae GM1.

The two NZ Festival of Motor Racing - celebrating Denny Hulme meetings are again expected to attract large crowds with cars either once driven by or associated with New Zealand's only Formula 1 World Champion being shipped in from all over the world for display and/or demonstration.

After the two rounds at the NZ Festival meetings at Hampton Downs the MSC series title chase heads south for the penultimate round at the annual Skope Classic meeting at Christchurch's Powerbuilt Tools Raceway at Ruapuna Park over the Febnruary 02-03 weekend and the final at Invercargill's Teretonga Park a fortnight later. Prepared by FAST COMPANY of behalf of the New Zealand Formula 5000 Association www.F5000.co.nz For more information about the 2012/13 MSC New Zealand F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series contact Ross MacKay on 021 677 919 or via e-mail on ross@fastcompany.co.nz

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VSCC Winter Driving Tests – Saturday December 1st

By Pete Austin © Pete Austin

Paul Compton - 1934 Wolseley Aerees Special

On a bright and sunny December morning competitors and officials gathered at St. George’s Barracks, Upper Arncott near Bicester in Oxfordshire for the annual VSCC Winter Driving tests.

12 tests had been laid out in the grounds of this military establishment some of which were quite complicated and varied from tarmac to ‘loose’ surfaces.

Competition began at 10.00am but even before this Chris Williams and his co-driver Duncan Round (complete with bowler hats), as usual provided some Classic and Competition Car

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entertainment by arriving in their 1930 Ford Model A with a smoking chimney mounted on the roof. It all adds to the fun of the event.

The event always attracts an eclectic mix of vintage cars ranging from two sporty Bugatti Brescias, various Austin 7s and MGs through to a Fraser Nash BMW 328.

This last car was driven by John Muschamp whose wife, Fabbienne this year had her Austin 7 which she described as her ‘own little baby’.

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Fabienne Muschamp - 1928 Austin 7 AD

Ewen Getley - 1927 Bentley 3/4 and a half litre © Pete Austin

Richard Marsh - 1930 Austin 7 Classic and Competition Car

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© Pete Austin David Thomson - 1936 Talbot 105 Alpine Replica

Class 3 for Standard Sports-Cars was won by Edmund Burgess having towed his Bugatti T13 Brescia all the way from Suffolk with VSCC ‘snapper’ Mark Ballard (this time on the other side of the lens) gaining a second in class with his Frazer Nash Falcon TT Replica. Husband and wife duo Owen Bolton and Rachel Bolton-King took 2nd and 3rd in class respectively with their MG M Type Midget.

Michael Brown gained a first in the class for Cyclecars, Oddities and LCES with his Riley 9 Tourer. Duncan Round drove the ‘smoking’ Ford Model A to a 3rd class award. 1st Class awards were gained by Richard Marsh (Austin 7) and Charlie Martin (Riley Special) in the category for Modified Sports Cars.

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Michael Brown - 1930 Riley 9 Tourer Dr David Wallom - 1934 Austin 7 Sports Classic and Competition Car

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Christopher Williams and Duncan Round - 1930 Ford Model A Classic and Competition Car

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With tremendous hospitality (including free refreshments being provided by Tim Walker Restorations on a far flung outpost of the site) this was once again a most successful and enjoyable event.

Guy Woodliffe-Thomas 1929 Austin 7 Chummy

Edmund Burgess' Bugati T13 Brescia takes a well earned break

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Paul Compton - 1934 Wolseley Aerees Special Classic and Competition Car

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John Muschamp - 1939 Frazer Nash BMW 328 Sports © Pete Austin Page 22

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David Marsh - 1925 Bugatti T13 Brescia © Pete Austin

David Thomson - 1936 Talbot 105 Alpine Replica © Pete Austin

Dr David Wallom - 1934 Austin 7 Sports

Gary Caroline - 1932 Morgan Super Sports Classic and Competition Car

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2012 Champions.

© Janet Wright

FIA World Endurance Drivers Championship Andre Lotterer (D)/ Benoit Treluyer (F)/ Marcel Fassler (CH) Manufacturers champion Audi R18 e-tron © Simon Wright

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LMP1 champions Rebellion Racing Lola B12/60 Coupe - Toyota,

LMP2 Champions Starworks Motorsport HPD ARX 03b - Honda,

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GTE Pro Champions AF Corse Ferrari Classic and Competition Car

GTE AM Champions Labre Competition Chevrolet Corvette C6-ZR1 January 2013

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FIA GT1 World Champion Marc Bassenq/Marcus Winkelhock All-Inkl.com Munnich Motorsport Mercedes Benz SLS AMG GT3 © Simon Wright

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Blancpain Endurance series GT3 Pro /AM Cup Champions Louis Machiels (D)/Niek Hommerson (NLD) Ferrari 458 Italia

