Classic and Competition Car 86 November 2017 by Simon Wright

November 2017

Issue 86

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

In this issue

MAC Sprint Curborough

Bicester Heritage Breakfast Scramble

British GT final Donington Park

VSCC Sprint Rockingham

BRSCC Finals Donington

Our Team.

Contents

Simon Wright Editor Janet Wright. Staff Photographer.

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News.

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Tornado Talisman.

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Rally of Spain.

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AMOC Sprint Curborough.

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British GT Championship Final. Donington Park.

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Bicester Heritage Breakfast Scramble.

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Rally Day, Castle Combe.

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VSCC Autumn Sprint, Rockingham.

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Red Oktober, Coventry Transport Museum.

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Marches Batho Rally.

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MAC Sprint, Curborough.

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Archive Photo of the Month.

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BRSCC Finals, Donington Park.

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Nem10 American car meet, Chateau Impney.

Independant Freelance contributors in this issue. Pete Austin. Syd Wall. Peter McFadyen. David Goose & Stuart Yates of Motorsport-Imagery All content is copyright classicandcompetitioncar.com unless otherwise stated. All photographs are copyright and cannot be used for commercial purposes unless by prior approval of the original copyright holder. We try to ensure accurate and truthful reporting but if you spot an error, please contact us and will we verify and correct accordingly. We do not organise any events which are mentioned and we are not responsible if the event does not take place or is cancelled. Please contact the event organiser before making a long trip.

Front Cover. British GT Champions Rick Parfitt Jnr and Seb Morris, Bentley Continental GT3 at the final race at Donington Park © Simon Wright. MAC Sprint © Janet Wright. Bicester Heritage Scramble © Simon Wright. VSCC Sprint Rockingham © Pete Austin. BRSCC Finals Donington Park. © Simon Wright.

Correction. In last months issue on page 64 we referred to the Classic and Sports Car Club. It should be the Classic Sports Car Club. Sorry for any confusion. November 2017

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Editorial. This issue we have seen some highly unusual cars in the last month, both racing and on the road.These are all classic cars from a period when car designers all thought differently, and we didn’t have ‘jelly mould’ cars that all look similar. We look at the Austin Healey Jamaican and the Tornado Talisman in the News section and have the Zaporozhets 968A from the Ukrane on page 50, the Innocenti C Coupe on Page 32 and the Chrysler Valiant on page 31. © Simon Wright

Tornado Talisman

News

Rule changes agreed for 2018 BTCC season. A number of rule changes have recently been ratified by TOCA that will take effect from the opening round of the 2018 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship: Increase in driving standards penalties. - Fines will be increased, with a significant additional championship fine applied on top of any MSA fine. - From next year a ‘strike’ will last for 12 months from the date applied, rather than just the same season (This then brings them into line with the 12 month penalty points system on MSA race licence). - Strikes gained during a 12 month period will result in the following penalties; 3rd strike – back of the grid 4th strike – one race ban 5th strike – two race ban 6th strike – three race ban7th strike – banned from the championship for the rest of that season - A relatively minor but straightforward on-track incident, involving and affecting only two cars, that can be simply rectified by swapping their finishing positions post-race (or which has already been fully redressed within one lap by the offending driver) will not necessarily constitute a ‘strike’. 3rd race grid draw - The partial reverse-grid draw will now extend to 12 ……i.e. the reverse-grid draw will be from positions 6-12 (rather than 6-10). Jack Sears Trophy - Eligible drivers will be those that have never scored an outright podium position. Any driver subsequently scoring an outright podium during the season, will be ineligible for the JST next season. Boost adjustments - If needed, these will take place once per season – at around the mid-season point. Driver changes - A team is now permitted a maximum of two permanent driver changes per season (Was 1). Mandatory Driver and Team manager regulations tests - A driver or Team Manager cannot take part until they have successfully passed a mandatory regulations test. TOCA portable marshalling light panels - TOCA have invested in commissioning the production of 6 large portable trackside marshalling LED light panels (i.e. electronic flag signals). These will be taken to each event and utilised by marshals at those points at a circuit where TOCA considers the drivers and marshals would directly benefit from their use. The 2018 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship starts on the 7/8 April at Brands Hatch.

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Sutton takes BTCC Title. After a successful season in the Subaru Levorg, Ashley Sutton finally clinched the 2017 British Touring Car Championship in the final race of the season. Sutton was in the lead of the championship as the teams arrived at Brands Hatch for the final three races, with Colin Turkington in the BMW, his only realistic challenger. The first race saw pole man Goff spin off at Paddock Hill bend on the first lap in greasy conditions and hit the barrier. This left the way clear for Aiden Moffat, the series youngest ever driver, to win from Tom Ingram and Sutton. The second race saw Turkington score a sensation win to Ash Sutton 2017 Champion keep his championship hopes alive. He came from 15th on the grid to win from the Honda Civic pair of Gordon Shedden and Matt Neal, with Sutton not in the top ten. This gave Sutton just a 6 point lead as they started the third and final race of the season. A shower just before the last race saw everyone switch to wets. Turkingto started 10th on the grid and had Sutton behind him as they started making their way through the field. Then disaster struck Turkington. Ingram’s Toyota and Matt Jackson’s Ford Focus touched going through Graham Hill bend forcing Jackson wide. As he rejoined the track he made contact with Turkington’s BMW. This broke the rear upright and ended Turkingtons race

It was head to head between Sutton and Turkington

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Jackson and Ingram with Turkington just behind, before the accident that stopped Turkington

and challenge for the title. Rob Austin in the Toyota Avensis took the final race victory ahead of Jack Goff in the Honda Civic with Sutton taking 3rd. Sutton had already taken the title as soon as Turkingto stopped, but it must have been great to finish on the podium to be the youngest champion in the modern era, at just 23 years of age. Tom Ingram finished 4th to take the Indepedent Drivers title as well as 3rd overall in the championship. Although disappointed not to win the drivers title, Team BMW still took both the Manufacturers and Teams’ Championships. Finally the Jack Sears Trophy for the rookie driver of the year went to Senna Proctor in the Power Maxed Racing Vauxhall Astra. Ingram Independents’ Champion

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1959 Austin Healey Jamaican. Matthew Moore drove this unusual car in the HRDC AllStars with Academy and A - Series Challenge race at Donington Park. He finished a creditable 10th overall and 2nd in the GT Class. The success of the original 6 cylinder Austin Healey sports cars in the 1950s and 60s in America had started to fade in the late ÂŠ Simon Wright 1960s. American company Fiberfab, from California, started to offer body kits in fibre and resin to update various British sports cars such as the Austin Healey, Triumph and MG. The Jamaican designed body fitted to this 100-6 is claimed to be one of only five made. The design was inspired by Italian GT cars of the time.

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JD Classics takes Fastest time at Bernina Gran Turismo

With more than 50 curves and a rise of 450m, the 5,7km climb at Bernina Gran Turismo saw Chris Ward set the fastest time in the JD Classics Ford GT40. This was the car that won the Goodwood Revival. In sunny conditions on Saturday afternoon, Ward set the fastest time on his first run, then shaved another 1.5 seconds off his time to win with a 3 mins 18.8 seconds. Sunday was wet and even snowy conditions meant that the Saturday times could not be beaten. As well as the competitive runs, the event also hosts regularity challenges up the hill, requiring a car and driver set a time as close as possible to 4 minutes 25 seconds. In this group JD Classics had three cars entered, the Jaguar MkII of Steve Riedling, the Jaguar C Type of of Phil Mouser and the AC Ace of of Thomas Ward. At the end of the two timed runs, each of the cars has won its class, with Riedling in the Jaguar Mk II setting an impressive 4 minutes 24.02 seconds. Page 5

PEUGEOT AND LOEB CONFIRMS INCREASED INVOLVEMENT IN WORLD RX Peugeot will increase its involvement in next year’s FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster with brand ambassador, Sebastien Loeb. Next year will mark the fifth consecutive season that Peugeot has been involved in the World Championship with the Peugeot 208 WRX Supercar. The French manufacturer won the World RX Teams’ Championship in 2015 and was vice-champion in 2016. With one round of the 2017 season remaining in Cape Town, South Africa, Team Peugeot-Hansen is currently second in the Teams’ Championship. The announcement made by Peugeot said: “The Peugeot 208's presence is fully justified in a spectacular and telegenic championship that offers international visibility to the Peugeot Sport team's know-how. World RX's global ambitions are in line with Peugeot's business growth plan outside Europe.” Leuchter and Gülden take title. The German pairing of Benjamin Leuchter and Andreas Gülden wrapped up the title for the TCR class of the VLN Endurance Championship at the Nurburgring. Driving for the Volkswagen customer team Mathilda Racing, they secured the championship title with races to spare at the eighth round of the series in Germany. The German duo, in their Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR set fastest time in the TCR class in Practice, to start the race at the head of their class. In the four hour race, the finished behind the Opel pair of Hannu Luostarinen from Finland and Volker Strycek from Germany, but it was enough to secure them the title. More information: www.vln.de November 2017

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The deciding point of the British GT Championship? On lap 2 as Minshaw came through the Fogarty Esses, the back of the Lamborghini Huracan broke away and the car spun. This dropped him to the rear of the GT3 field. As he progressed back through the field, to finish 3rd on the road, he was deemed to have overtaken under the yellow flag. They were excluded from the results, ensuring the title went to Rick Parfitt Jnr and Seb Morris. Photos by Peter McFadyen.

