Clasic and competition Car 90 March 2018 by Simon Wright

March 2018

Issue 90

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

In this issue Race Retro

Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique VSCC Measham Rally

Tasman Revival Series

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

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News.

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New Unnamed Classic Car Group meeting.

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Tasman Revival Series Round 4

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Archive Photo of the Month

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Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique, Banbury Passage control

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Race Retro International Historic Motorsport Show

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Race Retro Live Rally Stage.

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Race Retro British Historic Kart Club.

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Silverstone Auctions at Race Retro.

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Tasman Revival Series Round 5

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VSCC Measham Night Rally

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

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Front Cover. Drivers to look out for include Class A standout Dave Arrowsmith (Lotus 70 #67) from Christchurch © Fast Company/Geoff Ridder Race Retro © Simon Wright. Rally Historique Monte-Carlo © Simon Wright VSCC Measham Rally © Motorsport-Imagery

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Editorial. This has been a busy month for what is a quiet time of year. Chateau Impney have launched their 2018 Hill Climb which continues to expand and grow. This year their will be Historic Rally cars in action on the hill and modern supercars on display. The high-light of the month has been the Race Retro show which this year excelled itself with a fantastic show and a larger than ever live action Rally Stage, held in bright but cold conditions.

Shedden switches to WTCR with Audi Triple British Touring Car Champion Gordon Shedden will race an Audi RS 3 LMS in the inaugural World Touring Car Cup (WTCR). The 39 year old Scot has joined the Belgian WRT Racing team alongside team mate Jean-Karl Vernay from France. The season will start in Marrakech, Morocco on the 7th-8th April. The championship will also visit Argentina, China, Germany, Hungary, Japan, the Netherlands and Portugal before finishing the season on the challenging Circuito da Guia in Macau in November.

News Hamilton in 2018 Renault UK Clio Cup. Nicholas Hamilton, brother of four times Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton, has rejoined WDE Motorsport to contest the 2018 Renault UK Clio Cup. He drove for the Ashford based team in five events last year. He hopes to become a front runner is this years championship, having previously contested the Clio Cup series in 2011, and had a brief spell in the British Touring Car Championship. Born with Cerebral Palsy, he is an ambassador and inspiration for disabled athletes. His Renault Clio is specially modified with a hand clutch and minor pedal adjustments to help his driving. Jet Petroleum have become his major sponsor along with Monster Energy, Duo Pic, Bigchange Apps, Ark Build Plc and Ark MEP Plc. The series starts at Brands Hatch on April 7th-8th.

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Cammish to race for Honda in BTCC. Following the sudden departure of triple British Touring Car champion Gordon Shedden, Halfords Yuasa Racing have signed up 28 year old Dan Cammish to partner Matt Neal in the 2018 BTCC. Cammish, from Yorkshire, is a two times Porsche Carrera Cup GB Champion, and British Formula Ford Champion. In the 2013 British Formula Ford Championship, which supported the BTCC series, Cammish won all 24 races he entered, to clinch the 2013 British Formula Ford championship before the end of the season. He switched to the Porsche Carrera Cup GB Championship and clinched back to back championships in 2015 and 2016. He spent last year contesting both the British Porsche Carrera Cup and pan-European Porsche Supercup. In the British series he won eight out of thirteen starts and finished third in the series despite missing two races mid-season. He scored a close victory at Le Mans and a second place at Monaco to claim fourth overall in the highly competitive International series. He will now aim for success driving the Honda Civic Type R in the BTCC. March 2018

Ford Escort 50th Celebration.

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The Historic Sports Car Club (HSCC) will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Ford Escort on the 23rd September 2018 at Brands Hatch. They will hold a pair of 20 minute Ford Escort Celebration Races round the Indy circuit for normally aspirated Ford Escort Mk 1 or Mk 2 saloon cars built to specifications during the period 1968-1981. The cars should comply with Group N, Group 1, Group 1B, Group 2 or Group 5. Depending on the response, the races will be split into Mk 1 cars, with a separate race(s) for Mk 2 saloons. The club plan to have a class structure for the race as follows Class A: Mk 1 upto 2000cc Race modified (Period Gp2 or Gp5). Class B: Mk 1 Production standard (Gp 1/1B/N) up to 2000cc. Class C: Mk2 Production Standard (Gp1/1B/N) up to 2000cc. Class D: Mk2 Race Modified (Period Gp 2 or Gp 5). So far over 20 owners, including several from overseas, have expressed an interest in the event. The HSCC is planning for a display of special Escorts at Brands Hatch, with Owners club areas to display members Escorts. For more information contact the HSCC through their web site www.hscc.org.uk Page 4

Shelsley Classic Nostalgia. The high-light of the Shelsley Walsh season is the Midland Automobile Club (MAC) Classic Nostalgia weekend. This year the theme is F1 Through the Ages and will be held over the weekend of the 28th and 29th July 2018. The event will feature a F1 paddock with F1 cars from every decade on display and doing a demo run up the hill. A display of rare and classic motorcycles, competition for pre-1980 cars, demonstrations, parades, displays, trade stands, best dressed awards, concours, celebrities, live music and entertainment. For further information see www.shelsleywalsh.com © Simon Wright

New High-Bodied Rolls Royce Cullinan. Aiming to redefine luxury travel, Rolls Royce are joining the other major luxury car manufacturers in the off road travel sector. Chief Executive Officer of Rolls Royce, Torsten Müller-Ötvös said “Cullinan is the most fitting name for our extraordinary new product. Cullinan is a motor car of such clarity of purpose, such flawless quality and preciousness, and such presence that it recalibrates the scale and possibility of true luxury. Just like the Cullinan Diamond, the largest flawless diamond ever found.” From the searing deserts of Africa and the Middle East to the freezing snows of the Arctic circle and the grassy glens of the Scottish Highlands to the towering canyons of North America, the designers, engineers and craftsmen have tested this unique car to eliminate any flaws and make it effortless everywhere. March 2018

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Heveningham Hall Concours D’Elegance.

The Heveningham Tour will also return following a successful inaugural event in 2017, which saw 25 concours’ owners and guests make their way through the glorious suffolk countryside. This years 50 mile Tour will take place on Friday 29th June 2018 and will take in some of Suffolks renowned heritage coast. This years Concouurs d’Elegance is being run in association with auctioneers Bonhams, British watch manufacturer Bremont and English winemaker Gusbourne. It will also be teaming up with the Royal College of Art and the Heveningham Hall Concours RCA Automotive Design Scholarship will see a student awarded a scholarship to cover fees and living expenses to cover the 15 month MA Automotive Design course in London under the auspices of Professor J Mays. Heveningham Halls concours takes place at the same time as the annual country fair which has around 20,000 visitors. The Heveningham Hall Country Fair Trust distributes all proceeds to local charities.

The third annual Heveningham Hall motorsport and Aviation Concours D’Elegance will be held over the weekend of the 30th June and the 1st July 2018. Following on from the success of the second event in 2017, the event will again run alongside the long-standing Country Fair which takes place annually in the Grade 1 listed Georgian mansion’s 5,000 acre parkland. Heveningham Hall’s Concours will see 50 of the Worlds most iconic motor cars exhibited on tiered grass lawns at the rear of Suffolk’s finest Palladian mansion. Also following last years inaugural event, there will be a simultaneous Aviation concours featuring some of the world’s rarest aeroplanes. New for 2018 is Horsepower Hill, which will provide an opportunity for concours owners and specially selected guests to burn rubber in their own cars in a timed burnout. March 2018

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British Motor Museum award. The British Motor Museum at Gaydon has been awarded a VE Gold accolade for the second year running. The VisitEngland award is the highest quality accolade that is only awarded to a small percentage of venues each year as part of the Visitor Attraction Quality Scheme. It assesses a venue on Visitor arrival, quality of displays, cleanliness and catering, as well as customer care and staff knowledge. see www.britishmotormuseum.co.uk

Ralli22 This is a new three round series designed for rally cars from a 22 year period, between 1982 and 2004, to compete against the clock in a hill climb competition.The series will be limited to a maximum of 50 cars this year, with the plan is to run just 25 at each of the three events. These are the Prescott Midsummer Speed Festival on June 23rd, the Chateau Impney hill climb over the weekend of the 7th and 8th July 2018 and finally Shelsley Walshâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Classic Nostalgia meeting on July 28th and 29th. Ralli 22 should feature cars like the Subaru Impreza WRC as raced by Colin McRae, the Ford Escort WRC as driven by Carlos Sainz and the Hyundai Accent WRC as driven by Freddy Loix in the 2002 New Zealand Rally. Add in the likes of the powerful Group B Audi Quattro and the marvellous MG Metro 6R4 and it will provide a stunning experience for driver and spectator as these powerful cars are once again let loose in competitive battle on these tricky hill climb courses.

