Classic and Competition car 75 December 2016 by Simon Wright

December 2016

Issue 75

The 21st Century magazine about cars and motorsport of the past and present.

In this issue

Wyedean Rally

VSCC Cotswold Trial

750 MC Donington Park Rally GB Classic Motor Show WRC Wales

Walter Hayes Trophy Report and photos from the Formula Ford event of the year.

Our Team.

Contents

Simon Wright - Editor.

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News.

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Ssang Yong Musso Challenge

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Dukeries Rally, Donington Park

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Autumn Classic, Prescott

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Birkett Relay, Silverstone.

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Wales Rally GB

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Walter Hayes Trophy, Silverstone.

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Wydean Rally.

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Classic Motorshow, NEC.

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Silverstone Auctions at Classic Motorshow.

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Archive photo of the month.

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VSCC Cotswold Trial.

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 independent 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

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News

Editorial. Well we reach the end of another year when people reflect on the past year and look forward to the new year. The past year has been an excellent year for all forms of motorsport in the UK, with the classic scene continuing to flourish. It looks like 2017 is going to be another bumper year, starting with the Autosport show at the NEC in January. See you there. From us all here, we wish you all Seasons Greetings and a happy and fast New Year. All the best for 2017.

Tordoff switches to GT 2016 BTCC runner up Sam Tordoff is leaving the British Touring Car Championship for 2017 and switching to the British GT Championship. He will partner Liam Griffin driving the second © Simon Wright Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini Huracan GT3s alongside this years British GT runners up Jon Minshaw and Phil Keen. This is not Tordoff’s first sports car experience, he had made selected appearances in 2015 in the European Le Mans Series aboard a Ferrari GTE. Tordoff will make his debut in British GT at Oulton Park on April 15th 2017.

Date Changes for 2017. Due to recent changes in the 2017 F1 calendar and the British Grand Prix moving by one week to the 14th-16th July 2017, there have been several other significant changes to UK motorsport events. The Silverstone Classic have moved their event to the 28th-30th July 2017 to avoid being just one week after the British Grand Prix. Shelsley Walsh have now moved the Classic Nostalgia meeting to the weekend of the 22nd and 23rd July 2017 at Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb. The Goodwood Festival of Speed has changed to June 29th to July 2nd 2017.

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After the success of the inaugural Bromyard Speed Festival in 2016, where over 5,000 spectators enjoyed the live action on the street circuit created through Bromyard’s picturesque town centre, the organisers are planning another event in 2017. The event will take place on Sunday 2nd of April 2017. The main theme for next year will be “The Beast meets Babs” which will bring together two of motoring’s most awesome behemoths. The Beast of Turin is a unique 1911 Fiat S76 28 litre, 4 cylinder 300 HP fire breathing monster. Babs is a 27 litre V12 aero engined 450 hp land speed record breaker which was driven by ParryThomas in 1926 on Pendine Sands in South Wales to a new record 171.02 mph. For more information go to www.bromyardspeedfestival.co.uk

The Beast of Turin

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Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio - Best Car. The all new Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio has been awarded two top awards in the 2016 BBC Top Gear Magazine Awards. The range topping model has been honoured with the magazines Best Car title and also secured the inaugural public vote for Car of the Year 2016. The car is available to order in Alfa Romeo dealerships across the UK priced from £29,180 OTR. Former BTCC star Anthony Reid to race Poland’s Arrinera GT in 2017. The car has successfully tested at Donington and Snetterton to end its development. The cars are available for US$229,000 and are powered by an LS7 V8 engine producing 500bhp, mated to a 6 speed Hewland gearbox. Page 4

Mattias Ekstrom and EKS win World Rallycross Championship Teams Title. After the Swede had clinched the World rallycross drivers title at the penultimate round of the season, his privateer team EKS took the teams classification at the season finale in Rosario in Argentina.

Electric Series to be launched at Autosport International. The new Electric GT Championship is starting 2017 in style at the Autosport International Show at the NEC near Birmingham, between the 14th and 15th January 2017. There will be a host of new driver and ambassador announcements throughout the show weekend. The Tesla Model S race car will entertain fans with an action display in the Live Action Arena. The Calendar of races will also be announced at the show, taking in seven European circuits including Paul Ricard, Barcelona, Assen, Estoril and the Nurburgring as well as three non championship races in America.There will be a field of twenty drivers from all around the World. The race prepared Tesla Model S P85+ will be on display in Hall 6 on stand 6250. December 2016

Golden Grids to celebrate 50 years of Formula Ford. The 2017 Silverstone Classic will host a pair of special races to celebrate 50 years of Formula Ford and is aiming for a maximum 54 car grid for the event. Page 5

Maserati Win.

The Maserati Club, which was formed in 1972, took a couple of major awards at the recent Classic Motor Show held at the NEC. The club won the Classic and Sports Car Club Awards Best large Club Stand, while Tony Young’s 1970s Maserati Ghibli Targa was awarded the Classic and Sports Car Club Awards Car of the Show. The stand featured several significant cars from the history of Maserati, including the icon 250F.

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Jaguar XJR10. Below Tony Southgate with VR’s Mike Jiggle.

Legendary Race car designer Tony Southgate was reunited with one of his former designs at the Classic Motor Show at the NEC in November. During his visit to the Vintage Racecar magazine stand, he was re-united with one of the Jaguar XJR 10 sports cars he designed in 1989. The car was designed for TWR to campaign in the 3 litre American IMSA series. Tony was also responsible for the Le Mans winning Jaguar XJR-9 as well as working for Grand Prix teams BRM, Shadow and Arrows. He retired after designing the Audi R8C Le Mans car. Page 6

Ford RS500 Cosworth’s star at Performance Car Show. To celebrate the 30th anniversary since the homologation special Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 was launched in the UK, there will be a celebration at the Performance Car show at the NEC between the 14-15th January 2017. Some of the cars due to be displayed include the 1988 BTCC Championship winning car driven by Andy Rouse and the first RS500 to compete in the DTM, Manuel Reuter’s 1987 and 1988 Championship car, plus Laurence Bristow’s 1988 BTCC car. There will also be more fast Fords from the RS500 Owners Forum and Community. It is hoped to have up to 14 cars on display on one stand in Hall 19 at the NEC.

Rebellion Racing Return to US Racing.

The 2017 Tequila Patron North American Endurance Cup will see Rebellion Racing compete in the four race series. This unique four race competition encompasses the marquee endurance races on the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship schedule. It features a total of 52 hours of racing at some of North America’s most prestigious endurance racing events. These include the 24 Hours of Daytona, the 12 Hours at Sebring, the 6 Hours at Watkins Glen and Petite Le Mans. The Swiss team will enter a single Oreca 07 LMP2 driven by Nick Heidfield, Neel Jani and Sebastien Buemi at the 51st running of the 24 Hours of Daytona on the 26-29th January 2017.

Young Hotshots of Historic’s. Race Retro Show will look to the future of Historic racing by celebrating young drivers who are competing in Historic motorsport. Teenage Kicks will feature 3 young drivers currently competing in HSCC series for saloons and Formula Ford 1600. The three are 16 year olds James Clarke and Ed Thurston and 17 year old Benn Tilley. James is entered in Historic Saloon racing while Ed and Benn compete in Historic Formula Ford. Race Retro runs from 24-26th February 2017 at Stoneleigh Park. see www.raceretro.com Ed Thurston

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Ben Tilley

James Clarke

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VSCC announce MAAC as official charity from 2017. The Vintage Sports Car Club have announced that the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity (MAAC) will be the clubs nominated official charity for the next three years from 2017. Renault Zoe voted best Electric car.

