Classic and Competition Car 84 September 2017 by Simon Wright

September 2017

Issue 84

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

In this issue

Silverstone Classic

Dukeries Rally, Donington Park

British GT, Brands Hatch

British Hill Climb Championship Shelsley Walsh

Bentley Drivers Club, Silverstone

Our Team.

Contents

Simon Wright Editor Janet Wright. Staff Photographer.

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News.

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Silverstone Classic.

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Silverstone Auctions at the Silverstone Classic.

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VSCC Short Course Hill Climb, Prescott

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Wythall Carnival Classic Car Show

Independant Freelance contributors in this issue. Pete Austin. Syd Wall. Peter McFadyen David Goose & Stuart Yates of Motorsport-Imagery

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British GT Championship, Brands Hatch.

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Royal Automobile Club 1000 mile Trial

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Tewkesbury Classic Vehicle Festival.

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VSCC Formula Vintage Mallory Park.

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British Hill Climb Championship, Shelsley Walsh.

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Archive Photo of the Month

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Bentley Drivers Club race meeting, Silverstone.

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Rainworth Skoda Dukeries Rally, Donington Park.

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Dudley Classic Car Show.

Front Cover. Jon Minshaw and Phil Keens Lamborghini Huracan at the British GT Championship round at Brands Hatch © Motorsport- Imagery. Silverstone classic © Simon Wright. Dukeries Rally © Janet Wright British Hill Climb Championship © Syd Wall. Bentley Drivers Club © Simon Wright.

Vintage Sports Car Club meetings are always a pleasure to attend. The cars are a piece of motoring history and even the mechanics tend to wear period style overalls as they work on these valuable treasures that are still raced like they were built to perform. September 2017

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Editorial. In this issue we have a large report from the Silverstone Classic. This event is so big now, that you need more than one day to see everything taking place. The on track racing action covers every type of historic racing and the static displays on the infield would rival any classic car show in the World.

News

New Zealand Ace Jim Richards makes Silverstone debut. At the recent Silverstone Classic, one of the stars of the weekend was New Zealand top touring car driver Jim Richards who had come over to the event with the fabulous JPS black and Gold BMW 635. On Sunday morning Jim, aged 69, was still learning the Grand Prix circuit layout. The one thing he found unusual was having two sets of pits and having to remember if it was a sharp left or a kink left after the pits. He qualified 17th out of forty three cars in the JET Super Touring Car Trophy race. In the Saturday race he enjoyed a dice with the Rover Vitesse’s of Mike Wrigley and Steve Soper, to finish 20th overall and 5th in class. On Sunday he was again behind the Rover of Wrigley and finished 24th. Jim has spent most of his life racing in the Australian Touring car championship. he has won the Bathurst 1000 seven times and has four Australian Touring Car Championship titles under his belt. He was inducted into the Australian Motorsport Hall of Fame in 2015. September 2017

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Vauxhall now part of PSA. Vauxhall and Opel have been confirmed as part of the PSA group, which now becomes the second largest car grouip in Europe. Already consisting of Peugeot, Citroen and DS, with Vauxhall and Opel the group will have 17% market share The Vanquish Zagatos. The Vanquish Zagato range will see a maximum of just 325 cars built. The Speedster Speedster and Shooting Brake models join coupe and Volante to complete a quartet. Production will be split between 99 Coupes, 99 Volantes, 99 Shooting Shooting Brake Brakes and just 28 Speedsters. All four models are based on the Aston Martin Vanquish S. They all have the 600PS naturally aspirated V12 engine and the Touchtronic III transmission. All four designs are the result of a close collaboration with Aston Martin. September 2017

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Platoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 50th Pole. After a troubled season in 2017, without the results he would normally have expected, Jason Plato is starting to find the performance in his Adrian Flux Subaru Racing, Subaru. At the recent Knockhill meeting in Scotland. Jason claimed his 50th BTCC Pole position. Plato is already the most successful driver in the history of the BTCC in terms of race wins. On a damp but drying track, Plato used all that experience to grab pole position from his team mate Ash Sutton.

Hyundai ready to launch Fuel Cell SUV. Hyundai have previewed its next generation SUV hydrogen vehicle in Seoul, ahead of its launch early next year. This is their second commercially produced hydrogen model and uses the companies fourth generation hydrogen fuel cell technology. The SUV has an efficiency level of 60%, an increase of 9%, and has an estimated driving range of just under 500 miles on a single charge. The new vehicle shows the companies leadership in fuel cell based electric powertrain systems. Page 4

Infiniti reveals ‘Prototype 9’ at Pebble Beach Concours D’Elegance. From its beginnings as a simple design sketch, Prototype 9 reimagines what an Infiniti Grand Prix car of the 1940s would have been. Nissan Motor Corporation and premium brand Infiniti unveiled a sleek electric powered retro racer prototype at the 2017 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. The initial sketches drove the company to decide on building a prototype vehicle as as different departments became aware of the project, they all volunteered their time to create a working car. The car is powered by a prototype electric motor and battery from Nissan’s Advanced Powertrain Department. In contrast, the body September 2017

panels were hand beaten by a team of Takumi - Nissan Motor Corporation’s master craftspeople. The steel body panels are wrapped round a steel ladder frame. The design incorporates signatur e Infiniti design elements , such as a double arch grill and ‘shark gills’ just behind the front wheels. In keeping with the retro design, 19 inch centre locking wire spoke wheels are fitted with period cross ply competition tyres. The cockpit is fitted with black leather with red stitching, with Japanese flags stitched in to the integrated headrest of the single bucket seat. Prototype 9 is the first Infiniti vehicle to be powered by the new EV powertrain. A 30 kWh high voltage battery paired with a prototype electric motor which produces 120 kW (148 hp) driving the rear wheels via a single speed transmission. It has a top speed of 170 kph (105.6 mph) and a 0-62 mph time of 5.5 seconds. Under heavy track use, it has a range of 20 minutes. Page 5

The 1000 Biabero first appeared at the 1961 Turin Motorshow. Fitted with a 1 litre DOHC 4 cylinder in-line engine and disc brakes. It won its class it most races in 1961 and in 1962 it won outright the 500kms of the Nurburgring and gave Abarth the 1962 Manufacturers championship for Division 1 (Up to 1000cc). A new longer tail section to improve stability in 1963 gave them the title again for Division 1

A couple of unusual cars at the Silverstone Classic. There was a great entry for the Royal Automobile Club Tourist Trophy for Historic Cars Pre ’63 GT at the recent Silverstone Classic meeting. Two of the more unusual cars were the Abarth Bialbero driven by Tyzack and Jefferies and failed to finish and September 2017

the Fletcher Ogle SX1000 driven by Nicholas James which finished a creditable 31st overall and 4th in class. The original Ogle SX1000 was based on the Mini and was a fibre glass body shell fitted on to a base Mini. In late 1962 complete cars were available before David Ogle’s death in an SX1000 in 1962. Page 6

BTCC Heads for Silverstone with title still undecided. The British Touring Car Championship is having another exciting series with many drivers taking wins again in 2017. After the recent round in Knockhill in Scotland, Colin Turkington was heading the Championship as the teams headed for the Midlands, with rounds at Rockingham and the penultimate round of the championship at Silverstone on the 16th and 17th September 2017. At Knockhill, there were three different winners, with Plato finally breaking his 2017 duck with a win in race 1 with the Adrian Flux Subaru Motorsport Subaru Levorg from pole position. His team mate Ash Sutton took race two in the Subaru for his fifth victory of the season. The third race was won by Tom Ingram in the Speedworks Motorsport Toyota Avensis. © Simon Wright

A British World Champion Rally Co-Driver of the future? 12-year-old Merlin Horatio Stamper navigates 1,500 miles across the USA Everybody needs a break from work, and Bury St Edmunds-based farmer Angus Stamper’s preferred reward is classic car rallying, which is how he came to be driving his 1964 Mercedes 230 SL Pagoda on Bespoke Rallies’ recent Pan Am Classic event, that in turn led to his 12-year-old son Merlin possibly qualifying as the ‘World’s Youngest Rally Co-driver/Navigator’. Guinness World Records have been informed Bespoke Rallies director John Brigden takes up the story: “The 30-day action-packed event led contestants some 6,500 miles from the Atlantic to the Pacific via the byways of old America. For the last 1,500 (San Francisco to Seattle), Angus was accompanied by Merlin, who therefore assumed responsibility for the navigation, time-keeping and the related time cards onerous tasks for someone of any age, which he managed with aplomb and without getting his father lost in the wilderness of America’s great outdoors. “We were sufficiently impressed with his performance to see if this qualified him for an entry in the Guinness World Records and discovered that, while there is a record for the Oldest Co-driver/Navigator (New Zealander Dorothy Caldwell now aged 99), a category for Youngest Co-driver/ Navigator has yet to be created; a situation we are in the process of investigating.” Suitably excited by his first rally, Merlin, a pupil at Moreton Hall Prep School, now has aspirations of taking up the sport seriously. He has already learnt to drive on the family farm and can regularly be spied out and about the land aboard his own 1971 Range Rover Classic. Said Angus: “Considering his age, and the fact he was thrown in completely at the deep end, I would say he acquitted himself extremely well on the rally, and it would certainly be a feather in his cap if he were to get his name in the record books. Either way I’ve no doubt he’ll be back for more, and there’s every likelihood of his twin sister Grace having a go too.

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Silverstone Classic. 28th-30th July 2017. Silverstone. By Simon & Janet Wright with additional photos by Pete Austin. Additional material by Stuart Yates and David Goose of Motorsport Imagery

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Mark Higson March 761 leads a bunch through Becketts in the FIA Masters Historic Formula One race

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Single Seaters. There were two races for Formula Junior, the original beginners category. The Formula Junior drivers were racing for the © Pete Austin

Jaguar XJ220 25th Anniversary parade

The three day Silverstone Classic has got to be the largest historic motorsport festival in the World. Qualifying on Friday, followed by two days racing over the weekend, with over twenty races covering all aspects of motor racing. Add in various parades and demonstrations around the circuit, you can guarantee there is something for every motor sport enthusiast. There were demonstrations by the ex Nigel Mansell Williams Grand Prix car, Motor Cycle racing legends also did some demonstration laps, and among all the parade laps, were celebrations for the Jaguar XJ 200 and the largest gathering of McLaren road cars took to the circuit on Sunday.

