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Summer 2014
In this issue:
Club News
Race Retro
The ndee Rose Trust
Mille Miglia Adventure
vent Reports:
Donington
Croft
Snetterton
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Chairman: Tony Palmer (07768 647997)
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Membership Secretary: Chris Bright (07814 052142)
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Chairman’s Chat
Competition Secretary’s Notes
A warm welcome to all
our members whether
old or new.
We are obviously sorry that this is the first copy of The Flyer you
have received this year, but I don’t know where the time has gone.
Here we are already half
way through the year
and as I write, our most
recent televised event at
Silverstone having finished
less than 24 hours ago.
I know there were many frustrations with the
organisation at Silverstone, or rather lack of
it. Rest assured I will be voicing my concerns
to the circuit management. However I wish to
focus on the positives and there were many of
them.
Firstly our members having the opportunity
to race on the International Circuit, a rarely
available option.
Secondly our races going out live on television
(for the second time this year) and finally the
size of the grids we were able to produce and
the quality of racing. Motors TV were very
pleased indeed!
Some of you were a little concerned about
the large mixed grids and faster cars, but
overall most feedback has been very positive
with almost everybody having a battle with
somebody else right the way through the field.
One ongoing concern I have is the number
of entrants racing in the pre 83 series. The
committee is working hard to find ways of
improving the grids and is optimistic that
numbers will indeed grow. Those of you
registered please do try to turn out whenever
possible: There are only have three more
meetings on our calendar now.
Thank You to all our Sponsors
I would like to thank all our sponsors for their
continuing support: Autoglym, Thermex, SVG
Motorsport, Burton Power, Hammerite, SGSS
Design, Aford Awards and Berkshire Pallets.
We also extend a warm welcome to our new
sponsors this year Toyo Tires, Envirotec
and PRG Trailers. Their help is vital for the
future development of the club and greatly
appreciated by all the members.
Perhaps the brain was dulled somewhat by the excellent annual
awards bash in January: again well attended at a very good venue
and a fuller report is contained in this issue. Many thanks to all who
attended and kept me supplied with the brain-numbing nectar!
This year’s competition calendar was greeted with great enthusiasm
when announced back in November as one of the best in memory. It
is just a pity that good weather was not written into script.
It started of course at the Live Motors TV event at Donington Park in
March. It is obvious that to get on schedules such as these we have
to get good grids and so category amalgamation has proved to be
essential. Nonetheless despite not very good weather it was a good
meeting.
Sadly the Pre ’66 contingent was not happy being combined at
Donington and so were removed from the Silverstone event and had
their own races at Cadwell Park at the end of May.
We then moved up north to Croft and the weather followed us. Even
with the weather and smaller grids the action was good.
Just a few weeks later we, and the weather, moved down country a
bit to Snetterton. The short gap in the programme did have an effect
on the grid sizes but again there was some excellent racing.
You might expect that moving into the last month of the first half of
the year we would be greeted by wall-to-wall sunshine for the Live
Motors TV with Hammerite on the Silverstone International Circuit.
But no, all of Saturday morning was really miserable. That just
compounded the debacle over access and space in the garages and
paddock. The club is sorry about that but it really was outside our
control.
You should have seen the apology and explanation from Ian Watson
at BARC in a recent Hot News, but if not it is reproduced overleaf.
The TV events have proved very popular and competitive. Sadly
in those and at others there have been some incidents which are
simply not acceptable.
Letters have been sent to those involved and I emphasise again that
repetition could result in parties being asked to leave the club.
Now we move on to the Cadwell Classic Festival at the end of July,
Brands Hatch in September and finally Spa in October. You should
have seen in Hot News the differing regulations for racing at Spa and
you are urged to read them carefully.
We do need to decide by the end of July (not June as in a recent Hot
News) how many are committed to the event otherwise spaces will
have to be sold to other competitors.
That is all from me for now and I look forward to seeing you at
Cadwell.
Tony Palmer, Chairman
Andy Johnson.
The Flyer
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Club News
Helping Make The Biggest Smiles
When A Smile Is Much Needed
This year has seen many of our
members’ cars carrying a very
special logo supporting The Indee
Rose Trust. If you have not been
talked into carrying one by Colin
Gibbons or Sonia you soon will be!
Russell Dopson tells how it all
came about: “The Indee Rose Trust
was opened in September 2009 in
the memory of our beautiful fouryear-old daughter Indee, who was
diagnosed with an inoperable brain
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17 June 2014
British Automobile Racing Club
Thruxton Circuit
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Dear Competitor,
I write this letter to all of those who were competing in the recent race meeting organised
by the club at Silverstone on the International circuit, which did not run as smoothly as we
would have liked to see by any stretch of the imagination.
We always knew that the paddock was going to be particularly tight for space and despite
liaising with both Silverstone staff and security as well as employing a specialist parking
team we never got on top of the issue from the start of testing on Friday. Making use of this
purpose built facility merely proved that Formula One bears no resemblance to the
motorsport we are regularly involved with and perhaps we should not try to put the two
together again in the future.
There were a number of issues from signage to rubbish bins and from briefing notes to
judicial matters and it would be easy to point the finger at people, but to me that would
serve no purpose. On behalf of the club I must hold up my hand and apologise for the
inadequacies of the weekend and do everything to ensure that you are never put in the
same position again.
On a positive note I understand that there was some good racing and a large number of
people enjoyed the experience of driving this layout of the Silverstone circuit, which is one
that the club has not had access to in the past. I very much hope that you can reflect on
these positive aspects of the weekend rather than the negatives, put this weekend behind
us and move on.
May I thank you in anticipation of your continued support of the BARC and say that I look
forward to seeing you at an event soon.
Best regards
Ian Watson
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tumour in January 2009 and sadly
passed away in June that year.
“We were determined to keep
Indee’s memory alive and were
blown away by her courage and
bravery while going through
treatment during which we also
had the pleasure of meeting other
children and their families going
through these horrific times.
