Classic and Competition car 50 November 2014

Classic and Competition Car November 2014

Issue 50

Ferrari at Curborough

50th e Issu

Autumn Classic Prescott

Georgetown Hill Climb

Sywell Classic Rallyday

Contents.

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News.

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Sir Jack Brabham Memorial.

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Sin R1 GT Road car launch.

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Mitsubishi R5 Rally Car UK Launch.

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Sywell Classic - Pistons and Props.

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HSCC Season Finals, Silverstone.

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Hotrod Hill Climb Georgetown USA.

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BRSCC Championship Finals Donington Park.

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Coventry Breakfast Club.

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Buckler

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Rally Day at Castle Combe.

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MAC Sprint at Curborough.

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Archive photo of the month.

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Autumn Classic, Prescott.

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Old Yeller Mk II.

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Birkett Relay, Silverstone.

Front Cover. Jon Goodwin Ferrari 328 part of the Pirelli Ferrari Hillclimb Championship at the MAC Sprint, Curborough Š Janet Wright

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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.

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Editorial.

Another season draws to an end and we have reached our 50th issue. The dark cold days lie ahead, but while most circuit racing in the UK has almost finished for the year, there is still racing overseas in warmer climates, and in the UK we can switch to some large indoor exhibitions to maintain our interest during the winter months. The Classic Motor Show is almost here, and this years event promises to be bigger and better than ever. This years theme is Movie and TV cars with replica’s of many famous vehicles due to make an appearance.

For the hardy types there is plenty of Trial and Rally action taking place over the next few month and it won’t be long till next March when the 2015 season will start racing again.

News

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1907 Stanley Steam Car Model EX. Alternative power supplies for cars are topical these days with Electric cars being introduced at a surprising rate.

However, alternative power supplies have been tried in the past. This 1907 Stanley Steam car was demonstrated at the Autumn Classic meeting at Prescott recently.

A range of Stanley Steam cars were built in America between 1902 and 1924. This 1907 model had a 2 cylinder engine with a 3 inch bore and 4 inch stroke which produced 10 HP. The boiler was 18 inches in diameter and 14 inches high with 425 Vertical fire tubes. Its working pressure was 500 psi and the burner vaporised petrol at 100 psi.

It had a 90 inch wheel base When new, it cost $850.

In 1906 A Stanley Steamer set the World record for the fastest mile in an automobile at 28.2 seconds which it held until 1911, but the steam record remained until 2009.

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Jimmy McRae returns to Wales Rally GB.

Lopez follows in Fangio’s footsteps.

Jose Maria Lopez is the World Champion in the 2014 FIA World Touring Car Championship. Two weeks after Citroen had clinched the manufacturers title, Lopez added the drivers title after his ninth win of the season in Suzuka. Lopez is the first Argentinian to win a World Championship since Juan Manuel Fangio won his last World Championship fifty seven years ago.

He only needed to finish in 4th place in the first of the two races to clinch the title in his Citroen C-Elysee. Starting from pole position, he took the lead from rival and team mate Yvan Muller and the two raced nose to tail until Muller got a rear puncture which forced him to retire half way through the race. Team mate Sebastien Loeb finished in 3rd place. At the end of the race the Citroen Total team celebrated in a special sky blue and white number 37 uniform.

In the second race, starting from 10th on the grid, Lopez managed to work his way up to 5th with Loeb and Muller finishing behind him in 6th and 7th place.

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Five times British Rally Champion Jimmy McRae will contest this years Wales Rally GB, the UK round of the 2014 FIA World Rally Championship, between the 13th and 16th November 2014.

After a ten year absence, 70 year old Jimmy is returning to the Welsh forests in a classic Vauxhall Firenza from the 1970s run by Mick Stafford’s Mix Motorsport team. He will be joined by his regular co-driver Pauline Gullick in a JLT backed Firenza. The team are not sure which car Jimmy will use yet. They are going to test the 2.3 litre twin cam Magnum and the V8 model back to back. It is thought that the team might favour the 2.3 litre if the conditions are due to be wet.

“It’s great to be back involved in the biggest rally event in Britain.

I expect it to be quite a tough one as well, with three good days in some great stages” declared the celebrated Scotsman who turns 71 later this month.

The Wales Rally GB National shadows the International event and has several over subscribed classes for historic rally cars.

Tickets for those wanting to see all these classic rally cars in action and to follow the fortunes of Jimmy McRae on the 2014 Wales Rally GB are available via the official website at www.walesrallygb.com or via the ticket hotline on 0844 847 2251.

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© Syd Wall

Metro 6R4 30th Birthday celebrations.

One of Britain’s best loved Group B rally cars celebrated its 30th birthday at the Rallyday event at Castle Combe. The MG Metro 6R4 was built by the Austin Rover Group in 1984, based on the normal Austin Mini Metro. The front mounted A series engine was replaced by a 3 litre V6 engine mounted behind the front seats, driving all 4 wheels. Two versions were built, 200 to the clubman model specification which developed around 250 bhp, while a further 20 were built to International specification, developing around 410 bhp.

The factory team entered the 1985 Lombard RAC Rally driven by Tony Pond and finished in a fantastic 3rd place behind two Lancia Delta S4s. Group B was banned in mid 1986 and the model is still allowed to compete under MSA rules although engine size has been limited to 2800cc for single plenum engines or 2500cc for multi plenum engines. © Simon Wright

Unusual Winkelmann WDB-2 at HSCC finals James Lovett drove the Winkelmann WDB-2 to 7th place overall and 4th in class in the HSCC Classic Racing Cars race at the HSCC Season Finals race meeting on the Silverstone National Circuit.

The car was designed by ex-Brabham designer Len Wimhurst and was manufactured and sold in the UK as Pallisers, but in America they were sold as Winkelmanns due to distributor and racer Bob Winkelmann. A total of eight were built and were designed to be fitted with the 1600cc Ford or Lotus Twin Cam engine. It has a multitubular frame with steel stress panels.

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Classic Motor Show In just a few days time it will be the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show at the NEC, the largest classic motor show in the country. The show runs from the 14th to the 16th November 2014. This years theme is “Lets go to the Movies” and will feature some of the most iconic cars from Film and Television. Some examples are the four wheeled star of Ghostbusters - Ecto-1, Back to the Future with a Delorean DMC-12, Knight Rider with the Pontiac Trans Am known as KITT and many other famous replica cars. The car has starred in may film car chases like the Ford Mustang and Dodge Charger from Steve McQueens Bullitt, the white Volvo P1800 which is synonomis with Simon Templer, “The Saint”, and even the humble Mini starred in one of the greatest car chase movies “The Italian job”.

As well as replicas of many of these famous cars, there will be hundreds of genuine rare classic cars on display with over 250 Car Clubs displaying members cars, including American Classic and Competition car November 2014

Classics, European models, and home grown classics from Austin, Morris, Jaguar, Triumph, Hillman, Ford etc. for more information go to www.necclassicmotorshow.com © Simon Wright

Starsky & Hutch Ford Torino at last years show

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Turkington BTCC Champion 2014.

win in his Mercedes Benz A-Class from Sam Tordoff in the MG6 GT and Rob Collard in his eBay BMW 125i M Sport.

Gordon Shedden was 6th in the Honda Civic Tourer. The championship contenders did not fare well, with Plato finishing 13th and Turkington failed to finish. The final race saw Shedden finish the season with a victory in the Honda Civic Tourer from John Clarke in his Ford Focus ST Mk III and Mat Jackson in another Ford Focus ST Mk III. Tordoff managed 4th in his MG6GT and Plato was 7th. Turkington was classified as 20th.

These results were enough to give Turkington the title with 434 points with Plato 2nd on 399 points and Shedden was 3rd with 349 points. The win by Plato helped secure the Manufacturer Constructors title for MG/Triple 8 by 95 points from Honda/ Dynamics. The Teams standings saw eBay Motors on top with 724 points with MG KX Clubcard Fuel Save in 2nd and Honda © Janet Wright Yuasa Racing in 3rd. eBay Motors were also on top of the Independent Teams Standings from Airwaves Racing and Pirtek Racing in 3rd place. Finally, the Jack Sears Trophy was awarded to Dave Newsham just 5 points ahead of Alain Menu.

