Classic and Competition car 30

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Classic and Competition Car
March 2013
Issue 30
Race Retro
Tasman Revival
Pomeroy Trophy
Bromsgrove
Contents
Page 3
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Page 19
Page 20
Page 23
Page 29
Page 32
Page 36
Page 38
Page 45
Page 46
News
Tasman Revival Series Round 5 Hampton Downs
Archive Photo of the month
Nottingham Classic Car meeting.
Tasman Revival Series Round 6 Ruapuna Park.
Bromsgrove Motoring Club Classic car meeting.
VSCC Pomeroy Trophy, Silverstone.
Classic Car of the Month - Peugeot 304 S Cabriolet
Race Retro Show Stoneleigh, Coventry.
Silverstone Auctions sale at Race Retro
Race Retro live action Rally Stage.
© Simon Wright
© Janet Wright
© Simon Wright
© Pete Austin
Front Cover.
Metro 6R4 tears up the live action rally stage at Race Retro © Simon Wright
Bill Hemming (Elfin MR8A-C #112) Tasman Revival © Fast Company/Alex Mitchell
Pomeroy Trophy © Mick Herring
Bromsgrove Motoring Club meet Austin 10/4 © Janet Wright
Sir Stirling Moss and admirers at Race retro © Pete Austin
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March 2013
Our Team
Simon Wright - Editor.
Simon has been
photographing and
reporting on motor races
for many years. Served an
engineering apprenticeship
many years ago. Big fan of
the Porsche 917
Pete Austin.
Pete is the man for Historic
racing, with an extensive
archive of black and white
images covering the last
few decades of motorsport
in Britain. Very keen on
BRM.
Mick Herring
Mick's first love is GT
racing, including Historics,
especially the Lola T70.
Has an extensive
knowledge of all things GT.
Janet Wright.
Janet has been taking
photographs for many
years, and is also very
skilled in video. She likes
Aston Martins
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Editorial
Years ago, if you wanted to
become a Grand prix driver,
you competed in Formula Ford
to learn the craft of race driving.
The category was run all over
the world. Then you travelled to
the UK to compete in the British
Formula 3 championship
against the best young drivers
from all over the World. As the
series was run in the UK, the
costs were not too excessive
and the drivers learnt to drive
mini Grand Prix cars. The great
drivers could progress straight
to Formula 1 while the good
drivers could progress to
Formula 2 where they would
compete against current Grand
Prix drivers on their weekends
off from Grand Prix.
Now there as so many different
categories all across the World,
it is difficult for Grand Prix
teams to know where to select
their new drivers. GP2 is the
obvious choice but the path to
GP2 is not so straight forward.
The British F3 series is in
decline (see seperate news
story) and another piece of the
past could disappear forever? A
lot of top drivers will mourn its
passing if it does fade away.
News
It has been announced that
the 2013 British Formula 3
series will consist of only four
meetings, only two of which
are in the UK. Brands Hatch
and Silverstone are the only
circuits to have races this
year. The other two meetings
will be held at Spa and the
Nurburgring. It is hoped that
with two rounds in Europe,
that some teams from the
thriving European F3 series
will compete in the British F3
series, but it remains to be
seen if they take part in the
two British meetings?
British World
Champion Damon Hill
raced in British F3 in
his early career. Here
at the 1986 British GP
support race in a Ralt
VW at Brands Hatch
Some of the former British
F3 Champions who have
raced in Grand Prix.
1964 Jackie Stewart
1968 Tim Schenken
1969 Emerson Fittipaldi
1970/71 Dave Walker
1970 Tony Trimmer
1970 Carlos Pace
1971/72 Roger Williamson
1972 Rikky Von Opel
1973 Tony Brise
1974 Brian Henton
March 2013
© Simon Wright
The Death of British F3?
1975 Gunnar Nilsson
1976 Bruno Giacomelli
1976 Rupert Keegan
1977 Derek Daly
1978 Derek Warwick
1978 Nelson Piquet
1980 Stefan Johansson
1981 Jonathan Palmer
1983 Ayrton Senna
1984 Johnny Dumfries
1985 Mauricio Gugelmin
1987 Johnny Herbert
1988 J.J. Lehto
1989 David Brabham
1990 Mika Hakkinen
1991 Rubens Barrichello
1994 jan Magnussen
2000 Antonio Pizzonia
2001 Takuma Sato
2004 Nelson Piquet Jnr
2008 Jaime Algersuari
2009 Daniel Ricciardo
2010 Jean-Eric Vergne.
Some years there was more than one
British Formula 3 Championship
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Shelsley Breakfast Club.
This years dates are
© Simon Wright
10th March 2013
7th April 2013
12th May 2013
16th June 2013
14th July 2013
11th August 2013
8th September 2013
13th October 2013
The Breakfast Club meetings are free social gatherings at
the World famous Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb course on 9
Sunday mornings during the year. Now in their second
year, these meetings take place in the Shelsley paddock
and a full Shelsley breakfast can be purchased from the
Stratstone Restaurant before or after you go for a walk up
the oldest motor sport venue in the World.
© Janet Wright
These meetings always draw an interesting selection of
30 years of the Club Lotus Show and Festival
vehicles, a mixture of classic models and modern
The largest indoor Lotus show returns for its 30th
supercars. Gates open 9am and close at 12pm.
annual outing at the Donington Park Exhibition
centre over the weekend of the 20th and 21st April
2013. The best attendend indoor Lotus show in
Europe, it regularly attracts over 5,000 enthusiasts
from all around the World.
Lotus Cars and Classic Team Lotus will have special displays to
celebrate the 50th anniversary of Jim Clark winning his, and Lotus first
World Championship in 1963. There will be hundreds of Lotus cars from
both track and road, on display inside and outside the exhibition halls
reflecting the great history of this marque.
This years show promises to be bigger than ever in the newly refurbished
halls, with technical experts running practicle demonstrations on Lotus
engine, transmission, interior trim, glass fibre repairs and painting. There
will also be the usual autojumble, trade, club and memorabilia stands.
For more information see their web site at www.clublotus.co.uk
© Simon Wright
March 2013
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Brooklands Museum secures Heritage Lottery Fund Support.
The Museum, based in Weybridge, Surrey, has received a first round pass for a
£4.85 million bid from the Heritage lottery Fund. This means that the project
meets the criteria for funding and the HLF believes the project has the potential
to deliver high quality benefits and value for Lottery money. The project is to
relocate, restore and re-interpret the Museums Grade 2 listed Wellington Hanger
as the Brooklands Factory, with a new annexe to house more of their outstanding
collection of historic aircraft and also restore a section of original race track on
which the current hanger currently stands. The project aims to inspire future
generations to embrace science, technology and engineering through enhanced
learning
The Brooklands Racing circuit was originally opened in 1907
opportunities
including a training and was the World's first purpose built motor racing circuit.
scheme in historic Within the first year, aviation experiments were also taking
aircraft restoration, place on the site. from these beginings, Brooklands evolved
in to a leading centre for the development and operation of
and a host of new activities on the race track.
Initial funding of £286,500 has been allocated racing cars, motorcycles and aircraft. Motor racing ceased at
by the Heritage Lottery Fund, and the museum Brooklands at the start of the second World war. The aviation
factories of Vickers-Armstrongs and Hawker were expanded
will add further cash and volunteers taking
development work to almost £410,000 in value. for the war effort with Vickers encroaching on to the track in
The museum will then apply for the remainder 1940 on top of the finishing straight. This hanger was used to
GT & Sports Car have launched of the full grant in 2015.
assemble Wellington Bombers, and later for other industrial
a new web site at
purposes.
The plan is to restore the Wellington Hanger
www.gtandsportscarcup.com from the finishing straight to a new site next to
© Janet Wright
the circuit. this will allow the restored finishing
straight to be used for motoring and aviation
activities. The Hanger is going to be built in the
form of an aircraft factory, showing how aircraft
from the early days right through to Concorde
were designed, built and developed over an
eighty year period. It will be an interactive
learning centre for visitors. The adjoining new
flight shed will house the museums active
aircraft which will be rolled out on to the new
finishing straight for static and taxiing displays.
Photos from Brooklands Museum Trust. More
info on www.brooklandsmuseum.com
March 2013
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© Simon Wright
Blancpain Endurance entries continue to rise.
There is already a confirmed entry of 32 cars for the Blancpain
Endurance series for 2013. Latest entry from Switzerland is the
Blancpain Racing Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 FL2 for Marc A.
