Classic and Competition Car 39

Classic and Competition Car December 2013

Walter Hayes Trophy

Issue 39

Contents Page 3 News.

Page 19 Nuvolari remembered at Donington Park.

Page 20 Walter Hayes Trophy meeting, Silverstone.

Page 27 Bonded Warehouse Open weekend car display.

Page 31 VSCC Cotswold Trial, Prescott.

Page 37 Archive Photo of the month.

Page 38 Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show, NEC, Birmingham Page 49 Tasman Revival round 1 Manfeild.

Our Team.

Simon Wright - Editor.

Simon has been photographing and reporting on motor races for many years. Served an engineering apprenticeship many years ago. Big fan of the Porsche 917 Pete Austin.

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. Very keen on BRM. Mick Herring

Front Cover. Walter Hayes Trophy winner Scott Malvern in his Spectrum leads Kevin O'Hara and Mick's first love is GT Oliver White both in Van Diemens Š Pete Austin Check out our new updated WEB site at www.classicandcompetitioncar.com regularly for additional photo galleries, wall papers and other additional content and join our Facebook Group Classic and Competition Car. 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.

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Has an extensive knowledge of all things GT.

Janet Wright.

Janet has been taking photographs for many years, and is also very skilled in video. She likes Aston Martins Page

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Editorial As the weather gets colder, it is time to head indoors. The Classic Motor Show is a fitting end of year activity for all motoring enthusiasts and this year it was bigger and better than ever. With something for every car and bike fan, and plenty of motorsport elements thrown in for good measure.

This year saw quite a few major celebrations take place, with the Morris centenary taking centre stage and occupying a major hall. There was a major display of Morris vehicles covering the entire span of production, and displays from the majority of Morris car clubs. But there were other celebrations, 50 years of the Porsche 911, and Triumph 2000 and Lamborghini were celebrating 60 years of production with a display of models through the ages.

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BTCC Tighten up on driving standards.

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After reviewing penalties given in the BTCC relating to driving standards, it has been decided to increase the current six place grid penalty for drivers who receive three reprimands in a single season, to a penalty of starting from the back of the grid at the next available race. Further championship and race penalties will be introduced in 2014 which will be announced in due course.

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Sospiri returns to Formula Ford.

An interesting addition to this years entry for the Walter Hayes Trophy race meeting was the return of Italian Vincenzo Sospiri, the former Formula 3000 Champion returning to Formula Ford after 25 years. After becoming World Karting champion in 1987, he raced Formula Ford, working through to Formula 3000 in 1991 as team mate to Damon Hill in a Middlebridge Lola T191/50. After an uncompetitive season he returned to Italian F3 for 1992 then back to F3000 in 1993 racing for the Mythos team in a Reynard Judd 93D. He switched to the Super Nova team in 1994 and won three races in 1995 to take the International Formula 3000 title driving a Reynard cosworth 95D. He finally got a chance to race Grand Prix with the Mastercard Lola project in 1997 but the car was so uncompetitive that he was more than 10 seconds off the pace in the Australian Grand Prix of 1997 and was outside the 107% rule and did not qualify. The team was withdrawn just after due to massive debts. He then tried racing in America in the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series and finished 17th at the Indianapolis 500 driving a Dallara Oldsmobile for Team Scandia after qualifying 3rd. He finished 2nd at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway later that season. He did four races in 1998 for Dan Gurney's All American Racers team as a replacement for PJ Jones and managed 15th place in Houston and Surfers Paradise in Australia.

In 1998 and 1999 he won the Sports Racing World Cup driving a Ferrari 333 SP driving with Emmanuel Collard and this led to him driving the lead Toyota in the 1999 Le Mans 24 Hours race with Collard and Martin Brundle. Unfortunately after being on Pole position for the race, the car retired with gearbox problems and a puncture while Brundle was driving.

He retired from racing in 2001 and became Team Manager for the Euronova team in the Italian Formula 3000 championship.

On his return to the Walter Hayes Trophy, he was driving a Van Diemen RF88 and qualified 12th for Heat2 and finished in 9th place, putting him 25th on the grid of Semi Final 1. He finished that race in 18th place putting him on the back row of the grid for the final where he drove through to finish 24th overall and less than 30 seconds behind the winner.

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BTCC License introduced by TOCA. To provide existing teams and cars security of entry in the British Touring Car Championship, series organisers TOCA is introducing a TOCA BTCC License (TBL) as part of the entry requirement process. There will be a maximum of 30 TBLs available to teams and priority will be given to existing teams that have competed in at least 50% of the 2013 BTCC season with NGTC cars, who will have automatic entry for the same number of cars in 2014, subject to the pre-registration requirements by 30th November.

Existing teams with 2 or more NGTC cars will have priority for one additional entry subject to validation by TOCA. Existing cars will also get priority consideration along with any new entries.

Eligible teams will be issued with a TBL which will secure each entry for a minimum of three seasons, until the end of 2016. Teams may sell, gift, lease, assign or loan their TBL to other existing teams or eligible new entries on a season long basis only, subject to TOCA approval.

Possession and retention of a TBL includes an obligation from each entrant to contest all BTCC events for each season entered. Missing one event in any season will void the TBL and missing two events will have the entry rescinded for the balance of the season.

Also a team cannot make more than one change of driver per car per season except in a genuine case of force Majeure, which does not include financial issues. Also substitute drivers must have completed at least 300kms of testing in an NGTC car unless they are acknowledged by TOCA as having extensive experience driving a touring car.

TOCA will retain a further 2 TBLs in addition to the 30 issued. These may be loaned to a suitable entrant, but will not be sold or permanently transferred. They may also allow up to 2 extra cars to participate at selected events for ad-hoc, celebrity or R&D entries but these 2 will not be eligible for Championship points or count towards eligibility for a TBL.

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The Fourth Donington Historic Festival will take place from the 3rd to the 5th May 2014. Firmly established as a major fixture in the International calendar, it draws a large crowd over the Bank holiday weekend to enjoy close racing from hundreds of world class historic racing cars and a large number of classic car club displays.

The 2013 event added an extra dimension by celebrating Ayrton Senna, the World Champion who won the only modern Grand Prix to be held at Donington Park in 1993 and expanded to a three day event.

Previous Festivals have held races celebrating the entire history of modern motorsport, with vintage cars from the 1920s right through to modern Group C sports cars from the 1980s. It even added Group B Rally cars to the mix, round the Melbourne loop. Advanced tickets are now available to purchase - see www.doningtonhistoric.com

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Strakka Dome LMP2 Coupe for 2014.

Inaugural Rally Cape Horn.

Covering 3,500 miles of South American countryside, the Rally Cape horn departed from Buenos Aires in Argentina on the 12th November with an international field representing Great Britain, Ireland, Belgium, France, Holland, the United States of America and New Zealand. Organised by the Endurance Rally Association, the event was split into 3 classes, pre 1941

up to 3000 cc, over 3000cc and pre 1975 classics. Entries from the UK in the up to 3000 cc class were Nicholas and Barbara Phillips in a 1932 Alvis Speed 20, Nigel Gambier and Hugo Upton in a 1934 Lagonda T7 and Penny and Geoffrey Rawlings in a 1934 Talbot AV 105. In the over 3000cc class, David and Sadie Williams were driving a 1938 Chevrolet Fangio Coupe. There are also three Ford Model A cars entered with British crews along with a 4.5 litre Bentley of Martin and Olivia Hunt.