HRCR Open Day at British Motor Museum. The Historic Rally Car Register (HRCR) are holding their annual Open day at the British Motor Museum on the 14th January 2017. This is a social gathering where the rally community comes together to talk to organisers of rallying and Touring events taking place all over the country in 2017. There will also be a selection of historic rally cars to view in the outdoor display area. Members and nonmembers are welcome to display their rally cars. The 2017 Open day will also host a special feature on the Motoring News Rally Championship as it will be thirty years since the last championship and it is planned that there should be a number of well-known cars on display that were driven in the championship. The day is also a chance for Classic Car owners to find out about HRCR scenic tours. Entry to the HRCR Open Day is free of charge from 9:30am -3:30pm and attendees can visit the museum on the day for the discounted rate of £9 per person, between 10am - 5pm.

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The Renault Zoe won the Best Electric Car category at the Carbuyer Best Cars Awards 2017. It was praised for its 250 mile range, drivability and ease of ownership. It is priced from £13,995

Mike Costin celebrates 50 years of the DFV. Engine designer Mike Costin will appear at the Race Retro show in February along with several race cars powered by the legendary Cosworth DFV engine to celebrate 50 years since the world’s most iconic engine made its track debut.The collection of cars which includes the 1982 World Championship winning Williams FW08 of Keke Rosberg has been curated by Mike Costin, who along with Keith Duckworth gave his name to the engine. Race Retro’s display will also include some cars from the World famous Donington Collection and will be hosted in the dedicated Motor Sport Hall of Fame. Race Retro is being held at Stoneleigh Park, near Coventry, between the 24th and 26th February 2017 © Maureen Magee Page 8

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SsangYong Musso Challenge Oulton Park. By Mick Herring

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Racing version

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Racing Series from New Zealand, which regularly attracts grids of thirty cars, the series is aimed at young karters from the age of 14 as well as any amateur drivers seeking a new challenge. Launched at the 2016 Silverstone Classic following collaboration from SsangYong Special Projects’ Jeff Lau and multi-championship preparer, Peter Hignett’s ABG Motorsport, who will build all cars. Continued development has been carried out by ABG, Gordon Birtwhistle’s Proflex suspension and shock absorber company and the professional racing driver pairing of Marcus Clutton and Glynn Geddie. Clutton, a respected mechanic and British GT/GT Cup driver and Geddie, a former British GT champion will mentor and make available the settings/data-logging traces from their unofficial timings to all competing drivers in order to make the racing as driver focussed as possible. All cars will be based on basically standard, stripped-out, double cab front wheel drive cars with the required high levels of safety, roll cages, seats and harnesses installed. The 2.2 litre 4cylinder turbo diesel engine is expected to produce c200 bhp now that

A brand new racing car for £16,000!!! There will be an interesting and slightly unusual addition to the MSVR promoted portfolio in 2017 with the introduction of the SsangYong Racing Challenge. The Korean manufacturer has sanctioned the building of twenty racing pick-up trucks, although they always refer to them as cars and © Mick Herring the six event series will mainly join the GT Cup/ Prototype Cup weekends but include a visit to Knockhill, Scotland being an important market. Being based on their Actyon Ute December 2016

Road version

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Comprehensive safety equipment.

the stock ECU has been proven consistent following re-programming to remove the universal function of cutting engine power when leftfoot braking is employed and removing the immobiliser function. The suspension modifications allow them to corner remarkably flat, as you will see in the photo comparison to the standard car, both of which © Mick Herring were demonstrated to and driven by the invited dealers at a recent Oulton Park dealer day. In order to raise brand profile SsangYong UK has gone to great lengths to involve their December 2016

dealers, encouraging them to support drivers from their catchment areas. Amongst the flourishing number of “onemake” championships this is a welcome and different addition not seen in England since the Ford P100 pick-up truck series of the 1980s.

SsangYong Road car and Race car. © Mick Herring

Glynn Geddie.

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The Rainworth Skoda Dukeries Rally. Donington Park, Sunday 23rd October 2016. By Simon Wright.

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A couple of the older cars in the rally were this superb Triumph 2.5 Pi Mk2 of Lee Sellars and Pete Alldread (56th) and the Ford Escort TC Mk 1 of Dave and Tom Bryan (53rd)

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GTI after it went sideways into a gravel trap at Old Hairpin, caused delays of half an hour and the final stage of the day was subsequently cancelled. The eighty car entry made full use of the lovely bright day to explore the different layouts, some using the Grand Prix circuit in the normal direction while others ran the circuit in a reverse direction. Some stages used the melbourne loop, while others © Simon Wright

Making it two in two years Ashley Field and Steve McNulty won the Dukeries rally in their Davrian T90 GTR+

The second rally of the year to be held at Donington Park, and the final meeting of the year for Donington was the 57th consecutive Dukeries Rally, held at the end of October. The event was scheduled to run as 8 special stages covering 60 competitive stage miles © Simon Wright using the Donington Park race circuit and surrounding land. Four diffent stages were designed to each be run twice in succession. Unfortunately, an accident on stage one where Adrian Drury and Martin Auskerin rolled their Peugeot 106 Drury/Auskerin Peugeot 106 GTI Rolled out

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Simon Beckett/Jack Atherton Skoda Fabia VRS finished 50th

cut across the infield of the circuit, or turned off the circuit at Redgate corner and ran round the ‘tarmac lake’, the area outside the circuit that used to be used by the Sunday Market. The event was a qualifying round for the Alexander Calder Financial EMAMC Stage rally Championship 2016, the Roadrunner/Phoenix Awards ANEMMC Stage Rally Championship, the Heart of England Rally Championship and the Dukeries Motor Club Rally Championship and RAF MSA Rally Championship. Due to the vast difference in performance Page 13

Tom Walster/Chris Ridge Suzuki Swift 2nd in class 6th overall © Simon Wright

Craig McIlvar/Bob Muttram Ford Fiesta7th in class

Lee Edwards/Mike Roberts BMW M3 finished 3rd in class and 4th overall © Simon Wright

Craig McIntosh/Paul Vasey Ford Escort Cosworth 4th in class 10th overall

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Mike Taylor/Martin haggett Talbot Sunbeam Lotus 4th in class 9th overall

Stephen and Catherine Booth Ford Escort Mk1 collected the barriers on his way to 5th in class

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a Millington engine. They were previous winners at Cadwell park and won the 4 wheel drive class at Donington. Only six seconds behind the Satria were last years runners up Martin Hodgson and Terry Jones in a Ford Escort Mk 2. They had lost 31 seconds over the Satria in the first stage and despite beating them on 4 of the other stages, could not reach the second spot on the podium. ÂŠ Simon Wright