Hayek, President and CEO of Blancpain, and Peter Kox,
entered in the Pro-Am class. They join reigning champions
Belgium Audi
Club Team
WRT who
have entered
a pair of Audi
R8 LMS Ultras and ProSpeed Competition who have a pair of Porsche 997
GT3Rs. Winners of the final race of 2012, French team Hexis Racing have
confirmed a McLaren MP4-12C for Alvaro Parente/Stef Dusseldorp/Alexander
Sims. UK based Von Ryan Racing have also entered a McLaren MP4-12C for
Leon Price, Rob Barff and Jordon Grogor in the Pro-Am class
© Simon Wright
With a maximum grid of 50, over half the places have now been filled, well
before the first race at Monza in italy on April 14th 2013. The second race will be at Silverstone on the 2nd of June 2013, followed
by Paul Ricard in France on the 30th of June 2013. The 24 Hours of Spa will take place on the weekend of the 27th and 28th July
2013 and the final round will take place at the Nurburgring on the 22nd September 2013.
BTCC Media Day at Donington Park.
The British Touring Car Championship (BTCC)
Media day is moving to Donington Park on
Thursday 21st March. All the teams will have a
chance to run their cars in an afternoon test
session which will be open for the public to
attend free of charge. The circuit will open at
midday. This will be the publics first chance to
see the new team liveries and driver line ups for
the new season, which starts at Brands Hatch
on the Easter weekend of the 30th/31st March
2013
© Janet Wright
March 2013
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© Janet Wright
Slowly Sideways through 2013
The Home of Rally Legends have a comprehensive calendar of
events for 2013 which includes quite a few trips into Europe.
March 17-18th
West Cork, Ireland
March 21-23rd Wikinger Rallye, Germany
April 6th
TAC Rally, Belgium
April 12-13th
Vogelsberg Rallye, Germany
May 4-6th
Rally of the Lakes, Ireland
May 18th
Sezoen Rally, Belgium
May 31st
Thuringen Rallye, Germany
June 8-9th
Top Gear Live South Africa (Provisional), UK
July 12-14th
Goodwood Festival of Speed, UK
July 25-28th
Eifel Rally Festival, Germany
European Le Mans Series (ELMS) is back for 2013.
August 9-11th
Car Fest North, Oulton Park, UK
As the 2012 series was stopped after just two rounds, with only 13
August 23-25th Car Fest South, UK
cars taking part at Donington Park, the European Le Mans series
August 22-25th Rallye Deutschland WRC, Germany
is back for 2013 with an exciting fixture list. The season is starting
September TBA Chelsea Auto Legends, UK
as a double header with the World Endurance Championship
September 20-21st Arbo-Admont Rally, Germany
(WEC) 6 hours of Silverstone meeting on the 13th April. A 29 car
September 28th East Belgium Rally, Belgium
field has entered the five race championship, split into 4 classes.
November 14-17th Wales Rally GB WRC, UK
The LMP2 cars make up the largest sector of the grid with 11 cars
For more information see www.slowlysidewaysuk.com
© Simon Wright entered representing 4 different chassis manufacturers - Oreca,
Zytek, HPD and Morgan with engines from Honda, Judd and
Nissan. LMPC has a three car entry all from Team Oreca
challenge. LMGTE has a ten strong entry with 6 Ferrari 458 Italias
taking on 3 Porsche 911 GT3 RSRs and a single Chevrolet
Corvette C6-ZR1. Finally the GTC class will consist of 5 cars, a
pair of Ferrari 458 Italias against a single Lamborghini Gallardo, a
Porsche 911 GT3 R and an Audi R8 LMS.
After Silverstone, the series heads for Imola in Italy on the 18th
May with the FFSA GT Tour and will then run with the World Series
by Renault championship at the Red Bull Ring Austria on the 20th
July, at the Hungaroring on the 14th September and at Paul Ricard
in France on the 28th September 2013. See the web site at
www.europeanlemansseries.com for further information.
March 2013
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Nissan and DeltaWing split
The partnership between Nissan and the
DeltaWing race car project has come to an
end as Nissan is committed to developing
innovative and exciting cars on both road
and track. The DeltaWing project will
continue, using a larger twin turbo Mazda 1.9
litre engine based on the 2 litre MXR engine
used to power the Mazda MX5. The engine
is expected to develop around 345 BHP. The
new car is also expected to have a closed
cockpit and should be announced in May.
The Nissan DeltaWing had a few problems
during the 2012 season which included being
pushed off the track at Le Mans and suffering
a bad crash in practice at Road Atlanta
before finishing 5th in the Petit Le Mans at
Road Atlanta.
The Car will be at the opening round of the
American Le Mans Series, the historic
© Simon Wright
Twelve Hours
of Sebring. It
is being run
purely by Don
Panoz's Elan
Technologies
under the
name
Deltawing
Racing Car. It
will be driven
by Frenchmen
Oliver Pla and
Andy Meyrick
MG Trophy Championship.
Organised by the MG Car Club, the Trophy
Championship is open to both front wheel drive MG
ZR or Rear wheel drive MG TF & LE 500 cars.
There are two classes for both types of vehicle,
160 bhp for novices which race on road tyres and
190 bhp cars that run slick or wet racing tyres. The
2013 season starts at Donington on April 7th,
Brands Hatch over the weekend of the 4th and 5th
May, before moving to Silverstone for the MG Live
event on the 15th and 16th June 2013. There will
also be races at Oulton Park on the 7th September
and the season will finish at Snetterton over the
weekend of 5th and 6th October. There is also the
possibility of a further race in July. for more
information see www.mgcc.co.uk/trophy
© Simon Wright
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March 2013
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Rob Huff signs for Seat in WTCC
© Janet Wright
World Champion Rob Huff has signed to race for
ALL-INKL.COM Munnich Motorsport team to
defend his current World Touring Car
Championship driving a Seat Leon. The team is a
new entry to the World Touring Car Championship,
having won the FIA GT1 World Championship last
year with Marc Basseng, who is also driving one of
the teams Seat Leons. The third driver in the team
is Team Prinipal Rene Munnich. Rob won the title in
2012 driving for the Chevrolet team who have
pulled out for 2013.
March 2013
Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb dates for 2013.
Six speed hill climb weekends will feature a number of special anniversaries during
this year. The first celebration is 100 years of Morris where the Morris Owners Club
will display a variety of cars in the public area and up the hill at the Speed in to
Spring meeting on the 4th and 5th May. The June meeting is a round of the Avon
Tyres/TTC Group MSA British Hill Climb Championship on the 1st and 2nd June.
Two seperate meetings in July over the same weekend. Saturday 6th is the Reg
Phillips Trophy Meeting while Sunday 7th is the Vintage and Post Vintage
Thoroughbreds which will also celebrate 100 years of the Vauxhall 30/98 with up to
100 cars arriving after a tour of the UK.
The Classic Nostalgia meeting over the weekend of the 27th and 28th July will
celebrate 50 years of the Mini Cooper S. There will also be a Concours d'elegance
competition for 100 pre 1982 cars and a special apperance by Sir Stirling Moss, who
drove at Shelsley Walsh in the early part of his career.. August is another
Championship round on the weekend of the 17th and 19th with a celebration of 100
years of Aston Martin in association with the Aston Martin Owners Club and Aston
Martin Heritage. The final event of the years is the Autumn Speed Finale in
September.
May 4th-5th Speed in to Spring - Midland Hill Climb Championship.
June 1st-2nd Best of British - MSA British Hill Climb Championship.
July 6th Reg Phillips Trophy Meeting
July 7th Vintage & Post Vintage Thoroughbred meeting - with the VSCC.
July 27th-28th Classic Nostalgia
August 17th-18th Championship Challenge - MSA British Hill Climb Championship.
September 21st-22nd Autumn Speed Finale.
© Simon Wright
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Stan Redmond Formula 5000 driver
9th October 1948 to 21st February 2013
FELLOW DRIVERS & FRIENDS ACKNOWLEDGE REDMOND'S CONTRIBUTION
New Zealand's world-class MSC F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series might never have got off the
ground had it not been for the contribution of founder member Stan Redmond who died on
Thursday February 21 in Dunedin Hospital. Redmond, 65, from Christchurch, sustained serious
head and upper body injuries after tangling with another car and hitting the safety barriers in a test
session at Invercargill's Teretonga Park Raceway on Friday February 15th. He was air-lifted to
Dunedin Hospital (site of the South Island's specialist head injury unit) that evening and was listed
in a serious but stable condition until his death.