From Argentina, the rally will head southwards across the Andes to Chile and Santiago and will zig zag between the two countries before arriving in Ushuasia in Argentina for the finish. for more information visit the

Strakka Racing, based at Silverstone, have arranged a long term sports car partnership with Dome, the Japanese race car constructor. The two firms are working together to develop and race a brand new cost capped LMP2 coupe prototype endurance race car - the Strakka Dome S103. The first car will be powered by a 4.5 litre Nissan VK45 V8 Petrol engine and will contest the entire 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship, subject to selection committee approval.

Dome was established in 1975 by Minoru Hayashi and is based in Maibara, Shiga Perfecture in Japan. The first Dome sports car made its Le Mans debut in 1979. Strakka have competed at Le Mans for the last six years, winning the LMP2 Trophy and finishing a record 5th overall in 2010.

They also won the LMP1 Privateers award in 2013.

The new cars design promises to be aerodynamically advanced due to the 50% wind tunnel that Dome have operated since 2000. Hiroshi Fushida, President of Dome, was delighted at the team up with Strakka racing to enable the cutting edge designed S103 to maximise the car's full potential.

Endurance Rally Association web site at www.endurorally.com.

The 2014 Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show will be held from 14th to 16th November.

For more information on the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show or Classic Motorbike Show, visit www.necclassicmotorshow.com.

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New Jaguar F Type Coupe Debut The most dynamically capable, performance focused production Jaguar ever. The model made its World debut on the 19th November 2013 on the eve of the Los Angeles Auto Show.

The F Type Coupe model line up is headed by the F-Type R Coupe, powered by a 5 litre V8 supercharged engine developing 550PS/680Nm. It will accelerate from 0-60mph in just 4 seconds and has a top speed of 186 mph (limited). The range includes the FType S Coupe with a 3 litre supercharged V6 engine developing 380PS, 0-60 mph in 4.8 seconds and a top speed of 171 mph and an F-Type coupe developing 340PS, 0-60 mph in 5.1 seconds and a top speed of 161 mph.

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Rare 1911 Vulcan comes up for Auction.

Having spent the last 28 years parked in the hallway, this rare car is now up for auction, following the death of its owner. In 1985 he parked the car in the hallway of his home, with the intention of admiring it for the day. Over 10,000 days later, the front door was opened and the car wheeled out and will be auctioned at Historics at Brooklands on Saturday 30th November.

This is a very rare 15.9 HP 4 cylinder 2 litre Vulcan two seat tourer with dicky seat. It is thought that there are less than 10 remaining in the World. It was manufactured at Vulcan Motor and Engineering in Southport, Merseyside, which was formed in 1902

by Thomas and Joseph Hampson. It is estimated that the car should sell for between ÂŁ27,000 and ÂŁ33,000.

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BTCC change boost adjustment rules.

Teams at a recent meeting voted to keep the current lap time/Boost adjustment calculation for next year. However there will be a substantial reduction in the amount of boost increase compared to this year. In the near future, the same sub-group from the teams will determine the percentage amount of reduction. Competitors will also only be allowed to remain on maximum boost increase for a total of 3 successive events. © Simon Wright

The new 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray made an appearance at the Classic Motor Show on the Corvette club stand which had an example of every model of Corvette from the C1 to the new C7

C4R-FEST returns for 2014.

Chris Evans has confirmed that the two car-fest motoring festivals will return again in 2014 in the same format as this year.Car-Fest North will be held at Oulton Park on the 1st to 3rd of August 2014 and three weeks later Car-Fest South will take place at Leverstoke Park Farm, near Basingstoke in Hampshire on the 22nd to 24th August 2014. Advanced tickets will go on sale from the 13th November 2013.

As well as cars, the festivals celebrate food and music with many top bands performing at previous events. For 2014, Erasure and Seasick Steve have been added to the musical line up.

The first Car-Fest events were held in 2012 and the four events held so far have seen more than 200,000 visitors enjoy these fantastic events, and have raised over £2 million for the BBC Children in Need charity.

For more information visit the official CarFest website at www.carfest.org

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Vintage Adventurer sets new World record in crossing America.

The second attempt by the Vintage Adventurer Rob Wade, to cross America non-stop from ocean to ocean in under 60 hours in a Ford Model A has proved to be successful. A new World record has been set for a pre-war car crossing the continent from New York to Los Angeles in 50 hours 20 minutes and 6 seconds.

American photos courtesy of Andrea Seed.

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Nissan BladeGlider Bearing a slight resemblance to the Delta wing racing car, this prototype of a new production Electric Vehicle from Nissan was developed with form following function. The three seater design will give the driver a racing car style driving position in the middle of the vehicle, while giving the two rear passengers a unique forward view of the journey.

The project was led by Francois Bancon, the division general manager of Product strategy and Product planning and started with a clean sheet of paper. The narrow front track fundamentally changes the basic design of the motor car since its earliest days and allows for the stunning sweeping design to achieve a low drag factor which generates ground hugging downforce.

The car shares many engineering values from the Nissan Leaf, the best selling Electric Vehicle in history, and the Nissan ZEOD RC which is due to make its debut at the 2014 Le Mans 24 hours race in France.

The narrow 1 metre light weight front track and the wider rear track reduces drag and enhances manoeuvrability, assisted by a 30/70 front/rear weight distribution allow for high G cornering and the light weight carbon fibre underbody reduces the need for drag inducing rear wings to assist with cornering.

When it becomes a production vehicle, it could be the first Nissan to use in-wheel electric motors which would provide rear wheel propulsion with independent motor management to improve traction. Using the same lithium-ion battery technology that is used in the Nissan Leaf, the batteries are mounted low and towards the rear to enhance stability and handling.

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Syd Fox 1931 - 20th October 2013.

Former Formula Ford legend and senior race instructor at Brands Hatch has died as a result of cancer.

Born in Upper Norwood, South London, he began motor racing in 1960 and enjoyed a successful national racing career before retiring in 1983.

He raced various sports cars during the early sixties starting with a Lola Mk1 in 1962 and 1963 with a 2nd place finish at the Whitsun trophy, Goodwood. In 1964 he did several races in a Lotus 23 without any success and in 1966 got a drive in a Lola T70 at the Guards Trophy Race. In 1967 he tried a couple of major sports car races at Monza and Spa but failed to finish either event.

He also drove a Sports 2000 Lola T492 at Brands Hatch in the 1980 World Championship 6 Hours of Brands Hatch race, where he shared the car with Mike Ford and they finished 17th.

His main success was in Formula Ford where he was BARC Formula Ford 1600 champion in 1972 driving a Hawke DL9 and took race wins at Cadwell Park, Brands Hatch and Thruxton. In 1973 and 1974 he tried Formula Atlantic, driving a Huron SS0 A2 but had no success. He won again in Formula Ford at Mallory Park in 1973 in a Hawke DL10 and took another race victory in 1974 at Mallory Park in a Hawke DL11 and clinched the 1974 MCD/BRSCC (Star of Tomorrow) Formula Ford 1600 championship of 1974 winning the final round that year at Brands Hatch.

Syd also drove in Formula Ford 2000 winning a round of the British Formula Ford 2000 championship at Mallory Park in 1975 at the wheel of a Palliser P742 and again at Brands Hatch, Oulton Park (twice), Snetterton (twice) and Mallory Park in the same car in 1978 to win the MCD Allied Polymer/Lord Taverner's Championship.

Beside his great success in single seaters, he also managed some wins in Saloons, being particularly successful at the Willhire 24 Hours race at Snetterton. His first victory in the 24 Hours was in 1980 as part of a multi car relay team using the Opel Commodore GS/E 2.8. He managed to repeat the victory the following year, again as part of a multi car relay team in the Commodore GS/E. Despite being on the wrong side of 80, he was re-united with his 1970 Macon Formula Ford car for a private test at Brands Hatch last year where he was able to drive the car round the circuit where he had raced many times in the past. This year (2013) he was given the chance to drive Iain Rowley's Delta Formula Ford 2000 car at Silverstone in what was his last drive in a racing car before he was diagnosed with incurable cancer.