Nick Yelloly - Williams FW14B Demonstration runs

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F Junior - Sam Wilson -Lotus 20-22

leads Andrew Hibberd - Lotus 22

Commander Yorke Trophy and both race 1 and race 6 were won by Sam Wilson in a Lotus 20/22. Andrew Hibberd in another Lotus 22 was 2nd in both races. © Pete Austin

F Junior - Westie Mitchell - De Tomaso 63

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The Pre 66 Grand Prix cars swarm round Luffield F Ford - Michael O'Brien - Merlyn

Mk20A

Formula Ford replaced Formula Junior as the beginner category, and held two races to celebrate its 50th anniversary. This also saw another double winner, Michael O’Brien in a Merlyn Mk20A took victories in both race 2 and race 13. On Saturday he beat Ed Thurston in an Elden Mk8, while on Sunday it was Callum Grant in another Merlyn Mk20A who took the runners up spot after a fantastic drive through the field after spinning out of the lead on the first lap at Brooklands. Former Grand Prix driver and current TV presenter Tiﬀ Needell started his career by winning a Lotus 69F in an © Pete Austin Autosport magazine competition. He has now purchased this car again and finished 12 th in race one and 15th in race two. Remaining with single seaters, F Ford - Tiff Needell - Lotus 69F

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there were two races for the Maserati Trophy for HGPCA Pre ’66 Grand Prix cars. These races had a massive fifty car field and race 8 saw Sam Wilson winning again in a Lotus 18 372 from Jon Fairley in a Brabham BT11/19. Race 20 on Sunday saw the top two swap positions with Fairley winning from Wilson. © Simon Wright

Rod Jolley lifts a wheel on his Cooper T45/51 in the HGPCA race on Sunday

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Katsuaki Kubota Tyrell 012 ahead of Gregory Thornton Lotus 77 In the Masters Historic Formula One race © Janet Wright

Ian Simmonds Tyrell 012 leads Joaquin FolchRusinol Brabham BT49C

Moving forward in time saw what for many was the high-light of the event, the FIA Masters Historic Formula One cars from the 1970s and Eighties. There was a large 30 car field, with plenty of variety, with Williams, Tyrrell, March and Arrows well represented, but also cars from Brabham, Lotus, Hesketh, Shadow, Surtees and Theodore. Race 7 on Saturday saw Nick Padmore take the win in his Williams FW07C after passing poleman and initial leader Jonathan Kennard in his Invitation

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class Arrows A3. Race 16 on Sunday saw Michael Lyons improve on his 3rd place in the first race, to take victory in his Williams FW07B ahead of Padmore who was 2nd in his Williams FW07C.

Class winner Jonathan Kennard Arrows A3

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Moving to Sports Cars, the earliest pre war cars were out in Race 5 on Saturday for the Kidston Trophy. Again a very large field for the forty minute race saw Gareth Burnett take a very close win in his Talbot 105 by just 0.162 of a second from the Frazer Nash driven by Wakeman and Blakeney-Edwards. Sunday saw the Royal Automobile Club Woodcote Trophy race for Pre ’56 Sports Cars as Race 15 on the programme. This time, the fifty minute race saw Wakeman and Blakeney-

Aston Martin DB3S of Muller U & A heads the Welch/Knight Austin Healey 100 in the Woodcote Trophy

Edwards win in a Cooper T38, well ahead of Smith and Ward in a Cooper Jaguar T33. Saturday and Race 3 was the Stirling Moss Trophy for Pre ’61 Sports Cars. This was a fifty minute race and saw Chris Ward in a Lister Costing take 1st place ahead of Rob Barﬀ in a Lotus 15.

Llewellyn O & T Bentley 4 1/2 in the Kidston Trophy

Trevor Swete Invicta S Type (31) passes Richard Bradley Aston Martin Ulster - Kidston Trophy

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Stirling Moss Trophy - Ernie Nagamatsu & Sean McClurg - Old Yeller MkII

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Minshaw/Hall Lola T70 Mk 3B passed by the similar car of Beighton/Hadfield © Janet Wright

The McLaren M6B of a & M Banks finished 7th overall and 4th in Class.

Back to Sunday for Race 19, the FIA Masters Historic Sports Cars race. This was another fifty minute race for Sports and GT cars from the sixties and early seventies. The field was split into various classes and the overall winner was Martin O’Connell in a Chevron B19, who was just ahead of class winners Garofall and Hall in a little Lola T212.

Flaming restart after spinning off, the Lola T70 Mk1 Spyder of Michiel Smits.

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Class winning Lola T292 of Ferrao/Stretton finished 2nd overall

The winning Lola T70 Mk3B of Gibson/Ward laps the class winning De Tomaso Pantera Page 13 of Pochciol/Hanson

Group C by Stuart Yates & David Goose of Motorsport Imagery. Another crowd favourite were the Group C cars. This year saw fewer entries than previous years, but still an awesome sight and sound around the full GP circuit at Silverstone. Friday qualifying and the cars were out on a dry track, unfortunately this would be the only dry running they would get, as both the Saturday and Sunday races were wet.

Steve Tandy took pole for both races in the Spice SE90 GTP. Talking to Steve prior to Start of Friday qualifying Saturdays race, I asked how efficient the wet tyres were, very good, he said, but with such a small field there were not enough cars to develop a dry line. As

Mike Wrigley Spice SE89C

race one got underway there was to be no “sunset” this year, rain and very dark from the start. Tandy would take the win 11.48 sec ahead of Mike Wrigley in a Spice SE89C, with Tony Sinclair third making it a Spice 1-2-3. Sunday, and it was another wet race and the grid reduced to 11 starters, this time Kriton Lendoudis would take victory in the Mercedes C11, a nice improvement from his fourth place on Saturday. This time Steve Tandy could only manage second step on the podium ahead of Philippe Scemama in another Spice SE89C in third.

Frank Lyons Gebhardt C91

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Kriton Landoudis in the Mercedes C11

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Hunt/Blakeney-Edwards AC Cobra leads the Lotus Elan of Perfetti/Rovelli and the Ferrari 250 GT of Lukas Halusa in the RAC Tourist Trophy race

The GT cars were also well represented with Race 14 on Sunday being the RAC Tourist Trophy for Pre ’63 GT cars. This was probably the largest field of the day with 56 cars taking to the grid. After fifty minutes of racing, the Aston Martin DP212 of Friedrichs and Hadfield were just over two seconds ahead of the AC Cobra of Hunt and Blakeney-Edwards. Saturday evening saw Race 11 for the Gallet International Trophy for Classic GT cars Pre ’66 take to the circuit in the dark. It was also raining,

which made it tricky for these powerful GT cars on the wet circuit. Oliver Bryant proved to be the master of the conditions, to win in an AC Cobra, just over a second ahead of Roger Wills in the Bizzarrini 5300 GT, with Andrew Haddon in another AC Cobra only a further 0.626 of a second behind in 3rd place.

Reliant Sabre Six of S & A Drabble RAC Tourist Trophy

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AC Cobra of Hanson/Pochciol in the Gallet International Trophy

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Patterson/Dunbar 3rd in class U2TC BMW 1800 Ti

John Burton leads Les Ely Jaguar E-Type in the Jaguar Classic Challenge

Sticking with the GT theme, there was a Jaguar Classic Challenge race on Sunday, Race 18. The majority of the field were driving the iconic Jaguar E-Type, though there was a DType, four XK150s, a single XK120, two Mk1 saloons and a single Mk2 saloon. Gary Pearson in the D-Type took a narrow win over the E-Type of G and James Dodd.

Last category were the Saloons. Saturday saw action from the Under 2 litre Touring cars, John Fitzpatrick Trophy. Watching the drivers through Becketts showed some real driving talent. The fifty minute race was won by Mark Sumpter in a Ford Lotus Cortina. He was over thirty eight seconds ahead of another Ford Lotus Cortina driven by Au and Am Perfetti. © Simon Wright

Eastwick/Jones Jaguar D Type in the Classic Jaguar Challenge

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U2TC winner Mark Sumpter Ford Lotus Cortina

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Winner Jet Super Tourers Jason Minshaw Volvo S40

The Jet Super Touring Car Trophy had a couple of races over the weekend. This race was for Super Tourers and Group A saloons and saw a special car arrive all the way from New Zealand. Jim Richards had arrived with the JPS BMW 635 “Black Beauty” as raced in the Australian Touring Cars series of the period. Race 9 on Saturday saw Jason Minshaw take the overall win in his Volvo S40 well ahead of older brother Jon Minshaw in the Audi A4. Jon was lucky to finish, after a first corner incident which took out James Dodd in his Honda Accord. Mark Wright took the Group A class in 11th position © Simon Wright

Mike Wrigley Rover Viesse leads Mark Wright Ford Sierra RS500

driving a Ford Sierra RS500. The second race was the last race of the meeting , Race 22. This time James Dodd in his Honda Accord managed to beat Jason Minshaw in the Volvo S40. Group A was won by Gianfranco Brancatelli in a Ford Sierra RS500 in 8th overall. © Janet Wright

New Zealander Jim Richards BMW 635 Jet Super Tourers

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Andy Dean Woods Audi 100 Jet Super Tourers

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Ant Anstead, Amy Williams & VIP guest Philip Glenister

Sunday and Jonathan Lewis leads Mike Jordan and James Colbern

Silverstone Classic Celebrity Trophy Race. By Stuart Yates and David Goose of Motorsport-Imagery. The celebrity race made a welcome return for 2017, with five teams, each © Motorsport-imagery being captained by a renowned racing driver. Three are former F1 aces – Mark Blundell, Martin Donnelly and Rupert Keegan – the other two are touring car heroes: Anthony Reid and Steve Soper. Qualifying was held during Saturday afternoon whilst it was blue skies and sun, but as the early evening race time approached it had turned to drizzle then rain making conditions difficult. Vassos Alexander having a moment

