Classic and Competition Car 95 August 2018 by Simon Wright

August 2018

Issue 95

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

In this issue

Classic & Sports Car Show in association with Flywheel Goodwood Festival of Speed

Silverstone Classic

Chateau Impney Hill Climb

Our Team. Simon Wright Editor Janet Wright. Staff Photographer.

Contents Page 3

News.

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Classic and Sports Car Show in association with Flywheel.

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BMC & Leyland Show.

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80th Anniversary & Bugatti Festival, Prescott

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Archive Photo of the Month.

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1000 Mile Trial.

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Goodwood Festival of Speed.

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Formula Vintage Festival, Donington Park.

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Chateau Impney Hill Climb.

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BRM V16.

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Tatton Park Stars and Stripes car show.

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Silverstone Classic.

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Iron Curtain Rally.

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The MAC Vintage & Sports Meeting hill climb, Shelsley Walsh

Independant Freelance contributors in this issue. Pete Austin. Syd Wall David Goose & Stuart Yates of MotorsportImagery

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Editorial. What a fantastic past month it has been for classic motoring enthusiasts in the UK. We have had World Class events to attend, starting with the new Classic and Sports Car Show in association with Flywheel, followed by the most photogenic Chateau Impney Hill Climb. A week later it was the World class Goodwood Festival of Speed, and all culminating in the Silverstone Classic, the Worlds largest Classic motorsport event. Throw in a couple of 80th Anniversary meetings for Prescott Hill Climb and the Vintage Sports Car Club (VSCC) and it has been a red hot non-stop roller coaster of classic motorsport action. © Janet Wright

News Hicky Hickling

Pope Toledo Gordon Bennett returns to track after 100 years. Motoring enthusiast and VSCC stalwart Hicky Hickling has spent the last few years restoring a 1904 Pope Toledo Gordon Bennett to running order. It made its return to action at the Chateau Impney hill climb. They were originally manufactured in Ohio, USA between 1903 and 1909. The water cooled straight 4 engine produced 24 hp and was fitted to a three speed transmission.

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Miki Biasion to make Rallyday debut. Double World Rally Champion Miki Biasion will make his Rallyday debut driving a works Lancia Delta HF Integrale. Held at the Castle Combe circuit, Rallyday takes place on Saturday 22nd September 2018. The Italian star won both his World titles driving for Lancia. Celebrating the 30th anniversary of his first World Championship title in 1988, he was part of the factory team that won six championships in total. The HF Integrale, also known as the Deltona, was Lancia’s final factory rally car. Having prepared the Group A car, the factory withdrew from the WRC at the end of the 1991 season, just weeks before the car made it’s debut at the 1992 Rallye Monte-Carlo. The cars were run by Jolly Club, a semi-works team, who scored eight WRC victories in 1992 to secure the manufacturers title. The car coming to Castle Combe is the one driven by Didier Auriol to win in Finland and Austria in 1992.

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Sandra Tomlin at Prescott. The recent Prescott 80th Anniversary Event brought back several significant cars and drivers to celebrate this major landmark. The only woman in the 80th Anniversary class was Sandra Tomlin in a 2013 Pilbeam Judd MP97. Sandra was the ladies record holder for the long course at Prescott from 1999 to 2004 with a time of 41.58 seconds driving a Pilbeam MP58. She then broke her own record in 2004 with a time of 41.16 seconds. This record stood until 2007 when Sue Young in a Gould Judd GR51 beat her record with a time of 40.70 seconds. © Simon Wright Page 4

Lotus celebrate 40th, 50th and 70th with 49 and 79. To celebrate 70 years of production, Lotus have produced two special Lotus Exige sports cars. The Exige 49 in red and gold marks the 50 years since Graham Hill won the 1968 World championship in the Lotus 49. The Exige Type 79 marks the 40th anniversary of Mario Andretti becoming 1978 World Champion in the Lotus 79.

All-Electric Kia Niro EV Crossover The new all-Electric Kia Niro is now on sale in Korea, and will make itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s European debut at the Paris Motorshow. It combines efficient electric power with crossover space and practicality. It completes the eco-friendly Niro range, alongside the Niro Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid versions. It is capable of 280 miles of zero emissions driving on a single charge. The original Niro has sold 200,000 vehicles since 2016, with 65,000 sold in Europe. It will debut at the Paris Motorshow in October and go on sale from the end of the year. If you read Classic and Competition Car through the Issuu web site, you will no longer be able to download the magazine. You should still be able to read it on-line there. This is due to changes by the Issuu web site and not Classic and Competition Car. You can still download the magazine from our web site www.classicandcompetitioncar.com

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Ferrari Four at Festival of Speed. A quartet of new Ferrari models made their UK dynamic debut at the 25th Goodwood Festival of Speed. Taking part in the popular Supercar run were the Ferrari FXX K Evo, the Ferrari 812 Superfast, the Ferrari 488 Pista and the Ferrari Portofino. The cars were driven by Ferrari GT drivers Davide Rigon, Olivier Beretta and 2017 World Endurance Champion Alessandro Pier Guidi, His team mate James Calado was taking part with the 2017 championship Ferrari 488 GTE, which was celebrated with the launch of the 488 Pista Ferrari Piloti. This is a unique tailor made specification which is exclusively designed for Ferrari owners taking part in the Ferrari Challenge series.

Ferrari 488 Pista

The 488 Pista (Italian for Track) is supposed to be the fastest ever production Ferrari to lap Fiorano. The V8 special follows in the tracks of the 360 Challenge Stradale and 430 Scuderia and has a top speed of 211 mph with 0-62mph in just 2.85 seconds.

Ferrari Portofino convertible Ferrari 812 Superfast

The Ferrari 812 Superfast in the latest front engined V12 performance and luxury tourer. Producing 789 bhp from the 6.5m litre engine it has a maximum speed of 211 mph. August 2018

Designed to replace the Ferrari California, the retractable hard top can open or close in just 14 seconds. The front mounted 3.9 litre twin turbo V8 engine, driving the rear wheels, give it a top speed of around 200 mph, with 0-62 mph in 3.5 seconds Page 6

The Ferrari 599XX

Ferrari FXX K Evo

The Ferrari FXX K Evo is a development of the FXX K. Its 6.2 litre V12 and electric engines develops 1,036 bhp and over 664 ib ft of torque which feeds through a seven speed F1 dual clutch gearbox to 20 inch 345 section rear wheels. The large rear wing increases rear downforce by over 10% over the FXX. The redesigned front end adds a further additional 10% downforce increase. Finally underbody vortex generators create more downforce than the FFX K. This aerodynamic package should be available for existing FXX K owners to purchase. There is plenty of electronic assistance for the driver including F1 traction control, third generation Ferrari e-diff, high-po ABS and electronic brake distribution and reconfigured dampers. Ferrari have not released any performance figures, nor have they indicated how many will be built, but only 40 FXX K model were produced, so it is likely that the number produced will be very small, and very expensive. August 2018

Ferrari 488 Challenge

Ferrari GTC4 Lusso T

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The 1962 Porsche 804 Grand Prix car won the French GP driven by Dan Gurney

It’s the 70th Anniversary for Porsche this year and this was celebrated in style at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. As well as the centre display in front of Goodwood House, they also had a line up of cars on the drive, including the Penske Porsche 917-30 Can-Am car driven by Mark Donohue August 2018

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Classic and Competition Car monthly magazine. You can get the latest issue of Classic and Competition Car magazine every month from our web site at www.classicandcompetitioncar.com. Read it online or download it free from the web site. With over 7 years of history, all our past issues can be downloaded from the Previous issues page of our web site. We also have photo galleries which we hope to expand during 2018, so visit the web site often to see whats new.

Type R Challenge. Honda have set themselves the Type R Challenge 2018, where they aim to break lap records at five famous European race circuits. Honda WTCR driver Tiago Monteiro set a new frontwheel drive record at Estoril in Portugal in the Honda Civic Type R. The new record of 2 minutes 01.84 seconds was set in a standard production car with road tyres. This is the fourth lap record for the Civic Type R, showing it to be the quickest car in itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s class. It has already broken records at Silverstone, Hungaroring and SpaFrancorchamps this year. The 2018 Type R Challenge follows on from the lap record the model broke at the Nurburgring Nordschieife in April 2017 with a time of 7 minutes 43.8 seconds. August 2018

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Abt tries powerboating!

Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Champion. With Lucas di Grassi taking 2nd place at the New York final of the Formula E championship, Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler clinched the team Championship in their debut season. Having failed to score points at the first four races of the season, Brazilian Lucas di Grassi secured the runners up spot in the championship with his 2nd place in New York.The title was clinched by just two points, after the team fought back from a thirty three point deficit at the start of the weekend. Daniel Abt finished third, scoring 15 points, but more importantly set fastest race lap to score an additional point. On the Saturday evening of the weekend, technology partner Schaeffler invited 300 guests, including the German Ambassador to the US Dr Emily Haber to one of the New York rooftops to show a prototype of the new Audi e-tron FE05 in which jointly developed powertrain technology from Schaeffler and Audi is being used again August 2018

Daniel Abt and Lucas di Grassi

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Audi e-tron FE05

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Land Rover 70th anniversary parade at Goodwood. To celebrate 70 years of Land Rover, there was a record parade of 70 vehicles, from the first prototype from 1948 to the latest Range Rover Sport SVR, up the hill at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The procession was led by a recreation of the very first Land Rover, a centre steer prototype and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Hue 166â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, the first Series I pre-production prototype from 1948. All four generations of Range Rover and five generations of Discovery, including the millionth built, and each model in the current range were all on display. Other vehicles included Round-the- World expedition cars, fire engines, Police cars and even ex SAS vehicles showed the capabilities of this go anywhere vehicle. The one millionth car built was a Series III Land Rover, sold just 28 years after the first one was built, in 1976.

The New Brabham BT62

David Brabham drove the new Brabham BT62 at Goodwood

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The Classic and Sports Car Show in association with Flywheel

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23rd-24th June 2018 By Simon & Janet Wright.

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Vintage Bentley in action on track

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This year saw the first Classic and Sports Car show in association with Flywheel, after the Flywheel Festival had established itself in the calendar after just three years. Held at Bicester Heritage, the event is an essential for both classic car and vintage aircraft fans. The event hosts track displays by cars and bikes, plus a very large static vehicle display area. During the afternoon there were various air displays, including an incredible re-enactment of a First World War air battle between allied and German aircraft. August 2018

On Saturday, the guest of honour was racing driver Derek Bell MBE, who won the Classic Le Mans 24 Hour race five times, the Daytona 24 Hours race three times and was two times World sports Car champion in 1985 and 1986. As well as signing autographs, Bell was driving a specially rebuilt 1965 Porsche 911 by Sports Purpose to celebrate Porsche 70th Anniversary. As well as the massive car clubs display of classic and super cars, there were several theme based car displays set among © Janet Wright the old buildings of Page 14

the Blues Brothers and the AMC Hornet Coupe which appeared in the James Bond Film “The Man with the Golden Gun” and did the famous spiral jump over the river. Some of these vehicles were tribute vehicles, faithful recreations of the cars in the film. One genuine car in this display that had actually appeared in a feature film was the 1911 Vauxhall C-Type Prince Henry which featured in the recent Steven Spielberg film “War Horse”. However, the popularity of James Bond won out and the award © Simon Wright

Rally MG B

this war time airfield. These five displays were all part of the Flywheel Concours event, with a winner chosen from each category, and an overall winner. The Classic and Historic Rally cars display was located near the demonstration track and featured some unusual rally cars. Alongside the popular Ford Escort you found cars like the 1970 Austin Maxi that did the London to Mexico world Cup rally, a 1934 Derby Bentley that competed in the Monte Carlo rally pre war, and a Reliant Sabre Six. However it was the 1962 Triumph TR4 of Gareth Firth that won the award. Just behind the Rally Cars was the Movie Star Cars. This © Simon Wright display featured cars that have appeared in movies and included the Steve McQueen Shelby Mustang from Bullitt, the Dodge Monaco 1971 Plymouth Cuda convertible 2012 film Dark police car from Shadows August 2018

