Classic and Competition Car Issue 51 December 2014

December 2014
Issue 51
Rally of the Tests
VSCC Cotswold Trial
Classic
Motor
Show
GT Cup Oulton Park
Dr James Hull Collection
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Contents
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News.
Page 11
Alpine A220
Page 18
Water Hayes Trophy, Silverstone.
Page 26
Regent Street Motor Show.
Page 30
Rally of the Tests
Page 35
Dr James Hull Collection.
Page 35
Archive photo of the month.
Page 38
Classic Motor Show at the NEC.
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GT Cup, Oulton Park.
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Masters All Series, Oulton Park.
Page 57
Cotswold Trial
Page 63
Tasman Revival Series Rd 1 from Sandown
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few decades of motorsport in
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Ford Zephyr Mk 2 through the water splash at Weston
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Editorial.
Well another successful year of
motorsport is now behind us and
we can reflect on the wonderful
meetings we have attended
during the year and look forward
to a new season starting in just a
few months time. In the
meantime, it is show season with
the Autosport International show
at the NEC in January and Race
Retro at Stoneleigh, Coventry in
February. Also this year there is
a new London Classic Car Show
in January, which is the same
weekend as the Autosport Show
in Birmingham. It would appear
that even in the quiet season we
still have event clashes, which is
a shame as I’m sure many fans
would like to attend both events,
but two big shows in one
weekend will probably be too
much for many people. We also
have two new events to look
forward to in 2015. Chateau
Impney in Droitwich is to revive
its classic Hillclimb meeting in
June after many years absence,
and Coventry plan to hold a
timed sprint on the cities
ringroad during the summer.
Both should be excellent new
additions to the calendar.
News
© Pete Austin
Boyd wins Walter Hayes Trophy
Twenty Four year old Wayne Boyd from County Antrim, Northern
Ireland made a successful return to racing after a years absence
to win the prestigious Formula Ford Walter Hayes Trophy
meeting at Silverstone on Sunday 2nd November 2014. Driving a
Van Diemen MS13 for Medina Motorsport, he easily won his heat
but started the final back in 14th place after spinning off in the
semi final. He won a close fought final by taking the lead on the
final corner, on the last lap, to take the chequered flag just 0.383
of a second from Robert Hall in a Mygale JS2000.
Boyd had been Northern Irish FF1600 Champion in 2007, then
came to England and was British Formula Ford Champion in
2008 with Jamun Racing after winning 13 of the 25 races. He
also won the Duratec class in that years Formula Ford Festival at
Brands Hatch. In 2009 he switched to the British Formula 3
championship and won a race at Donington Park. He also had a
lucky escape from a huge crash at the Macau GP where he
walked away after a crash which saw his car land upside down.
In 2010, financial considerations saw him only make two one off
races for the Sino Vision team, at Hockenheim and at the F3
Masters event at Zandvoort. In 2011 he went to race for the
Belardi Auto team in the US F2000 National Championship. He
scored two wins, six podiums and finished 3rd in the
championship. In 2012 he only did two races for the team, taking
3rd in Baltimore and 2nd at Virginia International raceway.
© Janet Wright
December 2014
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Oxford Universities Motorsport Foundation
© Janet Wright
OUMF is a student initiative
which produces hands-on
practical experience of
motorsport to the students of
both universities in Oxford. Its
aim is to bridge the gap that is
threatening all engineering and
manufacturing in the UK. It was
founded in July 2005. They run
a Riley 1.5 in Historic Racing
Drivers Club Touring Greats
series. For more information
see www.oumf.org
© Simon Wright
Cost cuts take effect at
Eddie Stobart? Seen at
the Classic Motor Show
© Simon Wright
Maserati were celebrating their centenary with
21 models displayed by the Maserati Club UK
December 2014
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The All Ladies handicap race at the Silverstone Walter Hayes Trophy meeting
saw the women racing a variety of different cars - report on Page 25
Two Engined Mini.
© Simon Wright
Spotted at the Classic Motor Show was the two
engined Mini, one in the front and one in the boot.
This recreation of the car developed by BMC, has
two 1275cc Cooper S engines and gearboxes
and two sets of disc brakes. The car can be
driven on one or both engines to offer true 4
wheel drive. The original car competed in the
© Simon Wright
1963 Targa Florio race
but retired due to
overheating. The original
was later broken up by
BMC
© Janet Wright
Early leader in the BWRDC Ladies handicap was Caroline Gilbert in her Mini Cooper
© Simon Wright
Fiona James had a 4 lap handicap to overcome in her Lamborghini Gallardo which was too
much in the wet conditions
Sue Harris in the Darvi leads Celia Stevens in a Warwick GT350
December 2014
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SRO Motorsports Group introduces GT Sports Club, a new Series exclusively for Bronze drivers
* Exclusively reserved for Bronze drivers, with one driver per car
* Introduction of the Iron Cup, reserved for drivers over 60
* A calendar of four events only
* All practices and races over 24 hours, lunchtime to lunchtime
* Two races per event, without mandatory pitstops
* Top-quality accommodation and catering included
SRO Motorsports Group has created the GT Sports Club, a sunshine-filled, relaxed but professionally organised arena for Bronze drivers who want to race in an
exclusive but friendly atmosphere. This new Series will provide gentleman racers with the opportunity to fight against their peers for race wins. In addition, the SRO
Motorsports Group is introducing the new “Iron” categorisation within the Bronze category, for drivers over the age of 60. There will be a separate Iron Cup
classification and separate podiums.
The GT Sports Club, an international series to be approved by the FIA, is reserved for GT3 cars as well as G3 cars homologated by the RACB, with one driver per car.
Both cars conforming to the latest FIA homologation forms and cars from previous years will be accepted, with the application of the SRO Balance of Performance.
A GT Sports Club event will last just over 24 hours – with the exception of the inaugural event – and will visit exciting circuits in Spain, Portugal, France and Italy, four
events only to allow a parallel entry in the Blancpain Endurance Series. Each meeting consists of a free practice and qualifying session, followed by a 25-minute
Qualifying Race and 40-minute Main Race. This provides the participants with more time in the car and less time in the paddock, with all sessions being held from
lunchtime to lunchtime.
Each car will be driven by one driver, so there are no mandatory pit stops. Points are granted in the same way as in the Blancpain Sprint Series, with an overall
classification and an Iron Cup classification.
To make this a complete experience on and off the track, participants will be provided with a high level VIP-service, including first class catering and hospitality, hotel
reservation and airport transfer. Furthermore, the recently created SRO Race Centre gives GT3 car owners and race teams the opportunity to store their cars under
high security conditions in between the races.
2015 GT Sports Club calendar
18th - 19th April: Barcelona (Espiritu de Montjuïc)
20th - 21st June: Paul Ricard (Blancpain Endurance Series)
5th - 6th September: Algarve (Blancpain Sprint Series)
3rd - 4th October: Misano (Blancpain Sprint Series)
December 2014
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F5000 Tasman Cup dates for 2014/15The 2014/15 MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series dates are as follows
Round 1 8-9th November VHRR Historic Sandown Melbourne, Australia
Round 2 29-30th November HSRCA Sydney Motorsport Park, Eastern Creek, Sydney NSW Australia
Auckland driver Clark Proctor (#57 March 73/1A) seen here leading Aaron Burson
(#29 McRae GM1) heads a seven-strong Kiwi contingent contesting the opening
round of the 2014/15 MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series in Melbourne.
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© Fast Company/Alex Mitchell
Round 3 16-18th January 2015 Gulf Oil Howden
Ganley F5000 Festival 1 Hampton Downs Nth Waikato,
New Zealand.
Round 4 23-25th January 2015 2015 Gulf Oil Howden
Ganley F5000 Festival 2 Hampton Downs Nth Waikato,
New Zealand.
Round 5 6-7th February 2015 Skope Classic, Mike
Pero Motorsport Park, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Round 6 12-15th February 2015 The NZIGP/Manfeild
Trust/MSNZ/TRS Manfeild, Feilding, New Zealand
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The Autosport International Show will
take place at the National Exhibition
Centre (NEC) near Birmingham between
January 8th and 11th 2015. The show
celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2015, with the event open to the
public over the Saturday and Sunday (10th and 11th of January).
On at the same time will be the usual Performance Car Show in
association with Autocar and PistonHeads.com and will feature
the best of the motoring world including new model launches.
Autosport International is spread over nine halls at the NEC and is
packed with racing cars and high performance sports and saloon
cars and features live action over the weekend. For further
information and to book advanced tickets, go to
www.autosportinternational.com
Paul Hollywood from TV’s The Great British Bake Off, took time off
© Janet Wright
from his TV Commitments to compete in the London to Brighton
Veteran Car Run. Despite heavy rain and strong winds, they made
it to the finish at Brighton.
© Simon Wright
Race Retro
Europe’s premier winter show
for historic motorsport is due
to take place at Stoneleigh,
near Coventry, on the 20th to
the 22nd of February 2015.
This year the event will
celebrate 50 years of
Chevron, a tribute to the late
Richard Burns and celebrate
50 years sine Mike Hailwood
won the 500cc World
Motorcycle championship.
