Classic and Competition Car 10 July 2011

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Competition Car
Issue 10
July 2011
Sir Stirling Moss retires
FIA GT1 World Championship Silverstone
Shelsley Walsh Jaguar Tribute
Page 1 Classic & Competition Car July 2011
© Simon Wright
Contents
Page 4 Sir Stirling Moss
Page 7 Le Mans 24 Hours
Page 8 Mod Sports and Super Saloons
Page 9 La Vie en Bleu Hill climb Prescott
Page 11 CSCC Donington Park
Page 18 Vintage Revival Montlhery
Page 20 Newark Kit Car Show
Page 23 Archive Photo of the month
Page 24 FIA GT1 World Championship Silverstone
Page 31 Senna - The film review
Page 32 VSCC Harewood Hill climb
Page 34 Becketts Farm Transport Meet
Page 36 British GT Brands Hatch
Page 39 Shelsley Walsh Jaguar celebration
Page 41 Formula 5000 CSCC Oulton Park
© Pete Austin
Page 42 Tour Britannia
Top:
Steve & Tony Graham Lancia Fulvia
Tour Britannia
Middle
The Napier Railton on the banking at
Montlhery
© Pete Austin
© Dennis Rushton
Page 16 Lindler and Nocker Jaguar E-Type
Bottom
Jaguar XJ13 - Shelsley Walsh
© Simon Wright
Editorial
© Simon Wright
This seasons motor
sport seems to get better
each month. As you can
see from the variety of
reports we have in this
issue, the diversity of
motor racing in Britain
is amazing. July just
Simon Wright
Editor/Photographer
see’s everything getting
even better. By the time
you read this the Goodwood Festival of Speed will
have been and gone, followed rapidly by the
British Grand Prix, the Cholmondeley Pageant of
Power, World Touring Cars at Donington, VSCC
Hillclimb at Loton Park and then the Silverstone
Classic, which this year looks to be bigger and
better than ever. More celebrations for that great
British icon the Jaguar E-Type continue and if the
Classic achieves it’s aim, there should be 1000 of
them on the Silverstone circuit at the end of this
month. Now that should be a sight worth seeing..
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The Ex Lindler and Nocker Jaguar E-Type at
Shelsley Walsh © Pete Austin
News
Stirling Moss retires from racing
© Pete Austin
How do you pay tribute to the man who is Mr Motor
Racing? Sir Stirling Moss has decided to retire from
motor racing at the age of 81. He made his
announcement after qualifying for the Le Mans
Legends race at the Circuit de la Sarthe in France.
He began his career in 1948 driving a Formula 500
Cooper Jap Mk II. His first event, a hill climb at
Prescott near Gloucester, he finished 4th in class. He
made his track racing debut on the 7th of April at the
Brough aerodrome, where he won his heat, the final and
the handicap race, also setting the fastest lap time and
had pole position with the best qualifying time. In
September of that year he also won the inaugural 3 lap
race at Goodwood.
In 1950, Stirling scored his first International victory on
the eve of
his 21st
Birthday.
In a
loaned
Jaguar
XK120 he
won the
Tourist
Trophy at
Dundrod.
This was
the first of many famous Sport car race victories which would include probably his most
famous victory on the 1955 Millie Miglia in Italy driving a Mercedes 300 SLR with
navigator Denis Jeckinson. Using a series of hand signals as instructions, they set a new
outright record for the event. He also won the Targa Florio that year co driving with Peter
Collins. Add victories in the Sebring
12 Hours race in America in 1954,
the 1000Kms of the Nurburgring in
German in 1956, 1958 and 1959 and
the RAC Tourist Trophy on several
occasions at different circuits, it was
obvious that Stirling Moss was a very
competent long distance racer. His last
major sports car win was the 1961
Tourist Trophy at Goodwood, driving
a Ferrari 250 GT.
Stirling Moss (Aston Martin DBR1)
© Pete Austin
© Simon Wright
By Simon Wright
Stirling Moss (Mercedes Benz W196)
© Pete Austin
© Pete Austin
© Pete Austin
However, Stirling Moss was
also a single seater racer, and
progressed through the
Formula 3 500 cars to race
Formula 2 and in 1951 in
entered the first of his 66
World Championship Grand
Prix at the Swiss Grand Prix
in Berne Bremgarten. The
Formula 2 cars were used to
fill out the grids, but in the
wet at Berne, Moss used his
Stirling Moss (Maserati 250F)
considerable talent to drag his
HWM to 8th place at the finish. He had been in 7th place but on the last lap ran out of fuel
causing the Alta engine to splutter. He had also driven for 30 laps having to hold his visor on
with one hand after the screen broke around half distance.
This was the start of a grand Prix career which would see Stirling drive for some of the best
teams in the world, against some of the best drivers including multiple World Champion
Fangio. Moss and Fangio were team mates at Mercedes in 1955 where Stirling scored his
first World Championship
Grand Prix win at Aintree at
the British Grand Prix ahead
of Fangio.
Moss would go on to a further
15 Grand Prix victories but
never managed to claim the
World Championship,
finishing runner up four times.
One of his most famous
victories was at Monaco in
1961. Running Rob Walkers
private Lotus 18 he managed
to beat the might of Ferrari to
win this most prestigious race.
Stirling Moss (Lotus 18)
He also took victory at the
Nurburgring with the Lotus upgraded to Lotus 21 specification and was the only driver to
beat Ferrari during the 1961 World Championship. Stirling Moss also is the only driver to
have won a Formula 1 race in a 4
wheel drive race car. He won the
1961 Oulton Park Gold Cup at
the wheel of the Ferguson
Climax P99 FWD.
In 1962 Moss was rumoured to
have done a deal with Ferrari to
run a Grand Prix car from
Maranello in Rob Walker
colours. Before the Grand Prix
season started though, he decided
© Pete Austin
© Janet Wright
Sir Stirling Moss and his wife Susie
© Pete Austin
to take part in the
non championship
Formula 1 race,
The Glover Trophy
on Easter Monday
at Goodwood.
Nearly 2 seconds a
lap faster than the
rest of the field,
Stirling was
determined to win
Stirling Moss (Vanwall)
here at Goodwood,
a circuit he knew very well. Driving the Lotus 18/21 with a V8 engine, he was the class of
the field. Unfortunately he was forced in to the pits with a gear linkage problem and lost 2
laps on the leader, Graham Hill in a BRM. Moss was never one to give up and set off to
chase down the leader. As he came up to un-lap himself from Graham Hill, the car suddenly
veered left and hit the embankment
at around 120 mph. This was the
end of his Grand Prix career. He
remembers nothing of the accident
that hospitalised him for several
months and although Moss tested a
car again at Goodwood early in 1963
when he was recovered, he felt that
his automatic reflex's were no longer
as sharp as they were and he had to
fully concentrate just to achieve an
uncompetitive lap time, so he
decided to retire from the top levels
of the sport.
Stirling kept his links to the sport, becoming a commentator for an American TV station, and
actively promoted the Can-Am series until 1974. In 1980 Stirling made a come back to the
sport he loved, driving an Audi 80 GLE in the British Touring Car Championship along side
Richard Lloyd. He has since competed in Historic races, driving a variety of cars including
many he drove in their heyday. He married his third wife Susie in 1980 and has a son, Elliot
who was born later that year. In the 2000 New Years Honours list he was given a
Knighthood which he received from Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace.
Stirling Moss is quoted to have said”My philosophy about racing, which is not really shared
today, is that it is very important to race while
enjoying the sport. And I would prefer to lose a
race driving quickly enough to have won it than
to win by driving slow enough to lose it. Do you
understand?”
Sir Stirling will still be around the motor racing
scene, make guest appearances at many of the
top motor sport events, but will not compete any
more. We will miss his racing attitude and wish
him all the best for the future.
© GB (Roo) Lee
24 Hours du Mans 2011
© GB (Roo) Lee
By Simon Wright. Photos by GB (Roo) Lee
The 2011 Le Mans 24 hours will be remembered for closest finish to the event since 1969.