Morris Marina TC convertible Mumford conversion

for this category went to Nigel Jeffery’s 1975 AMC Hornet Coupe. The next display was 50 years of British Leyland. Many famous British marques were brought together under one company, including Austin, Morris, Riley, MG, Triumph, Jaguar and Land Rover, plus others. Many of the most popular British cars were built by British Leyland, including the Mini, Allegro, Austin Maxi, MG B, Triumph Dolomite Sprint, TR7, Rover P6 3500 and Jaguar XJ-S. The award went to the yellow 1976 Triumph TR7 of Charles Porter. The Supercar class featured some lovely exotic supercars like the Maserati Bora and the De Tomaso Mangusta, but it was the Page 15

Renault © Janet Wright

Rallying 1934 Derby Bentley

1962 Jaguar E-Type 1962 movie Woman of Straw

Page Porsche 911 art

1972 Lamborghini Miura SV of Niall Holden that took the award for best in class. The final class was for the Class of 1948 that featured several Ground Breaking designs such as the Land Rover Series One and the Tatra T600 Tatraplan. The judges favorite was a stunning 1951 Jaguar XK120 of Christian Baker. © Simon Wright

Ferrari 365 GTC/4

1950 Tatra T600 Tatraplan

This just left the decision for overall Best In Show and that went to Lee Mynard and his 1962 Jaguar E-Type that featured in the Movie Car Category, appearing in the 1964 film Woman of Straw, driven by Sean Connery. The largest area for car displays was next to the flying area. This was the car clubs and Pre ’76 parking area. Lots of car club s pre-registered to display at the show, including the Ferrari Owners Club of GB, Fiat 500 Enthusiasts Club, Jaguar Drivers Club, Mercedes Benz Club UK, Porsche Club Great Britain, and the TVR Car Club, plus many others. In the Ferrari area there were rows of prancing horse machinery, including a rare Ferrari 365 GTC/4. This was technically a four passenger car, but with a shorter wheelbase compared to the Daytona, and a lower sloping roof made the August 2018

rear seats only really suitable for small children. It featured the same 4.3 litre V12 engine as the Ferrari Daytona, but had a lower bonnet as the six Weber carburetors were horizontally mounted rather than vertical. The power was only 320 bhp compared to the Daytons’s 352 bhp but it could still achieve 152 mph. Only 500 were built over its two year production cycle. Another nice Ferrari was a 1950s 250 GT California. The Jaguar club displays rivaled the Ferrari, with some home built icons like the Jaguar E-Type, C-Type and various Classic XK sports cars. A special mention must be made of five beautiful Mercedes SL Pagodas which had been driven over for the show, by their owners, from Germany. For owners with classic cars, who don’t belong to a car club, there was © Simon Wright Came all the way from Germany

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Iso Grifo IR8

the Pre ’76 car park There were all kinds of hidden gems in here, such as an Iso Grifo IR8 and all kinds of American classics such as a Studebaker Golden Hawk. This was also the vehicle area where the public could vote for the Peoples Concours. One car from each day was voted best, then an overall winner. Saturday the award went to a 1960 Hillman Minx Series 3A (JVS 326) owned by Dale © Simon Wright Scutter. Sunday it was a 1969 Ford Mustang Mach 1 owned by James Howell. The Minx also took the overall award and the David Evans Trophy after topping the public vote. Behind the cars was the aircraft flight line for the air displays, Studebaker Golden Hawk August 2018

which was marked by a line of parked classic aircraft. The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight gave a display on Saturday afternoon. The Lancater Bomber was escorted by a Spitfire and a Hurricane as they flew over the airfield. They made several passes in formation before spliting up and each aircraft did a small solo display to the delight of the crowd. The Lancaster Bomber making a pass with it’s huge bomb bay doors open was an impressive © Simon Wright sight. Whilst not having the speed of the Red Arrows, The Tiger 9 Aeronautical Display team are equally impressive in the air. Flying a formation display with nine Tiger Moth aircraft takes great skill on the part of the pilots, who gave Page 18

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1933 Sunbeam

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an incredibly spectacular flying display. They even had a synchro pair who did ‘high’ speed head on passes. The high-light for many in the air was the Bremont Great War display Team staging their huge Dogfighting battles in the skies above Bicester. This representation of dogfighting above the trenches in the First World War was none stop action, with several aircraft in the battle. There were explosions in the air from Ack Ack guns, and various aircraft were trailing smoke as they were ‘hit’ by enemy fire. The earliest aircraft represented on the Allies side, was the Royal Aircraft Factory BE2c biplane, which were originally built in 1912. A new © Simon Wright

aircraft for the team in 2018 is the Avro 504 biplane replica, which was originally introduced in 1913 and was the first aircraft to strafe enemy troops on the ground and was also used for bombing raids. The original model was built over a twenty year © Simon Wright

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period. The Sopwith Triplane, a replica of N500 which was the first triplane prototype, and when introduced in 1916 it was able to out climb and out turn rival scout planes, and was very popular with the pilots. Finally there were several examples of the definitive British Fighter plane of the Great war, the Royal Aircraft Factory SE5a, which was one of the fastest aircraft of the war, and was stable and very manoeuvrable making it a capable dogfighter. They were up against the might of the Imperial German Army air arm, represented by two Fokker Dr1 Triplanes and a Junkers CL1 Monoplane. The Dr1 was a direct attempt to copy the Sopwith Triplane, and was fitted with two forward firing Spandau machine guns. The Junkers CL1 was a ground attack aircraft which was first flown in 1917 and was effectively a flying tank.

There were various military planes on static display and with period cars parked around them, gave a perfect example of how the airfields would have looked around the second world war. In-keeping with the military history of the venue, there was also an area with tanks and other armoured vehicles giving rides. The demonstration track had a figure of eight layout and gave spectators a great opportunity to view the vast array of cars and motorcyles in action. The track was situated near the old airfield August 2018

control tower and ran parallel with the parked aircraft and was lined with straw bales. The oldest bike on track was a 1924 350cc Henley 350 Sport owned by Alison Hunt. Another old bike was the 1926 500cc Triumph © Simon Wright Model P and is owned by Graeme Hardy. There was also a display by three De Dion-Bouton tricycles, similar to the machines raced over 100 years ago at tracks like the quarter mile cement cycle track near Richmond park. One was built in 1898 and the other two in 1899 and were ridden by Nick and Valerie Pellett and Nick Penney, Page 21

Battle of Britain Memorial Dakota

Rolls Royce

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Kieft Racing team.

1956 Chapman Mercury Mk III

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representing the De Dion-Bouton Club UK. One of the earliest cars on track was a 1903 Cadillac powered by a 1500cc engine. Another unusual early car was a French Voiturettes 1912 Bedelia RD2 which was a two seater car, with the seats in-line and the driver sitting in the rear seat! It is powered by a 8 hp air cooled four stroke vee twin engine with direct belt drive to the rear axle TV Personality Fuzz © Simon Wright

Fuzz Townshend in the Fafnir

Townshend from Car SOS got the chance to drive the striking ten litre, aero engined 1914 Fafnir Hall-Scott Special single seater round the Demo course over the weekend, and it was one of many of the VSCC regular vehicles that was in action on Saturday, along with cars from Bentley, Ford, Riley, Bugatti and Morgan. Adding to the vintage mix were some of the more unusual cars like a modified Ford model Y hot rod saloon with © Simon Wright

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Derek Bell in the Porsche 911

exposed wheels and even an open sunroof. The cars continued to move forward through the years, moving to ERA Grand prix cars from the 1950s, Derek Bell in the Porsche 911 from the 1960s. At one point it looked like Batman had taken to the circuit when the American 1957 Kellison EXP01 sports car came round the track. Another sleek sports car was the 1956 Chapman Mercury MkIII, powered by a Chevrolet V8 race engine, built for racing, sprints and hill climbs and on good weather days is still used as a road car. The event continues to improve, so make sure you don’t miss next years event.

1957 Kellison EXP01

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BMC & Leyland Show, British Motor Museum, Gaydon, 1st July 2018 By Pete Austin

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Morris Minor 1000, Wolseley 1500 and Metro

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Austin Allegro 45th Anniversary

The annual BMC & Leyland Show took place at the British Motor Museum, Gaydon celebrating the cars produced in the memorable eras of BMC, British Leyland, the Rover Group and pre-BMC group. This years event also marked the 50th anniversary of British Leyland which was formed in 1968 as the British Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd (BLMC), following the merger of Leyland Motors and British Motor Holdings, which was an earlier merger of the British Motor Corporation (BMC), Pressed Steel and Jaguar. BMC was formed in 1952 as a merger of Austin and Morris, where Morris already owned MG, Riley and Wolseley. In 1966 BMC merged with Jaguar Cars Limited. In 1966 BMC changed its name to British Motor Holdings Limited (BMH). Leyland Motor Corporation Limited made trucks and Buses and owned the Standard Triumph International Limited. While BMH were the UK’s largest car manufacturer, producing twice as many cars as LMC, its range was dated and the company was close to collapse at the time of August 2018

the merger. Its popular Mini and 1100/1300 models were both underpriced and no new models were in the pipeline to replace the Morris Minor, introduced in 1948, and the Austin Cambridge/Morris Oxford, introduced in 1959. The new British Leyland quickly produced the Morris Marina in 1971 and the Austin Allegro in 1973. With the 1800 and Austin Maxi being built in Cowley, Longbridge made the Mini, Allegro and the Metro and later the new Princess range. The main problem with British Leyland was that it was competing with itself, as well as with rival manufacturers. They built the MG Midget and the Triumph Spitfire, the MG B and Triumph TR6 sports cars, then Rover and Jaguar cars were aimed at the same market sector and with Austin and Morris brands retained, they even competed against each other with the same car. This does mean there are a lot of cars to celebrate. Another milestone featured was the 45th anniversary of the © Pete Austin

Austin A35

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Landcrab Owners Club display

Austin Allegro. This small family saloon had unique Hydrogas suspension and initially a square steering wheel and was built at Longbridge from 1973 until 1982. © Pete Austin

TR Drivers Club display

Another high-light was that the show was hosting the TR Drivers Club National weekend. The TR range of sports cars were built between 1953 and 1981 and went from the TR2 right through to the TR7 and TR8. © Pete Austin

Austin ‘Nash’ Metropolitan

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Triumph TR7 convoy

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Endurance rally lineup

Some of the cars present had travelled in convoy from the BMW MINI plant in Cowley and others from the MG Longbridge factory. This years event also coincided with the football World Cup taking place in Russia so it was appropriate that some cars that took part in the 1970 World Cup Rally were also present.

Austin Maxi & small Austin 7 Single seater © Pete Austin

Austin Maxi World Cup Rally car

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Open top Mini

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Range Rover lineup © Pete Austin

Rover BRM display

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Riley RM

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80th Anniversary & Bugatti Festival Meeting. Prescott Speed Hill Climb. Saturday 14th July 2018 By Simon & Janet Wright with additional photos from Syd Wall.

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Adam Ward 1926 Bugatti Type 40

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Scott Moran in the Gould GR61X Me was fastest overall

It’s been eighty years since the Bugatti Owners Club (BOC) made Prescott Hill Climb their permanent home and created the Cotswolds iconic motorsport venue. The House and Estate had belonged to the Earl of Ellenborough until 1871. In 1936 it was bought by the Gloucestershire Dairy company. Motoring enthusiast and Engineer Tom Rolt used to enjoy driving his GN up the long and twisty drive and thought it would make an intersting hill climb course. He approached the recently formed Vintage Sports Car Club (VSCC) about tring to buy the estate, but they suggested that the Bugatti Owners Club might be interested instead. The BOC had been establised in 1929 and were

looking for a permanent home. The BOC Chairman Colonel Giles and his brother Eric Giles purchased the estate for £2500 and leased it to the club for a nominal rent. They also allow the VSCC to run a meeting of their Lunch time parade of Bugatti and other cars own every year in repayment, and they still use the original short course layout. The first event took place in April 1938 when an unofficial record of 55.58 seconds was set by C.I. Craig in a Bugatti Type 54. The first International meeting, in July 1939, saw Ettore Bugatti’s son Jean attend with a works 4.7 litre Bugatti, driven by Jen Pierre Wimille. They were beaten into 2nd place by Raymond Mays in ERA R4D who set a new © Janet Wright hill record of 46.14 seconds. The original course turned sharp right at Orchard bend, but in later years the loop round Ettore’s bend extended the course, and gave even better spectator viewing. This anniversary meeting was a round of the ‘New Barn Land Rover Specalists’ ‘B’ License championship, the BOC Members Handicap for Saloons, Sports and Racing cars, the Aldon Automotive Classic Championship and the Bugatti Car handicap plus a Special

Mathew Ryder Empire Evo 2 Hayabusa 2nd fastest overall.

