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Issue 3
December 2010
Walter Hayes Trophy
Britcar 3 hours Donington
CSCC Halloween race meeting Donington
© Mick Herring
Contents
Page 4 News
Page 7 Whats on and Archive picture of the month
Page 8 Britcar 3 hours Donington
Page 10 Birkett Relay Silverstone
Page 13 CSCC Halloween race meeting Donington
© Pete Austin
Page 17 MPH Show NEC
Page 18 Ramblings from Rugby by Pete Austin
Page 20 Classic Motor showNEC
Page 24 Walter Hayes Trophy, Silverstone
Page 27 750 MC Donington Winter Series
Next Month:
© Simon & Janet Wright
With Christmas almost here, our January issue will reflect back on 2010, with pictures of some of the
great events we have attended over the last 12 months.
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Classic & Competition Car December 2010
© Simon & Janet Wright
Editorial
With the days getting
shorter and the nights
drawing in, you would
think that most events
would have finished for
the season. Well I can
tell you that November
has been a very busy
Simon Wright
month for motor sport
Editor/Photographer
in the UK. We have
reports on two meetings
at Donington Park that took advantage of the early
nights by staging some night racing. Silverstone
took fireworks to a new level with the Walter
Hayes Trophy meeting over the Bonfire night
weekend, and finished the meeting with its own
bonfire and fireworks display. November also saw
the 750MC hold its winter series race at
Donington.
November also sees the Classic Motor Show
arrive at the National Exhibition Centre. This
years show seemed bigger and better than ever
and with seven Halls in use for the show, you
really needed more than one day to see
everything.
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Front Cover
Main Picture Tim Reynolds in his Spectrum 11C
leads a pack of cars in to Luffield corner. Walter
Hayes Trophy meeting. Photo by Simon Wright.
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Lower left
Ginetta G50 of Butler and Lemmer in the Craner
Curves Donington. Britcar GT Donington 3 hrs
Photo by Mick Herring.
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CSCC Swinging Sixties race Donington. Photo by
Janet Wright
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News by Simon Wright
HSCC Announce provisional 2011 dates at Classic Motor show.
Brooklands Museum New Years day gathering.
Brooklands museum is planning to host the largest gathering of vintage and
classic cars, motorcycles and commercial vehicles in the South East on New
Years Day. Its annual gathering on 1st January 2011 is expected to attract
more than 400 classic vehicles. Normal admission prices will apply, but for
people arriving in a pre 1973 vehicle at the Campbell Gate off Brooklands
road will be given a £1 discount off the normal prices. The museum’s normal
displays and aircraft, including Concorde will be open along with various
eating facilities. Further information can be obtained from the Brooklands
Web sitewww.brooklandsmuseum.com
Mike Smith debuts new car.
© Simon & Janet Wright
Tour Britannia regular Mike Smith has
moved from front to rear engine layout in
an effort to achieve better results. Mike has
replaced his Mk 1 Ford Escort with the exSean Lockyear yellow Porsche 911. Mike
bought the Porsche straight after Sean took
victory in this years’ Tour Britannia.
Mike had his maiden run driving the
Porsche in the Closed wheels race at the
Walter Hayes Trophy meeting at
Silverstone at the beginning of November.
Mike qualified well in 5th place, and after
a good start was well placed in the race for
the first few laps. Then the car stuck in
gear due to a gear linkage problem and
Mike was forced to retire from the race.
