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Classic and Competition Car
December 2013
Walter Hayes Trophy
Issue 39
Contents
Page 3 News.
Page 19 Nuvolari remembered at Donington Park.
Page 20 Walter Hayes Trophy meeting, Silverstone.
Page 27 Bonded Warehouse Open weekend car display.
Page 31 VSCC Cotswold Trial, Prescott.
Page 37 Archive Photo of the month.
Page 38 Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show, NEC, Birmingham
Page 49 Tasman Revival round 1 Manfeild.
Our Team.
Simon Wright - Editor.
Simon has been
photographing and
reporting on motor races
for many years. Served an
engineering apprenticeship
many years ago. Big fan of
the Porsche 917
Pete Austin.
Pete is the man for Historic
racing, with an extensive
archive of black and white
images covering the last
few decades of motorsport
in Britain. Very keen on
BRM.
Mick Herring
Front Cover. Walter Hayes Trophy winner Scott Malvern in his Spectrum leads Kevin O'Hara and Mick's first love is GT
Oliver White both in Van Diemens © Pete Austin
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racing, including Historic,
especially the Lola T70.
Has an extensive
knowledge of all things GT.
Janet Wright.
Janet has been taking
photographs for many
years, and is also very
skilled in video. She likes
Aston Martins
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Editorial
As the weather gets colder, it is
time to head indoors. The
Classic Motor Show is a fitting
end of year activity for all
motoring enthusiasts and this
year it was bigger and better
than ever. With something for
every car and bike fan, and
plenty of motorsport elements
thrown in for good measure.
This year saw quite a few major
celebrations take place, with the
Morris centenary taking centre
stage and occupying a major
hall. There was a major display
of Morris vehicles covering the
entire span of production, and
displays from the majority of
Morris car clubs. But there were
other celebrations, 50 years of
the Porsche 911, and Triumph
2000 and Lamborghini were
celebrating 60 years of
production with a display of
models through the ages.
News
© Simon Wright
BTCC Tighten up on driving standards.
© Simon Wright
After reviewing penalties given in the BTCC relating to driving standards, it has been decided to
increase the current six place grid penalty for drivers who receive three reprimands in a single
season, to a penalty of starting from the back of the grid at the next available race. Further
championship and race penalties will be introduced in 2014 which will be announced in due
course.
© Janet Wright
© Simon Wright
December 2013
© Pete Austin
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Sospiri returns to Formula Ford.
An interesting addition to this years entry for the Walter Hayes Trophy race meeting was the return of Italian Vincenzo Sospiri, the
former Formula 3000 Champion returning to Formula Ford after 25 years. After becoming World Karting champion in 1987, he raced
Formula Ford, working through to Formula 3000 in 1991 as team mate to Damon Hill in a Middlebridge Lola T191/50. After an
uncompetitive season he returned to Italian F3 for 1992 then back to F3000 in 1993 racing for the Mythos team in a Reynard Judd
93D. He switched to the Super Nova team in 1994 and won three races in 1995 to take the International Formula 3000 title driving a
Reynard cosworth 95D.
He finally got a chance to race Grand Prix with the Mastercard Lola project in 1997 but the car was so uncompetitive that he was
more than 10 seconds off the pace in the Australian Grand Prix of 1997 and was outside the 107% rule and did not qualify. The team
was withdrawn just after due to massive debts. He then tried racing in America in the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series and finished
17th at the Indianapolis 500 driving a Dallara Oldsmobile for Team Scandia after qualifying 3rd. He finished 2nd at the New Hampshire
Motor Speedway later that season. He did four races in 1998 for Dan Gurney's All American Racers team as a replacement for PJ
Jones and managed 15th place in Houston and Surfers Paradise in Australia.
In 1998 and 1999 he won the Sports Racing World Cup driving a Ferrari 333 SP driving with Emmanuel Collard and this led to him
driving the lead Toyota in the 1999 Le Mans 24 Hours race with Collard and Martin Brundle. Unfortunately after being on Pole position
for the race, the car retired with gearbox problems and a puncture while Brundle was driving.
He retired from racing in 2001 and became Team Manager for the Euronova team in the Italian Formula 3000 championship.
On his return to the Walter Hayes Trophy, he was driving a Van Diemen
RF88 and qualified 12th for Heat2 and finished in 9th place, putting him
25th on the grid of Semi Final 1. He finished that race in 18th place putting
him on the back row of the grid for the final where he drove through to finish
24th overall and less than 30 seconds behind the winner.
© Pete Austin
© Pete Austin
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BTCC License introduced by TOCA.
To provide existing teams and cars security of entry in the British Touring Car
Championship, series organisers TOCA is introducing a TOCA BTCC License (TBL) as
part of the entry requirement process. There will be a maximum of 30 TBLs available to
teams and priority will be given to existing teams that have competed in at least 50% of
the 2013 BTCC season with NGTC cars, who will have automatic entry for the same
number of cars in 2014, subject to the pre-registration requirements by 30th November.
Existing teams with 2 or more NGTC cars will have priority for one additional entry
subject to validation by TOCA. Existing cars will also get priority consideration along with
any new entries.
Eligible teams will be issued with a TBL which will secure each entry for a minimum of
three seasons, until the end of 2016. Teams may sell, gift, lease, assign or loan their TBL
to other existing teams or eligible new entries on a season long basis only, subject to
TOCA approval.
Possession and retention of a TBL includes an obligation from each entrant to contest all
BTCC events for each season entered. Missing one event in any season will void the TBL
and missing two events will have the entry rescinded for the balance of the season.
Also a team cannot make more than one change of driver per car per season except in a
genuine case of force Majeure, which does not include financial issues. Also substitute
drivers must have completed at least 300kms of testing in an NGTC car unless they are
acknowledged by TOCA as having extensive experience driving a touring car.
TOCA will retain a further 2 TBLs in addition to the 30 issued. These may be loaned to a
suitable entrant, but will not be sold or permanently transferred. They may also allow up
to 2 extra cars to participate at selected events for ad-hoc, celebrity or R&D entries but
these 2 will not be eligible for Championship points or count towards eligibility for a TBL.
© Janet Wright
December 2013
The Fourth Donington
Historic Festival will take
place from the 3rd to the
5th May 2014. Firmly
established as a major
fixture in the International
calendar, it draws a large
crowd over the Bank
holiday weekend to enjoy
close racing from hundreds
of world class historic
racing cars and a large
number of classic car club
displays.
The 2013 event added an
extra dimension by
celebrating Ayrton Senna,
the World Champion who
won the only modern Grand Prix to be held at Donington
Park in 1993 and expanded to a three day event.
Previous Festivals have held races celebrating the entire
history of modern motorsport, with vintage cars from the
1920s right through to modern Group C sports cars from
the 1980s. It even added Group B Rally cars to the mix,
round the Melbourne loop. Advanced tickets are now
available to purchase - see www.doningtonhistoric.com
© Simon Wright
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Strakka Dome LMP2 Coupe for 2014.
Inaugural Rally Cape Horn.
Covering 3,500 miles of South American countryside, the Rally Cape horn
departed from Buenos Aires in Argentina on the 12th November with an
international field representing Great Britain, Ireland, Belgium, France,
Holland, the United States of America and New Zealand. Organised by the
Endurance Rally Association, the event was split into 3 classes, pre 1941
up to 3000 cc, over 3000cc and pre 1975 classics. Entries from the UK in
the up to 3000 cc class were Nicholas and Barbara Phillips in a 1932 Alvis
Speed 20, Nigel Gambier and Hugo Upton in a 1934 Lagonda T7 and
Penny and Geoffrey Rawlings in a 1934 Talbot AV 105. In the over
3000cc class, David and Sadie Williams were driving a 1938 Chevrolet
Fangio Coupe. There are also three Ford Model A cars entered with
British crews along with a 4.5 litre Bentley of Martin and Olivia Hunt.