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Caterham suspends entries for 2018 championships. The popular Caterham championships have had entries suspended due to high demand. So far 213 racing drivers have registered across five championships, which is already an increase of 18% on last year. Caterham Motorsport run five championships, Academy, Roadsport, 270R, 310r and 420R but have had to suspend registrations, as they already have 34 more drivers signed up, than last year. Part of this success is due to the popularity of the Caterham academy series, which registered it’s 1,000 competitor last season. Caterham Motorsport’s popularity, with low running costs of the Caterham Seven, strictly controlled regulations and exciting, close racing provides the perfect training ground for future GT racing drivers. GT race winners Graham Johnson, Jon Barnes and Adam Balon all gained skills racing the venerable Caterham Seven. The racing success reflects the sales figures Caterham is having in the road car market. they have achieved back to back record sales in 2017 and 2016. March 2018

Ford Focus RS bows out of UK Market. The Ford Focus RS Heritage edition marks the 50th anniversary of the Ford Escort and the introduction of the RS brand to the UK. Focus RS production will end on 6th April 2018. The final 50 right -hand drive cars from the Saarlouis plant in Germany will be the ‘Deep Orange’ Heritage edition, exclusively for the UK market. It will feature black forged alloy wheels and grey finished brake callipers. It will have contrasting black door mirrors and rear spoiler, partial leather Recaro seats and carbon fibre trim. It’s 2.3 litre Ecoboost engine will feature a Mountune power upgrade, increasing overboost power from 350PS to 375PS and a Quaife limited slip front differential on the All Wheel Drive system. The 50 Heritage models will be priced at £39,895 Page 8

Can-Am cars added to HSCC Pre 80 Endurance Series. The Historic Sports Car Club (HSCC) has added an invitation class for powerful Can-Am cars to their Pre â&#x20AC;&#x2122;80 Endurance Series for 2018. A Quality programme of races at three high profile British historic meetings and a visit to Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium are planned for the series that is for sports-racing, GT and Touring cars from International racing through the 1970s. This is the third season for the HSCC organised series, run with help from Flavien and Vanessa Marcais. The series currently attracts cars from the World Endurance Championship, the FIA GT Championship and the FIA 2 Litre Sports Car Championship. Now it should also include cars from the heydays of the Can-Am and Interserie series of the 1970s including cars from McLaren, Lola, March and BRM, with engines up to 8 litres. The format will be two 30 minute races each weekend. The series will start at the International Trophy meeting at Silverstone on the 16/17th June, followed by the Legends of Brands Hatch meeting on the GP circuit on 30th June and 1st July. This will be followed by the series first visit to Oulton Park for the Gold Cup meeting 25-27th August. The season will conclude at Spa on the 14-16th September.

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All cars are welcome, whatever their condition

The Classic Car and Restoration Show. The new Audi A7 Sportback. The new Audi executive class five-seat coupe is now available to order, with expected first deliveries in April. It is available as a 3 litre TFSI V6 petrol engine, developing 340PS and 500Nm or a 3 litre TDI Diesel, developing 286PS and 620Nm. The petrol version does 0-62mph in 5.3 seconds while the diesel takes 5.7 seconds. The petrol A7 Sportsback 55 TFSI has a top speed of 155 mph and a combined 40.4 mpg. The diesel A7 Sportback 50 TDI can also do 155 mph and return 50.4 mpg. It is priced from £54,940 OTR. March 2018

Sponsored by Practical Classics with Discovery, the spring Classic car show at the NEC, near Birmingham, is different in that it welcomes barn finds and cars that really require restoration as well as pristine show cars. With around 1,000 classic cars on display and over 150 Classic Car Club stands, there will be plenty to keep the enthusiastic classic car fan occupied. The show has a strong emphasis of restoration, with over 350 specialist exhibitors and trade stands and various stages scattered around the halls offering demonstrations on all types of mechanical © Simon Wright processes required in restoring your classic car.. It will also host a very large indoor autojumble, so if you need a spare for your classic car, you may well find it here. The show runs from 23rd to the 25th March Page 10

Bromyard Speed Festival on tour. The next Bromyard Speed Festival street event will be in April 2019 with a similar format to the 2016 and 2017 events. From 2019 onwards the plan is for it to be a biennial event to reflect the massive effort entailed in staging it and the need to keep it fresh and improving. For 2018, the successful Bromyard Speed Festival is going “On Tour” to the famous Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb on the 8th April 2018, which is appropriate as the Felday ran there many times. Shelsley Walsh is the oldest motor sport venue in the world still using the original course. The event is a non-competitive hill climb, and the intention is to give drivers & riders who have supported the Bromyard Speed Festival over the last two years, and a number of newcomers, the opportunity of driving at the world’s oldest competition venue. After the 2016 & 2017 Festivals the organisers donated considerable sums to a number of local charities, and the intention is to do the same this year. For more information go to bromyardspeedfestival.co.uk The Felday-Daimler which won the 1963 British Hill Climb Championship will be running at this year’s Festival. In 1963 a Daimler V-8 powered sprint car won the RAC Hill Climb Championship at it's first attempt. The car was the Felday Daimler designed, built and driven by a young engineer called Peter Westbury and this exciting win came after a close fought struggle with Tony Marsh. The name Felday was chosen because it was the March 2018

medieval name Peter's home village of Holmbury St. Mary in Surrey. From the front as far back as the cockpit the Felday is Lotus 20 (junior) but from the cockpit back she is completely original being designed by both Peter Westbury and Hugh Haskell of Lotus while valuable assistance was given by chief Mechanic Rupert Kosmala. Edward Turner's Daimler V-8 engine gave good low down power and torque and was fitted with a Roots supercharger blowing at some 8lb. p.s.i. carried in the V between the cylinders. The Felday last appeared at Shelsley Walsh in 2009 when the Jaguar and Daimler Heritage Trust presented their plaque to MAC on the occasion of the 50th. Anniversary of the Daimler SP250 commemorating Daimler being the first record holder at Shelsley Walsh. Winning the the 1963 RAC Hill Climb Championship the Felday Daimler was subsequently campaigned by the founder of Gilbern Cars a Mr. Peter Taffy Cottrell, who had considerable success with it. He was known throughout Britain as the Welsh 'Flying Milkman' from the time he owned a dairy business. Apparently the car then passed through various dealers until in 1985 it was bought by the present owner, Ron Welsh. He took it to Peter Denty who recognised this to be the Felday Daimler and put Ron in contact with Peter Westbury who confirmed the identity. Finally in 1995 Ron Welsh took the Felday Daimler chassis back to Peter Denty for restoration. Ron has very kindly allowed Christopher Dalton drive the car for the appreciation of all Hill Climb enthusiasts.

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New Unnamed Classic Car Group meeting. Old Waggon and Horses, Stourbridge Road, Kidderminster, West Midlands January 2018 By Simon and Janet Wright.

Variety in the line up. Audi TT, MG B GT, Skoda Felicia Estate and Ford Classic are just some of the vehicles at the meeting

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1958 Chevrolet Bel-Air

The first meeting of the year for the New Unnamed Classic Car Group saw a really good turnout on a bright but cold winters afternoon. The group meet on the field behind the Old Waggon and Horses public house on the A451 between Stourbridge and Kidderminster on the border between the West Midlands, South © Simon Wright Staffordshire and Worcestershire. The meet starts at a nice 12 noon on a Sunday, giving owners the chance of a lie in before cleaning their car and coming 1958 Chevrolet Bel-Air

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© Simon Wright to show it off. The first car that stood out was a large duotone 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air in gold and white. The 1957 model has always been a classic with large fins and lots of chromework. The 1958 model was the third 1958 Chevrolet Bel-Air generation model, lower, longer and heavier and had smaller and more refined rear fins, but a similar front end, still with plenty of chrome work round the grill. This model was fitted with the first Chevrolet production big block V8 5.7 litre engine. It helped Chevrolet take the number one sales spot in America in 1958 knocking Ford off the top spot from 1957. Early Japanese cars were fairly boring 3 box type designs, but from the early 1980s, the designs became nothing short of stunning. The cars were always mechanically reliable, good value for money, with some high performance varieties available. By the 1980s they had mastered the aerodynamic design and

Nissan 300ZX

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the cars looked stunning. A good example were a pair of Nissan cars on display. The Nissan Skyline has always been a high performance vehicle, but a slightly more conventional design. Next to it was the much more aerodynamic Nissan 300ZX, also known as the Nissan Fairlady Z in other countries. The Z32 was a new design in 1989 as a 3 door coupe. Powered by a 3 litre V6 engine, some fitted with twin turbos, over 164,000 were built over the eleven year production run. Another interesting feature on the twin turbo versions was active rear wheel steering, called Super HICAS. The turbo charged version developed 300 hp, while the conventional V6 produced 222 hp. The car has a governed top speed of 155 mph. 1969 MG 1300

Ford Capri

An interesting contrast in White and Black were a pair of 1970 popular cars. The Ford Capri was marketed as a sporting coupe, and there was a nice white version with a black vynyl roof, which was popular in the day. To prove the point there was another white car with a black vynyl roof, a 1969 MG 1300 Mk II saloon. Based on the Austin Morris 1100 ADO 16, the MG badged version was the sportier model fitted with the 1275cc A Series engine, but fitted with single SU carburettor. In both 1100cc and March 2018

1275cc versions, over 26,240 were built between 1968 and 1971, using the unique Hydrolastic suspension. One of the grandest cars at the meet was a 1937 red Rolls Royce Phantom. The owner took great pride in firing up the 7.3 litre V12 engine which was very smooth and quiet while ticking © Simon Wright over. The Mk III model was the last of the large pre war Rolls Royce saloons of which 727 were built between 1936 and 1939. It was the only V12 Rolls Royce until the 1998 Rolls Royce Silver 1937 Rolls Royce Phantom 3

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Sooda Felicia 1600 pickup truck Seraph. At the other end of the motoring spectrum was a yellow 1999 Skoda Felicia Fun 1600 pickup truck fitted with a Truckman Aero Top which covers the fold out rear seats and luggage area. As usual there was a good turn out from the local MG Owners, with an impressive line up of MG P and MG TF sportscars, mixed with various modern MG saloons built at nearby Longbridge, lining the edge of the field.

