Classic and Competition Car 66 March 2016

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March 2016
VSCC Pomeroy Trophy
North West Stages
Red Kite Stages
British Motor Museum
Issue 66
Race Retro
Our Team.
Contents
Simon Wright - Editor.
Page 3
News.
Page 15
Bathurst 12 Hours.
Page 19
Archive Photo of the month.
Page 20
Blackhurst Garage Evening of Motorsport.
Page 24
British Motor Museum re-launch.
Page 32
North West Stages.
Page 37
MSVR Media day.
Page 44
London Classic Car Show.
Page 50
VSCC Pomeroy Trophy, Silverstone.
Page 56
Red Kite Stages.
Page 61
Race Retro Show.
Page 68
Race Retro Live Rally Stage.
Page 73
Silverstone Auctions at Race Retro
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
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Janet has been taking
photographs for many years,
and is also very skilled in
video. She likes Aston
Martins.
Our regular contributors below,are all independant freelance photographers/
journalists
Pete Austin.
Mick Herring.
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's first love is GT racing,
including Historic, especially
the Lola T70. Has an
extensive knowledge of all
things GT.
Lucy Owen-Moczadlo.
Syd Wall.
Lucy runs Jucy Rally
Photography and joins us to
expand our rally coverage. She
loves anything to do with
Subarus and even tries her
hand at a bit of autotesting.
David Goose
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covers Rallying, Drag Racing
and all things American &
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Editorial.
We seem to have a bit of a rally
theme to this issue, with two
events , a charity function and
the Group B Live Rally action
from Race Retro. Winter
weather does not deter the rally
enthusiast and the drivers skills
are paramount in the tricky
conditions, which is why British
rally drivers are some of the best
in the World.
At least our track action season
has started with the annual
Pomeroy Trophy at Silverstone,
and now we are in to March, the
new racing season begins. We
look forward to 2016 and hope
that everyone has a safe and
successful season.
© Simon Wright
News
© Simon Wright
Coventry MotoFest and Donington Park Partnership for 2016.
The Coventry Motofest has had a boost for 2016 by announcing it is to form an official partnership with
Donington Park circuit. The two organisations will work together to develop exciting new content for the
festival this year, as well as to promote motorsport more widely across the Midlands. Donington Park is
hoping to bring a range of content from the various championships which run at the East Midlands circuit,
to the Ring Road festival in Coventry over the weekend of the 3rd and 5th of June 2016.
Donington Park host most of the major 4 wheel championships which run in the UK, including the British
Touring Car Championship (BTCC), British GT, BRDC F4, the F3 Cup and the Classic Sports Car series.
Donington also hosts major motorcycle events like World and British Superbike championships, plus many
national motorcycle racing events and this should help bring motorcycles to Motofest for the first time this
year.
The Management teams from Donington Park and Coventry Motofest are also working on various
promotions and competitions, which will give lucky fans the chance to attend events at Donington Park as
well as special prizes during the Coventry Motofest weekend.
James Noble, Motofest’s Festival Director said “We are delighted to be working with Donington Park in
developing an exciting programme of content to be drawn from the various race series and events they will
hold in 2016. Coventry Motofest has come a long way in a short space of time and our partnership with
Donington Park circuit, one of the UK’s leading and most iconic of circuits, is a measure of that progress.
The new partnership will enable us to bring even more excitement to the streets of Coventry and deliver on
one of our major aims to open up motorsport to a new and more varied audience. It is exciting times for
Coventry Motofest and we look forward in the next few months to confirming the various race series set to
appear at our event.”
March 2016
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© Simon Wright
Donington Historic
Festival timetable is
announced.
The Donington Historic
Festival will feature 17 races
over the three day Bank
Holiday weekend 30th April
to the 2nd May 2016. The
races will cover cars from
the 1920s to the 1990s.
The provisional timetable is as follows: Saturday, 30th April 09:10-12:50 - Qualifying
12:50-13:50 - Lunch Break / Parades and Demonstrations
13:50-14:15 - HSCC Historic Formula 2 International Series, Race 1
14:30-15:20 - Historic Touring Car Challenge for pre-91 Touring Cars
15:35-15:55 - HGPCA Nuvolari Trophy for pre-50 Grand Prix cars, Race 1
16:10-19:10 - ‘1000km’ for 1964-71 World Sportscar Championship Sports,
Touring and GT Cars
Sunday, 1st May 09:10-10:50 - Qualifying
11:05-12:35 - GT & Sports Car Cup for Pre-66 GT and Pre-63 Sportscars
13:35-13:55 - HGPCA Nuvolari Trophy for pre-50 Grand Prix cars, Race 2
14:10-15:10 - U2TC for pre-66 under two-litre Touring Cars
15:25-15:50 - HSCC Historic Formula 2 International Series, Race 2
16:05-17:05 - RAC Woodcote Trophy for pre-56 sportscars
17:20-17:40 - HSCC Super Touring Car Trophy for Touring Cars from the Group A
and SuperTouring era, Race 1
17:55-18:55 - Pre-80 Endurance for sports racing, GT and Touring Cars
Monday, 2nd May
09:10-12:00 - Qualifying
13:00-13:45 - HRDC ‘Touring Greats’ for pre-60 Touring Cars
14:00-14:40 - Jaguar Classic Challenge for pre-66 Jaguar cars
14:55-15:55 - Stirling Moss Trophy for pre-61 sportscars
16:10-16:30 - HSCC Super Touring Car Trophy for Touring Cars from the Group A
and Super Touring era, Race 2
16:45-17:25 - ‘Mad Jack’ for pre-War sports cars
17:40-18:25 - HRDC ‘BTCC Celebration 1958-1966’
March 2016
New Format for Historic Touring Car Challenge (HTCC)
New for 2016, the entry regulations have been extended beyond
1985 to include Group A cars up to December 1990 for all
normally aspirated cars and turbocharged cars up to 1600cc.
This is likely to add cars like the BMW M3, Toyota Corolla and
Astra GTE to join the Ford Capri, Jaguar XJS and Rover Vitesse.
A new series for Group 1 Historic Touring cars named the Tony
Dron Trophy will run within the HTCC grid, with its own podium
and results for each race. These cars must run to FIA Group 1
regulations or to British Saloon Car Championship Group 1 ‘Plus’
regulations between 1970 and 1982.
The HTCC opens at the Donington Historic Festival before
making its debut stand-alone appearance at the Silverstone
Classic, followed by a visit to the Spa Six Hour Endurance
weekend before finishing at Portimao for the Algarve Classic
Festival in October.
© Simon Wright
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NISSAN ANNOUNCES GLOBAL MOTORSPORT PROGRAMME FOR 2016
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Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500 will fight for a third consecutive series title of SUPER GT
Katsumasa Chiyo steps up to Super GT GT500 after Blancpain title and Bathurst 12H victory in 2015
GT3 spec GT-R will compete around the world in Europe, United States and Japan
Nissan to defend Blancpain Endurance title and launch Sprint Cup assault
GT Academy star Jann Mardenborough makes dream move to Japan
March 2016
Page 5
Andy Neate
joins Honda
for BTCC.
Electric cars aren’t new.
© Simon Wright
You might think that the
Electric car is a new idea,
but the newly re-opened
Team Dynamics
British Motor Museum can
have signed Andy
prove otherwise. They
Neate as their
have on display a 1972
third driver for the
Leyland-Crompton
2016 Dunlop MSA
prototype electric car that
British Touring Car
was based on standard
Championship
Mini components and
season in the UK.
battery and electric traction
He will be joining
components by Crompton.
the reigning
The styling was done by Michelotti of Italy. It was powered by 24
double Champion
Lead-Acid battery cells powering two 3.9 hp motors.
Gordon Shedden
Unfortunately it gave the car more of the performance of a milk
and former triple
float rather than a Formula E racing car with a maximum speed
champion Matt
of around 33 mph and a maximum range of up to 40 miles
Neal to drive a
depending on hills and operating conditions. It could be charged
third factory
at home and
Honda Civic Type
running costs
R. The team will
were estimated
be looking to
to be around
defend their
less than half a
double drivers and
penny a mile.
manufacturers
Due to the
titles last year,
battery
when Shedden pipped rival Jason Plato to the title by just 4
technology of
points in an exciting final round to the series at Brands Hatch.
the time, the
Andy is no newcomer to the series as he last raced in the BTCC
car weighed 1/3
in 2013 driving the Chevrolet Cruze for IP Tech. Prior to that he
as much again
was a works driver for MG KX Momentum Racing, driving an
as a standard
MG6 GT alongside Jason Plato.
Mini.
© Simon Wright
March 2016
Page 6
Ferrari GTC4 Lusso debut at Geneva Show.
The new four seater from Maranello will make it’s debut at the
Geneva Motorshow in March and will bring a major evolution to
the sporting Grand Tourer. For the first time, Ferrari have
integrated rear wheel steering with four wheel drive to bring
class leading performance in all driving conditions. This newly
patented 4RM-S (Four wheel drive and sterring system) now
incorporates the electronic differential (E-Diff) and the SCM-E
dampers, all seamlessly integrated by Ferrari’s proprietary
software which enable the driver to effortlessly handle the car’s
extraordinary torque even on snow covered, wet or low grip
surfaces.
The car is powered by a 6.2 litre V12 engine which develops
680 BHP (690 cv or 507 kW) at 8000 rpm. Maximum torque is
697 Nm at 5750 rpm with 80% available at just 1,750rpm,
giving a very responsive performance. These are aided by
advanced aerodynamic solutions with a new front grill with
integrated air intakes to improve cooling, while air vents on the
wing are similar to those on the 330 GTC. There is also a roof
mounted rear spoiler and a triple fence diffuser which result in
a drag co-efficient (CD) that is substantially lower than the
Ferrari FF.