From Argentina, the rally will head southwards across the Andes to Chile
and Santiago and will zig zag between the two countries before arriving in
Ushuasia in Argentina for the finish. for more information visit the
Strakka Racing, based at Silverstone, have arranged a long
term sports car partnership with Dome, the Japanese race
car constructor. The two firms are working together to
develop and race a brand new cost capped LMP2 coupe
prototype endurance race car - the Strakka Dome S103. The
first car will be powered by a 4.5 litre Nissan VK45 V8 Petrol
engine and will contest the entire 2014 FIA World Endurance
Championship, subject to selection committee approval.
Dome was established in 1975 by Minoru Hayashi and is
based in Maibara, Shiga Perfecture in Japan. The first Dome
sports car made its Le Mans debut in 1979. Strakka have
competed at Le Mans for the last six years, winning the
LMP2 Trophy and finishing a record 5th overall in 2010.
They also won the LMP1 Privateers award in 2013.
The new cars design promises to be aerodynamically
advanced due to the 50% wind tunnel that Dome have
operated since 2000. Hiroshi Fushida, President of Dome,
was delighted at the team up with Strakka racing to enable
the cutting edge designed S103 to maximise the car's full
potential.
Endurance Rally Association web site at www.endurorally.com.
The 2014 Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show will be held from 14th to 16th November.
For more information on the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show or Classic Motorbike
Show, visit www.necclassicmotorshow.com.
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New Jaguar F Type Coupe Debut
The most dynamically capable,
performance focused production
Jaguar ever. The model made its
World debut on the 19th November
2013 on the eve of the Los Angeles
Auto Show.
The F Type Coupe model line up is
headed by the F-Type R Coupe,
powered by a 5 litre V8
supercharged engine developing
550PS/680Nm. It will accelerate
from 0-60mph in just 4 seconds and
has a top speed of 186 mph
(limited). The range includes the FType S Coupe with a 3 litre
supercharged V6 engine developing
380PS, 0-60 mph in 4.8 seconds
and a top speed of 171 mph and an
F-Type coupe developing 340PS,
0-60 mph in 5.1 seconds and a top
speed of 161 mph.
Photos copyright Jaguar
Rare 1911 Vulcan comes up for Auction.
Having spent the last 28 years parked in the hallway, this rare car
is now up for auction, following the death of its owner. In 1985 he
parked the car in the hallway of his home, with the intention of
admiring it for the day. Over 10,000 days later, the front door was
opened and the car wheeled out and will be auctioned at
Historics at Brooklands on Saturday 30th November.
This is a very rare 15.9 HP 4 cylinder 2 litre Vulcan two seat
tourer with dicky seat. It is thought that there are less than 10
remaining in the World. It was manufactured at Vulcan Motor and
Engineering in Southport, Merseyside, which was formed in 1902
by Thomas and Joseph Hampson. It is estimated that the car
should sell for between £27,000 and £33,000.
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BTCC change boost adjustment rules.
Teams at a recent meeting voted to keep the current lap
time/Boost adjustment calculation for next year. However
there will be a substantial reduction in the amount of
boost increase compared to this year. In the near future,
the same sub-group from the teams will determine the
percentage amount of reduction. Competitors will also
only be allowed to remain on maximum boost increase
for a total of 3 successive events.
© Simon Wright
The new 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray made an
appearance at the Classic Motor Show on the Corvette
club stand which had an example of every model of
Corvette from the C1 to the new C7
C4R-FEST returns for
2014.
Chris Evans has confirmed that the
two car-fest motoring festivals will
return again in 2014 in the same
format as this year.Car-Fest North will be held at Oulton Park on the 1st
to 3rd of August 2014 and three weeks later Car-Fest South will take
place at Leverstoke Park Farm, near Basingstoke in Hampshire on the
22nd to 24th August 2014. Advanced tickets will go on sale from the 13th
November 2013.
As well as cars, the festivals celebrate food and music with many top
bands performing at previous events. For 2014, Erasure and Seasick
Steve have been added to the musical line up.
The first Car-Fest events were held in 2012 and the four events held so
far have seen more than 200,000 visitors enjoy these fantastic events,
and have raised over £2 million for the BBC Children in Need charity.
For more information visit the official CarFest website at www.carfest.org
© Janet Wright
© Simon Wright
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© Simon Wright
Vintage Adventurer sets new World record in crossing America.
The second attempt by the Vintage Adventurer Rob Wade, to cross America non-stop from
ocean to ocean in under 60 hours in a Ford Model A has proved to be successful. A new World
record has been set for a pre-war car crossing the continent from New York to Los Angeles in
50 hours 20 minutes and 6 seconds.
American photos courtesy of Andrea Seed.
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Nissan BladeGlider
Bearing a slight resemblance to the Delta wing
racing car, this prototype of a new production
Electric Vehicle from Nissan was developed
with form following function. The three seater
design will give the driver a racing car style
driving position in the middle of the vehicle,
while giving the two rear passengers a unique
forward view of the journey.
The project was led by Francois Bancon, the
division general manager of Product strategy
and Product planning and started with a clean
sheet of paper. The narrow front track
fundamentally changes the basic design of the
motor car since its earliest days and allows for
the stunning sweeping design to achieve a low
drag factor which generates ground hugging
downforce.
The car shares many engineering values from
the Nissan Leaf, the best selling Electric
Vehicle in history, and the Nissan ZEOD RC
which is due to make its debut at the 2014 Le Mans 24 hours race in France.
The narrow 1 metre light weight front track and the wider rear track reduces drag and enhances manoeuvrability, assisted by a
30/70 front/rear weight distribution allow for high G cornering
and the light weight carbon fibre underbody reduces the
need for drag inducing rear wings to assist with cornering.
When it becomes a production vehicle, it could be the first
Nissan to use in-wheel electric motors which would provide
rear wheel propulsion with independent motor management
to improve traction. Using the same lithium-ion battery
technology that is used in the Nissan Leaf, the batteries are
mounted low and towards the rear to enhance stability and
handling.
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Syd Fox
1931 - 20th October 2013.
Former Formula Ford legend and senior race instructor at Brands Hatch has died as a result of cancer.
Born in Upper Norwood, South London, he began motor racing in 1960 and enjoyed a successful national racing career before
retiring in 1983.
He raced various sports cars during the early sixties starting with a Lola Mk1 in 1962 and 1963 with a 2nd place finish at the
Whitsun trophy, Goodwood. In 1964 he did several races in a Lotus 23 without any success and in 1966 got a drive in a Lola T70
at the Guards Trophy Race. In 1967 he tried a couple of major sports car races at Monza and Spa but failed to finish either event.
He also drove a Sports 2000 Lola T492 at Brands Hatch in the 1980 World Championship 6 Hours of Brands Hatch race, where
he shared the car with Mike Ford and they finished 17th.
His main success was in Formula Ford where he was BARC Formula Ford 1600 champion in 1972 driving a Hawke DL9 and took
race wins at Cadwell Park, Brands Hatch and Thruxton. In 1973 and 1974 he tried Formula Atlantic, driving a Huron SS0 A2 but
had no success. He won again in Formula Ford at Mallory Park in 1973 in a Hawke DL10 and took another race victory in 1974 at
Mallory Park in a Hawke DL11 and clinched the 1974 MCD/BRSCC (Star of Tomorrow) Formula Ford 1600 championship of 1974
winning the final round that year at Brands Hatch.
Syd also drove in Formula Ford 2000 winning a round of the British Formula Ford 2000 championship at Mallory Park in 1975 at
the wheel of a Palliser P742 and again at Brands Hatch, Oulton Park (twice), Snetterton (twice) and Mallory Park in the same car
in 1978 to win the MCD Allied Polymer/Lord Taverner's Championship.
Beside his great success in single seaters, he also managed some wins in Saloons, being particularly successful at the Willhire
24 Hours race at Snetterton. His first victory in the 24 Hours was in 1980 as part of a multi car relay team using the Opel
Commodore GS/E 2.8. He managed to repeat the victory the following year, again as part of a multi car relay team in the
Commodore GS/E.
Despite being on the wrong side of 80, he was re-united with his 1970 Macon Formula Ford car for a private test at Brands Hatch
last year where he was able to drive the car round the circuit where he had raced many times in the past. This year (2013) he was
given the chance to drive Iain Rowley's Delta Formula Ford 2000 car at Silverstone in what was his last drive in a racing car
before he was diagnosed with incurable cancer.