To his family and friends we offer our sincere condolences.

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Bev Bond 8th July 1938 – 22nd November 2013 Last year at the HSCC © Pete Austin Finals meeting at Silverstone Bev Bond presented a cheque for £1250 to the Dorset Cancer Care Centre, he then went on to race a Formula 3 March in the Classic Racing Cars event.

Bev had been undergoing treatment for the cancer he had been diagnosed with, but, after a brave battle sadly succumbed to the illness on 22nd November 2013.

It is only over the last three years that I have come to know Bev as a person but he first came to my attention during the F3 ‘screamer’ era. However, as with many drivers, his career started by racing karts before moving on to Formula 3. Starting off with a Cooper he graduated to a Brabham BT21B in 1968 and became quite successful in that year and into the first half of 1969. He was then spotted by Colin Chapman who signed him up, initially with Lotus Components and then the full works Gold Leaf Team Lotus with the Lotus 59.

Things really took off in the final heady 1.0 litre ‘screamer’ F3 season of 1970 when he © Pete Austin finished third in the Forward Trust F3 Championship behind Carlos Pace and team mate Dave Walker. Perhaps his most famous victory was at Oulton Park where he narrowly beat James Hunt and Tony Trimmer to the flag to lift the British Empire Trophy.

He continued with some success into the new 1600cc Formula 3 in 1971 with the Ensign team until halfway through the season when he left to drive his own March.

He also competed in other categories including a one off drive in the F5000 4wd Hepworth at Oulton Park in 1969. He became associated with Harry Stiller in the early seventies driving a GRD in 1973 and a March in 1974 in the Formula Atlantic series. He also managed Stiller’s Hesketh F1 for Alan Jones first foray into Grand Prix racing in 1975.

Always cheerful and positive he will be missed by the racing fraternity. Classic and Competition Car offers its sincerest sympathies.

Donations can be made to Poole Hospital Charity for the Dorset Cancer Care Centre.

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Gethin races at the Walter Hayes.

Nick Gethin,son of former Grand Prix winner Peter Gethin, raced in the Historic class of the Walter Hayes Trophy meeting driving a Lola T200. He only started racing after sitting in his fathers Formula 5000 McLaren M10B at the Silverstone Classic Media day last year. He obtained his license and has competed this year in the HSCC Historic Formula Ford 2000 championship, driving a Royale RP27. His best result came at Snetterton where he finished 6th and he came 9th overall in the Championship.

For the Walter Hayes Trophy meeting he was drawn in Heat 2, and qualified 15th overall, just behind Matthew Wood, the other Historic car in the heat. He finished 14th overall, behind Wood in 12th. This put him in to the Last Chance race, near the back of the grid. He finished 28th overall and 9th in class which placed him on the seventh row of the grid for the Historic and Classic final. He had a good battle in the race with Stephen Mawhinney for the first part of the race and finished 10th.

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Lola T400 - Andrew Higgins

Though teams at the time felt the advances over the T332 model (in particular to the suspension geometry) were a bridge too far, Higgins - who has raced Formula Fords, Formula Pacific and Toyota Racing Series single-seaters - says that once unlocked there is a lot of potential in the car.

"They've got some downforce, but not a huge amount, and they stop and corner well."

Prepared by FAST COMPANY of behalf of the New Zealand Formula 5000 Association www.F5000.co.nz

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At 32-years-of-age Andrew Higgins missed out on the thrill of watching the V8-powered Formula 5000 single-seaters thundering round local tracks first time around. But having watched the resurgence of interest in the cars thanks to the MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival series he resolved not to miss out on the action a second time.

Impressed by the speed and style of visiting British driver Michael Lyons in his Lola T400, Andrew and his father Paul went looking for one of their own. As luck would have it they managed to turn up the sister car to Lyon's in Germany.

The two cars were originally bought in 1975 by the US-based Val Parnelli Jones racing team. When they proved no quicker (not to mention harder to set up) than the Lola T332s the team was already running, the two T400s were consigned to a back corner of the team's garage and used for spares.

Team driver Al Unser did race the Higgins car at Mosport in Canada once - albeit only after crashing his T332 - but that was it and the two team T400s were eventually sold to an American enthusiast in 1989 with the Higgins' car being on-sold to German man Peter Kormann in 1998, in whose hands it stayed until Higgins made an offer on it. "It was probably the most original, low-mileage 5000 for sale at that time," says Higgins. "It had done three race meetings in its life when we bought it.'

Since then the self-employed Auckland sign-writer has spent the past three years developing it into a race-winning car, enjoying success with it here, in Australia and the UK.

Team USA returns to Walter Hayes Trophy.

The Americans returned to the Walter Hayes Trophy with a two car team for Joey Bickers in a Ray GR12 and Jake Eidson in a Ray GR08/09. The event got off to a bad start for Bickers who qualified 2nd fastest only to crash out in Heat 1 causing the race to be red flagged. Eidson was fastest in qualifying for Heat 2 but was beaten in to 2nd place by Scott Malvern.

Bickers started near the back of the grid in the Progression race and fought through the field to finish 4th. This got him through to the Last Chance race, again almost at the back of the grid of the 32 car field. He managed to work his way up to 12th by the finish.

Eidson was on the second row for the first semi final and again finished 2nd to Scott Malvern.

Bickers had made it through to the second semi final, again near the Joey Bickers back of the grid and fought through to 10th by the finish. This put him on the tenth row of the grid for the Grand Final, while Eidson was on the second row. While trying to get in to 2nd place, Eidson spun and ended up finishing 7th, while Bickers could only manage 26th overall.

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Vintage Racecar/Roadcar 1st Touring Assembly Sunday 6th April 2014 will see the first Vintage Racecar/ Vintage Roadcar Touring Assembly, Trains, Boats and Planes event take place. A 100 mile tour of the Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire countryside will start from the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre at Quainton at around 9:30am. The tour is open to 50 vehicles which should have been registered before 2000 and will proceed to Braunston Marina and then Sywell Aerodrome where there will be stops for a break and photos. The Tour will finish at Turweston Aerodrome where a prize giving event will take place in the Conference centre. There will be various categories of prizes including Oldest competing car, best period dressed occupants, most interesting vehicle to name but a few.

The first car away will be the 2013 Peking to Paris Rally winners Phil Garratt and Kieron Brown in their 1937 Chevy Fangio Coupe.

For further details please e-mail vreurope@aol.com

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Bugatti premiere the Legend "Meo Costantini" The third model in the six part edition "Les Legendes de Bugatti" is dedicated to Meo Costantini, two times winner of the Targa Florio and a close friend of the company founder Ettore Bugatti. It was launched at the Dubai International Motor Show (5th-9th November 2013) and is based on the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse. The body of the Vitesse Legend "Meo Costantini" is built mainly from Carbon Fibre, while the wings, doors and parts of the car exterior are rendered in aluminium which is hand polished and coated with a clear lacquer. The blue paintwork on the carbon fibre parts references France's classic racing colour as used on the Type 35. There are elaborate laser engravings on the interior of the doors to illustrate the 1920's World of Motorsport. Under the rear wing/air brake is a silhouette of the historic Targa Florio road course in tribute to his two victories on the event. Finally, his signature is laser engraved in to the aluminium tank and oil caps. The 8 litre W16 engine can accelerate from 0-62 mph in just 2.6 seconds and has achieved a speed of 253 mph with the roof down making it the fastest production roadster ever built. Only 3 will be built and sold at a price of â‚Ź2.09 million, excluding taxes and transport.

