Classic and Competition Car 73 October 2016 by Simon Wright

October 2016

Issue 73

6th Birthday Edition VSCC Mallory Park

British GT Donington

Battle for the BTCC Title

Sywell Classic

Our Team.

Contents

Simon Wright - Editor.

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News.

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Concours of Elegance, Windsor Castle.

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Archive photo of the month.

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Plum Festival Classic Car Show.

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Isle of Man Rally.

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SDCC Sprint, Curborough.

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Heritage Day, Longbridge.

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British GT Championship, Donington Park.

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Sywell Classic, Pistons and Props.

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GT Cup, Silverstone.

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VSCC The Bob Gerard Memorial Trophies, Mallory Park

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Cars in the Claydons.

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BTCC Silverstone.

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

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 Rally co-driving.

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

Front Cover. Tordoff and Shedden fight it out for the 2016 BTCC Title at Silverstone © Motorsport-Imagery. VSCC Mallory Park © Simon Wright, British GT Donington Park © Motorsport Imagery, Sywell Classic © Simon Wright All content is copyright classicandcompetitioncar.com unless otherwise As well as this magazine, you can follow us on Twitter @classcompcar stated. All photographs are copyright and cannot be used for commercial purposes unless by prior approval of the original copyright and join our Facebook Group holder. We try to ensure accurate and truthful reporting but if you spot Classic and Competition Car. an error, please contact us and will we verify and correct accordingly. To Subscribe for free and be notified when the next issue is We do not organise any events which are mentioned and we are not published please click here. To check out our web site with responsible if the event does not take place or is cancelled. Please contact the event organiser before making a long trip. additional photos please click here

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Editorial. With this issue we have reached our sixth birthday and we also celebrate another new event, Cars in the Claydons.We are lucky in the UK with the number of classic car events that take place during the year, but there is still room for new events like this, which are well organised and offer a large selection of interesting vehicles in a picturesque location. Here’s to the next six years. Let’s hope this type of event continues to expand. © Simon Wright

News

BTCC Hits the winning formula. The British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) continues to be the premier motorsport category in the UK and in its current format has achieved an unparalleled success. With the final round taking place at Brands Hatch at the beginning of October, there are still eight drivers in with a chance of winning this years title. Sam Tordoff, Gordon Shedden, Matt Neal, Rob Collard, Mat Jackson, Andrew Jordan, Colin Turkington and Jason Plato. With five former champions and three hopefuls in four different types of car, this series produces close, exciting racing, in recognisable cars which the public have supported in growing numbers over the past few years. With it’s excellent TV coverage, it has made many of the star drivers household names, and provides manufacturers and sponsors the ideal platform to reach fans in a family friendly package. Of the 27 races so far we have had 12 different winners in 9 different makes of car. The season started with Tom Ingram winning at Brands Hatch in his Toyota Avensis - 2 wins, followed by wins for Gordon Shedden in a Honda Civic Type R - 4 wins, Adam Morgan in a Mercedes Benz A Class - 2 wins, Mat Jackson in a Ford Focus ST Mk III - 4 wins, Rob Collard in a BMW 125i M Sport - 2 wins, Matt Neal in a Honda Civic Type R - 3 wins, Andrew Jordan in a Ford Focus ST Mk III - 2 wins, Colin Turkington in a Subaru Levorg GT - 3 wins, Sam Tordoff in a BMW 125i M Sport - 2 wins, Ashley Sutton in an MG6 GT, Jason Plato in a Subaru Levorg GT and Aron Smith in a Volkswagen CC,

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Our congratulations go to Matt Neal who made his 600th Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship start at Silverstone.

Race Retro 2017.

Vauxhall to test Ampera-E. The new Opel Electric car, the Ampera E will be evaluated by Vauxhall, though there are no plans to produce a RHD version of this model. The car which is due to be available in 2017 in Europe will have a range exceeding 250 miles between re-charges based on the new European Driving Cycle or NEDC. In real World terms, this should still equate to a range of over 185 miles in real world driving conditions. This beats the current best of 186 miles (NEDC) of the BMW i3. Performance is impressive with 0-30mph in 3.2 seconds and 50-75 mph for overtaking, in just 4.5 seconds. Top speed is limited to 93 mph. October 2016

Advanced tickets are now on sale for Race Retro 2017 the International Historic Motorsport Show, held at Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire from the 24-26th February 2017. New for 2017 is the Motor Sport Hall of Fame, a whole hall dedicated to past and present inductees. It will also feature the Motor Sport Live Stage with interviews and a panel of racing heroes and industry experts. The public will also have their say on who night be the next inductee to the Hall of Fame. It will also continue the Live Action Rally stage over the weekend, with Group B supercars showing their power round the tarmac stage with the grounds of Stoneleigh Park. For more information visit www.raceretro.com © Simon Wright

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Eastwood takes Rookie Title.

Batmobile at Silverstone. At the recent British Touring Car Championship meeting at Silverstone there was a display of cars from the movies behind the main grandstand. There was one particular car that was drawing more attention than the Touring cars themselves, the original 1960s Batmobile. Built for the 1966-1968 live action television show, it began life as a Ford concept car called the Lincoln Futura built in 1955. George Barris bought the car from Ford for $1 and converted it in to the Batmobile. There were various problems due to the age of the © Simon Wright original vehicle and mid season the engine and transmission was replaced with a Ford Galaxie’s. The most visual feature was the rear rocket thruster, which has been carried over to most other Batmobiles. October 2016

At the Silverstone BTCC weekend, Charlie Eastwood stormed through the field after starting in eleventh place in the Porsche Carrera Cup GB race. He was soon behind the top five drivers and caught Jelley and Oliphant as they slowed each other trying to get the second step on the podium. He managed to pass Jelley to take 3rd place in the race. He secured the Rookie crown and the £50,000 prize that goes with it.

Caterham Sprint back to the swinging Sixties. Planned in the mid-sixties, the Caterham Seven Sprint has just been launched as a perfect scene setter for the ’60 Years of the Seven anniversary’ which will be celebrated next year. Priced from £27,995, it is now available to order. It is powered by the 80 hp, three cylinder Suzuki engine. Only 60 Sprints are destined for the UK and Europe. Page 5

Disaster for Darracq at Mallory Park. Mark Walker had a major engine blow up at Mallory Park during practice at the VSCC meeting on the 24th September. One of the 4 cylinder heads was blown off as the engine exploded. The remains of one piston can be seen on the right and the other piston in that bank of the engine is in the centre of the image below.

Aston Martin Win class in Inaugural 6 Hours of Mexico race. This puts them in the lead of the GT Manufacturers Title race and driver Darren Turner leads the GT drivers title. © Janet Wright

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British Moto GP winner Vinales tests Radical at Silverstone. Team Suzuki Ecstar racer Maverick Vinales, winner of the British Moto Grand Prix, started off his weekend at Silverstone with a 30 lap test in a Radical SR3 race car. The car was built specially for the test on the Stowe Circuit, the Radical is powered by Suzuki’s legendary GSX1300R Hayabusa engine, with a larger 1500cc capacity producing over 260 bhp.Despite never having driven the car before, Vinales was quickly up to speed and impressed the Radical team with his performance. He commented “For me the

New TT RS now available to order. Audi are launching the most powerful Audi TT yet to enter series production, with a 5 cylinder 2.5 TFSI dual injection engine producing around 400 BHP, which will give the car a power to weight ratio of around 275 bhp per ton. The car will be available in Coupe or Roadster configuration with a seven speed S tronic transmission system. This will take the car from 0-62 mph in just 3.7 seconds (Coupe) or 3.9 seconds (Roadster) with a limited top speed of 155 mph and a potential top speed of 174 mph (with optional package), and will return up to 34.4 mpg, with a CO2 reading of 187g/km. The body of the TT RS is ten millimetres lower than the entry level TT and an optional Dynamic Package can be purchased which includes RS Sports suspension plus with Audi Magnetic ride. This employs special dampers filled with synthetic oil in which magnetic particles are suspended. This allows the dampers to be adapted to the profile of the road and style of the driver at millisecond intervals. Braking is provided by front internally ventilated, perforated steel discs with eight piston callipers and monobloc disc on the rear. Carbon ceramic front discs are available as an option. The Coupe is priced at £51,800 OTR and the Roadster at £53,550 OTR. October 2016

most impressive thing was the corner speed and the grip and the downforce. It was very impressive how fast you can go through the corners, and I was not used to this, because on a bike you go more slowly. I enjoyed driving it a lot. From MotoGP I am used to fast acceleration, but, even with the heavier weight of the car, I can feel the acceleration from the Hayabusa engine. In all the gears you can still feel it pushing.”

