Classic and Competition Car 69 June 2016 by Simon Wright

June 2016

Issue 69

Blancpain Silverstone

Donington Historic Festival

HSCC International Trophy

VSCC Speed Trials Curborough

British GT Rockingham

Worcester Motoring Festival

Our Team.

Contents

Simon Wright - Editor.

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News.

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S&HMC Sprint Curborough.

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GT Cup Donington Park.

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Worcester Motoring Festival.

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Silverstone Classic Media day.

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Track rides in a E-Type Jaguar and Ariel Atom

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British Hill Climb Championship, Prescott.

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Donington Historic Festival, Donington Park.

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Blancpain Endurance Series, Silverstone.

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HSCC International Trophy, Silverstone.

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VSCC Speed Trials, Curborough.

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British GT, Rockingham.

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Cars and Coffee, Great Escape Cars, Redditch.

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Archive Photo of the month.

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750 Championship, Silverstone.

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

Our regular contributors below,are all independant freelance photographers/ journalists Pete Austin. Mick Herring. 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's first love is GT racing, including Historic, especially the Lola T70. Has an extensive knowledge of all things GT.

Lucy Owen-Moczadlo.

Syd Wall.

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.

David Goose David runs MotorsportImagery web site with Stuart and covers GT, Touring Cars and the odd Rally and Classic car event

Syd shoots for rallying website, RallyGallery and covers Rallying, Drag Racing and all things American & Historic

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

Front Cover. Blancpain Black Falcon Mercedes-AMG GT3 driven by Oliver Morley, Miguel Toril and Maro Engel ÂŠ Motorsport-Imagery All content is copyright classicandcompetitioncar.com unless otherwise As well as this magazine, you can follow us on Twitter @classcompcar stated. All photographs are copyright and cannot be used for commercial purposes unless by prior approval of the original copyright and join our Facebook Group holder. We try to ensure accurate and truthful reporting but if you spot Classic and Competition Car. an error, please contact us and will we verify and correct accordingly. To Subscribe for free and be notified when the next issue is We do not organise any events which are mentioned and we are not published please click here. To check out our web site with responsible if the event does not take place or is cancelled. Please contact the event organiser before making a long trip. additional photos please click here

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Editorial. Touring cars have always been popular with the fans, and with races for Group A and Super Touring now being added to the main Historic events like the Donington Historic Festival and the Silverstone Classic, they continue to entertain, with close exciting racing in cars that the fans can easily recognise, using saloons from some of the most popular seasons in saloon car racing. Enjoy Ford vs Rover vs BMW all over again. © Simon Wright

Turkington without tin-top. In what is believed to be his first open top race in a car, former BTCC Champion made his debut in the HSCC Guards Trophy race at the International Trophy meeting at Silverstone at the wheel of a Brabham BT5 which he shared with owner Sam Thomas. They qualified 3rd in class and after a spirited drive they finished 2nd in class and 9th overall. Here he is seen ahead of current Guards Trophy Champion Mike Gardiner in his TVR Griffith.

News

This years Silverstone Classic is celebrating the 40th anniversary of James Hunt winning the World Championship in 1976. His son Freddie was at the Classic media day event launch with several of the cars that James had driven. See a report on the launch on page 25

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THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA BECKONS FOR THE START OF THE PEKING TO PARIS MOTOR CHALLENGE 2016 The sixth Peking to Paris Motor Challenge will begin on Sunday 12th June 2016 as 110 crews cross the start line at the Great Wall of China in Beijing with an 8,500mile rally ahead of them. Competitors will cross eleven countries including Mongolia’s Gobi Desert, Russia and Belarus before entering Europe to reach the finish line in the centre of Paris on Sunday 17th July. More crews are taking part in the 2016 outing than ever before, with 50 cars dated pre-1942 in the Vintageant class and 60 in the Classic class dated pre-1977. All eyes will be on the 2013 Classics winner, and the oldest competitor in the event, Gerry Crown from Australia in the mighty 1974 Leyland P74. Gerry, aged

After preparing the Chevrolet Fangio Coupe crewed by Phil

84, has competed in all five of the Endurance Rally Association’s revivals of this

Garratt and Kieron Brown, winners of the 2013 Peking to Paris

epic adventure. Endurance Rally Association Rally Director Fred Gallagher said: “The entry list features over 30 different automotive manufacturers and competitors representing

rally, Oxfordshire-based Rally Preparation Services (RPS) has worked with 24 competitors from across the world to rebuild and

24 different countries. This is a truly global event that challenges both car and crew

restore their classic and vintage cars ready for the starting line

to the limit.

on 12th June 2016. Some of the cars they have prepared are shown above. From L to R: Car 52 Rudolf Hug(CH) / Andreas Astaller(D)1941 Chevrolet Super Deluxe Coupe Car 71 Arno Schenk(CH) / Philipp Schenk(CH) 1967 - Volvo PV544 Car 50 Jan Vyskocil(CH) / Rene Kuhni(CH) 1941 - Buick Super Car 41 Joe Robillard(USA) / Alzbeta Katuscakova(SK) 1939 - Chevrolet Coupe Car 38 Antonio Viana-Baptista(PT) / Joao Baptista(PT) 1939 - Plymouth Coupe Car 16 Mattia Nocera(I) / Giacomo Foglia(I) 1930 - Chevrolet 6 Tourer Car 36 Tim Eades(USA) / Willie McNickle(USA) 1938 - Chevrolet Fangio Coupe Car 43 Matt Peckham(USA) / John Peckham(USA) 1939 - Chevrolet Coupe Car 89 Adrian Hodgson(GB) / Mark Mills(GB) 1975 - Peugeot 504 Ti Car 48 Andrew Laing(GB) / Ian Milne(GB) 1940 - Pontiac Coupe

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HISTORIC WEEKEND FOR CIVIC TYPE R AT CRAIGANTLET HILL CLIMB. The Honda Civic Type R has set a new class record and become the first standard production car to score points in the 69 year history of the Avon Tyres/TTC Group MSA British Hillclimb Championship. Sponsored by Primo Insurance and raising awareness for the Nationwide Association of Blood Bikes, Scottish journalist David Finlay, piloted the Civic Type R to success, shaving over a second off the old class record and in June 2016

the process creating motorsport history. Claiming five points, the Honda Civic Type R came ninth overall and completed the 0.83 mile course in just 54.69 seconds, over a second faster than the previous record. Craigantlet Hillclimb is a speed event organised by the Ulster Automobile Club which was first held in 1913. It is the only such venue in Northern Ireland to host a round of the British Hillclimb Championship, which started in 1947. Page 5

Celebrate British iconic cars at 'BMC and Leyland Show' Visitors are once again invited to celebrate British iconic cars when the British Motor Museum hosts the ‘BMC & Leyland Show’ on Sunday 3 July. The show was launched four years ago and has gone from strength to strength in paying tribute to the fantastic vehicles that were produced by the British Motor Corporation including those produced by British Leyland, The Rover Group and pre-BMC Group.With approx. 800 vehicles on display, including cars, commercial and military, the show highlights the enormity of vehicles produced under the BMC marque. From a Mini through to the Scorpion tanks, from the Alvis Fighting Vehicle Society and all sizes in between including vans and lorries. As well as an Autojumble and trade stands, there will also be a non Mini Concours event with a £100 cash prize for the winner. There will also be the traditional Cowley convoy from BMW Mini Cowley and a Longbridge Convoy from MG Longbridge, both arriving at the British Motor Museum in the morning. Tom Caren, Show Manager at the British Motor Museum stated “This nostalgic show is now in its 4th year and continues to grow in popularity with this year’s event predicted to be even bigger than before. This is a real enthusiast’s event and a great trip down memory lane!” Vehicle owners advance tickets cost £7 for the driver and 1 passenger of the registered show vehicle and £8 per person for any additional passengers. Ticket prices on the day are £14 Adult, £12 Concession and £9 Children. All tickets include entry to the Museum and Collections Centre. Camping is available on Saturday 2 July. Gift Aid Tickets and other promotional vouchers can be used at this show. *Advance tickets can be purchased up to 12 noon on Friday 1 July. To find out more about the British Motor Museum please visit the website at www.britishmotormuseu m.co.uk or call 01926 641188.

