Classic and Competition car 71 August 2016 by Simon Wright

August 2016 Classic Nostalgia

GT Open Silverstone

Masters Festival Donington

Stars and Stripes Tatton

Truck Racing Donington

Issue 71

Chateau Impney Hill Climb

Our Team.

Contents

Simon Wright - Editor.

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News.

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Peking to Paris rally.

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Masters Festival, Donington Park.

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British GT, Spa.

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British Hill Climb Championship, Harewood.

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Chasewater Powerboat GP.

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VSCC Hill Climb, Shelsley Walsh.

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GT Open, Silverstone.

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Chateau Impney Hill Climb.

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H&H Auction, Chateau Impney.

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Formula 1 Test, Silverstone.

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Classic Nostalgia, Shelsley Walsh.

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Stars & Stripes, Tatton Park.

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British Truck Racing, Donington Park.

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Archive Photo of the Month.

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Iron Curtain vehicle rally

Simon has been photographing and reporting on motor races for many years. Served an engineering apprenticeship many years ago. Big fan of the Porsche 917

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 Rallying plus Classic car events.

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

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News

Editorial. July proved to be a month of great historic motorsport events in the UK, with first the Masters Festival at Donington park and the VSCC hill climb at Shelsley Walsh. This was followed by the Chateau Impney Hill Climb making history with the first steam car in competition in over a hundred years. Classic Nostalgia at Shelsley Walsh repeated history with Hans Stuck Jnr recreating his fathers run up the hill in 1936 in the Auto Union and a Group B rally car tribute and the month rounded off with the Silverstone Classic, the largest historic motorsport event in the World (Full report on the Silverstone Classic in next months issue) ÂŠ Simon Wright

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Whistling Billy makes history. The first steam car to take part in competition in 100 years saw Robert Dyke in Whistling Billy smoke his way up the Chateau Impney hill climb at the beginning of July. His best time was 80.39 seconds and was not the slowest time of the day. The 1905 Steam car has taken eight years to recreate, and was finally able to compete in a motor sport event after a 100 year ruling banning steam cars was finally overturned in September 2015. Back at the start of the 20th century, Whistling Billy was one of the fastest cars on American dirt tracks before being all but destroyed in a crash in 1912. It was originally built in 1905 by the White Sewing Machine Company. August 2016

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Prince Harry to be Royal Patron of Silverstone Heritage Experience Project. Silverstone Heritage Ltd (Registered Charity number 1166279) has announced that Prince Harry is to be the Royal Patron of the Silverstone Heritage Experience project which is due to open in 2018, on the 70th anniversary of the first Grand Prix being held at the circuit. The project will bring the extensive history of Silverstone and British

motor racing to life for an estimated half a million visitors a year, through the creation of a dynamic, interactive and educational visitor experience. Derek Warwick, President of the BRDC said “We are delighted that Prince Harry has agreed to be the project’s Royal Patron. He has expressed his support for the project and the opportunity to recognise the part Britain has played in motor sport historically and also the vital role British expertise plays in the modern era. He is keen to draw attention to this contribution as a means of encouraging more people in to engineering and the thriving British Motor Sport Industry”. In 2013 the Silverstone Heritage Experience Round 1 application to the Heritage Lottery fund was successful and gave the project a grant towards the development of a round 2 application. The full £9.1 million grant (for a £20 million project) will be submitted later this year. The Silverstone Heritage Experience will take visitors on an exciting 2 hour journey through motor racing past, present and future.

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First Shelby Cobra for Sale. What is referred to as the most important American Sports Car ever to be offered for sale, the very first Shelby Cobra CSX 2000 is to be offered for sale at the RM Sotheby’s flagship Monterey sale in California on August 19th to 20th 2016. The car is being offered by the Carroll Hall Shelby Trust. The blue Shelby Cobra CSX 2000 was owned from new by the legendary Carroll Shelby and it was always in his possession. The car was made in 1962 in a small garage in Santa Fe Springs, California. Carroll Shelby and a handful of hot-rodders shoehorned Ford’s new, lightweight, high revving 260 cubic inch V8 engine in to a modified AC Ace chassis. Also in the sale from the Carroll Shelby Foundation is a 1965 Shelby Cobra 427, CSX 3178 which was also retained from new by Carroll Shelby. For more information on the auction see www.rmsothebys.com August 2016

Audi IMSA S4 GTO The Classic Nostalgia meeting at Shelsley Walsh had several great cars brought by Audi. Making it’s debut in the UK was the Audi IMSA S4 GTO driven up the hill by Hans Stuck Jnr. Based on the components from the very successful Audi 90 IMSA GTO rebuilt into a new C4 S4 bodyshell and named the Audi IMSA S4 GTO of which only 2 were ever built. The car made its debut in South Africa in 1992 at the penultimate round of the Wesbank Modified Series (WMS) at Killarney in Cape Town. Its 2190cc 5 cylinder engine develops 720 bhp, with permanent four wheel drive and was driven by Hans Stuck Jnr in traditional Audi Silver and Red, to two race victories at its first meeting. For the final race of the series at Kyalami, the Voldi team ran the car sponsored by Rothmans and re-painted in their corporate colours. The car was driven throughout 1993 and 1994 by team drivers Terry Moss and Chris Aberdein and achieved the overall winners title in 93 and runners up in 94. The rules changed for 95 and the cars became redundant. © Simon Wright

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Ferrari F40 most iconic Supercar ever.

Continuation Jaguar XKSS to debut in 2016. Jaguar Classic have confirmed that a limited edition continuation XKSS will make its World debut in North America in November 2016 to coincide with the opening of the Los Angeles Auto Show. Production of the ultra exclusive continuation Jaguar XKSS will be limited to just 9 vehicles, all hand crafted by Jaguar Classic expert technicians and manufactured to the same specification as those produced in 1957. The XKSS is often referred to as the Worlds first supercar, as it was a road going version of the Le Mans winning Jaguar D Type. The cars built in 1957 were originally destined for America, but a number were lost in the Browns Lane factory fire of that year. Fifty nine years later and these â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;lostâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; nine will be built for a select group of established collectors and customers. All nine are now sold and delivery should start in 2017. August 2016

The Ferrari F40 has topped a poll carried out by the organisers of the Fast Car Festival, held at Donington park at the end of July. The legendary Ferrari was at the top of a list of the best 10 supercars of all times. It beat cars like the Alfa Romeo 8C, La Ferrari and the McLaren F1. It took 18% of the votes. The F40 was built to commemorate the brands 40th anniversary in 1988, and was the last car signed off by Enzo Ferrari before his death. The design was basically a Ferrari Formula 1 Grand Prix car with a road legal body over it. The Top 10 Supercars of all time were 1 Ferrari F40. 2 Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione. 3 Ferrari La Ferrari. 4 McLaren F1. 5 Koenniggsegg. 6 Porsche 911. 7 Pagani Zonda. 8 Enzo Ferrari. 9 Audi R8.

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Morris Ital now rarer than a Javan Rhino. Recent research by classic car insurer ClassicLine has revealed that a number of popular British classic cars are facing an extinction crisis. The list of the top ten has been published as part of a ‘Save our Classics’ campaign. Taking the top spot is the British Leyland built Morris Ital, the replacement for the Morris Marina and the last badged Morris model. Built at Cowley and Longbridge between 1980 and 1984, during which time 175,276 were produced. Now there are only 35 registered examples left, making them rarer than a Javan Rhino. In the past decade, 150 Itals have disappeared from our roads. The top ten cars are 2015

2005

Built

%Lost

Morris Ital (1980-1984)

185

175,276

99.98

Austin Maxi (1969-81)

140

318

472,098

99.97

Austin Allegro (1973-82)

170

543

642,340

99.97

Vauxhall Chevette (1975-84)

202

765

416,058

99.95

Hillman Avenger (1970-81)

215

291

638,631

99.96

Morris Marina (1971-80)

273

550

809,612

99.96

Austin Metro (1980-91)

464

8395

1,518,932

99.96

Vauxhall Victor (1961-78)

828

1050

827,159

99.89

Ford Sierra (1982-93)

3350

67817

3,470,525

99.90

Ford Cortina

3580

4967

4,154,902

99.91

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Morris Ital © Simon Wright

Austin Allegro

Austin Maxi © Simon Wright

Hillman Avenger

Vauxhall Chevette

Morris Marina

Vauxhall Victor

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AM-RB 001 Hypercar unveiled.

Aston Martin and Red Bull Racing have unveiled the radical AM-RB 001 Hypercar, the result of a technical partnership between Aston Martin and Red Bull Racing. The mid engined, two seater, lightweight car powered by a new high revving, naturally aspirated V12 engine with a 1:1 power to weight ratio will be available in both road going and track only versions. The men behind the project are top Grand Prix car designer Andrian August 2016

Newey, Chief Technical Officer of Red Bull Racing, Marek Reichman, Aston Martin EVP and Chief Creative Officer and David King, VP and Chief Special Operations Officer. Reichman and Newey are working closely on all aspects of the project. For the driver wanting more, a track only version is also under development with a projected performance in line with current LMP1 Le Mans sports prototypes. Page 8

1976-2016: FORD FIESTA CELEBRATES 40 YEARS OF PRODUCTION

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To celebrate, on the 18th July 2016, Ford gathered 40 Fiesta from the last forty years, covering all seven generations of the model, including the 1976 Mk 1, Mk II, Mk III, XR2, Mk II Popular and a Mk 1 van, for a Dagenham to Brighton cavalcade. Leaving from the Ford Engine plant in Dagenham, the convoy headed south to Brighton Race Course and the 2016 Ford Summer Festival. Beside the forty Fiesta, the 69 mile Dagenham to Brighton Drive was open to any Ford car, and around 200 vehicles took part, ranging from Cortinas to Rangers. Also on display at Dagenham was the 10 millionth Ford vehicle produced at Dagenham, a Ford Fiesta Ghia Mk IV as well as the Mk VI World Rally Championship car. The Fiesta story continues, as it remains the best selling car in the UK this year and it has been the UKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most popular car every month for the last seven years. When Ford launched the Fiesta 40 years ago in 1976, and the first cars rolled off the production line in Valencia, Spain, they had probably not expected the phenomenal success story that was going to unfold over the last four decades. In that period, Ford has sold 4,339,149 Fiestas in just the UK, and in Europe sales should exceed 18 million before the end of this year. This means that in the UK, one in every twenty cars sold was a Ford Fiesta, and in 2014, the Ford Fiesta became the best selling car in the UK, overtaking the Ford Escort. August 2016