Radical sportscars and Suzuki have enjoyed a 15 year long relationship using the Hayabusa engine in various Radical models.

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Brand new Peugeot 3008 DKR ready for Dakar Challenge. Team Peugeot Total and Red Bull have revealed the new Peugeot 3008 DKR which is based on an entirely new model of the Peugeot SUV which will be revealed at the Paris Motor Show. The Peugeot 3008 DKR remains loyal to the Peugeot two wheel drive philosophy, with the first Dakar win for a two wheel drive car in 15 years coming just 9 months ago when Stephane Peterhansel claimed his 12th victory on the Dakar in the Peugeot 2008 DKR in January. The 3008 aims to make stronger the weaker points of the previous model, while complying with some new regulations. The car’s 3 litre V6 twin turbodiesel engine is more drivable, delivering greater torque at lower revs. New restrictors on the engine have reduced the power by about 20 bhp, but the power is now available further down the rev range, making the car easier to drive.

Porsche celebrates 40th Anniversary of 924 at Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show. Porsche Cars GB are returning to the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show, at the NEC between the 11th and 13th November 2016, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the 924, the first of it’s transaxle models. The 924 and other front engined transaxle models were a complete change from the 911 and its rear engine layout, and proved to be extremely popular. The Porsche stand in Hall 1 will showcase the finalists from the 2016 ’40 years at the front’ Classic restoration competition. In 2015, the Porsche Centre network were challenged with sourcing and restoring a classic transaxle model. Porsche Centre Guildford and their Porsche recommended repairer, Premier Panel Skills, were crowned the overall winner with their superb restoration of a 968 Club Sport. This and the other 15 restored cars will be displayed along side the freshly restored 924 Carrera GTP Le Mans race car. October 2016

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UKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Favourite Ford from the silver screen. Following a survey held at FordFest, the top ten Ford models from the silver screen had the Mustang GT 390 from Steve McQueens film Bullitt voted the favourite as the all time star Ford. Hot on its heels were the Regan and Carter Consul 3000 GT from the Sweeney and the Bodie and Doyle Capri 3.0 S from the Professionals. The rest of the list is as follows 1 Mustang GT 390 - Bullitt

Podium for Peugeot at home.

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Consul 3000 GT - The Sweeney Capri 3.0S - The Professionals Cortina 2000 GXL - Life on Mars. Gran Torino - Starsky and Hutch. Shelby Mustang (Eleanor) - Gone in 60 seconds. Escort XR3i Cabriolet - Dempsey and Makepeace. Capri Mk 2 Minder GT40 - Le Mans Anglia 105E - Harry Potter. October 2016

Local hero Sebastien Loeb took his Peugeot 208 WRX to a 3rd place podium finish in the eighth round of the 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship in Brittany. After qualifying on the second row for the final he was able to make several passing manoeuvres to take 3rd place by the flag. The other team car driven by Timmy Hansen suffered power steering failure in the third qualifying heat, and was hit by Larsson in his semifinal. This leaves the drivers 5th and 6th in the championship.

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British Motor Museum reveals 'hero' cars at Classic Motor Show! The British Motor Museum will be exhibiting at the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show from 11-13 November at Birmingham’s NEC (stand 150, Hall 2). This year the shows theme is ‘Heroes and Heroines’ so the Museum will be taking along a number of cars to support the theme including Land Rover No1, affectionately known as HUE - the first pre-production Land Rover, a Wolseley 1899 3 ½ hp voiturette – the first fourwheel Wolseley car, and the Mini-Cooper S - the 1967 Monte Carlo Rally winner.

British Motor Museum wins prestigious industry award. Coventry and Warwickshire’s thriving tourism and culture sector was celebrated by hundreds of people from the region’s business community at an awards dinner on 22 September. The second Coventry and Warwickshire Tourism and Culture Awards was organised by Quidem, which owns radio stations Touch FM and Rugby FM, and was hosted at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry. The British Motor Museum won the award in the History and Heritage category in recognition of the Museum's recent rebrand, refurbishment and the opening of the Collections Centre allowing public access for the first time to the Trusts reserve collection of over 250 cars. Penny Tyler, Marketing Executive at the British Motor Museum who collected the award on the night said “We are delighted to have won this award. It is great to see the team’s hard work over the last 18 months recognised by this award. We are immensely proud of all the changes we have made at the Museum.” The awards were supported by the Coventry & Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership, Coventry 2021 UK City of Culture BID and the Ricoh Arena, Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce, Coventry City Council, Warwickshire County Council, Federation of Small Businesses, Shakespeare’s England, Claire Marie Dresses of Distinction, Dan Skelton Racing, Birmingham Airport, Take Flight Aviation, World Rugby Hall of Fame and Rugby Borough Council. To find out more about the British Motor Museum please visit the website at www.britishmotormuseum.co.uk or call 01926 641188.

In addition, staff from the archive department will be taking enquiries for their Heritage Certificates which they produce for a wide range of British classic cars, plus, will talk about the sterling archive work of the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust team.

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Penny Tyler receiving the award

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50 Not Out Audi show at DTM Anniversary at the Nurburgring. The Audi team had a successful weekend in front of 72,500 spectators at the Nurburgring when the DTM made its 50th visit to the circuit. When Edoardo Mortara took his third win this season in his Castrol EDGE Audi R5 DTM on the Sunday race, it also marked Audiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 50th win in the DTM series. The Audi Team Abt Sportsline team managed to bring all four cars home in the points in the race.

Dan Lloyd Back After the disappointment in losing a major sponsor while driving for Eurotech in the BTCC, it was great to see Dan Lloyd back behind the wheel of a Porsche with the In2 Racing Team. Soon back into the grove he qualified in 8th and 7th places for the two races at the Silverstone BTCC weekend. Managing to overtake Lewis Plato in the latter stages of the race, Lloyd came home in a respectable 7th place.

Castrol EDGE Audi RS 5 DTM #48 (Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline), Edoardo Mortara

Mercedes-AMG GT Roadster Affalterbach has presented two exciting roadster variants of the two seater sportscar. The GT Roadster and GT C Roadster are a completely new model. With a V8 4 litre engine outputting 557 HP, the AMG GT C is the most powerful new variant, while the entry level AMG GT has a more subtle 476 HP which takes it from 0-62 mph in 4 seconds compared with 3.7 seconds for the GT C model. They both have a top speed of over 300 km/h October 2016

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Concours of Elegance Windsor Castle 3rd-4th September 2016.

Ferrari 288 GTO Evoluzione.

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The Concours of Elegance remains the only automotive event to be held at a Royal venue each year. This year it took place at Windsor Castle, the oldest inhabited castle in the World, to help celebrate Her Majesty the Queen’s 90th birthday with a spectacular Concours of Elegance display in the quadrangle of Windsor castle. His Royal Highness Prince Michael of Kent is the Concours of Elegance Patron and also serves as chief judge for the prestigious Royal Automobile Club ‘Club Trophy’. The winner of this is the best of the best of the UK’s car club scene and is granted an automatic entry to next years Concours of Elegance selection of 60 cars. Nearly 12,500 enthusiasts attended this years event and raised nearly £200,000 for charity, taking the total amount raised through the Concours of Elegance to over £1 million. Sixty of the Worlds rarest cars were lined up in the quadrangle at Windsor Castle, with nearly another 1,000 lined up outside.

Jaguar D-Type Shortnose at Concours of Elegance.

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The Quadrangle at Windsor Castle.

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The cars on display ranged from a 1895 Benz Velo ‘Comfortable’ to a 2016 Touring Superleggera Disco Volante Spyder. Many had not been seen before in the UK and represented some of the rarest and most incredible cars from motoring history. The unique 1938 Hispano-Suiza Dubonnet Xenia was crowned Best in Show, voted for by the owners of the cars themselves. The car was developed by inventor, racing car driver and World War One fighter pilot Andre Dubonnet. He chose an H6 Hispano-Suiza engine and got Jean Andreau to design the streamlined body. It was Jacques Saoutchik who made the design work, featuring curved glass, sliding doors and a panoramic windscreen. The car was also favourite with the public, also winning the Classic Driver Public Choice Award.

Aston Martin 'Cloverleaf' RAC Club Trophy winner .

Hispano-Suiza Awarded Best in Show.

Outside of the main Concours of Elegance cars, a panel of expert judges, led by HRH Price Michael of Kent chose a pristine Aston Martin ‘Clover Leaf’ as the Club Trophy winner which gives it a must sought after spot in next years Concours of Elegance. October 2016

Talbot Lago T26 Grand Sport Cabriolet.

