Classic and Competition Car 83 August 2017

August 2017

The 21st Century magazine about cars and motorsport of the past and present.

In this issue

BARC Rockingham

Classic Nostalgia Shelsley Walsh

Flywheel, Bicester Heritage

Chateau Impney Hill Climb

Goodwood FOS

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Our Team.

Contents

Simon Wright Editor Janet Wright.

Staff Photographer.

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News.

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Flywheel, Bicester Heritage.

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BARC Rockingham.

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Cars in the Park, Lichfield.

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NSRA Nostalgia Nationals meeting. Shakespeare County Raceway.

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Chateau Impney Hill Climb.

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British GT Championship, Spa

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VSCC Shelsley Walsh hill climb.

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Stars and Stripes, Tatton Park.

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Pete Clews Memorial 3 Wheeler sprint, Curborough.

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Goodwood Festival of Speed.

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Archive Photo of the month.

Independant Freelance contributors in this issue.

Pete Austin.

Syd Wall.

David Goose & Stuart Yates of Motorsport-Imagery All content is copyright classicandcompetitioncar.com unless otherwise stated. All photographs are copyright and cannot be used for commercial purposes unless by prior approval of the original copyright holder.

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Classic Nostalgia hill climb, Shelsley Walsh.

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The Thrilling Thirties, Kenilworth Castle.

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MSVR Rockingham.

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Stourbridge Pre war car club 50th Anniversary Open Day.

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MGCC Triple M Register, Cadwell Park.

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Editorial.

Historic motorsport continues to thrive in Britain, but modern motorsport seems to be under global threat. We may lose the British Grand Prix. There is only one major manufacturer left in LMP1 for the World Endurance Championship for next year, and Mercedes are pulling out of the DTM to go Formula E racing.

With the Government banning new Petrol and Diesel cars from 2040, Formula E may have a lot to live up to.

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News

Rosemary Smith becomes oldest person to drive a Renault Sport F1 car.

At 79 years old, Irish rally driver Rosemary Smith got behind the wheel of a Renault Sport Formula One car as part of the Renault teams 40th anniversary celebrations. She became the oldest person to drive a Formula One car when she took to the track at Paul Ricard in the south of France. This fulfilled one of her life long ambitions and she was able to compare notes with current Grand Prix driver Joyleon Palmer.

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Bron Burrell and Puff the Magic Wagon.

The adventures of Bron Burrell and Puff the Magic Maxi continue. After her recent rallying adventures, she was invited to take part in the Goodwood Festival of Speed on the custom rally stage that runs at the top of the hill.

She was flying on the rally stage and enjoyed the whole experience.

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Alfa Romeo Stelvio.

Alfa Romeo have joined the growing ranks of SUV manufacturers, with the new Stelvio being their first ever SUV. Prices will start at £33,990 On The Road (OTR). The car is fitted with Q4 all wheel drive, and two engines will be available at launch. The 2 litre petrol engine develops 280 hp, while the 2.2 litre diesel develops 210 hp combined with a ZF eight speed automatic transmission as standard. There will be four trim levels available from September - Stelvio, Super, Speciale and Milano Edizione. It has a Euro NCAP five star rating - best in category for adult occupant protection.

The 2 litre petrol offers the best performance, going from 0 - 62mph in 5.7 seconds and a top speed of 143 mph. On the combined cycle it returns 40.4 mpg and emits just 161 g/km CO2. The diesel returns 58.9 mpg, with a top speed of 134 mph and 0-62 mph in just 6.6 seconds. To improve handling, the car is the lightest of the mid size SUV vehicles thanks to its lightweight body structure and carbon fibre driveshafts.

The car made its public debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.

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New ProtonRally car makes public debut.

Ollie Mellors take the Proton IRIZ R5 rally car on it’s very first run in public at the Goodwood Festival of Speed on the special rally stage at the top of the hill.

Alta 61 I.S. Single Seater.

The fastest time of Day at the recent VSCC hill climb meeting at Shelsley Walsh was set by Ian Baxter driving the 1937 Alta 61 I.S. Single seat racing car.

It was originally built in 1937 by Geoffrey Taylor’s Alta Engineering company for Philip Jucker. The monoposto was raced by him in the Campbell Trophy Grand Prix at Brooklands on 1st May in that year before he was involved in a fatal accident a month later during practice for the RAC Light Car Race on the Isle of Man. The car was then re-built by Alta for George Abecassis who paid £415 for the car, a quarter of the price of an ERA. Abecassis made his debut in the car at Brooklands opening meeting in 1938. At the following Easter meeting he took his first win in the car. He also claimed the Imperial Trophy at Crystal Palace in 1938. He successfully campaigned it in more than forty races Pre-war. He continuing to take part in Race and Hill Climb events until 1947. Now fully restored it looks like continuing its winning ways.

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1965 Bentley T Type Single seater racing car.

Seen at Flywheel, this front engined monster has a wheelbase of 8ft 10in and aluminium body panels mounted on a steel chassis. The 6.5 litre V8 dry sump engine and four speed gearbox gives a weight distribution of 62% front to 38% rear. The engine is also supercharged and it is estimated that the power unit produces around 400 bhp. Amazingly the car appears to have been built without any racing series in mind.

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Derek Buckler built his first special in 1947, based on the Ford 1172cc side valve engine. After success in a wide range of motorsport, thanks to the lightweight spaceframe tubular chassis and his own design of independent suspension, Buckler began production of the Mk V. His next model was the Mk X. He sold the cars either in kit form or as complete vehicles.

The Buckler 90 was a full width streamlined body, capable of 90 mph from the 1172cc engine. At this time the Coventry Climax engine was the thing for racing, so the DD1 had the engine and a De Dion rear suspension. The DD2 came next with cheaper components for those on a tight budget.