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ÂŠ Syd Wall

Part of the 80th celebration was the 4WD Guyson Sandblaster Special which took David Hepworth to the 1971 British Hill Climb Championship,

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Chris Cramer Gould 84G record holder 1980-1981

80th Anniversary Cars class. This brought together various of the greatest hill climb drivers and their cars to race against each other. The 1980-81 Record Holder Chris Cramer was in his Gould Hart 84G and pitted against possibly the greatest ever hill climb driver Scott Moran in his more modern Gould GR61X NME, plus others like Peter Marsh in his Marsh Special 4wd Rover V8 which he shared with brother Simon. There was a good crowd out © Janet Wright to enjoy the very hot summer weather, the country being in the middle of a very hot heat wave, with temperatures in the high twenties. The action was hot on track as well, with Scott Moran showing why he has won six British Hill Climb Championships, setting a fastest time of Day of 37.99 seconds, nearly two seconds faster than the next car. The next fastest driver was Rob Gutteridge Mazda MX5 won Mathew Ryder in an Empire BOC Newbarn Land Rover Evo 2 Hayabusa who was Specialists B license class August 2018

competing in the Bugatti Owners Club Members Racing Car handicap. His best time was 39.68 seconds was over one second faster than former 1989 British Hill Climb champion Ray Rowan who was driving a Pilbeam MP43 Hart in the 80th Anniversary cars class. The main championship event of the meeting was the BOC Newbarn Land Rover Specialists ‘B’ License Championship. This championship is only open to drivers with a “B” grade nonracing license, who are members of the Bugatti Owners Club. The class was won at this event by Rob Gutteridge in his Mazda MX5, who beat his handicap time by 1.29 seconds with a time of 59.94 seconds. He narrowly beat John Brunner in a Ginetta G20 Ford zetec who was 1.28 seconds faster than his handicap, to finish 2nd on handicap with a time of 52.83 seconds. The last podium place went to Richard Fletcher in an Abarth 500 Esseesse who beat his handicap time by 1.22 © Simon Wright

Robert Colbourne Van Dieman RF02 won BOC Members Racing Car Class

seconds to take 3rd on handicap with a time of 53.92 seconds. The BOC Members Racing Car handicap was actually won by Robert Colbourne driving a Van Dieman RF02 FXZ Ford with a time of 50.45 seconds. The BOC Members Sports Car Handicap was won by Harry Warburton in his Caterham Roadsport Rover with a time of 51.64 seconds, and the BOC Members Saloon Car Handicap was taken by Fiona Rogers in her Subaru Impreza STI RA V with a time of 52.28 seconds. Page 33

Steve Holder Morris Mini © Janet Wright

James Baxter 2003 Gould Cosworth Opel GR55 in the 80th Anniversary Cars class

Jamie Yapp Renault Clio 172 Sport Cup lifts a wheel at Pardon

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Richard Conway Volvo PV 544

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The Aldon Automotive Classic Championship saw three class winners at the Prescott round. Mark Linforth took class P3 for Classic Saloon Cars built upto and including 1977 in his Ford Escort Mk1. Mark Linforth Ford Escort Mk1 class winner Trevor Shortt was 2nd in his Reliant Scimitar GT and Mark Hobbs was 3rd in a Ford Escort Mk II. Class P4 for Classic Sports Cars built up to and inculding 1977 saw Callum Barney

win in his MG Midget from Thomas Robinson in a Porsche 911 Carrera, with Michael Henny 3rd in a Lotus Europa. There was no award for Class M1 for sports Racing Cars manufactured up to 1971 inclusive inc BOC Classic Pre 72 as there were only two starters. Peter Thurston in a Mallock Mk 4 Lotus beat his handicap by the most ahead of Phil Fisher in a Mallock Mk 11 Ford. The final class in the Aldon Championship was Class M2 for Racing Cars manufacturerd up to 1971 Inclusive inc BOC Classic Pre72. This saw Michael Gale take the win in his Lotus Ford 61m XFF from Lee Buck in his Pringett Mistrale Formula Ford and Michael Bainbridge in his Ensign LNF 3. The Bugatti Owners Club obviously support the Bugatti owner and there was a class for the Bugatti Car Handicap. This saw Colin Bullock in a 1931 Bugatti T51 set a time of 57.83 seconds to finish 1st. Michael Marshall was 2nd in a 1927 Bugatti Type 35b, with Robert Mellors in 3rd in a 1926 Bugatti 35b © Syd Wall

John Keatley Invicta S Type Meadows 80th Anniversary cars

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Ray Rowan Pilbeam Hart MP43 80th Anniversary Cars

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Richard Durrant Triumph TR4A

Peter Marsh 1962 Marsh Special Rover V8 4WD

Janet Missen 1924 Bugatti T30 © Janet Wright

Andrew Meredith Porsche 924 kicks up the dirt at Pardon © Simon Wright

Christopher Hathaway Westfield Sport 250

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Paul Fisher 1972 Mallock Ford Mk 11

Pete Fletcher 1980 Triumph TR7 V8 © Simon Wright

Julian Eckersley 1920 Bugatti Brescia

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Archive Photo of the month. By Pete Austin.

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I am currently reading the biography of French driver Didier Pironi who drove for Tyrrell, Ligier and Ferrari during his short Formula One career. After a difficult first year at Ferrari in 1981, due mainly to a poor chassis, he hoped 1982 was going to be his year. His teammate was the rapid Gilles Villenueve. Initially they got on well but things changed when Pironi went against team orders to beat Villeneuve at the San Marino Grand Prix. Tragically Villenueve was killed during practice for the following Belgian Grand Prix at Zolder. Things then started to go well for Pironi and he was in touching distance of the title until he suffered serious leg injuries during practice for the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim when, unsighted in pouring rain, he ran into the Renault of Prost. This put an end to his driving career. He subsequently returned to the dangerous sport of powerboat racing but sadly lost his life when he crashed off the Isle of Wight in 1987. Here in his Ferrari 126C2 during practice for the 1982 British Grand Prix at Brands Hatch.

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Royal Automobile Club 1000 Mile Trial 8th-13th July 2018. By Simon & Janet Wright.

Gerd Antonius Buehler and James Ewing BMW 327/28 Sport Coupé won its class

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Outright winners Peter Lovett and Matt Fowle Frazer Nash BMW 328

was designed as a more leisurely affair than in previous years, allowing crews more time to socialise.On the Monday morning the crews headed for two days in mid Wales, via Bristol, where the crews spent a couple of nights in the iconic Metropole Hotel in Llandrindod Wells. Returning through the Midlands, the finish was north of London, near Watford on the 13th July © Simon Wright after the crews had There was a fairly small entry for the Royal Automobile Club covered a distance of 1000 mile Trial, which started late in the afternoon from the approximately 900 miles. RAC headquarters at Woodcote Park on Sunday 8th July 2018. During the six day event, A trip up the Captains drive was followed by a two hour the crews tackled 19 tests regularity to the overnight hotel in the Reading area. The event and 27 Regularities. After was for Pre 1940 the first © Janet Wright vehicles, split in to days Peter Kite and Tony Brooks classes based on engine Frazer Nash BMW 328 action, size. There was no Sue Shoosmith and Trina Harley had to rush distinction between home to swap cars as they were having saloons or sports cars. problems with the Bentley gearbox. They The scoring on the tests returned with their Bentley 3 4 1/2 after an is based on vehicle class eighteen hour day and not much sleep. to allow all cars to On the Tuesday, three tests were held at the compete against similar Castle Combe racing circuit, followed by a vehicles. This years event Regularity at Badminton House. After 2nd placed Stephen Owens and Bart den Hartog Jaguar SS100 August 2018

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Sue Shoosmith & Trina Harley Bentley 3 4 1/2 class winners

crossing in to Wales, the final action on Tuesday was on the Sennybridge Army Training area and the infamous Epynt Ranges. During the day car 3, Dominic and Jack Manser retired after their Bentley 3/4 1/2 lost all drive to the wheels. Frederico Gottsche Bebert and Frederike Von Wedel skipped the afternoon section and headed straight for the night halt, “as the navigator needed a break”! Another crew went missing as Ian and Ewan Beattie had clutch problems and found the only Hotchkiss specialist in the UK was only 20 miles from Castle Combe. They sorted out the car within 4 hours and the crew headed for the overnight hotel to continue the event. Wednesday saw various tests and Regularities through midWales. On Thursday the crews left Wales and headed towards Birmingham, taking in tests at the Loton Park Hill Climb and the Curborough Sprint Course before an overnight halt at the Belfry Hotel near Birmingham. This fifth day saw cars dropping like flies as first the leader Paul Crosby and Pete Johnson in car No. August 2018

1 retired during the morning when the diff failed. Car 14 of Dilwyn Rees and Andrew Duerden was next to go when their steering box exploded and then on the last Regularity of the day the Frazer Nash BMW of Bertie and Pierre Van Houtte had a wheel bearing shatter and they lost a wheel. The last day started with a test at Merevale Hall near Nuneaton and in the afternoon there was another test at Whilton Mill Kart circuit in Northamptonshire. Continuing to head south, the crews then did a test at Bicester Airfield before coffee at the Claydon Estate. The cars then did one final Regularity north of Aylesbury before heading for the finish at Latimer House at Chandlers Cross. At the end of a tough six days action the winners were Peter Lovett and Matt Fowle driving a Frazer Nash BMW 328. Not far behind in 2nd place were Stephen Owens and Bart den Hartog in a Jaguar SS100. The final podium place went to 3rd placed © Simon Wright

Steve & Julia Robertson MG PB class winners

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Simon Arscott and Nick Cooper Bentley 4 1/2 Le Mans

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Daniel Gresly & Elise Whyte 3rd overall in their MG TB Supercharger

Daniel Gresly and Elise Whyte in an MG TB supercharger. The first three all finished first in their respective classes. Having changed car, Sue Shoosmith and Trina Harley won Class 1 for vehicles of any type first produced before the 1st January 1930 up to 4400cc in their Bentley 3 4 1/2. Class 2 was for vehicles © Simon Wright over 4400cc produced before 1930 and saw another Bentley win with Graham and Marina Goodwin leading home a Bentley 1-2-3 in their Bentley Supersports. Class 3 was for vehicles first produced between 1st January 1930 and 31st December 1941, up to 1960cc. This class was won by Steve and Julia Robertson in an MG PB from Klaus Mueller and IIona Seewald in an MG J2/J4. Class 4 was for vehicles produced between 1st January 1930 and 31st December 1941 with an engine size of 1960cc to 2200cc. The © Janet Wright winner was he BMW 327/28 Sport Coupé driven by Gerd Antonius Buehler and James Ewing ahead of Peter Kite and Tony Brooks in a Frazer Nash BMW 328. The final class was for cars from 1930 to 1941 over 2200cc which saw Urs and Maxime Mezger win in a Lagonda M45 Rapide from Ian August 2018

Ian & Ewan Beattie Hotchkiss 686 GS Modane won the Spirit of the Rally Award

and Ewan Beattie in a Hotchkiss 686 GS Modane. There were a few special awards handed out at the finish. The Rally Newcomer award - Driver went to Peter Kite in his Frazer Nash BMW, while Navigator went to Andrew Hall. The highest placed lady driver award went to Sue Shoosmith, whist the highest placed Lady Navigator went to Elise Whyte. The Test Pilot award for best performance on the tests went to Peter Lovett in the Frazer Nash BMW 328 and the Clockwatchers award for best performance on Regularities went to James Ewing.The Concours d’Elegance award went to Peter Neumark and Julian Barnes in a Bentley 3 4 1/2. The Spirit of the Rally went to Ian and Ewan Beattie in the Hotchkiss 686 GS Modane and the Against All Odds trophy went to Richard and Noel Schneider in a Riley 15/6. The last awards were the Marque Team Award that went to Team Bentley, cars 10,8, and 4 while the Team Award went to Team Siddeley cars 6,8, and 28.