Ray Read/Stuart Anderson-Peters Audi Quattro 5th in class 12th overall

of the range of competing cars, the entry was split in to 6 different classes, with Cars up to 1000 cc, Cars over 1000cc and upto and including 1400cc, Cars over 1400cc and up to and including 1600cc, cars over 1600cc and up to and including 2000cc, with the final two classes for 2 wheel drive cars over 2000cc and 4 wheel drive cars over 2000cc. Cars with forces induction and rotary engines are subject to an additional capacity ratio of 1 to 1.7 The entry is seeded so that the most likely competitors to win are number 1 and this year that went to Ashley Fields and Steve McNutty in a Davrian T90 GTR+, who won last years event, and were leading the MSN Circuit Rally Championship until a drive shaft failure on the last stage at Cadwell park. In a repeat of last years performance, they were to prove victorious again, setting fastest time on all seven stages to win by over 2 minutes. Second overall went to Graeme Bell and Russ Radford in their glorious sounding 4 wheel drive 2.5 litre MEM Proton Satria with December 2016

Graham Bell/Russ Radford Proton Satria Neo won their class 2nd overall

As they went to Donington, Dave Welch and Stuart Proctor, driving a 2 litre Subaru Impreza, were the current leaders of the EMAMC Stage Rally Championship after winning three events during the summer including the Dukeries Motor Clubs Flying Fortress Rally. Their car was better suited to gravel rallies rather than tarmac and they ended up retiring with gearbox failure after Page 15

Class winners Craig & Alex Fleming Ford Escort Mk2 5th overall

completing five stages. Craig and Alex Fleming won class 3 (1601cc- 2000cc) in their Ford Escort Mk 2 in 5th overall, while Class 2 (1401cc-1600cc) was won by Richard Bliss © Simon Wright and James Vaughan in a Honda Civic, who finished 13th overall. In 33rd position overall were class 1 (1001cc-1400cc) winners John and Ryan Godbehere driving a Ford Puma. The final Class winner was Christian Waite and Chris Sheridan at the wheel of a Nissan Micra who took victory in Class 0 (up to 1000cc) in 59th position December 2016

Fred Field/Phil Hall Vauxhall Adam 3rd in class 25th overall

Nigel Wetton/Louise Welsh Subaru Impreza 8th in class 18th overall

overall. In total sixty two cars were classified as finishers after the seven stages with Nigel Bywater and Simon Ashton bringing up the rear in their Ford KA, finishing 13th in Class 2. The most unusual retirement was Mark Jasper and Don Whyatt who withdrew their MEM Proton Satria Neo after just three stages due to No Rain! Page 16

Paul Rees/Paul Briggs Vauxhall Astra GTE 2nd in class, 24th overall © Simon Wright

Dave Welch/Stuart Proctor Subaru Impreza retired with gearbox failure

Adrian Warrant/Clare Law BMW M3 Compact 5th in class © Simon Wright

Paddy & Tom Homan Ford Puma 6th in class 49th overall

Leslie & Tom Parrott Ford Sierra Cosworth 8th in class 31st overall

Hodgson/Jones Ford Escort Mk 2 3rd overall

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Dean Baker/Andy Falconer Ford Escort Mk 2 3rd in class 11th overall

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Autumn Classic Prescott, By Syd Wall

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Chaparral Mk2 lays the power down off the start line

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Demon Drome Wall of Death. Americans featured on track too, with a class for Flatheads and one for invited American classics. The track was bathed in sunshine throughout, ensuring a superb day for the huge crowd, somewhat better than the downpours and cold wind endured by Saturday’s visitors – wellingtons were the order of the day on the dancefloor in front of the music stage! As well as the American car club displays and track Two Chevrolet endurance rally cars alongside a 1948 Fordson drag racer parades, some national championships were decided with rounds from the Aldon The Autumn Classic event at Prescott Hill Climb featured Automotive championships. everything American, celebrating cars right back to the turn of © www.rallygallery.com the last With the © www.rallygallery.com Overall century Champi along on with already American decided car clubs, (Mike American Henney music in his from the 1971 40s Lotus onwards Europa and the TC), ever and the popular The Wall of Death - more fun than I could have imagined

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Single Seater champion, Martin Jones and the Brabham BT21

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1914 Stanley Steamer

Roger Beard took Saloon Car class in his Reliant Scimitar

Philip Stader’s MG Midget, 2nd in Sportscars for the season

Ford Popular 103E of Ian Moss won the Handicap Flathead © www.rallygallery.com

Interesting front wheel camber on Mike Knapman’s Allard Rover Special

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Stunning 1950 Studebaker Commando

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earlier in the year. Class winner on the day was Roger Beard in his Scimitar Coupe ending his first season in the championship in fine style. In Sportscars, the championship was still undecided, A fine result of 1st on the day saw Chris Jones jump to 1st place in Sportscars, Philip Stader clung on to 2nd having dropped many scores throughout the season and 3rd place going to Steve Phennah in his MGB. © www.rallygallery.com

1959 Chevy Impala leaves the startline

class leaders reasonably secure, it was mostly a day of class battles to determine the lower class podium positions for the year. In Saloon cars, Callum Barney had already done enough for the class victory leaving Ian Stainburn , Simon Braithwaite & Brian Ashley fighting for © www.rallygallery.com the podium places. With Brian finishing 2nd on the day & Simon 3rd, Stainburn took 2nd overall, with Brian & Simon tied for 3rd, Brian taking the place on with two wins It’s not just cars - an Indian demonstrates its left hand gear change

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Chris Jones in the unusual Fairthorpe Electron took the season’s Sportscar honours

In the Single Seater class the championship order was maintained throughout the meeting, with the honours going to Martin Jones in his Brabham BT21 from Nick Stephens in the Lotus and Grant Cratchley in another Brabham. Positions on the day were Briony Serrell winning in her Lotus , from John Huntley in the Palliser F2 from Grant Cratchley. Page 21

The famous Old Yeller won the Invitation class © www.rallygallery.com

Fabulous replica of Sam Posey’s 1970 TransAm Dodge Challenger

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Leading the class on the day, Briony Serrell’s classic 1967 Lotus 51A

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66th Anniversary ‘Holly’ Birkett Handicap relay race, Silverstone. 22nd October 2016. By Simon & Janet Wright with additional photos by Mick Herring.

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Start of the Birkett Relay

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Aaron Bailey Radical SR3 RX “We Don’t like second” scratch winners

This is one of the key events in the club racers year, when the 750 Motor Club hold their annual 6 hour relay race round the full Grand Prix circuit at Silverstone. Rivals during the rest of the year suddenly become team mates in this relay event, with drivers from different series often banding together to form a team of similar vehicles. This year was the 66th running of this event and it attracted a capacity 70 team entry, with teams running Radical sports racing cars right through to the small © Janet Wright Smartcar. After morning practice, the “We Don’t Like Second” team of four Radical sports Ross Craig Honda Civic Type R “Simon Green Motorsport” 25th racing cars Scratch49th Handicapleads Janie McHugh Porsche 944 Turbo “TDC Contenders” 18th Scratch 8th Handicap

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with five drivers, took pole position from the other Radical team “Tracktime Solutions” which had a pair of Radicals, Moore FRS Arrow 2 “Run Baby Run” 17th Scratch, 27th one shared by John Handicap, passes Alistair Woodhead Smart 4 Two 450 “Only three drivers Smarties have the answer” 44th Handicap 69th Scratch and a Lotus Exige shared by a couple of drivers. We Don’t like Second consisted of Aaron and Lee Bailey driving a Radical SR3 RX, though Lee was not seen in the race, Doug Carter in a Radical PR6, Brian Murphy Charles Graham Radical SR3 “Tracktime Solutions” 2nd Scratch, 61st Handicap ahead of in a Radical SR3 and Colin Benham STM Phoenix “Run Baby Run” Simon Garmston in another 17th Scratch, 27th Handicap, goes wide at SR3. They were the scratch Brooklands team in the handicap with no credit laps. At the back of the grid were the “Only Smarties have the Answer”, a team of six Smart 4Two 451 driven by James Palmer, David Nash, Alan Palmer, Simon Coverdale, Alistair Woodhead and Ian Weir. They were the team with the biggest advantage with 44 laps credit at the start of the race. From the start it was Bailey © Simon Wright in the Radical that stormed Page 24