The interior is also a masterpiece of design, with generous
wraparound seats giving all four occupants exceptional
comfort and space, giving the ambience of luxurious living
space. The car also features the latest infotainment 10.25” HD
Touch screen and a new compact steering wheel with
integrated controls to give a more sporty driving experience.
With a dry weight of 1,790 kg and a weight distribution of
47%-53%, the car does 0-62 mph in just 3.4 second with a
maximum speed of 208 mph (335km/h).
March 2016
Page 7
RX Lites Cup Calendar revealed.
The one make feeder series to the FIA World Rallycross
Championship will take place over seven rounds plus a standalone
event in Canada. The seven rounds are Hockenheim in Germany,
Belgium, Great Britain, Norway,Sweden, Barcelona and Latvia.
Hockenheim and Latvia are new additions for 2016, to the RX Lites
schedule.
RX Lites are identical 310 bhp mid-engined, four wheel drive cars
designed by Olsbergs MSE and produced in Turkey in co-operation
with Avitas Motorsport. They use Cooper Tires as the series official
tyre supplier, and P1 Racing Fuel to power the engines.
The winner of the series will be awarded with a Supercar drive in
the penultimate round of this years World Championship, at
Estering, in Germany from the 14-16th October, plus the Goran
Henriksson Memorial Trophy. The next two in the series will have a
day testing an RX Supercar.
Entries for this year’s RX Lites Cup will close on Thursday 7th April.
Shelsley Breakfast club meetings no longer free.
The very popular Breakfast club meetings at Shelsley Walsh are now
pre-booked ticket only events and there is an administration fee for the
ticket. This applies for both people displaying cars and spectators, who
must book in advance. The first meeting of the year which was due to
be held on 14th February 2016 had to be cancelled in advance due to
waterlogged fields. The next meeting is due to be held on Sunday 13th
March 2016. See their web site for further details www.shelsleywalsh.co.uk
Bentley’s pinnacle model range now comprises Mulsanne, Mulsanne
Speed and Mulsanne Extended Wheelbase. The new range will make
its debut at the 86th Geneva Motor show in March.
March 2016
Page 8
New Mini Convertible.
Jennings flies to victory.
Garry Jennings and Rory Kennedy took a memorable overall victory on the
Corrib Oil Galway International Rally (February 5-7) in his Kumho shod
Subaru Impreza. He beat three times British Rally Champion Keith Cronin’s
Citroen DS3 in to 2nd place by almost three and a half minutes. Jennings,
the 2013 Irish Rally Champion, had never won this event before, and led
from start to finish. Many of his competitors crashed out in the tricky
conditions, and even Jenning’s team had a few concerns, with worries over
the windscreen wipers and the central differential.
Commenting on the result, Kumho Motorsport’s Steve Thompson
remarked: “This was a typically dominant drive by long-standing Kumho
ambassador Garry and we are delighted to have contributed to his maiden
win in this ever-popular event. The conditions were typically tricky and it
was rewarding to see our tyres stealing a march on the products of rival
manufacturers.”
The next round of the Irish Tarmac Rally Championship is the West Cork
Rally on March 12/13.
March 2016
There are four new Mini convertible models in the Mini line up after the
launch of the new Mini Cooper Convertible, Mini Cooper D Convertible, the
Mini Cooper S Convertible and the Mini John Cooper Works Convertible.
They are more dynamic, stylish, practical and refined, with prices starting at
£18,475 OTR. The new fully electric roof is quieter and retracts fully in just
18 seconds. The hood can also
be opened or closed whist the
car is moving at speeds of up to
18 mph. The boot volume has
been increased by 25% against
the older model, whilst more
space has also been made
available for rear seat
passengers. This is because the
cars have been built bigger than previous models, increasing the length by
98mm, the width by 44mm and 1mm extra height. The levels of standard
equipment has also risen in the new
models which all include MINI visual
boost radio, MINI Connected,
Bluetooth,Rear parking distance
control and rear reversing camera.
Previous Mini Convertible models
have sold 29,415 between 2011 and
2015, which makes it the best selling
convertible in the UK and also makes
the UK the best market in the World
for the Mini Convertible.
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Cholmondeley Power and Speed.
The Cholmondeley Pageant of Power has for
the last eight years been one of the high-lights
of the motorsport season in the north of
England. Now, for 2016, the event is moving up
a gear with a new name - ‘Cholmondeley
Power and Speed’, a host of new features and a revised
Maserati add SUV to range.
The luxury Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) market continues to
grow as Maserati announce the Levante, the first SUV built
by the company during its one hundred year history. It
completes the existing model range of saloon and sports
cars including the Quattroporte, Ghibli, Gran Turismo and
GranCabrio models. The Levante’s chassis is designed to
combine the on-road performance of every Maserati with
unrivalled handling, even on low grip surfaces, off road
performance and ride. To achieve this it features
sophisticated electronic suspension with controlled damping
and air springs, Q4 intelligent all wheel drive and 8 speed
automatic transmission. It can come with petrol or diesel
engines that are all Euro6-compliant. It is being built at the
Mirafiori plant in Turin, Italy and will be officially unveiled at
the Geneva International Motor Show.
format. It was launched at the Hurlingham Club in London with
a theme of Supercars past, present and future, with a line up
of a McLaren 650S, Lamborghini Miura, Aston Martin Vanquish
and a Porsche 911 2.7 RS. The Friday of the event will feature
the inaugural Motorshow live, with manufacturers set to
demonstrate their latest models on track. Combined with the on
and off track action, air displays and water activity for which the
event has become famous, the 2016 event is set to be the best
and most exciting event yet in the beautiful parklands of
Cholmoneley Castle in Cheshire. This years event will take
place between the 10th and 12th June 2016. Advanced tickets
and further information can be obtained from the web site
www.cpop.co.uk
March 2016
Page 10
Last true Lamborghini for sale at auction
Meeke flies to show pace.
After retiring on the first day of the Swedish rally due to suffering a
broken suspension arm after hitting a hidden rock on a corner, Kris
Meeke and Paul Nagle showed their true pace in the Citroen DS 3
WRC in the snowy conditions. They rejoined under Rally2 rules and
proved to be the quickest crew on the second days’ combined
stages. After heavy overnight snowfall, the teams were able to enjoy
much better conditions than were expected. Meeke set second
fastest time on stages 12 and 14 and produced an impressive
performance over Colin’s Crest with a massive 43 metre jump. He
had a loose rear tyre on the days final long stage but still proved to
be quickest overall on day 2.
Kris said “We were able to pick up experience today and we had a
lot of fun in the car. It’s also pleasing to note that we were the
fastest overall on today’s combined stages. We clearly had a good
starting position, but Jari-Matti Latvala was just behind us in the
running order, so he was a good benchmark. It makes our
retirement yesterday all the more frustrating!”
March 2016
A special 1999 Lamborghini Diablo SV, believed to be the last
Lamborghini to leave the Sant’Agata factory before Volkswagen
took full ownership, is up for sale in the Silverstone Auction at the
Practical
Classic
Restoration
and Classic
Car Show. It
is also
thought to
be the last
Diablo imported in to the UK and the last SV off the production
line. It is estimated to be worth between £150,000 and £170,000.
This right hand drive car is finished in a Pearl red/orange paint
scheme with a grey/black leather /alcantara interior and has
covered just over 32,000 miles. It has many of the original extras
such as the Lamborghini tool roll and original tyre inflator and a
very luxurious custom made fleece lined indoor car cover in red
with an embroidered Lamborghini logo.
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Sydney Allard Media Awards to be presented again at 2016
BDRHoF Gala
The Sydney Allard Media Awards for Written and Photographic Journalism will
be presented for the third consecutive year at the British Drag Racing Hall of
Fame Gala Awards Dinner on Saturday 19th November at the Sheraton Skyline
Hotel, Heathrow Airport.
The Hall of Fame is delighted to announce that this year’s Allard Awards will
be sponsored by Mintex, manufacturers of brake pads since 1908 and one of
the sponsors of the 1964 Dragfests. Lawrence
Bleasdale from Mintex said "Having been 'in at the
start' supporting Sydney Allard from his very
beginnings as a manufacturer, Mintex are delighted
to support these awards given by BDRHoF in his
name".
Established in 2014 in memory of the founding father of British drag racing,
the Allard Awards celebrate the best of the past year’s written and
photographic drag racing journalism and salute the vital contribution of the
media to the sport’s wellbeing and success. Entries are now invited from
writers and photographers, amateur or professional, to reflect coverage of
British drag racing and associated activities during the year ending July 2016.
Entries will close at the end of July. The winning entrant in
each category will be invited, together with a companion, to
attend the Hall of Fame Gala in November and receive a
crystal trophy in recognition of his or her achievement.
The Written Journalism Award will be presented to the
author of the year’s best article, feature, book or blog,
published or unpublished, in print or online, in the judges’
opinion. The Photographic Journalism Award will be
presented for the best picture taken during the same period
and under the same criteria. The judging panel will include
Guy Loveridge, Chairman of the Guild of Motoring Writers,
motoring connoisseur and Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason,
and the Editor of Octane Magazine, David Lillywhite.
Writers and photographers may make multiple entries but
each entry must be accompanied by a separate entry form
to enable the judges to collate them accurately. Full entry
details are available on the British Drag Racing Hall of Fame
website at http://www.britishdragracinghof.co.uk/allard-award-entries/.