As the British Touring Car Championship headed for the final round at Brands Hatch there was still a battle for the championship between points leader Colin Turkington and the most successful driver in the British Touring car Championship, Jason Plato. Colin Turkington was leading the points as the teams arrived at Brands Hatch for the final three races of the 2014 season. The historic Grand Prix circuit would decide which of the drivers would take this years title and the manufacturers title was also still to be decided between Honda and MG. The opening race saw a multi car accident on the first lap which resulted in Matt Neal being flown to hospital after complaining of pain after already having injured ribs from a karting accident. Plato and Tordoff scored a 1-2 victory for MG © Simon Wright with the MG6 GT in the first © Simon Wright race with Turkington in 3rd in his eBay BMW 125i M Sport. The second race saw Adam Morgan take a Classic and Competition car November 2014

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MAC awarded Monoposto contract

The Midland Automobile Club (MAC), based at Shelsley Walsh, is best known for running events at Shelsley Walsh hill climb, and for 2015 they have also been appointed to supply administration and support services to the Monoposto Racing Club (MRC). The MAC was founded in 1901 and manages its own extensive membership and competitors entries to the 6 speed hill climb weekends at Shelsley Walsh, including two rounds of the Avon Tyres/TTC Group MSA British Hill Climb Championship.

The MAC will be managing the Monoposto Racing Club membership, registering competitors and sending out communications along with receiving entries for all of the MRC’s championships.

Mark Constanduros, MAC Commercial Manager reckons this is a wonderful opportunity for the Midland Automobile Club. “Between the MAC and the Monoposto Racing Club, we have a lot of history in motorsport and this is a great chance to work together and for the MAC to help Monoposto to work more cost effectively over the forthcoming season and beyond. We are very much looking forward to getting back into circuit racing having first worked with Monoposto back in 1989 and to use our extensive administration knowledge and skills to work with their Championships and Sporting Services Manager.”

Nick Harrison (Chairman of the Monoposto Racing Club) said “We are delighted to appoint the MAC as administration provider, they have a long history in this area of the motorsport business and look forward to working with them, and developing new motorsport opportunities that will benefit both organisations.”

The Monoposto Racing Club is the largest single seater racing club in the UK, and has regularly filled two grids with more than 60 cars at various circuits around the UK. The club offers cost effective racing for single seater racing cars. There are several classes in Monoposto racing, and these classes will cater for most single seater racing cars from previous championships, some of which will no longer exist. It allows owners of these cars to have a championship to contest, with cars that are not suitable for current championships elsewhere.

There are six classes MotoMono - A combination of the former Mono 1000 and Mono © Simon Wright 1400 classes, Mono 1600 - Former Formula Ford/FF2000 chassis, Formula Vauxhall Junior (8V) and Formula Renault 1700 with a single camshaft Iron block engine up to 1750cc. FF Kent 1600 engines when fitted in older chassis may use the approved Mono camshaft.

Mono 1800 - Formula Ford Zetec, FF2000, Formula Vauxhall Junior (16V) and Formula Ireland cars. Engine must conform to the following regulations : FF Zetec 1800 up to 2005, Formula Vauxhall 2000 (Junior 1600cc 16 valve), FF2000 1993 spec.

MonoDtec - Duratec Formula Ford with free tyre choice.

Mono2000 Classic - Classic Formula Vauxhall and older Formula 3 cars Pre 1993. Engines 2 litre with dry sump.

Aluminium or steel frame or older carbon monocoque chassis.

Mono2000 - Dallara Formula 3, US FF2000, Formula Renault 2000 and 2009 BARC Formula Renault built before 2005.

Standard production engine, dry sump permitted.

Typical Monoposto field at Silverstone

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Andrea de Cesaris 31st May 1959 to 5th October 2014

© Pete Austin

Born in Rome, Italy, Andrea started karting at an early age and progressed through Formula 3 and Formula 2 to join the Grand Prix world in 1980 with Alfa Romeo for the Canadian Grand Prix.

In 1982 he became the youngest driver to start a Grand Prix from Pole position for Alfa Romeo in the US West Grand Prix.

During his Grand Prix career, which spanned fourteen years and 208 Grand Prix, he drove for Alfa Romeo, McLaren, Ligier, Minardi, Brabham, Rial, Dallara, Jordan , Tyrrell and Sauber. He had five podium finishes, one fastest lap and one pole position.

In 2005 and 2006 he competed in the Grand Prix Masters series.

He was killed in a motorcycle accident in Rome on the 5th October on the Grande Raccordo Anulare motorway.

To his family and friends we offer our sincere condolences.

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Bjorn Waldegard 12th November 1943 to 29th August 2104.

Born in Rimbo, Sweden, Waldegards rallying career began in 1962. He won the Swedish Rally Championship in 1967 and 68 and won his first International rally in a Porsche 911 on the 1969 Monte Carlo Rally. He drove for the Alitalia Lancia team in the 1970s. He joined Ford in late 1976 and in the Ford Escort RS1800 he won three of the Worlds toughest Rallies in 1977, the East African Safari rally, the Acropolis Rally and the RAC Classic and Competition car November 2014

rally. He won the first World Rally Drivers Championship in 1979 driving for both Ford and Mercedes Benz.

His career spanned four decades, and he won 16 FIA World Rally Championship events during that time. His last World Cham[pionship win was the 1990 Safari Rally. He retired from the WRC in 1992, but continued to rally, winning the 2011 East Africa Safari Rally in a Porsche 911.

He passed away at the age of 70 after a long battle with cancer.

To his family and friends we offer our sincere condolences.

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Charged atmosphere after the first Formula E race.

The first race of the new Electric Formula E series took place in Beijing in China and proved to be a real electrifying event. The race had proved to be straight forward for Nicolas Prost in the e.dams - Renault team who had led for most of the race. Bruno Senna was forced to retire on the first lap after being squeezed by the two Amlin Aguri cars which resulted in broken left front suspension and brought out the safety car. Nick Heidfeld had driven a careful race in the Venturi car which left him in a close 2nd place as they started the last lap. He had been conserving his battery power during the race and as he chased down Prost for the lead, the pair touched after Prost appeared to move across to block Heifelds challenge. the Venturi was launched into the air and landed upside down on top of the safety barrier before coming to rest upside down on the track. Heidfeld emerged after a couple of

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Brazilian Lucas di Grassi won the first ever Electric Formula E race

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Nicolas Prost dominated most of the race

minutes, appearing to be unscathed and set off on foot after Prost who was walking back to the pits after his car was too damaged to continue as well, after the accident.

The pair discussed the incident, but the sports car team mates agreed to disagree on who was at fault. The stewards had a different opinion and Prost has been given a 10 place grid penalty for the next race.

This left the first Electric single seater race victory to Brazilian Lucas di Grassi in the Audi Sport ABT car, who scored maximum points to lead the championship as they head for Putrajaya in Malaysia. Second place went to Frenchman Franck Montagny for the Andretti team with Daniel Abt crossing the line in third place in the second Audi Sport ABT car. However, Abt was then given a time penalty for exceeding the battery consumption limit of 28kWh by just 0.2 kWh which dropped him to 10th place.

This gave the third place podium position to British driver Sam Bird in the Virgin Racing team. The Andretti team showed good performance with new driver Charles Pic finishing in fourth place and Indian Karun Chandok was fifth for the Mahindra Racing team. Two other drivers were also penalised for exceeding battery consumption, Katherine Legge for the Amlin Aguri team and Jamie Alguersuari for the Virgin Racing team. Takuma Sato got 2 points for setting fatest lap of the race for Amlin Aguri with a time of 1 minute 45.101 seconds in the last stages of the race.

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Sir Jack Brabham Memorial. By Pete Austin

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Left to right: Finn Brabham, Sam Brabham, Lisa Brabham David’s wife, David Brabham, Lady Margaret Brabham, Mathew Brabham, Geoff Brabham

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Sir Jack Brabham Memorial, Silverstone Wing, 24th October 2014 © Pete Austin

Family, friends, racing adversaries and fans alike gathered together at the Silverstone Wing on October 24th to celebrate the life of Sir Jack Brabham who passed away on 19th May this year.

Lady Margaret, Sir Jack’s widow, had flown over from Australia to attend the event to be with sons David (who hosted the event) and Geoff and grandsons Sam, Matthew and Finn. © Pete Austin

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Following an introduction by BRDC Secretary Stuart Pringle, David Brabham invited Silverstone Chaplain The Reverend Paul McLeod to lead those present in a prayer this then being followed by a short film featuring some of Sir Jack’s exploits and interviews.

Ian Titchmarsh then asked some of Jack’s former on track rivals including Sir Jackie Stewart, Sir Stirling Moss, Tony Brooks, John Surtees, Jackie Oliver, John Watson and Mike Macdowel to share their recollections and anecdotes. Also interviewed on the stage were designer Gordon Murray, author Doug Nye, engine man John Judd and Nick Goozee from Penske UK. Compatriots Mark Webber and Daniel Ricciardo sent filmed © Pete Austin tributes and messages were also read out from Jean Todt and Bernie Ecclestone with Murray Walker also in attendance.