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© Janet Wright
© Simon & Janet Wright
2nd or 9th April 2011 Donington Park
16-17th April 2011 Hockenheim (HF2 only)
23-24th April 2011 Cadwell Park Easter weekend
14-15th May 2011 International Trophy Silverstone (GP Circuit)
4-5th June 2011 Monza (HF2 only)
11-12th June 2011 Snetterton 3 hours (New circuit)
17-19th June 2011 Tour Britannia
1-3rd July 2011 Brands Hatch Super prix (GP Circuit) (Inc HF2 and Jag E-Type)
22-24th July 2011 Silverstone Classic (GP Circuit) (Inc Jag E-Type)
6-7th August 2011 Croft Nostalgia weekend
13-14th August 2011 Nurburgring Old timer Grand Prix (Jag E-Type)
27-29th August 2011 Oulton Park Gold Cup (International circuit)
10th or 11th September 2011 Brands Hatch (Indy circuit)
16-17th September 2011 TBA (Jag E-Type only)
24-25th September 2011 Spa Six hours race meeting (HSCC Closed wheel grid)
1-2nd October 2011 Dijon Trophees de Bourgogne (HSCC open wheel grid) (Inc HF2)
22nd October 2011 Championship Finals Silverstone
© Simon Wright
The provisional calendar for the HSCC in 2011 is as follows:
© Simon Wright
Autosport International show
The Autosport International racing car show takes place at the National Exhibition Centre near Birmingham
over the weekend of the 15th-16th January 2011. The show encompasses all forms of motor sport from the
current Formula 1 display which
will feature the World
Championship winning Red Bull
RB6 right down to grass roots level
motor sport. Celebraties lined up
include the legendary Murray
Walker, current BBC TV
presenters Martin Brundle and Jake
Humphrey, top drivers Alan
McNish, Andy Priaulx, and former
World Champion Jody Scheckter.
There will also be live action in the
Fifth Gear Live Action Arena with
current British Touring Car
Champion Jason Plato and his
fellow TV presenter Tiff Needle.
The 2011 show will also feature a special McLaren racing display which will include cars such as Ayrton
Senna’s MP4/4, Niki Lauda’s MP4/2 and the 1995 Le Mans winning F1 GTR sports car.
For further information please see their web site at www.autosportinternational.com/
Jaguar E-Type celebrations in 2011.
© Mick Herring
The HSCC have announced a new challenge series of races for Jaguar E-Types built before 31st
December 1965. The 5 race series will be split into two classes, Class A for pre 66 specification
cars complying with homologation 100 and class B for pre 63 specification cars complying with
homologation 34. The provisional dates are as follows:
1st-3rd July Brands Hatch GP circuit, 22nd-24th July Silverstone GP circuit, 13th-14th August
Nurburgring (Germany), 28th-29th August Oulton Park International circuit and a further
meeting To Be Announced penciled in for the 16th-17th September. Further details can be
obtained from the Historic Sports Car Club.
Race Retro 2011 is also having a major celebration of the Jaguar E-Types 50th anniversary. The
show running from the 25-27th February 2011 at Stoneleigh Park Coventry, is very near to the
birth place of the most iconic British sports cars ever made. During the show, various drivers and
back room boys who helped
develop the cars competition
heritage will be making an
appearance. There will be a major
display of competition E-Types at
the show, along with many other
racing Jaguars.
The E-Type legend was born from
the first race at the Oulton Park
Gold Cup meeting on the 15th
April 1961. Two E-Types were
entered in the Sports car and GT
race for Graham Hill and Roy
Salvadori and Hill took the cars
maiden victory in its first race.
Harry Wyndham 1963 E-Type Jaguar at Donington
Over 70,000 Jaguar E-Types were
built between 1961 and 1975.
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© Simon & Janet Wright
Automobiles Historique have announced the dates for the 2011 Italian Historic Car
Cup and the GT & Sports Car cup races. With races all across Europe, they offer a
chance for fans to view the best cars from across Europe competing in these
prestigous series.
Italian Historic Car Cup
3, 4 & 5 June 2011 Coppa Inter-Europa Storica at Monza
24, 25 & 26 June 2011 Grand Prix de l’Age d’or at Dijon
22, 23 & 24 July 2011 Silverstone Classic at Silverstone
21, 22 & 23 October 2011 Algarve Historic Festival at Portimao*
GT & Sports Car Cup
14 & 15 May 2011 International Trophy at Silverstone
3, 4 & 5 June 2011 Coppa Inter-Europa Storica at Monza
24, 25 & 26 June 2011 Grand Prix de l’Age d’or at Dijon
21, 22 & 23 October 2011 Algarve Historic Festival at Portimao*
© Simon & Janet Wright
*2-Hour combined race for Pre-66 GTSCC & IHCC cars.
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Past & Future.
Events Diary.
