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Beaulieu Birthday Bash For Mini Cooper
Cholmondeley Magic!
London to Brighton Run!
Le Mans 24 Hours
Rare & exotic cars at the Pageant of Power
Classic, Kit & performance cars head South
Triumph & tragedy as Le Mans hits 90 years
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Editorial We get some strange e-mails here at CPR Towers. Quite a few are from people saying their password no longer works (please read the e-mails we send out folks!), but every so often, one of them asks one of those really deep and meaningful questions. Take the recent message we got from Rob Sinclair in Northampton for example, who asked: “What are you?” That’s an odd question, we pondered, but it got us thinking. Classic, Performance & Retro is a free digital car magazine. It is a little different from the rest because we cover such a wide range of cars. How best to describe that range is tricky, but basically, if its old, looks cool, goes fast, or is just great fun to drive, then chances are we will feature it. What you wont see in this magazine are ‘shopping cars,’ ‘rep mobiles’ or ‘hot hatches.’ As for our content, well that’s different too. We are big fans of classic, historic and sports car racing, so whether its a Ferrari 458 blasting down the Mulsanne Straight in Le Mans, or an MGB at Silverstone, we’ll include them too. We like car shows as well, simply because they are current, provide a great opportunity to see some great machinery and hopefully they inspire people to get their own classic or sports car out and use it. We can confidently say that we produce bigger and better event reports that any other UK magazine, so it you want to know about car shows, this is the place to find them! So what about cars features? Well, we could run articles comparing the MGB to the TR6, or ‘buying guides’ covering all the popular classics, but lets face it, they have been done a million times before by all the printed magazines. We like to think we are just a little bit different! Yes, we still do features on individual cars, but we like to concentrate on the experience of ownership rather than churn out endless road tests. So basically, to answer Rob’s question, Classic, Performance & Retro is a free digital magazine for car enthusiasts with a large dollop of historic, and sometimes modern, motorsport stirred in. We hope our coverage of shows and events gives you ideas of where you can go to for a great day out, and also gives you an insight into how the classic car scene is right now. Of course, if there is anything you would particularly like to see in the magazine, just drop us a line to info@cprmag.com and we will see what we can do. No promises...but if you don’t ask, you don’t get! Drive safe!
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Cholmondeley Pageant: From Bugatti Veyrons to pre-war Bentleys, The Cholmondeley Pageant of Power gives historic motorsport fans a chance to get really close to some amazing machinery. Simon Hazeldine reports.
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Le Mans 24 Hour race: The 2013 Le Mans 24 Hour Race on June 22/23, promised to be one of the highlights of the sportscar racing season. Sadly, it will be remembered more for a tragic fatal accident. David Harrison reports.
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Track Action At MG Live: Described as the ‘World’s biggest MG event,’ MG Live, which was held at Silverstone circuit on June 15-16 played host to the third round of the MG Car Club’s 2013 race series. Leanne Fahy reports.
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Mini Party: The Mini Cooper S is half a century old this year, which of course is a great excuse for a party! The Mini Cooper Register thought so too, and celebrated 50 years of the Cooper S at its annual rally in Beaulieu, Hampshire.
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London to Brighton: An eclectic mix of cars making a run for England’s south coast results in a superb day out and the world’s longest acronym. We tagged along and joined the London To Brighton Classic, Kit and Sports Car Run!
Regular Features: 006 News: All the latest news and gossip from the Classic, Performance & Retro worlds.
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Track Action At MG Live!
016 Club News: A round-up of news from some of the best car clubs in the world. 056 New Stuff: A look at what’s hot...and what’s not in the automotive marketplace. 070 What’s On: Never miss another show with our comprehensive events guide. 074 Auction News: A round up of what’s been happening in the auctions rooms around the world. Classic, Performance & Retro magazine is a FREE monthly online publication produced by AV8 Publishing Ltd, Cambridge, England.
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Museum Piece
Volunteers at HMC finish the restoration of a 1958 MGA chassis A team of 25 dedicated volunteers at the Heritage Motor Centre have completed the restoration of a 1958 MGA Twin Cam Coupe chassis. The work began in November 2012 and the restoration was completed in May this year. The MGA went on display for the first time on 25 June. The MGA dates from 1958 and has been part of the Museum’s reserve collection for a number of years. Originally a complete car, it was one of only 300 or so Twin Cam coupés made by MG and is thought to have been shown either on the Earl’s Court Motor Show stand or at the New York Motor Show. Subsequently sectioned and painted in an array of colours as a technical demonstration for apprentices and students alike, it eventually became a museum piece. Over the past seven months, the volunteers have painstakingly stripped down, cleaned, restored and repainted the MGA, retaining some of the unusual livery that the car has acquired over its lifetime. Now the restoration is complete the team will embark on two new projects. The first to restore a Rover gas turbine instructional unit which was designed to train students at technical colleges and universities and the second to restore a 1960 Standard Ensign which was the last model to roll off the line at Canley before the Standard marque disappeared in 1963. Sonja Dosanjh, Volunteer Co-Ordinator at the HMC stated “The team has thoroughly enjoyed working on this fascinating project. They have worked incredibly hard restoring the MGA to its former glory and the results have been worth the many months of dedication and commitment that the team has put in and we now look forward to our next few projects.” www.heritage-motor-centre.co.uk
Jaguars Re-Homed
Historic Ferrari Racer Tops Bonham’s Spa Sale The Coventry Transport Museum is set to open a new gallery which will feature 17 vehicles from the Jaguar Heritage collection. The gallery, which is set to open this month, will be situated on the first floor of the museum, and will be based on the theme ‘Jaguar – a History of Design and Technical Innovation’. The exhibition will cover the period from the Swallow Sidecar Company of 1922 through to the present day, and will also include a look to the future. The 17 vehicles set to go on display have been chosen to illustrate some of the defining moments in Jaguar’s illustrious history and will be complemented by displays of archive images, specially designed historical display panels and digital information pods. The vehicles will range from a 1928 Swallow Side-car to one of the latest concept cars from Jaguar Design and will include many iconic models from the intervening years including Mark V, Mark Vll, Mark 2 and XJ saloons as well as XK120, XK150, E-type, XJS and XK8 sports cars. Gary Hall, Chief Executive of Coventry Transport Museum said: “We are thrilled that the trustees of Jaguar Heritage have chosen Coventry Transport Museum to display some of the most iconic and inspirational vehicles from the Jaguar collection, and we are very pleased that the new exhibition will be open in time for the summer holidays. www.transport-museum.com
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Classic Astons On Sale
Aston Martin Opens Heritage Showroom Fans of the Aston Martin marque will be pleased to hear that they can now buy classic ‘Heritage’ models from the firms own showroom at Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire. The new arm to Aston Martin’s empire is housed in the revamped Olympia Building, which fronted the former Aston Martin factory on Tickford Street. The company says that customers will be able to choose from a whole range of cars, from the very earliest models, right up to the DB7. The restored ‘Olympia’ building has become synonymous with Aston Martin’s history at Newport Pagnell. With its distinctive barrel vault roof, the historic former aeroplane shed was named in recognition of its similarity to London’s Olympia exhibition hall. For two years during the First World War the Olympia building accommodated a telegraphy school for Royal Engineers based in Newport Pagnell. In the 1920s the building was divided internally and used for a variety of purposes including vehicle finishing and trimming and a site for arms production in the Second World War. Since the 1950s Aston Martin has created prototypes and restored the bodywork of Aston Martin classics inside Olympia. www.astonmartinworks.com
First Of the Fives
‘Wet Nellie’ To Star In RM Battersea Auction
Now this might make a neat alternative to the Channel Tunnel. The Lotus Esprit ‘submarine’ that starred in the James Bond film ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’ is going under the hammer at RM Auction’s Battersea Park sale on September 8-9. This car was one of six Esprit bodyshells used to make the film, but is the only one capable of functioning underwater. During filming, the ‘car’ was operated by retired US Navy Seal Don Griffin in the underwater scenes. It gained the nickname ‘Wet Nellie,’ and was built by Perry Oceanographic in 1977. The auction takes place at Battersea on September 8-9. www.rmauctions.com
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Grab A Bargain!
E-Types Could Be Sale Of The Century Having reported recently on ‘barn-find’ cars fetching seemingly crazy prices at auction, it now seems British auction house Brightwells might be bucking the trend by placing amazingly low estimates on a brace of roadworthy Jaguar E-type Coupes. The first car, estimated to sell for £12 14,000, is a 1967 E-type S2 2+2 FHC with automatic gearbox and 72,000 miles on the clock. The second car is the more desirable manual two-seater 1968 S2 FHC. This car also has a full MOT and has another low estimate of £14-16,000. It is described as being “basically in sound condition...it is somewhat scruffy cosmetically and would no doubt respond well to some smartening up here and there.” If Brightwells have got their predictions right, then these cars could represent excellent value for money, but don’t be surprised if both machines vastly exceed their estimates. We’ll be expecting the press release! www.classiccars.brightwells.com
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Russian Classics At Classic!
Silverstone Classic Promises Russian Classics & Lamborghini Feast The organisers of the Silverstone Classic say that this year’s three-day festival, held at Silverstone Circuit on July 26-28, has attracted an unprecedented number of car clubs displaying a record number of classic cars. Huge displays and parades are being organised to celebrate special milestones in the histories of Aston Martin, Lamborghini and the Porsche 911, but perhaps the most interesting entry comes from further afield. Four intrepid members of the GAZ-21 Car Club are travelling all the way from Moscow to attend the Silverstone Classic and provide visitors to the show with two of the most unusual exhibits. The Volga GAZ-21 was originally developed with State approval in 1956, with a design heavily influenced by US vehicles of the same era. Over the next 14 years no fewer than 639,478 Volgas were produced including a special GAZ-23 Volga version for Soviet special services which was fitted with a V8 engine and capable of topping the 100mph mark. Vladimir Smagin and Dmitry Kilpio are driving the two cars all the way to Silverstone from Russia, and the 6,000+ kilometre round trip to the UK will take the plucky pair through Minsk, Warsaw, Poznan, Hannover, Antwerp, Brugge and London en route to Silverstone. As well as the GAZ-21 Car Club, other new clubs attending this year’s Silverstone Classic include the Abarth Scorpion Club, Corvette Club de France, Karmann Ghia Owners Club and V6Clio.net club. In total an unprecedented total of 8,269 classic cars have been registered for display on more than 80-car club stands over the weekend. And while we are on the subject of the Silverstone Classic, the event hopes to have the biggest ever gathering of Lamborghinis seen in the UK to celebrate the marques 50th anniversary. The Italian ‘supercars’ will take part in a special parade on the Silverstone Grand Prix circuit which is being organised by the Lamborghini Club UK for 6pm on Saturday evening. This glittering 100-car cavalcade is being supported by Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. and will be led by the company’s latest amazing creation, the Aventador LP7004 with the new Roadster version on display in the Lamborghini Club UK showcase. The parade will also feature just about every model produced by the famous sportscar manufacturer since originally founded by Ferruccio Lamborghini back in 1963 as a direct rival to Ferrari. www.silverstoneclassic.com
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‘Break With Tradition’
Mini Brittania 2013 Details Revealed The 2013 Mini Britannia, the one-day classic competition tour modelled on Tour Britannia, will break new ground when it runs on Saturday 7 September from a base in London. Mini Britannia will give regular competitors some late-summer fun and new competitors the chance to sample this type of event. To encourage newcomers, a completely new route will be used, with the start at a landmark venue in London and the finish at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea to tie in with the spectacular new ‘Grand Rendevous’ event. The outline schedule opens on Friday evening, 6 September, for documentation. Mini Britannia will start on Saturday morning for a full day of action. Key attractions will include special stages at Dunsfold Park, the home of BBC Top Gear, and the Mercedes-Benz World track at Brooklands. Late on Saturday afternoon crews will return to London for the finish, prize-giving and supper at The Royal Hospital, Chelsea. The final control will be at the Hospital so that Mini Britannia cars can go on display; not only on Saturday evening but throughout Sunday for the major show of classic road and race cars. “This is a real break with tradition,” said event director Alec Poole. “We want to take the event to a new group of competitors and making the route very accessible to London should make it even more attractive. We hope to get people hooked on this fabulous style of event with a one-day taster on Mini Britannia and then encourage them to sample the full Tour Britannia experience next spring. Obviously we also hope to see many of our regular contenders in September.” Like its big brother, Mini Britannia will comprise Competition and Regularity categories and will run on asphalt roads. Following the format of Tour Britannia, crews in the Competition event will tackle a series of asphalt special stages, while the Regularity competitors will follow the same route with straight forward average speed tests on the same stages. The category is simple to follow without tricky navigation or timekeeping. Regularity entrants are fully fledged competitors, but competition licences are not necessary. “We are really upbeat about the prospect of taking Mini Britannia into London. Access stipulations at some of the venues may limit numbers, but we hope to be able to accommodate everyone who wants to take part,” said Poole. www.tourbritannia.com
Friends Reunited!