To his family and friends we offer our sincere condolences.
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© Pete Austin
Bev Bond
8th July 1938 – 22nd November 2013
Last year at the HSCC
© Pete Austin
Finals meeting at
Silverstone Bev Bond
presented a cheque
for £1250 to the
Dorset Cancer Care
Centre, he then went
on to race a Formula
3 March in the Classic
Racing Cars event.
Bev had been
undergoing treatment
for the cancer he had
been diagnosed with,
but, after a brave battle sadly succumbed to the illness on 22nd November 2013.
It is only over the last three years that I have come to know Bev as a person but he
first came to my attention during the F3 ‘screamer’ era. However, as with many
drivers, his career started by racing karts before moving on to Formula 3. Starting
off with a Cooper he graduated to a Brabham BT21B in 1968 and became quite
successful in that year and into the first half of 1969. He was then spotted by Colin Chapman who signed him up, initially with Lotus
Components and then the full works Gold Leaf Team Lotus with the Lotus 59.
Things really took off in the final heady 1.0 litre ‘screamer’ F3 season of 1970 when he
© Pete Austin
finished third in the Forward Trust F3 Championship behind Carlos Pace and team mate
Dave Walker. Perhaps his most famous victory was at Oulton Park where he narrowly beat
James Hunt and Tony Trimmer to the flag to lift the British Empire Trophy.
He continued with some success into the new 1600cc Formula 3 in 1971 with the Ensign
team until halfway through the season when he left to drive his own March.
He also competed in other categories including a one off drive in the F5000 4wd Hepworth at
Oulton Park in 1969. He became associated with Harry Stiller in the early seventies driving a
GRD in 1973 and a March in 1974 in the Formula Atlantic series. He also managed Stiller’s
Hesketh F1 for Alan Jones first foray into Grand Prix racing in 1975.
Always cheerful and positive he will be missed by the racing fraternity. Classic and
Competition Car offers its sincerest sympathies.
Donations can be made to Poole Hospital Charity for the Dorset Cancer Care Centre.
By Pete Austin
December 2013
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© Janet Wright
Gethin races at the Walter Hayes.
Nick Gethin,son of former Grand Prix winner Peter
Gethin, raced in the Historic class of the Walter
Hayes Trophy meeting driving a Lola T200. He only
started racing after sitting in his fathers Formula 5000
McLaren M10B at the Silverstone Classic Media day
last year. He obtained his license and has competed
this year in the HSCC Historic Formula Ford 2000
championship, driving a Royale RP27. His best result
came at Snetterton where he finished 6th and he
came 9th overall in the Championship.
For the Walter Hayes Trophy meeting he was drawn
in Heat 2, and qualified 15th overall, just behind
Matthew Wood, the other Historic car in the heat. He
finished 14th overall, behind Wood in 12th. This put
him in to the Last Chance race, near the back of the
grid. He finished 28th overall and 9th in class which
placed him on the seventh row of the grid for the
Historic and Classic final. He had a good battle in the
race with Stephen Mawhinney for the first part of the
race and finished 10th.
© Simon Wright
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Lola T400 - Andrew Higgins
Though teams at the time felt the advances over the T332 model (in particular to the suspension geometry) were a bridge too far, Higgins - who has raced Formula
Fords, Formula Pacific and Toyota Racing Series single-seaters - says that once unlocked there is a lot of potential in the car.
"They've got some downforce, but not a huge amount, and they stop and corner well."
Prepared by FAST COMPANY of behalf of the New Zealand Formula 5000 Association www.F5000.co.nz
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© Fast Company/Alex Mitchell
At 32-years-of-age Andrew Higgins missed out on the thrill of watching the V8-powered Formula 5000 single-seaters thundering round local tracks first time around. But
having watched the resurgence of interest in the cars thanks to the MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival series he resolved not to miss out on the action a second time.
Impressed by the speed and style of visiting British driver Michael Lyons in his Lola T400, Andrew and his father Paul went looking for one of their own. As luck would
have it they managed to turn up the sister car to Lyon's in Germany.
The two cars were originally bought in 1975 by the US-based Val Parnelli Jones racing team. When they proved no quicker (not to mention harder to set up) than the
Lola T332s the team was already running, the two T400s were consigned to a back corner of the team's garage and used for spares.
Team driver Al Unser did race the Higgins car at Mosport in Canada once - albeit only after crashing his T332 - but that was it and the two team T400s were eventually
sold to an American enthusiast in 1989 with the Higgins' car being on-sold to German man Peter Kormann in 1998, in whose hands it stayed until Higgins made an offer
on it. "It was probably the most original, low-mileage 5000 for sale at that time," says Higgins. "It had done three race meetings in its life when we bought it.'
Since then the self-employed Auckland sign-writer has spent the past three years developing it into a race-winning car, enjoying success with it here, in Australia and the
UK.
Team USA returns to Walter Hayes Trophy.
The Americans returned to the
Walter Hayes Trophy with a two
car team for Joey Bickers in a Ray
GR12 and Jake Eidson in a Ray
GR08/09. The event got off to a
bad start for Bickers who qualified
2nd fastest only to crash out in
Heat 1 causing the race to be red
flagged. Eidson was fastest in
qualifying for Heat 2 but was
beaten in to 2nd place by Scott
Malvern.
Bickers started near the back of
the grid in the Progression race
and fought through the field to
finish 4th. This got him through to
the Last Chance race, again
almost at the back of the grid of the
32 car field. He managed to work
his way up to 12th by the finish.
Eidson was on the second row for
the first semi final and again
finished 2nd to Scott Malvern.
Bickers had made it through to the
second semi final, again near the
Joey Bickers
back of the grid and fought through
to 10th by the finish. This put him on the tenth row of the grid for the Grand
Final, while Eidson was on the second row. While trying to get in to 2nd
place, Eidson spun and ended up finishing 7th, while Bickers could only
manage 26th overall.
© Janet Wright
Vintage Racecar/Roadcar 1st Touring Assembly
Sunday 6th April 2014 will see the first Vintage Racecar/
Vintage Roadcar Touring Assembly, Trains, Boats and Planes
event take place. A 100 mile tour of the Buckinghamshire and
Northamptonshire countryside will start from the
Buckinghamshire Railway Centre at Quainton at around
9:30am. The tour is open to 50 vehicles which should have
been registered before 2000 and will proceed to Braunston
Marina and then Sywell Aerodrome where there will be stops
for a break and photos. The Tour will finish at Turweston
Aerodrome where a prize giving event will take place in the
Conference centre. There will be various categories of prizes
including Oldest competing car, best period dressed
occupants, most interesting vehicle to name but a few.
The first car away will be the 2013 Peking to Paris Rally
winners Phil Garratt and Kieron Brown in their 1937 Chevy
Fangio Coupe.
For further details please e-mail [email protected]
© Simon Wright
Jake Eidson
Peking to Paris winning
1937 Chevy Fangio Coupe
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© Simon Wright
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Bugatti premiere
the Legend
"Meo Costantini"
The third model in the
six part edition "Les
Legendes de Bugatti" is dedicated to Meo Costantini, two
times winner of the Targa Florio and a close friend of the
company founder Ettore Bugatti. It was launched at the
Dubai International Motor Show (5th-9th November 2013)
and is based on the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport
Vitesse. The body of the Vitesse Legend "Meo Costantini" is
built mainly from Carbon Fibre, while the wings, doors and
parts of the car exterior are rendered in aluminium which is
hand polished and coated with a clear lacquer. The blue
paintwork on the carbon fibre parts references France's
classic racing colour as used on the Type 35. There are
elaborate laser engravings on the interior of the doors to
illustrate the 1920's World of Motorsport. Under the rear wing/air
brake is a silhouette of the historic Targa Florio road course in tribute
to his two victories on the event. Finally, his signature is laser
engraved in to the aluminium tank and oil caps. The 8 litre W16
engine can accelerate from 0-62 mph in just 2.6 seconds and has
achieved a speed of 253 mph with the roof down making it the
fastest production roadster ever built. Only 3 will be built and sold at
a price of €2.09 million, excluding taxes and transport.
