classic and competition car 59 august 2015

August 2015 Issue 59

Chateau Impney Hill Climb

Goodwood FOS Silverstone ClassicCSCC Rockingham1000 Mile Trial Classic Nostalgia Shelsley

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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 HerringMick'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.

Lucy Owen-Moczadlo.Lucy runs Jucy Rally Photography and joins us to expand our rally coverage. She loves anything to do with Subarus and even tries her hand at a bit of autotesting in her modified Nissan.

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Contents

Page 3 News.Page 9 Chateau Impney Hill ClimbPage 18 H and H Auction, Chateau Impney.Page 19 Trans America Challenge.Page 25 Flywheel at Bicester Heritage.Page 30 Masters Festival, Donington Park.Page 36 1940s Weekend on the Severn Valley Railway.Page 40 Nicky Grist Stages.Page 44 Shelsley Walsh Vintage hill climb.Page 48 CSCC Rockingham Motor SpeedwayPage 53 Goodwood Festival of Speed.Page 59 25th Silverstone ClassicPage 68 Silverstone Auctions at the Classic.Page 69 British Hill Climb Championship, Harwood.Page 73 Stars and Stripes.Page 77 Classic Nostalgia, Shelsley Walsh.Page 82 Archive Photo of the month.Page 83 1000 Mile Trial.

Our other regular contributors are Syd Wall, David Goose and Stuart Yates

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Editorial.This could almost be called the Special event edition. The Goodwood Festival of Speed is probably the most popular Hill Climb event in the country, and now we have added the new Chateau Impney Hill climb for classic cars as another single event venue. Flywheel at Bicester Heritage added aircraft to the mix. Traditional hill climb venues also manage to stage fantastic events which draw in large crowds, such as the Classic Nostalgia meeting at Shelsley Walsh which attracted two top Group C cars and 5 times Le Mans winner Derek Bell. July also had the Masters Festival at Donington and the Silverstone Classic, the largest classic motorsport event in the country which definitely requires more than one day to see all the attractions on offer. For the historic motorsport fan, you are spoilt for choice.

News

Scarf and Goggles award winners.New for this years Silverstone Classic was the introduction of two new awards, the Mervyn Garton ‘Scarf and Goggles’ award for the best off track visitor attraction and the Stuart Graham ‘Scarf and Goggles’ for the most admirable car competing at the Classic. The winners were the RAF Mini Club and the unique Ferrari 250 GT SWB ‘Breadvan’ as raced by Niklas and Lukas Halusa in the RAC Tourist Trophy for Historic Cars.

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Justin Maeers Cooper Monaco Auction racer.By Mick Herring.

An interesting story has emerged from the Silverstone Classic. Experienced racer Justin Maeers, better known for his 6 litre Parker GN in VSCC events but also raced his Lola T70 Mk3B at Silverstone Classic a few years ago. Attending Silverstone Auctions sale on Thursday evening only intending to have a relaxed drink amongst friends he subsequently bought, for circa £200,000, the 1959 Cooper Monaco T49 sports car entered in the sale after reading about its history and having been on the lookout for one.Following an engine failure of another car he was involved with during Friday practice and after some behind-the-scenes work he succeeded in entering the newly acquired Cooper, powered by a 4 cylinder 2 litre Coventry Climax engine, in the Stirling Moss Trophy for Pre-61 Sports Cars. Starting from the back of the grid, having not qualified the car in session, he would retire from the race with a broken gearbox. Putting the breakage down to his unfamiliarity with the gearbox, he was more than happy with the Cooper and plans to enter it in the 2016 Classic.

Hoonigan at Goodwood.Ken Brock’s latest project is this cut-n-shut Ford Mustang with Rallycross derived running gear, which he has named the Hoonigan and drove with style at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.

Ford FestA brand new event for fans of Ford will take place at Santa Pod Raceway in Podington, Northants on Sunday 13th September 2015. It will cover all Ford models, both classic and modern, with thousands of cars due to be on display. Visitors will also be able to pay £20 for four runs down the Quarter mile drag strip against each other in a ‘Run What Ya Brung’ competition.See www.fordfestshow.co.uk for more information.

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Porsche at the Silverstone Classic

Porsche put on a fantastic display at the Silverstone Classic, showing the latest models in their range compared with previous versions. They also did it with their racing cars the Porsche 917 was matched with the 919.

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Le Mans winning Porsche 919Porsche 959

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Formula E Championship.The first season of Formula E finished at Battersea Park in London for the final two rounds of the championship. The first race on the Saturday, saw Sebastien Buemi take the win for the e.dams-Renault team from Jerome d’Ambrosio of Dragon Racing and Jean Eric Vergne for the Andretti team. Championship contenders Lucas di Grassi for Audi Sport ABT and Nelson Piquet for NEXTEV TCR finished in 4th and 5th place. The win put Buemi in with a good chance for the championship as he closed the points gap to Nelson Piquet Jnr.The final round took place on the Sunday and saw local hero Sam Bird take victory for the Virgin Racing team. He beat Jerome d’Ambrosio who took his second runners up spot of the weekend. His team mate Loic Duval took 3rd place ahead of Bruno Senna for Mahindra Racing and Sebastien Buemi for e.dams-Renault. Buemi was in with a good chance of taking the title but a spin near the end let Bruno Senna through to 4th place and unfortunately 5th place was not good enough for Buemi as Nelson Piquet who had fought through the field with an aggressive strategy and managed to get in to 7th place at the finish, which was enough to give him the title by just 1 point. Nelson Piquet was crowned Formula E champion.The team award went to e.dams-Renault with Prost and Buemi, who were well clear of Dragon Racing in 2nd and Audi Sport ABT in 3rd

Nelson Piquet is the first Formula E Champione.dams Renault are team champions

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Wizzo misses out of first Chateau Impney Hillclimb.Experienced racing driver Barry ‘Wizzo’ Williams failed to compete in the first Chateau Impney Hill Climb after the ERA he was down to drive for the weekend, failed on its first run. He was down to drive ERA R3A, the Dick Skipworth car. As he left the start line, on his practice run, the transmission failed as he crossed the bridge. The car could not be repaired in time for the timed runs on Sunday.

Frank Wrathall returns.Former BTCC driver Frank Wrathall made a successful return to motor racing at the Silverstone Classic after a break at her Majesties pleasure. He won the Saturday

Super Touring Car Trophy race in the Van Nierop Audi 80 Quattro.

Shelsley Walsh honoured for 110 years.To celebrate its 110th birthday, Shelsley Walsh has been presented with a “Red Wheel’ by the Transport Trust for its contribution to motoring and motorsport. Many motoring pioneers have used Shelsley Walsh over the years to try out their new inventions. The special plaque was unveiled by five times Le Mans winner Derek Bell at the recent Classic Nostalgia meeting. Also present were Julian Ghosh of the Transport Trust, Sir Anthony Winnington (High Sheriff of Worcestershire), John Moody (President of the Midland Automobile Club) and Norman Dewis (Jaguars legendary test and development driver).

Julian Ghosh of the Transport Trust (L) with Derek Bell (R) unveiling the plaque.

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RACING RUNWAY ATTRACTS STAR F1 CARS TO

FOOTMAN JAMES SYWELL CLASSIC - PISTONS AND PROPS

This year’s Footman James Sywell Classic –

Pistons and Props will play host to three historic

Formula One cars on the ‘Racing Runway’ of

Sywell Aerodrome on 26th and 27th September.

The 1992 Benetton B192, 1977 Hesketh 308E and 2002 Jordan EJ12 will take to

the track, which sees the mile-long tarmac runway turned into a demonstration

circuit, featuring displays from over 70 historic racing cars and motorbikes.

Graham Williams will be bringing his 1977 Hesketh 308E, powered by a 3.0

Cosworth DFV V8 and maintained by Graham himself. The model is notable for

being Hesketh’s last Formula One design, as well as its infamous Penthouse/Rizla

livery during its first season in 1977 – a livery featuring a Penthouse Pet

embracing a Rizla packet. This livery is still worn by Graham’s example.

The Benetton B192 used by Michael Schumacher in the 1992 World

Championship and now owned by former multiple British Womens Racing Drivers

Club (BRWDC) champion Lorina McLaughlin will also be in action. Lacking

traction control and ABS, and with an underpowered Ford V8, it nevertheless

made the most of what it had courtesy of an excellent chassis. After scoring

points in each race, Benetton came third in the Constructors Championship

thanks to this car.

A 2002 Jordan EJ12 will also feature in the line-up. The model, which earned the

Jordan team sixth place in the World Constructors’ Championship, took fifth place

in the Monaco Grand Prix when driven by Giancarlo Fisichella. Powered by a 3.0

Honda V10, the example on show is the very first EJ12 built.

The cars will get two runs per session, with two ‘Racing Runway’ sessions

happening each day, featuring a mix of hot rods, dragsters, single seaters and

saloons.

Now in its third year, Sywell Classic combines historic racers, hot rods and

motorbikes with classic planes and vintage music to create a fantastic two-day

event, celebrating classic motoring on the ground and in the air. Up in the skies;

expect to see the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight with a Hurricane, Lancaster and

Spitfire flying overhead. The breathtaking ladies of the Breitling Wingwalkers

return as does the World War 1 Dogfight display team, this time with flak and

bomb bursts, with both performing Saturday and Sunday.

Swing jive band The One Eyed Cats makes its Sywell debut with performances

throughout the weekend, while Saturday night sees The New Dreamers featuring

Tommy Cunningham, former Bay City Roller, get the party started.