Tiff Needell Joins Record Breaking Field Former F1 driver and now renowned TV personality, Tiff Needell, is gearing up to make history later this month at the 2013 Silverstone Classic (26-28 July). The 61-year-old will be turning back the clock and joining a capacity 54car grid in what’s a record breaking field of Formula Ford single-seaters. Never before in the junior formula’s 46-year history have more than 50 cars lined up on the same grid. “It’s going to be crazy,” said the man who once co-presented BBC Top Gear and today fronts the Fifth Gear motoring programme. “Naturally I’m hoping to be out in front at the start and, more importantly, out in front at the finish but with so many cars it’s going to be busier than the M25 at rush hour. Whatever the result, though, it will be a fantastic experience for all involved whether they’re racing or spectating.” The two record-breaking races will be all the more special for Needell as he will be back behind the wheel of the very Formula Ford car that launched his racing career. It’s a profession that took him all the way to the heights of F1 and the podium at Le Mans en route to becoming a familiar face on our TV screens. “I’m racing the same Lotus 69F that I won in a competition in Autosport magazine in 1971 – without that I’d probably never even been a racing driver,” he admitted. “As a special Christmas present to myself, I bought the car back six months ago; I’m thrilled to be reunited with the car and racing it again at Silverstone. www.silverstoneclassic.com
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Rally Planned For 2014
Carlisle Stages To Return In 2014 Good news for historic rallying fans! Following the first running of the new DMACK Carlisle Stages, plans are already under way for the 2014 event with a provisional date set of Saturday 21 June. This year’s event, round three of the West Wales Rally Spares R.A.C. Rally Championship, was hailed as a great success and drew widespread praise from competitors. Superb stages, slick and friendly organisation and a compact route and format drew universal acclaim from competitors. The event featured 45 stage miles and just 65 road miles, with a 10am start and the first car back at the finish by 3pm. Organised by the Roger Albert Clark Rally Motor Club, the rally had a superb start venue, rally HQ and service area at the premises of the R J Murray & Sons Haulage Company in Longtown, five minutes from the M6 at Carlisle. Crews reported that the stages in the Kershope and Newcastleton complexes were in first class condition. Even though the inaugural Carlisle Stages has only just been completed, plans for 2014 are already being laid. “This event has got great potential and we plan to grow it year on year,” said rally manager Colin Heppenstall. “We had a couple of regional associations observing the rally this year and we hope that they will decide to include the Carlisle Stages in their 2014 championship calendars.” The 2014 event is, of course, already included in the provisional calendar for the R.A.C. Rally Championship. www.racrallychamp.org
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‘Real Motor Race!’
Le Mans Legends 2013 Hailed A Great Success! As the Radio Le Mans commentator put it when the Two cars went off separately at Indianapolis, Paul Chasechequered flag fell on the Le Mans Legend, the 45-minute Gardener’s 1952 Aston Martin DB2 flying sideways into historic race run by Motor Racing Legends as a curtain- the gravel trap, digging in and rolling spectacularly. The raiser to the Le Mans 24 Hours, “That was a real motor driver was unhurt but the car was badly damaged. race – a perfect start to the weekend.” Light rain started to Spectators then focused on the great battle for second fall, making the track treacherously slippery as the huge place between Minshaw, Pearson, Wills and Lynn, 60-strong grid of 1949-65 Le Mans cars assembled for the which was resolved in that order after much drama and green flag lap, and spectators then raised umbrellas as the overtaking. “There was probably more overtaking in this rain came down harder. Derek Hill, son of the late former 45-minute, 9-lap race than we have seen in F1 in the past Le Mans winner and F1 World Champion Phil, spun his 10 years,” said one spectator after the race. Maserati 151 Coupé at Indianapolis, dropping from his 9th Among the class winners, Patrick Watts managed to bring position to the back of the field. He weaved his way back his Allard J2 home in an impressive 14th overall, while Gary to his proper place well before the rolling start and the full Pearson’s 3rd overall was also a remarkable performance grid arrived at the start in perfect order. for another of the older cars in the race. However, Alex From the front row, Ludovic Caron’s AC Cobra Daytona Buncombe’s mastery of the adverse conditions to win Coupé put its nose ahead when the red lights went out, outright by 43 seconds was the outstanding feature of the but Alex Buncombe’s pole-sitting Lister-Jaguar Costin 2013 Le Mans Legend. had a narrow lead as they entered the Dunlop Chicane. A sad moment came with the failure of the engine of Immediately behind, the action was frantic, with Gary Georges Gachnang’s Cooper Monaco in qualifying. Pearson pulling off a daring slide through the chicane to Georges, a Swiss Toyota and VW dealer, is now 82 years put his D-type in second place. By Tertre Rouge, Carlos old. He competed in the 1960 Le Mans 24 Hours in an AC Monteverde had seized second place with his yellow and was looking forward to his return to the great French 250LM, the Ferrari with which he won this race a few years circuit. His weekend was not entirely wasted, however, back. because two of his grandchildren were in the modern 24 However, the action was only just beginning. The Hours – Natacha Gachnang in a Morgan-Judd LMP2 car phenomenally fast qualifying speeds – Alex Buncombe and none other than Sebastien Buemi in a works Toyota had averaged 174.7km/h to take pole – were not possible LMP1. in these conditions, but the action was still fast and furious. www.tourbritannia.com Hill’s Maserati had second place approaching the second Le Mans Legends 2013 Top Ten chicane but the D-types of Pearson and Anthony Reid were Buncombe’s closest followers as they left it. While 1) 60 Alex BUNCOMBE – 1959 Lister Costin Buncombe slithered impressively towards a lead of 10 2) 33 Jon MINSHAW – 1959 Lister Jaguar Knobbly seconds on lap one, Reid pulled off with engine worries 3) 7 Gary PEARSON – 1955 Jaguar D-type at Arnage and Monteverde’s smoking Ferrari headed 4) 36 Roger WILLS – 1965 ISO Bizzarrini 5300GT slowly for the pits and retirement. Still the battle raged 5) 13 Shaun LYNN – 1963 AC Cobra on unabated, with Pearson coming under pressure from 6) 201 Ludovic CARON – 1963 AC Cobra Coupé Daytona Jon Minshaw’s Lister Knobbly and Roger Wills’s big ISO 7) 130 Gareth BURNETT – 1964 Elva GT160 Bizzarrini, while Gareth Burnett’s little two-litre Elva GT160 8) 117 Chris HARRIS – 1959 Lister Le Mans Coupé was doing an incredible job of mixing it with the powerful 9) 37 Philip WALKER/Danny WRIGHT – 1958 Lotus 15 front-runners. 10) 49 Gavin PICKERING – 1955 Jaguar D-type The rain then fell even harder and something had to give.
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Cambridge & District Classic Car Club
Club Plays Starring Role In ‘Village Day’ Cars from the Cambridge and District Classic Car Club were the stars of the show at the recent Village Day at Sutton in Cambridgeshire. Each year, the small Fenland village holds its ‘Feast Week’ which is rounded off by the Village Day, where the High Street is closed to traffic and turned into a ‘street party’ complete with classic car displays. The day started off at 9.30am with a ‘Best of British’ parade, where a number of British-built classics followed a route around the village before arriving in the small square outside the local shop. About 30 cars took part in the event, including a Triumph TR4, Morris Traveller, MGB, Austin Seven and even a 1927 Alvis. As well as the classic cars, the event also had a flypast from the Battle of Britain Flight’s Avro Lancaster bomber. www.cdccc.org.uk
MG Car Club
MGCC Revives Abingdon Works Car Show The MG Car Club’s Abingdon Works Centre will be staging a revival of the original Abingdon Works Car Show on Sunday July 7. In the past this was an annual show held in Abingdon to showcase all the various cars built in the town’s factory between 1930 and 1980. For 2013 the show is making a welcome return, sponsored by Hartwell of Abingdon and Manor Garage of Wantage. Everyone is welcome, from keen enthusiasts to families looking for a fun day out. The event, which is in aid of charity, is being jointly organised by the Rotary Club of Abingdon and supported by the MG Car Club to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support, the Thames Valley Air ambulance and other charitable causes. Starting at 10am at Rye Farm Meadow on the banks of the River Thames, there will be a variety of entertainment on offer including car displays, an arena display, gymkhana and a fun fair. Entry is free for all MG cars who pre-register. A registration form can be found here. Parking for the public or unregistered cars is available for only £5 per vehicle. www.mgcc.co.uk
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SROC Plans For Return Of National Rally The Sunbeam Rapier Owners’ Club has announced that it plans to stage its first National Rally since 2008. The event is scheduled to take place on August 16-17, at Bodicote, near Banbury, Oxon. The rally is likely to include all the usual attractions, but one of the highlights will be a visit to the nearby Association of Rootes Car Clubs archive. The club says that the event will also include tours of the local area and the weekend will be rounded off in style with a showground display. there will also be a special display marking the 50th anniversary of the Series IV Rapier in 1963. The club shelved the National Rally idea for a few years so it could concentrate on what it called ‘elevated local rallies.’ The idea of these smaller regional events was to make it easier for members to attend, but it seems that you just can’t keep a good national rally down! For further information, see the club’s website. www.sroc.org.uk
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Cholmondeley Pageant Of Power
From Bugatti Veyrons to pre-war Bentleys, The Cholmondeley Pageant of Power gives historic motorsport fans a chance to get really close to some amazing machinery. Simon Hazeldine reports.