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Saturday was Jaguar Land Rover Saturday with more than 100 historic Jaguars on display, facing tough competition for the Jaguar Trophy. Jonathan Edwards, Jaguar Land Rover Special Operations MD led the judging XK120 DHC - winner of the Jaguar Trophy. panel who overwhelmingly decided that the car they would like to take home was an impeccably restored Jaguar XK120 Roadster.

Royal Guards admire racing Ferrari Daytona.

Lamborghini Countach on the Grand Depart.

The selection of cars in the Quadrangle display included Royal vehicles, racing cars including a Bentley Blower, D-Type Jaguar, E-Type Jaguar, Ferrari 500 Testa Rosa and a Porsche 911, and supercars like the Lamborghini Countach and Ferrari 288 GTO Evoluzione. October 2016

'Best of British' at Concours of Elegance.

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Bentley Sunday saw more than a hundred Bentleys lining the Long Walk. An expert panel of judges, including male supermodel David Gandy, had a hard decision to pick a winner from such an impressive line up. In the Pre 1965 class it was a pristine Bentley 3 litre that was selected, while in the post-1965 class it was an immaculate Bentley Azure that took the honours.

Panhard et Levassor 8HP in the Grand Depart.

Bentley 3 Litre and Bentley Azure - winners of the Bentley Trophy. Colin and Anne Stewart with their ‘Coach Built Era’ class winner SS1. Left: Michael Byng (centre left) with his ‘Saloons’ class winning Mk I. Centre: Stuart Cardwell (centre left) with his ‘Sportscars’ class winning E-type. Phillip Dyson (centre left) with his Modern Classics class winning XKR.

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I've just finished reading Damon Hill's new autobiography 'Watching the Wheels' part of which describes his relationship with his father Graham and his loss in November 1975. This months archive image shows his father at Brands Hatch in 1968 preparing to go out for practice in that years Race of Champions. This was the first public appearance of the Lotus 49 in Gold Leaf colours outside Australasia for the Tasman Series. ATV were going to televise the event which led to a clash over the 'blatant' cigarette advertising appearing on the car. Compromise was reached when the sailorman logo was covered up. Hill retired from the race with drive shaft failure.

Archive Photo of the month. By Pete Austin.

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Plum Festival Classic Car Show, Pershore, Worcestershire By Simon and Janet Wright

MG’s in the sun in front of the Abbey

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To celebrate the plum harvest, the market town of Pershore in Worcestershire holds an annual Plum Festival over the August Bank Holiday weekend. On the Bank Holiday Monday, they also hold a Classic Car show in the grounds of Pershore Abbey. After the very wet bank holiday last year, this year the sun was shining warmly down on Pershore and attracted a massive number of cars to the show. As in previous years, certain car clubs have designated display areas, and Rolls Royce and Bentley had the prime position just outside the main doors of the Abbey. There were probably around thirty cars in this area, a mixture of vintage, classic and modern Rolls Royce and Bentley models. It was interesting to see how the Spirit of Ecstasy figure on the front of Rolls Royce cars has altered over the years, with early figures having much less detail on what appeared to be a rougher casting. ÂŠ Simon Wright

Morris Cowley and MG TF outside the Abbey

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Classic Rolls Royce with two different generations of the Spirit of Ectasy

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1903 Oldsmobile 5HP and 1914 Ford Model T Vintage line-up

Fiat X1/9

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Part of the Shelsley Walsh hill climb display

Austin Healey’s outside the front of the Abbey © Simon Wright

Wolseley Sports Car

1958 Buick

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VW Karmann Ghia

To the side of the abbey were three main car club areas, with the largest probably being for the little Mazda MX5 sports car. This vehicle has had various facelifts and updates but is still basically a reasonably priced, well handling sports car for the masses, and the owners are an enthusiast bunch, with dozens of cars on show. Between them and the Abbey were the Triumph TR sports cars, again with a large display ranging from the early, traditional styled TR2 models to the final wedge shaped TR7/8. Finally on the back corner of the Abbey were a collection of Jaguar saloons and October 2016

sports cars, which were ideally placed by the walking entrance/ exits which led in to the town centre and Plum Festival market area. Next to the car entrance of Abbey Park, the MG club area had a large display of MG sports cars, plus various saloon cars nicely displayed without packing the cars in too tight. The opposite side of the entrance road saw Triumph Stags on display, next to a large display of vintage and veteran cars which included some models from Alvis TA14 bonnet Silver Eagle long extinct manufacturers like the 1909 Belsize 14/16 HP or the Pope Hartford. Some of these cars are over one hundred years old, and yet are driven to these events by their enthusiast owners and provide a living © Simon Wright museum to the history of the motor car. Moving around the Abbey were lots of individual classic cars on display plus a large display from nearby Shelsley Walsh hill climb, organised by the Midland Automobile Club (MAC). There were several racing cars in this display including single seater racing cars and sports cars, plus various club members and motor racing marshals who were

Healey Tickford 2 door saloon

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chatting with the public and encouraging them to try their local motorsport venue, which is only a few miles away. Behind various eating stands, and a modern Ford car display from a local dealer, there was a further large field to the park which contained several hundred additional cars on display, Jaguar XJS some grouped together representing different car clubs, and others just individuals displaying their pride and joy. There were all kinds of interesting cars on display, ranging from large classic American saloons from the 50s and 60s to all types of Volkswagens, from the Microbus, Beetle and stylish Karman Ghia. October 2016

Ford Cortina Mk 1 Estate car © Simon Wright

Chevrolet Corvette Stingray

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Bond Equipe

Vauxhall Cresta © Simon Wright

Pope Hartford © Simon Wright

A pair of 1930s Buick's

Large Mazda MX5 group © Simon Wright

Plymouth

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Jowett Javalin

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Isle of Man Rally 15-17 September 2016 By Lucy Owen-Moczadlo

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Stanley Orr / Guy Weaver Ford Escort Mk 1– Retired SS7

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World Championship stars back into second behind Mark Higgins. Evans and Parry finally arrived at the famous finish line at the TT Grandstand with a 5.9 second advantage after over 120 competitive stage miles. The fight for second in BRC went to Tom Cave and James Morgan who put in one of their best performances in 2016 to take second in the BRC category and third overall. Desi Henry and Liam Moynihan recorded their third podium this season rounding out the BRC rostrum in their Skoda Fabia R5. Irishman Desi Henry enjoyed the challenge chasing Tom Cave with the pair finishing just 11.6 seconds apart. The Skoda Fabia R5 driver notched up his third BRC podium of the year, pushing him up the standings.

Class winners Robert Duggan and Gerard Conway Vauxhall Adam

The weekend was bathed in sunshine but the night stages provided some challenging conditions with the dark lanes and the event was a gruelling three-day encounter over the classic Manx Tarmac roads.

ÂŠ Lucy Owen-Moczadlo

Elfyn Evans with co-driver Craig Parry won the final round of the MSA British Rally Championship on the Isle of Man this September. He was closely followed by triple BRC Champion Mark Higgins, with Darren Garrod driving a DMACK-supported Ford Fiesta R5, as he made his return to the isle he knows so well and loves. Third place podium was taken by Tom Cave and James Morgan. Elfyn Evans and Craig Parry a welsh pairing took the lead on the second stage of the rally, holding their advantage until stage 12 when a drive shaft failure dropped the October 2016

2nd placed Mark Higgins and Darren Garrod Ford Fiesta R5

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Martyn Jones and Steve Luton Ford Escort Mk 2 retired SS20

stages. Alex Laffey was delighted to record his best ever BRC © Lucy Owen-Moczadlo

Matt Edwards and Will Rogers Ford Fiesta R5 finished 5th

First off a spectacular super-special stage on Douglas Promenade got things underway. Followed by classic Manx stages around the roads of the Isle of Man including night © Lucy Owen-Moczadlo

David Bogie and James O’Reilly Skoda Fabia R5 finished 7th overall

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Jonathan Greer and Kirsty Riddick Citroen DS3 R5 finished 6th

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ÂŠ Lucy Owen-Moczadlo

Desi Henry and Liam Moynihan Skoda Fabia R5 finished 4th

result with seventh.In the DMACK Junior British Rally Championship, Vauxhall ADAM R2 driver Robert Duggan codriven by Gerard Conway made it five wins this season and firmly cemented their championship success on the Island event. Local Martyn Jones flamboyantly took to the stages and October 2016

didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fail in entertaining the crowd as always. Stanley Orr and Guy Weaver in the historics hit trouble on day two with engine problems which meant they could no longer continue the rally.Shawn Rayner and Declan Dear, lost the clutch in the second from last stage but still managed to finish. Still with a good enough stage time Page 27

Alex Laffey and Andrew Roughead Ford Fiesta R5 Evo

they took 3rd overall in the BHRC and 1st overall in the HRCR Stage Masters Championship 3rd placed Tom Cave and James Morgan Ford Fiesta R5 Evo © Lucy Owen-Moczadlo

Shawn Rayner and Declan Dear Ford Escort Mk 2 finished 3rd in class

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Winners Elfyn Evans and Craig Parry Ford Fiesta R5

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Shenstone & District Car Club Sprint Curborough. 11th September 2016 By Simon & Janet Wright

2nd in class on the day was enough to give Jan Snape in his Jedi 998 the class win and 5th overall in the championship.

