Classic and Competition Car 61 October 2015 by Simon Wright

October 2015

CSCC Donington

Drag racing

Prescott Gold Cup

RallyDay at Castle Combe

Issue 61

Cars on the Prom

5th ay Birthd issue

British GT Donington

Simon Wright - Editor.

Contents Page 3 Page 10 Page 15 Page 20 Page 24 Page 26 Page 29 Page 34 Page 38 Page 40 Page 44 Page 49 Page 55 Page 59 Page 60 Page 64 Page 66 Page 72 Page 76 Page 80

Simon has been photographing and reporting on motor races for many years. Served an engineering apprenticeship at British Leyland. Big fan of the Porsche 917 and Lotus 72

News. Goodwood Revival. Plum Festival Classic Car Show. Pete Austin. BTCC Rockingham. Pete is the man for Historic racing, HSCC Super Touring Car Challenge, Rockingham with an extensive archive of black and white images covering the last Syston Park Speed Trials. few decades of motorsport in Britain. Very keen on BRM. Prescott Gold Cup Hill Climb weekend. Cars and Stripes, Rockingham. Lucy Owen-Moczadlo. Gaby Mohr Car Trial. Lucy runs Jucy Rally Photography and joins us to expand our rally coverage. Longbridge Celebration, Birmingham Heritage. She loves anything to do with Subarus Rallyday, Castle Combe. and even tries her hand at a bit of autotesting in her modified Nissan. CSCC Race meeting, Donington Park. Classic cars on the prom, Bournemouth. David Goose Archive Photo of the month. David runs Motorsport-Imagery web site with Stuart and covers GT, British GT Final, Donington Park. Touring Cars and the odd Rally and BRDC F4 Race meeting, Donington Park. Classic car event Hot Rod Drag meeting, SCR. VSCC Hill Climb, Loton Park. Bicester Heritage Sunday Brunch Scramble. As well as this magazine, you VSCC Madresfield Driving Tests. can follow us on Twitter @classcompcar and join our Facebook Group

Janet Wright.

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

Mick Herring.

Mick's first love is GT racing, including Historic, especially the Lola T70. Has an extensive knowledge of all things GT.

Syd Wall.

Syd runs Rally Photography and covers Rallying, Drag Racing and all things American

Stuart Yates

Stuart runs motorsportimagery web site with David. Covers GT, Touring Cars and Classic car events

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Front Cover. Jon Minshaw and Phil Keen Team Russia by Barwell Racing with Demon Tweeks BMW Z4 GT3 finished 3rd in the British GT Final at Donington Park ÂŠ Janet Wright. All content is copyright classicandcompetitioncar.com unless otherwise stated. All photographs are copyright simon and Janet Wright unless the original photographer is indicated, and cannot be used for commercial purposes unless by prior approval of the original copyright holder. We try to ensure accurate and truthful reporting but if you spot an error, please contact us and will we verify and correct accordingly. We do not organise any events which are mentioned and we are not responsible if the event does not take place or is cancelled. Please contact the event organiser before making a long trip.

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Editorial. This is our Birthday issue and we have been covering motorsport and classic car shows for the last five years. Issue 1 was launched in October 2010 with 26 pages of reports and News. We started with a portrait layout, like a conventional paper magazine, for the first 19 issues, then in May 2012 we switched to landscape layout to fit on to a computer screen better. We still have our original four contributors and have now expanded our team to eight to increase our coverage to include Rallying and Drag racing as well Issue 1 as our normal circuit racing hill climbs, sprints, special events and shows. All of our previous editions are still available to download free from our web site www.classicandcompetitioncar.com from the Previous issues page. We now look forward to the next 5 years as we will continue to bring you the high-lights in motor sport and classic car show coverage.

The Next Palmer Champion is crowned.

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Following in the footsteps of both his father Jonathan and his brother Jolyon, we now have Will Palmer, Champion in the Duo BRDC F4 Championship 2015. Will started his car racing career in 2011, driving in the Ginetta Junior Championship at the age of 14. He stayed in the category for 2012, doing a full season. He finished in the top ten on eleven occasions and had a best place of 4th. In 2013 he finished 3rd in the Ginetta Junior championship with one win and 9 other podium places. He also did the BRDC F4 Winter series driving for HHC Motorsport, where he claimed his first single seater victory and one other podium from eight races. In 2014 he stayed with HHC Motorsport and finished 6th in the BRDC F4 Championship with two wins and 5 additional podium places. He won the BRDC F4 Winter Championship with 4 victories from 8 starts. Coming from Southwater, West Sussex and still only 18 years old, Will has a promising career ahead of him as he attempts to follow his brother in to Formula 1, where Jolyon is currently Lotus F1 Team, Test and Reserve driver.

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Vicki and Charlie Butler-Henderson re-united on track

20th September 2015 at Donington Park. By Mick Herring. © Mick Herring

Popular Fifth Gear television presenter and racing driver Vicki Butler-Henderson joined her brother Charlie on-track at Donington Park when the pair raced in the same Mini Challenge Gen3 F56 race. The last time I saw Vicki race was in a Ferrari 430 at Brands Hatch a few years ago, she reminded me that she had been on the podium that day but didn't expect to repeat it here after a tough qualifying session saw her in 17th position on the grid. In Parc-Ferme Vicki was clearly elated that Charlie had secured pole position and would go on to win both races. Vicki finished 12th in race one and 9th, from her grid position of 12th, in race 2. October 2015

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OPEN DAY CELEBRATES ALL THINGS CLASSIC! Staff, customers and partners were all treated to a special celebration by a leading specialist insurance broker last week. Footman James hosted an open day at its West Midlands headquarters, in Dudley, on Thursday 17 September. The event celebrated its new offices, thanked staff for its continued growth as well as offering club members the chance to bring along their classics and network with Footman James employees and each other. Special guests during the day also included the Mayor and Mayoress of Dudley, Steve and Jayne Waltho. Clubs in attendance included The BSA Owners Club, members of The Mercedes Enthusiast Club, The Black Country Museum, The British Mini Club, The Black Country Car Club, The Morris Minor Owners Club and The Jaguar Enthusiasts Club. Also in attendance was The Black Country Museum, which brought along a number of vintage motorcycles to display. Members of The British Mini Club brought along a number of muchloved classic Minis on the day including a Mini City, owned by David Hollis for 16 years with only 13,000 miles on the clock; a Mini Designer LE special edition designed by Mary Quant and proudly owned by Ruth Wyrley; and a top class concours winner and rare 1974 Innocenti Mini Cooper, designed with some Italian flair, belonging to Ruth Webb. The Mayor of Dudley said : “The Mayoress and I were delighted to be invited to the Open Day and share the hospitality of Footman James with staff and customers alike. It was wonderful to see the display of vintage vehicles and great to see a modern thriving business moving into Dudley and celebrating by opening its doors to the local community.” David Bond, Footman James’ Director said: “This was our first event in our new offices and it was a real success, offering a chance for our staff and customers to talk all things classic! It was wonderful to have so many of our clubs in attendance with a fantastic collection of bikes and cars to boot. 2015 has been a good year for us at Footman James – long may it continue!”

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Duncan Round 1921 1200cc ABC Standard

The ABC Standard. Spotted at the VSCC Madresfield Driving Tests, this unusual 1921 ABC Standard was built by the English car manufacturer ABC Motors. The company existed between 1920 and 1929. It was a light car weighing just 305 Kg and powered by an air cooled 1203cc flat twin engine designed by Granville Bradshaw, who was also responsible for the ABC motorcycle. The early engines proved to be loud and fragile due to poor lubrication and long exposed pushrods. Quality improved dramatically over time, and the car had good performance due to its light weight, reaching 60 mph. One problem that occurred was that the ‘Radiator’ cap is actually the fuel filler (air cooled engine), and some mechanics would top up the fuel tank with water by mistake! The early models were quite expensive, costing £414, but with more production, the cost eventually fell to £265 for the four seater in 1923. In total the company produced around 1,500 cars over its 9 years. The company was based in Hersham, Surrey and was originally part of the Harper Bean company. October 2015

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Guy Camille Ligier 12th July 1930 to 23rd August 2015. He came from Vichy, Allier in France, and first made a name for himself as a Rugby player in the late 1940s and played for the French National team. He also set up a construction business. After Rugby he tried his hand at motorcycle racing before switching to Formula Junior with an Elva single seater racing car. He built up a large company involved with building motorways in France. He raced sports cars in the late 1960s and even entered Formula 1 with a privately entered Cooper Maserati and then a Brabham Repco. His first race was the 1966 Monaco Grand Prix and his last was the 1967 Mexican Grand Prix. In 1968 he formed a partnership with Jo Schlesser and they bought a pair of Formula 2 McLaren racing cars. Unfortunately Schlesser was killed making his Formula 1 debut for Honda at the 1968 French Grand Prix. Ligier retired from racing and started constructing the Ligier racing cars, hiring designer Michel Tetu to design the JS1 sports car (JS was in tribute to Jo Schlesser). In 1974 he bought the assets of Matra Sports and set up a Formula 1 team. He joined the Grand Prix circus in 1976 with Jacques Laffite driving. Using the Matra V12 engine, Laffite won the 1977 Swedish Grand Prix. In 1979 the team switched to the Cosworth V8 and Laffite won the first two races in the JS11. The team was very successful in the early 80s with Laffite, Patrick Depailler and Didier Pironi driving. In 1992 after the decline in performance and many different engine deals, Ligier sold the Grand prix team. He then built another successful business in natural fertilisers. The Ligier name continues today with the LMP3 cars raced around the World. Guy Ligier passed away in Nevers on the 23rd August 2015.

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Rob Hall driving an ex-Jacque Laffite Ligier JS17 at this years Silverstone Classic meeting.