“It was clear that it was the attitude
of these children that kept the
families going and so we set our
aims to ‘create smiles and memories’
and offer something to all the
families we have the pleasure of
helping”
The Indee Rose Trust creates unique
Treasure Boxes for children, offers
a well-deserved break by the sea
at Indee’s beach house retreat and
offers a one-off support grant to
help the family at this difficult time.
Treasure Boxes are sent on referral
from hospitals, social workers,
medical professionals and Internet
searches. They are “wish boxes”
requested from the child whose life
has been affected by the condition.
Each Treasure Box is unique and
tailor-made for the child and can cost
up to £400. They create the biggest
smiles when a smile is much needed.
Treatment is often harsh and the
child and family spend weeks in
hospital with little to look forward
too. “We have seen the smiles
created when we deliver the boxes”,
added Russell.
“More than 450 children a year are
diagnosed with brain and spinal
tumours and our ultimate goal is to
reach all these children every year.
We would like to thank everyone
that has helped us over the past four
years. Together we have created over
250 smiles and memories for these
lovely children.
“We must say a huge thank you
to Colin Gibbons for agreeing to
have Indee’s logo on his racing car.
We now have more than 100 cars
Nigel Vaulkhard
sporting Indee’s little man! Indee
drew the little man while in hospital
receiving treatment for her tumour
and the remarkable thing is that she
taught herself to draw again with
her left hand while being partially
paralysed by the effects of her brain
tumour. It makes us all so very proud
to see all the cars wearing Indee’s
logo”.
If you have not yet got the
logos, contact Colin Gibbons
([email protected]). For
further information or to make a
donation see: Tweet@indeerosetrust
– Facebook.com/theindeerosetrust –
email: [email protected]
Former club member and racer
Nigel Vaulkhard died last month.
The 66-year-old co-founded the
World Touring Car and World
Endurance Championship outfit
Bamboo Engineering in 2009 with
Richard Coleman.
Roger Stanford commented:
It was with great sadness that I was
informed of the sudden death of
Nigel. He was out mountain biking
with his sons, Ollie and Harry,
when he suffered a heart attack.
All efforts to revive him very sadly
failed.
Nigel was a valued member of our
club back in the ‘90s competing
in the ex-Andy Bacon A35 and
then moving upwards into a Lotus
Cortina. One could never mistake
Nigel’s Corty, not only for his often
spirited driving, but for its bright
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When Nigel was around, one could
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RIP. Bye Nigel.
Roger
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Annual Dinner Dance and Awards Presentation
Daventry was once again the venue for our annual awards dinner and dance.
Although numbers were slightly
down on last year we still had a very
healthy turnout despite the harsh
economic climate.
Marshals’ fund.
The food was hot, the DJ was on fire,
the bar was smoking, the superb
trophies were received by all with
great enthusiasm and there were
some pretty big hangovers around
the next day!
Members and their guests were
once again in generous mood with
over £500 being raised for the
Thank you to everybody who helped
organise the event and donated
raffle prizes.
Make sure you mark this date in
your diaries: 31st January 2014. It
promises to be bigger and better.
Tony Palmer
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Race Retro Tony Palmer
The club stand before the show opened.
The club took a stand at the
Race Retro show at Stoneleigh in
Warwickshire and a very worthwhile
investment of time and effort it once
again proved to be.
The committee is very grateful for
the two beautifully prepared cars our
members were happy to provide for
the stand and all of the effort put in
by volunteers in setting up the stand
and chatting to the many visitors.
Both the fabulous Texaco Sierra
Cosworth of Jim McLoughlin
and the immaculate A35 of Paul
Clayton pulled in lots of interested
spectators and coupled with Barry
Lee’s presence for most of the
weekend kept the stand looking very
busy indeed.
I think the two most heard phrases
of the three-day event had to be: ‘Is
it the actual car?’ and ‘My dad had
one of those’. No prizes for guessing
to which car each applied!
We had visits from many well-known
people in the field of motor sport
including Matt Neal and Steve
Berry to name but two. To me the
interest in the Texaco car was no
surprise, but I must admit to being
taken aback by the continued flurry
of questions about the little A35
and I think Paul hardly had time to
draw breath over the course of the
weekend as people were constantly
asking about the specification of
the car and availability of parts and
panels.
The committee was very encouraged
by the number of enquiries about
all of the club’s championships from
potential entrants. Let’s hope we see
some of them out on the starting grid!
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Club News
Driver of the Day Awards 2014
We are pleased to confirm the Driver of the Day Award sponsors for this year.
Thermex Classic Saloon and Historic Touring Car
Championship: SGSS Design.
Autoglym Pre 83 Touring Car Championship:
Berkshire Pallets.
SVG Pre 93 Touring Car Championship: Envirotec.
Toyo Tyres Pre 2005 Production Championship:
Hammerite Racing.
Burton Power Blue Oval: Envirotec.
PRG Classic Thunder Championship: Aford Awards.
Autoglym Pre ‘83 Touring Car Championship presented by
Berkshire Pallets – Nic Strong.
SVG Pre ‘93 Touring Car Championship presented by
Envirotec – Jack Stanford.
Toyo Tyres Pre 2005 Production Championship presented
by Hammerite Racing – Jamie Fisher.
Burton Power Blue Oval presented by
Envirotec – Jason Davies.
PRG Classic Thunder Championship presented by
Aford Awards – Vaughan Fletcher.
Cadwell Park 31st May – 1st June (Pre 66 only event)
Donington Park 22nd – 23rd March
Championship presented by SGSS Design – Phil Manser.
Championship presented by
SGSS Design – Tony Preston.
Berkshire Pallets – Steve Primett.
Envirotec – David Hickton.
by Hammerite Racing – Phil Waller.
Envirotec – Laki Christoforou.
Aford Awards – Bradley Gelman.
Berkshire Pallets – William Jenkins.
Envirotec – Richard Millar.
by Hammerite Racing – Mohamed Elshimy.