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MINI TAKES ON PEKING TO PARIS MOTOR CHALLENGE This year’s Peking to Paris Motor Challenge, billed as the world’s toughest endurance rally for classic and vintage cars, will feature a Mini for the first time in the event’s history. The 1972 Austin Mini 1000 has been entered as a last minute replacement for Car 34 after Paul and Chris Hartfield’s pre-war Packard wasn’t ready in time. Concerned for the Packard, Paul contacted Owen Turner from the Rover Centre whom he had met on last year’s Sahara Challenge, for some advice and seeing just how much work still needed to be done on the old American car, advised against taking it on the gruelling 36-day 8,500mile event that journeys through some extremely difficult terrain. Needing a car in a hurray to meat the shipping deadline, the best option was to buy the Mini Owen had prepared for himself for the 2015 Marrakesh event as well as Le Jog. Owen explains: “The Packard needed a lot of work still doing and would not have coped with the likes of Mongolia at all in its current condition. It will be a challenge for the Mini, especially the Gobi Desert, but at least you can fix it fast and get moving again.” The Mini 1000 has a 1300 engine and uses a 1991 body shell, sprayed in its original colour. Not bad considering it was built in two weeks. The sixth Peking to Paris Motor Challenge, organised by the Endurance Rally Association, will begin on Sunday 12th June 2016 as 110 crews cross the start line at the Great Wall of China in Beijing. Competitors will cross eleven countries including Mongolia’s Gobi Desert, Russia and Belarus before entering Europe to reach the finish line in the centre of Paris on Sunday 17th July. More crews are taking part in the 2016 outing than ever before, with 50 cars dated pre-1942 in the Vintageant class and 60 in the Classic class dated pre-1977. The Peking to Paris Motor Challenge begins Sunday, June 12, 2016, at the Great Wall of China outside Beijing and concludes Sunday, July 17, 2016, at Place Vendôme in the centre of Paris, France. For more details including the full route itinerary and the latest updates, visit www.endurorally.com

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Chris Meek 21st December 1937 to 21st May 2016 By Simon Wright.

This years Silverstone Classic will feature a Can-Am race for the mighty Group 7 sports cars from the early 70s like this March 717 Chevrolet as seen at the Classic media day.

Mike Stripe 1952-2016 We were sorry to hear of the passing of Mike Stripe, who we have known only for a few years in his role of Club Secretary and Chief Executive of the Vintage Sports Car Club. Mike has also served on the UK’s Motor Sports Association (MSA) Historic Committee since 2009. He edited the VSCC monthly Newsletter and also wrote for the Lotus Drivers’ Club magazine, Chicane. He was also a former Chairman of the Lotus Drivers Club and had a particular passion for the Lotus marque, having owned and run various Lotus cars for over twenty years. In his spare time, Mike had also been Competition Secretary for the Historic Lotus Register. Originally from Gosport, Mike had served over 25 years in the Army in munitions management, explosive ordinance disposal and counterterrorist bomb disposal duties. He had served in GB, Northern Ireland, Germany, the middle east and the USA. To his family and friends we offer our sincere condolences.

I cannot claim to have known Chris Meek but I have been in the same race as him, a Prodsport race at Oulton Park in the mid 1970s. He was at the front of the race in his Lotus Europa and I was at the back in my MG Midget. I did no more races as I had no funds as a poor engineering apprentice. Chris Meek, a member of the BRDC, began racing in the mid 50s on motorcycles, then switched to 4 wheels with the 500cc F3 at his local circuit of Brough in 1956. He then switched to sports cars using Lotus Types IX and X then an Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Veloce and an Elva Courier. He won the 1960 Gold Flake Trophy race at Phoenix Park in the Elva. He returned to single seaters and in 1964 enjoyed considerable success in a Ginetta G4. In the late 60’s he tried his hand at Formula 2, but the cars were uncompetitive and his only finish was 9th at Thruxton in a Brabham BT10. He switched to Formula Ford in 1970 and in 1971 was the BRSCC Northern Formula Ford Champion in a Lotus 69F. He progressed to Formula Atlantic and raced various cars including a Brabham BT38, a March 712 and a Motul M1, winning a British Championship round at Snetterton. Chris also supported young Welsh driver Tom Pryce through his Titan Properties company. Chris in the meantime had switched to Production Sports Car races driving a De Tomaso Pantera, Lotus Europa, TVR 1600M, MG Midget and a Panther Lima. Between 1973 and 1980 Chris won six Production Sports Car Championships. In the early 80’s Chris raced rather less, but remained at the forefront of motorsport when his Titan Properties company purchased the freehold to Mallory Park. He also owned over 40 Ferrari road cars over the years. To his wife, two sons and family we offer our sincere condolences. © Simon Wright

Chris Meek in his Lotus Europa Prodsport car

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Neil in his regular Historic drive, Ben Eastick's D-type.

Neil Cunningham 1964 - 2016. By Mick Herring. I was saddened to hear of the death of Neil Cunningham recently. The last time I met him was at the final British GT round at Donington two seasons ago. A buzz went round the paddock that day and everyone was overjoyed to see him again, wheelchair bound by Motor Neurone Disease, but nevertheless it was still the same smiling New Zealander we all knew. I first met him whilst sat in the back of the Moore Racing truck at the British GT Silverstone meeting in 2007. Listening intently to his good humour and stories of racing in New Zealand and other parts of the world passed a great evening. Subsequently, every time we met at race meetings, he always greeted me warmly and you always got the “full” Neil just as you did with that other great driver, Alan Simonsen, never making excuses about having to be somewhere

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else. I later learned that when he first came to England his Formula Ford car was engineered by another legend, former works Ford Rally driver, Andy Dawson. A change from single seaters to Eurocar, through DTM and drives in America. Another change led him to success in GT cars including Dodge Vipers, Corvettes, Morgans and Porsches and appearances at Le Mans. Later drives in Bob Pepper’s Mustang and particularly Ben Eastick’s Jaguar D-type marked him out in Historics too. Neil also acted and did stunt driving work for the James Bond films and a rumour that he was “The Stig” for Top Gear is correct. Being diagnosed 6 years ago at the age of 47 with Motor Neurone Disease effectively ended his careers but it was the start of him engaging the motor racing world by launching the charity Racing4MND to fund research into the disease. Sincere condolences are sent to his wife and children. It was a privilege to know you Neil.

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Sheffield and Hallamshire Motor Club Long Course Curborough Sprint 24th April 2016. By Simon Wright.

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Paul Gough Renault Clio 3 wheels through the cross over on his way to 5th in class

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Jan Snape in the Jedi Mk1 took the fastest time of the day to win

A dull and damp day was in store for the competitors taking part in the two lap sprint round the figure of eight circuit near Lichfield. The Sheffield and Hallamshire Motor Club had a good entry for the meeting, with a variety of saloons, sports cars and racing cars, with a few single seaters added for good measure. Not suprisingly, it was one of the single seater racing cars that © Simon Wright set the fastest time of the day, with Jan Snape in a Jedi Mk 1 setting a time of 57.36 seconds. Second fastest and winning his class was Steve Barnard driving his special racing Audi TT in a time of 59.22 seconds. Third overall went to another single seater, Steven Potter driving a Megapin who completed the course in just over the minute mark with a 60.1 second time. Keeping the Class winner Matthew Walk Ford Fiesta had a mix was fourth placed David quick spin in practice

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Large in his class winning Radical sports racing car with a time of 60.15 seconds. Fifth overall was another class winner, Mark Williams in his shared Westfield Megabusa in a 60.99 second run. Sports cars continued to dominate the leader board with Class winning Sarah Bosworth 6th overall in her Lotus Elise with a 61.4 second lap. Seventh took us back to the single seater racing cars with Stuart Bickley in the TDF Jedi finishing 3rd in class with a time of 64.44 seconds, just 4 hundreths of a © Simon Wright

Class winner Mark Williams in the Westfield Megabusa was 5th

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Class winning Steve Narnard Audi TT finished 2nd overall

Justin Rancins Lotus Elise S1 spun coming out of the Molehill

second slower than Sarah in her Lotus Elise. Steve Brennan was eighth in a Radical Sports racing car with a time of 64.57 seconds, and ninth was another class winner, Oliver Swadkin in another Westfield SEiW on 65.76 seconds ahead of the more powerful Westfield Megabusa of Phil Williams in tenth overall in 67.08 seconds The other class winners were eleventh placed Steve Barrow in a Porsche Boxster with a time of 67.5 seconds, whilst the first saloon was class winning Matthew Walk in a Ford Fiesta with a time of 70.65 seconds and fifteenth overall. The Honda S2000 of Raymond Worrall took their class win in sixteenth position with a 70.71 second first run. The first rally car was Peter Shenton in a Ford June 2016

Escort Mk 1 in seventeeth overall with a time of 70.99 seconds which beat the later model Ford Escort Cosworth of Bill Rushton by under 2 seconds. The next class winner was Tom Harding in a Volkswagen Golf in a time of 73.06 seconds. Dave Reed took a class win in his Lotus FF61 with a time of 73.47 seconds in twenty seventh overall, followed by class © Simon Wright winning Steve Smith in a Subaru Impreza with a time of 73.61 seconds for twenty eighth overall. The final class winners were David Whiteley in a Lotus Elise S1 with a time of 74.42 seconds, thirty first overall, Julian Fishwick in thirty fourth place in an Austin Mini with a 76.57 second run, Keith Wilford in a Lotus 23B in thirty ninth with a time of 78.16 seconds, Geoffrey

Class winner Peter Shenton Ford Escort Mk 1 finished 17th

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Ballinger was fortyth in a Mini Cooper with a 78.25 second run, Emma Melhuish was forty-third in her Westfield, with a run in 81 second dead. Andy Winston in the Fairthorpe Electron Minor was the last class winner in forty sixth overall with a time of 91.67 seconds. The two lap figure of eight style course saw at least a couple of drivers make a mess of their run as they went up the main straight instead of sweeping round to the left, as per the original course. Dean Ratcliffe in his Rover Metro took the wrong route and went up the main straight, and turned left at the cross over to return to the start line after half a lap. The Ford Fiesta’s were having fun on the damp track during the morning Practice runs with first class winner Matthew Walk spinning at the entry to Molehill on his second practice run and then Dave Chesterton spinning off after the crossover on the exit of Molehill on his Second timed run. Joining in the fun was Justin Rancins in his Lotus Elise S1 who did a complete 180 degree spin on his first timed run as he exited the Molehill.