Audi claimed its tenth victory in France over the last twelve years, but its winning margin
was only 13.854 seconds after 24 hours of hard racing. Audi had also suffered a couple of
horrendous crashes to
it’s other two works
entries. Former
winner Alan McNish
was the first to go
around the one hour
mark. Coming up to
lap a slower Ferrari,
he clipped it, skipped
across the gravel trap
at full speed and hit
the tyre wall really
hard, the car lifting up
and almost
somersaulted the tyre
barrier, raining debris
and a loose wheel
down on to the photographers and Marshals behind the safety barrier. Amazingly no one was
seriously injured in the accident. The second accident happened to German driver Mike
Rockenfeller, who also hit a slower Ferrari just after sunset while flat out on the approach to
© GB (Roo) Lee
Indianapolis. The German was
taken to Hospital and kept in
overnight for observation.. Two
more accidents in the early hours
of the morning brought out further
safety car periods, including
another accident between former
Grand Prix driver Jan Magnussen
driving a Chevrolet Corvette and a
Porsche 911 of Christian Reid..
Andre Lotterer driving the diesel
Audi R18 Tdi managed to hold off
a fast charging Peugeot driven by
Simon Pagenaud to take the chequered flag and reckoned they could not have managed
another lap with the fuel left on board. Peugeot also claimed third, fourth and fifth places,
but had to admit that Peugeots strategy of reliability and speed had concentrated on
reliability and it had cost them victory, even if only by just over thirteen seconds after 24
hours of racing. The third placed Peugeot was 2 laps behind at the finish.
The result was the fourth closest finish at the race in its 79 year history,
1st Andre Lotterer/Benoit Treluyer/Marcel Faessler Audi R18 TDi
2nd Simon Pagenaud/Sebastien Bourdais/Pedro Lamy Peugeot 908
3rd Nicolas Minassian/Stephane Sarrazin/Franck Montagney Peugeot 908 2 laps behind.
Mod Sports and Super Saloons
© Mick Herring
By Simon & Janet Wright.
The Classic and Sports Car Club are arranging a race at Mallory Park in Leicestershire to reassemble some of the fantastic Super Saloons and Mod Sports cars of the early 1970’s and
80’s. The club hope to start a series for these classic cars in 2012. The race this year is hoped
to include the mighty Vauxhall ‘Baby Bertha’ as driven by the legendary Gerry Marshall,
the Daf V8 and the Beetle Chevrolet plus many other famous modified Sports Cars and
Special Saloons. At a recent test day at Mallory Park a large number of these cars put on a
test session for the media as well as giving their drivers a shake down ready for the big day in
August. It is hoped to get at least 30 cars for the race. More details can be found at
www.classicsportscarclub.co.uk . See next months issue for a report from Mick Herring who
was lucky enough to get a ride in Baby Bertha at the test day.
© Simon Wright
La Vie en Bleu.
Prescott.
The Bugatti Owners club fifth annual French festival took place at Prescott hill climb
course, near Gloucester, over the weekend of the 28th and 29th May 2011. Celebrating all things French, the club arranged a fantastic meeting. As well as several
million pounds worth of cars, and that's only the Bugatti Veyrons on display, they
also arranged flying displays for both days, put French signs and flags all around the
paddock and had people wandering around
in classic French outfits.
Saturday is given over to a normal hill climb
event with lots of British cars entered. Sunday is the special French day, with a large
entry of French cars entered and a few select British entries to give a Franco-British
challenge to some of the classes.
Seeing that the course belongs to the Bugatti Owners Club, there is always a good
Bugatti Veyron Super Sport
turn out of Bugatti cars for the event.
There are always several Veyron's present which do demonstration runs up the
hill at lunch time. Also on display and giving several demonstration runs up the hill
was a Bugatti Veyron Super Sport, the
Worlds fastest Production sports car. The
car on display was one of a series of 5
© Janet Wright
© Janet Wright
By Simon and Janet Wright.
Mark Walker 1906 Darracq 200HP
© Janet Wright
© Simon Wright
built to the same specification as the Veyron which set a new land speed World record for a production car with an average speed of 267.8 mph.
Along with static displays in the orchard by various French car clubs,
most French makes were also represented in the action on the hill. Renault, Citroen, Peugeot, and Matra
joined Bugatti to make this a true display of French motoring history.
Oldest car entered was Mark
Walker’s 1906 Darracq 200HP, which
had competition from a 1913 Peugeot
148GP and a 1907 Berliet Racing
Curtiss but none of these were the
Peugeot 203
fastest in the class, as it was taken
by Robin Baker in a 1930 Amilcar 8C Hispano. For the first time this year a special
class for Invicta cars was included and drew a large entry of 17 cars. Trevor Swete
driving a 1931
Invicta S Type
was 1st in class
with a best time
of 61,71 seconds. Local driver Edward Tyack
set the fastest
time of the day
up the hill with a
time of 47.28
seconds driving
his Ginetta G16
powered by a
BMW engine.
© Simon Wright
John J Keatley came 3rd in the Invicta class in his 1931 Invvicta S Type
Fastest time of Day Edward Tyack Ginetta G16 BMW
Classic and Sports Car Club Donington
By Mick Herring
© Mick Herring
The CSCC meeting opened with the Deutsche Marque race on Saturday afternoon
and Daniel Gannon led his first circuit race with a virtual lights to flag victory. The
Time Attack racer only relinquished the lead during his mandatory pit stop to the
© Mick Herring
Daniel Gannon BMW M3 (1st) lapping 7th place
second place Porsche 968 of Pete Morris/Alex Eacock when they elected to stay
out longer before pitting. Third place went to the attractive and screaming BMW M3
E30 of Jeff Mileham/Steve Guglielmi, a pair who had stated their intention to take it
easy in this race.
If Steve's regular two wheeling at the chicane is his idea of taking it easy I'd like to
see him when he's in a hurry.
The Mark Astall/Thomas
Houlbrook BMW adopted
the light(weight) and airy
approach to the race when
it shed first one door then
the other, circulating for a
portion of the race
doorless, pitting for spare
doors and ultimately
retiring when one of the
replacements adopted the
"suicide door" mode.
Result:5 Daniel Gannon BMW M3
3 Morris/Eacock Porsche 968
66 Mileham/Guglielmi BMW E30 M3 EVO 111
7 Davies/Bennet BMW M3
17 Anthony Campbell Porsche 968 CS
58 Chris Maries BMW 325 E30
I once drove a Jaguar XJ6 and a TWR 6 litre XJS around Donington, getting the
XJ6 terribly sideways going down the Craner Curves, without really trying, so due
respect to the drivers who would muscle these (power assisted) leviathons of British
engineering around for two races in the Jaguar Classic Parts Jaguar Saloon/ JEC
© Mick Herring
© Mick Herring
Jaguar XJS
Championship.
Saturday's race
would be a lap
one to flag
victory for
Stewart
Lyddall's XJS
5.3 litre after
regular front
Stewart Lyddall Jaguar XJS harried by Gail Hill Jaguar XJ40 early race
runner, Chris
Palmer was helped off at Redgate almost immediately. This left Gail Hill to lead the
charge after Lyddall until she was pipped for second place by Lawrence Coppock
with one lap left to run.
Result:1st 23 Stewart Lyddall XJS 5300
2nd 97 Lawrence Coppock XJS 6000
3rd 52 Gail Hill XJ40 4000
4th 91 Patrick Doyle XJS 6000
5th 57 David Bye XJ6 Coupe 4200
Race 2.
Gail Hill made up for
the previous day's
late deposition by
dominating the
second race despite
a safety car
intervention very
early on. Race one
winner, Stewart
Lyddall spun out of
second place on lap
six at the chicane to
finish in 13th at the
flag. With Lyddall out
Gail Hill lJaguar XJ40 eaning on it
of contention, Gail
Hill fended off the attentions of Peter Dorlin, David Bye and Patrick Doyle, who all
stayed within striking distance throughout.