Adult tickets for Sywell Classic start from £18 in advance with tickets for children

aged 5-15 from £7 in advance and free entrance for those under 5-years-old. A

family ticket (2 adults, 2 children) starts from £43 in advance with all advance

tickets subject to a service charge. Car parking is free. The show is open from

10am until 5.30pm on Saturday, 10am until 5pm on Sunday.

To book tickets and for the latest updates, visit www.sywellclassic.com.

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Chateau Impney Hill Climb. 11th-12th July 2015.By Simon & Janet Wright with additional photos by Pete Austin.

Chris Williams in the Napier Bentley races past Chateau Impney

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The latest addition to the historic motor sport scene is actually a revival of one of the great events of the 1950s and 60s. The first running of the Chateau Impney hill climb follows in the steps of the Chateau Impney sprint, which used to attract the great drivers of the day to compete in the grounds of the Chateau Impney hotel near Droitwich in Worcestershire. Rod Spollon, Chairman of the Chateau Impney Hill Climb Club, and his team decided to bring back motorsport to Droitwich after nearly half a century, and they have done it with style. The new course is almost twice as long as the original 550 yard sprint course, and now gains enough altitude as it runs up round the hotel, that it is now classified as a hill climb rather than a sprint. The 1,000 yard track is the same length as the nearby classic Shelsley Walsh hill climb course, but offers a completely different challenge to the drivers. The track starts near the main entrance to the grounds with a small waiting area, and immediately runs over a narrow bridge. After a short straight, where the cars pass a footbridge over the

river, the cars turn tight left and climb through the trees before

David Morris - ERA R11B

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Mark Butterworth Fafnir Aero engined racer up the hill towards the ChateauJohn Dent Cooper Mk VIII leaves the start lineClick here for Video Clip https://youtu.be/FGEMpKQ-KFA

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a fast left corner with a large tree and marshals post on the

inside, to run across the front of the hotel building. The garden area in front of the chateau offered the VIP guests great views

of the course. The track curved right to go round the side of the hotel, where the drivers had to negotiate a tight roundabout with a tight left, right turn before climbing around

David Biggins Daimler Mercedes Rennwagen

James Collins Hudson Super Six passes in front of the Chateau

David Morris HWM Jaguar Sports racing heads for the roundabout

Christopher A Mann Alfa Romeo Disco Volante 6C 3000PR tackles the roundabout

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the side and rear of the hotel. There was a nice right, left chicane here to slow the cars infront of the main spectator

viewing area before a fast sweeping left hand curve over the finish line. The excellent layout then allowed a drive down a

return road at the rear of the hotel to the main paddock. This ensured there was no disruption to proceedings during the event to get

cars back from the top of the hill.The paddock was over the main car park in front of the main entrance to the hotel, and up the side and around the apartments. This allowed spectators full access to the cars and drivers over the weekend.The crowd of almost 10,000 spectators over the two days were entertained with 200 of the finest historic racing cars, all built prior to 1967, when the last event was run at Chateau Impney. The entry ranged from

Vintage speed record holding vehicles like the 1905 Fiat S76 ‘The Beast of Turin’ of Duncan Pittaway, and the 1907 Darracq of Mark Walker right through to the ever popular Austin Mini Cooper S and

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Tom Dark - Maserati 6CM

The Beast of Turn - Fiat S76 always drew the crowds

Simon Durling Lotus 18 exits the chicane at the side of the Chateau

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Duncan Ricketts ERA E Type GP1 in the final turn

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Ford Lotus Cortina Mk I of the 1960s. Practice took place on Saturday in generally excellent conditions, but Sunday dawned wet and overcast with some rain during the morning. It soon cleared and the sun came out to provide perfect conditions for the afternoon runs.

With this being a completely new course, every one was in the same position of learning the track and no one had previous experience to help them. This resulted in novice hill climb racer Jack Woodhouse, 25 years old and from Banbury, storming to victory in a Lotus 20/22 with a new record time of 42.42 seconds on his first ever hill climb event.The entry list was like a whose who of famous racing cars, with Alfa Romeo, Aston Martin, Austin, Bentley, BRM, Bugatti, Chevron, Cooper, Ford, Frazer Nash, Jaguar, Lagonda, Lotus, Maserati, Mercedes, MG, Morgan, Morris, Talbot, TVR, Vauxhall plus many others, the only thing missing was a Ferrari!

The high light in the entry was the gathering of nine ERA pre 1940 racing cars competing across two classes. These included some of the best historic racers including Nick Topliss with R4A, Mac Hulbert with R4D, David Morris with R11B, Terry Crabb with R12C, Duncan Ricketts in ERA GP1 and Barry ‘Wizzo’ Williams driving R3A for Dick Skipworth. The crowds favourite was the flame spitting Fiat S76, the Beast of Turin. Every time the car was fired up, you could

Duncan Ricketts - ERA E Type GP1Rachel Williams - Hardy Special

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James Baxter ERA D Type

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hear the tractor like sound all across the hotel grounds. The crowds flocked round the car in the paddock, and with flames shooting out of the side of the vehicle every time in ran, it probably had more photographs taken than any other vehicle.As well as setting the Fastest Time of Day (FTD) Woodhouse was also one of the nineteen class winners for this first event.

The Pre 1940 Sports cars class winners were Edward Williams in a Frazer Nash Super Sports, John Guyatt in a Talbot Lago Darracq T150C, David Pryke in a Morgan/Riley Special 4.4, and Mark Brett in the Bellamy Ford V8 Special. The Edwardian and Veteran Cars Class was won by Mark Walker in the Darracq 200hp in a time of 52.07 seconds. Moving to the Pre 1940 Racing car classes, the winners were Winston Teague in the GN Wasp, Paddins Dowling in ERA R10B with a time of 45.89 seconds, Edmund Burgess in a Bugatti Type 13, James Baxter in ERA D Type with a time of 44.03 seconds and Tom Walker in the Amilcar Hispano Special.The 500 class was won by Mark Riley in the Creamer Special

with a time of 46.85 seconds.Moving ahead in time period, the Sports and Sports Racing Cars Pre 1961 class winners were Peter Joy in a lotus Elite and Tony Bianchi in the Frrallac Mk 2. Single seaters were next up with the Racing cars class winners Pre 1961 were Mark Woodhouse driving an Elva 100, Martin Cowell in a Lotus 18 F2 and Rob Hall in the fabulous BRM P48 Mk 1.The final class winners were all in Pre 1968 cars. The Sports and Sports Racing cars winners were Ivan Dutton in a TVR Grantura and David Gidden in a Lotus 23B. The Racing Cars class winners included the overall winner Jack Woodhouse, plus Paul Matty in another Lotus, a Type 35 F2. The final class was for Production cars from 1950 to 31/12/1967 which was won by Richard Parsons in a Morris Mini Cooper S.There were four additional awards presented at the end of the meeting. James Baxter in ERA R4D claimed both the award for the Fastest ERA of the day and the fastest Pre 1940 car with a time of 44.03 seconds. Peter Bottrill driving a Lotus Elan S3 took home the Fastest Post War Pre 1967 Sports Car award and Richard Parsons in his Morris Mini Cooper S took the final award of the day for the Fastest Production Saloon Car.Apart from the track action, there was an air display on each

The winner Jack Woodhouse Lotus 20/22 set Fastest Time of the Day Edward Way Austin Hall Scott EB IV

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day, a trade village behind the paddock, plenty of different food outlets and another first for the event, a Concours d’Elegance which the spectators voted for via social media. The Concours cars were on display in a large marquee near the start line. The winner was a fabulous 1953 Ferrari 250 MM GT, beating off stiff competition including a 1931 No 5 Birkin ‘Blower’ Bentley, which had not be seen in public for over a decade, and a 1960 Ferrari 250 GT SWB which will be auctioned off later this year in aid of the RNLI after it was left in legacy from the late Richard Colton. Finally, H&H held a classic car auction on the Saturday afternoon.The event was a great success and very well organised for a first time venture. It received positive feedback from the drivers and spectators and also over social media.Jack Woodhouse said it felt pretty special to be the first ever winner of the Chateau Impney Hill Climb and hopes to be invited back next year to defend his title. Having grown up only a few miles from the venue, it felt like a home event for Jack, especially as his father was also competing at the event and his family were there to watch.

Excellent flying display on both days

Julian Grimwade Frazer Nash Norris Special

Jeremy Holden Sunbeam Tiger

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Rob Hall - BRM P48 Mk1

Nicholas Topliss - ERA R4A

Guy Broad Jaguar XK120Paul Stanworth Austin Mini Cooper SGN Spider sideways as usual

George Shackleton Sunbeam Rapier Series III in the paddock

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Concours d’Elegance winnerFerrari 250 MM PF Berlinetta.

One of only 18 built. Sold new to Mexican racing driver Efrain Ruiz Echeverria for the 1953 Carrera Panamericana where he finished 7th, Top privateer, and highest placed Mexican driver ever in the event.

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H and H Auction, Chateau Impney 11th July 2015.This auction was held at the inaugural Chateau Impney Hill Climb event. Located in the Regent centre, next to the main hotel entrance and right next to the hill climb paddock, the auction was open for everyone to have a look around. The

sale took place on the Saturday afternoon, while practice for the hill climb was taking place outside. This all added to the excitement of the sale. There was a large entry of vehicles listed in the catalogue, ranging from a small 1971 Fiat 500 which sold for £5,000 to a 1951 Jaguar XK120 Roadster which fetched £106,400. An interesting car was a superb example of a

Citroen D Super 5 from 1973 which sold for £63,840, while a DS23 EFI Pallas from the same year sold for just £20,160.Interestingly, some Vintage cars sold for the price of a small modern hatchback, with a 1919 Buick model HX-45 Touring selling for just £12,320.There were several racing cars included in the sale, most of which were not sold. The two that did sell were both unusual single seaters. The 1973 Lystonia 73C single seater sold for £5,650 and the 1961 Dolphin International Mk II went for £35,030.