Redmond's first successes were in business where he built Christchurch-based Flexoplas
Packaging Ltd into a leading New Zealand supplier of plain and printed plastic bags and films. He
applied the same passion and commitment to his racing and without him, says long-time friend and
collaborator John Crawford, there might not have been an MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival
Series. "He was the start of it, the catalyst, if you like," says Crawford, a former New Zealand
Formula Ford champion whose Christchurch-based business, Motorsport Solutions Ltd, has
developed an international reputation re-building and maintaining the stock-block V8-engined
Formula 5000 single-seater racing cars Redmond had such a passion for. "This was at least 15
years ago now and at the time there were probably only one or two F5000 cars in New Zealand.
Stan bought one of them and got to me to drive it at a couple of the Skope Classic meetings."
Interest in that car led to fellow Christchurch men Ian Clements and Murray Sinclair buying cars of
their own and when there were enough cars to make up a decent grid the Formula 5000
Association was set up as part of the Historic Racing Club to run what became the Tasman Cup
Revival Series.
Redmond was one of 11 members of the association who travelled to Pukekohe Park Raceway for
the inaugural series' race over the September 20/21 weekend in 2003 and spokesman David
Abbott says his legion of fellow competitors and friends up and down the pit lane are still trying to
come to terms with his death.
"Our thoughts right now, obviously, are with Stan's wife and family. Stan was more than just a
fellow competitor in our very tight-knit little group of the Formula 5000 Association. He was a friend,
a mentor, someone who would always go out of his way to help and never expect anything in
return. His generosity was legendary and it will be a very different world without him, that's for sure.
Prepared by FAST COMPANY of behalf of the New Zealand Formula 5000 Association
March 2013
©
Fast Company/Alex Mitchell.
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© Simon Wright
Curborough 50th anniversary.
Curborough sprint course, near Lichfield, is celebrating
its 50th birthday this year, having first opened for
competition on 16th June 1963. The land was formerly
part of RAF Lichfield and old hangers can be seen as
you approach the venue. Shenstone & District car club
secured the lease on the track in 1962 and continue to
organise events, and recently attended Race Retro
show to promote the 50th anniversary of this track. The
offical celebration will be the weekend of 20th and 21st
July with a sprint on the Sunday called the Curborough
500, with a prize fund for the competitior who breaks
any existing class record by the largest margin or gets
nearest to any class record.
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© Pete Austin
Sian Stafford Atkinson, Antonia Loysen, Sarah Bennett-Baggs, Kelly Williams, Lorraine
Gathercole, Mike Jiggle (Vintage Racecar), Perry Smith (Historica), Gail Hill and Georgie
Shaw.
Champion of Champions Trophy.
The British Women Racing Driver's Club announced a new award at the Race Retro
Show. Vintage Racecar and Historica in association with the BWRDC have
introduced a new award for the BWRDC driver who has finished highest in her
particular discipline of motor sport or racing series and is judged to have shown
outstanding qualities in achieving that place in a vehicle which was made prior to
2000. Drivers will be rewarded for their determination, courage and driving excellence
as well as their overall placing. The disciplines include race, rally, hill climb and sprint.
A panel of judges made from representatives from the BWRDC, Vintage Racecar,
Historica and an independent judge will decide the champion from each discipline.
The overall champion will be nominated from these winners and will be presented
with the Vintage Racecar/Historica Champion of Champions Trophy, £500 cash and
£500 Historica voucher at the BWRDC Annual Awards Presentation and Dinner in
2014.
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Shelsley Walsh first
Breakfast Club of the year
hailed a great success.
From Mark Constanduros of the
Midland Automobile Club
The first MAC Breakfast Club
meeting of the year has been hailed
a great success after approximately
150 people braved the dismal
weather to attend.
The non-stop rain did not deter a
good number of club members and
visitors from dusting off their
cherished machines and driving to
Shelsley Walsh for a get-together
and to partake in the celebrated
„Shelsley Breakfast‟, served in the
Stratstone Restaurant.
MAC commercial manager Mark
Constanduros said: “All things
Shara Harrison and friends with her Mini
considered, we were both surprised
and delighted at the high turnout and thanks must go to all those attending for making
the effort in such dreadful weather.”
First time visitor Shara Harrison, of Droitwitch, arrived with friends in her John Cooper
Works Mini and commented: “It‟s great to be able to come along and have a close look
at such a wide variety of cars, to meet friendly people and have a leisurely stroll
around the paddock which simply radiates heritage, and we will certainly be returning
next month.”
Another visitor, Martin Guard, of Bewdley, has recently re-joined the MAC after a break
of some years and brought along his Venturi 300. Martin added: “After re-joining the
club, I decided to brave the elements this morning and I am so glad that I did, the
whole place has improved considerably and I get the feeling that the club is really
going somewhere. “I was warmly welcomed and was soon embraced into the fantastic
atmosphere of Shelsley Walsh and its fervent supporters.”The next breakfast club is on
th
the 10 March and those wishing to attend are encouraged to register via the web
site.For further information on any event, visit www.shelsley-walsh.co.uk
March 2013
TVR sportscar enthusiasts in
the paddock.
Martin Guard (LEFT) with Mark Constanduros.
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©
©
2012/13 MSC New Zealand F5000 Tasman Cup Revival
Series
Round 5 NZ Festival of Motor Racing - celebrating
Denny Hulme meetings
Hampton Downs Northern Waikato
Jan 25-27 2013
PROCTOR IS LATEST MSC F5000 SERIES RACE
WINNER
High-profile Auckland all-rounder Clark Proctor (March 73A-1) is
the latest MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series race winner
after a popular lights-to-flag win in the feature 15-lap final at the
second NZ Festival of Motor Racing - celebrating Denny Hulme at
Hampton Downs today.
Defending series champion and current series points leader Steve
Andrew Higgins (Lola T400) finished third on his return to the MSC Series.
Steve Ross (McRae GM1) leading the 27-strong MSC F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series
Ross (McRae GM1) beat Proctor and first NZ Festival meeting race winner
Ken Smith (Lola T332) to the top spot in qualifying on Saturday and to the
finish line in the eight lap preliminary races on Saturday and Sunday
morning - but the afternoon's race was a Proctor benefit from start to
finish.
"I knew my car could turn in nice and tight at Turn 1 on cold tyre and I
knew Steve (Ross) would diamond the corner as he always does and that
that would probably catch Kenny out and that's exactly what happened,"
said the former Speedway, NZV8s and Targa front-runner. "It was great to
see that chequered flag and great to get a win in this series."
With Proctor forcing his way into the lead through the first corner and
series returnee Andrew Higgins (Lola T400) following him through the
first lap of the feature looked very different to those of the two
preliminaries. Ross initially held third place from Smith and visiting
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©
British drivers Greg
Thornton (McRae
GM1), Mark Dwyer
(Lola T400) and Peter
Dunn but Higgins
pulled out after only
three laps and Ross
overcooked it heading
into the first turn on the
fourth lap, spinning
and losing several
places as he scrambled
to get back onto the
track.
"I was trying to get past
somebody and I went in
a bit hot," he explained.
The two Talons of David Banks and Aaron Burson.
That gave both Proctor
and Smith some
breathing space as the
pair eased away from
Thornton, Dwyer, a
recovering Ross, Brett
Willis (Lola T330), Paul
Zazryn (Lola T332),
Peter Dunn (March
73A)and young gun
Alan Dunkley in the first of the older Class A cars, a high-wing Lola T140.
For the next six laps Smith was never more than two or three car lengths behind Proctor with Ross getting past Thornton but too far behind the
make any real impression on the front pair. Then there was Proctor and a big gap to Smith, the ageless veteran having survived a wild ride
through the gravel trap on the outside of the downhill Turn 9 after having being forced wide as he was working his way through lapped traffic.
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©
Like Ross, Smith was able to rejoin the track, in this case
without losing a place, but the pressure was off Proctor and by
the time the chequered flag came out he was just over eight
seconds ahead of Smith with Ross third a further four seconds
down the track, Thornton, Dwyer and Brett Willis making up
the top six and Alan Dunkley again the first of the Class A
runners home in seventh.
Earlier, Australian Paul Zazryn (Lola T332) had led Monacobased Brit Peter Dunn (March 73A), Dunkley and the Matich
A50s of Australians Aaron Lewis and Bryan Sala but by race
end Dunkley had found a way past both Dunn and Zazryn and
Sala had worked his way Lewis and Dunn to cross the line in
ninth place.
Race 2 (8 laps)
Earlier in the day there was also drama in the second MSC
Paul Zazryn and Alan Dunkley were this close all race.
©
Australian visitor Aaron Lewis (#44) ended up 11th in his Matich A50/51
March 2013
series race of the weekend, the Safety Car
deployed after Andrew Higgins spun and
beached his car on the second lap then the
race red flagged when visiting Australian
driver Rod Carroll spun and made light
contact with the pit wall at the end of the
start/finish straight.