One car that caught the eye was a very nice blue 2001 MG ZT 190 saloon. It was the 283rd ZT 190 car built at Longbridge by MG Rover, between 2001 and 2005. It was based on the previous Rover 75 with updated suspension and brakes and

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Impressive MG Turnout

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1959 Rover 100 P4

revised engine tuning. Another eye catching MG was a bright yellow 2003 MG with the number plate MG53 ZST. The distinctive car had a nice union jack paint splash design on the rear wing end plates, yellow and black design wheels and a unique exterior wing mirror design featuring pin up models. Rover showed how designs changed over the 1960s. The 1959 Rover 100 P4 showed a traditional design with its 2.2 litre engine. Over 130,000 were built between 1949 and 1964. The Rover P6, in both 3.5 V8 (red) and 2.2 Twin Cam (brown) saw 322,302 built between 1963 and 1977. March 2018

Rover P6 3.5 V8 and 2.2 Twin Cam

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Not sure if this is an original Mini colour

Ford Classic

Toyota MR2

Rover, BMW and Morgan all lined up together. © Janet Wright

Audi Coupe

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Lotus Exige 2010

Talbot Sunbeam Lotus

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Chateau Impney Hill Climb Press Launch 8th February 2018 By Simon & Janet Wright

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Alfa Romeo Tipo B (3 lined up out side the Chateau Impney Hotel for the Hill Climb event launch

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Climb and the Bugatti Owners’ Club will jointly award the ERA Challenge Trophy for the best performance by an ERA or ERA © Janet Wright

1959 Lotus 11

The Chateau Impney Hill Climb will be held over the weekend of the 7th-8th July 2018. Now in it’s fourth year since the relaunch, the event continues to grow and expand each year. After the success of 2017 with around 16,000 spectators, it is hoped this year to have around 18,000 visitors and guests to the event over the weekend. © Simon Wright The format of the main event remains the same, a hill climb against the clock over the 885 metre course for 200 invited pre 1967 cars. The entry, as in previous years, will be split in to different classes, giving all competitors the chance to win on this fabulous course. Also like last year, the Chateau Impney Hill Rod Spollon Chairman of the Chateau Impney Hill Climb Club

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ERA and Connaught on the terrace outside Chateau Impney Hotel.

engined car at both La Vie en Bleu, held at the Prescott Hill Climb course, and the Chateau Impney Hill Climb. New for this year is that the event will also host the second round of Ralli 22 (see © Simon Wright News section for more details) where Group B, Group A and WRC rally cars will compete against the clock up the hill climb course for the first time. The sight and sound of some of the Group B fire breathing Ford RS200 Group B rally car

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Chateau Impney, with a selected 25 cars making a demo run up the hill. So far it is confirmed that the new Bugatti Chiron and the Bugatti Veyron Super Sports will both be attending. There should also be several Formula 1 cars making demo runs up the hill during the lunchtime break on both days. Away from the track there will be many other attractions to keep the crowds entertained, including a vintage funfair and a trading village with at least 20 prestigious traders in attendance. Also, as in previous years, there will be an RAF flying display, details of which should be released nearer the event. © Janet Wright

Domenic Delaney had a quick trip over the grass in his Peugeot 205 GTi GpA rally car

monster rally cars at full speed up the hill should be a sight and sound that will be remembered for years. Another new attraction for 2018 is the Michelin Supercar Expo, which will be run in conjunction with the Supercar Driver Club. This will be 100 supercars on display within the grounds of

1950 Jaguar XK

Bentley, Ferrari and Porsche super car line up

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The Footman James Concours d’Elegance will also return, and this year they are celebrating the Best of British. The display will include Aston Martin, Bentley, Jaguar, Lotus, Morgan and Rolls Royce. Every year the spectators have the chance to vote for their favourite vehicle, from those on display, and this year there will also be a special judge to offer their professional opinion on Page 20

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Connaught and ERA outside Chateau Impney

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The first Morgan Plus 8 the deserving winner. Local motor manufacturer Morgan is returning in 2018 to celebrate its 50th anniversary of the Plus 8 Morgan. They will have the first Morgan Plus 8 (MMC 11) running alongside the brand new Plus 8 and an exhibition stand to show off a variety of exciting products from their product line.

At this Press launch for the 2018 event, we had a demonstration by Alastair Moffatt, who in July will be attempting to break the World record for the fastest time to complete 8 figures of eight between Alastair Moffatt Stunt driver two parked Fiat Abarth 595’s while driving a Fiat Abarth 124 Spider (See our film of the demonstration of our YouTube channel Classic and Competition Car here https://youtu.be/wlXLIBw_sso ) © Janet Wright

Morgan 3 wheeler line up.

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Alastair Moffatt demonstrating the figure of eight stunt

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Another highlight for many motor sport fans will be the appearance of the V16 BRM Grand Prix car from the National Motor Museum, as driven by the great Manuel Fangio and Sir Stirling Moss. The fantastic V16 engine is supposed to produce 600 bhp at 12,000 rpm. It will be on display all over the weekend and will hopefully perform a demonstration run each day during the lunch break. © Simon Wright

Jaguar E-Type

Finally there will be a dedicated classic car park where members of the public will be able to park their classic or interesting vehicles and people will be able roam around and admire them. © Simon Wright

Range rover Velar D300 HSE

The Land Rover Experience will once again allow people to enjoy the capabilities of these fantastic 4x4 vehicles as they are driven over the man made vehicle climbing structure, designed to simulate the kinds of inclines and obstacles these vehicles can navigate with ease. March 2018

Rod Spollon driving the Austin single seater

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Lotus 11 © Janet Wright

1934 Alfa Romeo Tipo B P3

Rod Spollon poses by the Chaparral 2

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Impressive line up for the launch event

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2017/18 SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series Round 4. Speedworks/HRC NZ Motor Cup meeting Hampton Downs, Northern Waikato. 26-28 January 2018.

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SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series action from the NZ Motor Cup meeting at Hamptons Downs today as Ken Smith (Lola T332 #11) leads Michael Collins (McRae GM1 #27) and the rest of the field in the first race.

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2017/18 SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series Round 4. Speedworks/ HRC NZ Motor Cup meeting Hampton Downs, Northern Waikato. 26-28 January 2018. F5000 ACE SMITH BACK TO HIS DOMINANT BEST AT HAMPTON DOWNS, AFTER HEAT FORCES RESCHEDULE OF FIRST F5000 RACE AT HAMPTON DOWNS Ken Smith (Lola T322) will be one of five former series title holders contesting the Sweltering hot SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman temperatures forced an Cup Revival Series races early end to the first day of competition at the Speedworks/HRC NZ Motor Cup meeting at Hampton Downs, with the first SAS Autoparts MSC F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series race of the weekend rescheduled for first thing on Sunday morning. The schedule was called after the first TRS, Honda Cup and Historic Formula Ford races as the surface of the Hampton Downs circuit started breaking up in the 30 degrees C+ temperatures. Asphalt contractors worked overnight to repair the sections of track – the braking and apex areas of the two infield hairpins – worst affected. Earlier in the day series super-veteran Ken Smith (Lola T332) lapped under Michael Lyons’ outright national circuit lap record (59.483) to claim pole position for the first race with a time of 59.424. In doing so he was the only driver in the SAS Autoparts March 2018

MSC category to crack the minute mark around the 2.800km circuit and the lap was almost a second (0.988) quicker than that of fellow front row starter Michael Collins (McRae GM1) who clocked a best time of 1.00.412, and just over a second (1.228) faster than third placed Andy Higgins (Lola T332). Aaron Burson (McRae GM1) continued his strong run from the Taupo round last weekend to set the fourth quickest time, while former series title holder Ian Clements from Christchurch (Lola T332) enjoyed an impressive return with the fifth quickest qualifying lap. After engine issues saw him park his unique 3.4litre Ford-engined March 75 at Taupo last weekend, Greg Thornton pressed his other F5000 car, the ex Peter Gethin, Race of Champions-winning Chevron B32 back into service to qualify seventh. Dave Arrowsmith was again the quickest of the Class A (for earlier category cars) runners with the eighth quickest time. Missing from the session, meanwhile, was © Fast Company/Geoff Ridder

