Classic and Competition Car 45 June 2014 issue

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Classic and Competition Car
June 2014
Issue 45
Surtees honoured at
Donington Historic Festival
Contents
© Simon Wright
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News.
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World Rallycross Championship Lydden Hill.
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Donington Historic Festival.
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VSCC Speed Trials Curborough.
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Heritage Motor Centre 25th Birthday.
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CSCC Late Spring Race Meeting, Silverstone.
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Stratford Festival of Motoring.
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HSCC International Trophy Meeting.
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BRM Track day.
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Silverstone Classic media day.
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Ride in a Porsche 911 GT1.
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Archive photo of the month.
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Worcester Motoring Festival
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La Vie en Bleu, Prescott
Front Cover. John Surtees
got to drive the prototype
Lola T70 Can Am Spyder at
the Donington Historic
Festival © Mick Herring.
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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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News
Editorial.
Motor Sport can be dangerous,
we all accept that. What is not
acceptable is poor driving
standards when racing, putting
Marshals lives at risk. At the
recent HSCC meeting at
Silverstone, two cars in the
Formula Ford 2000 race collided
on the first lap and ended up
locked together on the edge of
the track on the entrance to
Luffield. There were plenty of
waved yellow flags as the
Marshals went to assist the two
drivers and move the cars from a
dangerous position. Yet as the
pack returned, they were still
racing, even under the yellow
flags, with Marshals on the edge
of the circuit. Several cars
managed to spin on fluid spilt by
the two crashed cars. This was
putting the Marshals at risk. We
cannot run our sport without
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these volunteers, and nothing
Bentley take first modern major European GT victory at Silverstone.
should be done to put them at
The Blancpain Endurance race at Silverstone on Sunday 25th May 2014 Saw the semi-works Mrisk. Waved yellow flags are a
Sport Bentley Continental GT3 takes its maiden victory at its home round of the Blancpain
warning - Heed them!
Endurance series. In only the second race of the series, Guy Smith, Andy Meyrick and Steven Kane
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drove a spectacular race to win at Silverstone. After suffering a drive through penalty in the early
stages of the race, which dropped them down to 7th place, the team drove the perfect race with
faultless pitstops which allowed Steven Kane to take the lead of the race with just 15 minutes
remaining of the 3 hour race. He managed to maintain a 2 second gap to the 2nd place McLaren of
Andy Soucek to take the chequered flag, much to the delight of the home fans.
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Italian Themed Cholmondeley Pageant of Power.
The seventh running of the Cholmondeley Pageant of Power has an
Italian theme, as the event celebrates all things Italian over the three day
event, running from the 13th to the 15th June 2014.
With Maserati celebrating its centenary in 2014, it is only fitting that the
marque should be represented at Cholmondeley, and Alan Minshaw
should be appearing in his 1959 Maserati Birdcage sportscar, and there
should also be a 2014 Maserati Gran Turismo MC Stradale. Italian
motorsport means Ferrari, and a unique 1951 Ferrari 212 F1 Monoposto
is entered and should be taking to the track during the Pageant of Power.
It is also planned for a 1907 Italia to make an appearance. In Rallying,
the Italian manufacturer with the most success must be Lancia, and
Justin Law is entering his 1992 Lancia Delta Integrale, seen below
leaping over the hump back bridge at Cholmondeley. These rally cars
were one of the most successful rally cars of all times, dominating the
World Rally Championship in 1989. This car was originally driven by
Alberto Pirelli in the 1993 Italian Championship.
Andrew Jordan scores birthday podium.
Current British Touring Car Champion Andrew Jordan made his
debut in the new FIA World rallycross Championship at the British
round at the end of May. Lydden Hill, the birthplace of Rallycross
back in 1967, saw Jordan star on his birthday weekend, driving a
Ford Fiesta ST sponsored by Red Bull. He finished 3rd in the
final, taking the last podium place after an exciting race. “If you
had offered me a podium back at the start of the weekend, I
would definitely have taken it”. “We were quick throughout but I
still never thought a podium would be possible - to achieve it in
my first world championship event and on home soil, I honestly
can’t believe it. The support from the crowd was fantastic, too. I
really could’t have asked for very much more” Said Jordan.
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Mini SuperleggeraTM Vision
The BMW Group chose the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa
d’Este 2014 to debut a very special concept car - The Mini
Superleggera TM Vision. The open top two seater was
created by Mini and Touring Superleggera from Milan.
The electrically powered car with long wheelbase and
wheels set widely on the body gives the car a high degree
of agility making the car sporty, elegant and dynamic.
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Shelsley May Breakfast Club.
The May meeting was a Ferrari fest when a magnificent seven cars
arrived for the monthly meeting. They included F360 and F430 models
plus the latest F458 Italia, but top of the list was a black 2011 Ferrari
599 GTO which was being driven by racing driver Steve Tandy. Steve
currently competes in the British GT Championship, driving a Bentley
Continental GT3.
Some of the other supercars which turned up included a Lotus Evora,
Jaguar E-Type V12, several Morgans, Minis and Porsches plus a wide
range of classic cars.
For further information see www.shelsley-walsh.co.uk
Information and photo from Mark Constanduros
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CATERHAM CARS REVEALS KAMUI
KOBAYASHI LIMITED EDITION SEVEN
FOR JAPANESE FANS
Caterham Cars has taken the wraps off a brand new special edition Seven
designed by Caterham F1 Team’s Japanese driver, Kamui Kobayashi.
Just 10 examples of the Kamui Kobayashi special edition go on sale in Kamui’s
home country from today, priced at ¥6,000,000 (including local taxes).
Based on the 125bhp Seven 250 R, the distinctive special edition is packed with
an array of performance-focused features hand-chosen by the Formula One
driver. The Seven 250 R is powered by a 1.6 Ford Sigma engine, achieving
0-62mph in 5.9 seconds and a top speed of 122 mph. It has six-speed manual
transmission with a limited slip differential.
The exterior is finished in high-gloss black paint with matt black sport stripes.
Every Kamui Kobayashi edition wears a number 10 badge on its nose – Kamui’s
Formula One driver number. The front wings and rear wing protectors are finished
in carbon fibre infused with a unique Caterham green lacquer, the first of the
Seven models to offer this finish.
In true racing style, the car is a single-seater and features an aluminium tonneau
cover over the passenger seat area; to match, there is also a single-sided rollover
hoop fixed to the rear bulkhead, with all new 13-inch diamond cut black wheels.
There is also a polished chrome rear exit exhaust system to complete the
dynamic styling.
Kamui drove a Caterham Seven for the first time earlier this year at Silverstone
circuit, speaking about the special edition, he said: “For me, the Caterham Seven
is a pure car; when you drive a Seven it feels like you are driving, not like the car
is driving you. In my Caterham F1 car, I have electronics that control everything
but to drive the Seven is to truly understand the car and to truly understand the
enjoyment of driving.I hope my styling of the Seven adds something special to a
car that is already awesome to drive.” See www.caterhamcars.com for more info.
Button confirmed for Festival of
Speed.
The 2009 World Champion Jenson Button
will be a star attraction at this years
Goodwood Festival of Speed. The theme
is Addicted to Winning, and Jenson fits
this perfectly. He won the British Formula
Ford title, the Masters of F3 race at
Zandvoort, 15 Grand Prix victories and
the 2009 World Championship title.
This year will be the 15th Festival of
Speed that Jenson has attended and he
has driven many interesting cars up the
hill including the 1970 Can Am McLaren
M8D. “Goodwood is one of the highlights
of my season. I’ve had the chance to get
behind the wheel of some incredible
historic racing cars there, which I’d never
have been able to drive otherwise, and to
meet some of the most enthusiastic fans.”
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© Mick Herring
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John Surtees Honoured at Donington Historic Festival.
By Mick Herring.
John Surtees, at the age of 80, was rightly honoured at the
Donington Historic Festival recently.
It was fitting to see the genuine warmth and esteem with
which people, of a certain age, still feel for John.
A steady stream of people asking him to sign pictures, prints,
programmes (yes, I got mine signed) and biographies.
Always renowned as one of the best test and development
engineers of his time, Surtees had to ask the permission of
Enzo Ferrari to test the prototype Lola T70 CanAm Spyder
that he would demonstrate here at Donington.
This followed a call from the Lola's designer Eric
Broadley and as it did not conflict with any Ferrari
programmes, Enzo gave his permission.
Following recovery from his near-fatal 1965 practice
accident at Mosport Park, Canada in a T70 Surtees
went on to win the inaugural CanAm championship
for Lola and Team Surtees and would, today, wear
the same pair of racing overalls that he wore during
his championship winning year in 1966.
Sitting relaxed in the car before his drive he gave an
extended interview over Donington FM and the
circuit's p.a. system to entertain the crowds.
History will inevitably record him as the only driver
to win the world championship on both two and four
wheels but there was so much more to his talent
and abilities.
The prototype T70 has been restored and following
John's helmetless drive, the Wrensport engineers
listened intently to his comments and appraisal of
this historic car.