Federico Göttsche Bebert & Frederike von Wedel Bugatti T35C

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Klaus Mueller & IIona Seewald MG J2/J4 2nd in class

Graham & Marina Goodwin Bentley Supersports class winner © Simon Wright

Paul Bloxidge & Ian Canavan AC 16/80 March Special © Janet Wright

Michael Squires & Andrew Hall Bentley 4 1/2 Corsica

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Christian Hore & Ben Cussons press on in their Bentley 4 1/2 Tourer

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25th Goodwood Festival of Speed Goodwood, 12th-15th July 2018. By Syd Wall

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"Moby Dick" - the Porsche 935/78

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comes with it’s own lid and while most car engines Goodwood’s have one sculpture for 2018 head, this celebrated the 70th anniversary monument of Porsche has about 100. What is it? It’s the BorgWarner Trophy, awarded annually to © Syd Wall To mark the Festival of Speed’s Silver Jubilee, Lord March the winner Close detail of the Borg-Warner Trophy, awarded to the winner of the Indy 500 selected his 25 favourite moments from the first 25 events of the Indy personal car and driver highlights which have been landmarks in 500. It’s made from silver and each year, the face of the winner the Festival's history. is cast in silver and added to the trophy. Tom Sneva, the 1983 This year’s highlight for me was something quite different. Of it’s winner is easy to spot as he is wearing sunglasses. It was type, it’s enormous and is still growing - it was only slightly made in smaller than the smallest car on show, the Cygnet, Aston 1935 and © Syd Wall Martin’s breathed was valued on Toyota IQ, then at now with a 4.5 V8 $10,000. and as noisy as Now it hell (apparently weighs built for an 50kg, insistent stands at customer - at 5ft 4ins (it’s what price?). It increasing Aston Martins 4.7 V8 Cygnet

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Colourful Rally, NASCAR and Touring Car paddock © Syd Wall

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removed wipers, lights, some electronics, the air con, the fuel flow metre, the pneumatic jack, removed limits on the batteries and installed new software. Power was increased to 1160hp and downforce increased by 50%. With this monster, the Spa record was broken, beating Lewis Hamilton’s F1 record and as a tribute to the great Stefan Bellof, they took on the Nordschleife record of 6min 11sec, set by Bellof in a Porsche 956-C 35 years ago. Timo Bernhard was entrusted with the task and set a new mark (not a record as it was not in competition) of 5min 19sec, remarking that Bellof was his hero and that he had a new respect bearing in mind the technology and tyres of 1983. © Syd Wall

“Pink Pig” was a Porsche 917/20 Le Mans runner in 1971. This 911 RSRS tribute won the GTE-Pro class this year

as a new layer needs to be added about every 10 years) and is valued at about $3,000,000. Simply stunning and the GFoS Silver Jubilee was a most appropriate event for the trophy’s first ever trip outside the USA. Porsche took the limelight this year, featuring in the central display for the third time, celebrating their 70th year. Gerry Judah’s 2018 masterpiece was a marvel. Only 12 cms wide at the base, it’s immense height supported 6 historic Porches. There was a glorious array of cars on the hill and paddocks with Derek Bell and Walter Rohrl leading the driver list. Chris Hoy drove the very first production Porsche, Kevin Estre and Laurens Vanthoor drove the Pink Pig 911 which won the GT class at this year’s Le Mans and Mark Webber showed the 919 Hybrid Evo. To create the ultimate 919 Hybrid, Porsche August 2018

A simply enormous rear wing dominates the VW I.D. R which smashed the Pikes Peak record recently

Hybrids lead us on to full electric cars and the annual shoot-out for fastest time of the weekend. VW were favourites after their I.D. R obliterated the Pikes Peak record in June. And as expected, Romain Dumas drove the VW to victory here too, not quite eclipsing Nick Heidfeld’s 1999 outright time though, set in the then current F1 McLaren MP4/13. In second place, overwhelming the opposition, was another electric car, this time the Chinese NIO EP9 hypercar with 1 Megawatt / 1360hp of Page 47

The astonishingly fast NIO RP9 1 Megawatt / 1360 hp electric hypercar

power. This set a production car (16 will be built) record - the VW is not road legal - and was driven by Peter Dumbreck. First ICR car was the V8 Judd powered BMW E36 from the European Hillclimb championship, driven by Jeorg Weidinger but built by the late hillclimb star, Georg Plasa. In 4th was 5-time winner Justin Law in one of his Jaguar XJ12s Goodwood celebrated another 70th anniversary for Land Rover. It assembled a parade of 70 cars on the festival’s first day and paraded them slowly and in date order up the famous hill climb. There were short and long Landies, station wagons and ragtops, fire trucks and farm diggers in a half-mile parade led by a recreation of the original Jeep-based 'centre steer' prototype, followed closely by the famous HUE166, the oldest existing Land Rover. Goodwood is famous for its super- and hypercar line-up and this year had a bumper crop; no other world car event can display so many and put them all into such dramatic action.The paddock area was bigger than ever. The big manufacturers like Ferrari, McLaren, Aston Martin, Porsche and Lamborghini had their own long lines of multiple mouthwatering motors but there were hosts August 2018

of other spectacular shapes and names such as the Nio EP9, Apollo IE, Brabham BT62 and the Fenyr Supersport. One other notable superPike’s Peak class winner - 600hp twin turbo W12 Bentley Bentayga SUV was the green (but not in a Greenpeace sense!) Bentley Bentayga. This 600hp twin-turbo W12 example set a new SUV record of 10m 49s at Pikes Peak last month, nearly two minutes faster than the Range Rover Sport record of 4 years ago. Once the runs up the hill were completed, there © Syd Wall were nearly 80 super/hyper cars in the top paddock! The only spectator with an independent aerial view of the Festival was Australian David Mayman, using his JB11 jet pack to fly along the straight in front of Goodwood House, the first time he’s demonstrated in Europe. While he didn’t get anywhere near the 10000 feet flight ceiling, it was still a spectacular and thrilling The JB11 JetPack flyer followed by a Land Rover

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Seb Perez in his Dad’s Datsun 260Z - get well soon Steve

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Robocar drives up the hull autonomously but needs remote control to get into the trailer

signed works Citroen driver Mads Ostberg was there with the WRC DS3 and M-Sport Ford brought Elfyn Evans, Seb Ogier and a Fiesta WRC. The jump on the stage now features distance boards to mimic the famous world rally jumps in I need a rally car for the 2016 Paris-Peking. I know, a 6.4V8 AMC AMX. Obvious!

performance. Another first was the appearance of autonomous vehicles. The Roborace driverless racing car drove up the hill and a 1960s classic Ford Mustang engineered for autonomous driving by students at Cranfield University also completed the climb, but with a non-driver behind the wheel, just for safety. The rally stage featured the largest number of Subarus driven by World Champions ever gathered in one place. The WRC calendar meant that the world stars couldn’t be present in numbers this year, but newly August 2018

Sweden (Colin’s Crest) and Finland (Ouninpohja) - last heard was that Ostberg took the prize with a 48 foot jump. This year’s star oddity was the Peugeot 504 Pick-up Evo, a replica of the 1985 Group B homologated rear wheel drive special © Syd Wall which was only seen

Big display of World Championship Subaru Imprezas

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The Eagle driven to 6th place by Leonard in the 1969 Indianapolis 500

BRM V16

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Ford brought the surviving Bullitt Mustang and it went up the hill with the 2018 tribute Bullitt Mustang

Mercedes Benz W125

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Peugeot 504 Pickup homologated for Group B in 1985 for tough African rallies

Ex- Graham Hill Embassy Lola GP car

on African events. Ostberg wasn’t officially timed but was 5 seconds clear of anyone else, including Seb Ogier. Ollie Mellors in the R5 Proton Iriz was fastest (despite a roll on Saturday) with Chris Ingram’s R5 Skoda Fabia 2nd on Saturday and David Wright’s Focus WRC (a star at the recent Ralli22 competitions at Chateau Impney and Prescott) second on Sunday. There was so much more to talk about but space limits how © Syd Wall much we can cover here. F1, NASCAR, touring cars, VW’s twin engined Golf built Aziz Tejpar drives like he’s Timo Makinen in his Allied Polymer Escort Mk 2

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for Pikes Peak in the 80s, Citroen’s twin engined 2CV and Wankel rotary engined 2CV prototype, Lola’s 60th anniversary, the 50th anniversary of the Ford Escort - the list just goes on for what was a fabulous Silver Jubilee event. How can this Festival get any better? © Syd Wall

Jonny Rutherford 1980 Indycar Champion Chaparrel Cosworth 2000

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Rod Jolley’s 1958 Lister Jaguar Monzanapolis took on the Indy Cars at Monza and a straw bale at Goodwood

The Amazing Billy Monger in his Formula 3 car up the hill

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Auto Union Type C driven by Hans Stuck

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Mercedes Benz W196

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Formula Vintage Festival VSCC 80th Anniversary meeting

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Donington Park, 24th June 2018 By Simon & Janet Wright.

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started with the Standard & Modified pre-War Sports Cars. The ten lap race saw Tom Waterfield in a Frazer Nash Supersports take the first win of the day from Marcus Black in a Talbot Lago T23 and Tom Kneller in a Riley TT Sprite. The first two also each won their respective classes. The other class winners included 6th placed Simon Edwards in a Morgan Aero Supersports, 20th placed Max Sowerby in a Talbot Lago T120 (Official results gave it to 22nd place Tim Wadsworth in a Lagonda 2 Ltr L/C Tourer) and 24th placed Norman Pemberton in a Talbot 95/105. The first standard car was Mark Brett in the Ballamy Ford (LMB) V8 Spl and John Guyatt in the Talbot Lago T150C was the winner on handicap. © Simon Wright

1st Standard car Mark Brett Ballamy Ford V8 Spl

The Vintage Sports Car Club is one of the oldest motoring clubs in the World and they celebrated their 80th Anniversary at the Formula Vintage Festival at Donington park in June. It is fitting as their first race meeting was held at Donington Park back in 1938. As a celebration, there was a grid walk after a lunch time parade lap by some cars. They had a good entry for their ten race programme, which was © Janet Wright

Alex Simpson Alvis Goodwin Special 3rd in class race 2

Race 1 Handicap winner John Guyatt Talbot Lago T150C

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The second race on the programme was for the Pre-War and Pre-1961 Racing Cars. The smallish field was dominated by the gorgeous Ferrari 246 F1 of Anthony Best, after a fantastic battle with Simon Diffey in the Connaught B Type. Diffey kept challenging for the lead down the Wheatcroft straight, but eventually retired leaving Best to win by over a minute from Graham Barron in his Gemini Mk II. Tania Pilkington was a Page 55

Richard Reay-Smith in his Lagonda LG45 during the first race. © Simon Wright

Triple M race Andrew Morland MG L1 4 seater leads Mark Reece MG J4 through Old Hairpin

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Morgan winners Pike/Rarko Morgan 5 Speeder © Janet Wright

Jack Bond 1914/18mVauxhall A/D Type Pre War All-Comers Handicap

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further ten seconds back in 3rd in her Cooper T43. The other two class winners were Christian Pedersen in an Austin 7 Special and George Parkinson in an Austin AD Tourer. Michael James was the winner on handicap in a Riley 12/4 TT Sprite Rep. Race three was the first of the invited races, with the Morgan

place. Another invitation race saw the Triple-M Register hold a race for their MG cars. The nine lap race was dominated by Mike Painter in his 1935 MG Kayne, winning by over twenty five seconds. The MG L Magna of Charles Jones finished a distant

Start of the Morgan 3 wheeler race with Quinn/Clegg in the F2 infront

Three Wheeler Club racing under ACU rules. The three wheelers race as a sidecar under motorcycle racing rules, and therefore carry a passenger, or ballast to the equivalent weight of a passenger. As they are within the bodywork, the passengers are sometimes barely visible as they are kept as low as possible to help with weight distribution and aerodynamics. The little three wheelers put on an excellent race, with the first three all crossing the finish line within half a second. The Morgan 5 Speeder of Pike/Rarko won the eight lap race by just 0.38 of a second from the Morgan Supersports of Reynolds and Ash. The Smith/Perry Morgan 5 speeder was only 0.05 of a second further back in 3rd © Simon Wright

Hodgson/Pearson Morgan F2 finished 4th

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Triple M winner Mike Painter MG Kayne

2nd, winning his class, while Thijs De Groot was 3rd overall in his 1934 MG P Type, also winning his class. The other class winner was 9th placed Andrew Morland in an MG L1 4 seater, © Janet Wright while the winner on handicap was Fred Boothby in his MG J2. Back to VSCC races, and Race five for PreWar All-Comers Handicap. Thijs De Groot was back out in his 1934 MG P Type and this time he took overall honours, winning by over three Start of the Pre-War All-Comers handicap race