Meo Costantini was the lead driver in the Bugatti works racing team for many years, winning the Targa Florio twice in a Bugatti Type 35.

Bartolomeo Costantini was born in Italy in 1889 and was head of the Bugatti racing team for 8 years. He first got involved in modifying a Bugatti Type 13 just after the 1st World war, which he raced in 1920-21. This brought him to the attention of Ettore Bugatti and he became a member of the Bugatti factory team. In 1925 he won the

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Targa Florio as a member of the factory team, and in 1926 he won it again, and also won the Spanish Grand Prix and the Grand Prix of Milan and took 2nd place at Monza. Shortly after this period, he ended his racing career in order to manage the Bugatti Factory racing team, a post he held from 1927 to 1935. He finally retired from Bugatti in 1937.

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Britain's first International race winner heads London to Brighton Veteran Car run. 3rd November 2013.

The longest running motoring event is the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run, which commemorates the original Emancipation run of November 1896. With an entry of nearly 400 vehicles all dating back to before 1905, the entry this year was headed by a trio of legendary racing Napier's, recreating the pioneering British team that contested the famous Gordon Bennett Cup held at the start of the last century. The lead car was the 6.5 litre Napier

The three Napier's line up for the start

that won the 1902 race between Paris and Innsbruck driven by S.F. Edge, the first British car to win an international motor race. Its olive green bodywork was the origin of British Racing Green.The other two Napier's had competed in the Gordon Bennett Cup races in 1903 and 1904, one powered by a 7.7 litre engine and the other with a more powerful 11.1 litre engine.

Other interesting vehicles on this years run included the 1901 electric powered Waverley, built in Indianapolis, USA and driven on this event by Michael Ward, Managing Director of Harrods.

After flagging off the early starters, Sir Ray Tindle set off on his 50th journey to Brighton in a single cylinder 1904 Speedwell Dogcart.

The event is not a race, but for the first time, this year saw a competitive section added, with a Regularity test where competitors had to average a precise speed between two controls. The winner of this first event was the 1902 Mors of Philip Oldman.

The first car to reach the ceremonial finish on Madeira Drive was the 1902 Darracq of Alan White. By the 4:30pm deadline, a total of 341 cars had completed the 60 mile journey from Hyde Park, out of the 385 starters.

Michael Ward 1901 Electric powered Waverley

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75th Anniversary of Nuvolari’s victory remembered at Donington

By Pete Austin On October 22nd 1938 Tazio Nuvolari, driving for the “Silver Arrows” Auto Union team won the 4th Donington Grand Prix. © Pete Austin John Baillie, who is writing a book about pre-war racing at Donington, has had a plaque made to commemorate the 75th anniversary of this victory. This was the second successive victory for Auto Union in this event with Bernd Rosemeyer taking the honours in 1937.

The plaque, which is sponsored by Eberhard watches, will be placed on the wall of the current circuit offices, formerly the Coppice Farmhouse which was adjacent to the original line of the track.

Wheeled out from the Donington Collection for the occasion was the Maserati 8CM which was Nuvolari’s personal car in 1934 and driven by him to victories in Belgium, Montenero and Nice together with a second place in Spain.

Among those present at the unveiling of the plaque on November 12th 2013 were circuit owner Kevin Wheatcroft, Chris Tate (Managing Director of Donington), Terry Cordy (Eberhard Watches), Vi Selby who has marshalled at the circuit since its reopening in 1977 and Mike Jiggle (Vintage Racecar).

It was also a pleasure to meet Debbie Rae who is the great granddaughter of John Gillies Shields who owned Donington Hall when the track first opened and she used to live in the building which is now the circuit office. © Pete Austin

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Walter Hayes Trophy. Silverstone 2nd & 3rd November 2013.

By Simon & Janet Wright with additional photos by Pete Austin.

The high-light of the Formula Ford year, the thirteenth running of the Walter Hayes Trophy, is the premier Formula Ford event which draws a massive entry of over one hundred cars to compete for the prestigious Walter Hayes Trophy. The trophy commemorates Walter Hayes who joined Ford in 1961 in their Public Relations department to add sparkle to the family car manufacturer. He was responsible for Ford taking on Richard Tarling Van Diemen RF80 won the Historic & Classic Final Ferrari at the Le Mans 24 Hours, which created the Ford GT40. His next achievement was to introduce Ford to Cosworth who went on to create the Ford Cosworth DFV Grand Prix engine, the most successful customer Grand Prix engine ever built. Hayes went on to become Vice President of Ford of Europe and America. He passed away on December 26th 2000.

The entry was split in to 6 heats which were run on Saturday, with the first 9 finishers moving in to one of the semi-finals, while the © Janet Wright others got a second chance in the progression race and a final opportunity to make the semi finals in the last chance race. From the © Pete Austin two semi finals, the top eighteen would take part in the final.

It was Scott Malvern who was making a return to Formula Ford for this event, who dominated the meeting. He won his heat, the semi final and Grand Final Kevin O'Hara Van Diemen RF10 won the 2nd semi final and finished 3rd Scott Malvern Spectrum winner of the Walter Hayes Trophy

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from start to finish. Even though the final was disrupted with a red flag after a multi car accident at Copse corner, Malvern led again from the restart, pulling away from the battling pack behind him, to win by 8.6 seconds at the flag. The former 2011 Formula Ford GB champion and 2012 Protyre Formula Renault champion was making his debut at the Walter Hayes Trophy meeting after a frustrating year where he has been unable to find the sponsorship to allow him to progress from his Formula Renault championship of last year. His victory in the Kevin Mills Racing Spectrum has added to his successes on his CV, which also included the 2011 Formula Ford Festival.

Second place went to Oliver White in a Van Dieman RF01, the Heat 1 winner, who just managed to keep ahead of Kevin O'Hara driving a Van Dieman RF10 in the final.

Team USA returned to try and repeat last years victory by Tristan Nunez, this year bring Joey Bickers in a Ray GR12 and Jake Eidson

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in a Ray GR08/09 to drive the Cliff Dempsey Racing prepared cars. Unfortunately for Bickers, who was in the middle of the action in Heat 1, he had a brush with another car, hit the wall and ended up stranded in the middle of the circuit as the rest of the pack swarmed around him. Heat 2 saw Jake Eidson on pole position and after battling far more experienced drivers, he managed to still finish 2nd in the heat to Scott Malvern.

Saturday was heats day, and it started damp and foggy, but by the time the heats started, just before lunch, the weather was improving. The first heat was red flagged after an accident involving American Joey Bickers. From the restart Oliver White in a Van Dieman RF01 went on to win, though he was pushed all the way by Chris Middlehurst in a Ray GR08/09. Heat 2 saw American Jake Eidson on pole for Team USA, but had experienced Peter Dempsey in a Swift SC92F next to him, and while they battled together, Scott Malvern in the Spectrum went through to the lead and won December 2013 Classic and Competition car

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the race by 1.481 seconds from the American. Heat 3 proved to be a little controversial when Wayne Boyd took an easy win, only to be disqualified at post race scrutineering when lead ballast was found in the nose cone of the car. This handed victory to Michael Moyers in a Spectrum 011C from Abdul Ahmed in a Van Dieman RF89. Heat 4 was a battle between Stephen Daly in a Ray GR11 and Kevin O'Hara in a Van Diemen RF10 and that was how they finished. Heat 5 saw GT racer and Porsche specialist Nick Tandy trying his hand at Formula Ford, and while he was beaten to Pole position by Niall Murray in a Van Diemen RF99, it din't take Tandy long to get his Van Diemen RF92 in front and he led the entire race to take a very close win from Ben Mitchell in Nick Tandy Van Diemen RF92 won his heat another Van Diemen RF99 with Murray finishing in 3rd place.