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The Marsh brothers are a chip off the old block with a 1-2 Victory at Gurston

Sunday 13th September marked the much anticipated return of the Marsh Brothers to the renowned Gurston Hillclimb Course in Salisbury. Peter Marsh, who is the Founder and Managing Director of the Christchurch based turbocharger specialists Turbo Dynamics, and his brother Simon, are the sons of the late multi-discipline sportsman Tony Marsh. Tony Marsh, who co-designed the Gurston Hillclimb Course in 1967, enjoyed a successful racing career which spanned over five decades and included Formula 1 and 24 hours at LeMans. His record six British Hillclimb Championship titles is an achievement which still remains intact today. It was a long awaited return for the brothers who have both enjoyed previous success at the course. Simon secured a top 10 finish in Round 28 of the 2009 Championship and Peter, after taking a 12 year break from racing, secured a third place finish at the Gurston round that same year. Sunday marked a return to the track after a four year break for the brothers as competitive racing is only a hobby they pursue when time allows. Both brothers co-drove Simon’s 400+ horsepowered 1.3ltr supercharged Hayabusa DJ Firehawk, which features an innovative electrical set up involving a specially adapted speed sensor taken from a Turbo Dynamics supplied BorgWarner EFR turbocharger and a Motec ECU. Gurston have coined the competiveness of the duo the ‘Marsh Mêlées’, because as soon as each took their turn behind the wheel all ‘team orders’ went out the window as both Simon and Peter both went ‘pedal to the metal’ with only one thing in mind – beating each other across the line! Despite some original downshifting issues it didn’t take the brothers long to get back into the swing of things with both putting on impressive

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performances, securing a 1-2 victory in the 2 litre Racing Car Class. However it was Simon who was pipped to the post by his younger brother with Peter taking the class victory with a time of 30.24. Peter’s dominant display also secured him the second fastest time of the day overall, second only to regular Gurston Championship contender Peter D. Smith in his 1.6lt Force with a time of 29.15. Smith ended up 2nd in the Gurston Top Ten Challenge and 14th in the overall 2015 Meadens Skoda Gurston Hillclimb Championship. Peter commented: “It was great to be back out at Gurston competing with my brother Simon and sharing his racecar. Together with Steve Hurst of GWR Motorsport and DJ Racecars, he has done a fantastic job designing and building the car – the acceleration & power really is awesome and I had forgotten what an adrenalin fix driving the course is!” “The last time I was at Gurston was in 2011 when I was behind the wheel of the HybridTurbos.com sponsored Nissan GT-R where we successfully took on a Porsche 911Turbo S GT3 and actually set a new track record - so being able to follow on from that achievement is a fantastic feeling… plus beating my big brother who normally has the better of me!” “Both Simon and I are hoping to get out on the track a lot more next year if time permits… and if I’m still allowed to co-drive his car after ignoring team orders that is!” TD was started in 1991 by Hybrid Turbocharger Designer Peter Marsh, who saw a definite need for an innovative, dynamic, quality driven product in the marketplace. Today, the company is renowned worldwide for its’ innovation and expertise in Turbocharger Technology. TD’s product range covers a varied global market in the passenger car, race and rally, industrial, light commercial, marine and heavy goods turbocharger markets. Turbo Dynamics supplies standard turbochargers from manufacturers; designs and manufactures Hybrid turbochargers and parts; remanufactures all makes and models of turbochargers and supplies; and manufactures performance parts and accessories.

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to let him run as there was The Syston Park Speed Trials revival had another invited nothing in special guest in the shape of the (in)famous twin engined the special "Bloody Mary". In its original form the wooden chassis, regulations © Mick Herring to say that they must work, merely be fitted. "Bloody Mary" was last driven by Bolster at Prescott in 1963, with little use in the previous decade and has been in the care of the National Motor Museum since 1963 but only bequeathed to them three years ago on the death of Bolster's widow Rosemary. After minimal recommissioning in the quest for originality by the car's curator Dave Andrews, even the dummy ignition switches remained mandatory, she first ran again at Brooklands Centenary in 2007 and occasionally since, until © Mick Herring 2015 Goodwood built in 1929 by John Vary Bolster (Autosport technical editor FoS and and Grand Prix pit reporter, distinguished by his deerstalker) and again today. his brother Richard. It was powered by an 1100cc side valve An ambitious bike engine and belt driven. Subsequent power came from, first 4-engined one, then two overhead valve V-twin Brough Superior engines, successor to totalling nearly 2 litres, with chain drive between the engines and "Bloody we see it in this form today. Mary" did not One amusing story concerns the cavalier JVB being excluded enjoy the from a hillclimb for lack of ignition switches on either engine, so same he went home and found two dummy switches which had no success. wiring terminals present and put them on "Bloody Mary", an Classic and Competition Car Facebook Group irreverent name in itself. He stuck them on the suitably marked We now have a Facebook Group - Classic and Competition Car - where you can join and keep up to date with additional Photographs, postings, and extra event photo galleries. dashboard and returned to the event, where the scrutineers had

Bloody Mary By Mick Herring.

Please feel free to add personal postings and your own photos.

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GOODWOOD REVIVAL High-lights Report and photos courtesy of Goodwood Media.

Chris Ward and Derek Hood won Freddie March Memorial Trophy All original Shelby Daytona Coupes

The Goodwood revival continues to be one of the most popular historic motorsport events in the World, and the 2015 meeting saw some fantastic racing. An evocative line up of Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupes headlined an outstanding opening day at the 2015 Goodwood Revival. It is believed to be the first time that all six original examples of Carroll Shelby’s creation have been brought together, including the prototype, plus veterans of races at Le Mans and Goodwood. The six, aggressive Kamm-tailed GTs powered round the Goodwood track in an evocative display that brought back memories of the car’s World Sports Car Championship winning year, 1965. The on-track activity began with a host of ‘Gassers’ lined up in front of the grandstands. These 1940s and 1950s dragracing street rods, so called because they ran on ‘gasoline’ rather than nitromethane, put on a crowd- pleasing display of standing starts, provoking great plumes of tyre smoke. Henry J 'Horrid Henry', Gassers Parade

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Race 1 – Freddie March Memorial Trophy. - JD Classics’ workshop manager Chris Ward put in a dominant performance in the company’s Cooper-Jaguar T33 to win the 90-minute Freddie March Memorial Trophy for sports racing cars of 1952-55. From the moment he took over from codriver Derek Hood, the issue was never in doubt. ‘Bruce McLaren was a talented engineer and a world class racing driver,’ observed Lord March at the start of his tribute to the great New Zealander, the Goodwood Revival this weekend celebrating 50 years of the McLaren marque. ‘He was highly-skilled, meticulous and always fun.’ An evocative collection of cars associated with McLaren’s career lapped the Goodwood Motor Circuit , recalling a career that encompassed four grands prix wins as well as victory in the 1966 Le Mans 24 hrs. Bruce McLaren tribute was a highlight

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Race 2 – Goodwood Trophy Serial Goodwood winner Mark Gilles dominated Saturday’s first race in Dick Skipworth’s ex- Raymond Mays factory ERA R3A. The light green voiturette took the lead at Fordwater on the second lap and pulled away to win by over 15 seconds. It was Gilles’s fifth win victory in the Goodwood Trophy. The race for both grand prix and voiturette car from 1930-1950 featured 10 ERAs in the entry and it was another of these, Nick Topliss’s A-type, the ex-Pat Fairfield R4A, that spectacularly smoked off the line from second row, powering between those ahead and into the lead. The moment of glory did not last long, with Calum Lockie also taking the ERA in Sean Danaher’s Maserati 6CM.

Tom Kristensen, Ford Fairline Thunderbolt, St Marys Trophy

XK120 Winner of the Fordwater Trophy

Race 3 – Fordwater Trophy For veteran Essex racer John Young in JD Classic’s Jaguar XK120, victory in the Fordwater Trophy was simply a matter of getting past the fast-starting Porsche 356 of Chris Harris around the outside of Woodcote. From that first-lap pass, he pulled away from the field eventually winning the race for production sports and GT cars of 1948-54, by over 10 seconds. Behind him, Harris raced on in a lonely second, untroubled by the rest of the field. Races 5 & 12 – St Mary’s Trophy. It has to go down as one of the finest races in the history of the Goodwood Revival. Yet none of the leading trio, who were covered by the October 2015

proverbial handkerchief for much of the contest, were to win. Having started from the back row of the grid following a troubled practice – in which he drove for just 400 metres - nine times Le Mans winner Tom Kristensen inexorably blasted past the rest of the field in a Ford Fairlane Thunderbolt that he had seen for the first time this week. With less than five minutes remaining he was into the lead and a great victory. “It was a bit like an artillery piece against a water pistol as he came past me,’ said second-placed Gordon Shedden. The spectacle up to this point had been all about British Touring Car Championship rivals Shedden and Andrew Jordan in their Lotus Cortinas – and the aggressive Frank

Frank Stippler, Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA, Lotus Cortinas of Gordon Shedden and Andrew Jordan, St Mary's Trophy race. Page 11

Stippler in his Alfa Romeo 1600GTA. For the full 25 minutes, there was hardly any clear air between the three. Jordan blasted off the starting grid first before he was taken by Shedden and then Stippler, the latter twice leaving the circuit during the race. For the rest of the race there was little between them although it was usually Shedden or Stippler who led. Shedden tried to stay with Kristensen once the Dane had gone past but it was in vain thanks to the power of the big American V8. Stippler, sideways as ever, stayed ahead of Jordan to the finish despite his second excursion. The job was far more straightforward for Kristensen’s co-driver Henry Mann – son of Alan Mann – in part two. He started from the front row and was soon into the lead and on his way to claim overall victory for the pair. While Mann cleared off, the Cortina’s of Matt Neal and Mike Jordan battled away for most of the race, the latter never managing to get past, despite all his efforts. Richard Shaw finished a lonely fourth in his BMW 1800 TiSA. However, all the excitement of the race was not for the lead, as it had been yesterday, but for fifth place. Nick Swift’s cheeky Mini Cooper harried Alex Furiani’s hectically-driven Alfa Romeo 1600GTA, even managing to get past at one point although the superior power of the Italian car won out in the end. Race 6 – Lavant Cup It wasn’t Carlos Monteverde’s day. The Brazilian spectacularly blasted off