Race one winner Steve Ross again got the
jump on fellow front row starter Ken Smith
off the rolling start with Higgins and
Thornton slotting into third and fourth
place respectively until Thornton was
tapped into a spin exiting Turn 8 and
Higgins followed suit on Turn 9. Before the
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©
race was stopped Clark Proctor held fourth
from Mark Dwyer, expat Chris Lambden
(McRae GM1), Paul Zazryn and Peter Dunn
(March 73A-5).
When the race was re-started Ross again got
the jump on Smith and Dwyer with Proctor
fourth, Lambden fifth, Zazryn sixth and a
battle pack of Peter Dunn, Brett Willis and
Australian Aaron Lewis disputing seventh.
A lap later Proctor had got past Dwyer only to
spin himself back down the order.
"I set off after Kenny, and was making big
inroads into him and Steve over the back,"
said Proctor. "Unfortunately I had a little bit of
a moment entering Turn 9 and dropped what I
had made up so I was trying hard the next lap
when I just got caught out and the car
swapped ends exiting Turn 3. I ended up in the
A late retirement, meanwhile, was Melbourne-based expat Kiwi Chris Lambden, (#27) seen here leading Russell gravel but luckily managed to get it out and
Greer (#14) and Aaron Burson (#4)
carry on."
That left Dwyer unchallenged in third place with Lambden fourth and Dunn fifth, until the latter slowing, however, as his car's engine was
starved for fuel.
That allowed Willis, Zazryn and Aaron Lewis to move up a place, Lewis finally able to show the potential of his Matich A50 after sorting out a
fuel issue which he had been battling 'for three or four meetings.'
"Yeah, he said."It was just what I'll call an intermittent wire fault which we have now fixed, as well as a couple of other little issues and I can
now battle the guys I normally battle."
Having been able to get back onto the track after his own spin and join the grid for the re-start, Greg Thornton worked his way back up to
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eighth, crossing the line in front of a close-running Peter Sundberg (Lola T332), Shayne Windelburn (Lola T400) and Russell Greer (Lola T332).
In 12th place when the flag came out was Clark Proctor in front of Talon man David Banks, Peter Burson (McRae GM1), Bryan Sala (forced to
pit early to remove a loose muffler) and Warwick Mortimer (Surtees TS5). Andrew Higgins recovered to finish 20th, Alan Dunkley - who had to
pit for repairs to his car's nose cone - 22nd.
Race 1 (Sat 8 laps)
After pipping first round race winner Ken Smith in qualifying in the morning Steve Ross got the jump on Smith and Higgins in the weekend's
first MSC series race setting the fastest race lap on his way to crossing the finish line just under a half a second ahead of Smith and just over five
seconds in front of Higgins.
Behind Ross, Smith and Higgins, Clark Proctor spent the race working his way back past Greg Thornton and Mark Dwyer while Paul Zazryn
found himself following category young gun Alan Dunkley.
Dunkley went even quicker in qualifying at this weekend's
meeting and forced his way through to seventh on the first
lap. Early on he easily led Zazryn who in turn had an
advantage over Brett Willis and Aaron Lewis but towards
the end of the race Zazryn found a way past Dunkley to
cross the line in seventh position.
An early casualty was British visitor Michael Whatley (Lola
T300) who pitted when he lost oil pressure. Local class
stalwart Poul Christie (McLaren M10B) also pulled into the
pits, but in his case it was because of his concerns with the
low grip levels off the racing line on a couple of corners
resealed overnight after the track surface broke up on
Friday.
Making history for the second weekend in a row,
meanwhile, were Talon drivers David Banks and Aaron
Burson. Only five Talons were made and at the moment
only two are in race-ready condition - and those two are
being raced at Hampton Downs this weekend.
March 2013
©
Winner of the feature 15-lap
MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup
Revival Series race at Hampton
Downs on Sunday was
Aucklander Clark Proctor seen
here leading Andrew Higgins,
Steve Ross and Ken Smith
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Race 1 (8 laps)
1. Steve Ross (McRae GM1) 8:19.255
2. Ken Smith (Lola T332) +0.426
3. Andrew Higgins (Lola T400) +5.385
4. Clark Proctor (March 73A-1) +8.520
5. Greg Thornton (McRae GM1) +20.852
6. Mark Dwyer (Lola T400) +20.974
7. Paul Zazryn (Lola T332) +24.819
8. Alan Dunkley (Lola T140) +26.237
9. Brett Wilis (Lola T330) +28.804
10. Peter Dunn (March 73A/05) +34.846
11. Chris Lambden (McRae GM1) +42.610
12. Aaron Burson (Talon MR1) +47.281
13. Russell Greer (Lola T332) +48.308
14. Peter Sundberg (Lola T332) +49.187
15. Shayne Windelburn (Lola T400) +50.040
16. David Banks (Talon MR1) +55.509
17. Aaron Lewis (Matich A50) +55.984
18. Bryan Sala (Matich A50/51) +1.00.559
19. Warwick Mortimer (Surtees TS5) +1 lap
20. Rod Carroll (Lola T140) +1 lap
21. Peter Burson (McRae GM1) +1 lap
22. Bill Hemming (Elfin MR8AC) +1 lap
23. Eric Haga (Lola T190) +1 lap
24. John Bryant (Lola T140) +1 lap
dnf Poul Christie (McLaren M10B), Bruce
Leeson (McLaren M10B), Michael Whatley
(Lola T300).
Fastest lap. Steve Ross (McRae GM1)
1:00.813
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Race 2 (8 laps)
Race 3 (15 laps)
1. Steve Ross 10.38.893
1. Clark Proctor 15.93.213
2. Ken Smith +0.467
2. Ken Smith +8.362
3. Mark Dwyer +9.066
3. Steve Ross +12.434
4. Chris Lambden +15.492
4. Greg Thornton +24.559
5. Brett Willis +16.006
5. Mark Dwyer +26.022
6. Paul Zazryn +16.387
6. Brett Willis +31.200
7. Aaron Lewis +20.843
7. Alan Dunkley +37.413
8. Greg Thornton +23.669
8. Paul Zazryn +44.821
9. Peter Sundberg +23.674
9. Bryan Sala +54.085
10. Shayne Windelburn +24.501
10. Peter Dunn +57.575
11. Russell Greer +32.250
11. Aaron Lewis +1.01.497
12. Clark Proctor +33.206
12. Peter Sundberg +1 lap
13. David Banks +36.639
13. Russell Greer +1 lap
14. Peter Burson +37.994
14. David Banks +1 lap
15. Bryan Sala +40.283
15. Aaron Burson +1 lap
16. Warwick Mortimer +43.122
16. Warwick Mortimer +2 laps
17. Bill Hemming +45.025
17. Poul Christie +2 laps
18. Poul Christie +1.04.755
18. Eric Haga +3 laps
19. John Bryant +1 lap
19. John Bryant +3 laps
20. Andrew Higgins +1 lap
dnf Chris Lambden, Shayne Windelburn,
© Fast Company/Alex Mitchell.
21. Eric Haga +1 lap
Bill Hemming,
22. Alan Dunkley +1 lap
Andrew Higgins
dnf Peter Dunn, Rod Carroll,
Fastest race lap:
Aaron Burson
Ken Smith (Lola
Fastest race lap: Ken Smith
T332) 1.01.155
(Lola T332) 1.00.026
Clark Proctor
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Archive Picture of the month By Pete Austin
The editor recently told me that one of his favourite drivers from the past was Ronnie Peterson and as one of the featured marques at this years Race
Retro was Lotus I thought I would combine the two. This is Ronnie Peterson preparing to go out before the start of the 1974 International Trophy at
Silverstone in his Lotus 76. This car was the successor to the type 72 but wasn't anything like as successful as its forebear. The car looked rakish
with its more angular lines and bi-plane rear wing hanging out at the back. It originally also featured a four pedal arrangement for the driver (right
pedal throttle,
centre two pedals
left and right foot
braking and left
pedal operating
the clutch at the
start only - a
button on the
gearlever
operating the
clutch once in
motion). However,
this wasn't a
success and for
this race the car
reverted to the
normal 3 pedal
arrangement. The
auto-clutch was
also shelved.
Peterson led the
race initially only
to retire with a
seized engine. The
car failed to win a
Grand Prix in
1974 with the
team reverting
to the Type 72E on
several occasions.
© Pete Austin
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Brisk start to the Classic New year at Nottingham. By Mick Herring
The Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre at Ruddington, Nottingham is run by volunteers keen to preserve all aspects of transport both of
Nottinghamshire and nationally.