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© Pete Austin
Freddie Hunt
Son of 1976 World Champion
James Hunt, Freddie was born in
June 1987. He began his racing
career in British Formula Ford in
2007 driving for Joe Tandy Racing.
In 2008 he switched to the
Buchbinder Racing team to drive in
the ADAC Formel Masters and
ADAC Cruze cup between 2008 and
2012 before getting injured which
stopped him racing in 2013. Now
fully fit he joined forces with Tiga
Racing to help test drive and
develop a Le Mans LMP2 car. He
also signed with M&N Racing to
team up with Mathias Lauda, son of
his fathers great rival Niki Lauda in
the MRF F2000 series which races
across the Middle East and India.
He competed at this years Walter Hayes Trophy meeting at Silverstone,
racing a Swift SC sponsored by Hackett of London. He qualified 4th in his
heat, just over 1/2 a second off pole man Michael Moyers and finished in
5th place. This put him 13th on the grid on the seventh row for Semi Final
Two where he finished in 17th place in the damp conditions. This got him
in to the Grand Final on the last but one row of the grid. As the race
progressed it began to rain again and Hunt finished in a creditable 19th
position.
© Pete Austin
Freddie Hunt Swift SC Walter Hayes Trophy 2014
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Classic Motor Show to expand in 2015.
After the success of this years Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor
Show at the NEC, event director Dan Nwaokolo thanked all the
car clubs for their hard work in making the event the biggest
classic motoring club event in Europe. With 65,000 visitors to the
show over the three days, similar to the 2013 attendance figures,
the organisers are looking to move across to the biggest halls that
the NEC has to offer and expand the show from the current
82,000 square metres to over 93,000 square metres for next year.
© Simon Wright
The VSCC win Club of
the year award.
The Vintage Sports Car Club
has been named “Club of the
Year’ at the prestigious
International Historic Motoring
Awards, in association with Octane magazine and EFG Private
Bank. Club Director Julian Ghosh and PR Secretary James Taylor
received the trophy from David Bond, Director of Footman James,
Duncan Wiltshire, Chairman of the Judging Panel and Tiff
Needell, Master of Ceremonies.
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© Mick Herring
Mick Hill
One of the greatest of the Supersaloon brigade of the 1970s , Mick Hill was famous for
creating some of the most iconic super saloons of the period. His Lola T70 based Ford Capri
V8 was followed by the F5000 Trojan derived VW Beetle-Chevrolet. He was also involved with
the Janglia, the ex Tony Hazelwood Jaguar XJ8 and the Skoda Chevrolet. He was one of the
main forces behind the Tricentrol Superloon series and was the 1974 champion. He also tried
his hand at single seater racing with a March 74A.
Mick was a proud BRDC member and reached his 70th birthday in August although suffering
major heart problems for many years.
To his wife, family and friends we offer our sincere condolences
© Mick Herring
December 2014
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© Janet Wright
Alpine A220
The Alpine A220 chassis number 1731 was on display at
the Classic Motor Show on the Meguiar’s car club
showcase winners stand. The car had taken part in the
1968 Le Mans Test and competed in the 1969 Le Mans 24
Hour race and has recently competed again at Le Mans in
the 2012 Le Mans Classic.
The A220 was the first Alpine competition car in right hand
drive and
© Simon Wright
nine cars
were built in
the A220/
A221/A222
series. The 3
litre V8
engine was
designed by
Amedee
Gordini with
2 valves per
cylinder
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© Simon Wright
DOHC in a
90º V
formation.
It has an
iron block
and
aluminium
heads, dry
sump
lubrication
system and
produced
around 320
bhp at 7500rpm. It produced less power than its rivals and
suffered vibration problems which caused component
failures resulting in nonfinishes. It was the last engine © Simon Wright
designed by Gordini and the
only V8. Sixteen were built.
The first A220 made its debut
at the 1968 Monza 1000 kms
and was then destroyed in
testing at the Nurburgring
when it took off and looped
while being driven by Henri
Grandsire. That makes this car
the oldest surviving A220 after
it made its debut at the 1968
Le Mans test, where it
achieved a top speed of over
300 km/h and set 4th fastest
time.
The rear bodywork was
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shortened in July 1969 so that the car could compete in the
Chamrousse hill climb and it remained in that configuration
for its last three events. A chassis extension was produced
to allow it to be prepared with its high speed long tail
bodywork.
This is also the only A220 to have been registered for road
use when it entered the 1969 Criterium des Cevennes. To
enable road use, the ground clearance was increased, the
carburettor size was reduced to improve mid-range torque
and the car was fitted with cooling fans, a second alternator,
a co-drivers seat and a map light.
awarded first prize in the Meguiars
Concours d’Etat et d’Elegance at
the 2012 Le mans Classic.
In 2014 Tom Shaughnessy of
Oceanside, California bought the
car and brought it to England to be
prepared for competition use. It
won the top award at the
Maguiar’s Concours at the Origine
RS day at Goodwood on 23rd
August 2014 and was selected to
be shown at the 2014 Classic
Motor Show on the Maguiar’s Car
Club Showcase stand featuring the
best of the cars that have been
judged best in show at Meguiar’s sponsored events in
2014. With Thanks to Tim Moores for the information.
© Simon Wright
A complete restoration was undertaken in 1984 by Jean
Pierre Buirette, an original chassis designer from Alpine in
period who was involved with the development of the A220
The restoration was completed in 2004 and the car was
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© Simon Wright
Race results
Date
Circuit
Drivers
Result
25 Aug 1968
Zeltweg 500 km
5 Mauro Bianchi
Andre de Cortanze
4th on grid
DNF Oil line broke Lap 27
28-29 Sep 1968
Le Mans 24 Hrs
29 Jean Guichet
Jean Pierre Jabouile
18th on Grid
DNF Alternator
failure Lap 186
20 Oct 1968
GP de Corniche, Casablanca
123 Andre Guelfi
DNF gearbox and engine problems
29-30 Mar 1969
Le Mans Test weekend
28 Mauro Bianchi
3 min 33.4 secs
25 Apr 1969
Monza 1000kms
15 Jean-Claude Andruet
Henri Grandsire
17th on grid
DNS Engine failure
11 May 1969
Spa 1000kms
3 Jean-Pierre Jabouile
Henri Grandsire
14th on grid
DNF Gearbox
14-15 Jun 1969
Le Mans 24 hrs
31 Jean Pierre Nicolas
Jean Luc Therier
19th on grid
DNF head gasket failure lap 161
27 Jul 1969
Course de Cote de Chamrousse
167 Jean Vinatier
3rd
17 Aug 1969
Nogaro
252 Jean Vinatier
2nd
Sep 1969
Criterium des Cevennes
128 Jean Pierre Jabouile
Jean Claude Guenard
DNF Electrical problems, failed
alternator
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Specification
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Chassis: Welded multi-tubular steel
Body: Fibreglass, heated front screen, perspex
side and rear transparencies
Suspension: Magnesium alloy uprights, double
wishbones, coil springs, adjustable hydraulic
telescopic dampers, anti roll bar
Steering: Rack and pinion, telescopic hydraulic
damper.
Brakes: Ventilated discs, ATE alloy callipers.
Engine: Gordini 2996cc DOHC V8 - 85mm bore x 66mm
stroke, 10.5:1 CR. 320 bhp at 7800 rpm. 4 Weber 40DCNL5
twin choke downdraught carbs. Twin plate clutch. Dry sump
lubrication. Water cooled.
Gearbox: ZF 5DS-25 5 speed, gear selection by cable.
Wheels: Magnesium alloy; Front 10”x15”, rear 13”x15”
Fuel Capacity: Two 60 litre tanks located in the sills.
Wheelbase: 2.3m Front Track: 1.37m. Rear Track: 1.76m .
Length: 4.08m. Width: 1.74m. Weight ready to race: 690kg.
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Legends Sir Steve Redgrave and Sir Ben Ainslie, plus former
Grand Prix team principle Ross Brawn, former Grand Prix
driver and Le Mans winner Jochen Mass and TV Baker Paul
Hollywood. Before the start, Ainslie, Redgrave and Hollywood
performed the traditional tearing up the red flag which
remembers the original Emancipation Run which was held on
the 14th November 1896. It marked the point that the early
motor cars could travel at up to 14 mph instead of the previous
limit of 4 mph, and it removed the need for a man to walk in
front of the automobile waving a red flag.
It was multiple Olympic and America’s Cup champion Ben
Ainslie who was in the first car to reach the finish on Maderia
Drive in Brighton, a 1904 Panhard Levassor of Lord Irvine
Laidlaw, a regular Veteran Car Run competitor.
A 1907 Panhard Levassor in the Mall
118th Anniversary London to Brighton
Veteran Car run.
More than 400 veteran cars set off from London for this years
annual London to Brighton run in wet and windy conditions.
Leaving Hyde Park at day break, and for only the second time
in half a century, the cars drove past Buckingham Palace and
down the Mall before driving under Big Ben and crossing
Westminster bridge to
head south out of
London and the 60 mile
journey to Brighton on
the stormy Sussex
coast.