David Large Radical won his class and finished 4th overall © Simon Wright

Keith Wilford Lotus 23B won his class © Simon Wright

Sarah Bosworth Lotus Elise won her class and was 6th overall

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Steven Potter Megapin finished 3rd overall

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Alex Smith Mazda MX5 was 9th in class

Bill Rushton Ford Escort Cosworth was 23rd overall © Simon Wright

Alan Henley Honda Civiv Type R 7th in class

Class winner Dave Reed Lotus FF61 © Simon Wright

Class winner Tom Harding Volkswagen Golf

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Raymond Worrall Honda S2000 won his class

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MSVR Meeting, GT Cup Donington Park 23rd/24th April By Mick Herring.

ÂŠ Mick Herring

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Race start for untroubled Bentley

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GT4 Porsche Cayman delayed by factory

With the GT Cup pit stop race becoming the weekend highlight race, the two 25 minute sprint races revert to being run on Saturday. Richard Chamberlain’s Porsche 935 took a 0.33 second victory in Saturday’s race one when Darren Nelson’s Lamborghini Huracan lost a substantial lead in the Old Hairpin’s gravel but Chamberlain was pushed hard by Gareth Downing’s power restricted Lotus Evora GTE. Jordan Witt’s Bentley Continental GT3, started from pitlane after missing the grid and went through the field to finish third plus setting fastest lap. Phil Burgan’s Audi R8 LMS Ultra GT3 ensured the first four places were all GTO class cars. June 2016

In race two, Jordan Witt didn’t repeat his error, taking the win and fastest lap from Richard Chamberlain’s Porsche with GT Cup returnee, John © Mick Herring Dhillon’s Ferrari 458 taking third from Downing’s Lotus. Neil Huggins’GTC class Lamborghini Gallardo Trofeo LP570 took fourth place following Darren Nelson spinning his GTA winner Tom Webb BMW E46. Lamborghini Huracan again in this race, thus dropping him down the order. Sunday's fifty minute endurance race provided a 17.5 second untroubled win for Jordan Witt’s solo driven Bentley ahead of the flying Adam Carroll, who also set fastest lap after he took over Nelson’s Lamborghini Huracan, despite ABS problems © Mick Herring causing a locking wheel. Third, a lap down, was Aaron Scott, taking over John Dhillon’s Ferrari 458. Witt caught Scott as the race closed, seemingly unable to pass him but with such a lead was content to let the race run its course to victory. The improving Audi R8 of Nigel Hudson and Adam Wilcox rounded out the GTO top four ahead of Tom Webb’s GTA BMW E46. A pair of GTB Porsches took the next places with eighth to tenth belonging to three GTA class Ginetta G55s.

The only view most saw of the Bentley.

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Dhillon - Scott and Bailey - Schultz Ferrari 458.

Power restricted Lotus Evora.

ABS problems Lambo locks a wheel.

Elise Trophy Jason McNulty throws up the dirt. © Mick Herring

F3 Cup oldest car Geoffrey Hoodless March 813.

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Bentley heads venerable Chamberlain Porsche 935.

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Hudson - Wilcox Audi R8.

Donington’s races also marked the appearance of two examples of the Porsche Cayman GT4 despite Porsche delaying customer deliveries. Only two of three proposed Gen3 F56 MINI JCW races took place due to a lengthy first lap red flag stoppage but they yielded a win and second place (with fastest lap) for reigning champion Charlie Butler-Henderson, Correspondingly, Nathan Harrison was second in race one took and victorious in race two.

Meanwhile Cooper S and Cooper classes had three races with Steve Cocker taking the first and Scott Jeffs the other two, the winners enjoyed fastest lap on each occasion. Gaining race experience, Will Neal, son of BTCC former Champion Matt Neal, took 13th, 17th and a DNF in his races. Toyo Tyres Production MINI JCW James Turkington, the clue is in the name, Colin's brother. BMW Championship with two races on Sunday proving a clean sweep for Harry Goodman who also set fastest lap in race one, and a pair of seconds for William Davison. Matthew Swaffer took third in © Mick Herring

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Aborted JCW race.

F3 Cup Shane Kelly three wins and two fastest laps Dallara F308.

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Elise S1 followed home by Freddie Hetherington and Alex Ball in race one and Stuart Ratcliffe and Hetherington in race two. © Mick Herring

VAG Trophy two wins for Paul Taylor.

race one but Andy Gay demoted him to third in race two. Maximumgroup.net VAG Trophy yielded wins in races one and three for Paul Taylor’s VW Golf and a 2nd place in race two, whilst Darelle Wilson enjoyed a 2nd and a 1st but went across Redgate’s gravel trap in race three. Shane Kelly’s Dallara F308 took a clean sweep in all three F3 Cup races and fastest laps in the last two. Two Lotus Elise Trophy races yielded two wins for Jason Baker’s

Toyo Tyres Production BMW. © Mick Herring

Elise Trophy race 1 Alex Ball leads Freddie Hetherington.

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Mini Cooper and S Will Neal 13th and 17th.

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Worcester Motoring Festival

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Elgar watches over a couple of vintage Ford cars

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Now in itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tenth year, the Worcester Motoring Festival is spread all over the city centre, with displays in all the main streets to attract the passing shoppers and visitors to this historic tourist destination. This year there didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem to be as many vehicles on display as in previous years, but there was still a good turnout of classic vehicles to bring back memories to many of the older members of the public. The main High Street was mainly occupied with many motor dealers who were displaying many of the latest models from Alfa Romeo, Morgan, Ford, Seat, Subaru and Citroen to name but a few as well as a couple of Motor Sport Displays. Local hill climb venue Shelsley Walsh had a display which included a couple of single seater racing cars and an Alfa Romeo racing saloon to promote the exciting events taking place during the year 1936 Chevrolet Master Sedan

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Ford Mustang

on the hill climb course. There was also a Power Maxed BTCC Touring car. The side roads were filled with many different displays of around 100 classic cars. The Shambles which runs parallel to High Street was lined with various classic cars of British manufacture including EType Jaguars, an Austin Ruby and Austin Opal, Triumph Stag, Daimler and Rolls Royce, plus Austin Healey and others. Running down Mealcheapen Street were sporting models including a classic Porsche 911, Lotus racing car on Shelsley Waksh display

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timbered buildings as a back drop saw Ford cars from the 1960s and 70s lined up, including a pair of Ford Zodiac saloons, a pair of Ford Cortina Mk II’s, and a pair of stylish rear winged Fords, a Classic Capri and Ford Anglia plus a mighty American Ford Mustang. Right at the end of the line up was an unusual Alfa Romeo SZ. Across the other end of the city in the market place was a display of Police vehicles including a Riot van and several patrol cars, plus a Morris Minor Austin 10/4 2 seater and Dickey Tourer 1933 Panda car. Next to the Police display was a large selection of classic Mini cars, with original Mini Coopers next to more highly modified Mini’s with flared wheel arches and bonnets with power bulges. Also on display was a 1962 Austin Mini Riviera which had open sides and wicker

1946 Jaguar Mk IV

a couple of classic Bentleys advertising the Chateau Impney Hill Climb in nearby Droitwich and in the Cornmarket square were a pair of immaculate 1940’s Jaguar saloons and a Triumph Roadster. At the other end of the Shambles, in Pump Street, were more classic cars and motorcycles including a 1937 Buick 8 saloon and a 1955 Oldsmobile from America and at the other end of the size range, a little Fiat 500 from Italy. In Charles Street was a line up of Standard cars from Coventry, including a 1931 Standard Big 9 plus various Standard 8 and 10s. Moving down in to the more historic part of the city centre in Friar street, with more black June 2016

Citroen Cactus

1967/68 Kawasaki A7 Avenger

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1962 Mini Riviera

seats, which was obviously designed for warmer countries than England! Beside the cars and motorcycles on display, there were various street artists performing at certain points round the city and several shops had got in to the spirit of the event by dressing their window displays with a motoring theme, with a prize awarded for the shop window which received the most votes from the June 2016

public. Ian Cook, the Popbang Colour artist also utilised an empty shop unit for the day and was creating art using his PopBang Colour Kia Soul radio controlled model cars. Outside the shop unit were a couple of cars which were real examples of his moving art. The bright weather helped draw in the public who enjoyed looking round the vehicles.