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supported by Honda (whose engines powered Jack to European F2 titles), Brabham’s private bankers Arbuthnot Latham and Formula One Management through its partnership with G.H. Mumm Champagne.

Sir Jack suffered from kidney disease and in the hope of continuing Jack’s efforts in raising awareness of the condition the memorial event also raised funds for Kidney Research UK the charity dedicated to funding research into better treatments and cures for the disease. Donations can be made via www.justgiving.com/SirJackBrabham All in all this event was a fitting tribute to a true gentleman and great champion. © Pete Austin

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display including a BT11/19 and BT20 representing his 1966 World Championship together with Formula Junior and sports car examples. A Cooper Climax T53 being the sister car to Jack’s 1960 Formula 1 World Championship winner was also present. One of © Pete Austin Jack’s helmets together with goggles, gloves, driving boots and a steering wheel were also on display and were later presented to the BRDC by David Brabham.

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SIN R1 GT Road Car Launch October 22nd.

By Mick Herring.

Arch enthusiast and boss of SIN Cars, Rosen Daskalov, chose the wide open and unforgiving Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground to unveil his R1 GT Road Car in action to the world.

Foolish or smart move?

Well, undeniably smart as it happens given the bumpy, rippled and, on this particular day, treacherously wet track on which it was driven.

With only about six familiarisation laps under his six-point harness, guest driver Jonny MacGregor, demonstrated the R1 to me, its willing third passenger.

Jonny is an experienced Britcar series driver and has developed his Ultima GTR into a fast racing car.

But that's getting ahead of the proceedings in which BTCC Classic and Competition car November 2014

commentator and former champion, Tim Harvey, introduced the assembled guests to Rosen Daskalov and many of the key people who have helped develop the road car from the racing car, which we have followed for the past two years in the GTB Class of the GT Cup Championship.

Bulgarian, Rosen, is principal of the Daskalov group, which sells BMWs and KIAs, services to them and other makes in Bulgaria and Germany.

The carbon fibre panels will be produced and the car itself will be built in-house in Bulgaria using 6.2 litre V8 Chevrolet LS3 power (444bhp of it) coupled with an Audi 6-speed transaxle with high quality push rod/rocker suspension derived from the race car with many interchangeable components.

The project came about because of Rosen's desire to build better and faster racing cars than his succession of ever more powerful BMWs and lessons learnt on the racer are quickly transferred across.

He first approached Phil Matts' ProFormance Metals company to specify the Š Mick Herring tubing required for the chassis, again C.A.D designed inhouse and refined by Fred Davies and his Tracksport company, who determined Page 15

that the road car would require revisions in order for the suspension to work with its increased ground clearance. © Mick Herring

The racer arrives

The newest £110,000 GTB class race car was on hand for comparison but sadly wouldn't take to the treacherous track on its slicks.

The racer is also being developed as a GT4 car and will be subjected to the SRO "Balance of Performance" tests with a view to it racing in British GT and beyond.

The orange car featured is still a pre-production prototype as Rosen will not release the cars for sale until the last 5% of work is completed regarding the panel fit you would expect on a £72,000 supercar and the interior to move away from its carbonfibre starkness.

It was clearly demonstrated that he has never underestimated the amount of hard work and investment that would be required to see this project through to fruition and beyond.

Following an impressive Bulgarian lunch, prepared by an Classic and Competition car November 2014

excellent Bulgarian chef, it was time to take to the track.

The scissor doors allowed fairly easy entry (and exit) over the high sill before the six-point harness gripped you firmly into the comfortable seat. Being well silenced, the traditional V8 roar was subdued to a "Whoosh" from the outside but the roar was good to hear on the inside.

Raised voices weren't needed as we went round but the finished interior should make it even more civilised.

As we head for the track the engine note rises and the car gains © Mick Herring speed very quickly, a 0-62 mph time of 3.5 seconds is quoted with a realistic top speed of 170 mph.

Rosen does not want to see this car labelled as a Jonny MacGregor and his father "Hypercar", hence the realistic figures and price to make it readily usable and, more to the point, driveable.

Even in these conditions we reach a speed of about 140 mph down the long back straight before braking hard for the long hairpin.

Unsurprisingly, the car does dart a little at the front under braking on the rippled streaming surface but Jonny MacGregor required little steering input to maintain a straight line and comparatively little through any of the corners such is its balance.

The team have put in a considerable amount of hard work into every aspect of this car and Jonny remarked how easy, fun and confidence-inspiring it was to drive it fast despite the conditions and this being only about his eighth lap.

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© Mick Herring

With so many of the worlds "Supercars" being built by the corporate few, despite whatever badge graces their prows, it is gratifying to witness first hand what a small dedicated team of enthusiasts can still achieve.

The entire SIN R1 project deserves support, sales and success.

My thanks to Rosen, Phil Matts and Gordon and Fred Davies, Jonny MacGregor, Oh and the chef. © Mick Herring

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Mitsubishi R5 launched at RallyDay. Based on the Mitsubishi Mirage and using a reconfigured 1600cc version of the Evo X engine, the R5 has been designed, built and developed by Swedish engineer Tomas Weng at M-Part on behalf of Ralliart, Sweden. The company had worked on Evos for over ten years and wanted to create a rally replacement to the Lancer.

The project was started in 2013 and this was the first time that the car has been seen outside Sweden. Apart from the Evo based engine, the car uses a Sadev transmission and four wheel drive system. It is fitted with Ohlins suspension and AP brakes.

The R5 project has been approved by Mitsubishi and is awaiting full homologation. M-Part has already received a large number of enquiries for the car. Full production is expected to commence this autumn and the first batch of cars delivered in time for the 2015 season.

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Sywell Classic, Pistons and Props. By Simon & Janet Wright with additional photos by Pete Austin.

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Duncan McKay Group C Lancia LC2

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Chevrolet Corvette burns up the drag strip

Now in its second year, the Sywell Classic was bigger and better as the event continues to improve and expand. This year there was more action in the air and a much larger static classic car display area and the track action certainly burned up the racing runway!

The event was a celebration of classic vehicles in the air and on the ground, with both two and four wheels and one, two and

even three wings. On Saturday the highlight of the air display was the battle of Britain Memorial flight of Lancaster, Spitfire and Hurricane, while Sunday staged a full First World War dogfight above Sywell © Janet Wright with biplane and even some German Triplane replicas engaged in battle, giving an insight to what it must have been like to see the battles above the trenches in Europe.

This special aerial tribute to commemorate the Great war of a century ago was a fitting memorial to those brave pioneer airmen.

The runway was turned in to a high speed track for the cars and bikes to demonstrate their speed next. The mix of cars covered decades of motorsport from vintage race cars like the © Simon Wright

© Simon Wright

Replica World War 1 Triplane in air battle display

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Andy Krinks Audi Quattro rally car in action

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the show. Musical entertainment saw fantastic performances from Elle and the Pocket Belles and the Houndogs and other air displays were performed by the Yakavlevs and the Blades aerobatic display teams.

The show continues to gain in popularity, with many of the © Janet Wright

The Blades gave a fantastic display

1924 Bentley 3-4 1/2 litre of Richard Creswell right through to the 1983 Martini Lancia LC2 Group C Le Mans car of Duncan McKay. There were also racing motorcycles, racing Karts, single seater racing cars, sports cars and saloons. The demonstration runs made use of the taxi way as a start straight before turning right out on to the main runway for a high speed blast. To add extra excitement, the taxiway was also turned in to a Drag Strip, where classic American hotrods performed tyre smoking burnouts as they raced up the quarter mile.

Away from the track action, there were hundreds of classic and supercars on display including many car clubs with displays of Morgans, Mini’s, Ford Anglia’s, TVR and Lotus models as part of

1953 Peugeot 203A and Peugeot 203 van

crowd chosing to dress in period outfits from the 1950s and 60s and planning has already commenced on next years’ show. © Simon Wright

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Replica Ford GT40 line up on the Racing Runway

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Ed McDonough Victor Blowkart © Simon Wright

Memories of early race meetings on old airfields © Pete Austin

Keith Harris Chevron B25 © Janet Wright

Elle & The Pocket Belles

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Yakavlevs display was spectacular

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Tim Metcalfe Eccles Rapier © Janet Wright

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Nathan Griggs on the Ex Leon Camier Crescent Suzuki WSBK

A pair of Jaguar XK140 and XK 120 return after a blast down the racing runway

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Neil Brighton Renault 5 Max rally car

Spitfire gave a great solo display

Hot Rods on display

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Lincoln Small Brabham BT10 about to be lapped by winner Ian Jones Lotus 59 in the Classic Racing Cars race.