The only change in the order at the front was with David Bye eventually snatching
second place, with the first four being seperated by only 0.65 sec. Punching above
it's weight in race 2 was the Mk2 of Derek Pearce who finished a creditable sixth
overall against much younger car opposition.
Result:1st 52 Gail Hill XJ40 4000
2nd 57 David Bye XJ6 Coupe 4200
3rd 10 Peter Dorlin XJ6 4200
4th 91 Patrick Doyle XJS 6000
5th 44 Cliff Ryan XJS 5343
The two Pirelli Ferrari Open races boasted a mouthwatering selection of Ferraris
from the last
decade-and-bit,
right up to the
latest Ferrari
458 Challenge
cars. However,
neither of the
weekend's two
winners would
be aboard the
latest offering,
Gary gives in for one lap to Johnston
© Mick Herring
© Mick Herring
© Mick Herring
© Mick Herring
Little excuse is ever needed to organise a race for them but with the Jaguar E-type
celebrating it's 50th anniversary this year the marque and model will be justifiably
honoured throughout the year. The CSCC's sixty minute celebratory race became a
duel between Chris
Scragg/John Bussell and
Michael Wilkinson/Mark
Wright after the coupe
shared by former double
British Touring Car
champion
John Cleland and
Jonathon Hughes faded
from third place into
retirement after 15 laps.
Chris Scragg was
headed briefly by
Wilkinson after a brake
Scragg/Bussell, Wilkinson/Wright, Cleland in Hughes car early in race lock up but the pairing
came home to win by
just over half a minute at the chequered flag.
Split into six classes and open to 4 and 6 cylinder GT and Touring cars complying
to FIA Appendix K regulations of the periods, the 40 minute Classic 'K' Series race
was won by the Jaguar E-Type of
Chris Scragg/John Bussell with only
the Ferrari Open race allowing
service of the car after their previous
victory in the E-Type Trophy race.
Only the Lotus Elan of Mark
Halstead/Stuart McPherson
remained on the same lap at 17.345
secs adrift at the end of the 40
minutes. Third place went to Brian
Arculus' Lotus Elite, 1 lap down and
Brian Arculus Elite 3rd
fourth occupied by the E-Type of
David Edge/Barry Carpenter, 2 laps down.
© Mick Herring
although one should have been. Race 1 winner, the experienced Ferrari, Radical
and Rolex 24hrs of Daytona Prototype driver, Derek Johnston, had to borrow his
430 Challenge car back from the showroom where it was for sale, when his new
458 Challenge would not
start. Race 1 got
underway with Wayne
Marrs' 360 GTC leading
initially from Gary
Eastwood and Johnston
both in 430s.
Derek Johnston pursued
Eastwood until a third
lap manoeuvre at
Redgate saw him take
second position and set
off in pursuit of the
Michael Dwane Ferrari 458 towards Coppice
leader. On lap four the
duo both caught and passed Marrs at the Old Hairpin and proceeded to pull away
from the rest of the field in a spirited battle for several laps. Johnston finally
managed to consolidate his lead to a near 11 sec advantage at the flag over
Eastwood, who in turn had opened a 42 secs gap to the first of the 458s in the
hands of Michael Dwane in third. The early leader Marrs ended his race in the
chicane's gravel trap 3 laps from the end.
Result:1st 41 Derek Johnston Ferrari 430 Challenge
2nd 24 Gary Eastwood Ferrari 430 Challenge
3rd 77 Michael Dwane Ferrari 458 Challenge
4th 65 Craig Milner Ferrari 458 Challenge
5th 6 David Tomlin Ferrari 430 Challenge
Race 2 saw an all 430 Challenge sprint for the first corner, the three abreast entry
position going in Gary Eastwood's favour on the exit, Johnstone second and this
time joined by David Tomlin in third. These three made a break from the rest in the
early laps leaving Michael Dwane a secure fourth. The gap between the two leaders
varied but a safety car on lap 8 halted Johnston's renewed pursuit of Eastwood for
the next three laps. When racing resumed Johnston immediately began pressuring
Eastwood again and so the thrilling battle as these two lapped nose to tail saw the
order change when Eastwood faltered at the chicane allowing Johnstone a better
exit and the lead as they passed the pits. The cars were now side by side down the
Craner Curves until Eastwood finally had to concede. With the positions now
reversed it was Johnston's turn to feel the heat of Eastwood's headlights and at
Redgate, on the next lap, Johnston spun his lead away.
Tomlin's was in close enough attendance to take second place before Johnston
could resume, briefly losing third place also to Dwane's 458.
Race 2:1st 24 Gary Eastwood Ferrari 430 Challenge
2nd 6 David Tomlin Ferrari 430 Challenge
3rd 41 Derek Johnston Ferrari 430 Challenge
4th 77 Michael Dwane Ferrari 458 Challenge
© Mick Herring
5th 28 Paul Bailey Ferrari 458 Challenge
Group 2 of the CSCC Swinging Sixties comprises some the big(ger) banger
engined cars with the odd nimble and fast Lotus Elan in the interesting mix of cars.
The TVR Tuscan of Paul Turnbull headed the rest of the field by a lap at the end of
the first 40 minute
Swinging Sixties
race. The stars
and stripes of
Luke Wos' 7.4
litre Corvette
Stingray posed
the only threat to
the TVRs
domination until it
lost it's oil at the Old Hairpin with two laps remaining, retiring on the spot. Several
cars found the deposited oil, fortunately without damage or significant alteration to
the order. This left Matthew Birtwistle's nimble blue Elan to claim second after the
duel between Wayne Langridge's Ford Mustang and Mark Potter's Austin Healey
3000 was resolved in favour of the Ford.
© Mick Herring
The final race of the CSCC meeting at Donington was for the Group 1 cars now
split from the larger engined cars due to the number of entries for this series, now
in it's eighth season. Mainly for cars produced during the Sixties but also allowing
the fifties to get an outing together with some cars produced in the seventies but
deemed to be "in the spirit" by the Committee. This race was initially dominated by
the Chris Dear/Rob Austin Mk1 MG Midget until problems saw it coast into the pits,
rejoining and finishing 10th, three laps adrift at the flag. The TR4 of Kevan
Hadfield/Martyn Adams triumphed over the Triumph Spitfire Mk3 of Andy Vowell
with Austin Healey Sprite of Gil Duffy/Pippa Cow in third. This third place duo
practising their pit stop strategy in the paddock and determing the best way in and
out of the car around it's array of sturdy rollcage tubing to great effect. The
entertaining Mini Clubman 1330 of Keith Calver rounded out the top five.
Early leader moment lapping back marker s
© Pete Austin
The Lindner/Nocker Low Drag Lightweight
Jaguar E-Type
By Pete Austin
Following a complete restoration by Classic Motor Cars (CMC), the famous Lindner and Nocker
low drag lightweight Jaguar E type made its first public appearance at the Shelsley Walsh Jaguar
Anniversary meeting on June 4th – 5th.
In 1957 Peter Lindner became the sole Jaguar distributor for Germany and in 1963 he acquired a
lightweight E Type with a standard shape body. The following winter the car received a low drag
roof with the engine also being heavily developed.
© Pete Austin
In 1964 the car was entered for Le Mans with some works support to be driven by Lindner and his
friend Peter Nocker who was a skilled driver, particularly in the wet. The car retired on Sunday
morning following overheating problems and
having been hit whilst
in the pits by the differential of a passing Ferrari as its rear axle
disintegrated at 160
mph!
Towards the end of the
1964 season the car
was entered for a GT
race at the Montlhery
circuit near Paris. On a
soaking wet track the car aquaplaned off the circuit with the car being comprehensively destroyed.
Sadly, the unfortunate Peter Lindner died shortly afterwards.
The car was impounded by French law and locked away for ten years. Following extraction the car
passed through several hands with its original components. Eventually Lynx Engineering transferred the usable components onto a new body and frame. Following the sale of the car by the
then American owner Howard Cohen it remained in the Rosso Bianco collection of Peter Klaus for
25 years, fortunately with its original wrecked body and chassis still with the car.
