Classic and Competition Car 57 June 2015 by Simon Wright

June 2015

Issue 57

Blancpain Endurance

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Contents Page 3 Page 8 Page 17 Page 20 Page 25 Page 30 Page 34 Page 38 Page 43 Page 47 Page 52 Page 57 Page 58 Page 63 Page 67 Page 75 Page 76

News. Donington Historic Festival. Dixie’s Historic Challenge Rally. Court Leet to Chateau Impney run. CSCC Late Spring Race Meeting. VSCC Speed Trials Curborough. British GT Rockingham. Worcester Motor Festival. Tour Ireland. HSCC International Trophy meeting Silverstone. Studebaker Owners Club Shakespeare Run. Studebaker Avanti GT Cup Donington Park. Benjafield Sprint, Goodwood. Blancpain Endurance Silverstone. Archive photo of the month. La Vie en Bleu hill climb, Prescott.

Front Cover. The Audi R8 LMS Ultra of Jean-Karl Vernay, Robin Frijins and Laurens Vanthoor at speed during the Blancpain Endurance race at Silverstone © Simon Wright. Check out our new updated WEB site at www.classicandcompetitioncar.com regularly for additional photo galleries, wall papers and other additional content and join our Facebook Group Classic and Competition Car. 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

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Our Team. Simon Wright - Editor. Simon has been photographing and reporting on motor races for many years. Served an engineering apprenticeship many years ago. Big fan of the Porsche 917 Pete Austin. Pete is the man for Historic racing, with an extensive archive of black and white images covering the last few decades of motorsport in Britain. Very keen on BRM. Mick Herring Mick's first love is GT racing, including Historic, especially the Lola T70. Has an extensive knowledge of all things GT. Janet Wright. Janet has been taking photographs for many years, and is also very skilled in video. She likes Aston Martins. Lucy Owen-Moczadlo. Lucy runs Jucy Rally Photography and joins us to expand our rally coverage. She loves anything to do with Subarus and even tries her hand at a bit of autotesting in her modified Proton.

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Editorial. The first of the major historic events has taken place, the Donington Historic Festival, and it proved to be a big success over the three days of the Bank Holiday weekend. With plenty of fine racing, Rally and Kart demonstrations on the Melbourne loop and classic cars displayed on the in-field, it has got the historic events off to a flying start for 2015.

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Citroen conquer the Nurburgring. The FIA World Touring Car Championship made its much anticipated visit to the Nurburgring in May for what was expected to be one of the highlights of the season. It proved to be another success for Citroen when in the first race the Citroen C-Elysee WTCCs scored a 1-2-3 result with Jose Maria Lopez winning from Sebastien Loeb and Yvan Muller. Despite the reverse grid for race 2, Yvan Muller managed to win with Jose Maria Lopez in second place.

Charlie Butler-Henderson enjoyed his first race win for sixteen years in his F56 Mini, the Gen 3 cars allowed in for the first time this year. Charlie, brother of well known television presenter and racing driver in her own right, Vicki ButlerHenderson last won a race in the Dunlop Marcos Challenge in 1999. © Mick Herring

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Coventry Record attempt on hold. The attempt to break the Guinness World record for the largest parade of classic cars in Coventry on the 14th June 2015 has been put on hold to give classic car owners more time to sign up. The event is being organised by Coventry Transport Museum and Footman James with support from Jaguar Heritage and the Ricoh arena has already signed up over 1,000 cars, more than half the amount required to smash the current World record, held by Mexico. Organisers are delighted with the fantastic response they have already received from classic car owners and have taken the decision to postpone the attempt until they have enough entries to break the current World record by giving classic car owners more time to sign up. Everyone who has registered will be kept informed of developments over the coming weeks, and once there are sufficient people registered, a new date will be set for the attempt © Simon Wright and further details announced. The Records are for the largest parade of classic cars, and the largest parade of Jaguar cars. Over 2000 classic cars are needed to take part. The current record for the largest parade of classic cars stands at 1,674 vehicles in Mexico City in 2014, whilst the largest parade of Jaguar cars is currently held by the organisers of the Silverstone Classic who got 767 ETypes in a parade round Silverstone circuit in 2011. The route of the parade must be at least 2 miles in length in order to meet Guinness World Record rules, so it will start at the Ricoh Arena and will include part of the Cities famous inner ring road. All cars taking part must be at least 30 years old and must be presented with its original registration documents on the day of the event. For further information and to register click here to go to the web site https://2b1a04.campgn3.com/World-Record-Registration June 2015

The Car’s the Star. Seen at La Vie en Bleu, this Citroen 2CV starred in the Hollywood film RED 2 with Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren and John Malkovitch. Two cars were built with 1100cc BMW bike engines for a company that supplies action vehicles. After filming was finished, the damaged cars were bought by the current owner. One was scrapped, but the other is still competing after 2 years, even though it is rough and ready and no money has been spent on it yet. The owner plans to rebuild the car as a more useful track day/hill climb car later this year. The Car has its own Facebook page, has two popular videos on YouTube and Vimeo and has been featured in motoring blogs all around the World. It is road legal and used on a daily basis. It was driven by Pete Sparrow (pictured) to 3rd place in class 6 for Pre 1972 Saloon and Sports Cars with a time of 56.03 seconds. The car is also shared with Jim Henshaw who did a 62.39 second run. Page 4

Henry Neal has a smashing time at Donington Contesting the Power Maxed Mini Challenge Cooper category this year is 19 year old Henry Neal, son of three-times BTCC Championship winner, Matt and twin brother of Will Neal. Having done a selection of races in the Scottish Legends during 2014, his day at Donington Park on the 26th April would end in disappointment with a race stopping, dramatic roll at the Old Hairpin. In the opening race of the Challenge on Saturday he had finished in eighth place.

Rare Lotus models at CPOP This years Cholmondeley Pageant of Power will witness the first ever parade of all production Lotus models ever manufactured on Friday 12th June 2015. Also included will be this unique one off, Ian Walker aluminium bodied Lotus Elan. It was built to order for Swiss businessman Hermann Huber, the road car was based on the race version, driven by Sir Jackie Stewart to a class victory in the 1964 Montlhery Prix de Paris © Geoff Robinson

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Young driver Zach Zammit had travelled over with his family from Malta, where he was crowned hill climb champion in 2012, to compete in the MAC’s Speed into Spring event at Shelsley Walsh and admitted to being “overwhelmed” not only with the venue itself but the wonderful welcome from officials and fellow competitors alike, culminating in the fact that his mother was invited to hand out the awards at the end of the meeting presentation ceremony. Driving the brand new Empire racing car, built by Bill Chaplin in Somerset, Zach took third place in the 1600cc racing car class, being closely pipped by local fast lady Tina Hawkes in her Force PC, who herself lost out by a mere 2/100ths of a second to class winner and racing car constructor Steve Owen, in the works OMS 28. Page 5

Turbine bike blasts up Prescott.

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Demonstrated at La Vie en Bleu at Prescott, World land speed record holder Zef Eisenberg showed off his Turbine bike which holds the Land Speed record for a turbine bike with a speed of 224.9 mph set at Elvington on the 16th-17th August 2014. It is also classified as the Worlds fastest Street Fighter as it is completely road legal, including lights, indicators and a horn. The turbine engine makes it sound like a helicopter and it is made in Guernsey. Although it is used on the roads round Guernsey, it only has one gear, set by the front and rear sprocket which decides the top speed.

Terry Nicholls makes another return. Seventy year old Terry Nicholls made another return to racing at the Classic and Sports Car Club Late Spring race meeting at Silverstone over the weekend of the 9th and 10th May 2015. Terry made his original racing debut at Goodwood in 1962, and is probably best known for his exploits in the Gatrac modified Ford Capri Mk 3 with a 3.4 litre Cosworth GA engine in the Mid 80s to Mid 90s where it was a race winner in the BARC Wendy Wools Special Saloon series in 1984. This was after a 10 year break from racing. Now he has returned with a replica of the TOMS Toyota Supra to compete in the CSCC Special Saloon and Modsports race. The Toyota has taken 3 years to prepare and is a clone of the TOMS works Toyota Supra Mk4 from the early 90s and is fitted with a 3 litre, Six Cylinder 450 Bhp turbo charged engine. After qualifying 11th he finished 8th in both races. Page 6

Rare multimillion Ferraris to exclusively go on display at Chateau Impney. Two rare Ferraris, which are due to be sold to raise funds for the RNLI, will make their only public appearance ahead of their October auction as part of the Chateau Hill Climb Concours d’Elegance this July. The multimillion-pound 1960 Ferrari 250 GT SWB and 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 are from the estate of the late Richard Colton, a renowned British V12 Ferrari collector who left the generous legacy to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution in his will. Motorsport enthusiasts attending the Chateau Impney Hill Climb on 11 and 12 July will have the unique opportunity to see the highly original cars up close as part of the event’s exclusive Concours d’Elegance ahead of the sale at auction in October by specialist auctioneers H&H Classics. Only 167 of the 1960 Ferrari 250 GT short-wheelbase (SWB) Berlinetta chassis 1995 GT were ever made, with just ten supplied new to the UK market. The model was unveiled at the Paris Salon in 1959 and today is on many experts’ list as one of the ‘most beautiful cars in the world’. It is also one of the most valuable, joining the 250 Testa Rossa and 250 GTO in the multimillion-pound club, making it a ‘must-have’ for any serious Ferrari collector. Mr Colton bought his Ferrari 250 GT in the late 1970s and registered it as ‘574 NOT’, enjoying many impromptu trips to the continent, including the Ferrari 50th Anniversary celebrations at Maranello in June 1997. Also included in the Concours d’ Elegance is a 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 chassis (10177 GT) which began life as the Maranello Concessionaires demonstrator and was driven extensively throughout the UK and Europe by Colton. The Ferrari 275 model is considered by many to be the ultimate front-engined, Enzo-era Ferrari road car. Similar to its matching number, the Ferrari model made its debut in Paris and just 350 of the cars were ever made, with only 27 supplied to the UK. Both cars will exclusively feature in Chateau Impney’s June 2015

Concours d’Elegance on 11 and 12 July as part of the weekendlong Hill Climb, promising a host of motorsport action from pre-1967 marques including the 100-year-old, 28-litre Fiat S76, better known as the ‘Beast of Turin, and more than half the world’s remaining pre-war ERAs. The line-up also includes everything from Bugattis, Aston Martins, Jaguars and Mini Coopers to unusual one-offs such as the GN Caesar Special. Hill Climb spectators will have the opportunity to view the rare Ferraris ahead of their sale, together with exceptional vehicles including the Bentley Blower No 5 and a Jaguar XJ220. And, while Concours d’Elegance winners are usually chosen by a team of judges, this time the victor will be voted for by the spectators as well as by fans on Facebook and Twitter – the first time that social media voting will have been used for judging a Concours competition. Tickets for the Chateau Impney Hill Climb are on sale now and start from £20 per adult. Children under 16 go free with a paying adult. Any online ticket purchases made before Tuesday 30 June will receive a 10 per cent discount. To find out more, visit www.chateauimpneyhillclimb.com

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Donington Historic Festival, Donington Park. 2nd-4th May 2015.

By Simon & Janet Wright with additional photos by Pete Austin, Mick Herring and Syd Wall.