Luke Schlewitz VW Golf GTi Mk 5 “Jabba Sport” dicing with David Drinkwater BMW Compact “Powweeeeerrd” and Malcolm Edeson Toyota GT86 “Rogue Hachiroku” © Mick Herring

Ian Barley Racekits Falcon “Fabulous Fiat Formula Cars”at Luffield. 37th Scratch, 13th Handicap © Janet Wright

Wayne Crabtree Ford Escort RSR “The GRP Boys” came last

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Tim Hoyerd Sabre T2a “RGB’Argy” finished 3rd in Scratch race and 34th in handicap

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who in turn were another lap ahead of 3rd placed RGB’Argy. In the handicap positions it was the Tegiwa M3 Cup team leading from BMWcup with Carbon 8 Coupe Cup B team now in third. By the three hour, half distance, mark ”We don’t like second” had retaken the lead and pulled a lap ahead of “Tracktime Solutions” with “RGB’Argy” in third place, a further two laps behind. In the handicap it was still Tegiwa M3 Cup ahead, 6th on the road, from Team Eco Trailer/ATL, 33rd on the road, © Mick Herring

Mark Bowd Ford GT40 Grunties came 56th Handicap and 62nd Scratch

in to the lead from Paul Rose driving a Saker Rapx S1 for the JPR Motorsport team. By the end of the first hour it was Tracktime Solutions just ahead of JPR Motorsport with We don’t like second the only other team on the lead lap. On handicap it was the BMWcup team in the lead, 18th on the road, from Only Smarties have the Answer, 64th on the road, and the Tegiwa M3 Cup who were 12th on the road. At the second hour mark Tracktime Solutions were still leading on the track and were now a lap ahead of We don’t like second, © Simon Wright

Paul Hill 'Scruffy Motorsports' Aquila Synergy 64th in Scratch and 39th in Handicap

Simon Garmston Radical SR3 We don’t like second winning team scratch race 60th on handicap leads Alex Taylor Mazda RX7 Grunties 52nd Scratch and 56th Handicap

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which was another BMW team consisting Giles Dawson, James Gornall and James Nutbrown all driving BMW Compact and Simon Walker-Hansell in a BMW E46 M3. Third in handicap was “Routec Racing’s Compact Triers” who were 34th overall and yet another team of three BMW Compacts driven by Martin, Simon and Neil Roache. By hour four, “We don’t like second” had pulled out another lap of “Tracktime Solutions” while “RGB’Argy” had also slipped Page 26

another couple of laps behind in 3rd place. The Handicap lead position had remained the same with Tegiwa M3 Cup leading from 9th overall on the track. “Carbon 8 Coupe Cup B” were back into second, 51st on track, and “Routac Racing’s Compact Triers” were still third, whilst being 34th on the track. With 80% of the race completed, the Five hours positions saw no change in the overall order, with “We don’t like second” now three laps clear from “Trackside Solutions” and RGB’Argy 5 laps © Mick Herring

Dean Cook 'The GRP Boys' TVR Sagaris at luffield. finished in last place in both events

Darren Smee Honda Integra British Army Team exits Copse. 39th Handicap, 32nd on track

behind. The handicap positions were now starting to bring in to play some of the other teams. “Carbon 8 Coupe Cup B” were now leading on handicap, from 47th on the road. Tegiwa M3 Cup” had dropped to 2nd on handicap having dropped to 10th on track. Moving in to third place was the Carbon 8 Coupe Cup A team of three Hyundai Coupe cars driven by Gary Miller, Matthew Plumb and Jeff Alden, who were 58th overall on track. At the chequered flag, the track victory went to “We don’t like second” who won by four laps ahead of “Tracktime Solutions” while “RGB’Argy” were third, 5 laps behind. The handicap results saw several changes as the handicap credit laps sorted themselves out. The winners on handicap were the Carbon 8 Coupe Cup B team of Will Tayforth, Alex Cursley and Simon Miles all in the Hyundai Coupe, with the team finishing in 46th December 2016

position. Second place on handicap went to Red Rascals from 10th place on track . They consisted of six BMW E46 M3 cars driven by Kevin Dengate, Jamie Ingram, Kenny Coleman, David Kidd, Chris Lovett and Reece Jones. Third place on handicap went to DHD Motorsport, from 19th place overall. The five car team of Danny Cassar - Honda Integra, Steve Cassar Honda Civic, Daniel Adams - Proton Satria, Garry Barlow Honda Civic and Nigel Ainge - Honda Integra DC5. © Janet Wright

WillTaylforth Hyundai Coupe part of the winning Handicap team Carbon 8 Coupe Cup B

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Alan Davenport Mallock “Samsboyz Motorsport exits Luffield.

Peter Thurston Jaguar XJ6 “The Noble Feast 40th Scratch and 58th Handicap © Janet Wright © Simon Wright

Stuart Brittle Mazda MX5 Mk1 “Clear Motorsport” sideways at Becketts. 63rd Scratch race and 46th Handicap. © Simon Wright

Andy Lambert RAM Cobra “Grunties” © Janet Wright

Dan Tedstone Honda Civic Type R “British Army” 36th Scratch being passed by David Jones “Four Corners” 51st Scratch and 21st Handicap and Benjamin Powney Locost 7 “Team Sellars Racing” 54th Scratch and 52nd Handicap

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Bill Rutter Batten 3 “Fabulous Fiat Formula cars

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Dayinsure Wales Rally GB By David Goose Motorsport-Imagery

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Sebastien Ogier's flying Polo at Sweet Lamb

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November and once again North Wales is hosting the penultimate round of the 2016 World Rally Championship. With 22 stages and 208 competitive miles. This years event proved as entertaining as ever and for once the weather was not always wet. Sebastien Ogier in his Volkswagen Polo WRC had already wrapped up the drivers title for 2016, VW and Hyundai were still fighting for the manufacturers crown. Spectator numbers seemed good again Sander Parn flies his Fiesta R5 at Sweet Lamb this year, not only on the stages, but also at the various Service locations, at the RallyFest at Cholmondeley Castle but also just watching the cars go by in the villages around North Wales. Reminiscent of the glory days of the RAC Rally back in the 70’s and 80’s when huge crowds watched every car at every corner of the event. The main Rally timetable was split into two events, the International WRC and

Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle in the last competitive WRC even for the Citroen DS3 WRC

the National WRGB Rally, with the National teams tackling 12 of the stages run for the WRC. WRC International Rally Although this years drivers title had already been won by Sebastien Ogier, UK interest was maintained with Kris Meeke in his Citroen DS3 capable of a podium on his home event.

