Classic and Competition car 51 December 2014

December 2014

Issue 51

Rally of the Tests

VSCC Cotswold Trial

Classic Motor Show

GT Cup Oulton Park

Dr James Hull Collection

Classic and Competition Car is published by simonwrightphotos.com High View Drive, Kingswinford, West Midlands DY6 8HT E-mail simonwright57@hotmail.com Tel 07905 435973

Contents Page 3

News.

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Alpine A220

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Water Hayes Trophy, Silverstone.

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Regent Street Motor Show.

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Rally of the Tests

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Dr James Hull Collection.

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Archive photo of the month.

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Classic Motor Show at the NEC.

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GT Cup, Oulton Park.

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Masters All Series, Oulton Park.

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Cotswold Trial

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Tasman Revival Series Rd 1 from Sandown

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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, Front Cover. Roy Gillingham and David Taylor in a including Historic, especially the Ford Zephyr Mk 2 through the water splash at Weston All content is copyright classicandcompetitioncar.com Lola T70. Has an extensive Park during the Rally of the Tests © Simon Wright. unless otherwise stated. All photographs are copyright the knowledge of all things GT. Cotswold Trial © Janet Wright. Classic Motorshow © original photographer and cannot be used for commercial Syd Wall. GT Cup © Mick Herring. Dr James Hull purposes unless by prior approval of the original copyright Collection © Pete Austin holder. We try to ensure accurate and truthful reporting Janet Wright. but if you spot an error, please contact us and will we Janet has been taking Classic and Competition Car Facebook Group verify and correct accordingly. We do not organise any photographs for many years, and We now have a Facebook Group - Classic and Competition Car - events which are mentioned and we are not responsible if is also very skilled in video. She where you can join and keep up to date with additional the event does not take place or is cancelled. Please likes Aston Martins Photographs, postings, and extra event photo galleries. Please contact the event organiser before making a long trip. feel free to add personal postings and your own photos. © Simon Wright

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Editorial.

Well another successful year of motorsport is now behind us and we can reflect on the wonderful meetings we have attended during the year and look forward to a new season starting in just a few months time. In the meantime, it is show season with the Autosport International show at the NEC in January and Race Retro at Stoneleigh, Coventry in February. Also this year there is a new London Classic Car Show in January, which is the same weekend as the Autosport Show in Birmingham. It would appear that even in the quiet season we still have event clashes, which is a shame as I’m sure many fans would like to attend both events, but two big shows in one weekend will probably be too much for many people. We also have two new events to look forward to in 2015. Chateau Impney in Droitwich is to revive its classic Hillclimb meeting in June after many years absence, and Coventry plan to hold a timed sprint on the cities ringroad during the summer.

Both should be excellent new additions to the calendar.

News

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Boyd wins Walter Hayes Trophy Twenty Four year old Wayne Boyd from County Antrim, Northern Ireland made a successful return to racing after a years absence to win the prestigious Formula Ford Walter Hayes Trophy meeting at Silverstone on Sunday 2nd November 2014. Driving a Van Diemen MS13 for Medina Motorsport, he easily won his heat but started the final back in 14th place after spinning off in the semi final. He won a close fought final by taking the lead on the final corner, on the last lap, to take the chequered flag just 0.383 of a second from Robert Hall in a Mygale JS2000.

Boyd had been Northern Irish FF1600 Champion in 2007, then came to England and was British Formula Ford Champion in 2008 with Jamun Racing after winning 13 of the 25 races. He also won the Duratec class in that years Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch. In 2009 he switched to the British Formula 3 championship and won a race at Donington Park. He also had a lucky escape from a huge crash at the Macau GP where he walked away after a crash which saw his car land upside down.

In 2010, financial considerations saw him only make two one off races for the Sino Vision team, at Hockenheim and at the F3 Masters event at Zandvoort. In 2011 he went to race for the Belardi Auto team in the US F2000 National Championship. He scored two wins, six podiums and finished 3rd in the championship. In 2012 he only did two races for the team, taking 3rd in Baltimore and 2nd at Virginia International raceway.

© Janet Wright

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Oxford Universities Motorsport Foundation

© Janet Wright

OUMF is a student initiative which produces hands-on practical experience of motorsport to the students of both universities in Oxford. Its aim is to bridge the gap that is threatening all engineering and manufacturing in the UK. It was founded in July 2005. They run a Riley 1.5 in Historic Racing Drivers Club Touring Greats series. For more information see www.oumf.org © Simon Wright

Cost cuts take effect at Eddie Stobart? Seen at the Classic Motor Show © Simon Wright

Maserati were celebrating their centenary with 21 models displayed by the Maserati Club UK

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The All Ladies handicap race at the Silverstone Walter Hayes Trophy meeting saw the women racing a variety of different cars - report on Page 25

Two Engined Mini.

© Simon Wright

Spotted at the Classic Motor Show was the two engined Mini, one in the front and one in the boot.

This recreation of the car developed by BMC, has two 1275cc Cooper S engines and gearboxes and two sets of disc brakes. The car can be driven on one or both engines to offer true 4 wheel drive. The original car competed in the © Simon Wright 1963 Targa Florio race but retired due to overheating. The original was later broken up by BMC © Janet Wright

Early leader in the BWRDC Ladies handicap was Caroline Gilbert in her Mini Cooper

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Fiona James had a 4 lap handicap to overcome in her Lamborghini Gallardo which was too much in the wet conditions

Sue Harris in the Darvi leads Celia Stevens in a Warwick GT350

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SRO Motorsports Group introduces GT Sports Club, a new Series exclusively for Bronze drivers * Exclusively reserved for Bronze drivers, with one driver per car * Introduction of the Iron Cup, reserved for drivers over 60 * A calendar of four events only * All practices and races over 24 hours, lunchtime to lunchtime * Two races per event, without mandatory pitstops * Top-quality accommodation and catering included SRO Motorsports Group has created the GT Sports Club, a sunshine-filled, relaxed but professionally organised arena for Bronze drivers who want to race in an exclusive but friendly atmosphere. This new Series will provide gentleman racers with the opportunity to fight against their peers for race wins. In addition, the SRO Motorsports Group is introducing the new “Iron” categorisation within the Bronze category, for drivers over the age of 60. There will be a separate Iron Cup classification and separate podiums.

The GT Sports Club, an international series to be approved by the FIA, is reserved for GT3 cars as well as G3 cars homologated by the RACB, with one driver per car.

Both cars conforming to the latest FIA homologation forms and cars from previous years will be accepted, with the application of the SRO Balance of Performance.

A GT Sports Club event will last just over 24 hours – with the exception of the inaugural event – and will visit exciting circuits in Spain, Portugal, France and Italy, four events only to allow a parallel entry in the Blancpain Endurance Series. Each meeting consists of a free practice and qualifying session, followed by a 25-minute Qualifying Race and 40-minute Main Race. This provides the participants with more time in the car and less time in the paddock, with all sessions being held from lunchtime to lunchtime.

Each car will be driven by one driver, so there are no mandatory pit stops. Points are granted in the same way as in the Blancpain Sprint Series, with an overall classification and an Iron Cup classification.

To make this a complete experience on and off the track, participants will be provided with a high level VIP-service, including first class catering and hospitality, hotel reservation and airport transfer. Furthermore, the recently created SRO Race Centre gives GT3 car owners and race teams the opportunity to store their cars under high security conditions in between the races.

2015 GT Sports Club calendar 18th - 19th April: Barcelona (Espiritu de Montjuïc) 20th - 21st June: Paul Ricard (Blancpain Endurance Series) 5th - 6th September: Algarve (Blancpain Sprint Series) 3rd - 4th October: Misano (Blancpain Sprint Series)

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F5000 Tasman Cup dates for 2014/15The 2014/15 MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series dates are as follows Round 1 8-9th November VHRR Historic Sandown Melbourne, Australia Round 2 29-30th November HSRCA Sydney Motorsport Park, Eastern Creek, Sydney NSW Australia

Auckland driver Clark Proctor (#57 March 73/1A) seen here leading Aaron Burson (#29 McRae GM1) heads a seven-strong Kiwi contingent contesting the opening round of the 2014/15 MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series in Melbourne.

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Round 3 16-18th January 2015 Gulf Oil Howden Ganley F5000 Festival 1 Hampton Downs Nth Waikato, New Zealand.

Round 4 23-25th January 2015 2015 Gulf Oil Howden Ganley F5000 Festival 2 Hampton Downs Nth Waikato, New Zealand.

Round 5 6-7th February 2015 Skope Classic, Mike Pero Motorsport Park, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Round 6 12-15th February 2015 The NZIGP/Manfeild Trust/MSNZ/TRS Manfeild, Feilding, New Zealand Page 7

The Autosport International Show will take place at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) near Birmingham between January 8th and 11th 2015. The show celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2015, with the event open to the public over the Saturday and Sunday (10th and 11th of January).

