Classic and Competition Car 98 November 2018 by Simon Wright

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

November 2018

Issue 98

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CSCC Mallory Park

British GT Final Donington Park

GT Open Silverstone.

WRC Rally Wales GB

VSCC Snetterton

ERA Himalayan Challenge

Our Team.

Contents Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 14 Page 19 Page 25 Page 31 Page 39 Page 40 Page 46 Page 48 Page 56 Page 59 Page 65 Page 71 Page 80 Page 85 Page 90 Page 99 Page 103 Page 108

Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on. Photo of the month. News. GT Open, Silverstone. MAC Sprint, Curborough. Rally Day, Castle Combe. BARC Race meeting, Donington Park. Archive Photo of the Month. Britcar Endurance series, Silverstone. Book review - Donington Park The Pioneers. ERA Himalayan Challenge. McLaren Speedtail. VSCC Snetterton. Dayinsure Wales Rally GB. CSCC Wendy Wools Anniversary race meeting, Mallory Park. British Hill Climb Championship, Loton Park. British GT final round, Donington Park. Sywell Classic, Piston and Props. Classic and Modern Motorsport Club, Snetterton. Cavalcade Classiche. Closing Shots - Donington Park Museum.

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Simon Wright - Editor. Janet Wright - Staff Photographer. Independant Freelance contributors in this issue. Pete Austin. Peter McFadyen. Syd Wall. David Goose & Stuart Yates of MotorsportImagery

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Editorial. Another season comes to a close and what a year it has been. We have had some fantastic events and race meetings and seen some wonderful vehicles during the summer months. Now it is time to head indoors for the usual winter exhibitions, starting with the Classic Motor Show which promises to be even bigger and better than before. Unfortunately we are loosing a couple of things as the year ends. The Donington Grand Prix Collection Museum has now closed for the final time. It was a fantastic collection showing the history of Grand Prix racing. See our Closing Shots on Page 108. We are also losing Rockingham Motor Speedway at the end of the year. Lets hope we don’t lose anything else. Front Cover. GT Open Race 1 pole man Daniel Serra Luzich Racing Ferrari © Motorsport Imagery. CSCC © Janet Wright. British GT Donington © Motorsport imagery Elfyn Evans in the M-Sport Fiesta WRC © Motorsport-Imagery. VSCCSnetterton Simon Diffey (Connaught B-Type) won the Flockhart Memorial Trophy © Peter McFadyen. ERA Himalayan Challenge © Gerard Brown

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WHAT’S ON November 8th-11th November 2018 Rally of the Tests. Harrogate to Bristol. 9th-11th November 2018 Classic Motor Show, NEC near Birmingham 17th November 2018

VSCC Cotswold Trial, Prescott Hill Climb course.

24th November 2018

Super Send Off Rockingham Motor Speedway.

1st December 2018

VSCC Winter Driving Tests, Bicester Heritage.

1st-2nd December 2018 Rockingham Stages Rally, Rockingham Motor Speedway. 26th December 2018

Plum Pudding race meeting, Mallory Park.

1st January 2019

Vintage Stony, Stony Stratford, Milton Keynes.

10th-13th January 2019 Autosport International, NEC near Birmingham. 12th January 2019

HRCR Open Day, British Motor Museum, Gaydon.

24th-26th February 2019 Race Retro, Stoneleigh Park near Coventry.

We do not organise any events which are mentioned and we are not responsible if the event does not take place or is cancelled. Please contact the event organiser before making a long trip.

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Photo of the Month

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By David Goose of Motorsport Imagery.

Ott Tanak retired the Toyota after a heavy landing shortly after the Sweetlamb watersplash. Rally Wales GB. See report on page 65

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News

Photo courtesy of Alan Crook Mega Bertha - 40 years in the making. One of Gerry Marshalls most famous cars was Baby Bertha, the Vauxhall Firenza Supersaloon of the 1970s. A follow up car was to be built by Dealer Team Vauxhall for Marshall to race. The idea of Bill Blydenstein was to create a Super Saloon based on the new Vauxhall Cavalier. It was to feature a much wider body and be powered by a 8.4 litre engine, mounted in the rear. It was christened ’Mega Bertha’. Unfortunately Vauxhall stopped the project in 1979 and the car was never completed. Now come forward forty years to 2018 and the car now belongs to car preparer Ric Wood and he has finished the dream and got Mega Bertha out on to the circuit. The car develops 800 hp, and uses around 24 gallons of fuel per hour! “At 7feet 6 inches wide, the car feels very heavy and wide with too much power and not enough grip, which is just what Gerry would have

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wanted, but it is fun to drive” states Wood. The car finally made its track debut at the Classic Sports Car Club race meeting at Mallory Park on the 6th October. It was entered in the three Wendy Wools Anniversary Special Saloons and Modsports races over the weekend. It went out on Saturday to qualify but with a very wet track Ric decided to not start the race as the car’s windows were fogging up excessively due to the rain. Sunday was bright and sunny and after being displayed on the grid during the lunch break next to Baby Bertha, Ric started the second race. He ran most of the race in formation with Piers Ward in Baby Bertha, giving the fans great opportunities to photograph these two icon machines together on track for the first time ever. Ric finished in 14th place after deciding to drive slow and not crash the car first time out. Unfortunately he was not allowed to start the third race due to the exhaust being too loud. Ric believes that Gerry would have been looking down and would have been very proud of what would have been his ultimate saloon. Race report on page 71

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2018 Sunoco Challenge. By David Goose of Motorsport Imagery. Not everyone has heard of Sunoco, but fans of American motorsport will instantly recognise the name as a massive player in the US market. In the UK, the brand is most recognisable for its involvement in several high profile race series including British GT, JCW Mini’s, British F3, HSCC and Silverstone Classic to name just a few. Now in its tenth season, drivers in a range of series have had the chance to register for the Sunoco Whelan Challenge and Sunoco 240 Challenge. Eligible Drivers for the Sunoco Whelan Challenge need to race in the British F3, British GT (GT3 Pro or GT4 Pro), LMP3 Cup Pro or Radical European Masters (Pro). Drivers wishing to enter the Sunoco 240 Challenge score points in Britcar, British GT (GT3 Am or GT4 Am), F3 Cup, GT Cup, LMP3 Cup Am, JCW or Cooper Pro Mini Challenge, Radical Challenge or Radical European Masters (Am). Eligible drivers can score points in their chosen series with the winning driver in each challenge securing a sponsored drive at the Daytona 24 hour race meeting in January of the following year. The aim of the challenges is for drivers in various series to score points for race victories, fastest laps and qualifying results. The challenge is run by Sunoco Racing Fuels official European Distributor, Anglo American Oil Company Ltd. The 2018 challenges have been different in that for the tenth anniversary, previous winners have been allowed to enter again to win a second visit to the Daytona speedway. As always the challenges are keenly fought throughout the season and going into the last month of the 2018 challenge, 2015 winner Phil Keen and British F3 challengers Linus Lundqvist and Nicolai Kjaergaard all have a mathematical chance of securing the top prize. At the end of the British GT race meeting at Donington, Phil Keen took the Sunoco Whelan Challenge table lead, thanks to his race victory and pole position in qualifying. However due to the timing of the British F3 championship, Lundqvist and Kjaergaard still had

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another round of the British F3 remaining to overhaul Keen’s lead. Lundqvist had two rounds of the F3’s to secure victory in the Sunoco Whelan challenge, race 1 saw a perfect start with pole position, race victory and fastest lap drew him almost level with Keen in the standings. The second race at Silverstone was cancelled due to adverse weather but the stewards calculated average scores and this gave Lundqvist the edge at the the end of the challenge, his reward, a fully funded GT4 drive at the 2019 Daytona 24 hour race thanks to Whelan Engineering and Anglo American Oil Company Limited. The result was unusual with the Sunoco Whelan challenge winner usually coming from the ranks of the British GT Championship. The Sunoco 240 Challenge was won by Mini Challenge Cooper Class driver Kyle Reid who won a fully funded drive in the four hour IMSA Michelin Pilot Tyre Sportscar Challenge race. No-one should underestimate the importance of the Daytona 24 hour race meeting, as major international meeting, it is a very valuable race that is watched by many talent scouts and participation is a very important part of any racers cv. © Motorsport-imagery

2018 Sunoco Whelan Challenge winner, Linus Lundqvist.

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Signatech Alpine Matmut make it four podiums in a row. With 3rd place for Nicolas Lapierre, André Negrão and Pierre Thiriet in their Alpine A470 at the Fuji Speedway, they maintain its lead in the World Endurance Championship LMP2 category, as they head for the Shanghai round of the World Endurance championship on the 16th-18th November 2018.

Six out of 6 for Audi driver René Rast. German driver René Rast set a new record in the DTM with six victories in a row, when he won both of the races at Hockenheim, at the season’s finale meeting. Driving his Audi Sport Team Rosberg Audi RS5 DTM, he took a clear victory ahead of Robin Frijns to make it an Audi 1-2 in the first race. No other driver has ever achieved this feat before in the Touring Car series that has been held since 1984.

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Derek Johnston and Aston Martin retire after the Donington Decider. By David Goose Motorsport Imagery. After the final round of this years British GT Championship, Derek Johnston and the current Aston Martin Vantage GT3 retired from British GT Motorsport, the appropriately named Donington Decider when this year’s champions would be decided. Derek competed in the British GT3 Championship for 57 races, starting with the opening round of the 2013 season when he competed in an MTECH Ferrari at Cheshire’s Oulton Park circuit, and later with the same teams Ginetta and the Triple Eight BMW before moving to the TF Sport Aston Martin team in 2015. 2016 was his most successful year winning the GT3 category with then team-mate and now 2018 GT3 champion Jonny Adam. Commenting before his last race, Derek said that although he was sure he would miss racing, his decision was final and that he was looking forward to the future. Speaking in the TF Sport garage he said “ I’ve been lucky enough to drive the most successful racing GT Car ever, the Aston Martin Vantage GT3, It doesn’t get any better than this”.

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“TF Sport are just like family, I’ll miss them and it will be sad for sure at the end in Donington,” he said. “TF are such good friends, but I know that I’ll stay friends with them all. “I’ve loved British GT and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed it. I love the paddock and the professionalism, but I have nothing left to prove there and most importantly, I have nothing to prove to myself because I have achieved far more than I ever thought I would. “I made the decision to retire from racing earlier in the year and I’ve not regretted that. I’m sure I’ll test cars again, but I’m stopping racing and I’m happy to stop.” Also making a well earned retirement, the Aston Martin Vantage GT3 proved to be as competitive as ever with Jonny Adam and Flick Haigh taking the 2018 GT3 championship in another Aston Martin Vantage GT3, highlighting the cars still very capable performance.

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Ford used Wales Rally GB to promote the new Fiesta ST Nissan E.Dams Formula E cars on track for first time. Sebastian Buemi tested the new Gen 2 Formula E cars at circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia in Spain in the middle of October. It was over 3 seconds faster than last years cars at the same circuit.

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Galloway Hills Rally.

Prestone MSA British Rally Championship 2019.

Porsche 919 takes to the road again. The three times Le Mans winning Porsche 919 Hybrid was driven on public roads for its final journey from Porsche’s research and development centre, No. 911 PorschestraBe in Weissach, to the Porsche Museum, No 1 Porscheplatz in Zuffenhusen. Escorted and approved by the authorities, Mark Webber and Marc Lieb drove two Le Mans prototypes the 25 kilometres in public traffic. Webber was at the wheel of the 919 Evo, the ultimate development of the 919, while Lieb drove the second Porsche 919 Hybrid in the spec it used to race in the World Endurance Championship. Webber was World Endurance Champion with the Porsche 919 in 2015. “It was kind of crazy but fun to handle the beast in public traffic in Germany. It’s typical of Porsche to try to manage something cool like this. The 919 and the years in the FIA WEC mean a lot to me. It was an honour to bring the 919 Evo home now” said Webber.

The MSA British Rally Championship have announced its 2019 calendar. Britain’s top rallying series will feature six rounds, with events across the UK in Wales, England, Northern Ireland and Scotland, plus a round in Belgium and the Republic of Ireland. 16th February 2019 - Cambrian Rally, Llandudno, Wales. 16/17 March 2019 - West Cork Rally, Clonakilty, Republic Ireland. 27 April 2019 - Pirelli International, Carlisle, England. 28/29 June 2019 - Ypres Rally, Ypres, Belgium. 17 August 2019 - Ulster Rally, Antrim, Northern Ireland. 7 September 2019 - The Armstrong Galloway Hills Rally, Castle Douglas, Scotland. Reserve round: Dayinsure Wales Rally GB - date tbc.