Meo Costantini was the lead driver in the Bugatti works racing team
for many years, winning the Targa Florio twice in a Bugatti Type 35.
Bartolomeo Costantini was born in Italy in 1889 and was head of the
Bugatti racing team for 8 years. He first got involved in modifying a
Bugatti Type 13 just after the 1st World war, which he raced in
1920-21. This brought him to the attention of Ettore Bugatti and he
became a member of the Bugatti factory team. In 1925 he won the
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Targa Florio as a member of the factory team, and in 1926 he won it again, and also won the Spanish Grand Prix and the Grand
Prix of Milan and took 2nd place at Monza. Shortly after this period, he ended his racing career in order to manage the Bugatti
Factory racing team, a post he held from 1927 to 1935. He finally retired from Bugatti in 1937.
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Britain's first International race winner
heads London to Brighton Veteran Car
run. 3rd November 2013.
The longest running motoring event is the London to
Brighton Veteran Car Run, which commemorates the
original Emancipation run of November 1896. With an entry
of nearly 400 vehicles all dating back to before 1905, the
entry this year was headed by a trio of legendary racing
Napier's, recreating the pioneering British team that
contested the famous Gordon Bennett Cup held at the start
of the last century. The lead car was the 6.5 litre Napier
The three Napier's line up for the start
that won the 1902 race between Paris and Innsbruck driven by S.F. Edge, the first
British car to win an international motor race. Its olive green bodywork was the
origin of British Racing Green.The other two Napier's had competed in the
Gordon Bennett Cup races in 1903 and 1904, one powered by a 7.7 litre engine
and the other with a more powerful 11.1 litre engine.
Other interesting vehicles on this years run included the 1901 electric powered
Waverley, built in Indianapolis, USA and driven on this event by Michael Ward,
Managing Director of Harrods.
After flagging off the early starters, Sir Ray Tindle set off on his 50th journey to
Brighton in a single cylinder 1904 Speedwell Dogcart.
The event is not a race, but for the first time, this year saw a competitive section
added, with a Regularity test where competitors had to average a precise speed
between two controls. The winner of this first event was the 1902 Mors of Philip
Oldman.
The first car to reach the ceremonial finish on Madeira Drive was the 1902
Darracq of Alan White. By the 4:30pm deadline, a total of 341 cars had completed
the 60 mile journey from Hyde Park, out of the 385 starters.
Michael Ward 1901 Electric powered Waverley
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75th Anniversary of Nuvolari’s
victory remembered at Donington
By Pete Austin
On October 22nd 1938 Tazio
Nuvolari, driving for the “Silver
Arrows” Auto Union team won the
4th Donington Grand Prix.
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John Baillie, who is writing a book about
pre-war racing at Donington, has had a plaque made to
commemorate the 75th anniversary of this victory. This
was the second successive victory for Auto Union in this
event with Bernd Rosemeyer taking the honours in 1937.
The plaque, which is sponsored by Eberhard watches, will
be placed on the wall of the current circuit offices,
formerly the Coppice Farmhouse which was adjacent to
the original line of the track.
Wheeled out from the Donington Collection for the occasion was the
Maserati 8CM which was Nuvolari’s personal car in 1934 and driven
by him to victories in Belgium, Montenero and Nice together with a
second place in Spain.
Among those present at the unveiling of the plaque on November
12th 2013 were circuit owner Kevin Wheatcroft, Chris Tate (Managing
Director of Donington), Terry Cordy (Eberhard Watches), Vi Selby
who has marshalled at the circuit since its reopening in 1977 and
Mike Jiggle (Vintage Racecar).
It was also a pleasure to meet Debbie Rae who is the great
granddaughter of John Gillies Shields who owned Donington Hall
when the track first opened and she used to live in the building which
is now the circuit office.
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Walter Hayes Trophy. Silverstone
2nd & 3rd November 2013.
By Simon & Janet Wright
with additional photos by Pete Austin.
The high-light of the Formula Ford year, the thirteenth
running of the Walter Hayes Trophy, is the premier
Formula Ford event which draws a massive entry of
over one hundred cars to compete for the prestigious
Walter Hayes Trophy. The trophy commemorates
Walter Hayes who joined Ford in 1961 in their Public
Relations department to add sparkle to the family car
manufacturer. He was responsible for Ford taking on
Richard Tarling Van Diemen RF80 won the Historic & Classic Final
Ferrari at the Le Mans 24 Hours, which created the
Ford GT40. His next achievement was to introduce Ford to Cosworth who went on to create the Ford Cosworth DFV Grand Prix
engine, the most successful customer Grand Prix engine ever built. Hayes went on to become Vice President of Ford of Europe
and America. He passed away on December 26th 2000.
The entry was split in to 6 heats which were run on Saturday, with the first 9 finishers moving in to one of the semi-finals, while the
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opportunity to make the semi finals in the last chance race. From the
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two semi finals,
the top eighteen
would take part
in the final.
It was Scott
Malvern who
was making a
return to
Formula Ford
for this event,
who dominated
the meeting. He
won his heat,
the semi final
and Grand Final Kevin O'Hara Van Diemen RF10 won the 2nd semi final and finished 3rd
Scott Malvern Spectrum winner of the Walter Hayes Trophy
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from start to finish. Even though the final was disrupted with a red
flag after a multi car accident at Copse corner, Malvern led again
from the restart, pulling away from the battling pack behind him, to
win by 8.6 seconds at the flag. The former 2011 Formula Ford GB
champion and 2012 Protyre Formula Renault champion was making
his debut at the Walter Hayes Trophy meeting after a frustrating
year where he has been unable to find the sponsorship to allow him
to progress from his Formula Renault championship of last year. His
victory in the Kevin Mills Racing Spectrum has added to his
successes on his CV, which also included the 2011 Formula Ford
Festival.
Second place went to Oliver White in a Van Dieman RF01, the Heat
1 winner, who just managed to keep ahead of Kevin O'Hara driving
a Van Dieman RF10 in the final.
Team USA returned to try and repeat last years victory by Tristan
Nunez, this year bring Joey Bickers in a Ray GR12 and Jake Eidson
Joey Foster Ray GR10 leads Jake Eidson Ray GR08/09 in the semi final
in a Ray GR08/09 to drive the Cliff Dempsey Racing
prepared cars. Unfortunately for Bickers, who was in the
middle of the action in Heat 1, he had a brush with another
car, hit the wall and ended up stranded in the middle of the
circuit as the rest of the pack swarmed around him. Heat 2
saw Jake Eidson on pole position and after battling far more
experienced drivers, he managed to still finish 2nd in the
heat to Scott Malvern.
Saturday was heats day, and it started damp and foggy, but
by the time the heats started, just before lunch, the weather
was improving. The first heat was red flagged after an
accident involving American Joey Bickers. From the restart
Oliver White in a Van Dieman RF01 went on to win, though
he was pushed all the way by Chris Middlehurst in a Ray
GR08/09. Heat 2 saw American Jake Eidson on pole for
Team USA, but had experienced Peter Dempsey in a Swift
SC92F next to him, and while they battled together, Scott
Malvern in the Spectrum went through to the lead and won
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Oliver White Van Diemen RF01 won the first
heat and finished 2nd
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the race by 1.481 seconds from the American. Heat 3 proved
to be a little controversial when Wayne Boyd took an easy
win, only to be disqualified at post race scrutineering when
lead ballast was found in the nose cone of the car. This
handed victory to Michael Moyers in a Spectrum 011C from
Abdul Ahmed in a Van Dieman RF89. Heat 4 was a battle
between Stephen Daly in a Ray GR11 and Kevin O'Hara in a
Van Diemen RF10 and that was how they finished. Heat 5
saw GT racer and Porsche specialist Nick Tandy trying his
hand at Formula Ford, and while he was beaten to Pole
position by Niall Murray in a Van Diemen RF99, it din't take
Tandy long to get his Van Diemen RF92 in front and he led the
entire race to take a very close win from Ben Mitchell in
Nick Tandy Van Diemen RF92 won his heat
another Van Diemen RF99 with Murray finishing in 3rd place.
Heat 6 took place almost in the dark, with 3 times winner Joey
Foster on Pole position driving a Ray GR10 which he took to an easy heat victory from David McArthur in a Van Diemen LA10.