On at the same time will be the usual Performance Car Show in association with Autocar and PistonHeads.com and will feature the best of the motoring world including new model launches.

Autosport International is spread over nine halls at the NEC and is packed with racing cars and high performance sports and saloon cars and features live action over the weekend. For further information and to book advanced tickets, go to www.autosportinternational.com Paul Hollywood from TV’s The Great British Bake Off, took time off © Janet Wright from his TV Commitments to compete in the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run. Despite heavy rain and strong winds, they made it to the finish at Brighton. © Simon Wright

Race Retro Europe’s premier winter show for historic motorsport is due to take place at Stoneleigh, near Coventry, on the 20th to the 22nd of February 2015.

This year the event will celebrate 50 years of Chevron, a tribute to the late Richard Burns and celebrate 50 years sine Mike Hailwood won the 500cc World Motorcycle championship.

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© Pete Austin

Freddie Hunt

Son of 1976 World Champion James Hunt, Freddie was born in June 1987. He began his racing career in British Formula Ford in 2007 driving for Joe Tandy Racing.

In 2008 he switched to the Buchbinder Racing team to drive in the ADAC Formel Masters and ADAC Cruze cup between 2008 and 2012 before getting injured which stopped him racing in 2013. Now fully fit he joined forces with Tiga Racing to help test drive and develop a Le Mans LMP2 car. He also signed with M&N Racing to team up with Mathias Lauda, son of his fathers great rival Niki Lauda in the MRF F2000 series which races across the Middle East and India.

He competed at this years Walter Hayes Trophy meeting at Silverstone, racing a Swift SC sponsored by Hackett of London. He qualified 4th in his heat, just over 1/2 a second off pole man Michael Moyers and finished in 5th place. This put him 13th on the grid on the seventh row for Semi Final Two where he finished in 17th place in the damp conditions. This got him in to the Grand Final on the last but one row of the grid. As the race progressed it began to rain again and Hunt finished in a creditable 19th position. © Pete Austin

Freddie Hunt Swift SC Walter Hayes Trophy 2014

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Classic Motor Show to expand in 2015.

After the success of this years Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show at the NEC, event director Dan Nwaokolo thanked all the car clubs for their hard work in making the event the biggest classic motoring club event in Europe. With 65,000 visitors to the show over the three days, similar to the 2013 attendance figures, the organisers are looking to move across to the biggest halls that the NEC has to offer and expand the show from the current 82,000 square metres to over 93,000 square metres for next year. © Simon Wright

The VSCC win Club of the year award.

The Vintage Sports Car Club has been named “Club of the Year’ at the prestigious International Historic Motoring Awards, in association with Octane magazine and EFG Private Bank. Club Director Julian Ghosh and PR Secretary James Taylor received the trophy from David Bond, Director of Footman James, Duncan Wiltshire, Chairman of the Judging Panel and Tiff Needell, Master of Ceremonies.

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Mick Hill One of the greatest of the Supersaloon brigade of the 1970s , Mick Hill was famous for creating some of the most iconic super saloons of the period. His Lola T70 based Ford Capri V8 was followed by the F5000 Trojan derived VW Beetle-Chevrolet. He was also involved with the Janglia, the ex Tony Hazelwood Jaguar XJ8 and the Skoda Chevrolet. He was one of the main forces behind the Tricentrol Superloon series and was the 1974 champion. He also tried his hand at single seater racing with a March 74A. Mick was a proud BRDC member and reached his 70th birthday in August although suffering major heart problems for many years.

To his wife, family and friends we offer our sincere condolences Š Mick Herring

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© Janet Wright

Alpine A220

The Alpine A220 chassis number 1731 was on display at the Classic Motor Show on the Meguiar’s car club showcase winners stand. The car had taken part in the 1968 Le Mans Test and competed in the 1969 Le Mans 24 Hour race and has recently competed again at Le Mans in the 2012 Le Mans Classic.

The A220 was the first Alpine competition car in right hand drive and © Simon Wright nine cars were built in the A220/ A221/A222 series. The 3 litre V8 engine was designed by Amedee Gordini with 2 valves per cylinder December 2014

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DOHC in a 90º V formation.

It has an iron block and aluminium heads, dry sump lubrication system and produced around 320 bhp at 7500rpm. It produced less power than its rivals and suffered vibration problems which caused component failures resulting in nonfinishes. It was the last engine © Simon Wright designed by Gordini and the only V8. Sixteen were built.

The first A220 made its debut at the 1968 Monza 1000 kms and was then destroyed in testing at the Nurburgring when it took off and looped while being driven by Henri Grandsire. That makes this car the oldest surviving A220 after it made its debut at the 1968 Le Mans test, where it achieved a top speed of over 300 km/h and set 4th fastest time.

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shortened in July 1969 so that the car could compete in the Chamrousse hill climb and it remained in that configuration for its last three events. A chassis extension was produced to allow it to be prepared with its high speed long tail bodywork.

This is also the only A220 to have been registered for road use when it entered the 1969 Criterium des Cevennes. To enable road use, the ground clearance was increased, the carburettor size was reduced to improve mid-range torque and the car was fitted with cooling fans, a second alternator, a co-drivers seat and a map light.

awarded first prize in the Meguiars Concours d’Etat et d’Elegance at the 2012 Le mans Classic.

In 2014 Tom Shaughnessy of Oceanside, California bought the car and brought it to England to be prepared for competition use. It won the top award at the Maguiar’s Concours at the Origine RS day at Goodwood on 23rd August 2014 and was selected to be shown at the 2014 Classic Motor Show on the Maguiar’s Car Club Showcase stand featuring the best of the cars that have been judged best in show at Meguiar’s sponsored events in 2014. With Thanks to Tim Moores for the information. © Simon Wright

A complete restoration was undertaken in 1984 by Jean Pierre Buirette, an original chassis designer from Alpine in period who was involved with the development of the A220 The restoration was completed in 2004 and the car was December 2014

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Race results Date

Circuit

Drivers

Result

25 Aug 1968

Zeltweg 500 km

5 Mauro Bianchi Andre de Cortanze

4th on grid DNF Oil line broke Lap 27

28-29 Sep 1968

Le Mans 24 Hrs

29 Jean Guichet Jean Pierre Jabouile

18th on Grid DNF Alternator

failure Lap 186

20 Oct 1968

GP de Corniche, Casablanca

123 Andre Guelfi

DNF gearbox and engine problems

29-30 Mar 1969

Le Mans Test weekend

28 Mauro Bianchi

3 min 33.4 secs

25 Apr 1969

Monza 1000kms

15 Jean-Claude Andruet Henri Grandsire

17th on grid DNS Engine failure

11 May 1969

Spa 1000kms

3 Jean-Pierre Jabouile Henri Grandsire

14th on grid DNF Gearbox

14-15 Jun 1969

Le Mans 24 hrs

31 Jean Pierre Nicolas Jean Luc Therier

19th on grid DNF head gasket failure lap 161

27 Jul 1969

Course de Cote de Chamrousse

167 Jean Vinatier

3rd

17 Aug 1969

Nogaro

252 Jean Vinatier

2nd

Sep 1969

Criterium des Cevennes

128 Jean Pierre Jabouile Jean Claude Guenard

DNF Electrical problems, failed alternator

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Specification

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Chassis: Welded multi-tubular steel Body: Fibreglass, heated front screen, perspex side and rear transparencies Suspension: Magnesium alloy uprights, double wishbones, coil springs, adjustable hydraulic telescopic dampers, anti roll bar Steering: Rack and pinion, telescopic hydraulic

damper.

Brakes: Ventilated discs, ATE alloy callipers.

Engine: Gordini 2996cc DOHC V8 - 85mm bore x 66mm stroke, 10.5:1 CR. 320 bhp at 7800 rpm. 4 Weber 40DCNL5 twin choke downdraught carbs. Twin plate clutch. Dry sump lubrication. Water cooled.

Gearbox: ZF 5DS-25 5 speed, gear selection by cable.

Wheels: Magnesium alloy; Front 10”x15”, rear 13”x15” Fuel Capacity: Two 60 litre tanks located in the sills.

Wheelbase: 2.3m Front Track: 1.37m. Rear Track: 1.76m .

Length: 4.08m. Width: 1.74m. Weight ready to race: 690kg.

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Legends Sir Steve Redgrave and Sir Ben Ainslie, plus former Grand Prix team principle Ross Brawn, former Grand Prix driver and Le Mans winner Jochen Mass and TV Baker Paul Hollywood. Before the start, Ainslie, Redgrave and Hollywood performed the traditional tearing up the red flag which remembers the original Emancipation Run which was held on the 14th November 1896. It marked the point that the early motor cars could travel at up to 14 mph instead of the previous limit of 4 mph, and it removed the need for a man to walk in front of the automobile waving a red flag.