HSCC Season Finals 18th October 2014.

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

Another season comes to an end for the Historic Sports Car Club (HSCC) with their annual finale meeting round the 1.639 mile Silverstone National circuit. After a wet morning for practice and qualifying, the weather turned dry for the afternoon’s nine race programme, with the Classic Racing cars being first on the grid. The wet practice had not altered the form book much here, with Ian Jones claiming Pole position in his Lotus 59. The track was still drying as the race started and Jones was never

challenged as he led from start to finish, winning by over 16 seconds from Andy Jarvis in a Palliser WDB2. Anthony Ross was equally safe in 3rd place in his Lotus 59, even after spinning off the circuit at Luffield as he chased after Jarvis. Steve Seaman won the 1 litre Formula 3 class in 4th place in a Brabham BT21, while Jonathan Baines driving a Merlyn Mk20 in 12th place, won his class and the final class winner was Lincoln Small in a Brabham BT10 in 14th place.

The Historic Road Sports had also had a wet practice session and it saw the nimble Lotus Elan S1 of Peter Shaw claim Pole position for the second race of the day. Shaw led off from the start but it only took 3 laps before Matthew Truelove powered past in his TVR Griffith and he held a tight lead all the way to the chequered flag Shaw finished 2nd and won his class with Frazer Gibney 3rd in another Lotus Elan S1. Chris keen finished 7th in the mighty Kurtis 500S to win his class, while John Shaw in a Porsche 911 in 14th, Jim Gathercole in an MG Midget in 20th, Sam Spindlow in a Morgan Plus 4 in 22nd and 23rd placed Richard Owen in a Triumph TR2 were the other class winners.

Next, back to single seaters with the Historic Formula Junior race. Sam Wilson had claimed a wet Pole position in his Cooper T59 from Michael Hibberd in a Lotus 27. Wilson led off on the first lap but as they entered Brooklands for the first time Andrew

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Diverse field in the Historic Road Sports with Peter Chappell Austin Healey Sprite Mk1 about to be lapped by Jason Williams Porsche Porsche 911E and Kristy Brooks Lotus Elan

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James Denty Nike Mk1 Historic Formula Junior race

Hibberd, from 5th on the grid, tried to go round the outside of Wilson to take the lead in his Lotus 22. Unfortunately he ran wide, off the track and lost ground, but still managed to retain 2nd place, just ahead of his father Michael, but for several laps he held close station behind Wilson but was coming under pressure from Jon Milicevic in his Cooper T59 and on lap 7 Andrew Hibberd made the same mistake again at Brooklands, running wide and loosing five places, dropping him to 7th place. Andrew made his way back through the field and eventually finished 3rd behind Milicevic in 2nd and winner Wilson and just ahead of his father Michael. Brooklands also caught out George Diffey in his Lotus 20 who spun off and retired from the race on lap 6 and also Andrew Garside in another Lotus 20 who spun but managed to rejoin and finished 9th. William Mitcham in the U2 Mk2 finished 5th to win the front engined class built before 1961, Robert Barrie in a Lotus 18 in 7th won the rear engined class built before 1961, while Classic and Competition car November 2014

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13th placed Laine Martin in a Lotus 20, 16th placed Gregan Thruston in a Lotus 20, and Alistair Littlewood Merlyn Mk20A avoids a couple of spinners at 23rd placed Brooklamds in the Historic FF race Gordon Wright in a Stanguellini were all class winners.

Moving slightly ahead in time, the Historic Formula Ford race saw Neil Fowler in a Lola T200 claim Pole position in the wet qualifying. Fowler made the best start and headed a three way battle for the lead with Callum Grant in a Merlyn Mk20a and Mark Draghicescu in another Merlyn Mk20 in the most exciting and closest race of the day. The three battled for the entire race with just 0.797 of a second covering all three at the chequered flag. There was plenty of close racing and excitement all through the field and the slippery Brooklands corner caught out more of the unwary or too bold racers. On one lap, Daniel Stanzl Elden Mk8 and Matthew Wrigley Merlyn Mk20a managed synchronised spinning with Alistair Littlewood in another Merlyn

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Neil Fowler Lola T200 leads Callum Grant Merlyn Mk 20A Historic Formula Ford race

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Mk20a threading his way between them, also well off the circuit. Wrigley retired on the spot.

The Classic Formula 3 title was still up for grabs as the field took to the circuit. David Shaw had missed four rounds of the series after his ex-Nelson Piquet Ralt RT1 was damaged at Monaco. He came back in July in a March 803B and had scored three victories to put him in contention for the title. He started the race from Pole position and led from start to finish beating Max Bartell in a Chevron B34 by over 5 seconds. It was enough to win him the championship, with his nearest challenger Marcus Mussa only finishing in 5th place in his March 763. Class winning John Finch in a Van Diemen RF82 was 3rd and Scott Temple in a Crossle 33F was 4th. The final class winner was Garath Walters in 12th in his front engined Mallock Mk11B.

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an eventful race, going off on the first lap and rejoining in 17th place, he fought through the field and was 3rd by lap 4 and 2nd by lap 6 and had closed the gap to around 1/10 of a second by lap 12 when he retired from Andrew Shepherd Lotus 23C in the Guards Trophy race the race. With Dodd gone, Steve Hodges was in 2nd in a Chevron B8 but a couple of laps later James Cottingham passed him in his Chevron B8 and they remained in that order to the finish, with Hodges winning his class in 3rd place. Nick Thompson was 4th in another Chevron B6 and Stuart Tizzard

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First lap of Classic Formula 3 with winner David Shaw March 803B already pulling ahead

The Guards Trophy race was originally listed as a forty minute race but was run as a twenty minute race and saw Schryver on Pole position in his Chevron B6 from James Dodd in the Ginetta G16. Will Schryver led from start to finish in the family Chevron B16 after James Dodd retired the Ginetta. Dodd had Classic and Competition car November 2014

was the first non Chevron to finish in 5th place and winning his class in the Lenham Spider. Bob Brooks was the first GT car home in 7th in his TVR Griffith. The other class winners were Andrew Hibberd in a Lotus 23B, Paul Tooms in a Lotus Elan, Colin McKay in a Jaguar E-Type and Andrew Bentley in an MG Page 25

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B. The Derek Bell Trophy race was missing its usual star Frank Lyons driver, as Michael Lyons was away on GT driving duties in Portugal. Neil Glover mastered the wet circuit in qualifying to claim pole position in a Chevron B37 from Ian Ashley in a Lola T300 and Frank Lyons upholding family honour with 3rd place on the grid in the Gurney Eagle FA74. Glover led from start to finish with Ian Ashley leading the chase until lap 7 when he retired from the race. This left Frank Lyons in 2nd place, over 22 seconds behind Glover at the flag. Paul Campfield was 3rd in a Chevron B24. The other class winners were Andrew Smith March 79b in 4th, Michael Bletsoe-Brown Chevron B27 in 5th, Christopher Atkinson Surtees TS8 in 6th and David Brown Brabham BT30 in 10th. © Simon Wright

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Datsun 240Z, with Ford only in 3rd place. By the end of the second lap it was Barter who had powered through in to the lead, with Ford glued to his rear bumper. Ford managed to lead a couple of laps before slipping back to 3rd, as Barter retook the lead and Nic Strong in a Ford Capri pushed through to 2nd place. The leading pair stayed close together for the remainder of the race and finished just under 2 seconds apart with Ford a further 9 seconds behind in 3rd. All three won their respective classes. Barrie Woolston in a Morgan Plus 8 in 4th and Mark Bennett in an MG B in 5th also both were class winners. The final class winners were Brian Jarvis who finished 10th in his Porsche 924, David Karaskas in an MG Midget in 14th and David Tomkinson who finished 19th in his Triumph Spitfire.

Antony Ross Lotus 59 had a spin at Luffield before continueing to finish 3rd in the Classic Racing Cars race

Frazer Gibney March 76B heads Andrew Huxtable Chevron B34 in the Derek Bell Trophy

The final race of the day was the 70s Road Sports which saw Oliver Ford put his Lotus Europa on Pole position on a damp but drying track. However, it was Peter Shaw, from the front row, who took the lead on the first lap from Charles Barter in a Classic and Competition car November 2014

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Champion Tim Davies leads Mike Gardiner and John Avill in the Ford Lotus Cortina train

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Following on from the exciting Formula Ford race was the HSCC/HRSR ByBox Historic Touring Car race. Thankfully the rain that had blighted morning qualifying on the Silverstone National circuit had given way to cloudy but dry track conditions. That change in conditions made it very interesting and hard fought, in what would become a race of two halves, some drivers either not qualifying well in the wet or opting to retain wet settings.