There were several
famous names at the
head of the field,
including Olympic
Redgrave, Hollywood and Ainslie tear up the red flag
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A 1904 Vauxhall
Ross Brawn took part in a 1904 Wilson Pilcher, the last known
surviving British built machine of its kind, but encountered
difficulties on his way to the south coast. An oil pipe split as they
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reached Crawley and they were rescued by an RAC Motoring
Services volunteer patrolman, who managed to replace the
broken pipe with a length of rubber tubing, which allowed the
car to get to the finish line in Brighton. Brawn had enjoyed the
entire experience as he often doesn’t get the chance to drive
and made it to the finish before the 4:30pm deadline and
received their coveted Finisher medal despite the heavy rain and
strong winds.
Ross Brawn
in most of the automotive work he undertakes.
Sir Steve Redgrave and Paul Hollywood also both made it to
the finish line despite the terrible wet weather they
encountered on the way. Sir Redgrave only just made it to the
finish as the radiator overflowed as they entered Brighton.
The oldest car on the run this year was a 1888 steam powered
Truchutet which unfortunately did not make it to the finish. A
new feature to the event, which was introduced only last year,
is a highly competitive regularity test, where drivers have to
average a precise speed between two controls. This years
winner of the Regularity Trial was John Kennedy driving a
1903 Gladiator. A total of 357 vehicles covered the 60 miles
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Sir Steve Redgrave in the Mall
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Walter Hayes Trophy meeting, Silverstone. 31st October - 1st November 2014. By Simon & Janet Wright and Pete Austin
Michael Moyers Spectrum 011c battles with Peter Dempsey Ray GR08/09 in Heat 5
The high-light of the classic Formula Ford season took place at
Silverstone at the beginning of November as James Beckett
organised another superb Walter Hayes Trophy meeting. With
its usual massive entry, the meeting took place over two days
with the eight lap heats taking place on Saturday. With such a
© Pete Austin
© Simon Wright
large entry, they were split in to six heats run in dry weather on
Saturday after a wet practice during the morning. The first heat
saw a very close win for James Raven in a Ray GR/13/14 by
just 0.273 of a second from Niall Murray in a Van Dieman LA10
with Abdul Ahmed in 3rd in a Ray GRK09 just a further 0.384 of
a second behind. The weather continued to improve as the
second heat took to the track. This was another close fought
battle with Oliver White in a Van Diemen RF01 winning by
0.266 of a second from Jake Bryne in a Ray GR13 and Robert
Hall in a Mygale JS2000 in 3rd position. Heat 3 saw Ciaran
Taggerty take 1st place in a Ray GR14 with Joey Foster
making it a Ray 1-2 in another GR14, with the pair separated
by 0.617 of a second. Roger Orgee was a distant 3rd in a Van
Diemen RF00, a good 14 seconds behind the leaders. Heat 4
saw the largest winning margin of the day so far when Wayne
Boyd in a Van Diemen MS13 took the chequered flag by 1.457
seconds ahead of Chris Middlehurst in a Mygale GU14-K with
Jake Kruger in 3rd in a Van Diemen RF92. The fifth heat was
another close fought affair with Michael Moyers taking the
Winner of the Walter Hayes Trophy Wayne Boyd in his Van Diemen MS13
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© Simon Wright
Conor Murphy spins his Van Diemen RF83 at Brooklands during Heat 2
narrowest of victories in his Spectrum 011C, just 0.170 of a
second ahead of Peter Dempsey in a Ray GR 08/09 with Liam
Payne a little further back in 3rd in a Van Diemen RF99. The
final heat saw Scott Malvern take a dominant win in his
Spectrum 011C by over 5 seconds, ahead of Graham Carroll’s
Van Diemen FR91 and Neville Smyth in a Ray GR10.
Sunday dawned cloudy and wet and started with the
Progression race, another opportunity for the lowest placed
© Janet Wright
moved forward to the Last Chance race. This was the last
chance to qualify for the two semi finals. Macmillan and
© Pete Austin
McArthur made
good progress
through the field in
the Last Chance
race, finishing 6th
and 7th, but hey
were still 10
seconds away
from winner
Michael Mallock in
the Historic class
Joey Foster
front engined
Mallock Mk9. On the wet track the front engined car proved
more than a match for its rear engined competitors with Gaius
Ghinn in a Van Diemen RF00 and John Svensson in an RF91
leading the charge behind. Telitz was the best of the cars from
the Progression race, finishing in 4th.
The weather was starting to brighten, though the track was still
wet for the first of the two Semi Final races. After Wayne Boyd
© Simon Wright
Scott Malvern in the Spectrum 011c in Heat 6
drivers from the heats who had not qualified for the two semi
finals to progress further in the meeting, and at least have
another race. Jonny McMullan led a RAY 1-2-3 with his Ray
GR07 finishing just 0.405 of a second head of the GR09 of
Aaron Telitz and Jack Finlay 3rd in his GR14. David McArthur
finished 4th in his Van Diemen LA10. The first four finishers all
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Ciaran Haggerty Ray GR14 and Ben Mitchell Van Diemen RF99 fight for the lead in Heat 3
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© Pete Austin
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Chris Middlehurst in the Mygale GU14-K leads the pack in Semi Final 1
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© Pete Austin
had their own final, and Michael Mallock was determined to
continue his winning ways from the semi-final where he
had beaten many of the more modern cars. Mallock
managed to hold off Jamie Jardine in a Raynard 84FF to
win the final by just 0.244 seconds, even with Jardine
setting the fastest lap of the race on the last lap, while
Conor Murphy was over 17 seconds behind in 3rd place in
his Van Diemen RF83.
The last race of the day was the Grand Final over 15 laps,
which started in the dry and ended in the wet. On the first
lap it was the two Spectrum cars in the lead with Dempsey
gunning his Ray after them. As they braked for Becketts,
he nudged Moyer from behind and pushed him off in to the
gravel and then as they rounded Luffields, Dempsey
collided with Malvern taking them both off in to the gravel
Michai Stephens
spun out of the lead at the start, Scott Malvern in the Spectrum
011C managed to keep Chris Middlehurst in the Mygale GU14-K
behind him to win the first of the semi-finals. Niall Murray took 3rd
place in his Van Diemen LA10 while Last Chance winner Mallock
could only manage 22nd place overall and 2nd in class. Boyd had
dropped to 33rd place while stuck in the gravel at Copse but
battled through the field to finish in 7th place and set fastest lap, to
claim a place in the final. The track was still drying for the second
semi final race which saw “Spectrum is Green” continue with
Michael Moyers winning by over 4 seconds in another Spectrum
011C with Walter Hayes regular Joey Foster in 2nd place at the
wheel of a Ray GR14 and Peter Dempsey finished in 3rd in his
Ray GR 08/09.
There were two finals, one for the Historic cars and one for the
rest. The Historic and classic Formula Ford cars had raced
through all the heats, Progression and Last chance races, as well
as the two semi-finals, with all the more modern cars. Now they
© Pete Austin
Niall Murray Van Diemen LA10 in the Walter Hayes Final finished finished 4th
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Close racing between Alan Hamilton Van Diemen RF99K and Matthew Dunne Crossle 35F
© Simon Wright
Jonathan Hoad Van Diemen RF90 leads eventual winner Wayne Boyd in Heat 4
© Janet Wright
Joe Porter Van Diemen RF92 battles with Michael Mallock Mallock Mk9 through Luffields
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David Porter Van Diemen RF92 leads a group through Brooklands
© Pete Austin
Micai Stephens Ray GR09 in the first Semi final
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Historic Final winner Michael Mallock in the Mallock Mk9
and out of the race. This left the race wide open for the rest of
the runners. After starting in 14th place on the grid for the final,
it was 24 year old Wayne Boyd in the Van Diemen MS13 who
made the winning pass on the last corner of the last lap to grab
victory from Rob Hall in his Mygale JS2000 by just three tenths
of a second. Michai Stephens was 3rd in a Ray GR09.
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Jon Finch leads Andrew Huxtable in the Chevron B34 battle for the HSCC Open Wheel race
December 2014
Although the weekend is geared towards Formula Ford, the
meeting does host a few support races over the weekend. The
first was race 4 on the program on Saturday and was a HSCC
Open Wheel race for anything goes single seaters. The twenty
lap race
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proved to be
a walkover
for the two
Derek Bell
Trophy
Chevron
B34s of Jon
Finch and
Andrew
Huxtable who
finished 1st
and 2nd, a
lap ahead of
the rest of the
field. Best of
the rest was
Chris Lord in
a Formula
Ford 2000
Mark Armstrong Crossle 51F ahead of 3rd placed Chris Lord
Van Diemen
Van Diemen RF82 early in the race
RF82. John
Hutchinson Snr was first of the Classic Racing Cars in 7th
driving a Crossle 14F while the first of the Classic Formula 3
cars was 8th placed Colin Painter in an Oliroy C1. The final
class winner was Mike Ryman in a Sauter FJ to take the
Formula Junior class in 9th place overall.
The seventh race on the programme for Saturday was the
HSCC Closed wheel race which again proved to be a Chevron
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16th placed Mark Lawton in a Porsche 924.