Winner of both HSCC Historic Formula 2 FIA International Series races was Darwin Smith in his March 722

Now in its fifth year, the Donington Historic Festival continues to grow in stature and popularity. Running over all three days of the May Day Holiday weekend, the event encompasses the entire spectrum of historic motor sport on track. From the glamorous Grand Prix cars in the HGPCA Pre-61 and Pre-66 series, Historic Formula 2 and Formula Junior single seaters, through to the endurance of the sports racing and GT cars with © Syd Wall the 1000kms for 1964-1971 World Sportscar Championship cars race going in to the evening on the Saturday of the event. Add in the GT & Sports Car Cup race, pre-56 Sports cars and Pre-66 GT Historic Karting demonstration June 2015

cars, plus various historic Touring Car races and the new Jaguar Heritage Challenge, and you can see that every category of historic circuit racing was covered. Away from the track, there were historic and Group B rally car demonstrations round the Melbourne loop along side historic Karting displays. There was a new track layout for these demonstrations, with the cars starting this © Pete Austin year from the Exhibition Hall, rather than the bottom end of the paddock. There was also the chance to see some of the cars close up in the Exhibition Hall. As in previous years, the centre of the circuit was used by Historic Grand Prix display - Vanwall and transporter

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Will Mitcham U2 Mk2 won both Formula Junior Front Engined races while Richard Ellingworth takes a trip through the gravel in his Gemini Mk2

Jaguar line up on the infield

car clubs to display all kinds of classic cars, from Austin Healey sports cars through Jaguar and Lotus to Z series Datsun’s. Finally in the lunch breaks, there were demonstration runs by various historic Grand Prix cars. © Pete Austin

Historic F1 Demonstration - Alastair Davidson - Toleman TG184 Hart

The racing was started by the first of two races for the Silverline Historic Formula Junior front engined cars and saw an easy victory in both races for Will Micham in the U2 Mk2. Moving up in power and forward in time to the most modern single seaters on the programme, the HSCC Historic Formula 2 FIA International series also had two races over the weekend. Darwin Smith in the March 722 led from Pole to flag June 2015

in the first race, chased by James Hanson in a Chevron B42, while Andrew Smith finished 3rd in a newer Formula Atlantic March 79B to win his class. The final class winner was Robert Simac in his 1600cc Formula 2 March 712M who finished 6th overall. The second race again saw Smith lead every lap to win by nearly 8 seconds, this time from Andrew Smith in the Formula Atlantic March 79B, beating Marc Piercy in to 3rd place in his Formula 2 Lola T360. Robert Simac also made it two class wins in a row for the 1600cc Formula 2 cars in his March 712M, again in 6th © Pete Austin place overall. Continuing up the order, the next race was for the HGPCA Pre’61 and Pre’66 Grand Prix cars. Jon Fairley took Pole position in Pre 61 and 66 Grand Prix Cars - Klaus Lehr - Maserati 250F Page 9

GTSCC - Halusa & Halusa - Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta

Guillermo Fierro Maserati 250F has a spin at Roberts

Ingram/Chiles snr and jnr Chevron B8 head a Chevron train in the 1000km for 64-71 World Sportscar © Simon Wright

Historic VW Beetle on the Rally Stage © Syd Wall

HGPCA pre61 & pre66 Grand Prix field with Clive Wilson Cooper T43 in front

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The Bryant AC Cobra through Roberts

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the Brabham BT11, but it was Peter Horsman who won the first race in the Lotus 18 after taking the lead on lap 14, with Fairley finishing in 2nd place after leading the first two thirds of the race. On the Sunday evening for race 2, Fairley made sure he won the second race by taking the lead on lap 2 when Horsman retired the Lotus. The Brabham BT11 finished over 5 seconds ahead of Will Nutall in a Cooper T53 and Barry Cannell in a Cooper T51. The rear engined Formula Junior race is often like watching the period Grand Prix cars, as the style of car is almost a reproduction of the ‘new’ rear engined Grand Prix cars of the period. Sam Wilson won both races in his Lotus 20/22 with Jonathon Hughes in a Brabham BT6 2nd and 3rd and Andrew Hibberd 2nd in race two with Sam Smeeth in a Lotus 22 3rd in race one. The final race on Saturday was a two and a half hour race in to

1000km World Sportscar Race - Start

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Winners Ward & Gibson Broadley Lola T70 3B in 1000 km race

dusk for the ‘1,000km’ race for 1964 to 1971 World Sports Car Championship Sports, Touring and GT cars. Many consider this to be the golden age of endurance racing with some of the fastest sports cars ever built to compete in these events. It was not a very large entry, dominated by more than half the field by the Chevron B8. There were three Lola T70s, a couple of Ford GT40s, a Porsche Carrera RSR and an Elva Mk8. The Broadley Lola T70 3B of Paul Gibson and Chris Ward started a wet race from Pole position and was leading after the first hour. By the end of the second hour, they had dropped to 3rd behind Leo Voyazides and Simon Hadfield in another Lola T70 Mk3B and the Chevron B8 of Andrew Kirkaldy and Martin O’Connell, but by the end of the race, the winners were Ward and Gibson in the Broadley Lola T70 3B from Voyazides and Hadfield in the similar Lola T70 Mk 3B and in 3rd overall and winning their class was Kirkaldy and O’Connell. The Ford GT40 of Peter Wright and Andy Wolfe was 6th overall to win their class, and the final class winners were bothers Mark and James Bates in the Porsche Carrera RSR. After wet practice on Sunday morning, the afternoon sun came out for the races which started with the GT & Sports Car Cup

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Vauxhall Chevette 2300 HSR on the Rally Stage © Janet Wright

Winner Peter Horsman Lotus 18 HPPCA Pre61 & Pre66 Grand Prix Cars

GTSCC Warburton & Newall - Jaguar E Type lead Wakeman & Blakeney-Edwards - Lister Costin Coupe

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Fisken/Verdon-Roe Jaguar E-Type GTSCC © Janet Wright

Mahmoud/Audi/Mahmoud Lola T70 Mk 3 Coupe had a spin in practice

Klaus Bergs Brabham BT36 F2

Spiers Ford Lotus Cortina U2TC for pre66

The Bryant AC Cobra in GTSCC race Part of the lunch time parade

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for pre-66 GT and Sports cars, making their debut at the Donington Historic Festival. This race had a large entry of mainly classic British sports cars such as the Jaguar E-Type and the Austin Healey 3000, with a few exotic cars added to the mix, like a Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta, a Porsche 356A Super and a Shelby Mustang 350GT. Pole position for the one and a half hour race went to Leo Voyazides and Simon Hadfield in an AC Cobra Daytona Coupe, who went on to win the race by almost a whole lap ahead of the AC Cobra of Oliver and Graham Bryant with Wood and Nuthall 3rd in a Lister Jaguar. After some demonstration displays over the lunch break, the Pre-66 Under 2 litre Touring Cars had a one hour race which saw Andrew and Max Banks take a clear victory of over 18 seconds ahead of Jackie Oliver and Richard Shaw in the class winning BMW 1800 Ti/SA who were followed home by five Ford Lotus Cortina’s. The other class winners were Jonathan Procter and Joe Twyman in their Austin Mini Cooper S in 10th place. After the second front engined Formula Junior race, it was time for the one hour RAC Woodcote Trophy for pre-56 sportscars which saw the Cooper Jaguar T33 of Chris Ward and John Young on Pole position after a wet qualifying session. In the dry race it was the Jaguar D-Type of Carlos Monteverde and Gary Pearson that took the lead from the second row. There was quite a battle between Ward and Frederic Wakeman who was sharing the CooperT38 with Patrick Blakeney-Edwards until Ward pitted and Young didn’t come out as the car was loosing water and overheating. This left victory to Wakeman and Blakeney-Edwards in the Cooper from Monteverde and Pearson, who were struggling with a fading diff on the D-Type Jaguar. Following the second Formula 2 race, it was the HRDC History of the BTCC 1958-1966 that took to the track with another large entry. The forty five minute race saw a win for June 2015

Nyblaeus/Welch Austin Healey 3000 GTSCC © Syd Wall

The Frankel Ford Falcon in the wet practice HRDC History of the BTCC 1958-66

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Mustang, 12th placed Mike and Andrew Jordan in a Austin A40, Ding Boston in the OUMF Riley 1.5, 21st placed Roz Shaw and Chas Matthews in an Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint and 23rd placed Simon Drabble in a Jaguar Mk2. After the second F1 race for pre61 and pre66 Grand Prix cars, it © Simon Wright

Stephen Bond Lotus 18 HGPCA Pre61 & pre66 Grand Prix Andrew & Mike Jordan Austin A40 in the HRDC History of the BTCC 1958-66

the Ford Mustang of Michael Whitaker and Eugene O’Brien from the Ford Falcon of Mike Gardiner and Niki Faulkner. The other class winners were 3rd placed Richard Dutton in a Ford Lotus Cortina, 7th placed Richard and Michael Squires in a Ford © Syd Wall

was back to Touring cars for the first of two races of the weekend for the HSCC Super Touring Car Trophy for touring cars from the Group A and Super Touring era. Paul Smith put his Audi A4 on pole position from Patrick Watts in his Peugeot 406, but it was Watts that took the chequered flag first from Stewart Whyte in a Honda Accord and Neil Smith in an Alfa Romeo 156, while the second race on the Bank Holiday Monday saw the first two positions reversed with Whyte gaining the victory over Watts with Smith 3rd again. The rear engined Formula Juniors finished the days track action © Syd Wall

Cleland Vauxhall Vectra leads the pack in the HSCC Super Touring Car Trophy

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Jaguar XJR 15 demo laps at lunch time

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with their second race. Bank Holiday Monday saw the final day of the Festival with some more new races for the event, with morning qualifying followed by more lunch time Formula 1 demonstrations. The action started after lunch with a 50 minute race for the Historic Touring Car Challenge for pre-86 Touring Cars. This had many of the fans favourite Touring cars, like the TWR Rover Vitesse put on pole position by Steve Soper and John Young, but they only managed 14 laps before retiring. Victory went to Steve Dance in his Ford Capri who was almost a lap ahead of the entire field. It was Tom Pochciol in another Ford Capri who was © Pete Austin

RAC Woodcote Trophy - Lap 1

second while Watts and Nick Swift took the last place on the podium in little MG Metro Turbo, with all three winning their classes. The other class winners were Allen Tice and Chris Conoley in a BMW 2002 in 5th, Jonathan White and John Bussell in 8th with their Rover Vitesse, the Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV of Glynn Allen and Roberts in 10th, Tom Pead in 11th in a BMW 1600Ti and finally 12th placed Crofton took the Invititation class in his Datsun 240Z. This was followed by the first round of the new HSCC Jaguar Heritage Challenge for pre-66 Jaguars. It was great to see so June 2015

The Lister Costin Coupe and the Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta

many Jaguar E-Types on track at the same time, plus add in a few XK120s, C and D Types and Mk 1 saloons made for a stunning visual treat. The race proved to be a benefit for O’Connell and Kirklady who took pole position and the race win. Eastwick in a D-Type, Binfield in an E-Type, Scholey and Finburgh in an XK120, Barclay in a Mk1 and Lockie and English in an XK120 all won their respective claases. The Vintage boys © Simon Wright were next out on track for the Mad Jack race for pre war sports cars. Friedrichs was in pole position in his Alvis Speed 20 SA but retired on lap 4. Wakeman and Blakeney-Edwards took a decisive win in the Frazer Nash Super Sports by almost 7 seconds from class winner Pilkington driving a Talbot T26 SS. The other two class winners were 4th placed Lliffe driving Vauxhall Astra GTE Rally car on the special stage section Page 15