Heat 6 took place almost in the dark, with 3 times winner Joey Foster on Pole position driving a Ray GR10 which he took to an easy heat victory from David McArthur in a Van Diemen LA10.

Sunday started with the second chance races giving © Janet Wright drivers who had not achieved suitable results in the heats to have another chance to make the semi finals.

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Heat 3 Stuart Jones Van Diemen RF05 runs wide with Stephen Mawhinney Crossle 32F

a first lap accident at Copse corner took out 4 cars, leaving Steve Chapman and Tom Stoten stuck on the circuit after Steve Hare had spun in the middle of the pack and collected various other cars in the accident. Five cars failed to take the restart. Wayne Boyd, who had been disqualified from his heat and started 25th in the progression race, made short work of the

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field after the restart and was in the lead after just 2 laps, winning by 12 seconds.

This put Boyd on the 16th row of the Last Chance race and again he was carving his way through the field before he made contact with another car and he was out. The race was red flagged with three other cars also out. The restart saw Adam Higgins take the win in his Van Diemen JL12K from Neil Tofts in a Mygale SJ08.

The Semi finals both had excellent drivers in each race with Scott Malvern Adam Higgins Van Diemen JL 12K had seen better days in Heat 3 where he finished 10th having pole position for Semi Final 1. Nick Tandy made a good start but Malvern was not headed by the time they reached Copse corner and he disappeared in to the distance to win by 2.619 seconds. Joey Foster was in 2nd place to start but was soon passed © Simon Wright by Jake Eidson who did remarkably well to keep the place to the chequered flag. Nick Tandy suffered brake problems and collided with Luke Cooper on lap 4 and eventually retired himself on lap 8.

Semi final 2 saw the other half of the remaining competitors in action, with © Pete Austin Oliver White in Pole position. This race was also red flagged because of oil on the track and several cars then leaving the track and seven of them not making the restart. The first 'race' had seen Dan Fox PRS 81F finished 9th in the Historic & Classic final White ahead, but from the restart O'Hare got in front and the two pulled clear of the chasing pack, but White could not get the lead and O'Hare won from White, with Ben Norton in his Spectrum finished 3rd.

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Heat 1 mid-field battle with Joe Porter Van Diemen 92 leading Justin Johns Ray GRS10 and Richard Tarling Van Diemen RF80 before the Red Flag

The Grand Final saw Malvern shoot in to the lead with O'Hara chasing hard. The race was then red flagged when Ben Norton took Foster off at Copse and the track was littered with racing cars. Five cars failed to make the restart, though Foster did manage to come out again thanks to a plentiful supply of grey tape! Malvern again made the most of the restart and pulled away in the lead, leaving O'Hara in a battle with Eidson for 2nd place. Middlehurst then joined this battle with them coming through Brooklands 3 abreast in to Luffield. They were slowing themselves up, and White joined in the fun, followed not long after by Mitchell. Foster was also closing in on this battle, having carved his way through the rest of the field after starting at the back on the restart. This let Malvern pull out an impressive lead to win by 8.662 seconds. Eidson tried to get through to 2nd but ending up spinning off and loosing several places. Foster was now in 5th place and soon passed Middlehurst for 4th but he ran out of laps to progress any further. O'Hara finished 3rd behind White and Eidson ended up in 7th place. Malvern also set the fastest lap of the race.

The Historic and Classic Formula Ford cars had competed in each heat along with the newer cars, and in many cases had © Simon Wright acquitted themselves well in the overall standings. The first heat saw Richard Tarling win the Historic class driving a Van Diemen RF80 to 8th overall. Heat 2 was won by 12th placed © Simon Wright Matthew Wood in a Van Diemen RF79 and Heat 3 saw Mark Draghicescu driving a Merlyn Mk20a finish 8th overall and 1st in the Historic class. 13th overall in Heat 4 was good enough for Simon Jackson in a Javelin JL5 Sam Mitchell Merlyn Mk20A finished 2nd in the Historic & Classic final Mark Austin Reynard FF88 in Heat 6 Page 24 December 2013 Classic and Competition car

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to be first historic home. Heat 5 was won by Dan Fox in a PRS 81F in 10th overall while the final historic heat winner was dutchman Michael Vergers in a Van Diemen RF78 in 9th. Andy Powell in Neil Tofts in the Mygale SJ08 in Heat 4 a Royale RP26 was first Historic home in the Progression race in 12th overall and Simon Toyne in a Lola T200 in 14th was the first Historic in the Last Chance race.

Michael Vergers was the only Historic class car in the first semi final but © Pete Austin retired while Richard Tarling, Mark Draghicescu and Simon Toyne finished Saturday Open Wheel race Winner Nick Padmore March 783 battled with Richard Evans March 742 on the wet track 21st,22nd and 23rd in the 2nd semi final race. The Historic and Classic cars then competed in their own final 12 lap race with final victory going to Richard Tarling in his Van Diemen RF80 by only 0.077 of a second from Sam Mitchell 2nd in a Merlyn Mk20A and Simon Toyne in 3rd in his Lola T200 while Michael Vergers set the fastest lap in his Van Diemen RF78 on his way to 5th place. © Janet Wright Supporting all the Formula Ford action was an Open Wheel and a Closed Wheel race on each day. These were pretty much anything goes for the last race of the season. © Simon Wright In the Saturday Open Wheel race, Nick Padmore was an easy winner in his Formula 3 March 783, lapping the entire field. Matthew Dunne in a Royale RP27 was 2nd and Andrew Huxtable in a Chevron B34 was 3rd. The Closed Wheel race saw Mark Iain McBay slides his Davrian Mk8 through Brooklands in the Closed Wheel winner Mark Williams Vogue SP2 lapped the entire field Wiliams another easy Saturday Closed Wheel race on his way to 13th place.

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Mike Roberts Lola EX257 won the Sunday Allcomer Closed Wheel Scratch race

winner by over a lap in his Vogue SP2. Michael Williams was 2nd in a Chevron B8 and Myles Castaldini was 3rd in a Davrian Mk8.

The Sunday Allcomers Closed Wheel Scratch race saw a much closer race than the Saturday event. Mike Roberts in the Lola © Pete Austin EX257 won but only by 10 seconds from Mike Smith in a Radical SR8 with Andy Cummins in 3rd place a further © Simon Wright 4 seconds back in a Radical SR3.

The Open Wheel Scratch race also proved a more challenging race than the Saturday event. Mark Dwyer driving a Formula 2 March 742 took a Paul Wighton qualified 3rd in his Ralt RT3 but failed to take the restart in the close fought win by Saturday Open Wheel race just 0.324 of a second from Mark Harrison in a Dallara F306 with Ray Rowan a distant 3rd in another Dallara F306.

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Bonded Warehouse Open Weekend, Stourbridge.