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Hard at work in the VW garage

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2nd place went to Ott Tanak and Raigo Molder in the DMack Fiesta RS WRC.

traditional forest stages, both on mud and tarmac, including some iconic stages such as Dyfi, Sweet Lamb, Dyfnant, Pantperthog and Clocaenog. As usual now, Sebastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia in their VW Polo WRC won the event from second placed Ott Tanak in his Ford Fiesta R5 WRC, Tanak winning more stages than any other driver on the event but still finishing second to Ogier by just over 10 seconds. Despite the slender time difference, 10 seconds in 208 miles, Ogier led from start to finish and it just seemed that he was in control and carefully managed the victory. Ogier’s victory was his fourth Rally GB victory in a row and earned Volkswagen the WRC Manufacturers crown for 2016. Kris Meeke in the now ageing Citroen DS3 WRC managed a creditable 5th overall in what is the cars last competitive outing on the WRC. December 2016

The Service Park at Deeside and also the remote service at Ruthin give an insight into the expense of running a Rally Team in the WRC. The lesser teams run large marquees with several pursuit and support vehicles. The top four teams, VW, Ford, Citroen and Hyundai in particular run service areas that are more akin to Formula One than traditional Rallying. Completely protected from the weather, almost daylight, level dry floors, completely the opposite of RAC Rally servicing in the past where if you had a tarpauline to lie on whilst servicing a car you were lucky.

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Esapekka Lappi/Janne Ferm make a 1 point landing in the Skoda Fabia R5 on their way to 11th

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Qatar Rally Teams Fiesta R5 of Khalid Suwaidi tacking the bad weather at Sweet Lamb. © Motorsport-imagery

Robert Duggans Vauxhall Adam returns to Service after the shakedown stage.

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Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul, 3rd place finishers in the Hyundai I20 WRC. © Motorsport-imagery

Valeriy Gorban in the John Cooper Works BMW Mini.

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National Rally winners Bruce McCombie and Michael Coutts in their Mitsubishi Lancer EVO.

WRGB National Rally Usually an endurance test with many of the competitors failing to complete the event, 2016 saw no less than 65 of the 78 teams that left the start ramp in Colwyn Bay making the finish in Llandudno three days later. Featuring cars from the current era including Subaru’s, Misubushi’s, Skoda’s and Fiesta’s through to historic Rally cars such as a VW Beetle, Mk1 and Mk2 Escorts and even a pair of Land Rover Freelanders, the field had something for everyone to cheer. December 2016

40 years after his first RAC Rally entry in a Vauxhall Magnum, Jimmy McRae celebrated his 73rd Birthday during the David and Jayne Auden-Row 2nd in class and 48th overall in their MG ZR. rally aimed to finish 12th on the event matching his result from 1976. Finishing a creditable 16th overall, the Scot beat many younger drivers in more competitive cars, showing that sometimes experience does count. Top 8 places went to either Mitsubishi EVO’s or Subaru © Motorsport-imagery Imprezza’s, hardly surprising given their superiority over the last couple of decades, however two classic Ford Escorts rounded off the top ten around ten minutes behind overall winners Bruce McCombie and Michael Coutts in their Lancer EVO. Despite turbo issues with their EVO 9, Aberdeen

Jimmy McRaes Vauxhall Magnum

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Gary Smith and Bryan Thomas in the Ford escort Mk1. © Motorsport-imagery

After crashing out on Friday, Tom Preston set some impressive times over the weekend in his Skoda.

Sunbeam Avenger BRM of Barry Jordan and James Grattan-Smith. © Motorsport-imagery

Roger Duckworth drove his Impreza to third overall.

Rudi Lancaster and Guy Weaver took their Mk2 Escort RS1800 to 9th place. © Motorsport-imagery

Mike Tomkinson and Shaun Whitehurst on the way to their engagement ceremony in Llandudno.

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Luke Francis and John Roberts in their EVO on the way to second overall in the National event.

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Just to show the old boys still have it, Mark Bentley goes flying in the Mk 1 Escort.

based McCombie ran out as winner by 37 seconds from second placed and top Welshman EVO driver Luke Francis with Roger Duckworth in his Impreza WRC S6 finishing third. Early Rally Leaders Tom Preston and Carl Williamson rolled their Skoda Fabia R5 on the second stage in Hafren Forest but following a night long effort from his team the crew secured stage wins at both the RallyFest stage at Cholmondeley and the Brenig stage on Sunday. Tenth place finisher, Mike Thompson finished second in the historic classes in his Ford Escort and at the rally finish in Llandudno proposed to his co driver Shaun Whitehurst. Despite not having a ring , he used a jubilee clip as a makeshift engagement ring, Shaun accepted his offer. December 2016

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Bob Beales amazing 50 year old VW Beetle completed the event.

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Cholmondeley RallyFest After several years at Chirk Castle, this years RallyFest on the Saturday moved across the border into England and at Cholmondeley Castle. Chirk was not a bad venue but had been plagued with traffic problems and the crowd seemed relatively modest. As a spectacle, this years event seemed better attended but was still a victim of long traffic delays leaving after the final WRC cars had completed the stage. With a greater range of © Motorsport-imagery

Pirelli Lancia Stratos.

drivers to do 360 degree turn round a marker bollard in front of the main crowd. The National Rally drivers coped with the hazard adequately, however most of the WRC drivers seemed to just treat the hazard as insignificant and drove round it as though it wasn’t there. © Motorsport-imagery

Alastair McRae's Hyundai Coupe.

activities during the day, the seemingly much larger crowd was entertained by Lawn Mower Racing, Car Displays, a supercar parade and spectacular Classic and Group B Rally Car demonstration, featuring Escort’s, Quattro’s, Starto’s, 6R4’s and RS200’s to name but a few. Both the WRC and WRGB ran short stages through the venue during the day including an innovative donut arena requiring the December 2016

Volkswagen Golk GTI Mk1.

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Marlboro Nissan 240RS.

Ford RS200 breathing fire. © Motorsport-imagery

De Tomaso Pantera.

Gumball 3000 Dodge SRT. © Motorsport-imagery

Hillman Imp. © Motorsport-imagery

Martini Lancia Delta Integrale.

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Lada © Motorsport-imagery

Ford RS2000 Escort Kit Car.

Audi R8 V10 Spider.

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Walter Hayes Trophy Meeting. Silverstone. 5th-6th November 2016. By Simon & Janet Wright and Pete Austin

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WHT - Final - Josh Fisher (Van Diemen RF99) 3rd

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Heat 5 saw some close racing for the lead. here Neville Smyth leads the pack in to Luffield

Walter Hayes Day 1 By Simon & Janet Wright. The first day of the Walter Hayes Trophy meeting was taken up with the six qualifying heats. The dry, bright but cold conditions made for some exciting racing as the drivers fought to establish favourable positions in the next days semi finals. The high quality entry had been drawn in to the various heats and for Bonfire night, there was expected to be plenty of fireworks round the short national circuit at Silverstone. The first heat was won by Jordan Dempsey driving a Van Diemen LA10 from Matt Hamilton in another Van Diemen RF00, while Rob Barrable made it a Van Diemen 1-2-3 in his RR02. Heat 2 was a closer run race with Robert hall winning in his Ray GR16 by just 0.121 of a second from Stuart Gough in a Spectrum 011C. Felix Fisher was 3rd in a