Even now, so many years after his retirement, when
Surtees speaks, everyone listens.
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John Surtees signs Alan Crooks print
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Rocket for the Capital’s summer party.
The Gordon Murray Rocket road car is amoung the rare and unusual privately
owned vehicles that will be displayed at the Salute to Style event at the
Hurlingham Club in London. South African born Murray is better known for his
Grand Prix car designs for both Brabham and McLaren, including the infamous
Brabham BT46B or the Brabham Fan car as it was better known. Murray also
designed the McLaren F1 roadcar and the Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren.
He designed the Rocket which was built by Chris Craft at the Light Car
Company. The open cockpit roadster is designed to look like a 1960s Grand
Prix car and is powered by a 1 litre motorcycle engine. Although it looks like a
single seater, there is room for a passenger to sit in tandem behind the driver.
Salute to Style is a brand new 3 day event in the grounds of the Hurlingham
Club to be held on July 17th-19th. For further information see their web site at
www.hurlinghamclub.org.uk/salutetostyle
Fiat S76 to run
again after 100
years.
The legendary Fiat
S76 was
unofficially the
fastest car in the
World in 1911. It
will turn a wheel
for the first time in
100 years when it
competes at this
years Goodwood Festival of speed. Only two S76s
were built to take the records for the flying Kilometre
and the flying Mile. It took the Flying Mile record in
1911 at Saltburn Sands. It was recorded at over 135
mph during the flying Kilometre attempt at Ostende
in Belgium but could not claim the record as it could
not make the return run within the specified one
hour.
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Marshals pose with pop legend Mark Knopfler from the group Dire Straits at the Donington Historic Festival
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Droop Snoot
40th
anniversary.
The Droop Snoot
Group celebrated
Maserati 8CTF ‘Boyle Special’ runs historic lap to commemorate
the 40th anniversary of the Vauxhall Firenza Droop Snoot at Vauxhall Motor’s
two times Indianapolis victory.
At this years Indy 500, in honour of Maserati’s centenary, the 8CTF was Heritage Centre in Luton and Millbrook. In a display of 40 cars that included ‘Old
given a victory lap driven by Johnny Rutherford to celebrate the two
nail’ as raced by Gerry Marshall in British saloon racing, there was a selection of
wins in 1949 and 1950 of the car driven by Wilbur Shaw. The legendary
13 recently restored Firenzas. The second day of the event took place at the
Maserati 8CTF was immortalised by the Historical Vehicle Association
Millbrook Proving grounds in Bedfordshire where a selection of the cars were
(HVA) as the first foreign manufactured car to be permanently archived
in the United States Library of Congress and will remain part of the HVA driven around the
National Historic Vehicle register and Historic American Engineering
speed bowl and Hill
Record.
route. The Firenza
HP was nicknamed
the Droop Snoot
due to the sloping
Concorde style
sloping nose. It
marked a return to
motorsport for
Vauxhall and it was
their first model to
beat 10 seconds
for accelerating
from 1-60 mph.
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Mini Tour Britannia.
The short, one day Mini Tour Britannia event took place on Saturday
10th May 2014 and for the first time ever, part of the Royal Automobile
Club’s Woodcote Park estate, in the grounds of the 17th Century
mansion, was used as a competitive venue for the event.
The cars were flagged off at 8:30 in the morning and headed for
Dunsfold Park, home of the BBC Top Gear Program. This was followed
by Brooklands for a run up the test hill and a stage round part of the
famous banking. Then on to the Mercedes Benz World Test Track,
followed by a trip back to Dunsfold Park. Then it was back to
Woodcote Park for the final stage of the event.
Howard Redhouse in a Porsche 911 set some impressive stage times
to maintain his lead throughout the event to win the Mini Britannia cup
with his co-driver Scott Nicholson. The Regularity class was won by
Andrew Brodie and Richard Payne in a 1972 Citroen SM.
Toyota continue winning ways.
Hot on the heels of their victory at the 6 Hours of Silverstone, the
Toyota team took another victory in the WEC 6 Hours of SpaFrancorchamps on the 3rd May 2014. The Number 8 Toyota driven
by Anthony Davidson, Nicolas Lapierre and Sebastien Buemi took
the chequered flag over 1 minute ahead of the Audi R18 e-tron
quattro of Lucas Di Grassi, Loic Duval and Tom Kristensen.
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Winners Howard Redhouse and Scott Nicholson with Paddy Hopkirk and event
organiser Alec Poole
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Ex Graham Hill Lotus to go under the hammer at Goodwood. By Pete Austin.
Bonhams normally have some iconic cars included in their
Goodwood sales (remember the Mercedes Benz W196
last year) and this year is no exception.
Included in the lots being offered at this years Goodwood
Festival of Speed Sale is an ex Graham Hill Lotus 49B.
The Gold Leaf liveried car comes from the DawsonDamer Collection and is chassis 49-R8. Built for Graham
Hill to use in the 1969 Tasman series and then driven by
Richard Attwood to fourth place in that years Monaco
Grand Prix. The car was then borrowed back from new
owner Jo Bonnier for Graham Hill to drive in the British
Grand Prix when Graham declined to drive the 4-w-d
Lotus 63.
The car was then sold to Dave Charlton in 1970 who
used it to clinch the first two of his six consecutive South
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African Formula 1 Championship titles between 1970 and 1975.
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R8 was
eventually
acquired in
damaged
condition
by Lotus
enthusiast
Hon. John
DawsonDamer who
painstaking
ly restored
it to raceworthy
condition.
The
auction
estimate is
between
£700,000 –
1,000,000.
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Sir John Arthur “Jack” Brabham
2nd April 1926 to 19th May 2014.
Born in Hurstville, New South Wales in Australia, Sir Jack Brabham
holds a unique record in Grand Prix history. He is the only man so far,
to win the World Championship in a car bearing his own name. After
some sucess racing midget cars in Australia, he moved to England and
joined the Cooper racing team, building as well as racing their cars. He
won the World Championship in 1959 and 1960 driving for Cooper and
in 1962 he set up his own Brabham team with fellow Australian Ron
Tauranac. In 1966 he won the World Championship for the third time,
© Pete Austin
but this time in a Brabham car. During the
1960s Brabham were the bigest
manufacturer of customer racing cars in the
World. He retired from racing at the end of the
1970 season. His three sons all took up motor
racing with various sucesses, and now his
Grandchildren are starting to race, Matthew in
America and Sam in the UK. To his family and
friends we offer our sincere condolences.
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The 3rd placed Shuckburgh/Hunt Jaguar E-Type sweeps round Stowe corner during the GT and Sports Car Cup race at the HSCC International Trophy meeting. Report on page 46
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Honda Continue their winning ways in the British Touring Car Championship with two different cars.
It doesn’t matter if you choose the Civic Hatchback as driven by current champion Andrew Jordan or the Estate version as driven by former champion
Gordon Shedden, they both won a race at the previous round of the championship at Thruxton held over the May Day weekend.
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The World Rallycross Championship arrives in the UK.
Britain hosted its first ever round of the new FIA World
Rallycross Championship at Lydden Hill in Kent over the
weekend of the 24th-25th May 2014. It was fitting that Lydden
Hill was chosen as the British round venue, as it was here
that Rallycross was first run in 1967, to get the best of
Rallying and Racing when the RAC rally could not be run due
to a Foot and Mouth outbreak.
A record entry of 38 supercars in the headline class for the
powerful 600 bhp machines helped draw in a record crowd of
more than 10,000 spectators for the weekend event.
One of the star names competing in this years World
Championship is Petter Soberg at the wheel of a Citroen
DS3. To add local interest, reigning British Touring Car
Champion Andrew Jordan was a wild card entry driving a
Ford Fiesta ST.
It was 23 year old Norwegian ace Andreas Bakkerud driving
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an Olsberg MSE Ford Fiesta ST who won a dramatic grand
final, beating Sweden’s Robin Larsson in his Audi A1 with
Jordan taking am impressive 3rd place podium finish in the
final.
Toomas Heikkinen from Finland and Tanner Foust from
America took 4th and 5th place, both driving Volkswagen
Polo STs while after encountering various problems during
the meeting, Petter Solberg finished 6th in a Citroen DS3.
Solberg was leading the championship as they arrived in
Britain, but it was Bakkerud who took the top spot as the
series heads for the next round on his home circuit at Hell in
Norway.
“I grew up in rallycross paddocks, so to now win a World
Championship round is just amazing” said a jubilant
Bakkerud.
Larsson’s Audi A1 finished 2nd
Bakkerud in the Fiesta ST on his way to victory
Andreas Bakkerud
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The Donington Historic Festival. 3-5th May 2014.
By Simon & Janet Wright with Pete Austin and Mick Herring.
Held over the May Day Bank holiday weekend, the Donington
Historic Festival, now in its fourth year, was extended to a
three day meeting to include the Bank Holiday Monday. The
event continues to grow and attracted over 400 classic
competition cars, competing in 18 races over the three days.