Monteverde/Pearson Jaguar E-Type GTSCC

a Riley Kestrel Sports and 6th placed Hudson and Morley in a Bentley 3/4 1/2. The Stirling Moss Trophy for pre-61 sports cars was a one hour race which saw the Lotus 15 of Grahame and Oliver Bryant on pole position, but it was Minshaw and Keen that took victory in the Lister Knobbly from Ward in a Lister Costin and Fisken and Verdon Roe in a Ferrari 246S. The Bryant Lotus was a class winner in 4th joined by Bellinger and Ahlers in a Lola Mk1 Prototype in 6th, Dion and Gabriel Kremer in 7th driving a Lotus 17, 13th placed Edwards in a Rejo Mk4 and finally 18th placed Gordon in a Jaguar XK150. The meeting was closed with a 45 minute HRDC ‘Touring Greats’ for pre-60 Touring Cars race. Gordon and Meaden claimed pole position in an Alfa Romeo Guiletta Ti just a tenth of a second from Mike and Andrew Jordan in their little Austin A40, but it was the A40 that took the final win of the Donington Historic Festival for 2015 with Meaden and Gordon winning their class in 2nd. The large field was split in to many different classes, and the other class winners were Butterfield and Dorlin in 4th driving a Jaguar Mk 1, Soper and Harrison in a Volvo Amazon in 5th, Wheelwright and Davis in a Ford Corsair in 11th, Lillywhite in an Austin A35 Academy in 13th,and Mark and Andrew Cross in 16th in a Morris Minor Bluebell. This drew to a close another successful Donington Historic Festival. June 2015

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Class winning Davrian T90 of Huw Reed and Anthony Hackett finished 6th overall

Winner of the Dixie’ Historic Challenge - Elfion Thomas and Peter Evans Ford Escort

South Wales AC - Dixie’s Historic Challenge 2015. 3rd May 2015. Photos by Lucy Owen-Moczadlo. The first Dixie’s Historic Challenge tarmac rally took place this year using the Epynt Ranges in South Wales in changeable and challenging weather conditions including rain and fog. The event was over 10 stages covering approximately 40 miles with only 20 miles on road between stages, making for a very © Lucy Owen-Moczadlo

1st overall Phil Turner and Simon Anthony Mitsubishi Evo 9

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compact event. There were classes for both modern and historic rally cars, but the overall winner would be a historic car. It was the second round of the HRCR Mintex ‘old STAGER’ Historic Rally Championship incorporating the Mini Sport Mini Challenge and the HRCR Imp Cup. After 45 miles of high speed rally action it was Phil Turner and Simon Anthony who came home 1st overall in their Mitsubishi Evo 9, but they were not eligible for the Overall Rally award as modern cars were not eligible for the outright win. In 2nd overall was Terry Brown and Den Golding in a Ford Escort The old STAGERS victory was taken by Elfion Thomas and Peter © Lucy Owen-Moczadlo

4th placed Llyr Jones/ Jason Davies Ford Escort

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ÂŠ Lucy Owen-Moczadlo

Simon Malins/ Colin Tombs Martin Group replica Vauxhall Firenza got to the finish after a problem on the start line of stage 4

Evans in a Ford Escort, who finished 9th overall and Category Two winners. Category One of the old STAGER Championship was won by Shane Gamble and Jonny Evans in a hired Austin June 2015

Mini Cooper and Category Three was won by father and son team of Stuart and Jack Anderson in a Vauxhall Chevette. Page 18

Terry Brown/ Den Golding Ford Escort finished 2nd overall and 1st in class © Lucy Owen-Moczadlo

Chris Lloyd/ Rhys Jones Ford Escort were 5th overall and won their class © Lucy Owen-Moczadlo

Vauxhall Chevette HSR of Stuart Anderson/ Jack Anderson won Category 3 of the old STAGER Rally.

3rd place obias Adam/ Hu Kent Ford Escort, class winners

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Shane Gamble/ Jonny TAD Evans Austin Mini Cooper won Category 1 of the old STAGER event

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ÂŠ Simon Wright

Court Leet and Chateau Impney Tour. 4th May 2015. By Simon & Janet Wright, with additional photos by Syd Wall

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ÂŠ Janet Wright

back to Stratford to display their vehicles in the centre of the town. The round trip also included an optional watersplash through a ford which could be bypassed if desired. With the hill climb course recently resurfaced, it was not yet marked off like it will be for the Hill Climb event in July. Unfortunately, the navigational skills of many of the vehicles seemed to go astray upon entering the grounds of Chateau ÂŠ Simon Wright

Over the May Day holiday weekend, Chateau Impney saw lots of classic cars tackle the new hill climb course two months prior to the revival hill climb event in July. This was not however, a timed competitive event, but a sedate tour coming from the Stratford Motoring Festival. Having left Stratford upon Avon early in the morning, the cars arrived at a sunny Chateau Impney at Droitwich for a leisurely drive around the new hill climb course and a stop for light refreshments before heading ÂŠ Syd Wall

Impney and although the road book did indicate the correct route to traverse, the vast majority of vehicles got it wrong and ended up in the hotel car park before running the correct route. Eventually every one managed to negotiate the course and pass in front of the imposing hotel structure, with some of the crews taking the opportunity to stop and take a photograph of their vehicle in such spectacular surroundings. With the grounds relatively empty on the Bank Holiday Monday, it seemed strange to think that in a couple of months time, in July, there will be many other people enjoying the sights and June 2015

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sounds of motorsport in this beautiful setting. The range of vehicles on the run was interesting, with many people bringing out open top sports cars in the nice weather. There was a very old Land Rover, and a Morris Minor sporting some very patriotic flags. The first car to arrive over the bridge © Simon Wright after the start line, was a nice red MG TF sports car leading an Austin Healey 3000 Mk III running together. They were followed shortly by an early Rover P4 75 Cyclops. British classic June 2015

cars seemed the most popular, with Jaguar, Triumph, MG and Austin/ Morris all well represented. The cars were not restricted to just home built models, with Porsche and Ferrari and at least a couple of American Muscle cars plus various Mazda MX5 sports cars. A group of Lotus sports cars arrived together and stopped for a photograph in front of the chateau. This run showed that the venue is ideal for motoring events. For more details on the hillclimb in July see their web site at www.chateauimpneyhillcli mb.com

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Late Spring Race Meeting, CSCC. Silverstone 9th-10th May 2015. By Simon & Janet Wright.

Michael and Kallum Gray who managed to hold the lead until lap 9 when Tomlin got back in front again and stayed there until the chequered flag.Another nimble Lots Elan finished in 2nd place driven by John and Tom Bradshaw, while the very small 1 litre Ginetta G4 of Winchester and Mallard finished an amazing 3rd overall. The CSCC Gold Arts Magnificent Sevens series based on the Lotus 7 design saw a combined grid of Group 1 up to 185 bhp and Group 2 over 185 bhp. After a 40 minute race it was Peter © Janet Wright

David Tomlin Lotus Elan leads Peter Tognola Porsche 911

The Classic Sports Car Club held their Late Spring meeting at Silverstone at the beginning of May with an interesting selection of races. After some rain, heavy at times during practice on the Saturday morning, the racing got underway on a drying track, with a few quite wet areas, with a 60 minute race including pit stop, for the Classic K series. This is for pre 1966 GT and Touring cars running to Appendix K (no sports racers). The large field was split in to nine different classes based on engine size and also including a class for Jaguar E-Types, another for Marcos, Elan and Ginetta G4 Pre-cross-flow, and a final class for MGB.Pole man David Tomlin grabbed the initial lead in his Lotus Elan but was soon passed by the Jaguar E-Type of

Will & Bill Stephens Caterham R400 cuts the curb to challenge Charles Holroyd Caterham CSR

Ratcliff in a Caterham C400 2300 who emerged as the winner from Danny Winstanley in a Caterham R300 2300 and Tom Eden in a third Caterham CSR Cosworth 2300. First of the Category one cars was Steve Owen in 16th place driving a Caterham 7 Blackbird 1299. The Swinging Sixties Series Group 1 race saw Adam Cunnington on pole position in his Austin Healey Sprite 1380 © Simon Wright

Nigel Winchester and Chas Mallard had a quick spin in the Ginetta G4

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Lotus Elan of John & Tom Bradshaw 3 wheeling it

Richard Carter Caterham R300 Superlight runs wide at Brooklands

Didier Benaroya Ferrari Modial T Cabriolet © Janet Wright

Johnson Lotus Europa Twin Cam ahead of Watt Lotus Elan Swinging Sixties Group 2

Andy Toone Caterham 7 R400 © Simon Wright

Thomas Ford Capri Mk1 ahead of Hodges Lotus 7 Series 2

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which he would have converted in to a possible victory but he was given a 2 minute 30 second penalty for not stopping for the correct amount of time for his pit stop as per series regulations. This dropped him to 5th overall instead of 2nd on the road. This left Mark Davies and Alex Montgomery in a Ford Cortina Mk1 with a 22 second lead over Tim Cairns in his Austin Healey Frogeye Sprite 1380 and Matthew and Julian Howell in 3rd place in their Austin Mini 1380. © Janet Wright

Tim Walker Ferrari 328 GTB in the Ferrari Formula Classic race

The Perelli Ferrari Formula Classic was the first series out on Saturday with another race on Sunday. The field was an even mix of Ferrari 308 GTB and 328 GTB with a few other models added to the mix. The series is designed for pre 1990 models but excludes turbocharged cars like the 288 GTO and the F40. © Simon Wright

Fisk (30) spins his Ferrari 328 GTB into Brooklands while Everingham (12) avoids

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David Tomlin took victory after starting from Pole position in his Ferrari 308 GTB from Gary Culver in his class winning Ferrari 328 Richard Fenny Ferrari 308 GT4 GTB. Tim Walker in a Ferrari 328 GTB won his class for standard cars over 3 litres in 5th overall while William Moorwood was the final class winner in 16th overall in another Ferrari 308 GT4. The second race on Sunday was identical with Tomlin and Culver first and second again. Peter Everingham in a Ferrari 328 GTB took the class win in the standard cars over 3 litre class in 4th overall, while Moorwood again took a class win finishing last © Janet Wright on the road. The high-light for many people, the Special Saloons and Modsports also had a race both days. Matt Moore put his RSR Escort 2000 on pole position in the damp qualifying session on Saturday morning. The first race was held on Saturday afternoon in dry conditions, with a 15 lap sprint round the National circuit. By the time the cars reached Brooklands on the first lap, it Matt Moore 2 litre RSR Escort had pole for the was the Peugeot 309 GTi Special saloon race

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Turbo of Danny Morris which was in the lead from Moore in the Escort. The order remained the same to the flag, with Morris winning by just over 8 seconds. Ian Danny Morris won the Special Saloon race in the Peugeot Stapleton came 3rd 309 GTi Turbo in his 3.8 litre Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV6, winning the 1501cc to 2100cc class by virtue that normally aspirated steel chassis and bodied cars may move down a class for 2015, to help equal performance with space framed cars. 9th placed Tony Paxman in a 2 litre Ford Escort Mk 1 was the winner of the 1041cc-1500cc class, again moving down a class. The final class winner was Paul Chase-Gardener in his 2.3 litre Old Nail Vauxhall Firenza, who in 11th place was the 2101 to 6000 cc class winner. Sundays race saw a rearranging of the Saturday order, with Moore taking the win in the Ford Escort, Stapleton was 2nd in the