Envirotec – Craig Rainer.
Aford Awards – Andy Robinson.
All awards to date will be presented at the Classic
Festival at Cadwell Park 26th – 27th July.
The justified winners so far this year are:
Silverstone 7th – 8th June (Non Pre 66 event)
Croft 26th-27th April
SGSS Design – Keith Wright.
Berkshire Pallets – Alan Greenhalgh.
Envirotec – Michael Sheraton.
by Hammerite Racing – Steve Rowles.
Envirotec – Olly Allen.
Aford Awards – A. J. Owen.
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Phil Manser takes a
brief excursion
Donington
Richard Sprigg
leads
Tom Lailey de
Ville.
Ronnie Haines,
Richard Sprigg
and Alan Roper.
By Tony Palmer.
The season got under way at the Live Motors TV meeting in variable
conditions over the weekend in late March.
It was a fine start to the year with healthy numbers but grids did have to be
combined to guarantee the TV coverage.
Thermex Classic Saloon and Historic
Touring Car Championship (combined with Pre ’83)
The Pre 66 category was almost
entirely a Lotus Cortina affair
with only the Mini of Phil Manser
managing to break the stranglehold
of the fast Fords with a gallant
second place behind John Avill and
ahead of Eifion Jones and Thomas
Lailey De Ville in the first encounter.
In the second race John Avill secured
his second win of the weekend
comfortably ahead of Lailey De Ville
and Jones with Tony Preston’s Morris
Minor taking a brilliant fourth place
and Class D honours.
RACE ONE RESULT
1st John Avill; 2nd Phil Manser;
3rd Eifion Jones.
Class Winners: C, Phil Manser;
D, Luc Wilson (Austin A40); F,
John Avill; X, Tim Dodwell (Austin
Cooper).
Fastest Lap: John Avill, 1m
27.910s. 81.04 mph.
RACE TWO RESULT
1st John Avill; 2nd Thomas Lailey
de Ville; 3rd Eifion Jones.
Class Winners: C, Steve Barber
(Ford Anglia); D, Tony Preston;
F, John Avill; X, Pietro Caccamo
(Lancia Fulvia).
Fastest Lap: John Avill,
1m 29.467s. 80.53mph.
Weather/Track: Cloudy/Dry
Driver of the Day Award:
Tony Preston.
Steve Cripps.
Autoglym Pre ’83 Touring Car Series
Race one was a fairly straight forward
affair with Dave Howard’s big cat
dominating from start to finish
although easing off towards the
end allowed Mark Freemantle’s Mk1
Escort to close the gap to the Jaguar
steadily over the last few laps.
Race two saw the resumption of
similar battles through the field,
but this time it was Dave Howard
who succumbed to the pressure
of Freemantle’s Escort spinning off
before resuming to finish fourth. This
promoted Stephen Primmet to second
after he had seen off Mark Osborne
in the Dolomite who was left to
battle with the Jag, before eventually
securing a fine third place to match his
performance in the first race.
A special mention goes to Alan
Greenhalgh who having to replace
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his gearbox after practice on
Saturday climbed from 32nd on
the grid to 13th in Sunday’s race.
RACE ONE RESULT
1st David Howard (Jaguar XJ12);
2nd Mark Freemantle; 3rd Mark
Osborne.
Class Winners: B, Riorden Welby
(Rover SD1); C, Mark Osborne; E,
Stephen Yates (Escort MkIII RS
1600i); X, David Howard.
Fastest Lap: David Howard,
1m 23.606s, 85.21mph.
RACE TWO RESULT
1st Mark Freemantle; 2nd Steve
Primett (Ford Escort); 3rd Mark
Osborne.
Class Winners: B, Riorden
Welby; C, Steve Primett; X, Mark
Freemantle.
Fastest Lap: David Howard,
1m 22.184s, 86.69mph.
Steve Primett.
David Howard, Steve Primett and Mark Freemantle.
Photos by Gary Hobson (Big Hairpin Photography).
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SVG Motorsport Pre ’93 Touring Car Championship
After grabbing pole by 0.324s from Ray
West, Jim McLoughlin came out on top in
the first race beating a convoy of BMWs
to the top spot, the German marque
taking the next five places. These
were occupied by David Hickton, Paul
Bellamy, West, Karl Cattliff and Roger
Stanford.
However, the Sierra driver didn’t have
it all his own way in the second as a
poor start saw him drop to fourth before
regaining places at the expense of West
and Bellamy, but try as he might he
could not find a way past the very calm
Dave Hickton who drove impeccably to
secure the win by just over a second.
RACE ONE RESULT
RACE TWO RESULT
1st Jim McLoughlin; 2nd David
Hickton; 3rd Paul Bellamy.
1st David Hickton; 2nd Jim
McLoughlin; 3rd Paul Bellamy.
Class Winners: A, Allan Weyman
(Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z); B, Jim
McLoughlin; C, Roger Stanford;
D, Jerry Hampshire (Renault 5GT
Turbo); E, Graham Stephens
(Honda Civic); X, Stephen Kirton
(Vauxhall Astra GSi).
Class Winners: B, David Hickton;
C, Roger Stanford; D, Jerry
Hampshire, E, Graham Stephens;
X, Stuart Tranter (Rover Tomcat).
Fastest Lap: Jim McLoughlin,
1m 26.824s, 82.05mph.
Fastest Lap: David Hickton,
1m 19.843, 89.23mph
Dave Hickton.
Paul Waterhouse.
Karl Catliff.
Dave Hickton and
Jim McLoughlin.
PRG Trailers Classic Thunder Saloon Championship
Dave Cockell’s Escort Cosworth led
from pole before Vaughan Fletcher
(Subaru Impreza) slipped past him
on lap four and wasn’t seriously
troubled despite a winning margin
of only one second. Ian Froggett’s
Subaru Impreza rounded off the
top three with Bradley Gelman’s
hard charging Sierra finishing fifth
despite starting from 15th and last
place on the grid.