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New CSCC Race series in 2018. The Classic Sports Car Club (CSCC) have announced their tenth race series - Turbo Tin Tops. This is the only race series to cater exclusively for front wheel drive, turbocharged or supercharged cars and hybrids. It is sponsored by the Motorsports School based at Mallory Park. Classes are designed to suit all makes and engine capacities, with hybrid cars being able to drop a class. Manufacturers have been replacing normally aspirated hot hatchbacks and coupes with forced induction versions over the last few years, and with the announcement that the new Suzuki Swift Sport will be turbocharged means the end of the normally aspirated front wheel drive hot hatchback. The FIA have complex rules regarding hybrid cars, so the new series will only accept homologated models. These currently include the Honda CRZ, Volkswagen GTE and the new Mini Cooper SE. A full season of eight 40 minute races, including pit stop is planned for 2018, including a race at Spa Francorchamps. The Motorsport School is supporting the series from the start. It is based at Mallory Park and also operates at Donington Park and Rockingham. The owner and chief instructor, Pete Edwards, has raced in various CSCC series for many years. TCR International series in Zhejiang Jean-Karl Vernay enjoyed a successful weekend. in his VW Golf GTi TCR. The Frenchman had to settle for 12th place in race 2, following a collision, but 2nd behind guest starter Gabriele Tarquini (I) was enough to earn him maximum points in the opening race. Huff was third. In the championship, Vernay holds a 21-point lead over second-placed Attila November 2017

Jolyon Palmer leaves Renault GP. It was an emotional day at Suzuka as Renault Sport Formula One Team bid a farewell to driver Jolyon Palmer. He drove a strong race, gaining six positions in the Japanese GP to finish 12th. It was a challenging race, starting near the back of the grid, in 18th place, due to grid penalties. “We had a solid last race, we started from the back and with one more lap, I think we could have had 10th. It’s been a tough season but the team and I have been through a lot, I’ve been here since the start of this new era for the team. We’ve come a long way and I’ve enjoyed it. I wish the team all the best in the future.” Manderson Whiteland Mk1. © Janet Wright

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RACE RETRO 2018 CELEBRATES THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF FORMULA 1’S GROUND-EFFECTS ERA

Race Retro, the international historic motor sport show, will celebrate the 40th anniversary of Formula 1’s ground-effects era in the Motor Sport Hall of Fame Live at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire, from February 23-25 2018. Although the use of aerodynamic influence can be traced back more than a century in motor racing – Gustave Eiffel of Parisian tower fame had a wind tunnel that Peugeot used to help shape its Grand Prix cars in the 1910s – it was Colin Chapman of Team Lotus who first capitalised fully on the notion of the racing car as an inverted wing, pressed to the track by the air that passed over its bodywork’s contours. Building on Chapman’s initiative, Williams took the concept a stage further with the Patrick Head-inspired FW07, which gave the team its maiden F1 The winning Ford teams of (L-R) Andy Dawson, Andrew Marriott, Paul Clifton and Ian McKean. success in the 1979 British Grand Prix and carried Australian Alan Jones to the world championship in 1980. The organisers of Race Retro’s Motor MPG Marathon. Sport Hall of Fame Live will have an FW07 on display, from the Williams Remarkable results were achieved at this years Fleet World/ALD Heritage collection, and it is hoped that a 79 will also be present. Automotive MPG Marathon. These included the highest ever figure for a Event Director Lee Masters said: “The ground-effect philosophy filtered diesel car over the 350 mile, mixed route. The overall winner was a Ford down from the top of the sport and the 2018 Hall of Fame Live display will Fiesta 1.5 TDCi Titanium driven by Paul Clifton and Ian McKean, who showcase a stunning range of cars that symbolises one of the most achieved 122 mpg. The Fiesta 1.0 EcoBoost Titanium also won the petrol innovative periods in racing history.” class at 97.1 mpg, driven by Andy Dawson (Ex-Rally driver) and Andrew Marriot. The most improved category was won by a Honda Jazz 1.3 i-VTEC Tickets are now on sale for Race Retro, held from February 23-25 2018 at EX Navi manual driven by Fergal McGrath and Doug Clifton who achieved Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire, with free parking for all visitors. For the 88.7 mpg. latest updates and ticket information, visit www.raceretro.com © Simon Wright The Hyundai Ioniq Electric averaged 6.2 miles per kilowatt-hour over the 2 day event, equating to a potential range of almost 200 miles to a full charge, more than it’s official figure. The winning Honda Jazz in the Most Improved category

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Williams FW07 driven by Zak Brown 2017 Silverstone Classic

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Tornado Talisman. This 1963 Tornado Talisman was competing in the HRDC Allstars race at Donington Park, driven by Barry Louvel. He finished 18th overall and 6th in the GT Class, Tornado Cars Ltd was founded by Bill Woodhouse and Tony Bullen in 1957 in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England, The Talisman 2+2 Coupe was introduced in 1962. It has a fibreglass body of a tubular chassis frame and fitted with a Ford 1360cc engine. The Car also had the option of a 1500cc engine. It could be bought as a kit or a complete vehicle. It was praised for having lively performance, good handling and ride characteristics and a good quality finish. Unfortunately, cash flow problems forced the company in to liquidation in 1964 after only 186 Talisman had been made, ÂŠ Simon Wright

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Winner Kris Meeke/Paul Nagle Citroen C3 WRC

Rally of Spain. The Rally of Spain has a reputation for being unpredictable and this year was no exception. This mixed surface event proved ideal for Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle to win in the Citroen C3 WRC. Sebastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia in the M-Sport Ford Fiesta WRC were first on the road and did a fine job of sweeping it clean for the following cars. This made him slower on the stages than his competitors. On the Terra Alta stage in the morning he did a 4 minutes 30 seconds time. In the afternoon when they re-ran the stage and it was cleaner, he did a 4 minutes 30 seconds. This was 8 seconds faster, which works out to one second per kilometre slower being first through the stage. However, in the morning he only Thierry Neuville Hyundai i20 went out

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lost 1.4 seconds to Meeke, who had started tenth on the road, which showed extraordinary talent. However, Ogier was mainly concerned with keeping Thierry Neuville in the Hyundai behind him for championship points.Neuville was not Hänninen/Lindström Toyota Yaris WRC 4th having a good rally, with an accident on a road section after a mechanical failure. Then he hit a rock that put him out of the rally. This meant that 2nd place for Ogier allowed the Frenchman to extend his lead in the championship. 3rd place went to his M-Sport team mate Ott Tänak and Martin Jarveoja, who moved to second place in the championship. Juho Hänninen and Kaj Lindström finished 4th in the Toyota Yaris WRC followed some way back by Mads Ostberg and Torstein Erksen in a Ford Fiesta WRC in 5th. Rounding out the top six was Stephane Lefebvre and Gabin Moreau in a Citroen C3 WRC. So after eleven of the thirteen rounds, Ogier has 198 points, with Ott Tänak now 2nd with a total of 161 points, while Neuville drops to 3rd with 160 points.

Sebastien Ogier/Julien Ingrassia Ford Fiesta WRC were 2nd

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Aston Martin Ownerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Club Racing Sprint Curborough 24th September 2017. By Simon & Janet Wright

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Class winning Iain Muir Aston Martin DB 2/4

The Aston Martin Owners Club annual sprint took place at Curborough, near Lichfield, near the end of September. Using the longer figure of eight layout, There was a good sized entry for the meeting, but disappointingly only five Aston Martin cars were competing. It may have been © Janet Wright because the AMOC were holding a race meeting the following Saturday at Silverstone? The five Aston Martin’s were in just two classes. Ian Muir won Class 2A Feltham Cars from BD1 to DB MKIII in his DB2/4. His best time was 80.23 seconds. The other four cars were in the Class 6A for Aston Martin DB7 onwards. Tom November 2017

© Simon Wright Whittaker was a clear winner in his Aston Martin GT4 with a time of 65.13 on his second run. He was over three seconds faster than Richard Wright in his Vantage N430 who posted a 68.18. Mark Chandler was only just behind in his Aston Martin on 69.14 seconds, while bringing up the rear was Neil Sims in his V8 Vantage S with a time of 71.57 seconds. There were a few single Fastest Time of the Day (FTD) went to Glyn seater racing cars Sketchley in the Force PT present, so unsurprisingly, they dominated the top of the time sheets. After both timed runs, it was Glyn Sketchley in the Force PT (53) who set the Best Time of Day (BTD). His second run was at 55.87 seconds, almost five seconds faster than the rest of the field. Peter Thurston was second fastest in his front engined Mallock U2 Mk 4 Lotus with a best time of 60.63 seconds, which gave him the class win in Class 10 (3) of the

2nd overall, the class winning Peter Thurston in his Mallock U2 Mk 4 Lotus

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3rd overll Martin Jones Brabham BT21

Bugatti Owners Club ‘Aldon Automotive’ Classic Speed Championship. Martin Jones in a Brabham BT21 was third overall with a time of 61.24 seconds and second in Class 10 (3). Only eight hundredths of a second behind was fourth overall Nick Stephens in a Lotus 51b and third overall in Class 10 (3). The other Bugatti Owners Club Aldin Automotive Classic Speed Championship class winners were Garry Cox in a Reliant Scimitar Coupe to take class 10(1) with a time of 64.84 © Janet Wright

Class winner Garry Cox Reliant Scimitar Coupe

seconds, and Philip Stader in an MG Midget with a time of 67.44 seconds to take class 10(2). The most spectacular driver of the day was Michael Jackson in a Porsche 911. It has been said that the fastest line is the smoothest and most controlled. Well Mr Jackson dis-proved that theory with a tail out, power side round most of the corners, which the crowd loved. He set the fifth fastest time November 2017

5th overall, the class winning Porsche 911 of Michael Jackson

overall, fastest of all the non-single seaters and was less than a second behind the Lotus 51b ahead of him. He also comfortably won Class 8B for Sports Cars, Saloon and GT by over three seconds from Steve Jackson in the same car. The © Janet Wright other Sports cars, Saloon and GT class 8A was won by Mike Hawley in a Honda S2000GT with a Class winning Honda S2000GT of Mike Hawley best run of 65.96 seconds. The event was also a round of the Lotus Cup UK Speed Championships, so there was a large contingent of Lotus Sports cars present. Fastest of the Lotus brigade was Stuart Cheshire in in a Lotus Elise 220 Cup car. His best time was 63.45 seconds, giving him the win in Class 9 Page 14

Fastest Lotus Stuart Cheshire Lotus Elise 220 Cup

(2) Supersport Original Lotus Cup UK Speed Challenge. Only slightly slower was Xavier Brooke in his Lotus Elise S1 with a © Simon Wright 63.67 second run to win Class 9(1) Production Lotus Cup UK Speed Championships. It was fitting that the third fastest Lotus was the final Lotus class winner, Duncan Fraser in another Lotus Elise S1 Sport, whose time of 64.16 seconds was the latest in the Supersport Modified Class of the Lotus Cup UK Speed Championship. The Bentley Drivers Xavier Brooke Lotus Elise S1 locks a wheel at Mole Hill.