Paul Chase-Gardener Vauxhall Firenza Old Nail

The last race on Saturday was the Group 2 race of the CSCC Swinging Sixties series. Steve Hodges was on Pole position in his Lotus 7 Series 2. In the race Hodges could only make 3rd place, though he did win his class. The winner was Raymond Barrow in his 5.7 litre Chevrolet Camaro from Richard Plant in a 3.5 litre Morgan Plus 8. Ben Gough and Iain Daniels finished 4th in their Marcos 3 litre to win their class. The other class winner © Simon Wright

Terry Nicholls Toyota Supra Mk4

Alfa Romeo and second driver Ricky Parker-Morris came third in the Peugeot 309 GTi Turbo. Moore and Stapleton both won thier classes again, while the other class winner Paxman again in 7th overall. June 2015

Raymond Barrow Chevrolet Camaro Swinging Sixties Group 2

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Ian Stapleton Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV6 in the Special Saloon race

was 15th placed Norman Davidson-Kelly in a 3.8 litre E-Type. Sunday saw the CSCC New Millennium race won by Tim Davis in a TVR Tuscan from Barry O’Neill and Andrew Szymanski in their class winnning BMW M3 Evo E36. The other class winners were 8th placed Black and Bailye in a Mazda MX5, 9th placed Sam Allpass and Lee Ryan Atkins in a BMW M3 CSL, Nik Barton in 10th driving a Seat Leon and 13th placed Andy Napier in a Lotus S1 Elise. The Advantage Motorsport Future Classics race was won by Bill and Howard Lancashire in their TVR Tuscan from Matthew Wurr in a Morgan Plus 8 R. The other class winners were 4th placed Nicholas Olson in a Lotus Esprit S3, 5th placed Matthew Lewis in a 3.5 litre Marcos Mantula, 9th placed Brian Robinson in a Porsche 944 S2 and David Bryant driving a Toyota MR2 MKII in 22nd. The CSCCTin Tops with MS Society & Dunlop Puma Cup race saw an easy win for Tom Mensley in his Renault Clio 172 who was over 16 seconds clear of the 2nd place, class winning Honda Civic Type R of Mark Livens. Andrew Windmill and John Allen were 4th to win class E in their Peugeot 106, while the Ford Fiesta 2 litre class was won by Paul Mensley and Daniel Turner in their Ford Fiesta ST in 10th place. Paul Dolan was first of the Ford Pumas home in 13th overall. Giles Billingsley in a June 2015

Fiat Punto Abarth won class D in 15th, while the final class winners were Nigel and Lindsay Hutton in a Ford Fiesta XR2i in 23rd place. The Toyo Tires Jaguar Saloon & GT Championship race was one of the shorter races at just 20 minutes and was won by Sam Clarke Jnr in a modified Jaguar XJS ahead of Rodney Frost in a class winning standard modified XJS. David Howard in an XJ12 won the Fully modified class in 4th, while the final class winner was 8th placed Alasdair McGregor in a standard Jaguar X300. The final race of the weekend was for the CSCC Modern Classics and gave the last victory of the day to Mark Smith and James Moulton-Smith in a BMW M3 ahead of David Marcussen and David Cuff in a BMW M3 Evo E36. Paul Livesey in a Porsche 968CS won the Porsche class in 6th, while James and Alan Broad came 9th in a Porsche Boxster S to win their class. Andy Napier took another class victory in his Lotus S1 Elise, while the 4WD and Forced induction class was won by Richard Haye in a Toyota Celica GT4. The Taster Class, not eligible to score points, was won by Luke Elkin and Kerkhoff in a Porsche Boxster S. The other class winners were Simon Green and Rob Barnett in a Toyota MR2 Mk II. © Simon Wright

Claxton Skoda 110R inside Sibley Lotus Elan Modsports in Special Saloon race

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VSCC Speed Trials Curborough.

Tony Lees AC/GN Cognac Fastest Time of Day

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Mike Lemon 1913 Vauxhall 30-98 2 seater

100 years old with Mark Walker the fastest in his 1905 Darracq 200HP with a time of 41.82 seconds. The overall winner of the Curborough Trophy for the Fastest Time of the Day was Tony Lees driving a 1925 AC/GN Cognac with a time of 37.52 seconds. The fastest Vintage car was not far behind, with Charlie Martin fastest in his 1930/28 Morgan Special with a time of 37.76, only 0.24 of a second off the fastest time of the day. The other class winners included Mrs Jo BlakeneyEdwards in a 1929 Frazer Nash Super Sports with a time of 42.02 The Mitchell Special

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3rd May 2015. By Simon & Janet Wright. The annual Vintage Speed Trials took place at Curborough, near Lichfield, on the Sunday of the May Bank Holiday weekend. The short track has a nice mixture of fast corners Charlie Martin Morgan Special Fastest Vintage and tight tricky bends, plus a nice long straight to really test the top speed of these vintage racers. As usual there was a capacity entry,with some of the cars being over 100 years old. The oldest car entered was a 1903 Mercedes 60HP driven by Roger Collings and it was not the slowest car on track. The Edwardian Class saw six cars over

all supercharged sports cars up to 1500cc with a time of 40.29 seconds. Kevin Morton was 1st on Handicap in the class with his Riley 9 Special on 45.43 seconds, while Terry McGrath in a 1928 Amilcar CGSs was the fastest Vintage car in class with a 45.51 seconds. Class 4 for Special Sports Cars and all © Simon Wright

Kevin Morton had a slight off at the hairpin in his 1931 Riley 9 Special

to take Class 1 - Standard and Modified Sports cars up to 1500cc unsupercharged. 1st on handicap in that class was Adam Gentilli in a 1934 Frazer Nash TT Replica with a time of 46.96 seconds. lass 2 for Standard and Modified Sports Cars of 1501cc and over unsupercharged was Alistair Pugh in a 1939 Frazer Nash BMW 328 with a time of 43.83 seconds. Eric Peppercorn was 1st on Handicap in the © Janet Wright class driving a 1927 Vauxhall 30-98 Velox with a time of 49.69 seconds. Greg Lerigo in a 1932/35 Riley Special was fastest in Class 3 for Special Sports Cars and Hans van Wortel 1929/36 Riley Special

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Christopher Tabor 1935 Riley Special

supercharged sports cars of 1501cc and over was won by Jeffrey Edwards in a 1934/35 Alvis Sports Special with a 41.41 second run, with Duncan Fish 1st on Handicap in a 1938 Alvis 12/70 with a 43.50 second run and Jonathan Mellor was the 1st Vintage car in class with his 1922 AC/GN Beetle with a 42.94 © Janet Wright second run. The Edwardian class was won by Mark Walker in the Darracq, with Andrew Howe-Davies in the 1911 Scat Racer 1st on Handicap with a 47.21 second lap. Class 6 for Rod Stansfield 1935 Lagonda Raoier Special

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with a 44.53 second run. Tony Lees won Class 8 for Pre-1941 Racing Cars 1501-3000cc with the fastest overall time of day, and he also took the Vintage award for that class, while 1st on Handicap was Ian Baxter in a 1937 Alta 61 I.S. Single Seat with a time of 37.52 seconds. Finally, Tom Walker took the last class and Vintage award for Pre-1941 Racing Cars over 3000cc in a 1918 Amilcar-Hispano Special with a time of 37.80 seconds, with 1st on Handicap going to Nicholas Butler in a 1924 Bentley 3/4 1/2 litre with a 44.43 second time. Benjamin Enticknap 1922 GN Special

Nicholas Butler 1924 Bentley 3/4 1/2 litre

Pre-1941 Racing Cars up to 1100cc was an easy win for Carl Gray in a 1922/34 Hardy Special Racing S/S whose time of 38 seconds was over two and half seconds faster than the next in class. William Leith was 1st on Handicap in an Austin 7 Sports © Janet Wright

James Collins 1917 Hudson Super Six

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Miss Rachel Williams 1922/38 Hardy Special Mk III

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Roger Collings 1903 Mercedes 60HP

Hardy Special being worked on in paddock

Stephen Riddington 1936 Riley 12/4 Special half spins out of Molehill © Simon Wright

Alistair Pugh 1939 Frazer Nash BMW 328 © Janet Wright

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Tom Waterfield 1927/31 Austin 7 Special

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British GT Rockingham

3rd May 2015. By Mick Herring with additional photos by David Goose and Stuart Yates of Motorsport-Imagery The third race of the British GT season was held at Rockingham's 2.05 mile International Super Sportscar Long Circuit, hosting the first of the longer races. The grid places were decided by combining each crew's qualifying times, Amateurs first then the Pro’s in GT3 and GT4 respectively. Reigning champion Marco Attard and Alexander Sims' Barwell/Ecurie Ecosse BMW Z4 secured GT3 pole ahead of four Aston Martin Vantages of Beechdean's Andrew Howard/Jonny Adam, Oman's Ahmad Al Harthy/Daniel LLoyd, TF Sport's Derek Johnston/Matt Bell and Oman's Liam Griffin/Rory Butcher.The GT4 pole was taken by 16 year old Jamie Chadwick, with Ross © Mick Herring

2nd placed Aston Martin Vantage GT3 of Ahmed Al Harthy and Daniel Lloyd

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Ross Wlie McLaren after being hit by team mate Salih Yoluc

Gunn for Aston Martin and Beechdean ahead of the Richard Williams/Stefan Hodgetts' GPRM Toyota GT86, Academy's Will Moore/Dennis Strandberg Aston Martin. Torrential rain had been the main feature of Sunday morning © Motorsport-imagery but thankfully the two hours that lay ahead were held in bright warmth, albeit a stilldamp track for the universally adopted slicks. The field negotiated the first hairpin, off the banking, cleanly but a safety car was scrambled before Howard could make anything of his getaway from Attard after an accident involving the two Oz Yusuf and Gavan Kershaw Lotus Evora GT4 Page 34

Andrew Howard and Jonny Adam Aston Martin Vantage GT3 lead the field

Von Ryan McLaren 650S. Salih Yoluc arrived far too quickly at the Brook chicane and harpooned his team mate Ross Wylie, rendering both cars out on the spot. © Mick Herring He had already hit the rear of Lee Mowle's BMW Z4 earlier in the lap. Racing resumed on lap 7 with Howard maintaining his lead ahead of the changes behind until lap 11 when Attard and, subsequently, Al Harthy and Derek Johnston demoted him to fourth as the track dried. The GT4 race had, largely, remained as they left the grid. At the half hour the BMW and Al Harthy were separated by half a second, until Al Harthy dropped back temporarily, having been judged to be exceeding track limits in his pursuit. Griffin made his way forward to third, passing June 2015