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here are a few things in this world that are an absolute certainty. For example, night always follows day, the sky is blue, and it always rains at the Cholmondeley Pageant of
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Power. Okay, so that last one shouldn’t be a foregone conclusion, but it’s certainly starting to feel that way. Nearly every year since it was first held back in 2008, the show that has often been
described as ‘Goodwood of the North’ has been affected by rain to some degree or another. Last year, in an attempt to dodge the wet weather, the organisers moved the event from its traditional August slot
Below: The Le Mans winning Bentley Speed 8 thunders round the track at Cholmondeley.
to a weekend in June, sadly to no avail. It still rained. This year proved no different, and as I drove up the M6, the sky got gradually darker until the heavens opened just past Coventry. ‘Oh deary me,’ I
muttered to myself...or words to that effect. It stayed like that all the way to Cholmondeley and by the time I got there on Friday lunchtime, the ground was starting to feel rather soft
underfoot. Thankfully, I had stopped off at the shops on my way through Crewe and invested in a pair of new wellies; it proved to be the smartest thing I did all weekend! July 2013 19
The Show Must Go On!
Above: Rain drops on the Arrows A3. Top Right: Liebisch Bohmerland motorcycle. Centre Right: The Hesketh bear looks up at dark skies. Right: Gary Thomas takes cover!
So, on my arrival I find Cholmondeley in full flight, despite the rain. It’s a desperate scene as literally millions of pounds worth of automotive history emerges undeterred from the rainsoaked tarpaulin shelters in the paddock and heads for the track. I watch the open-cockpit single-seaters line-up and wait stopped us doing anything? their turn, and notice that The show must go on, and Gary Thomas in the Force PC to their credit, just about is actually holding an umbrella every driver took their car out over his head! and did a timed lap of the But hey, we’re Brits, and when Cholmondeley circuit. has a little bit of rain ever Thankfully, by mid afternoon
the rain showers had stopped. Had it actually been warm and sunny, the Friday would have been perfect from a spectator’s point of view, since there wasn’t exactly millions of people there. If you want an unrivalled view of the track action, this is definitely the day to go on.
Brutus Returns!
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Saturday got off to a much better start. The Sun actually managed to break through the grey overcast from time to time and the cool breeze quickly dried the track out which meant we would finally see some much quicker ‘lap times.’ At 9am prompt, the parade
The Pre-1940 GP cars provided some superb entertainment.
When it rains at Cholmondeley... it really rains! of Aston Martin Anniversary Cars set off on their demo runs followed almost immediately by the ‘Classic Pre-War Cars.’ This gave us the first real competitive run of the day as Chris Williams held nothing back as he blasted round the track in the Napier-Bentley 24 Litre. Also in this class was the amazing Brutus BMW Aero 46.5 Litre belonging to the Sinsheim Museum in Germany. Powered by what is essentially a World War Two Heinkel 111
The Bugatti Veyron on track.
bomber engine, what ‘Brutus’ lacked in speed, it more than made up for with sheer noise and character.
Line-up of historic F1 cars.
Perhaps one of the most pleasing aspects of Cholmondeley is the variety of machines taking to the track. You kind of expect the supercars and singleseaters, but there are some real oddities too. Take the Messerschmitt Kabinenroller KR200 for example. The main part of this car looks just like any other Messerschmitt KR200 ‘bubblecar,’ but attached to its rear end is a massive caged propeller which pushes the little two-seater along. The car comes from the same German museum as ‘Brutus’ and looks (and drives!) more like an aeroplane without wings. However, its sedate July 2013 21
Above: A new course record was set by Rob Kerr in the Radical RXC. pace meant it was never going to set any records, other than perhaps for the slowest ever lap!
Politically Incorrect Cholmondeley is also a great event for getting ‘up close and personal’ with some of the
Formula1 cars from the past, and this year saw a superb collection of very interesting cars. Perhaps the ‘star car’ in the distinguished line-up was the ex-Nigel Mansell JPS Lotus 87 which was being driven by Rich Hall. That famous black and gold JPS colour scheme was enough to cause Messerschmitt KR200 with propeller power!
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thousands of great memories to come flooding back, from the days when F1 somehow seemed more exciting. Rob Hall was also handling driving duties in the attractive 1983 Arrows A6 while Andy Willis took the controls of the slightly older Arrows A3 from 1980. Another car that attracted a lot of attention, perhaps not all for the right reasons, was the 1977 Hesketh Cosworth 308E. The ‘politically incorrect’ car was sponsored by adult magazine ‘Penthouse’ and cigarette paper company Rizla, and featured a scantily-clad lady painted on the side of the car clutching an oversized packet of Rizlas. Can you imagine the uproar if someone tried that today? Back in the paddock visitors got to see the exceptionally rare sight of not one, but
Historic rally Mini Clubman.
Aston Martin DB4GT burns rubber!
VW Beetle rally car.
Cholmondeley Castle. three Bentley Speed 8 Le Mans cars all parked together. It would have been great to see them all out on track, but sadly only one of the three would run over the weekend. Still, it was a pretty impressive sight seeing the dark green Le Mans winning car blasting around the Cholmondeley estate, a very cool car indeed. While on the subject of Le Mans, the show’s PR in the run up to the event hinted that a Le Mans winning Audi R18 car would be on show during the weekend, and I have to admit I was really looking forward to seeing this car in the flesh again. I last saw it during the epic 2011 24 Hour Race in its famous battle with the Peugeot cars. Sadly, the R18 didn’t show up at the Pageant of Power; instead visitors had to make do with the 2009 Audi R15 TDi, which was only there as a static display and didn’t
go out on the track. Maybe next year?
Lets Go Shopping! Equipped with my shiny new wellies, I set off around the
site to explore some of the trade stands. There was an interesting mix; some catered for motoring and motorsport fans, but nowhere near as many as I had expected. Quite
The Bell Griffin helicopter.
BRM P261 historic F1 car. July 2013 23
Bell 412 Griffin from RAF’s SARTU giving search & rescue demo.. The hovering ‘Flyboard.’
a few seemed to be aimed at country living and the ‘Lifestyle Pavilion’ (actually a large marquee in the middle of the trade area) offered jewellery, skin-care products and even wedding photography. There was also a good selection of food vendors, and for once, most seemed to be charging reasonable prices. Doughnuts, pancakes, fish & chips, pizza and even hog roast were all on 24 www.cprmag.co.uk
Audi R15TDi.
offer, although I was most impressed by the ‘Vintage Tea’ stand, that set up a small traditional tea shop, where the staff dressed in 1940s style clothes and burst into song to entertain their customers. It was really rather jolly good!
Record Breaking Back to the track action, and while some owners/drivers were obviously there to have a good time and show off their cars to the assembled
Rachel Williams in the Austin Blackburn 1100.
audience, others were there for more competitive reasons. Main protagonists in that latter category were those from the Racing Saloons & Track Day Cars class which included some seriously quick machinery. Much pride was at stake as manufacturers such as Caterham, Radical, BAC and Ariel brought their latest creations along to see who could go fastest around the castle estate. There were
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The Chevron Cars stand.
The Bentley stand.
Gutsy driving in the Proton.
Sporting Bears Dream Rides cars. some very close battles over each of the three days, but as the results came it, it was clear the fastest car in the class, and indeed the whole weekend, was the 430bhp road-legal Radical SR8 RX driven by Robbie Kerr. That was actually quite an impressive achievement considering the Radical was up against the ‘track only’ Caterham SP300R, and despite having no previous experience of the car or
Caterham SP300R.
Concert in full swing. The awesome Maybach Zeppelin 23 Litre.
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A swan queues up at the coffee bar only to discover they don’t serve bread...
There have to be easier ways of taking a shower!
Ultra rare Maserati 250F.
course, Kerr smashed the previous course record by 6.6 seconds to set a new record of 55.29s. The Caterham car - with Scott Mansell at the wheel - wasn’t far behind though, with a time of 56.53s, while Gary Thomas in the Force PC single-seater notched up the third fastest time of the weekend with a respectable 58.59s. 26 www.cprmag.co.uk
Flying High Of course, Cholmondeley isn’t just about cars. Out on the lake there were some pretty impressive demonstrations from a freestyle jet-ski team, a very competitive hovercraft race, and powerboat rides for the public. A new addition to the waterborne activities was the ‘Flyboard.’ This was a
bit like a surf board that rose vertically up out of the lake on two huge jets of water. It was impressive at first, but it couldn’t actually go anywhere thanks to the huge water pipe attached to the bottom of the board, so lost its appeal after a couple of minutes. Combining aerial activities with the water, the RAF’s Search and Rescue Training Unit used its Bell 412 Griffin helicopter to pluck a waterlogged victim from the lake while whipping up vast clouds of spray. It certainly looked spectacular! Later on, the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, with its World War Two Spitfire, Lancaster and Hurricane aircraft, put on a stunning display which had every eye at Cholmondeley turned skyward, always a moving spectacle. Saturday evening saw the staging of a huge openair ‘Last Night at the Proms’ style concert featuring the Manchester Camerata
‘Brutus’ rumbles around the track at Cholmondeley.
Three Bentley Speed 8s. Orchestra. The music was as you’d expect, faultless, while the overhead fireworks were simply spectacular. Again, this part of the event would have been so much better if it had been a lovely warm summer’s evening and the ground was bone dry, but unfortunately spectators had to contend with drizzle, a cold breeze and very wet grass underfoot. Such a shame. The Sunday schedule was more or less the same as the previous two days, with
the same cars taking to the track for their final runs of the weekend. Those that stayed right until the end got to see the podium presentations where the fastest of each class picked up a trophy, but by that time, most were heading for the exits. The Cholmondeley Pageant of Power is a great event, but I feel desperately sorry for the organisers who seem to have no luck with the weather at all. Surely after six years
they deserve a break, and lots of sunshine for next year’s pageant. A bit of warm weather completely transforms events like this one, and would turn it from a good show to a truly great one. Having said that, the staff at Cholmondeley have their wet weather drills down to a fine art, so if it does rain again, just do what I did and buy some wellies, take an unbrella and enjoy one of the best motoring events that the UK has to offer. July 2013 27
Le Mans 24 Heures Du Mans
With 245,000 spectators packing Circuit de la Sarthe, and 24 hours of intense racing, the 2013 Le Mans 24 Hour Race on June 22/23, promised to be one of the highlights of the sportscar racing season. Sadly, it will be remembered more for a tragic fatal accident. David Harrison reports.