The second race saw the top two
places reversed with Fletcher unable
Tony Ellis (Mazda) and A J Owen.
RACE ONE RESULT
RACE TWO RESULT
1st Vaughan Fletcher; 2nd Dave
Cockell; 3rd Ian Froggatt.
1st Dave Cockell; 2nd Vaughan
Fletcher; 3rd Keith Butcher.
Class Winners: A2, Stacy Vickers
(Mazda RX7); A4, Vaughan
Fletcher; B, Bradley Gelman; C,
Keith Butcher.
Class Winners: A2, Kevin Wendt
(BMW M3 E46); A4 Dave Cockell;
B, Bradley Gelman; C, Keith
Butcher.
Fastest Lap: Andy Robinson (Ford
Falcon V8 Supercar), 1m 17.937s,
91.41mph.
Fastest Lap: Vaughan Fletcher,
1m 12.985s, 97.61mph.
Stacy Vickers and Piers Grange.
Bradley Gelman.
to find a way past the Escort this
time. Keith Butcher (Nissan
Primera Supertourer) took
the final podium place
after a great race-long
battle with Gelman.
Alex Sidwell leads Piers Grange.
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Burton Power Blue Oval Series
A tense battle in qualifying saw the
Mk11 Escort of Craig Rainer just
edging the Sapphire Cosworth of
Jason Davies for Pole.
Robert Drummond.
Unfortunately Jason did not make
it to the start line thus robbing
Paul Finney and Jef
f Windsor.
Craig of his closest challenger and
the Escort was able to romp away
RACE ONE RESULT
from the field. Ashley Bird (Ford
1st Craig Rainer; 2nd Ashley Bird;
Sierra XR4i) was comfortable in
3rd Stephen Matthias.
second leaving Stephen Matthias
Class Winners: A2, Craig Rainer;
(Ford Escort RS) and Paul Nevill
A4, Paul Nevill; B, Olly Allen; C,
(Ford Escort RS) to squabble over
Alan Eason (Ford Fiesta); D, Brian
third place with Stephen eventually
Long (Ford Fiesta); X, Gary Wait
coming out on top.
(Escort Cosworth).
Olly Allen (Ford Fiesta) drove a fine
Fastest Lap: Paul Nevill, 1m
race rising from 19th on the grid to
19.174s, 89.98mph.
sixth overall and class ‘B’ honours.
The second race followed much the
same format with Craig driving off
into the distance but this time the
battle was for second as Stephen
Matthias closed to within half a
second of Ashley Bird by the time
Horners, Steve and James.
the chequered flag fell.
RACE TWO RESULT
1st Craig Rainer; 2nd Ashley Bird;
3rd Stephen Matthias.
Class Winners: A2 Craig Rainer;
A4, Paul Nevill; B, Mike Webb
(Focus ST170); C, Gary Parkes
(Ford KA); D, Brian Long; X, Gary
Wait.
Fastest Lap: Robert Drummond
(Escort Cosworth): 1m 17.318s,
92.14mph.
Laki Christoforou.
Matt Edwards.
Toyo Tyres Pre 2005 Production Touring Car Series
Both races in pre 2005 were won by series debutant George Russell (Peugeot
206), however there was plenty of action
and incidents behind him with Colin
Gibbons (Alfa Romeo 156), Steve Rowles
(Proton Satria GTi) and Phil Waller
(Peugeot 206) in hot pursuit.
Race two again saw Russell winning, but
after his early misdemeanour in the first
race, James Fisher (BMW MINI) pipped
Steve Rowles for second.
RACE ONE RESULT
1st George Russell; 2nd Colin
Gibbons; 3rd Steve Rowles.
Class Winners: AP, George
Russell; AM, Colin Gibbons; B,
Steve Rowles; C, James Fisher.
Fastest Lap: George Russell,
1m 34.006s, 75.78mph.
Off goes Jam
es Fisher.
RACE TWO RESULT
1st George Russell; 2nd James
Fisher; 3rd Steve Rowles.
Class Winners: AP, George
Russell; B, Steve Rowles; C, James
Fisher.
Fastest Lap: James Fisher, 1m
29.249s, 79.82mph.
Mohammed Elshimy
among P ’93 BMWs.
Colin Gibbons.
Phil Waller.
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Croft
Photos by Ed Bookless (Ed Bookless Photography).
Event Report
By Tony Palmer.
It was a pretty windy and windy weekend at Croft for the second
meeting of the year but it provided some excellent racing for those
who made the journey.
Andy Messham
.
Thermex Classic Saloon and Historic Touring Car Championship
Andy Mesham claimed pole just
0.082s ahead of Stephen Sprigg and
turned it into a superb brace of wins
with the Lotus Cortinas of Eifion
Jones and Stephen Sprigg claiming a
second each.
However the impressive driving
did not finish there with Tony
Preston (Morris Minor) claiming a
magnificent third place in the first
arnes.
ht and Tony W
Keith Wrig
race and Pietro Caccamo (Lancia
Fulvia) gaining the final podium spot
in the second very damp encounter.
RACE ONE RESULT
1st Andy Messham (Austin Mini
Seven); 2nd Eifion Jones; 3rd Tony
Preston.
Class Winners: C, Andy Messham;
D, Tony Preston; F, Tom Lailey de
Ville (Lotus Cortina); X, Pietro
Caccamo.
RACE TWO RESULT
1st Andy Messham; 2nd Stephen
Sprigg; 3rd Pietro Caccamo.
Class Winners: C, Andy Messham;
D, Tony Preston; F, Steven Sprigg;
X, Pietro Caccamo.
Fastest Lap: Pietro Caccamo, 2m
06.685s. 60.38mph.
Keith Wright.
Fastest Lap: Eifion Jones,
1m 48.790s. 70.31mph.
Weather/Track: Overcast/Dry
Eifion Jones.