News about the Gala and other events will be published on the British Drag
Racing Hall of Fame website, www.britishdragracinghof.co.uk, and at
www.eurodragster.com, the sport’s premier website in Europe. The names of
2016’s inductees into the British Drag Racing Hall of Fame will be announced
on these sites during Santa Pod Raceway’s Dragstalgia meeting, 15th-17th July.
2016 marks the 10th anniversary of the Hall of Fame’s founding and the
admission of its first members. The Gala Awards Dinner was first presented in
2014.
March 2016
© Mick Herring
Bond Aston Martin sold for £2.4 million
A unique car went up for auction at Christies on 17th February
to raise money for Medecins Sans Frontieres. The only Aston
Martin DB10 to be made available for sale to the public was
subject to some tense and exciting bidding before finally being
sold for £2,434,500. The car was made to star in the latest
James Bond film Spectre, and was used for a spectacular car
chase with a Jaguar C-X75 through the streets of Rome.
The buyer has a unique piece of motoring history as only 10
were developed and hand built by the engineers at Gaydon and
this is the only one offered for public sale. Eight of the cars
were modified for filming and two were kept as show cars. The
one sold was one of the show cars. The organisers of the
Goodwood festival of Speed have also advertised that if the
new owner would like to contact them, they would love to see
the car at the Festival of Speed.
The DB10 celebrated Aston Martins 50 year association with
007, which started with the iconic DB5, which also made a
cameo appearance in the film ‘Spectre’.
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Force India F1 Collection grows at Donington Park
This month sees new exhibits to the Grand Prix Collection museum at Donington
Park. Additional cars from Force India, Jordan, Midland F1 and Williams have
been added to the collection. Two new additions from Force India include the
2009 car powered by Mercedes and driven to the teams first ever podium in 2nd
by Giancarlo Fisichella at Spa, after also claiming Pole position. The 2011 car
driven by Paul Di Resta is also powered by Mercedes and competed in all 19
races that season. Its best result was 6th in Singapore. Including the new arrivals
there are now six Force India cars on display in the collection, making it the
largest display of Force India cars on display to the public anywhere in the World.
The other cars are from 2008 and 2009, the car finished 4th in
Monza driven by
Adrian Sutil, 2010
which did all 19 races
with a best finish of
5th with Sutil, and a
2011 car which took
Sutil to a 6th place in
Interlagos and at the
Nurburgring.
March 2016
The other new arrivals include a 2004 specification Jordan Ford, and a 2006
Midland F1 machine in late season Spyker livery.
These fit in well with the Force India display as they
are all the same team, in a manner of speaking.
Jordan first competed in F1 in 1991. In 2004 the
team was sold to Russian investors and became
Midland F1 in 2006, before it was purchased by
investors behind the Dutch supercar manufacturer
Spyker towards the end of the year. The team then
raced as Spyker in 2007, before finally becoming
Force India in 2008.
The final new exhibit a 2009 Williams Toyota FW31
which had been driven by both Nico Rosberg and
Kazuki Nakajima and is on display in the entrance
foyer.
The Donington Grand Prix collection, incorporating the
Wheatcroft Military collection, is open from 10am to
5pm with last admission at 4pm. Currently admission
for adults costs £12 and £5 for children up to 16 years
old. For more information
see www.donington-park.co.uk
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© Lucy Owen-Moczadlo
Andrews. He retired in 1980 after a horrific accident
on the Gwynedd Rally which left him in Llandudno
hospital for over six months. He became a successful
business man in the eighties and nineties, first with
the family Stokes Bakery in Wotton-under-edge in the
South Cotswolds and then with Draycott Bakery in
nearby Cam, which he started from scratch after he
split from the family firm.
After a twenty two year break, David returned to
Rallying in 2002 to win four British Historic Rally
Championships with Guy Weaver in 2007, 2010, 2011
and 2014.
David was passionate about rallying and was widely
known and respected across the sport.
We offer our sincere condolences to his wife Sue, his
younger brother Andrew and the rest of his family and
friend from everyone at Classic and Competition Car.
David Stokes.
1947- 10th February 2016
Rally Legend and Six times National Rally Champion David
Stokes has passed away at the age of 68, after a battle with
cancer. In a career that has spanned nearly 5 decades, he
has also won four British Historic Championship titles, Welsh
Historic championship and countless event wins, many with
his long time co-driver Guy Weaver.
He started in motorsport in the 1960s, competing in the
Motoring News Road Rally series driving a Ford Anglia. His
career took off when he won the BTRDA national title in
1975, the Castrol Autosport national crown in 1976 with Bill
March 2016
Page 14
© McLaren GT
McLAREN 650S GT3
SECURES
HISTORIC CLEAN
SWEEP ON LIQUI
MOLY BATHURST
12 HOUR DEBUT
March 2016
Winners Shane van Gisbergen, jnathon Webb and Alvero Parente in the McLaren 650S
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© McLaren GT
British manufacturers had
a very successful trip
down under for the first
12 hour GT endurance
race of the year, the Liqui
Moly Bathurst 12 Hours at
the scenic Mount
Panorama circuit in
Australia. The Bathurst 12
Hours was also the
opening round of the new
SRO Intercontinental GT
Challenge © Bentley
series which
also includes
the Spa 24
Hours race
and the
Sepang 12
hours races.
Pole position
Breathtaking views from the top of the mountain
in both the Pro and Pro-Am classes were taken
by the McLaren 650S GT3. Pole position, fastest
lap and outright victory went to the customer
Team Tekno Autosports McLaren 650S GT3
driven by Alvaro Parente, Shane Van Gisbergen
and Jonathon Webb. The race showed how
competitive this form of GT racing has become,
with five different manufacturers leading the race
during the 12 hours and five different models
taking the top five places, with the first four all on
the same lap at the end. As well as overall Pole
position, the Pro-Am class was led in qualifying by team
Objective racing in another McLaren 650S GT3.
The race started in the dark with the McLaren opening up a
strong lead and setting a new lap record time of 2m 01.567
seconds. After pitstops the Team Tekno Autosports McLaren
maintained a top six position over the first few hours, then it
suffered an electrical system reset which brought the car to a
halt on the start straight, but it got going again and started to
chase down the leaders. Van Gisbergen managed to pass
the top three to take victory for McLaren. In the last 5
minutes, the 2nd placed NISMO Athlete Global Team Nissan
GT-R driven by Katsumasa Chiyo, Rick Kelly and Florian
3rd place podium finish for the Bentley Continental GT3 of Smith/Kane/Bell
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The start took place in the dark, with a McLaren in the lead
Strauss chopped the lead from 8 seconds to just 1.27 seconds
by the chequered flag. In 3rd place was the Mobil 1/Naim
Audio/Breitling Bentley Team M Sport Bentley Continental GT3
driven by Steven Kane, Guy Smith and Matt Bell. The Phoenix
Racing Audi R8-LMS of Marcus Winklehock, Laurens Vanthoor
and Alexander Davison was 4th and showing how even the
competition is between the major manufacturers the Erebus
Motorsport Mercedes Benz SLS AMG GT3 was 5th driven by
David Reynolds, Thomas Jaeger and Nico Bastian, one lap
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behind the
winner.
All four of
the
McLaren
650S GT3s
had been in
contention
Campbell/Wallis/Slade McLaren 650S with brakes aglow
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during the 12 hour race. The 60 car of Robert Bell, Will Davison
and Andrew Watson had got up to 3rd place before being
damaged by one of the chasing pack. This cost the car four laps,
but it still finished 9th overall. The two 650s cars in the Pro-Am
class both performed well with the 11 car of Tony Wallis, Timothy
Slade and Matthew Campbell pushing for the overall lead at one
point before contact with the barrier caused its retirement on lap
49. The 37 car of father and son Tony and Klark Quinn with Craig
Baird had got as high as 2nd before dropping back after an
unforced error took the car off track and it was unable to resume.
The M-Sport Bentley team had managed to get both of their cars
in to the lead during the race, and the team were delighted with
the podium placing and the second car finished in 7th driven by
Andy Soucek, Maxine Soulet and local driver Andy Russell,
making Bentley the only GT manufacturer to have all its cars
finish the race.
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Bentley Boys in formation
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© Bentley
© McLaren GT
Smith/Kane and Bell finished 3rd in the Bentley Continental GT3
Klark and Anthony Quinn plus Craig Baird McLaren 650S
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Podium celebrations for the victors
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Bell/Davison/Watson McLaren 650S climb the mountain to finish 9th
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Archive Photo
of the month.
By Pete Austin.
Damon Hill was one of the
guests at last months Race
Retro which took place at
Stoneleigh. Following his
late fathers two titles in 1962
and 1968 he eventually won
the World Championship
driving for Williams in 1996.
He is seen here leaving the
pits during a test session at
Silverstone.
© Pete Austin
March 2016
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Blackhurst Garage Evening of Motorsport.
By Lucy Owen-Moczadlo (Jucy Rally Photography)
On Thursday 28th January 2016 Blackhurst Garage in Newport,
Shropshire hosted their annual evening of Motorsport at their
facilities, welcoming everyone to come along and view an
array of display cars, enjoy food and drink, chat and take part
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in a raffle and auction to raise money for David Stokes’ charity
of choice and Shropshire Air Ambulance.
Howard Davies was on form with his usual witty banter and
entertained the crowd whilst interviewing stars of the show.