Sunday saw a variation with an All Comers Open Wheel race
and All Comers Closed Wheel race. The All Comers open
wheel race in the rain saw Henry Chart lap the entire field in his
Dallara F305, beating Mark Harrison in his newer Dallara F306
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Winner Andrew Schryver Chevron B26 laps an Alfa Romeo in the HSCC Closed Wheel race
benefit. This time it was Andrew Schryver in the Chevron B26
won won by just over 7 seconds from Michael Schryver in the
older Chevron B6, both winning their respective classes. Myles
Castaldini in his highly modified Davrian Mk8 finished 3rd and
won the Invitation class, while Mike Gardiner powered the ultra
wide TVR Griffith to 4th place and first GT finisher. The other
class winners were 9th placed Steve Clamp in the D(o)ris
Clubman, 10th placed David Hall in the Ford Lotus Cortina and
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Henry Chart - Dallara F305 winning the Allcomers Open Wheeled race
Mike Gardiner 4th in the TVR Griffith to win the GT class in the HSCC Closed Wheel race
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by over a lap with Cian Carey finished 3rd in a Renault Tatuus.
Chris Lord took another class win in his FF2000 Van Diemen
RF82 in 6th place, and the final class winner was Mark
Armstrong driving a Crossle 51F in 7th. The Allcomers closed
wheel race was held later in the day and the rain had stopped
which allowed the fantastic selection of sports, GT and saloon
cars to enjoy an interesting race. Star car had to be the Can-Am
March 717 driven by Dave Coyne but he could only manage
2nd place, just over 2 seconds behind Jon-Paul Ivey in a
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Dave Coyne March 717 and Ray Mallock Mallock Mk18 - Allcomers Closed Wheel race
Radical PR6. Apart from Sports racers, there were a few saloon
cars entered, with Russell Hird in a Honda Integra the highest
placed finisher in 10th place, while Bill Lancashire in a TVR
Tuscan was the highest GT car in 14th place.
Sarah Franklin leads the ladies at the Walter
Hayes. By Pete Austin.
A record 29 drivers were entered for the British Women Racing
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Gail Hill Jaguar XJ40 leads Sian Stafford Atkinson Locost in the BWRDC Ladies Handicap
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BWRDC Handicap winner Sarah Franklin Renault Clio 197
Drivers Club Ladies Handicap race which took place on the
Sunday morning of the Walter Hayes Trophy meeting at
Silverstone.Grey skies and a soaking wet track greeted the
drivers as they set out in their qualifying session first thing in
the morning. Fastest was Fiona James in her mighty
Lamborghini Gallardo although this meant that a handicap of 4
debit laps would be hard to overcome in the similar wet
conditions encountered in the race itself later in the morning.
Caroline Gilbert initially led the way in her Mini Cooper but
dropped to third as the handicap unwound. With under four
laps to go Sarah Franklin took the lead and went on to win the
race by over 20 seconds in her Renault Clio 197 from Stacey
Dennis (Ala Romeo 147). Wendy Mortimer (4th overall) won the
award for top newcomer in her Mini JCW and Nina Fountain
was voted driver of the day in her Toyota MR2 Mk1B. Fiona
James at least had the consolation of setting the fastest race
lap in her Lamborghini.
The MSA also reported that in addition to the ladies taking part
in the race itself the event was supported by 84 lady marshals.
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Regent Street Motor Show
1st November2014 . By Mick Herring.
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Ford Mustang
With the glorious display of ceramic poppies stealing the show
in another part of London it was equally rewarding to walk
down Regent Street on a particular Saturday afternoon.
Coinciding with the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run and
becoming an annual event in its own right, the Regent Street
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Motor Show showcased the
old old, the not so old and
the future in one closed-totraffic London street between
Piccadilly Circus to Oxford
Circus.
The spirit of the run was
captured a vast display of
entrants who would be
headed for Brighton early the
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following morning,
many resplendent
in period clothing
and hoping to win
the coveted EFG
International
Concours
d'Elegance and
featured steam
and petrol driven
cars from the dawn
of motoring.
One can only
1904 Curved Dash Oldsmobile
marvel at the
reliability of modern cars, with the need to "fettle" the veterans
on display, ahead of their run to Brighton. More recent history encompassed displays of two icons, both
celebrating their 50th anniversaries, the Porsche 911 and the
Ford Mustang.
Another facet, graced by large crowds, was the live display of
Grand Prix Motorbikes from a bygone time, namely the two© Mick Herring
Christian Sarron Yamaha
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motorcycle
festival was
launched ahead
of its first event in
Spain in 2015 by
Silverstone
Classic
organisers,
Goose
Communications.
Historic racer and
Goose C.E.O,
Nick Wigley, with
TV presenter,
BMW i3 Electric car
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stroke era. Wayne Garder, Didier de Radigues and Christian Sarron
With champions from the past including Wayne Gardner,
Didier de Radigues and Christian Sarron demonstrating these
exciting motorbikes along a short course, provided fans with a
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unique taste of these
bikes, so different from
today's, in sound and
spectacle.
Following on from the
success of events such
as the Goodwood Revival
and the Silverstone
Classic, a new classic
European racing and
Preparing for the London to Brighton run
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Morgan display
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There were Mustangs of all shapes and sizes (Big)
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1903 Darracq
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Louise Goodman
introduced the
champions to the
crowd.
The modern and
future was
represented by
vehicles from BMW,
Renault, Infiniti,
Morgan and Tesler
(with its electric
Mercedes
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1904 Pope Hartford and period dress
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1899 Peugeot
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Porsche 911 celebrating its 50th anniversary
saloons).
Nearby Carnaby Street showcased its own
history with spotlight and mirror bedecked
Lambretta scooters and sounds from the
sixties.
A fine day no doubt helped the visitor
numbers to exceed the 400,000 who
attended last year.
Tesla Electric car
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1898 Peugeot double Phaeton
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13th Rally of the Tests. 31st October to 2nd November
2014. By Simon & Janet Wright.
Porsche 911 1965 to 1985.
The first day dawned cold and bright and saw the cars leave
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Despite this strange approach to the Ford at Weston Park, Ryan Pickering/Andy Ballantyne
won the Rally of the Tests in the Triumph TR4
Organised by the Classic Rally Association, the 13th Rally of
the Tests this year went from Buxton to Bristol and provided
three days of historic rallying adventure for the eighty eight
crews that took part. The entry was mainly based around
classic rally cars from the 1960s, but the oldest
entry was a 1927 Frazer Nash crewed by Jason
Dearden and Catriona Rings and the most
modern was a 1980 Triumph Dolomite Sprint of
Robert Grarrett and Sharman Day. The entry list
also had some interesting variations, with class 4
- Saloons pre 1962 Type 1501cc to 2000cc
consisting purley of Volvo PV544s, Volvo 123GTs
and Volvo 122S models, while Class 5 for Sports
Pre 1962 Type 1651cc to 2500cc was an entiely
Triumph TR class with a mix of TR3 and TR4
cars. At least Class 11 was specific, being for
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The Class winning Mercedes Benz 300SE of Frank Fennell and Kevin Savage lost valuable
seconds after flooding the engine through the water splash at Weston Park
Buxton early in the morning at 7:45am as they headed for
Weston Park at lunch time. The first day consisted of nine tests
and six regularities with the Weston Park stage being run twice
and included a spectacular water splash which had famously
caught out Vauxhall in the past on the RAC Rally. After Weston
Park the crews did a regularity around the MOD site at Ditton
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The Sunbeam Alpine SII of Richard Prosser and Alan Petitt at speed
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911 while on the road leader Dermot Carnegie and Paul Bosdet
were 3rd in their Volvo PV544. The overnight halt was not a rest
for Warren as his crew changed the gearbox on the Porsche
due to selection problems.
The second day saw the crews head through Wales with two
stages in the Sweet Lamb complex before morning coffee at
Devil’s bridge. This was followed by two tests at the Mid Wales
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Class Winners Roger and Leigh Powley
make waves in the Porsche 911
Priors before heading in to Wales via a regularity over the
Long Mynd in Shropshire. The overnight halt, after 12 hours of
action, was in Llandrindod Wells when the adjusted
leaderboard showed Howard Warren and IainTullie in the lead
in their Porsche 911 from Roger and Leigh Powley in another
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Dilwyn Rees and Tony Newman Austin Healey 3000 Mk III in Weston Park
Dermot Carnegie and Paul Bosdet Volvo PV544 wait to start the Weston Park stage.
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Activity Centre, a privately owned motor sport centre. The lunch
break was at Nanteos Mansion, Aberystwyth. At this point the
leaders were Roger and Leigh Powley in their Porsche 911 with
the Dutch crew Peter Naaktgeboren and Bart den Hartog
driving a Ford Escort RS1600 in 2nd place, and Andrew
Buzzard and Rob Lyne in 3rd in their Alfa Romeo Guilia Sprint
GTV. After some forrest stages and further regularities the
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crews reached the time control at Llandovery and the Halfway
Forrest and the famous Epynt stages. These legendary stages
caught out several crews and it left the Powley’s with a lead of
almost a minute and a half over Buzzard and Lyne after the
Dutch pair hit a rut in the Escort and struggled to extract the
vehicle over Epynt.