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Event Report – Croft
Autoglym Pre ’83 Touring Car Series
Stephen Primett (Ford Escort) took a
handsome pole position 4.790s ahead
of John Wright (Ford Escort). But it was
Mark Osborne (Triumph Dolomite)
who carved through from the back of
the grid to claim second place, but
couldn’t get near Stephen Primett
who was in impressive form in the first
race. Wright claiming third.
Pre ’83 leaders (left to right) Mark Osborne,
Steve Primett, John Wright.
The second race was a different
matter in damp conditions. Wright
made a great start and burst into the
lead from the second row of the grid
with Primett finding himself back in
fourth. Unfortunately Wright spun
off after three laps and Primett made
his move, passing Nic Strong (Capri)
to take the lead and looked in little
danger subsequently. Strong then
held off Osborne for the remainder of
the race despite prolonged pressure.
Alan Greenhalgh.
Steve Primett
RACE ONE RESULT
RACE TWO RESULT
1st Stephen Primett; 2nd Mark
Osborne; 3rd John Wright.
1st Stephen Primett; 2nd Nic
Strong; 3rd Mark Osborne.
Class Winners: B, Nic Strong; C,
Stephen Primett; D, Neil Bray; E,
Stephen Yates.
Steve Primett; D, Neil Bray.
Fastest Lap: Stephen Primett,
1m 40.223s, 76.33mph.
Weather/Track: Overcast/Dry
Kevin Wendt and A J Owen in Thunder action.
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Fastest Lap: Stephen Primett,
1m 48.607s, 70.43mph.
Weather/Track: Overcast/Damp
Alan Greenhalgh.
Paul Bellamy and Jim McLoughlin.
Jim McLoughlin was in imperious form
throughout the weekend in his Sierra
Cosworth claiming pole by 1.939s
from Rodger Card (BMW E30 M3) and
proved to be the class of the field as
he produced a faultless drive in wet
conditions to win the first race by nearly
10 seconds from Paul Bellamy (BMW).
Third went to Dave Hickton (BMW) as
he held off a spirited challenge from
Jerry Hampshire’s Renault 5 Turbo.
The second race saw a repeat
performance from the same top three,
who were largely unchallenged again in
wet conditions.
RACE ONE RESULT
RACE TWO RESULT
1st Jim McLoughlin; 2nd Paul
Bellamy; 3rd David Hickton.
1st Jim McLoughlin; 2nd Paul
Bellamy; 3rd David Hickton.
Class Winners: B, Jim
McLoughlin; C, Rodger Card; D,
Michael Sheraton (BMW E30);
E, Simon Sheridan (Ford Fiesta
XR2); X, Stephen Kirton (Vauxhall
Astra GSi).
Class Winners: B, Jim McLoughlin;
C, Nathan Osman (BMW 320is);
D, Michael Sheraton, E, Neil Bray
(Ford Fiesta); X, Stephen Kirton.
Fastest Lap: Paul Bellamy,
1m 49.326s, 69.97mph.
Weather/Track: Showers/Wet
Fastest Lap: Jim McLoughlin,
1m 47.993s, 70.83mph
Weather/Track: Drizzle/Damp
Michael Sheraton.
Having set pole 3.679s ahead of
Vaughan Fletcher’s Subaru Impreza
Andy Robinson’s fabulous Falcon
V8 Supercar led from lights to flag
with the four wheel drive challenge
of Fletcher and Dave Cockell (Sierra
Cosworth) fading as the race
progressed.
However, it was all change for the
second race as the Falcon failed to fire
Ian Froggatt.
up in the assembly area and so it was
left to Fletcher in the Subaru to lead
the field away. As the rain started to
fall he was eclipsed by the two wheel
drive cars of Kevin Wendt (BMW) and
A. J. Owen (Sierra) who both drove
superbly, although it was Wendt who
took the win as the Sierra just lacked
RACE ONE RESULT
1st Andy Robinson; 2nd Vaughan
Fletcher; 3rd Dave Cockell.
Class Winners: A2, Andy
Robinson; A4, Vaughan Fletcher;
C, Alex Owen.
Fastest Lap: Andy Robinson, 1m
28.485s, 86.45mph.
the power to keep up on the straights
despite being right on his tail through
the twisty bits. This result meant that
there had now been four different
winners of the four races so far!
RACE TWO RESULT
1st Kevin Wendt; 2nd Alex Owen;
3rd Vaughan Fletcher.
Class Winners: A2, Kevin Wendt;
A4 Vaughan Fletcher; B, Alex
Owen.
Fastest Lap: Kevin Wendt,
1m 40.118s, 76.41mph.
A. J. Owen.
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Event Report – Croft
Jason Davies (Sierra Cosworth)
returned after the disappointment of
Donington securing pole by almost
3.491s from Andy Robinson’s Ford
Fiesta. However his luck once again
ran out as he was forced to retire
from race one leaving the door open
for a hard charging Olly Allen in
his feisty Fiesta to take what was
in the end a comfortable win from
the fourth row of the grid. Second
went to Robert Drummond (Escort
Cosworth) and third to Mike Webb in
the lovely Focus RS.
But for the second race Jason’s luck
changed as he charged through
the field from 16th on the grid to
take a richly deserved win by over
13 seconds from Mike Webb’s
continually improving Focus which
just managed to hold off a brace
of Fiestas. Andy Robinson finally
winning the battle for third from race
one winner Olly Allen.
Mike Webb, Craig Rainer.
Alex von Ehrheim.
RACE ONE RESULT
1st Olly Allen; 2nd Robert
Drummond; 3rd Mike Webb.
Class Winners: A2, Nigel Hutton
(Sapphire Cosworth); B, Olly
Allen; C, Andy Robinson; D,
Alan Willett (Fiesta); X, Robert
Drummond.
binson.
Ro
Craig Rainer, Andy
RACE TWO RESULT
Fastest Lap: Robert Drummond,
1m 35.174s, 80.38mph.
1st Jason Davies; 2nd Mike Webb;
3rd Andy Robinson.