Van Diemen VD02. Heat 3 was another very close finish with Wayne Boyd winning in his Medina JL 16K by just 0.093 of a second from Nial Murray in a Van Diemen RF99. Josh Fisher was 3rd in another Van Diemen RF99. Heat 4 saw favourite Joey Foster take the chequered flag first in his Ray GR08 by 0.249 of a second from Luke Williams in a Firmin RF1600 and only another 0,.433 of a second saw Michael Moyers in 3rd in a Spectrum 011C. Heat 5 saw Edward Moore win in a Van Diemen JL013K by 0.484 of a second from Parker Thompson in a Ray GR followed by Neville Smyth in a Ray GR12. The final heat of the day was the most convincing win of the day with the Ray GR of Oliver Askew being over 8 seconds in front of ÂŠ Janet Wright Graham Carroll in his Firman

Heat 1 Matt Hamilton Van Diemen RF00 leads Patrikm Pasma Mygale SJ08 in to Becketts

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Heat 5 Ian Gough Van Diemen DP08 spins in the middle of the leading pack while Parker Thompson leads in his Ray GR

RF1600. Bas Leinders was 3rd in a Ray GR15. There were two other races on Saturday. The HSCC Closed Wheel Allcomers Pre ’70 race saw an interesting mix of sports cars and saloons. George Daws took pole position in a Merlyn Mk6A sports racing car with Tom smith the fastest GT in third in a Marcos 1800GT and Mike Gardiner

the fastest saloon in 4th in his Ford Falcon. It was Charles Angrave in a Zink Mk3 that led the early laps before Chass Mallard went in front in his Chevrolet Camaro Pre 70 winner Daws Merlyn Mk6A leads Mallard Chevrolet Camaro before both retired leaving the race for George Daws, who won by over 25 seconds in the Merlyn from GT class winner Tom Smith in the Marcos. Alan Bull took a distant 3rd in his Jaguar E-Type Mike Gardiner was first of the saloons in 4th place and the last car to complete all twenty laps. The only other class winner was Steve Smith who took the invitation class in his MG A The other non Formula Ford race on Saturday was the HSCC Closed Wheel Allcomers Post ’69 race which saw Andrew Schryver claim pole position in his Chevron B26 Sports Racing car over 2 seconds faster than Myles Castaldini in his Davrian Mk8 Invitation class car, second on the grid. There were some really nice cars in this race, Mark Wright in a Ford Sierra © Simon Wright

Allcomers Pre’ 70 John Muirhead Lotus Super 7 leads Mike Gardiner Ford Falcon and the December 2016 rest of the field through Luffield.

Post 69 Class winner Wright Ford Sieera RS500 2nd overall.

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RS500, John Truslove in a Chevrolet Camaro, William Jenkins in a BMW 3.0 CSL ‘Batmobile’ and Gary Fletcher in a Vauxhall Firenza Droop snoot. Schryver was a clear winner by over 55 seconds at the end of the twenty lap race, from class winner Wright in the Sierra, with Castaldini in 3rd also winning his class. Roger Waite in 4th took the S20 class in his Royale S2000M and the last class winner was 9th placed Darren Rayfiled Post 69 Allcomers winner Schryver Chevron B26 in a Lancia Monte Carlo. Walter Hayes Trophy – Day 2 By Pete Austin. Sunday dawned bright but cold with a keen northerly wind for day two of the Walter Hayes Trophy. The weather had more in store later in the afternoon though. The Progression race kicked things off with victory going to Cliff Dempsey Racing USA Team Scholarship driver Kyle Kirkwood (Ray) after being down in 9th at the start. Australian Scott Andrews (Spectrum) took the Last Chance race but would be spun out of his semi final later in © Pete Austin the afternoon. WHT - Progression Race - Start

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WHT - Last Chance Race - Scott Andrews (Spectrum 011)

Formula Ford Festival winner at Brands Hatch Niall Murray laid down a marker in the first semi-final by taking victory in his Van Diemen. Another USA Scholarship driver, Oliver Askew, took the second semi final. On a still wet track after rain swept the circuit in the afternoon the two semi final winners took the first two places with Murray coming out on top in difficult conditions and completing the Festival/Walter Hayes double. To add to the sense of occasion Jackie Stewart was on hand to present the trophies. © Pete Austin

WHT Grand Final - Niall Murray (Van Diemen RF99) 1st

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WHT - Final - Podium with Sir Jackie Stewart to present the Trophy to Murray

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WHT - Non Historic Consolation Race - Thomas Capezzone

In miserable conditions Thomas Capezzone won the Non Historic Consolation race in his Swift and Neil Tofts came out on top in the Historic Formula Ford Consolation race with his Reynard. Brazilian Fernando Ribeiro (brother of ex Grand Prix driver Alex) came a creditable eighth in the latter event in his ‘Jesus Saves’ Van Diemen. Supporting the Formula Ford action were two Allcomers races with Jamie Brashaw taking the Open Wheel event in his March 73A and Jon-Paul Ivey winning the Closed Wheel race in his Radical PR6.

All Comers Open Wheel - Jamie Brashaw (March 73A) 1st © Pete Austin

WHT - Historic Consolation Race - Neil Tofts (Reynard 88F

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All Comers Closed Wheel - Jon-Paul Ivey (Radical PR6) 1st

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Philippe Le Nech Van Diemen RF80 had a quick spin at Becketts in Heat 1

WHT - Fernando Ribeiro © Simon Wright

Chris ; Van Diemen LA10 and Graham Carroll FirmanRF1600 had a coming together in Heat 1 © Simon Wright

Andrew Blair Reynard

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WHT Progression Race - Kyle Kirkwood (Ray GR08) 1st

Phil Attwood Crossle 32F and Jennifer Mullen Van Diemen RF89side by side in to Luffield

William Jenkins BMW 3.0 CSL © Simon Wright

Max Whitehouse Austin Healey Sprite had a spin at Brooklands

Darren Rayfield Lancia MoteCarlo

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Wyedean Rally November By Syd Wall - Rallygallery.

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Ben Llewellin, seeded 20, shot through to 5th

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Damian Cole attacks the countryside

Rally fans and crews welcomed back the revamped Wyedean Rally in November. A full entry of 118 cars faced a compact set of three stages run twice. Torrential rain the previous day and overnight left the stages wet and corners full of water and liquid mud, promising plenty of action for the spectators.

right, taking a tight line through the muddy corner. Almost every other crew from about the top 30 were drawn in by the long fast straight, arriving at the corner way too fast for the wet gravel causing them to overshoot. The other WRC-spec Steve Bennett took an early bath Fiesta of Josh Moffett/Jack Walby also hit trouble, a spin costing them 10 seconds in the first two miles. Callum Black/ Elliot Edmondson (Fiesta R5) took advantage of the slip to lead Moffett by 4 seconds after two stages, Black on his first event since a horseback fall and broken wrist. Stage three saw him lose time with a spin into a bank in conditions he © www.rallygallery.com likened to ice and snow. Martyn & Dawn England held third place, also in a Fiesta R5 but a disconnected turbo pipe led to retirement. The battle for victory continued between Moffett and Black, but Josh & the WRC Fiesta had too much for Callum’s R5 version, extending his lead to 46 seconds by the end. The long trip from County Monaghan had been worth it!