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Class winner Duncan Fraser Lotus Elise S1 Sport

Club Speed Championship had just two cars entered, both winning their respective classes. Paul Forty was the fastest of the two in his Bentley Mk VI Special in a time of 70.13 seconds, ahead of Tom Commander in his Bentley Mk II Special on 79.71 seconds. The sunny but cool day had seen a good sized crowd of © Janet Wright spectators enjoy the track action, and the drivers fastest times were spread over just 21 seconds. Bringing up the rear of the field was Brian Ashley in his Ford Mk 1 Lotus Cortina only getting one run timed at the bottom of the time sheet. Class winner Tom Commander Bentley Mk II Special

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Class winner Paul Forty Bentley Mk VI Special

Class winner Philip Stader MG Midget

Simon Braithwaite Ford Escort RS 1600 3rd in class © Janet Wright

John Louch Scimitar GTE 6th in class © Simon Wright

Calum Barney Ford Cortina GT 8th in class

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David Keer lifts a rear wheel in his Mini Cooper S © Simon Wright

Simon Cox Austin Mini 2nd in class

Neil Sims Aston Martin V8 Vantage S was slowest of the AM

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British GT Championship Donington Park 23-24 September 2017 By David Goose and Stuart Yates of Motorsport-Imagery with additional material and photos by Simon & Janet Wright.

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Reigning Champions Derek Johnston and Jonny Adams TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage GT3 finished the season with a win at Donington

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GT Champions Rick Parfitt Jnr and Seb Morris in the Bentley Continental GT3

With yet another season drawing to a close it was Donington Park that would see either Barwell Motorsport’s Jon Minshaw and Phil Keen or Team Parker Racing’s Rick Parfitt Jnr and Seb Morris crowned GT3 champions. Parfitt Jnr and Morris started the weekend with a slender 10.5 point lead but also had the maximum 20 second pitstop success penalty for winning at Brands Hatch. Continuing their dominant performance from practice, it was Mark Farmer who set fastest lap in the GT3 Am qualifying driving the Aston Martin Vantage GT3. Jon Minshaw briefly held second place in the Lamborghini Huracan GT3 but at the chequered

Farmer leads Johnston at the start in the Aston Martin Vantage GT3’s

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flag TF Sport’s Derek Johnston had edged ahead by 0.006s in the other Aston Martin Vantage GT3. Title contender Rick Parfitt Jnr put the Bentley Continental GT3 into fourth. Then it was the turn of the GT3 Pro drivers to qualify. Jon Barnes and Jonny Adam both increased the advantage set by their Aston Martin co-drivers. Phil Andrew Watson and Sandy Mitchell in Keen put the #33 Lamborghini into the Black Bull Garage 59 McLaren 570S GT4 third position after setting a time which was only two tenths slower than Barnes and Adam. Seb Morris was unable to improve and his and Parfitt Jnr’s combined time fell 0.061s shy of rivals Minshaw and Keen meaning they would start in fourth. Academy Motorsport’s Will Moore and Matt Nicoll-Jones in their © Motorsport-imagery Aston Martin Vantage GT4 claimed another GT4 Pole, making it two in a row as they also claimed the GT4 pole at Brands Hatch last month. Moore went straight to the top but an accident at McLeans by Tim Eakin in the Nissan 370Z GT4 resulted in lengthy work, needed to repair the barriers. Stefan Hodgetts and Richard Williams’ Invitation class GPRM Toyota GT86 finished second on the timing screens, but it was actually Mike Robinson and Graham Page 18

behind the Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini Huracan GT3 driven by Liam Griffin. On the second lap as Minshaw exited the Fogarty Esses on to the Melbourne loop, his Huracan broke away, resulting in a spin which took him to the rear of the GT3 field. The advantage was now back with the Team Parker Racing Bentley, which gained another place as Parfitt Jnr passed Griffin through the Craner Curves, as he was balked by slower GT4 cars. © Janet Wright

The Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini Huracan GT3 of Minshaw and Keen was excluded from the results for passing under a yellow flag

Johnson in the McLaren 570S GT4 who claimed the runner-up spot in class, as well as first in Pro/Am, thanks to swift efforts from both drivers. William Tregurtha and Stuart Middleton started fourth in their Ginetta G55 GT4. But star of the individual qualifying show, Joe Osborne, produced a new British GT4 lap record - 1m35.273s - to move his and David Pattison’s Tolman Motorsport McLaren 570S from tenth to fifth.

The start of the race, in to Redgate

At the start of the race on Sunday, Mark Farmer held position, while Derek Johnston dropped to third after being passed by Minshaw. Parfitt Jnr was playing it very safe and dropped to fifth

The Team Abba with Rollcentre Racing Mercedes AMG GT3 of Richards Neary and Adam Christtodoulou finished 15th

When the pit stops started Johnston handed over to Adam, the two TF Sport Astons swapping places as the #11 car of Farmer and Barnes had a 10 second success penalty. This allowed Adam to rejoin with © Motorsport-imagery a five second lead. Parfitt Jnr pitted from third but, with 20 seconds extra to Richard Taffinder/Martin Plowman Nissan 370Z GT4 in the Gravel Redgate.

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serve, dropped down the order. What was surprising was the speed at which Minshaw recovered after his earlier spin. This gave Keen every chance to take advantage if anything happened up front. At the finish, Keen was only five seconds behind Barnes in third place. Seb Morris passed the Ben Green and Charlie Fagg Nissan GT-R NISMO of JRM Advanced Engineering, which gave him fourth place.

GT4 winners Graham Johnson and Mike Robinson PMW Expo Racing/Optimum Motorsport McLaren 570S GT4

The GPRM Toyota GT86 (Invitation class) of Richard Williams and Stefan Hodgetts

moon Rick, said “I honestly never thought I would be in GT3, let alone be GT3 champion. This is something I will absolutely cherish for the rest of my life.” In GT4 Graham Johnson and Mike Robinson in the PMW Expo Racing/Optimum Motorsport McLaren 570S GT4 claimed their first victory of the season, which gave the second place in the Championship. Will Tregurtha and Stuart Middleton, driving a Ginetta G55 GT4, and HHC Motorsport won the Drivers and Team © Simon Wright

At the flag it was an Aston Martin 1-2, Johnston and Adam took victory ahead of Farmer and Barnes, Minshaw and Keen finished third on the road, but after a post race investigation it was determined that the Lamborghini had overtaken under yellow flags. This resulted in them being excluded from the result, thus promoting Parfitt Jnr and Morris to third place. In the Championship, Rick Parfitt Jnr, Seb Morris, Team Parker Racing and Bentley all claimed their maiden British GT3 titles at Donington Park. A very happy Rick, or should we say an over the November 2017

Nick Jones/Scott Malvern at speed in the Team Parker Racing Ltd Porsche Cayman GT4 Page 20 Clubsport

William Tregurtha & Stuart Middleton HHC Motorsport Ginetta G55 GT4

titles, becoming the youngest pairing ever to win the British GT crowns. Coming to Donington they held a 25 point lead over Lanan Racing’s David Pittard and Alex Reed in their Ginetta G55 GT4, but they came to grief early in the race, so that was it, and their title was confirmed. Century Motorsport’s #43 Ginetta G55 GT4 driven by Jacob Mathiassen and Niall Murray completed the podium. A mention must also be given to the Century Motorsport pairing of Anna Walewska and Mike Simpson in another Ginetta G55 GT4, who missed the podium by a mere 0.421s.

The 5th placed Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 of Charlie Fragg and Ben Green passes the McLaren 570S GT4 of Akhil Rabindra and Dean MacDonald © Janet Wright

Will Moore Matt Nicholl-Jones Aston Martin Vantage GT4 retired on lap 19

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4th placed Lamborghini Huracan GT3 of Liam Griffin and Sam Tordoff kicks Page up the dust round Redgate

The Ginetta G55 GT4’s of Jacob Mathiassen/ Niall Murray and Alex Reed/ David Pittard through the chicane

UltraTek Racing Nissan 370Z GT4 of Tim Eakin/Kevin Fletcher

Abbie Eaton & Jake Gidings Ginetta G55 GT4 3rd in class

Team Parker Racing Bentley Continental GT3 of Ian Loggie and Callum MacLeod finished 6th © Motorsport-imagery

Rick Parfitt and Seb Morris on the podium

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Anna Walewska/Mike Simpson Ginetta G55 GT4 3rd in class

William Phillips/Matthew Graham McLaren 570S GT4

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dramatic second race of the weekend at Donington Park. Fortec's Nicolai Kjaergaard had led the race from pole throughout, but was wiped out at Redgate on the final lap by an attacking Callan O'Keeffe. Chase Owen secured his first podium of the year with second place, while James Pull secured second place in the championship with third. Cameron Das was fourth and set the fastest lap to start race three from pole, while race one winner Ben Hingeley was fifth.

Race 1 winner Ben Hingeley for Fortec Motorsports

British F3 Championship. With the 2017 Championship title already won by Enaam Ahmed the battle at Donington was for runner up. Race 1 and Ben Hingeley converted pole position into his fourth win of the season, ahead of new Champion Enaam Ahmed and Cameron Das. Jordan Cane secured his third victory of the season in a © Motorsport-imagery

Jordan Cane won race 2 for Douglas Motorsport

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2017 Champion Enaam Ahmed won race 3 for Carlin

Carlin's Enaam Ahmed surged to his 13th win of the year in the final race of the season, with a sensational overtaking move on Cameron Das, who had led from pole for the majority of the race. Champion Ahmed pulled off the brave move from a long way back at the Melbourne Hairpin on lap seven, to end his season in style. Jordan Cane finished second, just 0.773s behind Ahmed with Alex Quinn scoring a sensational podium on his first ever BRDC British F3 weekend. Ben Hingeley was fourth and secured third place in the championship standings as a result, with James Pull completing his year with fifth, having earlier nailed down second place in the championship. Page 23

Mini Challenge JCW. Having already taken the Championship title, Brett Smith secured pole position for the penultimate race of the season, ahead of Rob Smith and David Grady. Having stalled on the grid in his last outing at Oulton Park, the gremlins did not strike again and Smith made a good start and was in control for the whole race and took the victory. Rob Smith initially chased hard but a last corner lock up ruined his chances of catching Brett, so he had to settle for second place ahead of David Grady who had a lonely drive in third.