Hugh Hunter, John Goff, Guy Weaver, Geoff Doe and Phil and
Wayne from Special Stage were some of the people
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Championship.
After the
interviews
Howard
encouraged the
crowd to bid on
various items
including prints,
motorsport and
co-driver days
out and
whoever
scratched their
nose won the bid. A total of £1056 was raised through the
raffle, auction and donations and a big well done was given to
everyone.
interviewed and grilled by Howard. Also Paul Evans and his
son George added to the line up with George finding out he
will be sponsored by the garage with tyres and a race suit
whilst competing in this years Shropshire Autograss
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A celebration was had with everyone singing happy birthday
to David Blackhurst (owner) who celebrated his 60th Birthday
much to his delight.
close and personal including Mantas, Escorts, Mini, Focus, 6R4
and RS200.
A great selection of cars was on display for everyone to get up
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The British Motor Museum
The British Motor Museum
By Simon & Janet Wright with additional photos by Pete Austin.
After a £1.1 million pound refurbishment, the Heritage Motor
Centre at Gaydon re-opened to the public on Saturday 13th
February 2016 as the British Motor Museum. The Rt. Hon.
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Gavin Williamson MP unveiled the new look museum at a
private preview event on Friday 12th. The museum was officially
opened to the public at 10am on Saturday 13th February by
Managing Director Julie Tew and 8 year old Josh Harden. In
addition to the restyled museum which houses around 400 cars,
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Sports Cars zone inside the British Motor Museum
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Collections Centre work shop bays
collection and features a vast
collection of historically important
vehicles from the history of the
British Motor industry as well as
quite a few interesting prototype
and concept vehicles. Tours of the
Collections Centre are included in
the price of admission to the
museum and can be booked at no
extra cost on arrival, subject to
availability, and greatly increases
they have added the
Collections Centre which
houses an additional 250
cars from the reserve
collections of Jaguar
Heritage Trust and the
British Motor Industry
Heritage Trust (which we
previewed in last months
edition). This purpose built
two storey facility houses
a large part of the Jaguar
Heritage Trust collection
on the ground floor, plus
six service bays and
workshop facilities where
the museums vehicles can
be maintained and
restored. The first floor
houses the British Motor
Industry Heritage Trust
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1925 MG “Old Number One’ welcomes visitors
the number of vehicles on display to the public.
The revamp on the main museum building is stunning. The
main entrance has moved to line up with the Collections
centre, and allows space for an Introduction gallery as well as
displaying several iconic cars including an early Land Rover
and the iconic E Type Jaguar, plus
two unique cars at the front - the
1896 Wolseley Autocar Number
One, and the 1925 MG ‘Old
Number one’. The museum now
has themed zones for Design &
Concepts, Jaguar, Land Rover,
Royal Cars, Motor Sport and Film
& TV cars. All of the vehicles are
now spaced to allow people to
look all around the vehicles and
The new Collections Centre
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The Motorsport zone covers Rallying racing and Record breakers
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Rt Hon Gavin Williamson MP
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Jaguar Heritage collection 2003 Jaguar R-D6 Concept car
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The start of the time line.
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Rt Hon Gavin Williamson and Bob Dover cut the
ribbom on Friday
the time line of transport that runs
round the inside of the perimeter wall allows people to walk
between the two rows of cars to examine them in detail. There
are several new displays which allow a different view on the
cars. One was a stack of three classic British Sportscars, one
on top of the other on a special stand, so people could actually
see underneath the cars. There was another display of
concept cars that were placed on top of what appeared to be
life size matchbox toy car boxes, while the Land Rover display
was done to show the incredible mountain climbing
performance of these vehicles.
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Jaguar zone in the museum celebrates Jaguar racing history
As befitting a launch of this magnitude, the local Mayor from
Stratford upon Avon was present along with various other
celebrities like Quentin Wilson from TV at the Friday unveiling.
The museum offers a wonderful view of the history of the British
motor industry and will bring back memories of old family cars
or key points in history to the majority of people who attend.
Also, at the moment, if you Gift Aid your admission price you get
12 months free return visits. For more information see their web
site at www.britishmotormuseum.co.uk
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Austin Healey 3000 in the Motorsport zone
British Leyland Prototypes, including ‘matchbox’ models!
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Sports car stack
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Rover SD1 Estate prototype
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General Bus on the time line
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The Mayor of Stratford upon Avon
exploring the Jaguar Heritage
Collection
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© Janet Wright
Range Rover inclined in the Land Rover zone
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1981 Rover ECV 3/1 concept in the BMIHT collection
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© Simon Wright
Don’t think this Mini was quite finished on time!
© Simon Wright
The time line in the 1960s MG Magnette and Vauxhall Viva
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Rover Gas Turbine programme.
After working on the Whittle jet engines during the second World War,
Rover embarked on a Rover gas turbine development programme after the
war. The first turbine car in 1950, JET 1, archived more than 150 mph in
speed tests.
The British
© Simon Wright
Motor
Museum
has three
Rover Gas
turbine cars
on display.
The T3 was
the third
gas turbine
car from
Rover,
designed
by Spencer
King and
Rover T3
Gordon
Bashford. The two seater coupe car is four wheel drive with the turbine rear
mounted and De Dion rear suspension. The
car was a practical road car, producing 60
bhp and a top speed of 100 mph but the
paraffin consumption of 13-14 mpg was never
practical as a production car.
The Fourth and final prototype for a road car
was the 1961 Rover T4 which was based on
the Rover 2000 prototype. The T4 was
unveiled two years before the Rover 2000
production model reached the market. The
2S/140 turbine engine drives the front wheels
and produces 140 bhp, while the rear
suspension is independent swing axles. With
a top speed of 115 mph, kerosene
consumption was between 16-20 mpg.
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Rover estimated that the T4 could
be in production in three years but
at a price of around £3,000 to
£4,000. The most expensive Rover
at the time cost £1,948. At that
point Rover abandoned any hope
of putting a turbine car into
production.
The experience was also used in
1963 to co-operate with BRM to
construct a racing car for the Le
Mans 24 Hour race. The RoverBRM gas turbine Le Mans car. The
Owen organisation supplied a
widened BRM Gand Prix chassis
and the two drivers, Graham Hill
1965 Rover BRM Le Mans car
and Richie Ginther. In the 1963
race the car was entered as 00 as special permission was required to enter
the car. It finished 8th overall and received a special prize for the first gas
turbine to finish the race. In 1964 the car sported a new coupe body
designed by William Towns and the engine was modified to incorporate a
heat exchanger. In the 1965 race the car was entered in the 2 litre class,
© Simon Wright driven by BRM Grand Prix drivers
Graham Hill and Jackie Stewart. The
car suffered overheating and some
damage to the turbine blades from
debris, but still managed to finish
10th, the highest placed British car at
an average of 98.8 mph. The engine
produced 145 bhp and the car had a
top speed of 145 mph.
The end of the gas turbine
programme was in the production of a
small series of gas turbine lorries built
between 1968 and 1969 in
conjunction with Leyland Vehicles
Rover T4
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2016 North West Stages.sponsored by Legend Fires.
By David and Stuart, Motorsport-Imagery.
March 2016
Mark Roberts and Stephen Landen were forced to retire the Escort Bosworth when they lost a wheel on SS11
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Simon Bowen/Richard Robinson in their Subaru Impreza WRC, Winners of this years event
Anyone visiting the Fylde Coast on the first weekend of February
would probably have expected a true winter, North Western
welcome. They were not to be
disappointed, strong winds, high
tides and heavy rain for large
parts of the rally made driving
conditions for the entrants
treacherous.
2016 saw 19th running of the
now “Legendary” North West
Stages Rally, run along the Fylde
Coast, from Fleetwood in the
North to Lytham in the South.
Five venues were used for
stages, with Blackpool North
Shore Promenade and
Fleetwood Waterfront being used
for full spectator stages,
Fleetwood docks being
used for a closed stage
with perimeter viewing
through the fence and
stages closed to the public
taking place at Lytham Hall
and Weston Army
Barracks. Main sponsor of
the event, for the 13th year
were Legend Fires and
owner, John Stone was as
usual a front runner in his
newly built Ford Fiesta
S2500. Unfortunately the
2.5 litre Fiesta suffered a
failed alternator after the
first stage and was forced
Alastair Hutchinson and Stjohn Dykes in the LPG powered Renault Clio
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Walter Bridson and Stephen Christian in the Honda
Civic
to retire. At least John and co-driver
Carl Williamson could enjoy the
entertainment on Saturday. This
years event featured a very varied
entry list, with a selection of ultra
quick Ford Focus WRC, Subaru
Impreza WRC, Escort Cosworths
and Mitsubishi EVO’s, through to
Ford Escort RS2000’s and a
Sunbeam Imp. There were even a
number of Land Rover Wolf XD’s
entered by the Armed Forces Rally
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in their diminutive Vauxhall Corsa, beating many crews in much
quicker Impreza’s and EVO’s on the way. On the first stage at
Lytham Hall, the Constantine Brothers posted the joint fastest
time of all 91 competitors,.
The main rally was dominated by the usual front runners, with
eventual overall winners Simon Bowen and Richard Robinson in
Sunbeam Imp Sport, Finished 24th overall, Alan Kitson and Ronald Aspinwall
Teams. The 2016 prize for the most courageous drive must
surely have been given to Richmond based brothers, Mark and
Andrew Constantine who during the 2015 event crashed at high
speed into the sea wall on the Blackpool promenade stage.