Driving one of three McLarens in the field was Tim Rush in the McLaren M22 #20)

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category newcomer Mike Creswell from Tauranga. He blew the because of that, as well as a number of oil spills during the gearbox in his recently acquired ex Clark Proctor March 73A-1 day, conditions were slippery, particularly if you got off the apart in the final practise session on Friday and looked set to racing line. “Overall, I am pretty happy with the day,’ he said. miss the rest of the meeting. ‘Though conditions weren’t that good, especially in that last In a race against time, meanwhile, Auckland driver Grant race. You could see a trail of neat glossy oil all the way Martin missed qualifying while he dynoed up a new engine to around, so you didn’t really want to put the acid down in case replace the one that lost oil pressure during the Taupo Historic you swapped ends.” Grand Prix race at the Taupo round of the SAS Autoparts MSC Second in all three races and the driver who set the quickest Series last weekend, but race lap in the first race of the © Fast Company/Geoff Ridder arrived just in time to find out day was Andy Higgins in his that the first race had been Lola T332. “Yes, he said. ‘the postponed! car is going well, we just didn’t Evergreen F5000 category get a handle on the track this pacesetter Ken Smith (Lola weekend. Kenny had the T332) was back to his same problems but he dominant best in the SAS obviously he got a better Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 handle on it than we did!!” Tasman Cup Revival Series Third in each race after what races at the big NZ Motor Cup he agreed was one of his best Toyota Racing Series (TRS) and definitely most consistent meeting at Hampton Downs on SAS Autoparts MSC series Sunday. The stereotyperace weekends was Aaron defying 75-year-old contesting Burson in his McRae GM1. his 60 consecutive season of Despite heavy pressure from Ken Smith leads Michael Collins national level motor racing in series points leader Michael this country was in imperious form, winning all three category Collins in the final race Burson held on to third place and races from pole position and setting the fastest lap in the declared himself well pleased with the efforts of everyone in his second and third. family-run team. “It’s just been one of those weekends where All three SAS Autoparts MSC races were run on Sunday after everything just clicked, “ he said. “The car went really well. It the first, scheduled for Saturday afternoon, was postponed had good grip, the engine ran strong and I guess I responded because the track surface was breaking up in the heatwave to that." conditions. Though the first race started at 8.20am the ambient Young gun Michael Collins had a mixed weekend, pulling out temperature was still in the high 20s, and Smith said that of the opening race with a gear selection issue, but (once it March 2018

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was identified and fixed) working his way back up to sixth in the second race (from the rear of the grid) before finishing fourth behind Smith Higgins, and Burson in the 12-lap final. A move on fellow McRae driver Burson was on the cards mid-race, the pair side by side at one stage, until Collins ran wide on the outside and lost his momentum as Burson held his line. “I got into the marbles,“ Collins said, “and I understeered off the track. By the time I had gathered it all up Aaron was gone.” Defending SAS Autoparts MSC series title holder Brett Willis (Lola T330) was always in the mix, collecting two fourths and a fifth, the later in the 12 lap final where early on he and category newcomer Tony Galbraith enjoyed a spirited dice. After sorting out some issues with his Lola T332 at Taupo last weekend Galbraith said he was just happy to have a quick and reliable car so he could focus on getting a feel for it under racing conditions. © Fast Company/Geoff Ridder

Third in that race was Aaron Burson (McRae GM1 #29) seen here leading Brett Willis (Lola T332 #16) and Greg Thornton (Chevron B32

After some giant-killing performances in the first two races Class A standout David Arrowsmith (Lotus 70) was brought down to earth in the final race, finishing a hard-earned tenth. “ I had the inside line between Turns 1 and 2, but half way down the straight everybody started coming across and I had nowhere but the grass to go. By the time I got back on the track everybody had got past.” UK-based series regular Greg Thornton (Chevron B32) ran as high as fifth early on before pitting and ending up classified 13th. Having worked hard all week to build a new engine after problems at Taupo last weekend Talon MR1A driver Grant Martin was rewarded with a weekend best seventh place in in final, ahead of Shayne Windelburn (Lola T400) who managed to hold off former series title-holder Ian Clements for his own Auckland’s Andy Higgins (Lola T332#4)

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Best of the Class A runners was David Arrowsmith (Lotus 70 #67).

weekend-best eighth place. Earlier in the day the second SAS Autoparts MSC Series race was another Ken Smith benefit with all 18 cars starting and finishing. The only real issue came late in the race when Greg Thornton left a trail of oil spray behind him as he drove to fifth. The oil came from a fractured oil cooler leaking the hot fluid onto his Chevron's mufflers. An embarrassed Thornton said he only realised the oil smoke was coming from his car when he crossed the finish line, and wondered aloud why he had not been shown the mechanical/oil flag earlier. The good news for young gun Michael Collins was that the gear selection problem that saw him pull off the track with just two laps to go in the first race was traced to a broken weld in an external selector rod which was easily fixed. Though he had to start the second race from the rear of the grid the 21-year-old worked his way up to sixth place at the flag, March 2018

only stopped from getting closer and in a position to pass Thornton by the oil spray coating his helmet visor! After tangling under brakes into Turn 2 on the opening lap, meanwhile, both Glenn Richards and Ian Clements were able to continue, finishing 12th (Ian) and 13th (Glenn) respectively. Smithâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s winning run started first thing on Sunday morning with a runaway win in the first SAS Autoparts MSC race of the weekend which had been postponed from Saturday. With sections of the track repaired overnight but still slippery Smith burst into an early lead and quickly built a buffer as Michael Collins and Andy Higgins scrapped over second place. Behind them Aaron Burson held fourth place from Brett Willis who in turn had Greg Thornton trying to find a way past. David Arrowsmith was again the quickest of the Class A runners, starting eighth and finishing sixth, this time ahead of a Lola freight train led by David Banks with Tony Galbraith, Glenn Richards and Ian Clements finishing the race line astern. Having missed the qualifying session on Saturday morning Grant Martin drove from the back of the grid up to 12 th spot in front of Shayne Windelburn, Tim Rush (McLaren M22) and Peter Burson (McRae GM1). Just when it looked like Collins and Higgins would share the podium with Smith, Collins slowed and pulled off the track with gear selection uses with two laps to go. Grabbing the opportunity with both hands Higgins put down the hammer, setting the quickest race lap as he started to close the gap on Smith, reducing it to 2.951 by the time the flag came out. The 2017/18 SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series is organised and run with the support of sponsors SAS Autoparts, MSC, NZ Express Transport, Bonney's Specialised Bulk Transport, Mobil Lubricants, Pacifica, Avon Tyres, Webdesign and Exide Batteries. The category is one of five supporting the Toyota Racing Series Page 29

at Hampton Downs this weekend. Others include the TradeZone GT3-GT4s, Nexen Tyre Mazda Pro 7s, Motul Honda Cup and Formula Libre and Historic Formula Ford. You can follow the 2017/18 series on Facebook at F5000 New Zealand or on the NZ F5000 Association's website www.F5000.co.nz

2017/18 SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series Race 1 (8 laps) 1. Ken Smith (Lola T332) 8 laps 2. Andrew Higgins (Lola T332) +2.951 3. Aaron Burson (McRae GM1) +16.070 4. Brett Willis (Lola T330) +16.681 5. Gregory Thornton (Chevron B32) +26.516 6. David Arrowsmith (Lotus 70) +28.018 7. David Banks (Lola T332) +28.337 8. Tony Galbraith (Lola T332) +32.874 9. Glenn Richards (Lola T400) +38.74 10. Ian Clements (Lola T332) +40.105 11. Grant Martin (Talon MR1A) +40.941 12. Shayne Windelburn (Lola T400) +41.461 13. Tim Rush (McLaren M22) +52.938 14. Peter Burson (McRae GM1) +1 lap 15. Michael Collins (McRae GM1) +2 laps dnf Frank Karl (McLaren M10B) Race 2 (8 laps) 1. Ken Smith (Lola T332) 8 laps 2. Andrew Higgins (Lola T332) +4.010 3. Aaron Burson (McRae GM1) +20.662 4. Brett Willis (Lola T330) +23.795 5. Gregory Thornton (Chevron B32) +25.318 March 2018

6. Michael Collins (McRae GM1) +33.545 7. Tony Galbraith (Lola T332) +39.055 8. Grant Martin (Talon MR1A) +39.501 9. David Arrowsmith (Lotus 70) +48.103 10. David Banks (Lola T332) +48.612 11. Shayne Windelburn (Lola T400) +48.786 12. Ian Clements (Lola T332) +53,762 13. Glenn Richards (Lola T400) +1.00.497 14. Tim Rush (McLaren M22) +1.00.822 15. Peter Burson (McRae GM1) +1.12.334 16. Tony Roberts (McLaren M10A) + 1 lap 17. Frank Karl (McLaren M10B) + 1 lap 18. Kerry McIntosh (Begg FM2) + 1 lap Race 3 (12 laps) 1. Ken Smith (Lola T332) 12 laps 2. Andrew Higgins (Lola T332) +3.745 3. Aaron Burson (McRae GM1) +21.646 4. Michael Collins (McRae GM1) +22.113 5. Brett Willis (Lola T330) +28.912 6. Tony Galbraith (Lola T332) +32.496 7. Grant Martin (Talon MR1A) +39.873 8. Shayne Windelburn (Lola T400) +47.216 9. Ian Clements (Lola T332) +47.589 10. David Arrowsmith (Lotus 70) +1.02.084 11. Tim Rush (McLaren M22) +1 lap 12. Peter Burson (McRae GM1) +1 lap 13. Gregory Thornton (Chevron B32) +2 laps 14. Frank Karl (McLaren M10B) + 2 laps 18. Kerry McIntosh (Begg FM2) + 2 laps DNF. Glenn Richards (Lola T400) DNS. David Banks, Tony Roberts. Â Page 30

Archive Photo of the month.