List of up coming events. We do NOT organise any of these events and are NOT responsible for them. Before travelling, we
suggest that you check with the venue that the event is taking place. We cannot be held responsible for event cancellations. An
entry fee will apply for most events, contact the organisers for further details
12/12/2010
Midland Breakfast Club,Cosford Air
Museum, near Wolverhampton
26/12/2010
37th Plum Pudding Handicap Yuletide race
meeting
Mallory Park, Near Leicester
Archive Photo of the month
By Pete Austin
© Pete Austin
Elsewhere in this issue I discuss four wheel drive Grand Prix cars. This month’s photo from my archive
shows Emerson Fittipaldi driving the 4-w-d Lotus 56B Pratt and Whitney turbine in practice for the 1971
Race of Champions at Brands Hatch. The car was impressive in the wet practice conditions but in the race
suffered from the Brands Hatch bumps with the suspension eventually collapsing. This wasn't the first
appearance of a turbine powered car at the circuit as the Howmet TX held that distinction in the BOAC
1000kms a few years before. Turbine racing engines suffer from throttle lag and the cars best Grand Prix
finish that year was in the Italian Grand Prix where it came in 8th.
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© Mick Herring
BRSCC 3 hours night race Donington Park.
Winning Ferrari F430 GTC of Gamski and Robinson through the Craner curves.
With everyone keen to get a race in at Donington in 2010, the BRSCC staged a Britcar race at the circuit on
Saturday 30th October. Coming straight
after the Britcar 24 hour race at
Silverstone, the organisers decided that the
Donington race should finish in the dark.
There is no lighting around the circuit, so
temporary floodlights were set up at the pit
entrance and exit and the garage doors on
all the pits were left open to provide light
from the garages to help illuminate the pit
lane. Qualifying took place on the Friday
and included a session in the dark to give
the drivers a chance to practice the circuit
TVR Sagaris of Tonge/Glynn/Hood
at night.
Fresh from their victory in the 24 hour race at
Silverstone, Gamski and Robinson put their Ferrari
F430 GTC on pole position from the Millard and
Heward LM3000. The LM3000 grabbed the lead from
the start, but were soon passed by the Porsche 911 GT3
of Gaw and Dryburgh who held the lead until lap 60
when they pitted for the driver change.. This allowed
the Marcos Mantis GT3 of Fiorentino and Huggins to
Bailey/Schulz Ferrari 430 Challenge
lead for a few laps until they too pitted. This let the
Ferrari of Gamski and Robinson hit the front on lap 70 and they then led all the way to the finish at 144 laps.
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© Mick Herring
© Mick Herring
Photos by Mick Herring
© Mick Herring
© Mick Herring
Brown/Draper spin the Ginetta G50
© Mick Herring
© Mick Herring
Porsche 996 GT3 of Morcillo/Cintrano
© Mick Herring
Refuelling stop for the Head/O’Neill Marcos Mantis
© Mick Herring
LM3000 of Millard and Heward leads the first lap
After 3 hours, they won by 5 laps from the Porsche
911 of Gaw and Dryburgh, with the Marcos finishing
a further lap down in 3rd place.
1st Gamski/Robinson Ferrari F430GTC
3:00:56.098
2nd Gaw/Dryburgh Porsche 911 GT3 -5 laps
3rd Fiorentino/Huggins Marcos Mantis GT3 -6laps
The Ford Mustang FR500 GT4 gallops in to the night with Wood and Jordan driving
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© Pete Austin
Andrew Todd (Crossle 9S)
750 Motor Club Birkett
Relay –
Silverstone – 30th October 2010
By Pete Austin
© Pete Austin
This year saw the 28th running of the Six
Hour Birkett Relay, an event, primarily for
club drivers, which has a rich history.
The event was the brainchild of one of the
organising clubs founders, Holland Birkett,
and was named in his honour after his death.
In the past the event has attracted names
such as Lola constructor Eric Broadley and
Lotus founder Colin Chapman. Jim Clark and
Graham Hill, who later went on to Grand Prix
fame, both took part as did long distance
drivers Richard Attwood and Vic Elford. Even
Steve McQueen took part in the event in
1962 driving a mini.