Standard Car Club line up

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1937 Buick 8

Jaguar XJ Police Car

Bentley

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1936 Wolseley 12/48 Saloon

Morris Minor

Sunbeam Rapier

Ford Classic Capri

1938 MG VA

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1931 Standard Big Nine Saloon. The Big Nine was first introduced in 1928 with a new type of 4 cylinder side valve engine with a new coil ignition system, spiral bevel axle and a new radiator shape which saw the demise of the union jack radiator badge which had been used since 1908. The car used both front and rear beam axles. This was the first of Standard’s mass produced cars and over 9000 were built in the two year period between 1929 and 1930. The car was not a high performance car, and its normal cruising speed was in 40-45 mph range and a maximum speed of 54 mph, but it did return around 40 mpg in normal daily use. Its basic construction also made it relatively cheap to maintain and the range started at a modest £195. This fine example of a coach built 4 speed saloon originally cost £255. June 2016

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Silverstone Classic Media Day - Rocking and Racing at the 2016 Silverstone Classic. By David Goose & Stuart Yates of Motorsport-Imagery. With additional photos by Simon & Janet Wright, Pete Austin and Mick Herring.

ÂŠ Pete Austin

BRM P154 Can-Am car

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This years media day for the Silverstone Classic was the biggest to date, with the announcement of even more race variety, new sponsors, a strong lineup for the evening concerts and even more club parades than ever before for the 26th running of the event. The event is already the biggest motor racing event in the world, with the worlds largest number of classic cars competing in the widest variety of race grids on the planet. This years event will see over 20 races, featuring not only classic race cars, Freddie Hunt sitting on the wheel of Group C his fathers McLaren Cars, Grand Prix and Formula One Cars but also for the first time a race for Can Am cars. Rules and regulations for Can Am car racing were very relaxed with only minimum requirements to be met, therefore cars were very powerful, very loud and extremely quick. Sunday at the Classic will this year be known as Tin Top Sunday and is dedicated to Touring Car Racing through the years. Unfortunately the date coincides with the British Touring Car Championship round at Snetterton, so it’s therefore unlikely that any June 2016

current BTCC stars will be present but stars from the past and future are almost certain to be present. Throughout the day, competitor Super Touring/Group A Rover SD1 s took the opportunity to use the circuit for testing, with a wide variety of cars present. From Touring Cars to Formula One Grand Prix Legends, from pre-war sports and road cars to the iconic E-Type Jaguars, many famous cars were stretching their muscles despite the often inclement weather. At one stage around lunchtime snow and hail fell, not ideal for testing race bred sports cars. © Pete Austin Celebrations for 2016 include parades to mark the 20th Birthday of the Dodge Viper, the 50th anniversary of the Historic sports Car Club, 50 years of Can Am Racing, and the 40th Anniversary of James Hunt’s memorable Formula One title when he beat Nikki Lauda to the

John Grant & Tony Southgate

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title in the last race of the season. James’s son Freddie will be present at the event with the famous McLaren F1 cars driven by his father and will be racing himself during the weekend. The concert stage is always popular at the three day event, with famous artists such as Bonnie Tyler, Suzie Quattro and the Pussy Cat Dolls on stage in the past few years. This year has a more “Rocky” feel to the line up with Reef, the Stranglers and Bob Geldorf's BoomTown Rats all scheduled to

Mercedes Street Racer

Silverstone Classic 2016 will take place at the Northamptonshire circuit over the weekend of the 29th to 31st July. © Janet Wright © Janet Wright

Dodge Vipers celebrates it’s 20th birthday appear. Several of last years main sponsors continue to support the event but two new organisations are supporting the event. Ebay have joined and support a live action restoration of a Range Rover, using parts sourced using the Ebay Shopping network. A major new charity sponsor, Prostate Cancer UK will be present throughout the event, in the paddocks, as car sponsors and in the off track activity area raising awareness of Prostate Cancer to all visitors. Jet Petroleum will continue as one of the main sponsors including its support of the giant wheel and village green activities.

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McLaren M8F Can-Am car

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Louise Goodman

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Not the weather to be out in the vintage Berliet

Momo Nissan Group C © Pete Austin

Steve Soper & Murray Walker

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Yardley McLaren M19

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Jaguar E-Type

Hailstones keep falling on my helmet. By Mick Herring. Two automotive contrasts were revealed to me at the Silverstone Classic Media day by a racing 1963 Jaguar E-type and an Ariel Atom. As we climbed out between the high walls of the pitlane, that straight six growl got stronger. A characteristic of the whole of this passenger ride, from the coldtyred first corner to the end, was the E-type’s willingness to slide progressively and respond instantly to opposite lock, with grip, what there was out there, improving as the tyres warmed. I’m not sure that owner, Bob Binfield’s, steering wheel “sawing”action was really effective but so reminiscent of the ModSports racers of the 1970s. The rate at which our speed increased along the straights, of course, bore direct relation to the rise in growl, revs and the rise of the nose. Don’t you just love the 60s nostalgia? Its beautifully sleek shape has certainly stood the test of time but the June 2016

air rushing under the car causes considerable lift. In contrast, Bob’s minimalist Ariel Atom 2 has a charm of its own. I’ve known prolific historic and Formula Ford racer, Will Nuthall, for several years and, whilst he’d not driven the Ariel before, was eager to learn it and demonstrate it in what proved to be very tricky conditions. This, being an Atom 2, has the transverse 2 litre Honda engine and transmission bolted solid to the chassis and the vibration, as soon as the engine starts, went all the way through me, including reverberating inside my helmet each time the power is applied. We ventured on track and returned to the pits next lap for fuel, the grip generated by that huge rear wing, its only concession to aerodynamics, casing fuel surge. Whilst refuelling, it sat half under the apron and (my) half exposed, I had time to take in all of its skeletal chassis and the additional side closure panels whilst the hailstones came down and rattled off my helmet and exposed thighs. We returned to the track straight into the hailstorm and, surprisingly, the vestigal screen (about 6” x 4”) and bodywork kept us dry with the moisture probably sucked down the high-mounted central airbox and none of the helmet lifting experienced in the KTM X-Bow or some Radicals. Grip from the road-legal track tyres was non-existant and we slid with either front end, rear end or both together round the corners requiring Will Nuthall’s quick corrections. Straight line speed and braking were still excellent due, no doubt, to that rear wing with a heal-and-toe downchange preventing any rear lock up. A quick drying track soon witnessed a huge increase in speed as the Ariel showed its immense mechanical grip. The E-type showed the same greasy surface handling traits as the Ariel did in the extreme wet but the fifty years gap served to show the advances in suspesion we now enjoy. My thanks to Bob Binfield for both cars and Will Nuthall for his huge skill. Page 29

British Hill Climb Championship Round 1 Prescott. By Syd Wall.

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Alex Summers borrows Alistair Crawford’s 2.8 Gould GR55 for a leisurely Sunday drive in the country.

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The British Hillclimb Championship kicked off its 2016 season at Prescott with a round one win for Wallace Menzies in his 3.5 GouldNME GR55. Wallace must have taken a shine to Prescott, having won both rounds here last September. In a borrowed car, 2015 champion Alex Summers took second with 5 time champion Scott Moran third. Trevor Willis, 2012 champion, took 4th but proving that a big V8 is not a © Syd Wall

Wallace Menzies lifts a front wheel at Semi Circle.

pre-requisite to success, small engined 1.6/1.3t cars took the next 5 positions driven by Richard Spedding, Dave Uren, car builder Sean Gould, Ed Hollier and one time rally driver, Eynon Price. Scott Moran won the afternoon run off from Willis, Summers and Menzies with the same five motor bike engined cars following up. Summers & Moran shared Fastest Time of the Day but Summers confirmed that he wouldn’t appear again until mid season when his new car will be ready. A beautiful sunny spring day at Prescott - Allan McDonald’s 2.4t Mini Evo-Mitsubishi

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State of the Art aerodynamic devices on the BHC contenders. © Syd Wall

Richard Spedding at Pardon in the 1585cc GWR Raptor-Mistral.

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A beautiful sunny spring day at Prescott - James Wilson’s 998cc OMS PR R1-Yamaha Page 32 a choice of two nice views!.

Sean Gould and Eynon Price shared this Gould GR59-Suzuki to double top 10 success © Syd Wall

June 2016 Callum Barney’s class winning Cortina GT.

State of the Art aerodynamic devices on Scott Moran’s 3.5 Gould GR61X.

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Scott Moran explores the limits at the entry to Pardon on a practice run.

David Finlay’s unusual 5.0V8 Lexus GS F with almost 500hp came 2nd in class. © Syd Wall

The quick Reliant Scimitar Coupe of Garry Cox.

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Tim Jeffrey’s rare 2.5t V6 Renault GTA.

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Donington Historic Festival 30th April to 2nd May 2016 By Simon & Janet Wright with additional photos by Pete Austin & Mick Herring.

