Classic and Competition Car 45 June 2014 by Simon Wright

Classic and Competition Car June 2014

Issue 45

Surtees honoured at Donington Historic Festival

Contents

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News.

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World Rallycross Championship Lydden Hill.

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Donington Historic Festival.

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VSCC Speed Trials Curborough.

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Heritage Motor Centre 25th Birthday.

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CSCC Late Spring Race Meeting, Silverstone.

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Stratford Festival of Motoring.

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HSCC International Trophy Meeting.

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BRM Track day.

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Silverstone Classic media day.

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Ride in a Porsche 911 GT1.

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Archive photo of the month.

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Worcester Motoring Festival

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La Vie en Bleu, Prescott

Front Cover. John Surtees got to drive the prototype Lola T70 Can Am Spyder at the Donington Historic Festival ÂŠ Mick Herring.

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To Subscribe for free and be notified when the next issue is published please click here. To check out our web site with additional photos please click here 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 Mick's first love is GT racing, including Historic, especially the Lola T70. 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

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Editorial. Motor Sport can be dangerous, we all accept that. What is not acceptable is poor driving standards when racing, putting Marshals lives at risk. At the recent HSCC meeting at Silverstone, two cars in the Formula Ford 2000 race collided on the first lap and ended up locked together on the edge of the track on the entrance to Luffield. There were plenty of waved yellow flags as the Marshals went to assist the two drivers and move the cars from a dangerous position. Yet as the pack returned, they were still racing, even under the yellow flags, with Marshals on the edge of the circuit. Several cars managed to spin on fluid spilt by the two crashed cars. This was putting the Marshals at risk. We cannot run our sport without ÂŠ Simon Wright these volunteers, and nothing Bentley take first modern major European GT victory at Silverstone. should be done to put them at The Blancpain Endurance race at Silverstone on Sunday 25th May 2014 Saw the semi-works Mrisk. Waved yellow flags are a Sport Bentley Continental GT3 takes its maiden victory at its home round of the Blancpain warning - Heed them! Endurance series. In only the second race of the series, Guy Smith, Andy Meyrick and Steven Kane ÂŠ Janet Wright drove a spectacular race to win at Silverstone. After suffering a drive through penalty in the early stages of the race, which dropped them down to 7th place, the team drove the perfect race with faultless pitstops which allowed Steven Kane to take the lead of the race with just 15 minutes remaining of the 3 hour race. He managed to maintain a 2 second gap to the 2nd place McLaren of Andy Soucek to take the chequered flag, much to the delight of the home fans. Classicand andCompetition Competitioncar car June 2014 Classic

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Italian Themed Cholmondeley Pageant of Power. The seventh running of the Cholmondeley Pageant of Power has an Italian theme, as the event celebrates all things Italian over the three day event, running from the 13th to the 15th June 2014. With Maserati celebrating its centenary in 2014, it is only fitting that the marque should be represented at Cholmondeley, and Alan Minshaw should be appearing in his 1959 Maserati Birdcage sportscar, and there should also be a 2014 Maserati Gran Turismo MC Stradale. Italian motorsport means Ferrari, and a unique 1951 Ferrari 212 F1 Monoposto is entered and should be taking to the track during the Pageant of Power. It is also planned for a 1907 Italia to make an appearance. In Rallying, the Italian manufacturer with the most success must be Lancia, and Justin Law is entering his 1992 Lancia Delta Integrale, seen below leaping over the hump back bridge at Cholmondeley. These rally cars were one of the most successful rally cars of all times, dominating the World Rally Championship in 1989. This car was originally driven by Alberto Pirelli in the 1993 Italian Championship.

Andrew Jordan scores birthday podium. Current British Touring Car Champion Andrew Jordan made his debut in the new FIA World rallycross Championship at the British round at the end of May. Lydden Hill, the birthplace of Rallycross back in 1967, saw Jordan star on his birthday weekend, driving a Ford Fiesta ST sponsored by Red Bull. He finished 3rd in the final, taking the last podium place after an exciting race. “If you had offered me a podium back at the start of the weekend, I would definitely have taken it”. “We were quick throughout but I still never thought a podium would be possible - to achieve it in my first world championship event and on home soil, I honestly can’t believe it. The support from the crowd was fantastic, too. I really could’t have asked for very much more” Said Jordan. Classic and Competition Car Facebook Group

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Mini SuperleggeraTM Vision The BMW Group chose the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2014 to debut a very special concept car - The Mini Superleggera TM Vision. The open top two seater was created by Mini and Touring Superleggera from Milan. The electrically powered car with long wheelbase and wheels set widely on the body gives the car a high degree of agility making the car sporty, elegant and dynamic.

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Shelsley May Breakfast Club. The May meeting was a Ferrari fest when a magnificent seven cars arrived for the monthly meeting. They included F360 and F430 models plus the latest F458 Italia, but top of the list was a black 2011 Ferrari 599 GTO which was being driven by racing driver Steve Tandy. Steve currently competes in the British GT Championship, driving a Bentley Continental GT3. Some of the other supercars which turned up included a Lotus Evora, Jaguar E-Type V12, several Morgans, Minis and Porsches plus a wide range of classic cars. For further information see www.shelsley-walsh.co.uk Information and photo from Mark Constanduros

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CATERHAM CARS REVEALS KAMUI KOBAYASHI LIMITED EDITION SEVEN FOR JAPANESE FANS

Caterham Cars has taken the wraps off a brand new special edition Seven designed by Caterham F1 Team’s Japanese driver, Kamui Kobayashi. Just 10 examples of the Kamui Kobayashi special edition go on sale in Kamui’s home country from today, priced at ¥6,000,000 (including local taxes). Based on the 125bhp Seven 250 R, the distinctive special edition is packed with an array of performance-focused features hand-chosen by the Formula One driver. The Seven 250 R is powered by a 1.6 Ford Sigma engine, achieving 0-62mph in 5.9 seconds and a top speed of 122 mph. It has six-speed manual transmission with a limited slip differential. The exterior is finished in high-gloss black paint with matt black sport stripes. Every Kamui Kobayashi edition wears a number 10 badge on its nose – Kamui’s Formula One driver number. The front wings and rear wing protectors are finished in carbon fibre infused with a unique Caterham green lacquer, the first of the Seven models to offer this finish. In true racing style, the car is a single-seater and features an aluminium tonneau cover over the passenger seat area; to match, there is also a single-sided rollover hoop fixed to the rear bulkhead, with all new 13-inch diamond cut black wheels. There is also a polished chrome rear exit exhaust system to complete the dynamic styling. Kamui drove a Caterham Seven for the first time earlier this year at Silverstone circuit, speaking about the special edition, he said: “For me, the Caterham Seven is a pure car; when you drive a Seven it feels like you are driving, not like the car is driving you. In my Caterham F1 car, I have electronics that control everything but to drive the Seven is to truly understand the car and to truly understand the enjoyment of driving.I hope my styling of the Seven adds something special to a car that is already awesome to drive.” See www.caterhamcars.com for more info.

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Button confirmed for Festival of Speed. The 2009 World Champion Jenson Button will be a star attraction at this years Goodwood Festival of Speed. The theme is Addicted to Winning, and Jenson fits this perfectly. He won the British Formula Ford title, the Masters of F3 race at Zandvoort, 15 Grand Prix victories and the 2009 World Championship title. This year will be the 15th Festival of Speed that Jenson has attended and he has driven many interesting cars up the hill including the 1970 Can Am McLaren M8D. “Goodwood is one of the highlights of my season. I’ve had the chance to get behind the wheel of some incredible historic racing cars there, which I’d never have been able to drive otherwise, and to meet some of the most enthusiastic fans.”

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John Surtees Honoured at Donington Historic Festival. By Mick Herring. John Surtees, at the age of 80, was rightly honoured at the Donington Historic Festival recently. It was fitting to see the genuine warmth and esteem with which people, of a certain age, still feel for John. A steady stream of people asking him to sign pictures, prints, programmes (yes, I got mine signed) and biographies. Always renowned as one of the best test and development engineers of his time, Surtees had to ask the permission of Enzo Ferrari to test the prototype Lola T70 CanAm Spyder that he would demonstrate here at Donington. This followed a call from the Lola's designer Eric Broadley and as it did not conflict with any Ferrari programmes, Enzo gave his permission. Following recovery from his near-fatal 1965 practice accident at Mosport Park, Canada in a T70 Surtees went on to win the inaugural CanAm championship for Lola and Team Surtees and would, today, wear the same pair of racing overalls that he wore during his championship winning year in 1966. Sitting relaxed in the car before his drive he gave an extended interview over Donington FM and the circuit's p.a. system to entertain the crowds. History will inevitably record him as the only driver to win the world championship on both two and four wheels but there was so much more to his talent and abilities. The prototype T70 has been restored and following John's helmetless drive, the Wrensport engineers listened intently to his comments and appraisal of this historic car. Even now, so many years after his retirement, when Surtees speaks, everyone listens.