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Ferrari 156

Les Grandes Heures Automobiles. The fourth running of Les Grandes Heures Automobiles (LGHA) was held at the banked Linas-Montlhéry Autodrome circuit in France. It featured cars from pre-war Voisins and Bugattis to a brace of post war Ferrari 156 ‘Sharknose’ F1 Grand Prix cars

Group 5 BMW 320

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Renault Alpine display

driven by Arturo Merzario.. The circuit site is currently conducting testing autonomous vehicles in the circuit’s infield, and the event gave a glimpse of the future of motorsport with Formula E racers present. Other cars taking part included the well known ‘Jägermeister’ BMW 3 series Group 5 racer plus displays of Alpine Renault cars.

Line up of cars in the pitlane.

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Maserati Levante GTS and Trofeo at Monterey Car Week

Maserati stars at Monterey. At the recent Monterey car week in California, America, Maserati showed the new V8 powered Levante GTS and Trofeo SUVs. The Levante GTS is the latest Maserati innovation, with a 550 HP V8 engine and Q4 Intelligent All Wheel Drive. The Levante Trofeo is the top of the range Maserati SUV, which has supreme performance from its 590 HP V8 engine which delivers 0-100 km/h in just 3.9 seconds and a top speed over 300 km/h. It also has Q4 Intelligent All Wheel Drive. Maserati Levante Trofeo

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Vantage moves forward in Japan. Aston Martin Racing used the new Vantage GTE to lead in the early stages of the 6 Hours of Fuji WEC race in the middle of October. In wet conditions Nicki Thiim led from pole position for the GTE Pro Class to dominate the first 4 hours of the race in his class. However after the weather dried the car dropped back to 6th in class with his team mate Marco SĂ¸rensen. The sister car of Alex Lynn and Maxime Martin from Belgium finished 9th in class. In the GTE Am class, TF Sport took 3rd in class with the Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE of Jonny Adam, Salih Yoluc and Charlie Eastwood.

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Jamie Chadwick joins Dare to be Different ambassador line-up. Twenty year old Formula 3 star Jamie Chadwick has joined as an ambassador for the Dare to be Different campaign. She has already made history twice in her career, being the only woman to ever win a Formula 3 race. She did this at Brands Hatch this year, in only her second season of Formula 3 .She is also the youngest female to win a British GT championship at the age of 16. Dare to be Different encourages girls in all aspects of motorsport.

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Ligier JS2 R Unveiled on the 11th October 2018 at the Paris Motor Show, the new Ligier JS2 R celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Ligier brand. The R stands for Revival. The cars inspiration comes from the original Ligier JS2 that finished 2nd at Le Mans in 1975. The R also stands for racing. This is a real racing car, not a modified production car for racing. It is powered by a 3.7 litre V6 Ford engine, producing 330 hp. Weighing just 980 kg, it has 100 litre fuel tank, Brembo brakes, centrifugal clutch, adjustable dampers and a paddle shift steering wheel. The Ligier JS Cup is a new single brand formula, dedicated to the Ligier JS2 R and will start in France in 2019 with the Ligier JS Cup France. RBW MGB Midlands Classic motoring specialist RBW Classic Electric Cars has launched two limited edition electric recreations. Working with Zytek Automotive, which provides world championship winning technology to Formula E racing cars, they have launched the RBW MGB which offers all the style of an MG B with the engineering of a modern electric vehicle. The body shells are brand new, from British Motor Heritage and Gregson Polska. These thirty limited edition hand built cars will be launched to the public at the Classic Motor Show, 9th-11th November 2018 at the NEC, where enthusiasts can reserve their vehicle for a small deposit. A Jaguar XKSS recreation will follow. Audi E-Tron. Audi showed its first ever fully electric model to the UK public at the Electric Vehicle Experience Centre in Milton Keynes over the weekend of the 19th-21st October 2018. It will have a driving range of at least 248 miles and can accelerate from 0-62 mph in under six seconds. It will have fast charging at points with 150kW to 80% capacity in under 30 minutes. It will be available from early 2019 in the UK with a retail price of ÂŁ70,805

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GT Open Silverstone September 1st-2nd. By Stuart Yates and David Goose - Motorsport

Toby Sowery & Giuseppe Cipriani Daiko Lazarus Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3

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Callum Macleod & Ian Loggie Team Parker Racing Bentley

The glorious summer continued as Silverstone welcomed the International GT Open with a sunny late summer Friday test day. At the end of the two free practice sessions and the bronze test, the Team Parker Racing Bentley GT3 of Callum Macleod and Ian Loggie, who have joined the © Motorsport-imagery series for this event played the role of local heroes, by setting the best time of 1.59.675 in the second session. The British pair were half a second ahead of the Imperiale Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 of Giovanni Venturini and Jeroen Mul, with the Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 of Daniel Keilwitz and Steve Parrow third (and fastest in the first session) and the Drivex School Mercedes AMG GT3 of Allam

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Khodair and Marcelo Hahn fourth. Behind the leading quartet, where four Race 2 winners Tom Onslow-Cole and Valentin Pierburg Mercedes AMG GT3 different manufacturers were represented, the Luzich Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 of Marco Cioci and Daniel Serra was fifth-fastest. They were ahead of Edorado Liberati and Kang Ling in a Vincenzo Sospiri Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 and the fastest car in the Am category, the HTP Motorsport/MS Racing Mercedes AMG GT3 of Alexander Hrachowina and Martin Konrad. The first seven cars were within one second. Race 1 promised to be very closely fought, resulting in the first nine cars being covered by one second and the first two rows covered by only 29 thousandths of a second. The battle for pole in Qualifying 1 was thrilling, with Serra eventually winning it in the Luzich Racing Ferrari 488 GT3. The Brazilian beat Rik Breukers Imperiale Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 by less than one

Race 1 winners Marco Cioci & Daniel Serra Ferrari 488 GT3 lead the field down the Hanger straight.

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tenth after a great battle with the young Dutchman, who topped the time sheets in the first part of the session. “I had almost forgotten how nice it is to drive flat-out in perfect conditions on this track!”, commented an elated Serra. Row 2 saw the Race/ BMW Team Teo Martin BMW M6 GT3 of Fran Rueda and Andrés Saravia just 0.220 of a second behind, and the other Imperiale Lamborghini Huracan GT3 of Venturini. The third row being occupied by the Lamborghini Huracans of Damaiano Fioravanti (Ombra Racing) and Raffaele Giammaria (Imperiale), who was the fastest Pro-Am. It was a perfect start from the pole man Serra in the Ferrari, who lead Breukers Lamborghini, Rueda in the BMW, Venturini (Lamborghini), Giammaria (Lamborghini), Pierguidi (Ferrari), Keilwitz (Ferrari), Ellis (Audi R8 LMS), Sowery (Lamborghini) and Fioravanti in the Lamborghini, who had a poor start, while Pierburg (Mercedes) stopped at the end of the first lap with a puncture following contact with West (Ferrari), who spun at the © Motorsport-imagery

Solo drive in race 2 for Alexey Chuklin BMW M6 GT3

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Miro Konopka & Darren Burke ARC Bratislava Lamborghini Huracan GT3

chicane. On lap 9, the Bentley of Loggie stopped in the pits with a damaged gearbox. Breukers set the fastest lap on lap 10, in doing so became a lone second. Lewandowski (Lamborghini Huracan GT3) led in the © Motorsport-imagery Am category. Rueda, Venturini and Pierguidi were amongst the first to pit on lap 15, with the leading pair of Serra and Breukers stopping 2 laps later, Keilwitz and Ellis leaving it till the last moments of the pit window. After all had pitted, Cioci kept the lead with 4.6 Retirement on the penultimate lap for Marcelo Hahn and Allam Khodair seconds on Mul and 6 on Mercedes AMG GT3

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Alex Frassineti & Damiano Fioravanti Ombra Racing 3rd place Race 2

Saravia, followed by Wilkinson, Liang, Mac and Frassineti with Agostini in P11. In Am, Burke in the ARC Bratislava Lamborghini was leading. Crestani who got a 2 second penalty for not serving the entire handicap time at the pit stop. Meanwhile Mul closed slowly on Cioci. There was a great fight for 5th between Liang, Frassineti, Di Amato and Mac, made even more interesting as they approached

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Bradley Ellis & Oliver Wilkinson Audi R8 LMS

lapped cars. Di Amato emerged at the front of the bunch, but got a 3 second penalty for track limits. In the very last laps, Mul caught Cioci but the Italian retained first at the flag. Rueda was third ahead of Frassineti, Mac and Di Amato. Borlenghi won in Am ahead of Burke and Konrad. Tom Onslow-Cole and Valentin Pierburg in the Mercedes AMG GT3 took a perfect lights-to-flag win in Race 2. Taking advantage of their Page 17

Alessandro Pierguidi & Mikkel Mac Ferrari 488 GT3

pole position, the British and German pairing put on an impeccable performance, obtaining their maiden overall win in the series (and fifth in the Pro-Am class) and also their first success in the series for SPS Automotive Performance. © Motorsport-imagery Onslow-Cole made a perfect start ahead of Khodair, Crestani, Mul, Macleod, Agostini, Saravia and Frassineti. At the rear of the field there was contact between Liang and Wilkinson (who received a 10-second penalty later on for causing the incident). The SPS Mercedes started to Edoardo Liberati & Kang Ling Lamborghini Huracan GT3

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pull a gap on second place at a rate of one second per lap, having a 10 second advantage by the end of lap ten, as well as setting fastest lap. The pit window opened on lap 13 and after all the changes Pierburg still had an 11 second margin in the lead. He kept the advantage stable until the end. Drama struck for Hahn as he retired on the penultimate lap with a puncture, Lewandowski stole the Am win on the last lap from Konopka, who was also passed by Chuklin, who had driven the Teo Martín BMW alone, as Basso fell ill during the night. © Motorsport-imagery

Giovanni Venturi & Jeroen Mul Imperiale Racing Lamborghini Runners Up race 1

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MAC Curborough Sprint. Sunday 30th September 2018. By Simon & Janet Wright.

Clive Austin in the Empire Wraith was 2nd fastest overall with a time of 55.87 seconds.

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The Midland Automobile Club (MAC), which runs Shelsley Walsh hill Climb, also organise events at other venues. They held a sprint at Curborough, near Lichfield, at the end of September which was a round of the Sunrise Sprint Championship. There was a good entry, with various MAC members competing on the double lap sprint round the figure of eight course. As well as a full class structure, allowing all forms of cars to compete, there were also several guest clubs that attended the event. These included the 500 Owners Association Championship, The WSCC Speed Series for Westfield cars and it was also a round of the Pirelli Ferrari Hill Climb Championship. It was a grey and cold day, but stayed mainly dry apart from an ÂŠ Simon Wright

Best time of the day went to David Tatham in his OMS Hornet with a time of 53.28 seconds despite getting slightly out of shape exiting the Shenstone hairpin

Andy Taylor in the Honda Civic Type R was fastest in the Road Going Series Production Saloon Cars up to 2000cc

odd light shower. The fastest time of the day unsurprisingly went to one of the single seater racing cars, with David Tatham setting the fastest time of 53.28 seconds in his OMS Hornet. He was clearly ahead of 2nd fastest Clive Austin in an Empire Wraith whose best time was 55.87 seconds while 3rd overall was Derek Sweeney in an OMS 2000M with a second run in 56.24

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Robert Jones in the Mazda 3 Sport Nav finished 3rd in the Road Going Series Production Saloons up to 2000cc

placed Michael Henney in a Lotus Elan S3 in a time of 68.01 seconds. The next two classes were merged into a Road Going Series Production class over 2000cc class. This saw a clear class win for Graham Godfrey in an Audi TT Mk1 with a time of 68.91 Paul Booth Ferrari 458 Spider was 5th fasted in the Pirelli Ferrari Hill Climb Championship class

seconds. All three were in Class I Racing Cars over 600cc to 1100cc. The event wasn’t just about fast single seater racing cars. First class out was for Road Going Series Production Saloon cars up to 2000cc. The class was won by Andy Taylor in his Honda Civic Type R (#16) with a time of 72.35 seconds The next class was for Road Going Series Production Sports cars over 1400cc and up to 2000cc with four Mazda MX5 vs three Lotus Elise and an Elan, plus a MG TF and Hugh Elliot Mazda MX5 Honda S2000 thrown into the mix. Fastest time went to Duncan Morgan in a Mazda MX5 with a time of 67.34 seconds. Only one tenth of a second behind was another MX5 driven by Dean Cubitt who failed on his first run, but on his second run achieved a time of 67.44 seconds. The best Lotus was 3rd © Janet Wright

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seconds, nearly two seconds clear of Aaron Perrott in an Aston Martin Vantage V8 with a second run time of 70.89 seconds. The next three classes were merged into a Modified Series Production Cars class which saw Stuart Gilbert win the class in his MGB GT with a first run time of 60.31 seconds. The next three classes were also merged into a Specialist Production Cars class, full Stuart Gilbert 5.3 litre MGB GT was fastest in of Caterham Modified Series Production Cars class despite failing on his second run. sports cars. Anthony Shearman was fastest at the wheel of a Caterham 310R © Simon Wright Page 21

Jon Goodwin in the stunning Ferrari 250 SWB

Graham Godfrey in the Audi TT Mk1 was fastest in the Road Going Series Production Cars over 2000cc with a time of 68.91 seconds

Philip Stader Alfa Romeo Berlina was 2nd in Classic Cars pre 1975 class

Callum Barney Ford Cortina GT was fastest in the Classic Cars pre 1975 handicap class

Vic Deane in the Cooper Mk IX was 2nd fastest in the 500 Owners Association Championship class.