Sunday started with the second chance races giving
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drivers who had not achieved suitable results in the
heats to have another chance to make the semi finals.
The Progression race was stopped by a red flag after
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Heat 3 Stuart Jones Van Diemen RF05 runs wide with Stephen Mawhinney Crossle 32F
a first lap accident at Copse corner took out 4 cars, leaving Steve
Chapman and Tom Stoten stuck on the circuit after Steve Hare had spun in
the middle of the pack and collected various other cars in the accident. Five
cars failed to take the restart. Wayne Boyd, who had been disqualified from
his heat and started 25th in the progression race, made short work of the
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Michael Vergers Van Diemen RF78 leads Lloyd Hopes in the Historic Final
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field after the restart and was in the lead
after just 2 laps, winning by 12 seconds.
This put Boyd on the 16th row of the
Last Chance race and again he was
carving his way through the field before
he made contact with another car and he
was out. The race was red flagged with
three other cars also out. The restart
saw Adam Higgins take the win in his
Van Diemen JL12K from Neil Tofts in a
Mygale SJ08.
The Semi finals both had excellent
drivers in each race with Scott Malvern
Adam Higgins Van Diemen JL 12K had seen better days in Heat 3 where he finished 10th
having pole position for Semi Final 1. Nick Tandy made a good start but Malvern was not headed by the time they reached Copse
corner and he disappeared in to the distance to win by 2.619 seconds. Joey Foster was in 2nd place to start but was soon passed
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chequered flag. Nick Tandy suffered brake problems and collided with Luke
Cooper on lap 4 and eventually retired himself on lap 8.
Semi final 2 saw the other half of the remaining competitors in action, with
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Oliver White in Pole
position. This race
was also red
flagged because of
oil on the track and
several cars then
leaving the track
and seven of them
not making the
restart. The first
'race' had seen
Dan Fox PRS 81F finished 9th in the Historic & Classic final
White ahead, but
from the restart O'Hare got in front and the two pulled clear of the chasing
pack, but White could not get the lead and O'Hare won from White, with
Ben Norton in his Spectrum finished 3rd.
Wayne Boyd won the Progression race in his Van Diemen RF02
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Heat 1 mid-field battle with Joe Porter Van Diemen 92 leading Justin Johns Ray GRS10 and Richard Tarling Van Diemen RF80 before the Red Flag
The Grand Final saw Malvern shoot in to the lead with O'Hara chasing hard. The race was then red flagged when Ben Norton
took Foster off at Copse and the track was littered with racing cars. Five cars failed to make the restart, though Foster did manage
to come out again thanks to a plentiful supply of grey tape! Malvern again made the most of the restart and pulled away in the
lead, leaving O'Hara in a battle with Eidson for 2nd place. Middlehurst then joined this battle with them coming through
Brooklands 3 abreast in to Luffield. They were slowing themselves up, and White joined in the fun, followed not long after by
Mitchell. Foster was also closing in on this battle, having carved his way through the rest of the field after starting at the back on
the restart. This let Malvern pull out an impressive lead to win by 8.662 seconds. Eidson tried to get through to 2nd but ending up
spinning off and loosing several places. Foster was now in 5th place and soon passed Middlehurst for 4th but he ran out of laps to
progress any further. O'Hara finished 3rd behind White and Eidson ended up in 7th place. Malvern also set the fastest lap of the
race.
The Historic and Classic Formula Ford cars had competed in each heat along with the newer cars, and in many cases had
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acquitted themselves well in the overall standings. The first heat saw Richard
Tarling win the Historic class driving a Van Diemen RF80 to 8th overall. Heat 2
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Matthew Wood in a Van
Diemen RF79 and Heat 3
saw Mark Draghicescu
driving a Merlyn Mk20a
finish 8th overall and 1st
in the Historic class. 13th
overall in Heat 4 was good
enough for Simon
Jackson in a Javelin JL5
Sam Mitchell Merlyn Mk20A finished 2nd in the Historic & Classic final
Mark Austin Reynard FF88
in Heat 6
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to be first historic
home. Heat 5 was
won by Dan Fox in
a PRS 81F in 10th
overall while the
final historic heat
winner was
dutchman Michael
Vergers in a Van
Diemen RF78 in
9th. Andy Powell in
Neil Tofts in the Mygale SJ08 in Heat 4
a Royale RP26 was
first Historic home in the Progression race in 12th overall and Simon Toyne
in a Lola T200 in 14th was the first Historic in the Last Chance race.
Michael Vergers was the only Historic class car in the first semi final but
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retired while Richard Tarling, Mark Draghicescu and Simon Toyne finished
Saturday Open Wheel race Winner Nick Padmore March 783 battled with
Richard Evans March 742 on the wet track
21st,22nd and 23rd in the 2nd semi final race. The Historic and Classic cars
then competed in their own final 12 lap race with final victory going to Richard Tarling in his Van Diemen RF80 by only 0.077 of a
second from Sam Mitchell 2nd in a Merlyn Mk20A and Simon Toyne in 3rd in his Lola T200 while Michael Vergers set the fastest
lap in his Van Diemen RF78 on his way to 5th place.
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Wheel race on each day. These were pretty much anything goes for the
last race of the season. © Simon Wright
In the Saturday Open
Wheel race, Nick
Padmore was an easy
winner in his Formula 3
March 783, lapping the
entire field. Matthew
Dunne in a Royale RP27
was 2nd and Andrew
Huxtable in a Chevron
B34 was 3rd. The Closed
Wheel race saw Mark
Iain McBay slides his Davrian Mk8 through Brooklands in the
Closed Wheel winner Mark Williams Vogue SP2 lapped the entire field Wiliams another easy
Saturday Closed Wheel race on his way to 13th place.
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HSCC Closed Wheel race had a varied field including this DKW F12 of Tim Bishop and the
red Crossle 9S of Bob Yarwood
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Mike Roberts Lola EX257 won the Sunday Allcomer Closed Wheel Scratch race
winner by over a lap in his Vogue SP2. Michael Williams was 2nd in a Chevron B8 and Myles Castaldini was 3rd in a Davrian Mk8.
The Sunday Allcomers Closed Wheel Scratch race saw a much closer race than the Saturday event. Mike Roberts in the Lola
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Andy Cummins in
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4 seconds back in
a Radical SR3.
The Open Wheel
Scratch race also
proved a more
challenging race
than the Saturday
event. Mark Dwyer
driving a Formula 2
March 742 took a
Paul Wighton qualified 3rd in his Ralt RT3 but failed to take the restart in the
close fought win by
Saturday Open Wheel race
just 0.324 of a second from Mark Harrison in a Dallara F306 with Ray
Rowan a distant 3rd in another Dallara F306.
Allcomers Open Wheel race winner Mark Dwyer in his March 742
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Bonded Warehouse Open Weekend, Stourbridge.
The Clyno, built in nearby Wolverhampton
By Simon & Janet Wright.
The annual Open Weekend at the Bonded Warehouse drew a large
gathering of narrowboats to the canal basin in the centre of
Stourbridge, in the West Midlands. It also has a display of classic
cars, which this year seemed a little smaller than previous years. The
West Midlands has been home for many of the great British motor
manufacturers and many were represented at the meeting. At the
entrance to the Bonded warehouse is a section of cobbled street to
complement the original Bonded Warehouse building. To match the
period setting, the three vintage vehicles present were parked on the
side of the cobbled street. A 1925 Ford Model T Tudor saloon was
followed by a couple of local built cars , a Clyno built in
Wolverhampton and a Bean Twelve, from just a few miles away at
Tipton, in the Black Country. As you entered the rest of the open day
area, Morris had pride of place, fitting for their centenary
year, with several Morris vehicles on display near the
entrance. These included the classic Morris Minor 1000, a
Morris 1800 and a more unusual Morris Six.