Howard and Johnston before the handovers commenced, although being the last GT3 to stop Johnston took the lead for © Mick Herring a while. The two leaders pitted shortly after the window opened, closely followe d by Rick Parfitt Jr fastest car on track before retirement much of the field, Jamie Chadwick continued with her huge lead until the 56th minute. After all the stops were complete Lloyd (for Al Harthy) led from, a closing Sims (Attard BMW Z4) then the second Oman Aston Martin of Butcher (for Griffin) with Bell (TF Sport Aston for Johnston). Gunn continued Chadwick's work with a 56 second lead, which he would extend to 1 lap by the end. Sims pressured Lloyd's heavily ballasted Aston Martin until he ran wide, handing the lead to Sims still with fifty minutes of racing left. After sixty laps a second safety car bunched proceedings for four laps when the battle for sixth overall between Adam Carroll's Ferrari 458 and Lewis Plato's Mercedes got too close to a GT4 Aston Martin, light contact between Carroll and the GT4 car tipped the Aston into the gravel. Unfortunately Carroll

Alexander Sims BMW Z4 takes the flag

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Kieran Griffin and Jake Giddings Aston Martin GT4 Challenge

was black flagged, thus ending his race. At the restart, Sims was able to blast away from Lloyd, who was precluded from passing a much slower GT4 Lotus before they crossed the start-line. © Mick Herring The Mercedes was able to catch Bell's Aston Martin and demote him to 5th at the flag but could do nothing about the two Oman Aston Martins in front of him, Butcher 0.7 of a second behind Lloyd. GT4 was an Aston Martin top three with Chadwick/Gunn ahead of Will Moore/Dennis Strandberg and Kieran Griffin(brother of 3rd in GT3, Liam)/Jake Giddings from the Ginetta G55 GT4 of David Pattison/Luke Davenport in 11th to 14th places overall respectively. June 2015

Maybe this was an unexpected win for the less-powerful BMW, judging by the acceleration of the heavier Aston Martins but it bodes well for © Mick Herring an exciting championship, especially for the reigning champion as we head for another endurance race at Silverstone on May 31st. The result puts Griffin and Butcher in the championship lead by 3.5 Early race for 2nd, Attard, Al Harthy and Johnston exit Tarzan points from the resurgent Attard and Sims. Lee Mowle and Joe Osborne are a distant third, 24 points behind the leaders. GT4 is a little closer with Graham Johnson/ Mike Robinson Expo Ginetta G55 GT4, 2.5 points clear of Chadwick/Gunn and Oz Yusuf/Gavan Kershaw 19 points behind the leaders. The odd fractions of points due to there being 50% extra points awarded for races longer than one hour.

Rory Butcher and Liam Griffin Oman Racing Aston Martin GT3 3rd

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Zubair Hoque leads race 2 winner Michael O’Brien, Jack Lang and Sisa Ngebulana

Duo BRDC Formula 4 Championship. By Mick Herring.

Accompanying the British GT championship at Rockingham, the three Duo BRDC Formula 4 Championship races were run in the whole range of weather conditions experienced at Rockingham. Saturday's singleton race provided the customary close racing from what is now the UK's premier single seater category under a cloudy but dry sky. Winning by the largest margin of the weekend, Rodrigo Fonseca headed Ameya Vaidyanathan by four and a quarter © Mick Herring

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Paul Sieljes brakes for Brook chicane

Race 1 winner Rodrigo Fonseca

seconds from Jack Lang, Chris Meakin and Jordan Albert. Fonseca also set fastest time in the twelve laps. Sunday's first race was, by contrast, wet but still managing 12 laps. Won By Michael O'Brien by 0.658 seconds, it would be second placed driver, Tom Jackson, who set fastest lap some 14 seconds slower than yesterday's best. Third place went to Jordan Albert ahead of Harrison Newey © Mick Herring and will Palmer. Sunday's final F4 race was held under bright/dry conditions, altogether a faster affair with 13 laps completed and Chris Mealin taking honours by 0.385 seconds ahead of race 1 winner Rodrigo Fonseca, whose consolation would be fastest lap. Third went to Zubair Hoque from Jack Bartholomew and Tom Sad end to race 3 for Ameya Vaidyanathan Jackson. after another car climbed over his rear wheel Page 37

The Worcester Motor Festival 16th May 2015. By Simon Wright. ÂŠ Simon Wright

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Buick 8 display

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Another bright sunny day welcomed visitors to the centre of Worcester for the 9th annual Motor Festival. The City had made a big effort this year, with car displays spread all around the city centre streets, and various shops had joined in by creating motoring themed window displays, which the public could vote for their favourite. The main shopping street had a mixture of new cars and classics, with various local car dealers presenting new models from their range for the public to examine in between shopping. All the side streets were filled with classic cars of all

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descriptions, mainly from private individuals. The local Standard Car Club had a display at the lower end of the city centre, near to the main bridge over the river Severn. Members of the club had a range of classic cars on show, all built in nearby Coventry. Next to the © Simon Wright market square were several classic Police cars, including an American patrol car to add an Internation al feel to Standard Car Club line up

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the festival. There were also several American style hot rods at the end of the main shopping street, nearest the Cathedral, and next to the statue of one of Worcesters most famous son’s Edward Elgar. One interesting display was a line up of Classic American Buick © Simon Wright saloons from the 1930s, lined up outside the Crowngate shopping centre. As well as the car displays, the city had also laid on additional family entertainment, with singing choirs, musicians, stilt walkers, slot car racing and racing car simulators to help keep every one entertained.

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Robinson and Clarke win Tour Ireland. Photos and Story by Paul Lawrence.

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Winners Tony Robinson and Phil Clarke Porsche 911

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Mike Smith and Peter Thomas Ford Escort RS

Tony Robinson and Phil Clarke won Tour Ireland after a nailbiting final day for the Irish edition of Tour Britannia (13-15 May). After three days of fantastic competition over some of the most spectacular and scenic terrain in Ireland and North Wales, Porsche 911s took a clean sweep of the overall podium as just 10 seconds covered Robinson/Clarke, John Spiers/Susanne Niedrum and Stephen Radcliffe/Peter Gunson. In one of the event’s closest ever finishes, Spiers was able to peg back 18 seconds from Robinson on the last day to end the unique classic race and rally tour just nine seconds behind. Radcliffe’s mighty pace in the races at Anglesey in particular shot him up to third, just one second behind Spiers. “It’s been superb,” said Robinson. “I’ve always enjoyed Tour June 2015

Britannia and this year the Irish stages made it doubly good fun.” For co-driver Clarke it was a second major win in six days as he won on the Isle of Man the previous weekend. Event newcomers Tony and Aston Blake took their Porsche 911 to fourth while Mike Smith and Peter Thomas were first non-Porsche home with their Ford Escort Mk2 in fifth. In the concurrent regularity rally, the Austin Allegro of rallying veterans Doug Dawe and Ernie Waldron took a dominant victory, leading from the start to finish half a minute ahead of the Porsche of Harry and Lorraine Sherrard. Jason Butler and Paul Graham were only nine seconds further back in their Lancia Fulvia. © Paul Lawrence

John Spiers and Susanne Neidrum Porsche 911

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Day one (Wednesday 13 May)

From the sunshine and scenery of the Great Orme at Llandudno to the closed public roads in the Wicklow Mountains south of Dublin, day one of Tour Ireland was full of variety and challenge as Robinson and Clarke set the early pace to take a narrow lead in the competition event. The day started on the spectacular road around the Great Orme with two special stages before the crews headed to Holyhead for the ferry to Ireland. After a short trip out of Dublin, four closed road Jonathan Miles Ford Escort RS 2000 ahead of Sharlie Goddard Morgan V8 special stages awaited near the day, with some nice Irish asphalt,” said Robinson. famous Sally Gap. Robinson’s consistent pace across six special Meanwhile, Nick and Harry Whale (BMW M3) are also strongly in stages left him just 21 seconds ahead of the Porsche of Spiers contention. Whale senior only drove the car for the first time on at the end of the opening day. “That’s been a pretty good first the one-mile run to the start of the opening stage but was © Paul Lawrence

quickly setting competitive times despite catching a slower car on the second run over the Great Orme. They also dropped time on the first two Irish stages as the M3 was set-up too stiffly, but some rapid changes at service had the car better suited for the second pair of stages and they clawed back a chunk of time to end the day in fifth place. Ahead of them were Radcliffe/Gunson and Jonathan and Christine Miles (Ford Escort Mk1).

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Steve Blunt and Yan Griffiths Peugeot 205

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Day two of Tour Ireland was all about racing with two races at Mondello Park followed by a race Anglesey and a ferry crossing in between. It proved to be another good day for Robinson and Clarke as they increased their overnight lead to 27 seconds. The day started at a wet and slippery Mondello and Robinson Page 45

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Robinson, however, struggled for grip and finished seventh but still retained his overall lead over Spiers as Radcliffe moved up to third from Mike Smith (Ford Escort Mk2) and the Camaro of Wood and Stuart Scott.

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Nick and Harry Whale BMW M3

proved master of the conditions to with both races. Spiers also starred with a battling second place in the opening race followed by a fighting drive from the back of the grid to second place after a problem with the brake lights on his Porsche 911. In trouble in Ireland was the stunning BMW M3 of Whale, which was sidelined with a crank sensor issue while engine dramas forced Duncan Buck to retire his Porsche 911. By the time crews arrived at Anglesey the sun was shining and the spectacular location delivered an excellent race as Radcliffe swept ahead to win in his Porsche 911. The wrong tyres had left Radcliffe struggling in the Mondello rain, but he dominated in Wales. Behind Radcliffe, a mighty battle raged for second and an inspired Steve Wood took the place in his Chevrolet Camaro. June 2015

Day three was all about North Wales with another race at Anglesey and then five asphalt special stages including the incredible hillclimb at Nant Gwrtheyrn. Robinson set out to match the pace of Spiers at Anglesey as Radcliffe stormed clear at the head of the race. However, a spirited chase by Harry Whale got the BMW right onto the tail of the Radcliffe Porsche at the flag. Radcliffe later set the pace on the fast runways at Llanbedr, but Robinson kept his nerve to score a narrow but deserved victory as the survivors arrived back in Llandudno late on Friday afternoon. All three Porsche crews had driven great tours and both Robinson and Radcliffe could reflect on the time lost due to lack of grip in races. Spiers, meanwhile, had fought hard from the back of the grid in the rain at Mondello. Best of the non-Porsches was the Escort of Smith/Thomas after a consistently strong performance while the top six was completed by a cracking run from the Peugeot 205 GTi of Steve Blunt and Yan Griffiths. The Whale BMW missed the Anglesey race on day two, but rejoined on the final day to set an impressive pace while the Scott/Wood Camaro was unable to start day three due to power steering problems despite the team working all night to try and fix the car. Full event results are at: http://results.djames.org.uk/results/index.php?

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HSCC Silverstone International Trophy 16th/17th May 2015. By Simon & Janet Wright, with additional photos by Pete Austin.