It was multiple Olympic and America’s Cup champion Ben Ainslie who was in the first car to reach the finish on Maderia Drive in Brighton, a 1904 Panhard Levassor of Lord Irvine Laidlaw, a regular Veteran Car Run competitor.

A 1907 Panhard Levassor in the Mall

118th Anniversary London to Brighton Veteran Car run.

More than 400 veteran cars set off from London for this years annual London to Brighton run in wet and windy conditions.

Leaving Hyde Park at day break, and for only the second time in half a century, the cars drove past Buckingham Palace and down the Mall before driving under Big Ben and crossing Westminster bridge to head south out of London and the 60 mile journey to Brighton on the stormy Sussex coast.

There were several famous names at the head of the field, including Olympic Redgrave, Hollywood and Ainslie tear up the red flag

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A 1904 Vauxhall

Ross Brawn took part in a 1904 Wilson Pilcher, the last known surviving British built machine of its kind, but encountered difficulties on his way to the south coast. An oil pipe split as they Page 15

reached Crawley and they were rescued by an RAC Motoring Services volunteer patrolman, who managed to replace the broken pipe with a length of rubber tubing, which allowed the car to get to the finish line in Brighton. Brawn had enjoyed the entire experience as he often doesn’t get the chance to drive

and made it to the finish before the 4:30pm deadline and received their coveted Finisher medal despite the heavy rain and strong winds.

Ross Brawn

in most of the automotive work he undertakes.

Sir Steve Redgrave and Paul Hollywood also both made it to the finish line despite the terrible wet weather they encountered on the way. Sir Redgrave only just made it to the finish as the radiator overflowed as they entered Brighton.

The oldest car on the run this year was a 1888 steam powered Truchutet which unfortunately did not make it to the finish. A new feature to the event, which was introduced only last year, is a highly competitive regularity test, where drivers have to average a precise speed between two controls. This years winner of the Regularity Trial was John Kennedy driving a 1903 Gladiator. A total of 357 vehicles covered the 60 miles December 2014

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Sir Steve Redgrave in the Mall

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Walter Hayes Trophy meeting, Silverstone. 31st October - 1st November 2014. By Simon & Janet Wright and Pete Austin

Michael Moyers Spectrum 011c battles with Peter Dempsey Ray GR08/09 in Heat 5

The high-light of the classic Formula Ford season took place at Silverstone at the beginning of November as James Beckett organised another superb Walter Hayes Trophy meeting. With its usual massive entry, the meeting took place over two days with the eight lap heats taking place on Saturday. With such a Š Pete Austin

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large entry, they were split in to six heats run in dry weather on Saturday after a wet practice during the morning. The first heat saw a very close win for James Raven in a Ray GR/13/14 by just 0.273 of a second from Niall Murray in a Van Dieman LA10 with Abdul Ahmed in 3rd in a Ray GRK09 just a further 0.384 of a second behind. The weather continued to improve as the second heat took to the track. This was another close fought battle with Oliver White in a Van Diemen RF01 winning by 0.266 of a second from Jake Bryne in a Ray GR13 and Robert Hall in a Mygale JS2000 in 3rd position. Heat 3 saw Ciaran Taggerty take 1st place in a Ray GR14 with Joey Foster making it a Ray 1-2 in another GR14, with the pair separated by 0.617 of a second. Roger Orgee was a distant 3rd in a Van Diemen RF00, a good 14 seconds behind the leaders. Heat 4 saw the largest winning margin of the day so far when Wayne Boyd in a Van Diemen MS13 took the chequered flag by 1.457 seconds ahead of Chris Middlehurst in a Mygale GU14-K with Jake Kruger in 3rd in a Van Diemen RF92. The fifth heat was another close fought affair with Michael Moyers taking the

Winner of the Walter Hayes Trophy Wayne Boyd in his Van Diemen MS13

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Conor Murphy spins his Van Diemen RF83 at Brooklands during Heat 2

narrowest of victories in his Spectrum 011C, just 0.170 of a second ahead of Peter Dempsey in a Ray GR 08/09 with Liam Payne a little further back in 3rd in a Van Diemen RF99. The final heat saw Scott Malvern take a dominant win in his Spectrum 011C by over 5 seconds, ahead of Graham Carroll’s Van Diemen FR91 and Neville Smyth in a Ray GR10.

Sunday dawned cloudy and wet and started with the Progression race, another opportunity for the lowest placed © Janet Wright

moved forward to the Last Chance race. This was the last chance to qualify for the two semi finals. Macmillan and © Pete Austin McArthur made good progress through the field in the Last Chance race, finishing 6th and 7th, but hey were still 10 seconds away from winner Michael Mallock in the Historic class Joey Foster front engined Mallock Mk9. On the wet track the front engined car proved more than a match for its rear engined competitors with Gaius Ghinn in a Van Diemen RF00 and John Svensson in an RF91 leading the charge behind. Telitz was the best of the cars from the Progression race, finishing in 4th.

The weather was starting to brighten, though the track was still wet for the first of the two Semi Final races. After Wayne Boyd © Simon Wright

Scott Malvern in the Spectrum 011c in Heat 6

drivers from the heats who had not qualified for the two semi finals to progress further in the meeting, and at least have another race. Jonny McMullan led a RAY 1-2-3 with his Ray GR07 finishing just 0.405 of a second head of the GR09 of Aaron Telitz and Jack Finlay 3rd in his GR14. David McArthur finished 4th in his Van Diemen LA10. The first four finishers all December 2014

Ciaran Haggerty Ray GR14 and Ben Mitchell Van Diemen RF99 fight for the lead in Heat 3

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Chris Middlehurst in the Mygale GU14-K leads the pack in Semi Final 1

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had their own final, and Michael Mallock was determined to continue his winning ways from the semi-final where he had beaten many of the more modern cars. Mallock managed to hold off Jamie Jardine in a Raynard 84FF to win the final by just 0.244 seconds, even with Jardine setting the fastest lap of the race on the last lap, while Conor Murphy was over 17 seconds behind in 3rd place in his Van Diemen RF83.

The last race of the day was the Grand Final over 15 laps, which started in the dry and ended in the wet. On the first lap it was the two Spectrum cars in the lead with Dempsey gunning his Ray after them. As they braked for Becketts, he nudged Moyer from behind and pushed him off in to the gravel and then as they rounded Luffields, Dempsey collided with Malvern taking them both off in to the gravel

Michai Stephens

spun out of the lead at the start, Scott Malvern in the Spectrum 011C managed to keep Chris Middlehurst in the Mygale GU14-K behind him to win the first of the semi-finals. Niall Murray took 3rd place in his Van Diemen LA10 while Last Chance winner Mallock could only manage 22nd place overall and 2nd in class. Boyd had dropped to 33rd place while stuck in the gravel at Copse but battled through the field to finish in 7th place and set fastest lap, to claim a place in the final. The track was still drying for the second semi final race which saw “Spectrum is Green” continue with Michael Moyers winning by over 4 seconds in another Spectrum 011C with Walter Hayes regular Joey Foster in 2nd place at the wheel of a Ray GR14 and Peter Dempsey finished in 3rd in his Ray GR 08/09.

There were two finals, one for the Historic cars and one for the rest. The Historic and classic Formula Ford cars had raced through all the heats, Progression and Last chance races, as well as the two semi-finals, with all the more modern cars. Now they

© Pete Austin

Niall Murray Van Diemen LA10 in the Walter Hayes Final finished finished 4th

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Close racing between Alan Hamilton Van Diemen RF99K and Matthew Dunne Crossle 35F © Simon Wright

Jonathan Hoad Van Diemen RF90 leads eventual winner Wayne Boyd in Heat 4 © Janet Wright

Joe Porter Van Diemen RF92 battles with Michael Mallock Mallock Mk9 through Luffields

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David Porter Van Diemen RF92 leads a group through Brooklands © Pete Austin

Micai Stephens Ray GR09 in the first Semi final

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Historic Final winner Michael Mallock in the Mallock Mk9

and out of the race. This left the race wide open for the rest of the runners. After starting in 14th place on the grid for the final, it was 24 year old Wayne Boyd in the Van Diemen MS13 who made the winning pass on the last corner of the last lap to grab victory from Rob Hall in his Mygale JS2000 by just three tenths of a second. Michai Stephens was 3rd in a Ray GR09. © Janet Wright

Jon Finch leads Andrew Huxtable in the Chevron B34 battle for the HSCC Open Wheel race

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Although the weekend is geared towards Formula Ford, the meeting does host a few support races over the weekend. The first was race 4 on the program on Saturday and was a HSCC Open Wheel race for anything goes single seaters. The twenty lap race © Janet Wright proved to be a walkover for the two Derek Bell Trophy Chevron B34s of Jon Finch and Andrew Huxtable who finished 1st and 2nd, a lap ahead of the rest of the field. Best of the rest was Chris Lord in a Formula Ford 2000 Mark Armstrong Crossle 51F ahead of 3rd placed Chris Lord Van Diemen Van Diemen RF82 early in the race RF82. John Hutchinson Snr was first of the Classic Racing Cars in 7th driving a Crossle 14F while the first of the Classic Formula 3 cars was 8th placed Colin Painter in an Oliroy C1. The final class winner was Mike Ryman in a Sauter FJ to take the Formula Junior class in 9th place overall.