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Chronological history of the Ford Fiesta Engine production began in Valencia. Fiesta name chosen by Henry Ford II. Production of new Fiesta began in Valencia Spain. Available in 1 litre and 1.1 litre Ghia versions. UK Sales of Fiesta began. Export of Fiesta models to US market. Millionth Fiesta built for Worldwide sales. Fiesta XR2 Introduced with 1.6 engine. Fiesta best selling car in class in Britain and Germany for 6 years running. Fiesta MkII introduced. 1.3 litre model launched with 5 speed gearbox. 1.6 litre diesel introduced. XR2 Mk II introduced with 1.6 litre engine, 5 speed gearbox, low profile tyres, improved suspension and brakes. Best year for Fiesta sales in Britain - 153,000. Fiesta Mk III launched with lean burn engines and anti-lock brakes. Fiesta first small car with ABS. New 1.4 litre engine added and 1.6 litre option. Fiesta XR2i joined range later in the year with new 1.6 litre twin cam engine and 5 speed gearbox. Introduction of Fiesta RS Turbo at Turin Motor show. Intercooled Garrett turbocharger improved the 0-62 mph time by 1.6 seconds over the XR2i. Fiesta RS 1800 introduced. Powered by 16 valve 1.8 litre engine. Alloy wheels and body coloured spoiler. Introduction of 1.8 litre, 16 valve Zetec engine. Driver Airbag fitted as standard. New Fiesta Mk IV with rounded aerodynamic shape and oval grill. Available with 1.25 litre, 1.4 litre and 1.6 litre engines August 2016

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2010 2012 2013 2014

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plus a 1.8 litre diesel. Dual airbags as standard. Fiesta Mk V introduced. Production started in Cologne and Valencia. Mk V launched as initially as a 5 door version with Duratec 1.3 litre and 1.6 litre 16 valve petrol engines. 3 door model with 1.4 litre Duratec petrol engine and new 1.4 litre Duratorq common rail diesel engine. Durashift EST automatic shifting manual transmission introduced. 2 litre Fiesta ST launched from Ford Team RS. Fiesta launched with voice activation and Bluetooth. Fiesta Mk Vi unveiled at Geneva Motor Show. Production began at Cologne, Valencia and Nanjing, China. New 1.6 litre Duratec Ti-VCT petrol and 1.6 litre Duratec diesel engine. Fiesta 1.6 litre Duratorq TDCi engine power increased to 95PS. Introduction of Fiesta Mk VII, the first Fiesta to come with the 3 cylinder 1 litre EcoBoost engine. Fiesta ST launched with 1.6 litre EcoBoost turbo engine producing 182PS. Fiesta Red/Black editions with 140PS 1 litre EcoBoost engine. Powershift introduced. Fiesta became the best selling vehicle ever in the UK. Best year for Fiesta sales since 1996, more than 133,000. Fiesta ST200 launched with 1.6 litre EcoBoost engine producing 200PS Fastest ever production Fiesta. Now best selling car in the UK every month for 7 years.

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HRDC Coombs Jaguar Challenge. The Historic Racing Drivers Club (HRDC) is introducing a new invitation series in 2017 for historic Jaguar Touring Cars from 1950-1966. Following the success of its entry level one make Academy series for Austin A30/35 cars, the HRDC is launching a ‘Senior’ series for historic Jaguar Touring Cars, open to all saloon models of the type which raced in period from 1950 to 1966. Eligible cars will race on an ‘invitation only’ basis, to period regulations and will have to run on mandatory Dunlop CR65 historic racing tyres. Jaguar’s period success in this category is legendary, so the choice of Jaguar as the marque for the ‘Senior’ series was an obvious choice. This will bring together the Jaguar Mk 1 and Mk II as well as the thundering Mk VII saloons, dicing door to door round the major UK circuits. For the remaining Touring Greats series races of 2016, the HRDC is introducing an invitation class for competitors with suitable Jaguar Saloons to experience the clubs special approach to historic racing. Coombs Automotive, one of the greatest names ever associated with Jaguar is the principal sponsor of this series. © Janet Wright

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British Electric vehicle Smashes World Speed record. A tiny British electric vehicle from the 1970s has become the Worlds quickest street legal electric vehicle driven by motoring journalist and serial car modifier Jonny Smith. The Enfield 8000 city car was built on the Isle of Wight during the oil crisis of the 1970s. The original car produced 8hp and could travel at 40 mph. Now it has 800 bhp and 1,200 Ib ft of Torque to propel it to 113 mph in just six seconds. Now dubbed the Flux Capacitor, it set a time of 9.86 seconds for the quarter mile sprint at Santa Pod, at an average speed of 121 mph. To put this into perspective, it out performs modern supercars like the Lamborghini Aventador, McLaren 650S, the Porsche 911 Turbo S, the Nissan GT-R and even the other electrical supercar, the Tesla. The previous record had been held by John Wayland from Portland, Oregon, USA in an electric converted old Datsun at 10.8 seconds, Page 12

ANTIPODEANS WIN PEKING TO PARIS 2016 Report from Andrea Seed - Poppyseed Media. Photos by Gerard Brown © Gerard Brown

Spirit of the Rally award went to Max and Julie Stephenson in their 1923 Vauxhall OD 23/60 seen here Splashing through a river.

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Harry was also awarded the Philip Young Cup, presented to the best performing novice of the event. Second place for the Vintageants went to the British team of Mike Thompson and Andrew Davies, also in a 1929 Chrysler 75 Roadster, with fellow Brits Nigel Lee and Richard Turner in the 1938 Ford 62 securing third. © Gerard Brown

1st overall Classic Mark Pickering & Dave Boddy 1973 Datsun 240Z throws up the Sand

The antipodean teams from New Zealand and Australia were the winners of the 2016 outing of the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge. Bruce and Harry Washington from New Zealand won the overall prize for the Vintageants in their 1929 Chrysler 75 Roadster, while Mark Pickering and Dave Boddy from Australia won the Classic category in their 1973 Datsun 240Z. This was Bruce Washington’s third ‘P2P’ after not finishing the first time and securing fourth with son Ben in © Gerard Brown 2013. Harry, a complete novice, said: “Each country was like its own rally. Once you crossed the border, you never knew what you were going to get. I’m so proud of my dad…and I’d go back and do it all again tomorrow.” As well as the winner’s trophy, Philipr Young Cup went to Harry Washington.

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European Cup Vintageants 1st Bill Cleyndert & Jacqui Norman Bentley on Russian Startline.

Mark Pickering and Dave Boddy had fought hard to win their first ‘P2P’ with fierce competition in the Classic category from the Ford Escorts, Mustangs and other strong Datsun crews. Mark said: “It is an amazing feeling to have won such an iconic event, thank you to the Endurance Rally Association for another fantastic adventure, meeting up with old friends and making new friends, seeing places in the world that you would never see otherwise. The car is tired and so are Dave and I. We’re looking forward to a well-earned rest.” By the time they reached the finish line, second place went to Ludovic Bois from France and Julia Colman from the UK in the 1969 Volvo Amazon, with Murray and Adam Jackson from Australia taking third place in their 1974 Page 14

issues that they managed to fix by themselves.

European Cup 1st Murray and Adam Jackson 1974 Mercedes Benz 450 SLC

Mercedes 450 SLC. The Jackson crew also won the European Cup for the Classics while Bill Cleyndert and Jacqui Norman in the 1925 Bentley Super Sports lifted the trophy for the Vintageants. There were also special awards presented at the prestigious gala dinner at the Intercontinental Hotel to those who stood out during the rally. Hok Kiang Sia © Gerard Brown and his son Eric from Malaysia were presented with the True Grit award for battling to catch up with the rally after the engine bay of their 1933 Rolls Royce Phantom caught fire.

The Spirit of the Rally award was presented to Australia’s Max and Julie Stephenson True Grit Special award went to Hok Kiang Sia and Eric Kuan Rog Sia in their 1933 Rolls Royce Phantom II. in the 1923 Vauxhall OD 23/60, a crew that had not completed all the time trials and checkpoints but also found time to help others in need or trouble, and to explore the countries visited on the rally. The sixth Peking to Paris Motor Challenge, organised by the Endurance Rally Association, began on Sunday 12th June 2016 with 107 crews crossing the start line at the Great Wall of China in Beijing. Today (17th July) 98 crews passed over the finish line. Competitors journeyed through eleven countries including Mongolia’s Gobi Desert, Russia and Belarus before entering Europe to reach the finish line in the centre of Paris. ERA Rally Director Fred Gallagher said: “Prince Borghese, the very first winner of the Peking to Paris,

David and Jo Roberts from the UK won the Against All Odds award for keeping their 1954 Sunbeam Alpine on the road despite many mechanical Vintageant overall 2nd Mike Thompson and Andrew Davies 1929 Chrysler 75 Roadster.

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Special Awards Coupe des Dames Isobel & Nicola Matthew, 1967 Mercedes 250SL Against all odds Special Award went to David and Jo Roberts, 1954Sunbeam Alpine.

said it was driving the impossible, and I’m sure all of our crews would agree. But they arrived in Paris to a heroic welcome and should all be very proud of what they have achieved. The spirit amongst the whole rally has been fantastic with friendships forged that will last a lifetime. An amazing © Gerard Brown experience for all of us.”

and across to Azerbaijan, Turkey, and Greece. For all the results, visit www.endurorally.com © Gerard Brown

The next Peking to Paris Motor Challenge will be in June 2019, with an exciting new proposed route that will take competitors into Kazakhstan Bruce and Harry Washington 1929 Chrysler 75 Roadster in Mongolia.