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the Menasco Pirate. They battled for several laps with Ricketts holding on to the lead and Tuluie closing in to Redgate each lap. Once Tuluie was through he went on to victory, over 3 seconds © Simon Wright

David Lewis Alvis Silver Eagle had a quick spin at Redgate in the Pre-War All-Comers Handicap

seconds. MG dominated the race with Mark Dolton finishing 2nd in his MG PB ‘Cream Cracker’ and Mark Reece was 3rd in his MG J4 Sports. The next race was for Vintage and PVT Racing cars and saw a relatively small field take to the track. Duncan Ricketts grabbed the lead from the start in the ERA E-Type from Robin Tuluie in © Simon Wright

Duncan Ricketts leads in the ERA E-type at the start of race 6

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Robin Tuluie Menasco Pirate winner Vintage & PVT Racing cars

clear of Ricketts, who took the class win for the PVT cars. Julian Grimwade was a distant 3rd in his Frazer Nash Single Seat racing car. The handicap winner was 5th placed Chris Hudson in a Bugatti T35B. Race 7 was short race for Standard and Modified Pre-war sports car handicap. Chris Chilcott came out winner after just four laps in his 1926/30 Frazer Nash Fast Tourer, over 1.5 seconds in © Simon Wright front. Simon Edwards proved having less wheels made no difference to Tim Kneller Riley TT Sprite leads winner Chris Page 58 Chilcott Frazer Nash Fast Tourer

success, bring his Morgan Aero Supersport in to 2nd place ahead of Tim Knellers in his Riley TT Sprite. © Simon Wright

Austin Mini Cooper S. He was ahead of David Beresford in an MG B FiA who was 2nd in class and John Andon in a Triumph TR4 who was 3rd. The Fiscar class was won by 12th placed G & R Tollett in a MG A Sebring Coupe who were two laps behind the overall winners. The AC Ace Bristol of D. Cottingham and A King was 2nd in the Fiscar class in 13th position and 3rd in Fiscar was Tim Stamper in an Aston Martin DB 2/4 who was in 15th overall and three laps down on the race winner. Rodney Seber Wolseley Hornet Special won the Pre-War All-Comers handicap

Justin Maeers Cooper Monaco T49 was 2nd in Fiscar race

Another invited series was Fiscar/CMMC for a 1950s Sports Racing Cars thirty minute race. The first two cars broke away from the pack and laped the entire field, with them just one second apart at the flag. Charlie Martin was the winner in his Lotus 15 ahead of Justin Maeers in a Cooper Monaco T49. Third place, a lap behind, was Peter Haynes in a Lotus Eleven. Also a lap down on the overall winner was Richard Parsons who took the CMMC class win in 4th place behind the wheel of his © Janet Wright

It was now time for another short handicap race, the Pre-War AllComers Handicap. The winner was Rodney Seber in a 1935 Wolseley Hornet Special who was 1.48 seconds ahead of Heinz Stamm in an Aston Martin Speed Model. Michael James was 3rd in his Riley 12/4 TT Sprite Rep. © Janet Wright

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Heinz Stamm Aston Martin Speed model

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Dougal Cawley won the last race in Piglet

The final race of the meeting was a ten lap Special Pre-War Sports Car race. Dougal Cawley made quick work of the opposition to win by 8.6 seconds in GN/Ford Piglet. Michael James had gone straight back out after the handicap race, to improve on his previous podium by taking 2nd place and a class win in the Riley 12/4 TT Sprite Rep. Richard Iliffe was a long way back in 3rd in a Riley Kestrel 12/4 Spl. Finishing in 4th place was Charles Jones in a MG L Magna, to take a class win. The final class winner was 11th placed Robert Moore, a lap down on the winner, in his Austin 7. The Handicap winner was 9th placed Roger Tushingham who also completed nine of the ten laps in his MG N Type Special. After a successful meeting at Donington, here’s to the next eighty years for the VSCC.

Standard and Modified Pre-War sports cars race 1 head down Wheatcroft Straight © Janet Wright

Andy King MG PB Cream Cracker Triple M Register race © Simon Wright

Richard Iliffe Riley Kestrel 12/4 Spl was 3rd

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Nick Hayward-Cook Austin 7 Monoposto All-Comers Handicap

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The Chateau Impney Hill Climb

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7th-8th July 2018. By Simon & Janet Wright, with additional photos by Syd Wall and Pete Austin.

Ben De Chair Asion Martin Ulster LM races across the from to the Chateau Impney Hotel

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Now in it’s forth year since its relaunch in 2015, the Chateau Impney Hill Climb event continues to grow and improve, learning from each previous event. The unusually hot weather, and the England World Cup football match being shown live on the big screen on Saturday afternoon saw a large crowd gather on the hill side. When England scored a goal, the cheer from the © Pete Austin crowd was louder than the racing cars on the hill. A new feature this August 2018

year was a footbridge between the paddock area and the grounds in front of the hotel, allowing this spectacular viewing area to be easily accessable and utilised more than in previous years, with the Footman James concours d’Elegance staged in this area. This year it focused on the Best of British Cars, with the public voting for their favorite car. Five manufacturers were represented, Jaguar, Bentley, Aston Martin, Lotus and Morgan. Each marque was represented with both a classic car and a modern model and

Aston Martin DB 2/4 Mk 1

the close fought event was won by Aston Martin with a 1955 Aston Martin DB 2/4 Mk 1 and a 2008 Aston Martin DBS Coupe The original hill climb was run by the Hagley and District Light Car Club in 1957 on a sprint track that was half the length of the current course, and initially it proved very popular, but unfortunately in the late 1960s the event was in decline, and stopped in 1967. When Rod Spollon decided to re-introduce the event in 2015, the longer course had enough change in altitude to be classified as a hill climb, and proved to be an Page 62

instant success. With an invited entry of pre-1967 cars since it’s relaunch, the range of vehicles has continued to enthral the crowds. Then at the lunch break there were demonstration runs by some of the most Bugatti Veyron powerful supercars on the roads today, including the Bugatti Veyron and Chiron, the Ferrari Enzo, the Lamborghini Huracan and the McLaren, plus there were many more on static display in the Michelin Supercar Expo. These were followed by further demonstration runs by various racing cars including the fantastic sounding V16 © Janet Wright

Ferrari Enzo

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BRM Type 15 Grand Prix car and the powerful Nissan R35 Nismo FIA GT1 sports car. An interesting vehicle in the demonstration was the Riversimple Rasa, a two seater Hydrogen powered car built in Powys, Wales. Using a completely diﬀerent way to design the vehicle, it has a range of around 300 miles using 1.5 kg of hydrogen, which is converted into electricity and emits only warm air and water vapour. © Janet Wright

Riversimple Rasa

Another first for Chateau Impney was a new World record set by stunt driver Alistair Moﬀatt, for the fastest time to drive five figure of eights in a Fiat Abarth Spider around and between two parked Fiat Abarth 595 cars. He broke the record on Saturday © Simon Wright and then broke his own record again on Sunday. The award for the most unusual and loudest car to tackle the Page 63

hill climb course was the demonstration run by the Red Mist Dragster. It went slowly round the corners, but outside the hotel on the main straight it lit up the tyres with clouds of smoke as it blasted down the straight in an explosion of sound. Working with the National motor Museum in Beaulieu, there was also a demonstration run by two Works 1930s Austin 7 racing cars, and they ran up the course, side by side, for the first time in over thirty years. One was a 1935 Austin side valve and the other was a 1936 Austin Twin Cam. In the air there were flybys from the Battle of Britain Memorial © Simon Wright

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Flight Dakota on Saturday and a Hurricane on Sunday. The Hill climb event saw double defending champion Jack Woodhouse return, but this year he had swopped his successful Lotus 18 single seater for a 1963 Brabham BT6 single seater. Unfortunately he only got his first timed run in and finished in 17th overall. This left the door open for Malcom Thorne to set the fastest time of the day in his F2 Lotus 35 with a second run time of 38.86 seconds, setting a new course record and shaving almost half a second oﬀ the previous record. He was over a second faster than Martin Jones in a Brabham BT 21B, while most impressively Justin Maeers took his large Lola T70 Mk II up the hill in a time of © Simon Wright

Reigning record holder Jack Woodhouse in his new Brabham BT6

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FTD and new course record holder Malcolm Thorne Lotus 35

41.38 seconds to finish 3rd overall and win his class. The large entry was split in to eighteen diﬀerent classes, to give everyone an equal opportunity to win at the event. Class 1 for Pre 1940 Standard and Modified Sports cars Unsupercharged © Syd Wall up to 1500cc saw Eddie Williams take the class win in a time of 46.49 seconds in his Frazer Nash Supersports. Class 2 was for the over 1500cc cars Richard Scaldwell 1909 Lorratine Dietrich 130

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Niall Dyer Maserati 250 F

and Marcus Black took a narrow win in his Talbot Lago T23 in a time of 49.12 seconds. Class 3 was for Pre 1940 Special Sports cars and all supercharged cars up to 1500cc, with David Pryke in a Morgan Riley taking the class win in 47.31 seconds. Class 4 for over 1500cc saw Dougal Cawley take another victory in his GN/Frazer Nash Piglet with a time of 46.83 seconds. Always popular with the spectators, Class 5 was for the Edwardian and Veteran cars. This class had a really good entry and included the recently restored 1904 Pope Toledo Gordon Bennett driven by Hicky Hickling making its Chateau Impney August 2018

debut, with a best time of 74.76 seconds. The class was won by James Collins in a Hudson Super Six in just 51.09 seconds, not bad for a one hundred and one year old car. Moving on to the first of the racing car classes, for Pre 1940 Racing Cars up to 1100cc, and regular VSCC competitor Winston Teague in the GN Wasp was fastest with a time of 48.54 seconds. It was a very close battle in this class with Ben Enticknap 2nd in a GN Phoenix in a time of 48.89 seconds, only 0.45 of a second behind Teague. The next class of Pre-1940 racing cars were over 1100cc and up to 1500cc and saw Nick Topliss win in ERA AJM1 with a 46 seconds run, just ahead of Hannah Enticknap in her Morgan/ GN Salome only 0.66 of a second behind. Class 8 was for 1500cc up to 3000cc racing cars with the Alta 61 IS continueing its recent successes with Ian Baxter taking the class win with a time of 43.37 seconds. Another close 2nd place was James Baxter in his Riley Sprite ERA, just 0.24 of a second behind. The final Pre 1940s Racing car class was for cars over 3000cc which saw the Menasco Pirate of Robin Tuluie win in 44.23 seconds, over a second ahead of Julian Grimwade in the Frazer Nash Norris Special. Still with plenty of classes still to run, the next class was for Racing Cars up to 500cc from 1946 to ÂŠ Simon Wright 1967. Mark Riley in the Creamer Special won in a time of 45.34 seconds. Class 11 was for Pre 1961 Racing cars up to 1500cc and saw Mark Woodhouse fastest in the Elva FJ 100 in a time of 43.20 seconds. The next class was for Pre 1961 Sports and Sports Racing cars up to 2200cc and saw the Cooper Monaco T49 of Justin Maeers take a comfortable win by over a second. Tony Bianchi in the

Clark Devey Ford Model 68

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Stephen Gentry Maserati 6CM

Allard Farrallac Mk 2 won the Sports and Sports Racing car class over 2200cc in a time of 45.08 seconds, only 0.28 of a second faster than Sarah Thorne in the Lotus 15 Buick. Switching back to single seater racing cars, Class 14 was for Pre 1961 Racing cars over 1500cc. This saw Rod Jolly dominate the class with a time of 42.92 seconds in the Cooper T45/51, over two and a half seconds faster than Fred Harper in the Kurtis KK 500G Oﬀenhauser. Justin Maeers took his second class win of the meeting and 3rd fastest time overall in his Lola T70 Mk II in Class 15 Pre 1968 Sports and Sports Racing Cars,

but only 0.23 of a second ahead of David Gidden in a Lotus 23B.Class 16 for Pre 1968 Racing Cars up to 1500cc saw current Chateau Impney Champion Jack Woodhouse in his Brabham BT6 at least take a class win this year, but over four seconds slower than the fastest time of Day. This was set by Class 17 winner Malcolm Thorne in his F2 Lotus 35 with a time of 38.86 seconds. The final class winner was Graham Hill in an Austin Mini Cooper S who won the Production Saloon Cars from 1950 to 1967 in a time of 45.76 seconds © Simon Wright

Jan Nycz Staride MkIII

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Who needs 4 wheels to complete the course?