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Trans America Challenge

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CALIFORNIA DREAMING AS LOVETT PORSCHE WINS TRANS-AMERICA CHALLENGE 2015Report supplied by Andrea Seed of Poppyseed Media. Photos by Gerard Brown

It was ‘California dreaming’ for Peter and Zoe Lovett when they crossed the San Francisco finish line as overall winners of the Endurance Rally Association’s Trans-America Challenge, as it's their second long distance rally win this year. Competing in their 1973 Porsche 911T for the 22-day rally across Canada

and America, the Lovett’s also won the inaugural Road to Mandalay Rally back in February behind the wheel of another Porsche.The pair had been hot on the wheels of the longtime leaders Phil Garratt and Kieron Brown in the 1977 Triumph Stag, constantly in the top three since the off. When the Stag had mechanical problems on day 17, the Lovett’s took the top spot and finished with an overall total of 0:09:07.In second place was Paul and Sandra Merryweather in the 1974 Mercedes 450 SL on 0:10:05, with Philip and Yvonne Haslam in the 1954 Jaguar XK120 DHC right behind them in third place with 0:10:11.

The 1927 Bentley 4½ Le Mans of Martin and Olivia Hunt won the Vintageant

Class, while there were also class wins for Marco Halter and Claudia Engelhardt in the 1963 Ford Falcon Coupe, and David and Jo Roberts in the 1968 Triumph TR250.Two special ‘Spirit of the Rally’ awards were presented during the prizegiving at the iconic Fairmont Hotel. The first went to Malaysia’s Hok Kiang Sia and Eric

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Martin and Olivia Hunt 1927 Bentley 4 1/2 Le Mans

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Kuan Rong Sia who had battled through the rally in their 1934 Rolls Royce Phantom II, the biggest car on the event. The second went to Richard Martin and Travis Cole who started the rally in a 1936 Alvis Speed 25 but ended up on a recovery truck on the first day. After a few days in a rental car, the crew purchased an unprepared Datsun 240z in Duluth and then set about

having parts and spares delivered to each hotel they stayed at to create a rally car by the end of the event. Now a fully prepared rally car, the Datsun will be the car of choice on next year’s Rally of the Incas.ERA Rally Director Fred Gallagher said: “This has been another superb event with a fantastic mix of cars, crews and driving skills. Our Clerk of the Course Kim

Bannister planned a brilliant route which offered iconic scenery, competitive tests and challenging terrain – everything you could hope for in an event such as this.”Around 40 vintage and classic cars arrived at the San Francisco finish line of the Endurance Rally Association’s second Trans-America Challenge, having crossed 15 states and travelled 9,500 kilometres by its end. The route has used testing roads and enjoyed spectacular views as it has used America’s roads less travelled, while still finding time to visit iconic locations such as the Battle of Little Bighorn site and Mount Rushmore.The cars involved range from a 1927 Bentley 4½-litre to a 1977

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Phillip and Yvonne Haslam 1954 Jaguar XK120DHC

MG C GT with the long road ahead

Datsun at speed Paul and Sandra Merryweather 1974 mercedes 450 SL

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John Henderson and Jeff West 1973 Chevrolet Corvette Needles Highway

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Triumph Stag, and the crews include the world’s oldest rally navigator – 97-year-old Dorothy Caldwell.The Trans-America Challenge is the Endurance Rally Association’s third rally of

2015, with two more to follow. The Alpine Trial for pre-war cars takes place early September, while the Sahara Challenge is revived for October as a shakedown for next year’s Peking to Paris. The next Trans-America Challenge will take place in 2018 with an exciting new route.To find out more about the ERA’s events, visit www.endurorally.com.

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Stephen Partridge and Corgi La Grouw 1961 Ford Galaxie Sunliner

Phil Garratt and Kieron Brown 1977 Triumph Stag

Peter Holmes and Graham Clifton 1968 Volvo PV544

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Peter and Zoe Lovett 1973 Porsche The Stag takes to the water!

Needles Highway

Needles Highway

Bentley on Big Sur

Spirit of the rally Award Hok Kiang and Eric Kuan Sia 1934 Rolls Royce Phantom II

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Flywheel at Bicester Heritage20th-21st June 2015. By Pete Austin

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Under the auspices of Duncan Wiltshire’s Historic Promotions and Daniel Geoghan from Bicester Heritage the inaugural Flywheel event

took place on 20th – 21st June. Combining historic cars, aircraft and military vehicles the war time bomber station provided the ideal backdrop.A figure of eight circuit had been laid out on the perimeter of the airfield for an interesting selection of historic cars to run on with excellent access for spectators. Chris Williams brought along two giants on the Saturday in the shape of his familiar Napier Bentley (driven by Chris himself) and the flame spitting Packhard Bentley driven by Duncan

Rounds. Another giant was the FIAT Isotta- Fraschini of the brave Michael Vardy. Two ERAs were present – the Dick Skipworth owned R3A and the E Type GP1 of Duncan Ricketts. The Kurtis 500

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Aston Martin DB2 Lightweight Le Mans - Glyn Allen

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grandson of the founder of the British and Colonial Aeroplane company later renamed Bristol. He was present on both days and on the Saturday signed the propeller of what will be the only airworthy Bristol Scout built around surviving components. Unfortunately the Avro Vulcan X558 could not after all attend but this was more than made up for with the arrival of two Spitfires and other flying displays.The military vehicles (tanks, half tracks and personnel carriers etc) on display added to the 1940s feel of the event enhanced by the voices of

Vera Lynn over the loudspeakers and Fiona Harrison in the entertainment marquee together with those in period military uniforms. Many car clubs were also in attendance giving visitors plenty to see. This event was well organised and was like a breath of fresh air. Hopefully it will be repeated next year.

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Indycar of Geraint Owen looked at home with the backdrop of a Douglas C-47 Skytrain and Barrie Williams was enjoying himself in the pioneering disc braked Jaguar C Type which Stirling Moss drove to victory at Reims in 1952.The connection between the motor industry and aviation was not forgotten when the only flying Bristol Blenheim flew in on the Sunday to give a display and be photographed with two classic Bristol cars one of which belonged to Sir George White, great

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ERA R3A

Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk XI - Peter Teichman

ERA E Type GP1 - Duncan Ricketts

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Aircrew & Bristol Blenheim Kurtis 500 - Geraint Owen

Jaguar C Type - Barrie Williams

Fiat Isotta Fraschini - Mike Vardy

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Packhard Bentley - Duncan Rounds

Sir George White signs the Bristol Scout

Alvis Speed 20 Riley Brooklands - Clive Temple

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Masters Festival, Donington ParkBy Mick Herring with additional photos by Simon & Janet Wright.This years Masters Festival at Donington Park was a mixture of Masters series and Scottish support races. With it being American Independence Day, it was fitting that several of the races featured heavy American muscle car presence, with seven Ford GT40s entered for the new Masters 4 Hour race.First out to race on Saturday were the Scottish BMW Compact Cup cars, for the first of two races over the weekend. With a switch to Nankang tyres this season and all, apart from these two 15 minute races at Donington, taking place at Knockhill this is the BMWs first venture south. Steven Dailly took both wins,

(2.78 seconds race 1 and 5.6 seconds race 2) from Gary Clark, Shaun Forsyth (only 0.331 behind Clark), Michael Courts and Carol Brown. In race two Michael Courts, Gary Clark, Cliff Harper and Neil McInnes comprised the first five behind Dailly.Next out were the Toyo Tyres Porsche Championship, which comprised 2 races over the weekend on the Donington GP circuit. With the Newer Porsche Boxsters combing with the older 924s, race1 provided a 1.38 second win for Adam Southgate from Ed Hayes and Gary Lawrence all in the Porsche Boxster.The highest placed 924s were Adam Croft, Alistair Kirkham and Philip Waters in 10th - 12th overall. Race two was a repeat of race 1 with Southgate taking a narrower 0.274 win and the 924s in the same order in 11th - 13th respectively.The Scottish Classic Sports and

Saloons Championship is also based at Knockhill with two 15 minute rounds here at Donington. The cars all use Yokohama tyres, and were split into classes according

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Start of the Masters 4 Hours race with the GT40s of Wright/Gans/Wood just ahead of Wood /Stretton

David McNaughton gets inside line on James Leslie for 13th 14th

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to engine size and year of manufacture, allowing only period modifications. Race one was won by Tommy Gilmartin's Morgan +8 by 0.9 of a second from Kieron Baillie's Lotus 7, John Kinmond's Triumph TR7 V8, Bruce Weir's Datsun 260Z

and Mark Campbell's Triumph TR5.Race 2 was a Lotus-Morgan sandwich for the top four with victory going to Mike Connon's Lotus 7 ahead of race 1 winner Gilmartin, Baillie and Andy Smith's Morgan +8 in fourth.Raymond Boyd's Porsche 911 was ahead of the Triumph TR7 V8s of John Kinmond, Graham Miller and Willy Toye.The final race of Saturday was the Masters Four Hours for Pre 66 GT cars. Sadly only five of seven GT40s entering the

Keen/Haddon AC Cobra 4th in the Masters 4 hours race

Pole man Mark Cambell Triumph TR5 and Andy Smith Morgam +8 made contact at the start of the Scottish Classic Sports & Saloon race

Campbell Triumph TR5 just about keeps it together before spinning on to the grass