After the wet qualifying, it was Roger Godfrey on pole position in his little 1293cc Austin Mini Cooper S ahead of Warren Briggs in his much more powerful 4.7 litre Ford Mustang.

The class B Lotus Cortina of Tim Davies headed the field at the end of the first lap followed closely by eventual winner, Warren Briggs' Class K1 FIA Ford Mustang and Mike Gardiner's Class C Lotus Cortina in third. Snapping at the Classic and Competition car November 2014

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heels of the "Alan Mann" liveried Cortina were the nimble combinations of Minis and Imps.

The entire grid sported a variety of other period cars including a VW Beetle, a Triumph 2000, a BMW 1800, various Alfa © Pete Austin Romeo saloons and Ford Anglia’s of the 100E and 105E types.

The damp track off line at Brooklands was still catching Alex Thistlethwayte Ford Mustang 2nd in class

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problem and deposited its oil along the length of the pit straight causing the race to be red-flagged after five laps.

Sadly, we were denied a resumption of that battle as the race re-started without Neil Brown's Mustang but it would continue to be equally hotly contested for the remaining ten laps.

Warren Briggs emerged the winner but by less than two seconds from Tim Davies' Lotus Cortina and Mike Gardiner a further 3.5 seconds behind. Lotus Cortinas occupied the next two places, John Avill and Graham Pattle in 4th and 5th respectively.

Simon Benoy's Hillman Imp proved to be the fastest of the smaller cars in 7th ahead of Roger Godfrey's Austin Cooper "S", just as it was in the heyday of the British Saloon Car

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out quite a few drivers, with various running off track on the exit and Nigel Cox managing a spin in the middle of the pack but everyone managed to avoid contact.

However, Neil Brown, determined to make up for his and his K1 class Ford Mustang's lowly grid position, progressed rapidly through to get on terms with Warren Briggs, a brief excursion to the run off at Brooklands/Luffield slowed Briggs and allowed Tim Davies another turn to lead momentarily as Neil Brown closed in.

However, the Hillman Imp of Shaun Hazlewood suffered a

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Richard Cross Triumph 2000 Mk1 was 2nd in class

Championship.

It was enough for Tim Davies, whose class win ensured him the Championship title again for 2014 even after his nearest rival Simon Benoy won his class in his Hillman Imp. The other class winners in the race included Mike Gardiner (Ford Lotus Cortina), John Avill (Ford Lotus Cortina), Roger Godfrey (Austin Mini Cooper S) and Tom Westley Jnr (Austin Mini Cooper S) who finished in 10th place overall.

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Fittingly, all of the class winners also set the fastest laps in their class. Exciting and close racing throughout the field, just like BTCC except everybody got to take their own paint home. © Simon Wright

Ed Glaister Ford Anglia 100E was 2nd in class © Janet Wright

Jason Brooks Austin Mini Cooper S spins out of Luffield

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Timothy Brook Austin Mini Cooper S tries some rallycross out of Brooklands

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1954 edition of Hot Rod magazine with a report on the event.

His imagination was fired and he decided the hill climb had to be revived in 2013, the 60th anniversary event was run and I was lucky enough to be at the 2014 event. Around 80 pre-’54 rods were entered for the hill climb and if that wasn’t enough, the beautiful historic town was overrun by a superb show of non competing rods and custom cars.

From the start line in the middle of town at 8,500 feet, the cars rush past quaint clapboard houses, climbing to near 10,000 feet through woods, past reservoirs and over several hairpins to the finish. The first visitors to Friday’s scrutineering shivered in temperatures of 26F after we awoke to a thin covering of overnight snow - the unseasonal weather from the flooding of Bonneville Salt Flats had continued but the sun was soon blazing down. Cars arrived from all over Colorado but there © Syd Wall

Hot Rod Hillclimb - Georgetown, Colorado 13/9/2014. By Syd Wall.

It all began in 1953 when a group of hot rod clubs decided to put the local sports car clubs in their place by aiming to beat the times they had set the previous week, over Leavenworth Mountain outside of Georgetown in Colorado. The rodders beat the best sports cars by a large margin and returned in 1954 to do so again, but the ’54 event was the last after the state governor outlawed all racing events on the roads of Colorado.

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were others that had driven from California, Texas and Kansas which cannot have been too pleasant for those in open rods who drove through the snowfall around dawn!

Sunday dawned with freezing temperatures again but the town was already packed before the sun rose above the mountains and warmed everyone up. Pride of place in the competition went to a number of drivers and cars which had run in the original two events. The hill was opened by 1953 4th placed finisher Cal Kennedy in a Nick’s Garage built recreation of his ’53 car, using the rebuilt original 6 cylinder (they’re not all V8s!)

Chevrolet motor. The motoring carnival continued with the rest of the entry, most cars being driven enthusiastically - it was a celebration of the original hill climb rather than a balls out race but some rods were flat out, laying thick lines of rubber on the exit of the hairpin I was at.

For the second runs, I was at the start line watching the cars being flagged off the line by a 50s pin-up girl…I’d have this any day over a red lights gantry! The town was still heaving with spectators, custom cars and rods as I made my excuses and left to get back to Denver to prepare for the journey home in time for Castle Combe RallyDay. Classic and Competition car November 2014

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Mighty Mini scrap between Inch, Slark and Hathaway

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position. Martyn Walsh led from start to finish to win by just under 3 seconds from Simon Hill and Josh Smith. After the first race, only 18 cars took the start of the second race, which saw another victory for Martyn Walsh, with Josh Smith moving up to 2nd in this race and Nick Porter was 3rd.

The first race of the day for the Mazda MX-5 Championship 2B saw Simon Baldwin lead from start to finish to beat Ben Short by nearly 10 seconds and Oliver Allwood was in 3rd.

The BRSCC Super Mighty Minis Championship had their first race of the weekend on Saturday which saw Jamie White win by over 16 seconds from Elliot Stafford and Mark Burnett. The second race on Sunday morning saw Neven Kirkpatrick win a very close race by just 0.277 seconds from Scott Kendall and © Janet Wright

19th October 2014. By Simon & Janet Wright.

The British Racing and Sports Car Club (BRSCC) held their championship finals meeting on the Donington Park national circuit over the weekend of the 18th and 19th October 2014.

Several of the BRSCC championships were joined by two races from the Historic racing Drivers Club (HRDC), one for the HRDC Touring Greats and the other for the HRDC Allstars.

The first race on the Sunday was for the TeeKay Couplings Production Gti Championship. This race consisted of twenty three VW Golf GTi cars, with Simon Gusterson claiming Pole © Simon Wright

Paul Blackburn VW Golf GTi at speed before retiring in both races

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Elliot Stafford. Start of Mazda MX-5 race 3B with Jason Greatrex taking the lead Back to Mazdas with the 2A race and James Blake-Baldwin lead the race from start to finish to win by just over 1/10 of a second from Alan Henderson, with Will Blackwell-Chambers in 3rd.

From the Super Mighty Minis, we now had the Mighty Minis whose first race on Saturday had been won by Paul Inch from Damien Harrington and Brayden Fletcher. The first five were covered by just 0.856 of a second in a typical close exciting Mini race. The second race on Sunday morning was just as Page 36

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Richard Avery Porsche Boxster on his way to victory in race 2

exciting with an eight car battle for the lead. As they approached the chicane lap after lap, it seemed that a different car was in front and after thirteen laps it was Ian Slark who took victory by a massive 1/2 a second from Damien Harrington and Adrian Tuckley, the first three being less than a second apart at the flag.

Moving up the power chain, the Toyo Tires Porsche Championship had seen Ed Hayes win the first race on Saturday in a Porsche Boxster from Jonathan Greensmith and

Avery dived up the inside into the chicane to take the lead which he held until the chequred flag, winning by nearly 2 seconds from Greensmith and Hayes in 3rd. Warburton took another class win and Alastair Kirkham won the Porsche 924 class. The penultimate race of the day was the third race for the Porsche drivers and saw Garry Lawrence lead for most of the race after a false start, for which he was penalised 10 seconds which dropped him down to 4th at the finish. The race was won by Adam Southgate in a Boxster S 986 from Gary Duckman in a 987 Boxster and Ed Hayes was 3rd again.

Warburton won his class again, as did Alastair Kirkham in his 924.