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n years gone by, the Le Mans 24 Hour Race had the reputation for being one of the most dangerous motor races in the world. To underline that fact, in 1955 the Circuit De La Sarthe is still credited with the most catastrophic accident in motorsport history, when Eighty-three spectators, along with driver Pierre Levegh, died when the Frenchman’s Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR flew into a crowd of spectators near the pit lane entrance. It was a devastating accident, 28 www.cprmag.co.uk
and one that would result in new safety measures being introduced at racing circuits all over the world. Of course, no matter what improvements are made, it is impossible to eliminate all risk from any form of motorsport, and the very nature of the Le Mans 24 Hour Race means that serious accidents are almost inevitable. Despite all that, fatalities at Le Mans had become rare in recent times. Before this year’s race, the last fatal accident was in 1997, and the
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one before that was in 1986, a vast improvement on the times when tragedy seemed to strike nearly every other year.
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heavily in his Aston Martin Vantage at Tertre Rouge less than 10 minutes in, and died a short time later in the circuit’s medical centre. It was a devastating blow, and one that rendered the rest of the race almost irrelevant as drivers and teams just seemed to go through the motions of
running the race, but had little conviction or enthusiasm to continue with the proceedings. In fact, the remaining Aston Martin cars would almost certainly have pulled out of the race, were it not for a request from Simonsen’s family who specifically asked them to continue. I can only imagine
Below: Rebellion Racing’s beautiful Lola B12/60 enters the pit straight.
how tough that must have been. of a new era of team rivalry. However, continue it did, and Recent years have seen the alllike it or not, sometimes the conquering Audi Sport Team show must go on, regardless of Joest go head-to-head with how some people feel. arch rivals Peugeot, with the two works supported teams New Era becoming the Real Madrid and This year’s race had been Barcelona of the sports car eagerly awaited for some racing world. The 2011 race time as it marked the start saw one of the closest finishes
in the race’s history when the winning Audi finished just 13.8 seconds ahead of the chasing Peugeot car. The final lap that year was also the first full race speed final lap (as opposed to the traditional staged photofinish) since that of the 1969 race, due to the small gap between the two lead cars. July 2013 31
Above: Dramatic night shot of the AF Corse Ferrari 458. Left: The Proton Competition Porsche at dawn.
The consolation of being the fastest loser that year proved too bitter a pill to swallow for Peugeot and the French manufactuer withdrew its team from endurance racing at the end of that year. Peugeot’s vacant slot on the grid was taken by Toyota Motorsport GmbH with its TS030 Hybrid, a machine that looked remarkably similar to the Peugeot cars it replaced. The qualifying sessions ahead of the big race suggested that Toyota was more than capable 32 www.cprmag.co.uk
of making a challenge on the previously untouchable Audi cars; was the unthinkable really about to happen?
Toyota Challenge A successful foray in the qualifying saw Team Audi lock out the front row of the grid with its cars taking all top three slots. Toyota was just behind in forth and fifth and as the French Tricolour dropped to signal the start of the race, the new boys stayed glued to the leading cars.
Despite the complications caused by the numerous interruptions to the race, Audi’s R18 e-tron Quattros got the upper hand and as the race progressed through the afternoon, the German cars maintained their position. The first twist occurred just as night was falling, when in less than five minutes, the No1 Audi (Lotterer-Fässler-Tréluyer), was pushed into its garage after being refuelled with an alternator problem. It seemed that the No3 car (Gene-Di Grassi-Jarvis) hadn’t read the script either as it suffered a puncture. Oliver Jarvis took a big risk coming back to his pit at a spanking pace in his damaged car! After a wheel change he rejoined in fourth place. The No8 (Davidson-Buemi-Sarrazin) and No7 (Wurz-LapierreNakajima) Toyotas took over second and third places in that order behind the No2 Audi in the lead. Toyota made the best tyre choices to cope with the wet track conditions caused by the
Toyota TS030 Hybrid being hunted down by the race winning No2 Audi.
showers that fell during the night and reduced the gap on the lead Audi to just two minutes. The two Toyotas showed stunning pace and displayed the sort of reliability you would associate with a Japanese car, as neither machine experienced any mechanical problems. There were more twists in the closing stages of the race. Nicolas Lapierre went off in the rain losing third place, while the No8 TS030 Hybrid did its best to catch the leader. It was a good effort, but ultimately in vain as the lead Audi remained just out of reach. As the No2 Audi crossed the finishing line, it gave Loïc Duval his first victory in the Le Mans 24 Hours, Allan McNish his third and Tom Kristensen his ninth. In tears the Dane - regarded by many as ‘Mr Le Mans’ dedicated his victory to his friend and fellow-countryman, Allan Simonsen. Incredibly, it
was Audi’s twelfth victory at the Le Mans 24 Hour Race.
Other Classes In the LMP2 class the No35 (Baguette-Gonzalez-Plowman) and No24 (Pla-Heinemeier Hanson-Brundle) Oak Racing Morgan-Nissans, demonstrated
exemplary consistency and reliability, racking up the laps in almost identical times from the start of the race. They secured first and second places in class by the eighth hour of the race and remained there until the chequered flag fell. Behind the French team’s
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Above: The Vipers put in a spirited performance in only their second year at Le Mans. Left: The Audi crew takes the idea of ‘alternative power’ one step too far! plan. The team’s race turned into a nightmare, mainly because of two offs in the space of thirty minutes! Still, the attractive blue car finished a respectable ninth in class. In the LM GTE Pro category the race quickly turned into a ding-dong battle between four works cars: the No 99 (Bell-Makowiecki-Senna) and (Dumbreck-Mückecars came the No26 Oreca Unfortunately, the third works No97 03-Nissan (Rusinov-Martin- Morgan-Nissan No45 (Nicolet- Turner) Aston Martins and Conway) entered by G-Drive Merlin-Mondolot), a car which the No92 (Lieb-Lietz-Dumas) Racing in third place (although won public affection thanks to and No91 (Bergmeister-Piletthis car was later excluded due its ‘art car’ livery, experienced Bernhard) Porsches. Around to an oversize fuel tank), and too many problems and 10h00 on Sunday morning the the No42 Greaves Motosport eventually had to retire. The No99 Aston Martin leading the Zytek-Nissan (Mardenborough- hopes of French automotive category went off and had to Ordonez-Krumm) in fourth, legend Alpine, making its Le retire. The British team was later promoted to third. Only Mans return with the No36 visibly deeply shaken by this two laps separated first from A450 (Panciatici-Ragues- incident, as they were hoping forth after 24 hours of racing! Gommendy), didn’t quite go to to dedicate a victory to Allan 34 www.cprmag.co.uk
Simonsen. The No92 Porsche then took the lead from the No97 Aston Martin and the other 911, No91 which finished in front of the English car giving the German make a double. The AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italias, which were among the favourites, were never in a position to pose a threat to the leaders: it was the same story for the previously dominant works Corvettes, while the Vipers showed great promise for a car that made its debut a just one year ago. In the LM GTE Am class, the IMSA Performance Matmut team, which hadn’t had much luck in recent years, was back in the winners’ circle with the No76 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (Narac-Bourret-Vernay), its first victory since 2007! In second and third came the AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italias, No55 (Perazzini-Case-O’Young) and No61 (Gerber-Griffin-Cioci)
The 8 Star Motorsports Ferrari 458 Italia.
which went some way to saving Ferrari’s honour in the LM GTE category. Hollywood ‘A-lister’ Patrick Dempsey, who had been the centre of attention since the beginning of the Le Mans 24-Hours week, saw the flag in 30th place overall and fourth in the GTE Am category in the No77 Porsche he shared with Joe Foster and Patrick Long. After the third round of the 2013 FIA World Endurance
Championship Duval, Kristensen, McNish now lead the drivers’ classification, while Audi has consolidated its place at the head of the manufacturers’ title chase. The Porsche and Morgan-Nissan drivers and the respective makes now lead their championships as double points were awarded for this event. The next round will take place in Sao Paulo on 1st September 2013.
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Joe Parrington in his MGBGT fends off Andy Green in the Morgan Plus 8.
Rod Begbie leads the pack in his TVR Grantura MkIII 1800 in the Ecurie GTS race.
MGCC Track Action At MG Live! Described as the ‘World’s biggest MG event,’ MG Live, which was held at Silverstone circuit on June 15-16 played host to the third round of the MG Car Club’s 2013 race series. Leanne Fahy reports from the pit wall. Images - Dickon Siddall Photography
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G Live is huge. If you like MG cars, you will certainly find something to interest you at this event. Millions of spare parts, concours competitions,
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club displays, stunt shows, live music and even an airshow provided plenty of distractions, but this was Silverstone, so naturally the best action was taking place out on that
famous tarmac. Despite being a major MG event, the cars taking part in the racing were not all products of the Abingdon factory. The weekend saw
Cars competing in the Drayton Manor Park MG Metro Cup.
a wide variety of classics compete against each other and there was even separate races for the Morgans and Ferraris.
Ecurie GTS cars hit Turn 1.
Classic Battle With Saturday morning taken up with qualifying sessions, the first race of the weekend was the MGCC Motoring Classics Thoroughbred Sports Cars Race. A packed grid promised some close racing from the off, but ultimately it was Josh Files in his Triumph TR6 who would fight off Spencer McCarthy’s MGBGT V8 to score top honours. After starting from pole, Files initially slipped to second as McCarthy led
Ross Chisholm-Brown’s Triumph Spitfire Le Mans races Paul Freeman’s Alexander Sprite.
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Andy Green’s Morgan Plus 8.
MG Metros on track at Silverstone.
the way. By lap three, the 0.6 second gap separating the lead duo disappeared as McCarthy’s lead fell to his pursuer. From here Files’ advantage was untouched as he steered towards a victorious finish. Behind, McCarthy’s second place came under threat when a steady pace allowed Andy Green to sneak through. 38 www.cprmag.co.uk
McCarthy in his MGB GT V8 held on for third.
Porsche Power A rain shower before the start of the first Porsche Club Championship race presented the difficult decision of which tyres to use, and as the field headed onto the first of their two green flag laps, Mark
Sumpter in his Porsche 964 dived into the pits to change to wet tyres. As the race got underway, Adrian Slater, also in a 964, led the way from Tom Bradshaw in his Boxter S, as the field struggled on a slippery track. Now on wet tyres, Sumpter fired towards the head of the field, to make up an astonishing 28 places in just two laps. Before long, the Porsche 964 pilot was leading the way, trailed by Bradshaw. With the lead duo on different tyres, a drying track caused excitement. However, as the final laps arrived Sumpter appeared to have the upper hand with an eventual 35 second advantage over Bradshaw. Mark McAleer (Porsche 996) held on for third place, ahead of Pete Morris (Porsche 996) and Slater. A dry outing second time around saw Bradshaw control
The Ecurie GTS race saw some fierce racing.
the pace to add another victory to his tally. Slater again led into Copse corner, but a determined drive from Bradshaw gave him the lead during lap one. The battle for third was one to watch, as Morris mounted a charge on Sumpter. As the pair rounded Luffield, the inside line promoted Morris to third, MGBs go head-to-head.
before he turned his attentions to Slater in second. Before long, second place fell to Morris when a slight moment from Slater saw him drop to fifth. As Bradshaw edged away to an eight second advantage, it was all change behind, when McAleer elevated himself to third ahead of Sumpter. Keen
to make amends for his earlier spin, Slater dismissed the challenge of Sumpter to finish fourth, with Sumpter fifth and Marcus Carniel (Porsche Boxter S) sixth.