In 1958 he introduced the BB100 with a central backbone chassis tubular spaceframe fitted with a front mounted Ford © Janet Wright

Paul Steed Buckler DD1

100E engine, lying at 45 degrees covered with an aluminium body. The 100 denoted the top speed of the vehicle.

The 70th anniversary was celebrated at the Classic Nostalgia meeting at Shelsley Walsh, with eight cars competing on the event. © Simon Wright

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George Brown Buckler 90

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Brian Malin Buckler Mk 5

Richard Brown Buckler Mk 15

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Legendary Rally cars at Cholmondeley Castle RallyFest.

Visitors to this years Dayinsure Wales Rally GB will be treated to a stunning display of iconic rally cars from Group B, Group A and the WRC at Cholmondeley Castle’s RallyFest.

The Rally Legends display will be open to the public throughout the day long event, and the cars will also do demonstration runs on the parkland stage at Cholmondeley Castle. They will be the perfect curtain raiser for the FIA World Rally Championship cars that will arrive in the middle of the afternoon. Advanced tickets at reduced price are available now. Further details on the event can be found on the official www.walesrallygb.com website.

Audi to be first German manufacturer in Formula E. With a sudden rush by German manufacturers to switch to the all electric Formula E series, Audi will be the first German automobile manufacturer to race in Formula E. They are taking over ABT Sportsline’s place on the grid. Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler will be on the starting grid for the start of the fourth season of Formula E, which starts in December in Hong Kong.

Audi have backed the ABT team since the begining of Formula E and provided one of its factory drivers in Brazilian Lucas di Grassi to drive in the championship.

They will be followed in to Formula E by Mercedes, who have decided to quit the German DTM series, and Porsche who will be quitting the LMP1 World Endurance Championship at the end of the current season.

With France and Britain announcing they will be banning new petrol and diesel car sales from 2040, the German manufacturers are already deciding the future is Electric.

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Flywheel, Bicester Heritage.

24th-25th June 2017.

By Simon and Janet Wright.

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Patrick Blakeney-Edwards 1966 Lola T70 Spyder

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Robin Tuluie 1929 Menasco Pirate

Now in it’s third year, this was our first visit to Flywheel, and it certainly won’t be our last. What a fantastic event. The event covers historic motoring and aviation, with demonstrations on the ground and in the air. Based at a former war time air base, Bicester Heritage is now being re-developed in to the UK’s only business park dedicated to historic motoring and aviation. There are already over thirty specialist businesses on site, in restored © Simon Wright buildings and workshops, inkeeping with the nature of the former airbase site. These businesses range from Classic car servicing and restoration, to radiator manufacture and historic car dealerships. It is also still an active airfield for light aircraft and gliding.

Organised by Historic Promotions, the event offers something for everyone, with The Candy girls

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classic and vintage car displays, historic aircraft display line up, a track for the historic cars to drive round, an air display in the afternoon and plenty of vintage displays and traders to wander around. There was even a live music marquee featuring the Candy Girls and Perfect Vintage who were making their Flywheel debut and the FB Pocket Orchestra who had played previously at the show.

The event was extremely well laid out, with public car parks at each side of the show area. The flight line for the air display was marked by a long line up of classic aircraft.

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Everything from Jaguar to Ferrari in the static display

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Simon King 1937 Morgan 4/4 Le Mans in front of the Dakota

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David Furnell 1901 Toledo steam car

front, the right hand side of the show was for trade stands and a very large line up of classic and vintage cars on static display. The left hand side consisted of the paddock and display track, where all kinds of vintage and classic competition cars were being put through their paces with © Janet Wright impressive display and demonstration runs. Just behind the track were the military vehicles, which were doing demonstration runs and also passenger rides.

Probably the oldest car on the figure of eight track was an American 1904 Stanley Steam car. Delivering a total of 8HP, the driver is perched on top of a boiler which operates at 300psi and 300 degrees of super heated steam. It still August 2017

looked a majestic way to travel as it chugged around the demonstration circuit. Specialist vehicle insurance brokers Footman James came up with the Footman James Cup for the best competition car in the paddock. A panel of experts had selected a top ten, which included the Stanley Steamer.

The public were then able to vote on-line. The shortlist © Simon Wright included a 1923 GN Spider, 1927 Bugatti Type 37, 1954 Austin A30 Speedwell, 1957 Maserati 250S and a 1966 Lola T70 Spyder. The winner was a 1929 Bentley Birkin Blower, with 16.2% of the vote.

In the late 1920s.

Paul Grist 1934 Alfa Romeo Tipo B - P3 the 4.5 litre Bentley wasn’t fast enough for Sir Henry ‘Tim’ Birkin and after W O Bentley refused to fit a supercharger to his car, Birkin did it himself with the help of Amherst Villiers and money from Dorothy Paget. The car then went on to win races beating the Mercedes Benz SSK in the process. In this competition it beat the beautiful 1934 Alfa Romeo Tipo P3 in to 2nd place while 3rd was split between the stylish 1955 Jaguar D Type and the iconic 1962 Jaguar E Type. All these cars made demo runs round the demonstration track over the weekend.

Bo Hare 1930 Peugeot P50 aero engine oval board track racer. The unusual sitting position is because the pedals go round all the time when running.

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1952 Auster 6A Tugmaster aircraft and MG TF

Ford Galaxie 500

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Martin Greaves 1962 Elva Courier GT Fastbacl lifting a front wheel © Simon Wright

German Fokker Triplane © Simon Wright

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Tiger 9 display Head to Head cross over

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Mark Hankins 1966 TVR Griffith competition

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1965 Bentley T Type single seater

One of the most unusual cars on track was the 1965 Bentley T Type Single Seater driven by Ben Eastwick. This incredibly long, front engined single seater made an interesting sight as it raced round the circuit.