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16th placed Mark Lawton in a Porsche 924.

Sunday saw a variation with an All Comers Open Wheel race and All Comers Closed Wheel race. The All Comers open wheel race in the rain saw Henry Chart lap the entire field in his Dallara F305, beating Mark Harrison in his newer Dallara F306 © Pete Austin

Winner Andrew Schryver Chevron B26 laps an Alfa Romeo in the HSCC Closed Wheel race

benefit. This time it was Andrew Schryver in the Chevron B26 won won by just over 7 seconds from Michael Schryver in the older Chevron B6, both winning their respective classes. Myles Castaldini in his highly modified Davrian Mk8 finished 3rd and won the Invitation class, while Mike Gardiner powered the ultra wide TVR Griffith to 4th place and first GT finisher. The other class winners were 9th placed Steve Clamp in the D(o)ris Clubman, 10th placed David Hall in the Ford Lotus Cortina and © Simon Wright

Henry Chart - Dallara F305 winning the Allcomers Open Wheeled race

Mike Gardiner 4th in the TVR Griffith to win the GT class in the HSCC Closed Wheel race

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by over a lap with Cian Carey finished 3rd in a Renault Tatuus.

Chris Lord took another class win in his FF2000 Van Diemen RF82 in 6th place, and the final class winner was Mark Armstrong driving a Crossle 51F in 7th. The Allcomers closed wheel race was held later in the day and the rain had stopped which allowed the fantastic selection of sports, GT and saloon cars to enjoy an interesting race. Star car had to be the Can-Am March 717 driven by Dave Coyne but he could only manage 2nd place, just over 2 seconds behind Jon-Paul Ivey in a Page 24

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Dave Coyne March 717 and Ray Mallock Mallock Mk18 - Allcomers Closed Wheel race

Radical PR6. Apart from Sports racers, there were a few saloon cars entered, with Russell Hird in a Honda Integra the highest placed finisher in 10th place, while Bill Lancashire in a TVR Tuscan was the highest GT car in 14th place.

Sarah Franklin leads the ladies at the Walter Hayes. By Pete Austin.

A record 29 drivers were entered for the British Women Racing © Pete Austin

Gail Hill Jaguar XJ40 leads Sian Stafford Atkinson Locost in the BWRDC Ladies Handicap

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BWRDC Handicap winner Sarah Franklin Renault Clio 197

Drivers Club Ladies Handicap race which took place on the Sunday morning of the Walter Hayes Trophy meeting at Silverstone.Grey skies and a soaking wet track greeted the drivers as they set out in their qualifying session first thing in the morning. Fastest was Fiona James in her mighty Lamborghini Gallardo although this meant that a handicap of 4 debit laps would be hard to overcome in the similar wet conditions encountered in the race itself later in the morning.

Caroline Gilbert initially led the way in her Mini Cooper but dropped to third as the handicap unwound. With under four laps to go Sarah Franklin took the lead and went on to win the race by over 20 seconds in her Renault Clio 197 from Stacey Dennis (Ala Romeo 147). Wendy Mortimer (4th overall) won the award for top newcomer in her Mini JCW and Nina Fountain was voted driver of the day in her Toyota MR2 Mk1B. Fiona James at least had the consolation of setting the fastest race lap in her Lamborghini.

The MSA also reported that in addition to the ladies taking part in the race itself the event was supported by 84 lady marshals.

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Regent Street Motor Show 1st November2014 . By Mick Herring.

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Ford Mustang

With the glorious display of ceramic poppies stealing the show in another part of London it was equally rewarding to walk down Regent Street on a particular Saturday afternoon.

Coinciding with the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run and becoming an annual event in its own right, the Regent Street © Mick Herring Motor Show showcased the old old, the not so old and the future in one closed-totraffic London street between Piccadilly Circus to Oxford Circus.

The spirit of the run was captured a vast display of entrants who would be headed for Brighton early the December 2014

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following morning, many resplendent in period clothing and hoping to win the coveted EFG International Concours d'Elegance and featured steam and petrol driven cars from the dawn of motoring.

One can only 1904 Curved Dash Oldsmobile marvel at the reliability of modern cars, with the need to "fettle" the veterans on display, ahead of their run to Brighton.

More recent history encompassed displays of two icons, both celebrating their 50th anniversaries, the Porsche 911 and the Ford Mustang.

Another facet, graced by large crowds, was the live display of Grand Prix Motorbikes from a bygone time, namely the two© Mick Herring

Christian Sarron Yamaha

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motorcycle festival was launched ahead of its first event in Spain in 2015 by Silverstone Classic organisers, Goose Communications.

Historic racer and Goose C.E.O, Nick Wigley, with TV presenter,

BMW i3 Electric car © Mick Herring

stroke era. Wayne Garder, Didier de Radigues and Christian Sarron With champions from the past including Wayne Gardner, Didier de Radigues and Christian Sarron demonstrating these exciting motorbikes along a short course, provided fans with a © Mick Herring unique taste of these bikes, so different from today's, in sound and spectacle.

Following on from the success of events such as the Goodwood Revival and the Silverstone Classic, a new classic European racing and Preparing for the London to Brighton run

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Morgan display

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There were Mustangs of all shapes and sizes (Big) © Mick Herring

1903 Darracq © Mick Herring

Louise Goodman introduced the champions to the crowd.

The modern and future was represented by vehicles from BMW, Renault, Infiniti, Morgan and Tesler (with its electric Mercedes

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1904 Pope Hartford and period dress

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1899 Peugeot © Mick Herring

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Porsche 911 celebrating its 50th anniversary

saloons).

Nearby Carnaby Street showcased its own history with spotlight and mirror bedecked Lambretta scooters and sounds from the sixties.

A fine day no doubt helped the visitor numbers to exceed the 400,000 who attended last year.

Tesla Electric car

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1898 Peugeot double Phaeton

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13th Rally of the Tests. 31st October to 2nd November 2014. By Simon & Janet Wright.

Porsche 911 1965 to 1985.

The first day dawned cold and bright and saw the cars leave © Simon Wright

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Despite this strange approach to the Ford at Weston Park, Ryan Pickering/Andy Ballantyne won the Rally of the Tests in the Triumph TR4

Organised by the Classic Rally Association, the 13th Rally of the Tests this year went from Buxton to Bristol and provided three days of historic rallying adventure for the eighty eight crews that took part. The entry was mainly based around classic rally cars from the 1960s, but the oldest entry was a 1927 Frazer Nash crewed by Jason Dearden and Catriona Rings and the most modern was a 1980 Triumph Dolomite Sprint of Robert Grarrett and Sharman Day. The entry list also had some interesting variations, with class 4 - Saloons pre 1962 Type 1501cc to 2000cc consisting purley of Volvo PV544s, Volvo 123GTs and Volvo 122S models, while Class 5 for Sports Pre 1962 Type 1651cc to 2500cc was an entiely Triumph TR class with a mix of TR3 and TR4 cars. At least Class 11 was specific, being for December 2014

The Class winning Mercedes Benz 300SE of Frank Fennell and Kevin Savage lost valuable seconds after flooding the engine through the water splash at Weston Park

Buxton early in the morning at 7:45am as they headed for Weston Park at lunch time. The first day consisted of nine tests and six regularities with the Weston Park stage being run twice and included a spectacular water splash which had famously caught out Vauxhall in the past on the RAC Rally. After Weston Park the crews did a regularity around the MOD site at Ditton

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The Sunbeam Alpine SII of Richard Prosser and Alan Petitt at speed

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911 while on the road leader Dermot Carnegie and Paul Bosdet were 3rd in their Volvo PV544. The overnight halt was not a rest for Warren as his crew changed the gearbox on the Porsche due to selection problems.

The second day saw the crews head through Wales with two stages in the Sweet Lamb complex before morning coffee at Devil’s bridge. This was followed by two tests at the Mid Wales © Janet Wright

Class Winners Roger and Leigh Powley make waves in the Porsche 911

Priors before heading in to Wales via a regularity over the Long Mynd in Shropshire. The overnight halt, after 12 hours of action, was in Llandrindod Wells when the adjusted leaderboard showed Howard Warren and IainTullie in the lead in their Porsche 911 from Roger and Leigh Powley in another © Janet Wright

Dilwyn Rees and Tony Newman Austin Healey 3000 Mk III in Weston Park

Dermot Carnegie and Paul Bosdet Volvo PV544 wait to start the Weston Park stage.