70s Road Sports - Ian Jacobs - Mercedes 450SL

The Historic Sports Car Club (HSCC) ran their sixth HSCC International Trophy meeting over the full Grand Prix circuit at Silverstone. In its heyday, the International Trophy used to be a non-championship Formula 1 race in the late 1960s and early 70s, with many of the current Formula 1 teams of the day attending the race. The numbers used to be made up of 5 litre Formula 5000 cars. As the Grand Prix season expanded, all the nonchampionship races slowly slipped away. The HSCC have revived the event as a Historic weekend of motorsport and have incorporated

the majority of their championships and series in to the weekend. This year saw the addition of races for the Jaguar Heritage Challenge and the Pre’80 Endurance Challenge, both with good grids. Saturday saw the usual HSCC races for 70’s Road Sports, won by Ian Jacobs in a Mercedes 450SL, Guards Trophy won by Kirkaldy and O’Connell in a Chevron B8, Historic Formula Ford © Pete Austin won by Richard Mitchell in a Merlyn Mk20, and Historic Roadsp orts/ Historic F Ford - Richard Mitchell - Merlyn Mk20 leads Fiscar, won by Richard Plant in a Morgan Plus 8. There were also races for the Derek Bell Trophy series and Historic Formula 3 on both days.. Sunday also saw a round of the GT & Sports Car Cup series © Pete Austin (GTSCC) for GT and Sports cars built up to 1965. The one hour race saw Leo Voyazides and Simon Hadfield win in an AC Cobra Daytona by just over 20 seconds from the Lister Jaguar of Wood and Nuttall. The Historic Formula 3 had two races over the weekend. The Saturday race saw Peter Thompson win in a Brabham BT21 with Simon Armer driving a March 703 a very close 2nd just over

Guards Trophy - Kirkaldy & O'Connell - Chevron B8 lead Hadfield & Schryver - Chevron B6

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John Spiers Ford Lotus Cortina Historic Touring cars

Classic F3 Maxim Bartell Chevron B34 © Pete Austin

Jaguar Heritage Challenge - Hans Huebner Jaguar E Type

Historic F3 - Peter Thompson - Brabham BT21

Reliant Sabre Six of the Drabble’s GTSCC © Simon Wright

Mark Dwyer March 742 Derek Bell trophy

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Mark Armstrong Crossle 51F FF2000

Huebner Porsche 934/5 Pre 80 Endurance Series © Pete Austin

GTSCC - The Voyazides & Hadfield AC Cobra Daytona leads away at the start

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Derek Bell Trophy - Greg Thornton - Surtees TS11

1/4 of a second behind at the flag. Roland Fischer in a Tecno was 3rd. In their second race on Sunday it was Armer who won by just over half a second from Thompson, with Ian Bankhurst 3rd this time out in an Alexis. The Derek Bell Trophy race was combined with the Classic Formula 3 for two races over the weekend. This combined grid gave a field of Formula 1,2,3,5000 and Atlantic single seater racing cars all in the same race. © Simon Wright

Richard Evans F. Atlantic March 79B takes the lead Derek Bell Trophy

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Saturday saw Greg Thornton take an easy victory in his Formula 5000 Surtees TS11 from Philip Hall in a Formula 2 March 752 and Paul Campfiels in a Chevron B35. Sunday saw a stunning drive from Richard Evans in a Formula Atlantic March 79B who simply out drove all the other competitors to take outright victory in the under powered car from Ian Ashley in a thundering Formula 5000 Lola T300, with early leader Greg Thornton a distant 3rd at the flag in his Formula 5000 Surtees TS11. Storer/Donn Chevron B52 Pre 80 Endurance First race after lunch was a fifty minute Pre’80 Endurance race. This was for sports, GT and Touring cars that competed in the World Endurance Championship of the 1970s. It was to provide an easy victory for the lurid green Lola T292 of Michele Liguori from Italy, who was © Simon Wright over half a minute ahead of the Lola T282 of Simon Winner Liguori Lola T292 Pre 80 Endurance

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Hadfield and Leo Voyazides, with the Chevron B19 of Kirkaldy and O’Connell 3rd and also winning their class. The other class winners were Jon Minshaw at the wheel of a Lola T70 Mk 3 B, John Sheldon in a Chevron B16, and Anthony Hancock in a suitably numbered Lola T212. The GT1 Class win went to the Chevrolet Corvette of Peter Hallford/Garratt Chevrolet Corvette Pre 80 Endurance Hallford and Nigel Garratt, GT2 was won by Hans Huebner in a Porsche 934/5, while the Sports 2000 class was won by Andy Storer/Donn in a Chevron B52. The Historic Formula Junior race saw a good battle early on between Andrew Hibberd and Sam Wilson in similar Lotus 22 single seaters but at the flag it was victory for Wilson with Hibberd 2nd and Manfredo Rossi 3rd in another Lotus 22. The field for the Jaguar Heritage Challenge saw a nice mixture of ETypes and XK102/150s with a few Mk1 saloons added for good

Jaguar E-Type of O’Shea and Hall in the Jaguar Heritage race

measure. The Hancock/Shuckburgh Jaguar E-Type led every lap except for the first lap and more importantly the last lap when it failed to finish, leaving victory to Martin Melling and Graeme Dodd in their E-Type from Clark and Shaw 2nd in another E-Type. © Simon Wright

Andrew Hibberd Lotus 22 early leader in Formula Junior race

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Weale/Sykes Jaguar C-Type being passed by Osborne/Bussell Jaguar Mk1 Jaguar Heritage

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John Spiers leads Graham Pattle Ford Lotus Cortina Historic Touring cars

a Morris Mini Cooper S in 10th place overall. The final race of the weekend was for Historic Formula Ford 2000, with a massive forty car entry. After ten laps it was Nelson Rowe who won in a Reynard SF79 from Ian Pearson in a Van Diemen RF83 and Benn Simms in an older Reynard SF77. Jim Chapman Chevrolet Corvair Historic Touring Cars

The Historic Touring Cars had a new entry, Jim Chapman in a Chevrolet Corvair. Unfortunately the car failed to finish, but hopefully it will be out again. The race was won by Neil Brown in a Ford Mustang from Tim Davies in a Ford Lotus Cortina with Warren Briggs 3rd in another Mustang. Ford models took the first nine places. Class winning Tim Stanbridge was best of the rest in © Simon Wright

Richard Owen Ford Galaxie Historic Touring cars

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Studebaker lineup outside Coventry Transport Museum

16th European Meet,Coventry Transport Museum. 26th May 2015. By Simon Wright.

The day after the Bank Holiday Monday at the end of May, Coventry Transport museum played host to the Studebaker Owners Club UK The Shakespeare Tour, which was taking place between the 25th and 29th May 2015 in Warwickshire. The Tuesday was during the schools half term holidays so a good sized crowd was expected. The Owners Club had arranged a week of activities within Warwickshire and there was a good turn out of cars from all over the World parked in Millennium Place, outside the museum. There were cars from Switzerland, the Netherlands, and even a car from Canada. Of the nineteen cars on show, eighteen were Studebaker and June 2015

one was a classic Pontiac. Studebaker was an American wagon and automobile manufacturer between 1852 and 1967, based in South Bend, Indiana. After producing wagons for farmers, miners and the military, they built their first electric car in 1902 and first gasoline car in 1904 under the Studebaker Automobile Company name. They originally partnered the Garford Company of Elyria, Ohio and the E-M-F Company to produce automobiles. The first car solely produced by Studebaker was launched in August 1912. For 50 years they built up a reputation for © Simon Wright quality and reliability, but after a few years of financial problems, they merged with Packard in 1954 to form the Studebaker-Packard Corporation. Unfortunately the financial problems were worse than the Packard executives had thought, the Packard name was removed Page 53

1931 Studebaker President convertible

Studebaker Silver Hawk and Avanti © Simon Wright

Studebaker Wagonaire © Simon Wright

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from the Studebaker range on display. The earliest model on show was a 1931 Studebaker President convertible followed by a 1937 Studebaker saloon fitted with an Australian body. In America it was known as the Dictator but in Europe and British Colonies it was called the Director for political reasons. Other models on display included the Studebaker Lark, Daytona, Commander, Hawk, the Silver Hawk, the Flight Hawk, the President, the Land Cruiser, the Gran Turismo and the Avanti. There was a Wagonaire estate car, a 1949 1/2 ton pick up truck and a normal pick up truck. © Simon Wright

and the company returned to the Studebaker name in 1962. The South Bend factory closed in December 1963 and the last Studebaker cars rolled off the production lines in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada until March 1966. The line up of cars at Coventry was impressive, with many different models © Simon Wright

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Studebaker Commander

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Studebaker Landcruiser © Simon Wright

Studebaker Silver Hawk © Simon Wright

A pair of Studebaker Daytonas © Simon Wright

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The Studebaker Avanti. Built between June 1962 and December 1963 as a personal luxury coupe, Studebaker referred to it as “America’s only 4 passenger high performance personal car”. The car’s design theme was from a sketch made by the companies Sherwood Egbert on a flight just after he became President of Studebaker. The body was a fibreglass design mounted on a modified Lark Daytona chassis, using a modified V8 Hawk 289 engine, which produced 240 HP. It was one of the first designs to remove the conventional radiator grill and have air enter for the engine under the front of the car. It used a conventional front engine rear wheel drive layout with front disc brakes designed by Dunlop in Great Britain and made under license by Bendix. The company planned to sell 20,000 in 1962, but only manufactured 1,200. In 1963 the figure rose but only to around 4,600. To help promote the car when it was launched, the 1962 Indianpolis 500 winner, Roger Ward, was given an Avanti as part of his prize package, © Simon Wright and became the first private owner of the model. The car was fast, with good safety features, and it shattered 29 records at the Bonneville Salt Flats. Studebaker moved the fibreglass manufacture June 2015

in house to increase production, but problems in fit and finish resulted in delays and cancelled orders. When the factory closed in 1963, production of the Avanti ceased. In 2006, the Avanti name, tooling and plant space were sold to two South Bend Indiana Studebaker dealers, Nate Altman and Leo Newman who manufactured small numbers of Avanti replica and new design cars through 2006.

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GT Cup Championship Donington Park 25th/26th April By Mick Herring.

The start of Race 3

Great Scott and Bailey. The opening three races of the 2015 GT Cup Championship got underway at a damp and breezy Donington Park with, the extended to 50 minutes, two driver Flick Haigh lead GTA until enduro race now flagged for loose wing being staged late on Saturday afternoon. Pole position, set in damp conditions, went to Arwyn Williams in the JMH Ferrari 458 GT3 that he would share with Aaron Scott. Alongside was the familiar evergreen (ever-orange) Porsche © Mick Herring

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935 of Richard Chamberlain, the oldest and probably the most powerful car in the race. From a rolling start, Chamberlain led the 30 cars into Redgate with the red and blue Challenge spec 458 of John Seale cheekily trying to slip down the inside sandwiching Williams' yellow 458 between him and Phil Burgan's Audi R8. Lap one saw Chamberlain break away from the Audi and the pair of 458s, with Marcus Hoggarth's 458 now joining them. Hampered in qualifying, Paul Bailey was charging through the field from ninth © Mick Herring

Race 1 Fast but Fragile, Richard Chamberlain’s Porsche 935

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and challenging the Audi for second place when the two collided at the Old Hairpin on lap 9, bringing out the safety car to recover the Audi, just as the pit window opened. Paul Bailey was able to continue and hand over his Aston Martin GT3 to Andy Schultz. They would win by over 27 seconds after Richard Chamberlain's Race 1 first clash, second clash resulted in a DNF for Audi, a safety car and win for Aston

Sakar RAPX diminutive Dutch race car

Porsche retired on lap 23, just reward and fastest lap for Andy Schultz, who broke vertebrae in his back at Snetterton in British GT last year. Darren Nelson and Nigel Greensall came second in their GT3 Ferrari ahead of GTC class winners Wayne Marrs and Charlie Hollings, also 458 mounted. GTC Ferrari 458s occupied the next three positions, Jamie Stanley getting their 458 back up to 4th after John Seale had slipped back in his stint. Jarrod Potter's GTC Porsche 911 Cup finished 7th ahead of Tom webb's GTB winning BMW M3 E46 GTR. Flick Haigh took GTA honours in her 10th place Ginetta G55. June 2015

Fortunately brighter conditions greeted the drivers on Sunday for qualifying and the two 25 minute sprint races. A determined Paul Bailey had to wait until lap 4 to overtake pole-man Darren Nelson's Ferrari 458, after which he proceeded to pull away until he had enough of a cushion to back off a couple of seconds a lap. Phil Burgan's repaired Audi got up to second but retired again after 9 laps following a collision with Nelson's Ferrari, Nelson retiring after 10 laps. The fluid from the front of Nelson's Ferrari was liberally deposited at the chicane, on his way to lap 10 retirement, several cars found it and spun sympathetically or slid across the gravel trap. © Mick Herring

Kevin Riley Lotus Evora

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Race 2 Bailey Aston Martin does the double

Race 3 Mike Sellar 3rd in GTB

Flick Haigh was leading GTA until a warning-flagged trip to the pits dropped her down the field, her loose rear wing was forcibly removed after sustaining damage in start line contact. Mick Mercer claimed GTA honours in 11th with his BMW M3 E46 GTR. The safety car again featured in this 25 minute race when James Webb's BMW stopped on the track. Racing resumed after two laps and at the flag Bailey finished just over three seconds ahead of John Seale's GTC win, with Marcus Hoggarth 3rd and the GTC Ferrari of Wayne Marrs/Charlie Hollings 4th. GTB Honours went to the 5th place Porsche 997 of Ross McEwen.