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Mercer set fastest Time of Day in the Force LM

The final round of the Redline Synthetic Oils 2016 Curborough Sprint Championship in Association with Lifeline took place on a sunny Sunday, the 11th September. The single lap meeting was well supported and saw plenty of action all through the different classes. Fastest Time of the Day (FTD) went to Alasdair Mercer who drove his Force LM to a new class record with a 27.74 second run. The single seater class up to 1100cc provided the return of the Jedi with Stuart Bickley taking the class win ahead of Jan Snape and David Bickley, all three driving Jedi. This result was enough to give Snape the class win in the championship in his Jedi 998. Championship contender Mark Williams took another win in the Mod Kit & Replica class, making it eight wins from eight October 2016

events, which was enough to give him the title in his Westfield Megabusa after a countback of 7th and 8th rounds was required because there were three drivers tied on equal points. It was another Mark Williams driving a Peugeot 205GTi that was fastest in the Mod Prod Cars up to 2 litre class, ahead of Tom Hardings VW Golf GTI and the Metro of Dean Radcliffe. The road going Lotus class was won by David Whiteley in his Lotus Elise, but it was a very close battle with the other Elise of Justin Rancins and John Healy all covered © Simon Wright by just 0.45 of a second. The Kit and Replica class over 1.7 litre was won by John Caldicott in a Caterham R300 after the Swakin Westfield blew its head gasket. John Palmer had a comfortable win in the up to 1.7 litre kit car class after two other cars in the class were withdrawn due Page 30

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to mechanical problems. Moving down in to the road going car classes saw a four car Honda S2000 battle with Michael Thomson getting the win by just 0.04 of a second ahead of Richard Garcia with Lea Earley and Ray Worrall 3rd and 4th in class. This gave Thomson equal points with Championship rival Williams on 122, and

Thompson, after countback was placed 2nd overall in the championship and also was given the Novice Award. The Road going cars up to 1.4 litre saw Julian Fishwick in this 1380 Mini take the fastest time of the class by just 0.17 of a second from the Metro of Keith Waters. Moving on to the Standard car classes, the over 2 litre class was won by Steve Barrow, who set a new class record in his Porsche Boxster to finish ahead of David Paisleys’ BMW M3. The first class for Standard cars up to 2 litre saw the Fiesta of Dave Chesterton beating the other Fiesta of Matt Walk by just 0.3 of a second. This cost Walk the Championship as he was now on a three way points tie at the top of the championship with 122 points. After countback, Walk ended up third overall in the Championship. The final class of the day was for a varied collection of classic vehicles including a Bond Equipe, Sebring Sprite, Lotus Elan, and the only championship contender in the class, Andy Winston in the Fairthorpe Minor © Janet Wright

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Heritage Day, Longbridge. By Simon Wright.

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Mini Pickup truck, Mini Saloon and Rover 75 outside the Conference Centre at Longbridge

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1.1 litre Metro Quest Edition

On National Heritage Day, MG open up the small museum housed at Longbridge in the Conference centre, As well as a small display of 10 Austin Rover MG cars, there is also the chance to view Herbert Austins original office. Owners of classic British Leyland cars are also invited to bring their classic cars along and park outside the conference centre.

An early Rover © Simon Wright

3.5 litre Rover Coupe and an MG TF

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British GT Donington Park 11th September 2016. By Mick Herring with support races and additional photos by Stuart Yates and David Goose of Motorsport imagery GT4 Champions Graham Johnson and Mike Robinson Ginetta G55 GT4

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Nick Jones & Scott Malvern Porsche Cayman Clubsport GT4 finished 16th overall and 8th in class

Dramatic Donington British GT Final The British GT title went down to the wire again, with important markers set along the way. Jonny Adam became the first driver successfully defending the title. Pole-sitters Derek Johnston and Jonny Adam, championship leaders until mid-season, entered Donington with an 11.5 point deficit to Jon Minshaw and Phil Keen. However their second place was more than enough to secure the championship and team prize for TF Sport following Jon Minshaw’s Lamborghini Huracan GT3 crashing out after 35 minutes. Johnston was also voted Blancpain Gentleman Driver Trophy winner. Johnston in the TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage GT3 led from pole position, but then had it all to do again following a October 2016

two lap safety car to remove Mark Farmer’s sister TF Aston Martin, which had tangled with Liam Griffin’s Lamborghini at the first corner. Initially in second place were eventual winners Alasdair McCaig and Rob Bell driving the Black Bull Ecurie Ecosse McLaren 650S GT3. Running in third and fourth place were the Minshaw/Keen Lamborghini and the Bentley Continental GT3 of Rick Parfitt and Seb Morris who © Motorsport-imagery were enjoying their own tussle. Minshaw eventually got away from Parfitt but later mis-judged his closing speed on a GT4 car whilst pursuing McCaig, clipped the grass and skated across the gravel into the Old Hairpin barriers. McCaig handed the Ecurie Ecosse McLaren to Rob Bell, who leap-frogged Johnston’s Aston Marin at the pit-stop while Johnston served their 15 second

Ready for the start of the race

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Championship winners Derek Johnston and Jonny Adam Aston Martin Vantage GT3.

success penalty. Bell won by 8.1seconds from the equally hardcharging Adam, who had set fastest lap during his early laps. Seb Morris brought the Parfitt Bentley home third, 2.5 seconds behind Adam. Beachdean’s reigning co-champion, Andrew Howard (who last year drove with Jonny Adam) was fourth, partnered by returnee Rory Butcher in another Aston MArtin Vantage GT3 while Liam Griffin’s Lamborghini Huracan GT3 recovered to 5th place in Alexander Sims’ hands. Richard Neary and Martin Short were sixth, their ageing BMW Z4 GT3 was still fast enough to secure the GT3 Ams championship. It was double joy for Ecurie Ecosse at Donington when Sandy

Marcus Hoggarth and Abbie Eaton, Ebor GT Motorsport Maserati GT MC GT4

Mitchell and Ciaran Haggerty brought their McLaren 570S GT4 to victory in the GT4 class, finishing 9th overall. They were ahead of Matthew Graham and Jack Mitchell’s Aston Martin Vantage GT4 but third in GT4 and some help from their competitor’s success penalty was enough to secure the championship for workmates and relative racing newcomers, Graham Johnson and Mike Robinson driving a Ginetta G55 GT4. The consistency of their Optimum/PMW World Expo Ginetta G55 saw them win the close battle for supremacy against the often faster Aston Martins. © Mick Herring

GT3 and GT4 race winners Black Bull Ecurie Ecosse McLarens.

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GT3 Am champions Martin Short and Richard Neary BMW Z4 GT3

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Rick Parfitt/Seb Morris Bentley Continental GT3

GT4 Battle in to Redgate

Richard Taffinder and Martin Plowman, Stratton Motorsport Lotus Evora GT4 © Motorsport-imagery

Sean Byrne and Aleksander Schjerpen, Century Motorsport Ginetta G55 © Motorsport-imagery

Liam Griffin and Alexander Sims Lamborghini Huracan GT3 recover to sixth in race.

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William Phillips and Jordan Stilp, RCIB INSURANCE RACING Ginetta G55 GT4

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British GT Donington - Support Races by Stuart Yates and David Goose of Motorsport Imagery with additional photos by Mick Herring. During 2016, the successful British GT series was ably supported by the BRDC British Formula 3 Championship. Arriving at Donington, 18 year old Brazilian star Matheus Leist was 15 points behind Carlin Motorsports Ricky Collard in what had proven to be a titanic battle throughout the season. With three races over the weekend, British Touring Car veteran Rob © Motorsport-imagery

F3 Douglas Motorsport DUO Enaam Ahmed and Thomas Randle.