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Activity Centre, a privately owned motor sport centre. The lunch break was at Nanteos Mansion, Aberystwyth. At this point the leaders were Roger and Leigh Powley in their Porsche 911 with the Dutch crew Peter Naaktgeboren and Bart den Hartog driving a Ford Escort RS1600 in 2nd place, and Andrew Buzzard and Rob Lyne in 3rd in their Alfa Romeo Guilia Sprint GTV. After some forrest stages and further regularities the Page 31

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crews reached the time control at Llandovery and the Halfway Forrest and the famous Epynt stages. These legendary stages caught out several crews and it left the Powley’s with a lead of almost a minute and a half over Buzzard and Lyne after the Dutch pair hit a rut in the Escort and struggled to extract the vehicle over Epynt.

The third and final day started with better weather than day two, but the bad weather had caused some landslips which caused part of the event to have to be re-routed. The main venue for the final day was Caerwent, with a twisting route © Simon Wright

Rich Harrison and Peter Boyce MG BGT © Simon Wright

Jason Dearden and Catriona Rings in the Frazer Nash Sport failed to finish the event

round one of the main motorsport venues in Wales. By lunch time, the Powley’s lead had been cut to 40 seconds, while Warren and Tullie had got the Porsche back to within 33 seconds of Buzzard and Lyne in 2nd. The cars went back to Caerwent for a further 3 long tests before the teams headed for the finish in Bristol.

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Sybren van der Goot and Jaap Jongman in a Datsun 240Z

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Guy Symons and David Watson Riley 1.5

Hank and Nicole Melse Porsche 356B

overall went to David Morgan and Martyn Taylor in a Volvo 123GT. The Class winners were Ted Gaffney and Brian Goff in a Morris Mini 850, John Abel and Andrew Duerden in an Alfa Romeo Guilia Sprint 1600, Richard White and Richard Scott in a Volvo 122S, Jonathan Hancox and Richard Lambley in a Triumph TR4, Frank Fennell and Kevin Savage in a Mercedes Benz 300SE, Kevin Haselden and Matt Fowle in a Mini Cooper S 1293cc, Clive Baty and Henry Carr in a Renault 5, and Paul and Tony Davies in a Ford Escort RS2000.

The other awards went to Russell and Harriet Whitehouse in an

Austin Healey 3000 for Spirit of the Rally Trophy, while David Whitaker and Andrew Pullan won the Against All Odds Trophy in their For Lotus Cortina. The Concours d’Elegance Pre 62 went to Phillip Haslam and Peter Fletcher in the Jaguar XK120 dhc and the Post 62 award went to the Morris Mini Cooper S of Stephen Owens and Ian Mitchell. Finally the team prize went to Flat 6 & Torque, a team of three Porsche 911’s driven by Howard Warren/Iain Tullie, Tomas de Vargas Machuca/Sean Toohey and Paul Crosby/Andy Fish. © Simon Wright

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Chris Lines and Chris Howell Ford Lotus Cortina

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Steve and Tony Graham Lancia Fulvia

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Ronald Hof and Robert van Soest Volvo 123GT

Robin Eyre Maunsell and Peter Scott Sunbeam Alpine

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Charles Graves and Ron Palmer Jaguar XK150 retired from the event © Simon Wright

Drexel Gillespie and Gill Cotton Ford Escort RS2000 © Simon Wright

Michel Perridon and Maurits Verhoeff Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint

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Andrew Hamer and Bob Kerry Austin Healey Sprite Mk III

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Dr. James Hull collection on display at the Heritage Motor Centre By Pete Austin © Pete Austin

Dr James Hull display

SS One Airline

The significantly rare Jaguars on display include a beautiful 1930s SS Airline saloon, an aluminium bodied XK120 and a unique E-Type modified by celebrated Jaguar dealer Coombes of Guildford in the 1960s.

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Jaguar Land Rover have loaned the Heritage Motor Centre at Gaydon 16 important British Cars from the private collection of enthusiast Dr. James Hull which they have recently acquired.

The display includes four historically significant Jaguar models plus 12 other great British Motor cars which are on view to the public for the very first time. The collection itself extends to 543 cars which have been purchased by Jaguar Land Rover for the nation to guarantee its safekeeping. Some of the Jaguars from the collection have also been pressed into service for the new Jaguar Heritage Driving Experience at Jaguar Land Rover’s private Midlands based Fen End vehicle testing facility.

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Alvis Graber Super

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Bentley R Continental

variety of cars on display.

To illustrate the variety of cars in the collection also included in the display are a Bentley R Type Continental, a rare Graber bodied Alvis and a superb Allard P2 ‘woodie’ estate car which is one of only a handful built. This contrasts with the red Mini Traveller which was once owned by Lord Mountbatten. Examples of Swallow Dorretti, Humber and Ford Consul Estate cars, Rolls Royce Silver Shadow, Austin A40 Sports, Sunbeam and Jensen also add to the

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My thanks go to Tanya Aspinall of Marketing Aloud and Stephen Laing, curator at the Heritage Motor Centre for their help in providing information and giving me access to photograph the cars.

Aluminium bodied Jaguar XK120

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Archive Photo of the month. By Pete Austin Next year Honda will be returning to Formula 1 with McLaren. Following a foray into Grand Prix Racing in the mid and late sixties Honda entered the turbo era of the 1980s by supplying engines to the Spirit team who they were already helping in F2. They then went on to supply Williams with engines and the rest is history.This months image shows Stefan Johansson driving the Spirit Honda during the 1983 Race of Champions at Brands Hatch. How's that for a rear wing! The car only completed 5 laps before retiring with engine problems.

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NEC, Birmingham. By Simon & Janet Wright, with additional photos from Pete Austin and Syd Wall.

Billed as the UK’s Biggest and Best Classic Motor Show, the 2014 Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show offered a blockbuster performance as 65,000 car entusiasts headed to the NEC near Birmingham for the Big Screen celebration of Classic motoring. The theme was cars on the big, and small, screen and three main attractions were Ecto 1 from the Ghostbusters film, K.I.T.T from Knightrider and a time travelling © Simon Wright Delorean from Back to the Future.

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handed out to vehicles for display, this makes the show the biggest classic motoring club event in Europe.

Many of the car clubs that attend the event also took to the Big Screen theme, with representations of cars from classic films and TV series popping up all over the show. There was the Ford Anglia from the Harry Potter films, the Ford Capri from “The Professionals” TV series, most of the cars from the James Bond films, including the Sunbeam Alpine from “Dr No”, and the Lotus Esprit from “the © Janet Wright Spy who loved me” and even the Mini from “Mr Bean”.

Away from the movie theme, there were lots of other interesting vehicles on display.

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Vauxhall have supported the show for many years and joined with various Vauxhall Owner clubs to show many heritage models including a World War One D-Type Staff Car in remembrance of 100 years since the start of the First World War. They also had the first Vauxhall Viva from the production line in © Simon Wright

Lightweight E-Type Car Zero

Heritage had a stand for the first time, and had brought several interesting Jaguar cars from their collection, to display. They also had the new revival of the lightweight E-Type on display, Car Zero, the prototype for the six brand new lightweight ETypes from the new Jaguar Heritage Workshop.

Porsche GB was another manufacturer making a first time © Simon Wright appearance at the show with a display of professionally restored Porsche 911 Turbos and Targas to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the model.

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Vauxhall Viva HA No 1 © Janet Wright

1964.

Rover was also celebrating 130 years since the first Rover was produced, with a couple of special cars on display. The Rover Special Racing car

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first was a Rover Special Racing Car which used a prototype P3 Chassis from 1938 and was built by Peter Wilks, George Mackie and Spen King, the same team that went on to produce the Marauders. It raced in the early 1950s before being mothballed in to storage. It returned to racing in 1963 at the hands of Frank Lockhart who continued to use it until 2002.

One of its best performances was at Oulton park in 1978 where it out-ran a Maserati driven by Alain de Cadanet.