Almost every category of motor racing was included, with
races for Historic Formula 3 racing cars, 1966-1985 Touring
Cars, Pre 56 Sports cars, Pre 63 GT cars, the Martini Trophy
races for 2 litre sports cars from the 1970s and the HRDC
Celebration of the BTCC race for Touring cars manufactured
between 1958 and 1965.
Beside the track action, there was plenty of other things to
keep the spectators occupied. The Melbourne loop behind the
paddock was turned into a tarmac rally stage for the mighty
Michele Liguori Lola T296 in the Martini Trophy race
Group B and historic rally cars from the 1960s to the 1980s.
In between rally car runs, the circuit was also used to demonstrate Historic Karting. The infield of the circuit became a massive
car show, with lots of car clubs having display areas for their members to display all kinds of cars from the humble mini right
through to powerful Ferrari and Maserati supercars. There was a large turn out of Porsche on the inside of Redgate Corner,
along with Aston Martin and MG, while right in the
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Doretti line up in the infield section
The MG Metro Turbo leads two Jaguar XJS and A
Triumph Dolomite Sprint in HTCC 66-85 Touring Car race
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middle of the
infield there were
dozens of Austin
Healey. Porsche
and TVRs to
name but a few.
First race was
organised by the
HRDC, the
Historic Touring
Giles/Strachan Rover P6 about to be lapped by the Postins TWR Rover Vitesse
Soper/Young won in the Ford Capri
Car Challenge for 1966-85 Touring cars, a celebration of the British Touring
Car Championship. The race featured some of British Leyland’s greatest touring cars of recent years, including the Broadspeed
Jaguar XJ12C, The TWR Jaguar XJS, and Rover SD1s, Broadspeed Triumph Dolomite Sprints and the MG Metro Turbo. Pole
position went to the Ward/Pearson Group 44 Jaguar XJS and it lined up next to the Ford Capri of Young/Soper. On the first lap, the
XJS went missing leaving the Capri with over a 3 second lead from the Watts/Giordanelli Datsun 240Z and the Postins TWR Rover
Vitesse. The XJS appeared just ahead of the Capri, nearly a lap down as they came through Roberts chicane. The Capri in works
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blue and white colours, dominated the race and
won by over a minute. Behind, the battle had been
between the Datsun 240Z and the Rover SD1 of
Postins which got in to 2nd place on lap 3 and held
the position until lap 8 when the Jaguar XJ12C of
Scragg/Nicoll-Jones until lap 11 when it made its
pit stop. This promoted the little MG Metro Turbo of
Watts/Swift in to the lead for a couple of laps
before they too made their pit stop. After the pit
Scragg/Nicoll-Jones Broadspeed Jaguar XJ12C ahead of the Young/Smith TWR Jaguar XJS stops the Young/Soper Ford Capri was back in
front, but the MG Metro had managed to stay ahead of the much more powerful Jaguar XJ12C as they worked their way through
traffic, and they held these positions to the flag. The first three all won their respective classes. the other class winners were 4th
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240Z, Postins in the TWR Rover
Vitesse in 5th overall and Robinson/
Gravett who were 9th in the Triumph
Dolomite Sprint.
The Historic Formula 3 race was a
battle between early leader Ian
Historic F3 Julian Maynard Chevron B17 leads Urs Muller Lotus 20/22 through Old Hairpin
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Winners Pearson/Oliver Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta SWB leads Friedrichs/Hadfield Aston
Martin DB4 GT in the Pre 63 GT race
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Bankhurst in an Alexis HF 802 and eventual winner Steve
Seaman in a Brabham BT21. The pair broke clear of the rest of
the pack and were battling hard for the win until Bankhurst
retired on lap 15. Simon Armer finished 2nd in a March 703 and
Urs Muller finished 3rd and won his class driving a Lotus 20/22.
the other class winner was Greg Thornton who finished 7th in a
Cooper T52.
The Pre 63 GT race saw the yellow Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta
SWB of Pearson/Oliver take an easy win from the Hunt/
Blakeney-Edwards AC Cobra while Monteverde/Pearson Aston
Martin DB4 finished 3rd. The other class winners were 6th
placed Wilson/Wolfe Lotus Elite and 7th placed Wykeham/
Emberson in a Morgan +4 Supersports.
The HSCC MartiniTrophy had two races over the weekend for
the 2 litre sports cars. The first race on Saturday was Ian Flux in
the lead all the way in the Osella PA3 until the start of the
penultimate lap, when he pulled off at Redgate with a
mechanical failure. This handed victory to David Gathercole in a
Martini Trophy race 1 winner David Gathercole Lola T210 leads 2nd
place Robert Oldershaw Lola T212
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Ian Flux Osella PA3 leads the Martini Trophy field in to redgate in the first race
Julian Hire Chevron b26 at speed through the Craner curves in the Martini Trophy race
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Lola T210 who had
shadowed Flux from
the start, but the
older Lola did not
seem able to
challenge for the
lead. Robert
Oldershaw finished a
distant 2nd in his
Lola T212, nearly a
lap behind, with
Clayson Vauxhall VX4/90 ahead of Wheelwright Rover P4 105S
in the HRDC Celebration to the BTCC for Touring cars race Jonathan Loader
finishing 3rd in a Chevron B19. Gathercole and Oldershaw both
won their classes, along with 5th placed shared Chevron B16 of
David and Sam Carrington Yates. The second race on Sunday
saw Flux start from near the back of the grid in the repaired
Osella. He soon worked his way through the field as David
Watts/Giordanelli Ford Zephyr-Zodiac ahead of the Harrison/Watts Volvo Amazon that
Gathercole made the most of his absence to lead the race until
finished 6th in the HRDC Celebration of the BTCC for Touring cars
lap 17 when Flux passed him. Two laps later, it was Gathercoles turn to drop out and retire, as Flux went on to win the race by over
34 seconds from Italian Michele Liguori driving a Lola T296. Jonathan Loader again completed the podium positions in another 3rd
place. Flux and Loader both won their respective classes, with Simon Ashworth taking the final class win in his Chevron B16.
The HTDC had a massive 37 car grid for their Celebration of the BTCC for Touring Cars 1958 -1965 to finish the first days racing.
The Ford Lotus Cortina of Tomlin/Stretton took pole position from the Whale/Dutton Studebaker Lark Daytona 500. The power of
the Studebaker gave it the initial lead in to Redgate but by the end of the lap it was the red Ford Lotus Cortina of Young/Wise that
© Simon Wright came from the second row of the grid to take the early lead of the race, until
they retired the smoking car in to the pits on lap 6. This gave the lead to the
McInerney BMW 1800TiSa, which went on to win by just 1.199 seconds
from the Tomlin/Stretton Ford Lotus Cortina. The King Ford Mustang
finished 3rd and won its class, with the mighty Mini Cooper S of Andy
Harrison and Barrie Williams finishing a magnificent 4th overall and winning
their class, although they were a lap down on the winners. The other class
winners included the Volvo Amazon of Harrison/Watts, the Gordon/Meadon
Alfa Romeo Guiletta Ti in 8th, another Alfa Romeo Guillia Sprint GT of
Turral/Frankel in 9th, the Jensen 541R of Welch/Verey in 10th, the Morris
Mini of Crossley in 11th, and the Austin A35 of Allen in 12th.
Whale/Dutton Studebaker Lark Daytona 500 in HRDC Celebration of the BTCC
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Some of the special events over the weekend were the Maserati
Centenary Trophy races which saw a small but select field of Maserati or
Maserati powered cars. Alan Minshaw put his Maserati T61 Birdcage on
Pole position but it was Michael O’Shea who led almost all the way to win
the first race in his Cooper Maserati Monaco T61 (P) to win by just over 2
seconds from Alan Minshaw in the Maserati T61 Birdcage with Colin
Wilson taking 3rd place in another Cooper Maserati T61. The first 250
home was Stephen Bond in 4th place driving a 250S. Pop star Mark
Knopfler driving a Maserati 300S went off on the second lap to be the first
retirement from the race.
The second race, on Monday, saw Jason Minshaw take over the family
Maserati T61 Birdcage and he took the initial lead in the race from Michael
O’Shea, who eventually got past in his Cooper Maserati Monaco T61 to
lead the middle part of the race. Minshaw was never far behind, the gap
Joaquim Folch Maserati 250F has a moment at the chicane
opening up to 6 seconds at one point before Jason pulled it back to get in
front for a few laps. O’Shea retook the lead with 3 laps to go and crossed the line over 3 seconds ahead at the chequered flag,
only to be disqualified for a yellow flag infringement. This gave victory to Jason Minshaw with Stephen Bond coming second in his
Maserati 250S and Steve Hart took another 3rd place in his Maserati 300S.
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World Sportscar Masters by Mick Herring.