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John Surtees signs Alan Crooks print © Mick Herring

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Rocket for the Capitalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s summer party. The Gordon Murray Rocket road car is amoung the rare and unusual privately owned vehicles that will be displayed at the Salute to Style event at the Hurlingham Club in London. South African born Murray is better known for his Grand Prix car designs for both Brabham and McLaren, including the infamous Brabham BT46B or the Brabham Fan car as it was better known. Murray also designed the McLaren F1 roadcar and the Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren. He designed the Rocket which was built by Chris Craft at the Light Car Company. The open cockpit roadster is designed to look like a 1960s Grand Prix car and is powered by a 1 litre motorcycle engine. Although it looks like a single seater, there is room for a passenger to sit in tandem behind the driver. Salute to Style is a brand new 3 day event in the grounds of the Hurlingham Club to be held on July 17th-19th. For further information see their web site at www.hurlinghamclub.org.uk/salutetostyle

Fiat S76 to run again after 100 years. The legendary Fiat S76 was unofficially the fastest car in the World in 1911. It will turn a wheel for the first time in 100 years when it competes at this years Goodwood Festival of speed. Only two S76s were built to take the records for the flying Kilometre and the flying Mile. It took the Flying Mile record in 1911 at Saltburn Sands. It was recorded at over 135 mph during the flying Kilometre attempt at Ostende in Belgium but could not claim the record as it could not make the return run within the specified one hour. Classic and Competition car June 2014

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Marshals pose with pop legend Mark Knopfler from the group Dire Straits at the Donington Historic Festival

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Droop Snoot 40th anniversary. The Droop Snoot Group celebrated Maserati 8CTF ‘Boyle Special’ runs historic lap to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Vauxhall Firenza Droop Snoot at Vauxhall Motor’s two times Indianapolis victory. At this years Indy 500, in honour of Maserati’s centenary, the 8CTF was Heritage Centre in Luton and Millbrook. In a display of 40 cars that included ‘Old given a victory lap driven by Johnny Rutherford to celebrate the two nail’ as raced by Gerry Marshall in British saloon racing, there was a selection of wins in 1949 and 1950 of the car driven by Wilbur Shaw. The legendary 13 recently restored Firenzas. The second day of the event took place at the Maserati 8CTF was immortalised by the Historical Vehicle Association Millbrook Proving grounds in Bedfordshire where a selection of the cars were (HVA) as the first foreign manufactured car to be permanently archived in the United States Library of Congress and will remain part of the HVA driven around the National Historic Vehicle register and Historic American Engineering speed bowl and Hill Record. route. The Firenza HP was nicknamed the Droop Snoot due to the sloping Concorde style sloping nose. It marked a return to motorsport for Vauxhall and it was their first model to beat 10 seconds for accelerating from 1-60 mph.

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Mini Tour Britannia. The short, one day Mini Tour Britannia event took place on Saturday 10th May 2014 and for the first time ever, part of the Royal Automobile Clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Woodcote Park estate, in the grounds of the 17th Century mansion, was used as a competitive venue for the event. The cars were flagged off at 8:30 in the morning and headed for Dunsfold Park, home of the BBC Top Gear Program. This was followed by Brooklands for a run up the test hill and a stage round part of the famous banking. Then on to the Mercedes Benz World Test Track, followed by a trip back to Dunsfold Park. Then it was back to Woodcote Park for the final stage of the event. Howard Redhouse in a Porsche 911 set some impressive stage times to maintain his lead throughout the event to win the Mini Britannia cup with his co-driver Scott Nicholson. The Regularity class was won by Andrew Brodie and Richard Payne in a 1972 Citroen SM.

Toyota continue winning ways. Hot on the heels of their victory at the 6 Hours of Silverstone, the Toyota team took another victory in the WEC 6 Hours of SpaFrancorchamps on the 3rd May 2014. The Number 8 Toyota driven by Anthony Davidson, Nicolas Lapierre and Sebastien Buemi took the chequered flag over 1 minute ahead of the Audi R18 e-tron quattro of Lucas Di Grassi, Loic Duval and Tom Kristensen. ÂŠ Simon Wright

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Winners Howard Redhouse and Scott Nicholson with Paddy Hopkirk and event organiser Alec Poole

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Ex Graham Hill Lotus to go under the hammer at Goodwood. By Pete Austin.

Bonhams normally have some iconic cars included in their Goodwood sales (remember the Mercedes Benz W196 last year) and this year is no exception. Included in the lots being offered at this years Goodwood Festival of Speed Sale is an ex Graham Hill Lotus 49B. Classic and Competition car June 2014

The Gold Leaf liveried car comes from the DawsonDamer Collection and is chassis 49-R8. Built for Graham Hill to use in the 1969 Tasman series and then driven by Richard Attwood to fourth place in that years Monaco Grand Prix. The car was then borrowed back from new owner Jo Bonnier for Graham Hill to drive in the British Grand Prix when Graham declined to drive the 4-w-d Lotus 63. The car was then sold to Dave Charlton in 1970 who used it to clinch the first two of his six consecutive South Page

African Formula 1 Championship titles between 1970 and 1975.

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R8 was eventually acquired in damaged condition by Lotus enthusiast Hon. John DawsonDamer who painstaking ly restored it to raceworthy condition. The auction estimate is between £700,000 – 1,000,000.

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Sir John Arthur “Jack” Brabham 2nd April 1926 to 19th May 2014. Born in Hurstville, New South Wales in Australia, Sir Jack Brabham holds a unique record in Grand Prix history. He is the only man so far, to win the World Championship in a car bearing his own name. After some sucess racing midget cars in Australia, he moved to England and joined the Cooper racing team, building as well as racing their cars. He won the World Championship in 1959 and 1960 driving for Cooper and in 1962 he set up his own Brabham team with fellow Australian Ron Tauranac. In 1966 he won the World Championship for the third time,

but this time in a Brabham car. During the 1960s Brabham were the bigest manufacturer of customer racing cars in the World. He retired from racing at the end of the 1970 season. His three sons all took up motor racing with various sucesses, and now his Grandchildren are starting to race, Matthew in America and Sam in the UK. To his family and friends we offer our sincere condolences. © Pete Austin

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The 3rd placed Shuckburgh/Hunt Jaguar E-Type sweeps round Stowe corner during the GT and Sports Car Cup race at the HSCC International Trophy meeting. Report on page 46

Honda Continue their winning ways in the British Touring Car Championship with two different cars. It doesn’t matter if you choose the Civic Hatchback as driven by current champion Andrew Jordan or the Estate version as driven by former champion Gordon Shedden, they both won a race at the previous round of the championship at Thruxton held over the May Day weekend.

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The World Rallycross Championship arrives in the UK. Britain hosted its first ever round of the new FIA World Rallycross Championship at Lydden Hill in Kent over the weekend of the 24th-25th May 2014. It was fitting that Lydden Hill was chosen as the British round venue, as it was here that Rallycross was first run in 1967, to get the best of Rallying and Racing when the RAC rally could not be run due to a Foot and Mouth outbreak. A record entry of 38 supercars in the headline class for the powerful 600 bhp machines helped draw in a record crowd of more than 10,000 spectators for the weekend event.

One of the star names competing in this years World Championship is Petter Soberg at the wheel of a Citroen DS3. To add local interest, reigning British Touring Car Champion Andrew Jordan was a wild card entry driving a Ford Fiesta ST. It was 23 year old Norwegian ace Andreas Bakkerud driving Classic and Competition car June 2014

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an Olsberg MSE Ford Fiesta ST who won a dramatic grand final, beating Sweden’s Robin Larsson in his Audi A1 with Jordan taking am impressive 3rd place podium finish in the final. Toomas Heikkinen from Finland and Tanner Foust from America took 4th and 5th place, both driving Volkswagen Polo STs while after encountering various problems during the meeting, Petter Solberg finished 6th in a Citroen DS3. Solberg was leading the championship as they arrived in Britain, but it was Bakkerud who took the top spot as the series heads for the next round on his home circuit at Hell in Norway. “I grew up in rallycross paddocks, so to now win a World Championship round is just amazing” said a jubilant Bakkerud. Larsson’s Audi A1 finished 2nd

Bakkerud in the Fiesta ST on his way to victory Andreas Bakkerud

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The Donington Historic Festival. 3-5th May 2014. By Simon & Janet Wright with Pete Austin and Mick Herring.