The BMC range was represented by various Morris and
Austin cars, plus Triumph, MG and there was a fine
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example of a
Wolseley 1100
Mk II
Automatic,
which was a
perfect
example of
BMC badge
engineering at
its finest,
taking the
basic Austin
A fine example of a Morris Six, celebrating 100 years of Morris cars
Wolseley 1100 Automatic Mk II 1100 and
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Wolseley 1100
building various trim and engine levels and calling them
different brands including Austin, Morris, MG, Riley,
Vanden Plas and Wolseley. The Wolseley version was
introduced in 1965 and the MkII was built from 1967 to
1971, this being a 1968 model finished in Glen Green and
was one of the last Wolseley 1100 models built, as the
Wolseley was fitted with the larger 1300 cc engine and
twin carburettors only after 1968, but the automatic version
was fitted with the original 1098cc engine and a single
Carburettor. A total of 17,397 were built of the Wolseley
1100 between 1965 and 1968. The car was a replacement
for the older model Wolseley 1500, which again was also
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marketed as a Riley 1.5
There was a fine example of an early 1964 Ford Corsair Police car finished in white, complete with blue roof light. Powered by a 60
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bhp 1498cc Kent engine, the Corsair shared many components with the Ford
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not one of Fords most
popular models, even
when later versions were
fitted with first a 1.6 litre
V4 engine and then a 2
litre V4 engine. In total
310,000 were built
between 1964 and 1970,
when it was replaced by
the new Ford Cortina
Mk3. Moving further
afield was an ex-Eastern
Bloc Trabant 601S in a
Ford Corsair Police Car
lurid lime green colour
Trabant 601S
and proudly proclaiming its East German heritage. This was the communist
equivalent to the West German peoples car, the VW Beetle, a cheap, reliable car that was
affordable and easy to maintain. It was front wheel drive and powered by a 600cc two
stroke engine. The S version was the up market Sonderwunsch (Special edition) model.
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MG TF
Triumph Spitfire, Ford Corsair and MG C GT
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Morris Minor
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Ford Model T
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Top left: Triumph Thunderbird Top right Austin A40 Above Daimler
2.5 middle MG C GT, Hillman Minx and Bean Twelve.
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VSCC Cotswold Trial
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Phillip Tillyard Frazer Nash Super Sports
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The VSCC Cotswold Trial.
23rd November 2013.
By Simon & Janet Wright.
The final event of the VSCC Trialing season
for the past eight years, the Cotswold trial has
established itself as the fitting finale, based
around the Prescott Hill climb venue. The four
morning sections were held on various nearby
hills before the competitors return to Prescott
for the final four sections, held in front of a
large and enthusiastic crowd of spectators.
A capacity entry of cars and crews had
entered the event, with 19 competitors in the
novice class, eligible for the Cotswold Cup.
Although the event takes place largely at
Prescott, the Tarmac hill climb course is only
used in part as a service road. The actual
competition takes place on the grassy slopes
of the orchard and members car parks. As the
cars arrived back at Prescott around lunch
Jo Blakeney Edwards and Sue Darbyshire Austin 7 Ulster winners of the Cotswold Cup
time, the early runners had a distinct advantage as the slopes
were relatively green, and most of the early arrivals managed to
get to the top of the first two sections with relative ease.
However, as the afternoon progressed, the track became very
muddy and slippery, meaning a lot of the competitors failed to
reach the top of the sections, getting stuck in the muddy
conditions even if their passengers were vigerously bouncing to
try and gain traction.
Very experienced racer and hill climb driver Jo Blakeney
Edwards, who usually passengers for her husband Simon, this
year was driving the Austin 7 Ulster with her track rival and
friend Sue Darbyshire along side her, for her first VSCC Trial.
The crew proved to be unbeatable in the Novice class, winning
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the Cotswold Cup by 26 points from Emma Wall in another
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Austin 7. Their
score would have
won them a top
award in the more
experienced class.
The Austin 7
proved to be a
very popular
choice of vehicle
for Trialing, with a
large number of
variations entered.
The overall winner
of the event was
Matt Johnston in a
Charles Knill-Jones Bugatti T13 1st in class
1928 Austin 7
Special who only dropped 2 points all day, to win the Harold Powell Cup
David Baker Amilcar CGSS
for the overall winner and also took the Inderwick Cup for the best vintage car.
Prescott is run by the Bugatti Owners Club, and their honour was upheld by Charles Knill-Jones who won the Short Wheelbase
Standard Cars class in his Bugatti T13, followed by a Bugatti 1-2 in class by Charles Gillett in another Bugatti Brescia. They were
chased hard
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through the day by
Brandon SmithHillard in his MG
PB 'Cream
Cracker' who
finished third in
class.
First in class
awards also went
to Keith Jones
driving a 1936
Riley 12/4 Special,
Miss Louise
Bunting in a 1919
Keith Dobinson 1930 Austin 7 2nd in class
Christopher Williams Riley Special
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GN Touring, Simon Price in a 1930 Ford Model A Special and Donald Skelton in an Austin 7 Sport.
The Long Wheelbase Standard Cars class belonged to the Ford Model A, the second most popular type of vehicle used, after the
Austin 7. Dennis Bingham won the class in his 1930 Ford Model A from the similar
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car of Marcus Creaser while Dr Jonathan Rose kept warm in his 1930 Ford A
Tudor Saloon to take 3rd in class.
Finally, the Long Wheelbase class was won by Graham White in a 1929 LeaFrancis 12/40 with Paul Jeavons taking a 1st in class award in his 1924 Vauxhall
30-98 Tourer.
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Mike Fountain Riley 9 Trials Special
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Harry Fraser Dodge Four
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Charles Gillett 1923 Bugatti Brescia finished 2nd in
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Geoff Toms Fiat 501S Biposto
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Miss Georgina Monro Riley 9
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Andrew Hadfield Singer Junior
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Toby Sebastian Stapleton Ford Model A failed the steep bank at Prescott
Andrew Howe-Davies Dodge Model 30
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Paul Jeavons 1924 Vauxhall 30-98 Tourer took 1st in Class award
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Archive Photo of the month.
By Pete Austin.
Last month Australian Mark Webber said goodbye to Formula One with a podium finish in the Brazilian Grand Prix following several successful
seasons with the Red Bull team. Fellow Aussie Alan Jones, who was World Champion with the Williams team in 1980, fared less well on his
departure from F1 in 1986 having endured one and a bit difficult seasons with the short lived Haas Grand Prix venture. He is seen here during the
1985 European Grand Prix at Brands Hatch in his Beatrice Lola Hart leading Eddie Cheever in his Alfa Romeo. Jones retired from this race with a
holed radiator
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The Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show.
National Exhibition Centre, near Birmingham.
By Simon & Janet Wright with additional photos by Pete Austin.
The Classic Motor Show continues to grow in both size and stature. This
years 30th anniversary exhibition covered 11 halls (82,000 sqm) with 269
motoring clubs present. The first show 30 years ago in 1984 started with
just 2 halls (17,000sqm) and around 70 clubs present. From such humble
beginnings, the present show drew a record breaking 65,000 visitors over
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needed the time to
be able to view
around 1,500 cars Classic Motor Show Mini Van
and 300 motorcycles on
display plus around 600
trade stands selling
everything the motoring
enthusiast might require
or want.
There were many
celebrations being held
by various car clubs in
honour of milestones
being reached by
Ferrari 328 GTS on the Ferrari Owners Club stand particular manufacturers
or car models. Car clubs from all over the country, representing almost every
manufacturer had displays scattered around the many Halls. The organisers had
done an excellent job of grouping many clubs together or near each other, so that
if there were lots of different car clubs maybe representing a particular model
from a manufacturers range, then all the different clubs for a certain manufacturer
would be grouped together. The club stands were manned by knowledgeable
members, who could discuss the cars on display at some depth. Many of them
were also dressed in period costume to match their vehicles heyday. There were
also many attractive women adding a touch of glamour to the show, similar to
what happened at the modern motor shows of years gone by. One of the main
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high lights of the show
was the hall dedicated to
celebrating the Morris
centenary. Many of the
Morris car clubs had
displays, including many
Morris commercial
vehicles. Each vehicle
had an owners club with
several models on
show, so the Morris
Oxfords were grouped
together on one stand,
then on another would
Morris J Type van
be various types of
Morris Marina. There were also several Morris displays representing a time line
1913 Morris Oxford Light car
of Morris models built over the last century of Morris
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production.