Champion Matheus Leist, Double R Racing leads Harrison Scott HHC Motorsport in Race 1

Collards son Ricky, must have fancied his chances of taking the overall title at the end of the weekend, but mixed fortunes through the weekend gave Leist the championship, taking the title by 27 points from Collard with fellow Brit Toby Sowery taking overall third place. Over the weekend, a first and two fifth place finishes were enough to secure the title, with Collard only securing a tenth and sixth place together with a DNF in the first race proving that result consistency can often be a very successful policy. Commenting after the final race, Matheus Leist commented “We never gave up throughout the year and with Collard crashing on Saturday, we got our break and that definitely helped us with the championship….. I cannot believe this is real! The whole team and I deserve it” An obviously disappointed Ricky Collard who had seen the title slip through his fingers in the last three races gave credit to his team, but he should reflect on a very successful season with 5 race wins out of the 24 rounds and second place overall. Later he said “ I just want to keep October 2016

learning and stay with Carlin if I can”. As the season drew to a close, several drivers were considering their futures, with Collard testing a European Formula 3 car at Snetterton with the intention of running in the Euro series next year. No doubt several of the other British series drivers will also be looking in that direction for the future. In the other races Gary Bate in a Caterham R400 won both BRSCC Saloon & Sportscar Trophy races. The Equipe GTS race was won by Mark Ashworth in a TVR Grantura Mk III. All three Ginetta Racing Driver Club races were won by Phil Ingram in a Ginetta G40R. The Milltek Sports Volswagen Racing Cup held three races over the weekend with Tom Witts driving a Scirocco winning the first, Phil House in another Scirocco won the second with Witts winning the third. Finally the Protyre Motorsport Ginetta GT5 Challenge saw Ollie Chadwick take victories in race 1 and 3 for Xentek Motorsport, while Ryan Hadfied won the second race for R & J Motorsport. © Motorsport-imagery

Toby Sowery, Lanan Racing won Races 2 & 3

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F3 Ricky Collard driving for Carlin was 2nd in the F3 Championship

Peter (Max) Drennan Global GT Light - finished 9th in race 2 -BRSCC Sports and Saloons

Milltek Sport VW Racing Cup - Bobby Thompson VW Polo had a 3rd & 2nd over the weekend.

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BRSCC Sports and Saloon Trophy Eike Wellhausen Lister Jaguar replica.

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The Footman James Sywell Classic Pistons and Props September 24th & 25th 2016 By Simon Wright

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The Penske Mercedes Indycar was fastest down the runway at over 200 mph,

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Twister Aerobatic display team

The third Sywell Classic Pistons & Props motoring festival, combining historic and Classic cars, hotrods, motorbikes and aircraft, took place in Northamptonshire in the middle of September. This years event followed the format of the previous two years with live action on the racing runway and a large static display of cars and stalls taking over a large part of the aerodrome at Sywell. The racing runway or sprint strip is actually a taxi strip for aircraft to reach the main runway. For this event the spectators line up alongside the taxiway to see Drag racing, and racing cars, October 2016

Rally cars, racing motorcycles and go karts race down the racing runway before having a full speed blast down the The only privately owned Nissan GTR main runway and then returning. The most spectacular action is from the Drag racing. The cars are lined up side by side, the Christmas Tree start lights in between them. As a warm up for the tyres, most of the cars did tyre smoking burn outs before returning to the start line and racing to the end of the Racing runway, where flag marshals indicate which car crossed the line first. Most of the cars are hot rods, many based on classic American saloon cars. The old Ford Popular is also well suited to this form of motorsport, with large V8 engines crammed under the bonnet. Special mention must go to a couple of small Fiat 126 © Simon Wright hatchbacks. One of the Fiats had a large girder like structure attached to the back, probably as long as the car. This was to prevent it flipping over as the power is applied to the rear wheels. With large engines tucked away inside the cars, some producing over 600 HP, the cars regularly lift the front wheels as they

Ford Consul burns rubber on the Drag strip

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Plymouth Roadrunner on the Drag strip

Mustang P51 fighter aircraft © Simon Wright

Peugeot 205 GTI T16 Group B Rally car. © Simon Wright

Formula Ford in action © Simon Wright

Classic Racing motorbikes © Simon Wright

Historic Karting display

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Ford Escort Mk1 Smokes his tyres on the Drag Strip

Battle of Britain Memorial Flight

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Frank Lyons ALD C289 Group C Sports racing car

leave the start line and beat many bigger cars to the end of the strip. The fastest cars on track were the single seater racing cars. This year the organisers had managed to get a 1997 Penske Mercedes PC26 Indycar as originally driven by Paul Tracy to 3 victories in Rio, Nazareth and Gateway CART Championship. The victory at Gateway was the 99th win for the team and the last victory for a Penske Cars © Simon Wright produced chassis. Another top racing car on track was Frank Lyons out in his Group C 1989 ALD C289 C2 Sports Prototype powered by a 3.3 litre Cosworth DFL V8 engine. This is a unique one off car built by French manufacturer Automobile Louis Descaetes (ALD). Frank and son Michael Lyons October 2016

have raced the car at various events during 2016 including the Silverstone Classic. Spectacular display from the Group B Rally cars saw each car do several laps round a cone marked course using the assembly area and half of the racing runway. In the slightly damp conditions of Sunday morning, the cars went out just after a very sharp rain storm, the drivers were able to do some amazing power slides round the track. The cars included Metro 6R4, Ford RS200, Audi Quattro, Peugeot 205 T16, Mini Cooper and a most amazing Ford Cortina that was lifting a front wheel round some of the turns. The most unusual car in this group was a 1956 Messerschmitt KR200 three wheeled bubble car driven by Terry Maynard. These were originally powered by a 191cc Fichtel & Sachs two stroke single cylinder engine which produced around 10 HP. Due to the light weight and aerodynamic design, the cars were capable of around 56 mph. The British Historic Kart Club used the same course to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the building of Art Ingles machine which is

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now accepted to be the father of all karts. They went out in groups and indulged in a little bit of racing and overtaking round the short course, with karts ranging from the 1960s through to super karts from the 1980s. The Racing bikes went down the racing runway and then along the main runway in several batches. They were able to open up the throttle to show the crowds the power and speed of modern racing bikes and included all the famous Japanse manufacturers like Honda, Suzuki, Yamaha and Kawasaki which have

dominated motor cycle racing for many years, Ducati plus British bikes from BSA, Triumph, Norton and Rudge. There were several of Barry Sheens old racing bikes being run, still bearing his famous number 7. The main area of the show was filled with trade stands, food and drink stalls, an entertainment tent with live music and hundreds © Simon Wright

Spitfire display

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Audi Quattro Group B Rally car

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of cars on static display. A large number of clubs were well represented with the likes of Renault, Vauxhall, Jaguar, Triumph - most models, Ford and smaller groups like Ginetta all displaying members cars, showing the history of many models. © Simon Wright

Renault Dauphine in front of the Renault display

Martyn Donn F3 Lola T760

The far end of the display area was for individuals to display their vintage, classic and super cars if they were not members of an exhibiting club. This allowed lots of interesting vehicles to appear at the show. As you can see from the title, the event is Pistons and Props, and the aircraft displays gave the crowds plenty to look up to, as all types of propeller driven aircraft October 2016

raced across the sky. The high-light was a very special display by the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, which was not able to fly on the Saturday due to high winds. The Sunday display was amazing as the Lancaster bomber, Spitfire and Hurricane all flew in together in formation, and then all three gave their own little display. The Lancaster was breathtaking, doing several low passes over the airfield, including one with the wheels down. The Spitfire and Hurricane did sweeping low passes and loops high in the sky for about 20 minutes before © Simon Wright they flew off in to the distance. There was another display by a different Spitfire and a Mustang fighter and high flying loops and barrel rolls by the Twister Aerobatic team, using a pair of Silence SA180 Twister aircraft.

Mk 1 Ford Escort line up.

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Saab Sonett

Big engined Fiat 126 with steady bar behind to prevent flip over

Three wheeling Ford Cortina Mk 1 Rally car

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Ford Galaxie 500

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Graham Davidson McLaren MP4-12C two wins.

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Ex-GP driver Mike Wilds GTC class Ferrari 458.

It’s difficult to believe that Le Mans and ex-BRM Grand Prix veteran, Mike Wilds, is 70 years old and, therefore, exempt from driver grading. You wouldn’t think so when you see him drive, even at short notice in an unfamiliar Ferrari 458 Challenge car. Qualifying for race one in terrible wet conditions he would be second only to Jordan Witt’s dominant Bentley GT3 and in the race, first GTC class car home, third overall. © Mick Herring

McLarens new and not so new MP4-12C and 650S Sprint.

