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Classic and Competition Car
October 2013
Issue 37
Sywell Classic
Pistons & Props
Contents
Page 3 News.
Page 11 Coventry Motoring Festival .
Page 15 Super Stars World Donington Park.
Page 20 GT Sprint International, Donington Park.
Page 22 HRDC/Scottish Legends, Donington Park.
Page 24 Auto GP World Series, Donington Park.
Page 26 Classic Car of the Month - 1921 Calthorpe 10/4 Tourer.
Page 28 Archive Photo of the month.
Page 29 MSVR Silverstone.
Page 33 VSCC Loton Park Hill Climb.
Page 36 Classic cars at the Crick Feast.
Page 39 BRSCC Race weekend, Donington Park.
Page 45 100 years of Aston Martin in Paintings exhibition, Gaydon.
Page 47 The Autumn Speed Finale, Shelsley Walsh.
Page 50 Sywell Classic Pistons and Props.
Page 55 F5000 Australia Cup, Melbourne.
Page 57 750 Motorclub race weekend, Donington Park.
Front Cover.
Peter Jarram Ferrari 212 F1 at the Sywell Classic meeting © Janet Wright
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October 2013
Our Team.
Simon Wright - Editor.
Simon has been
photographing and
reporting on motor races
for many years. Served an
engineering apprenticeship
many years ago. Big fan of
the Porsche 917
Pete Austin.
Pete is the man for Historic
racing, with an extensive
archive of black and white
images covering the last
few decades of motorsport
in Britain. Very keen on
BRM.
Mick Herring
Mick's first love is GT
racing, including 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
Now in our fourth year of
production, we continue to bring
you the best coverage we can of
selected motorsport and
motoring events. It is unfortunate
that this issue we report that
Mallory Park has gone in-to
Administration and we hope that
this great circuit can be saved.
With over 50 years history as a
racing circuit, it is unfortunate
that the circuit has got in to a
dispute with local residents over
noise and lost a recent Court
case which means enforcing
resticted usage which was felt
not to be workable by the circuit
management. Let us hope that
someone can save the circuit
and that we have not seen the
last racing on this unique circuit
with its special hairpin bend,
loved by many.
News
News
© Simon Wright
Mallory Park in Administration.
On the 30th September 2013 Mallory Park Motorsport Limited (MPML) was put in to Administration. After loosing the recent case
bought by Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council relating to the 1985 Noise notice, the circuit was obliged to observe the provisions
of the 1985 Notice which allows only 40 days racing on a Sunday per annum with a dispensation to allow 4 Saturdays per annum
and testing on Wednesdays. MPML has therefore had to cancel all Track Day operations resulting in a significant loss of income.
These restrictions have led to MPML having a financially unstable business plan. A new plan was developed but a fundimental
component of the plan was the agreement of the land owner to reduce the annual lease rent which had risen by over 40 % over the
last eight years. Unfortunately an agreement could not be reached and the MPML Dirctors had no option but to place the company
into Administration. Ian Robert of Kingston Smith & Partners LLP, the Administrator, is hoping that Mallory Park will see Racing again
with the support of the BARC. But for now all track activity has ceased.
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© Janet Wright
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Rob Austin wins first BTCC race.
After claiming his first BTCC Pole position at Knockhill last month, Rob Austin continued his impressive form in the British Touring Car
Championship by taking his first win in race 2 at Rockingham in the Audi. After 3 years, Austin was delighted with his first BTCC win.
Ghirelli wins first 2013 Auto GP Title.
Italian Vittorio Ghirelli from Rome has clinched the under 21
Auto GP trophy with three races to spare after winning the
first Auto GP race at Donington Park on the 1st September
2013. He is also in contention to take the overall title. "I'm
very happy to have scored a win here at Donington. Being
the first champion of the 2013 Auto GP makes me very
proud because it rewards the efforts made by me and the
team, Now I have to focus on the future and I want to fight
for the overall championship". In the second race at
Donington he managed to extend his championship lead by
finishing 4th despite a gearbox problem and also going off
track while trying to pass Van Buuren.
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Silverstone sold
The BRDC have announced that they have sold the existing Industrial estate and development land
round the outside of the circuit on a 999 year lease to Property Investment and Development
business MEPC PLC. The £32 million deal allows the BRDC to pay off existing loans used to
redevelop the circuit, including the building of the Silverstone Wing pits complex in 2011.
MEPC are planning to build warehouses and Hotels alongside the circuit which could create many
permanent jobs in the area. Events and developments of the actual circuit will remain with the
current management of the Silverstone circuit and will have nothing to do with MEPC.
© Janet Wright
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Karthikeyan wins at Donington
Indian Ex-Grand Prix driver Narain Karthikeyan took victory for the Super
Nova team in the second Auto GP World Series race at Donington Park
on the 1st September 2013. In the first race he had finished 2nd behind
team mate Vittorio Ghirelli and therefore started 7th on the reverse grid
for race two. Great strategy saw him take an early pit stop, then coming
out in clean air, he set fastest lap of the race and caught and passed pole
position man Meindert Van Buuren from the Netherlands. "We had a good
strategy. At the start I managed to get some positions back, but the early
pitstop enabled me to run in clean air and build a comfortable margin
which in the end was enough to take victory. Now I'm very close to the top
in standings and I will be fighting for the title at Brno".
Karthikeyan had previously raced at Donington in the 2000 BARC/BRDC
Green Flag British Formula 3 championship for the Stewart team where
he had managed a 2nd place finish at Donington in the 4th Round of the
championship. He appears to have lost none of his skills, ending up the
best driver of the weekend overall for the Auto GP World Series race.
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Jordan Heads BTCC.
After 2 impressive wins at
Rockingham and a solid
performance at
Silverstone, Andrew Joran
leads the BTCC as it
heads for the final round at
Brands Hatch. Jordan
heads four former
champions in the fight for
this years title, with Neal,
Shedden, Turkington and
Plato all still in with a
chance to take the crown.
© Janet Wright
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Dunlop extends BTCC deal as 2014 dates are announced.
Dunlop has been re-appointed the Offical Tyre Supplier to the
BTCC for the 2014 season as part of a multi year deal. Dunlop
have been the BTCC Tyre supplier since 2003.
The dates for 2014 have now been announced and the season
will start and end at Brands Hatch.
The first 3 races at Brands Hatch will be over the weekend of the
29th and 30th March 2014. Then the series moves to Donington
Park on the 19th and 20th April 2014. The May Day weekend will
see the series at Thruxton on the 3rd and 4th of May 2014.
Oulton Park is the setting for the next round on the 7th and 8th of
June 2014. From Oulton Park the cars head further north to Croft
for the weekend of the 28th and 29th June 2014. After the
summer break, the series restarts at Snetterton on the 2nd and
3rd August 2014, followed by the annual trip to Scotland and
Knockhill on the 23rd and 24th August 2014. The series then
returns to Northamptonshire with races at Rockingham on the 6th
and 7th September followed by Silverstone on the 27th and 28th
September 2014. The season will end at Brands Hatch on the
Grand Prix circuit on the 11th and 12th October 2014
© Janet Wright
On the 13th October the Best of British
transport's industrial heritage will be
celebrated during an event run by the
Severn Vally Railway. Classic Car and
Bike day will feature displays of classic cars and motorcycles at
five of the six stations on the Severn Valley railway which runs
between Kidderminster and Bridgenorth.
The display at Kidderminster station will feature manufacturers
with significant anniversaries this year, such as Morris Motors
Centenary, 110 years of Standard cars and 90 years of Triumph
cars. The station at Hampton Loade will feature a range of
historic motorcycles and at Highly station there will be a tribute to
cars manufactured at Longbridge, especially Austins. There will
also be a range of luxury cars from many decades including
several vintage Rolls Royce models at various stations along the
line. An easy way to view the displays is to hop on and off the
various steam trains running during the day. Standard fares apply
on this day. For more information and to book tickets, visit the
Special Event page at www.svr.co.uk or call 01299 403816.
© Simon Wright
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FIVE FIGURE SPONSORSHIP FOR
BRITISH DRAG RACING HALL OF FAME
image courtesy of the Veteran Car Club of Great Britain
Harrods participated in the first ever London to Brighton VCR in 1896.
Harrods in London to Brighton Veteran Car run.
The World famous Harrods store in Knightsbridge is
to become an offical partner to this years running of
the London to Brighton run on Sunday 3rd
November 2013. They will also be supplying
refreshments to the participants of the 400 vehicles
taking part at the offical mid way check point in
Crawley, Sussex.
Harrods took part in the original Emancipation run on
the 14th Novemver 1896 in one of the very first
Harrods delivery vans (photo above), a PanhardLevassor.
This year, Managing Director of Harrods, Michael
Ward will participate in the Veteran car run driving an
electrically powered 1901 Waverley. "Dating back to
the 1900s, our vintage vehicles form part of Harrods'
rich heritage and I, being a personal car enthusiast,
will take great pride in driving our most prized car
from the collection in this iconic motoring event" said
Ward.
The British Drag Racing Hall of Fame (BDRHoF) is pleased to announce a five
figure sponsorship deal with Beech Underwriting. The support also covers the
use of back-office functions at the company’s head office. This is the biggest
BDRHoF sponsorship programme yet negotiated. As well as supporting the
efforts of Stu Bradbury and his BDRHoF team so they can continue their
celebration of the sport’s history, it is a reflection of the increased interest in
the nostalgia drag racing scene as a whole. Suddenly a new energy has entered (or should we say
re-entered) the arena and the role of the BDRHoF has been driven to the fore.