© Pete Austin
Peter Neumark, chairman of CMC, then bought the car with the intention of doing a complete restoration using the original shell (over 90% of original body was saved) and all of the other original
parts from the Lynx car. The project took four years to complete and is fully outlined in the recently
published book ‘Ultimate E-type – The Competition Cars’ by Philip Porter and published by Porter
Press International (ISBN 978-1-907085-07-9).
As the accompanying photographs show the car now looks immaculate.
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Vintage Revival Montlhery‫‏‬
By Dennis Rushton
It is about ten years since Jacques Protherat organised the last vintage meeting at this composite
road/ banked circuit, approximately 40 miles to the south of Paris.
Jacques' widow, was Patron of this years
event, but the organisation was skilfully carried
out by Vincent Chamon, Chairman of the
"Association Vintage Revival". Giles Cooper, a
VSCC member and Salmson owner, acted as
the UK representative.
Held over the weekend of 7th. and 8th May,
this years event attracted a very wide
assortment of vehicles on both two three and
four wheels, but Morgan three wheelers were
by far the most numerous marque entered,
with 32 cars being entered from the UK. These
were joined by some Continental Morgan
© Dennis Rushton
Chas Reynolds and Sue Darbyshire Morgan 3 wheeler.
© Dennis Rushton
Theo Martin La Pintade.
owners and three-wheel Darmont's and
Sandford's .
A star attraction was the Brookland's
Museum, 24 litre Napier- Railton,
Brooklands Outer Circuit record holder,
returning to the track for the first time,
since it attacked records there, way
back in the 1930's.
It was, however, the very fast Morgan's
of Tim Gray, Chas Reynolds and Sue
Darbyshire that pleased the spectators,
sweeping round the banking in
Alan Winn and Napier-Railton.
© Dennis Rushton
© Dennis Rushton
Bugatti Type 59.
Tim Gray, Chas Reynolds and Sue Darbyshire Morgan 3 wheelers
formation, before diving down to the chicane and heading off for another lap.
As well as very quick Morgan's, there were some very fast racing cars, but only Tim Gray in his
8/80 JAP engined Super Sports racer managed to reach the very top of the banking.
© Mick Herring
Newark
Newark Kit
Kit Car
Car Show.
Show.
ewark Kit Car Show.
Hawk Cobras
The British Kit Car scene is alive, well and still dominated by the two most copied cars in the world
the AC Cobra and the Lotus Seven.
In June every year, the National Kit Car Festival at Newark reflects the industry but it never fails to
act as a microcosm for every part of our
love of all forms of transport, a little outside
the box.
The normal "Eurobox" that is, although the
majority still reflect the use of readily
available recycled parts from those
sources.
You can build most cars now from a single
source and/or mix of brand new parts to
get a new or age related registration.
The era of cheap and cheerful cars with
suspect build quality and even more
dubious engineering has long since gone
thanks to the stringent I.V.A test that every
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Nissan based Ferrari GTO
Hawk Stratos replica
component car has had to pass for the last
twelve years. The industry recognised the
huge rise in track-day popularity some
years ago.
The popularity of all types of off-road event
is also met.
Even in these financially restrained times
people are still buying and building, or
having built, cars costing more than
£60,000 and the quality of the industry
reflects this.
Indeed, new cars were launched here to
an eager audience and sit comfortably
alongside the Locaterfield Sevens, Cobra,
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By Mick Herring. 18th June 2011
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Ferrari, Lancia Stratos,
Lola T70 replicas and
cars eager to assert their
own identities.
Outside the huge main
hall which is home to the
displays from the
manufacturers of
cars,components and
distributors of all those
hard to find accessories,
the many acres of
grassland and lattice of
roads at the Newark and
Notts Showground play
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Gardner Douglas Lola T70
Spyder.
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host to the enthusiastic
owner's club displays for
just about every specialist
car ever made, even the
current trend for electric
vehicles is nothing new to
kit people.
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Kaig (bits of Metro another
from the old Robin Hood
stable) & water cannon
Dutton Sierra - Ford fought
over the name
Right - The ‘Stig’ looking for
a new car?
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© Mick Herring
The large number of replica Italian supercars, the Cobras and Ford GT40 displays always draw an
appreciative audience and the
regular starting of powerful
Strength in a MEV Exocet racing chassis
engines is de rigueur. With entertainment, displays and
camping there is always something for the whole family to
enjoy for the whole weekend.
The showground is part of what was a wartime airfield, with
the Newark Air museum right next door, so it is ritual that there will be a fly-past, usually from the
Battle of Britain Memorial
Flight and this year was no
exception.
The evocative sight and
sound of first the WW2
Lancaster bomber "City of
Lincoln" and then a Spitfire
swooping low above the
poplar trees never fails to
bring everyone out from
the halls and stops
everyone else in their
tracks.
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© Mick Herring
Electric Kit Car
Archive Photo
Archive Photo of the month
By Pete Austin
'To quote that famous line from Monty Python's Flying Circus "and now for something
completely different". At the beginning of the 1978 season, Brabham designer Gordon
Murray produced a car, the Alfa Romeo powered BT46, which, instead of conventional
radiators had surface heat exchangers. This system failed to work properly so they were
replaced a by an orthodox cooling system. Later in the season he came up with another idea
of placing a large fan at the rear of the car. By sucking air from the sealed engine bay this
had the dual effect of not only cooling the car but at the same time increasing the ground
effect. This rare image shows the car being tested at Brands Hatch in 1978 by Niki Lauda
(John Watson also drove the car) prior to its appearance in that years Swedish Grand Prix.
Lauda went on to win the race but, although the result stood, the car was subsequently
banned from further events. Despite Gordon Murray insisting that the fans primary purpose
was for cooling the car it was deemed that it constituted a moveable aerodynamic device and
therefore contravened the rules. Following drivers had also complained that the fan was
throwing up dust and stones from the track surface. The outline of the fan can just be seen at
the rear of the car and the flat area to the rear of the cockpit is the position of the radiator.'
Niki Lauda - Brabham BT46B 'fan' - Brands Hatch 1978
© Pete Austin
FIA GT 1 World Championship, Silverstone
3rd-5th June 2011. By Simon & Janet Wright.
© Simon Wright
The RAC Tourist Trophy was the prize awaiting the winners of the FIA GT1 World
Championship race held at the Silverstone Supercar meeting at the beginning of
June. 26,000 spectators turned up to watch the race. Using the new Silverstone
Wing pit complex and start line for the first time, the race attracted cars from Aston
Martin, Lamborghini, Ford, Corvette and Nissan ensuring that the meeting lived up
to its Silverstone Supercar billing. With additional races for the FIA GT3 European
Championship, the FIA GT4 European Cup and the Lamborghini Blancpain Super
Trofeo championships, the meeting was a GT lovers dream.
© Janet Wright
RAC Trophy winners Michael Krumm/Lucas Luhr Nissan GT-R
The GT1 World Championship is aimed at independent teams running manufacturer
blessed entries, consisting of 10 race meetings held all around the World.
Silverstone was the 5th round in 2011 and the current series leaders were Christian
Hohenadel and Andrea Piccini in the Hexis AMR run Aston Martin DB9. Two one
hour races are held at each meeting, a Qualification race and a championship race.