The FIA Masters Historic Sports Car Championship race for Le Mans
style sports cars and Group 4 cars 1962 - 74 rounded off Sunday's
racing at the Donington Historic Festival and managed to pull out its
usual surprises at the end of the one hour, safety car interrupted
feast of sight and sound.
An unusual retirement for the Voyazides/Hadfield Lola T70 with
gearbox trouble saw it and the rest of the field quickly fall back from
the dice that would develop between the two T70s of poleman Grant
Tromans and Olly Bryant.
A first lap spin into the gravel and retirement for the T70 of Carlos
Monteverdi at the Old Hairpin split the field immediately and it would
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Masters Historic Sports cars rolling start
Bryant leads Tromans Lola T70 Mk3B
be Tromans who lead Bryant for several laps.
After Bryant took the lead Tromans slid into the gravel at McLeans,
having developed brake trouble. A lengthy safety car period ended as
the Lola was recovered and limped back to the pits. It would emerge
after losing
Well raced before safety car, Carrington-Yates Chevron B16 ahead of
Wrigley Chevron B16
eight laps
with a
determined
Martin
Stretton at
the wheel,
he sliced
through the
field to 17th, posting fastest lap in the process.
Equally determined, in the Lola T70 hired from Steve Tandy, was the experienced
Mike Donovan who qualified 7th after struggling with understeer all day.
After taking second place, a pit stop window timing mix up at race control, meant
he had to take a stop-go penalty, dropping him to third behind Jason Wright's
similar T70 Mk3B.
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Donovan's post-race appeal saw his penalty quashed and a similar penalty
applied to Jason Wright.
The amended result gave Olly Bryant an overall and Rodrigues class win
by 18 seconds ahead of Donovan and Wright.
The following five places were reserved for Chevrons with Benedini
brothers B16 in fourth and Siffert class winners, the Marco class B23 of
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Cousins
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Steve
Hart was
5th
ahead of
the
Siffert
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Class winners Cuff/Soper GT40 finished 14th
B16 of Mike Wrigley who had enjoyed a strong race with the similar of
David Carrington-Yates. Andy Newall drove the wheels off the JCB
entered B8 to take the Bonnier class in 7th.
Mark Bates Porsche 911 RSR Pescarolo Class winner in 15th
Andy Newall Chevron B8 Bonnier Class winner in 7th
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Donovan, Bryant, Cuff, Soper, Ahlers, Bellinger, Wright
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Ex-Roger Williamson F3 GRD on display in the paddock
Audi Quattro Sports on the rally Stage
John Surtees
Rover SD1 smokes the tyres on the rally stage
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There were lots of Austin Healeys on show
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Dutch Lotus on show in the infield
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Marcos on display in the infield
Historic Karts put on a demonstration on the melbourne loop
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Opal Manta kicks up the dust on the rally stage
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Frazer Nash line up of cars to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Speed Trials at Curborough
VSCC 50th anniversary Speed trials, Curborough. 4th May 2014. By Simon & Janet Wright.
The first Speed Trials run by the Vintage Sports Car Club were held at Curborough in 1964. This year, to celebrate the 50th
anniversary of the Speed Trials, an award was given for the fastest car in the event that had also run in 1964. There was also a
gathering in the lunch break of Frazer Nash cars in the paddock.
There was a good entry of cars and as ever, the event always draws a large crowd, many of whom arrive in their vintage car. This
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makes a trip round the car park as interesting as watching the cars on
track. Curborough has undergone some changes this year to the layout of
the circuit which allows different layouts to be used. In keeping with
tradition, the VSCC used the normal circuit.
The bright, sunny day saw plenty of action, including the local half
marathon running right past the entrance to the circuit. After morning
practice, the two timed runs for competitors started after the lunch break.
After a closely fought competition, the Curborough Trophy for fastest time
of the day went to Ian Baxter (110) driving a 1935 MG Bellevue Special
with a time of 37.11 seconds. Fastest time of the day in a vintage car went
Fastest Vintage car Charlie Martin Morgan Special
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to Charlie Martin (113) in a 1930/28 Morgan
Special who won in a time of 38.36 seconds.
The last overall award was for the fastest time
of the day by a car that competed in the 1964
Curborough Speed trial. That award went to a
1923 GN Spider driven today by David Leigh
(103) with a time of 38.67 seconds.
There were numerous class winners starting
with Class 1 - Standard and Modified Sports
Cars up to 1500cc unsupercharged which was
won by Andy Bush driving a 1935 Riley TT
Sprite replica in a time of 42.17 seconds. The
1st Vintage in the class was a 1930 Riley
Brooklands driven by Tim Kneller in 43.31
seconds, while 1st on handicap was John Villar
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Fastest time of day went to Ian Baxter in the MG Bellevue Special
in a 1930 Frazer Nash Interceptor with a time of 48.37 seconds.
Class 2 for Standard and modified sports cars of 1501cc and over,
unsupercharged was won by John Guyatt in a 1936 Darracq Talbot Largo T150C
with a time of 41.62 seconds. The 1st Vintage in the class went to Harry Colledge
whose Vauxhall 30/98 went round in 47.53 seconds. Final award for this class for
1st in Handicap went to Alistair Pugh in a 1939 Frazer Nash BMW 328 in a time of
42.95 seconds.
Class 3 was for Special Sports cars and all supercharged sports cars up to
1500cc. Regular VSCC competitor Dudley Sterry in his 1937/39 HRS Sports was
fastest with a time of 39.98 seconds, just 6 hundredths of a second ahead of Dr
David Pryke in his 1936 Morgan/Riley 4/4. Richard Houlgate was the 1st Vintage
in class in his 1930 Lea Francis Hyper replica, and Robert Moore was 1st on
handicap in his little 1929 Austin 7.
Mrs Jo Blakeney-Edwards was first in the Special Sports Cars and all
supercharged sports cars of 1501cc or over class. Her 1935 Frazer Nash
Shelsley went round the course in 42.20 seconds. She just pipped Mark Walker in
John Villar in his 1930 Frazer Nash Interceptor was 1st
on handicap in Class 1
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the fast, furious and usually sideways GN Thunderbug who was 2nd in
class and 1st Vintage with a time of 42.58 seconds. Neil Thorp was 1st on
Handicap in the 1935 Hudson Spikins Special.
The mighty pounding Edwardian cars were next out and David Barker in
the small engined (for the time) 1498cc Delage R Type from 1910 was 1st
on Handicap, beating the 5 litre 1913 Chalmers 17 of Andy Lloyd who had
gone faster with a time of 57.70 seconds compared to Barker who went
round in 62.47 seconds.
Leaping forward in time to Pre 1941 Racing Cars up to 1100cc, Anthony
Garner in a 1934 Lagonda Richmond Rapier set a time of 39.78 seconds
to win the class while 1st Vintage went to Gary Clare in a 1928 Grannie in
a time of 41.6 seconds. Mike Fountain had a good day to be 1st on
handicap in 41.60 seconds in the 1930 Gillow Special S/S.
Class 7 produced the outright winner in the Pre-1941 Racing Cars
1101-1500cc in Ian Baxter in the MG Bellevue, while Charlie Martin in the
Morgan Special set a new record to be 1st vintage car in the class and the
Neil Thorp smokes the tyres on his 1935 Hudson Spikins Special on his way to
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Phil Dobbin 1924/26 Morgan/GN Salome
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David Leigh GN Spider set the
fastest time of the day by a car
that competed in the 1964
Curborough Speed trial
Douglas Huntley Bugatti Type 30 returns to the paddock
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event.
The Pre 1941 Racing cars 1501-3000cc saw
Paul Richardson win the class in ERA R14B with
a time of 37.17 seconds. Richard Archbell was
1st Vintage in the 1928/29 GN/AC Rabel RO with
a time of 42.38 seconds, and Bruce Stops was
1st on handicap for the class, in his 1928 Bugatti
T35/44, with a time of 42.53 seconds.
The final class winner was Julian Grimwade in
his 1934 Frazer Nash Single seater who went
round in 39.04 seconds.
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Yushan NG waits to take out the Frazer Nash Super Sports
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Heritage Motor Centre 21st Anniversary event – 1st May 2014. By Pete Austin.
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The Heritage Motor Centre celebrated its 21 Anniversary on May 1st with an event at the museum. Opened on May 1st 1993 the
collection is now renowned as the largest collection of historic British motor cars in the world.
Following an introduction by managing director of the trust Julie Tew, she was joined by founder Patron Peter Mitchell OBE to cut
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the birthday cake. Guests were then invited to ride or drive in a
selection of 21 of the finest cars from the museum collection.
These ranged from an 1899 Wolseley to the one millionth Land
Rover Discovery and included the Mini Cooper driven to victory by
Paddy Hopkirk in the 1964 Monte Carlo Rally. Also fired up was
the 1927 Leyland 8 designed by Welsh engineer and racing driver
Parry Thomas with its 9.7 litre Straight Eight engine.