Jack Hargreaves Honda S2000 was 5th fastest in the Road Going Series Production Sports Cars over 1400cc and up to 2000cc class

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Andy Walker MG B V8 lifts a wheel on his way to 2nd fastest in the Modified Series Production Cars class

Lawrence Bond Vauxhall Nova was 3rd fastest in the Modified Series Production Cars class

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Steve Barnard Audi TT Spaceframe was fastest in the merged Sports Libre cars and Hill Climb Super Sports Cars class despite having an off in practice

with a best time of 65.20 seconds. The next two classes were also merged, the Sports Libre Cars and Hill Climb Super Sports Cars class, with only two entries. Fastest by a large margin was the Audi TT Spaceframe of Steve Barnard with a 58.72 second lap time, having gone off towards the bank on his first run when turning back on to the finish straight by the finish line. He didn’t appear to hit the bank and there was no visible damage to the front of the Audi. The only other car in the class was a 2.7 litre VW Beetle of Jim Collins who did a best time of 73.05

Peter Ash TVR Griffith 500 in the Road seconds. Going Series Production Cars over 2000cc After the Racing car class of over 600cc to 1100cc which saw the three fastest times of the day, it was the turn of the Formula Ford Racing © Janet Wright Cars up to 1600 cc class to have a run. Fastest time in the class went to Richard Summers in a Van Diemen RF80 who set time of 63.43 seconds. The Classic Cars pre 1975 classes were merged and were running as a handicap against target times. The 1st in class award went to Callum Barnet in a Ford Cortina GT as he was only 0.04 of a second off his target time. The fastest time in the class went to Philip Stader in his Alfa Romeo Berlina with a © Simon Wright time of 67.14 seconds, but he was 0.77 Anthony Shearman in a Caterham 310R was of a second off his target time and was fastest in the merged Specialist Production Cars therefore 2nd in class. Dave Nursey, class who is Clerk of the Course for many Shelsley Hill Climb meetings was sharing the drive in the Alfa Romeo Berlina was 3rd in class. One of the invited series running at the event were the 500 Owners Association Championship and it was Jan Nycz who took fastest time in the class for 1st © Simon Wright

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Stuart Barnes Iota P. 101 was the slowest in the 500 Owners Association Championship class

Richard Summers Formula Ford Van Dieman 1st in class

place in the Staride Mk 111 with a time of 71.78 seconds, while their over 1100cc class was won by Charles Reynolds in a Cooper Mk VII with a time of 68.21 seconds. Another invited series was the WSCC Speed series for Westfield kit cars. There were ten drivers entered in this class and the © Janet Wright

Mark Bishop Westfield SE

winner was John Loudon in a Westfield SE with a time of 57.63 seconds. The final invited class was the Pirelli Ferrari Hill Climb Championship, with twelve exotic Ferrari sports cars entered. in the class, 1st went to David Snelson in a Ferrari F430 with a time of 64.80 seconds. In 2nd place was the Ferrari F430 Coupe of Nick Taylor with a time of 66.63 seconds and 3rd went to Chris Hitchman driving a Ferrari 355. Aaron Perrott Aston Martin Vantage V8 was 2nd in the Road Going Series Production Cars over 2000cc class

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Rally Day Castle Combe By Syd Wall.

Jim Newport’s Manta 400 was one of 4 Irish Mantas bought by Carroll’s Cigarettes in 1983

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Hordes of Escorts and Chevettes line up for their birthday parades

If you had to pick a song to characterise the 18th edition of RallyDay, it would be “Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head”. It was a truly horrible day which inevitably meant there was a smaller crowd than the usual hordes, but the hardy souls who ventured to Castle Combe were rewarded with star drivers and loads of action throughout the day. The driver most wanted to see was Italy’s two time champ, Miki Biasion, a second opportunity to see him this year after his appearance at Race Retro. “I’m overwhelmed! I didn’t realise

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the sheer size of the event and it was amazing to see many fans celebrating my victories from 30 years ago,” The lovely BMW 1-Series of Rob Dennis survived he said another couple of laps before disaster after his appearance on the show’s Interview Stage. Also on the stage were regular favourites Russell Brookes, Jimmy McRae, David Llewellin and Stuart Turner, all of whom were in great form. Nicky Grist entertained with his memories of sitting alongside Colin McRae and Juha Kankkunen and the present day WRC © Syd Wall was represented by Elfyn Evans. It was a shame that M-Sport couldn’t produce a car for him to drive though I’m sure there would have been a massive queue of volunteers offering their Fords for him to drive! The interview team of Howard Davies, Ryan Champion and Becs Williams were all excellent and at the end of the show, Howard was surprised to receive the ‘Spirit of RallyDay’ trophy, but it was well deserved he’s an entertainer with an encyclopaedic knowledge of his

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Clayton Parmenter’s replica of Biasion’s Sapphire Cosworth

JimmyMcRae & Russell Brookes reminisce about a stolen Ford Escort Cosworth!

The Integrale’s best livery on Kankunnen's 1000 Lakes car

Later in the month, David Bogie swapped his Escort for a Fiesta R5 to star in the BRC Wales Rally GB

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subject and if you haven’t tuned into his live rally commentaries on Special Stage, you must do so. Check them out on Facebook. RallyDay celebrated a number of milestones from the history of rallying; in order of seniority, they were the 60th anniversary of the British Rally Championship, the 50th anniversary of the Mk1 Escort and the 40th birthday of the Vauxhall Chevette, highlighted by a superb parade of Escorts and Chevettes around the circuit. David Llewellin was in a replica of Hannu Mikkola’s 1979 RAC car, the blue Eaton

Biasion’s 1000 Lakes Integrale failed to leave the ground on this lap of Castle Combe

FEV 5H was built for the 1970 Monte, failed to finish but had many more wins afterwards © Syd Wall

Yale Mk2 while current BRC star David Bogie had his ultimate spec Millington engined Mk2. Ollie Clark, Roger’s son, had a gorgeous BDG engined Mk1 in the white and blue Uniflo livery of his father's 1972 RAC winner. Chevettes present included Tony Pond’s 1982 HSR from the RAC and Pentti Airikkala’s famous Team Buzby HS from the ’79 Swedish. For the feature stage, Miki Biasion drove three Lancia Delta

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Integrales; his own Martini ’92 Acropolis car, Kankunnen’s ’90 1000 Lakes car but in Piero Longhi’s lovely gold and black Esso livery and Auriol’s Martini ’92 1000 Lakes car - it’s a privilege to see him drive these cars. Special mention goes to © Syd Wall Junior WRC driver Tom Williams who was entrusted with the Richard Burns Elonexsponsored Subaru Legacy RS. Howard Davies entertains

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Andy Woolridge’s Hyundai Coupe F2 car was driven by Alister McRae in Australia

Julian Godfrey’s Rallycross Supercar, the Mitsubishi Mirage RX

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Nick Barrington’s quattro is a Gp4 spec replica of the BRC car driven by Wilson, Mikkola and Waldegard in 1982 Ari Vatanen used this Escort Cosworth on the ’94 RAC Rally

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Richard Burns’ Subaru Legacy RS driven by his godson, Tom Williams

Ryan Champion is good on the interview stage and even better on the rally stage

How does a junior get to drive a car like this? He’s Richard’s godson. The organisers have to be congratulated on cleaning up a couple of major incidents. Pete Donnachie took 5 years to build his Impreza WRC from a bare shell - completed this year, he managed one lap before coming into the paddock with an oil fire after a trip onto the grass unknowingly dislodged an oil pipe. The marshals did

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a great job in saving the car as did the track marshals in cleaning up the long oil trail. Rob Dennis wasn’t quite so fortunate, his new build 1Series BMW skating off the track at high speed at Camp and causing no little damage to the BMW and the barriers. Let’s hope he’ll be out in it again for next season. Rallyday 2018 once again lived up to its reputation of being ‘Europe’s premier rally car show’ and we look forward to next year. Page 30

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BARC Race Meeting. Donington Park. 29th September 2018. By Simon & Janet Wright.

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This was a Classic saloon car festival with Classic and Historic Thunder Saloons, Blue Oval saloons, CNC Heads Sport/ Saloons and Pre 66 Classic saloons to name just a few. The first race of the day was for the CNC Heads Sports/Saloon Championship which had a very large entry. Danny Bird put the Spire GTR on pole position for the twenty minute plus one lap first race, but the car is designed for a rolling start, so they elected to start from the pit lane rather than the standing start on the grid. This meant that Paul Woolfitt was the early leader in his Lotus Exige, but Bird soon carved through the field to take

Karl Mason Ginetta G20 went off at the chicane in the first CNC Heads Sports/Saloon race.

before Danny Bird got through in his Spire GTR to lead the rest of the race and to win from Harvey by over fifteen seconds. Paul Dobson was a distant 3rd in his Locost 7, winning his class. First race winner Paul Rose retired his Saker on the second lap from sixth place. The other class winners in the second race were 4th placed Dominic Jackson in his Sakar RAPX S1-400, while Jamie Cryer in a Ginetta and Clive Dix in a Ford Puma both took second class wins at the meeting.

Paul Woolfitt Lotus Exige was an early leader in the CNC Heads Sports/Saloon race

the lead on lap five. However by lap nine it was Paul Rose in the Sakar RAPX S1-400 that took the lead from Bird, which he then extended to win by over fourteen seconds. Woolfitt held a distant 3rd to the finish, with all three winning their class. The other class winners were 9th Jamie Cryer in his Ginetta G20, 13th Clive Dix in a Ford Puma and 16th Garry Wardle in a Porsche 997. The second CNC Heads Sports/Saloon race took part later in the day, and saw David Harvey have a brief moment of glory, leading the first lap of the race in his Stuart Taylor Locosaki

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First CNC Heads Sports/Sallon race winner Paul Rose in a Sakar RAPX S1-400 leads into the Roberts chicane ahead of class winner Garry Wardle in a Porsche 997

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First lap of the first Classic and Historic Thunder Saloons race saw Andy Robinson Ford Falcon leading into the Roberts chicane ahead of Ilsa Cox in a Seat Leon Cupra Cup car

Classic & Historic Thunder Saloons & Blue Oval Saloon Series were next on track and had a fantastic entry for this mixed series race, with just over half the entry Ford models. These varied from the 5 litre Ford Falcon on pole position driven by Andy Robinson, Double race winner Dave Cockell through in his Ford Escort Cosworth had a Mustang, moment at the Roberts chicae in the Thunder Saloons and Blue Escorts, Oval first race. Sierra Cosworths, Capri and Fiesta models. Add to the mix BMW © Janet Wright

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M3, Holden Commodore, Nissan Skyline, Audi TT, Seat, Vauxhall, Jaguar and Alfa Romeo for a really exciting race. The fifteen minute race was red flagged as Andy Robinson who had led the entire Class winner Andy Wilson Ford Falcon race in the Ford Falcon was 3rd in first Thunder saloon race went off, and because he wasn’t running when the Red flag was shown, was not classified as a finisher! This meant that victory was awarded to Dave Cockell in his Ford Escort Cosworth ahead of Ilsa Cox in a Seat © Simon Wright

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Peter Hallford in his Ford BOSS Mustang 2nd in class in the first Thunder & Boss race and 3rd in class in the second race.

lap and into third by lap three but he then spent the rest of the race battling with the Seat Leon of Cox, Robinson finally getting through to 2nd at the end with Cox 3rd. Again, the first three all won their respective classes. The other class winners were 9th Simon Light in a 5 litre Ford Capri, 11th Piers Grange taking a second class win in his Ford Escort Mk2, 12th Dan McKay in a Ford Fiesta RS1600, 13th Michael Watson also taking a second class win in his BMW M3 E46 and finally Malcolm wise taking his second class win of the day in his Ford Sierra Cosworth in 18th place. © Janet Wright

Leon Cupra Cup car. Andrew Wilson was 3rd in a 6.7 litre Ford Falcon, with the first three all winning their class. The other class winners were 10th Piers Grange in a Ford Escort Mk2, 11th Michael Watson in a BMW M3 E46, 12th Paul Eaton in the Holden Commodore, 13th Malcolm Wise in a Ford Sierra Cosworth and 16th Alan Eason in a Ford Fiesta XR2 . Their second fifteen minute race of the day was number eight on the programme. Cockell started from pole position in his Ford Escort, with Robinson starting the big Ford Falcon back in 16th position. Cockell made it two wins from two races but Robinson tried hard, having moved up eleven places on the first Class winners Paul Eaton Holden Commodore and double class winner Michael Watson BMW M3 E46 in the Thunder & 8BOSS race