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the grid in his silver Ferrari 750 Monza and into the lead of the 20-minute Lavant Cup, held exclusively for drum-braked Ferrari sports prototypes. The stewards, though, were not impressed and penalised him 10 seconds for a jumped start. James Cottingham gave chase in his Ferrari 500 TRC and for much of the race the pair was nose to tail, albeit only on the road. Then, with around four minutes to go, Cottingham gave Monteverde a slight, unintentional nudge going into Woodcote, sending him into a spin and onto the grass. A gesturing Monteverde recovered enough to keep his second spot, but victory was now assured for Cunningham’s Ecurie National Belgeliveried car. Period Glamour in the pits Race 7 – Brooklands Trophy An ecstatic Neil Twyman took victory in the eventful Brooklands Trophy for sports cars in the spirit of pre-war Brooklands races. Having started his Alfa Romeo 8C 2600 ‘Muletto’ on the second row of the grid, the Potters Barbased Twyman reckoned that he was able to make the most of a safety-car period, taking Gareth Burnett’s Talbot AV105 shortly afterwards. It was his first victory at Goodwood “and the best win I have ever had”. The crowds certainly appreciated his efforts with a huge ovation. Race 8 – Whitsun Trophy Nick Padmore’s road to victory in the Whitsun Trophy for early 1960s sports racers was a relatively lonely one. Pedro Macedo Silva may have taken the lead off the line in his Lola T70 but it was similarly-mounted Padmore who had taken him before the end of the lap before pulling away to a healthy lead. Race 9 – Earl of March Trophy The third day kicked off in dramatic style. Seventeen-year old Peter de la Roche, in his first season of racing, led for only 400 metres, but they were the metres that mattered. An incident at the chicane had earlier brought out the safety car, but an extra three minutes had been added and the little 500cc 1950s Formula Three cars contesting the Earl of March Trophy had continued as before with an enthralling, multi-car battle for the lead. The first part of the race had featured a magnificent tussle between the Cooper-Norton of George Shackleton, Nigel Ashman, de la Roche and the Page 12

Kieft-Norton of Sam Wilson. Shackleton had led the early laps but Ashman was to the fore when the yellow flags came out. The restart was like the opening of the race all over again, only the quartet had now been joined by David Woodhouse’s Cooper-Norton. Ashman spun, then so did Wilson. Into the chicane on the last lap de la Roche dived for the lead, Shackleton spun on to the grass and into the wall. The youngster avoided the melee to lead Woodhouse over the line by what was by the standards of the race, a massive margin of over three seconds. Day three of the Goodwood Revival had started in staggering fashion. Race 10 – Richmond & Gordon Trophies Drama at the chicane has featured for a second race in the Richmond & Gordon Trophies for the 2.5-litre Grand Prix cars of 1954 to 1960. To say that Rod Jolley’s Cooper-Climax T45/51 looked the likely winner for most of the race would be to belie all the action. Jolley ended an easy victor but Lotus 16-mounted Roger Willis did try diving inside of him as they attacked the chicane for the last time in their battle for the lead. The move failed as Wills hit the chicane and spun off, with backmarker Tom Bailey (Cooper- Maserati) caught up in the contretemps. With Wills’s little Lotus off the track, Gary Pearson in his ex-Jo Bonnier BRM P25 and Joe Twyman in his Cooper-Climax T45 /51 swept past to second and third, the pair having been involved in their own private battle for many laps. Race 14 RAC TT Celebration

JD Classics took its third victory of the weekend when its 1963 Jaguar Etype saw off a hoard of AC Cobras to dominate the RAC TT Celebration race for early 1960s GT cars. Chris Ward out-braked early leader Andrew Smith on the second lap and then pulled away to hand over a healthy lead to co-driver Gordon Shedden as soon as the pit window opened. Smith also shot into the pits before they became crowded, handing over the Cobra to Oliver Bryant. The wisdom of this move could be seen in the way in which the two cars kept well ahead of the rest of the field, Shedden maintaining a consistent lead of around 15 seconds for the remainder of the race.

Chris Ward and Gordon Shedden won RAC TT Celebration race.

Race 15 – Glover Trophy Five consecutive years, five victories, is the record for Andy Middlehurst in the Glover Trophy for early 1960s 1.5-litre Formula 1 cars. It was a flag-toflag win for the Classic Team Lotus-Climax 25 in true Jim Clark style. It was, though, not all plain sailing for Middlehurst. In practice his gearbox had failed but the CLT mechanics, including the legendary Bob Dance who had been with Lotus in period, ensured that the car would start. Andrew Smiths AC Cobra leads the RAC TT celebration race start

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pride of place on the stand of area sponsor and competition organiser Stewart Miller & Peter James Insurance, attracting thousands of public votes. Beating-off competition to be named Friday’s winner was an immaculate 1961 Lotus Elite, belonging to Club Elite member Adam Moran. TR Register member Simon Leifer’s stunning 1968 Triumph TR5 was crowned Saturday’s winner. Paul Weston’s treasured 1963 Mk1 Ford Lotus Cortina was named the third and final winner on Sunday. Sir Stirling Moss himself kept a close eye on proceedings, visiting the stand on Saturday and

Bobby Verdon Roe, Ferrari 246s Dino, winner of Sussex Trophy

Race 16 – Sussex Trophy There is no doubt that Chris Ward deserved the accolade of Rolex Driver of the Weekend. Having been one of the drivers to win Friday evening’s opening race and then Sunday’s RAC TT Celebration, he gave his all to make it three in the Sussex Trophy. The race for sports racers of the late 1950s was ultimately won by Bobby Verdon-Roe in his ex-North American Racing Team Ferrari 246S Dino. However, for 25 minutes he had to battle with a Ward handicapped by the fact that his Costin-bodied Lister-Jaguar had been stuck in fourth gear from the third lap. Verdon-Roe had to use all the track and more to take the win.

Triumphant return of Revival Car Show ‘Best in Show’ The much-anticipated ‘Best in Show’ competition made a triumphant return to this year’s Goodwood Revival, starring an eclectic mix of stunning classics, shortlisted by none other than Sir Stirling Moss. With ten cars each day - from those registered to park in the hugely-popular Over the Road area - displayed in

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Sunday to admire the shortlist and check on voting progress. Each day’s winner collected a range of prizes, including an engraved silver salver, a magnum of Veuve Clicquot Champagne, a voucher worth up to £100 to spend on a policy with Stewart Miller & Peter James Insurance and of course tickets to Goodwood Revival 2016.

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Plum Festival, Pershore 31st August 2015. By Simon & Janet Wright. The annual Plum Festival at Pershore in Worcestershire was resurrected in 1996 as a celebration of the local plum harvest, and this year the town staged a 3 day festival in the town centre which attracted up to 20,000 people. On © Simon Wright the Bank holiday Monday, Plum Fayre Day, they held a classic car show in the grounds of the Abbey and Abbey park. A few years ago, this classic car show was very large with over 1,000 cars attending in nice weather. Last year the event was held in pouring rain and regular attenders reckoned that 1930 Rolls Royce 20/25 Coupe

Triumph line up in the rain under the Abbey

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the still quite large gathering was about half of the previous years attendance. This year, again the weather was poor, with constant rain throughout. The attendance was down again on last year, with probably a couple of hundred die hard car enthusiasts braving 1963 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud III

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Formula Ford racing car road legal!

Austin Atlantic and period Caravan © Simon Wright

Classic Jaguar’s Mk II and E-Type

Buick Electra

Jowett lineup

American muscle Pontiac trans Am and Chevrolet Camero

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American pickup truck and UFO, I mean Caravan

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Part of the MG display

the weather to show off their classic car despite the poor weather. Many Car Clubs attended the event, displaying a wide range of members vehicles as well as individual entries. By the main entrance to the park, in the shadow of the Abbey, was a large collection OF MG cars The majority of cars were © Simon Wright the ever popular MG B, but older MGA and even MG TF sports cars had made the effort to brave the elements along with 1928 Rolls Royce 20Hp Baker limousine

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a few classic MG saloons.Underneath the Tower of the Abbey was a fantastic collection of Rolls Royce models, ranging from vintage right through to modern. One of the more eye catching cars was a yellow 1928 Rolls Royce 20HP Baker Limousine, fitted with Baker dipping headlights and twin oval rear windows complete with internal shutters. Early Rolls Royce were not like Henry Ford’s Black Model T, and came in a variety of colours. Another Car under the Abbey Tower was a green 1930 Rolls Royce 20/25 Coupe (GF 7500) in front of a 1928 Maroon Rolls Royce Phantom 1 Landaulette 5 seater. Coming more up to date and more reserved in colour was a silver grey 1963 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud III. Weighing in at over 2 tonnes, the car is powered by a 6.2 litre V8 engine with hydraulic tappets which proved to be noisy when cold. Top speed was 114 mph, an increase from the earlier models 102 mph. Power steering was fitted as standard. Round the side of the Abbey, it was Triumph TR sports cars, lined up, ranging from the earliest TR2 model right up to the final TR7 sports cars. The interesting car in this line up was a 1959 Peerless GT. The Peerless was built by James Byrnes and Bernie © Janet Wright Rodger based on Triumph TR3 mechanical components. The aluminium body was fitted to a multi tube chassis and achieved great results reaching a Page 17

top speed of 120 mph and a 0-60 mph time of less than 10 seconds. Further round the Abbey was a collection of Jaguar sports cars and saloons including the classic E Type sports car and the Mk II saloon. Adding an international feel was an impressive line up of Mazda MX5 sports cars from the Owners club. These were the largest displays of individual marques, but there were still lots of other vehicle manufacturers represented. Ford was officially represented with one of the most unusual cars in the whole show. Representing the ultimate © Janet Wright in personal transport, a modern Formula Ford single seater racing car modified for road legal use. It had the legal minimum mudguards over each wheel, and light clusters front and rear containing headlights, side lights, brake lights and indicators. In the park, the smaller clubs had some interesting cars on display. The VW members had a few of the usual Beetle and Camper vans on show, but also had several Karman Ghia coupes lined up in Jaguar line up by the Church October 2015

Plum Queen Victoria tried out a single seater racing car on the Shelsley Walsh stand

the rain. European vehicles were not the only International entries with a nice selection of American classic cars representing Uncle Sam with plenty of chrome and fins visible. Finally, to bring the show right up to date, there was a display of modern electric cars Including the Tesla supercar and the popular Nissan Leaf.