Class Winners: A2 Jason Davies;
B, Mike Webb; C, Andy Robinson;
D, Brian Long (Fiesta); X, Gary
Wait (Escort Cosworth).
Robert Drummond.
Fastest Lap: Jason Davies, 1m
34.790s, 80.70mph.
Olly Allen.
Despite a small grid the Pre 2005
cars produced some spirited
performances with Steve Rowles
(Proton Satria GTi) beating James
Fisher (BMW MINI) to the flag in the
first race with Phil Waller (Peugeot
206) third.
The second race saw the first two
positions reversed as James Fisher
took his turn to claim his first win of
the season with Waller again third.
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RACE ONE RESULT
1st Steve Rowles; 2nd James
Fisher; 3rd Phil Waller.
RACE TWO RESULT
1st James Fisher; 2nd Steve
Rowles; 3rd Phil Waller.
Class Winners: AP, Phil Waller; B,
Class Winners: AP, Phil Waller; B,
Fastest Lap: James Fisher,
1m 48.612s, 70.73mph.
1m 46.592s, 71.76mph.
Steve Rowles.
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A portent of weather to come! Photo by, Peter Edwards.
Snetterton
By Peter Edwards.
Well if everyone thought Croft was a bit wild those who attended
Snetterton will vouch that Norfolk can give it some on the weather stakes.
High winds which saw awnings and gazebos disappear regularly; hail,
bright sunshine, torrential rain and a beautiful rainbow. Yes, we had the lot.
RACE ONE RESULT
1st Phil Manser; 2nd Andy
Messham; 3rd Pietro Caccamo.
D, Tony Preston; F, Eifion Jones
(Lotus Cortina); X, Pietro Caccamo.
A quick glance through the result sheets gives a good idea of the
conditions which are reflected in the lap times.
Steve Barber.
Fastest Lap: Phil Manser, 3m
6.697s. 57.24 mph.
Weather/Track: Rain/Wet
RACE TWO RESULT
1st Phil Manser; 2nd Andy
Messham; 3rd Pietro Caccamo.
D, Keith Wright (Morris Minor); F,
Eifion Jones; X, Pietro Caccamo.
Conditions were bright but damp for
qualifying and we saw massive time
gaps among the front-runners. Phil
Manser (Mini Cooper) took pole more
than four seconds ahead of Andy
Messham (Mini Seven) and Pietro
Caccamo (Lancia Fulvia) was more
than fours seconds further adrift.
the finishing order was the same
and only Tony Preston (Morris
Minor) failed.
Fastest Lap: Andy Messham,
3m 0.696s, 59.14mph.
Andy Messham.
Rain and a wet track greeted the
competitors for the first race early
on Sunday morning. In treacherous
conditions Phil took a good win
ahead of Phil and Pietro and it is
to the credit of the field that all the
starters finished.
It was much the same later in the
day when in similar conditions
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Luc Wilson, Tony Preston.
Action photos by Gary Hobson (Big Hairpin Photography).
Thermex Classic Saloon and Historic
Touring Car Championship
Mark Osborne leads into the Bomb Hole.
RACE ONE RESULT
1st Steve Primett; 2nd Nic Strong;
3rd Mark Osborne.
a good run through from fourth to
take second ahead of Osborne.
Autoglym Pre ’83
Touring Car Series
Bright and dry were the conditions
for the Autoglym competitors and
the flying Steve Primett popped
his Ford Escort on pole over two
seconds ahead of Mark Osborne
(Dolomite Sprint). Mark Fowler (Ford
Capri) was almost four seconds
further back.
However things changed for the
first race in the wet on Sunday and
initially Steve lost out to the two
Marks but Steve got by Osborne
on the second lap and then Fowler
made a mistake and he was in the
lead. Nic Strong (Ford Capri) had
Steve Primett; X, William Jenkins
(BMW 3.0CSL)
Sadly a series of maladies left only
six starting the second race again
in the wet. Steve controlled this
from the start with Osborne taking
the initiative over Strong until the
penultimate tour when the Capri
driver got by.
Fastest Lap: Steve Primett,
2m 42.798s, 65.65mph.
Weather/Track: Cloudy/Wet
RACE TWO RESULT
1st Steve Primett; 2nd Nic Strong;
3rd Mark Osborne.
Steve Primett; X, William Jenkins.
Fastest Lap: Nic Strong,
2m 44.069s, 65.14mph.
Nic Strong.
Nic Strong chases Mark Osborne.
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Event Report – Snetterton
Michael Sheraton, Simon Sheridan.
Nick Haldane, Paul Coulham.
Although cloudy the track was dry
as the SVG Motorsport Pre ’93 grid
tackled qualifying. Jack Stanford
(BMW M3) took pole just 0.012s
ahead of Jim McLoughlin (Ford Capri)
with dad Roger (BMW M3) a further
two seconds back. The other leading
contenders, David Hickton (BMW
M3) and Paul Bellamy (BMW M3)
took the next two slots.
With on and off showers for the
first of the Sunday races the track
was damp and Stanford Junior soon
scarpered off for a nice lead and
a win by almost 16 seconds but
behind Paul and Roger were having
a great scrap with the honours going
that way ahead of Jim who got by
David on the second lap.
The conditions were again wet for
the second race late on Sunday and
again Jack stormed to a handsome
win almost 28 seconds ahead of
Paul. This time Jim got by Roger on
the first lap and held third until the
end 0.421s ahead.
RACE ONE RESULT
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RACE TWO RESULT
1st Jack Stanford; 2nd Paul
Bellamy; 3rd Roger Stanford.
1st Jack Stanford; 2nd Paul
Bellamy; 3rd Jim McLoughlin.
Class Winners: A, Allan Weyman
(Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z); B,
Paul Bellamy; C, Jack Stanford; D,
Michael Sheraton (BMW E30); E,
Simon Sheridan (Ford Fiesta); X,
Will McAteer (VW Golf ).
Class Winners: B, Paul Bellamy;
C, Jack Stanford; D, Michael
Sheraton, E, Simon Sheridan;
X, Will McAteer.