Hard on the heels of the announcement of five figure sponsorship of the British Drag Racing Hall of
Fame (BDRHoF) by Beech Underwriting, BDRHoF Chairman Stu Bradbury made a further
announcement about exciting changes. He said,
“Thanks to Beech Underwriting we are now in a position to expand our horizons and an early
demonstration of this new approach is the introduction of two new annual BDRHoF Awards that
celebrate the role played by Sydney Allard as the Father of British Drag Racing. He built Europe’s
first dragster in 1961 and organised the first visits by American racers in 1963, ’64 and ’65. The
new awards will follow the existing ‘Bootsie’ crystal tablet format presented to those who have
made a real difference to the growth of drag racing in the UK. But they will be of a different design
and contain an image of Sydney Allard rather than Allan ‘Bootsie’ Herridge. What else could we call
them but Syds?”
The recipients of the new award will not enter the British Drag Racing Hall of Fame as such but
their achievements will be honoured and their names entered as BDRHoF Syd award winners. The
‘Syds’ pay tribute to the influence of journalists and photographers in the promotion of drag racing.
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The Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show, held at
Birmingham’s NEC from 15th to 17th November, is the UK’s
biggest classic
motoring
celebration.
Spanning eleven
halls, visitors can enjoy an estimated 1,500
cars and 350 motorcycles on display,
ranging from the rare and exciting to prewar and retro classics, the sublime to the
ridiculous, and many more. Ticket prices
start from £18.50 when purchased in
advance, with two and three day passes also available. For more information on the
Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show or Classic Motorbike Show, visit
JAGUAR C-X75 PROTOTYPE MAKES LANCASTER
INSURANCE CLASSIC MOTOR SHOW DEBUT WITH
JAGUAR CLASSIC PARTS
www.necclassicmotorshow.com.
The Jaguar C-X75, the prototype state-of-art hybrid supercar, will make
its Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show debut, as the centrepiece of
the Jaguar Classic Parts stand. Held at Birmingham’s NEC from 15th to
17th November, the stand which is collaboration with Jaguar Heritage
and will boast an impressive selection of classic and modern Jaguars.
Sini Tries to debut
invisible car!
Francesco Sini tried to
debut a new light
weight invisible car at
the Super Stars race at
Jaguar unveiled the C-X75 concept, which has been provided by Jaguar Donington after
Cars, in 2010 and has marked the beginning of a new chapter in
innovation and technological advancement. The C-X75 can achieve
100mph from standstill in less than six seconds and can continue on to
a top speed of 220mph.
Considering these impressive performance statistics, the C-X75 is
capable of producing less than 89g of CO2/pkm and will even run with
zero emissions for up to 60km. Jaguar Classic Parts welcome visitors to
come to their stand in Hall 20 to see this “ground-braking” hybrid
vehicle.
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crashing his normal Chevrolet Camaro in
race 1. Unfortunately the mechanic could not
find the wheels to check the tightness on the
grid so Sini was withdrawn from the 2nd
race.
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© Pete Austin
Ecurie Ecosse collection to go under the hammer By Pete Austin.
The worlds most comprehensive collection of Ecurie Ecosse team cars is to be auctioned by Bonhams at their new London
headquarters on Sunday 1st December 2013. Also included in the sale is the iconic Ecurie Ecosse transporter.
The Dick Skipworth collection of team cars comprises a 1952 Jaguar XK120, 1953 Jaguar C-Type, 1956 Jaguar D-Type, 1959
Tojeiro Jaguar, 1960 Cooper T49 Monaco, 1961 Austin Healey Sebring Sprite and the 1962 Tojeiro Buick. The 1959 Commer
transporter was immortalised by Corgi’s classic 1:48 model.
Amongst those who drove for the team in period were Ninian Sanderson, Bruce Halford, Ron Flockhart, Ivor Bueb, Sir Jackie
Stewart and his brother Jimmy. In just 10 seasons the team scored 68 victories including two Le Mans wins.
Dick Skipworth who put the collection together was a regular competitor himself in historic races and rallies and an ardent fan of
Ecurie Ecosse. The photo shows Dick Skipworth in front of the transporter flanked by driver Barrie Williams and Jaguar expert John
Pearson.
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© Simon Wright
Coventry Motoring Festival
By Simon & Janet Wright.
For the second year running, the Coventry Motoring Festival was
held at Stoneleigh, having moved from Memorial Park, allowing
the event more space to grow. On Sunday, a large contingent of
around 360 cars went out on the run around the West Midlands
and Warwickshire countryside including touring round the centre
of Coventry before heading in to Warwickshire and passing
through places like Leamington Spa and Kenilworth. When the
cars returned from the run, they joined the hundreds of other
cars that were already displayed in the Stoneleigh Park area.
Around 25,000 people attended the event.
One of the special static displays was vehicles made in
Coventry. There are so many vehicles that have been built in the
city, that this large display was only a small representation. The
Armstrong Siddeley arrives at Stoneleigh after the run
cars on display included a whole range of Jaguars including an E-Type, a Mk2 and Mk10 saloon, a couple of XJS sports cars, a
© Simon Wright
Triumph TR6, GT6 and Spitfire, a Sunbeam Rapier, a Standard Vanguard pickup and a
© Simon Wright
Hillman saloon.
There was a large
area of car club
displays ranging
from a strong line-
Armstrong Siddeley jet powered sphinx
up of Armstrong Siddeley models right
through to a collection of Volkswagen
Beetles and Camper vans.
This Karmann
modified
Volkswagen Beetle
1303 convertible
was the Show &
Shine overall winner
as well as taking
Show & Shine Best
Post War Sports/
Convertible 1st
place for the second
year running.
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An early Rover returns from the run
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Triumph Gloria leads in a Triumph Mayflower
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Even Toad of Toad hall came
© Janet Wright
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
© Janet Wright
Jaguar XK150
Excellent example of a Vauxhall PA
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There was a display of Steam Traction engines this year
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© Janet Wright
Jaguar D Type and E Type show family resemblance
Rare Ford Zephyr convertible
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© Simon Wright
BMW Alpina B10 3.5
E28. No 4 of only 25
built between 1985
and 1987
Sunbeam Rapier
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© Janet Wright
Standard Car Club had an impressive line up of different models
© Simon Wright
Jaguar and a Humber Super Snipe as part of the Made in Coventry Motoring Association display
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SuperStars World Donington Park 31st
August - 1st September August.
By Simon Wright.
The sound of V8 saloons thundering around Donington is
like music to the ears of any motor sport enthusiast. The
Superstars International Series returned to Donington
Park for the third year running, to host the sixth round of
this European series. Nine manufacturers are
represented in this years series, but unfortunately several
teams chose not to make the long trek to Donington, so
Start of the 2nd race saw 4 abreast in to Regate corner
we were not able to see the Porsche, Jaguar or Cadillac teams in action. As the teams arrived at Donington, Italian Thomas
Biagi in a Mercedes AMG C63 was leading the championship by just 3 points from Gianni Morbidelli in an Audi RS5. The Audi
has been handicapped due to the incredible performance of the 4 wheel drive 4.2 litre engine, which is 2 litres smaller than the
Mercedes it competes against, and the ride height has been increased by another 15mm from 75mm to 90 mm, making it higher
than the road car version. The technical weight of the car was also increased by 40kg, making it the heaviest car on the grid.
However it was fellow Italian Luigi Ferrara in the Roma Racing Mercedes AMG C63 Coupe which claimed Pole Position for the
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first race of the weekend from former Grand Prix driver
Viantonio Liuzzi in a Mercedes Romeo Ferraris Mercedes
AMG C63. Giovanni Berton was 3rd on the grid in his Team
BMW Dinamic BMW M3 E92 ahead of Morbidelli who was
4th and Biagi 5th. Local BTCC driver Colin Turkington was
guest driver for the weekend in a Scuderia Giudici BMW M3
E92 and managed to qualify in 6th place only 0.749 of a
second behind the pole time.
Race day was slightly cooler, but dry with hazy sunshine, so
ideal conditions for racing. From the rolling start, Liuzzi tried
to inch ahead but Ferrara held the lead in to Redgate and
pulled out a good lead by the end of the first lap. Berton
was third, Biagi squeezed through in to fourth and Morbidelli
was right behind him in fifth place with Turkington sixth.
Ferrara continued to extend his lead, and Liuzzi was also
well ahead of the rest of the field in second. The battle was
for third place with Berton holding up Biagi and Morbidelli
who could not find a way past, to make it a three way battle
First race winner Luigi Ferrara Mercedes AMG C63
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Gianni Morbidelli Audi RS5 awaits the start of Race 2
Domenico Schiattarella in the Chevrolet Lumina CR8 through the Craner Curves
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Francesco Sini in his normal Chevrolet Camaro
BTCC Star Colin Turkington in the BMW M3 E92
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Vitantonio Luzzi in his Mercedes C63 AMG through the chicane
D Romanini in the Lexus ISF
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for third place. As they came in to the last hairpin before the start straight
on the third lap, Biagi dived up the inside of Berton, pushing him wide and
over the kerb on the exit giving Biagi third. Morbidelli also took advantage
of Berton running wide and slipped through to fourth place. First
retirement was the Mercedes of Rapini who pulled off to the side of the
track on the fourth lap.