During the afternoon, the action alternated between the continuing track action and an amazing historic air display in the skies above Bicester. High-light for many people was the ‘dog fight’ between a Spitfire and a Messerschmitt 109 replica Hispano Buchon built in Spain. In 1943 the Spanish Government reached an agreement to build 200 Bf109G © Simon Wright

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Supermarine Spitfire

Tiger 9 Display team

aircraft and 25 stripped airframes were sent as a pattern for production. No engines, propellers, tailplanes or armaments were ever sent. After the war the Spanish were able to source the two speed Rolls Royce Merlin engine which is fitted to the replica at Flywheel. Both aircraft were used in the film ‘The Battle of Britain’ and each day recreated the dog fights that took place over Britain during the second World war.

It has often been said that only the RAF Red Arrows © Simon Wright team use 9 1934 Alvis

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Dennis Williams 1952 Kieft CK52

Peter Dobson 1960 Chevrolet Impala

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Duncan Ricketts 1935 Riley Dixon

Geraint Lewis 1936 Frazer Nash Shelsley Single seater © Simon Wright

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Martyn Corfield 2016 Atalanta

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Rae Davis 1958 Austin A35

Richard Skipworth 1938 Aston Martin single seater

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aircraft in their show, but at Flywheel the Tiger 9 Display team flew a nine aircraft formation using Tiger Moth biplanes. The display was as spectacular as any the Red Arrows might perform, but at a slower speed. They even have head to head cross over displays using all nine aircraft.

An exciting feature of the air show was the Great War Display team which recreated the air battles of the First World war, that originally occurred high above the trenches in Europe.

Westland Scout and Agusta-Bell Sioux helicopters Monoplane, biplanes and triplanes all circled overhead, staging dog fights all above the airfield, with explosions bursting in the sky from ground anti Aircraft guns.

German, British and French planes circled above, chasing each other in pairs or more, trying to get the upper hand on the enemy. In the confusion of the battle, it was easy to see the skill and bravery of those young earlier aviators.

With lots of people dressed in period costume from the thirties and forties, plus military vehicles, aircraft and military dressed people and displays all around the ground, the airfield appeared as it would have August 2017

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Pete Sutton 1938 Triumph Vintage racing sidecar

been when it was an operational airfield during the second World war. The experience was like taking a step back in history, a true measure of the organisation of this show. This was an exceptional event and should be top of your list to attend in 2018.

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Richard Skipworth ERA R3A

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Rover old and New Rover 75 and Rover 3500

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In period dress © Simon Wright

The Great war display group © Simon Wright

Vintage aircraft line up

1955 Bristol 401 Farina

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Vintage Rolls Royce

Dads Army on patrol

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BARC Rockingham 2nd July 2017

By David Goose & Stuart Yates - Motorsport Imagery.

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Anton Spires chases Ben Palmer in the Michelin Clio Cup

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ex BTCC driver Lea Wood in the Pickup race

Although Rockingham Motor-speedway is not only Europes fastest race circuit, it is the only custom built oval race circuit currently active in the UK. However it is rare that this oval circuit is used for racing, usually only part of the oval is used, with a road section used on the infield. The BARC weekend is one of the rare exceptions.

A two day event, the Sunday racecard featured Hyundai Coupe, Toyota MR2’s, Michelin Clio’s and Pickup racing, with the Pickups running the full oval circuit.

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respond to driver ability in the very competitive and close racing on the oval. Average speeds for the lap of the Rockingham circuit will exceed 100mph, racing so close to the concrete walls, this is a form of motorsport that requires the maximum concentration at all times. Going into the weekend Scott Bourne led the © Motorsport-imagery standings from Mark Willis and ex BTCC driver Lea Wood.

Race One saw Race 2 victor Mark Willis leads from Scott Bourne.

Bourne victorious with victory over Mark Willis by only 0.022 seconds, but race two saw Willis reverse the result winning by a quarter of a second from Bourne. Although based on many stock parts, these are very highly tuned race thoroughbreds, in the two races over the weekend almost a third failed to complete the © Motorsport-imagery race distance.

The Michelin Clio Cup has started to appear to be a two horse race for the title with Ben Palmer and Anton Spires fighting for supremacy in the top race class. New drivers in the road class were trying to knock series regular Nic Harrison from top spot after his three wins so far this series have left him with a slim lead in the championship. In the race

Scott Bourne celebrates in style.

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Palmer, Spires and Harrison in heated battle.

class, Ben Palmer, following on from his successes at Croft, took victory in both races to extend his lead at the top of the standings. Anton Spires kept up the pressure with second place finishes in both races but leaving Rockingham with an increased points leads was a pleasing outcome for Palmer. Victory in the road class went to Sean Thomas, new to the series but showing the experienced campaigners a clean set of heels in both races. © Motorsport-imagery Nic Harrison left Rockingham with a second and fourth place, not what he had planned when he arrived at the Northamptonshire circuit.

BARC is working hard to introduce motorsport to entrants at a very low Nic Harrison

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level. Both the Hyundai Coupe and Toyota MR2 series provide an entry level race car at an affordable price. © Motorsport-imagery

James Joannou in the gravel

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William Taylforth Hyundai Coupe Cup

Jeff Kite Hyundai Coupe Cup race

The Carbon8 Hyundai Coupe Cup allows competitors to race either a Mk1 or 2 Coupe in the series. Base cars can be bought for under £500 and if you are prepared to do the preparation work yourself, the car can be on the grid for around £2,500. The alternative, buy a race prepared car from one of the designated companies and you will be on the grid for under £5,000. With 18 cars entered for the Rockingham rounds, BARC’s ambition to make racing affordable seems to be achieving a degree of success. The series runs across several circuits but is a cup not August 2017

championship, encouraging drivers to take part when they can, rather than committing to a season long race budget. One of © Motorsport-imagery the 2017 season stars, Alex Cursley continued his winning form with victories in both races, however spirited drives by Steve Kite and William Taylforth ensured the action wasn’t too one sided.