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Concours D'elegance award Classic Jeff Urbina & Chris Pike 1957 Chevrolet 210

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Concours D'Elegance award Vintageant Lloyd & Treacy 2nd overall Classics Ludovic Bois & Julia Colman 1969 Volvo Amazon

Vintageant Overall 1st Bruce & Harry Washington 1929 Chrysler 75 Roadster in Russia. © Gerard Brown

Vintageant overall 3rd Nigel Lee & Richard Turner Ford.

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3rd Overall Classic Murray & Adam Jackson 1974 Mercedes Benz 450 SLC

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BRSCC Masters Festival Donington Park By Simon Wright

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James Brashaw Arrows A1 Masters Historic Formula 1 finished 7th in first race

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The first race lead battle in Masters Historic Formula 1 with winner Nick Padmore Williams FW07C ahead of Martyn Stretton Tyrell 012 and Loic Deman Tyrell 010

The Masters Festival annual meeting round the sweeping Donington Park full Grand Prix circuit took place at the beginning of July, and saw a nice mix of racing categories to entertain the spectators. The main race was for the FIA Masters Historic Formula One Championship and had a reasonable entry of thirteen varied cars. The first race had an exciting three way battle for the lead between pole position man Nick Padre in his Williams FW07C ÂŠ Simon Wright and the Tyrrell pair of Martin Stratton in his green Tyrrell 012 and Loic Deman in his Candy Tyrrell 010. Stretton took an early lead with the three swapping places as they fought for the win. The green Tyrell was looking in a strong position until it all went wrong for Stretton with 3 laps to go.

As the leading bunch went round the hairpin back on to the main start straight, they touched and the bodywork flew off the Tyrrell. Stretton dived straight in to the pit lane and retired from the race. This left Padre in the Williams to continue to victory by just 0.802 of a second from Deman in his Tyrell 010. Rob Hall brought the glorious sounding Ligier JS17 home to the final podium place in 3rd place. Max Smith-Hilliard won the Fittipaldi class in his unusual Shadow DN5 ahead of James Hagan in his ex- James Hunt Hesketh 308/1. Even though he was in the pit lane, Martin Stretton was classified 10th and still won the Lauda class. The second race on Sunday saw Padre add another victory to his tally, by an even closer margin of just 0.341 of a second from Stretton and Deman took a

Chiles Jnr & Snr AC Cobra ahead of the Ford GT40 of Monteverde/Pearson in the Masters Three Hours

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Henry Mann Ford Fairlane won the Masters Pre 66 Touring Cars race © Simon Wright

Gregory Thornton JPS Lotus 91/5 Masters Historic Formula 1 race 6th in first race. © Simon Wright

Ian Blacklin Ford Capri 10th & 9th Scottish Sports & Saloon Championship

Forsbrey/Newall Ford GT40 won the Masters Three Hours © Simon Wright

Michael Gans Lola T290 2nd Masters Historic Sports Car race

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George Taylor McLaren M6B 6th in both races

Richard Dougal lost his bonnet Ferrari 355C and DNF Ferrari Formula Classic Series © Simon Wright

John Kinmond Rover 3500 3rd & 2nd Scottish Classic Sports & Saloon Championship Page 20

both races. His closest challenger was John Grant in his slightly older McLaren M8C/D, who unfortunately had some technical problems in the first race. This meant that the Lola T70 Mk3B’s of Mike Donovan and Paul Gibson took the other two podium positions in race one. In the second race it was an all Can Am car podium with a dual for 2nd behind Newall, between Frank Bradley in his March 717 just taking 2nd place by 0.106 of a second from John Grant in his McLaren M8C/D. The FIA Masters Historic Sports Car Championship one hour race saw the Piercy/Stretton Lola T210 take a comfortable © Simon Wright

Andrew Newall McLaren M8F won both Masters Can Am Interserie Challenge races

distant third. Only six were classified as finishers, with Padre and Stretton the only class winners. Another high-light was the Masters Allcomers including CanAm 50 Interserie Challenge, but unfortuntely there were only four actual Can Am/Interserie cars entered, with a few of the Historic sports cars making up the 10 car grid. Andrew Newall was the © Simon Wright star of the show in his orange McLaren M8F that led from Pole position and won

The Masters Three hours field stream round redgate at the start of the race.

overall win from Pole position, almost a complete lap ahead of the 2nd place car. It had been Paul Gibson in the Lola T70 Mk3B who had led the race from the start, chased hard by the smaller Lola T210 of Piercy/Stretton, but by the end Gibson had dropped back to 3rd overall, but still winning the Rodriguez

A&M Owen Chevron B8 9th and Mark Bates Porsche 911 RS DNF Masters Historic Sorts Car race

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class. Michael Gans finished 2nd in his Lola T290, while Ahlers Bellinger won the Hulme Class in this 8th placed Cooper Monaco King Cobra. The other class winners were 9th placed A & M Owen taking the Bonnier Class in their Chevron B8 and 11th placed Bruce White winning the Pescarolo class in his Porsche 911 RSR. © Simon Wright

Ray MacDowall BMW E36 318Ti 3rd in race 1 and 4th in race 2 Scottish BMW Compact Cup

The Pirelli Ferrari Formula Classic Series races were both won by David Tomlin in a Ferrari 308 GTB 1976. The Scottish BMW Championship races were both won by Steven Dailly in his BMW E36 Compact 318 Ti. The Scottish Classic Sports & Saloon Championship also made the long trip down to Donington and again both races were won by Tommy Gilmartin in a Morgan +8. The final races on the programme was the SRCC Sports 2000 Championship and again there was a double winner with Patrick Sherrington in his MCR. Jimmy Crow Ford Escort Mk 1 Rs passes a Capri down the straight Scottish Classic Sports & Saloon Championship

The Masters Three Hour race was won by Pole position crew Forsbrey and Newall in their superb Ford GT40 from the Willis and Hall Shelby Cobra and J and G Pearson in their Jaguar EType. The Masters Pre-66 Touring Cars race was very much Ford versus Austin race with Henry Mann using the power of his Ford Fairlane to win from Pole position. The Wolfe/Gans Ford Lotus Cortina was 2nd and the Ford Mustang of Mark Burton was 3rd. The highest Austin was a Mini Cooper S of Jonathan Lewis in 7th place. August 2016

Start of the Pirelli Ferrari Formula Classic Series race 1 with Tristan Simpson leading in his Ferrari F355 Challenge 1994

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Hall/Willis Matra 650 DNF Masters Historic Sports Car race

Alastair Baptie Fiat X1/9 DNF race 1 Scottish Classic Sports & Saloon Championship

Rob Hall Ligier JS17 finished 3rd in race 1 and 4th in race 2 © Simon Wright

Gary Clark BMW Compact 2nd in both races Scottish BMW Compact Cup

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Frank Bradley March 717 finished 7th and 2nd in the two Can Am Interserie races

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British GT and supports Spa Francorchamps Brilliant Barnes and Farmer.

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By Mick Herring.

Derek Johnston rebuilt Aston finished 7th

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Second place Parfitt-Morris Bentley.

Black Falcon Mercedes sparks through Eau Rouge.

Whilst England languished in heavy rain, Spa’s micro-climate provided perfect weather for the 2 hour fifth round of the British GT Championship. The huge grid was swelled again by the Black Falcon Mercedes duo and a pair of Grasser Racing © Mick Herring Lamborghini Huracans, which were all registered for GT3 championship points. Plus the Euro GT4 competitors made a total of 44 cars in the GT4 class. Mark Farmer’s incredible Aston Martin stint, in only his second GT season, saw him leading from the first corner and a reminder why Jon Barnes was 2008 champion. Not even the power of Seb Morris’ pole position Bentley could deny Barnes his first British GT victory since 2008, crossing the line 0.674 of a second ahead. August 2016

The sister TF Sport Aston Martin fared less well, What started as a 159mph ride for Derek Johnston into a smoke screen and deposited oil from a GT4 Maserati engine blow-up, ended with a 75mph shallow angle but heavy impact into both barriers in first practice. Rival Aston Martin teams Beechdean and Motorbase willingly offered spares and TF completed repairs ten minutes before qualifying. They qualified and finished seventh despite a GT4 Aston colliding with Johnston in the race, damaging the steering. Both he and Jonny Adam hung on to the ill-handling car and came away from Spa still leading the championship from Jon Minshaw/ Phil Keen and Rick Parfitt Jr/Seb Morris. Exiting La Source on lap one, Liam Griffin’s Lamborghini hit the back of Rick Parfitt’s Bentley, in turn pushing him into Alidair McCaig’s McLaren. Parfitt did well to catch

Griffin's Lambo bonnet broken against Bentley, Farmer (left) has clear track.

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Griffin earned a drive-through penalty for that first corner crash and ran bonnet-less throughout, although co-driver Alexander Sims still managed fastest lap. With forty minutes left Morris was in second ahead of the two Black Falcon Mercedes. Factory driver Dani Juncadella came home third in the car shared with Oliver Morley but they lost the place, post-race, to Al Faisal/Miguel Toril’s Black Falcon sister Mercedes for overtaking under yellow flags. Graham Johnson/Mike Robinson regained the GT4 lead with a second place, 4.3s behind winners, Alex Reed and Joey Foster’s similar Ginetta. Third was the Jack Mitchell/Matthew Graham Aston Martin. © Mick Herring

Bonnet-less Lamborghini sets fastest lap.

the Bentley and continue whilst Mark Farmer seized the lead, which he held until passed by Hunter Abbott’s Lamborghini and Abdulaziz Al Faisal’s Mercedes. TF Sport’s decision to get Jon Barnes into the Aston as soon as the pit window opened paid off and Barnes soon took the lead from Abbott’s Lamborghini, now driven by Rolf Ineichen. Liam © Mick Herring

BRDC F3 Al Zubair lock up into La Source.