Heading down the start straight, the Camaro of Sini got tagged on the
back corner and pushed in to a spin, hitting the wall opposite the pits with
the back corner of the Chevrolet. This brought out the safety car which
bunched the field back up and took away the advantage that the first two
had managed to build up in the first 10 minutes of this 25 minute plus 1
lap race. The race restarted after the Camaro was removed from the side
of the track, with ten and a half minutes still to run. Ferrara timed the
Liuzzi and Biagi battle in to the
restart to perfection and was several car lengths clear of Liuzzi by the
Melbourne hairpin
time they entered Redgate. Biagi, in third place, was all over the back of
Liuzzi, while Morbidelli tried everything he knew to keep the wallowing, handicapped Audi as close as possible to the trio of
Mercedes in front of him. Ascani was next driver in
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trouble, pulling his BMW off on lap 8, but was still
classified as finishing 12th. Second third and fourth were
running nose to tail for several laps, then on the rise up to
Coppice corner, Morbidelli dived up the inside of Biagi to
take third place as they entered the Dunlop straight. He
then latched straight on to the tail of Liuzzi's Mercedes
and Biagi dropped back from the pair of them. Romanini
pulled off in the Lexus ISF 500 coming out of the
Melbourne loop hairpin after an engine blow up with a
piston through the bottom of the engine, but not before
depositing oil all over the track. Next cars to arrive were
the leaders. Ferrara locked his brakes and slid round the
Morbidelli spun on the oil while everyone else took avoiding action
corner on a wider line, but got away with it. Liuzzi locked
up and slid out on to the grass while Morbidelli in the 4 wheel drive Audi dived up the inside of Liuzzi, hit the oil and spun through
90 degrees across the track. Liuzzi managed to drive across the grass and part of the gravel trap before rejoining the circuit, but
lost two places to Biagi, who had also run wide on the oil but managed to keep the car on the track and Berton who slipped
through the chaos to take second place in his BMW M3 E92 ahead of Biagi. Morbidelli got going again in fifth place. Ferrara had
managed to open up a good lead after this incident with Berton in the BMW fending off the Mercedes of Biagi and Liuzzi, all
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together like a train. With less than 2 minutes and 1 lap remaining Biagi
ran slightly wide coming out of the old Hairpin, with two wheels over the
kerb. Liuzzi dived for the inside line at the Schwantz curve and the two
Mercedes were side by side, making contact as they charged up to
McLeans, but Biagi held position. The order stayed the same to the flag
with Ferrara winning in the Mercedes AMG C63 Coupe for the Roma
Racing team by 1.874 seconds from Berton in the BMW M3 E92 and Biagi
in the Mercedes AMG C63. Morbidelli finished 4th but took an extra point
for setting fastest lap in the heaviest car. Local driver Colin Turkington
finished 10th in the Scuderia Giudici BMW M3 E92.
Roberto Papini Mercedes AMG C63
Race Two was held later in the afternoon and some drivers have a great sense of humour. Italian Francesco Sini who was pushed
out of the first race in his Chevrolet Camaro was unable to get the car repaired in time for the second race. So he lined up at the
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back of the grid in his 'invisible ' car, sitting on the track
in his full race suit and helmet, while one of his
mechanics went round 'tightening the wheels'. On a
more serious note, race one winner Luigi Ferrara had
changed the gearbox between races as during the first
race he had problems with third gear! The front row for
the second race was headed by Italian Mauro Trentin
in a BMW M3 E92 with fellow Italian Andrea Bacci in a
Mercedes AMG C63 along side. Max Mugelli in
another BMW M3 E92 was behind Trentin with Liuzzi
in fourth place in his Mercedes and Morbidelli was 5th
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Thomas Biagi Mercedes C63 AMG
on the grid in the Audi that handles like a boat due to the increased ride
height handicap. Race one winner Ferrara's Mercedes was next to
Morbidelli on the third row of the grid. From the rolling start, the cars were
four abreast in to Redgate with at least one BMW further back on the grass
next to Morbidelli. Liuzzi failed to make the start, pulling in to the pits at the
end of the formation lap. As the cars sorted them selves out round Redgate
and in to the Craner Curves, it was Thomas Biagi who was in the lead in
the Mercedes from Mugelli (BMW), Morbidelli (Audi) and Berton (BMW).
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Mauro Trentin BMW M3 E92 leads Andrea Bacci Mercedes AMG C63
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Morbidelli was through to second place as they went
through Coppice and Ferrara slowly started working
his way past some of the slower cars while the first
four pulled well away at the head of the field. Colin
Turkington got involved in a battle with Schiattarella
in the 6 litre Chevrolet Lumina, who was judged to
have jumped the start and was given a drive
through penalty. The Lumina went wide out of the
chicane which let Turkington alongside and past in
to the Melbourne loop hairpin. Biagi and Morbidelli
pulled away as they battled for the lead with Mugelli
and Berton together in third and fourth with Ferrara
gaining all the time in his Mercedes. After 7 laps
Ferrara pulled in to the pits and out of the race.
Turkington and Bacci were having a great scrap,
with Turkington closing right up through the corners
Morbidelli dives up the inside of Berton in to Roberts during race 1
but then Bacci using the power of the Mercedes to
pull ahead again down the straights. Eventually Turkington managed to pass the Mercedes under braking in to the Melbourne
hairpin. In an effort to catch the BMW, Bacci went off at Coppice and lost a lot of time driving through the gravel trap. Turkington
soon caught and passed the fellow BMW of Trentin down the pit straight.
With 9 minutes to go, Morbidelli took a tight line through the
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Melbourne hairpin and got along side the Mercedes of Biagi
but the power of the Mercedes up the hill kept Biagi in the
lead. Then in to Redgate, Morbidelli dived through in to the
lead and managed to hold the lead through the Craner curves.
Morbidelli then continued to sail ahead to take the win by
8.544 seconds from Biagi even though the Mercedes has an
engine 2 litres larger than the Audi. Mugelli took the final
podium position in his BMW M3 E92, catching Biagi in the
closing stages, but not close enough to challenge for second
place. Berton, Trentin and Turkington took the next three
places for BMW. Biagi did manage to claim the extra point for
fastest lap and this meant that Morbidelli and Biagi are equal
on points at the head of the championship with just 2 meetings
- 4 races - to go.
Giovanni Berton BMW M3 E92 tries a gravel shortcut at the chicane in race 1
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GT Sprint International Series, Donington
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By Simon Wright.
As part of the Superstars World Series meeting, the
International GT Sprint Series was a serious
disappointment at Donington Park, with hardly any of the
teams making the journey from Europe to compete in the
race meeting. The program listed 26 cars but only 8 cars
took to the track for the two races, consisting of four Ferrari
458s, an Audi R8, one Porsche 911, one Corvette Z06R
and a Ginetta G50. Series leader German Thomas
Schoffler (Audi R8 LMS) arrived at Donington with a 3 point
Schoffler/Jarvis Audi R8 grabs the lead at the start
lead over Glauco Solieri (Porsche 997), with the Roberto
Del Castello third in a Corvette Z06. All three had made the trip to Britain and Schoffler had got local driver Oliver Jarvis to share
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the Audi with him at Donington. This pairing got off to a
promising start with Jarvis putting the Audi in Pole Position for
the first race, sharing the front row with the Ferrari 458 of
Raffaele Giammaria/Andrii Kruglyk. From the rolling start the
Audi R8 of Pole man Jarvis powered in to the lead through
Redgate at the start of the one hour race with the Ferrari 458 of
Giammaria right behind him as they completed the first lap. By
the start of the third lap, the Ferrari was in front and began to
pull out a lead while behind the Audi there was a fierce battle for
third between the Ferrari 458 of Brazilian Fernando Croce and
the Porsche 911 of Italian Glauco Solieri while the Chevrolet
Corvette Z06R of Italian Roberto Del Castello was a little way
behind in fifth. The Corvette got in to a battle with Barreta in the
second Team Ukraine Ferrari 458. After the pit stops Richard
Westbrook took over the No 38 Team Ukraine Ferrari 458 from
Rusian Tsyplakov and set off after Schoffler in the Audi, passing
him to take second place at the end, behind sister car of
Cordoni/Mantovani Ferrari 458 finished 6th in Race 2 winners Giammaria/Kruglyk.
The second race saw Richard Westbrook start the 38 Ferrari and he pulled in to the lead from the start. The Corvette of Necchi/Del
Castello developed handling problems and collected the Berretta Ferrari at the Melbourne loop. By the driver change, Westbrook
had opened up a lead of over 20 seconds before he handed over to Tsyplakov but it was not enough and the sister car of
Giammaria/Kruglyk took the second win of the meeting with Westbrook/Tsyplakov in second place for the second race giving Team
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Roberto del Castello/Hehhhi Chevrolet Corvette Z06
Ukraine a double 1-2 result from Donington. Third place went again to
the Audi R8 of Schoffler/Jarvis. In fact the top five were the same in
each race with fourth place going to the Porsche 997 of Solieri while
fifth place was awarded to the Ferrari 458 of Fernando Croce and
Matteo Beretta.