Held over the May Day Bank holiday weekend, the Donington Historic Festival, now in its fourth year, was extended to a three day meeting to include the Bank Holiday Monday. The event continues to grow and attracted over 400 classic competition cars, competing in 18 races over the three days. Almost every category of motor racing was included, with races for Historic Formula 3 racing cars, 1966-1985 Touring Cars, Pre 56 Sports cars, Pre 63 GT cars, the Martini Trophy races for 2 litre sports cars from the 1970s and the HRDC Celebration of the BTCC race for Touring cars manufactured between 1958 and 1965. Beside the track action, there was plenty of other things to keep the spectators occupied. The Melbourne loop behind the paddock was turned into a tarmac rally stage for the mighty Michele Liguori Lola T296 in the Martini Trophy race Group B and historic rally cars from the 1960s to the 1980s. In between rally car runs, the circuit was also used to demonstrate Historic Karting. The infield of the circuit became a massive car show, with lots of car clubs having display areas for their members to display all kinds of cars from the humble mini right through to powerful Ferrari and Maserati supercars. There was a large turn out of Porsche on the inside of Redgate Corner, along with Aston Martin and MG, while right in the

Doretti line up in the infield section

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The MG Metro Turbo leads two Jaguar XJS and A Triumph Dolomite Sprint in HTCC 66-85 Touring Car race

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middle of the infield there were dozens of Austin Healey. Porsche and TVRs to name but a few. First race was organised by the HRDC, the Historic Touring Giles/Strachan Rover P6 about to be lapped by the Postins TWR Rover Vitesse Soper/Young won in the Ford Capri Car Challenge for 1966-85 Touring cars, a celebration of the British Touring Car Championship. The race featured some of British Leyland’s greatest touring cars of recent years, including the Broadspeed Jaguar XJ12C, The TWR Jaguar XJS, and Rover SD1s, Broadspeed Triumph Dolomite Sprints and the MG Metro Turbo. Pole position went to the Ward/Pearson Group 44 Jaguar XJS and it lined up next to the Ford Capri of Young/Soper. On the first lap, the XJS went missing leaving the Capri with over a 3 second lead from the Watts/Giordanelli Datsun 240Z and the Postins TWR Rover Vitesse. The XJS appeared just ahead of the Capri, nearly a lap down as they came through Roberts chicane. The Capri in works © Simon Wright blue and white colours, dominated the race and won by over a minute. Behind, the battle had been between the Datsun 240Z and the Rover SD1 of Postins which got in to 2nd place on lap 3 and held the position until lap 8 when the Jaguar XJ12C of Scragg/Nicoll-Jones until lap 11 when it made its pit stop. This promoted the little MG Metro Turbo of Watts/Swift in to the lead for a couple of laps before they too made their pit stop. After the pit Scragg/Nicoll-Jones Broadspeed Jaguar XJ12C ahead of the Young/Smith TWR Jaguar XJS stops the Young/Soper Ford Capri was back in front, but the MG Metro had managed to stay ahead of the much more powerful Jaguar XJ12C as they worked their way through traffic, and they held these positions to the flag. The first three all won their respective classes. the other class winners were 4th placed Watts/Giordanelli in the Datsun © Simon Wright 240Z, Postins in the TWR Rover Vitesse in 5th overall and Robinson/ Gravett who were 9th in the Triumph Dolomite Sprint. The Historic Formula 3 race was a battle between early leader Ian Classic and Competition car June 2014

Historic F3 Julian Maynard Chevron B17 leads Urs Muller Lotus 20/22 through Old Hairpin

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Winners Pearson/Oliver Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta SWB leads Friedrichs/Hadfield Aston Martin DB4 GT in the Pre 63 GT race

Bankhurst in an Alexis HF 802 and eventual winner Steve Seaman in a Brabham BT21. The pair broke clear of the rest of the pack and were battling hard for the win until Bankhurst retired on lap 15. Simon Armer finished 2nd in a March 703 and Urs Muller finished 3rd and won his class driving a Lotus 20/22. the other class winner was Greg Thornton who finished 7th in a Cooper T52. The Pre 63 GT race saw the yellow Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta SWB of Pearson/Oliver take an easy win from the Hunt/ Blakeney-Edwards AC Cobra while Monteverde/Pearson Aston Martin DB4 finished 3rd. The other class winners were 6th placed Wilson/Wolfe Lotus Elite and 7th placed Wykeham/ Emberson in a Morgan +4 Supersports. The HSCC MartiniTrophy had two races over the weekend for the 2 litre sports cars. The first race on Saturday was Ian Flux in the lead all the way in the Osella PA3 until the start of the penultimate lap, when he pulled off at Redgate with a mechanical failure. This handed victory to David Gathercole in a Martini Trophy race 1 winner David Gathercole Lola T210 leads 2nd place Robert Oldershaw Lola T212

Ian Flux Osella PA3 leads the Martini Trophy field in to redgate in the first race Julian Hire Chevron b26 at speed through the Craner curves in the Martini Trophy race

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Lola T210 who had shadowed Flux from the start, but the older Lola did not seem able to challenge for the lead. Robert Oldershaw finished a distant 2nd in his Lola T212, nearly a lap behind, with Clayson Vauxhall VX4/90 ahead of Wheelwright Rover P4 105S in the HRDC Celebration to the BTCC for Touring cars race Jonathan Loader finishing 3rd in a Chevron B19. Gathercole and Oldershaw both won their classes, along with 5th placed shared Chevron B16 of David and Sam Carrington Yates. The second race on Sunday saw Flux start from near the back of the grid in the repaired Osella. He soon worked his way through the field as David Watts/Giordanelli Ford Zephyr-Zodiac ahead of the Harrison/Watts Volvo Amazon that Gathercole made the most of his absence to lead the race until finished 6th in the HRDC Celebration of the BTCC for Touring cars lap 17 when Flux passed him. Two laps later, it was Gathercoles turn to drop out and retire, as Flux went on to win the race by over 34 seconds from Italian Michele Liguori driving a Lola T296. Jonathan Loader again completed the podium positions in another 3rd place. Flux and Loader both won their respective classes, with Simon Ashworth taking the final class win in his Chevron B16. The HTDC had a massive 37 car grid for their Celebration of the BTCC for Touring Cars 1958 -1965 to finish the first days racing. The Ford Lotus Cortina of Tomlin/Stretton took pole position from the Whale/Dutton Studebaker Lark Daytona 500. The power of the Studebaker gave it the initial lead in to Redgate but by the end of the lap it was the red Ford Lotus Cortina of Young/Wise that © Simon Wright came from the second row of the grid to take the early lead of the race, until they retired the smoking car in to the pits on lap 6. This gave the lead to the McInerney BMW 1800TiSa, which went on to win by just 1.199 seconds from the Tomlin/Stretton Ford Lotus Cortina. The King Ford Mustang finished 3rd and won its class, with the mighty Mini Cooper S of Andy Harrison and Barrie Williams finishing a magnificent 4th overall and winning their class, although they were a lap down on the winners. The other class winners included the Volvo Amazon of Harrison/Watts, the Gordon/Meadon Alfa Romeo Guiletta Ti in 8th, another Alfa Romeo Guillia Sprint GT of Turral/Frankel in 9th, the Jensen 541R of Welch/Verey in 10th, the Morris Mini of Crossley in 11th, and the Austin A35 of Allen in 12th.