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The annual Open Weekend at the Bonded Warehouse drew a large gathering of narrowboats to the canal basin in the centre of Stourbridge, in the West Midlands. It also has a display of classic cars, which this year seemed a little smaller than previous years. The West Midlands has been home for many of the great British motor manufacturers and many were represented at the meeting. At the entrance to the Bonded warehouse is a section of cobbled street to complement the original Bonded Warehouse building. To match the period setting, the three vintage vehicles present were parked on the side of the cobbled street. A 1925 Ford Model T Tudor saloon was followed by a couple of local built cars , a Clyno built in Wolverhampton and a Bean Twelve, from just a few miles away at Tipton, in the Black Country. As you entered the rest of the open day

area, Morris had pride of place, fitting for their centenary year, with several Morris vehicles on display near the entrance. These included the classic Morris Minor 1000, a Morris 1800 and a more unusual Morris Six. The BMC range was represented by various Morris and Austin cars, plus Triumph, MG and there was a fine © Simon Wright example of a Wolseley 1100 Mk II Automatic, which was a perfect example of BMC badge engineering at its finest, taking the basic Austin A fine example of a Morris Six, celebrating 100 years of Morris cars Wolseley 1100 Automatic Mk II 1100 and December 2013 Classic and Competition car

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building various trim and engine levels and calling them different brands including Austin, Morris, MG, Riley, Vanden Plas and Wolseley. The Wolseley version was introduced in 1965 and the MkII was built from 1967 to 1971, this being a 1968 model finished in Glen Green and was one of the last Wolseley 1100 models built, as the Wolseley was fitted with the larger 1300 cc engine and twin carburettors only after 1968, but the automatic version was fitted with the original 1098cc engine and a single Carburettor. A total of 17,397 were built of the Wolseley 1100 between 1965 and 1968. The car was a replacement for the older model Wolseley 1500, which again was also

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marketed as a Riley 1.5 There was a fine example of an early 1964 Ford Corsair Police car finished in white, complete with blue roof light. Powered by a 60 © Janet Wright bhp 1498cc Kent engine, the Corsair shared many components with the Ford Cortina. The Corsair was © Simon Wright not one of Fords most popular models, even when later versions were fitted with first a 1.6 litre V4 engine and then a 2 litre V4 engine. In total 310,000 were built between 1964 and 1970, when it was replaced by the new Ford Cortina Mk3. Moving further afield was an ex-Eastern Bloc Trabant 601S in a Ford Corsair Police Car lurid lime green colour Trabant 601S and proudly proclaiming its East German heritage. This was the communist equivalent to the West German peoples car, the VW Beetle, a cheap, reliable car that was affordable and easy to maintain. It was front wheel drive and powered by a 600cc two stroke engine. The S version was the up market Sonderwunsch (Special edition) model. © Simon Wright

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The VSCC Cotswold Trial.

23rd November 2013.

By Simon & Janet Wright.

The final event of the VSCC Trialing season for the past eight years, the Cotswold trial has established itself as the fitting finale, based around the Prescott Hill climb venue. The four morning sections were held on various nearby hills before the competitors return to Prescott for the final four sections, held in front of a large and enthusiastic crowd of spectators.

A capacity entry of cars and crews had entered the event, with 19 competitors in the novice class, eligible for the Cotswold Cup. Although the event takes place largely at Prescott, the Tarmac hill climb course is only used in part as a service road. The actual competition takes place on the grassy slopes of the orchard and members car parks. As the cars arrived back at Prescott around lunch Jo Blakeney Edwards and Sue Darbyshire Austin 7 Ulster winners of the Cotswold Cup

time, the early runners had a distinct advantage as the slopes were relatively green, and most of the early arrivals managed to get to the top of the first two sections with relative ease.

However, as the afternoon progressed, the track became very muddy and slippery, meaning a lot of the competitors failed to reach the top of the sections, getting stuck in the muddy conditions even if their passengers were vigerously bouncing to try and gain traction.

Very experienced racer and hill climb driver Jo Blakeney Edwards, who usually passengers for her husband Simon, this year was driving the Austin 7 Ulster with her track rival and friend Sue Darbyshire along side her, for her first VSCC Trial.

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Austin 7. Their score would have won them a top award in the more experienced class.

The Austin 7 proved to be a very popular choice of vehicle for Trialing, with a large number of variations entered.

The overall winner of the event was Matt Johnston in a Charles Knill-Jones Bugatti T13 1st in class 1928 Austin 7 Special who only dropped 2 points all day, to win the Harold Powell Cup David Baker Amilcar CGSS for the overall winner and also took the Inderwick Cup for the best vintage car.

Prescott is run by the Bugatti Owners Club, and their honour was upheld by Charles Knill-Jones who won the Short Wheelbase Standard Cars class in his Bugatti T13, followed by a Bugatti 1-2 in class by Charles Gillett in another Bugatti Brescia. They were chased hard © Simon Wright © Simon Wright through the day by Brandon SmithHillard in his MG PB 'Cream Cracker' who finished third in class.

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GN Touring, Simon Price in a 1930 Ford Model A Special and Donald Skelton in an Austin 7 Sport.

The Long Wheelbase Standard Cars class belonged to the Ford Model A, the second most popular type of vehicle used, after the Austin 7. Dennis Bingham won the class in his 1930 Ford Model A from the similar © Janet Wright car of Marcus Creaser while Dr Jonathan Rose kept warm in his 1930 Ford A Tudor Saloon to take 3rd in class.

Finally, the Long Wheelbase class was won by Graham White in a 1929 LeaFrancis 12/40 with Paul Jeavons taking a 1st in class award in his 1924 Vauxhall 30-98 Tourer. © Simon Wright

Mike Fountain Riley 9 Trials Special © Simon Wright

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Charles Gillett 1923 Bugatti Brescia finished 2nd in © Simon Wright

Geoff Toms Fiat 501S Biposto © Simon Wright

Miss Georgina Monro Riley 9 © Janet Wright

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Toby Sebastian Stapleton Ford Model A failed the steep bank at Prescott

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Last month Australian Mark Webber said goodbye to Formula One with a podium finish in the Brazilian Grand Prix following several successful seasons with the Red Bull team. Fellow Aussie Alan Jones, who was World Champion with the Williams team in 1980, fared less well on his departure from F1 in 1986 having endured one and a bit difficult seasons with the short lived Haas Grand Prix venture. He is seen here during the 1985 European Grand Prix at Brands Hatch in his Beatrice Lola Hart leading Eddie Cheever in his Alfa Romeo. Jones retired from this race with a holed radiator

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The Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show.

National Exhibition Centre, near Birmingham.

By Simon & Janet Wright with additional photos by Pete Austin.

The Classic Motor Show continues to grow in both size and stature. This years 30th anniversary exhibition covered 11 halls (82,000 sqm) with 269 motoring clubs present. The first show 30 years ago in 1984 started with just 2 halls (17,000sqm) and around 70 clubs present. From such humble beginnings, the present show drew a record breaking 65,000 visitors over © Pete Austin the 3 days, who needed the time to be able to view around 1,500 cars Classic Motor Show Mini Van and 300 motorcycles on display plus around 600 trade stands selling everything the motoring enthusiast might require or want.

There were many celebrations being held by various car clubs in honour of milestones being reached by Ferrari 328 GTS on the Ferrari Owners Club stand particular manufacturers or car models. Car clubs from all over the country, representing almost every manufacturer had displays scattered around the many Halls. The organisers had done an excellent job of grouping many clubs together or near each other, so that if there were lots of different car clubs maybe representing a particular model from a manufacturers range, then all the different clubs for a certain manufacturer would be grouped together. The club stands were manned by knowledgeable members, who could discuss the cars on display at some depth. Many of them were also dressed in period costume to match their vehicles heyday. There were also many attractive women adding a touch of glamour to the show, similar to what happened at the modern motor shows of years gone by. One of the main

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high lights of the show was the hall dedicated to celebrating the Morris centenary. Many of the Morris car clubs had displays, including many Morris commercial vehicles. Each vehicle had an owners club with several models on show, so the Morris Oxfords were grouped together on one stand, then on another would Morris J Type van be various types of Morris Marina. There were also several Morris displays representing a time line 1913 Morris Oxford Light car of Morris models built over the last century of Morris © Janet Wright production.

The Sporting Bears charity raised around £41,000 for charity with its Dream rides, where the public could pay to be taken on a 10 mile trip in the Racing legend Barrie Williams on the live stage classic or super car of their choice, ranging from an Austin 7 through to the latest Lamborghini Aventador Roadster.