The third and final day started with better weather than day
two, but the bad weather had caused some landslips which
caused part of the event to have to be re-routed. The main
venue for the final day was Caerwent, with a twisting route
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Rich Harrison and Peter Boyce MG BGT
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Jason Dearden and Catriona Rings in the Frazer Nash Sport failed to finish the event
round one of the main motorsport venues in Wales. By lunch
time, the Powley’s lead had been cut to 40 seconds, while
Warren and Tullie had got the Porsche back to within 33
seconds of Buzzard and Lyne in 2nd. The cars went back to
Caerwent for a further 3 long tests before the teams headed
for the finish in Bristol.
At the finish, the order on the road was Roger and Leigh
Powley in a Porsche 911 ahead of Andrew Buzzard and Robb
Lyne in an Alfa Romeo Guilia Sprint GTV, both winning their
respective classes with Howard Warren and Iain Tullie third in
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Sybren van der Goot and Jaap Jongman in a Datsun 240Z
another Porsche 911. However, the overall winner was Ryan
Pickering and Andy Ballantyne in a Triumph TR4 ahead of
Dermot Carnegie and Paul Bosdet in a Volvo PV544. Third
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Guy Symons and David Watson Riley 1.5
Hank and Nicole Melse Porsche 356B
overall went to David Morgan and Martyn Taylor in a Volvo
123GT.
The Class winners were Ted Gaffney and Brian Goff in a Morris
Mini 850, John Abel and Andrew Duerden in an Alfa Romeo
Guilia Sprint 1600, Richard White and Richard Scott in a Volvo
122S, Jonathan Hancox and Richard Lambley in a Triumph
TR4, Frank Fennell and Kevin Savage in a Mercedes Benz
300SE, Kevin Haselden and Matt Fowle in a Mini Cooper S
1293cc, Clive Baty and Henry Carr in a Renault 5, and Paul
and Tony Davies in a Ford Escort RS2000.
The other awards went to Russell and Harriet Whitehouse in an
Austin Healey 3000 for Spirit of the Rally Trophy, while David
Whitaker and Andrew Pullan won the Against All Odds Trophy in
their For Lotus Cortina. The Concours d’Elegance Pre 62 went
to Phillip Haslam and Peter Fletcher in the Jaguar XK120 dhc
and the Post 62 award went to the Morris Mini Cooper S of
Stephen Owens and Ian Mitchell. Finally the team prize went to
Flat 6 & Torque, a team of three Porsche 911’s driven by
Howard Warren/Iain Tullie, Tomas de Vargas Machuca/Sean
Toohey and Paul Crosby/Andy Fish.
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Chris Lines and Chris Howell Ford Lotus Cortina
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Steve and Tony Graham Lancia Fulvia
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Ronald Hof and
Robert van Soest
Volvo 123GT
Robin Eyre Maunsell and Peter Scott Sunbeam Alpine
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Charles Graves and Ron Palmer Jaguar XK150 retired from the event
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Drexel Gillespie
and Gill Cotton
Ford Escort
RS2000
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Michel Perridon and Maurits Verhoeff Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint
December 2014
Andrew Hamer and Bob Kerry Austin Healey Sprite Mk III
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Dr. James Hull collection on display at the
Heritage Motor Centre By Pete Austin
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Dr James Hull display
SS One Airline
The significantly rare Jaguars on display include a beautiful
1930s SS Airline saloon, an aluminium bodied XK120 and a
unique E-Type modified by celebrated Jaguar dealer Coombes
of Guildford in the 1960s.
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Jaguar Land Rover have loaned the Heritage Motor Centre at
Gaydon 16 important British Cars from the private collection
of enthusiast Dr. James Hull which they have recently
acquired.
The display includes four historically significant Jaguar
models plus 12 other great British Motor cars which are on
view to the public for the very first time. The collection
itself extends to 543 cars which have been purchased by
Jaguar Land Rover for the nation to guarantee its
safekeeping. Some of the Jaguars from the collection have
also been pressed into service for the new Jaguar Heritage
Driving Experience at Jaguar Land Rover’s private Midlands
based Fen End vehicle testing facility.
December 2014
Alvis Graber Super
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Bentley R Continental
variety of cars on display.
To illustrate the variety
of cars in the collection
also included in the
display are a Bentley R
Type Continental, a rare
Graber bodied Alvis and
a superb Allard P2
‘woodie’ estate car
which is one of only a
handful built. This
contrasts with the red
Mini Traveller which was
once owned by Lord
Mountbatten. Examples
of Swallow Dorretti,
Humber and Ford Consul
Estate cars, Rolls Royce
Silver Shadow, Austin
A40 Sports, Sunbeam and
Jensen also add to the
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Allard P2 woodie estate car
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My thanks go to Tanya
Aspinall of Marketing
Aloud and Stephen
Laing, curator at the
Heritage Motor Centre
for their help in
providing information
and giving me access
to photograph the
cars.
Aluminium bodied Jaguar XK120
www.heritage-motor-centre.co.uk
December 2014
Coombes modified Jaguar E Type
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Archive Photo of the month. By Pete Austin
Next year Honda will be returning to Formula 1 with McLaren. Following a foray into
Grand Prix Racing in the mid and late sixties Honda entered the turbo era of the 1980s
by supplying engines to the Spirit team who they were already helping in F2. They
then went on to supply Williams with engines and the rest is history.This months
image shows Stefan Johansson driving the Spirit Honda during the 1983 Race of
Champions at Brands Hatch. How's that for a rear wing! The car only completed 5
laps before retiring with engine problems.
2014
Classic and Competition December 2014
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NEC, Birmingham. By Simon & Janet Wright,
with additional photos from Pete Austin and Syd Wall.
Billed as the UK’s Biggest and Best Classic Motor Show, the
2014 Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show offered a
blockbuster performance as 65,000 car entusiasts headed to
the NEC near Birmingham for the Big Screen celebration of
Classic motoring. The theme was cars on the big, and small,
screen and three main attractions were Ecto 1 from the
Ghostbusters film, K.I.T.T from Knightrider and a time travelling
© Simon Wright Delorean
from Back
to the
Future.
With 250
clubs
attending
and over
1,800
commemor
ative
display
stickers
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handed
out to
vehicles
for display,
this makes
the show
the biggest
classic
motoring
club event
in Europe.
Many of
the car
clubs that
attend the event also took to the Big Screen theme, with
representations of cars from classic films and TV series popping
up all over the show. There was the Ford Anglia from the Harry
Potter films, the Ford Capri from “The Professionals” TV series,
most of the cars from the James Bond films, including the
Sunbeam Alpine from “Dr No”, and the Lotus Esprit from “the
© Janet Wright
Spy who
loved me”
and even the
Mini from “Mr
Bean”.
Away from
the movie
theme, there
were lots of
other
interesting
vehicles on
display.
Jaguar
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Vauxhall have supported the show for many years and joined
with various Vauxhall Owner clubs to show many heritage
models including a World War One D-Type Staff Car in
remembrance of 100 years since the start of the First World War.
They also had the first Vauxhall Viva from the production line in
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Lightweight E-Type Car Zero
Heritage had a stand for the first time, and had brought several
interesting Jaguar cars from their collection, to display. They
also had the new revival of the lightweight E-Type on display,
Car Zero, the prototype for the six brand new lightweight ETypes from the new Jaguar Heritage Workshop.
Porsche GB was another manufacturer making a first time
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appearance at
the show with a
display of
professionally
restored
Porsche 911
Turbos and
Targas to
celebrate the
40th
anniversary of
the model.
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Vauxhall Viva HA No 1
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1964.
Rover was
also
celebrating
130 years
since the first
Rover was
produced,
with a couple
of special
cars on
display. The
Rover Special Racing car
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first was a Rover Special Racing Car which used a prototype
P3 Chassis from 1938 and was built by Peter Wilks, George
Mackie and Spen King, the same team that went on to produce
the Marauders. It raced in the early 1950s before being
mothballed in to storage. It returned to racing in 1963 at the
hands of Frank Lockhart who continued to use it until 2002.
One of its best performances was at Oulton park in 1978 where
it out-ran a Maserati driven by Alain de Cadanet.
Next to it in the exhibition was a Marauder sports car which
used a Rover straight 6 engine. Marauder cars was founded by
Rover engineers George Mackie and Peter Wilks. The
Marauder was built between 1950 and 1952 as first the A then
the 100. It used a Rover P4 75 chassis and Rover 6 cylinder
engine. The two seater sports car was built at Dorridge in the
West Midlands and then Kenilworth in Warwickshire. The
Rover chassis was shortened by 9 inches, but the track
remained the same and it kept the Rover coil spring
independent
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front
suspension
and the
elliptical sprung
live axle on the
rear. The Rover
gearbox was
also retained
with optional
overdrive and a
floor mounted
gear lever. The
engine in the A
was modified to
produce 80
bhp, while the
later 100 version was bored out to 2392cc and fitted with triple
SU carburettors to give 105 bhp. This gave the 100 a top
speed of 100 mph compared to the 90 mph of the A version. In
total, around 15 cars were built which included only two of the
100, before rising costs and tax changes priced the cars out of
the market.