Whale/Dutton Studebaker Lark Daytona 500 in HRDC Celebration of the BTCC

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Some of the special events over the weekend were the Maserati Centenary Trophy races which saw a small but select field of Maserati or Maserati powered cars. Alan Minshaw put his Maserati T61 Birdcage on Pole position but it was Michael O’Shea who led almost all the way to win the first race in his Cooper Maserati Monaco T61 (P) to win by just over 2 seconds from Alan Minshaw in the Maserati T61 Birdcage with Colin Wilson taking 3rd place in another Cooper Maserati T61. The first 250 home was Stephen Bond in 4th place driving a 250S. Pop star Mark Knopfler driving a Maserati 300S went off on the second lap to be the first retirement from the race. The second race, on Monday, saw Jason Minshaw take over the family Maserati T61 Birdcage and he took the initial lead in the race from Michael O’Shea, who eventually got past in his Cooper Maserati Monaco T61 to lead the middle part of the race. Minshaw was never far behind, the gap Joaquim Folch Maserati 250F has a moment at the chicane opening up to 6 seconds at one point before Jason pulled it back to get in front for a few laps. O’Shea retook the lead with 3 laps to go and crossed the line over 3 seconds ahead at the chequered flag, only to be disqualified for a yellow flag infringement. This gave victory to Jason Minshaw with Stephen Bond coming second in his Maserati 250S and Steve Hart took another 3rd place in his Maserati 300S. © Pete Austin

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Mark Knopfler _ Maserati 300S

Wolf-Dieter Baurmann Maserati 250F leads Joaquim Folch - Maserati 250F and Guillermo Fierro Maserati 250F

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World Sportscar Masters by Mick Herring. The FIA Masters Historic Sports Car Championship race for Le Mans style sports cars and Group 4 cars 1962 - 74 rounded off Sunday's racing at the Donington Historic Festival and managed to pull out its usual surprises at the end of the one hour, safety car interrupted feast of sight and sound. An unusual retirement for the Voyazides/Hadfield Lola T70 with gearbox trouble saw it and the rest of the field quickly fall back from the dice that would develop between the two T70s of poleman Grant Tromans and Olly Bryant. A first lap spin into the gravel and retirement for the T70 of Carlos Monteverdi at the Old Hairpin split the field immediately and it would © Mick Herring

Masters Historic Sports cars rolling start

Bryant leads Tromans Lola T70 Mk3B

be Tromans who lead Bryant for several laps. After Bryant took the lead Tromans slid into the gravel at McLeans, having developed brake trouble. A lengthy safety car period ended as the Lola was recovered and limped back to the pits. It would emerge after losing Well raced before safety car, Carrington-Yates Chevron B16 ahead of Wrigley Chevron B16 eight laps with a determined Martin Stretton at the wheel, he sliced through the

field to 17th, posting fastest lap in the process. Equally determined, in the Lola T70 hired from Steve Tandy, was the experienced Mike Donovan who qualified 7th after struggling with understeer all day. After taking second place, a pit stop window timing mix up at race control, meant he had to take a stop-go penalty, dropping him to third behind Jason Wright's similar T70 Mk3B.

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Donovan's post-race appeal saw his penalty quashed and a similar penalty applied to Jason Wright. The amended result gave Olly Bryant an overall and Rodrigues class win by 18 seconds ahead of Donovan and Wright. The following five places were reserved for Chevrons with Benedini brothers B16 in fourth and Siffert class winners, the Marco class B23 of © Mick Herring Tim Cousins and Steve Hart was 5th ahead of the Siffert class Class winners Cuff/Soper GT40 finished 14th B16 of Mike Wrigley who had enjoyed a strong race with the similar of David Carrington-Yates. Andy Newall drove the wheels off the JCB entered B8 to take the Bonnier class in 7th. Mark Bates Porsche 911 RSR Pescarolo Class winner in 15th Andy Newall Chevron B8 Bonnier Class winner in 7th © Mick Herring

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Donovan, Bryant, Cuff, Soper, Ahlers, Bellinger, Wright

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Ex-Roger Williamson F3 GRD on display in the paddock

Audi Quattro Sports on the rally Stage John Surtees

Rover SD1 smokes the tyres on the rally stage © Janet Wright

There were lots of Austin Healeys on show

Dutch Lotus on show in the infield

Marcos on display in the infield

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Historic Karts put on a demonstration on the melbourne loop

Opal Manta kicks up the dust on the rally stage

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Frazer Nash line up of cars to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Speed Trials at Curborough

VSCC 50th anniversary Speed trials, Curborough. 4th May 2014. By Simon & Janet Wright. The first Speed Trials run by the Vintage Sports Car Club were held at Curborough in 1964. This year, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Speed Trials, an award was given for the fastest car in the event that had also run in 1964. There was also a gathering in the lunch break of Frazer Nash cars in the paddock. There was a good entry of cars and as ever, the event always draws a large crowd, many of whom arrive in their vintage car. This ÂŠ Simon Wright makes a trip round the car park as interesting as watching the cars on track. Curborough has undergone some changes this year to the layout of the circuit which allows different layouts to be used. In keeping with tradition, the VSCC used the normal circuit. The bright, sunny day saw plenty of action, including the local half marathon running right past the entrance to the circuit. After morning practice, the two timed runs for competitors started after the lunch break. After a closely fought competition, the Curborough Trophy for fastest time of the day went to Ian Baxter (110) driving a 1935 MG Bellevue Special with a time of 37.11 seconds. Fastest time of the day in a vintage car went Classic and Competition car June 2014

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to Charlie Martin (113) in a 1930/28 Morgan Special who won in a time of 38.36 seconds. The last overall award was for the fastest time of the day by a car that competed in the 1964 Curborough Speed trial. That award went to a 1923 GN Spider driven today by David Leigh (103) with a time of 38.67 seconds. There were numerous class winners starting with Class 1 - Standard and Modified Sports Cars up to 1500cc unsupercharged which was won by Andy Bush driving a 1935 Riley TT Sprite replica in a time of 42.17 seconds. The 1st Vintage in the class was a 1930 Riley Brooklands driven by Tim Kneller in 43.31 seconds, while 1st on handicap was John Villar ÂŠ Simon Wright

Fastest time of day went to Ian Baxter in the MG Bellevue Special

in a 1930 Frazer Nash Interceptor with a time of 48.37 seconds. Class 2 for Standard and modified sports cars of 1501cc and over, unsupercharged was won by John Guyatt in a 1936 Darracq Talbot Largo T150C with a time of 41.62 seconds. The 1st Vintage in the class went to Harry Colledge whose Vauxhall 30/98 went round in 47.53 seconds. Final award for this class for 1st in Handicap went to Alistair Pugh in a 1939 Frazer Nash BMW 328 in a time of 42.95 seconds. Class 3 was for Special Sports cars and all supercharged sports cars up to 1500cc. Regular VSCC competitor Dudley Sterry in his 1937/39 HRS Sports was fastest with a time of 39.98 seconds, just 6 hundredths of a second ahead of Dr David Pryke in his 1936 Morgan/Riley 4/4. Richard Houlgate was the 1st Vintage in class in his 1930 Lea Francis Hyper replica, and Robert Moore was 1st on handicap in his little 1929 Austin 7. Mrs Jo Blakeney-Edwards was first in the Special Sports Cars and all supercharged sports cars of 1501cc or over class. Her 1935 Frazer Nash Shelsley went round the course in 42.20 seconds. She just pipped Mark Walker in Classic and Competition car June 2014

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the fast, furious and usually sideways GN Thunderbug who was 2nd in class and 1st Vintage with a time of 42.58 seconds. Neil Thorp was 1st on Handicap in the 1935 Hudson Spikins Special. The mighty pounding Edwardian cars were next out and David Barker in the small engined (for the time) 1498cc Delage R Type from 1910 was 1st on Handicap, beating the 5 litre 1913 Chalmers 17 of Andy Lloyd who had gone faster with a time of 57.70 seconds compared to Barker who went round in 62.47 seconds. Leaping forward in time to Pre 1941 Racing Cars up to 1100cc, Anthony Garner in a 1934 Lagonda Richmond Rapier set a time of 39.78 seconds to win the class while 1st Vintage went to Gary Clare in a 1928 Grannie in a time of 41.6 seconds. Mike Fountain had a good day to be 1st on handicap in 41.60 seconds in the 1930 Gillow Special S/S. Class 7 produced the outright winner in the Pre-1941 Racing Cars 1101-1500cc in Ian Baxter in the MG Bellevue, while Charlie Martin in the Morgan Special set a new record to be 1st vintage car in the class and the

Neil Thorp smokes the tyres on his 1935 Hudson Spikins Special on his way to © Janet Wright 1st on handicap in class4

Phil Dobbin 1924/26 Morgan/GN Salome © Simon Wright

Terry Brewster in his 1937 Lagonda LG45 was 2nd on handicap in class 2

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David Leigh GN Spider set the fastest time of the day by a car that competed in the 1964 Curborough Speed trial