21 cars were entered for the Classic MR2 Cup over the weekend, with a fully prepared car costing from as little as £2,500, with entry fees and running costs a full season could cost as little as £5,000, the MR2 series must be one of

Alex Cursley won both Hyundai Cup races

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William Taylforth Hyundai Coupe Cup

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Adam Lockwood Classic MR2 Cup © Motorsport-imagery

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Arron Pullan won one of the Classic MR2 Cup races

Sean Thomas Clio Cup

Race 1 Podium with victor Scott Bourne on top step.

the cheapest forms of circuit racing in the UK. Adam Lockwood, Arron Pullan and Daniel Bryant filling the podium places for both races with Lockwood and Pullan taking a win each.

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Daniel Bryant Toyota Classic MR2 Cup

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Winning margin in race 1.

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Cars in the Park,Lichfield 1st-2nd July 2017

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Ferrari F40 replica and Ferrari F355 GTS replica with Lichfield catherdrals twin spires in the background.

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This year, Cars in the Park was celebrating its 20th anniversary, as the Lichfield Rotary Club organised its annual car show in Beacon Park, Lichfield. The event raised money for charity, with this years money raised going to the local Air Ambulance. Entry was free with just a small charge for car parking, and a lovely hot summers day helped draw in the crowds. As usual there was a large turn out of vehicles, with many car clubs taking space along with lots of individual owners turning up to display their vehicle. Several car dealers had taken space to promote manufacturers new models, which were on show.

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roads round the park were gridlocked on the Sunday after a couple of minor accidents which did delay people arriving, and caused the organisers to © Simon Wright request people Shenstone & District Car club stand not to try and leave early on Sunday afternoon.

There was a display area set up in the centre of the show, and the Staffordshire Fire and Rescue service and Staffordshire Ambulance service both gave displays of rescue techniques.

The display ring was also used for car clubs to bring their vehicles in for the public to see, while the commentator gave out information about the vehicles and interviewed the owners.

The park is located right in the heart of Lichfield, and the twin towers of Lichfield cathedral could be seen in the background.

The variety of vehicles on display was impressive, with some vintage cars, loads of classic cars , some competition cars, modern modified cars and some commercial vehicles and a display of diggers.

Lichfield has its own motorsport facility, with the Curborough sprint circuit just a few miles up the road.

The Shenstone & District Car Club that run Curborough had a display at the show, with several racing © Simon Wright

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saloons and sports cars on show. They also had a slot in the centre ring and showed 6 cars, A Rover hatchback saloon, a Vauxhall Nova, two original racing © Simon Wright Mini saloons, a Datsun Z sports car and an MG sports car. Next to them was the Mercedes-Benz Club, with several classic saloons along with the latest very aggressive looking 2017 Mercedes Benz AMG GT sports car.

Local Cannock and District Car Club had a trio of Mk 1 and Mk 2 Rally Ford Escorts, a © Simon Wright MG Metro 6R4 and a rallying Hillman Imp to represent the clubs sporting side. Reliant cars used to be manufactured nearby and there was a display of Reliant sports cars and even the Reliant Fox motor caravan along with the more commonly known Reliant Robin 3 wheeler. Owen Motor Club August 2017

is another local car club and they had several interesting vehicles on show including an immaculate red Jaguar © Simon Wright XK150, a Sunbeam Tiger and a more modern small Peugeot 106 Rally car. There was a selection of highly modified Ford Focus rally and race show cars, the one really standing out in Zakspeed, Castrol colours.

As you moved around the show, there were plenty of the usual types of cars on display, Ford Escort, Ford Granada, Austin Mini, but there were several more unusual vehicles that caught the eye. One was a Chrysler PT Cruiser with a red and orange custom flame paint job on the bonnet.

Another was a 2014 Ford Focus with metallic red wheels and a white, grey and black psychedelic paint job.

Another car with unusual paint work was a 1936 Wolseley saloon with a three © Simon Wright

Reliant Fox

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1925 Peugeot 172R

1936 Wolseley Saloon

colour original paint job. The lower part was a cyan blue, the bonnet, middle and wheel arches were a royal blue and around the windows, cockpit and roof area was black.

There were a large number of large American cars from the 1950s through to the 1970s, all very long, with large amounts of chrome and in many cases big fins on the rear. Cadillac, Pontiac, Chevrolet and Ford were all represented in the muscle car stakes. There was also a lovely example of a 1930s Buick 2 door coupe complete with wide running boards. There was also a stunning 1948 Pontiac Silver Streak convertible in red, complete with white wall tyres.

The Peugeot club had a nice display including a vintage 1925 Peugeot 172R with a Torpedo Fabric body. The car was built as a 3 seater as 4 seats incurred more tax. It is fitted with a 720cc 4 cylinder side valve engine with a 3 speed gearbox fitted in the rear axle casing. It has a sequential gear change mechanism.

Another unusual quirk is the accelerator pedal is in the middle and the brake pedal is on the right. There was also a nice example of a much more modern, but still classic, Peugeot 304 convertible.

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Peugeot 304 convertible

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Ford pickup truck © Simon Wright

Pontiac Silver Streak V8

1930 Buick

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Chrysler PT Cruiser

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Mercury Monterey

Pontiac Bonneville

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Another nice pre-war car was a red 1936 Singer sports car, which was parked next to a much more modern classic 1988 Fiat X-19. Seeing the two together showed how the modern sports car has progresses in forty years. the Fiat being © Simon Wright an aerodynamic Singer sports car wedge shape, with the engine mid mounted behind the driver to improve both performance and handling.