Ryan Dignan was off in to the gravel at Coppice

by both Rob and Brett Smith by the end of the first lap. They soon caught Grady, Rob passing on the exit of Coppice on lap two and Brett following him through. Brett started to attack Rob at Redgate, running side by side down Craner Curves, and finally passing at the Old Hairpin, staying in front for the win. © Simon Wright

2017 Champion Brett Smith won both races at Donington

Making it a perfect end to the season Brett Smith took the win in the reverse grid Race 2, after starting in fourth place. Reece Barr made a poor start from pole, getting too much wheelspin. This allowed second place David Grady to pass as they entered Redgate. Barr was racing on worn tyres and was soon passed November 2017

Henry Neal bounces high over the kerbs

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Most consistent winner of the weekend, 42 Richard Fearns Radical RX Spyder won his class in all three races. Here he leads Mark Nicholson Radical SR3

Jon-Paul Ivey Radical PR6 Neil Harris Radical Clubsport

Paul Myers Yamaha Global GT Light

Class. The other class winners were Graham Hill in a Radical PR6, Richard Fearns in a Radical RX Spyder, Neil Harris in a Radical Clubsport and Paul Myers in a Yamaha Global GT Light.. © Simon Wright Williams was on pole again for race two and this time lead every lap The Excool OSS Championship. to win by over eight seconds. Josh Smith followed him all the way to This series is for any sports prototype car to compete in one of eight classes, starting with open top cars up to 1000cc to open top cars over finish 2nd and win his class. Bill Henderson in a Radical PR6 won his 2001 cc, with a couple of closed top classes as long as they don’t have class in 9th, while Fearns and Harris won their class again. Williams tried to go for his hat trick of wins and led the first part of the a motorcycle or rotary engine. Finally there is an Invitation class to race, initially chased by Smith, but Jenvy was out for revenge for the cover any other sports prototypes that wish to compete. There were first race and took the lead with two laps to go and held off Williams to three seperate races over the weekend. win by just over a second. Smith was third to take another class win. After qualifying Duncan Williams had put his Juno Sportscar on pole Ivey, Fearns and Myers all took position for the first race and he led the first lap, but it was Mike Jenvey © Janet Wright another class win in the race. in the Jenvey-Gunn TS6 who got in front and stayed there until the last lap, when Williams snatched the win by just 0.022 of a second. Jon-Paul Ivey was a distant 3rd in a Radical PR6 to win the Invitation © Simon Wright © Janet Wright

Mike Jenvey Jenvey Gunn TS6 © Simon Wright

Duncan Williams won the first 2 races of the weekend in his Juno Sportscar

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Bill Henderson Radical PR6

Josh Smith Radical PR6

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Protyre Motorsport Ginetta GT5 Challenge. The Ginetta GT5 Challenge had three races split over the weekend. Max Bird was on pole for race one, but it was red flagged after just 3 laps had been completed due to an accident. Lewis Brown was declared the winner from his R&J Motorsport team mate Ryan Hadfield. The second race race it’s full length and saw Brown take another win from Oliver Wilkinson, after © Janet Wright

Phil Ingram won two Ginetta races

Ginetta Racing Drivers Club Plus. Phil Ingram claimed a very tight pole position by just 0.199 of a second from Michael Crees during qualifying for the first of three races over the weekend.This set him up for two race wins, taking the first and third races for the Triple V team. He could only manage 5th place in the second race. The second race was a 1-2 for the Want2Race team with Crees winning from Jack Oliphant. Crees had been 2nd in the other two races behind Ingram. © Simon Wright

Lewis Brown took two wins over the weekend.

Shane Stoney was dropped from 2nd to 4th with a five second penalty for exceeding track limits. The third race was also red flagged after six laps and saw Hadfield classified as the winner © Simon Wright

Michael Crees took the middle race victory with 2nd in the other races

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Ryan Hadfield made it a full house of wins for R&J Motorsport

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Milltek Sport Volkswagen Racing Cup. There were two races for the Volkswagen Cup, with a nice mix of Polo, Golf, Scirocco and a couple of Audi TT cars on track. Stephen Johansen qualified in pole position in his Speedworks Motorsport VW Polo by just 0.048 of a second ahead of Bobby © Simon Wright

Bobby Thompson in his VW Golf won the first race

Stephen Johansen took pole for race 1 in his VW Polo

Thompson in his Team Hard VW Golf, with Owen Walton in the Slidesport Audi TT a further two tenths of a second behind the golf and Tim Docker in his Maximum Motorsport VW Scirocco in 4th, all within half a second. Johansen led for the first half of the race before Thompson took the lead in his Golf, which he maintained to the end, to win by under a second from Johansen.

Jamie Bond was 3rd in another Team Hard VW Golf. The second race saw Paul Dehadray in JW Bird Motorsport VW Scirocco on pole position with Darelle Wilson in a DW Racing VW Scirocco alongside him on the front row. First race winner Thompson started from 9th place on the grid. Wilson grabed the lead from the start and led all the way to the flag. He was chased by Tom Walker in a Allumy Motorsport VW Golf for the entire race, only for Thompson to snatch 2nd place on the last lap by just over three tenths of a second. © Janet Wright

Owen Walton Audi TT was 4th fastest in qualifying

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Darelle Wilson VW Scirocco won the second race

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Breakfast Scramble Bicester Heritage By Simon Wright.

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1936 Daimler in front of the old Control Tower

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Porsche 968

BMW 2002 Tii and BMW 628 CSi

The final Sunday Scramble of the year took place at Bicester Heritage on Sunday 1st October 2017. There was a massive turnout for the event, with hundreds of classic and special cars taking part. A lot of the larger car clubs had display areas allocated next to the main runway and taxiway, while some of the older vintage cars were parked around the restored buildings and workshops. The event was extremely well organised, with the © Simon Wright slight queueing to get in taking place off road, within the site, to cause minimum disruption to the surround roads. Once parked, it was just a short walk to the car display area. One of the first large displays was for BMW, with an array of different saloons and sports cars. A lot of the BMWs were more modern saloons, but November 2017

there were a few more classic models including a yellow 1975 2 litre BMW 2002 Tii and a 1983 red BMW 628 CSi. There was a very large gathering of Porsche, with the front engined 924, 944 and 968 having a display line up as well as the more traditional rear engined 911 and variants. There was a nice example of a green 1994 Porsche 968 Sport. The 968 Sport has a 3 litre 4 cylinder, inline engine which is capable of producing 240 bhp. The bespoke suspension featured shorter springs and adjustable dampers, plus 17 inch Cup wheels. This gave the car very precise, balanced handling and they are much sought after by Porsche enthusiasts. The interior featured rear seats, cloth comfort sports seats, central locking, electric tailgate release, plus electric windows, mirrors and sunroof and an alarm. On the 911 line up there were several older, classic models, which when parked next to the latest 911 variants, show how much bigger the model has got over the years, a real case of middle age spread. There was even an

Evolution of the Porsche 911

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old 1955 Porsche 1500. The Aston Martin Owners had got the most photogenic spot out on the runway area, around the control tower. Most of the cars were the more modern vehicles, DB7, DB9 and Vantage models, but there were a couple of classic silver DB6 ‘James

Porsche 1500 Bond’ cars as well. Moving back down the runway were more club displays. Fiat had The Abarth Club on one side with the modern 500’s and more classic models, like a Fiat 131 saloon and Fiat X-19 sports cars on the other side of the runway. Keeping with the Italian theme, Alfa Romeo were next with one of the latest Alfa Romeo 4C

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Abarth Owners Club line up

Coupe sports cars right back to a 1962 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Ti Saloon. Next up were Alvis, with an interesting 1948 Woodie Estate car, and Bentley, then Audi, Ford, MG and Nissan. Behind the Ford display was a vintage Tiger Moth aircraft. Switching back to the other side of the runway, and next to the Abarth display, was the Triumph Sports Six Club, which had four interesting Classic Triumphs on display. These were a Triumph Vitesse, a GT6, a Triumph Aston Martin DB6 Spitfire and finally a Triumph Stag from Belgium. The lower end of the runway was mainly occupied by various individuals classic cars. Moving away from the airfield and into the buildings, where much of the restoration work is taking place, were some interesting cars such as a Jaguar XJ2200 parked near to a © Simon Wright Chrysler Page 30

Chrysler Valiant. (Australian) The VE Series Valiant was introduced in October 1967 and was based on the North American platform Valiant. The original Chrysler Valiant was sold in Australia from 1962 as a rebadged Plymouth Valiant from America. the VE version shared the bonnet and guards with the 1967 Dodge Dart. With a wheelbase of 108 inches, it was a slightly larger car than the previous VC model. This car at Bicester Heritage has the 4.6 litre V8 engine, but it was also available with a basic slant 6 engine producing 145 bhp and a 2 barrel carburettor version which produced 160 bhp. It was also fitted with a larger 14 gallon fuel tank. It also had improved safety features, some compulsory under new Australian design rules, including dual circuit brakes with a tandem master cylinder, double sided safety rims, front seat belts and front power disc brakes on the V8 model. It won Wheels “Car of the Year’ in 1967, a first for Chrysler Australia. In total 68,688 VE Valiants were built.

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Valiant saloon. Various classic and vintage vehicle workshops have been opened in the restored war time buildings on site. Most were open for the Breakfast scramble meeting, allowing the public to look into the workshop areas. Parked amongst the vehicles were the best of the vintage and classic cars. A fine example was the display outside the Blue Diamond Riley Services Ltd Service Workshop which had an impressive line up of Riley cars outside, all clearly labelled with model name. These included a Riley 9 Brooklands, 9 Ulster Imp, 12/4 Sprite and a 12/4 TT Sprite, 12/4 Penguin, 15/6 MPH, 15/6 Special and a 15/6 Grebe Special. There was also a range of later model saloons including a Riley 6 Cylinder Kestrel. The Blue Diamond had two separate workshops on either side of the © Simon Wright building. One was for service and light maintenance work, while the other was a Restoration Workshop for the longer term projects. One of the more unusual vehicles was a 1954 Reliant Regent van, which like all the early Reliant 3 wheelers was little more than a Reliant Regent Van

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motorcycle fitted with an Ash frame and aluminium body box. It is powered by a four cylinder Austin side valve 747cc engine producing 7 hp. Although it has a motorcycle front wheel assembly, it does have a steering wheel and not handle bars for turning. Just inside the main entrance to the Bicester Heritage site were parked various individual cars, including a modern Ferrari and a lime green Lamborghini mixed in with a Ford Lotus Cortina and © Simon Wright

1969 Innocenti C Coupe. Originally an Italian machinery works established in 1920, Innocenti went on to produce Lambretta scooters and a range of cars, mainly of British Leyland origins. From 1961 to 1976 they built the BMC Mini under licence. The Innocenti C Coupe was designed by Sergio Sartorelli at OSI and was based on the Austin Healey Sprite. It was in production between 1966 and 1968 during which time only 795 Coupes were built. It was only produced in three colours, Red White and Green. Being ‘hand built’ made them expensive, 1.044,220 lire in February 1969 compared to the Fiat 850 Sport Coupe at 1,043,700 lire and the Fiat Abarth 695 SS at only 963,157 lire. It is powered by the 1098cc A series in-line engine with twin SU carbs, producing 58 hp. Four speed transmission drives the rear wheels. It has a top speed of 90 mph and could achieve 40 mpg. Equiped with rack and pinion steering, and front independent swingarm suspension with disc brakes on the front and drum brakes on the rear. November 2017