Croce/Baretta Ferrari 458 finished 5th
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Glauco Solieri Porsche 997 finished 4th
Tsyplakov/Westbrook Ferrari 458 finished 2nd
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Start of the HRDC Allstars race
There were additional support races for the HRDC Allstars and
Justin Murphy locks a wheel on his Ginetta G4
Scottish Legends cars championship on Sunday plus a CNC
Heads Sports/Saloon Championship race on Saturday. The HRDC Allstars is an amalgamation of three previous series, Grand
Touring Greats for pre-65 sub 1500cc historic GT cars, TC63 for early Touring cars and MGB50 for FIA MGB racers and historic
MG's. There was a strong 30 car entry for the 30 minute race which saw a nice mix of classic sports cars and Touring cars on the
grid to make the most of this opportunity to race on the full Grand Prix circuit. Mike Whitaker placed his 4.7 litre TVR Griffith on
Pole position next to the 4.7 litre AC Cobra of Michael Squire and from the start the pair of them headed off in to a lead battle, well
clear of the rest of the field. Coming down the Dunlop straight for the first © Simon Wright
lap, the two cars
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were side by side,
but it was the
Cobra that braked
the latest to take
the lead through
the Fogerty Esses
as they headed
Shaun Rainford Lenham Midget Le Mans and Piers Townsend Daimler Dart
round the
Melbourne loop for the first lap. In third place was the Marcos 1800GT of
Richard Skinner and followed by Justin Murphy in a Ginetta G4. By the
third lap Whitaker had taken the lead in his TVR but the Cobra was never
far behind. They were both soon lapping traffic but Whitaker maintained his
lead of around 3 seconds as they carved their way past the slower cars,
and he had extended that lead to only 3.845 seconds by the time
winner Mike Whitaker TVR Griffith
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chequered flag was shown. The order was Whitaker (TVR) first, followed home by Squire (AC
Cobra), Justin Murphy (Ginetta G4), everyone else had been lapped. Murphy also won the
GTGA class. Other Class winners included Brian Arculus (GTG class) driving a Lotus Elite,
© Simon Wright Russell Martin (G65B class) MGB
Roadster, Matthew Wrigley (TGS
class) in an Austin A35, Alistair Dyson
(TGB class) in a Ford Zephyr Mk2,
Tony Murray (T63A) in an Alfa Romeo
2600 Sprint and Tom Shepard (TGC
Class) in an Alfa Romeo Giulietta Ti.
The Scottish Legend Cars had three
short races on Sunday which were fast
and furious. The cars are 5/8th scale replicas of 1930s American saloons
powered by 1200cc or 1250cc Yamaha engines with sequential gearboxes,
powering the rear wheels. The championship rounds are set up as two
heats and a final. The grid is drawn from a hat for heat 1 and reversed for
heat 2. All Rookies start at the back for their first six races. For the final, the
top drivers again © Simon Wright
John Patterson & David Newall battle for the lead
start at the back of
the grid, but in front of the rookies. This ensures that there is plenty of
overtaking. Paul O'Brien uses the Ford Coupe design and it proved most
effective round the Donington Grand prix circuit, with O'Brien winning heat
one and impressively heat two as well. Unfortunately his luck ran out in
the final, retiring on lap 4. David Newall took a decisive win in the final in
© Simon Wright his Ford
Coupe
by a
massive
1.697
second
s from
David
Paul O'Brien spins at Roberts in front of David Allen
Hunter
and John Patterson top rookie, finishing in third place overall.
John Bushby 37 Chevvy Sedan
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Auto GP World Series, Donington Park.
Narain Karthikeyan won the second race for Super Nova
Auto GP World series has developed from the Italian Formula 3000 series back in 1999, organised by Pierluigi Corbari and used
the old Lola T96/50 chassis with a Zytek engine. The series soon started to race outside of Italy and became European Formula
3000 in 2001. From 2001 to 2003 the Lola B99/50 chassis was used. After problems with sponsors, the series reverted to an Italian
national series for 2005, but in 2006 it returned again to Europe as the Euroseries 3000, with the Italian series continuing to run
within the European championship using the Lola B02/50. In 2009 the first generation of A1 Grand Prix cars were allowed to run
alongside the Lola F3000 chassis and they replaced the old cars completely in 2010. The series was also renamed for 2010 as
© Simon Wright Auto GP. The champion in 2010 was Romain Grosjean, who has since gone on to be a
Grand Prix driver with Lotus. Arriving at Donington for the penultimate round in this years
championship, Kimiya Sato from Japan
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was leading the championship by just 13
points from Italian Sergio Campana.
Adding experience to the field is ex Grand
Prix driver Narain Karthikeyan from India
who claimed Pole Position for the first race
by just 0.097 of a second from his Super
Nova International team mate Vittorio
Ghirelli.
The first race looked like it might be an
easy win for Sato after an early pit stop
gave him a clear track and he set fastest
Kevin Giovesi Ghinzani Motorsport 3rd in first race
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lap, but unfortunately he managed to spin off in to the gravel on his own
on lap 19 and retired from the race. This allowed young Vittorio Ghirelli
to cruise to an easy victory ahead of his team mate Karthikeyan, who
had been leading before the pit stop, but suffered some tyre graining in
the second part of the race. The victory gave Ghirelli the Under 21 title
for 2013 and also put him in to the overall lead of the championship by 9
points over his nearest rival. Kevin Giovesi for Ghinzani Motorsport, had
been in a fighting position for victory in the first part of the race, but a
problem in tightening the left front wheel nut during his pit stop delayed
him and cost him any chance of challenging the Super Nova duo and he
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had to settle for third place. His team mate Robert Visoiu
from Romania was fourth, with Sergio Campana for Ibiza
Racing Team was fifth and Daniel De Jong for Manor MP
Motorsport was sixth.
The second race had the top eight from race one
reversed on the grid which gave Pole position to Dutch
driver Meindert Van Buuren for the Manor MP Motorsport
team. After an early pitstop, Super Nova driver
Karthikeyan had a clear track and set fastest lap as he
closed down Van Buuren and went on to win. Van Buuren
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Meindert van Buuren Manor MP Motorsport finished 2nd
managed to maintain second place and score his first ever Auto GP
podium finish after the disappointment of the Mugello race, where he
lost a win due to a penalty. Kevin Giovesi managed to take another
podium at Donington with third position like in the first race. Race one
winner Ghirelli managed to finish fourth even after some gearbox
problems slowed him down, and he went off after a late pitstop put him
behind Van Buuren and in his attempts to pass the Dutchman resulted
in him going off track and loosing time. Fifth place went to Sato and
sixth went to Campana.
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Classic Car of the month - 1921 Calthorpe 10/4 Tourer
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By Simon Wright.
The Calthorpe Motor Company was based in Bordesley Green,
Birmingham and manufactured cars, motorcycles and bicycles
between 1904 and 1932. They built their first car in 1904 using a
White and Poppe 10 hp four cylinder engine. The early models had
some success racing in France in the Coupe de l'Auto series. In 1914
they built a small car with the 10 hp Minor engine which had a 3
speed gearbox. After the First World War, they dropped production of
the larger models and concentrated on the Minor with a slightly larger
1261cc engine.
By 1920 they
had raised
production
targets to 50
cars a week.
Coachwork was made by Mulliner which they had
acquired in 1917. Motorsport continued at
Brooklands with Woolf Barnato, who was one of the
Bentley Boys in the 1920s and he achieved 3 Le
Mans wins in 3 races driving for Bentley. George
Hands, the original owner, briefly left the company
in 1922 to set up his own Hands make of cars in
the old Calthorpe motorcycle factory in Barn Street,
Birmingham, © Simon Wright
but returned to
Calthorpe in
1924.
Unfortunately
the days of the
high quality
light cars was
coming to an
end towards
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the late
1920's and
the
company
went in to
receivershi
p in 1924
and the
Bordesley
Green
factory was
closed.
Production
continued
for a short © Simon Wright
time but the cars were too expensive and sales of remaining stocks
had finished by 1928. Post War about 5000 cars were produced. It is
thought that fewer © Simon Wright
than 10 remain.
Built in 1921 the Calthorpe 10/4 was first produced in 1919 and was powered by a
1261cc side valve four cylinder water cooled engine. It had a wheelbase of 99
inches.
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Archive Photo of
the month.
By Pete Austin
September saw the
release of the film
'Rush' which featured
the battle for the 1976
F1 World
Championship
between James Hunt
and Niki Lauda. This
months image takes us
back to James Hunt's
F3 days. 1971 was the
first year of the 1600cc
Formula 3 following
the 1 litre 'screamer'
era. In this image
taken at Brands Hatch
on 2nd May 1971
James Hunt's March
713S Ford/Holbay is
shown sandwiched
between the Ensign
Ford/Holbay of Steve
Thompson (17) and
the Lotus 69 Alfa
Romeo of Harald Ertl
(23). Hunt went on to
finish third behind
Dave Walker and Bev
Bond. Not too many
spectators here!
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MSVR Race meeting, Silverstone 7th
September 2013
Run on the National circuit at Silverstone, this eight race
program was a saloon and sports car treat. Kicking off
the event was the Quaife Motorsport News Saloons and
Cannons Tin Tops first of two races. With a forty car entry
of modern saloons, it was Rick May in his Ford Escort
(52) that took Pole position for race one from the Subaru
Impreza (83) of Dale Gent. The Subaru led the first lap
by just 0.035 from May in the Escort, who soon passed
Gent and remained in front for the rest of the race. The
two cars lapped as one, only being separated slightly as
they lapped back-markers and after 15 laps they were
just 0.237 of a second apart at the chequered flag. Alex
Winner Rick May Ford Escort leads Dale Gent Subaru
Sidwell brought home his Holden Commodore in 3rd place. One of the slightly more unusual cars in the race was a Citroen
BX(93) of Gary Cole, who finished 29th and 2 laps behind the winner.