The final GT Cup race of the weekend was a much cleaner affair and thankfully no safety cars yielding a copy book win by Aaron Scott's Ferrari 458 GT3. A seventh place, row 4 start based on lap times from the day's earlier race, was never going to stop Aaron's JMH Ferrari 458 GT3 from winning, by lap two he was in third place and overtook the Aston Martin and the repaired Ferrari of Darren Nelson for the lead shortly after and he did so convincingly, lapping all cars below seventh place, to win by 27.6 seconds at the flag from Paul Bailey's Aston Martin. The next five places went to GTC cars with John Seale again taking the win, a better run by Gareth downing in Kevin Riley's GTC class Lotus Evora netted seventh.Phil Burgan sadly posted his third retirement of the weekend. © Mick Herring

Lotus and Porsche spin off on Ferrari fluid

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Phil Burgan Audi and Darren Nelson Ferrari 458 GT3

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Tapinos leads Sebastiani in Race 2

Steele leads Vernon

F3 Cup and supporting races Donington 25th/26th April 2015. By Mick Herring. The total of seven cars entered in the three F3 Cup races at the MSVR Donington meeting may have been low but the quality of the racing at the front of the field proved the old adage of only needing two cars to make a race, initially at least, three times over and with the first three drivers finishing in the same order in each race, the winner taking fastest lap in each race. The flag at Saturday's race one was the closest, Kieran Vernon winning by 2.6 © Mick Herring

Jacopo Sebastiani Dallara F311

seconds on the road from Aaron Steele, only for Steele to be awarded a ten second penalty for a false start, thus making the official gap 12.6 seconds. Vernon would repeat his dominance in the other two races 4.7 and 18.1 seconds respectively throughout the rest of the weekend. Stuart Wiltshire was third in each race 17.3, 22.7 and 30.6 seconds adrift of the winner respectively. some good racing but more entries needed in this cost effective series for cars up to 2011. June 2015

Delight and disappointment were felt in equal quantity by two of our better known "names" in the Mini races at Donington. Henry Neal, son of BTCC Champion Matt Neal, had a big accident in Race two. Nathan Harrison took the season's first win and fastest lap ahead of Simon Walton with Martin Poole third, the first two covered by just under 2.5 seconds after 14 laps. Ricky Page, who would go on to win the weekend's other two Cooper races was fourth, just over seven seconds behind the winner. Following Henry Neal's accident, the red flagged race 2 saw Ricky Page take the first of his two wins by 2.5 seconds and fastest lap, ahead of Nathan Harrison, Simon Walton and Mark Wakefield at the end of 9 laps. In Sunday's final Cooper race the margin was nearly 2.1 seconds for Page ahead of Simon Walton, Nathan Harrison (fastest lap) and Mark Wakefield. The 2014-on Gen 3 cars, based on a Mini Page 61

11th overall. Sunday's races were, like the Cooper Class and in the JCW class, shared between a close group of drivers, Charlie B-H's margin less than 1.1 seconds from David Grady (fastest lap), Rob Smith and ex WTCC driver Harry Vaulkhard. Colour contrast Clayton Kingman Mini JCW © Mick Herring

William Phillips two wheels at Coppice

Cooper S feature a powerful two litre turbocharged BMW developed engine, sequential gearbox and Pirelli racing slicks, considerably faster than but sharing their grid with the 2006 - 2013 R56 JCW cars. Saturday's race one was won by Rob Smith by 0.75 seconds and © Mick Herring fastest lap ahead of David Grady, Charlie ButlerHenderson and South African Ryan Rhode, these four being covered by 4.2 seconds after sixteen laps. The JCW class was won by Neil Newstead in Martin Poole holds off Henry Neal Mini Cooper

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Neil Newstead was JCW victor and fastest lap in 12th. © Mick Herring The third F56/JCW race went to Rob Smith by nearly 6.1 seconds together plus fastest lap with Charlie B-H, Ryan Rhode improving as he learns the UK circuits and David Grady 4th. Hamish Brandon (10th overall) demoted Neil Newstead to second in JCW and third place Erkka Lindstedt took fastest lap. Charlie Butler Henderson three wheels in to Redgate corner

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Jaguar that raced at Le Mans, and the Brooklands Bentley, the Pacey Hassan Special. Representing modern motoring, the fastest times of the day were

set during demonst rations from the Ferrari F12 and Mercede s SLS, while

BENJAFIELD’S SPRINT BRINGS RARE CARS TO GOODWOOD

much

Benjafield’s Racing Club held its first Sprint event for seven years on

interest was created by the new Tesla Model S electric car.

Saturday 23rd May,

There were also impressive runs by Martin Hunt in the

bringing a fantastic line-

1964 Jaguar E-Type, Julian Grimswade in the 1934

up of rare racing cars

Fraser Nash, and Chris Lunn in the Lister Knobbly.

spanning over 100 years.

Some drivers had driven for 24hrs while others flew in

Around 45 of the most

from across Europe, New York, Singapore and beyond

interesting and historic

especially for the exclusive event that was free for

racing cars took to the

spectators to attend.

Goodwood circuit,

Spectators were rewarded with a fantastic day of

including the incredibly

sprinting, with a lunchtime parade of all 23 Vintage

rare 1907 Itala, an

Bentleys taking part, including several of the original

original Lister ‘Knobbly’

Bentley 4.5L Blowers, before the cars lined up on the June 2015

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grid for enthusiasts to take a closer look. The Goodwood Grid Girls added to the glamour along with two aerial displays, one from a vintage Tiger Moth and the other from a fixed wing stunt plane. The event finished off in true Benjafield’s style with a sumptuous dinner at Goodwood Hotel where the various class winners were acknowledged in a lavish awards ceremony all in the presence of the great grandson of Dr. Benjafield,

who came to support the club. Competitio ns Captain William Medcalf

said: “This was a real fun packed day showing just what likeminded enthusiasts can think up! Thanks to all the members, drivers and marshalls who helped put together a unique event. The response from the spectators was brilliant and we will be looking to make this an annual event for real enthusiasts to enjoy.” Goodwood’s Clerk of the Course Ian Stephens said: ‘’I have never seen so many boys with their exotic toys having such fun. The Benjafield’s Racing Club is a really great bunch of people, so open and sharing of their passion. I would recommend everyone to make a note in their diary for next year, this event is going to grow!” The next Benjafield’s Sprint will be held in May 2016. Date to be confirmed on the club’s website www.benjafields.com June 2015

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Blancpain Endurance Series Round 2, Silverstone

24th May 2015. By Simon & Janet Wright with additional images by David Goose and Stuart Yates of Motorsport-Imagery

Fjordbach/Roda/Onidi Audi R8 LMS Ultra up the inside at vale of the BMW Z4 of Blanchemain/Hirschi/Nicolie

A massive field of 61 cars took to the Silverstone Grand Prix circuit for the 2nd round of the Blancpain Endurance series. A fantastic entry of GT3 cars from Aston Martin, Audi, Bentley, BMW, Ferrari,Jaguar, Lamborghini, McLaren, Mercedes, Nissan and Porsche formed up to battle over a 3 hour race for GT honours in England. Nissan had first blood with the GT-R Nismo GT3 claiming pole position for Chyro, Reip and Buncombe just ahead of the Ferrari 458 Italia of Salkhov, Seffried and Siedler, with Audi and McLaren on the second row, BMW and Lamborghini on the third, showing just how evenly matched the different manufacturers are in this series. The Nissan took the

initial lead while local hero Rob Bell in the McLaren from the second row managed to force his way in to second place. At Becketts a couple of cars spun off in to the gravel including the 11 Ferrari driven by Michael Broniszewski, which was also shared with local young hot shot Michael Lyons. Both Brazilian team BMWs both suffered damage on the first lap but were able © Simon Wright

Kane/Meyrick/Smith Bentley Continental GT3 finished 9th

to slowly crawl back to the pits, and the 11 Ferrari was extracted from the gravel after a couple of laps and also slowly headed back to the pits. After about 15 minutes, the leaders began to lap traffic, and after half an hour it started to spit with Haupt/Al Faisal/Buurman Mercedes SLS AMG GT3 heads a couple of Ferraris through Becketts

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Adam/Al Harthy/Lloyd Aston Martin Vantage GT3 on the grid

drops of rain and the 50 Ferrari of Garry Konakov had its second spin in the race, out of 13th place at the exit to the loop. There was an interesting battle for 7th place in these early stages between local drivers Joe Osboune in the BMW Z4 and Guy Smith in the Bentley Continental. Just after 40 minutes a Full Course Yellow was instigated when the 16 Ferrari of Bartes was damaged and stuck just off the track at Brooklands. It only took a few minutes to clear the Ferrari and the field was off racing again. Bell also pitted just before the end of the yellow flag period out of 2nd place. This gave 2nd place to the 333 green Ferrari of Seefried . The 41 Bentley came out from its pit stop and completed a very slow lap with what appeared to be a front June 2015

wheel/tyre problem. When the full course yellow went back to green, Reip in the leading Nissan was a little slow to respond allowing the field to catch up. As they approached the end of the first hour, the leaders were in the middle of traffic when as Paletou/Sanchez/Mardenborough Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 15th they entered the loop, a Ferrari being lapped, moved across and clipped the front of the leading Nissan, which all but stopped and was hit in the rear by a lapped Audi. Reip dived for the inside to pass the now spun Ferrari, while Seefried in the Ferrari went round the outside to take the lead of the race and Jean Karl Vernay in the Audi R8 was through to 2nd, followed by the Lamborghini Huracan of Giovanni Venturini, Adrian Zaugg and Mirko Borolotti with Reip now 4th with damage to © Janet Wright the front of the Nissan. Next lap, the Nissan pitted for a driver change and quick repairs, but then got stuck behind a Ferrari in the next pit, and could not exit until the Ferrari left, loosing at least another 40 seconds for the former leading Nissan. Seefried pitted just after the first hour mark, giving the lead to Vernay in the Audi,