Following a behind the scenes tour of the workshops and lunch
Tim Bryan, Head of Collections, outlined plans for the new £4
million Heritage Lottery funded Museum Collection Centre. In the
pouring rain Peter Mitchell then cut the first turf for the new
building which will house the Trusts reserve car collection and
new workshops when it opens in the spring of 2015.
The event also included the official opening of the “21 Years 21
Icons” exhibition which runs until the end of December as part of
the celebrations. This display features 21 iconic automotive
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1927 Leyland Eight
1907 Rover and 1899 Wolseley
Julie Tew and Peter Mitchell OBE cut the Birthday cake
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Museum Collection Centre Architects drawing - image Heritage Motor Centre
products including 7 motoring icons, 7 motoring inventions and
7 motoring innovators – from the elegant Jaguar E-type to
cat’s eyes and iconic motoring figures like Alec Issigonis and
William Morris.
Further information at www.heritage-motor-centre.co.uk
Heritage Motor centre workshop
1948 Morris Minor “Number one” and 1907 Rover
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1964 Monte Carlo Rally winning Mini Cooper
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CSCC Late Spring race meeting. Silverstone 10th May 2014. By Simon and Janet Wright.
Taking place over the National circuit, the high-light of the meeting for a lot
of people was the Special Saloon/Modsport races which had a great entry.
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First race was the Dunlop Production Cup for Porsche models and it was
quite a small field of just eight cars which took to the circuit. Andrew
Duncan in his Porsche 968CS took Pole Position and led from the start
but was soon passed by the Porsche 993 RSR of David Whelan. Duncan
battled briefly with Whelan but by lap 3 Whelan was in front and they held
position until the chequered flag. Luke Johnson finished 3rd in his Porsche
944 S2, with all three winning their respective classes.
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Winner David Whelan Porsche 993 RSR
Next out were the Magnificent Sevens Group 2 which saw Andrew Stirling put his
Dax Rush 5689 on pole position. He led the race for the first eleven laps before
his pitstop, where he lost an entire lap and eventually finished last. Behind him
had been quite a battle with Christian Pittard in a Caterham 7 fighting through to
second place, which eventually became the lead before he took his pitstop. he
also lost a lap but when back on the track soon started cutting his way through the
field to take 2nd place at the end of the forty minute race. Peter Ratcliff in a
Caterham C400 had been back in 18th place on the first lap having dropped back
from 7th on the grid. He
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made steady progress
through the field and was in
3rd place by lap 9. He took
Andrew Stirling Dax Rush Magnificent Sevens Series Group 2 race
the lead before his pitstop
and came out in 2nd place, a lap behind the leader Chris Milner in a
Caterham CSR who had not taken his pitstop at that point. When Milner
pitted, Ratcliff took the lead and held it to the end, to win by over 8
seconds.
The Special Saloons and Modsports made an impressive sight and sound
as the 19 car grid lit up and headed for Copse corner. Pole man Mark
Ticehurst in a Porsche 935 took the lead from the start from Stacy Vickers
in the Mazda RX7 which had smoke coming from the back by the second
Start of the first Special Saloon race
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Special Saloons winner Mark Ticehurst Porsche 935
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Bob Claxton Skoda 110 R finished 3rd in class in race 2
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Class winner Kenny Coleman 5 litre Ford Capri
Class winner Steve Moss Ford Anglia Spaceframe finished 3rd in race 2
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Class winner Neil Claxton Suzuki SC 100 finished 8th in race 2
Morris/Parker-Morris Peugeot 309 GTi Turbo
won race 2 but spun in race 1 to finish13th
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lap as it went round Luffield. There was great variety through the entry, with everything from a 1430cc Mini and 1300cc Suzuki
SC100 right up to a 6 litre Vauxhall Carlton, a 5 litre Ford Capri and a 5.3 litre Aston martin V8. Ticehurst had an easy win,
leading from start to finish but the battle for 2nd had the Mazda RX7 fighting with the Peugeot 309 GTi Turbo of Morris and
Parker-Morris for several laps, the Peugeot taking 2nd place on lap eight. It then came under pressure from Peter Stevens in the
Vauxhall Carlton TS and on lap 12 the Peugeot spun at the exit of Luffield and had to wait for most of the field to pass it before
restarting. It eventually finished in 13th place. The Carlton could not catch the leading Porsche and finished in 2nd place, while the
smokey Mazda finished 3rd. Ticehurst and Stevens both won their class, while the other class winners were Paul Sibley who
finished 7th in his Lotus Elan Modsports, Neil Claxton in the Suzuki SC1000 who was 9th and finally 14th placed Luke Bennett in
his Ford Capri.
The second race for the Special saloons was held on Sunday and Ticehurst retired from the lead on lap 2, which allowed Steven
Moss in the Ford Anglia Spaceframe to lead for a couple of laps before the Morris.Parker-Morris Peugeot 309 GTi Turbo hit the
front to win by over six seconds from Peter Stevens who took another 2nd place in his Vauxhall Carlton TS. Moss finished 3rd in
the Anglia to win his class along with another class win for Sibley in 4th place in the Lotus Elan. Claxton in 8th in the Suzuki and
9th place Kenny Coleman in the Ford Capri were the other class winners.
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Tony Paxman 2.3 Ford Escort Mk2 was 6th in race 2
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David Beatty 5.3 Aston Martin V8 finished 10th in race 1
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Peter Stevens 6 litre Vauxhall Carlton finished 2nd in both races
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The second race for the Magnificent Sevens, this time for the Group
1 cars, proved to be an easy victory for Peter Ratcliff (21) in his
caterham C400, who only lost the lead during his pit stop. Christian
Pittard was second in a Caterham 7 and Julian Sage was third in
another Caterham 7.
The Classic Spares/Toyo Tires Jaguar Saloon and GT Championship
saw Sam Clarke (Jnr) lead off the line in his Jaguar XJS 4000 and he
was chased hard by David Howard in his Jaguar XJ12 for the first 3
laps before Howard slipped in front. The two cars battled hard for the
rest of the race with both taking turns in the lead but Howard slipped
through on the last lap to lead across the line by just 0.332 seconds.
Clarke was given a 10 second penalty for a false start after the race
but was far enough in front of James Ramm in his XJS, that Clarke
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Sam Clarke Jnr Jaguar XJS leads eventual winner David Howard Jaguar XJ12
him, sideways in his Peugeot 306 2000. Most of the field passed the
Peugeot, Tongue eventually getting going in 23rd place at the end of
lap 1. The spinning car had opened up a gap between Hird and the
persueing pack, led by Richard Woods in a Ford Focus and the Jones/
Dew Honda Integra. Apart from when he took his pit stop, Hind led all
the way to the finish and opened up a good gap to Woods in the
Focus, which was a good job as he was given a 30 second penalty for
failure to stop for mandatory pit stop in the designated area. He still
won by just 1.027 seconds with the Jones/Drew Integra in 3rd. The
other class winners included Stephen Craig in Honda Integra Si DC2,
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Joel Wymer Caterham Supersport 1600 won Magnificent Sevens Series group 1 race
kept his second place. Both Howard and Clarke won their
respective classes. The other two classes were won by
Matthew Jeffery who finished 4th overall in his Jaguar XJ40
XJ6 Lister 4000 and Philip Comer in his Jaguar XJS 3890
who finished 9th overall.
The more modern Tin Tops were mixed with the Puma Cup
series for the penultimate race of the day and produced a
large 33 car grid.The Honda Integra was the car to have
round the fast National circuit with the Ainge and Taylor
Honda Integra DC5 2000 and Russell Hird in another
Integra locking out the front row. Hird led in to Brooklands
on the first lap with a spinning Nigel Tongue right behind
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Winner Russell Hird Honda DC5 Integra ahead of a spinning
Nigel Tongue Peugeot 306
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Paul Dolan Ford Puma won the Puma Cup series class
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the Renault Clio 172 of Chase/Colvey and John Robinson in a Honda
Civic. The Puma race within the race was won by Paul Dolan who was
21st overall from Ben Eacock. Finally the Rover 216 of Joseph and Willie
Moore finished in last place after getting a 2 lap penalty for failure to stop
in the pitstop window, as per the series regulations
The final race of the day was the second race for the Dunlop Production
Cup for Porsche Models and saw David Whelean lead off from pole
position in his Porsche 993 RSR being chased hard by Andrew Duncan in
his 968C S just like the first race earlier in the day. However, this time
Duncan was not going to settle for 2nd place and with just two laps to go,
he swept through in to the lead and claimed the victory by 1.838 seconds
from Whelan. Frank Cortes finished 3rd in his Porsche 964 Carrera 2
while Luke Johnson finished 4th but claimed another class win in his
Porsche 944 S2.
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Michael Kason Fiat X19 Dallara retired from race 1
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Stacy Vickers Mazda RX7 finished 3rd in the first
Special Saloon race
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Paul Lawrence Ford Sierra XR4 in the Special Saloon race
Harper/Harper 1997cc Triumph Spitfire was 2nd in class
in both races
Kevin Doyle 6.8 Jaguar XJ12 5th in both Special Saloon races
Morris/Parker-Morris Peugeot 309 GTi Turbo won race 2
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Stratford Festival of Motoring
5th May 2014. By Simon Wright.