The Sporting Bears charity raised around £41,000 for charity
with its Dream rides, where the public could pay to be taken
on a 10 mile trip in the
Racing legend Barrie Williams on the live stage
classic or super car of their
choice, ranging from an
Austin 7 through to the
latest Lamborghini
Aventador Roadster.
The Wheeler Dealer TV
show live stage drew big
audiences each day as TV
presenter Mike Brewer
interviewed various
celebrities at the show
including Sir Sterling Moss,
Barrie Williams, David Soul
Sporting Bears Dream rides had some spectacular cars available to choose from.
(Hutch from the TV show
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Starsky and Hutch in the 1970s) and other well know drivers and
celebrities
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Lancaster Insurance
put on a fantastic
display on three
different stands, one
featuring the Ford
Gran Torino from the
Starsky and Hutch 70s
TV Show along with
appearances during
the weekend of David
Soul who starred as
Hutch in the hit TV
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series. Another
Austin Mini Cooper S 1960s style
Starsky and Hutch Ford Gran Torino fantastic display was the Lancaster stand that showed four different decades
from the past. The Swinging sixties had a Mini and a charming couple of young ladies in mini skirts. The fifties had an American
diner scene complete with a 1956 Chevrolet Bel-Air and a couple of 1950s © Simon Wright
waitresses.
Sticking with the American 50's scene, there were a lot of classic
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American cars on
show, with plenty
of chrome and
fins. Classic
American
Magazine was
awarding the
Classic American
Car of the Year
with the finalists
all on display on
their stand. The
winner was an
immaculate 1950
Buick belonging to David and Lorraine Carr from Sunderland.
Classic American Car of the year - 1950 Buick
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Held within the Classic Motor show was Silverstone Auctions 2 day sale. Over 85 cars were sold for a massive £2.85 million
inclusive of premium. The star of the auction was a 1965 Aston Martin DB5 which sold for £362,250 with premium, while the exFangio owned 1970 IKA Torino 380S went for £28,175 with premium.
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1965 Aston Martin DB5 went for £362,250
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Ex-Fangio 1970 IKA Torino
380S sold for £28,175
The Classic car of the year, awarded by Classic Cars magazine, Classic
Car Weekly and Practical Classics, was down to a short list of a 1934
Morris Minor, a Rally Hillman Imp, a 1952 Jowett Javelin, a Sunbeam
Alpine and the winner which was a 1961 Austin Morris Mini Mk1
belonging to Jason Field.
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1952 Jowett Javelin
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1961 Austin Morris Mini Mk1 of Jason Field
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Two Ford Escort Mk1 Police cars on the Police Vehicle
Enthusiasts Club - Best Small stand at the show
Car of the Show, the 1931 Rolls Royce
Classic and Sports Car
magazine made several awards
at the show, sponsored by
Lancaster Insurance, including
the Best Small Club stand to
Police Vehicle Enthusiasts Club,
the Best medium club stand to
the Sunbeam Tiger Owner's
Club and the best large display
to the Morris Centenary Display.
There was also the C&SC
Special award to Steve Horton's
1961 Skoda Tudor, Car of the
Show was Julian Bowen's 1931
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Club of the Year
went to the
Jowett Car
Club.
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1961 Skoda Tudor won a special award
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1935 Jowett Weasel on the Jowett Car Club
stand, winners of the Club of the Year award
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Bugatti Owners Club stand
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Motorsport was
well covered at
the show with
the Historic
Sports Car Club
(HSCC), the Vintage Sports
Car Club (VSCC), the Bugatti
Owners Club (BOC)
representing Prescott hill climb
course and the Midland
Automobile Club (MAC)
representing Shelsley Hill
Climb course all with stands.
Most of the other Car Clubs
also managed to get a
competition car or two on their
stands, as the wide variety of
cars that have competed in
motorsport includes almost
every marque ever built.
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Riley 12-4 Special 1935 - VSCC Stand
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North Star Formula Junior 1960-61 HSCC Stand
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Group 5 Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo
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Lotus 25 R4 and 1947 Fiat 1100S Berlinetta Vintage Racecar stand
Replica Zakspeed Group 5 Capri
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Meguiars Club Showcase had taken 16 of the best
classic cars to display on its stand and picked the best
of the best at the show. Each of the 16 cars had won
best in show during the year at various classic car
shows held all over the country. Entries on display
included a 1980 Austin Morris Mini pick-up truck,
1969 Volkswagen Model 344 Karmann Ghia 1600L,
1968 Lamborghini Miura S, 1982 Ferrari 208 GTB
Turbo, 1996 Porsche 993 Carrera 4S and a 1932 Ford
Model B Pickup among others. The winner, which was
announced by Meguiars MD David Evans was the
1960 Jaguar XK150 of William Baldwin.
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Aston Martin DBS V8
'OGLE" 1972
3 seater coupe designed
concept car paid for by
tobacco company so it could
be known as the Sotheby
Special. based on a DBS V8
Chassis and fitted with a
fibreglass body and a
complete glass roof
supported by a strong
tubular metal frame. The
whole rear panel is made of
a single sheet of brushed
stainless steel with 22 holes
for the rear lamps and
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braking lamps. The harder
the driver braked, the more lights were illuminated. This is one of only two hand built and cost £28,750, three times the price of a standard DBS V8 car.
Porsche Dealer challenge. - As part of the 50th celebration for the 911, Porsche GB challenged 30 Porsche centres around the country to find
and restore a classic 911. 15 centres took up the challenge and the overall winners were the Porsche Centre in Sutton Coldfield, just up the road from
the NEC. The winning car was displayed on the Porsche Club GB stand at the Classic Motor Show. When they bought the car, it was rusty, had flat
tyres and the engine was in desperate need of a rebuild. Shorade Accident repair in Cannock is the Porsche approved repair centre for the area and
they were used to repair the damaged bodywork. The cars had to be finished by the 15th September and they were all invited to the Porsche
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to decide the winner. There
were 4 prizes. Cambridge won
the Best display for the best
display of their car, Leicester
won the prize for the marketing
and PR segment, while
Tunbridge won for the best
actual restoration of the car,
while Sutton Coldfield won best
overall. The winning teams win
a trip to Stuttgart and the
Overall winners get a trip to the
Porsche ice-driving centre in
Finland, North of the Arctic
circle.
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Maserati celebrate the Quattroporte
To celebrate 50 years of the Quattroporte, the Maserati Club
had the six versions of the car on their stand at the show. The
oldest car on the stand was a 1968 Quattroporte 1 series II
designed by Frua and was one of only 510 produced between
1963 and 1969. the 4.1 litre V8 engine produces 290 BHP at
5500rpm, giving a top speed of 145 mph with a 0-60 mph time of
just 6.9 seconds, not bad for a luxury saloon with a full leather
interior, air conditioning, electric windows and a heated rear
window.
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Each day of
the show at
12 noon, the
Triumph TS2,
prototype for
the TR2 was
unveiled, just
as it was 60
years ago at
the original
Motor Show
Fab 4 vehicles.
Four cars that once belonged to the members of the Beatles were
reunited at the Classic Motor Show. John, Paul, George and Ringo were
able to indulge their passion for cars as their fame and fortune grew.
They had many cars including E-Type Jaguars, Mini Coopers and even a
Hispano-Suiza limousine. The display at the show concentrated on four
GT cars that they owned.
A 1968 Iso Fidia belonged to John Lennon, one of two that he owned. He
purchased it at the 1967 Earls Court Motor Show for £6150.
The 1966 Aston Martin DB6 belonged to Paul McCartney and has been
completely restored by Aston Martin.The cars reel to reel tape recorder
was removed and placed in secure storage as part of the restoration
process. It was on this tape recorder that he began to piece together
'Hey Jude' while visiting John and Cynthia at St George's Hill.
George Harrison was the biggest Petrol head of the band, and his Giallo
Ferrari 246 was used regularly for driving around Henley.