As well as deciding the grid for the championship race, the first six in the Qualifying
race also score points towards the
championship.The Corvette Z06
of Mike Hezemans and Andreas
Zuber took the pole position after
qualifying but could only manage
to finish 3rd. Victory in the
Qualifying race went to the Aston
Mike Hezemans/Andreas Zuber Corvette Z06 took Poke Pole
position for the first race
© Janet Wright
Martin of Tomas Enge and Alex Muller, narrowly beating Michael Krumm and
Lucas Luhrs Nissan GT-R by 1.84 seconds.. This put them on the front row for the
Championship race on the Sunday. After a clean start the race took an interesting
turn around the half way mark. A safety car period occurred as the pit lane opened
for driver changes.. Local driver Richard Westbrook driving the second JRM Nissan
was working his way through the field when he caught up to Stefan Muckle in the
Young Driver Aston Martin
DB9 at Becketts. Making a
mistake, Westbrook caught
the rear of the Aston Martin
under braking and spun the
Aston off the course. The
Nissan was now damaged
and tried to limp back to the
pits, keeping to the left hand
Richard Westbrook/Peter Dumbreck Nissan GT-R
side down the Hanger
straight. Murkle made a very quick recovery from his spin and set off down the
Hanger straight at full speed, spotted the Nissan ahead of him travelling slowly and
cut far too tight, hitting the Nissan in the drivers side and causing both cars to
violently leave the track and hit the barriers, one each side, causing both cars to
instantly retire. This caused another safety car period. After the race, the stewards
decided that Westbrook
should be penalised with a
3 place grid drop,
suspended for 3 events for
causing the initial accident
and Murkle, who already
had a 5 place grid drop
suspended from the Zolder
round, should now have a
10 place grid drop at the
Maxime Martin/Frederic Makowieck Ford GT Matech
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© Simon Wright
Winner of the Qualifying race and 2nd in the Championship race
Tomas Enge/AlexMuller Aston Martin DB9
During the
safety car
period, Luhr
and Krumm
took the lead in
their Nissan
GT-R during
the pit stop
Nicky Pastorelli/Dominik Schwager LamborghiniMurcielago 670 R-SV
window from
the other Young Driver Aston Martin of Enge and Muller. This set up a very exciting
end to the race. For the last few laps the first three cars were running nose to tail.
Each lap in to Brooklands, the leading Nissan was smoking, but seemed to have
enough power down the straights to keep the Aston Martin behind. It was a very
clean battle, with no weaving or deliberate blocking. As they started the last lap, the
Aston dived down the inside into the first part of the new loop and the two cars went
round the right hander side by side. This then gave the advantage back to the
Nissan which now had the inside line for the left hander leading out on to the
Wellington straight. Still smoking under braking, the Nissan was back in the lead. At
the same time the third placed Corvette of Hezemans and Ziber tried to take
advantage of the close battle for the lead and drive round the outside of the two
cars in front as they exited the new loop. As they headed down towards
Brooklands, the order had
stayed the same with the
Nissan holding a slight
lead over the Aston Martin
and the Corvette still right
behind in third place. The
Nissan definitely had the
edge down the straights,
with the Aston Martin
closing right up on the rear
of the Nissan through the
corners. But it was not
enough, and Luhr held on
to take the chequered flag Jamie Campbell-Walter/David Brabham Sumo Poer Nissan GT-R
by just 0.22 seconds from Muller and the Hezemans and Zuber Corvette was only
0.491 seconds behind the winner at the line.
1st Michael Krumm/Lucas Luhr Nissan GT-R
1:00:27.957 28 laps
2nd Tomas Enge/Alex Muller
Aston Martin DB9 1:00:28.177
3rd Mike Hezemans/Andreas Zuber Corvette Z06
1:00:28.448
4th Stef Dusseldorp/Clivio Piccione Aston Martin DB9 1:00:30.374
5th Marc Basseng/Markus Winkelhock Lamborghini Murcielago 670 R-S
1:00:35.393
6th Bas Leinders/Marc Hennerici Ford GT Matech 1:00:38.788
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© Simon Wright
next race he starts, and his governing motorsport association should be contacted
with a view to withdrawing his driving license immediately.
© Janet Wright
FIA GT3 European
Championship.
Silverstone 4th-5th June 2011
© Simon Wright
Race 1 winners Federico Leo/Francesco Castellacci Ferrari 458 Italia
The GT3 European championship race at Silverstone also brought out several
British GT drivers as the series run similar specification cars. A large field of 30
cars contained a little more variety than their larger GT1 relatives, with additional
cars from Mercedes, BMW, Audi, Porsche and Ferrari. This was the second round
of the 2011 series and as they came to Silverstone the current championship
leader was Claudia
Huertgen/Csaba Walter driving a
BMW Z4 GT3..
Each round of the championship
includes two one hour races with a
required pit stop in a 10 minute
window in the middle of the race to
change driver. The first race on
Saturday saw Federico
Leo/Francesco Castellacci take
|Hirsch/Sladecka Mercedes SLS battles the Ferrari 458 victory in their Ferrari 458 Italia from
of Pirri/Rees round Luffield
the Aston Martin DBRS 9 of Gael
Lesouder/Maxime Martin and third place went to Philippe Giauque/Mike Parisy in a
Mercedes Benz SLS AMG GT3
1st Federico Leo/Francesco Castellacci Ferrari 458 Italia 01:00:40.783
2nd Gael Lesoudier/Maxime Martin
Aston Martin DBRS 9 01:00:51.216
3rd Philippe Giauque/Mike Parisy
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3
01:00:54.970
4th Edward Sandström/Abdulaziz Al Faisal BMW Z4 GT3 01:00:55.319
5th Hoevert Vos/Jeroen den Boer
BMW Z4 GT3
01:01:05.191
6th Csaba Walter/Claudia Hürtgen
BMW Z4 GT3
01:01:05.878
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
Hoevert Vos/Jeroen den Boer BMW Z4 GT3 1:00:57.286 27 laps
Harrie Kolen/Nicky Catsburg
BMW Z4 GT3 1:00:58.381
Gael Lesoudier/Maxime Martin Aston Martin DBRS 9 1:01:02.706
Daniel Brown/Glynn Geddie
Ferrari 458 Italia 1:01:08.304
Joakim Lambotte/Gary Hirsch Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 1:01:18.509
Edward Sandström/Abdulaziz Al Faisal BMW Z4 GT3 1:01:19.210
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The start of the second race on Sunday was marred by a huge crash as the field
headed into Abbey from the start line. It was difficult to see what happened in the
middle of the pack but the Audi R8 LMS of Greg Franchi went straight on at Abbey
in to the gravel trap, while Brice Bosi hit the pit wall head on, destroying the front of
his Mercedes Benz SLS
AMG GT3. Also involved was
the Aston Martin of Dimitri
Enjalbert who badly damaged
the front of the car but was
able to continue round to the
pits at the back of the field.
Ahead of this chaos, Maxime
Mikko Eskelinen/Christoffer Nygaard Ford GT
Martin had taken the lead in
the Aston Martin DB9 before
a full course safety car was flagged. Also on the first lap Abdulaziz al Faisal
managed to spin his BMW Z4 GT3 at the loop but was able to continue. After the
restart Harrie Kolen pulled
out a big lead in his BMW
Z4 GT3 from Martin who
had Hoevert Vos in the
BMW Z4 GT3 with him as
they pulled clear of a
tremendous battle for 4th
place between the Ferrari
458 Italia of Dan Brown, the
Audi R8 LMS of Jerome
Enjalbert/Delhez Aston Martin DBRS9 runs wide at Brooklands
Demay and the Mercedes
Benz SLS AMG GT3 of Joakim Lambotte. These three cars were swapping places
all around the circuit.
The three soon
became six as race 1
winner Francesco
Castellacci in another
Ferrari 458 started to
weave through this
group. By the end of
the race, Kolen got
through to 2nd making
it a BMW 1-2 finish
Race 2 winners Hoevert Vos/Jeroen Den Boer
behind winners Jeroen
Den Boer/Hoevert Vos in their BMW Z4 GT3.
© Janet Wright
GT4 European Cup Silverstone.
GT4 cars are the closest to manufacturers production models with mainly safety
modifications. The championship is supporting the FIA GT Championships at
various meetings throughout Europe in 2011. The Silverstone race was the second
meeting of the year and as they came to England, the series leader was Jeroen
Bleekemolen driving a Chevrolet
Corvette C6 GT4. The series is very
well supported, with cars from six
major manufacturers and eight
different models taking to the track.