It forms the northern terminus of The Great Central Railway,
part of the 10 mile section of track between Ruddington and
© Mick Herring
Loughborough, with large
Members of The Hucknall Blue Boar
workshops given over to the
Scooter Club
preservation and
restoration of steam and
diesel locomotives and rolling
stock. Further capacious
workshops are home
for many nostalgic buses,
coaches and restoration
projects for
vehicles formerley operated © Mick Herring
by Nottingham City Transport and several other local bus
companies from the past. A further building houses three model
railway layouts of varying gauges. With its own terminus and
station, a miniature railway skirts around the perimeter of the
centre and provides passenger rides in the warmer months of
the year.
© Mick Herring
Rover P4
A small but interesting gathering of cars were present on
this cold but dry Sunday with an immaculate Ford Popular
Hot Rod, powered by a supercharged 1963 Daimler
SP250 engine and a rare Humber Hawk MkVI Estate,
reputed to be one of only five built and formerley in
service on the Skibo Castle estate in Scotland.
The Morris Minor was a popular British car first built in
1948 and continued in production until 1972 during which
time over 1.3 million were manufactured. 2013 is the
centenary year for Morris vehicle production, and many
events are being planned to celebrate this anniversary.
There was a good turn out from the Leicestershire Morris
Minor Owners club here to get the centenary year off to an
early start. Classic and Competition car
March 2013
Leicestershire Morris Minor Owners Club
© Mick Herring
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© Mick Herring
© Mick Herring
1964 Vauxhall Cresta PB and Hillman Super Minx Estate
© Mick Herring
1959 Ford Popular Hotrod fitted with a supercharged
1963 2.5 litre Daimler SP250 V8 engine.
© Mick Herring
Alvis TD21
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© Mick Herring
1957 Humber MKVI Estate Ex Skibo Castle 1 of only 5 built
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© Fast
Company/Alex Mitchell.
2012/13 MSC New Zealand F5000 Tasman Cup Revival
Series Round 6
Skope Classic meeting Powerbuilt Tools Raceway at
Ruapuna Park Christchurch
Fri-Sun Feb 01-03 2013
TWO OUT OF THREE FOR POLE MAN
PROCTOR
New MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series paceman
Clark Proctor (March 73A) again proved the man to beat in
the 12-lap NZ Express-sponsored final at the annual Skope
Classic meeting in Christchurch on Sunday.
Clark Proctor (March 73A) leads the MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series field into the first corner at
Christchurch's Powerbuilt Tools Raceway at Ruapuna Park
weekend's penultimate 2012/13 series round when a brake line blew while he was
leading the second race of the weekend earlier in the day.
It was the second win of the weekend at the 3.33km
Powerbuilt Tools Raceway at Ruapuna Park circuit for the
talented Auckland-based all-rounder, who claimed his debut
series pole position and win at the fifth MSC series round at
Auckland's Hampton Downs circuit a week before, and who
only missed out on a sixth round series clean sweep at this
© Fast
Defending series champion Steve Ross (McRae GM1) shadowed Proctor in the
red flag-interrupted qualifying session on Saturday morning and beat a slowing
Proctor to the finish line in the first race of the day on Sunday morning but the lap
times told the story, Proctor quickest in all three races, including the second before
he was slowed by the brake problem.
After the final, however, Proctor was just as happy talking about Ross, a driver
who - like fellow former series champion Ken Smith - has set the bar in the class
so high.
"Steve's a good competitor, a great guy to race against and a good all round guy
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off the track as well. He and Kenny are the guys who have set the milestones in this class so they are the guys, when you come into the class, you
aim at. Yes, the class is first and foremost about the cars but there's still an element of competitiveness amongst the drivers and Steve is a
benchmark so it is really great to compete with him at this level," he said.
In hot, dry conditions in front of a large and appreciative crowd Proctor and Ross thundered away from the rolling start at the start of the feature
NZ Express final side by side but Proctor was already a couple of car lengths ahead as he and Ross accelerated away from the first corner with
UK-based series regular Greg Thornton slotting his ex Stu Lush McRae GM1 into third ahead of a fast-starting Russell Greer (Lola T332), Class
A standout Michael Whatley (Surtees TS8) and the first of the six-strong contingent of visiting Australian drivers, Paul Zazryn (Lola T332).
That's how the order looked like it was going to stay too, until Michael Whatley pitted to check out fluctuating oil pressure (a problem quickly
traced to a cracked oil tank). That elevated Greer to fourth until he was shuffled back to sixth by Paul Zazryn and compatriot Bryan Sala (Matich
A50).
Behind Sala, Greer led a race-long battle for Lola supremacy initially fronted by David Abbott (Lola T430) from Sefton Gibb (Lola T332), series
young gun Alan Dunkley (Lola T140) and Peter Sundberg
(Lola T332 with Australian Aaron Lewis in the other Matich © Fast Company/Alex Mitchell.
A50 in 11th and Talon MR1 pair Aaron Burson and David
Banks disputing 12th.
Initially, Proctor and Ross pulled away from Thornton but as
Ross got closer their pace slowed, allowing Thornton to pull
back a couple of car lengths and enjoy the dice from the best
seat in the house.
"It was brilliant," he said."Clark and Steve are both champions
and to be able to watch them at such close quarters was
fantastic. They both used completely different lines which of
course I tried and to be honest it was wonderful just to be
within a second of them. My car was fantastic too and I think
we are now getting back to the point where we were in
Australia (where Thornton won two of the three MSC series
races at the non-championship Tasman Revival meeting in
November)."
Finishing fifth on his return to the series was Napier man Sefton Gibb (Lola T332 #88 )
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A little further back former New Zealand saloon car star Peter Sundberg (LOla T332) was having one of his best MSC series races to date
following Sefton Gibb past David Abbott (Lola T430) mid race and eventually crossing the finish line in eight place.
Behind Abbott, Talon MR1 drivers Aaron Burson and David Banks remained close and Aaron's father Peter (McRae GM1) again got the better
of Australian visitors Bill Hemming (Elfin MR8) and Rod Carroll (Lola T140) after the trio swapped places throughout the race.
© Fast
(Race 2 8 laps Sun)
With another crack start and a healthy early
margin on Steve Ross, Clark Proctor looked set
to win the second race too, leading comfortable
until slowing on the fourth lap with a long brake
pedal, letting Ross close back up and a lap later
find a way past.
"The problem," he explained afterwards,"was
the clip on the brake line on the right rear caliper
let go. On about the fourth lap the pedal started
getting a little spongy which affected my gear
changing then by about lap five the brake pedal
was absolutely on the floor."
Third, meanwhile was the best ever qualifying and finishing position for regular British visitor Michael Whatley (Surtees TS8)
Behind Proctor, Ross and Michael Whatley the
big mover was Paul Zazryn who slotted into
fourth place in front of Greg Thornton and
Sefton Gibb. Behind Gibb, young gun Dunkley
circulated in seventh until caught and passed by
a hard-charging Bryan Sala with fellow Matich
driver Aaron Lewis in ninth in front of local
Lola men Russell Greer, David Abbott, Peter Sundberg and Stan Redmond.
By the third lap Greg Thornton had caught and passed Zazryn with Bryan Sala edging away from Gibb, Dunkley, Lewis and the battling duo of
Greer and Abbott.
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© Fast
Twice Abbott got past Greer but each time Greer was able to
respond and take the positioin back.
"Yes," said Greer, "one of those times I made a mistake and
David got past me but then he made an even bigger one
(mistake) and I was able to get the place back!"
Just ahead, Sala was edging closer to Paul Zazryn, while
Greg Thornton was slowly reeling in Michael Whatley.
Neither quite managed to gain another position before the
chequered flag came out but at the flag the gap between the
two English drivers was just 0.134 of a second, the one
between Zazryn and Sala just 0.168.
Having lost valuable set-up time with driveline issues at the
two Hampton Downs rounds Sala in particular was enjoying
the opportunity to dial driver and car into the track and
concentrate on his lap times.
MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Revival Series round winner Clark Proctor (March 73A) leads Steve Ross (McRae GM1) and
the field into the first turn at Powerbuilt Tools Raceway at Ruapuna Park.
"Yesterday," he said, "we were still learning the track, now we are just fine-tuning the car to get it handling a bit better round here."
Compatriot Paul Zazryn was also proving a quick learner.
"Yes, " he said, " I'm loving it here, having a ball. I was actually quite surprised when I got up to fourth but after a couple of laps I felt I was
pretty comfortable there. After Greg went past I could see Bryan coming but by that stage it was just a matter of keeping the car straight and on
the Island.
Compatriot Aaron Lewis ran in ninth place until mid race when his car went off song and he slipped back down the field to 15th place.