James Webb (BMW M3)
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© Pete Austin
750 Formual Fire Engines team drivers await their turn in the pits
© Pete Austin
60 teams made up of between four
and six drivers took part in this
years event on the ‘Bridge Circuit’
at Silverstone, which, unlike the
new Grand Prix layout, incorporates
the challenging Bridge corner. A
great chance for club drivers to
stretch their legs on the long circuit.
© Pete Austin
Liam Crilly (BMW 318i)
As always a huge variety of cars
were entered ranging from Caterham 7’s to BMW M3’s.
Chris Porritt (Caterham 7) from the Nearly Six Sevens team
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© Pete Austin
© Pete Austin
Bridge corner
Ian Froggatt (Subaru Impreza)
The weather was mainly dry but a heavy shower
mid afternoon livened things up a bit.
© Pete Austin
The winners of this years event on scratch
were the ‘Nearly Six Sevens’ team
comprising Peter Ratcliffe, Keith Dunn, Ian
Wale, Chris Porritt and Kevin Williams all
driving Caterhams. On handicap the overall
winner was the OX4R team comprising
Gavin Bristow, James Loukes and Chris
Oakman in Mini Coopers and Mark Harrison
and Steve Liquorish in Mitsubishi Evo’s.
61st ‘Holly’ Birkett Handicap Relay Race
Silverstone Bridge GP Circuit
Scratch Positions after 6 hours
Lap one at Bridge
1 16 Nearly Six Sevens 155 2:01.85 5:59:30.75 39
93.49 81.86 B
2 21 WWW DOT 153 1:59.56 5:59:13.17 69 95.28 80.87 2 Laps D
3 48 The Hart Attacks with Catchpole 150 1:59.74 5:57:53.90 46 95.14
© Pete Austin
Handicap positions after 6 hours
1 OX4R 159 D 1 5:58:23.20 35 OX4R D
2 WWW DOT 158 D 2 5:59:13.17
3 We’re Fast They're Furious 158 B 3 5:59:18.31
Jamie Champkin (Phantom P85-9) leads the OX4R team Mini Cooper of Gavin Bristow and James Loukes
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Halloween race meeting Donington 31st October 2010
© Janet Wright
By Simon & Janet Wright. Additional photos by Mick Herring.
Nicholas Olsen Lotus Esprit S3 sweeps past Steve Atkinson MGB GT V8
Rob Newall locks up his Jaguar XJ120 into the chicane
couple of extra night races in the dark, a first
for the Classic Sports Car Club.
The day had a foggy start as practice started,
and remained cold and dull through the entire
meeting.. The first race was for Future
Classics which consist of Sports, saloons and
GT cars from the 1970’s and 80’s and saw a
good variety of cars entered ranging from a
1300cc MG Midget right up to a 6 litre
Pontiac Trans Am. Porsche were dominant in
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With the day light time being much shorter
at this time of year,
it was also decided The race was a
to offer the Jaguar
thrilling battle
XJS/Saloons and
the Future
between the
Classics/Tin Tops
Hondas
and Swinging
Sixties classes a
© Simon & Janet Wright
© Simon Wright
The Classic Sports Car club returned to Donington Park for the first time in 3 years for their
Halloween meeting at the end of October. This was a late decision to stage the meeting, so
all the races were non-championship, and
winner penalties were not applied.
Nigel Ainge/Alan Broad Honda Integra DC5
Classic & Competition Car December 2010
© Mick Herring
© Mick Herring
both numbers and qualifying , with Marcus
Carniel claiming pole in his Porsche 964 C2
3600 and 3 more Porsche filled the first two
rows of the grid. Carniel led from the start
until his pit stop on lap 14. Mark Koeberle
then took the lead in his Porsche 944 Turbo for
a short spell before Nicholas Olson hit the
front and held the lead to win in his Lotus
Esprit S3 2200. Koeberle finished 2nd and
John Muirhead Lotus 7 early leader in the
Swinging Sixties race
© Mick Herring
another Porsche 944S2 took 3rd place driven
by Eacock and Morris.