Douglas Huntley Bugatti Type 30 returns to the paddock © Simon Wright © Simon Wright

event. The Pre 1941 Racing cars 1501-3000cc saw Paul Richardson win the class in ERA R14B with a time of 37.17 seconds. Richard Archbell was 1st Vintage in the 1928/29 GN/AC Rabel RO with a time of 42.38 seconds, and Bruce Stops was 1st on handicap for the class, in his 1928 Bugatti T35/44, with a time of 42.53 seconds. The final class winner was Julian Grimwade in his 1934 Frazer Nash Single seater who went round in 39.04 seconds. © Simon Wright

Yushan NG waits to take out the Frazer Nash Super Sports

Andy Bush Riley TT Sprite replica was 1st in Class 1

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21 cars 21 years st The Heritage Motor Centre celebrated its 21 Anniversary on May 1st with an event at the museum. Opened on May 1st 1993 the collection is now renowned as the largest collection of historic British motor cars in the world. Following an introduction by managing director of the trust Julie Tew, she was joined by founder Patron Peter Mitchell OBE to cut Classic and Competition car June 2014

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the birthday cake. Guests were then invited to ride or drive in a selection of 21 of the finest cars from the museum collection. These ranged from an 1899 Wolseley to the one millionth Land Rover Discovery and included the Mini Cooper driven to victory by Paddy Hopkirk in the 1964 Monte Carlo Rally. Also fired up was the 1927 Leyland 8 designed by Welsh engineer and racing driver Parry Thomas with its 9.7 litre Straight Eight engine. Following a behind the scenes tour of the workshops and lunch Tim Bryan, Head of Collections, outlined plans for the new £4 million Heritage Lottery funded Museum Collection Centre. In the pouring rain Peter Mitchell then cut the first turf for the new building which will house the Trusts reserve car collection and new workshops when it opens in the spring of 2015. The event also included the official opening of the “21 Years 21 Icons” exhibition which runs until the end of December as part of the celebrations. This display features 21 iconic automotive © Pete Austin

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Julie Tew and Peter Mitchell OBE cut the Birthday cake

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products including 7 motoring icons, 7 motoring inventions and 7 motoring innovators – from the elegant Jaguar E-type to cat’s eyes and iconic motoring figures like Alec Issigonis and William Morris. Further information at www.heritage-motor-centre.co.uk Heritage Motor centre workshop

1948 Morris Minor “Number one” and 1907 Rover

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CSCC Late Spring race meeting. Silverstone 10th May 2014. By Simon and Janet Wright. Taking place over the National circuit, the high-light of the meeting for a lot of people was the Special Saloon/Modsport races which had a great entry.

First race was the Dunlop Production Cup for Porsche models and it was quite a small field of just eight cars which took to the circuit. Andrew Duncan in his Porsche 968CS took Pole Position and led from the start but was soon passed by the Porsche 993 RSR of David Whelan. Duncan battled briefly with Whelan but by lap 3 Whelan was in front and they held position until the chequered flag. Luke Johnson finished 3rd in his Porsche 944 S2, with all three winning their respective classes. © Simon Wright

Winner David Whelan Porsche 993 RSR

Next out were the Magnificent Sevens Group 2 which saw Andrew Stirling put his Dax Rush 5689 on pole position. He led the race for the first eleven laps before his pitstop, where he lost an entire lap and eventually finished last. Behind him had been quite a battle with Christian Pittard in a Caterham 7 fighting through to second place, which eventually became the lead before he took his pitstop. he also lost a lap but when back on the track soon started cutting his way through the field to take 2nd place at the end of the forty minute race. Peter Ratcliff in a Caterham C400 had been back in 18th place on the first lap having dropped back from 7th on the grid. He © Janet Wright made steady progress through the field and was in 3rd place by lap 9. He took Andrew Stirling Dax Rush Magnificent Sevens Series Group 2 race the lead before his pitstop and came out in 2nd place, a lap behind the leader Chris Milner in a Caterham CSR who had not taken his pitstop at that point. When Milner pitted, Ratcliff took the lead and held it to the end, to win by over 8 seconds. The Special Saloons and Modsports made an impressive sight and sound as the 19 car grid lit up and headed for Copse corner. Pole man Mark Ticehurst in a Porsche 935 took the lead from the start from Stacy Vickers in the Mazda RX7 which had smoke coming from the back by the second Classic and Competition car June 2014

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Special Saloons winner Mark Ticehurst Porsche 935 © Simon Wright

Bob Claxton Skoda 110 R finished 3rd in class in race 2 © Simon Wright

Class winner Kenny Coleman 5 litre Ford Capri Class winner Steve Moss Ford Anglia Spaceframe finished 3rd in race 2 © Simon Wright

Class winner Neil Claxton Suzuki SC 100 finished 8th in race 2

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lap as it went round Luffield. There was great variety through the entry, with everything from a 1430cc Mini and 1300cc Suzuki SC100 right up to a 6 litre Vauxhall Carlton, a 5 litre Ford Capri and a 5.3 litre Aston martin V8. Ticehurst had an easy win, leading from start to finish but the battle for 2nd had the Mazda RX7 fighting with the Peugeot 309 GTi Turbo of Morris and Parker-Morris for several laps, the Peugeot taking 2nd place on lap eight. It then came under pressure from Peter Stevens in the Vauxhall Carlton TS and on lap 12 the Peugeot spun at the exit of Luffield and had to wait for most of the field to pass it before restarting. It eventually finished in 13th place. The Carlton could not catch the leading Porsche and finished in 2nd place, while the smokey Mazda finished 3rd. Ticehurst and Stevens both won their class, while the other class winners were Paul Sibley who finished 7th in his Lotus Elan Modsports, Neil Claxton in the Suzuki SC1000 who was 9th and finally 14th placed Luke Bennett in his Ford Capri. The second race for the Special saloons was held on Sunday and Ticehurst retired from the lead on lap 2, which allowed Steven Moss in the Ford Anglia Spaceframe to lead for a couple of laps before the Morris.Parker-Morris Peugeot 309 GTi Turbo hit the front to win by over six seconds from Peter Stevens who took another 2nd place in his Vauxhall Carlton TS. Moss finished 3rd in the Anglia to win his class along with another class win for Sibley in 4th place in the Lotus Elan. Claxton in 8th in the Suzuki and 9th place Kenny Coleman in the Ford Capri were the other class winners. © Janet Wright

Tony Paxman 2.3 Ford Escort Mk2 was 6th in race 2 © Janet Wright

David Beatty 5.3 Aston Martin V8 finished 10th in race 1

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Peter Stevens 6 litre Vauxhall Carlton finished 2nd in both races

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The second race for the Magnificent Sevens, this time for the Group 1 cars, proved to be an easy victory for Peter Ratcliff (21) in his caterham C400, who only lost the lead during his pit stop. Christian Pittard was second in a Caterham 7 and Julian Sage was third in another Caterham 7. The Classic Spares/Toyo Tires Jaguar Saloon and GT Championship saw Sam Clarke (Jnr) lead off the line in his Jaguar XJS 4000 and he was chased hard by David Howard in his Jaguar XJ12 for the first 3 laps before Howard slipped in front. The two cars battled hard for the rest of the race with both taking turns in the lead but Howard slipped through on the last lap to lead across the line by just 0.332 seconds. Clarke was given a 10 second penalty for a false start after the race but was far enough in front of James Ramm in his XJS, that Clarke © Simon Wright

Sam Clarke Jnr Jaguar XJS leads eventual winner David Howard Jaguar XJ12

him, sideways in his Peugeot 306 2000. Most of the field passed the Peugeot, Tongue eventually getting going in 23rd place at the end of lap 1. The spinning car had opened up a gap between Hird and the persueing pack, led by Richard Woods in a Ford Focus and the Jones/ Dew Honda Integra. Apart from when he took his pit stop, Hind led all the way to the finish and opened up a good gap to Woods in the Focus, which was a good job as he was given a 30 second penalty for failure to stop for mandatory pit stop in the designated area. He still won by just 1.027 seconds with the Jones/Drew Integra in 3rd. The other class winners included Stephen Craig in Honda Integra Si DC2, Classic and Competition car June 2014