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Blancpain Endurance series GT3 Pro Cup Champions Chrisopher Haase (D)/Stephane Ortelli (MCO)/Christopher Mies Audi R8 LMS Ultra Classic and Competition Car

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Blancpain Endurance series GT3 Gentlemen Tropy Robert Hissom (GB)/ Pierre Hirschi (CHE) Audi R8 LMS Page 25

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ELMS Champion Pierre Thiriet/Mathias Beche Thiriet by TDS Racing Oreca 03 Nissan Constructors Champion - Oreca Nissan

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LM GTE Pro (66) Jonathan Cocker (GB) Ferrari 458 Italia

LM GTE Am (67) Anthony Pons (F)/Nicolas Armindo (F)/Raymond Narac (F) Porsche 911 RSR 997 Imsa Performance Matmut

LM PC (40) John Hartshorne (GB) Boutsen Ginion Racing (Bel)Formula Le Mans Oreca 09

We celebrate some of the many motor racing champions in 2012

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Grand Prix Masters:Champion Andrew Beaumont (Lotus 76/1) © Janet Wright

World Sports Car Masters Champion: Mark Bates (Porsche 911 RSR) © Simon Wright

Pre-66 Touring cars Champion : Leo Voyazides (Ford Falcon) Classic and Competition Car

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HSCC Classic Formula 3 Championship (1) Jamie Brashaw March 793

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HSCC Classic F3 1600cc Class champion Grahame Kiddy Dastle Mk10 5th overall

HSCC ByBox Historic Touring Car Champion 2012 Dan Cox (Ford Lotus Cortina) January 2013

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HSCC ByBox Historic Touring Car Class champion Neil Brown (K5) 2nd overall Ford Lotus Cortina

HSCC ByBox Historic Touring Car Class champion Roger Phillips (K6) Austin Mini Cooper 3rd= overall

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HSCC ByBox Historic Touring Car Class champion John Pugsley (Class D) Ford Anglia 105E 3rd= overall

HSCC ByBox Historic Touring Car Class champion Warren Briggs (Class K1) Ford Mustang 5th overall © Janet Wright

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HSCC ByBox Historic Touring Car Class champion David Heale (Class E) Hillman Imp 8th overall Classic and Competition Car

HSCC ByBox Historic Touring Car Class champion Tim Davies Ford Lotus Cortina (Class C) 10th overall January 2013

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HSCC ByBox Historic Touring Car Class champion Gregory Thornton Ford Falcon Sprint (Class A) 14th overall Also HSCC ByBox Historic Touring Car Class Champion John Barber Fiat Abarth 850TC (Class K7) 18th overall

HSCC Guards Trophy Joint Champion (91) Nick Fleming Lotus Elan

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HSCC Guards Trophy Class Champion (46) Mike Whitaker ( Class D ) TVR Griffith 5th overall, © Janet Wright

HSCC Guards Trophy Joint Champion Mike Malone (SRC) Elva Mk7S

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HSCC Guards Trophy Class Champion Denis Welch (Class SRB) Lotus 23B 3rd overall

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HSCC Guards Trophy Class Champion Steve Hodges (Class C2) Jaguar E-Type 15th overall

HSCC Guards Trophy Class Champion Andrew Bentley (Class B2) MGB 6th= overall

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HSCC Guards Trophy Class Champion James Dodd Ginetta G16 (SRD)

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HSCC 70s Road Sports Champion John Thomason (D) Triumph GT6 Mk!!!

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HSCC Grandstand Motor Sports Historic Formula Ford Championship (43) Callum Grant Merlyn Mk20a

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HSCC Classic Racing Car Champion Ian Jones (G) Lotus 59 © Simon Wright

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Top to bottom HSCC 70s Road Sports Class Champion Julian Barter (Class B) TVR 3000M 2nd overall HSCC 70s Road Sports Class Champion Paul Conway (A) Morgan Plus 8 9th overall, HSCC 70s Road Sports Class Champion Chris Alford (Class F) MG Midget 11th overall,

HSCC Classic Racing Car Class Champion Tim Kary (Class D) Brabham BT28 2nd overall, HSCC Classic Racing Car Class Champion Sam Mitchell (F) Merlyn Mk20

Also Oliver Ford (Class C) Lotus Europa 4th overall Classic and Competition Car

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Clockwise from Top left: HSCC Historic Road Sports Champion (1) Paul Tooms (Class C) Lotus Elan

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Class Champions (22) Tony Davis (E) Sebring Sprite 2nd overall, (80) John Shaw (D) Porsche 911 5th overall, (91) Richard Owen (F) Triumph TR2 6th overall, (63) Colin Sharp (B) Triumph TR4A 12th=overall, (57) Roddie Feilden (A) Morgan Plus 8 9th= overall.