Ferrari Open
No sooner had the Porsche dust settled on the track, we had the first Ferrari Classic and Ferrari Open race. As the 33 car field thundered towards Copse for the first time, Toby Tarrant-Willis in his Ferrari 458 Challenge immediately took control, with Paul Bailey, also in a 458 Challenge, in second place and Arwyn Williams (GT3) in third. Determined to remove TarrantWillis from his lofty perch, Bailey weaved his way ahead as the pair negotiated the tail enders. With less than four minutes left on the clock, less than July 2013 39
Tight racing in the Aero racing Morgan Challenge.
James Wheeler’s MGBGT V8 cocks a wheel. one second separated the top two, and as the pair scrapped, Tarrant-Willis found himself pirouetting out of contention, as Bailey went on to take the chequered flag. Williams was victorious second time out on a drying track. Tarrant-Willis and Bailey again dominated early on, but both were muscled out by Sam Smeeth, who charged from the back of the grid to second. 40 www.cprmag.co.uk
Ferrari Open There was no doubting the quality of the racing in the Porsche and Ferrari races, but with thousands of MG fans at Silverstone, it was perhaps unsurprising that the excitement level went up a notch as the cars in the Ecurie GTS race lined up for the start of their race. The impressive 51 car field included various
MGs, Triumph TRs, TVRs, Elvas, Lotus Elites, Morgans, Austin Healeys and Triumph Spitfires. With the race underway, Robi Bernberg in his TVR Grantura led the pack on lap one before second placed Scott Quattlebaum (Elva Courier) seized his opportunity to sneak ahead. Upon seeing his rival advance forward, James Cottingham followed shortly afterwards, before Malcolm Gammons, both in MGBs, joined in the fun as well. With the top three positions filled by Quattlebaum, Cottingham and Gammons, the battle for control ignited. All three were engulfed in a fiercely entertaining tussle, with each enjoying some time in the lead and determined to seal victory. As they reached the chequered flag it was Quattlebaum who was ahead when it counted. Gammons held onto second
place, whilst Cottingham swept past the flag third. Bernberg scored a strong fourth place finish, whilst Brian Lambert (MGB) held off the hard charging Tom Smith (MGB), who had started at the back of the grid, for fifth. Smith stormed to victory in race two, after carnage struck the start. As the field raced towards Copse on lap one, Jeff Handley (Triumph Spitfire), Alistair Pugh and Les Congdon’s races were thrown into turmoil when a heavy collision brought out the safety car. After a short period, the damaged cars were removed from the track and the race resumed. After trailing Cottingham in second for much of the race, Gammons launched past on the final lap, to score his third consecutive second place
Pete Foster performed well in his Triumph TR4.
finish. Cottingham held onto third ahead of Quattlebaum, Bernberg and Mike Harris. As ever the MG Car Club was pleased with another triumphant MG Live event, and with some spectacular racing I’m sure the fans enjoyed it too. The sheer mix of wonderful classics combined with the ‘home
of British Motorsport’ that is Silverstone, made this a really special race meeting. The next port of call on the club’s 2013 map of adventure sees the series call at the ever challenging Cadwell Park in Lincolnshire on Sunday July 21. Make sure you don’t miss it as it promises to be a really great weekend!
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Key: db - Decibels • ND - Noisy Day • OPL - Open Pit Lane • S - Sessions • T - Timing/Chrono • RC - Road Cars Only • RCN - Road Car Novice
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In the red! Track day cars don’t get much better than the Radical S3.
Date Venue
Organiser
Noise Level
Status
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Brands Hatch, Indy
ClubMSV
Some Novice
OPL
2
Castle Combe
Javelin Trackdays
100 dba, OPL
OPL
4
Brands Hatch, GP circuit
Gold Track
101db OPL
OPL
6
Donington Park
BookaTrack.com Ltd
Full day
OPL
6
Santa Pod Raceway, Drag Strip
Santa Pod Raceway
OPL
6
Cadwell Park, Full Circuit
Javelin Trackdays
OPL
7
Blyton Park, 1.6 Mile Circuit
Javelin Trackdays
Open Pit Lane
RWYB
8
Castle Combe
BHP Trackdays
OPL 100DBA
RWYB
10
Donington Park
BookaTrack.com Ltd
Full day
OPL
13
Woodbridge
Javelin Trackdays
2 Mile Airfield
OPL
14
Croft
Javelin Trackdays
Quiet Day
OPL
15
Castle Combe
MGs on Track
MGs only
RWYB
15
Snetterton, 300
Javelin Trackdays
OPL 102db
OPL
15
Spa Francorchamps
BookaTrack.com Ltd
OPL
15
Bedford Autodrome, GT
Circuit Days
OPL
16
Dijon Prenois
RMA
103db
OPL
17
Oulton Park, Full Circuit
Javelin Trackdays
OPL, 105dba
OPL
19
Croft
MGs on Track
MGs only
OPL
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In Association With
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Donington Park
BookaTrack.com Ltd
Full day
OPL
19
Rockingham, International Super Sports Car Circuit
Rockingham Circuit
Open Pitlane
OPL
20
Mallory Park, Full Circuit
Javelin Trackdays
OPL 95db
OPL
21
Blyton Park, 1.6 Mile Circuit
Javelin Trackdays
Open Pit Lane
OPL
22
Silverstone, GP
Gold Track
105db
OPL
22
Donington Park
BookaTrack.com Ltd
Full day
OPL
24
Cadwell Park, Full Circuit
Javelin Trackdays
OPL Evenings
OPL
24
Oulton Park
Track and Tour Events Limited
25
Brands Hatch, GP circuit
RMA
102db OPL
OPL
25
Brands Hatch, Indy
Circuit Days
Evening
OPL
27
Bedford Autodrome, GT
Javelin Trackdays
101db OPL
OPL
28
Cadwell Park
Opentrack Track Days
OPL
28
Barkston Heath
Javelin Trackdays
OPL
31
Goodwood, 98db
Gold Track
OPL
RWYB
31
Blyton Park, 1.6 Mile Circuit
Javelin Trackdays
Open Pit Lane
OPL
OPL
This Track Day Diary has been produced in association with MotorsportAds (see www.motorsportads.com). All dates believed correct at time of publishing. Please check with venue before setting off to avoid disappointment.
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Mini Party! The Mini Cooper S is half a century old this year, which of course is a great excuse for a party! The Mini Cooper Register thought so too, and celebrated 50 years of the Cooper S at its annual rally in Beaulieu, Hampshire, on June 9th. Simon Hazeldine went along.
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The event was blessed with some great weather.
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Andrew Bond’s ex-Works Mini Clubman rally car. £100.00? Nowadays you can add an extra zero to that figure and even then you’ll be lucky if you can drive it away. The good news is that those cars that still remain are likely to find their way into the hands of enthusiasts who will ensure their continued survival, and many of those 48 www.cprmag.co.uk
What not to do with an angle grinder! enthusiasts will find additional help from some of the well run Mini clubs dotted around the country.
Happy Birthday! One such club is the Mini Cooper Register which holds its annual rally at the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu
in Hampshire. This year saw the club celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Mini Cooper S, perhaps the most collectable of all the Mini variants, and as birthday parties go, this would be one not to miss. There isn’t much that can be said about the Mini Cooper
a Paddy Hopkirk autographed Mini.
New BMW Minis made welcome too.
The famous Cooper badge.
Who says you cant tour in a Mini? that hasn’t been said a thousand times before, so I wont bore you with a fullblown account of the Cooper’s history, suffice to say that it was a car that made a considerable impact in racing and rallying and also proved popular with drivers that wanted a serious ‘pocket-
Concours cars. rocket’ for everyday motoring. It was quick, it was agile, and it cornered like it was on rails, and it is those qualities that still make it such a highlyprized car to many collectors today. As venues go, it has to be said they don’t get much better than Beaulieu, especially for
car shows and rallies. Located on the edge of the picturesque New Forest and home to the National Motor Museum, the Beaulieu Estate pretty much has something for everyone. If you just fancy a break from the cars, you can check out Beaulieu Abbey or the Palace House and gardens. The July 2013 49
Above: Proud to be British! Left: Another patriotic Mini. Below: More BMW Minis bask in the sun at Beaulieu. local village is like something straight off a postcard, with wild horses grazing contently next to the mill pond on which swans gracefully glide.
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The first thing to quickly become apparent is that this event isn’t just attended exclusively by Mini Coopers.
In fact, just about every type of Mini and their derivatives can be seen here, including the modern BMW-built cars that now carry the Mini name. The actual event uses the same tried and tested format that many car show use; there are display areas for each individual model or mark, a ‘live arena’ which is used to showcase some of the more notable cars, a large marquee for the concours competition and trade stands
selling everything from wheels to complete cars. It’s well laid out and appears to be well organised and the whole event has a friendly atmosphere.
Works Cars My first port of call is the display area featuring the ex-works cars. This was a stunning line up of Mini Cooper competition cars, some of which had been campaigned by manes like Paddy Hopkirk, Rauno
Top: An ex-Rauno Aaltonen works rally Mini Cooper. Above Left: Patrick Walker’s 1962 Mini is the oldest surviving works car. Above: 8 EMO is owned by celebrity chef James Martin and was once raced by Paddy Hopkirk. Aaltonen and Timo Mäkinen. One of the more identifiable ex-works cars - registration number 8 EMO - is owned by celebrity chef James Martin and was driven to 4th overall in the 1963 RAC Rally by
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The rally featured some amazing cars!
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Left: Graham Robson chats to owners in the arena. Below Left: Mini Cooper Police car... or should that be Mini Copper? (groan!) Below: Mini Moke ‘Rat Scamp’ had some interesting additions! Bottom: Unzip the flag! Neat paintwork on Mini Cooper.
at one point in the afternoon. Talking of the live arena, it was good to see such a great variety of cars taking centre stage at this rally. Some one make rallies can get a bit tedious when numerous examples of the same model as paraded in front of visitors like some sort of bizarre ‘spotthe-difference’ competition, but thankfully this was not the case at Beaulieu. The tricky job of delivering the live commentary fell to the very knowledgeable motoring writer and historian, Graham Robson, who did a good job of keeping visitors both entertained and informed as
the cars came in and out of the arena. James Martin also gave a talk in the live arena, and Paddy Hopkirk made an appearance too, as did other notable personalities from the
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Concours Mini Pick-Up.
Immaculate cars on show.
Custom Clubman!