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Nuvolari Trophy - Stephen Rettenmaier - Alfa Romeo Tipo B P3

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cars and HSCC Historic Formula 2 cars representing the single seaters. Under 2 litre Touring cars for pre-66 saloons, along with Historic Touring Car Challenge for pre-91 Touring Cars and the HSCC Super Touring car Trophy for Touring cars from Group A and Super Touring plus HRDC “Coys Trophy’ © Janet Wright

GT & Sports Car Cup Pre-63 Best of British battle between the Neil Twyman and David Cooke Lotus Eleven GT as it passes the MGB of Brian and Barbara Lambert © Simon Wright

Gwyn Pollard Chevron B29 was 12th in the first Historic F2 race

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Now in its sixth year, the Donington Historic Festival continues to entertain the motor sport enthusiast with an event which is now well established in the International Historic Racing calendar. The event is now spread over the three day May Day Bank Holiday weekend and brings together some of the best types of historic racing with pre-1950s Grand Prix

Different lines at Redgate with Green/Caton Ford Capri taking to the grass while the Bryants Chevrolet Camaro stays on line

celebrating the BTCC 1958-1966 and the HRDC ‘Touring Greats’ for pre-60 Touring cars represented saloon car racing across the decades. GT and Sports Cars were also well represented with ‘1000kms’ for 1964-71 World Sportscar Championship cars, GT & Sports Car Cup for pre-66 GT and pre-63 Sports Cars, the RAC Woodcote Trophy for pre-56 sports cars and the pre-80 Endurance for sports racing, GT © Simon Wright

Line up of BMW cars at the infield car display

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and Touring cars, plus the Jaguar Classic Challenge for pre-66 Jaguar cars, the Stirling Moss Trophy for pre-61 Sports cars and finally the ‘Mad Jack’ race for pre-war sports cars. After a snow storm at the end of morning qualifying, it had cleared by the time of the first race for the HSCC Historic Formula 2 cars which saw Andrew Smith claim Pole position in his Formula Atlantic March 79B which he steered to an easy win ahead of Class winner Dean Forward in a F2 March 782 and Michael Wrigley in another Formula Atlantic March 79B. The

The Voyazides/Hadfield Lola T70 Mk 3B finished last in the 1000km 64-71 WSC race

second race, on Sunday saw the same first and second of Smith and Forward with third going this time to Chris Lillingstone-Price in a Formula 2 Chevron B40. The second race of Saturday was the Historic Touring Car Challenge for pre-91 Touring cars which had a fantastic selection of touring cars including BMW 3.0 CSL ‘Batmobiles’, Broadspeed Gp 2 Ford Capri and TWR Rover SD1’s, various Group 1 Ford Capris, Mini 1275 GT and Triumph Dolomite Sprints, plus a pair of Chevrolet Camaro’s, various Ford Escorts and a pair of Datsun 240Z, and others. There were several W and R Mason Ford Escort Mk 2 Rally car in action on the demonstration stage

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Historic Touring James Vickers sideways Capri.

current and past BTCC drivers taking part in the race. Former BTCC Champion Matt Neal swopped his Honda Civic for a Chevrolet Camaro he shared with David Clark and they managed to finish 2nd in class, 18th overall. Mark Smith took Pole position next to Nick and Harry Whale in a pair of BMW M3 E30’s. However at the end of © Pete Austin the 50 minute race it was the top former BTCC and BMW works driver Steve Soper driving with Chris Ward in the Broadspeed Ford Capri that took victory from the Smith/ Cuff BMW M3 E30, while 3rd overall went to the magnificent little MG Metro Turbo of another former BTCC driver Patrick Watts June 2016

and Nick Swift, the first three all winning their respective classes. The HGPCA Nuvolari Trophy for pre-50 Grand Prix cars had their first race on Saturday and GT specialist Callum Lockie was on Pole position in a Maserati 6CM, but on a damp track it was Michael Gans who won driving an ERA R1B with Lockie 2nd and Nicholas Topliss 3rd in another ERA R4A. The second race took place on Sunday and saw Lockie Historic F1 Demo Lorina McGlaughlin Benetton B192 take a very close win, by just over half a second from Gans, while Topliss was again a little bit further back in 3rd place. The final race on Saturday was a three hour race in to the dusk for the ‘1000kms 1964-71 World Sportscar Championship Sports, Touring and GT cars. This was not a very large field, with just twelve cars qualifying, Paul Gibson and Chris Ward in Pole position in their Broadley Lola T70 Mk3B, with three other T70’s taking the first four places on the grid. After the Leo Voyazides and Simon Hadfield Lola T70 Mk3B dropped out on lap 24 it was a victory for Gibson and Ward in the Broadley Lola ahead of

Historic F2 - Jeremy Wheatley - Surtees TS15

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Vintage Lea Francis on display on the in-field © Janet Wright

Nuvolari Trophy - Callum Lockie - Maserati 6CM

Historic Karts took to the Rally Stage

Caterham did demo rides on the Melbourne loop

Ex Kankunen/Repo Ford Escort Mk 3 on the Rally Stage

Historic Touring Henry Mann reunited with original Alan Mann Escort Twin Cam.

1,000 kms Lola T70s four abreast, Martin O'Connell Chevron B8(left) would be first into Redgate in wet conditions.

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2002 Jordan EJ12 of Takuma Sato

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Frazer Gibney March 782 7th in Historic F2 Race 1 and 5th in Race 2

Gibson/Littlejohn in another Broadley Lola T70 Mk 3B, with Oliver Bryant solo driving a third Lola T70 Mk 3B in to 3rd place. The first race on Sunday was the ninety minute GT & Sports Car Cup for Pre-63 GT and Pre-63 Sportscars. The AC Cobra 289 of Leo Voyazides and Simon Hadfield started from pole position, but it was another AC Cobra 289 of Grahame and Oliver Bryant that took the win by over a lap from the Jaguar E-Type of Clark and Smith, with the Aston Martin DP214 of Wolfgang Friedrichs and Ray Mallock in 3rd. The GT3 class winner was Jeremy

Welch and Martyn Cornfield in their Austin Healey 3000 in 6th place, GT2 was won by Joe Ward and Richard Bull in a TVR Grantura Mk III in 11th, GT1 was won by Michael Birch driving a Lotus Elite in 18th, while in the Sports Cars classes, SP1 was taken by David Cooke and Neil Twyman in a Lotus 11 GT, while SP2 was won by Josef and Otto Rettenmeier in a Maserati T61 Birdcage. After the second Pre-50 Grand Prix car race, it was the turn of the Under 2 litre for Pre-66 Touring Cars to take to the circuit. © Simon Wright

Variety in the GT & Sports Car Cup race with Porsche 356A Super and Lotus Elite

The Richard Shaw and Jackie Oliver and John Clark and Smith BMW 1800 TiSA’s had a front row lock out for the 60 minute race, but after an hours racing it was the Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint of Andrew & Maxim Banks that took victory from seven Ford Lotus Cortina’s led by Neil Brown & Richard Dutton in 2nd and David Tomlin in 3rd. After the second Formula 2 race, it was the turn of the Pre-56 sports cars to race for the RAC Woodcote Trophy. Gary Pearson put the Jaguar D-Type on Pole position and won the race from Frederic Wakeman and Patrick BlakeneyEdwards in the Cooper Jaguar T38 and Malcolm Paul and Rick Bourne in the little Lotus Mk X. Nuvolari Trophy - Urs Muller - Maserati 6CM

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Mullen/Blakeney-Edwards BMW 3.0 CSL 4th in the Historic Touring Car Challenge

The first of the HSCC Super Touring Car Trophy races was on Sunday with Colin Noble Jnr on pole in his Vauxhall Vectra and he went on to win the first race by the smallest of margins, just 0.285 of a second from Stewart Whyte in a Honda Accord while touring car ace Colin Turkington was 3rd in a BMW E30. In the second race on Monday, it was a clear win for Whyte by over 18 seconds from former BTCC star Patrick Watts in his Peugeot 406, with Mark Wright in 3rd in his Ford Escort RS1800. The © Janet Wright final race on Sunday was a one hour race for the Pre-80 Endurance for Sports racing, GT and Touring Cars. Leo Voyazides was

Bates Porsche 911 RS retired during practice from the 1000km race

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The Lotus 11 of L & T Jacobson suffered heavy damage on its first practice lap for the GT & Sports Car Cup race and retired from the meeting

on Pole position in his Lola T282, but it was the later model Lola T292 of Michele Liguori that won by over 26 seconds from Voyazides and Simon Hadfield Lola T282. Third place went to the Smith Hillard-Padmore class winning Chevron B19. The final day’s racing started after lunch on Monday with the HRDC Coys Trophy celebrating the BTCC 1958-1966. Bill Shepherd was on Pole in his Ford Galaxie 500, but the race was held in the rain, and the nimble Ford Lotus Cortina proved better suited to the wet conditions. David Romlin won with John Spires in 2nd, while Michael Squire tamed the mighty Ford Mustang for 3rd position. The Jaguar Classic Challenge saw a large field of mainly ETypes take to a drying track. Julian Thomas put his E-Type on Pole and won the race sharing with Callum Lockie, with John Page 41

Pearson in his E-Type in 2nd and Martin Stretton was 3rd in another E-Type. The Stirling Moss Trophy for Pre-61 sportscars saw the Ferrari 246S of Bobby Verdon-Roe and Gregor Fiskin on Pole position. After an hours racing on a wet track it was Chris Ward in a Lister Jaguar Costin who took the chequered flag first from the similar car of Richard Kent in 2nd in his Lister Costin Jaguar while Tony Wood and Will Nuthall were 3rd in © Simon Wright