"It's the (fuel) pumps," he explained afterwards."The battery won't run the pumps for long enough so the voltage drops and the fuel pressure
goes down to 80 pounds and that's that. Unless I can find a battery with more grunt we'll have the same problem in the final."
Race 1 (8 laps Sat)
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After topping the time sheets in the red flag-interrupted qualifying session on Saturday morning, Proctor won the weekend's first MSC race later
in the afternoon from Ross, Whatley and Thornton. Fellow front-row starter Ross was resolute in his pursuit Proctor, but despite closing the gap
to less than a car length at the hairpin at one stage, couldn't find a way past.
"Yes," he dead-panned after the race, "we had a few problems....the main one being the yellow car in front of us!"
© Fast
As Proctor and Ross eased away Whatley circulated
quickly and cleanly in third with Thornton fourth and
Sefton Gibb - making an impressive return to the
series after 18 months out of his Lola T332 - fifth,
Paul Zazryn and Bryan Sala vigorously disputing
sixth and category young gun Alan Dunkley seventh.
Behind Alan Dunkley, Russell Greer caught and
passed David Abbott with Abbott leading a three car
freight train consisting of Lola T332 drivers Peter
Sundberg and Stan Redmond ,and Aaron Burson.
Meanwhile, after missing out on qualifying as he put
his car's gearbox back together after smashing the
casing on Friday Australian visitor Aaron Lewis was
able to work his way from the back of the grid to 14th
place by the time the chequered flag came out.
Behind Lewis, Aaron Burson's father Peter Burson
(McRae GM1) eventually got the better of visiting
Australian driver Bill Hemming (Elfin MR8) to cross
the finish line in 15th place with Rod Carroll, who
had been able to repair damage to his Lola T140 sustained at Hampton Downs with the help of Christchurch-based F5000 specialists Motorsport
Solutions LTD, 16th and compatriot John Bryant in a similar Lola T140 18th.
Napier man Sefton Gibb (Lola
T332) had a weekend best finish of
fifth in the second MSC race on
Sunday morning.
The MSC F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series is organized and run with the support of sponsors MSC, NZ Express Transport, Bonney's
Specialized Bulk Transport, Mobil Lubricants, Pacifica, Avon Tyres and Exide. Invercargill's Teretonga Park hosts the final round at the Classic
Speedfest meeting in a fortnight's time.
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2012/13 MSC New Zealand F5000 Tasman
Cup Revival Series
Race 1 (8 laps Sat)
1. Clark Proctor (March 73A-1) 10:43.984
2. Steve Ross (McRae GM1) +00:00.756
3. Mike Whatley (Surtees TS8) +00:23.678
4. Gregory Thornton (McRae GM1) +00:25.660
5. Sefton Gibb (Lola T332) +00:30.139
6. Paul Zazryn (Lola T332) +00:32.008
7 17 Bryan Sala (Matich A50) +00:32.837
8. Alan Dunkley (Lola T140) +00:37.666
9. Russell Greer (Lola T332) +00:38.277
10. David Abbott (Lola T430) +00:41.814
11. Peter Sundberg (Lola T332) +00:42.620
12. Stan Redmond (Lola T332) +00:43.072
13. Aaron Burson (Talon MR1-A) +00:44.330
14. Aaron Lewis +00:45.882
15. Peter Burson (McRae GM1) +01:21.517
16. Bill Hemming (Elfin MR8) +01:26.825
17. Rod Carroll (Lola T140) +01:27.339
18. John Bryant (Lola T140) +1 Lap
DNF. Eric Haga (Lola T190), David Banks
(Talon MR1)
Fastest lap: Clark Proctor 01:19.813
Race 2 (Sun 8 laps)
1. Steve Ross 10:43.393
2. Clark Proctor +00:14.397
3. Mike Whatley +00:17.957
4. Gregory Thornton +00:18.091
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5. Paul Zazryn +00:24.101
6. Bryan Sala +00:24.269
7. Sefton Gibb +00:28.378
8. Alan Dunkley +00:28.633 9. Russell Greer +00:30.174
10. David Abbott +00:36.159
11. Peter Sundberg +00:36.781
12. Stan Redmond +00:37.577
13. Aaron Burson +00:38.211
14. David Banks +00:47.346 15. Aaron Lewis +00:50.229
16. Peter Burson +01:11.323
17. Rod Carroll +01:13.05
18. Bill Hemming +01:13.417
19. Eric Haga +1 Lap
20 31 John Bryant +1 Lap
© Fast
+00:42.681 7. Sefton Gibb +00:43.462
8. Peter Sundberg +00:43.750
9. Alan Dunkley + 00:45.848
10. David Abbott +00:48.882
11. Aaron Burson +00:52.522
12. David Banks +00:55.501
13. Peter Burson +1 Lap
14. Bill Hemming +1 Lap
15. Rod Carroll +1 Lap
16. John Bryant +2 Laps
DNF Stan Redmond, Aaron Lewis,
Eric Haga Mike Whatley
Below: Feature race winner Proctor (centre) flanked
by third placegetter Greg Thornton (left) and runnerup Steve Ross (right).
Race 3 (12 laps
Sun)
1. Clark Proctor
16:05.983
2. Steve Ross
+00:02.109
3. Gregory
Thornton
+00:29.922
4. Paul Zazryn
+00:38.811
5. Bryan Sala
+00:39.462
6. Russell Greer
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Bromsgrove Motoring Club Meet by Simon & Janet Wright.
Like many other car clubs all across the country, the
Bromsgrove Motoring Club holds regular meetings during
the year to allow members and other interested people to
get together and admire their classic cars. The
Bromsgrove meets are held at the Bowling green pub at
Wychbold on the third Sunday of the month during the
winter, and switch to a weekday evening during the
summer months. The February meeting was held on a
lovely sunny day, though the weather was a little cold. It
didn't stop a resonable turnout of cars from making the trip
into the countryside.
The oldest vehicle there was a black 1934 Austin 10/4 in
immaculate condition. The Austin 10 was a small car first
launched in 1932 and was the best selling Austin model
during the 1930s. Production finally ceased in 1947 after
© Simon Wright
© Simon Wright
Austin 10/4 De-Luxe saloon
290,000 had been manufactured. The 1125cc four cylinder side valve
engine produced 21 bhp driving the rear wheels through a four speed
gearbox and an open drive shaft to a live rear axle. The pressed steel
body was fitted to a cross braced chassis, with half elliptic spring
suspension. The brakes were all cable operated. This model was the
Sunshine, or De-Luxe version with opening roof and leather upholstery
with an original list price of £168.
Next to it was a more modern but usual Austin, a Mini Moke. The Moke
was based on the Mini for its running gear. The original idea was to
produce a cheap light military vehicle in the style of the Jeep, but the
Mini 10 inch wheels gave it a very low ground clearance, making it
impractical as an off-road vehicle. It was subsequently offered as a low
cost utility vehicle. It achieved sucess as a beach buggy in many
Austin Mini Moke
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tropical resorts, Australia and the Caribbean. The Moke was produced between 1964 and 1993 with approximately 14,500 built in
the UK between 1964 and 1968, 26,000 were built in Australia between 1966 and 1981 and 10,000 were built in Portugal between
© Simon Wright
1980 and 1993. This example was in excellent condition as it only comes out in dry
weather, due to the open nature
© Simon Wright
of the vehicle making impracticle
for wet weather use.
There was a fine example of a
1965 American Ford Thunderbird
parked next to a 1960 Land Rover
series II Petrol 2.25 litre. The
other cars on show were a fine
snap shot of 1950-60s motoring
with Mini, Ford Anglia, Classic
Capri, Standard Vanguard estate
and a Singer Gazelle all on
display. Sports cars were also out
with the tops down including a
Singer Gazelle
yellow convertible Volkswagen
1966 Ford Thunderbird
Karmann Ghia and an Austin Healey
Frog Eyed Sprite. The Karmann Ghia
was built as a convertible between
1957 and 1974 during which time over
80,800 were produced in Germany.
Another 23,000 were built in Brazil.
The chassis and mechanical parts
were from a VW Beetle Type 1 with
styling designed by Luigi Segre of the
Italian carrozzeria Ghia and hand built
bodywork by the German coach
builder Karmann. A lot of this process
was hand built, so the car has always
fetched a premium price. The cars
were powered by Flat 4 air cooled
© Janet Wright
VW Karmann Ghia
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engines which ranged in size from 1192cc right through to a 1295cc power plant.
© Simon Wright
© Simon Wright
The Standard Vanguard Estate had the tailgate open to show an interesting feature. The jack and wheel brace are located in a
compartment in the lower tailgate panel.