A tad extreme...but you get the point! OEG 616X. Every last square inch of this car was polished to a mirror finish with not so much as a spec of dirt to be seen, and that includes the bottom of the car as the strategically placed mirrors showed. Another equally attractive Mini Pick Up (to my untrained eye 54 www.cprmag.co.uk
at least!) was the one owned by Andrew Nash (UBD 625W). The engine bay on Andrew’s Mini is a work of art, and no doubt a labour of love too; the engine is painted in the correct shade of A-series green, the windscreen washer bottle is the glass type and even the SU carburettors have the early
style brass dash-pot caps. The overall effect is stunning.
Beautiful Day! Back outside, and the constant stream of cars continued into the live arena, and with it being the 50th anniversary of the Mini Cooper S, I was expecting to see a line-up
Spotless engine bay!
Impressive line-up!
Think Mini - think pink! The Sea King crew lines-up with the Bentleys.
Walnut dash? No thanks! of the very earliest ‘Cooper’ cars, those fitted with the 1071 engines. Now unless it happened when I wasn’t looking, then it would seem that those cars that were actually 50 years old were overlooked, which did seem a bit odd. A bit like having a birthday party and then
leaving out the person whose birthday it is! I spent the rest of the day marvelling at just how cheap Mini parts are, especially when compared to the Triumph TR parts I usually buy (seriously...a front wing for less than £50.00!) and generally soaking up the
wonderful atmosphere down at Beaulieu. Overall it had been an excellent day and a very well attended rally. the drive home was entertaining too thanks to the hundreds of Minis chugging along the M3 and M25. Just like the good old days really! July 2013 55
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An eclectic mix of cars making a run for England’s south coast results in a superb day out and the world’s longest acronym. Simon Hazeldine tagged along and joined the London To Brighton Classic, Kit and Sports Car Run held on June 2.
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ometimes it seems like just about every conceivable type of car has its own London to Brighton Run, with Jaguars, Minis, Land Rovers, MGs and Austin Sevens all making their pilgrimage from the capital down to the south
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coast en-masse at least once a year. Of course, the established London to Brighton Veteran Car Run - which caters for cars built before 1905 - is the original and best known of all these events, and due to the fragile nature of the vehicles taking part, it is
more of an endurance test than a leisurely run to the seaside. Perhaps the run that attracts the widest variety of cars is the annual London to Brighton Classic, Kit and Sports Car Run (L2BCKSCR...how’s that for an acronym!) organised
by GE Events. 2013 saw this particular run celebrating its 25th anniversary, so a few changes had been made to make it a bit different from all the previous ones.
Get Up & Go! Traditionally, the L2BCKSCR would set off from in front of the famous clubhouse building at Brooklands and stop off at a
selected place of interest along the way before entrants finally crossed the finishing line on Brighton’s Madeira Drive. This year, the starting place was the same as previous years, but the finishing line had been moved to Brighton Racecourse, an issue that proved to be quite a talking point among some of the participating crews. More on that later though.
If you are not a fan of early starts, then this probably isn’t an event for you. The majority of the cars start to assemble at Brooklands at 07.30am with the first ones getting ‘waved-off’ half-an-hour later. Most of the crews look refreshed and wide awake, which was probably thanks to the organisers arranging discounted rates at the nearby Brooklands Hotel and Cobham Hilton. It’s a
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Above: David Rowlinson in his Jaguar D-Type replica is waved off by a mysterious racing driver!
nice forethought, and makes me think that maybe next year I’ll get my act together and get a room too. It would certainly be preferable to my early morning blast down the A1 and round the M25.
Left: The classic car run set off from in front of the Brooklands Club House building.
Brooklands Like previous years, the start line for the classic cars was in front of the club house, where each car poses briefly for an official photo before being waved off by a ‘Union Jack’ carrying flag bearer. The crews taking part in the kit and sports car run started their journey in front of Brookland’s Concorde supersonic airliner, and were waved off by someone looking suspiciously like a certain anonymous racing driver who stars in a popular BBC motoring programme. Could it really be...? Nah. Well, maybe! The atmosphere at Brooklands was relaxed and some of the crews made time to explore
the buildings and exhibits that make up the amazing Brooklands Museum. Others were keen to get going, and before long there was a steady stream of cars heading out into the Surrey countryside.
Don’t Follow Me! Anyone planning a leisurely drive where they simply followed the car in front could have been in for an unwelcome surprise as the kit and sports cars were following a different route to the classics. And that wasn’t the only potential ‘gotcha’ because this year the classic run was split into two separate routes - a shorter run of approximately 60 miles for the thirstier or older vehicles with a stop-off point at the National Trust Sheffield Park and Garden, or for drivers wanting to stretch their legs a bit, a longer run of about 100 miles calling in at the historic village of Chiddingstone and Chiddingstone Castle in Kent.
Top:Panos Mavroudi’s Alfa Romeo Giulia Police car once starred in the film ‘The Italian Job.’ Above: Battle of the Flags! The flag bearers from the classic and kit car runs compare flags.. The kit and sports car run followed the classics as far as Stoke D’Abernon, just the other side of Cobham, before heading south to pick up the A24 for the run down through Dorking. It was about this point where
I elected to head straight to Sheffield Park, the stopping point for the shorter classic run, so that I could be their when the cars started arriving. It would also mean I could get away early and head down to
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A brace of Jaguar E-Types at Sheffield Park.
stop-off point by cars from the Veteran Car Club of Great Britain which were taking part in their own run on the same day. As a result, the grass parking area at Sheffield Park was filled not only with classics, but also some incredibly rare and valuable veteran cars dating back to the early 1900s. Cars like a 1911 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost, a 1904 De Dion Bouton, a 1910 Daimler and a 1904 Cadillac rubbed shoulders with Austin Healeys, MGs, Triumphs and Jaguars, and rarely do you get to see such a wonderful mix of cars in one place.
Veteran cars bask in the sunshine at Sheffield Park. Brighton and get there before the majority of the participating cars. The drive down to Sheffield Park was as picturesque as it gets in this part of the world, with picture-postcard villages that seem to have changed little since World War Two, and the leafy,
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tree-lined lanes leading up to the park set the scene for what was in store.
Meet The Ancestors! Now by some strange coincidence, and unbeknown to the run’s organisers, Sheffield Park was also being used as a
Beware Of Snakes Over on the kit and sports car run, the crews were heading across southern England to their planned stopping point at Parham House in Sussex. The route had taken the cars through some beautiful countryside
This Jaguar E-Type came all the way from Chesterfield to take part in the run. and gave the participants some wonderful views across the Aldbury Downs near Godalming. As always, there was an interesting mix of cars taking part on this particular run, and when ever a group of kit cars get together, you can be sure there will always be a good selection of Cobra replicas to look at. In fact, there was 16 Cobras taking part in the run, by far the most popular type of kit car taking part. Six of those cars were built from kits supplied by Peterboroughbased AK Sportscars who seem to be thriving despite the current economic gloom. It was good to see the manufacturer getting behind the event too, as AK Sportscars MD, Jon Freeman, and his wife wendi came along in a stunning white Cobra. Another AK Cobra, this one owned by Graham Barnes, sported a very newlooking Corvette LS3 V8 engine and it looked to be a very tidy
Andrew Showell’s Ferrari 400GT has an interesting history. Cyril Usmar’s AK Cobra.
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Paul Gillett’s immaculate Ford Escort Mk1.
Kevin Browne’s gas-guzzling Daimler Ferret armoured car. Triumph TR6 at Sheffield Park.
Graeme Hulme’s Austin Healey 3000. installation. While on the subject of Cobras, I also chatted briefly with Cyril Usmar who had only recently finished his own AK Cobra, a culmination of a life-long dream. His car featured an unusual carbon-fibre dashboard which gave the interior a wonderful ‘retro-modern’ look, and according to the owner, getting the carbon-fibre onto the car is quite a tricky process. Other kit cars to catch my eye were David Rowlinson’s Jaguar D-type replica (who can resist
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those lines...even if it isn’t the real deal!), Andrew Thurling’s bright yellow Westfield SEi ‘Lairy Canary’ which I noticed is fitted with an ingenious aircraft-style intercom system, complete with headsets, and Tim Mills Sebring TMX.
Crossing The Line The finishing line this year, as mentioned earlier, had been moved to Brighton Racecourse, and while it might not be as aesthetically pleasing as the town’s Madeira Drive, it did
offer much better facilities. The large function room inside the main stand was being used to cater for the crews and the bar was serving hot and cold drinks along with other refreshments. For once, the entrants had somewhere comfortable to sit and a roof over their heads... even if it wasn’t raining outside! The organisers had booked an entertainer too, who crooned his way through most of the songs Sinatra made famous. Outside, the cars were parked separately again, with the kit and
Bill Williams crosses the finish line in his Jaguar E-type V12.
Julia Hope, Editor of MOG magazine in a Morgan. sports car taking up position in front of the main entrance, while the classics parked next to the main stand. As I wandered around the classics parking area, I found myself looking at some rather interesting and unusual cars. Kevin Brown came along in his 1953 Daimler Ferret armoured car which had seen military service in Jordan, Aden, West Germany and took part in the first Gulf War. A real head-turner, but In wouldn’t want his fuel bill! Then there was Andrew Showell’s Ferrari
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Run organiser stephen Smith (left) presents the ‘Oldest Classic’ award to Andrew Connell for his 1936 MG PB.
400GT which was once owned by Brian Clements, a screenwriter and television producer best known for his work on The Avengers and The Professionals. Another car that had links to the world of film and television was Panos Mavroudi’s 1970 Alfa Romeo Giulia which was used as an Italian police car in the film ‘The Italian Job’. One car that deserves a special mention is Anthony Connel’s 1936 MG PB Supercharged which took the award for the oldest car taking part in the event. Even more impressive is the fact that Anthony has owned the car for 50 years and he drove it all the way from Norwich to take part in the run. Another special mention goes to Nigel Fisher and his wife who had driven their Rolls Royce Shadow One down from Hertfordshire for the weekend. Their car had the honour of wearing the ‘No1’
rally plate for the run, but this was actually the 24th time the couple had taken part in the London to Brighton Classic Run, an impressive record, only ever missing one year since the event was started. I caught up with the event organiser Stephen Smith for a few words, and he seemed fairly happy with how things had gone. I mentioned earlier that the use of the racecourse as the finishing point proved to be a talking point with some of the crews, some of whom told me they preferred it when it was down on the sea front. From a personal viewpoint, I can see where they are coming
from, but I can remember standing in the wind and rain on Madeira Drive at last year’s L2BCKSCR and would have gladly swapped it for the comparative luxury of the race course. It was the event’s 25th anniversary and it would have been ruined if everybody had to stand around in the rain, so the organiser should be applauded for taking the bold move to relocate for this year’s run. The good news for those that preferred the old finishing point is that next year should see a return to Madeira Drive, so don’t forget your bucket and spade... and your umbrella too!