American Hotrod

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Armstrong Siddeley

VW Karmann Ghia line up © Janet Wright

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Buick Le Sabre

1937 Vauxhall Fourteen

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completed the top six finishers in race 2. The third race, with the reversed grid, saw the other championship contender Jason Plato take the victory by just over a second in the Volkswagen CC. Tom Ingram was second in his Toyota Avensis, just ahead of Plato’s team mate Colin Turkington in another Volkswagen CC. Matt Neal in the Honda Civic Type R

Race winners Gordon Shedden Honda Civic Type r and Mat Jackson Ford Focus head the field

BTCC Rockingham Motor Speedway.

5th-6th September 2015. Photos by Stuart Yates & David Goose Motorsport-imagery.com The eighth meeting of the year saw rounds 22,23 and 24 of the British Touring Car Championship take place round the 1.94 mile road course at Rockingham Motor Speedway, near Corby, Northamptonshire. Independent driver Mat Jackson claimed pole position in his Ford Focus ST Mk III by just 5/100th of a second from Aron Smith in his Volkswagen CC. The race provided Jackson with his first BTCC win of the year but he had to hold off Championship contender Gordon Shedden in his Honda Civic Type R who was only 1.8 seconds behind at the flag. Aron Smith finished 3rd with Jack Goff (MG6 GT), Tom Ingram (Toyota Avensis) and Andrew Jordan (MG6GT) rounded out the top 6. Race 2 saw Shedden take the win to score maximum championship points with Jackson maintaining his form round Rockingham, finishing just over 2.5 seconds behind Shedden, while Josh Cook in the Chevrolet Cruze took the last place on the podium. Adam Morgan (Mercedes-Benz A-Class), Matt Neal (Honda Civic Type R) and Rob Austin (Audi A4) October 2015

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was 4th, Sam Tordoff was 5th in the BMW 125i M Sport, and Aron Smith was 6th the third of the Volkswagen CC cars. © Motorsport-imagery.com

Andrew Jordan finished 6th in the first race in the MG 6GT

Tom Ingram Toyota Avensis and Rob Collard BMW 125i M Sport swap paint

Adam Morgan finished 4th in race two in the Mercedes-Benz A-Class

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Colin Turkington Volkswagen CC leads James Cole Ford Focus and Sam Tordoff BMW 125i M Sport

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Mike Bushell Ford Focus finished 15th in race one. © Motorsport-imagery.com

Josh Cook finished 10th in race three in the Chevrolet Cruze

Nicolas Hamilton Audi S3 finished 17th in race three

Jason Plato Volkswagen CC flying high on his way to winning race three

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Sam Tordoff was 5th in race three in the BMW 125i M Sport

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Supporting the BTCC package at Rockingham was a race for the older BTCC cars under the HSCC Super Touring Car Challenge banner. There were two races which saw Stewart Whyte win the first race in his Honda Accord by 8 seconds from John Cleland in a Vauxhall Vectra and Patrick Watts in the Peugeot 406. The second race was an identical result, with the winning margin now 10 seconds

Alan Strachan Ford Mondeo failed to finish either race

James Dodd Honda Accord ended in the gravel trap in race 1

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Simon Gerrad Opel Vectra makes a smoky exit from the race

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Patrick Watts Peugeot 406 finished 3rd in both races

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Syston Park Speed Trials

Charles Atkinson's Daimler Edwardian takes the start

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a mile and three quarters road race track until its closure in 1939. So famous did it become that bike racers used it as a warm up to the IOM TT, subsequently playing host to the inter-varsity car races between Oxford and Cambridge drivers, attracting ERA R1A and John and Richard Bolster's infamous "Bloody Mary" (see

Richard Powell 1932 BSA TW10 first car flagged away

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20th September 2015. By Mick Herring. What do you know about Syston Park motor racing circuit near Grantham? Nothing, me neither until a few weeks ago. Investigation reveals it to be one of England's very oldest circuits, in use continuously from 1906 as a steep hillclimb course, primarily for motor bikes, drawing crowds of up to 30,000 people and from 1926 as October 2015

Period Rudge wows the crowd as it would have done for 30,000 fans back in the day.

separate article), which ran here today. The 14,000 acre farm owned by the Clegg family since purchasing it in 1933 from Sir John Thorold. With local enthusiast, Richard Powell, spearheading the circuit revival campaign, it was fitting that his 10 hp, 3wheel, 4 cylinder 1932 BSA TW10 should be the first car flagged away from the start line in front of the 60 invited pre-war cars, motorcycles and Page 27

1928 Syston Park programme

people attending. Guest of honour was 104 year old George Geeson who cycled to events as a young man with his brother, struggling to scrape together the three "old Pence" for a programme, a selection of which he proudly displayed today. Approaches have been made to the MSA to run a sanctioned hillclimb in 2016 of at least half a mile. If suitable infrastructure can be put in place it would be great to see another historic racing venue returned to proper use. I wish them every success.

!04 year old George Geeson chats with the organisers © Mick Herring

Bloody Mary driven by its curator Dave Andrews

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Dave Morley’s Riley Special at the start line

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Mike White 1957 HRG Buchanan Holden

Prescott Gold Cup Weekend 2015 Avon Tyres/TTC Group MSA British Hill Climb Championship & Hill Climb Leaders Championship. 5th-6th September 2015. By Simon & Janet Wright with additional photos by Syd Wall. A lovely sunny day saw a good crowd enjoy plenty of action at the scenic Prescott hill climb course near Gloucester for the Prescott Gold Cup Weekend. With rounds 29 and 30 of the British Hill Climb Championship taking place and the championship nearly at an end for this year, there was plenty of competition to get in to the two Top Twelve run-off competitions. The first run-off was at the end of the first timed runs and saw Wallace Menzies set down the marker with his run of 36.20 seconds in the Gould GR55B NME which beat Scott Morgans early run in his shared Gould GR61X time of October 2015

36.38 seconds (4th) and Trevor Willis in the OMS 28 RPA who set a time of 36.29 seconds (3rd). This left just Alex Summers ÂŠ Simon Wright in the Gould GR61X NME to take his run and he failed to beat Menzies time by just 1/100 of a second to set 2nd fastest time of 36.21 seconds The second Top Twelve runoff came at the end of the days competition. Alex Summers went early this time in the shared Gould GR61X NME and set a time of 36.51 (4th). The first driver to beat that time was Trevor Willis in Alex Summers Gould GR61A

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the OMS 28 RPA with a time of 36.37 seconds (3rd), but it was Wallace Menzies again in the Gould GR55B NME who was on form and set the Best Time of the Day at 35.80 seconds to win both rounds of the British Hillclimb Championship. Scott Moran followed him up the hill, but was 0.14 of a second slower in 2nd place. The large entry was spread through various classes and included the Ferrari Owners Club Championship which saw Philip Whitehead in his Ferrari F355GTB win the class with a time of 48.96 seconds from Nick Taylor in a Ferrari 430 Coupe on 49.22 seconds. © Janet Wright

Mike Turpin Vauxhall VX220 won the Modified Series Production Cars over 20000cc Class

in a Porsche 996T with a new record time of 46.08 seconds. Another record shattered was in the Modified Series Production Cars over 1400cc up to 2000cc where Colin Satchell beat his previous record time of 45.15 seconds in his Peugeot 205GTi, with a new record time of 44.51 seconds, over half a second quicker than his time in April. © Simon Wright

Mark Spencer set a new class record to win the Road Going Series Production cars over 2000cc class in his Porsche 996T

The lovely weather did not aid the track conditions for new records to be set, but a few class records were broken. In the Road Going Series Production Cars over 2000cc class, the existing record was held by Roy Standley, set in 2014 in a Mitsubishi Evo, with a time of 46.42 seconds. Roy was competing today in an Evo5 Rs but he could not beat his previous time. however, his time was broken by Mark Spencer October 2015

Colin Satchell set a new class record in his Peugeot 205GTi

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Briony Serrell Lotus Ford 51A

Ben Tranter in his Formula Ford Vector TF93K shattered the Formula Ford record with his time of 46.29 seconds beating the previous record of Andrew Henson in a Van Dieman RF31 who did a 47.13 seconds in 2013. Alex Summers in the Gould GR61X NME may not have won the shoot out, but he did break the class record in the timed runs beating Will Halls previous record of 36.39 seconds in the Force WH Nissan from last year, with a time of 36.26 seconds, 0.13 of a second faster. The final Class record beaten was the Classic Saloon Cars built up to and including 1971. Ian Moss in a Ford Escort BDA Mk1, beat his previous record set in August this year, with a time of 48.32 seconds, beating his previous record of 48.78 seconds.