VW Kharmann Ghia

an orange coloured Datsun 260Z, plus a Fiat Panda in the Alitalia rally colours. The other side of the entrance were a yellow 1970 Volkswagen Kharmann Ghia, a 1968 Jaguar 420G saloon and a blue Triumph Stag. Heading down a side road on the site led to more cars, including a Jaguar E-Type coupe, a Pale blue MG A, a Volkswagen Beetle and a Morris Minor convertible in white, with a dark red hood. In a garage building was a 1959 5.4 litre Ford Page 32

1929 Riley 9 Brooklands © Simon Wright

1934 Riley 9 Ulster Imp © Simon Wright

1933 Riley 6 Cylinder Kestrel

1935 Riley 12/4 TT Sprite © Simon Wright

1932 Riley 12/4 Penguin

1933 Riley 15/6 MPH

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1937 Riley 12/4 Sprite

1933 Riley 15/6 Grebe Special

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Ford Fairlane Galaxie

Fairlane Galaxie in turquoise with a white roof. A pair of scarlet Italian cars parked next to each other showed that the Fiat Abarth 500 one day wishes to grow up to be a Ferrari. Where-ever you walked around the site, you would find interesting and unusual classic and vintage cars. Outside one garage block was a line up of large vintage saloons from © Simon Wright Vauxhall, Ford, Humber, Morris and Bentley. Round every corner was another suprise. A group of classic American cars were grouped Fiat Abarth 500 and Ferrari F430

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Vauxhall, Ford, Ford, Rolls Royce and Morris saloons in a line

together, including a 1957 Chevrolet and a 1964 Ford Country Sedan. Even the traders had period vehicles with the Ice Cream van being a Morris Commerical PV. © Simon Wright

Ford Country Sedan

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Dad’s Army on patrol

Jaguar XJ220

Morris Ice cream van © Simon Wright

Ferrari

Classic 1934 Alvis Speed 20 SB and 1951 Alvis TA21

Lotus line up

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Frazer Nash BMW

Modified VW Beetle

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RallyDay Castle Combe By Syd Wall ÂŠ Syd Wall

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The first appearance of the latest Darrian, the T90GTR+ driven by John Dalton

2017’s edition of RallyDay was big. There were big sponsors in names like Cooper Tires, Motorsport News and M-Sport's big display, including the first UK display from a 2017-spec WRC. But the really big draw for the thousands of spectators who swarmed round the track in the autumn sunshine were the drivers - three current WRC stars, Elfyn Evans and Ott Tanak from Ford, Toyota’s Jari-Matti Latvala, and rally legends Stig Blomqvist and Harri Toivonen. Also guesting on the interview stage, as always handled by the excellent Howard Davies, were MSport director Malcolm November 2017

Wilson, Ford’s World Rallycross star Andreas Bakkerud, new British Rally Champion, (for the fourth time) Keith Cronin and Colin McRae’s longtime co-driver © Syd Wall Howard’s still having fun with Ott Tanak, fresh from his WRC win in Nicky Grist. Germany The excitement grew as the feature stage drew near, heralding Ott Tanak’s appearance in the latest Ford Fiesta WRC, the rally car that thinks it’s a racing car. He didn’t disappoint. The morning track action had been taken up with some of the 1000 or so rally and trackday cars present at Castle Combe, including some very quick equipment such © Syd Wall as the famous Mk2 Escort of Phil Collins. But Tanak and the 2017-spec World Rally Car were on another planet in terms of performance, having come from his recent WRC win in this very car on the tarmac of Germany. Even with cold tyres, Tanak lapped at incredible speed with no outward sign of effort other than rocket-like

The headline cars in the Colin McRae parade

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A replica of Per Eklund’s 1980 Monte Carlo Mk1 Golf

acceleration and limpetlike grip - photos showed he really was trying, frequently on three wheels through the corners. It was a shame though, that we only saw two laps from the car, one at the start and one at the end of the feature stage, as the car was on duty again a week later in Catalunya. However, also on hand was a works R5 spec Fiesta for Elfyn Evans to play

Jari-Matti Latvala is as big a rally fan as anyone and was excited to drive a number of historic Celicas

with. Straight from the start line, Elfyn put his cards on the table, his doughnuts telling the crowd that he was here to have fun and to entertain and to do a lot of laps. The two Ford drivers also had sideways fun in a modern Mk2 Escort with a sequential box. It would have been nice to see the stunning Focus WRX Rallycross car in action with Bakkerud, but he did get some laps in the R5 Fiesta. Sadly, Toyota hadn’t brought a 2017 Yaris WRC for Latvala. But JariMatti didn’t mind that - he only had eyes for Nicky Grist’s newly purchased Celica, the car which won in Portugal 1994 with Nicky and

Juha Kankkunen at the helm. We didn’t see much of the car though as it came back in with a broken driveshaft. Jari-Matti is well known to be a WRC history geek and he was in his element at Castle Combe. He said: “I had a fantastic time at Rallyday. There were

Ford Escort Mk 11

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so many cars to see and so many people to meet. I had no idea there would be so many different cars here and the best thing is that a lot of them were being driven on the track. It’s so much Page 38

better to see them moving rather than just standing still.” It’s 10 years since Colin McRae died and a highlight of the day was a parade of some of his important rally cars, including the famous white Metro 6R4 Colin had built for him and driven on the McRae Stages and Donegal in 1998. © Syd Wall

Rally car liveries don’t come much better than Martini colours on a 16v Integrale

Amongst the huge number of club displays was something close to my heart, the 50 years of Davrian and Darrian. A Davrian Mk7 was my daily transport for three years in the 70s so it was great to see so many gathered in one place. Highlight was the latest edition of the Darrian T90GTR rally car, driven by Darrian stalwart John Dalton. Rallyday organiser Tom Davis said “So much hard work goes into running a day like Saturday and when it all comes together in the way it did last weekend, it’s really something special. It never ceases to amaze me how many people bring their cars to Rallyday. We had around 1,000 on show on Saturday and each and every one of those November 2017

Ott Tanak puts the Ford Fiesta WRC through its paces

cars has real pedigree and interest – these guys are the backbone of Rallyday. All the national and club-level drivers are amazing, as are the volunteers and club members. We couldn’t do what we do without them. We’ve already started thinking about next year and what we can do to expand and improve on Saturday, but it was a good one. My © Syd Wall special memory of the day has to be seeing the tribute parade of cars to Colin McRae. Ten years ago, when Colin died, we lost Brand new build Mk2 Escort from Scott Williams Motorsport

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Howard Davies having fun with Toyota star Jari-Matti Latvala

Harri Toivonen drove Steve Chamberlain’s Millington engined Proton

a true legend and hero of our world and to see so many cars and fans remembering him was an emotional and special moment.” See our report in next month’s C&CC on our visit to Rally Legends in San Marino, which also celebrated Colin McRae’s career.

Elfyn Evans burns some more Michelin product in the Fiesta R5

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Dave Bryan’s lovely replica Grp2 works Mk1 Escort

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Autumn Sprint VSCC Rockingham National Circuit 21st October 2017 By Simon and Janet Wright with additional photos by Stuart Yates of Motorsport-Imagery and Pete Austin

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Trevor Corner Talbot 105 approaching the finish line

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Fastest Time of Day went to Tony Lees in the AC-GN Cognac

The Vintage Sports Car Club’s (VSCC) final speed event of the year was the Autumn Sprint, held on the 21st October 2017. In recent years, this event has been held at Goodwood, on the historic racing circuit. This year it moved to the Rockingham circuit at Corby, in Northamptonshire, for the first time. Rockingham was the first purpose built racing circuit in the UK since Brooklands in 1907. More famous for its banked oval outer circuit, the VSCC instead were using the National circuit which lies inside the oval but didn’t use any of the banked circuit. With almost one hundred vintage and Pre-war cars entered in sixteen different classes, there was plenty of variety in this ‘end of term’ event. The country was in the grip of the end of a hurricane, and this meant that the circuit was very windy, but thankfully, the expected rainfall never really materialised. Due to the smooth running of the event, the organisers managed to get the two practice runs and first time run in before the lunch break, which meant that after the second timed run and the end of the competition, any competitors that fancied another run on the November 2017

track could take a third, untimed run, for fun. The fastest time of the day went to Tony Lees in the 1925 AC/GN Cognac with a time of 73.43 seconds. The Fastest Vintage award went to Tom Waterfield in the 1922/29 GN Special with a time of 78.06 seconds. Making it a GN walkover, the Fastest Young Driver award went to Hughie Walker in the 1922/08 GN Thunderbug with a time of Fastest Vintage - Tom Waterfield GN Special 79.78 seconds. Moving to the class winners, the Standard and Modified Sports Cars up to 750cc unsupercharged class was won by Joe Tisdall driving a 1930 Austin 7 Ulster, who also took the 1st Modified Vintage awards for that class. The 1st in class on handicap was Stephen Jones in his 1934 Austin 7 Ulster Sports with a time of © Motorsport-imagery

Fastest Young Driver - Highie Walker in Thunderbug

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109.40 seconds. Moving to Class 2 for Standard and Modified Sports Cars 751-1100cc unsupercharged and up to 750cc supercharged, it was Simon Edwards that won the class and the 1st Modified Vintage award with a time of 86.14 seconds. The 1st Standard Vintage in class went to Ian Standing in a 1930 Riley Brooklands with a 91.00 second run, while 1st on Handicap was Hamish McNinch in a 1935 MG PA 25TR in a time of 97.73 seconds. Class 3 for Standard and Modified Sports Cars 1101-1500cc unsupercharged © Simon Wright and up Joe Tisdall Austin 7 Ulster to 1100cc supercharged was won by another Mogan, this time the Super Aero of Iain Stewart who was also 1st Modified Vintage in a time of 79.52 seconds. He beat a raft of Frazer Nash in the class, with Simon BlakeneyEdwards 1st on handicap with a time of 83.57 seconds in his 1929 Frazer Nash Super Sports. David Johnson was 1st Standard Vintage in his similar 1929 Frazer Nash Super Sports with a time of Simon Edwards Morgan Aero Super sports 86.12 seconds.