The Wheeler Dealer TV show live stage drew big audiences each day as TV presenter Mike Brewer interviewed various celebrities at the show including Sir Sterling Moss, Barrie Williams, David Soul Sporting Bears Dream rides had some spectacular cars available to choose from.

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Starsky and Hutch in the 1970s) and other well know drivers and celebrities © Simon Wright Lancaster Insurance put on a fantastic display on three different stands, one featuring the Ford Gran Torino from the Starsky and Hutch 70s TV Show along with appearances during the weekend of David Soul who starred as Hutch in the hit TV © Pete Austin series. Another Austin Mini Cooper S 1960s style Starsky and Hutch Ford Gran Torino fantastic display was the Lancaster stand that showed four different decades from the past. The Swinging sixties had a Mini and a charming couple of young ladies in mini skirts. The fifties had an American diner scene complete with a 1956 Chevrolet Bel-Air and a couple of 1950s © Simon Wright waitresses.

Sticking with the American 50's scene, there were a lot of classic © Janet Wright American cars on show, with plenty of chrome and fins. Classic American Magazine was awarding the Classic American Car of the Year with the finalists all on display on their stand. The winner was an immaculate 1950 Buick belonging to David and Lorraine Carr from Sunderland.

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Held within the Classic Motor show was Silverstone Auctions 2 day sale. Over 85 cars were sold for a massive £2.85 million inclusive of premium. The star of the auction was a 1965 Aston Martin DB5 which sold for £362,250 with premium, while the exFangio owned 1970 IKA Torino 380S went for £28,175 with premium. © Simon Wright

1965 Aston Martin DB5 went for £362,250

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Ex-Fangio 1970 IKA Torino 380S sold for £28,175

The Classic car of the year, awarded by Classic Cars magazine, Classic Car Weekly and Practical Classics, was down to a short list of a 1934 Morris Minor, a Rally Hillman Imp, a 1952 Jowett Javelin, a Sunbeam Alpine and the winner which was a 1961 Austin Morris Mini Mk1 belonging to Jason Field.

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Two Ford Escort Mk1 Police cars on the Police Vehicle Enthusiasts Club - Best Small stand at the show

Car of the Show, the 1931 Rolls Royce

Classic and Sports Car magazine made several awards at the show, sponsored by Lancaster Insurance, including the Best Small Club stand to Police Vehicle Enthusiasts Club, the Best medium club stand to the Sunbeam Tiger Owner's Club and the best large display to the Morris Centenary Display.

There was also the C&SC Special award to Steve Horton's 1961 Skoda Tudor, Car of the Show was Julian Bowen's 1931 © Simon Wright Rolls Royce and Club of the Year went to the Jowett Car Club. © Simon Wright © Simon Wright

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Motorsport was well covered at the show with the Historic Sports Car Club (HSCC), the Vintage Sports Car Club (VSCC), the Bugatti Owners Club (BOC) representing Prescott hill climb course and the Midland Automobile Club (MAC) representing Shelsley Hill Climb course all with stands.

Most of the other Car Clubs also managed to get a competition car or two on their stands, as the wide variety of cars that have competed in motorsport includes almost every marque ever built.

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Lotus 25 R4 and 1947 Fiat 1100S Berlinetta Vintage Racecar stand

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Meguiars Club Showcase had taken 16 of the best classic cars to display on its stand and picked the best of the best at the show. Each of the 16 cars had won best in show during the year at various classic car shows held all over the country. Entries on display included a 1980 Austin Morris Mini pick-up truck, 1969 Volkswagen Model 344 Karmann Ghia 1600L, 1968 Lamborghini Miura S, 1982 Ferrari 208 GTB Turbo, 1996 Porsche 993 Carrera 4S and a 1932 Ford Model B Pickup among others. The winner, which was announced by Meguiars MD David Evans was the 1960 Jaguar XK150 of William Baldwin. © Simon Wright

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Aston Martin DBS V8 'OGLE" 1972 3 seater coupe designed concept car paid for by tobacco company so it could be known as the Sotheby Special. based on a DBS V8 Chassis and fitted with a fibreglass body and a complete glass roof supported by a strong tubular metal frame. The whole rear panel is made of a single sheet of brushed stainless steel with 22 holes for the rear lamps and © Simon Wright © Simon Wright braking lamps. The harder the driver braked, the more lights were illuminated. This is one of only two hand built and cost £28,750, three times the price of a standard DBS V8 car.

Porsche Dealer challenge. - As part of the 50th celebration for the 911, Porsche GB challenged 30 Porsche centres around the country to find and restore a classic 911. 15 centres took up the challenge and the overall winners were the Porsche Centre in Sutton Coldfield, just up the road from the NEC. The winning car was displayed on the Porsche Club GB stand at the Classic Motor Show. When they bought the car, it was rusty, had flat tyres and the engine was in desperate need of a rebuild. Shorade Accident repair in Cannock is the Porsche approved repair centre for the area and they were used to repair the damaged bodywork. The cars had to be finished by the 15th September and they were all invited to the Porsche Experience Centre at Silverstone © Simon Wright to decide the winner. There were 4 prizes. Cambridge won the Best display for the best display of their car, Leicester won the prize for the marketing and PR segment, while Tunbridge won for the best actual restoration of the car, while Sutton Coldfield won best overall. The winning teams win a trip to Stuttgart and the Overall winners get a trip to the Porsche ice-driving centre in Finland, North of the Arctic circle. © Simon Wright

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Maserati celebrate the Quattroporte To celebrate 50 years of the Quattroporte, the Maserati Club had the six versions of the car on their stand at the show. The oldest car on the stand was a 1968 Quattroporte 1 series II designed by Frua and was one of only 510 produced between 1963 and 1969. the 4.1 litre V8 engine produces 290 BHP at 5500rpm, giving a top speed of 145 mph with a 0-60 mph time of just 6.9 seconds, not bad for a luxury saloon with a full leather interior, air conditioning, electric windows and a heated rear window.

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Each day of the show at 12 noon, the Triumph TS2, prototype for the TR2 was unveiled, just as it was 60 years ago at the original Motor Show

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Fab 4 vehicles.

Four cars that once belonged to the members of the Beatles were reunited at the Classic Motor Show. John, Paul, George and Ringo were able to indulge their passion for cars as their fame and fortune grew.

They had many cars including E-Type Jaguars, Mini Coopers and even a Hispano-Suiza limousine. The display at the show concentrated on four GT cars that they owned.

A 1968 Iso Fidia belonged to John Lennon, one of two that he owned. He purchased it at the 1967 Earls Court Motor Show for £6150.

The 1966 Aston Martin DB6 belonged to Paul McCartney and has been completely restored by Aston Martin.The cars reel to reel tape recorder was removed and placed in secure storage as part of the restoration process. It was on this tape recorder that he began to piece together 'Hey Jude' while visiting John and Cynthia at St George's Hill.

George Harrison was the biggest Petrol head of the band, and his Giallo Ferrari 246 was used regularly for driving around Henley.