After lunch the HRDC Allstars took to the circuit for their 30 minute race. The Allstar field consists of both saloons and sports cars from the 1950s and 60s with Mike Whitaker on Pole © Janet Wright

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Porsche 924 battle between Hannington, Rossin and Jones

Adam Southgate in a Boxster S 986. Stephen Warburton in a Boxster and Simon Hawksley in a Porsche 924 both won their class in the race. The second race on Sunday saw Greensmith lead into Redgate from the start but on the second lap Richard Classic and Competition car November 2014

Nigel Reuben 1965 Ford Mustang ahead of Andrew Bentley MGB Roadster and Bill Watt Lotus Elan S2

position in his 1965 TVR Griffith. He had a troublefree race lapping all but the first four cars, and finished almost 40 seconds ahead of the 1962 Jaguar E-Type of Matt NicollJones, with John Spiers 3rd in another 1965 TVR Griffith. Bill Watt in a 1962 Lotus Elan S2 in 6th and Jon McDonald in a

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1965 Ashley GT in 12th both won their class, while Peter Alexander was the saloon class winner in his 1963 Ford Anglia 105E in 8th. © Simon Wright

John Young Chevrolet Corvette passes Bill Watt Lotus Elan S2 out of the chicane in the HRDC Allstars race

Next out were more Mazdas, this time the MX5 Supercup. The Saturday race was won by Liam Murphy from Tom Roche and Clint Bardwell and the Sunday race was the same again for winner Murphy and 2nd place Roche, but it was Simon Goddard who was 3rd on Sunday after Bardwell had retired at around half distance.

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The HRDC Touring Greats field head down the start straight with John Polson 1961 Riley 1.5 at the front of the group in 4th place

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taking to the track for their 45 minute race. This race had a compulsary pitstop, to allow some cars to have two drivers, though most of the field were just using one driver. Pole position went to current BTCC Champion Andrew Jordan and his father © Janet Wright Mike who were sharing a 1958 Austin A40.

They dominated the race, having a lead of over 50 seconds when they pitted to swop drivers.

This allowed Mark Dainell to Andrew and Mike Jordan Austin A40 won the HRDC Touring Greats lead for eight laps in his 1959 Austin A40 before the Jordan car retook the lead with three laps to go, They won easily but the gap was less than half a second from Dainell at the finish. The class winning 1958 Jaguar Mk 1 of Butterfield and former BTCC driver Rob Gravett was 3rd overall. The other class winners © Simon Wright were 4th placed John Polson in a 1961 Riley 1.5, 5th placed David Devine in a 1959 Riley 1.5, 14th placed Paul Alcock in a 1949 Morris Minor LowLight and Academy Class Robson/Persaud 1959 Standard Pennant HRDC Touring Greats winner David Lillywhite in a 1958 Austin A35 in 20th position.

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Winner Martyn Walsh lifts the rear wheel on his VW Golf GTi in the Production GTi race

After the Production GTi second race of the day, it was time for the fourth Mazda Championship race - 3B, which saw Jason Greatrex grab the lead from his front row grid position and lead the first couple of laps before Martin Tolley got in front and stayed there to the flag. Unfortunately for Martin, he exceeded the track limits and got a 5 second penalty which cost him the win, and he was classified in 2nd place behind winner Jason Greatrex and only just in front of James Herris in 3rd place.

The final race of the day, again for the Mazda Championship took place after the second Porsche race. This was race 3A and saw a copy book performance by Alan Henderson who led from lights to flag, winning by over 5 seconds from Will Blackwell-Chambers and James Blake-Baldwin.

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David Henderson gets sideways in his Mazda MX-5 in race 3B

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Close racing in the Mighty Mini race between Harrington Slark, Fletcher and Tuckley

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Coventry Breakfast Club 11th October 2014.

By Simon & Janet Wright The final Breakfast club meeting of the year took place on Saturday 11th October 2014. The forecast wet weather may have deterred a few people from attending, but there was still an interesting turnout of vehicles in the drizzle. The great beauty of these meetings is that they are on the forecourt of Coventry Transport Museum, so if the weather does get a little inclement, you just enter the museum and take a trip back through the motoring history of Coventry and see both Thrust 1 and Thrust 2 Land Speed record holder vehicles on display along with a section for Jaguar Heritage cars.

The Breakfast club always draws a diverse selection of vehicles, which this month included a range of sports cars, saloons and motorcycles.

The sports cars were an international selection with some of the finest of Coventry including a Jaguar E-Type and a Triumph TR6, plus local neighbouring MG BGT alongside a Porsche 928 and a couple of more

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Triumph Dolomite saloon and Jaguar XK Sports car

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The selection of saloon cars was also interesting with a 1953 Armstrong Siddeley flying the flag for the Breakfast Club. Local Triumph and Rover saloons rubbed shoulders with some of their German counterparts, including a pair of modified Volkswagen Beetles and an East German 2 stroke Trabant. There was also a selection of motorcycles, mainly locally built Triumph models, with the odd Japanese bike from Yamaha and Suzuki. © Janet Wright

Porsche 928

modern Japanese cars, the Mazda MX5 and the Toyota MR2.

There was also a nice replica of the MG TF sports car, a 1960 Gentry. © Simon Wright

Triumph Motorcycles

Trabant 601

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The drizzle started to fall which caused some of the cars to leave early, but there were enough saloons and hard top sports cars that remained until the end of the meeting for people to admire.

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MG Maestro

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Rover P4 90

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Motorcycle line up

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The Buckler Mk 5

The most unusual car on display was a Buckler Mk 5. They were a space frame constructed sports car built in Reading, Berkshire. Buckler Cars was founded by Derek Buckler and they produced around 400 cars between 1947 and 1962. Although based in Reading, many of the cars were constructed in Crowthorne, Berkshire. The vehicle

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could be purchased fully built or as a kit of components for home assembly. The light weight sports car was suitable for road or competition use. The first model was the Mk 5, based on the 1947 Buckler Special. The range started with the Mk 5 so that people did not think it was the first model the company had produced. The Mk 5 was built between 1949 and 1955 as an open 2 seater sports car with a 90 inch wheelbase. It was fitted with a Ford 1172cc engine which gave it a top speed of 80 mph.

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Rally Day, Castle Combe. By Syd Wall

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Rallyday is a celebration of rallying held annually at Castle Combe race circuit. Over it’s 14 years, it has become THE rally car show for British enthusiasts and there’s probably nothing to rival it anywhere else in the world.

Fans love the show because you can see famous drivers and cars close up, closer than on any rally or similar show.. Stars who have driven and been interviewed over the years include © Syd Wall Colin, Alister and Jimmy McRae, Ari Vatanen, Dave Richards, Sebastian Ogier, Kris Meeke, Stig Blomqvist, Bjorn Waldegard Markku Alen starred at Rally Day

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(who was booked again for 2104 but sadly passed away a couple of weeks before the event), Mikko Hirvonen, Hannu Mikkola, Jari-Matti Latvala, Petter Solberg, Pentti Airikkala, Malcolm Wilson, Mark Higgins, Gwyndaf Evans, Guy Wilks, Phil Collins and Russell Brookes! And at RallyDay 2005, Richard Burns made his final public appearance only a few weeks before he passed away.

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Metro 6R4 celebrated its 30th anniversary at Rally day

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Nick Barrington Audi Quattro

This year’s star guests were Markku Alen, Markko Martin, Harri Toivonen, Dai Llewellin and father and son, Gwyndaf and Elfyn Evans. Alongside these were Russell Brookes and Phil Collins who are there every year. The Mitsubishi and Ford world rally teams have always been great supporters of RallyDay and brought a Lancer WRC and WRC liveried Fiesta R5 for Gwyndaf and Elfyn to drive on the highpoint of the event, the Feature Stage. The star cars and drivers perform for the fans without the pressure of competition, so tyre smoking starts, armfuls of oversteer and doughnuts are laid on thick around the stage for over 2 hours. The stars were re-united Clubmans Stage - Elfyn Evans Ford Fiesta

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with cars from their past and also had a new toy to try. Alen drove a Lancia 037 and a Toyota Celica GT4, Martin an ex McRae Impreza WRC, and Toivonen and Llewellin were in Metro 6R4s as part of the 6R4’s 30th anniversary Harri Toivonen display of almost 30 cars. Alen also drove a Stratos in the lunchtime track parade in celebration of Bjorn Waldegard and the 40th anniversary of the Stratos. Fans were also excited to see the new toy that the stars were lining up to drive and give passenger rides in - Richard Tuthill’s stunning Porsche 911 GT3, the car built to run in the new FIA GT rally class.

Another new car was launched at the interview stage, the first

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time it had been seen outside of Scandinavia. The Mitsubishi Mirage R5 was built in Sweden on behalf of Ralliart Sweden and may be homologated for 2015 but it wasn’t ready to drive on the track yet.