Alistair Pugh Frazer Nash BMW 328

Classes 4,5 and 6 were all merged for Standard and Modified Sports Cars from 1501cc to 3000 cc unsupercharged and up to 2000 cc Supercharged. Alistair Pugh was 1st in class in his beatiful 1939 Frazer Nash/BMW 328 with a time of 81.20 seconds. Anthony Norton was 1st on handicap with a time of 99.23 seconds in his 1932 Alvis 12/50 TJ. Class 7 was © Pete Austin for the ever popular Edwardian automobile engined cars and saw William Twelvetrees 1st in class with a time of 100.07 seconds and Roger William Twelvetreees - Wolseley 16-20

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Krisoffer Aarhus-Hudson Austin Ulster Rep Getting into the perfect start position

Iain Stewart Morgan Super Aero

Miss India Walker Austin 7 Special

Miss Anne Boursot MG PA 25TR © Simon Wright

Hugh McGarel-Groves Delage DM Sport

John Guyatt Talbot Lago T150C

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Steve McEvoy MG F Type Magna F1

Daniel Hunter Austin Ulster Sports

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Twelvetrees 1st on Handicap with a time of 106.94 seconds in their shared 1910/11 Wolseley 16/20. Class 8 for Special Sports Cars up to 1100cc unsupercharged and up to 750cc supercharged saw Kevin Morton win the class in © Simon Wright

second run. Keeping it in the Riley family, 1st on handicap was Peter Hopkinson in a Riley Special with a time of 85.46 seconds. Special Sports Cars 1501 to 3000 cc unsupercharged and up to 2250cc supercharged Class 10 was won by Paul Weston in a 1933 Frazer Nash TT Replica with a time of 89.85 seconds.

Kevin Morton Riley 9 Special

his 1931 Riley 9 Special. Austin 7 The Toy took 1st Vinatge driven by David Furnell with a time of 96.84 seconds and 1st on handicap driven by Mrs Claire Furnell-Williams with a time of 99.77 seconds. A Riley also took class 9 for Special Sports Cars 1101-1500 cc unsupercharged and up to 1100cc supercharged. Michael James in A Riley 12/4 TT Sprite Rep was fastest in class with a 77.53 © Janet Wright

Paul Weston 1933 Frazer Nash TT replica

Mrs Jane Corner was 1st on Handicap in her 1933/37 Talbot 65 Special with a time of 97.45 seconds. The last of the Special Sports Cars classes for over 3000cc unsupercharged and over 2250cc supercharged, was won by Richard Iliffe in his 1934 Riley Elf in 77.74 seconds. Tom Waterfield was the 1st Vintage in his 1922/29 GN Special and Steve Allen was 1st on Handicap in hsi Bentley 4 1/4 Litre SPL Michael James Riley 12/4 TT Sprite rep

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Mrs Sue Darbyshire 1929 Morgan Super Aero

Richard Iliffe - Riley Elf

with a best time of 91.47 seconds. Class 13 was for Pre-1941 Racing Cars up to 1100cc and was won by Gary Clare in his 1928 Grannie, who also took the 1st Vintage award in the class, with a time of 85.08 seconds. Mark Dolton was 1st on Handicap in his MG PB with a time of 86.99 seconds. © Motorsport-imagery

Gary Clare in Grannie

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The fastest lady on three wheels won Class 14 for Pre-1941 Racing Cars 1101-1500cc. Mrs Sue Darbyshire in her 1929 Morgan Super Aero took both 1st overall and 1st Vintage awards in class with a time of 79.91 seconds. Andrew Croysdill was 1st on Handicap in his Riley 12/4. © Simon Wright The overall winner Tony Lees took Class 15 for Pre-1941 Racing Cars 1501 to 3000cc, while Edmund Burgess was 1st on Handicap in his Bugatti Type 51. The fastest Young Driver Hughie Walker was also 1st overall in Class 16 for Pre-1941 Racing Cars over 3000cc and also took 1st Vintage in class with a time of 79.78 seconds, in the 1922/08 GN Thunderbug which he shared with his father, Mark Walker who took 1st on Handicap in the class as well. Ross Keeling Riley 12/4 TT Sprite

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David Lewis, Alvis Firebird/Speed 25

During the lunch break, the club presented the 2017 VSCC Speed Championship Class Winners prize awards, attended by Competitors, Club members and guests. Presented by regular VSCC commentator Nick Upton, the award ceremony was attended by well over 200 competitors, marshals, officals and guests. The overall winner was David Furnell in his 1930 Austin 7 Special ‘The Toy’.

David Furnell in his Austin 7 ‘The Toy’

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John Fack Railton Light Sports with dark skies, sun and wind

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Red Oktober, Coventry Transport Museum, 14th October 2017 By Simon Wright.

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Trabant line up in Red Square or rather Millenium Place Coventry

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Eastern Bloc takeover of Millenium place

Coventry, in the heart of England, is a contender for the City of Culture, but on the 14th October 2017, it became the City of Communism. Eastern Bloc vehicles from the Cold War period invaded Millennium Place, outside Coventry Transport Museum, and put on a display of no frills motoring. Exactly one hundred years since the October Revolution, the event was a celebration of motoring from ‘behind the wall’. Organised by the Wartburg & Trabant IFA, founded in 1964 as the Wartbug

Owners Club and one of the oldest East German Vehicle clubs in the World. When the Berlin Wall came down, the club took on all other East German vehicles. There was an interesting selection of Eastern European vehicles on display, including plenty of East German Trabants. Many of the owners had also made an effort and were dressed in period costumes or uniforms from behind the Iron Curtain. Over 3 million Trabants were produced between 1957 and 1990 by VEB Sachsenring Automobilwerke Zwickau in Saxony. Before the fall of the Berlin wall, the vehicle was highly sought © Simon Wright

Trabant 601 fire car

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Trabant Estate

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featured a padded dashboard, energy absorbing, collapsing steering column and better seats from the VAZ-2101. © Simon Wright

1978 Zaporozhets 968A The star of the show at Coventry was a 1987 Zaporozhets 968A saloon only just imported into the country. Built in the Ukraine, the car had only arrived in the UK on the 4th of September 2017. The 968 model was produced between 1971 and 1980 Towards the end of 1974 the up-market 968 made its debut and survived until 1979. Powered by an air cooled V4 1197cc rear mounted engine © Simon Wright which produced 40 hp. It was fitted with a four speed manual transmission. The original chrome grill on the 968 model was replaced on the A version with a horizontal chrome decoration. The A version also

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Trabant 1.1

after in East Germany. It’s hard plastic body was mounted to a single piece steel chassis (Monocoque or unibody), with a transversely mounted two stroke, two cylinder engine driving the front wheels (just like the Mini), and independent suspension. The initial engine was 500cc between 1957 and 1962, then a larger 600cc engine was fitted until 1989. The final models had a VW Polo 1 litre four stroke engine fitted. There are four main versions of the Trabant, the P50 built between 1957 and 1962, the Trabant 600 produced between 1962 and 1964, the Trabant 601 produced between 1963 and 1991 and finally the Trabant 1.1 fitted with the VW engine between 1990 and 1991. The most common 600cc version produced 26 HP and had a top speed of 62 mph and took 21 seconds to accelerate from 0-62 mph. It could travel 40 miles on a gallon of fuel. November 2017

Trabant 601 Kubel

There were various versions of the Trabant on show at Coventry, Saloon, Estate, the later 1.1 version and the Tramp, which was basically a civilian version of the Trabant 601 Kubel. The Kubel was a jeep version of the vehicle, with no doors, a folding roof, auxiliary heating system, and in the military version the ignition was RFI shielded. The Tramp was mainly exported to Greece. Another East German car manufacturer was Wartburg, which got it’s name from Wartburg Castle which overlooks the town of Eisenach, where the cars were manufactured. The cars on display were © Simon Wright the later 353 model, which saw four different versions manufacture Wartburg bonnet badge

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Wartburg 353W

d between 1966 and 1985. In the UK it was sold as the Wartburg Knight. There was a perfect example of a 1984 Wartburg 353W parked right outside the main entrance to the Coventry Transport Museum. Powered by a 993cc two stroke 3 cylinder engine, the W version also had disc brakes fitted on the front. The design was front wheel drive and the transmission was equiped with a freewheel, which meant that the clutch was not required between gear changes. © Simon Wright The freewheel device disabled engine braking, the car effectively coasting whenever the throttle was released. Driver had the option to turn the freewheel off via November 2017

a lever under the steering column to enable engine braking to assist the stopping of the vehicle if required, as the front brakes were prone to overheating and fading. The gear stick was also mounted on the steering column. The car was originally designed for a top speed of around 96 mph and could do 0-62 mph in 12 seconds. Probably the most popular Eastern Bloc vehicle sold in the UK was the Skoda range, built in Czechoslovakia. They had considerable success in Rallying, winning their class Skoda S110LS © Simon Wright for 17 consecutive years on the RAC Rally. They were rear engined 2 stroke motors, producing up to 130 bhp. There was a turquoise 1974 Skoda S110 LS that appeared to be in showroom condition. The 110LS model was built between 1971 and 1976 during which time over 40,000 were built. The rear engine, rear wheel drive, four door saloon is very rare to see these days in the UK. There was also a more modern black 1985 Skoda © Simon Wright

Skoda Rapid CE

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Rapid CE, which features a slightly more aerodynamic Fastback coupe style than the earlier 110 LS saloon. The two door coupe was still rear engine, rear wheel drive, with an 1174cc water cooled inline 4 cylider engine which produced 45 bhp. It has an aluminium block and cast iron cylider head and four speed gearbox. The front suspension was double wishbone with coil spring, while the rear was semi trailing arms and coil springs. Four pot disk brakes provided stopping power on the front, with drum brakes on the rear.

Barkus B1000 Fire Truck

The event was open to any cold war period vehicle and there were a few European interlopers on the Eastern bloc display. An orange 1985 Polski Fiat 125P saloon was joined by a couple of small Fiat 600 city cars and a 1984 Citroen CX Pallas. 1989 Skoda 136R

Another great example was a Gold coloured 1989 Skoda 136R. Another typical Skoda with rear engine and rear wheel drive, the 136R is powered by a 1289cc engine with an eight port aluminium cylinder head. The fastback coupe design was introduced in 1987 and produced 62 bhp. the acceleration was improved to 14.9 seconds to go from 0-60 mph. Other vehicles at Coventry included a Skoda Favorit GLXie, a Barkus B1000 flat bed truck, a Barkus fire tender, an FSO 125P pickup truck and several MZ motorcycles. November 2017

Citroen CX Pallas

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Barkus B1000 truck and Fire tender

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1985 Polski Fiat 125P

MZ Motorcycles

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Trabant lineup outside the museum

Trabant Tramp

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Marches-Batho Rally 14th October 2017. By Peter McFadyen

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Jonathan and Jo Parkes opted for the Economy Tour in their 1937 Riley 12/4 Lynx seen here at the village of Overbury.