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Track Attack winner Clive Haynsford Mazda RX8 chased by 2nd place and class winner Nick Gwinnett in his Renault Clio

The first of the two Track Attack Nippon Challenge, Tricolore Trophy and Multi Marques races saw the impressive Subaru Impreza of Lee Gillard on pole position and he led the first lap before Clive Haynsford got his Mazda RX8 in front and remained there until the end of the race. In 2nd place it was Nick Gwinnett in a Renault Clio with Craig Tomkinson taking 3rd in a Vauxhall Nova Andrew Neal took 4th place in his Peugeot 106, with the first four all winning their class. The only other class winner was Tim Allen in a Toyota MR2 Mk2 who Page 34

finished 17th. Their second race of the day saw Craig Tomkinson in his Vauxhall Nova (#85) lead for almost the entire race only to go out on the last lap. This gave victory to Will Di Claudio in his Peugeot 106 GTi who was over seven seconds clear of Nick Gwinnett in his Renault Clio, who took 2nd again. In 3rd place it was the Peugeot 205 GTi of Chris Bassett. Andrew Neal took another class win in 4th driving his Peugeot 106, along with Tim Allen in 13th place driving a Toyota MR2 Mk2. The other class winner was Kevin Middleton in his Subaru Impreza who finished 10th. Paula Miller Honda Civic and Tony Hunter Renault Clio in the Track Attack race

The fourth and tenth races of the day saw three series combined, the Pre 93 Touring Cars, Pre 03 Touring Cars & Pre 05 Production Touring Cars all out together. These more modern cars had Ian Bower on pole position in his BMW M3 for the first fifteen minute race. He led the first race from start to finish, beating Simon Beament in his Ford Escort RS2000 to the flag by just over a second. Steve Barden in his Honda Civic Type R had initially challenged for the lead but eventually

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Bit more unusual, the Saab 9000 T16 of Stephen Field 4th in class in the Pre 93 class in the first race.

finished 3rd, with the first three all winning their class. The other class winners were 9th Peter Winstone in a Ford Escort Mk5, 12th Ashley Parsons in a Renault Clio 172, 14th Andrew Sheraton in a BMW 325i E30 and finally 16th James Barratt in a BMW Compact. The second Classic Touring Cars Pre 93, Pre 03 & Pre 05 race saw Bower in his BMW M3 repeat his earlier race victory with another lights to flag win the race outright and the Pre 93 class. This time it was Steve Barden who challenged him in Anna Barden was 3rd in class in the Pre 05 Class in her Renault Clio 182

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Class winner in the Pre 93 race was Andrew Sheraton BMW 325i E30

Pre 93 Trevor Kyffin Alfa Romeo 75 Twin Spark 2nd in class in first race

Nic Strong Rover 3500 P6 Did nor=t start either Pre 83 race after qualifying in the middle of the grid.

Luke Armiger Vauxhall Tigra retired from both CNC Heads Sports/Saloon races

Paul Hand Audi TT 3rd in class in the Thunder & BOSS race

Dave Chilton MK GTi 3rd in class in the CHC Heads Sports/Saloon races © Janet Wright

Dan McKay Ford Fiesta RS1600 tries a shortcut at the chicane in the first race, and won his class in the second BOSS race

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Michael Loveland Hillman Imp Deluxe finished 2nd in class in the Pre 66 race

Mostyn Rutter Vauxhall Firenza Droopsnoot had an off at the chicane on the way to 5th in the first Pre 83 race

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his Honda Civic Type R who took the Pre 03 class in 2nd place. It was David Hunt in another BMW M3 E36 that took 3rd overall. The other class winners were the same as the first race with 4th Simon Beament in his Ford Escort RS2000, 9th Ashley Parsons in his Renault Clio 172 who won the Pre 05 class, 11th Andrew Sheraton in his BMW 325i and 12th James Barratt in his BMW Compact. The Junior Saloon Car Championship run identical Citroen

Showing signs of battle damage, Charlette Birch Citroen Saxo VTR was disqualified after putting Ben Kasperczar on his roof at Old Hairpin

Junior Saloon winner Joel Wren leads Ben Ksperczar, Thomas Ward and Charlotte Birch at the start of the first race.

Saxo VTR cars and it was Ben Kasperczak who started from pole position and lead the race until lap five when Charlotte Birch made contact with Kasperczak at Old Hairpin and he rolled the Saxo on to its roof in the Gravel trap. The race was red flagged immediately. Unfortunately Kasperczak was not running when the red flag was shown and was therefore not classified. Birch was disqualified for driving in a manner incompatible with general safety and also given a 4 grid penalty for the second race. This left Joel Wren to take the win from Thomas Ward and Lewis Saunders. The second Junior saloon car championship race saw Ben Kasperczak not start after his roll in the first race. Steve Chandler led the first lap before Joel Wren took over at the front with Chandler right behind him. By lap seven, Lewis Sauders

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had got 2nd place and was glued to the back of Wren. He timed his move to perfection to lead over the line and take the win, with Wren just 0.228 of a second behind and Chandler in 3rd. The Pre 66 Classic Saloon and Historic Touring Cars & Pre 83 Group 1 Touring Cars had another large entry for this combined race. Not surprisingly the Pre 83 cars dominated the

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Classic period battle Mark Osbourne Triumph Dolomite Sprint 4th and Mark Cholerton Ford Escort Mk 2 2nd in Pre 83 class

Haynes in a 3.1 Ford Capri in 13th position. Allen Weyman Chevrolet The first Pre 66 car was Camaro Z28 won his class in the Pre 83 race one. Andy Messham in a 1293cc Austin Mini Seven in 12th place overall. The other class winners were 18th Patrick Harris in a Morris Minor 1000 and Freddie Brown in a © Janet Wright Hillman Imp in 21st. The second race for the Classic Touring Cars Pre 66 & Pre 83 © Simon Wright saw an almost exact repeat of the first race, but this time Primett had more of a challenge at the start, with Cholerton front of the grid with pole position going to Stephen Primett in a leading the race at the start before Primett got in front to take Ford Escort Mk1, while surprisingly the fastest of the Pre 66 his second win of the day. Cholerton was 2nd and Cripps 3rd to cars was the little Austin Mini Cooper of Nathan Williams in complete a complete domination of both races for the Ford 15th position. The fifteen minute race a start to finish victory for Escort. Brooks took another 4th place overall to win his class Primett who was first chased by the Triumph Dolomite Sprint of again in the Mini, with Weyman (Camaro), Jones (Mini) and Mark Osbourne until he retired on lap six, then it was Mark Haynes (Capri) all doing the same. The Pre 66 also had the Cholerton who finished 2nd in his Ford Escort. Making it an all same car first, the Escort podium was One of three Droopsnoot Firenza’s in the Pre 83 race Guy Fletcher finished 6th in class in his Vauxhall Firenza Mini of Andy Stephen Cripps in his 2300 Messham in 12th, but Ford Escort RS2000 there was a different Mk2. In fourth place was class winner in Luc the class winning Mini Wilson driving an 1275 GT of Jason Austin A40 in 16th Brooks, while the other place, and Freddie class winners were 7th Brown taking his Allan Weyman in the 5.7 second class win in litre Chevrolet Camaro the Imp in 20th. Z20, Steve Jones in another Mini 1275GT in 10th place and Mike © Janet Wright

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Archive Photo of the month.

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By Pete Austin.

Elsewhere in this issue you can read about one of motor sports great characters - Gerry Marshall. He is shown here with his Vauxhall Firenza (typically on opposite lock) at Brands Hatch in 1975

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Britcar Endurance, Silverstone. 6th October 2018. By Stuart Yates - Motorsport Imagery

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John Seale & Jamie Stanley take the win Ferrari 488

mandatory laps being driven behind the safety car, grid positions being formed on class, then championship positions within class. In what can only be described as utter confusion at the start of Race 1, front row sitters David Mason (Ferrari 458) and Jonny MacGregor (Taranis) were initially on track ahead of the Pace Car - was compounded by misinformation and Colclough & Coates in the Seat Cupra TCR about to be lapped

Waking up on the Saturday morning knowing that the forecast said rain all day, little did you know how much was to fall over the coming hours. Arriving at the Northamptonshire circuit it looked more like a river than a race track. Sure enough, almost from the start of Free Practice things did not go to plan. Seven minutes into the session and red flags were out, the Michael Igoe/Adam Wilcox Porsche 991 Cup and Rob Baker's Smart 4Four having aquaplaned into the barriers, leaving both A pair of KTM X Bows cars heavily damaged and Baker sustaining some broken ribs. The session being abandoned and three

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confusion regarding the lights-out procedure, which saw poleman Mason follow the Pace Car into the pit lane while the rest of pack - 27 cars - took the rolling start. Three abreast and a cloud of spray into Abbey - two white Ferraris and a yellow Taranis - but it was Fulvio Mussi's ff Corse 458 that took the lead, followed by MacGregor's Taranis, and Seale's 488. Mason, now into the race, was stone last, and in the Page 41

gruesome conditions was going to make little progress, so an early stop was made for pro-driver Ross Wylie to take over and try to make progress, now being three laps down on the lead car. More drivers were to succumb to the conditions, Ronnie Garrick on his race debut, hitting the wall going into Abbey, and sadly retiring the leading car with rear-end damage. Alex Day, tackling the race alone in the ex-Rob Austin BTCC Audi A4, Chris Murphy in his Aston Martin got tagged by Ollie Willmott ÂŠ Motorsport-imagery

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and ended up also retiring. At the flag, Ross Wylie, who by now was on the same lap as the leader and almost loving the challenge in the atrocious conditions ran out of time to further his progress had to make do with second place behind Seale & Stanley in the Ferrari 488 and Macgregor & Sharich in the Taranis third. In Race 3, Wylie and Mason would take the win with a margin of just under 12 seconds ahead of Macgregor &

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Mandatory 3 laps behind safety car

Sharich. The race being shortened from 2 hours to 50 minutes due to the conditions and potential timetabling issues. Race 1 winners John Seale & Jamie Stanley would not take part due to a broken brake caliper which was only discovered after the first race. In the still very wet conditions Ross Wylie took an immediate lead over Jonny MacGregor's Taranis, then Neary's BMW, the two KTMs, a very faststarting Colin Willmott, and likewise Marmaduke Hall's Ginetta G50.

built up by Ross Wylie, but the gap of nearly 45 seconds was being reduced by Ben Sharich at the alarming rate of 5 seconds a lap, with 15 Into the spray on the International pit straight minutes left meaning a win for Macgregor & Sharich looked on the cards. Seeing this Mason soon had it under control bring Sharich’s progress down to between one and two seconds a lap. At the flag the gap was a comfortable 11 seconds. This epic drive winning him the Sunoco Driver of the Day.

Once again, the MacG Racing Taranis ran fast and faultlessly, a testament to Jonny MacGregor's engineering and driving skills, while professional scheduler Ben Sharich kept it on schedule for the Endurance category win. Behind these, Sean Cooper had taken team mate Mike McCollum to be the better of the KTMs, finishing third overall and taking the Class 3

At the pit stops David Mason would inherit the healthy lead

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Alex Day struggled in the conditions in the ex BTCC Audi

Jon Watt & Kristian Prosser BMW M3 E46

victory, and the KTMs were separated by two Class 4 Invitation BMWs - Richard and Sam Neary were fourth overall, and an excellent fifth was lone driver Piers Reid in the Butler Motorsport M3 The Neary BMW using the kerbs and more for the overtake

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Alex Day, who had been struggling in the wet conditions with the ex BTCC Audi, took a late penalty for a pit stop infringement - rather spoiling an excellent race for him and pushing him back down to an unlucky 13th place. Tim Docker drove an understated race to 12th place in his VW Golf TCR, and Matt Cherrington/Stuart Willson took no chances in their beautiful McLaren 570, while good starts in the early stages didn't materialise into top-end finishes for the Colin Willmott/ Adrian Linggi Porsche 99The final round of the 2018 season is at Brands Hatch on 17-18th November © Motorsport-imagery

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10.55am Sat Headlam & Foster in the gloom - Lotus Exige

David Mason & Ross Wylie on the way to victory in the Ferrari 458 GT3

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Book Review By Peter McFadyen.

Donington Park: The Pioneers.

Author: John Bailie ISBN: 978 1 5272 2997 6 Publisher: Silverfox Creative Ltd. Available from Chaters Motoring Booksellers, Hortons Books and Motor Sport Magazine on-line Price: £85 (Standard Edition). Hardback (11½ by 9¼in). 348 pages, copiously illustrated with b&w and colour photographs and illustrations.