Adding to the action are © Syd Wall dozens of historic and Tuthill Porsche 911 GT3 modern rally cars driven by owners and up-and-coming national rally drivers who on the whole are just as spectacular as the stars.

Elsewhere around the circuit you can see action from ParisDakar style 4x4s, British cross country 4x4s, Rallycross and Help for Heroes displays. There is also a gravel rally stage which Elfyn Evans starred on in his Fiesta after the tarmac stage

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Brandon James Ford Escort MkII

finished. Rallyday gives visitors a chance to enjoy the spectacle of seeing a wide range of rally cars and stars, in an open and spectator friendly environment. It comprises live action on the track with static displays in the paddock, and has something to offer everyone from the rally enthusiast to a family looking for an enjoyable day out.

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Lancia Stratos club demonstration at Rally day

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Audi Quattro line-up

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The cars follow the normal circuit to start, round the mole hill and through the Fradley hairpin, but half way down the main straight they then bear right and do the first part of the track in the reverse direction and turn back on to the main straight at © Janet Wright

A foggy start for Samantha Lester in the Formula Ford Van Diemen RF80

MAC Sprint, Curborough. By Simon and Janet Wright.

The Midland Automobile Club (MAC) usually organise the majority of meetings at their Shelsley Walsh hill climb venue.

But once a year they venture away from their historic track to hold a sprint meeting at Curborough, near Lichfield.

After a misty start, the fog slowly cleared to give a nice and sunny afternoon by the time the timed runs commenced.

The club was using the new for 2014 figure of 8 circuit layout.

Brett Evans locks a wheel in to the Molehill in the Porsche 944 S2

the finish line, come back up the main straight to the cross over point, bear left and take the Fradley hairpin for a second time and then go down the main straight to the finish line. The new layout did catch a few people out, but generally it added to the © Simon Wright

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Lorraine Hitchman Ferrari 328 GTS

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members were fairly dominant in these classes with Chris Chance in a Lotus Exige S1, John Phoenix in a Ford Sierra RS Cosworth and Lindsay Mercer in a Porsche Cayman SV all setting fastest laps in their classes. Lindsay was lucky to be able to set his time as he was sharing the car with Andrew Birch, and Andrew had a high speed accident in practice where he spun the Porsche off the course on the back straight, but managed to miss the tyre barriers.

Moving in to the Specialist Production cars class saw David Nursey abandon his normal course car from Shelsley Walsh and replace it with a Lotus 7 he was sharing with John Palmer, his brother in law. After a slight off on his first run, Dave managed a respectable 4th in class behind John. Colin Way in a Westfield was having a bad day in practice, when he managed to spin off on the back straight, then after continuing around the mole hill, he promptly spun again before abandoning the run. Martin Weston was fastest in class in a

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Westfield SEiW with a time of 61.64 seconds.

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Gordon Hick Fisher Fury Spyder

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over 4 seconds faster than his nearest challenger - Steve Jackson in the same car! The Modified series production cars class had only one entry, with Bryn Ives dominant in his Clan Crusader.

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Mike Spicer Ferrari 328 GTB

The event was also a round of the Pirelli Ferrari Hillclimb Championship, with 15 Ferrari cars entered. The sight and sound of these cars is always special and it was Nick Taylor in a Ferrari 430 Coupe who was fastest in the class from Richard Prior in a Ferrari F355. Only 0.69 of a second separated the pair at the end with Nick setting a 64.13 second time on his second run compared to Richards 64.82 second run on his first run. Richard Allen was 3rd in class in another Ferrari F355

GTS. After the Ferrari class it was time for the racing cars to take to the track. The Sports Libre Class saw Kim Johnson set fastest time in class in a shared Mallock Mk 20 with a 60.01 second run. The Racing cars up to 600cc class was an all Jedi affair, with Justin Walker in a Jedi Mk 2 setting the fastest time in class with a 62.60 second run.

The racing cars over 600cc and up to 1100cc saw the outright winner for the day. The sleek black Empire Wraith set the fastest time of the day with a 53.08 seconds to win Chris Aspinall the CR Instone Trophy. In practice Clive Austin sharing the same car had spun as he went through the cross over for the second time. He managed to avoid hitting anything and abandoned the practice run before returning to the paddock.

Martin Jones took 2nd in the class with a time of 53.79 seconds in his Force PT and 3rd in class went to Simon Andrews in an OMS 28.

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Paul Beddow 7 litre Chevrolet Corvette was 5th in class

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Fastest MAC member was Gary Thomas in the Force PC with a time of 53.66 to win the MAC Challenge Trophy

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Les Procter Austin Healey Sebring Sprite Mk 1 first on Handicap

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Bryn Ives was fastest in his class in the Clan Crusader

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Jeff Cooper in a Ferrari 360 Modena

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MAC Challenge Trophy. with Simon Marsh in a DJ Firehawk 2nd in class.

The Classic saloons and sports cars pre 1975 was a handicap class, which saw Les Procter being placed 1st on handicap in his Austin Healey Sebring Sprite with a best time of 74.46 seconds, but the actual fastest time in the class went to Colin Bryan in a Ford Lotus Cortina Mk1 with a 69.67 second run.

The final class saw just one car, a Chevron B27 F2, being shared by John Hewett and Mat Morrison, with Mat setting the fastest time in class of 62.23 seconds.

One of the prettiest cars was the Ferrari 328 of Jon Goodwin which finished a respectable 7th in the Ferrari class.

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Will Gough Ford Sierra Cosworth only managed practice

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Archive Photo of the month. By Pete Austin

As you can read elsewhere in this issue Sir Jack Brabham's life was celebrated at a memorial event in the Silverstone Wing on October 24th.

Therefore I thought it appropriate to feature Jack in this months archive image. He is shown here in his Brabham BT33 during the 1970 Race of Champions at Brands Hatch where he finished 4th. This was to be his last year in Formula 1.

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The Autumn Classic, Prescott.

4th and 5th October 2014. By Simon & Janet Wright.

Its Autumn at Prescott Hill Climb, so raise the stars and stripes for the Autumn Classic. The Bugatti Owners Club stage this American themed weekend and make Prescott feel like small © Janet Wright town America, along with American Classic cars, Rock and Roll and even Laurel and Hardy were wandering around the spectator areas and paddock.

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be set by John Hewett in a Formula 5000 McLaren M18 single seater powered by an American Chevrolet V8 engine. His time of 46.24 seconds was over half a second faster than Andy Tippett in a much smaller Formula Ford Russell Alexis.

With such a diverse entry of vehicles, the 145 strong entry was split in to various classes, as usual for hill climb events. Hewett and Tippett both their respective classes, along with Mike Bainbridge driving a Ginetta G20 Zetec and Terry Drinkwater in an MGA Coupe.

It was fitting that in an American celebration, that a Can Am McLaren Chevrolet M12 should win the Pre 1972 over 2000cc Sports and Saloon Car Class, driven by Rupert Marks. The other class winners included Simon Baines in a Morgan Roadster, © Janet Wright Anthony Ward in a BMW 2002, John Weedon in a Triumph TR5.

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winners were Garry Cox in a Reliant Scimitar GTE and Seb Stapleton won the special class for cars with Flat Heads in a Chapman Mercury 1 Ford. In two of the Bugatti Handicap classes, Edmund Burgess in a Bugatti T51 set the fastest time in one and Colin Bullock in a Bugatti T51 was fastest in the other class. Finally the Aston Martin Owners Club class was won by Christopher Scott MacKirdy in his 1933 Aston Martin Le Mans.

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Clive Scott in the unusual GSM Delta Ford

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Old Yeller Mk II. As part of the American celebration, there were several special American sports cars present in the paddock. Old Yeller Mark II is a 1959 Balchowsky Buick which was hand built to take on the might of the European sports cars of the day in Endurance races. It has a ladder type chassis with double wishbone front suspension and a solid back axle and bright yellow bodywork. The car is powered by a 6571cc V8 Nailhead Buick 410 engine producing 305 bhp. In its history, the car has had many famous American drivers including Grand Prix drivers Dan Gurney and Bob Bondurant, Carroll Shelby of Cobra fame as well as its creator Max Balchowsky. © Simon Wright

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Birkett Relay, Silverstone. By Simon and Janet Wright with additional photos by Pete Austin.