Maserati T61 Birdcage ofRettenmeier/Grimm in the GT & Sports Car Cup race 3rd in class

their Lister-Jaguar- Knobbly. After the second Super Touring Car race, it was time for the vintage cars to take to the circuit for the ‘Mad Jack’ race. The Frazer Nash Super Sports of Frederic Wakeman and Patrick Blakeney-Edwards was on Pole position and took a convincing win from Rudiger Friedrichs Alvis Speed 20 SA with Sam Stretton further back in 3rd place driving the Alta Asports. The final race of the weekend was the HRDC “Touring Greats’

for Pre-60 Touring cars. Former Touring Car Champion Andrew Jordan and his father Mike were on Pole position in their Austin A40 and they hung on to win from the similar A40 of Jason Brookes and Michael Caine, while Darren McWhirter was 3rd in his Jaguar Mk1. The Watts/Swift MG Metro Turbo finished 3rd overall There were plenty of in the Historic Touring Car Challenge other things to see during the festival, with Group B Rally cars and historic Karts in action on the tarmac area used by the Sunday Market, behind Redgate corner. On the Melbourne Loop, Caterham were giving people the oppurtunity to have ‘the ride of their life’ in the pasenger seat of the Caterham sports cars. The infield of the circuit was filled by various car clubs, whose members displayed all kinds of fascinating classic and modern cars. © Simon Wright

1990 Camel Lotus 102 GP car of Derek Warwick/Martin Brundle and Johnny Herbert

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Paul Grant Bugatti T37 leads David Morris ERA R5B in the HGPCA Nuvolari Trophy

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Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup. By Stuart Yates and David Goose of Motorsport-Imagery, with additional photos by Syd Wall.

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Three different lines into Village.

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A delighted Mirko Bortolotti commented, “I would say it was the lap of my life; really a perfect lap. There was no traffic, which is so important in this championship with so many cars on track at the same time. If you get a free spot you need to go for it as soon as you can, and I managed to do that. I think we have good long-run pace to challenge for victory this afternoon." Another notable first was Leeds based current Porsche Carrera Cup Champion Dan Cammish, getting a very late call up to join the Konrad Motorsport team driving their Lamborghini Huracan © Motorsport-imagery

Franck Perera qualified this Pro Am class Audi R8 2nd overall

The weekend of May 14-15th saw Silverstone host Round 2 of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup. Both Saturday and Sunday were blessed with better than anticipated weather. Right from the start of the three 15 minute qualifying sessions on Sunday morning it looked like a great day was in prospect. Pole position was earned with a Blancpain GT Series lap © Motorsport-imagery

AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 driven by Pasin Lathouras, Alessandro Pier Guidi and Michele Rugolo

Overall winners HTP Motorsportís Maxi Buhk, Dominik Baumann and Jazeman Jaafar

record for GRT Grasser Racing Teamís Mirko Bortolotti in the Lamborghini Huracan. When Bortolotti got into the Number 16 car they were languishing at the bottom of the standings, then came the lap of his life, a 1m58.469s and pole position. June 2016

GT3, partnering Jules Gounon and Christopher Zˆchling, which would qualify in 37th position. In a relatively incident free race it was HTP Motorsportís Maxi Buhk, Dominik Baumann and Jazeman Jaafar who took overall victory, their 84 Mercedes-AMG being chased all the way by Belgian Audi Club Team WRTís Vanthoor brothers Laurens and Dries,

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Bentley Team M-Sport driver Andy Soucek.

with their team-mate Fred Vervisch. While the pole winning GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracan driven by Mirko Bortolotti, Rolf Ineichen and Jeroen Bleekemolen completed the podium. After the final round of pit stops the gap between Maxi Buhk and Laurens Vanthoor was just 2.4s, only fluctuating due to traffic. With 40 minutes remaining a Safety Car period was required and the gap had reached five seconds. With just 20 minutes remaining

Am Cup class winner Stef Vancampenhoudt, Ferrari 488 © Motorsport-imagery

Pro-Am Cup class winner Oliver Morley, Mercedes AMG

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Rowe Racing BMW F13 M6 GT3 driven by Nicky Catsburg, Stef Dusseldorp Page and Jens Klingmann

victory ahead of the Oman Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage driven by Ahmed Al Harthy, Devon Modell and Jonny Adam. The AM Cup was won by Rinaldi Racingís Stef Vancampenhoudt and Pierre Ehret in their Ferrari 488 GT3. © Motorsport-imagery

Oman Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3 driven by Ahmad Al Harthy, Devon Modell and Jonny Adam

when racing resumed it was a hard battle right to the flag, Buhk taking victory by 0.9s In his Blancpain debut Dan Cammish along with team mates Jules Gounon & Christopher Zochling brought the Konrad Motorsport Lamborgini Huracan home in 24th © Motorsport-imagery position. In the Pro-Am class the Black Falcon MercedesAMG GT3 driven by Oliver Morley, Miguel Toril and Maro Engel took the IMSA Performance Porsche 911 GT3 R driven by Maxime Jousse, Thierry Cornac and Raymond Narac

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Podium for overall class.

A quick round up of the support races. Lamborgini Super Trofeo, Race 1 was won by Dennis Lind of Raton Racing and Race 2 by Vito Postiglione of Imperiale Racing. © Syd Wall

Lamborghini Huracans prepare for the grid for the Super Trofeo race

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The BMW F13 M6 GT3 of BMW Team Italia Max Koebolt / Giorgio Roda / Stefano

Formula Renault 2.0 NEC, Race 1 was won by Max Defourny of R-ace GP and Race 2 by Lando Norris of Josef Kaufmann Racing.

Car 28 Belgian Audi Club Team making their way onto the grid

Seat Leon Eurocup, Race 1 was won by Niels Langeveld of Baporo Motorsport and Race 2 by Stian Paulsen of Paulsen Racing. © Syd Wall

Lap 1, 1st corner action - Jeroen Bleekemolen’s Huracan leads

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Jonny Adam qualified 10th despite the Aston Martin Vantage losing a wheel at the start of qualifying Page

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HSCC International Trophy Meeting 21st-22nd May 2016 By Pete Austin (Saturday) and Simon Wright (Sunday) with additional photos by Janet Wright

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Historic F Ford - Will Nuthall - Jamun T2

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Jaguar Classic Challenge - Benjamin Eastick - Jaguar D-Type

Overcast skies greeted competitors for the first day of the annual HSCC International Trophy meeting held on the full Silverstone Grand Prix circuit with rain forecast for the afternoon. First out were the 70’s Road Sports with Julian Barter in Jim Dean’s Lotus Europa holding off his © Pete Austin father Charles in a Datsun 240Z. The Historic Formula Juniors were next out with Sam Wilson in his Lotus 20/22 taking the first of two wins over the weekend. A tremendous field came out for the 40 minute Jaguar Classic Challenge with the EJune 2016

Type of Julian Thomas and Calum Lockie coming out on top in a safety car interrupted race. 39 years after James Hunt won the British Grand Prix © Pete Austin Michael Lyons took the first of two Derek Bell Trophy wins in the ex Hunt F1 McLaren M26 in difficult conditions beating a field of F5000, F Atlantic, F2 and Classic F3 cars. Conditions were really bad when a packed field of 40 cars came out for the Historic Formula Ford encounter. In a Historic F Junior Race 1 - Jonathan Fyda - U2 Mk3 dramatic last lap Rob Wainwright in his Elden gained a last corner victory from Benn Simms in his Jomo. The margin at the line was only a quarter of a second. Last encounter on a damp afternoon was for Historic Road Sports with Peter Shaw leading home John Davison in a Lotus Elan 1-2. Hopefully Sunday would bring better weather. Sunday dawned dry and slightly overcast but soon brightened up as the GT and Sports Car Cup’s massive

Derek Bell Trophy Race 1 - Michael Lyons - McLaren M26

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field took to the Grand Prix circuit for their one hour race. At the start, the field filled the Hanger straight as the Pearson E-Type Jaguar took the lead. However, the race was red flagged due to an accident and the result was declared at 16 laps with the Voyazides/Wolfe AC Cobra 289 the winner, the Thomas/Lockie Jaguar E-type Bryant AC Cobra at Stowe GT & Sports was 2nd and the Nuthall/Wood Car Cup Lister Jaguar took the final podium place, with the first twelve cars all still on the lead lap. © Simon Wright

The Historic Formula Junior drivers had their second race of the weekend © Janet Wright before the lunch break with a 20 minute blast, which saw first race winner Sam Wilson complete the Andrew Hayden Lotus 22 leads Chris Alford Elva 200 in the Formula double in his Junior race 2 Lotus 20/22. Andrew Hibberd was a close 2nd in his Lotus 22 and James Murray in a Lola Mk 5A was 3rd Straight after lunch, the second Derek Bell Trophy and Classic Formula 3 race took to the circuit and provided another easy win for Michael Lyons in the McLaren M26. Andrew Smith won his class in 2nd at the wheel of his March 79B and Neil Glover was 3rd in the Chevron B37, also winning his class. The Pre-80 Edurance cars had a 50 minute race with a great selection of Sports and GT cars. The Lola T280 of Voyazides/ Wolfe started from Pole position and took an easy win by over 37 seconds. In 2nd place was the Chevron B19 of O’Connell/ Watson while John Burton did a solo race in his Chevron B26 © Simon Wright