This superb new book, released to coincide with the 80th anniversary of Tazio Nuvolari’s victory in the 1938 Donington Grand Prix at the wheel of a works Auto Union, is subtitled ‘A tribute to those who created Britain’s first permanent road racing circuit . . . and to those who saved it’. In 348 large pages, it tells the Donington story from the very early days of the estate on which it lies, through the chance meeting of the owner John Gillies Shields and Fred Craner, motor cycle racer and secretary of the Derby & District Motor Club, which led in a remarkably short time to the first race meeting, for motor cycles, in May 1931. The pre-war years, when the might of the German Mercedes and Auto Union raced in two Grands Prix at Donington, are covered in detail with many quotes from the eyewitness reports of Motor Sport’s Bill (WB) Boddy. Donington Park was commandeered by the army for the duration of the war, mainly for vehicle storage, and left in a somewhat derelict state and the book tells how, in the 1970s, Leicestershire builder Tom Wheatcroft eventually managed to buy Donington and bring racing back. Donington is now the only currently operating purpose-built circuit in the UK which can trace its history to prewar days. In the twenty years which it took to research and write the book, author John Bailie sought out and interviewed many of the people connected with Donington Park and their fascinating recollections are an essential part of the story. The large page size has been used to good effect to display the many photographs and illustrations in very high quality. A

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unique feature is the way in which the author has cleverly combined pre-war photographs with his own recent ones taken from exactly the same camera location to reveal the relationship between the pre-war layout and the present one. Trying to work these out for oneself is not always easy and anyone interested in the history of Donington will surely find this very instructive. Donington Park : The Pioneers is a book about more than the motor racing, however. It is about the people who created the Donington Park circuit in 1931. It is about those who brought racing back to Donington in the 1970s and who rescued it once again in the 21st century and it follows the story right up to the present day and its current operation and management by MSV. A limited edition, signed, numbered and presented in a slip case is also available. Page 46

Some photos from the book launch, which was held in the Donington Museum on 24th October 2018.

Even ‘Tazio Nuvolari’ made an appearance

Jonathan Palmer (MSV), the author John Bailie and Kevin Wheatcroft

The 1955 Vanwall Grand Prix car, VW2, which scored wins at Snetterton and Castle Combe in the hands of Franco-American driver Harry Schell. © Peter McFadyen

The replica Mercedes Benz W125 shared Hall 1 with some of the military vehicles © Peter McFadyen

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The Vanwall collection at Donington included VW6, the streamlined version built for the nonchampionship grand prix at the ultra-fast Rheims circuit in 1957. It was used only in practice. Alongside are VW9, the classic Vanwall ‘teardrop’ design and the unsuccessful rear-engined version. The photograph was taken one day before the 60th anniversary of the death of Vanwall works driver Stuart Lewis Evans commemorated by the plaque in front of the cars.

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ERA HIMALAYAN CHALLENGE

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Report supplied by Andrea Seed Photos by Gerard Brown

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Spirit of the Rally winners Bob Harrod and Dana Hradecka Porsche 911

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2000cc built between 1947 and 1975, in their 1971 Mercedes Benz 280S, celebrating their first ever win. Mike said: “This has been a great event, despite the appalling weather early on and all of the subsequent problems. Not getting to the high mountains was naturally a disappointment but we made the best of it and the organisers rose to the challenge with some clever re-routing. Just driving these roads is a challenge, never mind competing on them.” © Gerard Brown

Winners Mike Velasco and Peter St George Mercedes Benz 280S

LANDSLIDE VICTORY FOR ERA AS CREWS CROSS HIMALAYAN CHALLENGE FINISH LINE The Himalayan Challenge has been one of the toughest rallies that the Endurance Rally Association (ERA) has ever run and, getting to the finish was quite an achievement in itself for the 40 classic and vintage crews competing. They had faced landslides, © Gerard Brown biblical storms and road closures before reaching the finish line, in the shadows of the Taj Mahal in Agra. After 21 days on the rally, Michael Velasco and Peter St George lead the class for classic cars over

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2nd overall and class winners Artur Lukasiewicz and Adam Tuszynski in their 1931 Chrysler CM6

Also enjoying a class win was Artur Lukasiewicz and Adam Tuszynski in the 1931 Chrysler CM 6, who lead the Vintage cars built between 1920 and 1931. This is their first ERA event and they’re using it as a shakedown for Peking to Paris. “We like a challenge, so we’ve really enjoyed pitting ourselves against the rest of the rally,” Artur added. “We also like a hard drive and we’re not afraid to say so. This was a preparation for Page 49

Marc-Philip & Ulrich Zimmerman Volvo Amazon 122S 23rd overall and 5th in class

Bill Cleyndert and Jacqui Norman finished 7th overall in their 1925 Bentley 3-4 1/2 © Gerard Brown

Andrew Laing and Ian Milne Peugeot 504 24th overall and 6th in class

Keith & Norah Ashworth finished in 21st place in No21, a 1965 Mercedes Benz 230SL

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Vintageant class winners and 13th overall Nigel Lee and Richard Turner in a 1938 Ford 62

next year's Peking to Paris and, now that we’ve seen this, we’ve learned a lot.” The Vintageant class for cars from 1932 to 1947 was won by Nigel Lee and Richard Turner in the 1938 Ford 62 while Ludovic Bois and Julia Colman won the classic class for cars up to 2000cc, built 1947 to 1975 in their Volvo Amazon. The Spirit of the Rally was awarded to Bob Harrod and Dana Hradecka in the 1974 Porsche 911. Jan, Dana’s husband, died almost a year ago in Namibia and this was a fitting tribute to a well-liked and much missed competitor. © Gerard Brown

The Against All Odds Trophy winners were Jo & David Roberts in a 1968 Triumph TR250

Classic car class winners Ludovic Bois and Julia Colman in their 1969 Volvo Amazon finished 8th overall

The Against All Odds trophy was presented to Jo and David Roberts in the 1968 Triumph TR250, who returned to the rally twice after two serious mechanical issues. On day three of the event, as the crews rallied from McLeod Ganj to Manali, incessant heavy rain saw bridges and roads

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Alan & Tina Beardshaw 1965 Sunbeam Tiger finished10th overall and 7th in class

Stan Gold and Brant Parsons 1965 Porsche 911 2nd in class and 14th overall © Gerard Brown

Matthias Bittner and Denis Billon 1968 Volvo 122S finished 22nd overall and 4th in class

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Phil Garratt and Kieron Brown finished 3rd overll and 2nd in class in their 1975 Mercedes Benz 280 Coupe

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washed away, tracks and forests swallowed by landslides and the planned route destroyed as crews could not reach their destination and most certainly not go up into the higher altitude of the Himalayas. As the ERA team sent out scouts to determine a way out of Manali, crews were kept safe in a local hotel for an extra rest day before making Roland Singer and Hans Malus in their 1966 Volvo hire car finished 33rd overall and 2nd their way out of the in class. Kullu Valley via a dawn escape route over an extremely narrow Raison suspension bridge. One by one the cars crossed over the bridge with ERA © Gerard Brown

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teams either end to guide them as they crossed the Beas River. Whilst the integrity of the structure of the bridge was without question as it was used by local traffic, it still took a certain amount of resolve to release the handbrake and start the epic Adrian Hodgson and Matt Bryson 1955 Austin A90 Westminster finished 11th overall and 8th in class crossing. The crews then spent three days in Shimla waiting for the weather and conditions to calm before © Gerard Brown

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Daniel Spadini and Raghaven Venkatachalam 1973 Citroen DS20 finished 30th overall and 15th in class

Cross the river slowly… Peter & Zoe Lovett 1973 Porsche 911T 12th overall and 9th in class

Eric Claeys and Rene Declercq 1972 Datsun 240Z finished 4th overall and 3rd in class

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Or cross the river fast! Steve Partridge and Corgi La Grouw 1958 Morris Oxford finished 16th overall and 3rd in class

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Filip Engelen and Ann Gillis 1971 Datsun 240Z finished 9th overall and 6th in class

Graham & Marina Goodwin 1929 Bentley 4 1/2 Le Mans finished 3rd in class and 15th overall

rejoining the original rally route. Clerk of the Course John Spiller said: “This was always planned as a challenging event, we knew that the landscape and terrain would be the things to beat but, as we saw in Manali we were thrown a curve ball with the most testing set of circumstances on an ERA event since 1997. I’ve been impressed with the way the crews have risen to this challenge and taken everything in their stride with unfailing good humour and common sense.” The next ERA event is the Flying

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Scotsman in 2019, followed by the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge later that year. For more information about the various vintage and classic rallies organised by the ERA, visit www.endurorally.com. © Gerard Brown

Steve Partridge and Corgi La Grouw 1958 Morris Oxford finished 16th overall and 3rd in class

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The McLaren Speedtail All photos courtesy of McLaren

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The McLaren Speedtail. This is the ultimate McLaren road car, their first ‘Hyper-GT’ car, which combines sleek design with pioneering technologies to give extreme performance. They are building just 106 of these vehicles and all have been reserved at a price starting at £1.75 million plus taxes. The Carbon fibre monocage body structure uses the central driving position of the original McLaren F1 sports car with two additional passenger seats. The teardrop shaped cockpit and elongated 5.2 metre carbon fibre body has been aerodynamically optimised making this car the most drag efficient McLaren road car ever built. It also has a dry weight of

just 1,430 kg It uses a pioneering petrol-electric hybrid powertrain which delivers a combined 1,020 PS for acceleration which will take it from 0-300 km/h (0-186mph) in 12.8 seconds and is capable of a top speed of 250 mph. This is achieved thanks to a unique Velocity mode that optimises the powertrain and active aerodynamics to achieve maximum speed and also, while the Velocity Active Chassi control can lower the Speedtail by 35mm, which leaves the highest point of the car just 1.12 metres above the road surface. Special carbon fibre front wheel static aero covers, retractable digital rear view cameras in place of mirrors, and active rear ailerons all contribute to the

aerodynamic excellence. Every element of the car has been considered in the mission to reduce drag and maximise top speed. Airflow that does not enter the Low Temperature Radiator ducts below the LED headlights is directed over the bonnet and enters two discreet upper front clam intakes which duct the air through the body and around the wheelarche before exiting out of the lower door vents. This reduces the volume of air that travels around the side of the vehicle, which

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is prone to separation from the body and resulting in turbulence.It is narrower than the McLaren P1, but more than half a metre longer, measuring almost 17 feet in length, from nose to tail. The car also uses bespoke Pirelli P-Zero tyres developed in conjunction with McLaren technology. It has aluminium active suspension and carbon ceramic brakes. To access the interior there are double skinned,

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power operated dihedral doors with single piece â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;wrapoverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lightweight glazing. Advanced electrochromic glass darkens the top of the windscreen at the touch of a button, removing the need for sun-visors. Each vehicle will be tailored to the ownerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s individual taste by McLaren Special Operations (MSO), so it is thought that no two examples will be identical. Ahead of the driver is a state of the art control system, with high definition displays and touch screens that sweep across the dashboard and remove almost every button and switch traditionally found in a car. The controls to start the engine, turn on the Active Dynamics Panel and engage Velocity mode, plus those controls to open doors and windows are in panels above the drivers head. Page 58

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VSCC Snetterton Simon Diffey in the famous Connaught BType driven in period by the great Tony Brooks who, in the 1955 Syracuse Grand Prix became the first driver to win a Grand Prix in a British car since 1923

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2nd-23rd September 2018 By Peter McFadyen

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Paul Weston gets his 1933 Frazer Nash TT Replica a little crossed up but finished second in his class

John Gallie’s Austin 7 is powered by a 3-cylinder Blackburne radial aero engine of 1094cc

The Vintage Sports Car Club’s racing season and Speed Championship both reached their conclusion at Snetterton in Norfolk over the weekend of 22nd/23rd September with a sprint on Saturday over the same course as last year and a 10-race programme on Sunday using the longest of Snetterton’s three circuits for the first time on Sunday.The overall winner of the sprint which enjoyed dry weather all day was Julian Grimwade in the 3½ litre Alvis-engined Frazer Nash Single Seater.

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Ian Balmforth’s 1917 4.7 litre Hudson Super Six Racer won the Edwardian class in the sprint

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Running in the same over 1500cc racing car class as Grimwade, David Pryke’s Frazer Nash Shelsley Special was the class winner on handicap. His time was equalled by Nick Leston in his Lovell Elkhart Sprint Racer to set the fastest time by a vintage car while the prize for the fastest young driver went to Tom © Peter McFadyen

Fastest time of the day was recorded by Julian Grimwade’s Frazer Nash Single Seater

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Ian Standing (Riley TT Sprite) won his class in the 2018 OwnerDriver-Mechanic Awards.