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By Pete Austin.

One of the star attractions at this years Race Retro was Brian Redman who now resides in the United States. This image was taken at Brands Hatch in 1971 and shows Brian in Sid Taylor's F5000 McLaren M18. He told me that this car was not very nice to drive but despite this I am reminded that he won both F5000 events held at Brands that year

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Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique Banbury Passage Control 1st February By Simon Wright with additional photos by Pete Austin Chris Mockridge & John Varney -

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Mini Cooper S leave the start ramp at Banbury passage control

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The 21st Rallye MonteCarlo Historique and Rally Monte Carlo Classique had one of it’s many European Starting points in Glasow. The Historique rally is only open to cars which participated in the MonteCarlo Rally between 1955 and 1980. The FIA Historic Regularity Rally had a massive entry, with crews starting at various countries in Europe, with the northern teams regrouping © Simon Wright at Reims in France, before continuing south to Monaco. The crews that started in Scotland on the 31st January, had a lunch time break and Passage Control Triumph Herald Course on the start ramp in the centre of Banbury on Thursday 1st February. At the restart, after lunch, the cars were flagged off by Colin Clarke, the Mayor of Banbury © Simon Wright and Maurice Billington, the Chairman of Cherwell Council. Banbury made a big effort for the event, closing the town centre and arranging for historic Rally Cars and vintage and classic cars to be displayed in the market square and town centre. Twelve cars

Maurice Billington Chairman of Cherwell Council with Colin Clarke March 2018 Mayor of Banbury

started from Glasgow, heading for Monte Carlo and included some real classic rally cars from the 1960s and 70s. Saab, Volvo, Lancia, Mini Cooper, Mercedes, Jaguar, MG, Ford and Triumph were all represented in the event. The overall winners were the 1978 Opel Kadett GTE Gordon and David Glen Italian crew of Historique Gianmaria Aghem and Diego Cumino driving a 1965 Lancia Fulvia Coupe 1200. © Pete Austin The Greek crew of George Delaportas and Spyros Moustakas in a Volkswagen Golf GTi finished 2nd, winning their Group.The Polish crew of Stanislaw and Andrzej Postawka completed the podium in their Zastavam 1100. Continuing the International feel to 1971 Porsche 914/6 Alexander McEwen Alan Stark Historique

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1971 Saab 96 V4 Donald Carslaw and John Duke Historique

this event, Toni Hansen and Per Brodersen from Denmark finished 4th overll in an Audi 80 GLE. The French crew of © Simon Wright Raymond Durand and Sébastien Chol in an Opel Kadett GTE were 5th and rounding out the top six were the Belgium Opel Ascona 2000 of Michel Decremer and Yannick Albert. The top British pairing were Nicholas and Peter Moss in a BMW 2002 Ti who were 78th overall. From the crews that started in Glasow, the best finishers were the French crew of Gérard Thill and Colette Roubaud in their Saab 96 V4 who finished in 97th place overall. Next best was the Fiat 124

Coupe of John Roberts and Oliver Tomlins who were in 181st place. Third of the Scottish starters at the finish were David Glen and Andrew Sturgess who got their Ford Escort RS 2000 Mk II in to 214th place. Unfortunately not all the cars from 1965 Volvo 122S Craig McGibbon Karsten Brown Glasgow made it to the finish line at Monte-Carlo and the first of the ‘British starters’ to fail was Lancia Fulvia 1600 HF of Ritson and Michael Thomas who retired with mechanical failure after ZR07. Two of the normally relaible 2 stroke Saab 96 V4s as driven by Donald Carslaw/John Duke and Iain MacDonald and Patrick Toorell both went out, and finally Gordon and David Glen retired their Opel Kadett on ZR 15, the final stage between Saint Sauveur sur Tinée to Beuil.

Mercedes and Jaguar lined up ready for restart

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1978 Ford Escort RS 2000 Mk II David Glen and Andrew Sturgess. © Simon Wright

1971 Saab 96 V4 Gerard Thill and Colette Roubaud France. © Simon Wright

1972 Lancia Fulvia 1600 HF Ritson Thomas Michael Thomas.

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1972 Fiat 124 Coupe John Roberts and Oliver Tomlins Historique.

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To celebrate the 21st edition of the Rallye MonteCarlo Historique, there was a second running of the Rallye Monte-Carlo Classique. This was a noncompetitive event which allowed exceptional cars that competed in the Rallye Monte-Carlo between 1911 and 1969 to take part in the concentration leg to Bourgoin-Jailleu in Isère without time restrictions and without check-points. For the © Pete Austin Classique, twelve cars started from Glasgow and one from Reims. There was an interesting selection of vehicles in Ben Stephens & Sorrel Gilbert - Triumph Monte Carlo the Classique, like the Belgian run 1937 Chevrolet Coupe of Albert de Mey and Roland de Bargigli. The oldest cars starting from Glasgow were a 1934 Lagonda M45 tourer driven by James Mann and Tracey Miklaucich and a 1934 Triumph Monte-Carlo driven by Ben Stephens and Sorrel Gilbert. With Abingdon not far away, there was good representation from former local manufacturer MG with three different models running, the 1971 MG BGT, the 1969 MG B and a 1949 MG TC, all popular sports March 2018

1949 MG TC John Lomas Daniel Hunter Classique

cars in their day. Proving that Ford had rally cars before the all conquering Ford Escort, there were two earlier Ford rally cars in the Classique entry. The 1950 Ford Prefect 100E was driven by David Tindal and Alan © Pete Austin Falconer, while the slightly later 1953 Ford 103 Popular was driven by Ian Glass and Ray Jones. An unlikely rally car was the luxurious Rover 100 P4 saloon, driven by Gordon Scott Fanning & Hugh Liddle - Hillman Imp

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Gordon & Duncan West - Rover 100 P4

and Duncan Best. The P4 model was first built in 1949 as a mid-size luxury saloon with a conventional front engine, rear wheel drive system. The Rover 100 was announced in October 1959 with a new 2.6 litre straight 6 engine. This gave the car a top speed of 100 mph, and was equipped with servoassisted Girling disc brakes on the front and Drum brakes on the rear. Overdrive on top gear only, was also a standard fitting. By the end of production in

1962, over 16,500 had been built. A more popular clubman rally car of the period was the superb Hillman Imp. The small saloon had great traction from the rear engine driving the rear wheels, and the light weight aluminium engine. It was a © Simon Wright

Albert de Mey and Roland de Bargigli Belgium 1937 Chevrolet Coupe.

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Andrzej & Mateusz Szmidt - Triumph

Herald

direct competitor to its main rival the Austin Mini. The Imp was in production between 1963 and 1976. The Hillman Imp taking place in the Classique was driven by Scott Fanning and Hugh Liddle. Finally, bringing coals to Newcastle, a Polish crew of Andrzej Szmidt and Mateusz Szmidt arrived to compete in a Triumph Herald, built in nearby Coventry in 1966. Page 37

Porsche 911

Jaguar XK © Simon Wright

Riley Elf Rally car

Rover Course car

Fiat Abarth 131 © Simon Wright

Austin 1800

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Subaru Impreza

Austin Maxi ‘Puff’

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One corner of the market square played host to several marathon rally cars, including Puff, the Magic wagon Austin Maxi, the Beauty Box Austin 1800, The World Cup Rally Triumph 2500 Pi and the Andrew Cowan, Brian Coyle and Colin Malkin Hillman

Vauxhall Chevette HSR

Banbury had made a big effort to make a celebration of the passage control in the town centre for the Rallye Monte-Carlo. Scattered around the town centre were displays of classic cars and historic rally cars, including in the market square. Prodrive, whose base in in Banbury, next to the M40 motorway helped develop the Subaru Impreza and the new Mini rally cars and both were on show © Simon Wright

Hillman Hunter

Hunter. Lined up down the car park were various classic cars and a line up of MG sports cars on the other side. © Simon Wright

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Mini Countryman

MG B lineup

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1938 Triumph Dolomite 14/60

Talbot Lotus Sunbeam, Delotti and Clan Crusader

Riley 9 WD Tourer

1938 Austin Ten

1937 Riley

Subaru Owners Club line up

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Jaguar SS reproduction

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Race Retro International Historic Motorsport Show Stoneleigh Park, Coventry. 23rd-25th February 2018. By Simon & Janet Wright with additional photos by Pete Austin. The McLaren M14A of Dan Gurney and the Connew Formula 1 car as part of the Motor Sport display area

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The sixteenth running of Europe’s number one International Historic Motorsport Show, Race Retro, was held between the 23rd and 25th of February 2018 at Stoneleigh Park, near Coventry. Spread over four halls, the event covered all aspects of Historic motorsport and proved to be one of the best yet. The organisers had assembled a perfect selection of vehicles to display, covering several different themes. One of the shows special attractions over the weekend is a live action rally stage, © Simon Wright

Entrance display - 1948 Connaught L2. One of only 16 built between 1948 and 1951. This car was raced in Formula II finishing 4th in the first heat of the 1950 Grand Prix des Frontiers, Chimay, Belgium.