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feature race would start, the David Cuff/Steve Soper car was amongst them, having qualified second. However, it was still a GT40 "tour-de-force" with the same three cars sharing the lead throughout the 4 hours. Tony Wood (sharing with Martin Stretton) led from the start, holding it for most of the first hour before Roger Wills (James Littlejohn) out braked Wood at Melbourne Hairpin, Jason Wright (Michael Gans, Andy Wolfe) maintained third. Around the hour mark, the first safety car saw Wills pit to hand over to Littlejohn. Wood stayed out, leading by almost two laps. Stretton took over 45 minutes later but returned to the pits immediately for oil.The fast Lotus Elan of David Tomlin and Richard Meaden

enjoyed several strong battles with much bigger cars to run consistently in third before giving way to the AC Cobra of Phil Keen and Andrew Haddon. After a total of four safety cars, the final one allowed Wills to catch and later pass Andy Wolfe's GT40 for the lead. At the conclusion of the four hours, Roger

Wills and James Littlejohn were victorious overall and in GTP class by 14.75 seconds from the Wright/Gans/Wolfe GT40, which took fastest race lap on lap 106 out of 123. A broken exhaust slowed the Wood/Stretton GT40, finishing third, two laps down. Keen/Haddon Cobra, took GTB honours with the Tomlin/Meaden Elan, winning GTA and recording fastest class lap on lap 100 of 123. Sixth, second in GTA, after leading the class until an unscheduled stop was father and son Michael and Sean McInerney's TVR Grantura.Perennial racers Keith Ahlers and Billy Bellinger were seventh/3rd GTA in the sleek Morgan Plus 4 SLR. The TCA class victory went to the Ford Mustang of Ruddell/Crofton and Batchelor in fourteenth.

Sunday saw another couple of categories added to the program. After the second of the Porsche races it was the first of the Masters 70s Celebration races. The two 25 minute races

Melbourne Hairpin Roger Wills passes Tony Wood for 1st place

Giant Killing Tomlin-Meaden Lotus Elan 5th

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Richard Avery Porsche Boxster ahead of Andrew Hack in another Boxster

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Sean McInerney Lotus Cortina Pre 66 Saloons

Race 1 winner Tommy Gilmartin Morgan +8 heads race 2 winner Mike Connon Lotus Seven

Andy Newall JCB Chevron B8 sideways out of Melbourne Hairpin

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John Cleland Porsche Boxster cuts the chicane

Shaun Forsyth BMW Compact leads the field through Copice

AC Cobra of Pearson/Monteverde/Smith leads the E-Type of Thomas/Greensall/LeBlanc during the Masterrs 4 Hours

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netted a win for the Chris Beighton/John Finnemore Sunbeam Tiger in race one, while race two winner was Mark Wright's Zakspeed replica Escort Mk2. A pair of second places for Nicholas King's Aston Martin DB4 Lightweight while Bruce White's Porsche 911RSR was third in the first race, with Tony Blake in his

Porsche 911 took the third podium step in the second race.After the second BMW race of the weekend, it was time for the Masters Pre-66 Touring Cars to take to the circuit. One hour of pit stop racing pitched the heavy but powerful American Ford Mustangs, Falcons and Galaxies against the home grown nimble Mini Cooper 'S' and Lotus Cortinas around Donington's long straights and tight turns. Henry Mann driving a 1965 Ford

Mustang won convincingly by 50.5 seconds from Rob and Ben Hall's Ford Falcon, who were three seconds ahead of another father and son, Mike and Mike Jr Whitaker's Mustang, driving from the back of the grid to third place when Roger Wills spun his Ford Mercury Comet Cyclone late on. Wills recovered to fourth. Next was the frantic Mini battle between Nick Swift and

Jonathan Lewis, separated by less than two seconds. Nearly 45 seconds behind the Mini battle, seventh went to Martin and Haddon's Lotus Cortina.The SRCC Sports 2000 championship had two races on Sunday. The first was won by Patrick Sherrington driving a MCR, well ahead of Tom Stoten in a Gunn TS11 and Cameron Davies in another MCR. The second race saw Sherrington down to 2nd place behind winner Michael Gibbins in yet another MCR, while Davies made it an MCR 1-2-3.

The FIA Masters Historic Sports Car Championship was a One Hour raceon Sunday afternoon. Converting pole position to a 49 second victory was just reward for Leo Voyazides and Simon Hadfield following extensive repairs needed to their Lola T70 Mk3B after it met heavily with the Craner Curves wall during the Donington Historic Festival race in May. From the start, Chris Ward kept ahead of Voyazides but his advantage was reduced when he handed their Broadley Lola T70 to owner Paul Gibson because of a faster pit stop when Hadfield took over the 2nd placed car.vThe Ward/Gibson Lola dropped further down the results after a final lap spin and a 45 second regulation infringement penalty added to their race time, a fate suffered by three other cars, dropping them to fifth. Jason Wright/Andy Wolfe took second in their Lola T70 Mk3B

Large and Little, David Hathaway Ford Galaxie Nick Swift Mini

Leo Voyazides leads Daniel Gibson Lola T70 Mk3Bs

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Beighton/Finnemore Sunbeam Tiger leads Joe Ward Vauxhall Firenza Baby Bertha in the 70s celebration

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by less than 0.4 seconds from the third place Daniel Gibson/James Littlejohn Broadley Lola T70 ahead of Michael Gans' Lola T290 FVC by 20 seconds. Sixth went to the Chris Beighton/John Finnemore Lola T70 and seventh Roger Wills' McLaren M1C, one lap behind.

Following the Historic Sports Cars was the first of two BRSCC Caterham Open Trophy races which saw Adam White take a very narrow win over Martin Amison, both well ahead of 3rd placed James Needham, all driving the Caterham Supersport model. The second race closed the meeting and saw Amison take revenge for race one, winning by 0.296 of a second ahead of White while Needham again took a distant 3rd place.

Alistair Kirkhan Porsche 924 pair of second places in class

Joe Ward Vauxhall Firenza Baby Bertha 5th and fastest class lap

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Stretton/Tomlin Lola T210 and Voyazides/Hadfield Lola avoid Loader Chevron B19 Historic Sports Car Championship

Ward/Gibson Broadley Lola T70 Mk3B dives up the inside of White Porsche 911 RSRSuperKart demo at lunch time

The Hall/Hall Ford Falcon being chased by 3 Mini Coopers Masters Pre 66 Touring Cars

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1940s weekend at the Severn Valley Railway.By Simon & Janet Wright.

The Severn Valley Steam preservation Railway (SVR) located in the Midlands has a series of stations running from Kidderminster in Worcestershire through to Bridgnorth in Shropshire. At the end of June they held a 1940’s weekend with different events at all the stations along the line.There was an impressive line up of cars lined up outside the Kidderminster station, along with various war time displays. Station staff and car owners had

made a special effort to dress in period costume. The line up of cars was typical of the period, with Austin and Morris saloons making up the majority of the cars, as they would have in period, being locally manufactured vehicles. There were also a couple of more sporty models including an upmarket Triumph Roadster, which might have been driven in period by RAF Officers after the

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second World War. The unusual car on show was a pale green American Plymouth Special Deluxe with a hood over the front windscreen and the start of the chrome and fins which would grow tremendously over the next decade on American saloons.

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Nicky Grist Stages Rally. 11th July 2015.Photos by Lucy Owen-Moczadlo. Jucy Rally Photography.

Winner Paul Bird and Aled Davies - Ford Focus 07 WRC© Lucy Owen-Moczadlo

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This years rally drew a large entry of 169 cars which provided exciting action right through the field with close battles in most of the different classes as well as for overall honours. In the end it was Paul Bird and Aled Davies who came out victorious in their Ford Focus 07 WRC by just 14 seconds ahead of David Weston and Kirsty Riddick in their Subaru Impreza. Third place went to Euan Thorburn and Richard Cooke in another Ford Focus WR02 who was only a further 13 seconds behind the

second placed car. The classic stages of Crychan and Halfway forests were in perfect condition for the event and the early leaders were Steve Petch and Charlie Payne who set equal fastest time on the first stage in their Ford Fiestas. It was Payne who opened up an early advantage but as the cars reached Halfway forest, Bird increased his attack, took fastest time and moved in to the lead.Crychen saw Bird extend his lead while Weston started to progress towards the front, getting ahead of both Fiesta drivers and just

behind current second placed Euan Thorburn in his Ford Focus. The longest stage of the event also saw the end of Wayne Sisson and Neil Shanks who rolled their Mitsubishi Evo

X out of the event and Guy Simmons whose Subaru Impreza WRC caught fire.The afternoon saw a rerun of the morning stages and saw the battle rage between the first three drivers. On the penultimate stage of the day, Thorburn reported his Focus had no brakes and then promptly

Highest Lady Driver - Car 23 Sara Williams - Subaru Impreza

2nd overall David Weston and Kirsty Riddick - Subaru Impreza WRC

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3rd overall Euan Thorburn and Richard Cooke - Ford Focus WR02


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won the stage! However the final stage at Crychan saw Weston take fastest time to secure 2nd overall.At the end of the day, only 37 cars had retired, including Group N leader Roland Llewellin and Jamie Edwards who went off the road in their Mitsubishi Evo IX on the penultimate stage. This gave the Group N win to Tom Naughton and Andy Mort in another Mitsubishi Evo IX.The closest class win went to Mike Harris and Steven Davey who won Class B10 in their Ford Fiesta R2 by just 4 seconds from the similar Fiesta of Rhys Yates and Tom Woodburn.The winner of the Historic classes was Rudi Lancaster and George Gwynn in a Ford Escort, only just over four and a half minutes behind the overall winner on elapsed time and in 24th position overall. David Lloyd Roberts and Dei Jones in a Ford Escort Mk2 and Barry Jordan and James Gratton Smith in a Hillman Avenger won the other two Historic classes. The award for the highest placed Historic crew - Classic Motor Show award and replicas went to Gary Smith and Andy Wynn in their Ford Escort Mk1 RS1600 who finished in 44th place overall. Finally

Closest class victory went to Mike Harris and Steven Davey in their Ford Fiesta R2

the highest placed lady driver was Sara Williams at the wheel of a Subaru Impreza in 16th place.