The three races in F3 yielded two wins for Lando Norris, ahead of Matheus Leist on both occasions although Leist took fastest lap in race three. Previous strong contender, Will Palmer, took third in race 3. Race 2 was won by Thomas Randle from Toby Sowery. Two races for the Milltek VW Racing Cup gave victories for the Scirocco model with Denis Strandburg taking race one from Jack Walker-Tully and Bobby Thompson. Phil House took race 2 from Tom Witts’ Golf with Bobby Thompson’s Polo third again. Ollie Chadwick was crowned Ginetta GT5 champion after taking two wins out of three at Spa and a fastest lap, totalling 11 wins from 15 starts.Chadwick’s closest rival, Matt Chapman won the first race. European GT4 Maserati lock up.

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fastest lapper Jonathan Packer’s Evora GT4 and Robin Nilsson’s Exige V6 in race 2. The following twenty-five hours were then given over to one of the most hotly contested races on the calendar, The 25 Hours VW Fun Cup, with an amazing one-hundred and twenty-three cars from the © Mick Herring

VW Cup train leaves 'Bus-stop' chicane.

Double Lotus Cup winner Steve Williams Evora GT4.

Lotus Cup Europe’s two races both went to Steve Williams’ Evora GT4. Facing many cars from across Europe, he beat fastest lapper Xavier Georges and Andrew Wright both in Exige V6, in race 1 plus © Mick Herring

Alex Taylor Ginetta GT5.

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various evolutions of chassis tubing type and engine. A ten-team British invasion witnessed experienced drivers of the calibre of Nigel Greensall, Olly Bryant, Phil Keen, Tom Ingram and Ray Grimes (who deputised at short notice Chris Hart, who had a heart attack during the © Mick Herring week). The Track Torque/ 2 Rent Dominos team of Grimes, Henry Dawes, Paul Wighton and Neil Burroughs went on to win the EV1/ GB class by 4 laps after 378 laps. Mondron/Bollen C/Caprasse F/Mondron G VW Beetle, part of the One hundred and twenty three VW Fun Cup grid.

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VW Cup race winner Phil House VW Scirocco. © Mick Herring

25 hours VW Fun Cup capacity grid. © Mick Herring

Jubilant TF Sport celebrate Barnes-Farmer win. © Mick Herring

Al Faisal-Toril Black Falcon Mercedes promoted to third.

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Rick Parfitt Jr rounds La Source.

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British Hillclimb Championship - Harewood Hill

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July 2016. By David Goose - Motorsport Imagery.

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Tina Hawkes Force PC

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Trevor Willis OMS 28

Harewood Hill near Leeds in Yorkshire is the longest hillclimb track in the UK at 1440 metres in length, with the quickest of the current single seaters running the course in less than 50 seconds and reaching speeds in excess of 130mph. Rounds 17 and 18 of this years Championship were run on the Harewood hill, overlooking the stunning Yorkshire Wharfdale countryside on Sunday the 3rd July. The format for the sport is that all entrants get the chance to practice on the hill before the main event starts. For the spectator this means the chance to get up close and personal with the teams and drivers in the paddock throughout the practice sessions. A live run is then completed and the fastest 12 cars irrespective of the class they run in, then enter the top twelve Run-Off. Up to 150 cars compete in an event at Harewood, however with this being a major National Championship the field was limited to only 112 cars, still a very impressive line up of entrants , many August 2016

Lined up waiting for a run

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Terry Graves Gould GR55

Andy Norris Porsche 911 Carrera © Motorsport-imagery

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Lyn Owen OMS 28

Paul Howells Porsche 911 RSR

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Stephen Moore Mitsubishi Evo 6

Scott Moran Gould GR61X

different cars across 19 different classes. Star performer on the day was regular front runner Scott Moran who beat his own hill record driving his Gould GR61X , beating regulars Richard Spedding and Trevor Willis into 2nd and 3rd place in the round 18. Round 17 saw Willis take the spoils from Moran and Spedding. The top twelve places in both rounds were taken by cars designed specifically for hillclimbs, many other very quick cars compete but they are just not in the same ultimate league as the specials. It would however be interesting to see how a very quick WRC car would compare to the more specialist single seat rockets

used by the likes of Scott Moran. Harewood hosts over twelve hillclimbs each year including two rounds of the British Hillclimb Championship. It’s very different to circuit racing, much nearer to stage rallying with usually no more than one competitor in view at any time, it is however a © Motorsport-imagery very absorbing form of the sport and one where you can speak to people at all levels of the event very openly. Like many club events, it did seem that many cars except the very front runners are prepared and driven by in some cases a very small team possibly the driver on his own.

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Scott Rayson Chevrolet Special

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Peter Turnbull Porsche 911 GT3 Cup © Motorsport-imagery

William Hall Force WH Xtec © Motorsport-imagery

Simon Jenks Caterham

Tricia Davis OMS © Motorsport-imagery

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Karl Lupton Porsche 944

Harry Pick OMS 2000M

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2016 RYA Powerboat GP Championship Chasewater Grand Prix 16th-17th July 2016. By Simon & Janet Wright

Colin Jelf 4 ahead of a flying Mark Williams 49 in the F2 Chasewater Powerboat Grand Prix Heat 2.

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And now for something completely different. Motorsport but not as we know it. Former World Rally Champion Roger Clark once did the Round Britain Powerboat race for Ford, and he described powerboat racing as hitting a wall, sliding down the back of a glacier and hitting the wall again! The penultimate round of the 2016 RYI Powerboat Grand Prix Championship was held at Chasewater Water Sports Park, near Brownhills on a glorious sunny weekend in the middle of July. The Chasewater Grand Prix saw four of the Championship classes make the journey to Staffordshire, to battle in front of a large crowd. There are two basic designs of boat, the mono hull with an open cockpit and the tunnel hull catermaran design which appear to all have a closed cockpit. With these powerboat races taking place on enclosed water lakes and water parks, the safety aspects seem very good, with marshall and rescue boats positioned around the course, which is laid out with marker bouys. The first category out at Chasewater was the GT15 class junior racers, aged between 9 and 16 years old. Ioanathan Brewer claimed pole position, but it was championship leader Thomas Mantripp, who started from the back of the grid, who was leading after the first turn and went on to win the first heat. He repeated his performance in the next two races and took the Chasewater Grand Prix crown and maintain his championship lead. Brewer took all three Silver medal positions for second on the podium and Harvey Smith took the Bronze medal position overall. The GT30 class is for monohull boats with standard 450cc to 500 cc engines producing 30 HP, which can propel the boats at up to 55 mph over the water. This is the entry level Circuit Monohull class for drivers aged from 14 years old, with no upper age limit. Championship leader, 16 years old Ben Jelf was up against local girl racer Tiegan Goodfellow, but it was Jelf who claimed pole August 2016

16 year old Ben Jelf GT30 Chasewater Grand Prix winner. © Simon Wright

Chris Loney leads the midfield in the F2 class © Janet Wright

F2 Class Steve Hoult took Silver in the Chasewater Grand Prix

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The entry level class for Circuit Catamaran racing is the F4 class, with again ages from 14 years upwards. These boats use a tunnel hull catamaran design of a smaller size than F2 and all use a standard 850cc Mercury engine. This will give speed of over 70 mph across the water. Sam Whittle proved to be unbeatable in this class, getting pole position, three heat wins and the fastest lap of the weekend, even though only 2 seconds separated the first four boats. This secured him the Chasewater Grand Prix title. After Matt Wood retired from the © Simon Wright

Start of F2 race with Colin Jelf just in front of Mark Williams

position. The first heat was won by Jelf, with Goodfellow a strong second, while Jack Pickles was a strong third. But in the second heat, disaster struck Pickles as his boat would not start as the rest of the field raced away. A second attempt to start the boat got him going in last place. He made short work of the other boats and managed to get back to 3rd by the finish, behinf Jelf and Goodfellow. Jelf made it three out of three to secure the Chasewater Grand Prix crown with Goodfellow claiming Silver and Pickles took Bronze and took his first podium in the GT30 class. © Simon Wright

GT15 race Ben Jelf 4 leads Tiegen Goodfellow 8 Thomas Mantripp 12 Jack Pickles 14 and ther rest of the field in the Junior race.

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Matt Wood in action in the F4 heat before his boat broke down

second heat, it was left to Rob Veares, Ben Jelf and Leon King to battle for the other podium places. After various problems, all three were tied on points, each having taken a 2nd 3rd or 4th place finish in the heats. It was thereefore down to fastest race times to decide 2nd and 3rd place and Jelf took Silver and Veares the bronze. The final class was for the pinnacle of circuit racing in the UK, F2 high speed boats, which can reach over 120 mph using a 2000cc Mercury engine on a tunnel hull catamaran design. As the fastest and most highly manoeuverable boats, they can accelerate from 0-60mph in less than 5 seconds. Drivers must Page 36

be at least 18 years old to compete. There was a titanic battle at the head of the championship as Paul Balfour from Lancashire and Colin Jelf from Kent were equal on points at the start of the weekend. Balfour took the advantage by claiming pole position from Steve Hoult with Jelf back in third. The first heat went to © Janet Wright

Thomas Mantripp in the GT30 class

F2 Class grid line up ready for the start of Heat 2

Balfour from Hoult and Jelf. The second heat saw a repeat performance by the first two, but Jelf had problems with his engine which dropped him to 5th place, while Mark Williams took 3rd in the heat. The final race saw Balfour complete his hat trick

of wins to secure the Chasewater Grand Prix title and the championship lead with Hoult taking Silver and thanks to another 3rd place in the final heat, Mark Williams took the bronze. © Simon Wright

Winner Paul Balfour leads off Mark Williams in the F2 Class race

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Colin Jelf in his F2 Class powerboat

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Matt Wood gets towed back in after a failure during the F4 © Simon Wright

Paul Balfour won the F2 Chasewater Grand Prix © Janet Wright

Sam Whittle F4 Chasewater Powerboat Grand Prix winner

Rob Veares F4 Bronze position

Ben Jelf & Tiegen Goodfellow battle it out in the GT30 class

Leon King 44 ahead of Ben Jelf F4 Grand Prix © Janet Wright

Owen Jelf F2 Class

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Thomas Mantripp 1 took a win in the GT15 class from Jonathan Brewer 6

Lucy Brewer 6 in the Junior race.