Despite both of them being hospitalised after the accident, they
competed again in 2016 finishing an incredible 7th place overall
Toyota Celica GT Four historic demo car
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Computavision Metro 6R4, powered by a Honda engine
the ex Petter Solberg 2003 Rally GB winning Subaru Impreza
WRC finishing 32 seconds ahead of Arron Newby’s Impreza and
a further 55 seconds behind was twice previous event winner
Tony Bardy in his Martini liveried Ford Focus WRC. Not a bad
result for the Focus crew overall, the engine on the car was only
refitted in the final few hours before the event. Throughout the
stages on Saturday, the top five places changed hands regularly
with the top three podium places only being decided on the final
stage at Weston camp. To put in context how impressive the
Constantine brothers drive was, they finished the event only
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Peugeot 205 T16 giving historic demos throughout the day
Andrew Fenwick and Andrew Roughead in the Proton S2000
Mark and Andy Constantine in their Vauxhall Corsa
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Lee Hasting and Julie Maguire in the Subaru Impreza
Phil Jobson and Arwel Jenkins in the Ford Escort
Mark Holmes/Craig Simkiss retired the BMW Mini after SS9
John Saunders and Tony Hart were forced to retire the 6R4
when they stopped on SS
Fiesta R5 Safety Car, Huw Hunter and Andy Marchbank,
shake down their new R5
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Ford Escort RS, Steve Southall/Richard Bestwick struck a tree on S to retire
seven minutes and six seconds behind the winner, sometimes
tarmac rallies and local knowledge can be a real leveller. As a
measure of the weather conditions, of the 91 cars that started
the event, only 50 finished. The Rally is based at the Norbreck
Castle Hotel and for the duration of the rally, there is an
exhibition of many sorts of motorsport , as well as interviews,
rally start and finish, and the rally scrutineering all on site.
Ben de Ronde/Mark Robertson in the Land Rover Wolf XD retired on the last stage of the rally
Ford Escort RS, Steve Southall/Richard Bestwick struck a tree on SS19 to retire
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Ford Focus WRC, Tony Bardy and Neil Colman, 3rd overal
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MSVR Media Day Brands Hatch 16th February 2016.
By Mick Herring.
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American Speedfest IV
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MSVR Championship grid
The picturesque Brands
Hatch circuit hosted MSV's
annual media day,
welcoming guests with
beautiful sunshine.
MSV boss Jonathan Palmer,
with his organising team, coordinate and publicise the
meetings and special
festivals at all locations
throughout UK, including the
Formula E London EPrix.
British Superbikes is still 30%
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bigger in audience than BTCC.
Celebrating 10 years of MSVRacing, commentator, Alan Hyde
interviewed representatives, team owners and drivers from all
twenty three championships/series alongside co-organisers for
the special events and festivals such as the new Festival Italia
and American Speedfest IV at Brands in August and June
respectively plus the Blancpain GT Sprint Series and Masters
Historic Festival at the opposite ends of May.
Several historic American Specials are to make the trip from
California to the Speedfest to race in the 1947-1955
Transatlantic sports racing car challenge.
Chris Evans' Carfest North (Oulton Park, July) and South,
(August), in aid of Children in Need, will supplement the
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Formula Ford to F4
established Lotus Festival(August) and the Mini Festivals
North(August) and South(July).
Interest centred around BRDC Formula 4, its new carbon fibre
Tatuus chassis, improved
aerodynamics and upgraded 230
bhp Cosworth engine.
Team boss Chris Dittman, having
driven it himself, enthused about
the new car as his team learnt
more about it, fully expecting a
seven second decrease in lap
times and a pace level with F3.
Whilst the F3 Cup, the JMT
Monoposto championship,
Champion of Brands(where
Formula Ford 1600 started in
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© Mick Herring
1967)
together with
the FF Super
Series caters
for most
single seater
classes.
Another new
initiative
began in the
middle of
GT Cup lineup
2015 with
the introduction of the Motorsport News Circuit Rally
Championship, combining circuits, access roads and off-road
challenges and welcomed cars from WRC-spec specials through
to classic rally cars.
Many championships report increased 2016 numbers with the
Mini Challenge having over fifty cars spread across the classes,
a high proportion being Gen3/F56 cars.
In 2015 GT Cup boasted 25 different models, 27 winners
© Mick Herring through the four groups, 100
drivers including 23
professionals. Only minor
tweaks for this year will see
the 50 minute pit stop race
become a Sunday feature race
with the two sprint races
moved to Saturday for
Gentleman drivers only.
Their diverse grids will see the
entry of three Lamborghinis
including the Huracan.
Radical Sportscars, MSVR's
Festival Italia in August
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Diverse saloon car grids
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Motorsport News Circuit Rally Championship
BRDC F4 faster new
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first championship boasts strong
grids worldwide with nearly 2,000
cars built since 1997 and now
includes the advanced new RXC
Spyder.
Lotus continue to provide the largest
proliferation of classes through their
four championships.
Saloon racers are well catered for
with diverse Volkswagen group and
BMW championship classes,
together with the two MSVT
Trackday series which have WTCC
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Jonathan Palmer and the MSVR Team
Sports car grid
© Mick Herring
driver Tom Chilton as
ambassador.
The emphasis for this
very hectic looking
calendar year seems to
be rejuvenating those
championships which
have slipped recently
and maintaining the
healthy position of those
established high profile
groups with an across
the board attempt to
cap costs at every level.
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MSVR media day again yielded passenger rides in two very
diverse racing cars around Brands Hatch's Indy circuit.
Developed from the RXC Coupe, James Abbott demonstrated the
latest Radical RX Spyder's advancement as we took to the track
for only one shortened lap from a pit lane start owing to a Ginetta/
tyre barrier induced red
flag. I've been in an SR8
before, so with same
driver, same track the
difference was
immediately apparent
heading towards
Paddock Hill.
The SR8 V8 roar is
replaced by a muted
whoosh from the 3.5
litre, twin-turbo/
intercooled V6, its
550bhp and, more
importantly 500 ft/lbs of
torque, all best described
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Rushing up to Druids Hill we appeared to brake earlier than I
remember, turned in and sped out, down the hill.
On the bottom straight the power and torque just added speed as
the seven-speed paddle change seamlessly took us up the
gears, on the brakes again for Surtees and the huge aero just
stuck the car to the track as we turned in faster than I remember
from the SR8.
Spotting the red light James returned to the pits and I reminded
myself that my helmet hadn't lifted as it's done in every previous
Radical I've been in, probably due to improved aero.
Radical boss Phil Abbott revealed their need to upgrade or
manufacture virtually every engine component in-house, in order
to maintain consistently reliable engines that will produce the
required power between rebuilds, reading the engine histograms
shows just how much time they spend near maximum revs.
As they approach their two-thousandth car, Radical now CNC
machine their own Hyabusa blocks from the solid and produce
the plenums for the EcoBoost V6 amongst numerous
components.
Marcus Bicknell's 5700cc 1971 Ford Mustang Mach 1, in
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contrast, was quite laid back but no less a fantastic enjoyable
racing car. Every corner was always a question of lots of
steering movement until the big, heavy car approached an apex
and the controllable oversteery bit was cancelled out by a good
prod of the throttle. This unleashed the considerable, lazy power
of the big V8 accompanied by that glorious noise we all love to
hear as the Mustang gathered substantial speed, accompanied
by the same lazy gearchange movement that is still employed by
the European NASCAR racers. We were passed by a much
younger BMW M3 but the venerable Ford didn't lose as much
ground as you'd expect it to through the first part of Surtees. I'm
sure that once the year-long brake judder that Marcus explained
to me, is finally traced, the younger German might be more
surprised.
On another lap, the compromised brakes put us well off line but
it always let you know its intentions and, once enough speed
was scrubbed off the Mach 1 just gathered itself up and
proceeded. The big Mustang with its high up weight, cart-sprung
rear suspension and tall treaded tyres also exhibits that
characteristic rear axle hop as the body rolls on its springs
through slower corners. With the ever-increasing interest in
historic racing of all types Marcus Bicknell is assured of so
much fun and enjoyment at the wheel of his venerable Ford,
which is scheduled to compete in the American Speedfest IV at
Brands Hatch.
With nothing French about either car I still say Vive La
Difference and thank Phil and James Abbott and Marcus
Bicknell for such an enjoyable experience in both cars.
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London Classic Car Show
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Former World Champion Jenson Button and TV presenter Jodi Kidd with the star of the London Classic Motor Show, the McLaren F1
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McLaren F1 on the Grand Avenue
The 2nd London Classic Car show held at the ExCel Centre
was another huge hit with car fans in the south of England. This
years show was twice as large of last years inaugural show and
welcomed over 33,000 people who enjoyed Londons greatest
Classic car Show over the weekend of the 18th-21st February,
which was opened by Grand prix star and 2009 World champion
Jenson Button. Gordon Murray and the McLaren F1 supercar
He made an
impressive
arrival in a
McLaren F1
supercar, which
is being
celebrated at
the show with a
special display
curated by its
designer
Gordon Murray.
The preview
had been
opened on
Thursday by Gordon Murray and 1981 World Rally Champion Ari
Vatanen, who was also at the show to launch the Pinnacle of
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McLaren F1 - the Inside Story
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Ari Vatanen and David Richards at the Group B Rally display.
Nations Cup on the Grand Avenue, where ten cars representing
six nations, America, France,Germany, Italy, Japan and the
United Kingdom, competed for public votes to decide on which
nation produces the Worlds finest cars. To help fans decide, the
public debate included former Grand Prix driver Bruno Senna
and TV presenter Jodi Kidd. With over 9,000 people voting, the
partisan crowd decided that Great Britain has produced more of
the Worlds greatest cars beating Italy in to second place. The
rallying display with his old co-driver from 1981, Dave Richards.