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Steven Paul Smith Hotchkiss AM80 Brook

Tom Walker Lola T160

Ewan Cameron Harrier F5000

Rob Russell Porsche 911 tries Rallying!

David Haywood Leyland Thomas No1

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Trying a new line at the first corner - Charlie Martin Lotus

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Ralli 22 at Chateau Impney Hill Climb This year the event has expanded to include Ralli 22, a competiton for pre-2004 Group A, B and WRC Rally Cars, including some of the most popular, such as the Subaru Impreza WRC as driven by Colin McRae. This was the second round of a three event series which also started at Prescott and will finish at Shelsley Walsh. These ex-Rally cars look and sound fast as they raced up the hill, and it was David Wright in

the ex-Carlos Sainz Ford Focus who took victory with a time of 42.08 seconds with Tony Shields 2nd in an Opel Astra and Tom Delaney 3rd in a Mitsubishi Evo 6. © Syd Wall

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Bo Williams Ferrari 250 PF

Nicholas Topliss ERA R4D © Janet Wright

Rod Spollon BRM P48

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Steve Wright Okrasa Special

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BRM V16 When they fired up the V16 BRM, the sound reverberated all around the parkland around the Chateau Impney hotel. The 1.5 litre supercharged racing engine was designed and built in 1947, just after the second World War, by British Racing Motors (BRM). The very complex engine design produced an amazing 600 bhp at 12,000 rpm and was very powerful at the time. It was conceived as basically two 750cc V8 engines mounted back to back with cam drives and gears in the centre of the engine. The construction was a marriage of major British companies, with Standard Motors making the main engine components, English Steel producing the crankshaft, David Brown made the gears, SU designed the twin pot carburettors and Rolls Royce who designed and built the two stage centrifugal supercharger. The chassis of the BRM Type 15 was designed by Rubery Owen, August 2018

and other components were taken from German technology. The gearbox was based on a pre-war 1939 Mercedes Benz design along with trailing arm front suspension from Auto Union. The car was first tested in December 1949 driven by Raymond Mays at RAF Folkingham. The race debut was due at the 1950 British Grand Prix, but engine problems prevented itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s race debut, but Raymond Mays was able to drive several demonstration laps in front of Princess Elizabeth and her husband Price Philip at the Grand Prix meeting at Silverstone. It was then entered for the non-Championship Formula 1 Daily Express race at Silverstone in August 1950. It was tested at Folkingham and then flown straight in to Silverstone on race day. Having missed practice Frenchman Raymond Sommers did three laps of the circuit, and allowed to start the race from the back of the grid. At the start the inboard universal joint Page Page 71

failed and the car failed to get away from the grid. It was pushed to the side of the track and withdrawn. It’s first proper race was a short sprint event at Goodwood in September 1950, where Reg Parnell won two races, including the Goodwood Trophy on a wet circuit. For the 1951 British Grand Prix, BRM entered two cars for Parnell and Peter Walker. Both drivers suﬀered from heat in the cockpit as the exhaust was routed through the inside of the car, and they had to wrap burn dressings round their legs to protect them from the heat and run at reduced speed. Even though they started from the back of the grid, Parnell finished 5th and Walker in 7th. Both cars went to Monza for the Italian Grand Prix, but were withdrawn due to gearbox problems. The circuit owners allowed the team to test at the circuit after the race, and the BRM was the first car to use disc brakes after Girling created a set of special brakes for the car which were tested at Monza. In 1952 Stirling Moss joined the team to work on testing the car, with the possibility of racing it. He was entered for the 1952 Ulster Trophy race but had problems with his car at the start. BRM entered three cars at Goodwood and finished 1st, 2nd and 3rd. In 1952 Alfa Romeo pulled out of Grand Prix and Ferrari and a uncompetitive Maserati were the only opposition. Unfortunately BRM failed to make the first race of the season attempting to persuade Fangio to drive one of the cars. Ferrari filled the first six places, and the series organisers decided to run the remaining races of the year for Formula 2 cars. Fangio was impressed by the power of the BRM but asked for a higher seat, so he could see where he August 2018

was going. He drove the car at several events during 1953. The car was also modified to improve cooling, with a larger radiator grill in the nose, better ventilation and repositioning of the exhaust pipe stubs. Fangio considered the car to be the best Formula 1 car ever built, just needing improvements in certain details. Unfortunately Fangio was injured driving a Maserati and was out of action. After failing to get Mike Hawthorn to drive the car, it was raced by José Frolián González and Ken Wharton. The teams moment of glory came at Albi in 1953 in a sprint race specifically for Formula 1 cars. The now recovered Fangio took a spectacular victory ahead of Alberto Ascari in a works Ferrari. Unfortunately the car suﬀered reliabilty problems and only four were built. One was written oﬀ in a collision at the Glover Trophy, while the other three cars are in separate hands. One belongs to former F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone, one is in the Donington Grand Prix collection and the car at Chateau Impney is usually displayed at the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu. © Janet Wright

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Tatton Park Stars and Stripes, 30th June 2018. By David Goose - Motorsport Imagery.

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2018 saw the 30th annual running of the event with the usual format of a wide spectrum of entertainment for all the family. In addition to the many hundreds of 1950’s and 60’s Fins and Chrome US classics, American Muscle cars from the 50’s to the 80’s, and even the occasional modern such as the current Ford Mustang GT. Brands included Ford, Chevrolet, Pontiac, © Motorsport-imagery

Pontiac Carolina

This years Stars and Stripes at Tatton Park was a few days earlier than normal, but the new organisers, Cheshire Auto Promotions promise to grow the event even further in the future. © Motorsport-imagery

Dodge Viper RT-10

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Ford Mustang 5.0GT

Oldsmobile, Cadillac and Buick to name just a few. The entertainment also included classic American road Motorbikes, Hot Rods, Custom cars and the famous wall of death, for the family the Wild West Shoot Out re-enactment group laid © Motorsport-imagery on their now familiar event throughout the weekend. Peterbilt Rig

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1947 Mercury Eight © Motorsport-imagery

Chevrolet Corvette Stingray © Motorsport-imagery

1948 Buick Eight Dynaflow.

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1958 Buick Super © Motorsport-imagery

Dodge Venom RT-8. © Motorsport-imagery

1950s Chevrolet Styleline

Mach1 Mustang 351 RAM Air © Motorsport-imagery

Pontiac TransAm © Motorsport-imagery

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1957 Cadillac Eldorado Seville

1950s DeSoto Firedome V8 © Motorsport-imagery

Cadillac Eldorado

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1950s Ford F100 Customised pickup truck

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351 Ram Air Mach 1 Mustang

Over 100 trade stands offered everything from toys and sweets to an American car Auto-jumble. For an outsider who rarely sees a true American classic car on the road it is hard to understand how so many cars have travelled © Motorsport-imagery

Lincoln Continental, a bargain at only £10,500

over 3000 miles and ended up in the UK. For the newcomer to the event, there were several cars for sales including a nicely restored /maintained Lincoln Continental for around £10,000, a lot of people were looking at the car at quite a low cost to buy into this community. On the other side, some of the highly tuned Mustangs in particular cost in excess of £100,000 to prepare. © Motorsport-imagery

1959 Rambler Rebel V8

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Lincoln Continental, yours for only £25000

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Pontiac Trans Ams

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1970s Chevrolet Camaro Z28 2nd generation

Ford Mustang

2002 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 4th generation

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Ford Mustang GT.

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Silverstone Classic, Silverstone, 20th-22nd July 2018. By Simon & Janet Wright with additional photos by David Goose & Stuart Yates of Motorsport

Jet Super Touring race start

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The Silver Jubilee of the Silverstone Classic proved to be another sure fired hit. With Silverstone basking in sunshine, in the middle of a record breaking heat wave for the UK, over 100,000 visitors attended the three day celebration of classic motorsport. The event continues to be the World’s biggest classic motor racing festival and over the weekend there were 21 races covering all categories of motor racing. This year there was an emphasis of saloon cars, to help celebrate the 60th anniversary of the British 1954 Jaguar D-Type in front of the Touring car Championship, Classic's now traditional family funfair. but with over 1,000 entries spanning eight decades, there was something to savour what ever type of racing. Away from the track action, there were thousands of classic © Simon Wright August 2018

and supercars on static display all over the three days, with hundreds of car club members displaying all types of vehicles from Ferrari, Porsche and Lamborghini, right through to kit cars like Westfield and Cox GTM. Lots of car clubs use the Silverstone Classic to celebrate major anniversaries, with both static displays of cars and on track parade over the weekend. Some of this years anniversaries were Jaguar XK 70th, Jaguar XJ 50th, and Jaguar Mk V 70th, Abarth Owners Club (Abarth relaunch 10th), AMOC (DB1 70th DB4 60th), Classic Corvette Club (Continuous Production 65th), Classic Z Register (Club 30th), Ferrari Daytona (365 GTB/4 50th), Ginetta Owners Club (Ginetta 60th), GT40 Enthusiasts Club (Le Mans win 50th), © Simon Wright

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Historic Lotus register (Lotus 15 60th), Lamborghini Club UK (Espada and Islerto 50th), Morgan Sports Car Club (Morgan +8

Lamborghini Espada

50th), Piper Sports and Racing Car Club (Production car 50th), Porsche Clubs (first Porsche car, the 356 70th), Reliant Sabre & Scimitar Owners Club (Reliant Scimitar GTE 50th), UK S2000 Owners Club (S2KUK - Honda 70th, S2K 20th), Welsh Ford Owners Club (Club 10th) Using part of the old Grand Prix circuit, there were daily stunt car displays and Street Car Shoot out drag races. In the centre of the circuit, the Village Green, located under the giant big ferris wheel, housed all © Simon Wright kinds of trade stalls, August 2018

various displays, Mike Brewer’s Car Clinic, The British Motor Museum stand had a 1908 Austin Grand Prix car plus other © Simon Wright vehicles, there was a World War 2 Spitfire and a funfiar.

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Stuart Roach Condor S2 battles with Ray Mallock U2 Mk2 FJ (1958-1960)

The track action started with the Jim Clark Trophy for Historic Formula Junior (1958-1960). This twenty minute race saw Andrew Hibberd start from Pole position, but it was Will Mitcham who won the race in his U2 Mk2 by over a second from Chris Drake in a Terrier Mk4 Series 1. Miles Griffiths was 3rd to win his class in his Lotus 18. The other class winners were Robert Barrie in a Stanguellini FJ, Clinton McCarthy in a Lotus 18 and Graham Barron in a Gemnin Mk 2. The second race for the Formula Junior cars (1958-1960) was on Sunday for the John Surtees Trophy. This time Andrew Hibberd made sure of his victory in his Lola Mk2, beating first race winner Mitcham by just 0.838 of a second. Drake made it a second podium of the weekend, with 3rd place. Griffiths took a second class win, while Tom De Gres in a Stanguellini FJ took a class win along with David Walker in a Lotus 18.

Sandy Watson and Martin O’Connell put their Jaguar E-Type on pole position for the 50 minute Royal Automobile Club Tourist Trophy for Historic cars Pre ’63 GT race, but it was Martin Hunt and Patrick Blakeney-Edwards that took the race win in their AC Cobra, ahead of a pair of E-Type Jaguars driven by James Cottingham/Harvey Stanley and Sam Hancock and Gregor Fisken. Peter Stöhrmann jr drove solo to take a class win in 4th overall at the wheel of a Lotus Elite S1. The other class winners were Theo Hunt and Mike Grant-Peterkin in an Austin Healey 3000. Gareth Burnett driving solo in his Porsche 356 Coupe GT and Ben Cussons and Jeremy Vaughan in another Jaguar EType. © Motorsport-imagery

The imposing sight of Tom Harris's 1959 Lister Jaguar Knobbly in the Stirling Moss Trophy for Pre ’61 Sports cars race

James Owen Gemini Mk2 spun in Sundays race FJ (58-60)

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Roger Wills celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of the Lotus 15 by putting one on pole position for the Stirling Moss Trophy race for Pre ’61 Sports cars. However in the fifty minute race, the power of the Lister Knobbly proved to much of an advantage over the knibble Lotus and Chris Ward took the race win from Page 83

the similar Lister Jaguar Knobbly of Tony Wood and Will Nuthall. Wills came in 3rd place to at least take a class win. There were several other class winners, including Ben Adams in a Lola Mk1, Malcolm Harrison/Patrick Watts in a Rejo Mk3, Richard Postins and Andrea Stortoni in a Lotus XI Le Mans and Chris Keen and Richard McAlpine in a Kurtis 500S Corvette.