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VSCC Hill Climb meeting, Shelsley Walsh. Sunday 3rd July 2016 By Simon & Janet Wright with additional photos by Pete Austin

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Amber McHamish Stinson Special races the scenic Shelsley Walsh hill climb course.

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Nicholas Topliss - ERA R4D

The Vintage Sports Car Club members arrived at Shelsley © Simon Wright Walsh for their annual event run in conjunction with the Midland Automobile Club (MAC) on a nice sunny day at the beginning of July. With a good entry of competing cars, the public car park soon filled up with a wide variety of vintage cars that make the car park as interesting to look round as the historic paddock. After the morning practice runs, the competition started in earnest after the lunch break with the start of the now usual 16 classes used in VSCC August 2016

Speed trial competitio ns. The best time of the day fell to Nicholas Topliss in ERA RD4 who set a time of 34.01 Clive Press Peugeot 148 GP seconds who was only four tenths of a second faster than Martin Spencer in the GN Spider II who set a time of 34.43 seconds. Third fastest time went to Tom Walker in the Amilcar Hispano Special with a time of 34.89 seconds, with Walker also winning his class. Always popular with the public are the Edwardian cars, split in to two classes. Mark Walker was not present, but his class record of 41.67 seconds set in 2012 in the 1905 Darracq was never under threat. The class was won by Hugh Mackintosh driving a Hudson Super Six Racer with a best time of 48.7 seconds, while Ian Seymour Smith in a Mitchell Board Racer was 1st in class on Handicap. The other Edwardian class was for the non automobile engined Edwardian cars which was won by Geoffrey Smith in his

Chris Williams Napier Bentley

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Piccard Pictet Sturtevant Aero Spec with a time of 42.46 seconds while Guy Lachian in the Fafnir Hall Scott Special was 1st in class on handicap. The other class winners in Sports cars standard and modified were Duncan Potter in an MG Monthlery Midget, Jo Blakeney Edwards in her Frazer Nash Supersports, Peter Tierney in a Lea Francis Hyper S, Norman Pemberton in a Talbot Sports and Richard Black in a Talbot Lago T23. In the Sports cars and Specials, the class winners were David Furnell in his Austin 7 The Toy, David Pryke in his Morgan Riley, Durward Lawson in a Riley Special and Dougal Cawley in his Frazer Nash Piglet. The final section of class winners in the Racing cars class were Anthony Garner in a Lagonda Rapier and Rob Cobden in a Riley Falcon Special, plus Topliss and Walker.

Ralph Weinrich Lagonda Special Single seater © Pete Austin

Alan Harrison - Cooper Type 56 © Janet Wright

Geoffrey Smith - Piccard Pictet Sturtevant Aero Special

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Paul Wignall Alvis Silver Eagle

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Duncan Fish Alvis 12 70

Nicholas Butler Bentley 3 4.5 © Pete Austin

Mac Hulbert with his book on ERA R4D

Ian Seymour-Smith - Mitchell Board Racer © Simon Wright

Roger Collings Mercedes 60HP

John Wiseman GN Gnat

Robin Balmain Aston Riley International

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Nicolas Williams - Salmson Twin Cam

James Baxter Frazer Nash Terror III

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Spectator Car Park.

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GT Open Round 4 - Silverstone 23rd-24th July 2016. By Stuart Yates and David Goose of Motorsport-Imagery

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Miguel Ramos and Pieter Schothorst Team Teo Martin BMW M6 GT3

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Craig Dolby and Tomas Enge, Lamborghini Gallardo Rex GT3

Glorious weather heralded the arrival of the International GT Open and Support over the weekend of 23-24th July at Silverstone for its last round before the summer break. Several British Teams were taking part in their local round of the championship in addition to the series regulars. In their home race, Balfe Motorsport hit the track with their new car, a McLaren 650S, which replaces the ageing Ferrari F458 used for some years by the Lincolnshirebased squad. “A car switch in the course of the season is never an easy thing, but we are impressed

by the performance of the McLaren”, said Shaun Balfe. A new entry to the series saw GT heroes Tomas Enge and Craig Dolby at the wheel of the Lamborghini Gallardo REX from a brand new British Team, Wessex Motorsports, in what was only the second race for the new squad A rather fed up Craig Dolby just after retiring led by Nigel Mustill. In GT-Am, British teams were very well represented. FF Corse, one of the biggest GT teams in England, and whose base is a few yards from the track’s gate, made its debut in the GT Open © Motorsport-imagery with a Ferrari 488 entrusted to Jamie Stanley and Paul McNeilly. Come Ledogar (Garage59 McLaren 650S) took pole for Saturday afternoon’s Race 1 in a sunny Qualifying one session. It was the third pole for the young Frenchman in his third outing in the series. Craig Dolby was a very close second in the Wessex Lamborghini Gallardo REX shared with Tomas Enge. Second row consisted of the Teo Martin BMWs of Gustavo and Miguel Ramos, while Phil Keen took fifth

Robert Wheldon and Thomas Ashton, RAW Motorsport Radical RXC Turbo GT3

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The McLaren 650S GT3 of Michael Benham and Duncan Tappy © Motorsport-imagery

Winners of Race 2 on Sunday, Salih Yoluc and Euan Hankey in the TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage GT3

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fastest with the new Balfe Motorsport McLaren 650S. Racing in the perfect hot, sunny, Saturday afternoon conditions saw a superb debut GT Open Race 1 victory for the Wessex Motorsport Lamborghini Gallardo REX driven by Craig Dolby and Tomas Enge, ahead of the Orange1 Team Lazarus Lamborghini Huracan of Thomas Biagi and Fabrizio Crestani. The 2nd place result helped strengthen the championship position of the Italian duo. The last podium position went to the Teo Martin BMW M6 of Miguel Ramos and Pieter Schothorst. The GT-Am podium had the FF Corse Ferrari 488 of Paul McNeilly and Jamie Stanley take its maiden win ahead of the Sports&You Mercedes of Sardinha-Da Costa and the V8 Racing Renault RS01 of Barreiros-Short. All in all a perfect start for the British teams. Carrying on from their success in race 1, Jamie Stanley took a fantastic and surprising pole position for Race 2 on his birthday © Motorsport-imagery

Colin Noble jnr and Steven Burgess in the Radical Works Team Radical RXC Turbo GT3

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in the FF Corse Ferrari. Following his performance, the car was upgraded to the Pro-Am category. Sunday brought a slight change in the weather, although still very warm, it stayed cloudy most of the day, even throwing a curve ball into the equation with a very minor shower half an hour before the start of the second race. Euan Hankey and Salih Yoluc in the TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage took a well-deserved maiden win in the second race, at the teams home circuit. They are the seventh different winning package in the eight races held so far this year! The Teo Martin BMW M6 of Fernando Monje and Gustavo Yacaman snatched 2nd place almost at the finish line, from the Garage 59 McLaren 650S of Duncan Tappy and Michael Benham. After the "highs" in Race 1, it was disappointment for Craig Dolby and Tomas Enge after Dolby was forced to pit with damaged suspension on the Lamborghini with only three laps remaining. © Motorsport-imagery

Ferdinand Habsburg Drivex School

Supporting the International GT Open series, the European F3 Open, now in it’s seventh season, continues to offer the best platform to enter Formula 3 across Europe. With two races over the weekend at Silverstone, it was Italian Leonardo Pulcini for Campos Racing that took his fourth win of the season on Saturday ahead of American Colton Herta for Carlin and Poland’s Antoni Ptak for RP Motorsport. Sunday’s race saw the Polish driver Ptak take his maiden win after pole position man © Motorsport-imagery

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Race 2 Podium

Colton Herta, Carlin Motorsport

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Paul McNeilly and Jamie Stanley, FF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3

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Matthieu Vaxiviere Formula V8

Herta and Pulcini clashed on lap 3 and dropped down the field. This meant that Austrian Ferdinand Habsburg took a very close 2nd place, just half a second behind the winner at the flag. Damiano Firavanti took the final podium position for RP Motorsport. The other support series racing at Silverstone was the Formula © Motorsport-imagery

Beitske Visser, Formula V8

V8 3.5 single seater series. It saw Israeli driver Roy Nissany take his first victory in Formula V8 3.5 for Lotus in the Saturday race despite having a spin at Stowe corner after contact with Egor Orudzhev. Matthieu Vaxiviere took 2nd place for SMP Racing, while Rene Binder took the last podium position for Lotus. The Second race on Sunday, saw a Lotus 1-2 with Nissany taking his second victory ahead of Rene Binder, while Egor Orudzhev managed to keep his car on track to take 3rd in the second race. © Motorsport-imagery

Alfonso Celis and Beitske Visser in the Formula V8, fighting it out at the Complex

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Roy Nissany, Renault Formula V8

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Chateau Impney Hill Climb 2016. 9th-10th July 2016 By Simon & Janet Wright.