Joel Wymer Caterham Supersport 1600 won Magnificent Sevens Series group 1 race

kept his second place. Both Howard and Clarke won their respective classes. The other two classes were won by Matthew Jeffery who finished 4th overall in his Jaguar XJ40 XJ6 Lister 4000 and Philip Comer in his Jaguar XJS 3890 who finished 9th overall. The more modern Tin Tops were mixed with the Puma Cup series for the penultimate race of the day and produced a large 33 car grid.The Honda Integra was the car to have round the fast National circuit with the Ainge and Taylor Honda Integra DC5 2000 and Russell Hird in another Integra locking out the front row. Hird led in to Brooklands on the first lap with a spinning Nigel Tongue right behind © Simon Wright

Winner Russell Hird Honda DC5 Integra ahead of a spinning Nigel Tongue Peugeot 306

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Paul Dolan Ford Puma won the Puma Cup series class © Janet Wright

the Renault Clio 172 of Chase/Colvey and John Robinson in a Honda Civic. The Puma race within the race was won by Paul Dolan who was 21st overall from Ben Eacock. Finally the Rover 216 of Joseph and Willie Moore finished in last place after getting a 2 lap penalty for failure to stop in the pitstop window, as per the series regulations The final race of the day was the second race for the Dunlop Production Cup for Porsche Models and saw David Whelean lead off from pole position in his Porsche 993 RSR being chased hard by Andrew Duncan in his 968C S just like the first race earlier in the day. However, this time Duncan was not going to settle for 2nd place and with just two laps to go, he swept through in to the lead and claimed the victory by 1.838 seconds from Whelan. Frank Cortes finished 3rd in his Porsche 964 Carrera 2 while Luke Johnson finished 4th but claimed another class win in his Porsche 944 S2. © Simon Wright

Michael Kason Fiat X19 Dallara retired from race 1 © Janet Wright

Stacy Vickers Mazda RX7 finished 3rd in the first Special Saloon race

Paul Lawrence Ford Sierra XR4 in the Special Saloon race Harper/Harper 1997cc Triumph Spitfire was 2nd in class in both races

Kevin Doyle 6.8 Jaguar XJ12 5th in both Special Saloon races

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Morris/Parker-Morris Peugeot 309 GTi Turbo won race 2

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Stratford Festival of Motoring

5th May 2014. By Simon Wright. The second running of the Stratford Festival of Motoring over the May Day Bank holiday weekend saw thousands of visitors flock to the famous town on the banks of the river Avon. Lovely sunny weather increased tourist numbers by around 10% over last years record turn out, as over 200 classic and specialist cars were on display in the town centre. Organised by Stratforward and Shakespeare Country, this year the main roads in the town © Simon Wright centre were closed to normal traffic and on the Bank Holiday Monday, as the cars returned from the Test Hills run and treasure hunt, they were parked up in the main roads in the centre of Stratford. This allowed the large Back to the Bard - DeLorean crowds the Back from the test Hills Run a 2 litre Lagonda low chassis chance to see these special vehicles at close quarters. On Sunday all the cars had the chance to take part in the Blossom Trial run which took the cars on a picturesque route through the Vale of Evesham. On Monday, the Test Hills Run was a shorter route round some of the steepest hills south of Stratford, as used by many of © Simon Wright the former Midlands Motor manufacturers to test their vehicles in the past. Then at lunch time, a cavalcade of vehicles set off for a couple of laps of the town centre from Bridge street, past the RSA Theatre and round to the High street. The parade was led by the Bard car, an imaginative creation designed by young people from the Escape Community Arts project to mark the 450th anniversary of Page 38 Classic and Competition car June 2014 Ford Mustang 289 Notchback

William Shakespeare’s birth. The entry of cars was impressive with vehicles ranging from a Rydell Volvo Estate from the British Touring car Championship through to a DeLorean sportscar. Classic Americana was represented with a Chevrolet pickup truck, several Ford Mustangs and a 1955 Chevrolet BelAir. Outside the Royal Shakespeare Company Theatre was a line up of Toyota and modern Ford Mustangs along with a few classic vehicles from the Heritage Motor Museum at Gaydon. Vintage cars were also well represented, a fine example of a 1926 Singer tourer was on display plus models from Lagonda, Buick, Chevrolet, Austin, and

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Bentley plus more modern local classics such as the E-Type Jaguar, Morris Minor and various MG Sports cars. The Rother Market at the top of the town was the site for the unique Land Rover ‘off-road’ experience using the Terrapod. This man made structure allows drivers and passengers to experience the off road abilities of the current Land Rover range. Classic and Competition car June 2014

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Top row: The Bard car. Suffolk Jaguar SS100 replica. Three Ferrari lineup. Middle Row: Triumph Mayflower. 1934 3.5 litre Bentley. Bottom row: 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air. Rover 75 Cyclops. Land Rover Terrapod display. © Simon Wright © Simon Wright

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HSCC Silverstone International Trophy. 17th - 18th May 2014.

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By Simon & Janet Wright with additional photos from Pete Austin. The International trophy meeting in the late 60s and early 70s used to be a non-championship Formula 1 race, which would attract some of the current top Grand Prix teams to compete for the Trophy. Now the meeting is a top level Historic meeting organised by the Historic Sports Car Club (HSCC). This year was the fifth running of the event using the full Grand Prix circuit. The two day meeting consisted of 14 separate races from most of the HSCC championships, catering for all categories of motorsport including Saloons, Sportscars and GTs and all kinds of single seater races. Saturday saw most of the regular club racers take part with wins for Oliver Ford driving a Lotus Europa in the 70s Road Sports Championship, Graeme and James Dodd took their Ginetta G16 to the Guards Trophy Sports Racing Cars race victory while the separate Guards Trophy race for GT cars was won by Michael Whitaker in the TVR Griffith. Richard Plant in a Morgan Plus 8 won the Historic Road Sports Race and Michael O’Brien in a Merlyn Mk20 won the Historic Formula Ford race. The Martini Trophy for 2 litre sports cars had two races over the weekend. The first race on Saturday saw James Dodd take a lights to flag victory in the Martini Chevron B31, winning by nearly 18 seconds from David Gathercole in a Lola T210 with Robert Oldershaw 3rd in a Lola T212. Dodd and Gathercole both won their classes, with Andrew Schryver 5th in a Chevron B23 and Graeme Cooksley 7th in a Tiga SC80 winning the other classes in the race. The second race was on Sunday saw Gathercole get the jump on Dodd at the start, the older Lola leading the first few laps of the race before Dodd got the winged Chevron B31 in front and slowly pulled away from Gathercole to win by over five and a half seconds with Oldershaw again taking 3rd position. Schryver in 5th Top Left: 70s Road Sports Paul Aslett in his Jaguar XJS Middle Left: Guards Trophy Sports Racing Cars Marcus Mussa McLaren Elva M1A Bottom Left: Michael Whitaker in the TVR Griffith during the Guards Trophy for GT Cars.

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and Cooksley in 8th again both won their respective classes. The two Derek Bell Trophy races were both held on Sunday, and were missing a few of their regular competitors due to other races in Europe. Silverstone in the past was thought of as a power circuit with long straights and fast sweeping corners. Now the new Grand Prix circuit layout allows the more nimble Formula 2 and Formula Atlantic cars to hold their own against the more powerful Formula 5000 cars. Richard Evans proved this by putting his Formula Atlantic 1600cc March 79B on pole position. He led both races from start to finish, initially chased by Daryl Taylor in a Formula © Pete Austin 5000 Chevron B28 but who dropped back and eventually Historic FF Benn Simms Juno JMR 7 leads Westie Mitchell Merlyn Mk20 finished 4th place in the first race. Jeremy Wheatley finished 2nd in the first race and 3rd in the second race in his immaculate Yellow and blue Formula 2 Matchbox Surtees TS15. The first Formula 5000 car home in the first race was Paul Campfield in a Chevron B24 in 3rd place. In the second race, it was Simon Taylor in another Chevron B24 who was the first of the Formula 5000 beasts back in 7th place. In the second race it was Mark Dwyer © Simon Wright in a Formula 2 March 782 that finished in 2nd place Mark Witherspoon Tecno F3 leads Geoffrey O’nion Tecno F3 in the behind Classic Racing cars race Evans. Jamie Brashaw in a March 793 won the Invitation class in both races in his Formula 3 March, with Mathew Sturmer in a Ralt RT3 winning his class in the first race and Ian Mitchell in a CTG Mk8 winning the Invitation Clubman class in both races. The usual winner of the Classic racing cars and Historic Formula 3 race, Ian Jones in his Lotus 59 threw away the win when he spun off and handed victory to his usual sparring partner Anthony Ross in another Lotus 59. Jones battled his way through the field to reclaim 2nd place by the end of the race, but was over 29 seconds down on Chevron was the popular F5000 car at the meeting, with Simon Taylor in the Ex Derek Bell Thursdays Chevron B28 who finished 5th and 6th in the two races. Ross at the flag. Classic and Competition car June 2014

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First lap of the Formula Ford 2000 race saw John Finch (55) Van Diemen RF82 collide with Antonio Armelin (9) Reynard SF79 while Andrew Storer (72) Royale RP27 takes to the grass in avoidance.