The Jaguar XJS and Jaguar saloon race saw a
good entry, mostly made up of XJS examples,
but with a little interest in the Jaguar Classic
class. Elke Wellhausen put his 1964 Jaguar
Knobly replica on pole by just over a second
from the 6 litre XJ12 of Rob Newall. The race
Reliant Sabre 6 of John Leslie chases corner
cutting Paul Turnbull’s TVR Tuscan V8
© Simon Wright
developed in to an interesting battle
between the two, with the Lister
Jaguar winning by less than a second
after 10 laps. Alex Harrison came
third overall to win the XJS class.
The “Tin Tops” race allows any
normally aspirated saloon under 2
litres to compete. Gane and Adams
took pole position by just under 2
tenths of a second in their Honda
Integra Type-R. The race was a
© Mick Herring
Kevin Doyle in the 6 litre Jaguar XJ12 only managed
2nd place in the XJS & Jaguar saloon race
thrilling battle between the Hondas’ of Gane
and Adams and the Ainge/Broad Honda
Integra DC5 which took the victory. By the
end of the race the Cox/Hampshire Peugeot
306 split the two Hondas’
With further races for the Swinging 60s, and
the Magnificent Sevens, plus the two night
races, the meeting did not lack action. The
weather may have been dull all day, but the
racing was certainly bright enough.
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M Sanders/ T Farrington kick up the bust in their
Scimitar SE5 GTE Singing Sixties race.
Classic & Competition Car December 2010
© Mick Herring
© Simon Wright
MG ZR of Nigel Tounge and John Hammersley leads Matthew Hammond’s Ford Focus in the MMC
Tin Tops race
© Simon & Janet Wright
Ian Percival takes the long route round Redgate in his 1964 Triumph Herald - Swinging Sixties
Luke Wos spins the Chevrolet Corvette as he chases Philip Rothwell ‘s Lotus Elan S3
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© Simon & Janet Wright
© Simon & Janet Wright
Rikki Cann and Joseph Cannin in the fantastic AstonMartin V8 Vantage - Future Classics
© Simon & Janet Wright
Roger Bowman driving the 1978 Jaguar XJS - Future Classics
© Simon & Janet Wright
Pontiac Trans Am of Robin and Thomas Grey - Future Classics
Richard Skinner Marcos 1800 GT - Swinging Sixties
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MPH Show NEC
The Prestige and Performance motor show
12th-14th November 2010.
By Simon & Janet Wright
© Janet Wright
The MPH show is run in Birmingham at
the same time as the Classic Motor Show,
with visitors having access to both shows.
1.Nigel Mansell 1983 Lotus 92 and 1967
BRM H16 Jackie Stewart car
3
© Janet Wright
© Simon Wright
2 1901 Renault Type e 2 seat racer
modelled on the car that Louis Renault
2
3 Works 2010 Lola Aston Martin
LMP1
4 Lamborgini LP640
4
5 View of the MPH show
© Simon Wright
won the 1901 Paris to Berlin road race.
© Simon Wright
5
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Ramblings from
Rugby
by Pete Austin
Four wheel drive in Formula 1………a blind
alley?
In 1964 I attended the European Grand Prix at my then local circuit, Brands Hatch. Not only was this the
first Grand Prix I had been to but it was also my first motor race! What has this got to do with the heading
of my Ramblings piece this month you may ask?
© Pete Austin
I was excited to see the great drivers of the day such as Clark, Hill and Surtees and the cars such as Lotus,
Derek Bell (McLaren M9A) British Grand Prix Silverstone 1969
BRM and Ferrari that I had only previously read about. I did not go to the practice sessions for this event (I
was still at school then!) but it was the appearance of a car, the BRM P67 on Friday, that prompted these
thoughts. Richard Attwood drove this experimental car which was based on the Ferguson FF system.
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© Pete Austin
Lotus 63 - 1969 British Grand Prix Silverstone
Ferguson had already raced their own P99 model in the 1961 British Grand Prix (Fairman and Moss) and
Stirling later went on to win the Oulton Park Gold Cup in the car. This wasn’t the first time that a manufacturer had tried the concept with Spyker, Maserati, Bugatti and Cisitalia having built cars in the past. Even
Mercedes Benz gave it serious thought in 1954.