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Venue
Website
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Witney Motor show, Oxfordshire, England
www.witneymotorshow.co.uk
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Ace Cafe Classic Mini Meet, London, England
www.ace-cafe-london.com
6
Classic Car & Motorbike Show, Harlow, Essex, England
n/a
6-7
Cumbrian Rover Rally, Dalton In Furness, England
www.thersr.co.uk
6-7
American Car Show, Tatton, Cheshire, England
www.prescott-hillclimb.com
6-7
AMOC Centenary at Brands Hatch, Kent, England
www.amoc.org
6-7
Pageant of Motoring, Bath, Wilts, England
bathpageantofmotoring.com
6-7
COOC East Anglian Rally, Holt, Norfolk, England
www.co-oc.org
6-7
Cars in the Park, Lichfield, Staffs, England
www.carsinthepark.com
7
Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb, Worcs, England
www.vscc.co.uk
7
Leighton Hall Classic Car Rally, Lancashire, England
www.markwoodwardclassicevents.com
7
Retro Show, Santa Pod, Northants, England
www.santapod.co.uk
7
MG M Saloon Day, IWM Duxford, Cambs, England
www.mgmgroup.org.uk
7
Classic Car Show, East Barnet, England
www.eastbarnetfestival.org.uk
7
Italian Car Concours, Lutterworth, Leicestershire, England
www.gingerbeerpromotions.com
7
Barleylands Farm Festival of Transport, Billericay, Essex, England
classicmotorevents.co.uk
7
Lydiate Classic Car and Bike Show, Liverpool, England
n/a
9
Ace Cafe Classic Car Night, London, England
www.ace-cafe-london.com
12-14
Goodwood Festival of Speed, Goodwood, Sussex, England
www.goodwood.co.uk
13-14
MGOC 40th Birthday Celebration, Swavesey, Cambs, England
www.mgownersclub.co.uk
13
Ace Cafe London Ford Corsair Celebration, London, England
www.ace-cafe-london.com
13-14
CBCCC Classic Gathering, Exeter, Devon, England
www.cbccc.net
13-14
Classic Race Weekend, Castle Combe, Wilts, England
www.castlecombecircuit.co.uk
13-14
HSCC Brands Hatch SuperPrix Circuit, Kent, England
www.hscc.org.uk
14
Garstang Autojumble, Garstang, Lancs, England
www.markwoodwardclassicevents.com
14
Ace Cafe London Drivers Challenge!, London, England
www.ace-cafe-london.com
14
Macmillan Classic Car Show, West Clandon, Surrey, England
n/a
14
Thames Valley Festival of Transport, Maidenhead, Kent, England
www.classicshows.org
14
Classic Car Show, Darlington, County Durham, England
n/a
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Morgans at Curborough, Lichfield, Staffs, England
www.mscc.uk.com
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Charity Classic Car Show, Kimbolton, Cambs, England
www.sportingbears.org.uk
14
Darling Buds Classic Car Show, Ashford, Kent, England
www.darlingbudsclassiccarshow.co.uk
14
Classic Car Show, Doncaster, England
traditionalcarclub.co.uk
14
Mid-Lincs Rover Club Rally, East Kirkby, Lincs, England
www.roverp4dg.org.uk
19
Austin Ten National Rally, Buxton, Derbyshire, England
www.austintendriversclub.com
20-21
Classic Car Show, Middlewich, Cheshire, England
www.middlewich.org.uk
20
Jensens At The Ace Cafe, London, England
www.ace-cafe-london.com
21
Elvetham Heath Car Show, Hampshire, England
www.elvethamheathcarshow.co.uk
21
VSCC Mallory Park, Hinkley, Leics, England
www.vscc.co.uk
21
Uxbridge Autoshow, Uxbridge, Middx, England
www.uxbridge-autoshow.com
21
Alton Classic Rally, Alton, Hants, England
www.altonbusrally.org.uk
21
Fleetwood Festival of Transport, Fleetwood, Lancs, England
www.fleetwoodfestivaloftransport.co.uk
21
Old Ford Rally, Gaydon, Oxfordshire, England
www.fordyandcmodelregister.co.uk/
21
Scottish Car Show, Edinburgh, Scotland
www.scottishcarshow.com
21
MG Chesterfield Marcham Road Run, Chesterfield, England
www.mgownersclub.co.uk
21
Ford RS Owners Club National Day, Donington Park, Leics, England
www.seoc.co.uk
21
Bentley Museum Classic & Sports Car Show, Lewes, East Sussex, England
www.bentley.org.uk
21
Minis (+classics) On The Rec, Brighton, Sussex, England
www.brightonminiclub.co.uk
21
Norfolk Sea Scout Classic Car Show, Wroxham, Norfolk, England
www.jec.org.uk
26-28
Silverstone Classic, Silverstone Circuit, Northants, England
www.silverstone.co.uk
26-28
Land Rover Show, Billing Aquadrome, Northants, England
livepromotions.co.uk
26
American Rod & Custom Show, bridlington, Yorkshire, England
n/a
27-28
Shelsley Classic Meeting, Shelsey Walsh, Worcs, England
www.shelsley-walsh.co.uk
27-28
Alvis Midland Day, Gaydon, Oxon, England
www.alvisoc.org
27
Classic & Supercar Show, Chorleywood, Hertfordshire, England
www.chorleywoodclassics.org/
27
Brooklands Supercar Saturday, Brooklands Museum, Surrey, England
www.gingerbeerpromotions.com
27-28
MGCC Wolds Rally, Bishop Wilton, Yorks, England
www.mgcc.co.uk
27-28
Tortworth Vintage Transport Show, Bristol, England
www.shakespearesrally.com
27
Ace Cafe Consul, Zephyr & Zodiac Meet, London, England
www.ace-cafe-london.com
28
Crich Mini Meet, Critch tramway Museum, Derbyshire, England
www.tramway.co.uk
28
Classic Car & Transport Show, Walsall, West Mids, England
www.transtarpromotions.co.uk
28
Sports Car Sunday, Capesthorne, Cheshire, England
www.classicshows.org
28
Brooklands Retrojumble, Brooklands Museum, Weybridge, Surrey, England
www.brooklandsmuseum.com
28
Cannon Hall Car Rally, Barnsley, South Yorks, England
www.barnsleyrotaryclub.org.uk
28
Nene Valley Railway Classic Car Gala, Peterborough, Cambs, England
www.nvr.org.uk
28
Classic Car Gathering, Ripon, Yorkshire, England
www.riponclassiccargathering.org
28
Classic Car Breakfast Meeting, Blackbushe, Hants, England
www.whitelionantiques.co.uk
28
Riviera Classic Car Show, Paignton Green, Devon, England
n/a
28
Rotary Classic Car Show, Ashover, Derbyshire, England
www.ashoverclassics.co.uk
28
London to Southend Classic Car Run, Barkingside, Essex, England
www.sevcvc.com
28
Festival of Transport, Audlem, Cheshire, England
www.audlem-aset.org
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Star buy was this 1967 Aston Martin DB6 which sold for £123,200.
Aston DB6 Tops Brooklands Sale Historics at Brooklands Sale Brooklands, UK. June 1, 2013. Historics at Brooklands Sale. Type
Year
Price
Aston Martin DB6
1967
£123,200
Jaguar E-Type Series 1 Roadster
1967
£112,000
Rolls-Royce Phantom II
1933
£71,200
Mercedes-Benz 220S Ponton Cabriolet
1958
£66,000
Mercedes-Benz 190SL
1957
£62,720
Mercedes-Benz 190SL
1957
£61,600
‘Barn-find’ Porsche 911T fetched £26,880.
A 1967 Aston Martin DB6 topped the Historic at Brooklands sale on June 1, when it sold for a respectable £123,200. Total combined sales for the whole day reached £1.58million. The sale topping Aston Martin was a tidy, two-owner car which the vendor claimed had only covered 130 miles over the last ten years. Despite that relative lack of use, the engine is said to run well with a strong oil pressure and if the new owner has a vintage music collection, he could always make use of the original 8-Track stereo which was still fitted to the car. As expected, the British cars performed well at the sale with Jaguars proving especially popular with bidders. Notable ‘big cat’ sales included a 1959 XK150S coupé which went for £48,160, a 1974 E-type Roadster Series 3 fetching £44,800 and a 1966 Series 1 E-Type which sold at £112,000. 74 www.cprmag.co.uk
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Good value! Cool looking Lenham Healey Six sold for £20,720.
One car that seemed to represent excellent value for money was the 1961 Lenham-Healey Six which would make an excellent historic racer or hill-climb car Selling for just £20,720, it seemed to be a great deal for the new owner. Top of the ‘one that got away’ list must have been the pretty 1948 MG TC. A very presentable car, it is finished in the traditional colour combination of green with tan interior and described by the vendor as being “great fun to drive”. A cracking little car, but one that failed to meet its reserve. It’s not often you hear of Porsche ‘barn-find’ cars, even less so when the car is a 911, but that was exactly what was on offer at this sale. Sold as found, so still covered in dirt and dust, the 1970 Porsche 911T still fetched an impressive (for its condition) £26,880. It just goes to show that the German marque still remains a safe bet if you want a car that
The one that got away! Pretty MG TC failed to sell on the day.
rises in value. Talking of Germans marques, the other big Teutonic name Mercedes-Benz - also made a splash with a pair of 1957 190SLs. Selling for £61,600 and £62,720. Buyers had a choice of black or silver, with the latter being owned by the same family for the last 28 years. It was restored in the
mid-80s and has had little use since. The black car had also been restored and was taken back to bare metal about ten years ago and repainted. The suspension was also rebuilt as well as the braking system and engine/gearbox. the next Historic auction takes place at Brooklands Museum on August 31. July 2013 75
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1963 Jaguar Mk2, Superb example in Blue (Ecurie Ecosse)/light grey 1970 Lotus Europa S2 Turbo Gold interior refurbished to very high Leaf 47 Replica, Immaculate standard. Total nut & bolt rebuild car built on a Lotus Twin Cam in the late 90s (extensive history chassis, with a fully re-built 1.5l file), straight port head (unleaded), turbo charged Renault Gordini Zeus brakes, rack & pinion power engine and re-conditioned 5 speed assisted steering, alternator, Renault gearbox. Lots of history, Harvey Bailey suspension new MOT. The car is hill climb/ upgrade, stainless steel exhaust, sprint prepared and has covered electric cooling fan. £17,750. Call 4 miles since rebuild. Features 02392 478803 include; Lotus Twin Cam chassis, Custom rocker cover with Lotus insignia, red leather interior, Kevlar dash, custom dials and switchgear, Lexan side windows, under body protection plate, body and paint by TVR, snap off Sparco steering wheel, 4 pot break calipers and much more. Call for list. £25,000. 1980 MGBGT, Great condition Call 07543 228799 for 33 years old,been well looked after and comes with12 mot and 6 months tax,engine recently been retuned and body worked remopped to bring it back to its best.this car only got used in the warmer months so underneath all solid.comes with all the past 1965 2.0 Porsche 911, fully history right from the very start. rebuilt by Francis Tuthill in great fun car to drive and a real March 1998 incorporating all head turner will be sad to see go their modifications for FIA Historic but needs must.runs on unleaded. Rallying, class B4. Campaigned £2,895. Call: 07944 513366. regularly until 2000 then put into storage until 2010. The car has recently been rebuilt to a very high standard, and is now ready to compete again. 155bhp engine on Webers, close ratio gearbox with Tuthill gears, 8.35:1 final drive and lsd, immaculate Westfield SE 7, Tartan Red, seam welded bodyshell with full black trim. Ford DHC engine, roll cage, front and rear sump alloys. Recently repainted. In guards, Tuthill spec braking super condition. Massive fun, system with bespoke adjustable very quick. Superb summer fun pedal box, Leda front shocks/ car. £5,795 (less than the kit Bilstein rears, perspex side and price!) Call for more details rear screens, reconditioned 120 01953 717618 amp alternator, Tuthill lightweight spec wiring harness and fuse box, and much more. £64,995. Call 01244 529500.