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The New Atom Cup may not have a big entry but with
equal cars, the racing is usually close and exciting,
allowing driver talent to come to the front. Nick Whitehead
claimed Pole position by just over 1/2 a second from
James Tucker. The race developed in to a three way battle
between Nick Whitehead, James Tucker and Andrew
Smith who swopped places for the first few laps before
Whitehead managed to maintain his lead in front of the
scrapping pair behind. He won by just 0.261 of a second
from Smith and Tucker, with Smith setting the fastest lap
time on the penultimate lap.
Nick Whitehead leads the field in the Atom Cup
Intermarque is an interesting category for modified
versions of series production front engined Kit, Sports, hatchback and saloon cars, front or mid-engined sports cars and front
engined Silhouette cars that have body-shells based on and recognisable to those of mass produced production saloon and
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sports cars. They can use a steel tubular chassis and be powered by
engines up to 5 litres normally aspirated or 2050cc forced induction
for Class A. Class B is for Production Sports and Kit cars from 1601cc
to 2000cc and Class C is for Production Sports and Kit cars up to
1600cc or Silhouette cars with dual valve engines with up to 6
cylinders.
There was a variety of vehicles in the 17 car grid with Matt Simpson
on Pole in his Vauxhall Tigra from the BMW Z4 of Keith White. The
first race saw a lights to flag victory for Simpson, heading a Tigra
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1-2-3 with Chris
Brockhurst in 2nd
place and Malcolm
Blackman 3rd.
Start of the Intermarque race with Matt Simpson
Vauxhall Tigra in front
Simon Smith BMW Z4 Intermarque race
After the lunch break, the Track Day Trophy cars took to the circuit. As the title
says, this race is for typical Track Day cars that meet racing safety requirements,
such as roll cage etc. This field had some of the greatest variety with BMW's
sharing the track with various Mini and Renault Clio racing saloons. The Brookes/
Spencer BMW E36 M3 was in Pole position but it was Henry Curtis, driving solo,
that took the early lead in his Peugeot
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205 and would have finished 2nd but
was given a 5 second penalty for
exceeding track limits, which pushed
him down to 3rd. Brookes and Spencer
led most of the rest of the race, only
loosing the lead after their pitstop, and
they soon regained that lead to take
victory by 31.654 seconds from the
Renault Clio Cup car of Andy Wilkins.
Race 5 saw the return to track for the Quaife Motorsport News Saloons and Cannons
Tin Tops for their second race of the day. Race one winner Rick May was starting from
Pole position but it was the Subaru Impreza of Dale Gent that grabbed the lead from the
start and he disappeared in to the distance to win the 15 minute race by over 41
seconds. May had been in second place on the first lap but came round last on lap 2
Andy Chapman Toyota MR2 Turbo MSVT Trackday
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and started a charge through the field which would see him work
his way back up to 7th by the end. Malcolm Wise in another Ford
Escort Cosworth held on to 2nd before retiring in to the pits on lap
6. This let Paul Eve in to second place in his Ford Sierra Sapphire
Cosworth while Ravi Ramyead finished 3rd in his BMW E36 M3,
and win his class. An outstanding drive by Bill Richards saw him
finish 4th and win his class in his Rover Mini Clubman, the only
other car on the winners lap.
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The Atom
Cup
competitors
returned to
Bill Richards Rover Mini Clubman Motorsport News Saloon car championship the track
for their second race of the day. Andrew Marler was on Pole position with
Stuart Drewell sharing the front row, while race one winner Whitehead was
back on the third row, with Smith and Tucker ahead of him on the second
row of the grid. The pack seemed more tightly bunched in this second race
with a different leader on each lap for the first three laps, Drewell, Marler
and Tucker but by lap 4 Andrew Smith had worked his way through to the
Malcolm Wise went off at Luffield in his Ford Escort
front and just moved a little further ahead each lap, eventually winning by 15.753 seconds from race one winner Whitehead and
Tucker taking another 3rd place.
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The seventh race was a return outing for the
Quaife Intermarque championship competitors and
Ross Loram was on Pole position in his Peugeot
206, but it was Keith White in a BMW Z4 who took
the early lead. By lap 3 Matt Simpson (Race one
winner) was at the head of the field and led home
Brockhurst and Blackman for another Tigra 1-2-3
finish, identical to the first race results.
Final race of the day was a one hour race for the
Andrew Smith in the Ariel Atom Cup
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Neil Hewstead BMW E36 M3 and Darren Goes Seat Leon Supercopa
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Team
Trophy.
Again
variety was
the order of
the day
with an
interesting
mix of
saloons
and sports
cars.
Paul Hatton Ford Focus and the Smee/Schofield Honda Integra
Stephen Brookes was in Pole position in his Seat Leon Supercopa
and Darren Goes in another Leon Supercopa made it an all Seat
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lock out at the front of the grid. Brookes led
the early stages of the race, then the
Newman/Ruxton-Cocker BMW E36 M3 hit the
front and led for quite a few laps before
slipping back to finish 3rd, only 13 seconds
behind winners Smee/Schofield in a Honda
Integra. Darren Goes finished 2nd to claim the
other podium place in his Seat.
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Jamie McHugh Porsche 944 s2
Scarborough/Sharpe Lotus Elise S1 leads the Thomas Renault Clio Cup
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VSCC Loton Park
By Mick Herring.
The VSCC's annual visit to Sir
Michael Leighton's deer park was
greeted by an initially damp, greasy
surface on Saturday morning,
giving way to beautiful sunshine
over the Shropshire venue.
Sunday presented competitor's with
the promised rain and the hoped-for
sunny interlude before the final rain
flurry ensured that the FTD and the
majority of fastest times were set
around lunchtime.
The five main awards were won
by:- Robert Cobden's Riley Falcon
Special, taking fastest time of the
day in 66.20 seconds and winning
him the TT Humber award.
Fastest Pre-war award won by James Baxter in ERA AJM1 with a time of
70.64 seconds. Close behind at 70.85 seconds, Dougal Cawley, sharing
© Mick Herring GN/Ford Piglet with wife Liz,
won the fastest Vintage Car
prize.
The final two awards went to
Automobile-engined Edwardian
Cars, Andrew Howe-Davies
Scat Racer making the climb in
89.12 seconds to take the nonaero engined fastest time and
Tony Stephens was awarded
the Tidd and Ingram Trophy for
10th slowest of the fastest times
Jerome Fack Brough Superior Alpine GS
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John Earle Marsh Alvis Siler Eagle Special
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Dave Morley Riley 9 Special
John Earlein the overall results.
Of local interest to me was the first and second on handicap in the
Special Sports-cars 1101cc unsupercharged and up to 1100cc
supercharged with Andrew Oliver beating car owner, David Morley, in
their shared shared 1496cc Riley 9 Special.
Andrew took the award for fastest on handicap but Dr Dave would have
taken the prize for most lurid or committed slide.
VSCC stalwart, Mark Walker must be mentioned for exhibiting his usual,
mostly under complete control driving style in the GN Thunderbug.
He netted 2nd fastest vintage time without taking out too many of the
corner markers or grass cutting at Keepers Corner.
Mark's style would certainly be appreciated in the multi-thousand
horsepower world of "Drift" but he wouldn't be able to lean over the
wheel in the same way. Somehow not quite the same level of
entertainment.
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Chris Williams Napier Bentley
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Fastest Pre war James Baxter ERA AJM1
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© Mick Herring
Tony Baller Hotchkiss AM80 two seater sports
© Mick Herring
Edwardian winner Andrew Howe-Davies Scat Racer
© Mick Herring
Mark Walker GN Thunderbug
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Jonathan Bennett sliding Frazer Nash Ford Special
© Mick Herring
Ian Baxter multi wheeled MG Bellevue Special
© Mick Herring
Charles Ping
Austin 7 Ulster quick trip round
the cones at
Triangle
Charles Gillett Frazer Nash Super Sports
Tidd & Ingram Trophy winner Tony Stephens Vauxhall A-D Type
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Classic Cars
star at the
Crick Feast
By Pete Austin
An excellent
display of classic
cars was one of
the star
attractions at this
years Crick Feast
held over the
weekend of 14th
and 15th
September.
The medieval
term ‘feast’
means festival,
holiday or
anniversary. Crick
Feast is a
traditional late
summer harvest
celebration which
has origins back
in medieval times.
This festivity took
place in this
Northamptonshire
village over 100
years ago and
was revived in 2011 by Crick Parish Council and Crick History Society as a biennial event.
As part of this years event John Larkin (ex British Auto Test Champion) had organised a selection of interesting vehicles which
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Aston Martin V8
Vantage Volante
were on display in Lauds Road which was closed for the event.
Appropriately in Aston Martin’s centenary year an immaculate V8
Vantage Volante model was displayed outside its proud owner’s
house complete with a plate stating that the engine was built by
Terry Durston at Aston Martin Lagonda.
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MG TD
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Riley RMA 1 & a half 1949
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Morris 8 1935
The oldest car on display was an Alvis 12-50 hp 2
seater sports model which, when new cost all of
£550 although front wheel brakes were advertised
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Alvis 20-50 2 seater sports
as being £20 extra!
John Larkin
had his own
Morris Mini
Cooper on
display
complete
with a bodyshell from a
car used by
Timo
Makinen.
Morris Mini Cooper S Mk1 1965
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Merlin kit car 1996
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BRSCC Race weekend, Donington Park
14th-15th September 2013
The British Racing and Sports Car Club Midland Centre
organised a seventeen race weekend of typical club racing
round the Donington Park national circuit with a high-light on
Saturday of the Time Attack Championship.