© Janet Wright
© Simon Wright
Ford Classic Consul Capri
March 2013
Toyota Celica GT, Rochdale Olympic
and Classic Capri outside the Bowling
green Pub
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© Mick Herring
The Pomeroy Trophy, 23rd February 2013,
Silverstone.
By Janet and Simon Wright
with additional photos by Mick Herring.
This year was probably the toughest challenge yet for the
Vintage Sports car Club (VSCC) members competing in the
annual start to the track season event. It was a cold and grey
day that greeted the cars as they arrived at Silverstone from the
filter point at Towcester Race course, which all competing cars
have to pass through, to prove they are road going cars. As
Gillian Carr, PR Manager for the VSCC, lined up in car No1, a
Overall Winner Dudley Sterry HRS Sports and Gillian Carr Vauxhall A-D type
1918 © Janet Wright
Vauxhall A/D Type, the first of the light snow flurries began to swirl in the
air. The first test was a 250 metre slalom between the marker cones set
up at Woodcote. Most of the cars managed this test, though a couple
made mistakes through the cones, and Adrian Goding managed to
break the drive shaft on his Mk1 Ford Cortina when warming the tyres
© Simon Wright before his run
and was
unfortunately not
able to take the
start. The second
test is a braking
test where the
car is timed from
the 100 metre
mark to when it
stops between Peter Batty leaves the start line for the first test in his Lea Francis Hyper
two lines 6 metres apart. The third and forth tests are two speed tests, the
first is a 250 metre standing start acceleration test, followed immediately by
a flying 250 metre time test. The final test is a 40 minute high speed trial
where each competitior is set a target number of laps to complete in the 40
minutes. Two high speed trials took place in the afternoon, with the field split
Andy Cawley in the Ford Dorchester
into two groups. The first group took to the national circuit after lunch to be
Limousine
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© Janet Wright
greeted by snow flurries at
Becketts, while the circuit was
dry at Luffield. Taking the wind
chill factor into account, the
competitors were facing
temeperatures of -8 degrees
which to drivers of open and
exposed vintage cars was
breathtaking - literally. The
speed difference between the
fastest BMW 2002's and some of
the older vintage cars was very
high, with the BMW's lapping the
slowest cars by the second lap.
2nd place Alastair Pugh in the lovely Frazer nash BMW 328
Whilst this is not a race, and
© Mick Herring each car has its own target distance, there was still some competitive lappery with the
James Hunt BMW 2002 Sideways Driving Test
three BMW 2002's and the MGB
of Pia Bianchi lapping in close company. In the overall results Pia came out
on top, but George Diffey took a first in class award and finished 7th overall
The second trail
saw the later
model cars
grouped together.
This second group
had an interesting
'battle' at the front
between the 2009
Aston Martin V8
Vantage of Gareth © Simon Wright
George Diffey BMW 2002 first in class
Williams and the
much older 1958 Farrellac Allard Sports Racing car of Tony Bianchi who
swapped the 'lead' of the group. The car that drew the most attention was
the BMW 740i of Oliver Mullard who took Luffield sideways for lap after
© Janet Wright lap, smoke pouring off his tyres. Eventually he over cooked it and spun,
Oliver Mullard was sideways most of the race in his BMW 740i
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but was able to continue. Not so fortunate
was the Rover P4 of Peter Deffee who ran
wide at Luffield on to the gravel with the Saab
95 of Julien Slade. The Rover got stuck in the
gravel and had to be pulled out to retire. The
Saab managed to keep going and rejoined
the track.
The result of the five tests left a close battle
for overall honours, with Dudley Sterry taking
a tight win driving his 1939 HRS Sports from
a pair of Frazer Nash. Second place went to
the Frazer Nash BMW 328 of Alastair Pugh
with third place, and first post war car, was
the Frazer Nash Targa Florio of Martin Hunt.
Jon Payne bought his 1957 Peerless GT
Gareth Williams quick Aston Martin V8 Vantage dices with Tony Bianchi in a 1958 Farrallac Allard Sports Racer home in 4th overall just ahead of Pia Bianchi
who was the first woman home in her 1963 MGB. Gillian Carr in the 1918 Vauxhall A/D Type had a tough day, after surviving the
cold weather in an extremely open car, which had failed to start the previous day. It was 6:30 in the morning that she got it started
thanks to the help of a local mechanic, and her perseverance paid off by winning the Edwardian Trophy.
© Simon Wright
There was a very
© Janet Wright
diverse entry this
year, as is usual for
the Pomeroy event.
Possibly the most
unusual was the
black 1993 Ford
Dorchester
Limosine of Andy
Cawley, which
looked like it would
have been more at
home doing about
Gillian Carr in the Vauxhall A/D type took the Edwardian Trophy
10 mph. Two of the
more modern machines on the entry were a 2007 Ford Mustang GT of
Alexander Peters and a 2009 Aston Martin V8 Vantage of Gareth Williams. Robert Britcher Alvis SA 16.95 Special inside Guy Northam Bentley 4.5 litre
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© Mick Herring
© Simon Wright
Nick Swift Frazer Nash Saloon Acknowledges As He Passes Alan Brown Invicta S Type
© Simon Wright
Peter Deffee got his Rover P4 stuck in the gravel at Luffield
© Janet Wright
John Dobson Alfa Romeo Giulia is chased by Mark Brett Ballamy Ford V8 Special
and Oliver Petch Triumph TR3
© Mick Herring
Brian Moore Vauxhall Nova inside Martin Greaves Vauxhall Chevette HSR
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Dougal Cawley in his Ford Cortina being chased by Tim Dutton Porsche 944 S2
and Tony Bianchi in the Farrellac Allard Sports Racing
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© Simon Wright
Classic Car of the Month.
Peugeot 304 S Cabriolet.
The Peugeot 304 was first announced at the Paris Motor
Show in 1969 as a small 4 door saloon. The Cabriolet was
launched in March 1970 as a replacement for the Peugeot
204 Cabriolet. It was fitted with the new S version of the
1288cc 4 cylinder single overhead cam engine, which gave
an additional 10 bhp over the original 304 engine. The
aluminium block with replaceable wetliners was transversely
mounted for Front Wheel Drive (FWD) and produced 65 bhp.
The engine was revised in 1972 and the power increased to
75 bhp.
Power was supplied through a four speed manual
synchromeshed gearbox which was housed in the engine
sump, similar to the Austin Mini design. It had all round
independent suspension, with front disc brakes and rear
drums.
© Simon Wright
The two door 2 seater model was only built for 5 years, between
March 1970 and July 1975 during which time 18,647 rolled off the
production line at the Mulhouse factory in France. Only a few
hundred were built in Right Hand Drive configuration for the UK
market. Although a relatively rare car on our roads, there are
probably more of the Cabriolet model remaining in existance than
the 4 door saloon, due to corrosion problems with the saloon model.
This fine example with a duotone red and white paint job was
spotted at a Shelsley Breakfast Club meeting during 2012.
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© Simon Wright
Race
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© Simon Wright
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© Simon Wright
Lotus were the celebrated marque at the show……
© Simon Wright
Race Retro By Simon & Janet Wright
with additional material by Pete Austin and Mick Herring.
Billed as Europe's premier winter classic motorsport show, Race Retro continues to develop and expand with its combination of
static exhibits in the show halls and its live action over the weekend in the grounds of Stoneleigh Park, near Coventry. This year
was the tenth anniversary of the show and a couple of British Motorsport
favourites drew the crowds where ever they appeared. Sir Stirling Moss OBE,
probably the most
famous English
racing driver, and
Murray Walker OBE,
the voice of Grand
Prix racing for many
years both appeared
on the central stage
and also on many
other stands. Sir
Stirling Moss was re© Pete Austin united with the Lotus
18 which he used to
famously win the 1960 and 1961 Monaco Grand Prix. The car was
displayed at the show, with the side panels removed, as it was driven in
the 1961 Grand prix, to reduce weight and help it be competitive against
the more powerful Ferrari 156 driven by the American pairing of Richie ...Along with Alpine Renault
© Pete Austin
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Ginther and Phil Hill who finished 2nd and 3rd
This year the show was celebrating several significant
anniversaries, and the chosen marque's were Lotus for the
50th anniversary of Jim Clark winning the World Championship
for Lotus in 1963 and Alpine Renault for the 40th anniversary
of them winning the World rally Championship in 1973. As you
walked in to the entrance lobby there was a classic Lotus 25
on display, and entering Hall 2 the Speed exhibition hall you
were treated to the Classic Team Lotus display which also
included an ex-Jim Clark Ford Lotus Cortina. Down the middle
of the hall was main street, which had large displays from the
Historic Sports Car Club, the Vintage Sports Car Club, Classic
Touring Car Racing Club and the Classic Sports Car Club
along with others.