This featured six of the fearsone, flame-spitting, four wheel drive
Group B super cars of
the eighties.
Another unique feature
of this show is the Grand
Avenue, which is inside
one of the halls and
allows the classic cars to
be driven up and down
this ‘catwalk for cars’ in
front of the public,
allowing fans to not only
see the cars, but to hear
them and experience
them in motion.
Television Grand Prix
presenter Suzi Perry
Suzi Perry, Jenson Button and Jodie Kidd with the hosted the Classic Six
McLaren F1
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Alfa Romeo cruising Grand Avenue
British line up included classics such as the original Mini, the
Rolls Royce Silver Ghost, Le Mans Bentley, McLaren F1
supercar, Aston Martin DB5, Land Rover and Graham Hill’s
1968 World Championship winning Lotus 49 Grand Prix car
narrowly beat an Italian line up of Ferraris, Lamborghinis and
Maseratis. America came third with its muscle cars, ahead of
Germany, France and Japan. Jodi Kidd presented prizes on the
Sunday to the top three countries.
Sir Stirling Moss was another very popular figure who attended
the show and signed many autographs for fans of all ages.
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C
lfa Romeo 8
winning A
31 Le Mans
Spyder
Aston Martin from the Persuaders TV Series
Evolution of the Supercar display - Miura
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Corvette representing Team USA
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Stirling Moss signing books
The special display to celebrate the McLaren F1 supercar
featured seven cars, worth more than £50 million and was
hosted by the cars designer and former Grand Prix designer,
Gordon Murray. Another display traced the evolution of the
supercar,
which
gathered
together
some of the
Worlds
fastest
cars.
Another
feature of
the show is
that many
Classic Car
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dealers
exhibited rare
and valuable
cars which
were actually
for sale and at
the end of the
show dealers
were reporting
sales, some of
up to six
figures, that
added up to
Probe 16 on the Marcos Owners Club stand
millions of pounds of blue chip classic cars sold over the four
day period. There were also many more affordable classic cars
for sale as well. The second hall had displays from many one
make owners clubs and also had a ‘Speakers’ Corner, where
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Jodie Kidd Six Nations
experts could talk about all aspects of Classic cars, including
How to choose the ideal classic, buying at Auction and classic
car values.
The organisers were highly delighted with the public response
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to the show and have already started to plan next years event,
which will take place between the 23rd and 26th of February
2017. Further information can be found on the official web site
at www.thelondonclassiccarshow.co.uk
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The VSCC Pomeroy Trophy, Silverstone.
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20th February 2016. By Simon & Janet Wright,
with additional photos by Pete Austin and Mick Herring.
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Dan Ghose Ferrari 212 leads Mark Walker GN Thunderbug
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Pomeroy Trophy winner Dudley Sterry HRS leads Martin Hunt Frazer Nash Targa Florio
The Vintage Sports Car Club’s (VSCC) started their track
action year early with the annual Pomeroy Trophy meeting
at Silverstone. It took place on a
grey and damp day round the
short National circuit, with the
morning tests being conducted
in the dry, but the weather
turned damp in the afternoon for
the high speed trial. This classic
event is a series of tests
designed to find the ultimate
Grand Touring car, and is the
only VSCC event during the year
that is open to any road legal
vehicle, regardless of age.
Sports car or saloon, all are
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welcome and some entrants
arrived with their treasured
Vintage car, while others
might turn up in in their wives
modern shopping saloon.
The event is based on a
handicap system using a
complex formula and penalty
points are awarded if tests
are failed, like the luggage
test. The oldest car entered
was also fitted with the
largest capacity engine, a
1906 7.4 litre Bianchi 28/40
driven by Luke Roberts. The
car finished 55th overall, but
was ahead of vehicles such
Bianchi 28/40
© Mick Herring as
the Ford GT40, a Chevrolet
Corvette and a Ginetta G60.
Another interesting Edwardian car
was the 1909 Hupmobile 20 driven
by Richard Ellingworth, which was
the last official finisher in the event
in 67th place. At the other end of
the time scale was a 2014
Volkswagen Golf driven by
Christopher Petch, which was
classified 58th overall.
One of the interesting tests for the
vehicles is they must be able to
Jason Wright Ford GT40 carrying skis as luggage.
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© Janet Wright
before the afternoon high speed trials.
The large entry was split in to two for the afternoon high
speed trials. Each batch takes to the track at the same time
to circulate for 40 minutes. Each competitior has their own
target for the number of laps they need to complete during
© Pete Austin
David Wylie Frazer Nash AC - Densham Trophy winner
carry luggage, and there is a set of ‘standard’ size suitcases
which are suppose to fit in to the boot or luggage area, and
penalty points are given for items that don’t fit. Two of the
more modern cars which probably had problems in this area
were a 1965 Ford GT40 driven by Jason Wright, who must
have been expecting bad weather as the car was fitted with
a pair of Ski’s on a ski rack, and a Crossle SS racing sports
car driven by Simon Diffey, that had a luggage rack
mounted on the boot. The Crossle also had the ‘best’
canopy. All the cars have to have a hood fitted during some
of the early acceleration and braking tests, and in previous
years some of these hoods have been plastic bags held up
by sticks. The Crossle is normally an open seater sports car,
but had been fitted with a grumman aircraft cockpit cover for
Simon Diffey to complete the morning tests. It was removed
March 2016
Charles Clegg - Chevrolet Corvette C1 leads Josh Sadler -
Ford Falcon
this time. The first test ran without any problems, but the
second trial, with the more modern cars suffered two
seperate Red Flags. The first was caused when Anthony
Hughes went off in the 2012 Ginetta G60 and got stuck in
the gravel trap. The speed test was red flagged to enable
© Simon Wright
Simon Diffey Crossle 5S with Grumman Cockpit
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© Mick Herring
Julian Balme Lincoln Cosmopolitan Coupe hides Porsche 356
© Simon Wright
© Janet Wright
Anthony Hughes Ginetta G60 caused the first red flag when he spun off
© Pete Austin
David Biggins - Vauxhall Prince Henry Replica
© Simon Wright
Ladies First - Mags Diffey Frazer Nash TT Replica leads Miss Alex Pilkington Alfa Romeo 6C 1750
March 2016
Sideways moment for Edward Williams BMWM535i
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the car to be moved from the dangerous position it
was in, stuck in the gravel at the edge of the circuit.
The field continued to circulate for about 3 laps under
the red flag. The marshals were waving yellow flags
by the 3rd time round as well as the red flag and they
managed to get all the cars in to the pit lane where
they were all warned for failing to observe the red
flag! After a short delay to retrieve the Ginetta, the
session was started agin. Next it was Simon Diffey
who went off in the Crossle, hitting the barrier. He
was not injured, but again the red flag was displayed
so the car could be removed. This session was now
running on a wet track as drizzle was falling round
most of the circuit.
The overall winner of the Pomeroy Trophy was Dudley Sterry
in his 1937/39 HRS Sports for the best performance overall,
© Mick Herring
Alex Ames BMW 2002 heads Jonathan Fenning 325i Touring
March 2016
© Pete Austin
while the
Denham
Trophy for the
best pre-war
car not winning
overall went to
David Wylie in
his 1928
Frazer Nash
AC. The final
trophy was the
Pomeroy
Edwardian
Alastair Pugh - Frazer Nash-BMW 328
Trophy for the
best performance in an Edwardian car which was won by
David Biggins in his 1911/12 Vauxhall Prince Henry
Replica. The other class winners were Steven Stanton in a
1934/36 Frazer Nash TT replica, Martin Hunt in a 1952
© Mick Herring
Frazer Nash Targa
Florio, Alastair Pugh in
a 1939 Frazer Nash
BMW 328, Geraint
Lewis in a 1936/40
Frazer Nash TT
Replica and finally
Kenneth Prichard
Jones in a 1966 Turner
Mk3.
Also showing the family
nature of VSCC
events, the Diffey
Start flag Peter Batty Ford Phaeton 35 A Tourer
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family were out in force with Simon
Diffey in the Crossle, Margaret (Mags)
Diffey was in the 1936 Frazer Nash TT
replica and George Diffey was in the
family 2013 Renault Clio RenaultSport.
After Simon went off during the second
high speed trial and hit the barrier, it
was Mags who was the highest finisher
of the family with 2nd in class, while
George took 3rd in his class.
© Janet Wright
Dougal Cawley Lexus LS400
© Simon Wright
Piers Reid BMW M3 sideways round woodcote
© Simon Wright
© Pete Austin
Driver briefing
© Simon Wright
Richard Ellingworth in the 1909 Hupmobile 20
March 2016
Hughie Walker Ford Model A Roadster
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The Red Kite Stages 21st February 2016
By Lucy Owen-Moczadlo (Jucy Rally Photography)
with additional photos by Syd Wall (Rallygallery)
March 2016
Historic winner Jason Pritchard and Phil Clarke Ford Escort RS 1800
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Winners David Bogie and Kevin Rae Skoda Fabia R5
The Red Kite Stages, near Llandovery, took place on Sunday 21st
February 2016. One of the first major gravel rallies of the 2016 season,
being the first round of the © Lucy Owen-Moczadlo
Mintex MSA British Historic
Rally Championship.