Read Gomm Jaguar E-Type on first lap of GT & Sports Car Cup race

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Glenn Eagling Ensign LN73 finished 2nd in class in Derek Bell Trophy race 2

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Andy Turnock Royale RP27 spun at Luffield Historic FF2000

70's Road Sports - Julian Barter - Lotus Europa

Jaguar Classic Challenge - Read Gomm - Jaguar E-Type leads Harvey Stanley & Timothy Manhapatra - Jaguar E-Type

Winner Leo Voyazides Ford Falcon Historic Touring Cars © Pete Austin

The Woods Jaguar E-Type passes the Wing in the GT & Sports Car Cup © Simon Wright

Historic F Ford - Rob Wainwright - Elden Mk8 leads Benn Simms - Jomo JMR7

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Sleep/Wykeham Lola T70 Mk 3 won their class

Neil Glover Chevron B37 won his class, 3rd overall

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Voyazides/Wolfe Lola T280 won another race in the Pre-80 Endurance

to finish 3rd Historic Formula 3 provided Jon Milicevic with another win in a Brabham BT21B ahead of Simon Armer in a March 703 and Peter Thompson in another Brabham BT21. The forty minute Guards Trophy race saw the Chevron B8 of Watson/O’Connell start from Pole and took the early lead in a four car battle of three Chevrons and George Tizzard in the Lenham Spyder. By the end it was Tizzard in the Lenham that took the victory from O’Connell/Watson, Chevron B8, Charles

Allison Chevron B8, Schryver/Schryver Chevron B8 and the Colman/Colam Chevron B8. Current champion Mike Whitaker in his TVR Griffith still managed to win his class in 7th place despite loosing the entire front bodywork after contact with another car. Always guarenteed to provide close and exciting racing the Historic Touring Cars saw Leo Voyazides rush from the end of the Guards Trophy race, switch to his Ford Falcon

Current Guards Trophy Champion Mike Gardiner lost the front off his TVR Griffith

Aylett/Farrall GSM Delta Coupe won its class Guards Trophy race

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Andrew Storer Reynard SF79 leads Graham Ridgeway Reynard SF78 Historic FF2000 race

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Winner Ian Pearson Van Diemen RF83 (9) leads Andrew Park Reynard SF81 (27) and Marc Mercer Van Diemen RF82 (33) round Brooklands Historic FF2000

and start from Pole position. He took another victory ahead of Warren Briggs in the Ford Mustang, while Andy Wolfe made it an all Ford Podium in his Ford Lotus Cortina. In fact Ford took the first nine places, with Endaf Owens the first non-Ford in his 10th placed class winning Austin Mini Cooper S. Final race of the weekend was a twenty minute race for the Historic Formula Ford 2000 URS which saw Pole winner Ian Pearson win by over four seconds in his Van Dieman RF83 from Andrew Park in a Reynard SF81 and Nelson Rowe in a Reynard SF79.

Warren Briggs Ford Mustang holds off Andy Wolfe Ford Lotus Cortina for 2nd Overall

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George Douglas Martin BM9 2nd in class Pre-80 Endurance

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VSCC Speed Trials, Curborough. 1st May 2016.

By Simon & Janet Wright.

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Rod Stansfield 1935 Lagonda Rapier Special

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Fastest Time of the Day went to Tom Walker in the 1930 Amilcar-Hispano Special

As the opening round of the inaugural VSCC Speed Championship, the traditional Bank holiday weekend Curborough Speed Trials saw one significant change for the event, with the adoption of the VSCC’s standard 16 class structure. With an impressive capacity entry of over 130 pre-war racing and sports cars lined up to tackling the short, but demanding 0.8 mile course, the VSCC stayed with the traditional one lap layout. The overall award of the Curborough Trophy went to Tom Walker driving the 1930 11.7 litre AmilcarHispano Special who set the fastest time of the day in 36.53 seconds to win class 16 for Pre-1941 Racing Cars over 3000cc. June 2016

The second fastest overall was also in Class 16 with Julian Grimwade in a 1934 3.5 litre Frazer Nash Single Seater setting a 37.43 second lap. Third overall was Class 15 winner Tony Lees in his 1925 AC/GN Cognac to take the Pre-1941 Racing © Janet Wright Cars 1501cc-3000cc class. The winner of last years’s trial Speed Series, Mrs Jo BlakeneyEdwards started this years series with another class win, taking Marcus Frieder Riley 12/4 combined Class 3 and 4 in her 1929 Frazer Nash Super Sports round in 40.98 seconds, beating her husband Simon, sharing the same car, by over 2 seconds to 3rd in class, split by the Riley TT Sprite of Club President Tim Kneller. The spectacular Mark Walker dominated the Edwardian automobile engined Class 7 in the sideways 1905 Darracq 200HP with a time of 41.28 seconds, more than 5 seconds ahead of Hugh Mackintosh in the 1917 Hudson Super Six Racer. © Simon Wright Class 12 for the Non-automobile engined Edwardian cars belonged to Geoff Smith in the 1918 Piccard-Pictet Sturtevant Aero Spl with a time of

Frank Hernandez Austin 7 Blaue Maus Special spun coming out of Molehill

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Brian Galbraith MG 2J made the long trip north, but was only on the reserve list. He managed a 54.4 second practice run

Mark Walker sideways in the Darracq 200HP to win his class

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David Furnell Austin 7 The Toy

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42.82 seconds. One of the tightest class wins was in Class 13 for Pre-1941 Racing cars up to 1100cc, where Anthony Garner in his 1934 Lagonda Richmond Rapier beat Matt Johnston’s Austin/MG LA Special by just over half a second, with a time of 41.35 seconds. The other class winners included Joe Tisdall 1932 Austin 7 Ulster (Combined Class 1 and 2) and John Fack 1935 Railton Light Sports (Class 6) in the Standard and Modified cars. In the Specials standings it was Kevin Morton 1931 Riley 9 Special (Class 8),

Miss Rachael Williams - Hardy Special Mk III

Pomeroy Trophy winner Dudley Sterry 1937/39 HRS Sports (Class 10) and Greg Lerigo 1932/35 Riley Special (Class 9) who were victorious, with Lerigo also taking top sports car title, ahead of the expected and much fancied Morgan/Riley 4/4 of Dr David Pryke. The other class winners were Christopher Batty in a 1930 Frazer Nash Super Sports (Class 11) and Robert Cobden in a 1937 Riley Falcon Special (Class 14).

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Roger Collings Zust Brixia

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Phil DobbinMorgan/GN Salome

Christopher Rowland Riley 9 waiting to practice

Hugh Mackintosh Hudson Super Six Racer

Ian Baxter Alta 61 I.S. Single Seat had a spin on the back straight

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Carl Gray Hardy Special Racing S/S in practice

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British GT Round 2 Rockingham May 1st By Mick Herring with support race report by Stuart Yates and David Goose from Motorsport-Imagery

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Phil Keen and John Minshawâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lamborghini Huracan GT3

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regaining position and progressing to a ten second hand-over lead. Rick Parfitt Jr, racing between two singing gigs in different counties, crashed heavily on Saturday morning. His Bentley needed chassis welding repairs and a major rebuild to enable it to start at the back, running as high as fourth despite the errant Audi knocking Parfitt into © Motorsport-imagery

Alasdair McCaig sprints for start line ahead of Johnston.

Rockingham’s 1.94 mile Super Sportscar Circuit hosted round 2 of the British GT Championship over the first May Bank holiday, the crowds witnessing a dominant display from championship leaders and Brands Hatch winners, Derek Johnston and Jonny Adam over the two hours. © Mick Herring A pole position to chequered flag victory, headed only once despite their 20 second Brands’ success pit stop penalty, by the late-stopping Will Moore/Ryan Ratcliffe Audi. At race start, Alasdair McCaig’s McLaren 650S outdragged Johnston leading by a car’s length over the line but the TF Sport Aston Martin driver went low on the banking through turn 1, June 2016

A rather battered Optimum Motorsport Audi R8 LMS

a spin, a feat it also did to Beechdean’s Aston Martin. The two Barwell Lamborghini Huracans eventually deposed the McLaren, the sight of pro’s Adam Carroll and Phil Keen racing hard in between the two, second hour, safety cars being very exciting indeed. These two racing allowed Jonny Adam to bring the 17 Aston Martin home by 5 seconds but it would be Phil Keen(Jon Minshaw) who would take second place after Adam Carroll(Liam Griffin) had to serve a drive-through penalty for passing traffic before the line after safety car 2. This penalty dropped them to fourth, promoting the Ross Gunn(Andrew Howard) Beechdean Aston Martin to third.