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After a brief red flag period and a safety car restart, it was the experienced captains that made it look easy in the Austin A30’s and A35’s. Victory going to Steve Soper ahead of Martin Donnelly and Mark Blundell. Former Motorcycling 500cc World Champion Wayne Gardner with a fine fourth place finish. At the end of the race, no matter who you spoke to, experienced drivers or the any of the celebrities, it was a resounding success, many saying they can’t wait to get back on track again. A few quotes from the drivers… Jason Kenny (9th) “That was brilliant! I got really nervous when it started raining, but that only made me enjoy it more. I just tried to keep all four wheels pointing in © Motorsport-imagery roughly the same direction. It was a great experience, especially given my position on the track just behind all the pros. I was trying to hang onto their coattails, which was really good fun.” Carl Froch MBE (16th) Howard Donald “To be honest, it was petrifying, but I’m really happy to have finished in 14th and moved up two places. After I saw the car in front of me go off, I decided to play it safe as these cars are not exactly forgiving, especially in Page 18

these conditions.” Amy Williams MBE (17th) “I loved it! That was the most amazing experience and I’ve really enjoyed learning a whole new skill. As far as the race was concerned, I think I was the Sunday driver at the back! I saw too many others spin in front of me to push too hard, particularly as I’d spun myself in qualifying. I really wanted to bring my car – who I’ve named Humphrey – home in one piece, so I was thrilled to finish with both of us intact. I would really love to do it again; I want to get better, faster and just be a mega racing driver.” Amy Williams MBE

The Sunday race was for the car owners and saw a very close race with Mike Jordan winning by 0.889 of a second from James Colburn and Jonathan Lewis only 0.002 of a second behind in 3rd. As it was a team © Motorsport-imagery event, all the drivers in each team scored points and the overall winning team were the TV Stars lead by Mark Blundell, with Theo Paphitis, and Tiﬀ Needell in the team. The winning Screen Stars Team L-R Tony Jardine, Vassos Alexander, Theo Paphitis, Mark Blundell (capt), Ant Anstead, Tiff Needell

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Car Clubs Display infield. There wasn’t an inch of spare space on the infield of the circuit and hundreds of car owners and dozens of car clubs had set up to display their classic Ferrari line up and special cars, in what must be one of the Worlds largest car shows. Some were local, some were national and amongst the masses of Ferrari’s, Aston Martins, Maserati and Lamborghini, were four immaculate Russian Volga saloons which had been driven over by their owners from St Petersburg in Russia. Italian cars were well represented with long lines of Ferrari sports cars lined up in the club racing outer paddock area, along with a nice selection of Lamborghini, Maserati and a few Alfa Romeos. The many Jaguar owners had a prime spot on

Four Volga saloons were driven from St Petersburg

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the infield bank overlooking the circuit from Copse down towards Becketts. Porsche occupied a large area behind the BRDC grandstand and the medical centre, while all kinds of American cars and hotrods filled the grass banks on the outside of Village. The last major area was behind Luﬃeld and the Wellington straight, which had Lancia, Mercedes, BMW, Lotus, Mazda, Triumph plus loads of other smaller clubs on view.

BMW M1

Plenty of Aston Martin;s on show

1975 Maserati Khamsin

Pontiac Trans Am

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A pair of Bristols

AC Ace

A pair of Lancia Flaminia saloons

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Silverstone Auctions at the Silverstone Classic by Simon & Janet Wright

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1991 BMW E30 M3 Ex Tim Harvey Sold £146,250

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Silverstone Auctions held two separate sales at this years Silverstone Classic meeting. The Auctions took place on the second floor of © Janet Wright the Silverstone 1985 Toyota Supra Group A Unsold Wing. The first sale on the 27th August 2017 was the Competition Car auction, which was held at 6:30pm. There was not a very big entry for the sale, with just twenty four cars up for auction. Star car of the sale was the ex-Barry Sheene 1985 Toyota Supra Group Touring Car, which he used in the British Touring car Championship. Unfortunately the car was not sold. Two other famous cars were the 1989 Labatt’s Ford Sierra RS500 and the 1991 Labatt’s BMW E30 M3 both driven by Tim Harvey in the British Touring Car Championship. The iconic Sierra did not sell, but the BMW went for £146,250. There were a couple of Formula 1 cars in the sale, but the stunning © Simon Wright 1989 Ford Sierra RS500 Unsold

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looking 1993 Sauber C12A is only an exhibition car with a dummy engine and gearbox, with many 1993 Sauber C12A exhibition car sold £16,875 hidden components not fitted. The car is for display purposes only and could not be converted into a running vehicle. It sold for £16,875. The other ex-Grand Prix car was a 1985 Toleman TG185 rolling Chassis. This car has no engine and various other parts, such as brake calipers, but could run again with a suitable power unit fitted. In period it was powered by the Hart engine. It has also been raced in the BOSS series with a DFV engine. It sold for £11,813. The © Simon Wright 1985 Toleman TG185 Rolling tub sold £11,813

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© Simon Wright highest price achieved at the sale was for a 1990 Lancia Delta HF Integrale Evolution works Group A rally car as driven by Juha Kankkunen. This is a genuine piece of WRC history and sold for £225,000. Rally cars sold quite well on the day with a 1966 Mini Cooper S Spec FIA HTP reaching £37,125 and a 2005 Fiat Lancia Delta Integrale sold £225,000 Abarth Punto Super 1600 ex-works rally car sold for £39,375. Another 1995 Mini Cooper Safari rally car also sold for £18,563. A museum quality Super Tourer 1997 BMW 320 (E36) STW built by McLaren sold for £92,250. Several classic cars failed to sell including the exRosemary Smith works 1967 Hillman Imp, a 1968 BMW 2002 TI which had won races in Italy in period and a 1976 March 763 Formula 3 car from the Italian seires as driven by Gimax.

The Classic car auction was held on the Saturday of the Classic. The highest price was achieved in the purchase of a 1972 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona for £551,250. Another Ferrari, a 1977 Dino 308 GT4 Ferrari Daytona failed to sell. In line sold for £551,250 with the Super Tourer race taking part on the track, a road going 1987 Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 sold for £114,750. One bargain was a 1991 Bentley Turbo R with only 27,189 miles on the clock sold for just £8,437. There were several Jaguar E-Type sports cars which didn’t sell, while several BMW 3.0 CSL saloons all sold, with the highest going for £137,250 while the cheapest went for £31,500.

1955 Mercedes Benz 190SL Sold £129,375 1963 Alfa Romeo Giulia 1600 Sprint Special did not sell

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1972 BMW 3.0 CSL sold £78,750

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VSCC Prescott Vintage Speed Hill Climb – 5/6th August 2017. By Pete Austin, with additional photos by Syd Wall.

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Ian Seymour-Smiths Mitchell Board Racer built at Racine, Wisconsin in 1916

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Paul Collis - Sunbeam Twin Cam Tourer Christopher Williams - Napier Bentley

The Vintage Sports Car Club held their annual visit to the Prescott Hill Climb on August 5th and 6th. This was the ‘short © Pete Austin course’ event with the ‘long course’ version being held as a separate event in September. The weather was mainly dry but there was a torrential downpour and Edmund Burgess - Bugatti Type 51

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thunderstorm during the practice runs on Saturday necessitating lunch being brought forward. Both Ian Baxter in his Alta and Nick Topliss (ERA R4D) achieved the fastest time of 41.44 seconds although Baxter took the © Syd Wall award as he achieved his time on the first competitive run. However, in the best tradition of sportsmanship in the VSCC Ian Baxter asked that the Nicolas Williams’ 1929 Salmson Special

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Greg Lerigo tries hard in the 1932 Riley Special

Mays Berthon Trophy, awarded exclusively at Prescott for the fastest time of the day, be awarded jointly between them. The Sam Clutton Memorial Trophy went to Andrew Howe-Davis in his Scat running in the Edwardian class. © Pete Austin

Yushan NG - GN Akela

As this venue is the home of the Bugatti Owners Club an important award was the Peter Hampton Tankard to Edmund Burgess in his Type 51. Fastest Vintage was Dr Robin Tuluie in his Riley Menasco Pirate with Charlie Martin being the fastest young driver in his Morgan Special. The Silver Con-Rod Trophy © Syd Wall

David Furnell - Austin 7 The Toy

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Clive Temple’s 1929 Riley Brooklands

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Jo Blakeney-Edwards - Frazer Nash Super Sports © Syd Wall

Terry Brewster’s 1937 Lagonda LG45

Nicholas Topliss - ERA R4D © Pete Austin

Robert Frankcom’s 1913 Talbot 25/50 throws up the dirt

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Ben Fidler - ERA AJM1

Tom Waterfield’s 1922 GN Special

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Matt Johnstons’s 1920 Salmson AF 2 seater Sports

was awarded to Paul Collis whose Sunbeam Twin Cam Tourer was deemed to be the best presented car to the scrutineers. Christopher Williams entertained the crowds as ever with his tyre smoking Napier Bentley, attending both days rather than sharing the event with the Bentley meeting being held at Silverstone. The full set of results can be found on the VSCC website www.vscc.co.uk

Ian Baxter - Alta 61 Single Seat © Pete Austin

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Paul Martin - Caesar Special

Dr David Pryke - Morgan-Riley

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Tim Harrison’s 1924 Hornet Racing Special

David Biggins - Daimler Mercedes Rennwagen © Pete Austin

Charlie Martin - Morgan Special

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Thomas Hardman’s superb 1935 MG Bellevue Special

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Wythall Carnival Classic Car Show Wythall Park, Sunday 13th August 2017. By Simon & Janet Wright

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built Minis and even a rare 1981 Austin Maxi 2 HLS 1750. The show was not just about Austin or even British Leyland cars, and Ford were also well represented with a pair of classic Ford Escort Mexico Mk 1 models in different shades of orange. The © Simon Wright

1937 Austin Eton based on the Austin 12/6

The annual Wythall Carnival Classic Car Show always attracts a great entry of interesting vehicles for what is essentially a local village show. Being on the outskirts of Birmingham, and situated between Longbridge and Solihull, it has a vast resource of former British Leyland workers still in the area, many of whom still own locally built classic cars. Many old Austin cars were on © Janet Wright show, ranging from the early Austin 7 and its bigger brother the Austin Six saloons, through some of the classic 1950s and 60s Austin Cambridge, A30/A35, A40 Farina, Austin 1300 and up to the iconic Birmingham September 2017