Continuing the sports car theme, there were a pair of nice Ferrari replicas parked together.

Visually they were identical to the real © Simon Wright Fiat X 1-9 thing, one being a copy of the Ferrari F40 while the other was the more modern F355 GTS. Another eye catching car was a rainbow classic Mini. Either the owner had lots of tins of paint left over or could not decide on a colour for the classic Mini, as it seemed to © Simon Wright have stripes of every colour, Mini of many colours

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with at least 12 different colours. Having said that, it was a very professional appearance and was certainly attention grabbing.

All the usual British classics were present, and even some of the rare Alvis vehicles like the Austin Allegro and Morris Marina, endangered species, with very few now remaining of the once mass produced British Leyland family saloons.

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Morris Marina

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Volkswagen Karmann Ghia

Toyota club © Simon Wright

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BMW 8 Series

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Daimler Dart

Most come fully assembled!

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Avante Kit car awaiting restoration

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Originally a Ford Anglia

Ford Zephyr /Zodiac

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NSRA Nostalgia Nationals meeting.

Shakespeare County Raceway.

By Syd Wall.

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Andy Fadster unleashes 2000hp of road legal Model T Ford

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Mark Watts defeats Graham White in the Tri-Chevy semi final

June’s NSRA Nostalgia Nationals meeting at Shakespeare County Raceway coincided with the news that the landowners have given notice to all clubs and businesses based at the airfield that they must quit by the end of November. But the crowd and competitors refused to have the mood dampened and enjoyed a full three days of competition.

The two main competition classes © Syd Wall were the Tri-Chevvies and Outlaw Anglias, celebrating 25 years on the strip. The Tri-Chevy group is for Chevrolets built in 1955, 56 & 57 and a large entry was assembled with many well known cars in attendance. Rob Slater caused the biggest stir of the day, when brakes and parachute failed to slow his ’57 Belair sufficiently and he ended up August 2017

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deep in the grass beyond the tarmac slow down area. Both Rob and the car were undamaged, a double bonus as it's his transport home - he drives the car to events, towing his caravan! Paul Watts supercharged '57 Chevy took the win in the final on Sunday afternoon, running 8.04s/167.82 mph against 9.12s/146.89mph for Pete Lane’s splendidly named Earspliten Loudenboomer.

The Outlaw Anglia class was formed in 1992 by Bob Nixon, a drag race chassis builder from Essex, when he gathered a group of Anglia, Popular and Fordson drivers already competing in various classes and produced a competition class all were able to run in. They have been ultra successful as crowd pleasers and this weekend, twenty cars

Earspliten Loudenboomer looks quick but loses the Tri-Chevy final

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Rob Sadler’s black Chevy before it went exploring Tyres crease as the Outlaw Anglias launch on the green light. The Flyin’ Fyfer beats Jedd Guy’s Shorty’s Hot Rod

turned out for some more earsplitting action, with horsepower in the thousands and engine sizes from a paltry 5.7 litres up to 9.9 litres, some with additional superchargers and/or nitrous oxide.

Many are road legal and met up at a local pub on Friday for lunch before driving in convoy to the track. Delays due to a shower and the recovery of Rob Slater’s Chevy meant the Sunday track curfew came up before the Anglias could have their final. Local Leamington Spa resident Cliff Griffin won the first semi final, his 8.8 litre methanol power taking him to an 8.2s/

158.28mph run. Colin Millar brought his nitrous injected 9.2 litre Flyin’ Fyfer all the way from Scotland to win the second semi with 7.96s/170.1mph Sadly, the track curfew looks to be permanent after November. Please come and support the track over the rest of the season https://www.shakespearecountyraceway.co.uk/ events.asp © Syd Wall

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Graham White’s Snow White takes on Ken Brookes in the Roarin’ Rat

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NC Auto Engineering’s hand built Lakester replica - the only guys who can put a sticker on saying "My other car’s a Trabant-Chevrolet”

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Chateau Impney Hill Climb 2017.

8th-9th July 2017.

By Simon & Janet Wright.

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Ferrari Enzo doing a demonstration run at the Chateau Impney hill climb

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View across the paddock

It was fifty years ago that the original Chateau Impney sprint ran for the last time in 1967. Now in it’s third year, the revived Chateau Impney hill climb event is going from strength to strength. The Chateau Impney hotel provides the perfect location for a motor sport event, being on the outskirts of Droitwich and within a couple of miles of junction 5 of the M5 motorway. This years event took place at the beginning of July and drew another large crowd. With the sun shining down, the © Simon Wright spectators saw some of the finest vintage and classic competition cars compete over the 1000 yards course. The invited entry were all pre-1967 vehicles, which could have competed at the original sprint events. This year the organisers also added a more modern element by inviting a selection of Group B rally cars, a few fairly modern Grand Prix Benetton F1 roars past Chateau Impney August 2017

Bugatti Chiron thrilled the crowds at lunchtime

cars and some of the latest supercars to do some demonstration runs over the weekend. The supercars included the latest Bugatti Chiron and a fabulous Ferrari Enzo.

Saturday was practice day, with the timed competition runs on Sunday. Jack Woodhouse won the first Chateau Impney hill climb two years ago and was unable to attend last years event.

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Jack Woodhouse Lotus 20/22 wins again with new course record

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The first dragster to get round the hill climb course on a demonstration run © Janet Wright

Charles Knill-Jones Maserati 250F failed to record a time due to not having a timing strut on the front of the car

David Leigh GN Spider

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Clark Devey Ford Model 68

Ben De Chair Maserati T61

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winning with a new course record time of 39.33 seconds driving his Lotus 20/22. Last years winner, Martin Jones, in a Brabham BT21B, finished 2nd and won his class. He was just over a second behind, with a time of 40.53 seconds. Callum Grant was 3rd overall in his Merlyn Mk 5/7. © Simon Wright

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Conditions were obviously ideal on Sunday with several new class records being set. These included class winner Ewen Getley in a Bentley 3 litre, with a new class record time of 48.24 seconds (Class 2). Dr David Pryke in a Morgan Riley set © Janet Wright a class record of 47.70 seconds (Class 3).