David Strange Crossle Ford 9S only managed 1 timed run on Sunday © Syd Wall

Ian Moss Ford Escort Mk 1 broke his own class record

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Allan McDonald 2.4 litre Morris Mini Evo Mitsubishi won his class

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Mike Andrews Force HC Suzuki blasts away from the start line

Garry Cox 1968 Reliant Scimitar Coupe finished 2nd in class

Darren Glumbley Empire Wraith Suzuki © Syd Wall

John Pick AMS Murtaya Suzuki locks a brake as he goes off at Semi-circle

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Current Champion Scott Moran in the Gould GR61X set the second Best Time of Day

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The event celebrated all things American, from classic cars to race cars and featured the first Rockingham 100 on the UK’s only Banked oval circuit. The race featured competition bred Pickup Trucks racing round the 1.48 mile Oval for 100 laps. The three races were held in heavy rain and the winner of all three was Mark Willis from Iver in Buckinghamshire. Second place went to David O’Regan from Buttevant,

Gavin Murray ahead of Paul Tompkins and Paul Jones in the awful weather conditions

Cars and Stripes Rockingham. American AutoFest 31st August 2015. Photos by Stuart Yates and David Goose - motorsportimagery. The stars and Stripes American Flag flew over Rockingham Motor Speedway in Northamptonshire for their inaugural all American auto-fest on August Bank Holiday Monday. October 2015

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County Cork and third place went to Scott Bourne from Goring in West Sussex. Classic American cars and Bikes were presented by their proud owners in the Show and Shine competition even in the wet conditions. There was the opportunity to drive some of the big and powerful American muscle cars like the modern Ford Mustang round the lakeside track inside the Oval circuit, though on a damp track, caution was the better part of valour. For the children, even Lightning McQueen and Mator from the Disney movie Cars, made an appearance. There were also trade stands selling all kinds of memorabilia and American based products to either improve your vehicle or as a souvenir of a great event. October 2015

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Kenworth Truck

Phantom Excalibur

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1966 6.9 litre Pontiac Catalina

1957 Chevy

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Gaby Mohr Car Trial Wolverhampton & South Staffs Car club MSA, BTRDA, AWMMC, Cotswold Championships

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Stephens. Photos by Lucy Owen-Moczadlo

Henry Kitching cruised to a clear win at Wolverhampton & South Staffs 3rd Steve Courts, Hillman Imp, 88.7% Car Clubs Gaby Mohr Car Trial on Sunday 13th September, his fourth straight win of the season. Kitching was nearly caught out with his Vauxhall Corsa cutting out on the timed section once, and then the following round the car cut out for ten costly points. Mark Hoppe arrived at the trial just needing to finish the trial to retain the MSA British championship which he October 2015

4th Ray Jacobs, Citroen Saxo, 93%

won for the first time last year. With a calculated drive, not stressing the car Hoppe finished a distant second which © Lucy Owen-Moczadlo was enough, ably passengered by former double champion Duncan Stephens. Early conditions proved extremely slippery from the start near Bridgenorth following heavy rain

5th Rupert North, Rover Mini, 98.4%

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2nd Mark Hoppe, Citroen Saxo, 76.4%

but rapidly dried as did the scoring. Steve Courts lead the rear wheel drive class all day in his Hillman Imp with a steady drive to third overall from Nigel Weeks who had a good day. Ray Jacobs won the hotly contested front wheel drive class in fourth overall following a daylong battle with Rupert North, Philip Buckle and Simon Harris who was ruing a couple of costly mistakes on one hill. Shawn Franklin and Tim Beard had a titanic battle swapping points on each hill to sneak inside the top ten overall, separated by just three points at the end. Liam Rollings borrowing his wife’s Ford Fiesta to qualify and take the lead of the REIS BTRDA Allrounders championship. Rollings last competed in a car trial eight years previously and defied his lack of experience with some great driving finishing in the middle of the class for standard new cars October 2015

and just outside the top ten overall. 1. Henry Kitching, Vauxhall Corsa, 62% 2. Mark Hoppe, Citroen Saxo, 76.4% 3. Steve Courts, Hillman Imp, 88.7% 4. Ray Jacobs, Citroen Saxo, 93% 5. Rupert North, Rover Mini, 98.4% 6. Philip Buckle, Citroen Saxo, 103.8% 7. Nigel Weeks, Hillman Imp, 110% 8. Simon Harris, VW Golf, 111.9% 9. Shawn Franklin, Ford KA, 115.7% 10. Tim Beard, Citroen Saxo, 118% MSA Championship 1. Mark Hoppe, 40points (CHAMPION) 2. Henry Kitching, 28points 3. Rupert North, 24points 4. Barrie Parker, 23points © Lucy Owen-Moczadlo

1st. Henry Kitching, Vauxhall Corsa 62%

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British Leyland cars to attend during the afternoon event, and these were lined up outside the Conference Centre block where Lord Austin had his office. As you entered the Conference Centre building, there was a 1907 Rover 8HP vintage car on display. Inside the main conference room, there were several stands with memorabilia of the days when Austin used to produce cars by the thousands at Longbridge. There was also a short old film running on a loop, showing car production at its peak. You could view Lord Austin’s office, and © Simon Wright

Mini line up outside the Conference centre

Longbridge Celebration, 11th September 2015. By Simon & Janet Wright. As part of Birmingham Heritage Week 2015, there was a Heritage Celebration at the MG Car plant, Longbridge, on the outskirts of Birmingham. Organised in partnership with MG, Pride of Longbridge, Keith from Birmingham Live and Councillor Andy Cartwright and located in the MG Sales Centre in Lowhill lane, it was the opportunity to explore a little of the past car production at Longbridge. Gemma Cartwright from Pride of Longbridge had organised for some classic October 2015

Lord Austin’s Office.

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A selection of old Austin Saloons were on display

there was a video explaining some of the history relating to the office. There was also the chance to look round the small MG museum which is located within the main building. Although the site is famous for being the Austin factory for many years, it also traded as Rover and now MG and the museum reflected all three famous marques. The Mini is probably the most © Simon Wright

famous vehicle built at Longbridge and there were a couple of classic Austin Morris Mini saloons on display. Behind them were © Simon Wright a pair of Austin Healy 3000 sports cars, followed by a pair of later Rover Mini saloons. A classic 1938 Rover P2 saloon and a 1948 Rover P3 were next down the line and finally there was an MG TF sports car and 5,000,000 Rover 75 October 2015

MG ZT-T Estate

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internal road that runs along the CAB (Car Assembly Building) and seeing nothing. Back in the 80s, at any time of day, this road would have been a hustle of activity, filled with people and cars and now it was deserted. A lot of the modern assembly is done by robots. This was an excellent free

Austin Mini

1907 Rover 8HP

saloon built in 2003. Outside in the sunshine there was a good turnout of classic British Leyland cars on show, which was impressive as it was a Friday afternoon. There was an original Austin 7 saloon, an Austin Ascot, various Mini models including a Clubman 1275GT, the Mini Metro, and more modern Rovers and MG models. As a former Austin Apprentice who worked at Longbridge back in the early 1980s, it seemed strange looking down the © Simon Wright 1970 Rover P5B 3.5 litre Coupe

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1948 Rover P3

event that allowed people to get a glimpse at the history of this famous site, and showing that even under Chinese ownership, the past is remembered with pride. Page 42

Austin Healey 3000

1938 Rover P2

1928 Austin 75 © Simon Wright

Classic and Competition Car meet some of the organisers © Simon Wright

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1938 MG SA Saloon

1935 Austin Ascot © Janet Wright

5,000,000 Rover 75 - 2003

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1976 British Rally Championship winning Ford Escort RS1800 Mk II of Ari Vatenen

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MG Metro 6R4 and Audi Quattro Pikes Peak

Rally Day, Castle Combe circuit. By Syd Wall with additional photos by Lucy Owen-Moczadlo Over 10,000 fans at Castle Combe celebrated the 15th anniversary of RallyDay, Europe’s premier show for everything rallying. The behind-the-scenes changes in organisation (Castle Combe have taken over RallyDay from the event founders Darin Frow and Jo & Brian Stubbings - Brian will always be part of the team) sensibly retained the show’s core elements of 8 hours of virtually non-stop track activity plus the enormous array of car displays © Lucy Owen-Moczadlo October 2015

and driver interviews. But they added an innovative idea, a Friday night pre-show dinner hosted by the show’s stars, Ari Vatanen & Elfyn Evans and they also brought back the grid walk. Along with Ari and Elfyn, this year’s driver attractions were the ever present Russell Brookes and Phil Collins, plus US and China champion, the Isle of Man’s David Higgins and glamorous Ukrainian driver, Inessa Tushkanova. After a morning of club drivers having fun on the circuit and after Howard Davies & Tony Mason had

Russell Brookes in the Opal Manta

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Toyota Celica GT Four

Lancia Stratos © Lucy Owen-Moczadlo

Sainz Ford Focus. © www.rallygallery.com.com

Renault 12 Rally car

David Higgins in Martyn Spurrells McRae Impreza © www.rallygallery.com.com

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Renault 5 Turbo

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Talbot Sunbeam Lotus

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David Stokes/Guy Weavers Ford Escort on the Rally North Wales stand with Guy Weaver, Richard Hinton (CoC) and Guys son Ryan Ford Escort Mk2 travels just as fast on 3 wheels

interviewed everyone on the main stage, the star drivers then took to the track for the Castrol Edge Feature Stage, some in the © www.rallygallery.com.com same cars they had used in their heyday. Ari Vatanen was in the famous Allied Polymer sponsored LAR 201P RS1800 and David Higgins spent most of the afternoon in the Colin McRae Impreza P12 WRC. Around 50 cars entertained the crowd for three full hours followed by the paddock gates being Ari Vatenen October 2015

open to allow fans to flood onto the stage to see all the cars lined up on the grid. Once the fans were ushered back to the paddock, the grid sped off for a lap of the circuit. It was a truly spectacular sight and a perfect way to end the day. Full marks to the new organiser, Castle Combe’s Tom Davis and we're looking forward to next year’s RallyDay Elfyn Evans in the Msport Ford Fiesta

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Russian driver Inessa Tushakanova

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Tushakanova driving the Golden Wonder Rover SD1

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Three generations of Rally car - Ford Fiesta, Mini Cooper S and Subaru Impreza

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David Howard Jaguar XJ12 leads Sam Clarke Jnr Jaguar XJS in the Jaguar Saloon & GT Championship

CSCC Race Meeting, Donington Park 5th-6th September 2015. By Simon & Janet Wright. The Classic Sports Car Club (CSCC) held their two day meeting round the sweeping Donington Park circuit at the beginning of September with a full fifteen race programme for saloon and sports cars, with Saturday featuring the older models, whilst Sunday featured the more modern cars. Racing across both days were the Pirelli Ferrari Formula Classic, and © Simon Wright the Toyo Tires Jaguar Saloon and GT Championship. After morning qualifying, the first race after the lunch break was the forty minute CSCC Advantage Motorsport Nicholas Olson Lotus Esprit S3 won they Future Classics race while Mark Chilton Porsche 928 S4 finished 3rd

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Future Classics race which saw Compton Goddard and Coyne start from pole position in their Ferrari 308 GTB and build up a good lead before the scheduled pitstop on lap 15. © Simon Wright Unfortunately the car was back in the pits just two laps later and retired on lap 21. Victory went to Nicholas Olson in the Lotus Esprit S3 by over 5 seconds from class winner Matthew Wurr in his Morgan Plus 8 R and Mark Chilton in his Porsche 928 S4. The other class winners were Lilley/Tucker driving a Ford Sierra Cosworth, Tony Maryon in the Porsche 944 S2, Mark Lucock in the Mk1 Ford Escort RS2000, David Chris Southcott MG Midget went straight on in to Bryant in the Toyota MR2 the gravel at Redgate in the Special Saloon & Modsport race

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Matt Moore RSR Ford Escort 2000 won the second Special Saloons and Modsport race.