Sam Wilson Lotus 20/22 won both Formula Junior races (61-63)

Over the weekend, there were various demonstration runs by Modern Formula One legends and Motorcycle racing Legends. The Formula One cars do not have a series to race in at the moment and included Lotus, Toleman and Dallara. © Motorsport-imagery

The second half of the Formula Junior celebrations for the weeekend had a second field of Formula Junior cars built between 1961 and 1963. Sam Wilson was on pole position for the Denny Hulme Trophy race on Saturday in his Lotus 20/22. He converted this to a race win ahead of Timothy De Silva in a Brabham BT2 and Jonathan Milicevic in a Merlyn Mk 5/7. The other class winners in this race were Christopher Drake in his Elva 300, Richard Tarling in a Lotus 20 and Malcolm Wishart in a Cooper T65. Their second race on Sunday was for the Jochen Rindt Trophy and saw Sam Wilson make it a double win weekend ahead of Cameron Jackson in a Brabham BT2 and Peter Morton in the Lightning Envoyette. Christopher Drake and Richard Tarling also made it two wins for the weekend, while the final class winner in this race was Tom De Gres in a Cooper T59 © Simon Wright

Tom De Gres Cooper T59 & Peter Morton Lightning Envoyette FJ (61-63)

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Gregor Fisken Shadow DN5 ahead of Steve Boultbee Brooks Lotus 81 FIA Masters Historic Formula One

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Matteo Ferrer-Aza in the ex Jacques Laffitte Ligier JS11.

The high-light for many people at the Classic is the FIA Masters Historic Formula One races. Modern Grand Prix cars from the 1970s and 80s, when Grand Prix cars all looked different, even though the majority of them used the same 3 litre Cosworth DFV engine. The entry showed a great variety of cars from four different periods. Nick Padmore driving a Williams FW07C took pole position which he converted into an easy win. Michael Lyons gave chase all through the race in his earlier Hesketh 308E to finish 2nd and took the Fittipaldi Class win. Some way behind, Christophe D’Ansembourg in another Williams FW07C

finished 3rd. Martin Stretton in 6th place, took the Lauda Class win, while the other class winner was Matthew Wrigley in a March 721G who took the Stewart Class. The second race on Sunday saw a repeat of the first two places, with Padmore winning outright also taking the Head class, with Lyons 2nd and again winning the Fittipaldi Class. Martin Stretton also took the Lauda class win, but this time he finished on the podium in 3rd overall. Keeping things neat, Wrigley also took his second class win of the weekend in the Stewart class. There was just a single race on Saturday for the HSCC Road Sports series for cars built between 1947 and 1979. John Davison started on pole position in his Lotus Elan S1. He took an easy victory, over twenty two seconds ahead of the Morgan Plus 8s of Richard Plant and Jonathan Edwards, a further two

Tony Davis Austin Healey Sprite ahead of Colin Sharp Triumph TR4 and Larry Tucker Shelby Mustang GT350R HSCC Roadsports (47-79)

Nick Padmore Williams FW07C led Michael Lyons Hesketh 308E at the start of the second race

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seconds back in 3rd. The large field of sports cars was split into various classes and produced the following class winners, Charles Barter in a Datsun 240Z, Jeremy Clark in a Lotus Elan S4, John Dickson in a Ferrari 308GTB, Russell Paterson in another Morgam Plus 8, Bill Jarvis in a Porsche 924 and Colin Sharp in a Triumph TR4. The remaining class winners were Johan Denekamp in a TVR Tuscan, John Shaw in a Porsche Page 86

Roger Wills Bizzarrini 5300 GT in the International Trophy for Classic GT cars (Pre ’66)

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John Cleland Vauxhall Vectra , Abigail Eaton Holden Commodore and Rickard Rydell Volvo S40 show you can take Club corner 3 abreast in the Jet Super Touring Car Trophy © Simon Wright

Christophe D’Ansembourg Lola Aston Martin DBR1-2 in the Masters Endurance Legends race Page 87

911, James Owen in a Triumph TR5, Dick Coffey in a Turner Mk1 and David Tomkinson in a Triumph Spitfire. © Motorsport-imagery

Owen Gerraint's Kurtis 500C prepared and waiting for the start of the Pre '66 Grand Prix Car race.

The first race of the weekend for the Adrian Flux Trophy for Pre ’66 Grand Prix cars saw Jon Fairley in a Brabham BT11/19 on pole position, but he retired from the race on lap five. William Nuthall took the first race win in his Cooper T53 ahead of Peter Horsman in his class winning Lotus 18/21 and Timothy de Silva in his class winning Lotus 24. The other class winners were Rob Hall in a Cooper T43/51, Geraint Owen in the Kurtis Offenhauser 500C, Tony Best in a Ferrari 246 Dino, Nick Taylor in a Lotus 18, Klaus Lehr in a Maserati 250F CM5, John Ure in a Cooper Bristol T24/25 and Julia de Baldanza in a Maserati A6GCM. The second race on Sunday saw Horsman go one better and win the race outright. Mark Daniell was 2nd overall and won his class in a Cooper T45, with Tony Wood in 3rd, also winning his class in the Tec-Mec Maserati 415. Sid Hoole finished in 4th place in his August 2018

Cooper T66 F1 to also win his respective class. The other class winners were Charles McCabe in a Lotus 18 and Eddie McGuire in the Scarab Offenhauser. Nick Taylor took his 2nd class win of the weekend along with Klaus Lehr and Julia de Baldanza, while Ian Nuthall in the Alta F2, and John Bussey in a Cooper T43 won their respective classes. A major celebration at the © Janet Wright Classic this year was the 60th Anniversary of the British Touring Car Championship. The First Jet Super Touring Car Trophy race on Saturday saw Rickard Rydell reunited with a Volvo S40 to claim pole position. But in the race it was James Dodd who proved unbeatable in his Honda Accord, winning by over seven seconds. Rydell took 2nd and Jason Hughes Pole for Jet Super Touring Car Trophy was 3rd in a Vauxhall went to Rickard Rydell Volvo S40 Vectra. Abigail Eaton took © Simon Wright a creditable 4th overall to win her class in a fantastic Holden Commodore. A sight to warm the heart of the local fans was James Hanson winning his class in the Jaguar XJ12C Abigail Eaton Holden Commodore

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Michael Birch Elva GT160 FIA Masters Historic Sports Cars

Georg Hallau Theodore N183 leads Keith Frieser Shadow DN1 FIA Masters Historic Formula One.

Tom Houlbrook BMW E30 M3 dives inside Keith Butcher Audi A4 Jet Super Touring Car

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Mark Bennett Renault Alpine A310 HSCC Roadsports

Mark Burnett/Nick Swift Ogle SX1000 International Trophy for Classic GT (Pre 66)

John Spiers Ford Capri leads a group in the Historic Touring Car Challenge

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resplendent in its red white and blue colour scheme. He finished just in front of Tom Houlbrook who won his class in a BMW E30 M3. The other class winners were Tony Absolom in a Vauxhall Cavalier, Jan Van Elderen in a Ford Sierra RS500, Frisco in a Nissan Primera and George Pochciol in a Ford Capri. The second race saw a repeat of the first, but Rydell was closer to Dodd at the finish, just over two seconds behind at the flag. Eaton was unable to repeat her class win from the first race as she retired on the penultimate lap. Mark Smith took 7th place to win his class in his BMW E30 M3, with Allan Scott next up to win his class in a Mazda 323F. Jan Van Elderen took another class victory in his Ford Sierra RS500, along with Frisco in his Nissan Primera. The final class winner was Jeff Allam in a Ford Capri. © Simon Wright

one and a half seconds. Solo driving Jake Hill took the closest of wins in his Lotus Elan, just 0.664 of a second ahead of the Michael Gans and Andy Wolfe AC Cobra, who also won their class. They were only 0.565 of a second ahead of John Spiers in a TVR Griffith, while Graeme and James Dodd were last in the group, 0.240 of a second further back in 4th place. Further back in 17th place, and a lap behind the winner, Alex Bell and Jeremy Welch won their class in an Austin Healey 3000. Other class winners were John Burton in a Jaguar E-Type, James Thorpe in a TVR Grantura, and Marc Gordon and Nick Finburgh in a Lotus Elite.

David Clark/Ben Shuckburgh Porsche 904/6 Classic GT (Pre 66)

A theme of this years Silverstone Classic was a celebration of the Daytona 24 Hours race. This was three races held on Saturday evening, to represent racing through dusk and in to the night, as in the 24 Hour race. The first dusk race was the International Trophy for Classic GT cars Pre ’66, with a massive field of over fifty cars. It seemed quite apt that David and Olivier Hart put their AC Cobra Daytona Coupe on pole position. After fifty minute racing, the first four cars were covered by just under August 2018

Winner Oliver Bryant Lola T70 Mk3B chasing the Lola T210 of Graham Adelman/Andrew Willis FIA Masters Historic Sports Cars

The next evening race was the Daytona at Dusk Yokohama Trophy for FIA Masters Historic Sports Cars. This series is for Le Mans style sports cars and Group 4 GT cars from 1962 to 1974. It was the brute power of the McLaren M6B Can Am car that claimed pole position for Andrew and Max Banks. This fifty minute race started at around 7:30pm and after twenty two laps it was the Lola T70 Mk 3B of Oliver Bryant that led home a Page 90

Lola 1-2-3. Bryant won outright and the Rodriguez Class. Michael Gans took 2nd in his Lola T290 to win the Marko class, and Diogo Ferrao and Martin Stretton were 3rd in a Lola T292. The Invitation class was won by James Claridge and Goncalo Gomes in another Lola T212. The Bonnier class was won by Julian Thomas and Calum Lockie in a Chevron B8, and the Hulme class was taken by James Billy Bellinger and Keith Ahlers in a Cooper Monaco King. After a disaster in qualifying, where his wheel nut shot off at Becketts on the out lap ,causing the session to be red flagged, John Sheldon fought his way through to 26th overall to win the Siffert Class in his Chevron B16. © Janet Wright

Steve Tandy Lola B12/60 won both Masters Endurance Legends races.

John Sheldons front wheel about to part company with his Chevron B16 in Qualifying for FIA Masters Historic Sports Cars

The final race on Saturday was the Daytona at Dusk Masters Endurance Legends race, a 30 minute blast for more modern sports racing and GT cars. Steve Tandy started from pole position in his Lola B12/60 and converted it in to a race win. He was over fourteen seconds ahead of Christophe D’Ansembourg in the stunning Gulf coloured Lola Aston DBR1-2. Martin Short took a class win in 3rd driving the Dallara SP1. Michael Lyons took a class win in 5th place driving an Oreca 03 LMP2. The August 2018

other class winners were Mike Newton in the MG Lola EX257, James Cottingham in a Ferrari 550, Tom Kimber-Smith in an Aston Martin Vantage and Steven Read in a Ferrari F40 GTE. The Masters Endurance legends had a second race on Sunday afternoon, and Steve Tandy made it two out of two in the Lola B12/60. The Gulf Lola Aston DBR1-2 took another 2nd, this time driven by Heve Regout, while David Porter took 3rd in the Peugeot 908. Martin Short took another class win in 4th, while oylmpic gold medalist Sir Chris Hoy took a class win in 6th Sir Chris Hoy Courage LC75 won his class on Sunday Masters Endurance Legends

driving a Courage LC75. Mike Newton took another class win in the MG Lola EX257, while Nick Leventis took a GT class win in Page 91

the Aston Martin DBR9 along with Paul Wight in an Aston Martin Vantage, and Janos Santa in a Ferrari 360 GT. The final class winner was Steven Read taking his second class win of the weekend in the Ferrari F40 GTE. © Simon Wright

Gary Pearson Jaguar D-Type won the RAC Woodcote Trophy for Pre ’56 Sports cars

Sunday saw the Pre ’56 Sports Cars race for the Royal Automotive Club Woodcote Trophy. Gary Pearson put his Jaguar D-Type on pole position by just 0.053 of a second from Frederic Wakeman and Patrick Blakeney Edwards in a Cooper T38. By the end of the fifty minute race, Pearson had openned that gap to over five seconds. Martin Stretton and Richard Wilson took the Maserati 250S in to 3rd place, winning their class. Patrick

Blakeney-Edwards was not content with just finishing second, so he jumped in to the 4th placed HWM Jaguar with Martin Hunt to take a class win. In 5th place was the class winning Aston Martin DB3S of Wolfgang Friedrichs and Simon Hadfield. Nick Wigley and John Ure finished 7th overall in the Cooper Bristol T24/25 to win their class. The other class winners were Paul Griffin in a Connaught ALSR and Jason Yates and Ben Mitchell in a Ferrari 500 TRC. The Gallet Trophy for under 2 Litre Touring Cars consisted of Ford Lotus Cortina’s and Austin Mini Cooper’s plus the odd BMW, Alfa Romeo and Hillman Imp. Regular competitor Andy Wolfe teamed up with World Touring Car Championship contender Rob Huff to drive a Ford Lotus Cortina and put the car on pole position. After the fifty minute race, they had converted pole to a race victory by over sixteen seconds form Andrew and Maxim Banks in their superb Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint, with Neil Brown and Richard Dutton the other podium drivers in 3rd place in another Ford Lotus Cortina. The other two class winners were Endaf Evan in an Austin Mini Cooper S and Peter James & Amanda Stretton in a BMW 1800 Ti.