1977 MG Midget 1500, 6 months MOT & tax. Garaged, restored 5 years ago and many new parts 1978 Triumph Spitfire 1500, Inca since, including Anthracite club Yellow, much loved car, owned alloys, centre console with stereo and dry-stored for 15 years. Major and speakers and new seat overhaul in 2007. Good starter. belts. Comes with dust cover and Bodywork good. Overdrive/ tonneau cover. Available with 4 stainless steel sports exhaust. spare wheels and tyres if required Just needs MOT. Great value at just £1,500. Call now on 01628 . £2,500. Call: 07870 620613. 628101.
1979 Mk3 Ford Capri 3.0 Litre S in Black. Current owner since July 2010. Much spent in recent years. The Capri also has power steering fitted which helps when you are parking her. Iinterior is immaculate with the traditional Carla Check Fishnet Recaro seats. If you have any questions then please do not hesitate to ask. £6,500. Call: 07551-931593.
1971 Triumph Toledo 1500, 2 Door Twin Carb Manual, Tax exempt to Nov. Mot to 13 Nov 2013. Dolomite velour interior. Very reliable. New sills and plated floor. Brakes checked and adjusted all round, new seals fitted to the master cylinder and bled right through. Needs some cosmetic work. It has been resprayed in the past not to a very good standard and there is now some blistering and cracking to the paintwork however there is only a few tiny spots of rust. The passenger seat has a small burn mark in it. No time wasters please. £1,150. Call Mark on 07912 509047.
1999 Rover Mini Cooper 1300 Sports, £6,995. Nightfire red. Only 66,000 miles covered by the 1 lady owner since being purchased from John Cooper garages. Drives really well with a very responsive 1300 mpi engine and nice smooth 4 speed crunch free gearbox and positive steering from the wider 13” wheels and tyres. Good original unmodified Mini that is ready to drive away. 1966 Jaguar S Type 3.4 ltr For Comes with a 3 month warranty Sale, This nice solid 3.4 S has and a full 1 years MOT included. been in dry storage for the last 20 Call: 01322 665141 for more years. £6,200. Call 07989 417323 for more information or to view. details.
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Iso Rivolta Competition Special, All alloy body built with superleggera type tubular body frame over which aluminium panels have been fitted. Chassis Number: IR460368. Chevrolet 5.4 V8 engine. Set up for competition use this Iso would be extremely competitive in historic racing with full roll cage, magnesium alloy knock on wheels, full harness belts etc. It would also make a fantastic car for road use and tours and is road registered and has long MOT and historic road tax. £75,000. Call 01981 250147.
1967 Rover P6 2000, original burnt grey and red leather interior with that wonderful period smell inside! Slight scrape on bodywork. Starts well, not the fastest off the blocks but a period luxury cruiser. Boot full of spares. Extensive history file, new MOT 6mths tax. I’m an enthusiast and would like to see this P6 go to a good home: only selling due to the excessive size of my car collection! £2,500. Call 07950 943159.
1974 MGBGT, 1950cc Engine On Weber Side Draught Carb, Overdrive Gearbox, Modified Suspension, 4 Point Roll Cage, 72 Spoke Wide Rim Wheels, Semi Stripped Out. Oselli Fast Road Engine, Lots of work - call for spec. £4,995. Call: 07761 549454
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1990 Mini City Rover, Rover mini city 60000 from new (1000cc) Welcome to the sale of this rust free mini city 1000cc. Genuine 60000 miles from new with no rust or rot to be found. Finished in flame red with a white roof with a set of minilite alloy wheels. This car can only be described in very nice condition with lovely finish to the paint work. Drives fantastic with its nippy 1000cc engine, no crunching from any gears. Inside the car is all standard and in very good condition. Being a 1000cc this is the perfect car for a first time driver to just a town car. £3,850. Call on 01223 841141 for more info.
1992 Mini British Open Classic, limited edition of the Mini which was based on the Mini Mayfair and only 1,000 were produced. Finished in British Racing Green Metallic with Stone Beige ‘Countryman Tweed’ upholstery with leather inserts and Green piping plus a label stitched to seats reading “By Appointment to Her Majesty the Queen”, Black Carpets with Green piping, Cream leather Steering Wheel, matching Door Cards and Seat Belts, electrically operated full-length Webasto Sunroof. 1275cc Engine and 4 Speed Manual Gearbox. Wooden Mota-Lita Steering Wheel, The car has covered 62,000 miles and has a full and comprehensive Service History from new. £5,995. Tel: 020 8876 8171 call for details.
1973 Porsche 911 2.4E Targa. £POA. Finshed in Purple coachwork with Black interior. Please call for more details and price. Immobilizer, New MOT on purchase, Petrol, Radio, Service, Sports Seats, Sunroof. Call: 020 8870 9977.
1968 Triumph TR250 for restoration, Imported from Colorado USA 2 years ago and dry stored. All taxes and duties paid. All relevant documentation and original US Title Certificate. This car is very original and straight and a good candidate to restore, non overdrive. The engine turns by hand and the car is all original panels. Floors and sills need attention, the surrounding metal is solid. Bottom of the battery box needs replacing, but other than this under the bonnet is sound and original. Chassis looks in good shape. Genuine reason for sale. £8,450. Call: 01283 512787.
Triumph Stag Mk1 Auto in white, with hard top and soft top, in great original condition, needs nothing just driving and enjoying. 43,000 miles, great history, Mot 12 Months, 12 Months Tax which is Free. Pictures and more details to be added. £13,995. Please phone for more details: 01676 523520
1953 Citroen 11 Normale, Tax Exempt, Mot’d. LHD. 1911cc DS Engine and 4 speed gearbox, 123 Ignition system, Electrics converted to 12V. Body in excellent condition with new window, door and boot seals. Full stainless steel exhaust system. Reconditioned interior with maroon leather seats beige cloth roof lining and new carpets. New Koni shock absorbers and new brake cylinder system. All mechanical parts in good working order. £11,000. Call: 01828 633827.
Jaguar E Type S1 4.2 FHC, This E Type Jaguar is an original RHD S1 4.2 FHC finished in White with Old English Red. Having been in the same ownership since 1986 1972 VW Beetle, Professional this E Type has been a very rebuild to resemble ‘64 model. chersihed Jaguar that has been 12 volt/copper brake pipes/gas MOT anually and has always shocks, s/s exhaust and bumper been garaged which has a lovely blades. Dry stored. Excellent clean patiana. Call for appointment to condition. Reliable/good runner. view on 01922 749244. £56,950. £4,900. Call: 07881363869
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1999 MG MGF Limited Edition, Metallic british racing green with cream leather and green piping. 5 speed manual,pas, electric windows, over-mats, stereo, hood cover, alloy wheels, taxed and mot. 2 private owners from new with full main agent service history and all invoices. Mileage is from new an exceptional car with such a low mileage. Please call for any further details. £2,395. Call: 07919 854037.
1977 Triumph Dolomite 1300, Very well presented in British Racing Green with tan vinyl interior, all of which appear to be in good condition. Has been used recently as a daily driver and is running sweetly. At one time was owned by MGM Cars, Elstree Film Studios and appeared in Ashes to Ashes. History file includes the Met Police ID for Alexandra ‘Alex’ Drake, played by Keeley Hawes and a CD of the TV series, along with a few recent bills. While at MGM the car also appeared in Silent Witness and the film Awaydays. Also has original Passport to Service, owner’s handbook, Leyland sales brochure and a service manual. £1,795. Call: 07711 509600.
Austin-Healey 3000 MK3, BRG with Black Leather Faced Seats, fitted overdrive and new wheels and tyres. Panel fit and paint finish are excellent. Drives beautifully. Fully serviced and ready for the season! £42,950. Call: 07768 323466
1950 Healey Silverstone, A car with wonderful road presence, very rare just 105 cars ever built offering Blue Chip Investment potential which can be realised very quickly. Cars with rock solid provenance such as this supported with mechanical integrity & with known fully documented regular past participation in events such as the Mille Miglia are oh so rare ! In Deep Navy paint with beautiful green leather this car arguably one of the prettiest to come to the market for many years. £POA. Call: 01394 459 493.
1970 MG Midget 1275, Fresh respray in bright red, looks superb, replacement gold seal engine and gearbox in the past history, just been serviced so pulls keenly though all the gears, slight whine in 1st, but no other untoward noises from gearbox or rear axle. Recently replaced interior, dashboard refurbished. £5,995. Call: 01785 841177.
1937 Daimler Light Straight Eight 4 Door Saloon. Pre Select Gearbox. It is absolutely magnificent and totally original. Her beautiful unmarked coachwork is finished in the original livery of Black and Ivory. Her interior is finished in dark Tan leather, totally original, in beautiful condition with a lovely patina. Maintained regardless of cost. Stainless steel exhaust, full length sunroof. All original manuals handbooks, buff log books and of course stacks of history. £39,950. Call: 01794 390895.
1951 Riley RME Drophead Coupe, Complete rebuild chassis up, colour bronze, new white leather interior with matching bronze carpet, new hood and hood foldaway cover, Tax, Mot exempt, pristine condition. £24,995. Call: 07585 778683.
1976 Triumph Tr8 Rally Car, Competed from 1976 – 1982 in the hands of David Lambton in 1972 Lotus Elan Sprint, Carnival many major events. A total rebuild Red over White, walnut Dash, was completed in 2009 to the Alloys, Eared Spinners, Stainless highest of standards. Dry sump Exhaust, Electric Windows, Roll engine by John Eales. Close Bar, Car Cover, Solid Driveshafts, Ratio Box. Quaiffe LSD. Full cage Alternator, Koni Shock Absorbers. Biltein Suspension. Every rally aid £25,500. Call: 01234 750205. etc. £39,995. Call: 01636 812655.
1959 Triumph TR3A, Fully restored, overdrive, finished in gleaming red, runs and drives really well, comprehensive history, unleaded conversion, 87mm pistons/liner kit, HS6 carbs., rack/ pinion steering, kenlowe electric thermostatic controlled fan, new chrome tubeless wire wheels on new Dunlop Sport 195/65R15 tyres, red leather upholstery with white piping and new set of wool carpets. Comes with two sets of weather gear (incl side screens), one in white the other in black with a black tonneau cover. £22,500. Call: 01383 415591.
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