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Sara Williams had to retire after an encounter with a tree

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Sam Davies, class 2 winner

Graham Waite, class 4 winner © www.rallygallery.com

Simon Thomas, class 8 winner

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Sean Gardener overcame rustiness to bag second place © www.rallygallery.com

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Third place on the podium was fought out between local men Shaun Gardener/Ben Innes’s Lancer Evo (now at 5.9.2 specification!) and top Historic competitor Nick Elliot/Ian Davies in their Escort Mk2. Gardener’s 4WD helped him to the podium but Elliot was a crowd favourite, 2WD and the mud encouraging plenty of sliding and oversteer. The top five was completed by Ben Llewellin/Ross Whittock, both the sons of famous rallyers. Ben spends most of his time shooting for GB so has little time for rallying, this being only his second event of the year. What a talented lad, flamboyant in his Historic spec Escort Mk2 and only 18 seconds behind Nick Elliot. © www.rallygallery.com

Callum Black took second place despite a broken wrist

Local hero David Stokes, six time British Historic champion, died earlier this year and in memory of him, there was no car three, his number on the 1976 Tour of Dean. His brother Andrew retired an Historic class Hillman Avenger after stage three but David would have admired his style, completely broadside coming into to my corner! © www.rallygallery.com

Tom Delaney, class 1 winner

Spins were the order of the day for many with plenty of victims. Tristan Bailey took a wheel off his Lancer WRC, Sacha Kakad had a big roll in his Lancer Evo X and Sara Williams was not allowed to carry on after hitting a tree on the driver’s door and the car failed a safety check. Steve Bennett had high hopes for a top finish but heavy damage and a smashed propshaft after drifting wide on a corner spelled the end on stage two. December 2016

Andrew Jones does a perfect handbrake turn to recover from an overshoot

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Rob Swann, class 9 winner

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Josh Moffett took a convincing win

Paul Davy had at least one off on the way to winning class 11

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The Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show NEC Birmingham. 11th-13th November 2016. By Simon & Janet Wright with additional photos by Pete Austin & Mick Herring

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Owen Motoring Club stand is typical of the Classic Motor Show, with a variety of vehicles on display

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The Pavillion annex to Hall 1 contained an additional display area.

The Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show returned for it’s annual visit to the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) near Birmingham, bigger and better than ever before. Over 71,000 motoring enthusiasts descended on the NEC over the three days of the show, making this the largest indoor classic motoring event in the UK. Using the five large original halls at © Simon Wright the NEC, which gives one million square feet, enough to house 2.500 classic cars and bikes. There were 273 car clubs exhibiting at the show which also contained lot of variety this year with exhibits which included a 1869 Tasker B2 ‘Little Giant’ engine right through to the current Bloodhound SSC land speed record show car. This years show had a theme of Heroes and Heroines and some clubs high-lighted real life heroes while others used fictional heroes incorporated in to their displays. Penelope Pitstop on the Rover stand

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Mike Brewer and crew on the Wheeler Dealer Live Stage

There was a Wheeler Dealer Live Stage with Discovery Channel in Hall 5 which was hosted by Mike Brewer who was joined by Edd China, Ant Anstead and Fuzz Townshend. Over the show there were also appearances by Sir Stirling Moss, Richard Noble OBE and US reality star Jesse McClure.

Sir Sterling Moss

The Maserati stand featured the Maserati Tipo 151/3 with its Drogo designed sports car body, often referred to as the Racing Van, powered by a 5 litre V8 engine which developed 430 bhp. Maserati Tipo 151/3

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with cars on display. Skoda’s sporting heritage was also on show with a 1964 rallying Skoda Octavia. Skoda have a proud and successful heritage in rallying, with their 2 stroke cars winning their class in many international rallies.

Ferrari Owners Club grid of Ferrari

while the Ferrari Owners Club of Great Britain stand had a grid of racing sports cars as the main feature. The show had something for every one with every type of classic vehicle represented from the huge and lavish American cars of the 1950s and 60s, through to some of the Eastern Bloc cars from the cold war period, which provided basic transport for people in Eastern Europe and © Simon Wright the Soviet union. There was a good display of these cars, grouped together, with Skoda, Wartberg and © Janet Wright Trabant all Trabant Tramp

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1964 Skoda Octavia

The show had many racing and rally cars on display all through the show, with many clubs happy to show the sporting heritage of their marque. Some of the rally cars were not necassarily the most modern cars including things like a classic Chevrolet Coupe that last competed on the Peking to Paris Rally. You really needed at least a couple of days at the show to see everything. © Pete Austin

Peking to Paris Chevrolet Coupe

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There was a large American car section within the show which featured the Classic American Car of the year award. This was won by John Hayes with his 1966 Chevrolet Corvette.

Chevrolet Corvette

Ford Boss 302 Mustang

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Chevrolet Corvair

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Heroes The theme for this years Classic Motor Show was Heroes and there were several examples of cars driven by Hero racing drivers

Ayrton Senna's JPS Lotus 98T Renault turbo and restored Team Lotus Ford Thames Trader Van.

Jackie Stewarts 1973 Tyrrell Ford 005 on the Footman James stand

Niki Lauda March 721G Grand Prix Car on the Vintage Race Car Stand

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Penske Indy Car

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The Meguiar’s Club showcase contained 16 winning cars from previous shows around the UK in 2016. The NEC show decides the ultimate winning car. This years selection included a 1952 Ford Anglia, a 1966 Volkswagen Beetle, a 1981 Ford Capri 3.0, a 1972 Triumph TR6, a 1954 Chevvy Pickup, a 1954 Jaguar XK120 FHC, and a 1977 Volkswagen Golf Mk1. The overall winner Andy Nash from Dover and his 1966 Mini Traveller.

1952 Ford Anglia

1954 Chevrolet pickup truck

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Winning 1961 Mini Traveller

1964 Saab short nose two stroke

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1935 Auburn Speedster

2nd placed 1969 Ford Capri Mk 1

The Lancaster Insurance Pride of Ownership award saw the public vote for the favourite vehicle from the twenty displayed. The range was impressive with the most stylish car on display an old pre-war Auburn. However, the public vote gave the award to James Cribb from Winsford for his 1989 Austin Metro City. Second place went to Stuart Turp from Barnsley for his 1969 Ford Capri Mk 1 and third place went to Mark McClellan from Kilmarnock, Scotland for his 1984 Vauxhall Astra GTE.

1950 Studebaker Commander

3rd placed 1984 Vauxhall Astra GTE

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The winning 1989 Austin Metro City

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Porsche celebrated 40 years since the launch of the first front engined Porsche, the 924. Porsche Cars Great Britain restored the stunning 924 GTP 002 to its former racing glory. The car was entered in the 1980 Le Mans race driven by Tony Dron and Andy Rouse.