However, it wouldn’t be until 1969 that I first saw 4-w-d Grand Prix cars in serious competition. On the entry list for that years British Grand Prix at Silverstone were examples from Matra (MS84), Lotus (63) and
McLaren (M9A) which all raced driven by Beltoise (9th), Miles (10th) and Bell (retired) respectively. This was
the McLarens’ only appearance although Matra and Lotus persisted with the idea throughout the season.
With Matra and Lotus fighting for the World Championship with Stewart and Rindt they obviously concentrated their efforts on conventional cars although Johnny Servoz-Gavin scored a point for the Matra MS84
in the Canadian Grand Prix later in the season. Cosworth also built a futuristic looking car that year but it
never raced.
The next time I saw a 4-w-d Grand Prix car driven in ‘anger’ was at the 1971 Brands Hatch Race of Champions where Emerson Fittipaldi drove the Pratt and Whitney turbine powered Lotus 56B. It didn’t look bad in
the wet practice sessions but was unimpressive in the race itself.
Four wheel drive has also been tried at Indianapolis, in sportscars (Felday BRM) and of course the Audi
Quattro was a success in rallying where grip on gravel surfaces and in snow is at a premium. But in Formula
1 it has never proved to be a great success. I think that the different driving technique required, extra
weight, and the need to find a balance of the system between the front and rear wheels have all contributed to this. Nonetheless it did produce some interesting cars.
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Classic Motor Show, The NEC Birm
© Janet Wright
This years Classic Motor show at the National Exhibition Centre proved to be a big hit with the
public, with over 45,000 visitors over the three days. If you take
into account the cross over visitors from the MPH show, the actual
visitor numbers who viewed the show are around the 84,000
mark.
This years show was bigger and better than last year, now
occupying 7 halls and including the new Classic Motorbike show,
which had a separate area to display the bikes and also provide
some live action with a vintage “Wall of Death” and a classic Trials
bike
demonstration.
Show Manager
Andy Rouse was
quoted “ Once
again all the clubs
have excelled with
fantastic displays
Sir Stirling Moss at the show
that allow us to
compete with other
events on a Worldwide stage at club level. Thanks to
everyone involved for their continued support."
With over 200 club stands and many more trader
Winning Ferrari 250GT Berlinetta Lusso 1963 stands, it was hard to know where to start. The
Centre piece display was the Meguiar’s club
showcase competiton where top classic cars were on display The competition was won for the
second year in a row by the 1963 Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta Lusso of David Moores. The Alfa
Romeo Owners Club had a large display to finish off their centenary year celebrations. Highlights
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© Mick Herring
© Pete Austin
By Simon & Janet Wright. Additional photos by Pete Austin & Mick Herring
© Simon & Janet Wright
included a
beautiful black
and yellow 1929
Alfa Romeo
1750
Supersport, a
1969 Junior
Zagato, a
Montreal and an
ancient and
Alfa Romeo Owners club stand
modern 8C. It must also be said that the Alfa
Romeo stand was probably one of the most
colourful, with different models in different colours, not all red!
© Simon Wright
© Pete Austin
mingham 12-14th November 2010
© Simon & Janet Wright
© Pete Austin
Maserati 4CLT/48 GP car and Maserati 200S on the Maserati club stand
Next to the Alfa Romeo display was the most fantastic grid of competition Maserati’s ranging from
a 1948 Maserati 4CLT/48 Grand Prix car, a 1956 200S sports car, a 1957 250F Grand Prix car
Maserati T60 Birdcage 1959/60
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1957 Maserati 250F
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© Mick Herring
right through to a modern Gran Turismo MC Trofeo. The club members manning the stand were
also dressed in the old fashion white mechanic overalls.
Trident World Cup Rally car
To celebrate 40 years of the World Cup Rally to Mexico in 1970 there was a display of cars which took part
in the event. One of the more unusual was the Trident Venturer driven by Captain Chris Marriott and Captain
Jack Dill from the army. The Venturer was built using a modified Triumph TR6 chassis and powered by a
Ford 3 litre Essex V6 engine matched to a Ford four speed overdrive gearbox. For the rally, the suspension
was uprated, with full roll cage fitted to the interior, Perspex door windows and additional lights fitted to the
front along with bull bars front and rear, and spare wheels mounted on the roof rack.