The races are shorter than the offical
FIA GT races, running for 25 minutes
for the sprint events and 50 minutes
for the third race, with a mandatory pit
stop for an optional driver change.
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Jeroen Bleekemolen/Peter van der Kolk Chevrolet
Corvette C6 GT4
The first race proved to be very close
with the first three being covered by
less than a second, with three different types of cars contesting the victory. Local
British driver Alex Buncombe and
Jordan Tresson brought their Nissan
370Z across the line first chased
hard by the BMW M3 GT4 of
Ricardo van der Ende and Duncan
Huisman and the Lotus Evora of
Stefano D’Aste. They had pulled
well clear of the rest of the field by
the end of the race.
Luc Braams/Wim Vangenderen Chevrolet Camaro GT4
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Local driver and 1st race winner Alex Buncombe/Jordan Tresson Nissan 370Z
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
Alex Buncombe/Jordan Tresson Nissan 370Z
27:06.378 12 laps
Ricardo van der Ende/Duncan Huisman BMW M3 GT4 27:06.719
Stefano D'Aste
Lotus Evora GT4 27:07.112
Donald Molenaar/Ronald Morien Camaro GT4
27:33.808
Cor Euser/Dick Freebird
Dennis Retera/Jan Joris Verheul Aston Martin Vantage GT4 27:37.545
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The second race saw the same first top three, but in a different order, the Nissan
dropping to third.
Ricardo van der Ende/Duncan Huisman BMW M3 GT4 had a successful weekend winning both the 2nd
and 3rd races
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1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
Ricardo van der Ende/Duncan Huisman BMW M3 GT4 27:14.156 12 laps
Stefano D Aste
Alex Buncombe/Jordan Tresson Nissan 370Z
27:26.871
Oliver Jackson/Hall Stewart
Dan Denis
Ginetta G50
27:27.313
James Appleby/Ant Scragg
Aston Martin Vantage GT4 27:33.016
The third and longer race saw the
same first two as race 2, but this time
the BMW had managed to build up a
much longer lead by the end of the
race, while the Alex Buncombe Nissan
retired on the 7th lap, which allowed
the Aston Martin crew of Dennis
Retera and Jan Joris Verheul to take
Stefano D’Aste managed a couple of second places and the last podium position.
a third in his Lotus Evora GT4
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
Ricardo van der Ende/Duncan Huisman BMW M3 GT4 50:46.389 22 laps
Stefano D Aste
Dennis Retera/Jan Joris Verheul Aston Martin Vantage GT4 51:21.563
James Appleby/Ant Scragg
Aston Martin Vantage GT4 51:29.757
Oliver Jackson/Hall Stewart
Donald Molenaar/Ronald Morien Camaro GT4
51:47.952
SENNA – Film review
By Pete Austin.
It’s been a long
wait but Asif
Kapadia’s documentary film on
Ayrton Senna finally received its
first public showings in the UK in
June.
© Pete Austin
After briefly covering his early years
in karting and the
start of his Formula 1 career with
Toleman (who will
forget his meteoric drive at a soaking wet Monaco in
1984) and Lotus the body of the film concentrates on his years with McLaren and
the three world championships that came his way. Senna was a very spiritual person and this comes over very well in the film as does his uneasy relationship and
rivalry with his teammate Alain Prost. You can almost feel the tension between
them.
His confrontations in the driver briefings with the FIA’s Jean-Marie Balestre make
for compelling viewing as much as the racing footage itself. As well as Senna expressing views himself there are also
those of his family and friends, not forgetting those involved with him closely in racing such as Ron Dennis, Alain Prost,
Professor Sid Watkins and many more.
He was revered in his native Brazil and his
connections with and feelings for that
country are not forgotten. It’s a rollercoaster ride from the emotion of his much
Ayrton Senna - 85 Euro GP
sought after victory in his home Grand Prix
when he had to be lifted out of the car at the end to those tragic events at Imola in
1994 and his final homecoming.
Although it will eventually be available on DVD I would recommend, if at all possible, seeing it on the big screen. The emotion certainly comes through.
The film is rated 12A and runs for 106 minutes.
VSCC Harewood Hill climb meeting.
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Photo Gallery by Mick Herring
Gary Clare 1100 Grannie JAP. 1st pre 41 racing
cars up to 1100
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Julian Grimwade 1460 Lagonda Rapier 1st pre 41
racing cars 1101-1500
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Pretty Austin 7s all in a row.
Jolyon Harrison Brabhan BT30 ex-Brambilla brothers
1st classic/racing/sports to/inc 71
Alan Fairless 1st pre-war track Austin seven
class
Fastest Time of Day : Jolyon Harrison Brabham BT30 Classic Racing and
Sports Racing cars built upto and including 1971 Time : 61.65 seconds
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Rob Cobden Riley Falcon Special 1st pre 41 racing cars 1501-3000cc
© Mick Herring
Clive Press 9997 Peugeot 148 GP 2nd non-automobile engined
Dave Morley 1500 Riley Special 2nd event, 1st hillclimb.
© Simon Wright
Becketts Farm
Transport Meet.
14th June 2011. By Simon Wright
© Simon Wright
A warm summer evening really brought out
the crowds for the monthly car meeting at
Becketts Farm, Wythall, near Birmingham.
These are open meetings where car
enthusiasts gather and bring along all kinds
of interesting cars to display.
Vauxhall Cresta (above)
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Volkswagen Beetle convertible (Left)
1974 Aston Martin Vantage Coupe. V8 5.5 Rare flip tail model.
© Simon Wright
Alfa Romeo
Rochdale Olympic
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© Simon Wright
BMW 300 Isetta Bubble car
Volkswagen 1600 Karmann Ghia
© Simon Wright
1973 Lamborghini Urraco 3000
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© Simon Wright
1950’s Buick Special
Datsun 120Y (Left)
Volkswagen line up
(Right)
British GT Brands Hatch
© Mick Herring
19th June 2011. By Mick Herring
Alan Simonsen would need all of the speed he showed in the Sunday morning
warm-up to duel with the newer Ferrari 458 Italias and thus be a part in bringing
alive the second half of a rain-washed and heavily trafficked, 4th round of the
British GT Championship alive, on the full GP circuit at Brands Hatch.
The skies were clouding over ominously again, after two heavy showers earlier, as
the cars formed up on the grid.
Even with the track still damp in many places, slicks were the tyre of choice for all
of the thirty cars assembled there for the 2 hour race.
RPM's Ford GT would be shared by it's regular driver, Peter Bamford, with FIA Ford
GT racer Thomas Mutsch, a driver very familiar with these exciting cars and keen to
influence the set up and speed.
As the lights turned green, the first car to exit the
race into the Clearways gravel
trap
before
crossing
the start
line was
Tom
Pass either side. Bamford keeps going Black's
past beached Chad Ferrari
Vantage
Racing Aston Martin.
The pole position MTECH Ferrari 458 of
Duncan Cameron relinquished the lead to
the Trackspeed Porsche of Gregor Fisken
at Graham Hill Bend but the positions were
reversed again before the completion of
lap 1.
The first two laps saw four cars suffer at
the hands of the slippery track conditions,
Bateman charges past Fisken taking Ashburn
with him.
two would only suffer delays but the Chad
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CTC Class winning Chevron Reid/Witt
car change to wets,
with the pit window
still some way off.
As the rain abated a
safety car period
began in order to
retrieve the RPM
Ford GT and the
Beechdean Aston
Martin, taking the field
to within half a minute
of the pit window
opening as it pulled
off.
Wilmott/Alexander led GT3B until caught by Aaron Scott Ferrari
When the pit stops
had worked through at lap 40 the race was led by Michael Lyons CRS Ferrari 458,
taken over from Bateman, from Tim Bridgman in Fisken's Trackspeed Porsche,
ahead of Griffin (Cameron's MTECH 458) the Jones' Mercedes in fourth.
Next would come a major duel between Glynn Geddie's 458 and Alan Simonsen's
older 430 Ferrari, the pair lapping within inches and trading places in a battle that
would eventually see the newer car regain it's advantage as the track dried from yet
another brief shower and as they both passed Lyons.