Class winner Barry Jordan and James Gratton-Smith Hillman Avenger



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Stephen Petch/Ian Windress Ford Fiesta R5+ made a great start Wayne Sisson before he rolled his Mitsubishi Evo x

Roland Llewellin and Jamie Edwards went off in their Mitsubishi Evo iX while leading Group N




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Shelsley Walsh Vintage Hill Climb,

5th July 2015.By Simon & Janet Wright with

additional photos by Pete Austin.

The Midland Automobile Club (MAC) which runs Shelsley Walsh, co-organised the Vintage Sports Cars Club (VSCC) annual visit to the oldest hill climb course at the beging of July each year. The Saturday meeting is for the Reg Phillips Trophy and is for a more modern mix of vehicles. The Sunday is the Vintage day and saw a capacity entry, many cars having driven this

course many times during their lifetime.Many of the existing Specials were originally built to compete at places like Shelsley Walsh in the past, so it was very fitting that Fastest Time of the Day (FTD) for a Pre-war car and the Fray Challenge Trophy went to Martin Spencer in

a 1938 Davenport GN Spider II with a time of 39.46 seconds for the 1000 yard course. The other overall award for the MAC Challenge Trophy for the Fastest Time of Day by a Vintage car went to Dougal Cawley in his 1929 GN/Ford Piglet with a time of 39.80 seconds.A heavy shower of rain during the afternoon got everyone wet, but the sun soon broke through to dry out the course again.The large entry meant that there were plenty of class winners through the field. These included Duncan Potter in a 1931 MG Montlhery Midget,

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Fastest Time of Day, winner Martin Spencer Davenport GN Spider IIIan Patton Amilcar CGS

Patrick Blakeney-Edwards Frazer Nash Super Sports fastest in class Dr Roger Williams Triumph Dolomite waiting for the startFor a video clip click here https://youtu.be/n-lcrSM2L4c

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Dudley Sterry - HRS Sports

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Patrick Blakeney-Edwards in a 1928 Frazer Nash Super Sports, William Lear in a 1929 Lea Francis S Hyper and Mark Brett in a 1937 Ballamy-Ford (LMB) V8 Special all in various Sports car

classes. The fastest Edwardian automobile engined car was Mike Lemon in a 1913 Vauxhall 30-98 2 Seater, while the non-automobile engined

cars were dominated by Geoff Smith driving the 9 litre 1918 Piccard-Pictet Sturtevant Aero Spl.The Special Sports car classes saw class wins for David Furnell

in his 1930/31 Austin 7 The Toy, Dr David Pryke in a 1936 Morgan/Riley 4/4, Durward Lawson in his 1937 Riley Special, plus overall winner Dougal Cawley.The Racing car classes saw class wins for Carl Gray driving a 1922/34 Hardy Special Racing S/S, David Leigh in a 1923 GN Spider, overall winner Martin Spencer, and Tom Walker in his 1930 Amilcar-Hispano Special.

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James Baxter - ERA R4A

Stuart Cooke 1925 Morris Keen Sprint Replica

Michael Vardy 1905 Fiat/Isotta Fraschini 200 HP blasts off the start line.

Mac Hulbert ERA R4DFor a video clip click here https://youtu.be/iBZW1_LYDMw

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ERA's R4A and R4D

Rod Stansfield - Lagonda Rapier Jenks

Mike Gibbs - Becke Powerplus Shelsley Special

Mike Lemon 1913 Vauxhall 30-98 2 seater 1st Edwardian automobile engined car

Bob Towell Vauxhall Prince Henry ReplicaNeil Thorp Singer Spikins The Bantam

Hugh Mackintosh 1917 Hudson Super Six racerJohn Hunter Riley TT Special

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CSCC Rockingham Motor Speedway meeting,Rockingham International Super Sportscar long circuit.

11th-12th July 2015. Images by Stuart Yates Motorsport-imagery.com.

The Classic Sports Car Club (CSCC) took to the sweeping banking and long road circuit of Rockingham for the first time since 2008 for their July race meeting. With twelve races over the 2 day meeting, six of the CSCC championships were racing in Corby, with additional races for MG Metro Cup, Toyo Tires Jaguar saloon and GT, and new for 2015, the Endurance Racing series in association with Pirelli. The regular CSCC series were the CSCC Swinging 60’s, CSCC Tin Tops with MS society, Advantage Motorsport Future Classics, the CSCC Magnificent Sevens, the CSCC Modern Classics and finally the CSCC Modern Classics.Saturday saw five races, starting with the Endurance racing series Three Hour race. There were only 10 cars for this long

race which saw the Guillaume Gruchet Porsche 997 GT3 Cup car on pole position from the Rollcentre Racing BMW M3 GTR, driven by Martin Short and Richard Neary.By the end of the first hour the Rollcentre Racing BMW had a one lap lead over the Guillaume Gruchet Porsche, with the Mike Moss BMW M3, driven by Mike Moss, Ashley Bird and Ed Platt was a further 2 laps behind in third place. By the end of the second hour, the leading pair had maintained position, while third place was now taken by the Phil Knibb Radical SR3, driven by Andrew Rath, Ben Sharich and Phil Knibb which was only one lap behind the second placed Porsche. By the end of the three hours, even a 5 second penalty for exceeding track limits did nothing to stop the Rollcentre BMW from winning, having maintained its one lap advantage for most of the race

from the Guillaume Gruchet Porsche. Third place at the end went to the Mike Moss BMW, narrowly ahead of the Phil Knibb Radical.

Ed Foster Jaguar X300 was 8th in the first Jaguar race

Mark Eales Rover Metro 1400 dices with Philip Gough in his Rover 100

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This was followed by two forty minute races for the Gold Arts Magnificent Sevens Series Group 1, which was won by Matt Spark in a Caterham Supersport 1600 from Steve Owen in a Caterham 7 Blackbird, and then Group 2, which was won by Danny Winstanley in a Caterham R300 from Simon Smith in a Caterham CSR.

The first Toyo Tires Jaguar Saloon and GT Championship race on Saturday, was a short twenty minute blast which saw Sam Clarke Jnr in a Jaguar XJS win from James Ramm in a similar car.The day was finished with a twenty minute race for the Drayton Manor Park MG Metro Cup. This gave victory to Ben Rushworth in his 1.4 litre Rover 100 from the similar car of

Mike Williams.Sunday morning was taken with more qualifying sessions, with racing starting after lunch with the second of the Drayton Manor Park MG Metro Cup

races. This was another repeat of the Saturday race with Rushworth winning from Williams by over 11 seconds.The CSCC Modern Classics Series had a forty minute race which proved to be a BMW walk over, with the Pole position BMW E36 M3 Evo of Fielding and Fielding winning from the similar cars of Smith and Moulton-Smith in second, Houlbrook and Ball in third and Lee Spencer in fourth.This was followed by the second Toyo Tires Jaguar Saloon and GT Championship race which saw a repeat of the first race on Saturday with Clarke Jnr winning from Ramm in their Jaguar XJS sports cars.The CSCC Advantage Motorsport Future Classic series was a mixture of sports cars and high powered saloons which saw Dan Eagling win from pole position in his Banks Europa but Darren Smith who eventually finished in second place had led the first half of the race in his TVR Tuscan Challenge sports car, with both drivers winning their respective classes.The CSCC Tin Tops with MS Society Series race for the more modern small saloon up to 2 litres saw the Simpson pairing

Colin Philpott Jaguar XJS was 7th in race 1 and 5th race 2

Tony Connell Rover Metro leads Andrew Jolly Rover Metro

Lee Spencer BMW E36 M3 Modern Classics




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a relatively small grid of thirteen cars for this combined series, with just four Ford Puma cars at the rear end of the grid. The overall winner was the BMW M3 Evo E36 of Houlbrook and Ball

who had a massive margin of over 36 seconds after the forty minute race over their nearest rival Mike Marais in his Seat Leon, while Stuart Mead was almost a lap down in third place at the wheel of his Lotus Elise. The Puma class was won by James Clarke in eighth place overall. The meeting was closed with the CSCC Swinging Sixties Series having a forty minute race in to the evening with the race finishing around 7pm. It was another race where the pole sitter was able to turn their practice advantage in to a race win. The Ginetta G4 of Halstead and McPherson finished just over six seconds ahead of the Lotus 7 Series 2 of Will Hodges, while David Holroyd in a Lotus Elan was over a minute behind in third place.

take a close victory in their Peugeot 206 RC from pole man Richard Woods in his Ford Focus while Carl Chambers was a close third in his Peugeot 306 Rallye.The CSCC New Millennium and Dunlop Puma Cup series saw

Honda Civic Type R of the Hutchins pairing takes the finishing flag in the Tin Tops race

Paul Dolan Ford Puma failed to finish the Dunlop Puma Cup race

Mark Heynen Mini in the Swinging Sixties race




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MG Midget of the Chaplin pair battles with Jon Ellison Triumph TR6 in the Swinging Sixties race

Harris and Selby Ford Puma battles with the Windmill and Allen Peugeot 106 in the Tin Tops race

Robert Williams Honda Integra DC5 was 5th in New Millenium race

The Modern Classics winning BMW E36 M3 Evo of the Fieldings

Pontiac Trans Am of the Grey’s in the Future Classics race

Derek Pearce Jaguar Mk2 in the Jaguar Race


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Goodwood Festival of SpeedPhotos and report by Syd Wall.