Stages included Crychan SS1
& SS4, Caeo SS3 and Route
60 SS2 and 5. Caeo special
Stage has not been used for
many years and was first
used by the Red Kite. The
Red Kite has proved to be an
extremely popular rally over
the last three seasons with
outstanding special stages
and a compact format.
A full entry of 125 cars
including Julian Reynolds and
Patrick Walsh in the Ford
Focus WRC, David Bogie and
March 2016
Kevin Rae in the
Skoda Fabia R5,
Tom Cave and
James Morgan
in a Ford Fiesta
R5 Evo and
Stephen
Simpson and
Mark
Glennerster in
their Ford Fiesta
in the modern
section. In the
historic section
Class winner Layton Waters and Tudor Jenkins Toyota Starlet
Jason Pritchard
in his Escort RS1800, Nick Elliott in his escort and a debut for the BHRC for
Stanley Orr with Guy Weaver co-driving.
In the modern field David Bogie & Kevin Rae in their Fabia R5 made a
fabulous debut but it was a tight battle with Julian Reynolds & Patrick
Walsh in their Focus WRC. In the end the podium was completed by Rhys
Yates & Tom Woodburn in their Fiesta R5.
Sadly Tom Cave and James Morgan retired on the first stage with the MSport run Ford Fiesta R5 Evo
disappearing from the stage
early on. Both crew were safe
and unhurt.
In the historic field crews
battled the difficult conditions
and each other throughout.
The podium being won and
maximum points taken by
Jason Pritchard & Phil Clarke in
their Escort MkII to open their
title defense. Jason and Phil
ran a faultless drive in
persistent rain, fog and wind.
2nd was taken by Nick Elliott &
Dave Price in an Escort MkII,
this was no easy day for them
as their car stalled on the
2nd in Historics Nick Elliott and Dave Price Ford Escort
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Stephen Simpson & Mark Glemmerster Ford Fiesta finished 2nd in class
opening stage and again on the second run through Crychan. On the final
stage Elliotts attack grabbed second place back leaving Joe Price & Chris
Brooks in another Escort MkII to take third. In their first debut on UK soil
© Lucy Owen-Moczadlo Stanley Orr
and Guy
Weavers
new team
pairing
successfully
won their
Category
and came
9th overall
and
sprayed the
champagne
at the end
with
memories
of David
Julian Reynolds and Patrick Walsh Ford Focus WRC finished 2nd overall
March 2016
Stokes passing
close to their
heart.
Speaking to Guy
Weaver following
the event the
stages were
damp, slippy and
boggy. They
made a steady
start getting used
to each other
over first three
stages, but in the
Bob & Dale Gibbons Ford Cortina GT won their class
afternoon taking
the mile quicker than the morning and pushing on Route 60 in the fog to
achieve category win. They took 12 secs off John Perrot who was leading
the category initially but in the fog and Stanley Orr pushing on may have
put pressure in John caused him to go off the stage with gearbox issues.
On returning to Llandovery both Guy and Stanley were surprised to hear of
their category win as they were 11 seconds behind previously and this was
Joe Price and Chris Brooks Ford Escort RS 3rd in Historics
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Rhys Yates and Tom Woodburn finished 3rd in the Ford Fiesta
a nice surprise at the finish. Both Guy and Stanley were elated but
thoughts were never far for the pair of them of David Stokes recent
passing.
Next event for the pair is Mid Wales where they hope to again achieve a
category win but this is the best start of the year in their fight for the
Category 2 MSA British Historic Championship.
Overall the Red Kite was a great start to the MSA British Historic Rally
Championship and crews now looking forward to Saturday 2 April: North Wales
Stages as the next round.
Jamie Jukes & Dave Williams Mitsubishi Mirage R won their class
Class winner Adam Milner & Roy Jarvis Ford Escort Mexico Mk1
March 2016
Stanley Orr & Guy Weaver celebrate their class win
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Roland Llewellin & Jack Morton Mitsubishi EVO X class winners
Historic winners celebrate
Stanley Orr & Guy Weaver Ford Escort RS2000 Class winners
Simon Tysoe & Paul Morris Ford Escort Mk1 class winners
March 2016
Mattew Robinson & Sam Collis Fiat 131S finished 2nd in class
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© Simon Wright
Race Retro 26th-28th February 2016
By Simon & Janet Wright
with additional photos by Pete Austin,
Mick Herring and Syd Wall (Rallygallery)
© Pete Austin
March 2016
HSCC Stand on Speed Street
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© Syd Wall
He was also seen looking at a 2002 Jordan Grand Prix car on
the Vintage Racecar magazine stand. Damon scored the Jordan
teams first Grand Prix win at Spa in 1998. Damon took centre
stage later in the day on the Williams display stand and was
interviewed in front of a large audience before answering
questions from the general public. He then signed lots of
autographs for his many fans.
© Simon Wright
Williams Display
© Pete Austin
Damon Hill with the Shadow DN1
Race Retro, Europe’s Premier
Winter Classic Motorsport Show
returned to Stoneleigh Park, near
Coventry for the annual
International Historic Motorsport
Show. This years guest of honour
was Damon Hill, and to celebrate
there was a display of 4 Grand Prix
Williams cars just inside Hall 2.
Damon was present on Sunday
and toured the show, stopping to
look at several of his fathers race
cars, including the Embassy
Shadow on the Motor Sport
magazine stand, and the Rover
BRM gas turbine Le Mans car on
the British Motor Museum stand.
March 2016
ERA GP1 on VSCC Stand
Race Retro is split through four halls, with Hall Two the first hall
entered from the main entrance and specialising in Historic
motor racing. Just inside the hall, there was the celebrity marque
stand which featured the four Williams Grand Prix cars. Running
through the middle of Hall 2 was Speed Street. This contained
the large stands including the Vintage Sports Car Club (VSCC)
with ERA GP1 on display. Also on Speed Street was the Historic
Sports Car Club (HSCC) stand. As one of the main clubs
involved in historic motor sport, their stand had an impressive
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© Janet Wright
© Simon Wright
Lola T390 on HSCC stand
eight cars which demonstrated the variety of race series that the
club organise during this 50th anniversary season for the club.
High-light of the display was the 1975 Lola T390 from the HSCC
Pre 80 Endurance Challenge, plus a 1975 March 752 from the
HSCC Historic Formula 2 International Series.
The Chateau Impney Hill Climb stand featured the first public
display of the Leyland-Thomas recreation which was featured in
© Simon Wright
Leyland Thomas recreation on the Chateau Impney Stand
March 2016
last months News
section. The car is
due to be driven in
anger at the Chateau
Impney Hill climb on
the 9th and 10th July
2016.
Hall One was
predominately
Rallying with part of
the hall devoted to
arts and crafts
relating to motorsport. Books, paintings, photographic prints and
sculptures were all available to purchase. There were many
© Pete Austin
different styles of
painting, some
showing great
detail on key
historic moments
of motor sport
Model Lotus 25 by Bruce Dove
history, while
others showed a more artistic flavour to their work.
The Rallying displays included a tribute to ‘Remembering Henri
© Janet Wright
Toivonen’ who was
tragically killed 30
years ago along
with his co-driver
Sergio Cresto.
Their Lancia Delta
S4 crashed whilst
leading the Tour de
Corse Rally in
Corsica. On the
Talbot Sunbeam Rally car
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© Simon Wright
stand was a PCA Ford Escort RS 1800, which Henri drove in
1979, and a Talbot Sunbeam, in which he won the 1980
Lombard Rally with Paul White. Opposite was a display of
Group B and historic Rally cars, which included a Ford RS200,
© Simon Wright Vauxhall
Chevette,
a Subaru
Legacy
RS as
driven by
Colin
McRae
and
Derek
Rally car display
Ringer in the 1992 Swedish Rally, and a Ford Escort MkIII.
There was also a rally driving simulator that people could drive
© Simon Wright
against the clock, to try rallying
without risking life and limb.
The newly re-launched © Janet Wright
British Motor Museum
had a couple of racing
cars on display, the
vintage Austin Single
seater racing car had
drawn a lot of interest
from Damon Hill when
he toured the show on
Sunday morning and
had stopped to see the
Rover BRM gas turbine
Le Mans car his father
Graham Hill had driven
in the 1960s.
Damon Hill & Rover BRM Gas Turbine
March 2016
The Abarth
display had a
couple of New
Fiat Abarth 500
saloons to
show the
present, but
much more
interesting were
the four Abarth
coupes, which
included an
Abarth 1300, a
1957 Fiat
Abarth 750 Coupe Zagato Series III, an Abarth Simca 1300 and
a 1958 Fiat Abarth 750 Record Monza/Zagato.
Hall 3 covered motorbikes, grass roots racing and trade stands
selling models, tools, clothing, books plus other things. The
racing side included
trials, hot rods, drag
racing and short
oval racing,
including stock cars.
In their motorbike
section was an
interesting line up of
Norton racing
motorcycles. The
last hall was an
autojumble and parc
ferme for the Rally
cars using the live
stage.
Norton Motorbike
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© Syd Wall
Model team
Jordan EJ12 Grand Prix car
© Janet Wright
© Pete Austin
© Janet Wright
© Janet Wright
1975 March 752
BMW Formula 2
Rover SD1
© Simon Wright
© Simon Wright
Drag Racer
March 2016
Norman Dewis Jaguar Chief Test driver
Surtees TS16 Grand Prix car
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New for this year
was the UK Street
Burnouts, which
took place between
Halls 1 and 3. To
show the power of
these awesome
machines, several
cars were rolled
out from the static
display in Hall 3
and took part in
some tyre smoking
burnouts
© Syd Wall
© Mick Herring
© Simon Wright
restoration. Sam Thomas Racing has prepared the car to compete in
various Historic events. The Healey 100/4 BN1, chassis number
145426 was one of three works cars that was sent to take part in the
inaugural New Zealand Grand Prix. At that time, sports cars would
compete against single seaters. On the starting grid was Jack
Brabham’s Cooper-Bristol Mk II, a works entered supercharged BRM
V16, a pre-war Alfa Romeo Monza and various locally built specials.