Time Attack originated in Japan and has spread all around the
World. The aim is to set the fastest time on a given day. The
challenge is to set that lap time while dealing with traffic and the
opportunity is that as long as it is a production based car, there
is no limit to the modifications that can be applied - the ultimate
James Morgan Nissan 300 ZX leads out the field
'special saloon or sports car'. The sport was first introduced to
the UK in 2005 and officially recognised by the MSA in 2010, the UK Time Attack Championship is now the largest and most
professional in the World. There are classes within the event, Club and Pro, plus divisions by Rear Wheel Drive, Front Wheel Drive
and 4 Wheel Drive. The Donington meeting was a Club level event. The teams had three sessions at Donington to get to grips with
© Janet Wright
the circuit. The first Practice session saw the two 4WD Subaru
impreza's of Jason Ogg and Chris Bennett top the time sheet. In the
Qualifying session it was a third Subaru of Lee Bullen that went top,
1.452 seconds ahead of Bennett with Ogg third. This set things up
superbly for the Final 15 minute championship round with the three
Subaru drivers ready to battle for the overall victory. Bullen only did
two laps with a 1 minute 17.644 seconds on his lap lap fast enough
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for third
place. He
then got
the
session
red
flagged
when he
put his
David Gabriel Subaru Impreza heads in to Redgate
Subaru on
Darron Wall flame throwing Vauxhall VX220
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Umar Masood Mazda RX7 finished 4th
Winner Jason Ogg Subaru Impreza
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Danniel Gannon BMW M3 OHW winner
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Ronnie Amis Ford Sierra Cosworth finished 6th
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Dave Coe
Subaru
Impreza
Sti engine
Chris Bennett Subaru Impreza has time for a quick
spin on the way to 2nd
Dave Jackson Lotus 14th 3rd OHW
Robert Dixon Nissan 300ZX 11th 4th in class
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its side at the chicane. After setting a 'banker' lap, Bullen missed a gear coming in to the chicane and got the car in to a slide. As
he tried to correct it, the car snapped back. rode over the gravel sideways and dug in, tipping © Simon Wright
the car on to the drivers side, where it stayed. The Marshalls got Bullen out and after the race
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was red flagged, they pushed the car back on to
its wheels. It was relatively undamaged as can be
seen from our photo sequence, and the car was
later driven on to its trailer. Bennett set a fast time
on his third lap with a time of 1 minute 16.779
seconds which got him second place, while Jason
Ogg set the fastest time of 1 minute 16.292
seconds on lap 6 of his 10 laps to win. Umar
Masood in his Mazda RX7 was the fastest RWD car in 4th place in 1 minute 17.655
seconds, just 11/100th of a second off the Subaru of Bullen. Fifth place went to Daniel
Gannon in a BMW M3, first in the One Hit Wonder (OHW) class. The first Front Wheel
Drive car (FWD) was Marc Donnelly driving a Ford Escort in to 12th place with a time
of 1 minute 20.351 seconds. The Club N/A class went to Neil Bamford driving a
Vauxhall Corsa with a time of 1 minute 22.282 seconds.
Colin Peach Tiga SC84 leads Kevin Clifford Shrike P16
First race of the meeting was the BIGprofile Sports 2000 Duratec championship for 2
litre sports racing cars. They run three classes - A for cars built after 2006, B for
converted Pinto cars and pre 2006 Duratec cars and Class C is the Derek Bell Trophy
for drivers over the age of 50. Coming in to Donington, Robert Oldershaw was leading
the Championship by just 3 points from Craig Mitchell, but it was Patrick Sherrington
in the MCR Sportscar that took pole position for the 30 minute race from Robert
Oldershaw in the Gunn TS11. The first 'race' was Red flagged after just one lap as
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Gwyn Pollard in the Crossle 96 had to be pushed off the grid
and on to the grass opposite the pit wall. Once his car was
cleared, the race was restarted and Sherrington pulled in to
an immediate lead with Oldershaw the only car to stay with
him in the early stages. The pair pulled well clear of the rest
of the field with Sherrington winning by 7.225 seconds with
Craig Mitchell 3rd in a Lola T88/90 nearly 30 seconds behind
the winner.
The Sports 2000 Pinto championship which is actually two
separate championships in one race. The Historic
Championship is for Pinto cars built before1983 and the Pinto
championship is for all other Pinto powered cars, split into
two categories - Class B is for cars from 1982 to 1986 and
Scott Guthrie Van Dieman RFS02 has the inside line for Redgate from Dave Croft Gunn TS11
Class A is for cars built after 1986. Chris Snowdon's Historic
class Tiga SC80 took Pole position from the newer Class B car of Mike Fry in his Lola T86/90 while the best modern Class A car
was Colin Feyerabend's Lola T90/90 in 4th place. The race was red flagged after 2 laps with Snowdon ahead of Fry and
Feyerabend. The race was restarted, and Snowdon led from start to finish. The battle for second place saw Mike Johns in a
Royale S2000M hold off a challenging Mike Fry for most of the race but on the penultimate lap, Fry managed to get his Lola in
front and took second place, less than 1/2 a second in front of Johns, Fry also taking the Class B win. Feyerabend finished 4th
overall to take the Class A honours.
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The OSS (Open Sportscars Series) had class
structure changes and a new 3 races per event
programme for 2013. As the name 'Open'
suggests, these races are run under fairly
relaxed regulations to allow as many sports car
racers to enter. There are nine classes to cover
various engine capacities from up to 1000cc to
over 2001cc plus classes for closed top cars
over 2 litres with and without motorcycle
engines, plus a class for anything else not
fitting in the other classes.
Tony Sinclair put his Jade 3 V6 on Pole position
for the first race but it was Duncan Williams in a
Mike Johns Royale S2000M leads Mark Powell Tiga SC4
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Juno Sportscar that was leading when the first race was red flagged
after 5 laps. After the restart, he was again the front runner until he
retired giving victory to Doug Hart in a Chiron Hart 2012. Chris Fleming
was 2nd in a Juno TR250 with Tony Sinclair in 3rd. The other two races
were on Sunday, with Tony Sinclair winning the second race in the Jade
3 V6 from Craig Fleming in the Juno and Doug Hart in the Chiron Hart
2012. The third race saw a third winner, when Fleming in the Juno took
the win from Darcy Smith in a Radical SR4 and Graham Cole in the
Jade Trackstar.
The remaining races all took place on Sunday. The Ford Fiesta
championship had such a large entry that Class C - Fiesta ST had its
own races. Nicholas Bowers was on Pole position for the first race even
after having lap times disallowed for exceeding track limits, along with 5
Joe Ferguson Ford Fiesta ST tries the inside line at the chicane
other cars. Andrew Foley led the first half of the race before retiring
which allowed David Grady to the front and claim the win by 4.418 seconds from Daniel Holland and Nicholas Bowers. David
Grady led the first 2/3rd of the second race with Daniel Holland shadowing him until lap 11 when Holland took the lead. Grady tried
to hold on to second, but he was passed on the last lap by Matthew Foley who got revenge for the first race to beat Grady to 2nd
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The remaining Fiesta classes were grouped together with James Appleby
putting his Zetec S on Pole. However he was beaten into second place by
David Abbott taking the win in another Zetec S. Ian Scrunton in an Si won
Class A and Andrew Mollison won Class B in his Fiesta Zetec. In the
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second race,
Scrunton took the
overall win from
Appleby who won
class D while
Mollison took
another class win.
Ford has also
supported young
drivers for years
Dave Abbott Ford Fiesta Zetec S and there were two
races in the Vortex
Thomas Grundy Junior Ford Fiesta ST has a spin at Redgate
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Motorsport News Ford Fiesta Junior championship. There wasn't a large
field and Alex Reed was quickest in qualifying, but in the race it was a
battle between Robert Cox and James 'JJ' Ross and that was the order for
the race but they finished first and second separated by just 0.29 of a
second apart. Ben Wilcox was third. The second race continued the battle,
but by lap 11 Ross was passed and pulled away while Cox slipped back to
third behind Wilcox by the end of the race.
The Popular Mazda MX5 championship drew a large entry and was split in
to two groups. Tom Roche claimed Pole for the Group 1 race despite him
and nearly half the field having lap times disallowed for exceeding track
limits. Roche led the first race from almost start to finish to win by 1.5
seconds from Brett Smith who had challenged him for the entire race.
James Blake-Baldwin was over 10 seconds further back in third. The
Mazda racing is often very close
second race saw Blake-Baldwin join the fight until he dived in to the pits on
lap 6 where he retired. This left Roche with the win and Smith in second again, with Simon Goddard taking third place.
The Group 1B race saw Calum Edwards lead from start to finish in the first race, with Matt Robinson only 0.6 behind. Sam Smith
was a distant 3rd. The race for Group 2B was won by Wayne Le Montais from Adam Craig and Gary Hufford.