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The huge outdoor motor show and hill climb that is the Festival of Speed brought more than 100,000 visitors to Goodwood House for this year's 23rd edition.Now held over four days, with the recent addition of Thursday’s Moving Motor Show, it is so big that you really need to be there for three days to have a hope of seeing everything. Some say that the

show is the same every year but why change a winning formula?Fans of modern motor sport had five F1 teams with contemporary and recent cars, the top four Le Mans series hybrid cars, current World

Rally Cars on the rally stage and and just about every supercar known to man. The same goes for motor bikes and both classes of racing provided hordes of top drivers and riders: Hamilton, Button, Rosberg, Rossi, Stoner to name but a few.But for me, it’s the historic elements that make the show. The definition of historic depends on how old you are,

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but unless you are aged over 105 you will find something historic going right back to the 1908 Mors Grand Prix and 1905 Darracq 200hp.Perhaps the historic highlight was seeing Stirling Moss celebrating the 60th anniversary of his landmark victory at the Mille Miglia in 1955, in a parade of 7 Mercedes SLRs driven by Hans Hermann, Jochen Mass and Klaus Ludwig, amongst others.

The weekend ended with the final shoot out between the fastest 10 timed cars over the weekend. The winner was Ollie Clark, son of Roger, his huge bewinged 780hp Subaru Impreza narrowly beating two more winged hill climb specials from Pikes Peak: Jean Philippe Dayraut’s 900hp Mini and Rod Millen’s 850hp Toyota Celica.Roll on next year for more of the same.

Winner of the shoot out, Ollie Clark, son of Roger, Subaru Impreza1970 Yardley BRM P153 of Pedro Rodriguez


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Peugeot 404 Diesel set 40 endurance records 50 years ago driven by Philippe Cornebois

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Damon Hill driving Graham’s Lotus 49

Terry Grant took the new Nissan Juke Nismo RS all the way up the hill on 2 wheels

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Highham Special ‘Babs’ Land Speed record car

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1939 Delahaye 165 Cabriolet (Peter Mullin Automotive Museum in California) Class winner Sweeping Statements (The Figoni et Falaschi class)

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Silverstone Classic 24th-26th July 2015By Simon and Janet

Wright, with additional photos by Pete Austin

and Mick Herring.The Silver anniversary 25th Silverstone Classic was a gold star event with a record crowd of over 100,000 people attending over the 3 days of the event in England. Unfortunately the weather was mainly grey and wet for two of the three days. The Friday Practice day was very wet throughout, with several qualifying sessions run behind the

safety car as the track was too wet, and the grids for those races were decided by previous race performances. Saturday dawned bright and sunny and was the best day of the weekend, and it was also the longest day of the the meeting. Racing started at 9am in the morning with the first of the Historic Formula Junior races, and the Group C race did not start until 8:30pm in the dusk of the evening and ran until 9pm. This was

followed by a Status Quo concert on the infield, which was free for everyone attending Silverstone on the Saturday.Unfortunately, Sunday was another washout, with heavy rain falling during most of the day. This did not deter the drivers from putting on a fine display of wet weather racing skills to entertain the crowds, and there were plenty of spins and offs to keep everyone on their toes. The were a total of twenty races over the weekend, covering everything from beginners low powered historic Formula Junior single seaters from the early 1960s, right through many decades of powerful Grand Prix cars dating back to the 1950s right up to the Masters Series for Historic Formula 1 cars up from the 1970s and 80s. The Formula Juniors had two races over the weekend, starting both Saturday and Sunday races. Although Jonathan Milicevic

in his Cooper T59 claimed pole position, it was Sam Wilson that won both races in his Lotus 20/22. The Sunday race in wet conditions had a multiple car collision at the start which caused a restart, but Wilson took the lead to easily win the second race.The Maserati Trophy for HGPCA Pre ’66 Grand Prix cars saw

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U2TC - Oliver & Shaw - BMW 1800 TiSA © Mick Herring

Stirling Moss Trophy Three abreast into Village Gregor Fisken Ferrari 246S 1st Tony Wood Lister Jaguar Knobbly 3rd, Richard Kent Lister Jaguar Costin 5th

Le Blanc/Van Lanschot Austin Healey 3000 Mk2 and Adkins/Stirling Lotus Elite RAC Tourist Trophy for Historic cars

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Julian Bronson in the Scarab Offenhauser on pole position, but it was former BTCC Champion Tim Harvey who took both race wins in a Cooper T51. The latest cars on the race programme were the Masters Historic Formula One field which saw Martin Stretton driving the Tyrrell 012 claim pole position and he won

both races from Sam Hancock in the Fittipaldi F5A. The circuit obviously suited the Tyrrell design as Loic Deman was 3rd on Saturday in a Tyrrell 010, with the first three all winning their respective classes, and Andy Wolfe was 3rd in the wet on Sunday in aTyrrell 011. Deman finished 4th on Sunday and again won his class. There was a good entry for these races including two LEC CRP1 cars originally driven by David Purley and now driven by James Littlejohn and Joe Twyman. In the dry race on Saturday Twyman finished 13th and in the wet on Sunday improved to 10th, while Littlejohn was 16th in the dry but not classified in the wet race. Dan Collins in a Lotus 91 won the Invitation class on Saturday while Richard Smeeton was the final class winner on Saturday in his March 721G. On Sunday the Invitation class was taken by Neil Glover in an Arrows A5.

Saloon car fans were treated to `Pre 66 under 2 litre touring cars and more modern Super Touring Cars from the 1970s and 80s.The under 2 litre Touring Cars qualified under wet conditions and that gave the little Austin Mini Cooper S the first three places on the grid, with pole position going to Robert and Josh

Maserati Trophy HGPCA Pre 66 Grand Prix cars double winner Tim Harvey - Cooper T51

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Formula Junior Jonathan Hughes Brabham BT6 2nd, Callum Grant Merlyn Mk5-7 3rd

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Martin Stretton Tyrrell 012 won both Masters Historic F1 races

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Beebee. An interesting entry for this race was a Ford Lotus Cortina for BTCC team mates Matt Neal and Gordon Sheddon, who qualified way down in 14th place in the wet. Saturday was dry and the Neal/Shedden Cortina was in 3rd place by the end of lap 1 and got engaged in a battle with another Ford Lotus Cortina of Mark Sumpter and Mike Jordan for 4th place. In the mean time another Ford Lotus Cortina driven by Grant Tromans and Richard Meaden was leading the race until lap 12 when Neal and Shedden took the lead which they held to the chequered flag. Their victory was by more than 13 seconds from Sumpter and Jordan with Meaden and Tromans in 3rd.

The Super Touring Car Trophy had a race each day, with Darren Fielding and Adam Morgan on Pole position in the BMW M3 in the wet qualifying. In the dry race on Saturday, returning driver Frank Wrathall moved his way through the field, from 25th place on the grid, to take victory from James Dodd in a Honda Accord in 2nd and Stewart Whyte in another Honda Accord in 3rd place. The wet race on Sunday saw a shortened

race and quite a few of the valuable historic cars decided not to run. This left the win for Stewart Whyte in his Honda Accord, who just managed to hold off a charging Patrick Watts in the Peugeot 406, while Jan Bot was 3rd in his BMW E30 M3.

Sports Car and GT fans were not forgotten with Pre war Sports Cars, Pre 61 Sports Cars, Pre 56 Sports Cars, Pre 63 GT cars, Pre 66 GT Cars and both the Masters Historic sports Cars series for Le Mans cars from the 1960s and 70s and the fastest

Group C sports cars. Race 4 for the Kidston Trophy for pre-war Sports Cars was the first sports car action of the meeting. Richard Evans and Gareth Burnett took pole in the 1931 Talbot 105 Alpine, but in the race Burnett ended up 2nd behind the Frazer Nash Super Sports of Frederic Wakeman and Patrick Blakeney-Edwards.A new race for this year was the Jet Battle of Britain Trophy for British

Neil Perkins had a quick spin at Luffield during the Kidston Trophy race

Kidston Trophy - Sam Stretton - Alta Sports

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Mark Wright Ford Escort RS1800 inside Ollie Hancock BMW 3.0 CSL Super Touring race

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sports and saloon cars. There was a very large entry for this race, with Mini, Ford Cortina and Mk II Jaguar saloons pitted against MG B, Aston Martin, Jaguar E Type, TVR and Lotus sports cars, plus other more unusual cars like the Ogle SX1000 and the Deep Sanderson 301. The wet qualifying helped level performance with Matt Nicoll-Jones take pole in his Jaguar E-Type but he was only 0.056 of a second faster than the Austin Mini Cooper S of Jonathan Lewis. The first race on Saturday was dry and the sportscars dominated, with Mike Whitaker winning in his TVR Griffith from Nicoll-Jones E-Type a distant 2nd and Steve Soper in another E-Type 3rd. The best placed saloon was Lewis in the Mini in 12th. Race two on Sunday was wet and shortened to only 4 laps. Nicoll-Jones again showed his wet weather driving skills to win from Whitaker in the TVR. This time Lewis was 3rd, only 13 seconds behind the winner and

under 2 seconds behind the TVR.Saturday evening saw the main sports car action with the FIA Masters Historic Sports Cars not taking to the track until 5:25 pm for a 50 minute race. Richard Meins and Rob Huff were on pole position in the Lola T70 Mk3B, but it was Martin O’Connell from the front row that was ahead at the chequered flag, to win by over 8 seconds from the Lola T70 Mk3B’s of Franchitti and Meaden, Tromans and Stretton and Wright and Wolfe. The first three also won their respective classes.Moving further in to the dusk it was the turn of the International Trophy for Classic GT Cars (Pre ’66) to take to the circuit between 7:10pm and 8:10pm on Saturday evening. Martin O’Connell was back out after his win in the Sports cars to show that a 50 minute race had

Jet Battle of Britain Trophy - Race 1 winner Mike Whitaker - TVR Griffith

FIA Masters Historic Sports Cars - Franchitti & Meaden - Lola T70 Mk3B

FIA Masters Historic Sports Cars - Martin O'Connell - Chevron B19

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not tired him and took victory in the GT race. Robert Bremner and Anthony Read had taken pole position in their AC Cobra from Tim Harvey in the Bizzarrini 5300 GT, while O’Connel had qualified 60th in the Jaguar E-Type in the wet. The race was dry and while Gans and Wolfe held the initial lead in their AC Cobra, it only took till lap 9 for O’Connell to catch them and by lap 11 he was in the lead, winning by over 12 seconds after an hours racing in the dusk.