MkII, Velkov/Popov in a Porsche 928 and finally Keen/ Blackburn in a Ford Capri 3000. The second race was the first of two for the Special Saloons and Modsports. Matt Moore took pole position in his RSR Ford Escort 2000 and won the first race after battling with Paul Sibley in his Lotus Elan. Sibley did briefly take the lead with a couple of laps to go, but retired with one lap to go leaving Moore a clear winner from the Ford Anglia Spaceframe of Steven Moss. The only other car to retire was the MG Midget of Chris Southcott which went straight on at Redgate and © Simon Wright

David Beatty Honda Prelude leads Thomas Carey Honda CRX and Steve Moss in the Ford Anglia Spaceframe in the Special saloons and Modsport race

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buried the car in the gravel on lap 6. The other class winners were Thomas Carey in the Honda CRX, Tony Paxman in another Ford Escort Mk1 and Kevin Cooper in a Hillman Imp Davrian Solo Stiletto. The second race was the last of the day © Janet Wright on Saturda y and saw Steve Moss lead from start to finish in his The Ross & Ross Alfa Romeo Spider cut across the gravel at Roberts in the Swinging Sixties Group 1 race spacefra me Ford Anglia to win by under half a second from Moore in the Escort, who had battled Thomas Carey in the Honda CRX for most of the race, but Carey lost out at the end to the Peugeot 309 GTi Turbo of Danny Morris which had slowly worked his way through the field, having dropped from the front row of the grid, back to 6th place at the end of the first lap, to finish a close 3rd. The CSCC Classic K race was a one hour race with pole going to the © Simon Wright Lotus Elan S2 of Halstead/ McPherson . The Gardiner/ Faulkner Ford Falcon which had Mike Gardiner Ford Falcon fought through the field after starting from the pit lane in the Classic K race

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Ziller/Arif Triumph TR2 about to be lapped by the Hall & Hall Ford Falcon Sprint in the Classic K race

car toured round bellowing clouds of white smoke all around the circuit for the last lap. The car was classified 7th overall and 1st in class, but was issued with a formal reprimand and 2 penalty points for driving in a manner incompatible with General Safety. The result was a 1-2-3 finish for the Lotus Elan with Cox/Stirling winning by 45 seconds from Halstead/ McPherson and Tomlin/Adcock. The Toyo Tyres Jaguar Saloons and GT Championship had two races over the weekend. Sam Clarke Jnr grabbed Pole position in his Jaguar XJS, but it was Thomas Barclay in a 4.2 © Simon Wright

qualified on the front row gave themselves a handicap by having to start from the pit lane after the field had left the grid. This provided an early highlight for the race as Gardiner cut his way through the field, having passed six cars on the first lap. He was 13th at the end of lap 2, 10th on lap 3, and 6th by lap 10. Faulkner took over on lap 21 and continued the charge getting up to 3rd before the engine failed on the last lap and the © Janet Wright

Ben Walker XJS heads the midfield group in to Old Hairpin in the Jaguar Saloon & GT race

litre Jaguar Coupe that led from start to finish to win on Saturday by just over 13 seconds from Clarke with David Howard 3rd overall in his class winning Jaguar XJ12. The other two class winners were Rodney Frost in a XJS and Steve Askham in an XJ6. The Sunday race saw a repeat result with Barclay winning from Clarke, but this time by only 0.316 of a second. Howard took another class win in 4th, but the other The Cox/Stirling Lotus Elan took an easy victory by over 45 seconds in the Classic K race

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Rover Mini of Chris Watkinson who took the flag less than half a second in front of the Tonge/Winter Mini. A long way back in 3rd place was the class winning Triumph TR4 of Martin/Edwards, over 45 seconds behind the winners. The other class winners were all driving a BMW. Makein and Everett were 5th in a 2 litre BMW 1502, while Pead and Walsh were 9th in a BMW 1600Ti and the final class winner was the last classified runner, Joel Wykeham in a BMW 2002 ti The second race for the bigger cars saw Halstead and © Simon Wright

Tonge/Winter Mini Cooper S leads on the first lap of the CSCC Swinging Sixties Group 1 race.

class winners were Guy Connew in an XJ6 S2 and Alasdair McGregor in an X300. The CSCC Swinging Sixties were split in to two seperate 40 minute races for Group 1 and Group 2. The Group 1 race was for the smaller engined cars and saw the 1380cc Mini Cooper S of Tonge and Winter on Pole position. They also led most of the race but were passed with 4 laps to go by the winning 1380cc © Simon Wright

Garrett/Yool Ford Mustang took a trip through the Redgate gravel in the Classic K race.

The Martyn Adams Triumph TR7 V8 gets out of shape at the start of the Future Classics race with Tony Maryon’s Porsche 944 S2

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McPherson claim pole position in their Ginetta G4 but the race was stopped with a red flag due to oil all around the circuit on the racing line which caused several cars to spin. The cars were held on the grid and the race time continued and when they were restarted it was only for a couple of minutes. The results at 7 laps were Luke Wos in the 7.4 litre Chevrolet Corvette was the winner ahead of a class winning Lotus Super Seven S3 of John Muirhead. The other class winner of the shortened race were Daniels/Gough in a 3 litre Marcos in 7th overall. One driver who Page 52

Chris Watkinson Rover Mini 1300 won the Swinging Sixties Group 1 race

Gail Hill Ford Mustang GT 350 had a spin on oil at Redgate in the Swinging sixties Group 2 race but still managed to fish 5th © Janet Wright

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Luke Wos 7.4 litre Chevrolet Corvette won the Swinging Sixties Group 2 race.

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Cornwallis BMW 1600Ti, Naismith Ford Lotus Cortina and Lyon Alfa Romeo GT2000 take Redgate 3 abreast in the Swinging Sixties Group 1 race

Tim Walker Ferrari 328 GTB failed to finish both Pirelli Ferrari Formula Classic races

gained from the stoppage was Gail Hill who had spun on the oil at Redgate on the lap the race was stopped, but as they lined up in the order on the previous lap, she was able to move through the grid and finished 6th overall in her 4.7 litre Ford Mustang. The PirelliFerrari Formula Classic also had a race on both days. David Tomlin was on Pole position in a Ferrari 308 GTB, but the initial lead was taken by Guy Culver in a 328 GTB before Tomlin got back in front to win by just over 2 seconds from Culver. Tomlin also won the second race on Sunday but this time by © Simon Wright

over 13 seconds from James Cartwright in another 328 GTB, who had received a 5 second time penalty added to his time for exceeding track limits. Sunday saw a seven race programme, starting after lunch with the CSCC Open Sports v Saloon with Dunlop Puma Cup. This provided a decisive win for Danny Winstanley in a Caterham R300, who won by over a lap ahead of Simon Smith in another Caterham CSR. The first Puma was James Clare who was 23rd overall. After the second Ferrari and Jaguar races, it was time for the CSCC Tin Tops with MS Society race, which proved a decisive win for Richard Woods in his Ford Focus. The first of two Magnificent Sevens races was for the Group 2 cars and saw Danny Winstanley in a Caterham R300 win by over 6 seconds from Tom Eden in a Caterham CSR Cosworth. The Group 1 race closed the weekend and saw Matt Spark take the final victory of the meeting in his Caterham Supersport by just over half a © Janet Wright

Chris Butler Ferrari 328 GTB and Nick Cartwright Ferrari 328 GTV finished 3rd and 4th in both Pirelli Ferrari Formula Classic races

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Flame throwing Matthew Wurr finished 2nd in the Future Classics race in his Morgan Plus 8 R

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1962 Mercedes Benz 190SL Roadster overlooking the pier at Bournemouth

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The Classic Austin Saloon

Held each week throughout the summer, the Classic Cars on the Prom celebrated it’s 15th anniversary in 2015, having run since 2000. Starting at the beginning of April, each Sunday afternoon from 4pm until 6:30pm, at the West Overcliff Promenade, behind the Bournemouth International Centre, cars from the 1920s right through to 1983 are displayed for the public to enjoy. The organisers like to keep the event for classic cars and don’t allow modern supercars admission, as they regularly get between 70 October 2015

and 130 vehicles turn up to display. The event is free for eligible cars with free public viewing. Car owners are warned on their web site that they may not be admitted if the vehicle is modified to expose the engine, or with unprotected © Motorsport-imagery.com exhausts which 1971 Vauxhall Firenza may risk public safety. This show in September had a good turn out with some very interesting cars on display. One that caught the eye was a 1962 Silver Mercedes Benz 190SL Roadster. Restored in the 1990s and then put in to storage, the car re-appeared in 2011, where the new owner had a complete back to bare metal respray and the interior reupholstered in red leather. This model was originally launched at the 1954 New York International Motor Show, the first time a Mercedes had been launched outside Germany. The car is powered by a four cylinder single ohc engine © Motorsport-imagery.com