Tristan Simpson (Ferrari F355 Challenge) won the first Ferrari race and finished runner up in the second

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George Shackleton repeated his recent success at Mallory Park by winning both the 500cc Formula 3 races in his Cooper Mk11

The man behind the Owner-Driver-Mechanic Awards, John Guyatt never gives himself any points but always competes in his Talbot Lago T150C here following an MG during the very wet qualifying session

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The Standard or Modified Pre-War Sports Cars come round on their green flag or warm-up lap with race winner Chris Mann’s Alfa Romeo second in line ahead of Richard Bradley’s Aston Martin Ulster

Waterfield in yet another Frazer Nash. All were in action again the following day but for the morning practice and qualifying sessions they had to contend with heavy rain which continued into the early races. The first of these was for Standard or Modified Pre-War Sports Cars and included the final round of the Owner-Driver-Mechanic award. This was introduced ten years ago to encourage participation in the class from which the faster ‘specials’ are excluded. Chris Mann’s beautiful Alfa Romeo Monza was the winner on this occasion

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after a tense struggle with Tim Kneller’s Riley. Patrick Blakeney-Edwards, on the other hand, was the clear leader all the way in the Allcomers Scratch Race, his Frazer Nash Super Sports leading Eddie Gibbs’ Single Seater over the finish line by nearly 19 seconds after just four laps of racing. There were two races for the Pirelli Ferrari Formula Classic Series, each 20 minutes long and both won by F355 Challenge cars, the first driven by Tristan Simpson and the second by Nigel Jenkins. The 500 Owners Association also contributed Page 62

The Pirelli Ferrari Formula Classic race gets underway with Gary Culver (328 GTB) leading from eventual winner Tristan Simpson’s F355 Challenge car

Julian Majzub (Bugatti Type 35B) won both the Williams and Seaman Vintage Trophies

Winner of the Seaman Memorial Historic Trophy, Gareth Burnett in the 2-Liter Alta

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Len Watson’s Ferrari 308GTB leads the similar car of Peter Moseley and Peter Fisk’s 550 Maranello at Murray’s corner

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Eddie Gibbs in the Frazer Nash Single Seater throws up the spray during practice

The Ferrari F355 Challenge car of Nigel Jenkins

two races to the programme with their 500cc Formula 3 motorcycle-engined single seaters from the 1940s and 50s with George Shackleton’s Cooper Norton Mk11 winning both. The Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies for Historic and Vintage cars respectively were won by Gareth Burnett (Alta 2-Litre) and Julian Majzub (Bugatti T35B) in two separate races with Majzub also being awarded the Williams Trophy for which only 2-seater Grand Prix cars of the 1920s are eligible. The final race of the day was the Mike Stripe Team race in which teams of three cars competed against each other in a 25 minute handicap race. The ‘Pip, Squeak and Wilfred’ team were declared the winners.

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Dayinsure Wales Rally GB.

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Rally of Legends 4th-7th October 2018. The 11th round of the FIA World Rally Championship By David Goose - Motorsport Imagery.

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Kalle Rovanpera's Skoda in the second Sweetlamb stage.

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Andreas Mikkelsen, Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC

half way through the Citoroen C3RS of first day his Stéphane Lefebvre and Gabin Moreau. rally was run. Throughout Friday morning during the early stages of the event, Tanak showed his pace and although Evans tried to keep the Toyota driver honest when the leaders reached the start of the new Slate Mountain stage at Blaenau Ffestiniog Tanak had a 9 second lead over Evans, with Toyota’s Jari-Matti Latvala a further 9 seconds back in third. Sadly, shortly after the stage, Britains round of the World Rally Championship, Wales Rally the cars returned to Service in Deeside and Evan’s M-Sport GB failed to disappoint the massive crowds of Rally fans that Fiesta developed a serious mis-fire flocked to the Welsh stages during Even the much lower powered Fiesta R2's had fun on the gravel. Jordan Reynolds/Peredur Davies Ford Fiesta R2 40th that would lead to his main rally early October. By bringing the overall retirement very early in the event a few weeks earlier than last afternoon. year, the organisers had managed At the end of day one, Ott Tanak to arrange the rally to coincide with held a lead of almost half a minute better than usual weather for the over his rivals, but importantly over Rally’s annual pilgrimage to the his two main championship rivals Welsh Forests. There was Thierry Neuville and Sebastien however to be no fairytale result for Ogier. Neuville commented at the the home fans with local hero Elfyn service stop that he simply did not Evans unable to replicate his have the pace in his Hyundai to winning drive from 2017. Evans keep up with the Toyota Yaris of was unable to match the pace of Tanak. Ott Tanak in the early stages and © Motorsport-imagery

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Teemu Suninen in the Fiesta WRC.

The more committed drivers really know how to fly and more importantly land after the jumps.

Tom Williams flying in his Ford Fiesta R2. Thierry Neuville in the Hyundai i20 WRC, needed a good result to maintain his championship lead.

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Ott Tanak blasts through the Welsh forests in his Toyota Yaris WRC.

WRC3 Ford Fiesta flying high in Wales..

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Overall Rally victor Sebastien Ogier Ford Fiesta WRC

Sebastien Ogier needed to win Wales Rally GB to put pressure back on his championship rivals. During the first run through Penmachno on Friday, Ogier had a spin in the Fiesta and tried to recover the car too quickly, damaging the gear

selector in the process finishing the day in fifth place, almost 40 seconds behind leader Tanak at the end of the day. Ogier knew that the Friday stages had been tight and fiddly, but that the Saturday stages were faster and more flowing, much more to his liking. However the higher speed stages would make it much harder to recover large amounts of time from his rivals. Ogier started by taking fastest time on the morning first stage in Myherin under the wind turbines, in the process leaping his M-Sport Fiesta to third place behind Tanak , but Importantly only 2 sec points behind his main championship rival Thierry Neuville. On the very next stage, Hafren, Neuville went into a bend too quickly and slid off into a ditch, losing almost a minute in the process and elevating Ogier into second place. The next stage saw the leaders tackle the ever popular fans favourite Sweetlamb for the second time. Tanak left the previous stage with a 42 second lead but after negotiating the ÂŠ Motorsport-imagery

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Esapekka Lappi in the Gazoo Toyota Yaris.

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Journalist Tony Jardine in his Mitsubushi.

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Even the now dated Rovers took part in the flying display.

Hayden Paddon's Hyundai i20 WRC.

Stephen Southall's quick Ford Escort Mk2.

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Jari-Matti Latvala pushed Sebastien Ogier in the final stages after the retirement of Ott Tanak.

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bowl, watersplash and hill, he tackled a jump and landed very heavily, breaking the radiator, knocking the Alex Waterman and Harry Thomas sump guard off the Toyota Yaris and in the Ford Fiesta retiring from the rally. Ogier was R2T. therefore gifted the rally lead. All he had to do was safely negotiate the remaining stages over the next 24 hours and he would close the gap to the championship leader. Ogier went into the final five stages leading Jari-Matti Latvala by 5 seconds, with the lead changing hands between the two through the early morning stages. At the end of the 2nd Gwydir stage, Ogier had recovered the lead and with just one stage to go, a good fast and safe run through © Motorsport-imagery

Iwan Evans in the ageing but quick Subaru Imprezza.

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the second and final Llandudno Great Orme stage and he would be the victor. Whilst pushing hard, Latvala clipped a kerb and damaged his Toyota’s suspension, ending his challenge on this years event. In winning the event, Sebastien Ogier became the most successful driver in the British round of the WRC but most importantly for him, closed the gap to Neuville to just seven points at the top of the world championship. With only two rounds to go, Catyalunya in Spain and Australia, the World Championship was once again thrown wide open. © Motorsport-imagery

Elfyn Evans live and on the big screen in the Ford Fiesta WRC.

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CSCC Wendy Wools Anniversary meeting. Mallory Park. 6th- 7th October 2018. By Simon & Janet Wright.

Start of the first Wendy Wools Special Saloons & Modsports race on Sunday

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The Classic Sports Car Club (CSCC) celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Wendy Wools Special Saloon Car Championship at Mallory Park at the beginning of October. In honour of this anniversary there were three Special Saloon and Modsports races on the timetable, one on Saturday and two on Sunday. The full 1.35 mile car circuit was used, which allowed spectators unrivalled views of most of the circuit. Saturday was a bit of a washout, with rain falling most of the day. The first race out on Saturday was for the CSCC Modern Classics & CSCC RSV Graphics New Millennium series. The twenty minute race was held on a wet track. First to the flag was the Ainge and Cassar Honda Integra R Type. However, they were given a 60 second penalty for not switching off the engine during the driver change pitstop, which is a series infringement. This dropped them back to 4th place, and gave victory to Karl Cattliff in his BMW E36 M3. Next out was the first of three races over the weekend for the CSCC Wendy Wools Special Saloons and Modsports. Star attraction was the track debut of the Vauxhall Mega Bertha, thirty years after it was started. Owner Ric Wood took her out to

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qualify in the wet, but the conditions were too much for such a powerful car and although it wasn’t the slowest, he decided not to race in the rain, and leave its race debut until Sunday. In the wet conditions it was the Ford Escort Mk1 of Tony Paxman that set the fastest time in qualifying. Several other cars decided not to race in the rain, including Piers Ward in Baby Bertha. The fifteen minute race saw David Morrison in his MG Midget Modsports make the best start to lead the first lap, but then Wayne Crabtree in his Ford Escort BDT took the © Simon Wright lead and stayed in front to win. At the end of fifteen wet laps he was only 1.423 seconds ahead of Ian Wilson in his aggressive looking TVR Tasmin FHC, with both winning their class. Andy Southcoot took a distant 3rd in his MG Modsport . The other class winner was 7th placed Thomas Carey in his Honda CRX. Race three was for the CSCC Advantage Motorsport Future Classics. Paul Dingle won by just over a second in his Porsche944 S2. Winner of the first Special Saloons The CSCC Motorsport and Modsports race was Wayne Crabtree in a Ford Escort BDT School Turbo Tin Tops Series with Cartek Motorsport Puma Cup and Smart 4Two Cup was won by the Hammersley and Tongue Renault Megane F1 R26 that had an advantage was just 0.444 of a second over 2nd placed Carl Chambers in a Peugeot 208 GTi, with both winning their class. Page 72

opportunity to photography the two iconic Vauxhall cars together. At the front of the race Ian Wilson had started from pole position but was immediately passed by Andy Southcott in his MG Modsport who then ran away to the finish to win by over eleven seconds. Behind him Ian Hall had worked his way through the field from eighteenth on the grid to finish 2nd in his Davrian Wildcat T98 GTR. Paul Sibley took 3rd overall in his Lotus Elan Modsport to win his class. In 5th overall was Dan Milton in his class winning Ford Escort Mk2 followed by the class winning Ford Anglia Spaceframe of Steven Moss. Baby Bertha finished 13th ahead of Mega Bertha in 14th © Janet

James Ramm Jaguar XJS won the first Jaguar Saloon & GT race.

The CSCC Tin Tops forty minute race, in the rain, was won by Tom Mensley in a Renault Clio 172. The first of two Toyo Tires/Watchdogapp . com Jaguar Saloon & GT Championship races was on Saturday in the wet. It was won by James Ramm in a Jaguar XJS. Sunday was a much better day and the second Special Saloons and Modsports race saw the race debut of Mega Bertha. Starting from the back of the grid, right behind Baby Bertha. The two cars ran together for most of the race, give fans the

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John Davies Triumph Vitesse saloon (12th) leading Steve Chapman Triumph TR4 (8th) and John Leslie Reliant Sabre 6 GT 9th) in the Swinging Sixties Group 2

The Swinging Sixties Group 2 race saw a slightly smaller grid of sixteen cars take the start behind the TVR Griffith of Nigel Reuben. However it was Malcolm Johnson in his Lotus Europa from fourth on the grid that took the initial lead with Reuben completing the first lap in eleventh and eventually retiring on lap thirteen. In the early stages Jon Wolfe in the TVR Tuscan V8 managed to get ahead for a lap before an early pit stop, with Johnson going back in front until he pitted on lap fifteen. This handed the lead to the Lotus Super Seven of J & T Muirhead until their pitstop a couple of laps later. This handed the lead back to Johnson who remained in front until the flag, Continued on page 77

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The entire Wendy Wools Anniversary Special Saloons & Modsports field

Race 1 winner Wayne Crabtree Ford Escort BDT 1st DNF 8th

Tim Cairns MG Hexagon Midget 8th DNF NS © Simon Wright

R & J Harper Triumph Spitfire 15th DNF 12th

Staines/Griffiths MG Midget 10th 10th DNF

Dan Minton Ford Escort Mk2 6th 5th 6th

Craig Percy Morris Minor 13th 11th 11th

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Race 3 winner Ian Hall Darrian Wildcat T98 GTR NS 2nd 1st

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Ian Wilson TVR Tasmin FHC 2nd 8th 10th

Paul Mensley Ford RS500 Cosworth DNF DNF NS

Thomas Carey Honda CRX 7th 4th 4th

David Morrison MG Midget Modsports 4th 9th 13th

David Beatty Aston Martin DBS V8 Marsh Plant 14th, 12th 14th

Paul Turner Suzuki SC100 DNF DNF 15th

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Piers Ward Vauxhall Firenza Baby Bertha NS 14th 16th

Steve Fray Ford Mondeo Spaceframe 11th, 15th 18th

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Neil Duke Ford Anglia 105E 10th DNF 17th

Paul Sibley Lotus Elan Modsports 12th 3rd 3rd

Stephen Moss Ford Anglia Spaceframe NS 6th 5th

Race 2 winner Andy Southcott MG Modsport 3rd 1st 2nd

Our tribute to celebrate the Wendy Wools Anniversary Special Saloons and Modsports races at Mallory Park. Every car is shown in number order with their overall finishing position for each of the three races. NS - Non Starter DNF - Did Not Finish.