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Proving it runs in the family, son Anthony repeated the class win with fifth overall in race 2 and the pair took the GTC class and fifth overall in Sunday’s warm/dry 50 minute race. However, race one victory would go to Graham Davidson’s McLaren MP4-12C (ex-Jim Geddie’s GT Cup cousins Nigel Hudson GTO Audi R8 and Tim Richards GTC Lamborghini Huracan. 2014 GT Cup Championship winner) from John Dhillon’s Ferrari 458 GT3. Jordan Witt and Mike Wilds initially led but Wilds got pushed wide and Witt spun on lap one, Witt would recover to 7th. Tom Webb’s BMW took GTB honours in 5th and 2015 champion, © Mick Herring Rob Gaffney won GTA in 14th, driving his Ginetta G55 by memory and guesswork after his dashboard/ gear indicator John Dhillon AF Corse Ferrari 458 GT3.

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ceased functioning. GT Cup Piers Masarati Porsche and Brent Millage Ginetta G55. Race 2, a wet to drying race, Graham Davidson took his second victory by 12.4s from Jordan Witt’s Bentley and Dhillon’s Ferrari another 8.3s behind. GT Cup debutant, Peter Littler, leg amputee and former British GT racer, brought his Aston Martin GT3 home fourth.

Anthony Wilds slipped from his third place grid slot to fifth but still took GTC honours from Tim Richards’ distant GTC Lamborghini Huracan. James Birch brought the upgraded Porsche Cayman, shared with Esmee Hawkey, to GTA victory thus strengthening their championship position. Interestingly, Graham Davidson remarked that, McLaren mounted, he’d earned more championship points today than in all his time with his previous Noble. In race three, Jordan Witt overcame his 60s success penalty to win by just 2.2s from Davidson and the Dhillon/Aaron Scott Ferrari with the Hudson/Wilcox Audi fourth. Anthony and Mike Wilds came fifth to GTC honours whilst the Webb’s BMW settled for GTB in 9th and a delighted Brent Millage’s Ginetta took his second GTA win of the year. GT Cup concludes at Snetterton on October 8th/9th also showcasing races next season’s Prototype Cup. Opening Saturday’s proceedings, the Radical Challenge © Mick Herring

Stewart Proctor and Steve Gray McLaren 650S Sprint.

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Radical Challenge Tony Wells SR3 heads Mark Richards.

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Radical Challenge with the 1,000th SR3 produced.

Championship’s first 20 minute race provided a dominant 17.4s win for Jack Manchester and fastest lap in streaming conditions from Brian Caudwell and Jack Lang another 0.2s adrift. Race two was Jack Lang’s turn by 9.3s and fastest lap from Steve Burgess in the slightly less challenging conditions. Sunday’s one hour race, by contrast, was dry/bright with Bradley Smith (from the Invitation class) taking a 5.7s win and fastest lap. Lang and Burgess were second and third. © Mick Herring

Andrew Hamilton Lotus Elise emerges from the spray.

It was wet for both Lotus Cup and Elise Trophy 30 minute races too, Ryan Savage (Lotus 2-Eleven) took a narrow 0.3s victory and fastest class lap from Adam Knight’s V6 Exige Cup R. Later Jason Baker (Exige S2 Honda) enjoyed a more dominant 16.9s win from Adam McKay and Rob Myers’ pair of V6 Exige Cup Rs. Spread across both days the six class JMT MOnoposto Championship fielded large grids with the same three taking the podiums, albeit in a different order. Chris Hodgen (Dallara F304) took a 16s win and fastest lap from Ben Cater (F301) after a wet 20 minutes. Sunday’s dry race saw Ben Cater overcome Hodgen by just 2s, taking fastest lap in the process. Jeremy Timms normally front-running Moto1400 Dallara F399 took third place in both races. © Mick Herring

Race winner Ryan Savage Lotus 2-Eleven.

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JMT Monoposto race winner Chris Hodgen Dallara F304.

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VSCC The Bob Gerard Memorial Trophies race meeting. 24th September 2016. By Simon & Janet Wright, with additional photos by Mick Herring. October 2016

Roger Twelvetrees Wolseley 16/20 in the Edwardian race

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had arranged an eleven race programme for the day with two invited series joining the timetable. with the Silverline Historic front engined Formula Junior Championship adding single seater excitement, and the AR Motorsport Morgan Challenge series bringing slightly more modern designed sports cars to the mix. The joy of the VSCC meetings is that the owners of these vintage cars can usually take part in more than one race during the meeting. The first disaster occurred towards the end of practice as Mark Walker was heading down the Stebbe Straight at the back of the circuit in his 1905 Darracq 200 HP when the engine © Simon Wright

Nick topliss ERA R4A leads Charles Gillett Frazer Nash Super Sports through Lake Esses.

They say things happen in three’s and this meeting saw three lots of major devastation, more of which later on. The Vintage Sports Car Club (VSCC) made its annual pilgrimage to the speedbowl of the British racing scene, Mallory park in Leicestershire. The short 1.35 mile circuit is celebrating it’s 60th anniversary this year. The circuit has its incredibly tight 180 © Janet Wright degree Shaw’s hairpin at one end of the circuit and the fast sweeping Gerards bend at the other, surrounding a couple of small lakes in the middle. Tom Waterfield GN Special in race 7 The VSCC October 2016

Cyril Hancock Fiat New Balilla dives inside Edward Harvey Riley The Densham Imp

exploded. The Cylinder head was blown off one of the four blocks and the piston burst through the side of the engine. The 25 litre engine has pistons that are the size of plates, and the explosion destroyed all the piston, and even broke the wooden dashboard. Mark was heard to say that it would take him 6 months to repair the damage to the car. Page 54

First off was a ten minute Novice Short Scratch race for Prewar cars, which saw Harry Painter take a comfortable win in his MG Kayne. He was over ten seconds ahead of Michael James in his Riley 12/4 TT Sprite Replica and Tom Waterfield in his GN Special, who also won his class. The other class winner was Ralf Emmerling in his Riley Brooklands, a lap down on the overall winner in 6th place overall. First on handicap was David Johnson in a Frazer Nash Super Sports, who finished 7th overall. © Simon Wright

Hughie Walker GN Thunderbug through Gerards Bend.

Simon Blakeney-Edwards Frazer Nash Super Sports leads the oack round the hairpin

Sports in Pole position next to Dougal Cawley in his GN/Ford Piglet. But it was Tony Lees from third on the grid, in his AC/GN Cognac who snatched the closest of victories, by just 0.56 of a second, from Gillett and Cawley after the race was red flagged on lap 7. The second disaster of the meeting happened to Sue Darbyshire, who had a frightening accident coming out of Devils Elbow in her Morgan Super Aero three wheeler, after she hit some oil on the track, slid wide off the track and the car rolled in to the start line crash barrier. Reports say that Sue was thrown clear of the car in the first roll and on to the gravel. The marshals © Janet Wright

The second race was an All-comers short handicap race for Pre-war cars incorporating the Burghley Trophy for Austin 7s (VSCC Set 6). Race winner and winner of the Burghley trophy was Edward Williams in an Austin 7 Rolt Ulster. Michael New in a Riley 12/4 was in second place ahead of James Ricketts in an Austin 7 Monoposto. Race three was a 15 minute race for Vintage Racing Cars (VSCC Set 1), and saw Charles Gillett in a Frazer Nash Super October 2016

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supercharged cars over 3000cc. Mark Brett was 3rd in his Bellamy Ford (LMB) V8 Special, the first VSCC Standard car home. Race 5 was for the most modern cars in the meeting, the AR Motorsport Morgan Challenge Series race. A good grid of Malverns finest saw Russell Paterson in a Morgan Plus 8 win from pole position and also set fastest lap. Eliot Paterson was 2nd in A roadster to win class B and Andrew Thompson was 3rd in a Morgan ARV6. The other class winners were 12th placed Tim Ayres in a Plus 8, 11th placed Henry Williams in a 4/4, 17th placed Michele Bailey in a Plus 4 and finally 10th placed Tim Parsons in a 4/4/ Supersports. © Janet Wright

Peter Cole Morgan Roadster takes the long way round the hairpin.

and first aid teams were quickly on the scene to check her out and she was taken to Coventry hospital by ambulance for a check up. She was discharged later and allowed home. Race 4 was for the Mallory Park Mug for standard and modified pre-war sports cars (VSCC Set 3). Andrew Mitchell took a clean © Mick Herring sweep of pole position, fastest lap and race victory in his HRG 1 1/2 litre ahead of Marcus Black in his Talbot Lago T23 who was also the class winner of the UnThe Beast of Turin Duncan Pittaway's Fiat with Richard Black