A smokey No1 Trackspeed Porsche would retire from the race soon after Stephen
Jelley took over from Ashburn with a fire in the left rear wheel arch.
As the race drew towards it's close after two exciting and challenging hours Matt
Griffin repeatedly set fastest lap, including a new lap record, as he chased down
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Ferrari 430 of Iain Dockerill would spin into the
gravel at the bottom of Paddock Hill Bend into
retirement, as would the United Autosports Audi
R8 of Mike Guasch, which contacted the barriers
heavily at Druids, severely damaging the front of
the car but without injury to it's American driver.
The two cars delayed were the MTECH GT3B
Ferrari of John Dhillon and the Beechdean Aston
Martin of Andrew Howard, who spun at Paddock
Hill and Graham Hill bends respectively.
The race settled down for a while with Cameron's
Ferrari being pursued by the two Trackspeed
Porsches of Fisken and David Ashburn ahead of
Jim Geddie's CRS Ferrari 458 in fourth.
Meanwhile the fastest car on the track was now the
Scuderia Vittoria Ferrari 458 of Charles Bateman
who was eating into the leaders advantage,
claiming second spot on lap 14 with Gregor Fisken
losing third to his team-mate.
Rain clouds made their presence felt at the 30
Fisken leads Ashburn towards Druids minute point, the resultant downpour saw only one
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Tim Bridgman
but his charge
was halted by
repeatedly
encountering
traffic, slowing
his pace to finish
just 5.4 seconds
behind
Bridgman.
After the double
frustrations of
Snetterton,
Simo keeps the newer Glynn Geddie 458 behind, the rest just got out of the way which saw both
Trackspeed
Porsches badly damaged, this win went a long way towards making that a distant
memory for the team rewarding their hard word to rebuild the cars.
GT3B was again won by the Ferrari of John Dhillon/Aaron Scott after they overcame
Dhillon's early assisted spin and Aaron chasing down and passing the Aston Martin
of series returnees Adrian Wilmott/Tom Alexander. After a repeat of their penalty at
Snetterton the KTM X-Bow of Peter Belshaw/Marcus Clutton saw Clutton chase the
Ginetta G50 of GT4 race leaders, Dan Denis/David McDonald and it spin into the
gravel trap at Clearways within sight of the flag.
Results:- GT3
1 #2 Trackspeed Porsche Gregor Fisken/Tim Bridgman
2 #21 MTECH Ferrari 458 Duncan Cameron/Matt Griffin
3 #10 CRS Ferrari 458 Jim/Glynn Geddie
4 #3 Rosso Verde Ferrari 430 Hector Lester/Alan Simonsen
5 #5 Scuderia Vittoria 458 Charles Bateman/Michael Lyons
GT3B
1 #13 MTECH Ferrari 430 John Dhillon/Aaron Scott 13th overall
2 #32 22GT Aston Martin Adrian Wilmott/Tom Alexander 19th overall
GT4
1 #44 ABG KTM X-Bow Peter Belshaw/Marcus Clutton 11th overall
2 #49 Lotus Sport Evora Freddy Nordstrom/Leyton Clarke 14th overall
3 #50 Scuderia Vittoria Ginetta Dan Denis/David McDonald 15th overall
GT Cup
1 #97 Chevron GR8 Anthony Reid/Jordan Witt 12th overall
2 #63 Majic Racing Ginetta G50 Anders/Bjorn Gustarvson 23rd overall
Track now dry next corner Geddie passes Simo
Fisken keeps away from gravel trap
Shelsley Walsh celebrate Jaguar Anniversaries
© Pete Austin
– June 4th and 5th 2011 By Pete Austin.
The Shelsley Walsh hillclimb,
set in the heart of the
Worcestershire countryside,
is the oldest motorsport
venue in the world still in
continuous use. It was
therefore an ideal venue to
host one of this years Jaguar
anniversary events. 50 years
ago the Jaguar E Type was
introduced and it is 60 years
since Jaguar’s first win at Le
Mans with the C Type.
Both types were well represented at this event together with many other iconic
Ecurie Ecosse Jaguars - Shelsley Walsh
Jaguars. In addition to the
regular British, Leaders and
Midland Championship events being held over the weekend additional classes were included
for Jaguar E Types and other sporting Jaguars. During the course of the two days a number of
historic Jaguars were on display with many also being demonstrated on the hill.
A number of C Types were present including XKC 045
(reg. NDU
289)
owned by
Jaguar
Heritage
which was
once hill-climbed by Silvio Moser and XKC 042
(Reg. KSF 182) belonging to Ecurie Ecosse and
driven in period by Jackie Stewart’s late brother
Jimmy amongst others. Also in attendance was
XKC 011 (Reg. POV 114) driven at Le Mans in
1952 and in the 1953 Millie Miglia by Stirling
Jaguar C Type NDU 289
Moss.
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© Pete Austin
Included amongst the E Types was the ex Lindner and Nocker example which was making its
first public appearance since its recent restoration. (Please see the separate newspiece for
further information on this car). There was also an impressive gathering of privately owned E
Types in an area of the field adjacent to the hill.
© Pete Austin
Barrie Williams (Jaguar D Type - MWS 303)
© Pete Austin
One of the other Ecurie Ecosse cars which devotee Dick Skipworth had brought along
(together with the superb team transporter he has restored) was the D type XKD 561
(reg. MWS 303) driven in period by Ron Flockhart and Desmond Titterington, restored in
1994 by John Pearson and demonstrated by Barry ‘Whizzo’ Williams.
Jaguar Heritage also brought along
the prototype D Type (Reg. OVC
501), a long nose D Type (Reg. 393
RW) and the 1950 ‘Coupe des Alpes’
XK120 (reg. NUB 120). They also had
on display at the bottom of the hill
(although not running on this occasion) the rare 1966 XJ13. This car,
built for Le Mans but never raced,
must rank as one of the most beautiful racing cars of all time. In 1971 it
Jaguar D Type - OVC 501
was taken out of mothballs for a filming session at MIRA, but, with Jaguar test driver Norman Dewis driving, a wheel gave way on the banking and rolled several times. Dewis was
unhurt but the car was badly damaged. Now fully restored the car looked immaculate in
the late spring sunshine.
All in all this well attended event proved to be a fitting tribute to this iconic marquee.
LYONS JNR DOMINATES FIRST MSC (UK) F5000
RACES AT OULTON PARK
Young gun Michael Lyons (Lola T400) was unchallenged in winning both MSC F5000
category races at the Classic Sports Car Club's classic race meeting at Oulton Park in the UK
on Saturday, starting each from pole and setting the fastest race lap on the way to the
chequered flag.
In the first, fellow front-row starter Neil Glover (Lola T330/332) and Greg Thornton
(Chevron B24) disputed second position with the nod going to Glover as Thornton struggled
through the latter stages with gear selection problems, while in the second, young Auckland
driver Andrew Higgins (Lola T400) stormed home to claim second from Lyon's Jnr's father
Frank (Gurney Eagle) and Blenheim's Russell Greer (Lola T332).
Higgins and Greer are part of a seven-strong group of MSC New Zealand F5000 Tasman
Cup Revival Series drivers contesting two meetings in the UK this Northern Hemisphere
summer, with the group enjoying mixed results at the Classic Sports Car Club's annual
Oulton Park International circuit meeting.
Christchurch driver David Abbott (Lola T430) was a non-starter, having damaged his car in
practice on Friday, while Aucklander Peter Burson (McRae GM1) fell foul of the strict noise
regulations in force at the Cheshire circuit.
Andrew Higgins was the best of the Kiwi contingent in qualifying but was forced out of the
first race with what turned out to be contaminated fuel. Russell Greer, who qualified eighth,
was also forced out of that race, in his case by gear selection problems. Both drivers were
able to address the issues between the two MSC series races, however, and go on to card
their top four finishes in the
second race.