Fastest Lap: Jack Stanford,
2m 33.583s, 69.59mph.
Weather/Track: Showers/Damp
Fastest Lap: Jack Stanford,
2m 34.561s 69.15mph.
Jack Stanford.
A grid of nine cars saw Vaughan
Fletcher (Subaru Impreza) take
pole by 0.058s from Andy Robinson
(Ford Falcon V8 Supercar) in cloudy
and damp conditions. Kevin Wendt
(BMW M E46) was third a further
4.696s back.
Bradley Gelman leads Ian Froggatt.
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Andy Robinson.
In similar conditions for the first race
on Saturday afternoon Robinson
was soon in the lead but it was
Darren Bly’s Nissan Skyline that
was making the pace and surged
from fifth to second on the third lap.
However Darren was to go off at
Montreal with a few laps remaining
leaving Fletcher to take second and
Wendt third.
In decidedly wet conditions for
Sunday’s race Robinson held the
lead over Fletcher in the opening
laps but then a spin allowed the
Subaru though and that is how they
finished ahead of Bly.
RACE ONE RESULT
1st Andy Robinson; 2nd Vaughan
Fletcher; 3rd Kevin Wendt.
Robinson; A4, Vaughan Fletcher;
B, Bradley Gelman (Ford Sierra
Cosworth).
Fastest Lap: Darren Bly,
2m 01.931s, 87.65mph.
RACE TWO RESULT
1st Vaughan Fletcher; 2nd Andy
Robinson; 3rd Darren Bly.
Robinson; A4 Vaughan Fletcher;
B, Alex Owen (Ford Sierra RS
Cosworth).
Fastest Lap: Vaughan Fletcher,
2m 19.353s, 76.69mph.
Vaughan Fletcher.
RACE ONE RESULT
1st Jason Davies; 2nd Craig
Rainer; 3rd Ashley Bird.
Class Winners: A2, Jason Davies;
B, Olly Allen; C, Alan Eason (Ford
Fiesta); D, Brian Long (Ford
Fiesta); Stuart Caie (Ford Capri).
Fastest Lap: Jason Davies,
2m 11.591s, 81.22mph.
Ashley Bird leads Gary Parkes.
More rain and so wet conditions
greeted the Burton Power
competitors and Olly Allen (Ford
Fiesta) put on a great show to take
pole by 4.754s from Jason Davies
(Ford Sierra Cosworth) and Gary Wait
(Ford Escorth Cosworth).
However in dry conditions later in
the day Olly lost out to the more
powerful cars and Davies soon took
the lead ahead of Wait, but he was
soon to drop out and the young
Simon Beamen
Welshman went on to take victory
ahead of Craig Rainer (Ford Mk2
Escort) and Ashley Bird (Ford Sierra
XR4i). Olly took a fine fourth place.
Sunday saw more showers and wet
conditions and Olly capitalised on
them to take a refined victory over
Davies and Rainer. Paul Nevill (Ford
Escort RS2000) just grabbed fourth
from Wait who had fought his way
up from the back of the grid despite
sliding off twice.
RACE TWO RESULT
1st Olly Allen; 2nd Jason Davies;
3rd Craig Rainer.
Class Winners: A2, Jason Davies;
B, Olly Allen; C, Alan Eason; D,
Brian Long; X, Gary Wait.
Fastest Lap: Olly Allen:
2m 24.709s, 73.85mph.
Jason Davies.
t leads Alan Ea
son.
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Event Report – Snetterton
The 10 Pre 2005 contenders
combined with the Honda VTEC
Challenge cars faced wet conditions
for qualifying which saw Andrew
Busby (Peugeot 206) just 0.046s
ahead of Phil Waller (Peugeot 206)
and Steve Rowles (Proton Satria GT1).
It was cloudy but dry for the Saturday
afternoon first race but Busby and
Philip Burden (Peugeot 206) soon
hit problems and it was left to
Rowles and Waller to lead the 2005
contingent home just 0.127s apart.
James Fisher (BMW MINI) followed
4.960s back.
It was distinctly wet for the second
race on Sunday afternoon but it was
enlivened by Busby starting from the
back after the race one problems.
He was making steady progress
until tapped into a spin by one of the
Hondas.
Steve Rowles initially took the lead
but then Waller got by before Fisher
took the lead with a lap to run.
RACE ONE RESULT
1st Steve Rowles; 2nd Philip
Waller; 3rd James Fisher.
Class Winners: AP, Philip Waller;
B, Steve Rowles; C, James Fisher.
2m 29.192s, 71.63mph.
RACE TWO RESULT
1st James Fisher; 2nd Philip
Waller; 3rd Steve Rowles.
Class Winners: AP, Philip Waller;
B, Steve Rowles; C, James Fisher.
2m 48.066s, 63.59mph.
James Fisher.
Phil Waller chases Steve Rowles.
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Finishing The Mille Miglia
Alan Greenhalgh
Fancy a different challenge? Try the ‘Mille Miglia’.
What my brother, Robin, and I
thought was a gentleman’s rally
re-creation of the great sports car
race that took place between 1927
and 1957 over a 1000 miles between
Brescia, Rome, Brescia, turned out to
be a balls out four-day dash through
some of Italy’s finest countryside,
national places of interest and
through crowds that I’ve only seen at
Jubilees and Royal weddings.
Stirling Moss set the record in
1955 at 10 hours 7 minutes in a
Mercedes 300SLR. That marque in
the form of the “Gull Wing” was
probably the most numerous on the
event, but we renamed them “Dull
Wings” due to the numbers. In fact
one got ‘written off’ in a head-on
with a BMW road car. I hope his
£million plus car was insured!
works in house, on cars of which
we can only dream. They are Mille
Miglia experts having campaigned
all Jaguar Heritage cars for a
number of years.
The Fantuzzi car wa
iting for us at
scrutineering.
Here we go.
So much for what I thought would
be a few hours’ driving followed by a
long lunch in the open!