Ben Fidler in class 7, driving a ERA AIM1, Chris Heliwell Cooper T75

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set a new record of 45.01 seconds. Ian Baxter in the Alta 61 IS set a new Class 8 record in 43.71 seconds. Justin Maeers took a couple of class wins, setting a new class record in the GN Parker Special in Class 9 with a time of 44.57 seconds. He also won Class 12 in a Cooper Monaco T49.

Malcolm Thorne in the Chas Reymolds Morgan Supersport went flying Lotus Buick 15 set a class over the bank in practice 13 record time of 43.34 seconds. David Gidden in a Lotus 23B did a 41.25 seconds run for a new class 15 record and David West in his Austin Cooper S set a new record for class 18 in 44.69 seconds.

Our host for the weekend, Rod Spollon, was competing in a © Simon Wright

Rod Spollon in the class winning BRM P48

couple of cars and won class 14 in a BRM P48 as well as driving a Bugatti T51, while Guy Spollon also drove a couple of Page 35

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Motorcycle display parade © Simon Wright

Richard de la Roche Cooper Kk V F3 500 spun in practice

Brett Pillinger Ford Model T Roadster

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Tom Walker Lola T160/3 spun off right at the top of the course

Andrew Bradshaw Lotus 30 locks a wheel

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Vintage funfair

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Marcos display

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Briony Serrell Lotus 51A spun off on her first run

Simon Dedman Waye Jap F3 500

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cars, the Connaught A Type and the HRG Meadows 1.5 litre.

The remaining class winners included Sue Derbyshire in her Class 1 winning Morgan Super aero 3 wheeler, Tom Waterfield in his class 4 winning GN Dragonfly and Geoff Smith in the Piccard Pictet Special in class 5.

Gary Clare won class 6 in Grannie, Mark John Riley in the Creamer Special won class 10, Guy Spollon Connaught A Type and the Elva FJ 100 driven by Mark Woodhouse won class 11.

There were also a couple of special classes in the hill climb. The first was for Maserati cars. The three trident class was won by Michael O’Shea in a Cooper Maserati Monaco T61 sports car. © Simon Wright

Ben Fidler ERA AIM1

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There was also the ERA Challenge Trophy, won by class 7 winning Ben Fidler in ERA AIM1.

Away from the track, there was the Footman James Concours D’Elegance competition. This allowed members of the public to

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Maserati line up in the paddock

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Richard Scaldwell crashed his Lorraine Dietrich 130HP on his 2nd run

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Bo Williams Ferrari 250 Chevy Hot Rod. A 250 GTE fitted with a Chevrolet V8 engine

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Bugatti T57 Atalante

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vote for the best car from a selection on display in the paddock.

The winning car was the Bugatti T57 Atalante, ahead of the latest Bugatti Chiron with the modern Ferrari Enzo and classic Ferrari Dino in joint 3rd place. There was also a large area at the top of the hill, overlooking the course, next to the main car parks set aside for car clubs parking. With a large number of classic cars on display, this made an extra attraction for the public to wander around and enjoy. Finally in the skies above the

Chateau, the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial flight Lancaster Bomber made several low flyby passes on both days of the event to the delight of the crowd.

This annual event is now firmly established in the historic motorsport calendar and it will continue to grow in popularity.

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TVR line up in the club area car park

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Bethan Topliss Riley Ulster Imp

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Group B rally Audi Quattro A1

Group B rally Ferrari 308 GTB doing donuts in front of the Chateau © Simon Wright

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2009 Nissan R35 Nismo FIA GT1

Group B rally MG Metro 6R4 © Simon Wright

Group B rally Audi S1 E2 with damaged bodywork

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Formula 3000 Lola

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Group B rally Ford RS200

2006 Renault F1

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British GT Championship Spa-Francorchamps.

7th-8th July 2017.

Report by Stuart Yates - Motorsport Imagery.

Photos courtesy of British GT, Copyright Jacob Ebrey.

Race Start

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more than a second down on Macleod’s earlier benchmark.

Sam Tordoff was 0.271s down in second place ahead of Patrick Kujala in Barwell’s race-by-race Huracan GT3 in third, making it a Barwell Motorsport one-two-three. This time Team Parker Racing drivers Callum Macleod and Ian Loggie could only manage 10th, and team mates Rick Parfitt Jnr and Seb Morris back in 13th.

In qualifying it was rivals Rick Parfitt Jnr and Phil Keen taking a GT3 pole apiece. Team Parker Racing's Parfitt Jnr took pole after he beat Jack Mitchell’s Macmillan AMR Aston Martin time very late in the session. Starting at the front could prove crucial to Parfitt Jnr and Seb Morris who must serve a 10 econds pitstop success penalty in tomorrow’s opening race due to their win at Silverstone last time out.

In Qualifying 2 Keen took pole with a GT3 Spa qualifying lap Piti Bhirombhakdi / Carlo van Dam Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3

July 7-8 saw the Championship take it's annual trip to the legendary Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium. This year would see a change in format, moving to two 60-minute races instead of the usual single two hour race.

When free practice 1 got underway it was Barwell’s Lamborghini Huracans setting the early pace until Team Parker Racing’s Callum Macleodís Bentley Continental GT3 posted a lap of 2 minutes 19.103 seconds - almost 2.7seconds under British GTís race lap record, this would remain top of the times the remainder of the session.