R Parker-Morris/D Morris Peugot 309 GTi N/S N/S 7th

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Start of the first race on Sunday

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The Swinging Sixties Group 2 field head up towards the hairpin with winner Malcolm Johnson in the yellow Lotus Europa chasing down the back markers. He lapped everybody up to 2nd.

beating Wolfe by over thirty seconds, with both winning their respective classes. The rest of the field were all lapped at least once. In 3rd was Jon Ellison in a Triumph TR4 who also won his class. The Gold Arts Magnificent Sevens race saw Colin Watson set his first fastest qualifying time of the day in his Caterham C400 just ahead of Tim Davis in another Caterham C400 by just 0.111 of a second for the forty minute race. However, as a previous Battle for 2nd with Peter Ratcliff Caterham C400 ahead of Richard Carter Caterham R300 in the Magnificent Sevens race

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race winner Watson got a 5 grid place penalty which gave pole position for the race to Davis. The early leader was Peter Ratcliff in another C400 who battled with Watson who also took a turn leading until he retired on lap thirteen. This gave the lead to Davis until he pitted which put Richard Carter in a R300 in the lead until his stop. This gave the Caterham Blackbird of Tidy and Armes a brief moment of glory at the head of the field until they also made their pitstop. Ratcliff was now back in the lead and chased hard by Davis. As they got to the end of the race there was a lot of lapped back-markers ahead of them and Davis pounced, taking the lead on the last

Andrew Greenwood Caterham Supersport battling with Mark Lanyon Caterham 7 Superlight R and Stephen Riley MK Indy.

lap to win by over seven seconds at the flag. Ratcliff finished 2nd and Carter took 3rd. There were eight other class winners in the race, 4th Ryan Lewis Caterham CSR, 5th Stephen Riley MK Indy R, 6th Mark Webster Caterham R300 Superlight 7th Tidy/Armes Caterham Blackbird, 8th Mark Lanyon Caterham Superlight R, 9th Matthew Drew Caterham Supersport, 15th Peter French Caterham Superlight 1800 and 17th placed Jonathan Barratt GBS Zero. The CSCC Adams & Page Swinging Sixties Group1 race saw the Tonge/Winter 1380 Mini Cooper S grab pole position from Ian Staines 1380 MG Midget by just over half a second. There was a full grid of twenty five cars for the forty minute race. The Mini never even completed a lap of the race, and it Page 77

Thomas Pead BMW 1600 Ti being chased by Tim Cairns Austin Healey Frogeye Sprite and the Sunbeam Alpine V of Kemp/ Loughnan in the Swinging Sixties Group 1 race

in front. He stayed in front until his pitstop on lap 19 when the Austin Healey Frogeye Sprite Mk1 of G & H Elwell had their moment of glory in the lead for three laps until they made their pitstop. After the pitstops it was Syaines in the lead with Cairns right behind him, chasing hard. They did swop positions at Cairns did get the lead for one lap near the end but Staines repassed and took the win by just 0.473 of a second after forty minutes racing. They had lapped everybody else except the 3rd placed Sunbeam Alpine V of Kemp/Loughnan who were almost a lap behind at the flag. The first three all won their respective classes. © Simon Wright

was Staines that took the initial lead, chased by the earlier model Austin Healey Frogeye Sprite of Tim Cairns. On the second lap Cairns led but the Rover Mini of Chris Watkinson was hard on his heels and swept through in to the lead where it stayed until it retired in to the pits on lap 5. This handed the lead back to Cairns until his pitstop on lap 13 which saw Staines back © Simon Wright

Pietro Caccamo Lancia Fulvia was 2nd in class in the Swinging Sixties Group 1 race.

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Three cars collided at the start of the second Jaguar Saloon & GT race with Rodney Frost Jaguar XJS showing battle damage before he retired on lap 9

The second Jaguar Saloon and GT race on Sunday was a complete contrast to the wet Saturday race. Guy Connew in the Jaguar XJ6 started from pole position but in Gerrards on the first lap he was involved in a three car collision with the XJS’s of Rodney Frost and Patrick Doyle. This gave the lead to James Ramm followed by Colin Philpott. Ramm led the first quarter of the twenty minute race, then Philpott took the lead. The two ran together for most of the race finishing just 0.399 of a second apart. Connew finished nearly fifteen seconds Page 78

up to 5th to win his class, ahead of Dan Minton in his class winning Ford Escort Mk2 in 6th. Piers Ward had a steady race to bring Baby Bertha home in 16th place. A couple of extra cars made it out for the third race including the Peugeot 309 GTi of R Parker-Morris and D Morris who finished 7th overall and 2nd in class, and the little Suzuki SC100 of Paul Turner that came home in 14th place and 4th in class. The final race of the meeting was the CSCC Open Series. Colin Watson put his Caterham C400 on another pole position. However at the start of the forty minute race, both of the front row cars were missing, so Tim Davis in his Caterham C400

Also showing damage from the first lap accident, Guy Connew still managed to finish 3rd overall and win his class in his Jaguar XJ6

behind in 3rd to win his class with his damaged car. Michael Holt in 5th won his class in his Jaguar X300, while Simon Dunford took a second class win of the weekend in 11th. The third Special Saloon & Modsports race started without Mega Bertha. Ian Hall started the third race from pole in his Darrian Wildcat T98 GTR and won the shortened ten lap race by just 0.788 of a second from Andy Southcott in his MG Modsport. Paul Sibley took another 3rd overall to win his class again, while Steven Moss moved the Ford Anglia Spaceframe

Two Ex Gerry Marshall cars together. The Aston Martin DBS V8 of David Beatty and Baby Bertha driven by Piers Ward

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Colin Watson Caterham C400 claimed pole for the Open Series race but non-started. Here he passes the Alfa Romeo 33 of Hampton/Robertson

was the leader on the green flag lap. From the start it was Rich Webb in his MK Indy R that led the first few laps before Davis took the lead. Webb retook the lead until he pitted with three laps to go. This gave the lead to Simon Lanyons’ Caterham 7 Superlight R with only minutes remaining. However he dived in to the pits on the last lap to retire. This gave victory to Davis from Webb, with both drivers winning their class. In 3rd was Richard Carter in a Caterham R300. The other class winners were 4th placed Ryan Lewis in a Caterham CSR and in 7th place was the Vauxhall Corsa SRi of Hardy and Lock. Page 79

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British Hill Climb Championship. Loton Park. By Syd Wall

A great day for Richard Spedding, securing 5th place overall along with his second of the season run-off victory

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Rarely seen these days, a Maguire Mini Cooper S, driven by Derek Kessell

from the crowd when the commentator described Hall’s overshoot at the Triangle. A quick look at the points after Willis completed his run and took 4th place showed that he had the title wrapped up. It might have felt like an anti-climax but there was now the prospect of Will Hall attacking the hill with nothing to lose in 2nd qualifying and the 2nd run-off. He did the job in 2nd © Syd Wall

Will Hall was on course for the run-off win until his gearbox protested on Cedar Straight

British Hillclimb Championship Final Round at Loton Park. After a tremendous double win, Will Hall ended the previous round at Doune on 226 points, arriving at Loton Park’s final round with renewed hope of clinching the title, only 7 points behind the current champion, Trevor Willis. A very wet track was drying by the time the first run-off started, only for the heavens to open again just before Will Hall was due to start © Syd Wall what had to be a flat-out run to have any chance of the title. But a collective groan could be heard

Trevor Willis looks slightly embarrassed by the attention from his fellow top tenners and a scrum of photographers

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qualifying and all looked good for Hall’s chances in the last charge of the year up the hill. He was fastest away from the line and a sideways moment at Triangle was well held but again, his effort came to naught with a gear selection problem, stuck in 5th on Cedar Straight and he slid to a halt, overshooting at Fallow. A desperately frustrating day for Hall. Trevor Willis had his own moment at Triangle but recovered to take 2nd place, three hundredths of a second behind Wallace Page 81

Ed Cottam’s MG ZR looking good in British Racing

Menzies, who had taken 2nd place in the morning run-off. His 1st and 2nd places on the day confirmed third place for him over the season. © Syd Wall

Les Mutch has just got wrestled his GWR Raptor back onto the track after a wild ride on the grass towards Triangle

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Adam Greenen only needed 998cc to take him to a 5th and an 8th in the run-offs

The wet morning run-off perhaps favoured the smaller, more nimble cars and Richard Spedding in his 1340cc GWR Raptor stormed to his second win of the year. He rounded off a superb final day with 3rd place taking him to 5th overall in the championship. Dave Uren’s consistent scoring brought him 6th and 5th in the run-offs to finish 4th overall, his best finish to date. Sympathy for Will Hall had to be split with Jason Mourant who has endured a woeful time, mainly with transmission trouble, since the 2nd run off at Shelsley Walsh on August 12th, scoring precisely 0 points since then. He was 4th going into Shelsley that weekend but ended up 6th, with Uren and Spedding overtaking him in the last two weekends after more transmission trouble at Loton. Alex Summers broke a driveshaft in first qualifying but came back for 4th in the afternoon to take 7th overall. Page 82

Paul Howells won his class in this classic Porsche 911RSR

Adam Greenen was my star of the day with 5th & 8th places in his 1070cc Empire Evo2 followed by Debbie Dunbar’s 1070cc DJ Firehawk in 10th, scoring her first point of the season. 1600cc class runners Les Mutch, Zach Zammit and Matthew Ryder captured 7th, 8th and 9th in the morning run-off and they

Ryder in 9th and probably the star of the season, Robert Kenrick, driving the smallest engined car, the 999cc BMW engined GWR Raptor 2. Not only did he take 8th position, but he also smashed the class records at Shelsley Walsh, Prescott and Loton Park and took the Leaders and Midland championships. © Syd Wall © Syd Wall

also filled the other points scoring places in the afternoon. Dave Warburton took second place in morning qualifying, another giant killing 1600cc driver, but light contact with a tree halted his proceedings for the day in the first run-off. Scott Moran was on a sabbatical for 2018 but entered three of the final four rounds, no doubt to get his hand in for 2019. Despite scoring in only 5 run-offs, he squeezed the unfortunate Paul Haimes out of the 10th place he’d held all season after he didn’t make either Loton Park run-off. Maybe we’d better split that sympathy three ways. Final top 10 positions in the championship were held by Matt

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Only one overall hill record was broken this year, by Trevor Willis in the 2nd run-off at Harewood’s July meeting. But that wasn’t the whole story. In an astounding second qualifying run in Les Mutch's GWR Raptor, local ace Richard Spedding (after engine trouble in his own car), who had already qualified top for the opening run-off and gone on to win it, became the first driver to break Scott Moran's 2016 hill record. Not for more than half a century, in the days when British motorcycle engines ruled the hillclimb championship, has an outright BHC hill record been broken by a normally aspirated, bike-engined single-seater. But Willis spoiled Spedding’s day by going on to shave off another three tenths on Harewood’s new surface. What a season. 2019's first round is at Loton Park on April 21st.

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British GT Championship Donington Park, 22nd-23rd September 2018 By David Goose of Motorsport Imagery.

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Andrew Howard and Darren Turners Aston Martin GT3.

British GT - The final round Final round of the 2018 British GT Championship, the Donington decider was held at the Derbyshire circuit at the end of September. After eight races, the GT3, GT4 and Team titles would be decided at the end of the seasons two hour season finale. In contention for GT3 honours going into the final race, the outsiders were Aston Martin’s Mark Farmer and Nicki Thiim, with the Lamborghini pairing of Phil Keen and Jon Minshaw in second place, favourites and leading the field by 27.5 points arriving at Donington were Jonny Adam and Flick Haigh. Jonny Adam was aiming to become the first three time GT3 champion, Flick Haigh was attempting to become the first ever lady GT3 champion. The season was strongly supported by Aston Martin as they tried to win the driver and team titles in

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the final season for the Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 before its retirement from racing at this level, the car being the most successful ever in the history of the British GT Championship. The GT4 Championship was much more open with five driver teams still in contention for overall honours, but the two cars from the Century Motorsport BMW team leading the field going into the weekend. GT3 pole went to Phil Keen and Jon Minshaw, with the Aston Martin of Flick Haigh in fourth place. From the start Minshaw in the Lamborghini used the advantage to put in a series of quick laps building a good lead whilst Barwell Motorsport team-mate Sam de Haan was a in second place in front of the quick but careful Flick Haigh who was for obvious reasons keen to keep in touch with the lead Lamborghini but not wanting to take any unnecessary risks. In the GT4 battle, Jack Mitchell and team mate Dean © Motorsport-imagery

Ben Green and Ben Tuck in the Century Motorsport BMW spent most of the race ahead of champion elect Jack Mitchell.