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Graham Barron Gemini Mk2 leads a group of Formula Junior cars throuh the Esses

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Bob Gerard Trophy. He was followed home by Duncan Ricketts in his Alta 2 litre, while Terry Crabb was almost a lap behind in 3rd place driving ERA R12C. Julian Wilton won the Robert Ashley Trophy, driving a Cooper Bristol Mk II to 7th overall. Julian Grimwade was the first un-supercharged Prewar car to finish in 4th place and Tim Greenhill was first on handicap in Tom Dark Bugatti T73C in the Bob Gerard Memorial race the Wolseley Hornet Special in 6th. campaigner Stuart Roach lost a rear wheel at speed round Following the racing cars Steve Russell Cooper Bristol Mk II in the Bob Gerards bend while chasing race leader Christopher Drake. Gerard memorial race were the elegant Roach had been off in practice at the John Cooper esses, with a designed Special Pre-war Sports cars, racing for © Mick Herring high speed ride across the Mallory Park Trophy. VSCC Stalwart Dougal the grass. He had still Cawley with his exuberant driving style in GN/Ford qualified his Alexis Mk2 Piglet took a tail happy car to victory, with an eight in second place, for a second margin to Andrew Mitchell in his HRG 1 1/2 front row grid slot, next litre, who also set fastest lap. Richard Iliffe was a to pole man Drake in his distant 3rd in a Riley Kestral 12/4 Special. Terrier Mk 4 Series 1. In Coming forward in time, to some more modern the race Drake led from cars, the Formula Junior Historic Racing start to finish. Roach Association had assembled a nice field for the was his closest John Taylor Memorial Trophy race which challenger until on lap 4 incorporated the FJHRA/HSCC Silverline Historic the drive shaft broke and Front Engined Formula junior Championship. This the left hand rear wheel saw the third disaster of the meeting as seasoned Andrew Tart Bond FJ John Arnold Elva 100 Alex Morton Condor S11 at October 2016

Shaws Hairpin.

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parted company with the rest of the car, leaving Roach with a sparking rear suspension and a sideways car leaving the circuit at high speed. Fortunately there is a large grass run off area at Gerards and Roach climbed out his his car safely in one piece. This left Mark Woodhouse in 2nd place in his Elva 100 from Mike Walker in his Bond FJ in 3rd. The other class winners after Drake, were Patrick Barford in 11th driving a EFAC Stanguellini FJ and Richard Utley in 14th driving a Caravelle Mk 1. After the excitiement of the Formula Juniors, it was back to vintage action with the All-Comers short handicap race for Pre© Simon Wright

Douglas Martin Hilliegrass Sprint Car won

war cars (VSCC Set 6). In this the cars start off in handicap order with the front rows comprising John Briggs in his Aston Martin Ulster, Chris Jackson in his Alvis Firefly special and Nick Hayward-Cook in an Austin 7 Monoposto who had a 20 second start over the rest of the field and had to complete all eight laps. Four cars towards the back of the grid only had to complete 7 laps. This included the winner, Douglas Martin in the Hillegrass Sprint Car and 2nd placed Stephan Riddington in his Riley 12/4 special. Jeffrey Edwards in an Alvis Sports Special was 3rd. October 2016

Norman Pemberton would have been 8th overall but was given a 20 second penalty for jumping the start, which dropped his Talbot 95/105 down to 13th place. We now arrived at for what many of the spectators would consider the high-light of the meeting, the Dick Baddiley & Edwardian Racing Trophies handicap race for Edwardian cars. With Mark Walker having blown up the engine on the Darracq in qualifying, it was left to Ben Collings to take the victory and the Dick Baddiley Trophy in his 1903 Mercedes 60 HP. He finished almost 12 seconds ahead of Peter Wilson in his 1917 Brasier Voiture de Course while Richard Scaldwell brought the 1909 De Dietrich 130 HP ‘Course’ in 3rd and won the Edwardian Racing Trophy for the fastest Average Race Speed. Tony Lees took the fastest lap time in his 1913/18 Vauxhall Viper Special with a time of 1 minute 9.04 seconds at an average speed of 70.39 mph. The final race of the day was the All-Comers short scratch race for Pre-War cars (VSCC Set 5) which provided another win for Nicholas Topliss in ERA R4A, © Simon Wright but this was a much closer victory with Julian Grimwade only just over a second behind in his Frazer Nash Norris Special, which also won its class. Charles Gillett was 3rd in another Frazer Nash, the Super Sports version which also won its class. The final class winner was Christian Pedersen in his Austin 7 Single Seater. The final award went to Tony Seber who was first on Handicap in his Wolseley Hornet Special. Simon Edwards Morgan Aero Supersports

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Cars in the Claydons Saturday 3rd September 2016. By Simon & Janet Wright with additional photos by Pete Austin

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Audi R18 e-tron quattro

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Nicholas and Alexandra Verney

The inaugural Cars in the Claydons took place at the begining of September, organised by James Beckett Motorsport in conjuction with Nicholas and Alexandra Verney, whose family home has been the Claydon Estate since 1620. This was the first of what is planned to be an annual celebration of motoring, with something of interest for © Simon Wright enthusiasts of all types of classic and vintage machinery. The star attraction was a display of racing cars from Audi, including their famous Le Mans winning Audi R18 etron Quattro as driven by Tom Kristensen, Allan McNish and Loic Duval in the 2013 race. They also had October 2016

the Audi 80 that Stirling Moss made his return to modern racing in the British Touring car Championship in 1980. The cars on display were scattered around the beautiful gardens on the estate, with different groups of vehicles displayed together. The South lawn to the house held the main classic car display which had a selection of more modern Fords on display from the Ford RS Owners Club, then a range of classic vehicles which included a stunning blue Lamborghini Espada, a trio Ford Focus RS on the South Lawn of racing Alfa Romeo saloons from the 1970s, a pair of classic Ford Mustang convertibles and a range 1959 Berkeley B95 sports cars. Just above them on a slight rise was a range of vintage and classic tractors. In the courtyard was a single Formula Ford racing car, which was joined later by some cars from the Cars to the Claydons Scenic Tour. There was a line up of vintage cars next to the flower beds, then

Lamborghini Espada

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© Janet Wright behind there, in a Pool garden was the paddock area for the bikes taking part in the Claydon Cup Trial. This was a fully sanctioned motorcycle trial taking Vintage Tractors place in the ‘Stew Pond’ area of the gardens. A tight and tricky course had been laid out to challenge the riders through this dense area of woodland, with some steep rise and fall sections and fallen tree trunks to cross. There were twenty riders © Simon Wright

Formula Ford single seater in the Courtyard

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entered in this inaugural event, which was won by Richard Allen riding a Spanish manufactured Jotagas bike. Allen completed four laps of all seven sections without dropping a single mark. Simon James on a Scorpa was second with one point and Stephen Mannering on a Yamaha was third with eleven points. The Clubmen had a slightly easier route round the course, and this section was won by Gary Fleckney on a Dot 250. This type of event is also open to children to compete and the Boys youth competition was won by Alfie Alderman and Kira James won the Girls Youth © Simon Wright competition. Behind the Trials course was a small garden full of Racing motorbikes, which several times during the day was the scene of noisy action Page 62

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Triumph Stag racer

1959 Berkeley B95 Sport

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These included the Apex Motorsport Jaguar XKR GT3 which Neil drove in the British GT Championship in 2007. The ex Richard Lloyd Chevrolet Camaro Z28 which was driven by James Hunt to win the 1973 Avon Tour of Britain was another car Neil had driven and was on display alongside a modern GT Ford Mustang which also bore the Neil Cunningham. name. The Racing4MND.org charity which Neil instigated before his death © Simon Wright

The racing motorbike collection

as the bikes were fired up so the spectators could hear these high revving bikes in all their glory. The next lawned area on this voyage of motoring discovery was to a saloon, rally and Sports Car display. The centre was a tribute to Neil Cunningham, the New Zealand racing driver who passed away in May this year from MND. Several of the cars he had raced in recent years were on display, still proudly displaying his name on the sides.