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Hedman/Kemenater/Julian Ferrari 458 Italia 49th

Broniszewski/Bonacini/Lyons Ferrari 458 Italia 46th Stippler/Ortelli/Richelmi Audi R8 LMS Ultra 3rd

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Haring/Konstantinou/Schmickler Porsche 997 GT3 R 40th

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who was being followed closely by the Lamborghini, which then led when the Audi pitted. After the pits stops, it was the 58 McLaren Hurtgen/Sandritter/Baumann BMW Z4 retired on the first lap 650S GT3 of Rob Bell, Shane van Gisbergen and Kevin Estre in the lead from the 1 Audi R8 LMS Ultra of Vernay, Frijins and Vanthoor and local 888 BMW Z4 of Ryan Ratcliffe, Lee Mowle and Joe Osborne in 3rd. After one hour twenty minutes, the second Von Ryan Racing McLaren 650S GT3 driven by Nicolas Lapierre, Adrian Quaife Hobbs and Alvaro Parente moved in to 3rd place overall ahead of the BMW. At the two hour mark, with various cars making pitstops, the offical order was in first place, the 3 Audi R8 LMS Ultra of Stippler, Ortelli and Richelmi, followed by the 75 Audi R8 LMS Ultra of © Simon Wright Bonanomi, Salaquarda and Vervisch and in third place was the 73 Nissan GT-R Nismo of Walkinshaw, Plowman and Dolby. The former leading McLaren had June 2015

Palmer/Babini/Mul Lamborghini Huracan 17th

dropped to 4th place, driven by Bell, Van Gisbergen and Estre after its pit stop. Then with less than an hour remaining the 59 McLaren 650 S GT3 of Lapierre, Hobbs and Parente was involved in a collision through the fast sweeps of Becketts with the 8 Bentley Continental GT3 of Soucek, Buhk and Soulet which resulted in damage to the McLaren as it spun off the track. It was able to rejoin and creep back to the pits with damaged rear suspension, bodywork and a shredded tyre, while the Bentley continued, showing no sign of contact! The debris from the tyre and bodywork was spread all along the Wellington and International Pit straights, which resulted in a full course yellow because of the debris on the track, all around the circuit. The Marshalls soon cleared the debris. The Bentley was given a drive through

Gardel/Frey/Barth Emil Frey G3 Jaguar 16th

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Salikhov/Seefried/Siedler Ferrari 458 Italia 7th

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333 Ferrari of Siedler was nudged by the Bentley Continental GT3 of Soucek, which resulted in the Ferrari running very wide off track at Village and the Bentley heading down the Wellington straight with smoke pouring from the left front tyre. © Simon Wright

Chiyo/Reip/Buncombe Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 were the early leaders, finished 13th Ricci/Badey Ferrari 458 Italia had a spin on the way to 35th

penalty for causing a collision. After the green flags were shown there was 50 minutes remaining and Estre was leading in the Von Ryan Racing 58 McLaren 650 S GT3. With under 40 minutes remaining, Ortelli in the 3 Audi R8 LMS Ultra made a spectacular pass on the 73 Nissan of Walkinshaw, Plowman and Dolby. As they came across a backmarker at Village, the Nissan dived for the inside while Ortelli went round the outside at the same time. As they entered the Loop, Ortelli now had the advantage on being on the inside and passed the 73 Nissan for position. The Nissan immediately tried to come back as they headed down the Wellington Straight, but the Audi held its new 4th position in to Brooklands. Vanthoor in the 1 Audi R8 LMS Ultra got through in to 2nd place with just over 20 minutes remaining and set off in pursuit of the leading McLaren, which was about 40 seconds ahead. With the end of the race rapidly approaching, Bonanomi in the 75 Audi R8 LMS in 3rd place was given a 5 second penalty for exceeding track limits. This penalty dropped the car from 3rd to 4th overall at the finish. The drama was not finished yet. With just 15 minutes to go, the June 2015

The race ran out with Bell, Van Gisbergen winning in the Von Ryan racing McLaren 650 S GT3 took the win by 23 seconds from Vernay, Frijins, Vanthoor i the Belgian Audi Club team WRT Audi R8 LMS Ultra with its sister Audi of Stippler, Ortelli and Richelmi in 3rd place. In the PAM (Pro Amateur Class) it was the Leonard Motorsport AMR 32 Aston Martin Vantage GT3 that took the class win in 14th place overall, driven by Paul Wilson, Stuart Leonard and Michael Meadows, while the AM class was won by Oliver Grotz and Karim A. Ojeh in the Boutsen Ginion BMW Z4 in 33rd position overall. © Simon Wright

Blanchemain/Hirschi/Nicolle BMW Z4 about to be lapped by 2nd placed Vernay/Frijns/ Page Vanthoor Audi R8 LMS Ultra

© Janet Wright and a half seconds ahead of Italian Edoardo Liberati and Swiss Patric Niederhauser for Raton Racing. The last podium place was taken by the all Italian pairing of Sergio Campana and Fabrizio Crestani for N Huggins Lamborghini Gallardo in 25th Team Lazarus. First in the ProAMatuer Class were 6th placed Italian pairing of Loris Spinelli and Marco Moscato for Antonelli Motorsport. The first driver in the Amateur Class was the Swiss pairing of driver Cyril Leimer and Laurent Jenny also driving a Huracan and finished in 14th place overall. The second race was on Sunday and held in wet conditions. This didn’t stop Kujala from scoring his second win of the weekend, but this time his lead was over 10 seconds at the end of the 50

First lap of the Lamborghini race down the Hanger straight

Supporting the Blancpain series at Silverstone were two races for the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo series. There was a great entry of 31 cars taking the start of the first race on Saturday afternoon. The majority of the field were the new Lamborghini Huracan with six Gallardo included in the Gentleman AMatuer class. The first 50 minute race saw Patrick Kujala from Finland win for Bonaldi Motorsport by nearly two © Simon Wright

Michimi/Cozzolino Lamborghini Huracan got early damage but finished10th in race 1

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A Amstutz Lamborghini Huracan on his way to the Wing to 13th

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minute race, ahead of Daniel Zampieri from Russia and Roman Mavlanov for Antonelli Motorsport. Campani and Crestani took their second 3rd place of the weekend. The PAM class this time was won by Adrian Amshutz for Konrad Motorsport in 6th place overall. The AM class winner was Shota Abkhazava for the Artline Team Georgia driving another Huracan. Also supporting the Blancpain series at Silverstone were two rounds of the Auto GP Single seater series. This is based on Formula 3000, with A Pizzonia Lola B05/52 won the first Auto GP raceeveryone using a Lola Chassis and a Zytek engine. The small entry of just 6 cars for the first race on Saturday afternoon was held on a dry track and saw victory for Antonio Pizzonia in the Zele Racing Lola B05/52 over 9 seconds ahead Of Facundo Regalia in second for FMS Racing and Luis Sa Silva in the other Zele Racing car. The second race on Sunday saw a swap round at the top. Luis Sa Silver took his June 2015

L Deletraz won the Formula Renault 2.0 race

maiden win, Regalia was 2nd again and first race winner Pizzonia came third. Finally there were two rounds of the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Championship. The first race on Saturday was won by swiss driver Louis Deletraz for Josef Kaufmann © Simon Wright Racing by over 3 seconds from Ukyo Sasahara for the Art Junior Team. Third place went to Callan O’Keeffe in a Fortec Motorsports car. Deletraz made it two wins in a row on Sunday, this time he was over five second ahead of Dennis Olsen from Norway for Manor MP Motorsport and Kevin Jorg for Josef Kaufmann Racing.

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Archive Photo of the month. By Pete Austin

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At the recent Monaco Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton endured extreme hard luck when Mercedes made the wrong call to bring him in and Alonso must secretly rue his decision to move from Ferrari to McLaren at this time. Bad luck is no stranger in F1 and, from another era, Chris Amon is a good example. He is seen here driving for Ferrari in the 1969 Dutch Grand Prix during a poor season for the team as a whole. He left at the end of the year to drive for the fledgling March team. That year, 1970, Ferrari won two Grands Prix and finished runners up in the drivers and constructors championships.

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ÂŠ Janet Wright

La Vie en Bleu. Prescott Hill Climb. 24th May 2015. By Simon & Janet Wright.

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Mark Walker Darracq 200 HP 2nd in class

David Wheeler Renault 8 Gordini 54.59 sec 2nd in class

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John Dennis Berliet/Curtis Sport did a 70.26 sec run

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Tont Gomis Marcadier Can Am - Renault 4th in class

The Bugatti Owners Club (BOC) staged the neuf (Nineth) running of their annual French extravaganza in May on the Prescott Hill Climb course, near Gloucester. The French flag flew over the venue, as all aspects of France were celebrated in the heart of rural England. Beside the French cars in action on the hill, there were rare French marques celebrated in the paddock, and the Orchard car park had various car clubs with French vehicles. To continue the French theme, there were Can-Can Dancers and French singers performing on stage in the paddock, plus mime artists in the spectator areas. There was rain during the morning practice, but it dried up for

the afternoon timed runs. The fastest time of the day driver didn’t actually win an award as he was entered in the BOC Memebrs Racing Car Handicap class, where Terry Davis did a 41.86 seconds on his first run, but with a handicap time of 40.15 seconds, the Reynard 913 -TDS Terry Davis Reynard 913 TDS SV8 was fastest SV8 was not in the top 4 in the class. However Tricia Davis driving the same car recorded a time of 42.82 seconds, beating her handicap time by 0.71 of a second and was classified 4th in class. Therefore the fastetst time of the day to win a class was Mike Meredith driving a 5 litre Morgan +8 who set a new class record in class 10 - Post 1972 Sports Cars with a time of 47.61 seconds, beating the existing record by over a second. The unusual car in this class was a regular La Vie entrant, Tony Gomis in the 1598cc Marcadier Can Am - Renault who was 4th in class with a time of 52.53 seconds. The other class winners were 1 Pre War cars upto 1100cc Gary Clare ‘Grannie’ - Jap 57.83 2 Pre War cars upto 1500cc Charlie Martin Morgan RIP Spl Jap 53.96 3 Pre War cars upto 2000cc Kelvin Robinson Aston Martin Speed 61.90 4 Pre War cars upto 4000cc John Earle Marsh Alvis Silver Eagle Spl 58.23 5 Pre War cars over 4000cc Tom Walker Amilcar Hispano Spl 51.61 6 Pre 1972 Saloon & Sports Coupe Anthony Ward BMW 2002Tii 51.44 7 Pre 1972 Sports Cars Martyn Curley Porsche 911 51.87 8 Post 1972 Saloon cars Tony Hart Renault 5 GT Turbo 49.69 9 Post 1972 Sports Cars Mike Meredith Morgan +8 47.61 10 BOC Memebers Racing Car Handicap Bob Colbourne Jedi Mk 2 Suzuki 57.35 secs Handicap 60.00 Diff -2.65 © Simon Wright

Mike Meredith Morgan +8 was fastest class winner

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Bob Colbourne Jedi Mk2 - Suzuki 1st on handicap with a 57.35 sec run

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Can Can dancers gave a good performance

Bugatti EB110

Alistair Dent Cooper Mk6 Jap 500

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Graham & Dawn Sherwood M3W 5 Speeder S/S

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1912 Bedelia

The Busy Bee

The Bugatti Trust museum

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