Alfa Romeo Pre 91 Trophy race saw Ian Stapleton on Pole in an Alfa Romeo GT V6 but Anthony George in a 33 16V lead for most
of the race before Stapleton took the win with two laps to go. George finished second and Jon Billingsley was third in a 147. The
other Alfa Romeo race on Sunday was a round of the Alfashop Alfa Romeo Championship which had Neil Smith on Pole in an Alfa
Romeo 156 World Touring Car. Roger Evans made a great start to lead the first lap in his 147 GTA, then Guy Hale got in front in a
147 GTA for a couple of laps before Ian Stapleton took the lead in his GT V6. But
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Neil Smith was working his way through the field from being last but one on the first
lap to taking the lead with 5 laps to go. He crossed the line over 13 seconds ahead
of Stapleton, but was given © Simon Wright
a 30 second penalty for
gaining unfair advantage,
which dropped him down to
4th and handed the second
Alfa Romeo win to
Stapleton. Guy Hale in the
147 GTA was second and
Edwards gets a bit sideways in the chicane in front ofCollins Graham Seager was third
Tolley leads Goddard and Baldwin in Mazda MX5
Mazda MX5
in a GTV.
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100 Years of Aston Martin in paintings.
By Pete Austin.
An exhibition of paintings by acclaimed sporting artist
Jeremy Houghton celebrating 100 years of Aston Martin
was unveiled at the Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon,
Warwickshire on 11th September. The preview was
sponsored by McGurk Performace Cars.
Jeremy was one of the official artists for the London 2012
Olympic Games and is currently Artist in Residence for
HRH The Prince of Wales at Highgrove.
The exhibition, which continues until 13th October 2013,
compliments the ‘Aston Martin – A century of
Craftsmanship’ exhibition supported by the Heritage Lottery
Fund, Aston Martin Heritage Trust and Aston Martin
Lagonda Limited.
The paintings featured are from the recent Aston Martin
Owner’s Club centenary Tour alongside his paintings inspired by
archive photographs from the Trust’s Roger Stowers Collection.
Further details can be obtained from www.heritage-motor-centre.co.uk
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The Autumn Speed Finale, Shelsley Walsh
22nd September 2013. By Simon and Janet Wright.
The last hill climb meeting of the year at Shelsley Walsh saw a
round of the Service Hydraulics Championship along with the SBD
HSA Championship, the Classic Marques Championship and the
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Sevenoaks
Speed league,
plus one make
championships
for Ferrari,
Morgan, TVR
and Austin
Healey. A
pleasant
sunny day
John Tewson locks up in his Austin Healey 100/6
greeted the large crowd as the competitors tackled the steep hill in
quick succession. The action was fast and entertaining as the
timed runs commenced in the afternoon sun, with drivers ready to
push to the limit as the season draws to a close. Most spectacular
driver award must go to Tim Dennis in his 1380cc Morris Mini
Cooper, who © Janet Wright
took Bottom
Tim Dennis 2 wheels his Morris Mini Cooper through Bottom S
S on his first
timed run on two wheels, obviously trying to reduce rolling friction!
John Jones set the fastest time of the day in his Pilbeam MP88 setting a
time of 26.24 seconds beating Terry Graves Gould GR37 by 0.23 seconds.
Mike Tregoning was third fastest in a Pilbeam MP88 in 26.78 seconds.
Class winners included Toby Moody in an Empire DS1000 in 4th with a
time of 26,88 seconds, Gary Thomas finished 5th in his Force PC in a time
of 26.91 seconds, while Kim Johnson took the Sports Libre Cars and
Hillclimb Super Sports Cars class in a time of 30.65 seconds in a Mallock
Mk20. One of the surprises was how high up the overall order that Tim
Pennington managed to haul up his Westfield SE to claim the Class B1 &
B2 Road-going Specialist Production Cars class with a time of 30.67
David Duerden Asston Martin Vantage
seconds, to place him 26th overall. Equally impressive was that Geoff
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Twemlow won Class C3 Modified Series Production cars class in
his Subaru Impreza with a time of 31.22 seconds to finish 29th
overall, while another Subaru Impreza driven by Andrew Cottrill
took first place in the A3 Class for Road-going Series Production
Cars over 2000 cc in a time of 31.71 seconds. Class D Modified
Specialist Production Cars was won by 30th placed Stuart Bickley
who achieved a 31.57 second run in his Sylva Phoenix. The
Lotus 22 of Geoff Hunt was first in Class M2 for Classic Sports
Libre and Racing cars pre 1975 with a time of 31.76 seconds.
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The little
Jedi Mk
IV of
Thomas
Grantham
-Wright
Winner FTD John Jones Pilbeam MP88
used the
Force to take victory in Class H Racing Cars up to 600cc with a time of
31.87 seconds and 36th overall.
First place in © Janet Wright
Class P: TVR
cars entered
in the TVRCC
Speed
championship
Murray Wakeham Austin Healey Ashley Sprite
was Matthew Oakley driving the 6.2 litre TVR Griffith, while Class O
for cars entered in the HealeySport championship was won by
Richard Mason driving an Austin Healey 3000 Mk11. Class N for
Morgan Cars entered in the MSCC Techniques Speed Championship
were led home by Clive Glass in a Morgan +8 with a time of 36.61
seconds. Classic saloons and Sports Cars pre-1975 were dominated
by the Ginette G4 of Nick Stephens with a time of 39.49 seconds. The
Ferrari cars entered in the 2013 Pirelli Hill climb championship was
won by Nick Taylor driving a Ferrari 430 Coupe to 50th overall in a
time of 33.27 seconds.
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Pauline Goodwin Ferrari California
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Shaun Smith Ferrari 328GTB
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Pete Tatham Terrapin M Type spun at the esses
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John Wood Dallara F397/8
Stephen Casson Austin Healey Sebring Sprite
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Brian Marshall Porsche 944 Turbo
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Chris Howard-Harris goes off line in his
Caterham Superlight R
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Sywell Classic Pistons and Props 28th-29th September 2013.
By Simon and Janet Wright with additional photos by Pete Austin.
The first Sywell Classic took place at the Sywell aerodrome in
Northamptonshire at the end of September, celebrating classic vehicles
both on the ground and in the air. Over 13,000 people attended this first
show and the weather could not have been better, with blue skies and
© Pete Austin
pleasantly warm for
the time of year.
The event was
designed to be a
mix of classic cars,
bikes and
aeroplanes, with air
displays and car demonstrations on the taxiway and main runway. There
was also a large area where various car clubs mounted a display of
members vehicles, along with trade stands and a fun fair. Further musical
entertainment was provided by Elle and the Pocket Belles, The Hound
Dogs, and the Swinging Blue Jeans.
The static displays from the motoring clubs provided a varied mix of
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vehicles, from
Modern supercars,
through some mighty American muscle cars, family favourites like the
original Mini to some unusual classics like a three wheeled BSA Car, not
bike! There were also lots of classic bikes on show as well as taking part in
the motoring demonstrations on the "Racing Runway".
One of the many high-lights for the fans was the Sprint Strip where vintage
dragsters and Custom cars staged demonstration drag 'races' down the
200 metre course, complete with traffic light start lights and tyre smoking
warm ups. There were some real heavy metal American cars in the line up,
including a 1960s Plymouth Barracuda dragster, a 1970 Richard Petty '43
blue' Plymouth Superbird and various Ford Model A dragsters. But lined up
against them were some British classics including a 1960 Hillman Humber,
a Ford Zephyr pickup truck and a Ford Anglia.
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The Sprint strip was also used by the rest of the motorsport
demonstration runs that then continued out on to the main runway
for a high speed blast before turning round at the end and returning
back to a finish line near the start of the runway. This did mean that
the first runs took some time to complete as the cars had to return
to the start before the next vehicle could be released. To speed up
the process, changes were made to the procedure before the
afternoon runs © Simon Wright
took place. The
sound and
sight of three
fairly modern
Grand Prix
cars tackling
the course was
enough to take the breath away. First of the Formula 1 cars was the 1990
Leyton House CG901B driven by Gary Ward which completed two runs in very
quick succession. This was followed by an ex-Michael Schumacher Benetton
Ford B192 driven by Lorina McLaughlin and finally the yellow Lotus Type 101
driven by Steve Griffiths screamed around the course. Other special cars
included the Kurtis Offy Indianapolis car driven by Fred Harper and a fantastic
© Pete Austin
1951 Ferrari 212 F1 driven by Peter Jerram. All
categories were represented, saloons, GT and
Sports cars and two small grids of historic racing
motorcycles plus a selection of racing Karts.
The action in the sky was just as interesting. There
were two displays by Spitfire aircraft and a
spectacular performance by the Breitling Wingwalkers, whose Boeing Stearman biplanes are the
Worlds only aerobatic wing walking display team.
The show proved to be a hit with everyone, and
next years show should be bigger and better. Make
a note for your diary, the 27th and 28th September
2014 for the next Sywell Classic.
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2013/14 Formula 5000 Australia Cup Rnd 2 Sandown Melbourne
14-15 Sept 2013
© John Morris/Mpix
TWEEDIE EXTENDS F5000 SERIES
LEAD
The historic Formula 5000 category is
appearing on the V8 Supercar
programme for the first time, supporting
the opening round of the 2013 Pirtek
Endurance Cup – the Wilson Security
Sandown 500.
Sydney youngster Tom Tweedie annexed
pole position for Sunday’s Formula 5000
Australia Cup feature after two
commanding wins in Saturday’s
qualifying heats. Tweedie’s Chevron,
which won the Tasman series in 1974 in
the hands of British racer Peter Gethin,
was uncatchable, lowering the Formula
5000 (and outright) Sandown lap record
twice, to eventually leave it at a
scintillating1m 05.76s. The main
excitement for the large Sandown crowd
Kiwi Andrew Higgins (ex-Mario Andretti Lola T400) led eventual winner Tom Tweedie, Ken Smith and Richard
centred around a pair of nose-to-tail
Davison out of the opening corner at Sandown, but the youngster was soon past to record his second feature win.
dices for second between pole man
Image courtesy John Morris/Mpix
Richard Davison (Lola T332) and Kiwi
Andrew Higgins (Lola T400) in the opening heat, joined in the second by veteran Ken Smith (Lola T332) who had battled through
from the back of the grid after missing qualifying. In the end, Higgins took both runner-up spots, with Davison and Smith sharing a
podium each.