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Steve Wright Porsche 356A Super passes in front of the Chateau on his way to 8th in class

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Winner Martin Jones in his Brabham BT21 B

Over 14,000 people were treated to some of the finest historic motorsport in the country when they attended the Chateau Impney Hill Climb at the start of July. Situated near Droitwich and just off the M5 motorway, Chateau Impney is ideally located to host an historic motorsport event in the grounds of the hotel which is designed like a grand French Chateau. Now in it’s second year since it’s revival, this hill climb event continues to grow in status and having listened to feed back from last year, the organisers have made the event better again this year. With perfect weather conditions, the outright course record of 42.42 seconds set by August 2016

Jack Woodhouse last year was under threat from the start on Sunday. With a large invited entry of pre 1967 cars, which include the fabulous Fiat S76 Beast of Turin, there was plenty of action all through the different classes. It soon became apparent there was a three way battle for the outright course record and the Fastest Time of the Day (FTD). Callum Grant was the first to show his potential in his Formula Junior Merlyn Mk 5/7, when he knocked almost a second off the course record on his first run, with a time of Darracq at the Chateau 41.69 seconds. Mark Woodhouse, the father of last years winner, in last years winning Lotus 20/22 also beat his son’s record with a time of 42.07 © Simon Wright seconds. However, it was Martin Jones who claimed victory in his Brabham BT21B, smashing the existing record by almost two seconds with a time of 40.50 seconds on his first timed run in the afternoon. Two other drivers were also within last years record, David Gidden in a Lotus 23B set fourth fastest time at 42.14 seconds and Malcolm Wishart in a Lotus 41c

The flame throwing Packard Bentley

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Bo Williams Ferrari 250GT Europa was 13th in class

Class winner Malcolm Thorne in the Lotus Buick went grass cutting in practice © Simon Wright

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Stefan Wray DART Mini waas 8th in class

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did a 42.2 second run for fifth overall. Nick Topliss was the fastest Pre-1940 car with a time of 44.40 seconds in his ERA R4D and the fastest Post War/Pre 1967 Sports Car went to Adam Jones in his Chevron B8 with a 43.93 seconds. The entry was split in to 18 classes to allow competitors equal opportunities to compete. The other class winners were Simon Blakeney-Edwards in a Frazer Nash Super Sport, Phoebe Rolt Elva Formula Junior tackles the Ewen Getley in a Bentley 3 roundabout litre, Greg Lerigo in a Riley 12/4 Special, Brian white in a Frazer Nash TT Replica, Mark Walker in his spectacular Darracq 200HP, Winston Teague in a Hardy Special 2 and Rob Corden in a Riley Falcon Special. The Pre 1940 Racing cars over 3000cc class was won by Julian Grimwade in a Frazer Nash Norris Special, while the final class winners were Peter de la Roche in a 500cc Cooper Mk V, Mark Woodhouse in an Elva 100FJ, Peter Joy in a Lotus Elite, Malcolm Thorne in a Lotus Buick, Rod Jolley in a Lister Jaguar Monzanapolis, David Gidden in August 2016

Robert Dyke in the steam powered Whistling Billy

a Lotus 23B and Callum Grant in his Merlyn Mk 5/7 Junior. The final class winner was David West driving a Austin Mini Cooper S, finally getting his name in the record book, having won at © Simon Wright Chateau Impney in 1967 in a last minute drive, replacing Fred Jones who had been called away on an emergency. The name was never changed, so Fred Jones was credited with the victory in 1967. Finally Bob Dyke became the first man in 100 years to enter a steam Car, Whistling Billy, against petrol cars in competition after his campaign to overturn the

Steven Smith in the offset 1930 Hotchkiss AM80 Brooklands

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ban on steam cars at historic motorsport events. As well as the competition on the hill, there was the Footman James Concours D’Elegance competition for classic cars situated in the area behind the paddock. Near the start line there was a special display area with a selection of car club vehicles on show. These included American custom cars and also a selection of three wheeled vehicles. A free vintage fun fair to entertain the crowds helped families occupy the children during the weekend. There were also various trade stands around the spectator areas along with food outlets all around the grounds.

Land Rover demonstrated the rough terrain handling behind the paddock

1995 McLaren F1 GTR gave a demo run at lunch time © Janet Wright

Thomas Hardman leaves the start in his Connaught L2

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Jonathan Cobb BRM Jaguar Mk1 was 5th in class

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Martin Walford had a spin in practice near the finish in his Lotus 22

Jon Goddard-Watts in a Berkeley B105

Class winner Ewan Cameron gets sideways in his Ford Lotus Cortina © Simon Wright

Classic Morgans on display in the spectator area

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Tont Bianchi 2nd in class in The Farrallac Sports Mk II © Simon Wright

Niall Dyer 2nd in class in his Maserati 250F

Class winner Rod Jolly Lister Jaguar Monza

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H and H Classics Car Auction, Chateau Impney. 9th-10th July 2016 By Simon & Janet Wright

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1964 Triumph TR4 sold for £23,916.67, below it’s estimated value of £26k to £30k

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H and H held their annual auction sale during the Chateau Impney Hill Climb event on July 9th and 10th. The Sale is a popular addition to the motor sport programme and allows lots of additional people the opportunity to view the vehicles and items for sale and to observe the actual auction process, who might not normally attend an auction only event. There was a large catalogue of both Automobilia and vehicles on offer, ranging from books, badges and classic parts, right through to vintage, classic and racing cars.

which featured a Ghia designed, 4 seater body design. The car at the auction had been restored and a Burton Engines 2.8 litre Ford V6 engine.

Several interesting vehicles did not sell, including an unusual 1967 OSI 20M TS which had an estimated price of £22,000 to £24,000. This Italian built car from Turin came from OSI that was established in 1960 as a body making subsidiary of Carrozzeria Gia, which manufactured for Fiat and Innocenti. It began to produce its own vehicles including around 2,000 Ford 2.3 litre V6 engined version of the Ford Tanus based 20M TS Coupe, August 2016

Another unusual and rare car that failed to sell was a 1938 Lancia Aprilia Superchsrged Monoposto single seater special. Powered by a supercharged 1352cc SOHV V4 engine, which produced 47 bhp and a 4 speed gearbox. It had all around independant suspension and four wheel hydraulic brakes. It had an estimated price of between £30,000 and £40,000. There were a couple of Volkswagen Type 2 camper vans in the © Simon Wright sale. The orange and white 1975 model with a fold up roof sold for £11,760, while the fully restored and immaculate 1965 model, imported from America and Left hand Drive, sold for £50,960. This is one of the much sought after split windscreeen models. Restored between 2012 and 2015, it has a full leather interior and a built to order in Los Page 57

Angeles, 2.4 litre engine developing 140 bhp for stress free high speed cruising. One of the highest selling complete vehicles in the Auction was a 1948 Connaught L2 sports car which sold for £79,125. © Simon Wright

This was the first Connaught motor car built and first owned and raced by Connaught Financier Kenneth McAlpine. The L in the name is in honour of Lea Francis which supplied many of the components to build the car, including the chassis. It made its competition debut at Prescott in June 1949, winning its class. It then was 4th in the Miscellaneous class at the BOC meeting at Silverstone, and after a couple of 2nd place finishes, it achieved its first win at Blandford. It is also reputed that this car was driven to 6th place in the 1951 Goodwood International Sports Car race by a young Mike Hawthorn.

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The highest price achieved during the auction was £80,230 for the 1966 CostinNathan Works Prototype, which had an estimated price of between £25,000 and £30,000. This car was successfully campaigned by Roger Nathan and included a victory at the Coupe de Paris against works Fiat Abarth opposition. This, the very first, and only alloy-bodied Costin Nathan. It raced in Period in both open top (Spyder) and closed (GT) guises. It was designed by engineering genius Frank Costin and unveiled to the World in January 1966 at the Dorchester Hotel in London

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An old and unusual car in the foyer of the Auction was a 1914 Saxon Model A Roadster. This car is believed to be the second oldest surviving Saxon, according to the Saxon vehicle register. Saxon was once the seventh largest US car manufacturer, and this car was first registered in Connecticut in May 1914. The vehicle has an interesting history, once belonging to Alan Test, the grandson of the first President of Saxon Motors. In the early 1970s it was restored for Don ‘Big Daddy’ Garlits, King of the Dragsters and was retained by his museum for about twenty years before it was imported to the UK in 2011.

The cheapest car sold at the auction was a 1984 Ford Capri 2.8i which had no reserve price and was sold for £5,712. The white 1962 Fiat 2300 Coupe had an estimate of £24k to £28k but failed to sell, while the red 1977 Triumph TR7 Sprint which had an estimate of £10k to £12k also failed to sell. © Simon Wright

The 1926 Dodge Brothers Tourer which had competed in the 2010 Peking to Paris and 2016 Paris to Vienna Rallies had an estimated value of between £9,000 and £11,000 but sold for £17,854. It had the engine overhauled in 2014 by David Moore of New South Wales, Australia at a cost of $6648 Australian dollars. It had been slightly modified from its original specification with things such as a distributor to replace the original magneto and electric fans fitted to provide sufficient cooling for the marathon rally events. August 2016

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1964 Autobianchi Bianchina Jolly Mare Est £20K-£24k. Not sold

1949 Cadillac Series 75 Fleetwood Sedan Sold £38,640

1933 Sunbeam 25 Sports Coupe Est £40K-£50K Not sold.

1965 Fiat 2300 S Coupe Est £37K - £42K Not Sold

1934 Riley 9 Special Tourer sold for £23,520

1937 Peugeot 302 Berline Est £18K-£20K Not sold

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1953 Lancia Aurelia B20 GT Est £9k-£11k Did not sell

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Formula One Two Day Test - Silverstone By David Goose - Motorsport-Imagery

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

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Jolyon Palmer, Renault Sport F1

During the Formula One season the organisers allow the teams several dates at different circuits to test the cars mid season. Teams have already tested at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya for three sessions but the mid season test this year was held at Silverstone for two days in July. The circuit was open to spectators but only in limited areas around Club Corner and the International Pit Straight. Despite the access restrictions, © Motorsport-imagery

Esteban Ocon, Mercedes AMG Petronas with the bed stead test rig

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several thousand spectators visited the event over the two days to see most of the F1 teams in action without the mass crowds of the race weekend itself. Several teams allowed rookie and test drivers to drive the cars during the tests and rising star Pascal Wehrlein was used by Pirelli to drive a 2014 AMG Mercedes as a test car for the new compound 2017 race tyres. © Motorsport-imagery Of the main 2016 drivers, several teams ran cars with the main drivers at the wheel. Present during the tests were Fernando Alonso, Kimi Raikkonen ( Who posted the tests fastest lap), Carlos Sainz, Jolyon Palmer, Valtteri Bottas. Ten teams ran cars during the test, only Sauber were absent however the recent announcement that their Fernando Alonso, McLaren Honda