The second running of the Stratford
Festival of Motoring over the May Day
Bank holiday weekend saw thousands of visitors flock to the famous town on the banks
of the river Avon. Lovely sunny weather increased tourist numbers by around 10% over
last years record turn out, as over 200 classic and specialist cars were on display in the
town centre. Organised by Stratforward and Shakespeare Country, this year the main
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centre were
closed to normal
traffic and on the
Bank Holiday
Monday, as the
cars returned
from the Test
Hills run and
treasure hunt,
they were parked
up in the main
roads in the
centre of
Stratford. This
allowed the large
Back to the Bard - DeLorean
crowds the
Back from the test Hills Run a 2 litre Lagonda low chassis
chance to see these special vehicles at close quarters. On Sunday all the cars had the chance to take part in the Blossom Trial run
which took the cars on a picturesque route through the Vale of Evesham. On Monday, the Test Hills Run was a shorter route round
some of the steepest hills south of Stratford, as used by many of © Simon Wright
the former Midlands Motor manufacturers to test their vehicles in
the past.
Then at lunch time, a cavalcade of vehicles set off for a couple of
laps of the town centre from Bridge street, past the RSA Theatre
and round to the High street. The parade was led by the Bard car,
an imaginative creation designed by young people from the
Escape Community Arts project to mark the 450th anniversary of
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William Shakespeare’s birth.
The entry of cars was impressive with vehicles ranging from a
Rydell Volvo Estate from the British Touring car Championship
through to a DeLorean sportscar. Classic Americana was
represented with a Chevrolet pickup truck, several Ford Mustangs
and a 1955 Chevrolet BelAir. Outside the Royal Shakespeare
Company Theatre was a line up of Toyota and modern Ford
Mustangs along with a few classic vehicles from the Heritage
Motor Museum at Gaydon. Vintage cars were also well
represented, a fine example of a 1926 Singer tourer was on
display plus models from Lagonda, Buick, Chevrolet, Austin, and
1928 Buick Special Standard Six
Palmer Jaguar Trackday car
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Bentley plus more modern local classics such as the E-Type
Jaguar, Morris Minor and various MG Sports cars.
The Rother Market at the top of the town was the site for the
unique Land Rover ‘off-road’ experience using the Terrapod. This
man made structure allows drivers and passengers to experience
the off road abilities of the current Land Rover range.
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Citroen DS Convertible
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Ford Mustang in the cavalcade past the Swan Theatre
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Top row: The Bard car. Suffolk Jaguar
SS100 replica. Three Ferrari lineup.
Middle Row: Triumph Mayflower. 1934 3.5
litre Bentley.
Bottom row: 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air. Rover
75 Cyclops. Land Rover Terrapod display.
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HSCC Silverstone International Trophy. 17th - 18th May 2014.
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By Simon & Janet Wright with additional photos from Pete Austin.
The International trophy meeting in the late 60s and early 70s
used to be a non-championship Formula 1 race, which would
attract some of the current top Grand Prix teams to compete for
the Trophy. Now the meeting is a top level Historic meeting
organised by the Historic Sports Car Club (HSCC). This year was
the fifth running of the event using the full Grand Prix circuit. The
two day meeting consisted of 14 separate races from most of the
HSCC championships, catering for all categories of motorsport
including Saloons, Sportscars and GTs and all kinds of single
seater races. Saturday saw most of the regular club racers take
part with wins for Oliver Ford driving a Lotus Europa in the 70s
Road Sports Championship, Graeme and James Dodd took their
Ginetta G16 to the Guards Trophy Sports Racing Cars race victory
while the separate Guards Trophy race for GT cars was won by
Michael Whitaker in the TVR Griffith. Richard Plant in a Morgan
Plus 8 won the Historic Road Sports Race and Michael O’Brien in
a Merlyn Mk20 won the Historic Formula Ford race.
The Martini Trophy for 2 litre sports cars had two races over the
weekend. The first race on Saturday saw James Dodd take a
lights to flag victory in the Martini Chevron B31, winning by nearly
18 seconds from David Gathercole in a Lola T210 with Robert
Oldershaw 3rd in a Lola T212. Dodd and Gathercole both won
their classes, with Andrew Schryver 5th in a Chevron B23 and
Graeme Cooksley 7th in a Tiga SC80 winning the other classes in
the race.
The second race was on Sunday saw Gathercole get the jump on
Dodd at the start, the older Lola leading the first few laps of the
race before Dodd got the winged Chevron B31 in front and slowly
pulled away from Gathercole to win by over five and a half
seconds with Oldershaw again taking 3rd position. Schryver in 5th
Top Left: 70s Road Sports Paul Aslett in his Jaguar XJS
Middle Left: Guards Trophy Sports Racing Cars Marcus Mussa McLaren Elva M1A
Bottom Left: Michael Whitaker in the TVR Griffith during the Guards Trophy for GT Cars.
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and Cooksley in 8th again both won their respective classes.
The two Derek Bell Trophy races were both held on Sunday, and were
missing a few of their regular competitors due to other races in Europe.
Silverstone in the past was thought of as a power circuit with long straights
and fast sweeping corners. Now the new Grand Prix circuit layout allows
the more nimble Formula 2 and Formula Atlantic cars to hold their own
against the more powerful Formula 5000 cars. Richard Evans proved this
by putting his Formula Atlantic 1600cc March 79B on pole position. He led
both races from start to finish, initially chased by Daryl Taylor in a Formula
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but who dropped
back and eventually Historic FF Benn Simms Juno JMR 7 leads Westie Mitchell Merlyn Mk20
finished 4th place in the first race. Jeremy Wheatley finished 2nd in the
first race and 3rd in the second race in his immaculate Yellow and blue
Formula 2 Matchbox Surtees TS15. The first Formula 5000 car home in
the first race was Paul Campfield in a Chevron B24 in 3rd place. In the
second race, it was Simon Taylor in another Chevron B24 who was the first
of the Formula 5000 beasts back in 7th place. In the second race it was
Mark Dwyer
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in a Formula
2 March 782
that finished
in 2nd place
Mark Witherspoon Tecno F3 leads Geoffrey O’nion Tecno F3 in the
behind
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Evans. Jamie Brashaw in a March 793 won the Invitation class in
both races in his Formula 3 March, with Mathew Sturmer in a Ralt
RT3 winning his class in the first race and Ian Mitchell in a CTG
Mk8 winning the Invitation Clubman class in both races.
The usual winner of the Classic racing cars and Historic Formula 3
race, Ian Jones in his Lotus 59 threw away the win when he spun
off and handed victory to his usual sparring partner Anthony Ross in
another Lotus 59. Jones battled his way through the field to reclaim
2nd place by the end of the race, but was over 29 seconds down on Chevron was the popular F5000 car at the meeting, with Simon Taylor in the Ex Derek
Bell Thursdays Chevron B28 who finished 5th and 6th in the two races.
Ross at the flag.
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© Janet Wright
First lap of the Formula Ford 2000 race saw John Finch (55) Van Diemen RF82 collide with Antonio Armelin (9)
Reynard SF79 while Andrew Storer (72) Royale RP27 takes to the grass in avoidance.
© Janet Wright
The Formula Ford 2000 race saw
plenty of spins and incidents at
Luffield, with two cars, Antonio
Armelin in his Reynard SF79 and
John Finch in a Van Diemen
RF82 colliding on the first lap and
the cars remained locked
together on the edge of the track.
Neither driver was hurt and both
got out and cleared the circuit.
While the marshals tried to clear
the cars, and with waved yellow
flags, some of the other
competitors made no attempt to
slow down as they passed the abandoned
cars, with several spinning in to the Luffield
gravel just after the accident scene on fluid
spilt from one of the two locked cars. The cars
were soon cleared and the race continued with
Ian Pearson winning in a Van Diemen RF83
from Tom Smith in a Royale RP27 with Benn
Simms taking the final podium position in his
Reynard SF77.
The ByBox Historic Touring Car Championship
saw Mike Gardiner put his Ford Lotus Cortina
on pole position, but it was Neil Brown who
took the initial lead in his powerful Ford
Mustang from Tim Davies in another Ford
Lotus Cortina while Colin Gunton was doing
amazing things with his little Hillman Imp
holding 3rd place overall at the start, but it
didn’t last long, with him retiring on the third
lap. After a race long battle, Brown took the win
in his immaculate red and gold Ford Mustang
from Davies who also won his class. Third
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35 Neil Brown - Ford Mustang won the Historic Touring Car race after a hard battle with Tim Davies (1) in a Ford Lotus Cortina
© Simon Wright
place went to Tom Andrew in yet another of the very popular Ford Lotus Cortina models, with him also winning his class. Rodger
Godfrey in his little Mini Cooper S was another class winner in 4th as was Bob Bullen driving a Ford Anglia 105E in 6th. Adrian
Oliver was next class winner in a Hillman Imp in 7th while the final class winner was the last finisher, Richard Cross in a Triumph
2000 Mk1 in 13th place. The final race of the day was for the FJHRA Millers Oils Historic Formula Junior single seaters. Sam
Wilson took pole in the Lotus 20/22 but it was Jonathan Milicevic in a Cooper T59 who led
Stuart Roach Alexis Mk2 dives up the inside of
from
the
start.