Only 14 cars completed the 200 mile event, but all three factory Austin
Healeys completed the 100 lap race. Keith Roper drove this car to 13th
place, beating Peter Whitehead’s Ferrari 125 in the process.
Roper drove again at the C W F Hamilton Trophy Race at Mairehau on
the 20th February 1954 where he finished 3rd. The final New Zealand
event was at Havelock, where the Healey recorded a record speed of
100 mph in the flying quarter mile event. The only other car to do that
was a Jaguar XK120. The car was sold in October 1954 and after
passing through various owners, it was placed in to storage in 1971.
Restoration was commenced in 2005 and the car returned to the UK in
2014. The car is on loan from owner Paul Roberts, whose collection
A 1953 Austin Healey that raced in the inaugural New Zealand Grand
Prix on the 9th January 1954, made its World wide show debut at Race includes significant rally cars, including the Pat Moss Healey, an exworks Tiger and Rauno Aaltonen Mini.
Retro. After being stored for 34 years, followed by a nine year
March 2016
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© Simon Wright
© Janet Wright
The Midland Automobile
Club will be paying tribute
to the mighty Group B Rally
cars of the 80s as they
return to Shelsley Walsh for
the Classic Nostalgia Hill
Climb meeting on the 16th
and 17th July 2016. In July
1986 World Rally
Champion Hannu Mikkola
came to Shelsley Walsh in
a works Audi Quattro and
set Best Time of Day with a
29.51 seconds. That Audi
will return in July along with
a Ford RS200 for
demonstration or
competitive runs and it is
hoped that a Metro 6R4 will
also be at the event.
MG Metro 6R4 Group B car
Classic Touring Car Racing Club Stand
© Janet Wright
Brisca Stock cars
© Simon Wright
March 2016
Model Lotus cars
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© Janet Wright
Race Retro Rally Stage
One of the unique features of the Race Retro Show is the outside Live Rally Stage demonstrations that take place on Saturday and
Sunday. Organised by Rallying with Group B, the stage reflects rallying through the decades with historic Mini Coopers and Ford
Escorts, through the powerful Group B supercar period in the eighties, while MG ZR and Subaru Impreza, plus junior class cars like
the Suzuki Alto and Peugeot 107 bring the entry up to date.
March 2016
Ian Gwynne/Steve Rimmer Renault 5 Turbo
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Leyland’s finest
Trevor Hancock Triumph TR7 V8
© Janet Wright
© Simon Wright
Stuart Anderson Triumph Dolomite Sprint
© Simon Wright
Bob Seager MG Midget
David Higgs MG Metro 6R4
© Mick Herring
© Simon Wright
March 2016
Mini Cooper S
Paul Hughes Works MG ZR
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© Pete Austin
Andy Krinks Audi Quattro
© Janet Wright
Vauxhall Chevette HSR 2300
© Simon Wright
© Simon Wright
Terry Maynard Lotus Esprit
© Mick Herring
March 2016
Mazda RX7
Russell Brookes Opel Manta 400
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© Mick Herring
David Llewellin Subaru impreza WRC
© Simon Wright
Audi 80
Tom Delanet Suzuki Alto
© Pete Austin
© Janet Wright
Shaune Clorley Lotus Sunbeam
Martin Fox Lancia Delta S4
© Janet Wright
Geoff Maybank Toyota Levin
March 2016
© Simon Wright
Ian Gwynne Ford RS200
© Mick Herring
Mick Strafford Chevrolet Firenza Can-Am
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© Simon Wright
Tim Clark Group 4 Audi Quattro
Nick Wilkins Cox GTM
March 2016
© Janet Wright
Anthony Harrison Ford Escort Mexico Mk1
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© Simon Wright
Silverstone Auctions, Race Retro.
By Simon & Janet Wright.
During the Race Retro Show at Stoneleigh Park, near
Coventry, Silverstone Auctions held a couple of sales, the one
for classic cars and the other for competition Cars. There was
a huge entry of vehicles for the sales, filling a couple of large
halls and an additional marque. There were several unusual
© Simon Wright
1974 Datsun 260Z ‘Super Samuri” Sold £55,125
classic cars up for sale. A 1974 Datsun 260Z ‘Super Samuri’
which looked immaculate in its red and bronze colour scheme,
was one of only two genuine 260Z Samuri’s and had been fully
© Simon Wright restored by the Z-Farm. It
sold for £55,125. Another
classic sports car, a 1963
Chevrolet Corvette
Stingray Convertible in
bronze, with an estimated
price of between £45,000
and £50,000 failed to sell.
A bright yellow 1981
Lamborghini Countach LP
Countach interior
March 2016
400 S, with its 3.9 litre
V12 engine sold for
£213,750. The word
Countach is
Piedmontese slang for
something that
‘visually shocks’ and
has no direct
translation, but WOW
is probably the most
polite. It is said that
the large wing on the
rear, which was a
$5,000 optional extra,
added weight and
1981 Lamborghini Countach LP 400 S Sold £213,750
drag, but did nothing
for downforce.
Another stunning supercar that sold was a jet black 2008 5.4
litre V8 McLaren Mercedes SLR Roadster which sold for
© Janet Wright
£226,125. The
hand built V8
engine is
supercharged
and produces
617 BHP
which takes it
from 0-60
mph in just
3.8 seconds.
At the lower
end of the
market, a nice
McLaren Mercedes SLR Roadster Sold £226,125
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© Simon Wright
© Simon Wright
1991 Vauxhall Lotus Carlton Sold £20, 250
1991 Vauxhall Lotus Carlton, number 134 of 320 right hand
drive Lotus Carlton sold for just £20,250. When first produced,
the straight 6 3.6 litre saloon was the fastest 4 door saloon in
the World, with a top speed of 177 mph from the twin
turbocharged engine which produced 377 bhp. All Vauxhall
Lotus Carltons are a shade of British Racing Green, called
Pearlescent Imperial Green, a very dark green that in anything
© Simon Wright other than direct
sunlight appears to be
black.
The highest price on
the Saturday sale was
a 2004 Porsche
Carrera GT which sold
for £427,500.
An interesting car was
a 2013 Evanta
recreation of the 1950s
Aston Martin DBR1
which was originally
2004 Porsche Carrera GT Sold £427,500
March 2016
2013 Evanta Aston Martin DBR1 Sold £86,625
built for the Le Mans 24 hours race. It is rumoured that an
original DBR1/2 sold in 2012 for £20 million. The Evanta Aston
Martin DBR1 sold for £86,625.
The Competition cars were sold on a different day, and the more
modern GT cars seemed the most popular, with several cars
selling, like the 2009 Audi R8 V8 CR8, which is a unique car built
by Creventic © Janet Wright
BV before
even Audi
had unveiled
the GT3
version of
the R8. It is
powered by
a 4163cc V8
2009 Audi R8 V8 CR8 sold £33,750
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© Janet Wright
engine which develops 440
hp at 8000 rpm. Eligible for
various series, including
GT Cup, Britcar and GT
Open series, the car sold
for £33,750.The only single
seater racing car in the
auction was a famous
2000 Tatuus Formula
Renault single seter which
sold for £13,500. It was run
by Manor Motorsport and
won seven of the ten races
in 2000 to give Kimi
2000 Tatuus Sold £13,500
Raikkonen the Championship. It also took him straight in to
Formula 1 with the Sauber team, even though various people
including FIA President Max Mosley, thought that Raikkonen
was too inexperienced to go straight from Formula Renault to
Grand Prix. They were proved wrong and Raikkonon
eventually won the 2007 World Championship driving for
© Simon Wright
Ferrari.
One car came
with a race
entry for the
Historic Touring
Car Challenge
first round at
Donington
Historic
Festival (30th
April to 2nd
May 2016)
included in the
Group 1 Ford Capri sold £65,250
March 2016
© Janet Wright
price. The 1979
Ford Capri Group
1 in red and white
Belga colour
scheme sold for
£65,250.
An unusual sale
was of a 2004
BTCC Vauxhall
Astra show car,
which was a
BTCC Vauxhall Astra Show car Sold £32,600
rolling chassis
and contained no drive gear or engine. It sold for £3,600, which
was the lowest price of any ‘vehicle’ sold at the sale. The lowest
price for a complete vehicle was a 1997 Mitsubishi Pajero
Evolution which sold for just £11,250.
© Simon Wright
2008 Dodge Viper GT3 Sold £57,380
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© Simon Wright
© Janet Wright
2001 Honda NSX Sold £69,750
© Janet Wright
1981 Porsche 924 Carrera GT Sold £34,875
© Simon Wright
1987 Ford Sierra RS500 Group A Unsold
© Simon Wright
March 2016
1965 Lancia
Flavia Sports
Zagato Unsold
© Janet Wright
1985 Jaguar XJ-S 5.3 HE V12 TWR Unsold
© Simon Wright
1990 Mercedes Benz 190 E 2.5-16 Evolution II Sold £292,500
© Janet Wright
1957 Porsche 356A Coupe Sold £67,490
Extra space in the marquee.
© Janet Wright
1954 Austin A30 Speedwell Unsold
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