The field streams down the Hanger Straight at the start of the race

This was the 64th Anniversary ‘Holly’ Birkett Handicap relay race, organised by the 750 Motorclub and held round the historic Silverstone Grand prix circuit. The first race was run in 1951, making this the 63rd anniversary of the first event, but the 64th event because the 50th Anniversary was celebrated with an additional one-off 12 hour Birkett race. This immensly popular end of season event drew a massive entry with 69 teams entered, and all teams having a minimum of three drivers, many with their own cars. The speed diffence is great, but with the full Grand prix circuit in use, it does allow the field to stretch out, and there are soon cars all around the circuit.

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The Caterham 7 seemed a very popular car with several teams entered using these small rocket ships! On the saloon front, BMW seemed a popular choice, though the diverse range of vehicles entered went from Radical sports cars, through Jaguar saloons and sports cars, Porsche, BMW, Mazda right down to a team of the small Smart cars.

Each team is entered under a team name. Some of the teams had unusual names such as “Lap Chancers”, “Run baby run”, “Six Sevens” - a team of six Caterham 7s, “Shake and Bake”, “The Hart attacks”, “Piston Broke”, “Not Fast but Furious”, “Free Radicals”, “Jagnuts”, “Road Runners” and “Norfolk and Page 61

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A Aaron Bailey Radical SR3 B Doug Carter Radical PR6 C Brian Murphy Radical PR6 D Lee Bailey Radical SR3 E John McLeod Radical SR3

team car left the circuit and could not continue, after a short period, the next team car would be released in to the race.

After practice, the teams were handicapped, with “The Winning Radicals” being the scratch team on zero laps. Some of the handicaps included the “Inspires” and the “Free Radicals” both credited with 2 laps, the “Jagnuts” with 25 laps and the highest handicap went to the “Smarts4you racing”, a team of six Smart 4Two Smart cars. Some cars were also limited to a maximum number of laps they could complete. For example, in the Men-O-Porsche A-Robert Gilham Porsche 924S B-David Dennett Porsche 935 K3 replica), C-Mike Johnson Porsche 911 SC, D-John Clonis Porsche 911 RSR, E-Steve Hewson Porsche 924S and F-David Kingham Porsche 993 RSR

Doug Carter Radical PR6 leads Richard Wise Spire GT3 in the early stages of the race

Chance” to name but a few.

As a relay race, each team can only have one car on track at a time. The national pit garages had each team lined up in a row, and as the current car came in to the pits, it would drive past the entrance to the team garage, and the marshall would then wave out the next car, while the current car would exit the pit lane at the gate half way down the pit lane or at the end of the pit lane, depending on which garage the team were in. If a © Pete Austin

750 Trophy Hunters: A-Christian Pedersen Toyota MR2, B-Gregan Thruston Toyota MR2, C-Lyndon Thruston Toyota MR2, D-John Gasking Toyota MR2

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Gregan Thruston Toyota MR2 “750 Trophy Hunters” spins in the middle of the pack at Luffield in the early stages of the race

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Inspires, Tim Grey in his Spire GT3 was on a maximum of 43 laps, while in the “HCAAC The Autos” Jonathan Gibbs in a Caterham C400 was limited to 26 laps.

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on the front row. The speed difference was remarkable as on the first lap, the first two cars were into Stowe corner as the third placed Saker Sniper of Paul Rose entered the hanger straight. It was Tim Gray in the Spire GT3 that had grabbed the lead for Team Inspire from Aaron Bailey in the Radical SR3 of “The Winning © Janet Wright Radicals”.

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other. After the first hour, the scratch positions were the “Racing Greens” in first place, with “Team JPR - Saker Sportscars” in 2nd and “The Winning Radicals” in 3rd, all on 24 laps but on Handicap it was “Podium Prep” in 1st with “Kathy & Co” in 2nd and “Child Labour Racing” in 3rd.

After two hours the “Inspires” were in front on 49 laps in the Scratch positions, with “Team JPR - Sakar sportscars” down to 2nd on 48 laps and “The Winning Radicals” were still in 3rd also on 48 laps. On Handicap “Podium Prep” were still in the lead, but “Drive it like you stole it” were 2nd and “Shake and Bake” were up to 3rd.

At half distance, 3 hours, the Scratch positions showed “Team JPR - Saker sportscars” were back in front on 66 laps with “The Winning Radicals” up to 2nd and the “Inspires” were down to 3rd, but all on 66 laps. On Handicap “Podium Prep” were maintaining their lead, but “Shake and bake” were up to 2nd and “Six Signatures” had moved in to 3rd.

The Handicap winning Six Signatures team: A-James Needham Caterham Tracksport, B-John Toshck Caterham Supersport, C-Kurt Brady Caterham Supersport, D-Spencer Horgan Caterham 7, E-David Rowe Caterham Supersport

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John Toshack Caterham Supersports dives up the inside of Colin Bysouth BMW Compact on his way to Handicap victory for the Six Signatures team

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45 - Dirty Half Dozen A-Danny Cassar Honda Integra B-Garry Barlow Proton Coupe C-Stephen Cassar Honda Civic Type R D-Vic Hope Honda Civic E-Carey Lewis Rover Tomcat F-Frank Pettit Rover Tomcat

22-DLH Motorsport A-Michael Hibbert BMW E36 M3 Evo B-Thomas Nibbert BMW E36 M3 Evo C-James Ford BMW 318is

30 - Six Potters A Tom Lenthal Jaguar XJS B-Gail Hill Jaguar XJ40 C-Colin Philpot Jaguar XJS D-Ian Drage Jaguar XJS EDavid Howard Jaguar XJ12 F-Derek Pearce Jaguar XJS

David Howard Jaguar XJ12 dives past James Ford BMW 318is and followed by Vic Hope Honda Civic

When they reached the 4 hour mark, the top three teams were still locked in battle for the scratch race lead, with the “Inspires” now in front from “Team JPR - Saker Sportscars” in 2nd and “The Winning Radicals” were back to 3rd, but all three teams still on the same lap - 88. In the Handicap it was all change with “Podium Prep” dropped down to 13th. “Six Signatures” were now in the lead on handicap, with “Turtle Wax” in 2nd and “Shake and Bake” now in 3rd place.

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race positions had changed again, with “The Winning Radicals” now in front, from “Team JPR - Saker Sportscars” and the “Inspires” back to 3rd place, but all still on the same lap - 114. In the Handicap, the “Six Signatures” had held on to 1st place, but “Gradsports” were now in 2nd and “Turtle Wax’ had dropped back to 3rd.

The last hour sorted out the order in the scratch positions with “The Winning Radicals” moving a lap ahead of the field to complete 141 laps, while “Team JPR - Saker Sportscars” came 2nd on 140 laps and the “Inspires” finished 3rd on 138 laps.

The Handicap results placed the “Six Signatures” team in 1st place ahead of “Jagnuts” in 2nd and “Gradsports” took 3rd. The team with the highest handicap “Smarts4you Racing” finished a creditable 24th having completed 110 laps and finished 69th on Scratch.

There were several incidents during the race which resulted in the Safety car being deployed for a total of 94 minutes. One of the more serious incidents was a collision between the Radical SR3 of Charles Harvey Kelly and a BMW resulting in both cars going heavily in to the barrier between Copse and Maggotts.

After a length Safety car period, Charles was taken by air ambulance to University Hospital Coventry. The last news was that he was stable in the Critical Care ward.

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Marcus Roskill Sylva Phoenix heads in to Club corner 41 - Mars Attacks: A-Martin Buckland RAW Striker, B-Bridgette Smart Sylva Phoenix, C-Marcus Roskill Sylva Striker, D-Mark Hextall Westfield 7 © Simon Wright

55- TEGIWA Civic Cup A-Andy Gaugler B-Rob Baker C-Carl Swan D-Matthew Webster, E-Start Neal, F- Matt Bolton

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29 - Free Radicals: A-Gary Ramsdale Radical SR3, B-Charles Harvey-Kelly, C-Richard Hardie, D-Gary Peterson Rob Baker Honda Civic lost it on the grass at Club corner and hit the end of the International pit wall

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Gary Ramsdale Radical SR3 passes the Wing

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17- The Hart Attacks: A-Barry Webb Mallock Mk23, B-Peter Richings Mallock Mk30PR,C-Mike Evans Mallock Mk27, D-Howard Payne Mallock Mk20B, E-Alex Champkin Vision V84, Chris Pickerinh Mallock Mk27 EBX

38 - Tom’s Tintops: A-Nathan Dew Honda Integra, B-Luke Bennett Honda Civic, C-Barnaby Davies Toyota Starlet, D-Reece Jones Honda Civic, E-David Clark, F-Kenny Coleman Honda Civic Barnaby Davies lifts a rear wheel through Brooklands in his Toyota Starlet

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Barry Webb Mallock Mk23 rounds Luffield

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