It
didn’t
Crispian Besley Cooper T56 in the FJunior race
© Janet Wright
take Wilson long to
get to the front of the
field and he won by
2.472 seconds from
Milicevic with Andrew
Hibberd in 3rd place
in his Lotus 22. Stuart
Roach was the first of
the front engined cars
in 7th place.
In addition to the
normal HSCC races,
there was also a
© Simon Wright
Coming round to start the 2nd Martini Trophy race with winner James Dodd
on the left in the Martini Chevron B31
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© Janet Wright
round of the GT and Sports Car Cup, a one hour race with a
minimum of one pitstop. A large field of 37 cars consisting of classic
GT cars such as the Jaguar E-Type, AC Cobra, Austin Healey 3000
and rare cars like the Iso Griffo A3C and Bizzarini 5300GT. Ewan
McIntyre put his 2 litre Lotus 15 on pole position which he shared
with Mark Lewis. An initial challenge by the Peter Sugden and Andy
Wolfe Jaguar E-Type faded after their pitstop and the Lotus 16 of
Lewis and McIntyre was soon back to the front of the field to take
victory by over 44 seconds at the end of the hour race from the
powerful Chevrolet Corvette of Craig Davies and John Young. Ben
Shuckburgh and Martin Hunt finished 3rd in an E-Type Jaguar. The
class winners included the first and second placed cars, plus Frank
Trouillard in 10th in a Lotus 11, Jeremy Welch and Mark Pangborn
in an Austin Heley in11th, Malcolm Paul and Rick Bourne in a TVR
Grantura Mk III in 15th and finally Sir David Scholey and Nick
Finburgh in a Jaguar XK120 that won the Invitation class.
First lap down the Hanger straight and the Lotus 15 is in the lead
© Pete Austin
© Simon Wright
Iso Grifo A3C of Alex Bell and Peter Bradfield finished in 19th place
Ben Shuckburgh and Martin Hunt Jaguar E-Type finished 3rd
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BRM’s take to the track – April 25th 2014. By Pete Austin.
The Lincolnshire countryside once again resounded to the noise of a V16 when the BRM Association held a Trackday at Blyton
Park near Gainsborough on a damp April day.
The new BRM Association was formed in June last year to continue and build on recent momentum for celebrating BRM’s
achievements. The original Owen Racing Motors Association was formed in the 1950s after Rubery Owen took over the
ownership of BRM. In fact one of the invited guests at the trackday was David Owen MBE who is a patron of the new Association
and the son of Sir Alfred Owen who was active in supporting the marque all those years ago.
© Pete Austin
BRM P160
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© Pete Austin
A representative collection of BRMs had been assembled
from a Mk1 V16 which had travelled all the way from Lord
Montague’s National Motor Museum in Beaulieu to the
Motul liveried P201 of John Fenning. Also taking to the
circuit during the day was the P48 with its unique ‘bacon
slicer’ single rear brake, Andrew Waring’s P261 and two
versions of the P160 in Marlboro livery driven by John
Burt.
No gathering of BRMs would be complete without the
iconic Leyland Royal Tiger transporter which was brought
along by Bourne based BRM preparation specialists Hall
and Hall complete with a type 57. They also brought one
of the early V12s, a type 126, to complete the lineup. Rick
Hall, whose son Rob drove some of the cars, was also a
former BRM employee. Other marques which used BRM
engines were not forgotten with a Lotus 24 and BRP
adding to the cars present.
© Pete Austin
BRM mechanics Ben Casey and Pat Carvath
BRM P126
© Pete Austin
In addition to
David Owen
MBE and his
wife, many
other
personalities
from BRMs
past had
made the
journey
including
team
manager
Tim Parnell
and Louis T.
Stanley’s
BRP BRM
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© Pete Austin
© Pete Austin
BRM P201
BRM P48
© Pete Austin
stepdaughter Bobbie Neate. Also mingling with the members
were a number of former BRM mechanics including Pat Carvath
and Ben Casey. Dick Salmon, who wrote the book ‘BRM – A
Mechanics Tale’ looked very comfortable in the cockpit of the
V16 whilst being interviewed during the lunch break. Another
enthusiast present was antiques expert Colin Young.
Weather wise it was not the best of days but the cars took to the
track under grey skies in the morning and afternoon to the
pleasure of the many BRM enthusiasts present. Fortunately the
heavy rain restricted itself to the lunch break giving the BRM
personnel and Association members an ample opportunity to
inspect the cars at close quarters in the hangar and reminisce
about the glory days of this well loved marque.
More information on the BRM Association can be found on
www.brmassociation.org or contact
[email protected]
Dick Salmon in the BRM V16
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BRM P261
© Pete Austin
© Pete Austin
BRM V16 Mk1
© Pete Austin
© Pete Austin
Dick Salmon, Colin Young and David Owen BRM V16 Mk1 gets a push start
© Pete Austin
BRM lineup
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Silverstone Classic media day. By Simon & Janet Wright with
Mick Herring.
This years Silverstone Classic promises to be bigger and better than ever
when it runs on the 25th to 27th July 2014. As part of the Silverstone
celebrations of fifty years of Grand Prix racing since the first World
© Simon Wright
Championship Grand Prix
was held at Silverstone in
1948, Sir Stirling Moss will
lead the largest parade of
Grand prix cars around the
circuit on the Sunday of the
Classic. It is hoped that over
100 Grand Prix cars from
Formula 1 McLaren M26
© Simon Wright
seventy decades of Grand
Prix racing will take part. Super Sunday will also feature Maserati which will be
celebrating its 100th Birthday at the Silverstone Classic with a track parade of Maserati
cars on the Sunday, and Maserati cars will be competing in many of the historic races
Sir Stirling Moss
taking part over the weekend. It is also planned that the new Alfieri Maserati concept
car will be at the event in July.
Ford is celebrating the 50th birthday of the Ford Mustang on Saturday with various events and a track parade. The Ford Mustang will
also feature prominently in many of the Historic Saloon car races. There is also a nice short film on Youtube that recreates the
famous car chase from the Steve McQueen movie Bullit, but based around Silverstone rather than San Francisco. View it on-line at
http://youtu.be/
Dodge Charger and Ford Mustang recreate Bullit
5xeTrqOALGc
The many car
clubs that fill the
infield with
fantastic car
displays will also
be staging some
major celebrations
this year. These
include 50 years
© Janet Wright
© Janet Wright
Maserati lineup
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© Simon Wright
Aston Martin
of the Alfa Romeo Owners Club, the 50th anniversary of the Bristol
Owners Club, 50 years of the TVR Car Club, the 25th anniversary of
the MX5 Owners Club, 27 years of the Aston Martin DB7, 50 years of
the Sunbeam Tiger, 50 years of the Marcos and the GT40 Enthusiasts
club will celebrate 50 years of the GT40.
Super Sunday will also feature two special races, the RAC Woodcote
Trophy for Pre ’56 sports cars and the RAC Tourist Trophy for Historic
cars which will recreate the halcyon days of GT racing from the 1950s
and 60s, feature cars such as the E-Type Jaguar, Aston martin DB4
and DB5, Lotus Elites, and various SWB Ferrari models in the meetings
Blue Ribband race. Also at the Classic will be a Super Touring Car
race for some of the super cars of the former BTCC including the
fabulous Ford Mondeo and Williams Renault Laguna models.
© Simon Wright
© Janet Wright
Renault Laguna
© Simon Wright
Group C Porsche 956
© Janet Wright
Formula 1 Ensign
Ford Mondeo
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© Janet Wright
Porsche 911 GT1 by Mick Herring.
The ever-evolving nature of the Silverstone Classic and its media day gave
me the opportunity to jump forward a couple of decades and enhance my
knowledge of iconic GT cars much newer than the ones I'm familiar with.
Mark Sumpter's 1996 "Playstation" Porsche 911 GT1 was my welcome
experience today and I must admit to not knowing too much about this
particular era.
Born out of Porsche's desire to return to top-line GT racing, the GT1 and its
road-legal sibling were based on the front end of the then current 993 model
and the rear end derived from the 962.
In this instance the race-car came first.
The water cooled, twin turbocharged and intercooled 3.2 litre flat 6 would
produce about 650 bhp to go through its six-speed manual sequential
gearbox, sensibly reigned back to about 550 today, in the interests of longevity.
I thought this was going to be a very short ride as a misfire developed on the out lap, thankfully cured with a big fuel top up.
As we exited the pit lane just behind Justin Law's Jaguar XJ220, which sent big pockets of flame from its exhaust on every change,
proved to be no match for the Porsche.