Next to it in the exhibition was a Marauder sports car which used a Rover straight 6 engine. Marauder cars was founded by Rover engineers George Mackie and Peter Wilks. The Marauder was built between 1950 and 1952 as first the A then the 100. It used a Rover P4 75 chassis and Rover 6 cylinder engine. The two seater sports car was built at Dorridge in the West Midlands and then Kenilworth in Warwickshire. The Rover chassis was shortened by 9 inches, but the track remained the same and it kept the Rover coil spring independent Š Janet Wright front suspension and the elliptical sprung live axle on the rear. The Rover gearbox was also retained with optional overdrive and a floor mounted gear lever. The engine in the A was modified to produce 80 bhp, while the

later 100 version was bored out to 2392cc and fitted with triple SU carburettors to give 105 bhp. This gave the 100 a top speed of 100 mph compared to the 90 mph of the A version. In total, around 15 cars were built which included only two of the 100, before rising costs and tax changes priced the cars out of the market. Š Simon Wright

Zagato Rover TCZ

Also part of the large Rover clubs display was the unique Zagato Rover TCZ built by Carrozzeria Zagoto and made its debut at the 1967 Turin Motor Show and was subsequently displayed at the 1967 Geneva Motor show, the 1967 London Motor Show at Earls Court. The fastback design was built on a standard Rover 2000S chassis as a pure design exercise and was never considered for production. The 2 litre engine was fitted with twin choke Del Orto carbs originally but these have been replaced with a pair of SU carburettors.

Marauder Sports car

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Another part of the former British Leyland empire was the Morris Marina, which was represented at the show by the Morris Marina Owners Club. As well as some interesting © Simon Wright vehicles which included a Marina pickup truck and a Marina Coupe, there were a couple of interesting ‘Workshop manuals’ on the December 2014

counter, which turned out to be rather delicious cakes made

by Louise Bristow.

The Marina Coupe was built between 1971 and 1980 and was fitted with the 1.3 litre A-series engine or the 1.8 litre B series engine until 1978 when the 1.8 was replaced by the 1.7 litre O series engine. The Marina range of saloons and Coupes achieved over 250,000 in less than 2 years. The Marina was replaced in 1980 by the Ital version of the vehicle. © Simon Wright

If you can’t work out what to do - eat the book (Cake)

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Meguiars winner - Ford Cortina Mk2 1600E

The Meguiars Club Showcase was one of the high lights of the show where they display winners from various classic car shows held during the year and pick an overall winner. There were lots of pristine classic cars, including an Alpine A 220 © Simon Wright sports racer (See feature in News Section) but the judges didn’t really know how to compare that to the 1966 VW Beetle rest of the December 2014

vehicles. The overall winner was the 1969 Ford Cortina Mk2 1600E of Adrian Evans. © Simon Wright This year there were two stage areas. The Wheeler Dealer live stage saw Mike Brewer, Edd China and a team of experts restore a 1965 Volkswagen Beetle over the course of the show and transform it into a tribute of the famous movie Beetle Herbie, the Love Bug, which was then presented to winner Lee Mellor from Nottingham. The other stage was the brand new Classic Club Stage which features Quentin Wilson and other experts who delivered expert seminars and classic motoring © Janet Wright advice. It also hosted the Federation of British Historic Vehicle Club’s Motormind Quiz.

Silverstone Auctions held a two day sale over the event and sold £4 million worth of vehicles De Tomaso Mangusta

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Recreation of 1966 Porsche 904-6 Carrera

with an 82% sale rate. A late entry was a fabulous 1981 DeLorean DMC12 which sold for £28,125 while a 1964 Austin Mini Mk1 which used to belong to TV presenter Chris Evans sold for £6,750. The main attraction was a recreation of a 1966 Porsche 904-6 Carrera which had an estimated value of between £75,000 and £90,000 and sold for £146,250.

Another interesting car for sale was a 1969 DeTomaso © Simon Wright Mangusta of which only 401 were ever built It is powered by a 4.7 litre Ford V8 engine matched to a five speed ZF manual transmission. The interesting feature on this car is that to access the mid mounted engine, the rear of the car opens up both sides through a centre hinge, known as the clamshell design. The car sold for £180,000. This was not the most expensive car sold at the show. That honour went to a 1994 Porsche 911 964 Turbo 3.6 which sold for £220,500.

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Vintage Racecar Magazine had an unusual 1988 Toms Minolta Toyota 88C Group C sports racing car on their stand. The car made its debut in the 1988 All Japan Sports Prototype Championship where 2 were entered. It achieved two 5th places in the series at Suzuka 500Kms and Suzuka 1000kms races. The car also competed at the 1988 Le Mans 24 Hours and the 1000kms of Fuji. Its final appearance in the World Sports Car Champions hip came at Dijon in France in 1989. The car was powered by a Toyota 1988 Toyota 88C Group C © Simon Wright 3S-GTM 2100cc Turbocharged in line 4 cylinder engine fitted to an aluminium Monocoque and double wishbone suspension, front and rear. It was driven by Japanese drivers Hitoshi Ogawa and Masanori Sekiya as well as Italian Paolo Barilla, and Geoff Lees and Juan Manuel Fangio II. Also on the stand was German artist Uli Ehret with various samples of his motoring art and during the exhibition he was creating a painting based around the toyota Group C car on the stand. You can see samples of his work at www.ulis-racing-legends.de.

Artist Uli Ehret at work

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Morris Minor 2000 - The front half of two Morris Minor 1000 welded together, with both engines operational for 2 or 4 wheel drive © Syd Wall

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Triumph Daytona 600

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Jaguar XJ13 Replica

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In addition to the cars, there was a hall dedicated to the Classic Motorbike Show, situated right in the centre of the car halls and with over 300 classic motorbikes on display.

1938 Tatra T97

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Staying on the Le Mans theme there were a couple of interesting displays featuring a Gulf Porsche 917, as featured in the Steve McQueen film Le Mans. The one that drew a lot of interest was a five car display featuring four Gulf Ford GT40s, surrounding a single Gulf Porsche 917, while the other display was just inside the entrance to Hall 9 on the Classic and Sports Car magazine stand with a single Gulf Porsche 917. © Simon Wright

An interesting car was the 997cc 1962 Friary Estate 105E. A Ford Anglia deluxe saloon Originally, it was converted at the Friary works in Hatch, near Basingstoke before the car was registered.

The original conversion cost £89 12 shillings and 6 pence. It is rumoured that this is where the term Hatchback originated? The car was off the road for many years before being restored in 2011 and registered again in July 2013. This is the only 105E Friary Estate still on the road and one of only three known in the country. © Janet Wright

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An understated modern classic is the Ford Probe, a sports coupe produced by Ford between 1989 and 1997 and aimed at the European market at the sector of the market formerly occupied by the Ford Capri. The cars were assembled in Flat Rock, Michigan, USA and the design was based on the Mazda G-Platform with a unique body design. Some parts were borrowed from the © Janet Wright Mazda RX7. It was originally mooted as a replacement for the Ford Mustang, but the Front engine Front wheel drive configuration and the lack of a V8 engine did not win favour with the December 2014

Mustang fans, so a proper replacement for the Mustang was built instead. The first generation Probe from 1989 to 1992 used either a 2.2 litre 4 cylinder Mazda F2 engine, or the 3 litre Vulcan V6 engine. The second generation Probe was a complete re-design though it was still based on the Mazda MX6 and 626 running gear while Ford engineered the body and interior. This was the model that was aimed at Europe. It came with either the 2 litre Mazda 16 valve in line 4 cylinder engine or the 2.5 litre Mazda K V6 engine. The United Kingdom Probe Owners Club had bought three fine examples © Simon Wright of the Ford Probe to the show, for their first visit.

They are the UK’s largest club for Ford Probe enthusiasts and more details can be found at www.ukpoc.co.uk.

The Railton Owners Club featured a display of straight eight Railtons similar to the car featured in the 1979 film Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier in which the character Brett drives to Manderley in a 1935 Railton saloon. On display was a fine example of a 1935 Railton Sports Cabriolet with original coachwork by Carlton. This luxurious 5 seater could be open or closed with minimum effort to lower the hood. This was the only Railton bodied by Carlton and was designed with long Page 46

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1935 Railton Sports Cabriolet

distance continental touring in mind when commissioned by Col. Llewellyn Scholte. It had several unique features such as spare wheel located on the off-side, concealed valuables compartment, no external fuel filler, extra luggage capacity and a split bench seat with nearside reclining option. The bodywork is all aluminium with steel bulkhead, and it has perspex door windows. It ended up in a scrapyard in 1964 and then a barn for

40 years before the current owner began restoration in 2010.

Stars and Stripes brought the stars of the classic American car © Syd Wall scene together in Hall 6 with many different cars making chrome and fins a joy to behold.

American cars have always been bigger and bolder than their European counterparts. All the major American brands were represented, including Chevrolet, Cadillac, Studebaker, Pontiac, Ford, Chrysler, with models spanning the 1940s right through to the 21st Century.

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HSCC Club Stand

All the major historic motor racing clubs had a presence at the show. The HSCC had a large stand displaying a vehicle from all the major racing categories they represent, including Formula Junior, Historic Touring Cars, Guards Trophy, and Roadsports.

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VSCC Club Stand featuring the 1920 “Bully Rouge”

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their stand, which included the 1920 American Board Racer “Bully Rouge”. Built to run on 1/2 mile or 1 mile oval wooden board tracks in the American Mid-West, this shortened Oldsmobile Chassis was fitted with a 4 litre 6 Cylinder ohv Buick engine and gearbox and would lap at around 120 mph.