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MacDonald in the Century Motorsport BMW were running a cautious race , knowing that a steady finish would secure them overall GT4 honours. Mid way through the first hour, a fluid spill at Redgate corner brought out the safety car and Jon Minshaw’s 14 second lead was effectively cancelled. At the restart there were several GT4 cars between first and second place in GT3 and Minshaw once again opened up a several second lead very quickly, the Lamborghini showing its impressive pace around Donington.

David Fairbrother and BTCC star Adam Morgan in the Richardson Racing Mertcedes GT4.

Four Astons chase down the No 2 Lamborghini of Sam de Haan.

Entering the Melbourne Hairpin before the half way point, defending champion Rick Parfitt in the Bentley Continental misjudged his speed on the way into the corner, clipping Derek Johnston’s TF Sport Aston Martin causing slight damage to the © Motorsport-imagery rear end of Johnston’s car, forcing the latter’s retirement from the race and ending his British GT career. At the driver change both Jonny Adam

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Chris Buncombe and Struan Moore's RJN Motorsport Nissan being prepared at the start of the day.

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enough to hand Mark Farmer and Nicki the GT3 Thiim Aston Martin GT3 championship by eight points to Jonny Adam and Flick Haigh. In the GT4 championship, Dan Mckay and Finlay © Motorsport-imagery Hutchinson took their first win in the McLaren 570S. But finishing in eight place was enough for Jack Mitchell to take GT4 honours in the Century Motorsport BMW M4, form Century Team mates Ben Rick Parfitt Jnr's Bentley looking slightly bruised. Green and Ben Tuck, with Michael O’Brien and Charlie Fagg ( Aston Martin) and Ben Tuck (BMW) had success penalties to in the McLaren 570S in third place. At the end of the season, 9 endure, effectively putting both drivers down the running order. races in total, the GT4 championship saw the top three In the second half of the race, Phil Keen continued to lead the separated by just two points. © Motorsport-imagery race in the Demon Tweeks GT3 Team champions were TF Lamborghini from a very hard Sport with the Aston Martin Vantage charging Nicki Thiim in the TF Sport V12, a fitting end to the cars 90 race, Aston Martin. However a 30 second 7 year history with the series, the penalty handed to Nicki Thiim for most successful model of car in the exceeding track limits meant that history of the British GT overall victory in the race was Championship. Next challenge for handed back to Phil Keen, the Aston Martin will be to hit the ground Aston Martin pair finishing second running with their new GT3 model, after the post race penalty was when it turns a wheel competitively applied. Lee Mowle and Yelmer for the first time in April next year. Buurman in the AMG Mercedes At the end of the race, Bentley driver finished third, but fourth place was Race winners Finlay Hutchison and and 2017 defending champion Rick Dan McKay in their McLaren 570S GT4. Parfitt Junior announced that having

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Phil Keen and Jon Minshaws Lamborghini. JHM Auto Ferrari 488 Challenge.

won both the GT4 and GT3 titles, that although he hoped to return to GT3 racing at some time in the future, that he would be taking a one year sabbatical in 2019 to recharge his batteries. As usual, the British GT series will now take a 6 month break before the series starts again on the 20th April 2019 at Oulton Park.

Paul Vice and Mathew George's Jaguar GT4.

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Richard Williams / Sennan Fielding in the Toyota GT86 a years development has led to more consistent results.

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There were plenty of American classic at Sywell

This years Sywell Classic: Piston and Props motoring festival took place at Sywell Aerodrome over the weekend of the 22nd and 23rd September 2018. It combined historic racing cars, hot rods and motorbikes with classic aircraft and vintage music. There was also a very large area of the airfield given over to static car displays from both local car clubs and individual owners who had a separate display area to park their classic vehicles that were over thirty years old. There was track action on the Racing Runway and the Sprint Strip. The main aircraft taxiway was turned into a drag strip for the

Street Car Shootout, where the hot rods to race down the quarter mile course two at a time. Unfortunately it rained most of the time, but it didn’t Taz Racing Fiat 126 V8 was popular with the crowd stop most of and generated probably the most tyre smoke the competitors having fun and still generating loads of tyre smoke as they did ‘burn outs’ on the start line. One of the most impressive looking cars was the 1970 Plymouth Superbird, which was painted as a replica of the Richard Petty famous number 43 race car from America. The car has a Hemi V8 engine which produces over 780 HP and then they added Nitrous injection to improve performance. This has let the car achieve runs over a quarter mile in the 9 second bracket, with a terminal speed of 138 mph. For a comparison, a Bugatti Veyron should do the quarter mile in around 10.2 seconds, and would probably be knocked out of a competition in the first round! Another attraction on the © Simon Wright

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1970 Plymouth Superbird on the Sprint strip

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Drag Strip was Oklahoma Willy, the “Jet Bus”. This was originally a 1958 Volkswagen pick up truck from Oklahoma in America. Over the last four years it has been completely restored and then modified to fit a Rolls Royce Viper 535 jet engine, or gas turbine to use the correct terminology, on the back. that produces 5000 ibs of trust which roughly equates to 5000 BHP. On full power, it burns 31 gallons of fuel per minute.The vehicle has had additional modifications such as air suspension, rear IRS, drilled and ventilated dual circuit disk brakes, rack and pinion steering and a new 1955cc race spec engine with freeway flyer gearbox. The vehicle is completely road legal and regularly driven on the road. It is mainly for show, but has done some low speed runs up the quarter mile, with

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times of around 10-11 seconds with a terminal speed of 145-150 mph. If fitted with large wings to generate downforce, it is calculated that it could do the 1/4 mile in around 6 seconds with a terminal speed of around 250 mph.

Karts did their runs in batches

The racing cars, karts and racing motorbikes used the same taxi way to start, but then at the end of the short straight, they all turned right and had a high speed blast down the main runway before doing a u-turn and returning at full speed back down the runway. Unfortunately we can’t give details of who was driving what car, as the organisers decided they could not publish an entry list as it would breach the Data Protection Act? However, they seemed able to use the information for their commentator during the event! The cars in action ranged from classic racing saloons like the Ford Cortina Mk1 and Ford

Escort Mk1 through to powerful Formula 5000 single seater racing cars, including Chevron B19 a Lola, Surtees and Gurney Eagle, and even several Formula 1 Grand Prix cars. These included a March 721 and a Williams FW06. Most types of motor racing were represented on track. There was a fine example of a Chevron B19 of the type that dominated 2 litre sports car racing of the early 1970s against its great rival the Lola T210. Period Formula 2 single seaters had Chevron, March and Lotus on track and there was a perfect example of a more unusual car, Peter Brennen in his Formula Atlantic Brabham BT40. The cars went off from the start line two at a time and generally they were cars of similar performance, though this was not a race. The Karts and Racing Motorbikes went up in groups, but again they were not racing. During the break in track action, © Janet Wright

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VW Beetle against Ford Escort Mk1

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F2 March vs Chevron

Ex Mike Beuttler Formula 1 March 721

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F5000 Gurney Eagle

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the Two Brothers Stunt Team did displays on their motorcycles in the car assembly area. They did lots of different tricks up on just the rear wheel even in the wet conditions. One neat trick was synchronised spinning on

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the rear wheels, right next to each other. They also have dedicated drift bikes, which feature a stretched rear swing arm. The poor weather conditions and forecast high winds meant that there wasn’t a lot of aerial activity. We did get stunning displays from a World War 2 Supermarine Spitfire and a North American TF-51D Mustang fighter plane and the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Avro Lancaster Bomber did a fly over on Saturday lunch time. It was originally scheduled for Sunday, but forecast high winds on Sunday brought the fly-over forward to Saturday. © Janet Wright Page 95

Ex Alan Jones Williams Cosworth FW06 from 1978. This was the first Williams car that was the result of the partnership of Frank Williams and Patrick Head. ÂŠ Simon Wright

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Classic Kawasaki motorbike leads a batch in the rain

Berkeley T60 three wheeler

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Modified 1961 Ford Falcon

Battle of Britain Memorial Lancaster Bomber

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Saab also made sports cars

You try driving round the marker cone while it keeps moving!

Early American Ford convertible

Chevrolet Camaro Z28 IROC

Lotus have made all kinds of sports cars

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Classic and Modern Motorsport Club race meeting, Snetterton. 22nd September 2018 By Peter McFadyen

The Keith Hampson / Tristan Bradfield Sunbeam Alpine follows a group of cars onto the Bentley Straight during the FISCAR / Preâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;66 Sports Car race

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Daniel Fisher’s Honda Civic Type R follows Andrew Wareing’s Lotus Europa into the hairpin.

Archie Scott Brown Trophy winner Anthony Ditheridge (Cooper Monaco) leads Paul Griffin (Connaught ALSR) and Shaun Bromley (Elva Mk IV)

The Classic & Modern Motorsport Club was formed only at the beginning of this year when several groups of competitors approached experienced race promoter (and founder of the very successful Classic Sports Car Club) Richard Culverhouse saying that they were having difficulty finding suitable race opportunities for their cars. The new club gained MSA recognition in April and shortly afterwards organised its first races at Mallory Park. Snetterton was its second race meeting and took place on the 1.98 mile Snetterton 200 circuit which incorporates two long

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straights connected by several, mostly right-handed, corners. The programme opened with a good field of Quaife ‘Tin Tops’ and Modified Saloons won by Alex Sidwell in a Holden Commodore. The Scrapco Metal Recycling / Avon Tyres Intermarque Championship competitors had their first race for three months, exactly the sort of situation the CMMC was founded to address, and saw Chris Brocklehurst’s Vauxhall Tigra win from a Peugeot 208CC © Peter McFadyen and a Mercedes SLK – great variety.

Brian Arculus, Lotus Elite

Andrew Wareing’s Modsports-style Lotus Europa held off Daniel Fisher’s Honda Civic R to win the next race before the emphasis shifted from modern to classic with the FISCAR and Pre’66 sports cars where the Lotus Elite of Brian Arculus was dominant in a field which, as well as MGBs, Triumph TRs and Austin Healeys included Page 100

Harry Naeger’s Jowett Jupiter runs wide at the Wilson Hairpin

Jim Campbell (Austin Healey 100/4), Gordon Russell (MGB) and Paul Griffin (Connaught ALSR)

two Connaughts with long and distinguished racing histories. Paul Griffin’s Connaught ALSR finished a strong second to Arculus while Ewen Sergisen’s older L2 , which was a wellknown competitor at Goodwood in the 1950s and two weeks previously was back there for the Revival meeting, finished third in class. The 1954 1½ litre Connaught ALSR driven by Paul Griffin

The 10-race programme included the CMMC’s own British Thoroughbred & Classic Challenge and, with special relevance to Snetterton where he often raced in the 1950s, the Archie Scott Brown Trophy race. The Connaughts were out again for this one – Scott Brown often raced for the marque – but Anthony Ditheridge’s Cooper Monaco outdistanced everyone to win from Griffin’s Connaught ALSR and Brian Arculus, this time driving his beautifully prepared Lotus Mk IX. © Peter McFadyen

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Jim Campbell (Austin Healey 100/4) and Michael Hunter (Triumph TR4) follow Ewen Sergisen’s Connaught L2 onto the straight

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Guy Connew’s winning Jaguar XJ6 takes the inside line at the first corner of the Jaguar Challenge race from Kevin Doyle’s XJ12

Ewen Sergisen’s Connaught L2 about to be lapped by the leaders in the Archie Scott Brown Trophy race

Shaun Bromley spins his Elva Mk IV in front of Paul Griffin’s Connaught ALSR in the Archie Scott Brown Trophy race

Brian Arculus’ Lotus Mk IX followed by Peter Bower’s Austin Healey

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from over twenty different countries made the trip to both drive and admire some of Ferraris most famous creations on the roads of Sardinia. These included such classics as the Ferrari 500 TRC, the Ferrari 340 America, the Ferrari 250 Europa, the Ferrari 750 Monza and the Ferrari 250 California, plus many others that made up this exclusive field. Starting from Valle dellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Erica, the route then explored various areas of beautiful Northern Sardinia each day, from Alghero to the Valle della Luna, from Castelsardo to Porto Cervo and the island of Caprera. After covering 800 kilometres, the Cavalcade ended with a spectacular parade and offical presentation of all the cars to the public of Maddalena. The 2018 Cavalcade Classiche brought the timeless charms of Ferrari to Sardinia for four days in September, from the 18th to the 22nd. More then seventy classic Ferraris from all over the World gathered in Sardinia for the second running of the Cavalcade Classiche. This event was created to allow Ferrari owners to share their passion for driving some of the famous cars from the history of the Prancing Horse. Entrants

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Closing Shots

Our closing shot this month is a quick final tour round the Donington Park Grand Prix Collection museum, which has now closed for the final time. By Pete Austin.

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Formula 2 March BMW 732 of Roger Williamson, a local driver backed by Tom Wheatcroft, until his tragic death at the 1973 Dutch Grand Prix

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BRM V16 MkII

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BRM P57

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Force India Grand Prix collection

The BRM lineup

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