Ford Granda has been one of Ford’s more luxurious saloons and several were at the show including a rare 1971 Executive Estate car. Another rare Ford Estate at the show was based on the Ford Consul. © Janet Wright

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were enormous symbols of American pride. After this period, the saloons and sports cars became more reserved in appearance, whilst still retaining large, powerful engines. The next American car in the line up was described by Ralph Nader as “The Sporty Corvair - The one car accident”, a 1963 Chevrolet Corvair convertible. This was a car with an air cooled flat 6 2.3 litre engine fitted in the rear of the vehicle. It had a swing axle

There was an impressive collection of American cars in a corner of the show ground. The oldest was a 1938 Studebaker Commander, looking like a car from an old gangster movie. Moving forward in time there was a 1955 Oldsmobile. Now in two tone Red and White with the start of fins on the rear and © Simon Wright more chrome. There was a 1956 Plymouth Belevedere sports sedan, also two tone, this time pink and white, with larger fins at the rear and even more chrome. This was around the time that American saloons September 2017

suspension design which was prone to “tuck under” in certain circumstances. To counter the lack of a front anti-roll bar the tyre pressures required were outside the tyre manufacturers recommended tolerances. Most cars of the period had the same pressure front and rear. The Corvair needed 15 psi front and 26 psi (cold) rear or the car suffered dangerous oversteer. Although many were involved in accidents, the one at the show appeared to be in excellent condition. By the Page 32

time we have reached the 1968 Dodge Polara saloon, American cars were still big but far more reserved in design, beige in colour with very little chrome, but still sporting a 6.3 litre V8 © Simon Wright engine. Bringing the American automobile history up to date were a contrasting pair of blue Chevrolet

Corvettes. The 1977 Stingray with Targa T top and side exhausts also had the new 3 spoke steering wheel and was one of the last models to carry the Stingray logo on the body. The 2014 Corvette C7 looks a more © Janet Wright

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represented with a stunning scarlet 2015 Ferrari California T in the centre display, where the organisers tend to put the special cars. The California is powered by a new turbocharged 3.9 litre V8 engine which develops 553 hp. With a seven speed transmission the car can accelerate from 0-62 mph in just 3.6 seconds and reach a top speed of 196 mph. At the other end of the scale was a group of Volkswagens which looked like they were at the start of their restoration cycle. A couple of VW camper vans definitely needed some tlc, while opposite © Simon Wright them was another camper van that looked rusty all over but may have Page 33

been done up to look neglected as it was fitted with decent alloy wheels, Next to it was a VW Beach buggy and alongside that was a very smart 1990 VW Golf convertible. There were also cars representing Alfa Romeo, Saab, Lotus and Noble. © Simon Wright

1500 right up to a 2004 MG TF sports car. When you think how many Japanese cars are currently on the road, there were very few at the show, though one of the more unusual was a 1989 Nissan PAO. This retro designed three door hatchback looks like it has come from the early 1970s and features such retro designs as external door hinges like the original Mini, flap up windows like on the Citroen 2CV and a split rear tailgate like the original Austin 40 Farina Countryman. Its 1 litre engine produced 51 hp and had a fuel consumption figure of 79 mpg at a steady 37 mph.

Noble super car

Along one edge of the show field were several very large and impressive military vehicles, whilst at the opposite end was a line up of various MG cars, which beside the usual MG B sports cars also included a 1957 MG Magnette, a 1984 MG Metro, a 1949 MG Y Type saloon, a 1949 MG TD Mark © Simon Wright II, a 1954 MG TF September 2017

Nissan Pao

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Austin A30/35 Van and saloon

Chevrolet Bel Air

Austin Eaton

Ford Zephyr convertible © Janet Wright

Ford Consul 375 Farnham estate

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Saab 900SE 2.0 Turbo

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British GT Championship, Round 6, Brands Hatch By David Goose & Stuart Yates of Motorsport-Imagery

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Rick Parfitt Jnr and Seb Morris.

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Jon Minshaw and Phil Keen in the Demon Tweeks Lamborghini Huracan.

Seems like only yesterday that the British GT Championship for 2017 was launched by SRO at Snetterton, yet the penultimate round for the GT Cars has already been held at Brands Hatch. Realistically there were only two cars in contention for the GT3 title at the start of the weekend, despite the change in leadership as the cars left Brands Hatch it is still a two horse race. GT3 qualifying and practice was dominated by Jon Minshaw and Phil Keen in the Lamborghini Huracan, with championship rivals Rick Parfitt Jnr and Seb Morris only managing to put their Bentley in fifth place on the grid. In wet or dry conditions the September 2017

Lamborghini seemed to have the measure of the Kent circuit. The wet conditions on Saturday favoured the Lamborghini pairing, however the dry sunny weather for Sunday’s 2 hour race gave the advantage back to the Bentley duo of Parfitt and Morris. Jon Minshaw led from the start with the Sam Tordoff and Liam Griffin, Lamborghini Huracan. Lamborghini putting in some steady lap times but very quickly, the Macmillan AMR Aston Martin of James Littlejohn caught Minshaw. Whilst lapping slower GT4 cars, Minshaw was delayed by one of the GT4’s and Littlejohn pounced at Graham Hill Bend to take the © Motorsport-imagery lead. Rick Parfitt had spent the first few laps of the race in the Bentley using care to overtake Derek Johnston and Mark Farmer in their Astons and Liam Griffin in the second Lamborghini, before overtaking John Minshaw at what is rapidly becoming the Lamborghini drivers’ least favourite corner, Graham Hill Bend. With just over a quarter of the race completed, a safety car was deployed whilst Will Moore’s

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stricken GT4 was recovered, after the restart Littlejohn and Parfitt drove away from the pack, but when the leaders Aston suffered an ECU David Pattison and Joe Osborne's McLaren. failure and an early retirement, it was left to Rick Parfitt and then Seb Morris to bring the car home for their third victory of the season. Phil Keen brought the Lamborghini home in 2nd place with Jon Barnes in the TF Sport Aston Martin in 3rd place. A disappointed Phil Keen brought the other Lamborghini home in 5th place resulting in what had been a 12 point championship lead over the Bentley crew to a 10.5 point © Motorsport-imagery

TF Sport Aston Martin driven by Mark Farmer and Jon Barnes.

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Liam Griffin and Sam Tordoff, Lamborghini Huracan.

deficit heading into the final round in September at Donington Park. One final two hour race where 37.5 points are on offer will determine the 2017 champions, however Parfitt and Morris will have to overcome a 20 second success pit stop penalty if they are to win the race. The Bentley crew need only a finish in 1st or 2nd place to guarantee the top step, or to put it simply, they will be champions if they finish the race ahead of or immediately behind the Lamborghini of Jon Minshaw and Phil Keen. The GT4 qualifying was led by Will Moore and Matt Nicoll-Jones in the Academy Motorsports Aston Martin thanks mostly due to a brave choice of slick tyres early on a drying track. Unfortunately Moore suffered technical issues resulting in the cars retirement after a quarter of the race. Despite the retirement of the teams GT3 Aston, the MacMillan AMR GT4 car claimed its first ever GT4 victory with Jan Jonck and William Page 38

GT4 McLaren 570S Ciaran Haggerty and Sandy Mitchell

Phillips taking top step on the podium. This was however only after a thrilling race with the Tolman McLaren of Joe Osborne and David Pattison, David Pittard’s Lanan Racing Ginetta and Will Tregurtha (Ginetta) and Ciaran Haggerty (McLaren) to name but a few of the many fighting for GT4 honours. With only the final round at Donington Park to go, Stuart Middleton and Will Tregurtha hold a 25 point lead over second place Alex Reed and David Pittard and must be the favourites

to take the championship at the end of September. Donington Park will also see Nissan re-join the series with a GTR NISMO GT3 entered by JRM Racing competing at the top level for the first time since 2014. The car will be driven by 17 year old Charlie Fagg and 19 year old Ben Green, making them the youngest driver team on the grid. © Motorsport-imagery

University of Boltons Anna Walewska and Mike Simpson.

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Derek Johnston and Jonny Adam, MSW TF Sport Aston Martin.

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Brett Smith

Running alongside the GT’s, both the JCW Mini’s and the Formula 3’s both have an additional meeting before they join up again for the final round at Donington Park. Race one of the weekend for the Mini’s saw Rob Smith make a great start from pole with Brett Smith slotting into second place. However a five car pile-up at Surtees brought out a red flag and the race was restarted. The race was restarted and Rob Smith again made a © Motorsport-imagery great start but Brett Smith, suffered a poor get away and slotted into 4th place, fighting hard through the race to finish third under a safety car after Rebecca Jackson and Richard O’Dwyer beached their cars at Paddock. Race two for the Rob Smith in the Manic Motorsport Mini.

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Mini’s saw Brett Smith drawn in 2nd place on the grid alongside guest driver for the weekend Sarah Moore. The guest driver made a great start but after a mistake at Sheene Curve she © Motorsport-imagery settled into third place allowing Brett Smith to have a race long battle with ex Legends champion Lawrence Davey, but as hard as Davey tried he couldn’t get past the dominant Rob Smith. Brett Smith who claimed his fourth victory of the season and took another giant step towards this year’s title. Race one winner Rob Smith had a tussle with team mate Charlie Butler Henderson which led to a spin and Smith’s car ended up in the tyre wall. © Motorsport-imagery

Carlin's Cameron Das.

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promoted to top step on the podium when the initial race winner Toby Sowery failed scrutineering. Carlin Motorsport duo James Pull and Enaam Ahmed finished 2nd and 3rd. Race 3 saw Enaam Ahmed secure his tenth race victory of the season with an impressive pole position lights to flag victory and for Carlin Motorsport a 1-2-3 with Cameron Das in 2nd and James Pull in 3rd. Theoretically there are still six drivers with a mathematical chance of winning the 2017 title, but Enaam Ahmed holds a lead of 106 points over 2nd place James Pull, there are only six races remaining and a maximum of 190 points up for grabs the title must surely now be his to lose. ÂŠ Motorsport-imagery

Double race victor Enaam Ahmed.