After their third place at Silverstone it was a very early end to Duncan Cameron's and Matt Griffin’s Spa campaign as the Spirit of Race’s Ferrari suffered serious rear-end damage in an accident approaching the Bus Stop Chicane.

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Rick Parfitt / Seb Morris Team Parker Racing Bentley Continental GT3

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record. During the session Patrick Kujala and Jonny Adam both lead the times before Keen nailed it with a time of 2 minutes 18.615 seconds, two-and-a-half tenths inside last season’s qualifying record held by Morris.

In GT4 qualiying 1, HHC Motorsport’s Will Tregurtha and Stuart Middleton took pole, a repeat of their pole position at Silverstone. Black Bull Garage 59ís Sandy Mitchell in second 0.247s adrift, with Macmillan AMRís William Phillips in third.

GT4 Qualifying 2 and it was Joe Osborne setting a new British GT4 Spa qualifyinq record with a lap almost a second quicker than the previous best who would put his Tolman Motorsport Maclaren on pole position. Black Bull Garage 59’s Ciaran Haggerty in second place ahead of Macmillan AMRís Jan Jonck who completes the top three.

Race 1 and Jon Minshaw and Phil Keen took their fourth win of Race 1 winners Jon Minshaw / Phil Keen Barwell Motorsport

the season. Lap two saw the first safety car period when Century Motorsport’s Steve Fresle crashed at Raidillon. At the restart there was an incident which resulted in Nick Jones’ Porsche ramping up on top of Century’s second G55 GT4 driven

by Anna Walewska at La Source. When most of the field opted to pit as the window opened at the conclusion of the second safety car period Team Parker decided to delay Parfitt Jnr's stop, a decision which ultimately failed as Morris would be in sixth after their stop.

Excellent work from the Barwell pit crew when Jon Minshaw pitted meant Keen would inherit the lead after the Bentley and Macmillan AMRís Aston Martin pitted. At the flag Keen would take the win with a cushion of 14 seconds. Alain Ferte and Stuart Leonard would take second in the Team WRT Audi with third place going to Kessel Racing's Carlo van Dam and Piti Bhirombhakdi.

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Alex Reed / David Pittard Lanan Racing Ginetta G55 GT4

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pushing Loggie was closing fast, getting the gap down to under a second when the Lamborghini spun while trying to avoid a recovering GT4 car. At the conclusion to a race which had lots of issues and penalties it was Alain Ferte and Stuart Leonard making it two second place finishes and the Macmillan Aston Martin of Jack Mitchell and James Littlejohn in third.

GT4 race two and Ebor GT Maserati pairing of Matthew Graham and Charlie Fag made it two from two with back to back victories. HC Motorsport's Will Tregurtha and Stuart Middleton in second and Tolman Motorsport's David Pattison and Joe Osborne in third.

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Ian Loggie / Callum MacLeod Team Parker Racing

GT4 Race one saw a fantastic drive after a gearbox issue prevented Ebor GT’s Maserati from taking part in yesterday’s qualifying, but Matthew Graham and Charlie Fagg proved that was no obstacle after coming through from dead last to seal a famous first British GT4 victory for Maserati by 5.8 seconds It looked like a certain win for Tolman Motorsport's David Pattison and Joe Osborne who were denied by a penultimate lap puncture. Lanan Racing's Alex Reed and David Pittard took second and HHC Motorsport's Will Tregurtha and Stuart Middleton third.

Race two and it was Ian Loggie and Callum Macleod taking their first British GT win with Team Parker Racing and Bentley.

The second Bentley of Parfitt Jnr and Morris would pick up a drive through penalty for multiple track limits violations which put them out of contention.

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Anna Walewska / Mike Simpson - Century Motorsport - Ginetta G55 GT4

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VSCC Shelsley Walsh 1st-2nd July 2017.

By Simon & Janet Wright, with additional images

by Pete Austin.

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Chris Williams Napier Bentley smokes off the start line

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The sixth round of the VSCC Speed Championship took place at Shelsley Walsh over the weekend of the 1st and 2nd July 2017.

The event was hosted by the Shelsley ‘home Austin 7 Paddock shot club’ the Midland Automobile Club (MAC), on behalf of the VSCC. This year, for the first time, the meeting was held over two days instead of the normal one day in the past. This gave the competitors two practice runs on Saturday, but allowed three runs on Sunday.

The Worcestershire valley was bathed in glorious summer sun over the weekend, making it perfect conditions for the competition. The traditional paddock fitted in perfectly with the © Janet Wright

many pre-war racing and sports cars, along with a few invited post war vehicles, to add a little variety to the meeting. The steep and narrow hill calls for perfect driving to achieve a fast time, with little room for error. This didn’t stop all the drivers from going flat out in their priceless pride and joys in an effort to beat the opposition.

Not surprisingly the fastest time up the hill was taken by one of the invited post war racing cars, the 1974 Chevron B25 of Keith Harris. He won the post war class and set a time of 29.37 seconds, just

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Christopher Broad MG PB leaves the start line

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Fastest time went to Keith Harris in his post war invited Chevron B25

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Miss Stephanie Wilton Cooper Bristol Mk II T23

beating the 1977 Ralt RT1 of Keith Bristow who did a 30.45 seconds run.

However, the 1st on handicap in that class, and also the Fastest Young Driver award went to Miss Stephanie Wilton in a 1953 Cooper Bristol Mk II T23, with a 39.64 seconds run. She had tough opposition in the Young Driver’s stakes, with at least six drivers contesting Page 46

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day. Honours went to Baxter with the Fastest Time of Day award, in a 33.43 seconds run in the Alta. He was the only driver to break the sub 34 second times. He beat Topliss, who only managed a 34.31 seconds best run.