Although the car is fitted with 4 wheel brakes for road use, when racing it would only have the rear brakes which were not very efficient, but were also rarely used.

The Midland Automobile Club which runs Shelsley Walsh, the MAC Club oldest motorsport venue in the stand country, had both a single seater and a Mini saloon on display © Janet Wright to show the variety of cars that compete on the course during a typical hill climb event.

The Bugatti Owners Bugatti Owners Club Stand Club which operates the Prescott hill climb, had a large display area containing several vintage Bugatti Grand Prix and racing cars.

To see some of Pete Austin’s photos from the show visit our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/photo.php? fbid=10204210559775537&set=a.

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Super model Harriadnie Beau at the unveiling of the Bavarez Jensen FF Silver Slammington

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Morgan SP1

Chelsea Pensioners enjoy a 1909 Dennis

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GT Cup Final Round Oulton Park 25th October 2014. By Mick Herring. Š Mick Herring

The start of Race 2 and Rosen Daskalov's SIN R1 hits the wall

Oulton Park International hosted the final round of the 2014 GT Cup Championship on a damp but drying Saturday, where both of today's races would be of the 25 minute sprint variety.

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demonstrate why he is a former British GT and Dutch Supercar champion (both together with son Glynn).

In race 1 Will Plant lead the field down Cascades on lap 1 in his GTB class Porsche but he would relinquish that lead, finish third and take the class win.

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After a troubled free practice and qualifying, the meteoric climb through the field that elevated Marcus Clutton from 22nd to 2nd was the highlight of the race.

Driving the works GTO class Chevron GR8 GT4 he would finish just 11.5 seconds behind the mighty McLaren MP4-12C of race winner Jim Geddie in a race that would see Will Plant leads race 1 at Cascades the elimination of the Porsches of Iain Dockerill and Richard Chamberlain from a first corner incident.

A safety car period drew the field back together momentarily but had little effect on the outcome.

Former championship leader David Walley finished eighth and second in GTB, which would be enough for him to claim GTB champion status.

Similarly, finishing 16th and fourth in GTA would be enough for last year's overall champion, Jeff Wyatt, to retain his GTA class championship.

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Mark Litherland runs wide at Lodge

Race 2 provided the highs and lows of the meeting.

It was marred by a multiple accident again at Old Hall that saw the elimination of several cars on the spot, the worst of which was Rosen Daskalov's SIN R1 which appeared to have been tapped at the back causing it to turn sharp right, hit the pit wall and slide along it before coming to rest in the middle of the circuit. The Bulgarian arch-enthusiast remained was © Mick Herring

Salih Yoluc heads Ian Payne Ginetta G50’s

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fortunately unharmed and concerned that his car was removed from the circuit without further harm. The race was immediately red-flagged. The re-start was shortened to a 15 minute sprint but what followed was a master-class in race craft.

The focus of the entire race, for me, was the battle between Marcus Clutton and champion-elect Jim Geddie, the pair never more than a few feet apart (but staying that way). The V8 Chevron faster on some parts of the track than the McLaren

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Richard Chamberlain Porsche 935 at lodge, was out in the first corner incident © Mick Herring

Rosen Daskalov Sin R1 in the first race

and vice-versa but Jim had no answer for the speed of the versatile youngster, finishing 2.5 seconds adrift.

The speed of this duo saw them finish 38.5 seconds of GTC class winner Darren Nelson's Ferrari 458.

A good end to a good year's racing and a portent to what we may expect next year as the organisers announce that they will extend the endurance race to 50 minutes next season.

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Family Ferrari’s Peter and Shamus Jennings

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Race 2 winner Marcus Clutton Chevron GR8 GT4 © Mick Herring

GTA Champion Jeff Wyatt BMW © Mick Herring

GT Cup Champion Jim Geddie in the McLaren MP4-12C won the first race © Mick Herring

Chris Dockerill Ferrari 430 Scuderia

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Payne/Bearman Ginetta G50 goes leaf collecting at Oulton Park

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Masters All Series Oulton Park 25th October 2014.

By Mick Herring.

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Wilds/Guglielmi BMW CSL GTO won the race

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seconds.

Gardiner's TVR, having briefly been lead by Steve Dance's Capri regained its third place and was maintained by Dan Cox to the flag.

Hudson/Sadler Lotus Elite

Graham ‘Skid’ Scarborough 5th in the Ford Capri

A final 2014 race for the Masters All Series featured a nonchampionship race for Pre-66 GTs, 70s Celebration and Pre-66 Touring Cars. With a duration of 50 minutes it would prove to be a test of stamina for both cars and drivers.

The initial lead went to the fleet Ford escort RS1800 of Mark Wright and Dave Coyne with the spectacular BMW CSL GTO of former Grand Prix driver Mike Wilds, shared with former TVR Tuscan champion Steve Guglielmi.

Pursuing the Escort for the lead with the close attendance of Mike Gardiner's 1965 TVR Griffith throughout, himself having to deal with the Ford Capri of Steve Dance.

Mike's TVR, shared with Lotus Cortina expert, Dan Cox, fresh from its build up after many years of being unraced is still a work in progress but a stunningly fast car at this stage.

Steve Guglielmi continued the pressure on the Wright/Coyne Escort and eventually passed it to take the race victory by 7 December 2014

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Gardiner/Cox TVR Griffth finished 3rd

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Wright/Coyne Ford Escort RS1800 was 2nd

Steve Dance Ford Capri finished 4th, 3rd in 70’s class © Mick Herring

Nicholas King was 11th in the Ford Mustang, winner of the Touring Cars class

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Keith Ahlers/Billy Bellinger Morgan SLR finished 9th, 2nd in GT

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VSCC Cotswold Trial 22nd November 2014.

staged on the famous hill climb course.

Trials are held on loose tracks or grass surfaces and the aim is to get as far up the hill as possible without slipping backwards.

Each hill is marked out with distance indicators so that the marshals can quickly identify how far along the course each competitors has achieved. The two main hills at Prescott are at the top of the Orchard car park, with a further hill utilising part of the hill climb course return road on the other side of the site and part of the top paddock. © Janet Wright

Mrs Jane Tomlinson in a Godfrey and Proctor Sports was 3rd in class

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

The final Trial in the Vintage Sports Car Club calendar for 2014 was the Cotswold Trial, based around the Bugatti Owners Club Prescott Hill climb course near Gloucester. The one day event © Simon Wright uses several local hills during the morning before returning to Prescott at lunch time. During the afternoon, the competitors got to tackle several hills within the confines of the Prescott venue, though none were Peter Walby Bugatti Brescia was 3rd in class December 2014

David Rolfe MG M Type

The first course at Prescott has a run up to a very steep incline, then a steep climb through the trees to the top of the hill. The second course was longer but not as steep, but included a stop/go box, where the car has to stop at the line, come to a complete standstill, then start off again without rolling backwards.

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Matt Johnston Austin 7 winner of the Harold Powell Cup and Inderwick Cup flew over the first ridge at Prescott

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Charlie Martin Ford Model A Phaeton

the afternoon progressed, the grass turned to mud, which soon turned to a muddy bog, making it very difficult for the later arrivals to actually complete either course. A few later drivers managed to complete both hills, but they were few and © Janet Wright far between.

This is one motorsport where weight is an advantage, and many of the cars will carry up to three passengers, who will bounce up and down to try and gain more traction through the mud. As many of the cars are open, the passengers also get a free mud bath!

There had been problems during the morning which had resulted in Hills 6 and 14 not being used and some competitors had not John Dobson Ford Model A 3rd in class December 2014

been able to attempt hill 8 due to a closure, which resulted in those competitors being given an average time for the hill.

The most popular car for this type of © Simon Wright event is the little Simon Price Ford Model A Special Austin 7 in its various forms such as the Chummy and Ulster.

A few Frazer Nash and Riley Nine models also proved popular while there is also a large contingent of the much larger, and heavier Ford Model A saloon and Tourer.

The clear and dominant winner was Matt Johnston in a 1928 Austin 7 747cc who had a score of 301 to win both the Harold Powell Cup and the Inderwick Cup. His nearest competitor © Simon Wright

Julian Ghosh in a Vauxhall Super G

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Mark Smith 1932 MG J2

Robert Gibson 1933 Austin 2 seater Sports

Christopher Batty Ford Phaeton 35A Tourer © Simon Wright

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Hugh Privett Ford Model A

Miss Rachel Williams Riley Special © Pete Austin

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Joseph Stollery Wolseley Hornet Special © Simon Wright

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Paul Tebbett Riley 9 Gamecock open 2 str Morris Wright 1929 Austin 7 December

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was Jonathan Mellor in another Austin 7 who scored 260 who also took the class win for the Short Wheelbase Modified and Special Cars class - Modified Post 1930. The winner of the Novice Class was awarded the Cotswold Cup which went to Miss Hannah Mycock who was driving a 1929 Riley Mk IV 1087cc who scored 220.