The Formula 3 teams had a busy weekend, with three races over the two days. A rain affected race one was called a result after only 8 laps when the torrential rain caused chaos amongst the field. Enaam Ahmed already had 8 wins coming into the meeting and race one was looking like his next success, on lap 8 the rain fell and treacherous track conditions Cameron Das and the Fortec duo of Nicolai Kjaergaard and Ben Hingeley all victims of the gravel and barriers at Paddock Hill. The safety car was deployed but worsening conditions led to a much anticipated early red flag and race result being declared in favour of Ahmed in the Carlin Motorsport car. Second place went to fellow Carlin driver James Pull whilst Toby Sowery in the Lanan team car was third. Race two saw a new victor with Krishnaraaj Mahadik taking his maiden win. Initially crossing the line in second place, he was Toby Sowery

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Royal Automobile Club 1000 Mile Trial By Simon & Janet Wright.

Peter Lovett and Matthew Fowle Frazer Nash BMW 328 were fastest up Shelsley Walsh and finished 4th overall and first in class

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Paul and Kate Gregory Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 5th in class 26th overall

The fourth modern running of the Royal Automobile Club 1000 mile Trial is a recreation of the original 1,000 mile trial that took place in 1900. The event is for pre-war vehicles and covered 1,000 miles over a five day route that took in various tests and trials. This years event started at the Oakley Court Hotel on the banks of the river Thames. The © Janet Wright sixty cars headed out in bright sunshine for the first test at Wallingford, before heading to Bicester Heritage for a further three tests round the complex. There was great variety in the entry, though the most prolific marque was Bentley with a total of 26 cars out of the sixty car field. Crews had come from all around the World to take part,

with entries from the United States of America, Europe, Eastern Asia and Uganda. At the lunch break at Woburn Abbey it was Bill Cleyndert and Dan Harrison leading in their Bentley 3/4 1/2, Serge & Suzanne Chabbey Jaguar SS 100 7th class 47th overaall but it was tight at the top with the first five crews covered by just two seconds. Continuing northwards, three more tests saw the leaders drop three seconds in penalties and Stuart Anderson and Leigh Powley took the lead in their Bentley Derby 4 1/4. Rain greeted the competitors for day two as the teams left Stratford upon Avon, facing 216 miles, four regularities and four tests. At the Curborough sprint course Medcalf and Duncan had a great run only to clip a marker cone and a fence post with their Bentley, claiming a Deer had run in front of them, with a grin on his face. Darley Moor race circuit was also used for two tests, a mixture of tarmac and loose. Gareth Burnett and Tony Brookes in a Talbot 105 Alpine lost several seconds when he split at the wrong point on the circuit. After the lunch break at Chatsworth, the crews continued through the

Fred Gallagher and Neil Oatley Lancia Aprilia had problems at Shelsley Walsh. 6th in class 39th overall

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heavy rain before the overnight stop near Chester, where the order was still the same as yesterday with Anderson leading Cleyndert and Paul Crosby and Ali Proctor still in 3rd in their MG TB Supercharged. Day three got off to a bad start for over half the crews who took penalties on the first test of the day at Carden Park. Anderson and Powley were amongst those who fell foul of cone D, which seemed to cause Anderson/Powley Bentley Derby were 2nd most of the problems, which dropped them down the leader board. Crosby and Proctor were also in the wars with the MG not wanting to keep the supercharged belt in place. Some work over the lunch break saw them fix the problem. The afternoon regularity had a steep climb at the end, which saw Tomas de Vargas Machuca and Bert den Hartog’s Aston Martin run out of steam after a clean run. It cost them eight seconds. Anderson and Powley were the only crew to clean every control. The event was now heading south and stopped off at Shelsley Walsh for a test up the famous hill climb course. Peter Lovett and Matt Fowle in their Frazer Nash BMW 328 set the fastest time up the hill, beating Burnett and Brooks © Simon Wright

Urs and Maxime Mezger Lagonda M45 Rapide 3rd in class 22nd overall

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Jonathan Procter & James Haithwaite Frazer Nash TT Rep 2nd in class 14th Overall

Talbot by just one second. The overnight halt was at Chepstow. Traffic had a big effect on day 4 as Cleyndert and Harrison were delayed by six tractors which meant they had to play their Joker to reduce a 33 second penalty down to 5 seconds. As they headed back in to England and across the south towards lunch at Sherborne Castle in Dorset, there were two regularities and three driving tests. On one regularity, named Badminton, Stephen Owens and Niall Frost in their Jaguar SS100 were held up by a horse and rider, costing them 20 seconds in penalties. There were also three tests at the Castle Combe racing circuit were some stunning performances came from Crosby and Proctor in their MG, Andy Lane and Richard Crozier in their Morgan 4-4 Series 1, and Lovett and Fowle in their Frazer Nash BMW. On the second regularity of the day, Cleyndert and Harrison brought a 2 minute 35 seconds deficit back to just 33 seconds. The Joker was played and this gave them 28 seconds back. The best crew on the regularities for the morning were Page 44

promoted Crosby and Procter in to the lead in their MG. They managed to maintain their lead to the end, winning as the event finished at the RAC headquarters at Woodcote Park. Anderson and Powley were 2nd in the Bentley while Cleyndert and Harrison were 3rd in their Bentley. Lovett and Fowle were 4th overall, winning their class. Sue Shoosmith and Trina Harley were 5th in another Bentley 3/4 1/2 to win their class. Lane and Crozier in the Morgan was 7th overall to win their class, followed by

Schaefer/Huebner Talbot AV 105 3rd in class 17th overall

Duncan Wiltshire & Robert Crofton Bentley 3 litre class winners 10th overall

Bent and Martin Jacobsen in their Alvis Speed 20 SC who only incurred 4 seconds in penalties on this section. One crew out were Serge and Suzanne Chabbey who broke the exhaust manifold on their Jaguar SS100 and could go no further on the day as the car was too loud to carry on. The final day started at Winchester with only 140 miles remaining. Heavy traffic would have a deciding factor on the event. There were four regularities and three tests left to complete before the finish. In the first regularity, Cleynderf and Harrison were struggling with a hairpin and dropped back to 3rd place. Anderson and Powley were going well in 2nd, which September 2017

1000 mile Trial winners Paul Crosby and Ali Procter MG TB Surpercharged

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Burnett and Brooks in the Talbot in 8th, winning their class. The other class winners were Duncan Wiltshire and Robert Crofton in another Bentley 3 litre, Gerd Antonius Buehler and James Ewing in a Lagonda LG45 Tourer, and finally Graham and Martina Goodwin in their Bentley Super Sports.

Brian & Harvey Scowcroft Chevrolet Fangio Coupe 7th in class 40th overall

Burnett/Brooks Talbot 105 Alpine 1st in class 8th overall © Janet Wright

Atkin/Wade Talbot 75 5th in class, 25th overall © Janet Wright

Cussons/Knight Bentley 4 1/2 2nd in class 24th overall © Janet Wright

Even the officials were in period costume

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3rd overall Cleyndert & Harrison Bentley 3/4 1/4

Lens Boswijk/Ge Steensma Riley 9 Gamecock 7th class 41st overall

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Tewkesbury Classic Vehicle Festival 20th August 2017 By Peter McFadyen

Alvis TB21 Drophead Coupé

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Having begun life as Bredon Vintage and Classic Car Rally in 2008 and rapidly outgrown its cricket ground venue, this increasingly popular event moved a short distance to the 54 acres of Tewkesbury School’s playing fields in 2011. Organised by the Rotary Club of Tewkesbury it is basically a charity fund-raiser with the Midlands Air Ambulance as its primary beneficiary, © Peter McFadyen their helicopter being on call but stationed at the event for the day. Last year, they had a quiet day but this time were called out to a ‘shout’, returning mid-afternoon.

Cheltenham runner up Beth Foster, who is also an Ambassador the Midlands Air Ambulance, were on hand for the opening ceremony. © Peter McFadyen

The persistent rains of 2015 and resultant waterlogged state of the ground led to cancellation that year but, since then, the show has returned bigger and stronger than ever. The organisers counted well over 900 cars and 200 motor bikes of all ages on display and estimated visitor numbers at more than 4800. As well as the vehicles there were 120 traders’ stalls and live entertainment, notably by the Haywood Sisters with their 1940s and 50s songs providing an appropriate soundtrack. This year they were joined by the Gloucester Strings ‘Ukulele Experience’. Local celebrity racing driver Barrie Williams and Miss September 2017

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There cannot be many Edsel Rangers in existence, the marque introduced by Ford’s LincolnMercury Division in 1958 to fill what turned out to be a nonexistent gap in the market between the Ford and Mercury lines had been closed down by 1960. The unusual ‘horse collar’ radiator grille was a prominent feature of the Edsel range. The many motorcycles on display included these from the Norton Owners Club.

There was displayed a 1937 MG SA Sports Saloon with its 2,322cc six-cylinder OHV engine has been extensively restored since 2011 by its

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present owner. When new, it would have cost £375 and standard equipment included the ‘Jackall’ system which could raise all four wheels off the ground, sunroof and full leather interior.

The President of the Rotary Club of Tewksbury opens the show with Beth Foster and Barrie Williams. © Peter McFadyen

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Imposing 1904 Mors 24/32hp ‘Roi des Belges’ has a 5.5 litre 4cylinder engine said to give it a maximum speed of 50mph. It is a veteran of many London-Brighton Runs as early as 1938.

A group of Ford Consuls and Corsairs nicely lined up together

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This immaculately restored Vauxhall Velox attracted many admiring glances. Scattered on the rear parcel shelf were contemporary items including packets of ‘Wild Woodbine’ cigarettes, books of Green Shield stamps – remember those? – and even a Dansette portable radio.

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Left -The fibreglass monocoque Berkeley sports car has a 3-cylinder, 492cc Anzani power unit. Bottom - Dotted around the

showground were several cars being offered for sale by their owners such as this 1958 1300cc Simca Aronde 90A fitted with a 5-bearing crank power unit from the later P60 model and said to be one of only three roadworthy examples of the 90A in the UK. Offered with a ‘voluntary’ MoT to July 2018, the asking price was £4,500.