Tweedie consolidated his lead in the 2013/14 Formula 5000 Australia Cup with an almost all-the-way win in the weekend’s feature
event. His Chevron B24 was beaten away from the rolling start by Kiwi Andrew Higgins (Lola T400), but burst through to lead halfway round the opening lap and was never challenged. A potential three-way scrap for second between Higgins, Kiwi legend Ken
Smith (Lola T332) and Richard Davison (Lola T332), became a two-way one after two laps when Higgins’ brake pedal went to the
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floor at the end of Sandown’s long start-finish straight and he spun. Fortunately, following cars avoided the stationary car and he
was able to rejoin, albeit with reduced braking capacity, and charge back through to an eventual fourth-placed finish. To his delight,
Davison – son of the great former AGP-winner Lex Davison and father of V8 Supercar stars Will and Alex – was able to see off the
challenge from Smith and earn a well-deserved second place:
“I’ve ticked off one of my Bucket List items this weekend – racing on the same track as the great Ken Smith,” he beamed.
Melbournians Bryan Sala (Matich A50) and Andrew Robson (Lola T332) completed the top six.
Formula 5000 Australia Cup points after two rounds: Tweedie 110; Smith 83; Higgins 79; Sala 61; Aaron Lewis 45; Davison 41;
John Bryant 31; Tim Rush 30; Darcy Russell 23; Andrew Robson 19; Tony Floriani, Rod Carroll 14; Clark Proctor 12.
The Formula 5000 Australia Cup is supported by Gibson Freight and MSC.
Report courtesy Ross MacKay - Fast Company and Chris Lambden - CinchMedia, Secretary F5000 Australia
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Tom Tweedie (Chevron B24/28) – first ever below 1m 06s at Sandown. Image courtesy John Morris/Mpix
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750 Motor Club at
Donington Park 21st
September 2013
By Simon and Janet Wright.
With the 750 Motor Club now based
at Donington Park, this was a home
meeting for the club. Home for low
cost racing, the 750 Motor Club
covers a wide class of racing. Now
the 750 Motorclub have joined forces
with Monoposto Racing Club to
organise a new series to
Winner Chris Dittman Dallara F302 chased by Jason Timms Speads RM07
commemorate Frank Tiedeman, who
passed away this year. Frank was a key member of the 750 Motorclub who founded the Monoposto Racing Club in 1958 to
© Simon Wright
enable the ordinary man in the street to be able to race fast
single seater racing cars. The two clubs have joined to stage the
Monoposto Racing Club Tiedman Trophy at Donington. The race
was for any single seater up to 2 litres and drew a strong 20 car
entry headed by F3 Cup champion Chris Dittmann driving a F3
based Dallara. Dittmann took Pole position and got in to a race
long battle with Jason Timms driving the Speads RM07. For the
first few laps, they both took turns in the lead but before half
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Peter Chattin in his HSC won the 750 Trophy race
Peter Venn Anson SA3 finished 4th
distance Dittmann got in front and slowly pulled away to take a
convincing win by 18.81 seconds from Timms. Jim Blockley
took 3rd place in his F3 Ralt.
Christian Pedersen in an Austin 7 made a great start from the
third row of the grid to lead the 750 Trophy race at the end of
the first lap but Peter Chattin got his HSC in front and was
followed through by Ben Myall in the Gerrell Mk1 on the second
lap and they remained that way to the finish. Pedersen retired
on lap 7, so it was Trefor Slatter in the Centaur Mk6 that took
3rd place.
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JM Littman won the 750MC CarTek Roadsports race from Pole position in
his Porsche Boxster, but he did not have it easy in the 45 minute race.
From the start he was under continual pressure from the Toyota MR2 of
Rob Horsfield as the pair broke away from the rest of the field. Lap after lap
the Toyota would try to out brake the Porsche in to Redgate. After a slower
pitstop, Horsfield had ground to make up on the leading Porsche, but when
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Neil Livesey spun
his Lotus Elise S2
backwards in to the
gravel trap at the
chicane, it brought
out the Safety car to
allow the Lotus to
be removed. This
Point of contact between Liiman and Horsfield in Roadsport race
allowed Horsfield to
make up the lost time and rejoin the battle for the lead. After the Denwood/
Winstanley BMW Compact had a spin at the chicane, Horsfield was right
on the tail of the leaders Porsche and as they approached Redgate they Denwood/Winstanley BMW Compact goes for a quick spin at the chicane
touched and the Toyota went in to a spin across the track. This ensured the win for Littman in the Porsche and gave 2nd place to
the BMW Z3 of Matt Cherrington and Martin Gambling with Horsfield managing to recover to claim 3rd place in his Toyota.
© Simon Wright
The Demon Tweeks/Yokohama Stock Hatch championship saw the first of two races go to Pole
man Shayne Deegan's Citroen Saxo VTR, even after suffering drive shaft failure on the last lap.
© Janet Wright
The Saxo VTR achieved a
1-2-3 finish in the race with the
winners brother Lee Deegan
2nd and Tom Bell third.
The AB Performance RGB
Championships for Road
Going Bike (RGB) engined,
two seater cars built to roadgoing specification and
capable of passing an MOT on
the day of the event. The cars
Stockhatch winner Shayne Deegan Citroen can be one off specials or
Saxo VTR
Start of the RGB Championship race
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converted sportscars split into three
classes F - Front engined cars to
1000cc R - Rear or mid engined
cars up to 1000cc or A - any car
over 1000cc up to 180 bhp but
must have competed in at least
one RGB event prior to the end of
2011. Alastair Boulton took a lights
to flag victory to head a Sprite GT3
top three finish with Matthew
Higginson in 2nd and John
Paul Thorpe bounces over the chicane in his Ford Fiesta XR2i
Cutmore in third. Paul Rickers took Winner Lee Scott Ford Fiesta XR2i narrowly misses
the F class, finishing in 9th overall driving his STM Phoenix.
spinning Peugeot 205GTi of John Hill…..
The Demon Tweeks/Yokohama Classic Stock Hatch championship is for retro hatchbacks available for sale in the UK prior to
© Simon Wright
January 1992 with a maximum of a 1400cc multivalve engine or a 1600cc
two valves per cylinder. This was an exciting race with Lee Scott, Paul
Thorpe and Daniel Gibson swopping the lead in their Ford Fiesta XR2s. As
they started the last lap, there was a four car battle for the lead with Martin
Cayzer also in the frame in yet another Fiesta XR2, but he had a spin on
the last lap which dropped him to 9th. Thorpe had started the last lap in 4th
place, but passed both Gibson and Cayzer through McLean's corner to
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grab 2nd place. As
they entered the
chicane for the last
time, they came across
But following Paul Thorpe is not so lucky and clips the Peugeot
a spinning Peugeot 205 GTi of John Hill and chaos reigned supreme. Scott
managed to avoid the spinning car to grab victory, but Thorpe didn't fare as well
and hit the Peugeot quite hard. This gave Gibson 2nd place and Andy Philpotts
in another Fiesta XR2 came home 3rd.
The Locost championship race for Groups B & C saw Lee Bankhurst take the
win from Pole position after an initial challenge from Richard Bradley who
finished in 2nd place, over 11 seconds behind at the finish. Danny Andrew took
3rd place.
Keith Richards spins his Locost at Redgate
Formula Vee has been run by the 750 Motor Club since 1980 and is probably
while the others all swerve to avoid
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© Simon Wright
the cheapest way to go single
seater racing in the UK. Most
of the mechanical components
from the car are taken from
the VW 1300 Beetle, including
engine, gearbox, suspension
and brakes and the use of a
Dunlop control tyre also helps
keep costs down. Paul Smith
made the early running from
Formula Vee winner Martin Farmer in the GAC
Pole position in his AHS
Dominator but gradually slipped back to finish in 4th place. This allowed Martin Falmer to the
front in his GAC where he stayed until the end, winning by 6.99 seconds from Graham Gant
in a WEV. Ian Buxton was third in a Daghome/GAC. The class B winner was Ian Jordan
driving a Sheane Jordan who finished 9th overall.
© Simon Wright The Sports Special/SR & GT
Jack Wilkinson in a Sheane tries straight lining the
Challenge race was dominated by
chicane
Clive Hudson in an Eclipse SM1.
He led from Pole position until the race was stopped with the red flag on
lap 7 due to Stuart Gibbons spinning at the chicane and the Ginetta G20
was stuck in the middle of the track on the exit. Hudson was just over a
second ahead of another Eclipse SM1 driven by Paul Boyd while Paul
Collingwood was third in a Sylva J15. The final race on Saturday was the
second race for the 750 Trophy Series and from the start Peter Chattin
managed to lead after the first lap, but he could not stop Ben Myall
750MS Sports Specials winner Clive Hudson in the Eclipse SM1
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powering through and although he chased
hard, it was Myall in the Gerrell Mk1 who got
revenge for the first race and won, while race
1 winner Chattin was second in his HSC and
Trefor Slatter was a long way behind in third
place at the wheel of his Centaur Mk6.
Carnage in the first corner of the 750MC Sport Specials challenge race
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