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Valtieri Bottas, Williams Martini Racing

future had been secured through the sale of the team to Swiss based Investment company Longbow Finance probably was more than likely a contributing factor. Car testing is not pre-defined and the weather can be a very important factor. On Tuesday, straight after lunch the rain started to fall. The tannoy announced that the teams were reluctant to run the cars on a damp track, preferring it to be

either dry or wet. As soon as the rain intensified and the circuit became truly wet, both McLaren and Toro Rosso were active testing the cars in the worst of the conditions. A total of 694 laps were completed during the Tuesday session, restricted probably by the early afternoon rain. Esteban Ocon driving the AMG Mercedes 2016 car completed most laps on each of the two days, completing 262 laps in total, this compares to only 60 laps during the main British Grand Prix. Effectively Ocon completed over 4 race distances during the two day test. Fastest car on Tuesday was Fernando Alonso in the McLaren Honda, with Kimi Raikkonen in the Ferrari quickest on Wednesday. During the two days 1804 laps were completed by all the drivers, plenty of opportunity for the fans to point out the various extra sensors and aerodynamic tweaks that were being tested by the teams. Mercedes and McLaren Honda in particular © Motorsport-imagery

Sanktion Ferrucci, Haas F1

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Pierre Gasly, Red Bull F1

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running the cars with large sensor arrays behind the front wheel to determine air flow presumably testing this with different aero features installed. Typically, drivers ran the test packages with sensors during the morning sessions, then went for longer runs to test overall performance in the afternoon. Always a great opportunity to see these cars being driven hard, the Silverstone test is a welcome addition to the calendar but sadly not one that can be guaranteed every year. Carlos Sainz, Scuderia Toro Rosso © Motorsport-imagery

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Alex Lynn, Williams Martini Racing

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Pirelli F1 Test Car, Mercedes AMG Petronas

Sanktion Ferrucci, Haas F1

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Classic Nostalgia, Shelsley Walsh. 16th-17th July 2016.

By Simon and Janet Wright. With additional photos by Syd Wall of Rallygallery and Pete Austin Hans Stuck Jnr in the Auto Union

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Even the officials wear period outfits

The traditional paddock garages Trig Aerobatics air display

Auto Union before the run

Spitfire flyby on Saturday

Period dancing in the courtyard

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Classic car displays in the car park area

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Recreating the start line photo of Hans Stuck Snr

Stuck Jnr was guest of honour at this 80th anniversary of his fathers momentous visit, which was the first time that the Auto Union grand Prix car had been seen in Britain. In 1936 Hans Stuck got below the hill climb course record in practice, but race day was wet, so no record times were set that day. This year, Hans Stuck Jnr was just driving demonstration runs up the hill, but that didn’t stop him from going very fast on his first run and getting the tail out on the Auto Union through the esses. He also said that it brought tears to his eyes as he came back down from his first run, to think about his father doing the same thing in the same car all those years ago. As well as driving the Auto Union, Audi had also brought the Audi IMSA S4 GTO car over from America and was making it’s public debut in the UK at Shelsley Walsh, and Hans Jnr got to drive that up the hill as well. This is a monster of a car with a turbocharged 5 cylinder engine developing 720 bhp and capable of 190 mph. © Pete Austin

Billed as the outstanding motoring event of the year, Classic Nostalgia at Shelsley Walsh had a lot to live up to. With the support of Audi, the Midland Automobile Club (MAC) were able to recreate a piece of history, with Hans Joachim Stuck Jnr driving up the hill in a recreation of the Auto Uniion C Type which his father, Hans Stuck, drove up the course in June 1936. Double Le Mans winner and former Grand Prix driver, Hans © Simon Wright

Hans Stuck Jnr in the Auto Union racing up the hill

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Hans Stuck Jnr also drove the Audi IMSA S4 GTO car up the course

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Audi R8 and Quattro on display in the paddock

There were also several other fine examples of Audi competition cars on display in the paddock. The other star attraction for this event were 25 Group B Rally © www.rallygallery.com cars from the early 1980’s. These super cars were banned in period on safety grounds, for being too fast on the special stages of the period. These days they do demonstrations all over the World and are always very David Llewellin in the Audi Quattro popular with the August 2016

© Janet Wright crowds. To make it even more special, the MAC had arranged for several former Rally Champions to be present and re-united with their former rally Jimmy McRae in the MG Metro 6R4 cars. Five times British Rally Champion Jimmy McRae and his co-driver Ian Grindrod were reunited with the MG Metro 6R4. Two times British Rally Champion and local driver, from Redditch, Russell Brookes and his co-driver Mike Broad were reunited with the Andrews heat for Hire 1986 Opel Ascona and two times British Rally Champion David Llewellin got to drive the fabulous Audi Quattro S1. Many spectators and officials had taken the opportunity to © Simon Wright dress up in period clothing from the 1940s and 50s and in the Courtyard there were live singers and displays of 1940s and

Russell Brookes in the Opel Manta

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‘My Favorite things’ performed in the courtyard

50s dances and the first 100 spectators who had arrived in classic and vintage cars had the chance to enter the Concours d’Elegance competition which was won by Peter Prosser from © Pete Austin Buckinghamshire in a 1935 MG PillarlessMagnette saloon. He has owned the car for 18 years having originally bought it from Australia. Beside all of these fantastic events, there was actually a hill climb competition taking Michael Sythes Freikaiserwagen Shelsley Special

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Keith Harris Chevron B25

place. On Saturday, Nic Mann stunned the crowds with the whooshing sound of his home built Mannic Beattie Sports libre car which uses a helicoper turbine engine. His record time of 25.47 seconds was the fastest time of day. The other class winners included Bill Tuer in a Morgan 3 wheeler, Mark Brett driving a Bellamy Ford, Martin Spencer in the GN Spider 2, Malcolm Thorne in a Lotus Buick, Mike Gallery in a Morris Mini Cooper S, Page 70

Stuart Gilbert in an MGB GT V8, Thomas Robinson in an MG Midget, Finlay Mackintosh in a Cooper Mk6, Phoebe Rolt in an Elva FJ Junior, Richard Mason in an Austin Healey 3000, Tim Painter in an MG Metro 6R4 and Kevin Jones in a Renault 5 Turbo. © Janet Wright

Jimmy Stewart Jaguar XJ6

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Malcom Thorne Lotus Buick

Sunday was a separate hill climb event that saw FTD go to Keith Harris in his Chevron B25 with a time of 29.18 seconds. Most of the Sunday class winners were the same as Saturday with the addition of Andrew Tippett in a Russell Alexis Formula Ford and James Smith in a 1968 Rellard Trials. © Simon Wright

Sean Mooney Daimler SP250 Special

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A special award of a watch called the ‘Spirit of Shelsley Walsh’, made by Omolodato, timing sponsor of the hill climb, was made to Chris Jacues who brought back the 1934 Maserati 8CM which had originally been driven at Shelsley Walsh by Whitney Straight.

Rob Newall - Maserati 8CM

There was even a fly by on Saturday by a Spitfire. The crowds were large, the weather was great, and the event was highly praised by everyone. How they top this for next year, we will have to wait and see… Tom Purves Triumph TR3A

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2016 Stars and Stripes at Tatton Park. By David Goose - Motorsport Imagery

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1956 Chevrolet Bel Air

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Oldsmobile 88

Almost a foregone conclusion now, the Stars and Stripes event at Tatton park will be held on the first weekend of July to coincide the US Independence Day celebrations. This years two day event was no exception. Unfortunately this years event, although being as well planned as usual sadly didn’t benefit from the usual hot sunny July weather on the first day, with several torrential downpours not only keeping the visitors constantly looking for cover from the rain, but also testing the exhibitors © Motorsport-imagery patience. Pontiac Firebird Trans Am

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The event features a large display of mostly classic American cars and a small number of more modern examples. The Saturday display this year appeared slightly smaller than in previous Lonestar Wild West re-enactment years, the weather forecast for the second day was much warmer and drier resulting in many people opting to show their pride and joy on the Sunday. Many people at the show were there to see the vast array of mostly very well presented Ford Mustangs of varying ages, although the list of cars on display included many other models, © Motorsport-imagery

Ford Mustang GT

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Dodge Viper

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Chevvy Van 20

Buick Limited

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Ford Mustangs Everywhere

including sports cars, muscle cars, vans, pickups, saloons and motorbikes. The majority of cars were clearly very well cared for and owners were tested with the frequent downpours. At the end of every shower out came the chamois’s the cars were dried and the cycle went on. The display included many cars © Motorsport-imagery from Ford, Cadillac, Lincoln, Chevrolet, Buick, Plymouth, the list seemed almost endless. However there were comments from the really serious followers that although cars from 1953 Pontiac Catalina

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Chevrolet Corvette

the 1940’s and 1950’s were plentiful, that the older cars were very few and far between. Personally, if I had a car that was over 70 years old I © Motorsport-imagery would probably want to take it out in the nice sunny weather and not heavy rain. Despite the absence of these “old-timers”, these are great events and perfect for a bit of photography. Chevrolet 3100 Van

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Lincoln Continental MkIV

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1953 Pontiac Catalina

1952 Cadillac Coupe

Ford Thunderbird

Chevrolet Bel Air

Chevrolet Camaro SS

Ford F100 Truck

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British Truck Racing Championship. Donington Park 23rd - 24th July 2016. By Simon & Janet Wright

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Simon Reid Iveco Stralis 13000 ahead of Luke Garrett Renault T Range 12000 in the Class A Truck race

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Class 2 Donington Park hosted a round of the British Truck Racing championship over the third weekend in July, and is one of the biggest family events of the year. Massive numbers of spectators descended on the circuit to witness these monster vehicles thunder round the famous Donington Park national circuit. Donington has a long history with Truck racing, hosting the very first Truck race in the UK in 1984. As well as the on-track action, there was a massive Truck Show held on the revamped infield of the circuit, a family fun zone to help keep the young children occupied, and free access for the public in to the paddock area to see the racing vehicles being prepared and worked upon.