As usual with VSCC events, there is a complete class structure, © Pete Austin

Wheelbase Modified and Special cars class.

Dennis Bingham 1930 Ford Model A 3300cc Long Wheelbase Standard Cars.

Timothy Dutton 1930 Ford Model A 3300cc Long Wheelbase Modified and Special cars - Modified.

Steve White 1930 Riley Ford Special - Long Wheelbase Modified and Special cars class Special Christopher Williams Ford Model A © Simon Wright

Tom Dark 1930 MG M Type

allowing people to compete against similar cars, modified or standard, as well as for overall honours, and the following all won their respective classes: Tom Dark 1930 MG M Type - Novice class Modified.

Matthew Blake 1922 GN Vitesse 2 str - Short Wheelbase Standard Cars class.

Stephen Fathers 1929 Austin Abbot Special - Short Wheelbase Modified and Special Cars class - Modified pre 1930.

Simon Blakeney-Edwards 1929 Austin 7 Ulster replica - Short December 2014

Hicky Hickling Dodge Four

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Keith Hill Singer Junior Special © Simon Wright

Andy King 1936 MG TA © Pete Austin

Russell Hennessy 1924 Morris Bullnose

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Terry Gosling Austin 7 Sports Ulster Rep

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23rd Historic Sandown 2014 meeting 2014/15 MSC New Zealand F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series Round 1.

Sandown, Melbourne, Australia. 07-09 November 2014

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and Carrera Cup series frontrunner from Sydney blitzed the 18-strong field in qualifying on Saturday morning with a 1m06.92 opening lap then strolled to a comfortable win in the eight lap race.

Clark Proctor (March 73A/1) preserved kiwi honour with the second quickest time (1m9.1733) to join Tweedie on the front row of the grid from locals Paul Zazryn (Lola T332) and Bryan Sala (Matich A50), and kiwi Steve Ross (McRae GM1) – five different makes of F5000 car in the top five spots, the later three separated by less than 300th of a second.

The field only got as far as Historic Sandown round winner Tom Tweedie (#2) shares the front row on the warm-up lap with Clark Proctor (#57 March 73/1A) at Sandown.

Turn 1 in the opening race however before there was TWEEDIE DOMINATES MSC F5000 SERIES drama. In mid-field, the Matich of Monaco-based Philip OPENER AT SANDOWN Lewis contacted the Lola T332 of New Zealand’s Russell Young gun Tom Tweedie (Chevron B24) dominated the Greer, sending both off the road. opening round of the 2014/15 MSC Formula 5000 Tasman The Safety Car was required, and the race restarted at the end Revival Series at the annual Historic Sandown meeting in of the third lap.

Melbourne over the weekend, qualifying quickest and Unfazed, Tweedie put in a brief sprint, opening up a gap on winning two of the three class races. the field, before rolling it back and cruising to the line with The 26-year-old former Australian Formula 3 championship December 2014

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Ross.

The Dunedin driver got the jump on Tweedie at the start with much of the rest of the race run behind the Safety Car following a spectacular opening lap crash, at the end of Sandown’s long back straight, which saw the Lola T332 of top local driver Paul Zazryn spin and hit the outside safety barriers – fortunately rear first.

While the car was heavily damaged, Zazryn was unhurt.

The heat was restarted with just two laps to go and, in a close finish, Ross was able to keep the pressing Tweedie at bay.

Fortunately the main event was virtually incident-free, with © Fast Company/Darren Symonds

Melbourne driver Paul Zazryn (#24 Lola T332).

Ross - who had restarted in seventh after putting a wheel off the road in the lap one fracas - the big mover after snatching second with just over a lap to go, ahead of Zazryn, with Proctor, who had slowed significantly on the last lap, fourth.

Fifth, meanwhile, was former MSC series champion Ian Clements (Lola T332) ahead of a superb debut performance from Melbournian Peter Brennan, in the beautifully restored ex-Lella Lombardi Lola T330.

Bryan Sala was another to fade for seventh, from Bill Hemming (Elfin MR8) and David Arrowsmith (Lotus 70B), with Mike Glynn’s Elfin MR8 completing the top ten.

Sunday saw two more races, a qualifying heat in the morning and feature in the afternoon.

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Kiwi driver Clark Proctor (March 73/1A) was on the front row of the grid.

Tweedie getting the jump, racing to an early margin, and coming home some 15 seconds clear of a race-long battle for second, resolved on the last lap between kiwis Proctor and Ross in that order.

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Auckland driver, David Banks (Talon MR1)

The talking point of the race, though, was the charge, from seventh on the opening lap to fourth, by former Formula 5000 great Alfredo Costanzo (McLaren M10B).

Having missed Saturday’s race after blowing an engine on Friday, the three-time former Australia Drivers' Champion started at the back in the shortened morning heat, finished tenth, then in the main event worked his way one-by-one past the midfield cars, to finish a strong fourth.

Behind him at the finish were Dave Arrowsmith (Lotus 70B), Ian Clements (Lola T332), and Peter Brennan (Lola T330), while further back, the top ten was completed by a delayed Russell Greer (Lola T332), Bill Hemming (Elfin MR8) and Philip Lewis (Matich A50).

The MSC F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series is organised and run with the support of sponsors MSC, NZ Express Transport, Bonney's Specialized Bulk Transport, Mobil December 2014

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2014/15 MSC New Zealand F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series Rnd 1 23rd Historic Sandown 2014 meeting Sandown Melbourne Australia Fri-Sun Nov 07-09 2014 Race 1 Saturday 8 Laps 1. Tom Tweedie (Chevron B24) 11:41.6297 2. Steve Ross (McRae GM1) 11:45.6175 3. Paul Zazryn (Lola T332) 11:47.5273 4. Clark Proctor (March 73A/1) 11:57.2615 5. Ian Clements (Lola T332) 12:00.3695 6. Peter Brennan (Lola T330) 12:04.9912 7. Bryan Sala (Matich A50/51) 12:09.7904 8. Bill Hemming (Elfin MR8) 12:17.1363 9. David Arrowsmith (Lotus 70B) 12:22.5980 10. Mike Glynn (Elfin MRB-BC) 12:34.6701 11. Jay Bondini (Lola T332)12:34.9386 12. David Banks (Talon MR1) 12:41.2410 13. Russell Greer (Lola T332) 12:53.6796 DNF. Gregory Thornton (March 75A), Geoff Munday (Elfin MR5B), Chris Hocking (Matich A53), Philip Lewis (Matich A50) Race 2 Sunday 7 Laps 1. Steve Ross (McRae GM1) 13:13.2406 2. Tom Tweedie (Chevron B24) 13:13.3695 3. Clark Proctor (March 73 A/1) 13:13.7381 4. Ian Clements (Lola T332) 13:22.2605 5. David Arrowsmith (Lotus 70B) 13:23.2597 6. Peter Brennan (Lola T330) 13:23.9508 Page 65

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7. Bill Hemming (Elfin MR 8) 13:25.5566 8. David Banks (Talon MR1) 13:25.9966 9. Russell Greer (Lola T332) 13:28.2046 10. Alfredo Costanzo (McLaren M10B) 13:29.6239 11. Jay Bondini (Lola T332) 13:36.6734 12. Philip Lewis (Matich A50) 13:38.7439 13. Mike Glynn (Elfin MRB-BC) 13:38.9797 14. Geoff Munday (Elfin MR5B) 13:48.3740 DNF. Chris Hocking (Matich A53), Robert Harborow (Lola T192), Paul Zazryn (Lola T332) Race 3 8 laps Sunday 1. Tom Tweedie (Chevron B24) 9:10.6239 2. Clark Proctor (March 73 A/1) 9:25.2997 3. Steve Ross (McRae GM1) 9:25.6463 4. Alfredo Costanzo (McLaren M10B) 9:40.5829 5. David Arrowsmith (Lotus 70B) 9:41.3141 6. Ian Clements (Lola T332) 9:43.9469 7. Peter Brennan (Lola T330) 9:46.0630 December 2014

Sandown Race 1 Tom Tweedie Chevron B24 leads

8. Russell Greer (Lola T332) 9:53.1883 9. Bill Hemming (Elfin MR 8) 9:53.6817 10. Philip Lewis (Matich A50) 9:54.8488 11. David Banks (Talon MFR1) 10:09.9070 12. Jay Bondini (Lola T332) 10:24.5473 13. Mike Glynn (Elfin MRB-BC) 9:16.1764 14. Geoff Munday (Elfin MR5B) 9:28.5147 Page 66