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Zagato Rover TCZ
Also part of the large Rover clubs display was the unique
Zagato Rover TCZ built by Carrozzeria Zagoto and made its
debut at the 1967 Turin Motor Show and was subsequently
displayed at the 1967 Geneva Motor show, the 1967 London
Motor Show at Earls Court. The fastback design was built on a
standard Rover 2000S chassis as a pure design exercise and
was never considered for production. The 2 litre engine was
fitted with twin choke Del Orto carbs originally but these have
been replaced with a pair of SU carburettors.
Marauder Sports car
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Another part of the former British Leyland empire was the
Morris Marina, which was represented at the show by the
Morris Marina Owners Club. As well as some interesting
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vehicles
which
included a
Marina
pickup
truck and
a Marina
Coupe,
there
were a
couple of
interesting
‘Workshop
manuals’
on the
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counter, which turned out to be rather delicious cakes made
by Louise Bristow.
The Marina Coupe was built between 1971 and 1980 and
was fitted with the 1.3 litre A-series engine or the 1.8 litre B
series engine until 1978 when the 1.8 was replaced by the 1.7
litre O series engine. The Marina range of saloons and
Coupes achieved over 250,000 in less than 2 years. The
Marina was replaced in 1980 by the Ital version of the vehicle.
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If you can’t work out what to do - eat the book (Cake)
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Meguiars winner - Ford Cortina Mk2 1600E
The Meguiars Club Showcase was one of the high lights of the
show where they display winners from various classic car
shows held during the year and pick an overall winner. There
were lots of pristine classic cars, including an Alpine A 220
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racer (See
feature in
News
Section)
but the
judges
didn’t
really
know how
to
compare
that to the
1966 VW Beetle rest of the
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vehicles. The overall winner was the 1969 Ford Cortina Mk2
1600E of Adrian Evans.
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This year there
were two stage
areas. The
Wheeler Dealer
live stage saw
Mike Brewer,
Edd China and
a team of
experts restore
a 1965
Volkswagen
Beetle over the
course of the
show and transform it into a tribute of the famous movie
Beetle Herbie, the Love Bug, which was then presented to
winner Lee Mellor from Nottingham. The other stage was the
brand new Classic Club Stage which features Quentin Wilson
and other experts who delivered expert seminars and classic
motoring
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advice. It also
hosted the
Federation of
British Historic
Vehicle Club’s
Motormind
Quiz.
Silverstone
Auctions held
a two day sale
over the event
and sold £4
million worth
of vehicles
De Tomaso Mangusta
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Recreation of 1966 Porsche 904-6 Carrera
with an 82% sale rate. A late entry was a fabulous 1981
DeLorean DMC12 which sold for £28,125 while a 1964 Austin
Mini Mk1 which used to belong to TV presenter Chris Evans
sold for £6,750. The main attraction was a recreation of a
1966 Porsche 904-6 Carrera which had an estimated value of
between £75,000 and £90,000 and sold for £146,250.
Another interesting car for sale was a 1969 DeTomaso
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Mangusta of which only 401 were ever built It is
powered by a 4.7 litre Ford V8 engine matched to a
five speed ZF manual transmission. The interesting
feature on this car is that to access the mid mounted
engine, the rear of the car opens up both sides
through a centre hinge, known as the clamshell
design. The car sold for £180,000. This was not the
most expensive car sold at the show. That honour
went to a 1994 Porsche 911 964 Turbo 3.6 which
sold for £220,500.
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Vintage Racecar Magazine had an unusual 1988 Toms Minolta
Toyota 88C Group C sports racing car on their stand. The car
made its debut in the 1988 All Japan Sports Prototype
Championship where 2 were entered. It achieved two 5th
places in the series at Suzuka 500Kms and Suzuka 1000kms
races. The car also competed at the 1988 Le Mans 24 Hours
and the
1000kms of
Fuji. Its final
appearance
in the World
Sports Car
Champions
hip came at
Dijon in
France in
1989. The
car was
powered by
a Toyota
1988 Toyota 88C Group C
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3S-GTM
2100cc Turbocharged in line 4 cylinder engine fitted to an
aluminium Monocoque and double wishbone suspension, front
and rear. It was driven by Japanese drivers Hitoshi Ogawa and
Masanori Sekiya as well as Italian
Paolo Barilla, and Geoff Lees and
Juan Manuel Fangio II. Also on
the stand was German artist Uli
Ehret with various samples of his
motoring art and during the
exhibition he was creating a
painting based around the toyota
Group C car on the stand. You can
see samples of his work at
www.ulis-racing-legends.de.
Artist Uli Ehret at work
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Morris Minor 2000 - The front half of two Morris
Minor 1000 welded together, with both engines
operational for 2 or 4 wheel drive
© Syd Wall
© Janet Wright
Maserati 250 F
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Triumph Daytona 600
© Syd Wall
Jaguar XJ13 Replica
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In addition to the cars, there was a hall
dedicated to the Classic Motorbike Show,
situated right in the centre of the car halls
and with over 300 classic motorbikes on
display.
1938 Tatra T97
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Staying on the Le Mans theme there were a couple of
interesting displays featuring a Gulf Porsche 917, as featured
in the Steve McQueen film Le Mans. The one that drew a lot
of interest was a five car display featuring four Gulf Ford
GT40s, surrounding a single Gulf Porsche 917, while the other
display was just inside the entrance to Hall 9 on the Classic
and Sports Car magazine stand with a single Gulf Porsche
917.
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An interesting car was the 997cc 1962 Friary Estate 105E. A Ford
Anglia deluxe saloon Originally, it was converted at the Friary
works in Hatch, near Basingstoke before the car was registered.
The original conversion cost £89 12 shillings and 6 pence. It is
rumoured that this is where the term Hatchback originated? The
car was off the road for many years before being restored in 2011
and registered again in July 2013. This is the only 105E Friary
Estate still on the road and one of only three known in the country.
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An understated modern classic is the Ford Probe, a sports
coupe produced by Ford between 1989 and 1997 and aimed at
the European market at the sector of the market formerly
occupied by the Ford Capri. The cars were assembled in Flat
Rock, Michigan, USA and the design was based on the Mazda
G-Platform with a unique body design. Some parts were
borrowed from the
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Mazda RX7. It was
originally mooted
as a replacement
for the Ford
Mustang, but the
Front engine Front
wheel drive
configuration and
the lack of a V8
engine did not win
favour with the
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Mustang fans, so a proper replacement for the Mustang was
built instead. The first generation Probe from 1989 to 1992
used either a 2.2 litre 4 cylinder Mazda F2 engine, or the 3 litre
Vulcan V6 engine. The second generation Probe was a
complete re-design though it was still based on the Mazda
MX6 and 626 running gear while Ford engineered the body
and interior. This was the model that was aimed at Europe. It
came with either the 2 litre Mazda 16 valve in line 4 cylinder
engine or the 2.5 litre Mazda K V6 engine. The United
Kingdom Probe Owners Club had bought three fine examples
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of the
Ford
Probe
to the
show,
for their
first
visit.
They
are the
UK’s
largest
club for
Ford
Probe
enthusiasts and more details can be found at
www.ukpoc.co.uk.
The Railton Owners Club featured a display of straight eight
Railtons similar to the car featured in the 1979 film Rebecca by
Daphne du Maurier in which the character Brett drives to
Manderley in a 1935 Railton saloon. On display was a fine
example of a 1935 Railton Sports Cabriolet with original
coachwork by Carlton. This luxurious 5 seater could be open
or closed with minimum effort to lower the hood. This was the
only Railton bodied by Carlton and was designed with long
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1935 Railton Sports Cabriolet
distance continental touring in mind when commissioned by
Col. Llewellyn Scholte. It had several unique features such as
spare wheel located on the off-side, concealed valuables
compartment, no external fuel filler, extra luggage capacity and
a split bench seat with nearside reclining option. The bodywork
is all aluminium with steel bulkhead, and it has perspex door
windows. It ended up in a scrapyard in 1964 and then a barn for
40 years before the current owner began restoration in 2010.
Stars and Stripes brought the stars of the classic American car
© Syd Wall scene
together in
Hall 6 with
many
different cars
making
chrome and
fins a joy to
behold.
American
cars have
always been
bigger and bolder than their European counterparts. All the
major American brands were represented, including Chevrolet,
Cadillac, Studebaker, Pontiac, Ford, Chrysler, with models
spanning the 1940s right through to the 21st Century.
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December 2014
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HSCC Club Stand
All the major historic motor racing clubs had a presence at the
show. The HSCC had a large stand displaying a vehicle from all
the major racing categories they represent, including Formula
Junior, Historic Touring Cars, Guards Trophy, and Roadsports.