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Martini Trophy with SuperSports Champion David Gathercole Lola T212 © Simon Wright

Avon Tyres MSA British Hill Climb Champion Trevor Willis OMS 25 Classic and Competition Car

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TTC Group MSA Hill Climb Leaders Champion Jos Goodyear GWR Raptor Extreme © Simon Wright

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Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Champion Gordon Shedden Honda Civic Classic and Competition Car

Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship Independent Drivers Champion Andrew Jordan Honda Civic Pirtek Racing January 2013

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Avon Tyres British GT4 Champions Jody Fannin and Warren Hughes Ginetta G50 © Mick Herring

Avon Tyres British GT Champion (11) Michael Caine (GB) and Daniele Perfetti (Swiss) Motorbase Porsche 997 GT3 R

Avon Tyres British GTC Drivers Cup Ryan Hooker and Gary Eastwood Ferrari 458 Challenge

British F3 National Champion Richard (Spike) Goddard (Aus) Dallara Mugen Honda F311

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British F3 Champion Jack Harvey Dallara Volswagen F312 Classic and Competition Car

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GT Cup Champion Derek Johnston (41) Ferrari 458 (Gp1) © Mick Herring

GT Cup Gp2 Class champion Peter Smallwood (95) Porsche 997 GT3

GT Cup Class Gp3 Champion Chris Bentley Porsche 996 Classic and Competition Car

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Britcar MSA British Endurance Champion (51) Richard Adams/David Green/Martin Byford Lotus Evora Class 3 © Mick Herring

Britcar MSA British Endurance Class Champion Jensen Lunn/ Mark Steward Chevron GR8 Classs 4 5th overall Classic and Competition Car

Britcar MSA British Endurance Class champions Javier Morcillo (ESP)/Manuel Cintrano (ESP)/Paul White (GB) Mosler MT900R (Class 1) 2nd overall, Britcar MSA British Endurance Owen O'Neill/Neil Huggins/Danny Winstanley/Jon Harrison/Rob Wilson/Jeff Wyatt Marcos Mantis Class 2 3rd overall,

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Archive Photo of the month By Pete Austin Last month Bradley Wiggins deservedly won the 2013 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award following victories in the Tour de France and an Olympic Gold Medal. It seems incredible but it's 40 years since Jackie Stewart won that award having won the World Championship in 1973. Tragically this was overshadowed by the death of his team mate Francois Cevert at the United States Grand Prix although Stewart had already made the decision to retire from the sport earlier on in the season. This image was taken at the International Trophy at Silverstone which Stewart also won in his Tyrrell 006. Interesting to note are the safety features (or lack of them!) illustrated in this shot. In the foreground are the railway sleepers which lined much of the track in those days with a complete absence of safety fencing. Someone who appears to be a fire marshal is perched on top of the breeze block wall while a spectator relaxes in a chair on the roof of his car. Different days!

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Boxing day Car meet The Moat House Inn, Alcester.

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By Simon and Janet Wright A dry but cold Boxing day saw a good crowd gather at the Moat House Inn for the annual Car Meeting. People took advantage of the good conditions to come out for some fresh air after Christmas and bring their pride and joy along for fellow enthusiasts to view.This year there was a strong performance car attendance with Ferrari, Porsche, Lotus, Mercedes and Chevrolet models in attendence. There was also a good selection of classic British Sports cars on show with Triumph and MG having at least a couple of different models represented. Bearing in mind it was the middle of

Ferrari 430 Scuderia

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Ford Cortina Mk3 line up

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winter, there were also several converitible models present, but sensibly they had their hoods up to protect the occupants from the cold.

There was a good turn out of classic Fords with several Cortina, Escort and Capri models showing why the blue oval models have always been popular with the Briitish public. There was even a American muscle car Ford Mustang on show in the classic blue and white shelby style colour scheme.

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Ford Escort Mexico Mk2 and Ford Escort 1600 Sport Mk2

MDH Sports car

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Riley RMA 1 1/2 litre saloon

Ford Mustang Fastback

There were also several slightly more unusual cars on show such as the MDH sportscar and the Citroen 2CV Roadster. Slightly older was a classic Riley RMA 1 1/2 litre saloon from the 1950's and a vintage Bugatti from before the war. Finally there was a good turn out of motorcycles and several side car combinations.

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The Citroen 2CV Roadster This is a kit conversion on the original Citroen 2CV chassis to produce an unsual design roadster, which maintains the economy of the original car with a slightly different look,

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Vintage Bugatti © Janet Wright

Lotus Esprit

Ford Anglia Classic and Competition Car

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Triumph TR4

Chevrolet Corvette

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Good turn out of Motorcycles and combo's

Ferrari 550 Maranello

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