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The Formula Ford 2000 race saw plenty of spins and incidents at Luffield, with two cars, Antonio Armelin in his Reynard SF79 and John Finch in a Van Diemen RF82 colliding on the first lap and the cars remained locked together on the edge of the track. Neither driver was hurt and both got out and cleared the circuit. While the marshals tried to clear the cars, and with waved yellow flags, some of the other competitors made no attempt to slow down as they passed the abandoned cars, with several spinning in to the Luffield gravel just after the accident scene on fluid spilt from one of the two locked cars. The cars were soon cleared and the race continued with Ian Pearson winning in a Van Diemen RF83 from Tom Smith in a Royale RP27 with Benn Simms taking the final podium position in his Reynard SF77. The ByBox Historic Touring Car Championship saw Mike Gardiner put his Ford Lotus Cortina on pole position, but it was Neil Brown who took the initial lead in his powerful Ford Mustang from Tim Davies in another Ford Lotus Cortina while Colin Gunton was doing amazing things with his little Hillman Imp holding 3rd place overall at the start, but it didn’t last long, with him retiring on the third lap. After a race long battle, Brown took the win in his immaculate red and gold Ford Mustang from Davies who also won his class. Third Page

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place went to Tom Andrew in yet another of the very popular Ford Lotus Cortina models, with him also winning his class. Rodger Godfrey in his little Mini Cooper S was another class winner in 4th as was Bob Bullen driving a Ford Anglia 105E in 6th. Adrian Oliver was next class winner in a Hillman Imp in 7th while the final class winner was the last finisher, Richard Cross in a Triumph 2000 Mk1 in 13th place. The final race of the day was for the FJHRA Millers Oils Historic Formula Junior single seaters. Sam Wilson took pole in the Lotus 20/22 but it was Jonathan Milicevic in a Cooper T59 who led Stuart Roach Alexis Mk2 dives up the inside of from the start. It didn’t Crispian Besley Cooper T56 in the FJunior race © Janet Wright take Wilson long to get to the front of the field and he won by 2.472 seconds from Milicevic with Andrew Hibberd in 3rd place in his Lotus 22. Stuart Roach was the first of the front engined cars in 7th place. In addition to the normal HSCC races, there was also a © Simon Wright Coming round to start the 2nd Martini Trophy race with winner James Dodd on the left in the Martini Chevron B31 Page 45 Classic and Competition car June 2014

round of the GT and Sports Car Cup, a one hour race with a minimum of one pitstop. A large field of 37 cars consisting of classic GT cars such as the Jaguar E-Type, AC Cobra, Austin Healey 3000 and rare cars like the Iso Griffo A3C and Bizzarini 5300GT. Ewan McIntyre put his 2 litre Lotus 15 on pole position which he shared with Mark Lewis. An initial challenge by the Peter Sugden and Andy Wolfe Jaguar E-Type faded after their pitstop and the Lotus 16 of Lewis and McIntyre was soon back to the front of the field to take victory by over 44 seconds at the end of the hour race from the powerful Chevrolet Corvette of Craig Davies and John Young. Ben Shuckburgh and Martin Hunt finished 3rd in an E-Type Jaguar. The class winners included the first and second placed cars, plus Frank Trouillard in 10th in a Lotus 11, Jeremy Welch and Mark Pangborn in an Austin Heley in11th, Malcolm Paul and Rick Bourne in a TVR Grantura Mk III in 15th and finally Sir David Scholey and Nick Finburgh in a Jaguar XK120 that won the Invitation class.

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BRM’s take to the track – April 25th 2014. By Pete Austin. The Lincolnshire countryside once again resounded to the noise of a V16 when the BRM Association held a Trackday at Blyton Park near Gainsborough on a damp April day. The new BRM Association was formed in June last year to continue and build on recent momentum for celebrating BRM’s achievements. The original Owen Racing Motors Association was formed in the 1950s after Rubery Owen took over the ownership of BRM. In fact one of the invited guests at the trackday was David Owen MBE who is a patron of the new Association and the son of Sir Alfred Owen who was active in supporting the marque all those years ago.

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A representative collection of BRMs had been assembled from a Mk1 V16 which had travelled all the way from Lord Montague’s National Motor Museum in Beaulieu to the Motul liveried P201 of John Fenning. Also taking to the circuit during the day was the P48 with its unique ‘bacon slicer’ single rear brake, Andrew Waring’s P261 and two versions of the P160 in Marlboro livery driven by John Burt. No gathering of BRMs would be complete without the iconic Leyland Royal Tiger transporter which was brought along by Bourne based BRM preparation specialists Hall and Hall complete with a type 57. They also brought one of the early V12s, a type 126, to complete the lineup. Rick Hall, whose son Rob drove some of the cars, was also a former BRM employee. Other marques which used BRM engines were not forgotten with a Lotus 24 and BRP adding to the cars present. © Pete Austin

BRM mechanics Ben Casey and Pat Carvath

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stepdaughter Bobbie Neate. Also mingling with the members were a number of former BRM mechanics including Pat Carvath and Ben Casey. Dick Salmon, who wrote the book ‘BRM – A Mechanics Tale’ looked very comfortable in the cockpit of the V16 whilst being interviewed during the lunch break. Another enthusiast present was antiques expert Colin Young. Weather wise it was not the best of days but the cars took to the track under grey skies in the morning and afternoon to the pleasure of the many BRM enthusiasts present. Fortunately the heavy rain restricted itself to the lunch break giving the BRM personnel and Association members an ample opportunity to inspect the cars at close quarters in the hangar and reminisce about the glory days of this well loved marque. More information on the BRM Association can be found on www.brmassociation.org or contact enquiries@brmassociation.org Dick Salmon in the BRM V16

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Silverstone Classic media day. By Simon & Janet Wright with Mick Herring. This years Silverstone Classic promises to be bigger and better than ever when it runs on the 25th to 27th July 2014. As part of the Silverstone celebrations of fifty years of Grand Prix racing since the first World © Simon Wright Championship Grand Prix was held at Silverstone in 1948, Sir Stirling Moss will lead the largest parade of Grand prix cars around the circuit on the Sunday of the Classic. It is hoped that over 100 Grand Prix cars from Formula 1 McLaren M26 © Simon Wright seventy decades of Grand Prix racing will take part. Super Sunday will also feature Maserati which will be celebrating its 100th Birthday at the Silverstone Classic with a track parade of Maserati cars on the Sunday, and Maserati cars will be competing in many of the historic races Sir Stirling Moss taking part over the weekend. It is also planned that the new Alfieri Maserati concept car will be at the event in July. Ford is celebrating the 50th birthday of the Ford Mustang on Saturday with various events and a track parade. The Ford Mustang will also feature prominently in many of the Historic Saloon car races. There is also a nice short film on Youtube that recreates the famous car chase from the Steve McQueen movie Bullit, but based around Silverstone rather than San Francisco. View it on-line at http://youtu.be/ Dodge Charger and Ford Mustang recreate Bullit 5xeTrqOALGc The many car clubs that fill the infield with fantastic car displays will also be staging some major celebrations this year. These include 50 years © Janet Wright

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of the Alfa Romeo Owners Club, the 50th anniversary of the Bristol Owners Club, 50 years of the TVR Car Club, the 25th anniversary of the MX5 Owners Club, 27 years of the Aston Martin DB7, 50 years of the Sunbeam Tiger, 50 years of the Marcos and the GT40 Enthusiasts club will celebrate 50 years of the GT40. Super Sunday will also feature two special races, the RAC Woodcote Trophy for Pre ’56 sports cars and the RAC Tourist Trophy for Historic cars which will recreate the halcyon days of GT racing from the 1950s and 60s, feature cars such as the E-Type Jaguar, Aston martin DB4 and DB5, Lotus Elites, and various SWB Ferrari models in the meetings Blue Ribband race. Also at the Classic will be a Super Touring Car race for some of the super cars of the former BTCC including the fabulous Ford Mondeo and Williams Renault Laguna models. © Simon Wright