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Brian Redman on the Motor Sport Stage

and there is a separate Auction sale with both competition cars and classic cars and motorcycles all offered for sale. Powered by Motor Sport magazine, the show attracted 23,100 people over the three days, a ten percent increase over last year. Motor Sport Hall of Fame inductee Brian Redman had flown in from the USA especially for the show. He appeared on the Motor Sport stage to discuss his illustrious career, when in © Janet Wright the late 60s and early 1970s he raced Grand Prix for Cooper, Williams, Surtees, McLaren, BRM and Shadow, Formula 5000 and Sports cars including driving the legendary Gulf Porsche 917 and as part of the Ferrari 312PB sports car team and for Alfa Romeo. Another star of the stage and the rally stage was two times World Rally Champion Miki Biasion from Italy. As well Miki Biasion

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Chevron B8

Ford Escort Mk III RS1700T

1961 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Speciale on the HERO stand

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F2 Lola T60 on the Vintage RaceCar stand

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Lancia 037

as entertaining the audience with tales from his rallying past, he then went outside over the weekend and showed he hadn’t lost any of his skills behind the wheel of a rally car. He was due to drive a Lancia Delta, similar to the one in which he won the World Championship, but the car had mechanical problems and he switched to a beautifully restored Lancia Fulvia instead. Inside Hall 3, next to the Motor Sport Stage, were several major static displays of competition cars and motorcycles. The Miki Biasion display included a Lancia 037, a rally Ford Sierra Sapphire Cosworth and a Martini Lancia Delta Integrale rally car. There was another © Janet Wright display of four cars from Prodrive, to represent another Hall of Fame inductee David Richards. These included a Formula 1 Lucky Strike BAR Honda 006 as driven Ford Sierra Sapphire Cosworth

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F1 BAR Honda

by Jenson Button, when Dave Richards was the team Manager. The next car was an Aston Martin GTE which raced in the GTEPro and GTe-Am class of the FIA World Endurance Championship. The Porsche 911 SC RS was the car that secured Prodrive’s first points in the World Rally Championship when Saeed Al Hajri and John Spiller took the car to fifth place in the 1985 Acropolis Rally. © Simon Wright

Porsche 911 SC RS

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There was a superb selection of cars to celebrate 40 years of Ground Effects in the Motor Sport Hall of Fame area. Colin Chapman’s Lotus 79 was a landmark aerodynamic design which raced in 1978. Mario Andretti won its debut race in Belgium and took four more victories that year to win the World Championship title. Patrick Head continued the ground effect design with the Williams FW07 which scored the Williams teams first Grand Prix victory when Clay Regazzoni won the 1979 British Grand Prix at Silverstone. The car then F1 Lotus 79 took Australian Alan Jones to five Grand Prix victories and the 1980 World Championship title. The other © Janet Wright two single seaters in this display were a 1983 Ralt RTS 3 Formula 3 car as raced by Martin Brundle and a Formula 2 Chevron BMW F1 Williams FW07 B48-79 as March 2018

F2 Chevron BMW B48

driven by Siegfried Stohr in the 1979 European Formula 2 Championship. Other Grand Prix cars also featured in this area of the show were an Arrows A4, and an Ensign N180, plus a Formula 2 Toleman TG280. Moving over to sports cars, the Porsche 956 was the first Porsche to use Ground Effect aerodynamics. The design generated three times more downforce than the Porsche 917. © Pete Austin

Porsche 956

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There was a tribute to the late, great American driver Dan Gurney with the display of a McLaren M14A. In 1970, after the tragic death of Bruce McLaren while testing his new McLaren Can-Am car, Dan Gurney was drafted in to the team. Their other regular driver Denny Hulme had burned his hands at Indianapolis, so Gurney took over in both Can_am and Grand Prix. He won at Mosport Park in the Can-Am M8D less than two weeks after Bruce McLarens death, and drove the McLaren M14A in several Grand Prix, helping to keep the team focused in their darkest hour. Displayed next to the McLaren was the recently restored and colourful Connew Formula 1 car from the early 1970s. In Hall 2, where people entered the show, the main club displays were located on Speed Street that cut right through the middle of the hall. The largest club display was the Historic © Pete Austin

HSCC Stand Mallock Mk21 of John Harrison

Sports Car Club (HSCC) stand, which featured eight cars representing the many different championships that the club organise. One of the special cars on display, representing the Guards Trophy series, was a Chevron B8 recently acquired by Westie Mitchell, to show the clubs celebration of the Chevron B8 at the Oulton Park Gold Cup meeting. The other cars on the stand were a Ralt RT3 of Gaius Ghinn from Classic Formula 3, © Janet Wright

Tina Kerridge and Bron Burrell on the Motor Sport stage

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Chevron B8 of Westie Mitchell on HSCC stand

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1969 De Sanctis F3 car

TVR Car Club stand © Simon Wright

MGCC Stand

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Wheels and Tyres everywhere

Toyota rally car

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a Bond Historic Formula Junior of Jon Goddard-Watts, a Classic Clubmans Mallock Mk21 of John Harrison and an Historic Formula Ford Merlyn Mk20 from Marcus Pye. The © Janet Wright other three cars were a Historic Touring Cars Ford Anglia of Neil Wood, a Historic RoadSports Morgan Plus 8 of Richard Plant and representing Historic Sporting Trials was a Cannon from Frank Lyons. On Sunday the club, represented by Frank Lyons and HSCC CEO Graham White, presented the 2017 Frank Lyons, Mike Mayfield and Marshal of the year Grahame White award to Mike Mayfield. The Vintage Sports Car © Simon Wright Club (VSCC) only had a single car on their stand, but it was the magnificent ERA R4D as driven by Nick Topliss. This was the only D ever built, as a works development vehicle. It once belonged to Raymond Mays, who achieved fastest time of day records and victories with the car in the 1950s. It delivers almost 300 bhp to the rear wheels VSCC Stand with ERA R4D

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750 Motor Club stand

and has been timed at over 160 mph. The 750 Motor Club had 4 cars on their stand, plus a chassis designed by Former Brabham Grand Prix designer Gordon Murray. In his quest for lightness he sourced a titanium pedal assembly, and even hollowed out rear axle half shafts. © Simon Wright

Gordon Murray 750 design chassis

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Shelsley Walsh hill climb course had three single seaters on their stand, including a Formula 2 Toleman single seater which had run at last years Classic Nostaligia meeting. They were promoting their 2018 events and announced the theme of this years Classsic Nostalgia meeting (See page 5) Hall 1 was mainly dedicated to Rallying, with a large display from Rallying with Group B, which were also involved in operating Midland Automobile Club Stand the Live Rally stage outside. Many of the cars on the stand were Group B rallying supercars, like an MG Metro 6R4, a Ford RS200 and a Ford Escort. Historic Rallying had several cars crammed on their stand, which was really too full and you could not fully appreciate the vehicles on display, which was a shame as there was a Saab 96 and an Audi Quattro on there. There were several displays relating to marathon rallies, such as the London to Sydney Rally. These events seemed to

breed a different type of rally car to those that were winning on the shorter stage rallies like the RAC Rally and the Monte Carlo Rally. The Long Distance events had rally cars like the Austin 1800 ‘Landcrab’ and the Ford Cortina Hall 4 was half used as parc ferme for the cars taking part in the rally stage over the weekend. The other half of the hall was full of stalls with autojumble, car parts and memorbillia plus the “Pride of the Paddock” competition. This was another fantastic © Janet Wright line up of racing and rallying

Rallying with Group B stand in Hall 1

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Pride of the Paddock winner Jim Angliss Ford Anglia 105E

vehicles which the public vote for to crown a winner on the Sunday afternoon. The winner was Jim Angliss’ modified 1967 Ford Anglia 105E which just beat Mike Mayfield’s 1986 Lada Samara in a close competition. For the Motorcycles, it was the Retro and Café Racer competition, and the winner here was last years runner up Ken Perch with his 1962 Honda CB92 that won from the 1963 BSA Rocket Goldstar café racer belonging to Steve Taylor. There were other displays of classic racing motorcycles in Hall 3, including displays of Norton racing bikes as well as classic Japanese racing motorcycles. © Simon Wright

Norton lineup

The show Director Lee Masters, said “After the response to last year’s event under the new ownership of Clarion Events, we wanted visitors and exhibitors to see yet another step change for Race Retro, showing our commitment to the industry and firmly securing our position as Europe’s number one histroic motorsport season opener.” The next Race Retro will be held on the 22nd-24th February 2019. For more information see www.raceretro.com © Janet Wright

Dodge Stratus of Dominic Dobson in Pride of the paddock

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Ford Anglia on the Classic Sports Car Club stand

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Rally Legends Jimmy and Alister McRae

The Callum Locke/Mike Luck BMW 320 © Pete Austin © Simon Wright

Castle Combe circuit stand

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You could but almost anything in the autojumbe Hall 4

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Race Retro Live Rally Stage

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By Simon & Janet Wright with additional photos by Syd Wall, Pete Austin and David Goose of Motorsport-Imagery.