Compatriots Stan Redmond
and Warwick Mortimer were
not so lucky, Redmond pitting
early in the second race on the
mistaken belief that a black
flag was for him, then crashing
heavily once he was back out
on the track, and Mortimer who in the first race had
impressed in his older Class A
car in a three-way scrap for
eighth place with Aaron
Burson and Frank Lyons Young British driver Michael Lyons (Lola T400) dominated the two tangling with local driver Mike
MSC F5000 category races at the Classic Sports Car Club's meeting at
Sidgwick.
Oulton Park in the UK on Saturday. Here he is seen leading fellow
The New Zealanders now head
Brit Neil Glover (Lola T332) in the first race.
south to the Brands Hatch
Credit: Fast Company/Mike Petch
circuit in Kent (near London)
for the Derek Bell Trophy races at the Historic Sports Car Club's annual Superprix meeting.
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, Smith & Davies, Avon Tyres and Exide.
Race 1 (13 laps)
1. Michael Lyons 20.56.646
2. Neil Glover +1.04.119
3. Greg Thornton +1.31.083
4. Stan Redmond +1 lap
5. Keith Norris + 1 lap
6. John Rand +1 lap
7. Mike Sidgwick +1 lap
8. Warwick Mortimer +1 lap
9. Aaron Burson +1 lap
10. Frank Lyons + 2 laps
11. Antony Taylor +3 laps
12. Judy Lyons + 5 laps
dnf: Russell Greer, Andrew Higgins, Mark Dwyer
Fastest lap: Michael Lyons 1.34.869
Race 2 (13 laps)
1. Michael Lyons 20.49.772
2. Andrew Higgins +1.23.579
3. Frank Lyons +1.23.740
4. Russell Greer +1 lap
5. Keith Norris +1 lap
6. Aaron Burson +2 laps
7. Judy Lyons +4 laps
dnf: Stan Redmond, John Rand, Warwick
Mortimer, Greg Thornton, Mike Sidgwick
Fastest lap: Michael Lyons 1.34775
Tour Britannia 2011.
17th-19th June 2011. By Simon & Janet Wright.
Additional photos by Pete Austin.
© Pete Austin
Rnd 1: June 25 2011 Classic Sports Car Club meeting Oulton Park Cheshire
Rnd 2: July 01-03 2011 HSCC Brands Hatch Superprix meeting, Brands Hatch Kent
Prepared by FAST COMPANY of behalf of the New Zealand Formula 5000 Association. www.F5000.co.nz
For more information about the 2010/11 MSC New Zealand F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series contact
Ross MacKay on 021 677 919 or via e-mail on [email protected]
Gareth Burnett and
Lee Maxted-Page 1954 Porsche
Speedster .Winner
of Index of
Performance
This year, the seventh running of Tour Britannia moved from its normal September
date to the beginning of June and unfortunately got the best of the British summer!
As usual the Tour moves each year to incorporate different parts of the country and
keep the challenge fresh for the regular competitors, of which there are many. This
year the event was based in the West Country and South Wales and for the first
time incorporated more stage miles and less racing miles. The three day event also
moved from its usual mid week position, to over a long weekend.
A wet Friday saw the crews leave the Tour base at Celtic Manor, in Wales heading
towards the first race at Pembrey. John Clark and Emma-Jane Gilbert-Smith in their
Porsche 911 took an early lead from
John and Lesley Sheldon in their
Lotus Elan and Philip Walker and
Nick Whale running an E-Type
Jaguar. Mike Smith and Ian Ashley
headed the Targa class in a
Caterham R500. The Regularity
class saw Graham Walker and
Guywoodcock take the lead in their
Lotus Elan Sprint from the
Gary Morris and Jim Tester - Jaguar MkII TSK 330
magnificent Talbot 105 Alpine of
John Rushton and Jeremy Haylock. After the race at Pembrey, the E-Type had
moved into second place while Tour newcomer, American star and former Indy 500
winner Danny Sullivan and Chip Connor in another Porsche RSR had moved into
third place. After Pembrey, the crews headed for four stages over Epynt before
returning to Celtic Manor
for the overnight stop,
Philip Walker and Nick Whale - Jaguar E Type
Saturday also started with
heavy rain and saw John
Sheldon move back into
second place behind John
Clark as they headed for
various stages, including
one round the grounds of
Badminton before a race at
Castle Combe. The stages
were all held in heavy rain,
© Simon Wright
© Simon Wright
© Pete Austin
The event is split
into three different
categories, The first
two classes are for
pre 1981 cars. The
Regularity Class
where competitors
drive the route
within a certain
time, the
Competition Class
where the
Competition Category winners of Tour Britannia John Clark and Emma- competitors race
each other and try
Jane Gilbert-Smith Porsche 911
to set the fastest
time and the Targa Class which is basically the same as the competition class but
for more modern GT cars.
© Pete Austin
but as the cars arrived at Castle Combe, into the middle of an existinng race
meeting, the rain stopped and the races were held in dry conditions.before again
returning to Celtic Manor for the final overnight stop. Sunday saw the teams move
across the
Cotswolds, taking in
the famous Prescott
hill climb course
before finishing at
Silverstone, where
the Tour used the
new Silverstone
Wing complex.
© Janet Wright
instead of left, and rejoins the
Grand Prix circuit at the exit of
Becketts and straight back down
the Hanger straight. The racing
proved exciting to finish this great
event which saw Porsche again
claim overall Tour victory, this
year driven by John Clark and
Emma-Jane Gilbert-Smith who
had led from the start, Second
place fell to the American driver
Danny Sullivan and Chip Connor
in a Porsche RSR while Philip
Walker and Nick Whale took the
last podium position in the E-
© Simon Wright
Chip Connor and Danny Sullivan - Porsche RSR lead Mike Smith and Ian
Ashley - Caterham R500
The Tour used the
new Silverstone
Wing pits and start
line between Club
corner and Abbey
but used the
southern only
circuit which at the
new loop turns right
Targa Class winners John Freeman and Tim Blackmore
Mazda MX5
Type Jaguar. Early favourite
John and Lesley Sheldon in
their Lotus Elan only
managed 5th overall after
having a tyre problem on
Fred Gallagher and Elaine Macleod
Lancia Aprilia Regularity section.
1st in class 11
Left.
© Janet Wright
Start of the Silverstone race. Tour winner John Clarke Orange Porsche 911 and John Sheldon Lotus
Elan head the field from the grid at the start of the last race in the 2011 Tour.
© Simon Wright
© Pete Austin
one of the earlier stages on
Saturday which lost them some
time and cost them the chance of
fighting for the overall victory.
The Targa class was won by John
Freeman and Tim Blackmore
driving a Mazda MX5 after early
leaders Mike Smith and Ian Flux
Michael Milligan and Chris Wilson - HWM
encountered a few penalties which dropped them
behind the Mazda at the finish. Ian Flux drove the
Caterham in the final race at Silverstone, and
although he started at the rear of the grid, he
enjoyed himself as he carved his way through the
field. Unfortunately it was not enough to gain them
overall victory in the Targa section.
The Regularity section proved that age is no
barrier to success on the Tour, as oneof the oldest
cars on the Tour, an Talbot Alpine 105 won the
Regularity winners John Ruston and
Jeremy Haylock Talbot Alpine 105
© Janet Wright
© Simon Wright
class. John Ruston and Jeremy Haylock took an easy win from the much more
modern Lancia Fulvia of Steve and Tony Graham.
Stuart Scott and Steven Wood Chevrolet
Camaro finished 8th overall
© Pete Austin
Ian Flux carves through the field at Silverstone in the
Caterham R500
© Janet Wright
© Simon Wright
John and Lesley Sheldon - Lotus Elan at Stowe Corner, Silverstone
Andrew McAlpine and Ali Procter Ferrari Dino
308GT4 lead Jim & Tim Bryan MGB GT V* in to
Club Corner
Tour Britannia using the new Silverstone Wing
pit complex

Classic and Competition Car 10 July 2011

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