Ringo Starr purchased his Facel Vega II at the height of Beetlemania in 1964. The UK distributor gave a way a gold cigarette lighter with each car, and when it was delivered to Ringo's Weybridge home, his first question was "Got my lighter"

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1923 Alfa Romeo RL The Alfa Romeo Owners Club celebrated the 90th anniversary of the Green Cloverleaf with a display of the 1923 Alfa Romeo RL similar to the car used by Ugo Sivocci to win the 1923 Targa Florio © Simon Wright

Jaguar C-X75 Jaguar Classic Parts in collaboration with Jaguar Heritage, drew large crowds every day of people wanting to catch a glimpse of the fabulous Jaguar C-X75. A prototype, state of art, hybrid supercar which was first unveiled in 2010 by Jaguar Cars. The vehicle is a new chapter in technological advancement and innovation. The car can go from 0 to 100 mph in less than 6 seconds with a maximum speed of 220 mph. Surprisingly, for this performance, the car produces less than 89g of CO2/pkm and can even run for 60 kms with zero emissions. © Simon Wright

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2013/14 MSC New Zealand F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series - Round 1 The Sound MG Classic meeting, Manfeild Sat-Sun November 9-10 2013 NEW RECORD BUT SMITH RECKONS HE CAN GO FASTER YET With pole, three race wins from three starts and a new category track lap record you'd think Kiwi supervet Ken Š Fast Company/Lyall Chinnery Smith (Lola T332) would be satisfied with his performance at the opening round of the 2013/14 MSC The MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series field on the warm-up lap New Zealand F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series at Manfeild this weekend. But now that he has finally beaten the time life-long friend and first-time-around rival Graeme Lawrence set back in 1976, the 72-year-old in his 56th consecutive season of national-level single-seater motor racing reckons if and when the conditions are right again be can go even quicker.

According to Smith, Lawrence's original F5000 category benchmark - a 1.01.900 - was set in his then new Lola T332 at the third Manfeild International meeting (a round of the Peter Stuyvesant Series Smith went on to win) in 1976 and was the benchmark for all classes at the 3.033km Feilding circuit until Simon Wills bettered it (1.01.457) in a Reynard Formula Holden in 2000. Though both Smith and Jonny Reid have gone considerably quicker during demo runs (Smith has done a 57 second lap in the Leyton House March Formula 1 car he owned for some time and Reid went under the minute in a demo behind the wheel of A1 Team New Zealand's A1GP car) neither time has been recognised meaning Wills' ultimate record is safe for now. By recording a 1.01.770 in the second MSC Series race of the weekend on Sunday morning, however, Smith finally bettered Lawrence's long-standing category benchmark and was bullish about his prospects of going even quicker. "I said last

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night (at the Manfeild 40th year anniversary dinner) that I could beat the record and now that I have," Smith said on Sunday afternoon, "I think there is a minute flat in that car. It was just magic today and the track was nice and grippy this morning. If it has stayed that way we might have been able to do it in the afternoon, but it didn't so that's a job for another day," Smith and the ex Danny Ongais Lola T332, rebuilt and run by a crew headed by Smith's long-time crew chief Barry Miller, was the class of the 13-strong MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series field this weekend with Andrew Higgins qualifying second quickest and following his mentor home in each race in his ex Vel's Parnelli Jones team-owned Lola T400.

Each race followed a broadly similar pattern with Brett Willis (Lola T330 #16) leads Aaron Burson (McRae GM1) and Sefton Gibb (Lola T332)

Smith getting the jump on Higgins before establishing then maintaining a sizeable gap. Higgins, who at early rounds of the Australian series this year has matched and at times been able to better Smith's race pace, in turn had the edge over third quickest qualifier Ian Clements and his fellow Lola T332 drivers Roger Williams and Russell Greer.

In the first two races Williams got the jump on Clements with the order at the flag Smith, Higgins, Williams, Clements and Brett Willis (Lola T330). Russell Greer, driving the Lola T332 that Graeme Lawrence set the original class lap record in back in 1976, was running with Williams and Clememts early in the first race before stopping with gear selection issues while Sefton Gibb (Lola

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Ken Smith (Lola T332 #11) leading Andrew Higgins (Lola T400 #10).

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T332) had to work his way from the back row of the grid in the first race after breaking a half shaft in qualifying. Gibb then worked his way from the back row of the grid to eighth place in the first race, finished seventh in the second then parlayed a strong start in the 12-lap feature final to cross the line in a weekend best fourth place behind Smith, Higgins and Roger Williams.

The feature race was arguably the best from a spectator's point of view with Williams, Gibb, Ian Clements and Russell Greer battling for third through seventh places until the final lap when, as Clements tried to find a way past Gibb for fourth, Greer ran into the back of Clements' car at the hairpin as he made a bid for fifth. That put Clements' car off the track where it stayed, but Greer was able to continue and take the flag half a lap later, albeit back in seventh place behind Gibb, Brett Willis and Aaron Burson. After problems with his McLaren M22 on Saturday, local driver Tim Rush did not make the grid for Sunday's Š Fast Company/Lyall Chinnery races, while after welding up and strengthening the bellhousing on his Class A high-wing Lola T140 on Friday and finishing seventh in Saturday's race Alan Dunkley suffered a weekend-ending engine blow early in the second race of the weekend on Sunday morning. Also in the wars was Talon MR1 driver David Banks who was forced to stop when the visor on his new helmet misted up in the race in Sunday morning and was forced out of the feature race in the afternoon when he ran out of brakes.

The MSC F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series is organised and run with the support of sponsors MSC, NZ Express Transport, Bonney's Specialized Bulk Transport, Mobil Lubricants, Pacifica, Avon Tyres, Webdesign and Exide.

Fastest qualifier and race 1 winner Ken Smith (Lola T332).

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2013/14 MSC New Zealand F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series Rnd 1 The Sound MG Classic meeting Manfeild Sat-Sun Nov 9-10 2013 Qualifying 1. Ken Smith (Lola T332) 1.01.54 2. Andrew Higgins (Lola T400) 1.04.37 3. Ian Clements (Lola T332) 1.05.08 4. Roger Williams (Lola T332) 1.05.89 5. Russell Greer (Lola T332) 1.05.99 6. Aaron Burson (McRae GM1) 1.06.07 7. Brett Willis (Lola T330) 1.07.06 8. Alan Dunkley (Lola T140)1.08.05 9. Dave Banks (Talon MR1) 1.08.86 10. Tim Rush (McLaren M22) 1.09.11 11. Peter Burson (McRae GM1) 1.10.38 12. Sefton Gibb (Lola T332) 1.10.62 Race 1 (8 laps Sat) 1. Ken Smith (Lola T332) 8.36.03 2. Andrew Higgins (Lola T400) + 9.7 3. Roger Williams (Lola T332) + 19.67 4. Ian Clements (Lola T332) +20.10 5. Brett Willis (Lola T330) +20.64 6. Aaron Burson (McRae GM1) +24.42 7. Alan Dunkley (Lola T140) +24.71 8. Sefton Gibb (Lola T332) +35.24 9. David Banks (Talon MR1) +43.19 10. Peter Burson (McRae GM1) +52.09 dnf. Russell Greer (Lola T332), Tim Rush (McLaren M22)

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Race 2 (8 laps Sun) 1. Ken Smith (Lola T332) 8.21.35 2. Andrew Higgins (Lola T400) +16.51 3. Roger Williams (Lola T332) +28.16 4. Ian Clements (Lola T332) +28.79 5. Brett Willis (Lola T330) +29.73 6. Russell Greer (Lola T332) +31.09 7. Sefton Gibb (Lola T332) +37.27 8. Aaron Burson (McRae GM1) +38.40 9. dnf Peter Burson (McRae GM1) , David Banks (Talon MR1) Race 3 12 laps (Sun) 1. Ken Smith (Lola T332) 12.44.48 2. Andrew Higgins (Lola T400) +18.07 3. Roger Wiliams (Lola T332) +29.33 4. Sefton Gibb (Lola T332) +30.05 5. Brett Willis (Lola T330) +32.06 6. Aaron Burson (McRae GM1) +33.53 7. Russell Greer (Lola T332) +34.74 dnf Ian Clements (Lola T332), David Banks (Talon MR1) Prepared by FAST COMPANY of behalf of the New Zealand Formula 5000 Association www.F5000.co.nz

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