Steve Harkness Ford Sierra Cosworth

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Rallying with Group B proved the best live action Rally stage ever, with over one hundred cars listed on the entry list, including over 20 of the Group B supercars. The layout of the stage was altered from last year, which allowed the organisers to run more cars on the stage at the same time. This provided lots of action for the spectators, with Rally cars passing every few seconds. There were two sessions each day over the weekend, the outside action does not take place on the Friday. The star attraction on both days was former World Champion Miki Biasion in action on the stage. On Sunday he drove a

Jimmy McRae in the Vauxhall Chevette HSR

World Cup Rally. The range of famous historic rally cars in action showed the vast variety that competed over the last few decades, and included the Fiat 131 Abarth, the eternal Mini, the still popular Ford Escort, the Opel Ascona, the Vuaxhall Chevette HSR, the Peugeot 205, the Ford Sierra Cosworth and Triumph 2.5pi. © Simon Wright

Miki Biasion was the star guest

stunning Lancia Fulvia after the Lancia Delta Integrale had developed problems. Former British Champion Jimmy McRae was out in a stunning Vauxhall Chevette HSR while his son Alister was driving an ex Colin McRae Subaru Legacy. Another combination reunited were Bronwyn Burrell and Katrina Kerridge-Reynolds in the Austin Maxi they drove in the 1970 March 2018

Bron Burrell in the Austin Maxi ‘Puff’

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Craig Pennington Volkswagen Polo WRC Proto

Alister McRae frightening a passenger in the Subaru Legacy

bale in a corner. The car did a complete roll and ended up back on its wheels. After a couple of seconds to re-orientate themselves, they carried on to finish the stage. You can see the car roll here https://youtu.be/mHglTm1bNnY on our YouTube channel. Other video clips from the Rally stage will be available on our YouTube channel Classic and Competition Car. © Simon Wright

Add in spectacular Group B mosters, like the Audi Quattro, the MG Metro 6R4, The Ford RS200 and the Renault 5 Turbo plus others made for an entertaining, action packed event. The only unfortunate incident we witnessed was when Christian Prynne managed to roll his Peugeot 205 GTi Gp A after clipping a straw © Simon Wright

Christian Prynne had a quick roll in his Peugeot 205 GTi GpA

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Triumph 2.5 PI of Lee Sellers looks superb

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Terry Cree BMW 2002 Ti

Shaune Clorley Talbot Lotus Sunbeam

Miki Biasion drove this beautiful Lancia Fulvia after a fire sadly put the intended Delta Integrale out of action

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It’s Rallying Jim, but not as we know it - Ryan Cooke’s 6.3 Chevy engined Milner Evoque LRM1 course car

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Kevin Furber/Andrew Medicott Peugeot 205 T16

Rob Dennis - Subaru Impreza

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Mark Tabor Volvo Amazon

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Nick/Tom Barrington Audi Quattro as happy on the grass as on tarmac

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Nick/Derek Wilkins Volkswagen Golf

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Warren Philliskirk MG Metro 6R4

Jeff Williamson Mazda RX7

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Nigel Feeney Mini Countryman WRC lines up next to Dave Wright Ford Focus WRC ready to go out on the Live Rally Stage

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Neil Maynard Triumph TR7 V8

How many people have ever seen one of these on a stage? Alister McRae in the Ford RS1700T

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Roger Pristnall Proton Satria S1600

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Lee Kedwood Mitsubishi Lancer E2

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British Historic Kart Club.

Before each rally section, the British Historic Kart Club went out on a revised course to demonstrate these ‘pocket rockets’. Around forty karts were demonstrated over the weekend. The Karts ranged from 1960 to 1982 and showed how the Kart had developed over that 22 year period.

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Silverstone Auctions at Race Retro By Simon & Janet Wright 23rd-25th February 2018

The 1997Nissan Primera Super Tourer and the eye catching yellow and red 1960 Elva Mk V Sports racer both failed to sell

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Highest seller ex-Sir Elton John 1997 Aston Martin V8 Vantage V550 manual sold for £219,375

Auctions at Race Retro raise over £3.5 million. Silverstone Auctions had fewer cars for sale this year compared to last year, but there was an amazing selection of competition © Janet Wright cars up for auction in one of the two sales which took place over the weekend. The Competition car sale achieved a 62% sales rate, raising £891,945 including premiums. 1990 Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 BTCC Sold £182,250 The Classic March 2018

car sale did even better, achieving a 70% sales rate and total sales of £2,690,029 including premiums. This gave a total value over the weekend of £3,581,974, a combined figure of 67.3% sales rate. In the Competition Car sale, one of the highest sellers was a 1990 BTCC winning Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 Group A which reached £182,250. Something a little older was a 1960 Cooper Monaco T57 Mk II CM3-60 sports racer which sold for £163,130. Coming a little more up to date was a 1970 Lola 1975 Lola T360 F2. Did not sell T210 from the popular European 2 Litre Sports Car Championship of the period, which sold for £146,250. A 1959 Austin A35 HRDC spec touring car owned by Dragons Den Theo Paphitis sold for £19,690. At the other end of the scale was a 1981 Renault 5 GTL which sold for just £1,690. In the Classic car sale, the highest value was achieved by an ex-Elton John 1997 Aston Martin V8 Vantage V550 which sold for £219,375. Another celebrity car that sold was a 1969 Dodge Charger which had previously been owned by Bruce Willis and Jay Kay, sold for £94,500. There were some Fast Fords in the sale and a Ford RS200 sold for £157,500 and a Page 65

1986 Ford Sierra RS Cosworth road car went for £41,625. If you wanted something more modern and unusual, there was a 2010 Aspira F620 supercar which sold for £68,625. A popular BMW, the 3.0 CSL (Batmobile) in a metallic green colour, fetched £106,875. There were several motorcycles in the sale. An unusual one was a Kawasaki Police Z1000 “Chips” bike owned by Musician Jay Key which sold for £4,725. In the memorabilia sale, a Niki Lauda tribute crash helmet sold for £30, a model Mercedes Benz 300 SL, signed by Sir Stirling Moss went for £264 and a metal wall plaque of the Gulf Porsche 917 24 Heures Du Mans sold for £480

1970 Lola T210 Sold £146,250

1964 Sunbeam Alpine Sold £21,374

1946 V8-60 Midget Racer Sold £12,600

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1999 Ford Mondeo Super Tourer Did not sell

1986 Bowlby Suzuki SC100 Sold £5,630

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1933 Alvis Speed 20 Sports Tourer Failed to sell

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1983 Lamborghini Countach LP500S did not sell

Triumph Tiger Cub Sold £3,375

1986 Ford Sierra RS Cosworth sold for Page 67 £41,625

1974 Ford Capri 3.0 Sold £2,930

2010 Aspira F620 - The only road going Aspira with full UK registration. A one off, British, hand built carbon fibre supercar powered by a 6.2 litre Chevrolet V8 developing 480 BHP. Sold for £68,625

1972 BMW 3.0 CSL sold £106,875

Niki Lauda Tribute crash helmet. Sold £360

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Mercedes-Benz 300 SL model signed by Sir Stirling Moss. Sold £264

24 Heures du Mans Sold £480

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2017/18 SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series Round 5. Skope Classic meeting Mike Pero Motorsport Park Christchurch 02-04 February 2018

Michael Collins (McRae GM1) won today’s SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series races at the Skope Classic meeting.