Mini Cooper 35 LE. Celebrating 35 years of the Mini Cooper in 1996, only 200 examples of the 35 LE were made for the UK but this is one of the 1500 which went to Japan. Not only does it have factory-fitted ‘sportspack’ wheel arches, and 7x13 alloy wheels, it also boasts air conditioning and automatic transmission.

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Many new ‘classics’ joined their older brethren such as this Ferrari 458

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Above and Page 49. Only 31 examples of the Alvis TB21 Drophead Coupé were made and this one has been in the same family since 1952 when it was new. Coachwork was by A.P. Metalcraft of Coventry and it has a 6-cylinder, 3-litre engine.

Above: Built by Armstrong Siddeley using the name Stoneleigh to avoid association with its more up-market mainstream products, this 1-litre V-Twin powered 3-seater spent many years stored in Leeds before being acquired by its present Gloucestershire owner. The driver sits alone in the front with the two passengers in the back.

Below: Hudson and Packard One-Twenty roadsters.

Owned from new by Barrie ‘Whizzo’ Williams with only a couple of ‘temporary guardians’ in the meantime, this 1963 Mini Cooper ‘S’ won the 1964 Welsh Rally among its other successes. Next to it is the MGA regularly seen competing at Prescott and elsewhere in the hands of Ted Elwes who is very much involved with the organisation and promotion of the Tewkesbury Classic © Peter McFadyen Vehicle Festival.

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VSCC Formula Vintage Round 4, Mallory Park. 12th August 2017. By Simon & Janet Wright, with additional photos by Pete Austin

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Tony Lees AC/GN Cognac leads Dougal Cawley GN Ford Piglet (6) and Tom Waterfield GN Special in race

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Christian Pederson Austin 7 Special won the firstScratch race of the day

The latest round of the Vintage Sports Car Club’s Formula Vintage series took place at the Mallory Park circuit in Leicestershire, for the Bob Gerard Memorial Trophy meeting. The circuit is not very long at only 1.35 miles, but is set in a natural basin surrounding two lakes, and oﬀers views over most of the circuit from any of the spectator banks. The oval circuit does have a dog leg feature at one end which leads to the tightest 180 degree hairpin on a racing circuit in the UK. It also oﬀers very close spectating with unrestricted views around the entire track, making it very popular with spectators. September 2017

There were over © Simon Wright 120 competitors for the twelve race program which also featured a unique event in the VSCC Calendar. The Edwardian race is the only one of it’s kind in 2 wheeling in practice - Reynolds and Derbyshire 1933 Super the World, and Sport Jap Morgan 3 wheeler always attracts a large grid of Pre-1918 machinery, with most of the cars well over 100 years old. Unusually, the first race was before lunch and before qualifying had even finished. It was a scratch race for pre-war cars (VSCC Set 5). It was the little yellow Austin 7 Special race car of Christian Pedersen who won after a close battle with Mike Painter in his MG Kayne who had lead initially. Michael James was first past the flag in his Riley 12/4 TT Sprite Rep but was given a 10 second penalty which dropped him back to 3rd overall. After this race the invited Morgan three Wheelers had © Janet Wright their qualifying session before the lunch break, then straight after lunch they had their 10 lap race. The Morgan three wheelers run under Motorcycle rules and carry a passenger (like a motorcycle sidecar combo) or ballast. They also used the motorbike track layout with the additional chicanes. Hamish Bibby and Mia Weston took the early lead in their 1933 Morgan 8/80 but it was Bill and Maggie Tuer who came through to win in

Alan Harpley Avon/Alvis special was the only DNF in race 1

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their 1932 Morgan 3 wheeler Jap 8/80, with Bibby 2nd. The other class winners were Nicholas Clegg and Annette Grey in their 1934 F2 Ford E93A in the Touring Modified Class and Austin Smith and Julia Perry in their 2013 S&S M3W in the 5Speeder Class. Walker Amilcar Hispano Special and Gillett Frazer Nash Super Sport battled hard for the lead of Race 3

One of the biggest disappointments was that Duncan Pittaway and the 1911 Beast of Turin was not able to take part in the race, though the vehicle was on display in the paddock and did manage to do a few passenger runs round the paddock. The oldest car in the race was 1903 The Beast of Turin only made it round the paddock Mercedes 60HP driven by Ben Collings, who was classified 12th a lap down. The winner of the Dick Baddiley Memorial Trophy was Roger Twelvetrees in his 1910/1911 Wolseley 16/20. The

Race 3 was for Vintage Racing Cars (VSCC Set 1). Charles Gillett made the early running in his Frazer Nash Super Sport but he could not hold back Tom Walker in his Amilcar Hispano Special who won by just 1.7 seconds from Gillett. Race 4 for the Standard & Modified Pre-war cars (VSCC Set 3) saw Mark Brett run oﬀ from the start in the Ballamy Ford (LMB) V8 Special but Tim Kneller soon took the lead in his Riley TT Sprite to win the Mallory Mug, chased hard all the way to the chequered flag by Sue Darbyshire in her Morgan Super Aero three wheeler. She finished just 0.56 of a second behind. Next on track was the highly anticipated Edwardian handicap race for the Dick Baddiley and Edwardian Racing Trophies. © Janet Wright

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Mark Brett in the Bellamy Ford (LMB) V8 special leads off race 4

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Mike Painter MG Kayne (23) laps Andrew Croysdill Riley 12/4 in Race 6 Roger Twelvetrees Wolseley 16/20 won the Edwardian Handicap . eace

Scat Racer driven by Andrew Howe-Davies was 2nd and 3rd place went to Rob Hubbard in a 1911 Sunbeam, which was similar to the car that Dick Baddiley drove in the first Edwardian race at Mallory Park in 1991. © Simon Wright

John Brydon CGV Sports finished 15th in the Edwardian Handicap race

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Race 6 was a Scratch race for pre-war cars (VSCC Set 5). Julian Grimwade was a convincing winner in his 1934 Frazer Nash Single Seat. Chasing him hard through the race was Rodney Weber in his 1934 Wolseley Hornet Special. There was only a small entry for the FJHRA/HSCC Silverline Historic Formula Junior race, as most of the regular competitors were racing at the Oldtimer meeting at the Nurburgring. William Grimshaw took the early lead but the race was red flagged and restarted. Peter De La Roche was a clear winner the John Taylor Memorial Trophy in his 1959 Lola Mk2. Tony Pearson won class A in his Bandini FJ and Hans Ciers took class H in his © Janet Wright Mallock Mk3.

William Grimshaw Moorland Mk 1 leads the first Formula Junior race

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Richard Iliffe Riley Elf 32 passes Robert Middleton Aston Martin Speed Red to win the Handicap race for Pre-War cars , Race 8

Race 8 was a Handicap race for pre-war cars (VSCC set 6) and was won by Richard Iliﬀe in his 1934 Riley Elf, who beat Julian Grimwade in the Frazer Nash Single Seat by over 3 seconds. Race 9 was the title race of the meeting, the Bob Gerard Memorial Trophy race for Pre-1961 Racing Cars (VSCC Set 2). © Pete Austin

Battle for the Bob Gerard Trophy race with Ricketts Alta 2 litre beating Russell Cooper Bristol Mk II

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It was a fantastic race with Duncan Ricketts in the Alta 2 litre fighting oﬀ the Cooper Bristol Mk II of Steve Russell for lap after lap. The Alta would pull away through Devils elbow and round Gerrards on the fast part of the circuit, but the Cooper would close up through the esses and into the hairpin, but could never quite get alongside the Alta which won by just 0.73 of a second. Russell was the first post-war car and won the Robert Ashley Trophy. The first unsupercharged pre-war car and winner on handicap was Rupert Mann in the Riley Special.

Swan Lake with Andy Cawley in the Frazer Nash Super Sport in support role

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Stuart Wright lifts a wheel at the hairpin in his Cooper Mk 11 in the F3 500 race

George Parkinson Austin AD Tourer through the esses to win Race 10 on handicap

Race 10 was another handicap race, this time for Pre-War cars (VSCC Set 6) which saw a convincing victory for the Burghley Trophy by George Parkinson in his Austin AD Tourer by over 30 seconds from Mike Painter in the MG Kayne. Race 11 was the final invitation race of the day for the 500 © Pete Austin

Xavier Kingsland - Staride Mk3 F3 (500)

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Owners Association race for Formula 3 (500) racing cars. Although Cooper was the dominant marque by numbers in this race, with eight of the thirteen cars being a Cooper of one type or another, they could not win the race. That honour went to Xavier Kingsland in his Staride Mk3 who beat Darrell Woods Cooper Mk12 by just 0.83 of a second after 15 laps. The final race of the day was a Special Pre-War sports cars © Pete Austin (VSCC Set 4) race which saw Edward Williams win the Mallory Park Trophy in his Frazer Nash Super Sports from Patrick BlakeneyEdwards in a similar Frazer Nash Super Sports. Edward Williams Frazer Nash Super Sports won the last race of the day

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Julian Grimwade Frazer Nash Single Seat leads Rodney Seber Wolseley Hornet Special

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The re-start of the Formula Junior race with Mike Fowler Gemini Mk II leading the midfield bunch

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British Hill Climb Championship 70th Anniversary. Shelsley Walsh By Syd Wall

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The start of the Champions parade

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Keith Bristow’s immaculate F2 Ralt-BMW RT1

The organisers pulled out all the stops to attract a galaxy of hillclimb stars to the 70th Anniversary celebrations of the British Hillclimb Championships at Shelsley Walsh, with champions who have won 36 of the last 40 titles! Coming into a tough weekend with two championship run-offs on each day, Trevor Willis lead the standings from Richard Spedding and Wallace Menzies. Will Hall endured a torrid Saturday. In the first run-off, his front wing came off and he he ran over it just before the finish line. Despite crossing the line at just 78mph (and to give you some idea of what that should have cost him, Wallace Menzies recorded 158mph on one run, a Shelsley record), he still got 5th place on round 23.