Dodge Challenger R/T 440 Six Pack

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1957 6 litre Cadillac 62 Coupe

fed by twin Solex 44 pnh carburettors producing around 120 bhp giving the car a top speed of over a 106 mph. All round independant suspension gives the car great handling. There was a selection of American muscle cars on display, with a 1964 Chevrolet Impala done up as an American Nascar

1960 7 litre Buick Invicta

racer, a 1957 6 litre Cadillac 62 Coupe with plenty of chrome and large fins and a 1960 7 litre Buick Invicta. British cars were well

1964 3.9 litre Chevrolet Impala

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1960 Vauxhall Cresta

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Humber Super Snipe

represented with the normal fare of Mini, MG B and older Austin 7 saloons. A little more unusual were a pair of Vauxhall saloons. The 1960 Vauxhall Cresta was in perfect condition, which is rare as this model suffered terribly from corrosion, leaving this as a fairly rare example at a more conservative British design of an American style car, with lots of chrome, but smaller fins than their © Motorsport-imagery.com American cousins. Coming more up to date was the sylish 1971 Vauxhall Firenza in an unusal orange colour. The most unusual car was a 1967 Volvo Amazon which looked nothing much like the original as the car was fitted with a 3.9 litre V8 engine, customised as a hot rod and finished in a bright green and red paint October 2015

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scheme. The next event is a special on New Years Day, Friday 1st January 2016 from 11am to 1:30pm. For further information see their website at www.classiccarsontheprom.com

1967 3.947 litre Volvo Amazon Hot Rod

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Archive Photo of the month. By Pete Austin

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It's hard to believe that this issue marks the 5th anniversary of Classic and Competition Car. I know that one of the favourite cars of founder and editor Simon Wright is the Porsche 917. Therefore I thought it appropriate for the birthday issue to choose this shot of the Jo Siffert/ Brian Redman Porsche 917 being scrutineered before the 1970 1000ks at Brands Hatch. Page 59 October 2015

Race Winners Derek Johnston and Matt Bell in the TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage GT3

British GT Final, Donington Park 13th September 2015. By Mick Herring with additional photos by Simon & Janet Wright. British GT's final round of 2015 was fought out under sunny skies over 2 hours on Donington's full GP circuit. © Janet Wright TF Sport's took their maiden win and first 1-2 with honours going to Derek Johnston and Matt Bell's dominant Aston Martin ahead of teammates, Andrew Aleksander Schjerpen/Fredrik Blomstedt Ginetta G55 GT4 ahead of Jarman and Mark Farmer/Jon Barnes Aston Martin Vantage GT3 in wet practice

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Jody Fannin. Reigning champion Marco Attard went out after contact, firstly, early on with Johnston and finally hopes of retaining the championship ended in instant retirement hard against the tyres at the Melbourne hairpin after contact with GT4 championship winner Jamie Chadwick damaged his steering. Contact between Lee Mowle's BMW and Liam Griffin's Aston also ended his © Simon Wright and Rory Butchers' title aspirations. The first of two safety cars allowed the field to close and at the resumption, GT returnee Rick Parfitt/Tom Oliphant Ginetta GT3 finished 26th

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Anna Walewska/Rob Garofall Ginetta G55 GT4 ahead of Tim Eakin/ Jamie Wall Lotus Evora GT4

and former champion, Bradley Ellis put his Mercedes into third with Mowle and Howard contesting

the next two places vigorously. Mowle pitted first handing over to Joe Osborne and Howard a lap later, his Snetterton success penalty would drop him back but Jonny Adam's drive secured the fifth place they needed to win their second GT championship. Matt Bell's early fast laps got the better of Jody Fannin (for Andrew Jarman), securing his and Johnston's first win by 17.7

seconds. Third place went to the Barwell BMW Z4 of Jon Minshaw and Phil Keen ahead of Lee Mowle and Joe Osborne's 888 BMW. Hector Lester Salih Yoluc/Euan Hankey VonRyan Racing McLaren 650S were in the top 6 in Practice and Benny Simonsen proved that there's still pace in their soon-to-run-out of homologation, ageing Ferrari 458 with a fine 6th place. In GT4, with champions Chadwick/Gunn excluded from the race, this hotly contested category gave another maiden win for

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Marco Attard championship ends after contact with Jamie Chadwick Aston Martin GT4

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the Aston Martin of Academy Motorsport and drivers Chris Webster and Daniel Lloyd, their sister car in third place in the hands of Will Moore and Dennis Strandberg was denied a clean sweep by

3 The Hector Lester/Rosso Verde Ferrari 458 italia spun off in to the gravel at the Foggy Esses in Qualifying

the Century Ginetta G55 of Ian Stinton and Nathan Freke. With the GT4 title already decided at Snetterton, GT3 posed one of the tightest possible finishes in its history. Will Beechdean return to defend either or both titles or will they bow out on the highest of highs? October 2015

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Henry Hassid/Adam Christodoulou Porsche Cayman 981 SP

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GT3 Champions Andrew Howard/Jonny Adam Beechdean Aston Martin Vantage GT3

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the end of the first lap. He finished second even after getting a five second penalty for exceeding track limits. Ameya Vaidyanathan was 3rd, while Rodrigo Foneca was excluded from the results and given 4 penalty points for driving in a manner not compatible with general safety. Race two on Sunday saw Palmer score a convincing win from Jack Bartholomew while Newey Harrison Newey took his maiden Formula 4 victory in the first race at Donington was classified in 7th from 4th on the road, after gaining a 5 second penalty for exceeding Duo BRDC Formula 4 Championship and support races, track limits. Vaidyanathan scored another 3rd place. The final Donington Park 12th-13th September 2015. Formula 4 race of the weekend saw Palmer take his tenth win By Simon & Janet Wright. from the twenty one races races to clinch the 2015 With three rounds of the championship run over the weekend, Championship. Fonseca finished 2nd and Newey 3rd. and knowing that some strong points would clinch the Supporting the British GT and BRDC Formula 4 championships championship, Will Palmer, Son of MSVR boss Jonathan at Donington two races for the Formula Jedi Championship, two Palmer, qualified second just behind Harrison Newey, son of races for the Ginetta Racing Drivers Club, two races for the famed Grand prix designer Adrian Newey. With just 0.148 of a Milltek Sports Volkswagen Racing Cup and three races for the second between them, the first race on Saturday proved to be a Protyre Motorsport Ginetta GT5 Challenge. start to flag victory for Newey, his first in the championship. Formula Jedi is a single seater category for racing cars using a Palmer had to fight through the field having dropped to 6th at © Janet Wright

Omar Ismail gets knocked round by Chris Mealin and then hit by Vaidyanathan at the Melbourne hairpin in race 1, yet they all got to the finish

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Formula Jedi Race 2 winner Lee Morgan Jedi Mk6 dives up the inside of Michael Watton

bike engine. With slicks and wings and a 1000cc motorbike engine, the cars can do 0-60 mph in around 3 seconds and can reach top speeds of around 150 mph. The category is split in to two classes for Championship cars with engines produced between 2004 and 2008 and club cars with engines produced in 2003 or before. The first race on Saturday saw Ben Hingeley take his Jedi Mk6 to victory from Lee Morgan and Dan Clowes. The second race on Sunday saw Morgan get the better of Hingeley by just 0.494 of a second while Dan Clowes took

Ginetta Racing Drivers Club winner Richard Evans ahead of 3rd placed Richard Elliker

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Ryan Hadfield collected a couple of souvenirs in race 1 and won race 3

another third. The Ginetta Racing Drivers Club had two races which saw Richard Evans win both, while the more powerful Protyre Motorsport Ginetta GT5 Challenge had three races, two won by Callum Pointon and he finish 2nd in the third race that was won by Ryan Hadfield driving a Ginetta G40. The final series in the support package was the Milltek Sport Volkswagen Racing Cup. Both races were won by Michael Epps driving a Team Hard Racing Golf

Robert Barrable VW Golf finished 3rd in Race 2

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Andy Hadfield - Model T Twister.

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15th Hot Rod Drags Meeting, Shakespeare County Raceway.11th-13th September September 2015. By Syd Wall. © Syd Wall The National Street Rod Association’s 15th Hot Rod Drags meeting at Shakespeare County Raceway featured a big entry, big crowds and mostly sunny weather. Competition in the Outlaw Anglia class was tough, the strength of the class showing with 17 entries, despite one or two hightailing it down to Goodwood for the Revival. Mat Cooper took the spoils, October 2015

Al O’Conner Ford Anglia

with Ben Rushforth the runner up in his first final. Local Leamington man Cliff Griffin took the low ET of the day at 7.837s / 182mph along with the championship title. In Supercharged Outlaws, the 1-2-3 was Richard Davies, John Reeve and Neil Townson. John Reeve took the low ET of the weekend at 7.147s and Paul Watts was the

Cliff Griffin - light blue Ford Anglia

season champion. In the Gasser class the season title was between Katie Booth in ‘The Mighty Mouse’ Ford Pop just behind 2013 Champion Sean Milson in his ‘Ain’t Misbehavin’ Morris Z Van. For Katie to take the Championship, she needed to go all the way to the final and things were looking good when Sean was eliminated on Sunday. But so was Katie when she red lit on Monday, thereby handing this hard fought Championship to Sean. Friday’s forerunner day was for street legal cars only. Andy Hadfield's 'Twister’ Page 67

Andrew Gallimore

John Reeve El Bandido

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Neil Townson - Northern Spirit

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Sean Milson - Morris Z Van v Mighty Mouse

Model T took the best ET at 8.46 seconds - yes, that is a Model T and it IS road legal. Busiest man was Neil Thomas in his '32 Ford who made the very most of his entry fee, managing to clock up 17 runs. October 2015

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Simon Barlow - the Orange Ford Van