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Second overall was Andy Higgins (Lola T332#4)

F5000 CLEAN SWEEP FOR COLLINS AT SKOPE CLASSIC. Category young gun Michael Collins (McRae GM1) found himself back on the top step of the podium after winning the first SAS Autoparts MSC F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series race at the big Skope Classic motor racing meeting at Christchurch’s Mike Pero Motorsport Park (Ruapuna) today, Fastest qualifier Ken Smith (Lola T332) led from the rolling start and again after an early Safety Car period caused by a multicar collision as the 13-strong field thundered into the first corner. But just when it looked like the 75-year-old category super veteran was going to stroke home for another win he slowed and headed for the pits. “It just started making a tappety sort of noise from the engine,” he said after the race. “It’s just a new one so it was better to stop and give it a check over rather than keep going and risk doing more damage to it.” With Smith out Andy Higgins (Lola T332) inherited second March 2018

place and fellow Aucklander Aaron Burson (McRae GM1) third. Behind Burson it was anyone’s race, with fourth place eventually going to a hard-charging Greg Thornton driving local man David Arrowsmith’s Lotus 70. UK-based series regular Thornton is a former FIA World Masters F1 class champion and owns a string of period Lotus F1 cars and was right at home in Arrowsmith’s unique Fordpowered Lotus. “It feels very similar to my Lotus 77, “said Thornton. It’s from an earlier era but the 77 still had a sheetmetal monocoque so there are obviously similarities between the two.” Next across the line was Auckland driver David Banks enjoying a competitive run in his new Lola T332 followed by Grant Martin (Talon MR1A) and Ian Clements, who ran strongly until the final lap when he slowed, and struggled across the finish line thanks to broken gear lever. Unfortunately the contact at the first corner saw damage to © Fast

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Tony Galbraith (Lola T332) is seen here with Lotus 70 driver Greg Thornton closing in at the hairpin. Page 70

Glenn Richards’ Lola T400 and Steve Ross’s McRae GM1 front of him Collins eased away again, crossing the finish line though both Ross and Brett Willis – who ended up in the gravel almost three seconds in front (the gap was 2.986s). In doing so trap as he tried to avoid other cars pinballing into his - were he was the only driver to break the 1.20. 00 barrier in the race, able to get a back going and finish the race in 10th and 11th claiming his third fastest lap of the weekend with a 1.19.788. place respectively.He came, he saw, and as far as the three “Not a bad way to end the weekend at my home circuit in front SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series of my family, Alistair (Hey) who owns the car, and all the races at the © Fast Company/Alex Mitchell. sponsors,” said Collins. Christchurch’s annual As they did in both earlier Skope Classic motor races Andy Higgins (Lola racing meeting over the T332) and Aaron Burson weekend were (McRae GM1), both from concerned, category Auckland, followed young gun Michael Collins home in second Collins (McRae GM1) and third places conquered. respectively. Happy to With class patriarch Ken finish as high as fourth Smith (Lola T332) place, meanwhile was sidelined by a broken Grant Martin in his Talon engine valve after MR1A. Defending series qualifying quickest and title holder Brett Willis leading the first race, (Lola T330) did manage Collins stepped into the to pass Martin for the breach, going on to win place mid-race, but no that race and the two on sooner had he made the Sunday. move he was slowed by David Banks (Lola T332) finished fifth. A determined former a gear selection problem series champion, Steve Ross (McRae GM1), proved he has and pulled out with just two laps to go. David Banks (Lola T332) lost none of his skill after sitting out the past season and-a-half, also ran strongly early on, between Aaron Burson in fourth and leading the longer 12 lap feature race for the first eight laps, Martin in fifth, only to have a half spin when he caught a ripple but the pace he had to run to stay in front of Collins eventually strip and as he was gathering things up again Martin, David told, Ross pitting exhausted with four laps to run. As Ross Arrowsmith and Ian Clements (Lola T332) drove past. slowed, both Collins and eventual race and weekend runner-up Arrowsmith was back to his giant-killing best in the feature race Andy Higgins (Lola T332) closed the gap. But with clear air in after loaning his unique Ford-engined Lotus 70 to UK-based March 2018

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series regular Greg Thornton for the race on Saturday, only to pull out of the race on Sunday morning worried about a vibration at the front of the car. Fortnately the vibration was traced to wear from the track on the underside of his car’s nosecone and with that sorted Arrowsmith was again the first Class A (for older cars) class entrant home in fifth place in the final 12-lap feature race. For his efforts in supporting the SAS Autoparts MSC series on and off the track the Christchurch man was also chosen as the recipient of the Stan Redmond Memorial Trophy, an honour he said which he was humbled to have bestowed on him. “I knew Stan well and knew how much work he did behind the scenes, both for the category and a lot of the young drivers coming through. He was someone who I respected so it is a huge honour to receive an award in his name.” The second SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 race of the Skope weekend (on Sunday morning) was won - like the first and final © Fast

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Grant Martin (Talon MR1A#25) had a best finish of fourth place in the Sunday feature race.

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by Michael Collins with Andrew Higgins and Aaron Burson again second and third respectivel y. This time Steve David Arrowsmith (second from right) receiving the Stan Ross Redmond Trophy from (l to r) David Banks (SAS made it up Autoparts), Steve Wright (MSC Shipping), Mat Bruce (NZ Express) and Grant Withers (Exide Batteries). to fourth after starting from the back row of the grid. Glenn Richards was able to fix his Lola T400 after damage done to it in the first race but he finished back in 10th place and decided to sit out the final race. In the first race of the weekend on Sairday afternoon, fastest qualifier Ken Smith led from the rolling start and again after an early Safety Car period caused by a multi-car collision as the 13-strong field thundered into the first corner. But just when it looked like the 75-year-old category super veteran was going to stroke home for another win he slowed and headed for the pits. “It just started making a tappet-y sort of noise from the engine,” he said after the race. “It’s just a new one so it was better to stop and give it a check over rather than keep going and risk doing more damage to it.” Smith confirmed on Sunday that the noise had been caused by the head of a valve breaking of, the decision to shut down the engine and retire from the Saturday race the right one. Page 72

2017/18 SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series. Race 1 1. Michael Collins (McRae GM1) 8 laps 2. Andy Higgins (Lola T332) +3.847 3. Aaron Burson (McRae GM1) +9.063 4. Greg Thornton (Lotus 70) +14.420 5. David Banks (Lola T332) +19.754 6. Grant Martin (Talon MR1A) +22.215 7. Ian Clements (Lola T332) +25.502 8. Tony Galbraith (lola T332) +32.349 9. Tim Rush (McLaren M22) +59.148 10. Steve Ross (McRae GM1) +1 lap 11. Brett Willis (Lola T330) +2 laps DNF. Frank Karl (McLaren M10B), Ken Smith (Lola T332), Glenn Richards (Lola T400) Race 2 (Sun) 1. Michael Collins 10:45.966 2. Andy Higgins +2.108 3. Aaron Burson +9.799 4. Steve Ross +14.716 5. Grant Martin +20.852 6. David Banks +21.723 7. Ian Clements +23.760 8. Brett Willis +24.214 9. Tim Rush +43.965 10. Glenn Richards +54.239 11. Frank Karl +1 lap DNF. David Arrowsmith (Lotus 70) Race 3- 12 laps (Sun) 1. Michael Collins 16:10.724 2. Andy Higgins +2.986 3. Aaron Burson +18.589 March 2018

4. Grant Martin +31.991 5. David Arrowsmith +32.560 6. Ian Clements +37.894 7. David Banks +46.576 8. Tim Rush +58.920 9. Frank Karl +1 lap DNF. Brett Willis, Steve Ross DNS Glenn Richards Prepared by FAST COMPANY of behalf of the New Zealand Formula 5000 Association www.F5000.co.nz © Fast

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The 2018 VSCC Measham Night Rally By David Goose and Stuart Yates of Motorsport-Imagery.

Fred Gallagher and Alan Smith in the Lancia Aprillia. Nice new design for a radiator cover.

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Jake Farman and Ian Dobinson 1928 Morris

The 2018 Measham Night Rally. The launch of the Vintage Sports Car Clubs 2018 calendar saw the return of the long established and ever popular annual Measham Night Rally based at the Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground near Lutterworth in Leicestershire. Just under 50 cars were entered into the event to run a route of up to 180 miles © Motorsport-imagery

Graham Rood and Thomas Campbell 1936 Riley

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Final preparations before battle commences.

overnight. The weather on the night was again classic Measham weather, with fog, ice and snow on the route. It was reported that during the first leg of the event on the Saturday night, that there had been 4 accidents in the lanes around Lutterworth, one involving a van, the others were cars. None of the entered cars © Motorsport-imagery were involved, all accidents were due to the weather conditions and were modern vehicles, not the rally competitor cars. Scrutineering of the competitors cars took place in the Lightning Preservation Groups hangar, alongside one of the groups English Electric Lightnings which

Everyone was looking for ways to keep the engine warm.

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Scrutineering alongside the Lightning.

Keyth Richardson and Morwenna Corry Talbot B75 Saloon.

are maintained in an airworthy condition but are never flown. All cars were subjected to the usual safety and compliance checks before the start, with many of the entrants being soft-tops with all but one car being built between 1925 and 1939, with sub zero temperatures overnight this was a test of man (or woman) and machine alike. © Motorsport-imagery

2018 winners included: The Jeddere Fisher Trophy, John Abel and Andy Pullan, 1937 Lagonda LG45. The Measham Trophy, John Potter and David Kirkham, 1927 Alvis 12/50. The Dames Longworth Trophy, Robert and Liz Renshaw, 1932 Austin Seven © Motorsport-imagery

Paul Wignall and Mark Appleton preparing their Alvis for the event.

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Jake Farman and Ian Dobinson Alvis saloon

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Mark Garfitt and Dood Pearce in the 1937 Fraser Nash BMW 319_55

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I wouldn’t say it was cold but you could see your own breath.

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Tim and David Britnell in the 1931 20HP Sunbeam.

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