There is usually a bit of a traffic jam as you go through the Farm complex on Silverstone's Grand Prix circuit, witnessed by counting
© Simon Wright the rivets on the back of a "Sebring" MGC from the inside
of a Chevron B31 a couple of years ago. Similarly, the
Jaguar's flames got ever-closer disappearing from view
under the front of the Porsche until we got on the
Wellington
© Mick Herring
Straight and
outaccelerated
the line of
cars.
The
characteristic
growl that
you
associate
with a flat-six
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© Janet Wright
Porsche engine was there accompanied by the "chirp" from the wastegate on each
gearchange. I hope we were able to return the "flaming" compliment to the distant
Jaguar. As with many cars, the sensation of speed is largely lost on a race track, it is
only when the driver hits the brakes do you realise how fast you were going and the
need to go down through four gears to negotiate the Brooklands left hander.
© Simon Wright
The
grip
through
the
long
right
hander
that
leads
onto
the pit straight was high and I'm sure that only the
Riley-Porsche Daytona Prototype I'm comparing this
car to went through Copse and the Becketts-Maggotts
corners any faster before launching you onto the
Hangar Straight.
© Janet Wright
This particular car, whilst being an early example that had benefitted from
upgrades to its bodywork to a later specification during its career, exhibited
significant downforce and in the hands of former Britcar 24hr winner, Mark
Sumpter, this was utilised to the full.
A very fast and safe car that you would expect from Porsche and very fast in
the right hands.Two more laps and my education was complete.
My thanks to Mark Sumpter who would also drive his Porsche 962 on the
day in preparation for handing it over to Derek Bell to drive at Le Mans this
year.
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Archive Photo of the month.
By Pete Austin.
Elsewhere in this issue you can read the tribute to Jack Brabham who sadly died last month. At the end of 1969 Jack sold
his own shares in Motor Racing Developments (Brabham) to Ron Tauranac and in 1972 Bernie Ecclestone took over the
team. Here a dark haired Bernie is shown at Brands Hatch in conversation with designer Gordon Murray.
© Pete Austin
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© Simon Wright
Worcester Motor Festival 17th May 2014.
By Simon Wright.
The eighth running of this annual car show that takes
place around the city centre in Worcester continues to
draw large crowds. The show ran from 9am to 5pm
and included a mixture of vintage and classic cars,
new models, live entertainment and was set up in
conjunction with the Central Fire Station open day.
The car displays are spread around the central
shopping streets of the city, all of which are
pedestrianised. The main High Street displays were
from car dealers of some of the latest models from the likes of Toyota, Honda, Citroen and Morgan. Pride of place in the centre of
the High Street was taken by the Midland Automobile Club and their Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb display. The oldest motor sport
venue in the World just happens to be in Worcestershire, and the club that organise the events at Shelsley Walsh had a single
seater racing car and road going sports car on their display to high light the range of vehicles that can be seen competing at the
venue during the summer. At the lower end of the High Street,
nearest to the Cathedral, the Standard Car Club had a display
of five classic Standard cars built in Coventry.
Moving in to Pump street saw various classic cars , starting
with a Healey Silverstone, a Frog eyed Sprite, a Triumph
TR250 sports car from the 1970s and included a Saab rally
car, and a Hillman Avenger. Round the corner in Friar Street
were a couple of
Francis Barnett Fulmar Sports 90
© Simon Wright
old motorcycles,
including a 1963
Francis-Barnett
Fulmar Sports 90
and a 1938 S. O. S.
Ew Superb and
moving back to 4
wheels, a 1946
Triumph Roadster
1800.
Moving back in to
© Simon Wright
Triumph Vitesse and Ford Zodiac from the 1960s
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© Simon Wright
the centre of Worcester and progressing up The
Shambles, which runs parallel to the High Street,
were lots of interesting Classic Cars. Here there was
everything from a small Fiat 500, two very early
Austin Mini Saloons and a collection of three
immaculate Jaguar Saloons from the 1950s and 60s
right through to an E-Type Jaguar and Triumph Stag.
Finally down Broad
© Simon Wright
Street, towards the
river were more
classic cars,
including The
Worcester Motor
Festival Best Car
Display trophy
winner, Andy &
Susan Mitchell with
their 1956 AC Aceca
Bristol.
Shelsley Walsh bought racing glamour to the city centre
© Simon Wright
© Simon Wright
Jaguar E-Type
Best Car Display winner AC Aceca Bristol with vintage helmet.
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© Simon Wright
© Simon Wright
© Simon Wright
Hillman Avenger Tiger
© Simon Wright
Volvo P1800 as used to film the TV series “The Saint”
© Simon Wright
© Simon Wright
MG VA
Tourer
Ford Anglia
Saab 96 Rally car
© Simon Wright
© Simon Wright
Triumph TR250
© Simon Wright
1933 Austin 10/4 Tourer with Dickey seat
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© Simon Wright
© Simon Wright
1933 Standard Teignmouth
© Simon Wright
1936 Chevrolet 2 door Town Sedan
Standard Car Club line up
© Simon Wright
Rover
1946 Jaguar SS 1 1/2
© Simon Wright
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© Janet Wright
La Vie en Bleu. 24th-25th May 2014. By Simon & Janet Wright.
The annual French weekend, where the Bugatti Owners club turn part of the
Cotswolds into part of France for 2 days, took place at the Prescott Hill Climb
course over the weekend of the 24th and 25th of May. Saturday was very wet for
most of the day, but Sunday dawned bright and sunny and although some of the
surrounding fields were a little waterlogged, it didn’t stop everyone from having a great time. Citroen and Renault dominated the
Orchard field next to the track with two large displays of both modern and classic cars while the rest of the area was full of French
car clubs displaying members cars. One slight variation to the French theme was provided by a superb display of classic Riley cars.
The paddock was decked out with French flags and French road names and there were Cancan dancers and Mime artists
wandering around to add to the French atmosphere. The paddock also had a significant display of French cars or cars associated
with France. Lined up across the bottom of the paddock were Amilcars and Bugatti pre war cars, mixed in with some very early
Citroen and Renault models. There was the immaculate Black and Gold JPS Lotus Renault turbo T98 Grand Prix car that had been
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driven by Ayrton Senna and two of the latest one million pound plus
Bugatti Veyron supercars from today as well as several pristine
Bugatti saloons from the golden age of motoring. The two modern
Veyron cars also did several demonstration runs up the Hill Climb
Course over the weekend.
© Janet Wright
© Simon Wright
Tony Gomis has a slight moment at Ettore’s in the Marcadier Can Am Gordini
Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse is the fastest convertible in the World
There were a lot of French cars taking part in the hill climb event on the Sunday, but it was the 1965 MG Kayne Special that won
the Bugatti Owners’ Club Sports Racing and Specials Handicap event, driven by John Biggs. There were two specific classes for
Bugatti cars to compete in, with Alex Ames in a Bugatti T35C winning the Bugatti Car Handicap up to 2000cc, while the Bugatti GP
© Simon Wright
Cars Handicap was won by Chris Warman in a Bugatti T37A
© Simon Wright
Xavier Kingsland in a 500 Staride Mk3 Norton
Julian Eckersley at speed in his Bugatti T13
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© Janet Wright
© Simon Wright
Chris Williams Citroen 4CV
Class winner Sheridan Bell Alpine Renault A110
© Simon Wright
© Simon Wright
Christopher Tabor Riley Special -Alta
© Janet Wright
Steve Hemingway Pilbeam Ford MP50
© Simon Wright
John Guyatt Talbot-Lago T150 CMD won the Pre war cars up to 4000cc class
Famed racing driver Barrie Williams was taking part, sharing a
Renault Clio with Ricky Gamer. On his first timed run, wizzo had
an off at Semi-circle, with a resounding “Thud’. The marshals
managed to retrieve the car and on his second run, Barrie
managed a 51.78 seconds to finish 3rd in class, behind car
owner Ricky who was 2nd in class with a time of 51.46 seconds,
just 0.32 of a second faster than Wizzo. The class was won by
Dave Parr in a Ford Sierra Cosworth in 50.81 seconds.
Mike Wadsworth Aston Martin DB4 was fastest in the Aston Martin Owners Club class
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© Janet Wright
© Simon Wright
A couple of Bugatti’s await the start in the paddock assembly area
© Simon Wright
John Biggs MG Kayne Special won the Bugatti Owners’ Club Sports Racing & Specials
Handicap class
© Simon Wright
Tina Hawkes Force Suzuki PC
Cathy Quinn and Phil Bridge 3 wheeled Moran F2 E93A
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© Simon Wright
Bugatti Type 57
An interesting pair of Amilcars in the paddock
© Simon Wright
© Janet Wright
© Janet Wright
Citroen Traction Avant
Early Steam car
© Simon Wright
MG Racer
© Janet Wright
© Janet Wright
1925 Citroen 5Hp Cloverlead
JPS Lotus 98T
Renault Turbo
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