Jason Yates/Ben Mitchell Ferrari 500 TRC RAC Woodcote Trophy race

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Rob Huff/Andy Wolfe Ford Lotus Cortina won the U2TC race

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The Jaguar XJ12C of James Hanson and Paul Pochciol takes the lead from the BMW M3 E30 of eventual winners Nick & Harry Wales

A major race at the Silverstone Classic was the Historic Touring Car Challenge, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the British Touring Car Championship. A fantastic 40 car entry saw cars representing different periods of the British and even European Touring Car Championships. Nick and Harry Whale grabbed pole position in their BMW M3 E30 but at the start of the race it was the magnificent Broadspeed Jaguar XJ12C of Paul Pochciol and James Hanson that powered through to take the ÂŠ Simon Wright lead. Bring back memories of the European Championship, when Jaguar used this car to compete against the best in Europe and raced at Silverstone, the crowd cheered to see the local contender out in front. Ric Wood soon spoiled the Jaguar party in his Ford Capri and the Whales BMW were all battling for the lead and

at the end of the fifty minute race it was Nick and Harry Whales that took overall honours, with Mark Smith and Arran MoultonSmith in another BMW M3 E30 making it a BMW 1-2. Both won their respective classes. Ric Wood had dropped back from the leading BMW pair but still finished 3rd and won his class. Ben Gill took 6th in his Ford Escort Mk 1 to take another class win while the Jaguar XJ12C, after its inital glory leading, still won its class in 7th position. The race was full of iconic touring cars and 9th placed Paul Linfoot and Karl Jones took a class win in the ever popular Ford Sierra RS500. The other class winnere were Jack and Roger Stanford in a BMW E30 M3, Ken Clarke and Mat Jackson in a Rover Vitesse, Grahame and Oliver Bryant in a Chevrolet Camaro Z28, Adam Brindle and Nigel Greensall in a Rover

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P Linfoot/K Jones Ford Sierra RS500

Trevor Buckley teamed up with Rob Huff to put the Ford Falcon on pole position and the power of the American muscle cars came through in the race. Mike Gardiner and Andy Wolfe took the win in a Ford Falcon Sprint. The Ford Mustang took the next two places with Craig Davies in 2nd and James Thorpe & Sean MacInerney in 3rd. Ford took the first thirteen places, with Steve Soper the best of the British Ford, to win his class in a Ford Lotus Cortina in 7th. Nick Swift was way back in 14th place in the first of the Mini Cooper S saloons, winning his class. The only other class winner in this race was Peter James and Amanda Stretton in a BMW 1800 Ti.

SD1 and Mark Burnett in an Austin Mini 1275 GT. The final three class winners were Mark Roberts in a Ford Fiesta, Paul Clayson in an Alfa Romeo GTV6 and Glynn Allen and Darren Roberts in an Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV. The final race of the meeting was the Transatlantic Trophy for Pre ’66 Touring Cars. The battle may seem a little unfair, with the American muscle cars all fitted with large engines, against the Ford Lotus Cortina and Austin Mini Cooper S, but even on a fast circuit like Silverstone, the local cars seemed more than capable of holding their own in any battle during qualifying. © Simon Wright

Endaf Owens Austin Mini Cooper S retired from the Transatlantic Trophy for Pre ’66 Touring Car race

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Iron Curtain Rally Foxfield Railway 14th-15th July 2018 By Simon & Janet Wright. August 2018

Trabant & Lada lineup

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Trabant Deluxe 1.1

Organised by the Wartburg Trabant IFA Club, the Iron curtain rally is an annual event which brings together some of the unique vehicles which were produced the © Simon Wright other side of the Iron Curtain. It is nearly 30 years ago since the political upheavals which marked the collapse of Communism, with the collapse of the Berlin Wall as a significant event.. People remember that many East German citizens headed in to the West in their Trabant cars. The club held this event at the Foxfield Railway at Blythe Bridge, near Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, and was an ideal location. This August 2018

steam railway has a large courtyard outside the station where the club can display their vehicles. On the Saturday, the vehicles did a road run through the Staffordshire © Janet Wright moorlands and in to the Peak District National Park. Sunday was display day where the vehicles are parked at the station, while owners can socialise or ride on the historic steam railway. The Trabant, from East Germany, was the most popular vehicle on show. As well as the normal 2 stroke saloon, there was at least one Estate version and a Tramp which is an open, convertible jeep like Kübelwagen version, which was also displayed as a military vehicle. The Trabant was produced from 1957 until 1990 by East German car manufacturer VEB Sachsenring Automobilwerke Zwickau. Over 3 million were manufactured and many survive thanks to the body being made of a hard plastic which is mounted on a one piece steel chassis. The other half of the organising club is the Wartburg, another car manufactured in East Germany. Page 96

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Skoda 120L

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Wartburg 1000

The car is named after Wartburg Castle which overlooks the town of Eisenach where the cars were built. From the 1950s Wartburg had a three cylinder two stroke engine with only seven moving parts - three pistons, © Simon Wright three connecting rods and one crankshaft. The oldest Wartburg on display was a 1966 Wartberg 1000. Another Wartburg present was a 1990 Wartburg 1.3 with a small period caravan in tow. This was the last Wartburg model produced and was fitted with a four cylider Volkswagen engine. During the Cold War period, Skoda was probably the best August 2018

known Eastern Block car in the West. Built in the Czech Republic, the company was founded in 1895 as Laurin & Klement which was acquired by Skoda Works in 1925 and became state owned in 1948. In 2000 Skoda became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group. There were several Skoda models on display, the 120L and Favorit. The one Favorit was a 1991 Skoda Favorit Forum Plus, one of only 3 left and there are only 163 Favorits on the road today, compared with around 2,500 Triumph Heralds still running. The last manufacturer represented was Lada with three cars present, both saloon and estate versions. Manufactured by AvtoVAZ in Russia. The Lada brand first appeared in 1973. The name Lada is derived from a type of Viking Longship, and is symbolized by the cars logo. The Lada Riva is probably the most known model on the roads of Britain. There were also a pair of Barkas commercial vehicles, vans similar in size tio the Ford Transit, plus a selection of motorcycles inclding some German MZ bikes which were originally built in Saxony.

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Lada saloon

Zaz Zaporozhets 968M saloon

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Barkas vans

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The MAC Vintage & Sports Meeting Shelsley Walsh, 1st July 2018 By Simon & Janet Wright.

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Andrew Hall Frazer Nash BMW 328

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up to 750cc was an all Austin 7 class consisting of five Ulsters and one Nippy. The fastest in class was Greg Harrison in an Austin Ulster Sports with a best time of 52.63 seconds. Class 2 was for standard and modified sports cars from 751cc to 1100cc and up to 750cc supercharged. Jeremy Flann was fastest in his 1928 Austin Supersports with a best run of 47.16 seconds. Moving now in to Frazer Nash territory, Class 3 was for standard and modified sports cars 1101cc to 1500cc and up to 1100cc supercharged. Patrick Blakeney-Edwards was fastest in his © Simon Wright

Paddock assembly area

This years Vintage Shelsley hill climb was different to previous years as it was not a round of the VSCC Speed Championship. This was a last minute decision by the VSCC, but it did not seem to affect the fantastic entry of vintage cars competing. In glorious © Janet Wright sunshine, the Midland Automobile Club (MAC) staged a perfect event. The first class of standard and modified sports cars Heading for the start line

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Chris Williams Smokes off the start line in the Napier Bentley Racing

Frazer Nash Supersports in a time of 39.45 seconds, just ahead of Jo Blakeney-Edwards in a similar car. The Frazer Nash influence also extended in to Class 4 for standard and modified sports cars from 1501cc to 2000cc and up to 1500cc supercharged. This time it was Frazer Nash BMW 319 Type 45 saloon that took the honours, driven by Richard Gatley with a time of 41.70 seconds. Class 5 for Standard and Modified sports cars up to 3 litres or 2 litres supercharged saw Marina Pemberton Whiteley set the fastest time in a Talbot 95 Sports Page 102

runner, so Graham Beckett set the fastest time in his Austin 7 Simplicity with a best time of 51.44 seconds. Class 9 for Specials 1101cc to 1500cc and up to 1100 © Janet Wright

Ian Baxter Alta 61 IS

with a 45.87 second run. The final standard and modified class for over 3 litres was an easy win for Mark Brett in the Ballamy Ford V8 Special with a 40.17 second run. The Edwardian class had six vehicles dating from 1903 to 1917, and it was the oldest vehicle that set the fastest time. Roger Collings in a 1903 Mercedes 60HP set the fastest time in the class with a 49.90 second run, over 1.26 seconds faster than the much later © Simon Wright 1917 Hudson Super Six Racer of Ian Balmforth who was 2nd fastest. Moving on to Class 8 for Sports cars specials up to 1100cc and up to 750cc supercharged, there was only one Tom Hardman MG Bellevue

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Andrew Briggs Napier 75TT

supercharged was much better supported with Mike James setting the fastest time with a 41.05 second run in his 1935 Riley TT Sprite Replica. One of the largest entries was in Class 10 for Specials 1501cc to © Simon Wright 3000cc and up to 2250 cc supercharged saw another Riley Special of Durward Lawson set a 39.07 second run for fastest time in class. The last of the Sports cars Specials classes for cars over 3000cc saw Peter Andrew Cheyne Lagonda 3.5 4.5 Litre Special

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Ron Turner Wolseley Hornet Special

Batty in a Frazer Nash Super Sports post a time of 41.73 seconds. Moving on to the Racing Car classes, Winston Teague in the GN Wasp was fastest up to 1100cc with a time of 38.97 seconds. Moving up engine size to the up to 1500cc class saw Geraint Lewis set the best time in his 1936 Frazer Nash Shelsley Single seater, with a time of 40.23 seconds. As the engine size incresed, the times got quicker, with the up to 3 litre class producing a time of 34.93 seconds set by Ian

Mark Brett Ballamy Ford V8 Special

Baxter in the Alta 61 IS who set the fastest time of the day outright on his first timed run of the day. The over 3 litre racing car class was won by Julian Grimwade in his Frazer Nash Norris Special with a time of 36.71 seconds. © Janet Wright

Chris Hubble Austin 7 Ulster Replica

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Marina Pemberton-Whiteley Talbot 95 Sport

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Clive Press Peugeot 148

Ian Smith Alvis 12/70 Special

The final class of the event was for Post War Racing cars, with David Brazell setting a time of 40.17 seconds in a Jaguar C Type.

Richard Gatley Frazer Nash BMW 319 Type 45 Saloon

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Roger Collings Mercedes 60HP

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Julian Grimwade Frazer Nash Norris Special approaching bottom ’S’

Jane Corner Talbot 65 Special in the esses

Colin Wolstenholme Riley MPH in bottom ’S’

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Ian Bingham Frazer Nash Maurice Geoghegan Special exits Top “S”

Rod Stansfield Lagonda Rapier Jenks Single seater in the esses

Rod Briggs AC 16/80 in Top “S”

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Timothy Hopkinson Riley Special crosses the finish line

Geoffrey Harrison Austin Ulster Sports at the top of the hill

Top paddock waiting to return down the hill

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