In the Rally, the crew made Bulgaria after some delays to replace suspension bushes, but on the first stage in
Montenegro a rock on the rough stage bent a steering arm and there was insufficient time to replace or repair
it, so the car was retired from the event and returned to Ipswich.
© Mick Herring
© Mick Herring
All the major car clubs had
displays at the show. Ferrari had
a large stand with a collection of
Ferrari road going sports cars on
display including a nice Ferrari
F50. Local car manufacturer Jaguar
were celebrating 75 years of the
Ferrari F50
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Ford GT40
Classic & Competition Car December 2010
© Simon Wright
© Simon Wright
brand in 2010 and Jaguar Classic Parts and Jaguar Heritage had a large display in Hall 1. High light for the
motor sport fan was the 1988 Le Mans 24 Hour race winning Jaguar XJR-9. Powered by a 7 litre V12
engine, the race was won by Jan
Lammers/Jonny Dumfries/Andy Wallace.
Also on display was a magnificent Jaguar
XK 120. Even the modern Jaguar XJS
Jaguar XJR-9 Le Mans Winner 1988
club had an impressive line up including the Barbie Doll pink
Jaguar XJS,
© Janet Wright
Jaguar XK 120
© Janet Wright
Matra 530 LX
© Janet Wright
Various celebrities attended the show
including Sir Stirling Moss and Rally
legend Paddy Hopkirk.
with its low weight of 935Kgs,
allowed the car to reach 106mph
top speed. The roof is a 2 piece
removable Targa top which is
stored under the front bonnet.
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© Simon Wright
Paddy Hopkirk
The 530 was the first car to be designed and built by Matra. It
was powered by the Ford 1699cc V4 engine mounted centrally,
driving the rear wheels. Built between 1967 and 1973 at
Romorantin, a total of 9610 were manufactured, 4731 were
LX’s. The mid engined 2 +2 LX coupe was introduced at the
1970 Geneva motor show .It was a minor re-design to the 530A
by Michelotti which included
making the rear hatch open
on struts, like a hatchback,
and changes to the front
bumper. Thanks to Matra
being a missile manufacturer,
the aerodynamics of the 530
series were very good, with a
very low drag co-efficient of
only 0.34 which combined
© Pete Austin
Walter Hayes Trophy winner - Peter Dempsey (Ray GR05) leads runner up - Ivor McCullough (Van Diemen RF00)
Walter Hayes Trophy
November 6th-7th 2010,
Silverstone
By Pete Austin
Additional photos by Simon & Janet Wright.
ment with Ford, was, however, the introduction of
Mike Costin and Keith Duckworth to the company
who went on to produce one of the most successful
Grand Prix engines of all time, the Cosworth DFV.
Following a downpour during testing for the event
on Friday, the race days themselves were held un-
© Pete Austin
This year saw 10th running of the Walter Hayes Trophy at Silverstone. The brainchild of James Beckett,
who is still heavily involved, the HSCC run event
caters for Formula Ford cars of all ages.
© Janet Wright
The event is held in the memory of Walter Hayes,
who, after starting life as a journalist, joined Ford in
their public relations department and encouraged
them to take on Ferrari in that historic battleground,
the Le Mans 24 hours. Perhaps his greatest achieve-
Joey Foster (Van Diemen RF78) leads Roger
Orgee (Van Diemen RF00) and Simon Kinsey (Van
Diemen RF00)
der mainly clear skies. Due to the number of cars
entered six heats were held on the Saturday followed by two progression races, two semi finals and
the final on the Sunday. To add a bit of variety the
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ents and teachers enjoyed a day at the circuit on the
Thursday prior to the event.