Chevrolet Camaro Z28

has so far raised over £100,000 to help fight the disease. In the same area were three Rally cars, a Colin McRae Ford Focus © Simon Wright and a Subaru, plus an ex-works Triumph TR7 V8 in the patriotic red white and blue colour scheme. The stunning Audi display was next to it, in the Kitchen Garden, with the Le

Jaguar XKR GT3

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Subaru, TR7 and Focus Rally cars

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The Audi Collection R8 GT3 R18 e-tron Quattro and A4 Super Touring

Mans winning Audi R18 e-tron quattro in the centre and flanked by a Frank Biela Audi A4 Super Touring car from the British Touring Car Championship, a BTCC Audi 80 driven by Sir Stirling Moss and an Audi R8 GT3. Finally tucked away between the many flower beds were several racing © Janet Wright Jaguars, including a classic D Type, two racing Minis and a Riley Elf and a Porsche 911 next to a vintage Lagonda. The event was a great Racing Jaguar display success that even rain in the afternoon could not spoil and we look forward to next years event with eager anticipation. October 2016

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BTCC Silverstone 17th -18th September 2016 By Stuart Yates and David Goose - Motorsport Imagery with additional photos by Simon & Janet Wright

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The 2 MG's, Cook leads Sutton. What might have been ?

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In Qualifying, drivers often choose different lines round corners, but I don’t think Ollie Jackson’s line is quickest here, in his Audi

The weekend of 17-18th September 2016 saw Silverstone hosting the penultimate meeting of the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship. In what has been an extraordinary season so far, the surprises were set to continue at the Northamptonshire circuit. The weekends action started with Ashley Sutton of MG Racing RCIB Insurance securing his second pole of the season, setting his time on only the fourth lap of the session. With just 5 minutes remaining, the qualifying session was red flagged due to a car stuck in the gravel trap at the edge of the circuit. When restarted, it was a mad dash for pole position. For a while it looked like his closest October 2016

rival would be team mate Josh Cook, but at the end Tom Ingram was the filling in an MG sandwich just 0.003s off Sutton's time. Andrew Jordan put the Pirtek Racing Ford in 4th, with Adam Morgan and the WIX Racing Mercedes 5th. Rob Austin continued his impressive pace with the Handy Motorsport Toyota in 6th. As the initial chill in the air vanished on race day, victory Tom Ingram Toyota won race 1 in the first race went the way of Tom Ingram after the MG's of Ash Sutton and Josh Cook were disqualified for a technical infringement post-race. Both MG drivers lost out off the line, Ingram took the lead and Andrew Jordan in the Pirtek Racing Ford Focus pushed Cook down to fourth. All through the field mini battles were taking part. A coming together at the complex meant Cook could get past Jordan, and by just over third distance he was back up with the © Motorsport-imagery leading pair of Sutton and Ingram. Four laps later Cook was past Ingram and from then on it was the MG duo controlling the race. What looked like a great MG one two, soon turned sour, when in a dramatic twist they were both disqualified due to their rear wings being outside of the allowed tolerance,

You can go three wide round Luffield!

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Gordon Shedden, who both suffered punctures late on in the race. Race two had Andrew Jordan go one place better and take the win, and in doing so keep his championship hopes in tact. After using his tyres a bit harder than Jordan, Adam Morgan took a comfortable second place ahead of Tom Ingram who was © Janet Wright

Jeff Smith’s Honda Civic shows battle damage

handing victory to Tom Ingram and the Speedworks Toyota, and meaning both Sutton and Cook started race two at the back of the grid. Andrew Jordan took a well deserved second place with Rob Austin coming in third ahead of Adam Morgan. Jake Hill had a fine finish in fifth after he managed to hold off Matt Neal and © Motorsport-imagery

Adam Morgan Mercedes Benz A-Class

running on the Dunlop SoftMaxx soft tyre meaning he could make no inroads in his pursuit of the leaders. A big improvement for the Subaru Levorg's of Colin Turkington and Jason Plato who came home in 4th and 5th. Mat Jackson had a very impressive drive coming from 17th on the grid to finish 6th in his gleaming © Simon Wright

Stuart Lines getting sideways at the complex

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Mark Howard Volkswagen CC sideways at Brooklands

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newly liveried Motorbase Performance Ford Focus. Race three, and reigning Champion Gordon Shedden was on pole, however Rob Collard stormed past him in the run to turn one at the start. Into lap two, coming up to Maggots, as Collard braked Shedden went down the outside to retake the lead, going on to increase his lead and take his fourth win of 2016 season. © Motorsport-imagery

Gordon Shedden Honda Civic won race 3

was handed a drive through penalty for exceeding track limits. Going into the final meeting at Brands there is the unprecedented position in which eight drivers are in contention for the title. Tordoff leads ahead of Shedden, Neal, Collard, Jackson, Jordan, Turkington and Plato. © Simon Wright

Jason Plato leads the Subaru Levorg team on track

Mat Jackson was able to pass Rob Collard for second place on lap three, with Colin Turkington and Matt Neal filling 4th and 5th places. Both Jason Plato and Tom Ingram had issues, the Toyota of Ingram had a mechanical issue and just stopped, while Jason Plato managed to nurse his Subaru home in 12th with a puncture. After the initial disapointment earlier in the day, the MG's of Ash Sutton and Josh Cook finished in the top ten. Yet another puncture robbed Rob Austin of a good finish, and Adam Morgan October 2016

Sam Tordoff BMW locks a brake at Becketts

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sweep on the podium Redline Racing took the Team Championship. In the Pro-Am1 class Dan McKay came home ahead of brother Euan which in turn gave him the points required to take the 2016 Pro-Am1 title. Peter Kyle-Henney took the Pro-Am2 class win ahead of Mark Radcliffe. In race two, and true to form, another dominant win for Dan Cammish and with it, the 2016 Porsche Carrera Cup GB title. © Janet Wright

Sean Hudspeth and Euan McKay show how close Porsche racing can be

Supporting races by Stuart Yates and David Goose Motorsport Imagery (Porsche) and Simon and Janet Wright. The BTCC had its usual support race package in place at Silverstone. For the Porsche Carrera Cup GB, this was weekend where the Championship title could be won. Race one started with Cammish on pole position, lights out and he made a strong start and by the end of lap one already had a significant gap over Jelley. At the line it was a Redline one, two, three with Cammish getting ever closer to the coveted title, and Oliphant claimed his first series podium. After the clean

Single seater action was provided by the F4 British Championship certified by FIA. Sennan Fielding took pole position for the first race but was beaten in the 21 lap race by Zane Goddard for the Double R team. Devlin Defrancesco was a distant 3rd. The second race was won by Alex Quinn for Fortec © Simon Wright

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from Rafael Martins and Luis Leeds from the Arden team. The third race was another victory for Zane Goddard, with Luis Leeds going one better in this race to finish 2nd and Fielding in 3rd. © Simon Wright

Ginetta Junior train with Dave Wooder leading to win race 1

Start of the Ginetta GT4 Supercup race

The Michelin Ginetta GT4 Supercup provided a couple of wins for Jamie Orton in the Triple M Motorsport, but he could not make it a clean sweep, retiring from race 3 and leaving the win to Carl Boardley. © Simon Wright

The Simpson Race Products Ginetta Junior Championship provides close and exciting racing, and round Silverstone it provides great training in the art of slipstreaming. The field circulated like one long train, with David Wooder winning the first race from Sebastian Priaulx, Charlie Fragg and Lewis Brown all less than one second apart. Race two saw Priaulx now at the front of the train from Wooder, and Harry King with the first even all covered by less than one second. The third race was a little more spread out with Wooder taking his second win of the weekend from William Tregurtha and King in third but only the first two were under a second apart. © Janet Wright

Ginetta GT4 Supercup with Jamie Orton Leading

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team mate Josh Price in 3rd. Highlighting the closeness of the racing, the first six were less than a second apart at the finish. In the second race, Whorton-Eales managed to extend his winning margin to a whole 0.24 of a second from Bushell, with Coates in 3rd place for Ciceley Motorsport, with only the first four covered by less than a second. This leaves Bushell ahead in the championship with 422 points to Whorto-Eales 408 points with Max Coates well behind on 338 points, with 56 points still available at the final round at Brands Hatch at the beginning of October. © Simon Wright

Mike Bushell 3 wheeling through Becketts

The Renault UK Clio Cup had two races with a real title battle between Mike Bushell and Ant Whorton-Eales. Max Coates made the best of the damp qualifying to get pole position for the first race, but it was the championship contenders who fought it out for the victory. Ant Whorton-Eales grabbed the first race win for Jam Sport with AWE Motorsport by just 0.024 of a second ahead of Mike Bushell in the first of the Team Pyro cars, with his © Simon Wright

Ant Whorton-Eales leads race 1 in to Brooklands

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Renault Clio field through Woodcote

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