After getting second spot on round 24, packing in one of his silencers caught fire in the top paddock! Will must have wondered what problems Sunday had in store. He shouldn't have worried. Despite a small gearbox issue, the car and it’s potential 700hp took him to 4th on round 25, recorded a 23s run on the second class run despite the biggest sideways moment of the day at the bottom S and finally, after trying since 2008, took his maiden win on round 26. It was a great weekend for Wallace Menzies too. His stunning 158mph record brought one of his two Saturday wins, three in a row following his recent Wiscombe win. Richard Spedding’s three in a row earlier this season had taken him to second spot in the title standings but Wallace’s wins and 2nd and 3rd on Sunday with Richard only managing 6th, two 7ths and 8th dropped him to third, with Wallace up to second spot. Scott Moran’s business has kept him away from the last 6 rounds, but he

David Bickley’s Sylva Phoenix - you don’t have to slow down if you hit the scenery

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Will Hallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s big sideways moment on his winning class run

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1969 & 1971 Championship winning Hepworth-Oldsmobile 4WD of David Hepworth

Martyn Griffiths Champion 1986 and 1987 Pilbeam Hart MP53

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1989 Hill Climb Championship winning Roman-Hart IVH of Ray Rowan

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The last time Trevor WIllis will do this at Shelsley - no more wheel spinning from 2018

made the effort to come out for the 70th anniversary rounds. No rustiness here though with Scott maintaining his 6th place overall with a win, two 2nds and a third. We haven’t mentioned series leader Trevor Willis yet. He kept top spot at the end of the weekend with 3rds and 4ths, scoring 30 points to reduce his lead, but he’s still 35 points ahead of Wallace Menzies. © Syd Wall

Steve Darley smashed the class record by over 2 seconds, lowering it on every run

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Sean Gould’s stealthy all black Gould GR59

Alex Summers had a drive shaft failure on round 23 but three 5th spots kept him 4th overall. Jason Mourant and Sean Gould lie 7th and 9th, each with four top 10 placings over the weekend. 8th and 10th lie Dave Uren and Ed Hollier, both with tales of woe. Dave hasn’t finished repairs to his Gould, damaged in the big Val © Syd Wall des Terres accident and Ed had a massive accident on Saturday which will keep his Empire Evo on the sidelines for some time. Former Champion David Franklin in a Ferrari

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1985 Championship winning Gould-Hart 84/2 of Chris Cramer.

Graham Wynn Gould GR55

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Charles Wardle Champion 1988 in a Pilbeam MP43 sportscar

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Current Hill Climb Champion 2016 and 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, and 2014. Scott Moran Gould GR61X NME

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Archive Photo of the month. By Pete Austin.

What is the connection between this photograph and Frank Williams? Dave Brodie is a good friend of Frank Williams and features with his memories and (often amusing) anecdotes in the new film 'Williams' released last month. Brodie is shown here at Crystal Palace in 1970 with his famous 'Run Baby Run' Ford Escort Mk1.

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Bentley Drivers Club Silverstone Race Meeting. Saturday 5th August 2017.

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By Simon & Janet Wright.

Jock Macinnon Bentley 3 litre tourer leads a mid-field pack round Luffield in the Bentley Pre 1966 Post 1966 & Pre-war challenge,

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Craig Hamilton Smith Morgan +4 Baby Doll leads a train round Luffield

1955 Bentley Continental

A sunny day greeted the Bentley Drivers Club members as they arrived at Silverstone for their annual race meeting at the beginning of August. This was the clubs yearly social event as well as a race meeting and the paddock was full of Bentley’s covering most of the marques history. After morning qualifying, during the lunch break, hundreds of members took their © Janet Wright Bentleys on to the track for several parade laps. After lunch it was time for racing and the first event of the day was for the AR Motorsport Impressive lineup in the paddock September 2017

Morgan Challenge. Oliver Bryant dominated the first race, with pole position and a win. Keith Ahlers took 2nd place and Russell Paterson was 3rd, all driving the Morgan +8. They had another race later in the afternoon and this time Ahlers got the win from Bryant, and Paterson a distant 3rd. © Janet Wright

Elliot Paterson Morgan ARVG 4th in both Aero Racing Morgan Challenge races

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The second race of the afternoon was a forty minute aﬀair for the Equipe GTS series. With a large entry of thirty seven cars, Tom Smith dominated the race from pole position to victory in his MGB Roadster. He was over forty two seconds clear of Robi Bernberg 3rd in his TVR Grantura III in the Equipe GTS a pair of TVR Grantura II cars driven by Rob Cull and Robi Bernberg. The other class winners were Brian Arculus in the Lotus Elite in 5th, © Simon Wright David Allen in a Triumph TR4, Andrew and Houlbrook in an Elva Courier and Paul Kennelly in an Austin Healey 100. Now it was time for the Tom Smith 3 wheeling to victory in his MGB Roadster in Equipe

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first Bentley race of the day, a Scratch race for Pre 1966 & Pre War team challenge cars. This allowed a few vintage cars in to the field from Riley, Alvis and Delahaye, but the majority of the entry were Bentleys. Michael Higginbotham was fastest in © Simon Wright

Higginbothan and Forty in their Bentley Mk VI Specials

qualifying in his Bentley Mk VI Special, just over half a second faster than Simon Worthington in the much newer Bentley Turbo R. It was Worthington who grabbed the lead and stayed in front for the whole race winning by over 6 seconds from Higginbothan, with them both winning their respective classes. © Janet Wright

Winner Simon Worthington Bentley Turbo R

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Roger Daniel in an MG A and Mark Campbell in an Aston Martin DB2. There was an unfortunate accident near the end of the race when Paul Ziller lost a rear wheel oﬀ his Triumph TR2 as it entered Luﬃeld at high speed. The Car rolled on to its roof and slid and rotated in to the gravel. It © Simon Wright happened right in front of 3rd placed Ellis who had to drive through the gravel to avoid the upside down spinning car. The marshals soon got Ziller out of the car and the race continued under yellow flags.

Woolmer/Abecassis Austin Healey 100/4 won the FISCAR race

The Fifties Sports Car Racing Series (FISCAR) saw Woolmer and Abecassis on pole position in an Austin Healey 100/4, ahead of the unusual Lister Flat Iron of Stephen Bond. The Lister took the inital lead before the Austin Healey got passed and fought to stay there. At the end of the forty minute race Woolmer and Abecassis won by just 0.389 of a second from Bond. They were over forty seconds ahead of 3rd placed finisher Robin Ellis in his Lotus Elite S2. The first three all winning their respective classes. The other class winners were King and Cottingham in the AC Ace Bristol, Matthew Holme in the Alfa Romeo 1900 CSS Touring and Keith Hampson in a Sunbeam Alpine Le Mans. The other three class winners were Alan House in a Morgan +4, © Simon Wright

Bond in the Lister Flat Iron fighting with Paul Kennelly Austin Healey 100/M

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Paul Ziller goes for a spin after loosing a wheel in his Triumph TR2

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Mitton’s Elan chased by the Jaguar D Type of Ben Eastick

Back to a mixture for the fifth race, the Allcomers Handicap race. John Taylor was on pole in the Crossle 95 sports racing car and led the race from start to finish. He beat the Porsche 911RS of Josh Sadler, who was in a race long battle with Graham Booth in a Caterham 7 Superlight. There was an interesting mix in the race with a pair of Mallock clubman cars, a Jaguar D Type and even an enormous Ford Galaxie classic American saloon. Next out were the Bic Healey Trophy and MG,

Martin Stowe MG A leads Philip St Clair Tisdall Morgan +4SS towards Becketts

Cawthorn was 3rd in his MG A. The first two both won their classes. The other class winner was Bernberg in 7th driving the Cooper in the Invitation class. © Janet Wright

Gordon Elwell Austin Healey Sebring Sprite battles with Neil Cameron Austin Healey Arkley Sprite in the Bic Healey Trophy

Back to Bentley action with the Bentley Handicap race. Ben Eastick showed the pace of the impressive Bentley T Type single seater in qualifying, beating Paul Forty in a Bentley Mk VI Special to pole position by 0.485 of a second. However for the

Alan Davenport in the Mallock Mk 18 dicing with Malcolm Mitton in his Lotus Elan

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Ben Eastick Bentley T Type leads Robert Gate Bentley Mk VI in the Handicap race

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Allcomer race winner Steven Dickens Mallock Mk 29

Eastick Bentley T Type leads Paul Forty Bentley Bentley Mk VI Special

handicap race it was Bert Degenaar who won in a Bentley 3/4 1/2 with a margin of just 0.966 of a second over the much faster and much more modern Bentley Mk IV Special driven by Stuart Worthington. Duncan Wiltshire finished 3rd in his Bentley 3 litre, with all the first three winning their class. The other class winner in the race was Gerard McCosh in another Bentley Mk VI Special S2. Eastick only

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managed 6th at the finish. The Allcomers scratch race and Bentley Race for Post 66 cars saw no Bentleys entered. Steven Dickens in the Clubman Mallock Mk29 was the only one under a minute round the national circuit and over six seconds faster than John Taylor in the Crossle 9S. The faster pace of the Mallock meant that after 15 laps, he had pulled out almost a 30 second lead from 2nd placed Taylor. © Janet Wright

Colin Jones MG A heads for Becketts

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Simon Orebi Gann spins his Morgan ARV6 out of Brooklands

David Hughes Ford Sierra Cosworth had problems in the Allcomers Handicap race

Guy Northam Bentley 4 1/2 litre

You can take Brooklands 3 abreast as Asher Smith Robson Austin Healey Sebring Sprite puts the squeeze on Simon Milner MGB Roadster in the Equipe GTS race.

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Bentley Lunch time parade

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The Rainworth Skoda Dukeries Rally Donington Park. Sunday 20th August 2017. By Simon & Janet Wright

Showing signs of battle damage after hitting a chicane, the Skoda Fabia S2000 of Simon Beckett and Jack Atherton retired due to unwell driver.