The final race of this long day at the Classic was the first of the two Group C races of the weekend. To give a feeling of the Le Mans 24 Hours event, this 30 minute race didn’t start until 8:30pm. By recent standards, this was quite a small field of only 13 cars with Bob Berridge on pole position in the Nissan R90 from David Methley in the Spice SE89 in the wet qualifying. The race saw two more cars join the back of the grid, but unfortunately Judy Lyons only managed 1 lap in the Gebhardt

C91 and Eric Rickenbacher only got the Cheetah to lap 8 before also retiring. The dry race conditions allowed Christophe D’Ansembourg to strech the legs of the Big Cat to take victory in the Jaguar XJR14 by over 15 seconds ahead of Berridge in the Nissan. Steve Tandy took a class win in 3rd place in his Spice SE90. The race on Sunday was wet and shortened to 15 minutes. Only 7 cars came out in the bad conditions which saw Steve Tandy lead home a Spice 1-2-3 with David Methley 2nd and winning his class and Aaron Scott 3rd. Young Michael Lyons had returned from GT duties in Europe to race the Gebhardt and finished 4th to win his class.Sunday was started with the RAC Woodcote Trophy race for Pre ’56 Sports cars. Wolfgang Friedrichs had taken pole position in his Aston Martin DB3S but could only manage 3rd place in the race with Simon Hadfield. In the wet conditions, they were beaten by a pair of E-Type Jaguars driven by John Young and Chris Ward who won by over 12 seconds from the similar E-Type of Gary Pearson.

Sunday also saw the RAC Tourist Trophy for Historic cars (Pre ’63 GT) 50 minute race in the wet. Pole had gone to the Friedrichs and Hadfield Aston Martin DB4 GT and they won the race by over 14 seconds from the E-Type Jaguar of Melling

Group C in to the twilight - Tommy Dreelan - Porsche 962

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and Hall.The final sports car race was the HSCC regular, the Guards Trophy race. Peter and Nathan Dod had claimed pole position in their TVR Griffith from James Schryver in his Chevron B8. The wet race saw the Dod TVR back in 21st place by the end, while Sandy Watson and Martin O’Connell took another race win in a Chevron B8 over 1 minute ahead of Kremer in the Elva Mk8 in 2nd and Hadfield and Schryver in 3rd.Finally, there were two demonstration sessions for Legends of

Modern Formula 1 and 90s GT Legends over the weekend.Away from the track, there was an Auction of classic cars and racing cars, and the centre of the circuit was filled with thousands of classic and supercars, plus a trade village and various entertainment for the fans to enjoy. It may have been damp, but the record crowd didn’t let the bad weather stop

them enjoying the largest Classic Motorsport event in the country. There were even Drag racing demos on part of the old

circuit. Beside the races, other car action took place at the Classic. Various parades took place around the circuit each lunchtime, with Nissan celebrating its Skyline model in one parade on Saturday while Sunday had a special ‘Silver’ parade of silver cars.

Super Aguri Legends of Modern Formula One

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Warwick Banks Trophy U2TC A Stortoni Austin Mini Cooper S 18th

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Pre ’66 GP cars Barry Cannell Cooper T51 5th

Barry Walker Jordan Honda EJ12 Legends of Modern F1

A & M Banks Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA U2TC Mark Sumpter Porsche 911 GT1 90s GT Legends

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Beside the track action, the Silverstone Classic can probably claim to be one of the largest static car shows, with all kinds of owners clubs displaying members vehicles. Apart from the normal clubs for Mini and Ford, you will find more unusual models like Bristol and Piper parked next to Ferrari, Bentley, Aston Martin and Porsche. Jaguar owners have one of the best locations, on the bank overlooking Copse corner, while Corvette were between Brooklands and Luffield. Piper Alfa Romeo

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been used for hill climb events was sold for £140,625. It had recently been raced in the HSCC Martini series and had scored 4 wins out of 4 races in 2014 driven by Ian Flux. A special 1959 Cooper Monaco sold well above its expected price at £219,375 and was raced over the weekend. See seperate News story.

Silverstone Auctions held one of their prestigious auction events at the classic, using two large halls on the top level of the Silverstone Wing building, above the International pits and paddock. There was a massive selection of both road and racing cars for sale, ranging from a 1930 Austin Chummy right through to an Osella Grand Prix car from the 1980s. There were vehicles suitable for every pocket. A 1978 Last Edition Volkswagen Beetle sold for £11,812, a white 1968 Austin Mini Cooper S Mk II went for £23,625. The most expensive road car was a Porsche 911 that sold for £159, followed closely by a De Tomaso Pantera that sold for £157,There were quite a few competition cars also for sale, with quite a selection of former European Formula 3 Champion Piercarlo Ghinzani vehicles. His 1977 March Toyota F3 championship winning car sold for £39,375, the 1979 March Toyota F3 he drove in the Italian F3 championship went for £42,750. The 1983 Osella Alfa

Silverstone Auctions at the Silverstone Classic.By Simon and Janet Wright.

Romeo FA1/83 Grand Prix car he drove in the 1983 F1 World Championship sold for £81,000,

the 1985 Benetton Toleman Hart F1 went for just £30,940 and the 1986 Osella Alfa Romeo F1 sold for £45,00. All the F1 cars went below their expected minimum prices.A lovely example of a 1975 Osella PA3 BMW M12 sports prototype, which had mainly

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Following the hill record being broken in May by reigning champion Scott Moran, now 48.81 seconds, the Avon Tyres/TTC Group MSA British Hillclimb Championship made its second visit to Harewood today.A wide variety of chassis and engines, the growing crop of "motorbike" V8s ranged against ex-Formula one Judd, Cosworth HB and ex-Indy car (Nicholson-McLaren ex-Cosworth, devoid of turbos and enlarged capacity) engines up against 4-cylinder turbo examples.Both Top 12 Run-Offs were weather affected, a brief sharp

British Hillclimb ChampionshipRounds 17 and 18 Harewood

5th July 2015. By Mick Herring.

shower as the cars were being called to the first run-off favoured later cars on the fast drying track.In round 17 Trevor Willis stopped the clocks at 49.21 seconds and 138 mph in his 3.2 litre OMS 28, with reigning champion Scott Moran on 49.49 seconds also 138 mph, third was Will Hall's 2L turbo Force WH Xtec at 49.61 seconds and 143 mph followed by Wallace Menzies 3500cc Gould GR55B and Jos Goodyear's 1340cc supercharged GWR Raptor with 51.71 seconds. Round 18 was spectacularly overshadowed by thunder,

Scott Moran Gould GR61X won round 18 and was second in round 17

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lightning and increasingly heavy rain.Early runner Scott Moran took the round with 49.72 seconds followed by Dave Uren's 1299 turbo Force PC at 51.61 seconds and Eynon Price's Gould GR59 1600 on 51.80 seconds, thereafter the times dipped steeply, with round 17 winner Willis

being the last to record a time, in ninth, nearly 20 seconds slower than Moran.

Other particularly interesting cars or drivers competing were 1988 British Hillclimb champion Charles Wardle now in a Porsche Boxster.Several Channel Island competitors made the journey to Yorkshire including the daughter and father driven V8 Skoda of Jodie Bush and Barry Moignard, his first visit for eighteen years

Mike Manning Ford Puma 2L Turbo

Trevor Willis OMS 28 round 17 winner crosses finishing line

Robert Dwane 1399 Falcon MiniPeter Jory 7.6 Chevrolet Special

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and using the same car but with the course extended, the records kept for old settings and gear ratios no longer valid, plus a pair of Chevrolet Specials, these cars have in-line gearboxes connected by very short prop to Jaguar diff, probably have their origins in Sand Racing are powered by V8s of 6.8 and 7.6 litres respectively.

Three wheeling Subaru Impreza

Barry Moignard Skoda V8 eighteen year absence from Harewood

Dave Uren 1299 turbo force PC second in round 18

Will Hall had a wet run in his Force AER WH 2.0 t

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Andrew Russell 1120 Ginetta G15

OMS constructor Steve Owen OMS 28 BMW 1000

Emma Rayson 6.8 Chevrolet SpecialJohn Bradburn Gould GR55 Cosworth HB 3500

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Stars and Stripes, Tatton Park, Cheshire. 4th-5th July 2015. Photos by David Goose, Motorsport-imagery.com

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This was the 27th annual American car show at Tatton Park, which attracts around 47,000 visitors over the weekend. The event is organised by Cheshire Auto Promotions and attracts around 1000 American cars, trucks and vehicles over the weekend, ranging from the 1940s through to the 1970s. Plenty of fins and chrome and muscle cars from Chevrolet, Ford, Pontiac and other famous American manufacturers. Custom cars are always popular along with a ‘Wall of Death’ display and an all American Wild West shoot out.One of the attractions this year was a display of 100 Ford Mustangs to celebrate the 50th anniversary of this classic American icon.