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events’ although, as they point out, they provide an excellent training ground for them. The marques represented in the Inter-Register are Alvis, © Peter McFadyen Austin 10, Crossley, Tanks are topped up before the start. The 1932 Austin Fiat, Humber, Riley, 7 Box saloon of Colin and Chris Cooke and the 1930 Pre-War Austin 7, Riley Alpine Saloon of Peter Hanna and Adrian Druck Sunbeam, Talbot, are at the head of the queue © Peter McFadyen

Peter Hanna and Adrian Drucker took 2nd place in the Rally in Adrian’s 1930 14/6 Riley Alpine Saloon, followed here by the 1931 Riley 9 Biarritz of Keith Wilson and Andrew Swann

The Inter-Register Club is an association of smaller one-marque car clubs which hold about eight events each year. Usually navigation or scatter rallies or driving tests, they are designed to be light-hearted and not, as they put it, ‘as intense as VSCC

Darracq, MG, Jowett and Ford Model A. This year, the Riley Register were responsible for two events, a ‘Super Scatter’ rally in Oxfordshire in August and the well established MarchesBatho rally organised each year by the Worcestershire section. The event’s title comes from its original location in the Welsh Marches and the trophy constructed from the tip of a wooden aircraft

Rally winners, Mark Garfitt and Dood Pearce in the Frazer Nash BMW

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John and Richard Stubberfield in their 1924 AC Royal

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Ian Goddard with Tom Pellow navigating in their 1931 F Type MG, exercise care at a major road junction

propeller and parts salvaged from a blown up Riley engine belonging to prominent member, Dick Batho.

timing and navigational skills, there was an economy element requiring them to predict their fuel consumption during the journey. Tanks were filled under scrutiny before the start and then refilled at the finish. In parallel with the rally, there was an option of a non-competitive economy run over the same course.

Rally winners were the experienced crew of Mark

Batho Trophy winners Graham and Sylvia Evans pass a war memorial in their 1935 Riley 12/4 Falcon

The first Marches-Batho Rally was won by Ian Stainburn who, as clerk of the course, was in charge of this year’s event. Starting from Prescott Hill Climb, competitors covered a route of around 45 miles finishing back at Prescott and as well as testing

Garfitt and Dood Pearce in Mark’s well-travelled Frazer Nash / BMW 319/55 Sports. Second were Peter Hanna and Adrian Drucker in Adrian’s 1930 14/6 Riley Alpine Saloon. The Batho Trophy itself which only members of the Worcestershire Area of the Riley Register can win – went to novice crew Graham and Sylvia Evans in their 1935 Riley 12/4 Falcon.

Phil Edwards and Mike Hearne pass through the village of Overbury in their 1937 Riley 12/4 Special

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Fuelling complete, Malcolm Hatfield’s 1921Crossley 9.6 4 seat Tourer is ready to go.

VSCC Non-Speed Event Secretary Andrew Tarring chose to spend a rare off duty Saturday competing in his 1927 Humber 14/40 with Elanor Tarring navigating.

Friendly wave from Roger McDonald as he and navigator Steve Loveridge pass by in Roger’s 1930 Alvis 1250 Duck’s Back replica.

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Frank Ashley and Thelma Grose in their 1929 MG Midget, who won the Touring Page category, share a joke with fellow competitiors as they wait to fill up

MAC Curborough Sprint 8th October 2017. By Simon & Janet Wright.

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Best Time of the Day went to Jack Cottrill in his Force PT

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The Midland Automobile Club (MAC) finished their 2017 competitive season with their annual sprint at Curborough on Sunday 8th October 2017. Bright sunshine greeted competitors for this popular and over-subscribed event, with a total entry of eighty four drivers taking part. As well as being a round of the Sunrise Sprint Championship, the event also saw rounds of the WSCC Northampton Speed Series and the Sevenoaks and District Motor Club Speed League, plus the invited Pirelli Ferrari Hill Climb Championship and the JDC 4 Hills (Jaguar) Championship. The event was using the two lap figure of eight circuit. © Simon Wright The Fastest Time of Day went to Jack Cottrill in his Force PT single seater racing car with a best time of 52.42 seconds. He was just three tenths of a second faster than Darren Gumbley in his Force TA Mistral who actually failed to get a time on his first run. They took first and second in © Simon Wright the Merged Racing Cars up to 1100cc class. The event started with the Road Going Series Production Road saloon 3 wheeling to class win Richard Brant Renault Clio Club 172

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cars class over 1400cc up to 2000cc which saw a Toyota versus Renault battle. It was the Clio Club 172 Sport of Richard Brant that came out on top with a time of 66.43 seconds, nearly six seconds faster than the Toyota GT86 Gialio of Bob Ridge Stearn with a 72.14 second run. Not sure how a Toyota MR2 and a GT86 got to compete in a saloon car class when even the Toyota UK web site says the GT82 is a compact sports car? In the Road Going Series Production Sports car class over © Simon Wright

A chance to be exciting. Chris Chance won his class in the Lotus Exige

1400cc up to 2000cc it was the Lotus Exige of Chris Chance that won with a time of 65.70 seconds, just ahead of 2nd in class Michael Thomson in a Honda S2000 in a time of 66.39 seconds. Class 3 a and B were merged in to Road Going Production cars over 2000cc. It was the turbocharged Subaru Impreza of Chris Berrisford that won the class with a time of 62.14 seconds ahead © Janet Wright

Chris Berrisford took a class win in the Subaru Impreza

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One on it’s own, Jim Collins VW Beetle 1303 won the Libre class Alan Mugglestone beat his son to win their class in the RAW Fulcrum

of Paul Harris’ Mitsubishi Evo 6 with a 64.69 second run. The Road Going Specialist Production Cars over 1700cc saw Alan Mugglestone in the RAW Fulcrum take the honours with a time of 59.47 seconds ahead of his son sharing the car, who did a 60.40 sseconds time for 2nd in class. © Janet Wright Moving on to the modified classes, Nick Bayldon in a Porsche 911 C2 took the Modified Series Production Cars Class winning Porsche 911 C2 of Nick Bayldon over 2000cc class. Next class was for the Modified Specialist Production cars, which saw seven Westfield’s take on a lone, shared drive, Caterham. Derek Hodder was fastest in his Westfield SEi Type R SC with a 56.23 second run. The car also took 3rd in class driven by Garry Bunn with a 57.87 second run. They were split by Adam Phelps in a Westfield Megabusa with a time of 57.40 seconds. November 2017

The Sports Libre Cars and Hillclimb Super Sports Cars classes were merged, but then only had one competitior in Jim Collins and his VW Beetle 1303 that won the class with a time of 77.58 seconds. In contrast, the Formula Ford Class continues to attract entries with eight drivers entered. Richard Summers was quickest in his Van Diemen FF with two very consistent runs of 63.49 seconds and 63.50 seconds. He narrowly beat Simon Andrews, who was sharing Bernard Kevill’s Van Diemen RF90, with a time of 63.63 seconds. The Racing cars over 1100cc class saw Richard Hollingworth win in the DJ Firehawk with a 53.42 second run. © Janet Wright

Formula Ford class winner Richard Summers Van Diemen FF

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The Classic Cars pre 1975 were run on a handicap basis and saw Michael Henney awarded 1st place in his Lotus Europa with a handicap difference of -2.24. © Simon Wright

Ferrari class winner David Snelson Ferrari F430

Classic Handicap winner Michael Henney Lotus Europa

Moving on to the invited championships, the JD JDC 4 Hills Sprint Championship had four interesting entries, all Jaguar powered. The fastest time and class winner was the Jaguar D Type Replica of Adrian Evans who set a best time of 74.39 seconds. The second fastest was Anthony Taylor in a Jaguar Aristocat with a 77.40 seconds run. Third fastest was Geoff Mansfield in a Jaguar Kougar Special with an 80.12 seconds run and bringing up the rear in the class was James Scarralt in a Jaguar XKR with an 82.17 seconds first run time.

The Pirelli Ferrari Hill Climb Championship now use this event as the final round of their championship. Thirteen cars turned up, including the fabulous 250GT of John Goodwin. David Snelson had arrived late and only did one timed run in his Ferrari F430 but it was enough to earn him victory in the class on this event with a time of 65.55 seconds. He was well over a second faster than 2nd placed Chris Hitchman in a Ferrari 355 with his time of 67.19 seconds. Mike Spicer took 3rd in class in his Ferrari 328 GTB with a time of 67.55 seconds. © Simon Wright

JDC 4 Hills class winner Adrian Evans Jaguar D Type Replica

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Ferrari 250 GT of John Goodwin

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Andy Benfield Kia Magentis

Geoff Mansfield Jaguar Kougar Special

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Raymond Worrall Honda S2000

Callum Barney Ford Cortina GT

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Archive Photo of the month. By Pete Austin. This years VSCC Autumn Sprint was held at the Rockingham Motor Speedway although only the national road circuit was used for this event. The oval circuit opened in 2001 for the visit of the CART FedEx Indy car championship. Indy cars had previously visited this country in 1978 for races at Silverstone and Brands Hatch on normal road courses but this was the first event of this nature in this country to use an oval. After a troubled start to the meeting when water was found to be seeping through to the track during Thursday practice the race was won by Gil de Ferran in his in his Team Penske Reynard Honda shown here.