We wanted to find what is known as
a ‘Golden Ticket’ car, ie one that had
originally competed in the MM rather
than a MM-eligible car. There are
only 75 - 100 left in the world. This
limited our choice somewhat as they
are worth a fortune. We looked at a
few 750cc models only fit for Italians
with 9” hips, a couple of supposedly
genuine cars for sale by less genuine
people then found an Alfa 1900Ti
raced in 1954 by Metardo Fantuzzi
who built Maserati and Ferrari racing
bodies in his Carroseria.
A deal was done with JD Classics
in Maldon to restore, prepare,
support and enter the car. JD
Classics premises are every petrol
head’s dream workshops. A band of
specialist enthusiasts carry out all
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Nice model,
but we have
the
real thing!
onnet.
Under the b
So along comes Thursday May 14th
and we all descend on Brescia, meet
up with the team and find out what we
have to do. All the cars are gathered
in the exhibition centre, where the
scrutineering and vehicle checks are
carried out. The cars and drivers are
then paraded around Brescia like
gladiators to the huge crowds of
enthusiasts. At around 19.30 we left
the start ramp and the accelerator
hit the floor and pretty much stayed
there for seven hours. 438 cars,
support cars and vans, mates in noncompeting super cars and the general
public followed. Anyone that had
a sticker on their car seemed to be
elevated to ‘beyond the law’ status.
Only in Italy would you have police
escort for cars travelling flat out
being encouraged to break every law
in the book with complete disregard
for all other road users. Through red
lights, over white lines we had the
rights of an emergency vehicle in a
hurry. Three-a-breast was standard
four-a-breast common all with oncoming traffic expected to peel out
of the way. Wacky races with millions
of pounds worth of cars on public
roads, through beautiful villages
up and down the mountains, tyres
screeching, drum brakes tested to
the max. Crazy, mad, irresponsible,
gruelling, but a great adventure.
My brother and I finished 196 out
of 438 and so top half. Spectators
were incredible. Out along the road
side all day and night, piazzas full
Profile Alan Greenhalgh
Yes, that’s us
as finishers.
of enthusiasts and those that just
wanted to be part of the circus that
was passing through their bit of
Italy. Just absolutely amazing and a
huge party atmosphere.
This madness carried on for 16
hours on the Friday, only 13 hours
on the Saturday and six hours on
the Sunday. Approximately 14 hours’
sleep over the three nights. Talk
about the locals getting their pound
of flesh for allowing us to break all
the rules! The publicity and numbers
of people brought in to all the towns
we went through easily paid off.
Would I do it again! Maybe. In
Fantuzzi’s mother-in-law’s car?
Probably not.
It was very funny when we were
behind a red or silver slinky, noisy
two-seater. All the cameras in the
crowd went up, but then were
dropped for us to go past! We felt a
little like the ugly duckling amongst
such exotic machinery but the car
performed faultlessly and was
complimented on by many people.
Almost disbelief that our four- seater
had actually competed 60 years ago
and shared the anniversary with one
of its drivers.
That is the
business
background but
how about the
competition
activities.
‘I started in 1973 in the Triplex and
Britax Saloon car Championships in
a Mini. I then progressed to a Datsun
Cherry and then a Honda Civic. In those
days classes were defined by cost of
car. i.e. Class D up to £999.
After blowing all my money and more
I wasn’t able to save enough to do
racing until nearly a decade later.
In the early 80s I raced a Group A
Golf GTi prepared by Andy Rouse
Engineering and I am pleased to say I
was only 0.2 seconds slower than him
around Donington.
I did the 24hr race at Spa, and
competed at Zolder and Mettet, sharing
the car with Alan Minshaw. We were the
first British car home and 22nd overall
despite a fire during the night.
In the early 90s I campaigned the exSteve Soper Prodrive BMW M3 in the
Belgian Touring Car championships and
had various races in the Golf.
In the early noughties I returned to the
Spa 24hr and the Spa 24hr 2CV 200306 with a best finish of 14th overall
In 2012 I stupidly built a Vauxhall
Firenza for touring car racing when I
had vowed I would never build a race
car myself again. Anyway it continues
to be developed and it works and I am
enjoying it.
I am also sharing a Mini and a TR6 in
CSCC and HSCC.
My wife thinks I am irresponsible going
back to racing, but I keep reminding her
it is cheaper than a mistress. Her
reply is: “only for me”!
Certainly something that will evoke
memories until I’m in my box.
Photo by Gary Hobson.
Photos by Caroline Greenhalgh.
It does not quite have the following
of the Ferraris and Maseratis,
Jaguars etc. But then I don’t have
the budget either.
Alan Greenhalgh is a relative newcomer
to the club, but most certainly not to
the sport.
A 60-year-old company director Alan
is a welcome cheery character in the
paddock racing the bright yellow
Firenza in the Autoglym Pre ’83 Touring
Car Championship.
He is married with three sons, none
involved in motorsport. But Alan has
a serious background in the sport of
which many might not know. He told
Peter Edwards of his background from
potential vet to director of a machine
and factory re-location business, CTC
Europe. You just might have seen
their bright yellow trucks (just like the
Firenza) out and about.
I left school at 17 and started working
at London Zoo because I wanted to be
a vet, but that idea soon petered out.
I moved into business rising to sales
administration manager at 21 and then
decided to steer my career towards my
hobby, motor racing, and so went to
work for a small garage.
After a couple of years I was running
the business for someone and thought
that was pretty stupid so I set up my
own garage business. It was in my
mother’s garage at first. You can
imaging how pleased she was about
that! I then progressed until I had a
large garage in SW London. I did that
for five years or so then sold out. I
started a haulage business that very
soon turned into a machine moving
business because I bought a truck
with a crane on it. And here we are 30
years and more later having survived
all the recessions and provided my
family with a reasonable standard of
living enjoying the occasional extra
marketing activity in the
racing arena’.
Robin and Alan with his
wife Caroline.
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