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Porsche 911 GT1 by Mick Herring. The ever-evolving nature of the Silverstone Classic and its media day gave me the opportunity to jump forward a couple of decades and enhance my knowledge of iconic GT cars much newer than the ones I'm familiar with. Mark Sumpter's 1996 "Playstation" Porsche 911 GT1 was my welcome experience today and I must admit to not knowing too much about this particular era. Born out of Porsche's desire to return to top-line GT racing, the GT1 and its road-legal sibling were based on the front end of the then current 993 model and the rear end derived from the 962. In this instance the race-car came first. The water cooled, twin turbocharged and intercooled 3.2 litre flat 6 would produce about 650 bhp to go through its six-speed manual sequential gearbox, sensibly reigned back to about 550 today, in the interests of longevity. I thought this was going to be a very short ride as a misfire developed on the out lap, thankfully cured with a big fuel top up. As we exited the pit lane just behind Justin Law's Jaguar XJ220, which sent big pockets of flame from its exhaust on every change, proved to be no match for the Porsche. There is usually a bit of a traffic jam as you go through the Farm complex on Silverstone's Grand Prix circuit, witnessed by counting © Simon Wright the rivets on the back of a "Sebring" MGC from the inside of a Chevron B31 a couple of years ago. Similarly, the Jaguar's flames got ever-closer disappearing from view under the front of the Porsche until we got on the Wellington © Mick Herring Straight and outaccelerated the line of cars. The characteristic growl that you associate with a flat-six Classic and Competition car June 2014

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Porsche engine was there accompanied by the "chirp" from the wastegate on each gearchange. I hope we were able to return the "flaming" compliment to the distant Jaguar. As with many cars, the sensation of speed is largely lost on a race track, it is only when the driver hits the brakes do you realise how fast you were going and the need to go down through four gears to negotiate the Brooklands left hander. © Simon Wright The grip through the long right hander that leads onto the pit straight was high and I'm sure that only the Riley-Porsche Daytona Prototype I'm comparing this car to went through Copse and the Becketts-Maggotts corners any faster before launching you onto the Hangar Straight.

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This particular car, whilst being an early example that had benefitted from upgrades to its bodywork to a later specification during its career, exhibited significant downforce and in the hands of former Britcar 24hr winner, Mark Sumpter, this was utilised to the full. A very fast and safe car that you would expect from Porsche and very fast in the right hands.Two more laps and my education was complete. My thanks to Mark Sumpter who would also drive his Porsche 962 on the day in preparation for handing it over to Derek Bell to drive at Le Mans this year. Page

Archive Photo of the month. By Pete Austin.

Elsewhere in this issue you can read the tribute to Jack Brabham who sadly died last month. At the end of 1969 Jack sold his own shares in Motor Racing Developments (Brabham) to Ron Tauranac and in 1972 Bernie Ecclestone took over the team. Here a dark haired Bernie is shown at Brands Hatch in conversation with designer Gordon Murray.

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Worcester Motor Festival 17th May 2014. By Simon Wright. The eighth running of this annual car show that takes place around the city centre in Worcester continues to draw large crowds. The show ran from 9am to 5pm and included a mixture of vintage and classic cars, new models, live entertainment and was set up in conjunction with the Central Fire Station open day. The car displays are spread around the central shopping streets of the city, all of which are pedestrianised. The main High Street displays were from car dealers of some of the latest models from the likes of Toyota, Honda, Citroen and Morgan. Pride of place in the centre of the High Street was taken by the Midland Automobile Club and their Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb display. The oldest motor sport venue in the World just happens to be in Worcestershire, and the club that organise the events at Shelsley Walsh had a single seater racing car and road going sports car on their display to high light the range of vehicles that can be seen competing at the venue during the summer. At the lower end of the High Street, nearest to the Cathedral, the Standard Car Club had a display of five classic Standard cars built in Coventry. Moving in to Pump street saw various classic cars , starting with a Healey Silverstone, a Frog eyed Sprite, a Triumph TR250 sports car from the 1970s and included a Saab rally car, and a Hillman Avenger. Round the corner in Friar Street were a couple of Francis Barnett Fulmar Sports 90 © Simon Wright old motorcycles, including a 1963 Francis-Barnett Fulmar Sports 90 and a 1938 S. O. S. Ew Superb and moving back to 4 wheels, a 1946 Triumph Roadster 1800. Moving back in to © Simon Wright Classic and Competition car June 2014

Triumph Vitesse and Ford Zodiac from the 1960s

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the centre of Worcester and progressing up The Shambles, which runs parallel to the High Street, were lots of interesting Classic Cars. Here there was everything from a small Fiat 500, two very early Austin Mini Saloons and a collection of three immaculate Jaguar Saloons from the 1950s and 60s right through to an E-Type Jaguar and Triumph Stag. Finally down Broad © Simon Wright Street, towards the river were more classic cars, including The Worcester Motor Festival Best Car Display trophy winner, Andy & Susan Mitchell with their 1956 AC Aceca Bristol.

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Jaguar E-Type

Best Car Display winner AC Aceca Bristol with vintage helmet.

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MG VA Tourer

Ford Anglia

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Triumph TR250

1933 Austin 10/4 Tourer with Dickey seat

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1933 Standard Teignmouth

1936 Chevrolet 2 door Town Sedan

Rover

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La Vie en Bleu. 24th-25th May 2014. By Simon & Janet Wright. The annual French weekend, where the Bugatti Owners club turn part of the Cotswolds into part of France for 2 days, took place at the Prescott Hill Climb course over the weekend of the 24th and 25th of May. Saturday was very wet for most of the day, but Sunday dawned bright and sunny and although some of the surrounding fields were a little waterlogged, it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop everyone from having a great time. Citroen and Renault dominated the Orchard field next to the track with two large displays of both modern and classic cars while the rest of the area was full of French car clubs displaying members cars. One slight variation to the French theme was provided by a superb display of classic Riley cars. The paddock was decked out with French flags and French road names and there were Cancan dancers and Mime artists wandering around to add to the French atmosphere. The paddock also had a significant display of French cars or cars associated with France. Lined up across the bottom of the paddock were Amilcars and Bugatti pre war cars, mixed in with some very early Citroen and Renault models. There was the immaculate Black and Gold JPS Lotus Renault turbo T98 Grand Prix car that had been Classic and Competition car June 2014

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driven by Ayrton Senna and two of the latest one million pound plus Bugatti Veyron supercars from today as well as several pristine Bugatti saloons from the golden age of motoring. The two modern Veyron cars also did several demonstration runs up the Hill Climb Course over the weekend.

Tony Gomis has a slight moment at Ettore’s in the Marcadier Can Am Gordini

Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse is the fastest convertible in the World

There were a lot of French cars taking part in the hill climb event on the Sunday, but it was the 1965 MG Kayne Special that won the Bugatti Owners’ Club Sports Racing and Specials Handicap event, driven by John Biggs. There were two specific classes for Bugatti cars to compete in, with Alex Ames in a Bugatti T35C winning the Bugatti Car Handicap up to 2000cc, while the Bugatti GP © Simon Wright Cars Handicap was won by Chris Warman in a Bugatti T37A © Simon Wright

Xavier Kingsland in a 500 Staride Mk3 Norton

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Julian Eckersley at speed in his Bugatti T13

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Chris Williams Citroen 4CV

Christopher Tabor Riley Special -Alta

John Guyatt Talbot-Lago T150 CMD won the Pre war cars up to 4000cc class

Famed racing driver Barrie Williams was taking part, sharing a Renault Clio with Ricky Gamer. On his first timed run, wizzo had an off at Semi-circle, with a resounding “Thud’. The marshals managed to retrieve the car and on his second run, Barrie managed a 51.78 seconds to finish 3rd in class, behind car owner Ricky who was 2nd in class with a time of 51.46 seconds, just 0.32 of a second faster than Wizzo. The class was won by Dave Parr in a Ford Sierra Cosworth in 50.81 seconds. Mike Wadsworth Aston Martin DB4 was fastest in the Aston Martin Owners Club class

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Tina Hawkes Force Suzuki PC

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Cathy Quinn and Phil Bridge 3 wheeled Moran F2 E93A

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Bugatti Type 57

An interesting pair of Amilcars in the paddock

Citroen Traction Avant

Early Steam car

MG Racer

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1925 Citroen 5Hp Cloverlead

JPS Lotus 98T Renault Turbo

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