Brands GT4 winners Johnson and Robinson eliminated after big barrier impact.

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Jubilant Derek Johnston also won the Blanpain driver of the weekend award and Phil Keen setting a new lap record. © Mick Herring

650S GT3 and 570S GT4 McLarens.

Beechdean Aston Martin took GT4 victory, Jack Bartholomew and Jordan Albert finishing twelfth overall ahead of two Ginetta G55 GT4s of Aleksander Schjerpen/Sean Byrne and Alex Read/Joey Foster. Brands GT4 winners Graham Johnson and Mike Robinson were eliminated after clipping another car and ending hard in the barriers, triggering the first safety car.

Driver of the day Derek Johnston TF Sport Aston Martin.

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Driver of the day Derek Johnston TF Sport Aston Martin

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15 cars made the grid for the Miltek Sport VW Racing Cup. The cars feature a mixture of VW Golfs, Polos and Sciroocos with all cars being limited to ensure racing is primarily down to driver ability not the outright power of the car. Handicapping is managed through equalising the power to weight ratio of each car. Phil House ( Scirocco) and Toby David ( Golf) shared the honours over the weekend. The Super 7 Inter Series features Caterham Super 7’s of various versions, with a truly international entry list. With Spanish and British drivers making up the majority of the grid of 26 cars, each driving what is regarded as the most popular racing car in the world today. Wins in both races over the weekend went to Paul Thacker beating Oscar Povelli into second in both races. Toby Davis in the VW Golf on his way to a podium finish

Support races by Stuart Yates and David Goose of Motorsport-Imagery. On the same race card, Ginetta’s, Caterham’s, Volkswagens and British F3’s completed a very mixed weekends racing. Starting on the 6th row of the F3 grid in race 2, young Brazilian driver Enzo Bortoleto was involved in a first lap incident at Chapman Curve resulting in his car going airbourne and flipping several times before finally coming to rest upside down in the gravel. Once rolled upright by the marshals and recovery services, he simply walked away from the accident. Back in pit-lane he was full of praise for the strength of the Tatuus designed car. Unbelievably, his team rebuilt the car and not only did he finish the race on Sunday afternoon, but was rewarded with the Sunoco driver of the weekend. June 2016

Enzo Bortoleto during his incident on lap one at Chapman Curve

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PFL Motorsports Aston Martin Vantage GT3

Mark Farmer - Jon Barnes TF Sport Aston Martin GT3.

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The Bentley of Rick Parfitt being recovered after hitting a patch of oil in FP1 on Saturday.

Stefan Di Resta VW Polo 2000T

Phil House in the race winning VW Scirocco

Derek Johnston brings the TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage onto grid.

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Great Escape Cars & Coffee morning. Dunlop Road, Hunt End, Redditch By Simon & Janet Wright

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Porsche 914 display in the entrance to Great Escape cars

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TVR Line up

Great Escape Classic Car Hire is based in Redditch and hire Classic cars to the public. The company was founded in 2006 by Graham and Janine Eason to make renting vintage cars simple, easy and enjoyable. Now they are the UKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest classic car hire company operating from their base in the Midlands. They started with just two cars, a Jensen Interceptor and an Alfa Romeo Spider and now have a fleet of over thirty cars for hire. The company have now started a series of Cars & Coffee mornings where enthusiasts can gather for free on the Industrial Maserati Merak

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estate where the company is based. They even offer free Barista coffee for the first so many cars to arrive. The events run on certain Sunday mornings over the summer from 10am to 12pm and can draw on average around 300 classic and super cars. The May event drew a large group of interesting cars with a nice group of around half a dozen Porsche 914 sports cars displayed in the main gate way of the Great Escape Classic Car Hire industrial unit. The firm also had several of their own

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vehicles on display, plus a rare Trident Clipper which had been recently used for filming by Carrie and David Grant, TV personalities from the BBC TVR Cerbera engine bay

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MG F Trials special

TVR Griffith

American Plymouth Squad car

Lexus, Isuzu, Mini

Audi 1000S

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Ferrari 328 3.2 litre V8

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a Noble M12 sports car and an Ultima which also looked stunning in black. The next meeting is scheduled for Sunday 24th July 2016 and more information can be found on their Facebook page Great Escape Cars

Lamborghini Huracan

Fame Academy program. Ford Popular Hotrods The cars were spread all over the small Industrial Estate, with classic supercars like the Maserati Merak alongside Ford Popular Hot Rods. There was even a fully working Sinclair C5 electric tricycle running around the estate. Modern supercars were also in attendance, including the latest Lamborghini Huracan in black, Ultima

TVR Cerbera, Mini and Ford Escort

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MG B, Fiat Panda, Riley 1.5, Riley Sports car and MG Midget line up.

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Trident Clipper V8 Coupe Powered by a Ford 4.7 litre V8 engine, the fibreglassed bodied coupe had a top speed of 150 mph with a 0-60 mph time of 5 seconds June 2016

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Archive Photo of the month. By Pete Austin.

Elsewhere in this issue you can read a report on the HSCC International Trophy where Michael Lyons took two victories in an ex James Hunt McLaren M26. This months archive image shows Hunt in the McLaren M26 winning the British Grand Prix at Silverstone in 1977.

ÂŠ Pete Austin

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750 MC Silverstone race meeting. 7th May 2016. By Simon & Janet Wright.

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Start of the 750 Classic Interseries race with Steve Ough Crossle 9S and Dean Cook TVR Sagaris side by side through Luffield

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Cartek Roadsport Series Steve Hewson Peugeot 106 GTi and Neal Martin VW Caddy van side by side with Leighton Norris Toyota Super GT in hot pursuit.

The fifth race meeting of the year for the 750 Motor Club was round the fast National circuit at Silverstone. The first race on track was for the Stock Hatch Championship, which saw Matthew Howarth on Pole position in his Vauxhall Astra GSi with five Ford Fiesta lined up after him. The Astra could only manage 3rd in the first race behind the battling pair of Ford Fiests ST’s of winner Alistair Camp and Alice Hughes who © Simon Wright were less than a second apart at the end. The second race was event 6 on the programme and saw Howarth win in the Astra from Tom Bell and David Allen both driving the Ford Fiesta ST. Bernard Atkinson Austin 7 Monoposto 750 Trophy Series

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The second race was the first ot two races for the Premier Choice Group 750 Formula which saw Robin Gearing on Pole position in his Darvi P88 which saw him go on to take a clear win from Bill Cowley in the Cowley Mk IV with Peter Bove a similar distance back in 3rd in his Davri Mk 4/5. The cars were © Simon Wright out again for the seventh race on the programme and this time Cowley reversed the positions with Gearing, while Bove took his second podium of the Hot Hatch Series Tom Bell Ford Fiesta ST leading winner Matthew Howarth Vauxhall Astra GSi Page 71

or this is what happens Graham Walden TVR Tuscan Challenge RV8 ahead of Gail Hill Jaguar D Type 750 Classic Interseries race.

Mark Hobbs Crossle 9S dives up the inside of Gail Hill’s Jaguar D Type ay Brooklands. 750 Classic Interseries race

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and both go off at Brooklands, from the Roadsports series race

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victory in his Fiesta XR2i ahead of Martin Cayzer in another XR2i and Martyn Fowdrey was right behind him in his Fiesta XR2. The fourth and tenth race of the day were the two for the 750 Trophy Series. Christian Pedersen was on Pole position in his Austin 7 but failed at the start which left Bernard Atkinson in his Austin 7 Monoposto to claim both race victories ahead of Helen Gilfillan in a Centaur Mk16 while in the first race it was Lyndon Thruston in the DNC who took 3rd, but in the second race he © Janet Wright

Andrew Lake Davri 91D leads Robin Gearing Davri P88 with Andrew

Booth in a Formula Centaur behind. 750 Formula. day in third. The third race was the first of the a pair of Classic Stock Hatch races which saw Marcus Ward win from Pole position at the wheel of his Ford Fiesta XR2i, with Lee Scott making it a Fiesta 1-2 while 3rd went to Matthew Stubington In Race 9, Scott took

Marcus Ward Ford Fiesta XR2i leads Lee Scott in another XR2i in the Classic Stock Hatch championship race

could only manage 6th, with third going to Andy Schultz in the JoMo 750 for the second race. The fifth race was for the Road Sports, which had attracted a large entry. Rory Hinde and Owen Fitzgald in their BMW M3 had things sewed up, taking both Pole position and the race victory. The only other car on the same lap was the Seat Supercopa of Jamie Stugies with Anthony Jones in third in a Toyota MR3. Tonin Matia Racekits Falcon spun off exiting brooklands

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43 Simon Phillips Toyota MR2 Roadster dives inside (196) Tim Gray BMW E46 M3 in the Roadsports series race, © Janet Wright

Bob Simpson SS/F 750F ends up in the gravel after a collision with Chris Gough (4) CGR2 EVO in the 750 Formula race. © Simon Wright

(10) Ian Wilson TVR Tasmin chases Lambert/Lim Ram Cobra in the 750 Classic Interseries race

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