© Pete Austin
© Pete Austin
Dempsey was lucky to take part in the final as in his
semi final the car was hampered by an electrical
Michael Mallock (Mallock Mk9)
Paul McMorran (Crossle 25F) leads Jaap Blijleven
(Reynard 88FF)
problem, only rectified minutes before the start of
the main event. Runners up were fellow Irishmen
Ivor McCullough and Wayne Boyd. Photographs
from the supporting races over the page.Su
© Simon Wright
meeting also has races catering for closed wheel,
open wheel and FF2000 cars which, as ever, attracted an interesting mix of cars.
This years winner was Irishman Peter Dempsey who
dominated the final with an impressive drive. He
now joins Joey Foster in winning the trophy three
times and he is aiming to beat the record next year.
Joey Foster himself was driving one of the Sheshon
Racing entered cars of James Beckett, the other being driven by James Wood. These two cars were part
of a project run by East Claydon School (see last
months news piece) and some of the children, par-
Paul Mason Swift SC94 (24) spins at Luffield in his heat. Rob Smith Van Dieman RF99 3(37) continues
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© Pete Austin
© Pete Austin
Walter Hayes Supporting races
Henry Mann (Ford Mustang) leads John Dobson
(Alfa Romeo 2000GTV)
© Simon Wright
© Pete Austin
Crispian Besley (Surtees TS15)
Even with an off Michael Schryver Chevron B6
managed to win the HSCC Closed wheel race.
© Janet Wright
© Janet Wright
Oliver Bryant (Lola T70 Mk3B)
Lee Dwyer March 742 won the HSCC Open Wheel
race
© Simon Wright
© Simon Wright
Michael Ryman in his 1959 DKW 3=6
Terry Caton March 73B HSCC Open wheel race
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Jon Wolfe Ford Falcon leads Jon Wagstaff Alfa
Romeo GTV 2000
Classic & Competition Car December 2010
750 Motor Club Winter Series race meeting
Donington Park 14th November
By Simon Wright
Photographs by Mick Herring.
© Mick Herring
The 750 Motor
Club had
originally planned
a series of races to
run at Donington
Park during
November and
December, as a
Winter series.
Unfortunately, the
plans got
changed, so the
Winter series took
place in one
meeting at the
circuit on the 14
November.
The weather was dull and overcast,
but the racing proved to be a little to
hot. The first race, the Allcomers
Handicap was abandoned after 2 red
flags, the second came after two
Subaru’s and a Radical tangled
coming out of the chicane, resulting
in Chris Huntley sliding his Subaru
Impreza on its roof about 100 metres
towards the pit entrance. The race
was awarded to current leader Darcy
Smith driving a Nemesis REM98 .
The second race, run at the end of
the day ran its full 10 laps and
Chris Huntley Subaru Impreza on its roof caused the first race to be victory went to Jon Paul Ivey in a
red flagged for a 2nd time
Radical Prosport. Andy Thompson won the
Handicap in both races driving a Seat Leon.
Other victories went to Ian Burton, both
Formula Vee races, Jonny Weston-Taylor won
both Formula 4 races driving a Mygale
US2000 and Nick Thornton-Jones in a Citroen
Saxo won both Stock Hatch races. The most
exciting close racing of the day were the two
Locost races, which again saw the same driver,
Alastair Garratt take both victories. The other
winner on the day was George Robinson who
won the single Toyota MR2 race. In the
Toyota race, former British GT driver Jody
Firth shared a car with his brother Nick who
he is tutoring.
Andy Cummings Radical went well in practice. For the
Allcomers race
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© Mick Herring
© Mick Herring
George Robinson (33) took victory in the Toyota MR2 race
© Mick Herring
© Mick Herring
© Mick Herring
Paul Taylor gets his GAC Formula Vee sideways in an effort to keep Steve Ough AHS Dominator
behind
Locost winner Alastair Garratt leads the pack
through the chicane
Martin Borrow ACE Mk2 Formula Vee
Stock Hatch winner Nick Thornton-Jones Citroen
Saxo
© Mick Herring
© Mick Herring
© Mick Herring
Will Sharpe MG ZR 160 leads a group through the
chicane in the Allcomers race.
1st Allcomer race winner Darcy Smith Nemesis leads
2nd Allcomer race winner Jon-Paul Ivey Radical Prosport
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