The Vintage Sports Car Club had a selection of Vintage cars on
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VSCC Club Stand featuring the 1920 “Bully Rouge”
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their stand, which included the
1920 American Board Racer
“Bully Rouge”. Built to run on 1/2
mile or 1 mile oval wooden
board tracks in the American
Mid-West, this shortened
Oldsmobile Chassis was fitted
with a 4 litre 6 Cylinder ohv
Buick engine and gearbox and
would lap at around 120 mph.
Although the car is fitted with 4
wheel brakes for road use, when
racing it would only have the
rear brakes which were not very
efficient, but were also rarely
used.
The Midland Automobile Club
which runs Shelsley Walsh, the MAC Club
oldest motorsport venue in the stand
country, had both a single seater and a Mini saloon on display
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to show the
variety of
cars that
compete on
the course
during a
typical hill
climb event.
The Bugatti
Owners
Bugatti Owners Club Stand
Club which
operates the Prescott hill climb, had a large display area
containing several vintage Bugatti Grand Prix and racing cars.
To see some of Pete Austin’s photos from the show visit our
Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?
fbid=10204210559775537&set=a.
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Super model Harriadnie Beau at the unveiling of the Bavarez Jensen FF Silver Slammington
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Morgan SP1
Chelsea Pensioners enjoy a 1909 Dennis
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GT Cup Final Round Oulton Park 25th October 2014. By Mick Herring.
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The start of Race 2 and Rosen Daskalov's SIN R1 hits the wall
Oulton Park International hosted the final round of the 2014 GT
Cup Championship on a damp but drying Saturday, where both
of today's races would be of the 25 minute sprint variety.
Jim Geddie would be crowned 2014 champion virtually
regardless but the second race of the day would ably
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demonstrate why he is a former British GT and Dutch Supercar
champion (both together with son Glynn).
In race 1 Will Plant lead the field down Cascades on lap 1 in
his GTB class Porsche but he would relinquish that lead, finish
third and take the class win.
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After a troubled
free practice and
qualifying, the
meteoric climb
through the field
that elevated
Marcus Clutton
from 22nd to 2nd
was the highlight
of the race.
Driving the works
GTO class
Chevron GR8
GT4 he would
finish just 11.5
seconds behind
the mighty
McLaren
MP4-12C of race
winner Jim
Geddie in a race
that would see
Will Plant leads race 1 at Cascades
the elimination of the Porsches of Iain Dockerill and Richard
Chamberlain from a first corner incident.
A safety car period drew the field back together momentarily
but had little effect on the outcome.
Former championship leader David Walley finished eighth and
second in GTB, which would be enough for him to claim GTB
champion status.
Similarly, finishing 16th and fourth in GTA would be enough for
last year's overall champion, Jeff Wyatt, to retain his GTA class
championship.
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Mark Litherland runs wide at Lodge
Race 2 provided the highs and lows of the meeting.
It was marred by a multiple accident again at Old Hall that saw
the elimination of several cars on the spot, the worst of which
was Rosen Daskalov's SIN R1 which appeared to have been
tapped at the back causing it to turn sharp right, hit the pit wall
and slide along it before coming to rest in the middle of the
circuit. The Bulgarian arch-enthusiast remained was
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Salih Yoluc heads Ian Payne Ginetta G50’s
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fortunately unharmed and concerned that his car was removed
from the circuit without further harm. The race was immediately
red-flagged. The re-start was shortened to a 15 minute sprint
but what followed was a master-class in race craft.
The focus of the entire race, for me, was the battle between
Marcus Clutton and champion-elect Jim Geddie, the pair never
more than a few feet apart (but staying that way). The V8
Chevron faster on some parts of the track than the McLaren
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© Mick Herring
Richard Chamberlain Porsche 935 at lodge, was out in the first corner incident
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Rosen Daskalov Sin R1 in the first race
and vice-versa but Jim had no answer for the speed of the
versatile youngster, finishing 2.5 seconds adrift.
The speed of this duo saw them finish 38.5 seconds of GTC
class winner Darren Nelson's Ferrari 458.
A good end to a good year's racing and a portent to what
we may expect next year as the organisers announce that
they will extend the endurance race to 50 minutes next
season.
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Family Ferrari’s Peter and Shamus Jennings
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Race 2 winner Marcus Clutton Chevron GR8 GT4
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GTA Champion Jeff Wyatt BMW
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GT Cup Champion Jim Geddie in the McLaren MP4-12C won the first race
© Mick Herring
Chris Dockerill Ferrari 430 Scuderia
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Payne/Bearman Ginetta G50 goes leaf collecting at Oulton Park
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Masters All Series Oulton Park 25th October 2014.
By Mick Herring.
December 2014
Wilds/Guglielmi BMW CSL GTO won the race
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seconds.
Gardiner's TVR, having briefly been lead by Steve Dance's
Capri regained its third place and was maintained by Dan Cox to
the flag. Hudson/Sadler Lotus Elite
Graham ‘Skid’ Scarborough 5th in the Ford Capri
A final 2014 race for the Masters All Series featured a nonchampionship race for Pre-66 GTs, 70s Celebration and
Pre-66 Touring Cars. With a duration of 50 minutes it would
prove to be a test of stamina for both cars and drivers.
The initial lead went to the fleet Ford escort RS1800 of Mark
Wright and Dave Coyne with the spectacular BMW CSL GTO
of former Grand Prix driver Mike Wilds, shared with former
TVR Tuscan champion Steve Guglielmi. Pursuing the Escort for the lead with the close attendance of
Mike Gardiner's 1965 TVR Griffith throughout, himself having
to deal with the Ford Capri of Steve Dance.
Mike's TVR, shared with Lotus Cortina expert, Dan Cox, fresh
from its build up after many years of being unraced is still a
work in progress but a stunningly fast car at this stage.
Steve Guglielmi continued the pressure on the Wright/Coyne
Escort and eventually passed it to take the race victory by 7
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Gardiner/Cox TVR Griffth finished 3rd
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Wright/Coyne Ford Escort RS1800 was 2nd
Steve Dance Ford Capri finished 4th, 3rd in 70’s class
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Nicholas King was 11th in the Ford Mustang, winner of the Touring Cars class
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Keith Ahlers/Billy Bellinger Morgan SLR finished 9th, 2nd in GT
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VSCC Cotswold Trial 22nd November 2014.
staged on the famous hill climb course.
Trials are held on loose tracks or grass surfaces and the aim is
to get as far up the hill as possible without slipping backwards.
Each hill is marked out with distance indicators so that the
marshals can quickly identify how far along the course each
competitors has achieved. The two main hills at Prescott are at
the top of the Orchard car park, with a further hill utilising part
of the hill climb course return road on the other side of the site
and part of the top paddock.
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Mrs Jane Tomlinson in a Godfrey and Proctor Sports was 3rd in class
By Simon & Janet Wright with additional photos by Pete Austin.
The final Trial in the Vintage Sports Car Club calendar for 2014
was the Cotswold Trial, based around the Bugatti Owners Club
Prescott Hill climb course near Gloucester. The one day event
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uses several local
hills during the
morning before
returning to Prescott
at lunch time. During
the afternoon, the
competitors got to
tackle several hills
within the confines of
the Prescott venue,
though none were
Peter Walby Bugatti Brescia was 3rd in class
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David Rolfe MG M Type
The first course at Prescott has a run up to a very steep incline,
then a steep climb through the trees to the top of the hill. The
second course was longer but not as steep, but included a
stop/go box, where the car has to stop at the line, come to a
complete standstill, then start off again without rolling
backwards.
The first few competitors to return to Prescott had an
advantage in that the course was still mainly wet grass, but as
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Matt Johnston Austin 7 winner of the Harold Powell Cup and Inderwick Cup flew over the first ridge at Prescott
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Charlie Martin Ford Model A Phaeton
the afternoon progressed, the grass turned to mud, which
soon turned to a muddy bog, making it very difficult for the
later arrivals to actually complete either course. A few later
drivers managed to complete both hills, but they were few and
© Janet Wright far between.
This is one motorsport where
weight is an advantage, and
many of the cars will carry up to
three passengers, who will
bounce up and down to try and
gain more traction through the
mud. As many of the cars are
open, the passengers also get a
free mud bath!
There had been problems during
the morning which had resulted
in Hills 6 and 14 not being used
and some competitors had not
John Dobson Ford Model A 3rd in class
December 2014
been able to
attempt hill 8 due
to a closure,
which resulted in
those competitors
being given an
average time for
the hill.
The most popular
car for this type of
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event is the little Simon Price Ford Model A Special
Austin 7 in its various forms such as the Chummy and Ulster.
A few Frazer Nash and Riley Nine models also proved
popular while there is also a large contingent of the much
larger, and heavier Ford Model A saloon and Tourer.
The clear and dominant winner was Matt Johnston in a 1928
Austin 7 747cc who had a score of 301 to win both the Harold
Powell Cup and the Inderwick Cup. His nearest competitor
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Julian Ghosh in a Vauxhall Super G
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Mark Smith 1932 MG J2
Robert Gibson 1933 Austin 2 seater Sports
Christopher Batty Ford Phaeton 35A Tourer
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Hugh Privett Ford Model A
Miss Rachel Williams Riley Special
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Joseph Stollery Wolseley Hornet Special
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Paul Tebbett Riley 9 Gamecock open 2 str
Morris Wright 1929 Austin
7
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2014
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was Jonathan Mellor in another Austin 7 who scored 260 who
also took the class win for the Short Wheelbase Modified and
Special Cars class - Modified Post 1930. The winner of the
Novice Class was awarded the Cotswold Cup which went to
Miss Hannah Mycock who was driving a 1929 Riley Mk IV
1087cc who scored 220.