Moving in to Hall 1 and the Rally car displays took prominance.
There was a large line up of Group B rally cars which included
a Peugeot 205, an Audi Quattro, Opel Manta, Vauxhall
Chevette and Ford RS200. Next to this was the display of
Alpine Renault, with 6 cars on the display representing road
cars and rally and rallycross versions.
Moving through to hall 3 and the motorbike displays, plus
© Pete Austin grass root motorsport, grass track racing, hot rods etc, plus the
Glamour on the Sywell Classic
Pistons & Props stand
At Race Retro Amalgam
launched their new 1:8 scale
model of the 1968 Monaco
winning Gold Leaf Team Lotus
49B at a reception hosted by
Clive Chapman on the Classic
Team lotus stand. The model
is priced at £3850 and is a
limited edition of 99 pieces.
Clive is seen here admiring the
model at the launch.
© Pete Austin
© Simon Wright
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Club Stands
© Janet Wright
© Janet Wright
© Simon Wright
HSCC Lola T140
HSCC HRG 1500
HSCC Elva Mk7s
The HSCC had a large stand and displayed a Bond Formula Junior, a 1968 Lola T140 F5000 car, a Chevron B38 Classic F3, a Royale RP9/18
Historic Formula Ford 2000, and an Elva Mk7s Guards Trophy Sports car, a Ford Lotus Cortina plus a German HRG formerly rallied by Betty
Haig (The first HSCC club secretary) to represent the many different racing categories the club represents. The Midland Automobile Club (MAC)
which runs Shelsley Walsh had a superb Austin Healey 3000, a Lotus Formula Ford single seater and a 1936 Austin 7 1987 Twin Cam single
seater race car. The Classic Sports Car Club caught our attention with a bright orange 1987 BMW E30 M3 and a 1990 Toyota Supra Turbo
tucked up behind an Evening Standard Newspaper board, representing their Future Classics series.They also had a Lotus 7 and a Reliant
Sabre 6 on display. The Classic Touring Car Racing Club had several cars on display, a Ford Escort Mk2, a Peugeot 206 and a third generation
Toyota Corona from the 1960s.
© Simon Wright
© Janet Wright
MAC stand
Austin healey 3000
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Classic Sports car Club BMW E30 M3
© Simon Wright
Classic Touring Car
Racing club Peugeot and
Toyota
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© Simon Wright
© Simon Wright
Tec Mec Grand Prix car on the
HGPCA stand
Aston Martin Ulster LM21
Tec-Mec on the Historic Grand Prix Cars
Association stand.
This unique car was conceived by Valerio Colotti at the
Maserati factory in 1957 as the ultimate 250F evoluzione. It
Alfa Romeo Tipo B
was not finished until 1959, by which time Maserati had
withdrawn from Grand Prix. Although the new Cooper was
proving the rear engine design at the time, this car kept the
front engine configuration with the Maserati straight 6 engine
and transaxle. He finished the design in his own Studio
Tecnica Meccanica in Modena, hence the Tec-Mec name.
By the time it ran for the first time, the company had been
taken over by Gordon Pennington and Hans Tanner and
Colotti was replaced.
The car was only raced once, at the 1959 American Grand
Prix at Sebring driven by Brazilian Fritz d'Orey, a 21 year old
protege of Fangio. It only lasted 7 laps before retiring due to
an oil leak. After a spell in the Donington Collection, it finally
won its first race in October 2011 driven by Barrie Baxter at
Portugal's Algarve circuit.
It was also the quickest front engined Grand Prix car at Spa
TVR Tuscan challenge
driven by Tony Wood in 2012
on BRSCC stand
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© Janet Wright
Between the HGPCA and VSCC stands
was the 1932 Alfa Romeo Tipo B as run
by Enzo Ferrari. The VSCC were
displaying a 1935 Aston Martin Ulster
LM21 which is apt as it is 100 years of
Aston Martin this year.
© Simon Wright
The British Racing
and Sports Car
Club (BRSCC) had
a pair of classic
TVR sports cars on
their stand
promoting the TVR
Tuscan challenge
The orange and
white car is a GT
Speed Six while the
red car is a TVR
Tuscan
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© Janet Wright
© Simon Wright
© Janet Wright
50 years of the
Hillman Imp
Part of the Alpine Renault display was this 1975 European
Rallycross Alpine Renault A110-B of Team Vialle Autogas.
Driven by Piet Kruythof in 1977/78, it was the most
successful A110 in the FIA European Rally Cross
Championship. Powered by a 1774cc sixteen valve works
Gordini 807-G4 engine (below) which produced 220 BHP
with twin Weber 45DCOE carburettors fitted. Only 50
engines were manufactured
© Simon Wright
© Simon Wright
Citroen DS Rally car
© Simon Wright
Clockwise from middle
Citroen DS shows Rally
from a previous age on
the HERO display.
There were several Imps
on show to celebrate the
50th anniversary
Brisca Stock cars had a
good line up.
Rallying with Group B
had many fine cars on
display including this
Ford RS200
Group B Ford RS200
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© Simon Wright
© Simon Wright
In the motorcycle display hall was a tribute to
Barry Sheene MBE, with a collection of bikes
bearing his trademark No 7.
© Pete Austin
© Simon Wright
Penske PC26
Chevron 2 litre racer
Indy Car
© Janet Wright
Racing driver and TV personality Tiff Needel re-united
with the Lotus 69 Formula Ford car that started his
career back in the early 70s. Tiff won the car in an
Autosport magazine competition. Tiff plans to race this
car at the Thruxton HSCC Easter Revival meeting
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Jaguar E-Type
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TWR Jaguar XJS
JPS Lotus 79 GP car
© Simon Wright
© Janet Wright
© Simon Wright
Bike Hall central display
© Simon Wright
© Janet Wright
750 Motor Club stand
© Janet Wright
Hero Rally car line up BMW Triumph, Alfa Romeo and Mini
British Historic Kart Club demonstration
© Mick Herring
Tecno F3 car
© Pete Austin
© Simon Wright
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Fiat Abarth 600
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© Simon Wright
Aston Martin DB6
sold for £122,980
© Janet Wright
Silverstone
Auctions sale at
Race Retro
There was a good
selection of road and
race cars for sale on
the Saturday of the
show. The star car to
sell was a 1967 Aston
Martin DB6 which sold
for £122,980. A 1973
FIA prepared BMW 3.0
CSL 'Batmobile' sold
for £85,000, but the
stunning 1969 Lola T70
MkIII B failed to sell.
© Janet Wright
© Janet Wright
© Simon Wright
Limited edition 1992 Alfa Romeo
155 Q4 sold £6,670
© Janet Wright
© Simon Wright
1953 Connaught AL10 Historic Grand
prix car sold for £195,000
1964 FIA Ford Falcon Historic Touring car
sold £64,740
1969 Lola T70 MkIII B unsold
© Simon Wright
1973 BMW 3.0
CSL 'Batmobile'
FIA race car that
has successfully
and regularly in
the European
Masters series
races. Sold
£85,000
Alpine Renault A110 sold £36,404
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© Mick Herring © Janet Wright
Race Retro Live action
Rally Stage
© Simon Wright
Juniors Citroen C1 Alex Vassallo
Shaun Clorley Talbot Sunbeam Chased By Julian Burch Ex-Blomqvist
Sunbeam Talbot lotus
1960 VW Beetle - Bob Beales
© Simon Wright
© Janet Wright
1971 Porsche 911 ST John Anderson
1972 Lotus Espirit - Terry Maynard
1975 Triumph Dolomite Sprint - Stuart Anderson
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© Simon Wright
© Pete Austin
Vauxhall Firenza - Mick Stafford
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© Pete Austin
Sunbeam Tiger - Russell Brookes and Austin Mini Cooper - Patrick Walker
© Janet Wright
© Simon Wright
1986 Rover SD1 Adam Keeler
© Mick Herring
Mini Powered GTM Rally car
Nissan 240 RS - Paul Hunter
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© Simon Wright
© Simon Wright
1992 Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD - Warner Lewis
© Janet Wright
1986 Rover SD1 Duncan Holder
© Simon Wright
1983 Audi A2 Quattro - Tim Clark
© Simon Wright
1984 Audi Quattro S1 Sport - Andy Krinks
© Mick Herring
1976 Ferrari 308 Michelotto Lee Jones passes 1983 Citroen Visa Chrono Jeff Williamson
© Janet Wright
© Mick Herring
1970 Ford Escort Mk1 Ian Gwynne
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Porsche 911 John Anderson leads an Escort
round the course
© Simon Wright
Mazda RX7
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