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BRSCC Finals Race Weekend. Donington Park 14-15th October 2017. By Simon & Janet Wright

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Plenty of Mazda action at Donington during the BRSCC Finals meeting. Russ Lindsay dives inside Jason Taylor

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The third Mazda Supercup race was led from the start by Jack Harding Mazda MX-5 Mk 3

The British Sports Car Club (BRSCC) Finals race weekend at Donington Park rounded off several championships for the club. The meeting started with the first of three races for the Mazda MX5 Supercup. This series is for later models of the popular Japanese sportscar. Jack Harding won all three races in his Mazda MX-5 Mk3. Luke Herbert took 2nd in the first race but it © Simon Wright was Liam Murphy who took the runners up spot in the other two races. This was followed on Saturday by the first race of the weekend for the Mk Jake Styles had an off at the chicane in the Mazda 1 MX-5, the Mazda November 2017

Championship race 2B

MX5 Championship - 1A. There was a large entry for the MX-5 Championship which saw Oliver Allwood win the first and second race and took 2nd in the third race behind Joshua Jackson. In the 1B races it was Simon Woods who took the first race, Paul Tucker the second and Paul Maguire the third. © Janet Wright

Close racing in the Mazda Championship. Warry leads Charneca, Le Doyen and Close

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take another win from Going and Horrobin again. John Cooper won class D in his Fiesta Zetec S, while Court and Robinson won both their classes again. Gollon made it three out of three in the third race, with Nathaniel Gollin in 2nd and Nathan Edwards 3rd. Rose made it two class wins out of three, while Court and Robinson also made it three class wins out of three. © Simon Wright

Start of the BRSCC Fiesta Championship race with Gollin and Going fighting for the lead

from Simon Horrobin. It was Horrobin that led the early laps before Jamie Going who had been 2nd from the start, got ahead for one lap. Then Josh Gollin took the lead and stayed there till the flag, winning by just 0.012 of a seond in his Fiesta ST from Going and Horrobin. The other class winners were Dan Rose in a Fiesta Zetec S 1600, Mark Court in a Fiesta Si and Derek Robinson in a Fiesta Zetec. The second Fiesta race saw Gollin

00 Stuart Robbins Ford Fiesta Zetec S flies over the kerbing while passing Mark Faulconbridge Ford Fiesta ST

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Double race winner Barry McMahon Alfa Romeo 156

An Italian flavour was added to the meeting with two BRSCC Alfa Romeo Championship races. Barry McMahon claimed pole position in his Alfa Romeo 156 and dominated both races from start to finish. He won the first race by over nine seconds from Graham Seager in his Alfa Romeo GTV, with Roger McMahon in 3rd in another Alfa Romeo 156. They swopped places in the second race with Roger McMahon 2nd and Seager 3rd. The Power Trophy class was won in both races by Paul Webster in an Alfa Romeo 156 GTA. The Twin Spark Cup class was also © Simon Wright won in both races by Andy Hancock in another Alfa Romeo 156. Finally the Invitation class was won by Andy Hancock Alfa Romeo 156 leads James Browning Alfa Romeo 147

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Chris McFie also in both races in a Fiat Punto who finished 6th overall in race one and 5th overall in race two. © Simon Wright

Alistair Dyson Jaguar Mk2 spins off at the chicane in the Coombs Heritage Challenge

James Waite and Jamie Lea Hawley didn’t make the restart of the Fiesta Junior race after the red flag in race two

Sunday morning started with the BRSCC Fiesta Junior Championship. Josh Hislop took pole position in his Ford Fiesta ST, but it was Nicholas Reeve who won both races on Sunday. The second race was restarted after a red flag which resulted in cars 17, 23 and 39 not taking the restart.

the sleeker Mk 1 and Mk 2 saloons, but was great to see and add a bit of variety to the field. John Young put his 1958 Jaguar Mk 1 on pole position, but it was fellow front row man Grant Williams that led the first twelve laps in his Mk1 until he retired on lap 13. This left Young in the lead and he went on to win and take the Sopwith class by over thirty six seconds. Richard Dorlin was 2nd in his 1961 Jaguar Mk 2 to win the Sopwith class © Simon Wright

Restart of the 2nd Fiesta Junior race with Nicholas Reeve leading

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HRDC Touring Greats for Pre-60 Touring Cars and invited TC 63 is mainly aimed at Pre-60s Touring cars with invited TC63 class for slightly younger cars. The large and varied field saw the John Young/Nigel Webb 1958 Jaguar Mk1 grab pole position from the 1961 Jaguar Mk2 of Richard Butterfield/Peter Dorlin Right behind them was the father and son team of Mike Page 69

and Andrew Jordan in their much smaller engined 1959 Austin GT40 (A40) Speedwell. This forty five minute race promised to be a thrilling event with the Jordan Austin GT40 (A40) snapping on the heels of the Young/Webb Jaguar on the first lap. Unfortunately it headed straight in to the pits and lost three laps before it re-appeared. This left the Jaguar to build up a comfortable Andrew Jordaan power slides through Old lead before it pitted on lap thirteen hairpin in the Austin A40 for the driver change. This gave the lead to Chrissy Palmer in the small but fast Austin A40 Speedwell. which it maintained until it too dived in to the pits a couple of laps later. It was now the turn of the 1956 Austin A95 Westminster to lead the race, until it finally dived in to the pits, © Simon Wright

The winning Jaguar Mk1 of Young/Webb lifting a wheel at Coppice

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Julian Crossley 1953 Jowett Javelin dnf

giving the lead back to the Young/Webb Jaguar. The fastest car on track now was former British Touring Car Champion, Andrew Jordan in the A40. It was poetry in motion to watch him drift the car round Old Hairpin. Unfortunately with the three laps they had lost earlier, plus a 5 second penalty they gained for track limits, they finished down in 22nd place and 7th in class. © Simon Wright Meanwhile the Young/Webb Jaguar continued to increase their lead to win by over 46 seconds. Palmer finished 2nd, and won his class. Another BTCC driver, Adam Morgan sharing with James Colburn in an Austin A35 Speedwell, claimed the final podium position. The other class winners were 8th placed Marc Gordon in a 1958 Lotus Elite and 11th placed Frank Slevin/ Nick/Harry Naismith 1956 Austin A95 Westminster leading Robson/Woolmer 1959 Paul Mullin Alfa Romeo Giuilia Jensen 541R

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Ti. Ding Boston in 13th place driving the 1959 Riley 1.5 OUMF was another class winner along with 16th placed Nick Powell in his 1958 Austin A35 Academy car. © Janet Wright

The thirty minute race saw Chambers lead every lap in the Touring Car Class Ford Lotus Cortina Mk1. First he was chased by Rainford in the Marcos and then it was a three way batlle for 2nd between the Americam muscle cars. Larry Tucker finished 2nd in his GT class 1965 Ford Shelby Mustang 350R, nearly 30 © Simon Wright

Start of the Allstars race with Chambers leading in the Ford Lotus Cortina

The HRDC Allstars with Academy and A series Challenge saw a large grid of late 1950s and early 1960s Sports cars, GT and Touring Cars take to the track along with the HRDC “Academy Cars’ (Austin A30/35 cars running to strict ‘one-make’ regulations) and the HRDC ‘A-Series Challenge’ for cars powered by the ubiquitous BMC A-Series engine. Peter Chambers was on pole position in his Touring Car Class 1963 Ford Lotus Cortina Mk1 by just 0.224 of a second from Charles Rainford in his GT class 1965 Marcos 1800 GT. The top A-Series car was 6th placed James Colburn in a 1957 Lenham Sprite GT. The top Academy car was 23rd placed Nick Powell in a 1958 Austin A35. © Janet Wright

Class winner Larry Tucker 1965 Ford Shelby Mustang 350R 2nd overall

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seconds behind the winner. Chris Clarkson took the last step on the podium at the wheel of his 1964 Ford Falcon Sprint, only just over a second behind the Mustang. Frank Slevin made it a white wash for Ford in 4th place in his 1964 Ford Falcon Sprint. The first two both won their respective classes. The A-Series class was won by 5th placed Nick Paddy in his 1961 Mini Cooper S from 6th placed James Dorlin in a 1963 Morris Mini Cooper S. Nick Powell took the Academy class in 1958 Austin A35 in 21st position.

James Colburn 1957 Lenham Sprite GT qualified 6th

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The Big Nem10 Event & Car Meet. Saturday 14th October 2017 The Chateau Impney Hotel. By Simon Wright ÂŠ Simon Wright

Modern and Classic 5 litre Ford Mustangs

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Chevrolet Camaro Z28

the modern versions, there were several classic Mustangs from the 1960s, in both saloon and convertible styles. Colourful Ford Mustang line up

Nemesis UK is one of the UK’s leading suppliers of performance and replacement parts for American, European and Japanese vehicles. They held their 10th anniversary event at Chateau Impney, the home of one of the Midlands Hill Climb venues. They organised a performance and prestige car meet for Saturday 14th October 2017 for classic and modern American cars. Upon arrival at the area outside the Regent Centre at Chateau Impney, there was one of the biggest line ups of modern Ford Mustangs, in several rows, plus various classic American cars and a few exotic European and Japanese performance cars. Most of the modern versions of the Mustang were present, including the GT, the Shelby GT 500, Roush and Cobra Super Snake. There were also some nice examples of modern Mustang Convertibles. As well as November 2017

Modern Ford Mustang convertible

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Al Unser Chevrolet Camaro

America’s other big car maker, Chevrolet were also well represented. There were a couple of modern Camaro SS cars in yellow, looking like Bumble Bee in the Transformers movie. Star of the show was a Nascar style racing Chevrolet Camaro Z28 as raced by Al Unser in America, Another famous American car brand Pontiac was also represented © Simon Wright with a pair Pontiac Firebird

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of Firebird coupes, and a couple of AC Cobra and Cobra Daytona cars maintained the American theme. Americans also like their trucks with Ford, Dodge © Simon Wright and Hummer Hummer all having very large performance trucks in the mix. There were several classic American cars including a 1980 5.7 litre Chevrolet Camaro, and a 1958 4.8 litre Pontiac Safari station wagon which was one of the previous years, 1957

Pontiac Safari Station Wagon

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added to the range and outsold the two door version, with 1,894 4 door to 1,292 two door. There was also a 1950s Chevrolet Bel Air saloon with enormous rear wings. As well as the vast selection of American Muscle cars, there was a line-up of other high performance and supercars from the rest of the World. These included a 1997 Lamborghini Diablo, a McLaren, Maserati Gran Turismo, Porsche Spyder, Porsche Caymen S, an Ultima in Gulf racing blue and orange colours and a BMW i8 Electric supercar. There were other supercars from Jaguar, BMW, Ferrari, Mazda, and Nissan. Maserati Trident badge

Chevrolet Bel-Air saloon from the 1950s

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Not just American cars, with Nissan, ferrari, Mazda, Porsche and Lamborghini all part of the display

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Cobra Daytona

Ford Mustang

Lamborghini Diablo Roadster

1969 Ford Mustang Convertible

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2014 Dodge 5.6 litre Pickup Truck

Shelby Mustang rear light

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