As usual with VSCC events, there is a complete class structure,
© Pete Austin
Wheelbase Modified and
Special cars class.
Dennis Bingham 1930
Ford Model A 3300cc Long Wheelbase
Standard Cars.
Timothy Dutton 1930
Ford Model A 3300cc Long Wheelbase
Modified and Special
cars - Modified.
Steve White 1930 Riley
Ford Special - Long
Wheelbase Modified and
Special cars class Special
Christopher Williams Ford Model A
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Tom Dark 1930 MG M Type
allowing people to compete against similar cars, modified or
standard, as well as for overall honours, and the following all
won their respective classes:
Tom Dark 1930 MG M Type - Novice class Modified.
Matthew Blake 1922 GN Vitesse 2 str - Short Wheelbase
Standard Cars class.
Stephen Fathers 1929 Austin Abbot Special - Short Wheelbase
Modified and Special Cars class - Modified pre 1930.
Simon Blakeney-Edwards 1929 Austin 7 Ulster replica - Short
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Hicky Hickling Dodge Four
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Keith Hill Singer Junior Special
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Andy King 1936 MG TA
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Russell Hennessy 1924 Morris Bullnose
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Terry Gosling Austin 7 Sports Ulster Rep
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23rd Historic Sandown 2014 meeting
2014/15 MSC New Zealand F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series Round 1.
Sandown, Melbourne, Australia. 07-09 November 2014
© Fast Company/Darren Symonds
and Carrera Cup series frontrunner from Sydney blitzed
the 18-strong field in
qualifying on Saturday
morning with a 1m06.92
opening lap then strolled to a
comfortable win in the eight
lap race.
Clark Proctor (March 73A/1)
preserved kiwi honour with
the second quickest time
(1m9.1733) to join Tweedie
on the front row of the grid
from locals Paul Zazryn
(Lola T332) and Bryan Sala
(Matich A50), and kiwi Steve
Ross (McRae GM1) – five
different makes of F5000 car
in the top five spots, the later
three separated by less than
300th of a second.
The field only got as far as
Historic Sandown round winner Tom Tweedie (#2) shares the front row on the warm-up lap with Clark Proctor (#57 March 73/1A) at Sandown.
Turn 1 in the opening race
however before there was
TWEEDIE DOMINATES MSC F5000 SERIES
drama. In mid-field, the Matich of Monaco-based Philip
OPENER AT SANDOWN
Lewis contacted the Lola T332 of New Zealand’s Russell
Young gun Tom Tweedie (Chevron B24) dominated the
Greer, sending both off the road.
opening round of the 2014/15 MSC Formula 5000 Tasman
The Safety Car was required, and the race restarted at the end
Revival Series at the annual Historic Sandown meeting in
of the third lap.
Melbourne over the weekend, qualifying quickest and
Unfazed, Tweedie put in a brief sprint, opening up a gap on
winning two of the three class races.
the field, before rolling it back and cruising to the line with
The 26-year-old former Australian Formula 3 championship
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Ross.
The Dunedin driver got the jump on Tweedie at the start with
much of the rest of the race run behind the Safety Car
following a spectacular opening lap crash, at the end of
Sandown’s long back straight, which saw the Lola T332 of
top local driver Paul Zazryn spin and hit the outside safety
barriers – fortunately rear first.
While the car was heavily damaged, Zazryn was unhurt.
The heat was restarted with just two laps to go and, in a close
finish, Ross was able to keep the pressing Tweedie at bay.
Fortunately the main event was virtually incident-free, with
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Melbourne driver Paul Zazryn (#24 Lola T332).
Ross - who had restarted in seventh after putting a wheel off
the road in the lap one fracas - the big mover after snatching
second with just over a lap to go, ahead of Zazryn, with
Proctor, who had slowed significantly on the last lap, fourth.
Fifth, meanwhile, was former MSC series champion Ian
Clements (Lola T332) ahead of a superb debut performance
from Melbournian Peter Brennan, in the beautifully restored
ex-Lella Lombardi Lola T330.
Bryan Sala was another to fade for seventh, from Bill
Hemming (Elfin MR8) and David Arrowsmith (Lotus 70B),
with Mike Glynn’s Elfin MR8 completing the top ten.
Sunday saw two more races, a qualifying heat in the morning
and feature in the afternoon.
The feature proved another Tweedie benefit, but the morning
heat eventually went to 2013 MSC series champion Steve
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Kiwi driver Clark Proctor (March 73/1A) was on the front row of the grid.
Tweedie getting the jump, racing to an early margin, and
coming home some 15 seconds clear of a race-long battle for
second, resolved on the last lap between kiwis Proctor and
Ross in that order.
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Auckland driver, David Banks (Talon MR1)
The talking point of the race, though, was the charge, from
seventh on the opening lap to fourth, by former Formula
5000 great Alfredo Costanzo (McLaren M10B).
Having missed Saturday’s race after blowing an engine on
Friday, the three-time former Australia Drivers' Champion
started at the back in the shortened morning heat, finished
tenth, then in the main event worked his way one-by-one past
the midfield cars, to finish a strong fourth.
Behind him at the finish were Dave Arrowsmith (Lotus 70B),
Ian Clements (Lola T332), and Peter Brennan (Lola T330),
while further back, the top ten was completed by a delayed
Russell Greer (Lola T332), Bill Hemming (Elfin MR8) and
Philip Lewis (Matich A50).
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
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Lubricants, Pacifica, Avon Tyres, Webdesign and Exide.
2014/15 MSC New Zealand F5000 Tasman Cup
Revival Series Rnd 1 23rd Historic Sandown 2014
meeting Sandown Melbourne Australia Fri-Sun Nov
07-09 2014
Race 1 Saturday 8 Laps
1. Tom Tweedie (Chevron B24) 11:41.6297
2. Steve Ross (McRae GM1) 11:45.6175
3. Paul Zazryn (Lola T332) 11:47.5273
4. Clark Proctor (March 73A/1) 11:57.2615
5. Ian Clements (Lola T332) 12:00.3695
6. Peter Brennan (Lola T330) 12:04.9912
7. Bryan Sala (Matich A50/51) 12:09.7904
8. Bill Hemming (Elfin MR8) 12:17.1363
9. David Arrowsmith (Lotus 70B) 12:22.5980
10. Mike Glynn (Elfin MRB-BC) 12:34.6701
11. Jay Bondini (Lola T332)12:34.9386
12. David Banks (Talon MR1) 12:41.2410
13. Russell Greer (Lola T332) 12:53.6796
DNF. Gregory Thornton (March 75A), Geoff Munday
(Elfin MR5B), Chris Hocking (Matich A53), Philip Lewis
(Matich A50)
Race 2 Sunday 7 Laps
1. Steve Ross (McRae GM1) 13:13.2406
2. Tom Tweedie (Chevron B24) 13:13.3695
3. Clark Proctor (March 73 A/1) 13:13.7381
4. Ian Clements (Lola T332) 13:22.2605
5. David Arrowsmith (Lotus 70B) 13:23.2597
6. Peter Brennan (Lola T330) 13:23.9508
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7. Bill Hemming (Elfin MR 8)
13:25.5566
8. David Banks (Talon MR1)
13:25.9966
9. Russell Greer (Lola T332)
13:28.2046
10. Alfredo Costanzo (McLaren
M10B) 13:29.6239
11. Jay Bondini (Lola T332)
13:36.6734
12. Philip Lewis (Matich A50)
13:38.7439
13. Mike Glynn (Elfin MRB-BC)
13:38.9797
14. Geoff Munday (Elfin MR5B)
13:48.3740
DNF. Chris Hocking (Matich
A53), Robert Harborow (Lola
T192), Paul Zazryn (Lola T332)
Race 3
8 laps
Sunday
1. Tom Tweedie (Chevron B24) 9:10.6239
2. Clark Proctor (March 73 A/1) 9:25.2997
3. Steve Ross (McRae GM1) 9:25.6463
4. Alfredo Costanzo (McLaren M10B) 9:40.5829
5. David Arrowsmith (Lotus 70B) 9:41.3141
6. Ian Clements (Lola T332) 9:43.9469
7. Peter Brennan (Lola T330) 9:46.0630
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Sandown Race 1 Tom Tweedie Chevron B24 leads
8. Russell Greer (Lola T332) 9:53.1883
9. Bill Hemming (Elfin MR 8) 9:53.6817
10. Philip Lewis (Matich A50) 9:54.8488
11. David Banks (Talon MFR1) 10:09.9070
12. Jay Bondini (Lola T332) 10:24.5473
13. Mike Glynn (Elfin MRB-BC) 9:16.1764
14. Geoff Munday (Elfin MR5B) 9:28.5147
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