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Snatching victory on the last stage. Graeme Bell & Russ Radford Proton Satria Neo

For the 58th consecutive running of the Dukeries Rally, the Dukeries Motor Club returned to Donington Park for its third time in a row, at the circuit. The event was contested over 8 special stages based round the racing circuit layout, totalling 58 miles of competitive rallying. The rally used the circuit in different layouts, with the cars running the circuit in both directions. The entirely tarmac rally also made use of the Grand prix circuit’s Melbourne loop, the tarmac ‘lake’ behind Redgate corner and even the

historic heritage loop used in the original pre war Grand Prix circuit.Rainworth Skoda contined their 14 year sponsorship of the rally which had attracted a full eighty car entry. These included classic rally cars like the Ford Escort and Austin Mini as well as the latest rally contenders like the Ford Fiesta, Subarus and Mitsubishi Evo. The rally is a round of several rally championships, including the MAXXIS MSA English Rally Championship, the Alexander Calder Financial EMAMC Stage Rally Championship, the Roadrunner Phoenix Awards ANEMMC Stage Rally Championship, the Heart of England Rally Championship and the Dukeries Motor Club Rally Championship. The entry is split in to 5 seperate classes, allowing all competitios a chance to win against similar performance cars. The classes are 1 - Up to and including 1400cc. 2 - Over 1400cc up to and including 1600cc. 3 - Over 1600cc up to and including 2000cc. 4 - 2 wheel drive cars over 2000 cc and 5 - 4 wheel drive cars over 2000cc. Cars with forced induction (Turbocharged or Supercharged) and rotary engines are subject to an additional capacity ratio of 1 to 1.7. The entry is seeded by performance and car number 1 is the Ford Escort Mk 2 2.5 litre driven by Ian Woodhouse and Jason © Janet Wright

John and Laura Cooledge Ford Anglia 105E (43rd 13th in class) just ahead of Adrian Warrant/Clare Law BMW Compact (24th 13th in class)

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Leaf. As two times winners of the Donington Rally in March 2016 and 2017 and current MSN Champion, they started favourites for this event. It was a lovely sunny day as the event got started on the heritage loop, then round the ‘tarmac lake’ before joining the circuit at Redgate corner for 3 laps in the clockwise direction, going round a tyre barrier at Fogarty Ian Woodhouse/Jason LeafFord Escort Mk2 only managed 5th, 2nd in class after a penalty chicane on to the top of the Melbourne loop before turning right and down through the Grand Prix circuit There was a good turn out of spectators to watch the rally cars © Janet Wright pit lane entrance, in action, with plenty of good vantage points all around the then turning right circuit. again out of the Testing some new Michelin tyres, Woodhouse in the Escort ‘wrong’ end of immediately took the lead on the opening stage by over three the pit lane and seconds. Chased by Graham Coffey and Jon Atherton in a Ford around another Fiesta WRC and Martin Hodgson and Tony Jones in another tyre chicane and Ford Escort Mk 2 who set the same time, it looked like back on to the Woodhouse already had the event under control. One car normal start straight out of the running was the BMW M3 of Chris Ransley straight for © Simon Wright Tight hairpin out of the pit lane for Ian & John Dove Vauxhall another 2 laps of Nova 50th 6th in class the circuit. On the third lap the cars continued straight down the Melbourne loop to finish in the assembly area by the paddock. The cars ran this layout twice, then the layout was changed to cut out the heritage loop and start straight on to the tarmac lake, out on to the circuit again at Redgate, then instead of cutting through the pit lane entrance the cars went round the normal circuit hairpin back on to the start straight, which was also run twice. The final two layouts were the same as the first two but run in an anti clockwise direction, starting at the assembly area at the end of the Melbourne loop and finishing the other side of the paddock by the tarmac lake. These layouts were also run twice each. September 2017

Tim & Morgan Grey Subaru Impreza showing damage to the front wing 26th, 5th in class

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3 wheeling Ford Ka of Phil Bruce/Tom Roberts chasing Martin Oavier/Peter Kettle Subaru Impreza

and Chris Sharpe when they had a big spin off at the redgate tyre chicane and stalled the engine. It took them several minutes to restart the car due to a flat battery. Second time round and Coffey in the Fiesta was fastest and took the lead, while Woodhouse missed a chicane and was penalised 1 minute, which took him out of contention for a win. Hodgson also had problems, spinning and stalling at Old Hairpin, so © Simon Wright

© Janet Wright Stephen Tilburn and Jody Wilson in a Ford Escort RS2500 now moved in to second place. Another crew in trouble on special stage two were Martin Stockdale and Mark Swallow in their BMW 1M which hit a chicane and got a 30 second penalty. Stage three was a problem, but first Tilburn dropped down Clive Hilton/Samantha Bartlett-Shaw managed to get the Ford Fiesta ST to the finish, after rolling it on stage 3 to joint 5th while Peter Smith and John Millington replaced them in 2nd in their Fiesta WRC, just ahead of Josh Payton and Marcus Mizen in another Ford Escort and Graeme Bell and Russ Radford in the Proton Satria Neo. The problem was Clive Hilton and Samantha Bartlett-Shaw managed to flip their Ford Fiesta ST at the Goddards hairpin. Both were unhurt and managed to return later © Simon Wright

Last place for David & Matt Wood after problems with the Mitsubishi Evo 5

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Helena Mayall/Lucy Owen-Moczadlo Alfa Romeo 33 were the first all female crew to the finish

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Chris Ransley/Chris Sharpe-SimkissBMW M3 shaves inches off the bank instead of seconds off the time

Coffey & Atherton Ford Fiesta WRC had to settle for 2nd place in the end

in the rally, minus a windscreen and other body damage. However, the delay while their car was recovered meant that thirty four crews did not get to run the stage and were all given a notional 7 minutes 12 seconds time for the stage. At the front Coffey in the Fiesta continued to increase his lead and at the half way point at the end of stage four he had a twenty eight second lead over Smith. This was Smiths first rally in the car and he was happy to consolidate his 2nd place. Bell

continued moving towards the front by taking 3rd place. Woodhouse was back up to 10th place by the half way point. On stage six Coffey maintained his lead while Payton and Smith were tied for 2nd, but the Fiesta was in trouble and pulled out at the end of the stage. Coffey had a slight mistake on stage seven but still entered the final stage with a twenty one second lead in the Fiesta. Payton was second in the Escort while Bell was only another two seconds behind in 3rd. Woodhouse had managed to © Janet Wright

Dean Baker/Andy Falconer Ford Escort Mk 2 (18th - 4th in class) lead Andy Corner/Ade Camp Peugeot 205 (14th - 3rd in class) down the Craner curves

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fight his way up to 5th, but a hat trick of victories at Donington looked unlikely. The final stage was to prove decisive to the result. As Coffey was coming up the Cramer curves on his first lap, the drive shaft broke and he then just had to try and get to the finish. He lost twenty seconds to Payton and was 2nd by just one second. More importantly Bell flew on the Ian Barclay/Susan Plater Darrian T90 GTR last stage and snatched victory in 28th - 8th in class the Proton by just two seconds. This was a fantastic event with the top three covered by just three seconds. Payton also won his class in third place. Class 1 had been Jonathan Hudson and Adi Collins in the Suzuki until they had technical problems put them out after stage four. This handed the class lead to Ian and Sarah Hambleton’s © Simon Wright

Michael Simpson & Jonathan Rollins Mini 1275 GT retired after stage 5 with a misfire.

Peugeot 106 until they also hit problems which gave the class win to Aaron Rix and Rob Cook in their Ford Ka. Class 2 belonged to Abi Mahmood and Dean Ross in a Renault Clio S 1600 which was unbeatable and 15th overall. Class 3 was Payton’s in his 3rd placed Escort. Class 4 was initially lead by Woodhouse, then Tilburn took over the class lead until Mark Kelly and Andy Baker took the class lead on stage four in their Ford Escort Mk 2 and maintained it with their 4th place overall and class win.

Class winning Abi Mahmood & Dean Ross Renaut Clio S1600 15th overall

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Trevor Godwin/Ian Harrop MG Maestro 54th 15th in class

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Jaguar E-Type and Daimler Dart lined up in the market square.

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A free classic car show was held in Dudley town centre on Saturday 22nd July 2017. A small but varied selection of classic and vintage cars had a cavalcade down the High street in Dudley at 11am before parking their vehicles in Market place, along Stone street and in Stone Street square. Dudley, in the West Midlands, is probably most famous for it’s historic Castle and Zoo, and the Black Country Living Museum. Located in the heart of the Black © Simon Wright Country, between Birmingham and 1939 MG TF Wolverhampton, the area does have some automotive history. Bean cars were built in Dudley and the surrounding area between 1919 and 1956 when Standard Triumph took it over. Bean was one of the first automotive manufacturers in the UK to set up twin moving track assembly lines. The first cars were based on the pre war Perry car, to which Bean bought the manufacturing rights in January 1919. After initial success, sales slumped in the recession and it stopped production in October 1920. It was then rescued in November 1921 by Sir George Bean and a Banking group of Barclays Bank and the National Provincial Bank and Hadfields. Production was moved

to their Tipton factory, about 5 miles from Dudley. AJS, Star and Sunbeam all built cars in nearby Wolverhampton and in the 1950s to the 1970s lots of local people worked at the Austin factory at Longbridge. The Classic car show was held on a nice sunny day and the cars drew the attention of the many shoppers in the town. Pride of place went to a handful of cars parked on the edge of the market square, with a Jaguar E-Type and a Daimler Dart getting the most attention. There was also another classic sports car on show, a 1939 MG TF, while coming more up to date was a nice blue 1978 Triumph Stag convertible. Finishing

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Locally built Clyno and Bean saloons.

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Rover 3.5 litre saloon Austin A30 saloons built in nearby Longbridge

off the line up in the market place was another icon of British motoring a Morris Minor. Moving around the corner into Stone Street, there were more classic British cars. The first two were the actual Vintage part of the show. A local built Bean from Tipton and a Clyno from Wolverhampton. There were a pair of Austin A30’s from Longbridge, a pair of classic Rover saloons, a 1969 Rover 3.5 P5B saloon and an earlier 1964 Rover 110 2.6 litre saloon. Finally in

Stone Street Square there were a few foreign cars, such as a Mazda MX5, a Mercedes 250 saloon, plus a couple of British Triumphs, a TR7 and a Triumph Vitesse, plus a timeless Morgan Sports car. Not a bad turn out for a local show. © Simon Wright

Rover 110 with Dudley Castle in the background

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A rare 1966 Triumph 1300 Front wheel drive lines up in Stone Street

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Triumph Vitesse with Dudley Town hall in the background

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Mercedes 250 saloon adds a bit of foreign interest to the show

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