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1970 Plymouth Barracuda

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Richard Davies - Red Willys Coupe

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Class 1, Standard and Modified Sports and 13th September 2015. saloons under 750 By Mick Herring. unsupercharged went to The VSCC hillclimb season Mark Fountain's Austin 7 reached its climax at Ulster Replica. Shropshire's picturesque Loton Class 2, as above but Park Estate deer park. 751-1100 and up to 750 Julian Grimwade's Frazer Nash supercharged was won by Norris Special was fastest in the Jeremy Flann's Austin 7 One second apart, Phil Dobbin Morgan-GN Salome Pre-41 Racing Cars over 3000cc Supersports. and with it won the TT Humber Trophy timed at 64.85 seconds. Class 3, as above but 1101-1500 and up to 1100 supercharged This car has the honour of winning the very first hillclimb held at taken by Mrs Jo Blakeney-Edwards' Frazer Nash Super Sports Loton Park, on a shorter 770 yard course in 1960 recording a with a time faster than the winners of the next two classes. time of 66.46 seconds, with then owner Guy Smith. Class 4, 1501-2000 and up to 1500 supercharged. The Lea Fastest time of the day overall, from the invitation class of Post- Francis Hyper Replica of Richard Houlgate took honours here. war Historic Racing cars built before 1961 went to Phoebe Rolt's Class 5, 2001-3000 and up to 2000 supercharged was won by the 1960 Elva Formula Junior Type 200 in 63.9 seconds. attractive Delage D6 Corurse of John Warden. © Mick Herring Class 6, over 3000 and over 2000 supercharged was the perennial fight between the John Guyatt's Talbot Lago T150C and © Mick Herring the Black family T23 version with the decision going to Guyatt over Marcus Black. Class 7, The Automobile-Engined Edwardians remained the preserve of Mark Walker's committed driving style in the 1905 200 HP Darracq at 73.54 seconds. Classes 8,9, 10 and 11, for Special Sports and Saloon Cars up to 1100

VSCC Loton Park Hillclimb

Nick Leston Lovell Elkhart Sprint Racer

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Robert Craven Bentley 3 litre

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Duncan Fish Alvis 12-70

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Class winner Winston Teague GN Wasp

unsupercharged and up to 750 supercharged (Class 8), 1101-1500 and up to 1100 supercharged (9), 1501-3000 unsupercharged and up to 2250 supercharged (10), and over 3000/ over 2250 supercharged (11) were won by Kevin Morton's Riley 9 Special (8), Dr David Pryke's Morgan Riley 4/4 (9), Dudley Sterry's HRS Sports (10) © Mick Herring and Dougal Cawley's GN Ford Piglet (11), the car also shared with wife Liz. Classes 13, 14, 15 and 16. Pre-41 Racing Cars up to 1100 (13), 1101-1500 (14), 1501-3000 (15) and Pre-War racing Cars over 3000 (16) provided wins for Winston Teague's appropriately liveried GN Wasp (13), one of the most closely contended classes, saw Pete Candy's Riley Super Rat, 0.08 seconds separating him from the fleet Sue Darbyshire's

Morgan Super Aero (14), Tony Lees AC/GN Cognac just 0.2 ahead Tim Greenhill's Wolsley Hornet Special (15) and Julian Grimwade's Frazer Nash Norris Special a convincing 5 seconds ahead of Nick Leston's Lovell Elkhart Sprint Racer (16). The now established, invited, PostWar Historic Racing Cars,

One second apart, Phil Dobbin Morgan-GN Salome

1st Pre-41 racing Cars 3000cc+Julian Grimwade Frazer Nash Norris Special despite practice slide

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with a cut off date of 1/1/1961, unsurprisingly yielded fastest time overall. Phoebe Rolt's 1960 Elva Formula Junior Type 200 stopping the clocks just under 3 seconds ahead of Richard Ashford's 1948 Cooper T9 at 63.9 seconds Page 74

Vicki Royston Austin 7 Ulster Replica

Steve Lister Morgan Super Aero

F.T.D winner Phoebe Rolt Elva FJ Type 200 63.9 secs.

Edwardian winner 3 wheeling Mark Walker 1905 Darracq 200 HP

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Class winner Dougal Cawley GN Ford Piglet

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Bedford RLHZ 'Green Goddess' & Austin

Bicester Heritage Sunday Brunch Scramble – September 20th 2015. By Pete Austin Despite the Kop Hill Climb event being held over the same weekend the third Bicester Heritage Sunday Brunch Scramble of the year held on Sunday 20th September still attracted a good turnout of historic and classic cars and military vehicles. After © Pete Austin a misty start the skies soon cleared allowing some interesting aircraft to appear in addition to the rebuilt Bristol Scout October 2015

Bristol Scout which was also on display. The restored buildings of the former RAF bomber station provide a fitting backdrop for the vehicles and none more so than the Fire Section building with a Bedford ‘Green Goddess’ displayed on the forecourt together with a Vintage Austin saloon. Many of the companies now occupying some of the buildings had opened their doors to display some of the superb vehicles they were currently working on or looking after. Of particular note were a ‘Gullwing’ Mercedes Benz 300SL, Bugatti Type 51A Roadster, Ferrari 500/625 Grand Prix car and an immaculate Citroen SM. I even spotted a Packard Merlin engine from a crashed Lancaster in the Historit building. Talking of engines, two Bentley examples could be found in the Kingsbury Racing Shop. An Alvis TJ 12/50 Special, and a glorious Aston Martin DB6 and BMW CSL drew attention and an artist was taking the opportunity to draw a Riley Sprite Sports. © Pete Austin

Alvis TJ 12-50 Special

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As usual members of various owners clubs such as Ferrari, Porsche and Morgan (to name but a few) brought along their © Pete Austin

cars for display with two variations of the Dino being found amongst the Ferraris’. A 1973 Dino 246GT and nearby a 206SP recreation Air Training Corps band containing many original parts and whose drivers included Willie Green and David Piper. Nino Vaccarella even demonstrated it during © Pete Austin

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Citroen SM

Mercedes Benz 300 SL

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Riley Sprite Sports & artist

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Kingsbury Racing Shop

Bugatti Type 51A Roadster

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its career. Once again there was great atmosphere with plenty of food stalls, people in military uniforms and music provided by an 1880 Gavioli fairground organ and an Air Training Corps Band. I look forward to more of these events next year. Ferrari 500-625

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VSCC Madresfield Driving Tests and Concours.

Cars line up for the Tests in front of Madresfield Court

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23rd August 2015. By Simon & Janet Wright. The previous day we had been sweltering in the hot sunshine at Mallory Park for the VSCC Race meeting, and now we were sheltering from a torrential downpour of heavy rain. Located in the shadow of the Malvern Hills in © Simon Wright Worcestershire, the Driving tests take place on the mile long straight drive leading to Madresfield Court, the ancestral home of the Lygon family whose eldest son bore the title Earl David Lamb in a 1934 Riley Imp Beauchamp between 1815 and 1979 when the eighth and last Earl died. The Sunday had dawned a lot cooler and cloudier than the previous day, and with the late morning start and the threat of rain, the organisers decided to run the tests straight after each other and not to have a lunch break. Unfortunately, the rain arrived early, around noon, and it was storm rain for the first half an hour. Everyone raced to find some shelter from the rain. After the storm, the rain did ease off, but it continued to fall for the rest of the afternoon. Although the ‘track’ was a straight piece of tarmac, the tests did have some interesting aspects to them. One test involved a plastic pork chop, a pets toy, that was laid on the track. Each car had to move forward and drive over the chop, with the front wheel passing one side of the chop and the rear wheel passing the other, without running over the ‘chop’, then the car had to reverse straight down the track, over the chop without hitting it. Other tests were more conventional, accelerating forward and then Page 80

Dr Nick Bell Lagonda 2 litre low Chassis

Jonathan Butler Alvis 12/50 Beetleback

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The Madresfield Trophy winner Robert Gibson reversing his Austin 2 Seater Sports during one of the tests

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taking part were a 1903 Mercedes 60HP driven by Roger Collings, a 1904 Wolseley 6hP Voiturette of Marcus Croome and a 1904 De Dion Boulton driven by Bruce Young. The youngest car was a 1939 Frazer Nash BMW 328 Sports driven by John Muschamp. © Simon Wright

Mark Garfitt 1937 Frazer Nash BMW 319/55 Sports

braking to stop in a box, reversing back to a control line then accelerating forward to a finish line. If the car is not fitted with a reverse gear, it may be assisted by up to two pushers. There © Simon Wright were five tests in all during the day. There were 35 cars competing across 4 classes, with several cars driven by two drivers. The oldest cars Clive Hamilton-Gould Delage DISS Coupe

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Bruce Young 1904 De Dion Boulton

The overall winner of the Madresfield Trophy was Robert Gibson in his 1933 Austin 2 seater Sports with its 747 cc engine. The Montagu Trophy was awarded to Paul Tebbett driving a 1922 1.5 litre Bugatti T22. Mrs Fabienne Muschamp was the highest placed Lady driver in an Austin 7AD and Chrsitopher Dallas was the highest placed saloon driver and winner of Class B in an Austin 7. The other Class winners were Ian Goddard who took Class A driving an MG F-Type, Ian Webb won Class C in an Austin Ulster Replica and Class D was won by Marcus Croome in the Wolseley 6HP Voiturette. The Bob Watt Trophy for the Concours winner went to Charles Donavan in a Crossley Page 82

The cars competed in several different tests along the driveway. Paul Tebbett 1922 Bugatti T22 at the front © Simon Wright

Anthony Showell 1924 Tatra Type II Tourer

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Roger Collings 1903 Mercedes 60HP

Mrs Fabienne Muschamp Austin 7AD highest placed lady

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Tom Thornton 1937 Frazer Nash BMW 319/28 Special

Jim Dalton 1926 Fiat 509

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Miss Vicki Royston Austin 7 Ulster replica

Charles Donovan won the Bob Watt Trophy with his Crossley

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