The Trucks are split in to two classes The British Truck Racing Association Championship is run in compliance with the 2016 FIA European Truck Racing Championship for racing. The British series is split in to two Truck classes. These classes are based upon 2015 lap times for Truck/Driver combinations, with the top 11 British based Trucks running in Class 1 and the remaining trucks in Class 2, subject to be eligible for class 2, where the truck chassis/cab must be at least three years old. Any truck in class 2 that has technical changes which significantly improves the performance of the truck, such as a different engine being fitted, will be reassessed by the technical committee and maybe moved to class 1 with the loss of any

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88Ryan Smith and 69 David Jenkins Man TGX 12000 on the gravel at Redgate while Steve Thomas stays on the track in his Man TGX 12000

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generate clouds of smoke which would have done James Bond proud, as they braked for the corner and often only the leader had a clear view of the track ahead as they headed through Hollywood and in to the Craner Curves. In Class A/Division 1 Steven Thomas started from Pole position in his Man TGX © Simon Wright

Simon Reid Iveco Stralis 13000 spun out at Redgate in Class A first race.

points gained to that point in Class 2. The winner of Class 2 in 2016 will automatically be moved to Class 1 for the 2017 season. Each class has 5 races over the weekend, with reverse grids to spice up the racing action. The thunderous sound as the grid race away from the start line has to be heard to be believed, and the tyres squeal as the cabs are thrown in to Redgate for lap after lap. Most of the trucks seemed to © Simon Wright

Close battle between Stuart Oliver Volvo RH13 12000 and David Jekins Man TGX 12000 in Class A race

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Plenty of smoke from Simon Cole Mercedes Truck 12000 DNF in Class B race

12000, but he didn’t manage to convert that to a race win over the weekend, with his best result 2nd in Race 1. It was Ryan Smith who won the first and fifth race in his Man TGA 12000, while Stuart Oliver in his Volvo RH13 12000 equalled this with wins in Race 2 and 4. The middle Race 3 was won by David Jenkins in another Man TGX 12000. In Class B/Division 2, it was Simon Cole that claimed pole position driving his Mercedes Truck 12000, but he also did not manage a win over the weekend. Trevor Martin won the first two races in his Scania Truck 11000. Ryan Colson took the third race victory in his Foden Alpha 12000, while Andrew Page 80

Lee by less than half a second from Lee Wood, with Smith back in third. Lee took his second win in race eleven ahead of Smith and Paul Tomkins. Race twenty of the weekend, saw Mark Willis take the pickup truck race win from Wood and Scott Bourne. The UK National Legends cars Championship provided some of the closest racing of the weekend. John Paterson driving a Legend 34 Coupe took pole position and had a very close battle Legend cars John Paterson Legend 34 Coupe and John Mickel Legend 34 Ford Coupe battle for the lead

Brian Burt failed to finish the first Class B race in his Volvo White 14000

Lovenbury took the fourth race win and Adam Bint won the fifth race driving a Volvo Aerodyne 12000. Supporting the Trucks was a full programme of other racing categories, including Pickup Truck Racing. The leading championship contenders were all carrying close to maximum success ballast. The Pro Two Pickups do not have to carry ballast, but the sweeping curves of Donington gave these lightweight, but slightly underpowered pickup trucks the chance to gain some trophies and podium places. Michael Smith took pole position for the Qualifying race, which was won by Freddie

in Heat 1 with John Mickel in a Legend 34 Ford Coupe with his winning margin at just 0.112 of a second. Robert King was 3rd in another Legend 34 Ford Coupe, over 8 seconds behind 2nd placed Mickel. Heat 2 had to be restarted after a red flag and was run over just 4 laps, with Paterson again taking the win from Mickel, with an even closer gap of © Janet Wright just 0.05 of a second between them at the flag. King took another 3rd place. The final managed 10 laps and saw Mickel finally take the victory at Donington by a fairly comfortable 3 seconds from Paul Simmons in another Legend 34 Ford Coupe with Paterson taking 3rd place, over seven and a half seconds behind. For the Sunday races, Paterson was Class A trucks thundering down the craner curves is quite a site as Syuart Olver Volvo RH13 12000 leads Mat Summerfield again on pole position from Mickel. Heat Man TGX 12000 and Shane Brereton Man TGX Euro 6 12000

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26 Rickie Leggatt looses it under braking as 82 Connor Mills leads a group through the chicane in the Legend Cars © Janet Wright

Formula Ford sequence. 27 Steve Pearce Van Diemen RF81 is hit by Simon Jackon Javelin JL5 and starts a chain reaction. 32 David Malpas Van Dieman RF78 ending up in the middle of the shunt Page

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Lee Rogers pickup truck lifts a wheel at the chicane

Will Gibson goes straight on at the chicane in the Legend Cars race while 26 Rickie Leggatt gets sideways

1 on Sunday saw Paterson taking another close victory over Mickel, this time by just 0.094 of a second. Stephen Whitelegg was 3rd in a Legend Coupe. Paterson again took the second heat, this time from Whitelegg by over 5 seconds, while Matthew Pape was 3rd in a Legend 34 Ford Coupe. When the final came, Paterson failed again, when he had Mickel both went out on the penulimate lap, leaving the final win to David Hunter in a Legend 34 Ford Coupe, from Whitelegg and Pape. The Kumho BMW Championship saw James Card claim pole in his BMW M3 E46 and took the first race win. Roger Lavender was 2nd in his BMW E46 and Daniel Wylie made it a full podium © Simon Wright

Adrian Gilbert BMW M3 E36 leads Kevin Denwood BMW E46 Compact in the BMW race

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for the E46 in his M3 E46. The second race saw James Macintyre-Ure in his BMW M3 E46 classified 1st by just 0.049 of a second ahead of James Card in a similar car and Roger Lavender was 3rd in his BMW E46. Saturday saw a race in the Luna Logistics Classic FF1600 Championship for Formula Ford single seaters. Mike Gardner claimed pole position in his Crossle 32F and the race developed in to the usual high speed slipstreaming train with Gardner winning by just 0.09 of a second from Adriano Medeiros in a Van Diemen RF80 and veteran driver John Village took 3rd in a Crossle 25F. Sunday saw the Carbon8 Hyundai Coupe Cup take over support duties and Alex Cursley claimed pole position which he converted in to a win by under half a second from Ian Goodchild and William Taylforth was © Simon Wright 3rd. Cursley made it two wins in a row with Goodchild 2nd again and Jon Winter taking the final podium position in the second race. Close racing in the Pickup Truck race with Paul Jones diving up the inside at the chicane

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Legend Cars stream through old Hairpin

Monster Truck rides were available

James Macintyre-Ure BMW M3 E46 in the BMW race

Class B Ryan Colson Foden Alpha sideways at Redgate

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Impressive Truck show on the infield

The artwork on the trucks was impressive

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Archive Photo of the month.

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By Pete Austin.

At the recent Shelsley Walsh Classic Nostalgia meeting Hans Stuck followed in the footsteps of his father by taking an Auto Union C Type up the hill. Stuck junior was also a Grand Prix driver in his own right and is pictured here at the 1974 British Grand Prix at Brands Hatch in a works March 741 Cosworth. Unfortunately he retired after spinning off August 2016

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Iron Curtain Vehicle Rally Foxfield Railway, Wartburg Trabant IFA Club By Simon and Janet Wright ÂŠ Simon Wright

Trabant lineup in the Station courtyard

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Two very different generations of Wartberg

The Foxfield Steam Railway played host to the Iron Curtain Rally over the weekend of the 23rd and 24th July, organised by the Wartburg Trabant IFA Club. There was a road run organised for entrants on the Saturday, and then Sunday allowed all the vehicles to be displayed in the station courtyard. There was a © Simon Wright good turn out of the cult status 2 stroke Trabant models including a pair of Trabant Kubelwagen, the blue one being ex-NVA from 1972. This was an ex East Trabant Kubelwagen

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German army vehicle which was then transfered to Kopenick council in Berlin in 1983. This type of vehicle was famous for patrolling the border area between East and West Berlin. After unification, the vehicle was sold to a private owner and eventually came to Trabant Tramp the UK in 2001. Next to it was a Trabant Tramp, which was the name given to the civilian version of the Kubelwagen. They were first produced in 1973 for the World Festival of Democratic Youth in Berlin. They were white instead of military green, had a three piece chrome bumper and red leatherette seat upholstery. The sale name Tramp is unique to this model and was never used on models sold in East Germany. © Janet Wright Around 11,000 were produced between 1973 and 1991. Wartburg were also well represented with various models and colours including a bright Page 87

Warberg 353 Estate

green Wartburg 353 Estate, plus a red and a blue Wartburg 353 on one side of the courtyard. On the opposite side of the courtyard were a pair of the earlier, and much more stylish, 1966 Wartburg 312 models. The two tone blue and white 312 Limousine saloon had a 1 litre engine which produced 45 HP. The rally was open to other eastern bloc vehicles and a couple of Lada saloons, a Samara and the standard Lada 1200/1500 saloon added to the variety along with a solo Skoda Estell There was also a Barkas B1000 Fire van and several eastern bloc motorcycles including a Ural 750 motorcylce and sidecar combination amd an MZ motorcycle. Although these cars may seem a little basic compared to their period western Wartberg bonnet badge August 2016

Trabant and Caravan

counterparts, they did offer the people of the communist countries basic motoring freedom at a cheap price. It is a pleasure to see something quite different to most classic cars shows, with © Janet Wright these enthusiastic and friendly owners keeping these icons of the cold war in such generally excellent conditions to display. Lada Samara

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Various Eastern bloc motorcycles

Skoda Estelle

Barkas B1000 Fire truck

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1st placed award winning Trabant

Lada Saloon

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Trabant Tramp and saloons lined up outside the station

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Ural 750 motorcycle and sidecar

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