1929 Singer Senior As-U-Dryv UT 4894.

Built in 1929 by Singer & Co Ltd of Coventry as a Senior Sunshine Saloon, fitted with As-U-Dryv coachwork supplied by Sunshine Saloons Ltd of London. This car could be described as the first with a power hood. At the side of the drivers seat is a handle which is connected via sprockets to bicycle type chains which run under the car. They travel up the door pillars, then along the roof which allows the hood to be wound up or down. The 4 cylinder 1571cc ohv engine with a Solex carburettor produces 11.9 HP and is mated to a 3 speed gearbox. It has a magneto ignition system with Rotax starting and lighting system. It has 4 wheel rod brakes with Claydon-Dewandre servo and Marles steering gear. When new, the car cost £270. The car was purchased by its current owner in 1979 in a dilapidated condition having been off the road since the

early siixties. It was rebuilt from the chassis up. This Singer was displayed by Simon Bishop. 1988 Porsche 924S

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Panther J99 BRM P154 Can Am car

Motor Sport magazine had a tribute to the Can Am series with several of the V8 powered monsters on their stand. These included The Lola T70 Chevrolet of the first champion John © Simon Wright Surtees in 1966, the dominant orange McLaren M8B from 1968/69 as driven by champion Denny Hulme and the BRM P154 Chevrolet driven by George Eaton in 1970. this was the first BRM sports car and was designed by Tony Southgate. © Simon Wright

McLaren M8B Chevrolet

Lola Chevrolet T70

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The unfinished project J99 was unveiled to the public at the Classi Motor Show. Started in 1999, the Panther J99 was to be a sports car like no other, with gull wing doors, a 32 valve DOHC 4.6 litre Vortech supercharged V8 engine mounted transversely to the rear of the cockpit, powering the rear wheels. The handcrafted aluminium bodywork had double wishbone suspension front and rear, with 18x8 wheels at the front and 20x9.5 wheels at the rear, fitted with ultra low profile tyres. A four speed automatic transmission was fitted with a special locked automatic to allow manual control via paddles on the steering wheel, which unfortunately © Simon Wright were never fitted. The project was never completed after the untimely death of Robert Jankel. Page 58

Bron Burrell & Tina Kerridge - World Cup Rally Austin Maxi

Memorabilia garage sign stall.

Quentin Willson explains Rolls Royce to Steve Coogan

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Sporting Bears ride Jaguar XJ220

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Silverstone Auctions at the Classic Motor Show. Silverstone Auctions held a sale at the show which achieved an 80% sale rate, with total sales of £5.8 million, the best ever sale at the NEC. Top buy was a 1957 Porsche 356A T1 Speedster which sold for £306,563. TV presenter Ant Anstead had restored a 1958 Lotus Elise for his TV show ‘For the Love of cars’ and that fetched £121,500 in the Auction. Not everything was high value, © Pete Austin

Highest price went for this 1957 Porsche 356A sold for £306,563

Ferrari Dino 246S not sold.

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winning condition sold for £39,938. Classic vehicles certainly seemed to fetch much more than vintage vehicles, with a 1923 Clement-Talbot Tourer selling for £17,833. This piece of motoring history was built in London and is powered by a 1074cc 4 cylinder engine which produces just 23 hp. Fitted with © Simon Wright a 3 speed gearbox, the all weather open tourer can reach a top speed of around 50 mph. Brakes were fitted to the rear wheels only. 1923 Clement-Talbot Tourer

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It was interesting to see the prices that some of the vehicles sell for. A 1990 Ford Escort RS Turbo S2 with only 12,000 miles on the clock and one owner sold for £30,375, exactly the same amount that a 2001 Noble M12 GTO 2.5 with only 15,000 miles on the clock fetched in the sale. 1987 Ferrari Testarossa Koenig Competition Evolution II Sold £106,876

1967 Mini Moke Sold £19,688 1971 Morris Mini Cooper S Mk III Sold £28,688

1953 Jaguar XK120 Drophead Coupe Sold £72,000

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1950 Land Rover Series 1 Sold £39,938

Ford Cortina Mk 2 3.0 Savage Estate Sold £25,000

1990 Mercedes Benz 190 E 2.5 Evo II Sold £120,375

1991 Ford Sierra Sapphire RS Cosworth 4x4 Sold £26,438 1987 Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Sold £29,250

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Archive Photo of the month. By Pete Austin.

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Last month, Nico Rosberg followed in his fathers footsteps by winning the drivers F1 Championship. This is Keke Rosberg during qualifying for the 1982 British Grand Prix at Brands Hatch. Although he retired from this race with fuel pressure problems he went on to win that years World Championship.

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VSCC Cotswold Trial By Simon & Janet Wright With additional photos by Syd Wall - Rallygallery, and Pete Austin © www.rallygallery.com

We have Lift-Off! Richard Baxter’s Chrysler 75 Tourer

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The more the merrier on a trial - Luke Roberts - Bianchi 28-40

Winter approaches but the VSCC motor sport season continues. The track and speed seasons may have finished, but that does not stop Vintage car enthusiasts from having fun with their vintage pride and joys by taking to the hills. Vintage Trials are very sociable events as there is no limit to the number of passengers a car can take, apart from the lack of seats! But Trials also have a competitive edge as each team does their best to demonstrate their skill by getting December 2016

their vehicle the furthest up the muddy slopes. The additional weight of the passengers can help push the thin tyres on these vintage cars through the usually muddy surface to gain extra grip. The amusing part of a Trial is to watch the passengers bounce up and down in the vehicle trying to gain extra grip and get the vehicle a little

George Diffey - Austin 7

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Ms Hannah Enticknap Austin 7 Special jumps for joy

further up the slope. There is no speed or time element in the competition, but at certain control points on the course the car may have a stop and start, where it must not move backwards from the stationary start.

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Joseph Stollery Wolseley Hornet Special

Clive Press Austin 7 Ulster leaps the ridge

Charlotte Collings - Bentley

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Owen Jones Vauxhall 14/40

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various hills, while the afternoon tests were all based within the Hillclimb venue. A capacity entry of over 100 pre-war cars arrived on a bright cold dry day. Lots of the hills started dry and hard from the overnight cold weather, although the previous couple of days had been wet. This gave an advantage to

Outright winner and the Harold Powell Plate - Simon Price - Ford Model A Special

Oliver Mullard Ford Model A Tudor

the early cars in the run, with many being small, lightweight Austin 7 variants which managed to race up the hills, straight to the top, gaining maximum scores. As the surface warmed up, the damp hard ground gave way to a muddy surface, making progress up the hills much more challenging. Overall victory and the Harold Powell Plate went to Simon Price and his ‘bouncer’ Karen Davies. Driving a 1930 Ford Model A Special (No. 145) in the Short Wheelbase Modified December 2016

and Special class, they managed to achieve a perfect round total score of 385. Matthew Blake won the Inderwick cup in his 1922 GN Vitesse 2 Str (No. 117) with a final score of 326 for the Short © www.rallygallery.com Wheelbase Standard Cars. Finally 21 year old Hughie Walker making his Trial debut in the Novice Sean Bramhall comes to a halt in his Riley Tourer

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Class, driving 1930 Austin 7 (No. 1) powered by a 1923 ABC Scorpion 1200cc Flat Twin engine, was declared the winner of The Cotswold Cup with a score of 310. The long wheelbase cars were suffering under the muddy conditions as they reached the tests David Rushton MG M Type - Leap up and down with after the course had your wheels in the air been churned up by the earlier runners. John Higgs came out on top of the Long Wheelbase Modified and Special Cars

Duncan Pittaway - GN Anzani -

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Philip Parkinson - Riley 9 Special

class in his 1929 Morris Cowley (No 241) with a total score of 330. The Long Wheelbase Standard cars class was dominated © www.rallygallery.com by the Ford Model A with Mike Littlewood in his 1930 version (No. 207) winning the class with a total score of 330. Andrew Staples - Ford Model A

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Alexandra Milne-Taylor AJS 2 seater Sports gets airbourne

Mark Smith checks his burning rear tyre

Can Motorsport be any more fun than this? Rachael Williams’ Austin 7

December 2016

Robert Picot Ford Model A Peaks the ridge at Prescott

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