Ringo Starr purchased his Facel Vega II at the height of Beetlemania in
1964. The UK distributor gave a way a gold cigarette lighter with each
car, and
when it
was
delivered
to Ringo's
Weybridge
home, his
first
question
was "Got
my lighter"
John Lennon
1968 Iso
Fidia
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© Janet Wright
1923 Alfa Romeo RL
The Alfa Romeo Owners Club celebrated the
90th anniversary of the Green Cloverleaf with
a display of the 1923 Alfa Romeo RL similar
to the car used by Ugo Sivocci to win the
1923 Targa Florio
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Jaguar C-X75
Jaguar Classic Parts in collaboration with Jaguar Heritage, drew large crowds every
day of people wanting to catch a glimpse of the fabulous Jaguar C-X75. A prototype,
state of art, hybrid supercar which was first unveiled in 2010 by Jaguar Cars. The
vehicle is a new chapter in technological
advancement and innovation. The car can
go from 0 to 100 mph in less than 6
seconds with a maximum speed of 220
mph. Surprisingly, for this performance, the
car produces less than 89g of CO2/pkm
and can even run for 60 kms with zero
emissions.
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Company/Lyall Chinnery
2013/14 MSC New Zealand F5000 Tasman Cup
Revival Series - Round 1
The Sound MG Classic meeting, Manfeild
Sat-Sun November 9-10 2013
NEW RECORD BUT SMITH RECKONS HE CAN
GO FASTER YET
With pole, three race wins from three starts and a new
category track lap record you'd think Kiwi supervet Ken
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Smith (Lola T332)
would be satisfied
with his performance
at the opening round
of the 2013/14 MSC
The MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series field on the warm-up lap
New Zealand F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series at Manfeild this weekend. But now that he
has finally beaten the time life-long friend and first-time-around rival Graeme Lawrence set
back in 1976, the 72-year-old in his 56th consecutive season of national-level single-seater
motor racing reckons if and when the conditions are right again be can go even quicker.
According to Smith, Lawrence's original F5000 category benchmark - a 1.01.900 - was set
in his then new Lola T332 at the third Manfeild International meeting (a round of the Peter
Stuyvesant Series Smith went on to win) in 1976 and was the benchmark for all classes at
the 3.033km Feilding circuit until Simon Wills bettered it (1.01.457) in a Reynard Formula
Holden in 2000. Though both Smith and Jonny Reid have gone considerably quicker during
demo runs (Smith has done a 57 second lap in the Leyton House March Formula 1 car he
owned for some time and Reid went under the minute in a demo behind the wheel of A1
Team New Zealand's A1GP car) neither time has been recognised meaning Wills' ultimate
record is safe for now. By recording a 1.01.770 in the second MSC Series race of the
weekend on Sunday morning, however, Smith finally bettered Lawrence's long-standing
category benchmark and was bullish about his prospects of going even quicker. "I said last
Smith accepting the trophy and champagne after winning the feature race
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night (at the Manfeild 40th year anniversary dinner)
that I could beat the record and now that I have,"
Smith said on Sunday afternoon, "I think there is a
minute flat in that car. It was just magic today and the
track was nice and grippy this morning. If it has
stayed that way we might have been able to do it in
the afternoon, but it didn't so that's a job for another
day,"
Smith and the ex Danny Ongais Lola T332, rebuilt
and run by a crew headed by Smith's long-time crew
chief Barry Miller, was the class of the 13-strong
MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series field
this weekend with Andrew Higgins qualifying second
quickest and following his mentor home in each race
in his ex Vel's Parnelli Jones team-owned Lola T400.
Each race followed a broadly similar pattern with
Brett Willis (Lola T330 #16) leads Aaron Burson (McRae GM1) and Sefton Gibb (Lola T332)
Smith getting the jump on Higgins before establishing then
maintaining a sizeable gap. Higgins, who at early rounds of the
Australian series this year has matched and at times been able to
better Smith's race pace, in turn had the edge over third quickest
qualifier Ian Clements and his fellow Lola T332 drivers Roger
Williams and Russell Greer.
In the first two races Williams got the jump on Clements with the
order at the flag Smith, Higgins, Williams, Clements and Brett
Willis (Lola T330). Russell Greer, driving the Lola T332 that
Graeme Lawrence set the original class lap record in back in 1976,
was running with Williams and Clememts early in the first race
before stopping with gear selection issues while Sefton Gibb (Lola
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Ken Smith (Lola T332 #11) leading Andrew Higgins (Lola T400 #10).
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T332) had to work his way from the back row of the grid in the first race after breaking a half shaft in qualifying. Gibb then
worked his way from the back row of the grid to eighth place in the first race, finished seventh in the second then parlayed a
strong start in the 12-lap feature final to cross the line in a weekend best fourth place behind Smith, Higgins and Roger
Williams.
The feature race was arguably the best from a spectator's point of view with Williams, Gibb, Ian Clements and Russell Greer
battling for third through seventh places until the final lap when, as Clements tried to find a way past Gibb for fourth, Greer
ran into the back of Clements' car at the hairpin as he made a bid for fifth. That put Clements' car off the track where it stayed,
but Greer was able to continue and take the flag half a lap later, albeit back in seventh place behind Gibb, Brett Willis and
Aaron Burson. After problems with his McLaren M22 on Saturday, local driver Tim Rush did not make the grid for Sunday's
© Fast Company/Lyall Chinnery races, while after welding up and
strengthening the bellhousing on his
Class A high-wing Lola T140 on
Friday and finishing seventh in
Saturday's race Alan Dunkley
suffered a weekend-ending engine
blow early in the second race of the
weekend on Sunday morning. Also
in the wars was Talon MR1 driver
David Banks who was forced to stop
when the visor on his new helmet
misted up in the race in Sunday
morning and was forced out of the
feature race in the afternoon when
he ran out of brakes.
The MSC F5000 Tasman Cup
Revival Series is organised and run
with the support of sponsors MSC,
NZ Express Transport, Bonney's
Specialized Bulk Transport, Mobil
Lubricants, Pacifica, Avon Tyres,
Webdesign and Exide.
Fastest qualifier and race 1 winner Ken Smith (Lola T332).
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2013/14 MSC New Zealand F5000 Tasman Cup Revival
Series Rnd 1 The Sound MG Classic meeting Manfeild
Sat-Sun Nov 9-10 2013
Qualifying
1. Ken Smith (Lola T332) 1.01.54
2. Andrew Higgins (Lola T400) 1.04.37
3. Ian Clements (Lola T332) 1.05.08
4. Roger Williams (Lola T332) 1.05.89
5. Russell Greer (Lola T332) 1.05.99
6. Aaron Burson (McRae GM1) 1.06.07
7. Brett Willis (Lola T330) 1.07.06
8. Alan Dunkley (Lola T140)1.08.05
9. Dave Banks (Talon MR1) 1.08.86
10. Tim Rush (McLaren M22) 1.09.11
11. Peter Burson (McRae GM1) 1.10.38
12. Sefton Gibb (Lola T332) 1.10.62
Race 1 (8 laps Sat)
2. Andrew Higgins (Lola T400) + 9.7
3. Roger Williams (Lola T332) + 19.67
4. Ian Clements (Lola T332) +20.10
5. Brett Willis (Lola T330) +20.64
6. Aaron Burson (McRae GM1) +24.42
7. Alan Dunkley (Lola T140) +24.71
8. Sefton Gibb (Lola T332) +35.24
9. David Banks (Talon MR1) +43.19
10. Peter Burson (McRae GM1) +52.09
dnf. Russell Greer (Lola T332), Tim Rush (McLaren M22)
Race 2 (8 laps Sun)
2. Andrew Higgins (Lola T400) +16.51
3. Roger Williams (Lola T332) +28.16
4. Ian Clements (Lola T332) +28.79
6. Russell Greer (Lola T332) +31.09
9. dnf Peter Burson (McRae GM1) , David Banks (Talon
MR1)
Race 3 12 laps (Sun)
1. Ken Smith (Lola T332) 12.44.48
2. Andrew Higgins (Lola T400) +18.07
3. Roger Wiliams (Lola T332) +29.33
7. Russell Greer (Lola T332) +34.74
dnf Ian Clements (Lola T332), David Banks (Talon MR1)
Prepared by FAST COMPANY of behalf of the New Zealand
Formula 5000 Association www.F5000.co.nz
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