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Classic Nostalgia, Shelsley Walsh. 18th-19th July 2015.By Simon & Janet Wright with additional photos by Pete Austin.

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This years Classic Nostalgia weekend at Shelsley Walsh was one of the high-lights of the historic motorsport year so far. Although a relatively small venue compared to some of the others in the country, Shelsley Walsh has more history and atmosphere than any other motorsport venue in the World! This event always draws a large crowd, and this years was thought

to be a record, many of whom dressed in period outfits from the 1940s, 50s and 60s to be part of this special event. This year the event was celebrating three anniversaries all rolled in to one event. Five times Le Mans winner Derek Bell was the main guest of honour, on the 40th anniversary of his first Le Mans victory. Jaguar was present as part of the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust display to celebrate 80 years of the Jaguar name, 60 years of the Jaguar Mk 1, 60 years since the last works entry at Le Mans, 40 years of the XJ Coupe and 25 years since a Jaguar won the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The final celebrations were for Chevron which were celebrating the 50th anniversary of the marque with a special Chevron class in the hill climb event.

Derek Bell drove his famous Porsche 956 Le Mans winning car up the hill twice on Sunday, as well as driving the Broadspeed Jaguar XJ12 Coupe which he had raced in the European Touring Car series in 1976. Derek said “I am like a kid in the candy store here today, being allowed to drive a selection of

Derek Bell

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Derek Bell in the Broadspeed Jaguar XJ12 Coupe

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cars from over my career. Everyone has their own favourite, but to drive the Porsche 956 up this historic and very narrow track is a pure joy, and the appreciation shown by such a huge number of spectators is just brilliant. This really has been a fantastic event and of course in such a beautiful setting, and I have had a truly wonderful time here today” As well as driving, Derek was interviewed on stage in the courtyard at lunchtime by Toby Moody in front of a large crowd, and he then signed

lots of autographs for his many fans. Jaguar had arranged for the Broadspeed Jaguar to be present along with a Le Mans Jaguar XJR 9 from 1987, as raced by Jan Lammers and John Watson in the

1987 World Sports Car Championship, which Jaguar won. From America Jaguar had brought the famous Bob Tulles Group 44 Jaguar E Type which won the 1975 SCCA Championship in America. All these Jaguar cars made demonstration runs up the famous hill climb course over the weekend. The sight and sounds of these superb Jaguars as they roared up the hill will be remembered for a long time by the large crowd of spectators who lined the hill. Norman Dewis OBE, the famous Jaguar test and

Anthony Reid - Chevron B1Norman Dewis

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Derek Bell also drove the Group C Jaguar XJR9

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development driver was also present on Sunday and was driven up the hill in an E-Type Jaguar before signing autographs in the paddock.Beside the competition on the hill there was a ‘fashion’ parade in the courtyard to select the best dressed male and female, along with 40s music and dancing demonstrations. There was also a flying display at lunch time by Richard Goodwin in a Pitts

S2S G-EWIZ who performed an amazing aerobatic displayThe competitive field for the hill climb competition were all in vintage or classic cars or suitable replicas, like the three

GT40s. There was also a class for Chevron racing cars to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the company. It was fitting that the Fastest time of Day on both Saturday and Sunday went to local driver Keith Harris in his 1973 Chevron B25 despite having a few gear selection problems on the car before ‘cobbling’ the gearbox back together. Other class winners included Paul Jones driving his Britax Mini Cooper, Hugo Pickup in an Austin 7 Ulster, Tom Cowley in a 1952 Cooper, Mike Gallery in a 1965 Mini Cooper S, Nick Stephens in a Lotus 51B, Kim Johnson in a Mallock and Richard Mason in an Austin Healey 3000. Another interesting car making its Shelsley Walsh debut was a 1962 Lotus 24 BRM driven by Teme Valley driver Malcolm Thorne.Finally in the Orchard car park, quite a few of the classic car owners had taken part in the Classic and Sports Cars Concours event which was won by Chris Sherwood from Hereford with his 1951 Lancia Aurelia Cabriolet, which was the 1951 Geneva Motor Show display car, built by Pininfarina.

Richard Goodwin in a Pitts S2S G-EWIZ

Paul Jones Britax Mini Cooper Class winnerClick here for video clip https://youtu.be/PNTZ0E0nKeM Chris Sherwood won the Concours event. Norman Dewis and Simon Taylor present his award

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Anthony Reid

Robert Dyke - White Whistling Billy

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Malcolm Thorne Lotus 24 BRM F1

Nicholas Jarvis Chevron B16

Jaguar D Type doing a passenger runGeoff Mansfield Jaguar Kougar Sports

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Archive Photo of the month. By Pete Austin

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Taking part in the FIA Masters Historic Formula One races at the recent Silverstone Classic were two Lec CRP1 cars. Raced by David Purley in the 1977 season the first car was virtually destroyed at Silverstone during practice for the 1977 Grand Prix. Purley spent the rest of the season recovering from serious leg injuries suffered in the accident. A further car was built for a recovered Purley to drive in the 1979 Aurora AFX series. He is pictured here at Brands Hatch in August of that year where the car retired. He sadly died in 1985 when his Pitts Special aerobatic plane crashed in the English Channel.

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1,000 mile Trial. 13th-18th July 2015.

By Simon and Janet Wright.The 2015 Royal Automobile Club 1000 mile Trial, organised by the Historic Endurance

Rallying Organisation (HERO), started in the rain from the Royal Automobile Club’s country home at Woodcote Park in Epson. The forty one car entry headed to Hook near Hampshire for the first overnight stop. The battle for the lead was taken up by William Medcalf and Dan Harrison in their 1927 4 1/2 litre Bentley and last years winners John Abel and Martyn Taylor in their 1937 Lagonda LG45. This fight for the lead was to rage until a mistake on the Lake Vyrnwy regularity in North Wales on Thursday cost the Bentley team any chance of victory. They arrived at a control 48 seconds early which cost them the lead.

Abel and Taylor went on to take their second victory in a row while Medcalf and Harrison finished 2nd. The third spot went to the Arrive and Drive AC 16/80 March Special driven by Paul Crosby and Andy Pullan. The route took the teams North to Coombe Abbey at Coventry for the second night stop-over, then further north to Chester for the third night with a stop at Chatsworth House for lunch on the way. Thursday saw the

Tony & Pauline Mather 1937 Citroen Traction Avant

Charles & Francesca Andrews 1937 Adler Trumpf 1.7 EV

Richard Wills & Julian Cranwell 1938 BMW 326 Frazer Nash

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teams returning south via a run up the Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb course to Chateau Impney, where a test was laid out on the new hill climb course which had been used for the first time the weekend before the trial. The crews then used the Chateau Impney hotel for the Thursday over night stop. The final day on Friday saw the crews heading for Goodwood via lunch at Wilton House. After a couple of tests on Goodwood Hill, the teams

returned to Woodcote House for the finish. The other class winners were Steve and Julia Robertson in an MG PB 4 seat Tourer, Martin and Lesley Neal in an MG TA, Viola Procovio and Jessica Dickson in a Bugatti Type 37A, John Rushton and Jeremy Haylock in their Talbot 105 Alpine and finally James and Andrew Mann in their Lagonda M45 T5 Body.There were several special awards as follows:Team Award went to Two Wrongs Don’t Make A Right (Or Left) which consisted of the Bentley Derby Special of Charles Graves

and Ron Palmer, the Lagonda LG45 of winners John Abel and Martyn Taylor and the Bentley 4 1/4 of Stuart Anderson and Richard Lamely. The mixed crew award went to Martin and Lesley Neal in their MG TA. The Spirit of the Rally Award went to Rob and Jeanne Jeurissen in their Bentley Derby Special.Against All Odds Award went to Gordon McCulloch and Peter Wallman in their Fraser Nash “Shelsley’ TT Replica.

Jonathan Turner & Ben Cussons 1934 Triumph Dolomite 8C

Paul Crosby & Andy Pullan 1937 AC March 16/80 Special

William Medcalf & Dan Harrison 1927 Bentley 4 1/2 litre

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The Best Dressed Crew went to Tony and Pauline Mather in the Citroen Traction Avant and finally the Concours d’Elegance went to the Alvis Speed 20 SA of Jose and Manuel Romao de Sousa.

Winners John Abel & Martyn Taylor 1937 Lagonda LG45

John Ruston & Jeremy Haylock 1934 Talbot 105 Alpine Paul Gregory & Nick Savage 1933 Alfa Romeo 8C Touring Spider outside Chateau Impney

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Rob & Jeanne Jeuissen 1934 Bentley Derby Special

Katarina Kyvalova & Knud Sassmannshausen 1928 Bentley 4 1/2 litre

Michele di Paolo & Livia La Terza 1935 Riley Sprite

Amnon Rafalowicz & Frits Zeinstra 1934 Lagonda M45

Wessel von Loringhoven & Patrick Burke 1938 BMW 328 Frazer Nash

James Page & Francis Galashan 1938 Alvis 4.3 Vanden Plas

Manuel Enes & Alexandra Pombo 1933 MG J2

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