Second overall went to Martin Spencer in the GN Spider II, who © Simon Wright

Winner and FTD Ian Baxter - Alta 61 Single seat

the class, and at least three other women, including her sister Francesca in the family’s Kay Petre replica Austin 7. Hannah Enticknap was driving in her GN Salome and Rebecca Smith in the Edwardian class, driving Alisdaire Lockhart’s Vauxhall A/D Type.

Coming to the © Pete Austin pre-war cars and the main event, it was a fantastic battle between Ian Baxter in his Alta 61 I.S. single seater and Nick Topliss in the exRaymond Mays ERA R4D for the fastest time of Nicholas Topliss - ERA R4D

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Martin Spencer GN Spider II was 2nd fastest

took the award for the Fastest Pre-war with a 34.20 seconds run.

The fastest Vintage award went to Tom Walker in the Amilcar Hispano Special with a time of 35.53 seconds. Finally in the overall awards, the Fastest Sports Car went to Mark Brett in the Bellamy Ford (LMB) V8 Special with a time of 39.98 secs. © Simon Wright With a total of seventeen classes, there were plenty of class winners not already mentioned.

These included Stuart Rose in his Austin 7 Hans Van Wortel Riley Special 1st Historic in Class 14

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Mrs Annette Van Wortel Lagonda Rapier

Ulster, Chris Cadman in his MG Montlhery Midget and Geoff Smith in his Frazer Nash Super Sports. The other Standard Sports cars class winners were John Gillett in his MG K3, and Paul Wignall in his Alvis Silver Eagle.

The Edwardian automobile engined class was won by Hugh Mackintosh in his Hudson Super Six Racer. © Pete Austin Moving to the Special Sports Cars classes, the class winners included David Furnell in his Austin 7 The Toy, Dr David Pryke in his Morgan/Riley August 2017 David Furnell - Austin 7 The Toy

4/4, Durward Lawson in a Riley Special and Justin Hart in a Riley Big Four Special.

Finally moving to the fastest cars, the Pre 1941 Racing Cars class winners included Mark Purnell in a Riley Special, David Leigh in the GN Spider, overall winner Ian Baxter in the Alta 61 I.S. Hugh Mackintosh - Hudson Super Six Single seater and Tom Walker in the Amicar Hispano Special.

As usual with all VSCC meetings, the spactator car park is always worth a wander around, full of members vintage cars, ©and Janetat Wright Shelsley they have a special parking area by the hill.

Paul Compton Wolseley Aerees Special

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Tom Walker - Amilcar Hispano Special

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Stuart Rose Austin 7 Ulster

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Thomas Hardman MG Bellevue Special © Pete Austin

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Ms Hannah Enticknap Morgan GN Salome © Simon Wright

John Gillett MG K3 Class winner © Simon Wright

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Dr David Pryke Morgan/Riley 4/4

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David Jones Talbot 12hp

Frazer Nash BMW and 1930 Sunbeam in the car park

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Stars and Stripes, Tatton Park

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1949 Pontiac Silver Streak

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is hard to understand why similar shows up and down the country fall by the wayside due to lack of support. © Motorsport-imagery

1931 Ford V8 "163BAD".

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Held around the US Independence Day, this years Stars and Stripes Car Show at Tatton Park was held over the weekend of the 1st and 2nd July 2017. This year was the 29th annual show and as usual didn’t disappoint, given the success of this show it © Motorsport-imagery

Buick Dynaflow.

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1941 Chevrolet Pickup.

The show features a gathering of American Cars, vans, motorcycles and trucks of all ages, with a re-enactment by the Lonestar Wild West historical society, large auto-jumble, live music and general entertainment for all the family.

With the re-emergence of the Ford Mustang onto British roads, it seems that every year see more and more Mustangs at the show, including many current Mustangs. However Mustangs were not the only cars on show. The British public’s interest in American muscle cars was clearly evident with a high number of not only Mustangs but also Corvettes, Camaros, Chargers, Trans Ams and Stingrays in all shapes and sizes.

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1989 Chevrolet GMC Van

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Pontiac Trans Am WS-6.

1979 Pontiac Trans Am TA.6.6.

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1959 Chevrolet Pickup. © Motorsport-imagery

2005 Ford Mustang 4.6L V8 GT "LO05 TEA.

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International 3800 DT466E School Bus.

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1985 Cadillac Brougham D'Elegance edition.

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for example, a 4.1 Litre V8, 4 door city car saloon, 135hp, quoted economy at 19 miles per gallon ,0-60 mph in just over 13 © Motorsport-imagery seconds, top speed of 104 mph. Compare this to a modern Vauxhall Corsa, 1.4 litre SRi, just under 90hp, 0-60 in 12 seconds and averaging 50 mpg, and a top speed in excess of 110 mph.

Although car technology has changed massively between 1985 and 2017, it just shows that the American car market was driven by low cost August 2017

fuel and that fuel guzzling dinosaurs , however comfortable and impressive are almost unaffordable as regular use family cars in Chevrolet Apache 3.6L. the UK due to the high cost of fuel. The other noticeable absence, virtually all cars and vans on display were petrol engined, diesel power is and always has been rare in the US. The 1959 Rebel Rambler V8 was described as a compact car in the US. Compared to many US cars this was true however compared to the Morris Minors, Vauxhall Viva’s and Ford Anglia’s in the Uk they were hardly compact. Available in a range of body styles and as either a 90 hp 6 cylinder or V8 engine, they were regarded as compact cars in the US market.

If you have a similar American themed car event near you, they are well worth a visit.

The enthusiasm and passion shown by the owners is impressive, they are trying to

1969 Pontiac Firebird 6.6 litre

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1959 Nash Rambler Rebel Super V8 Compact Car.

maintain cars that are usually between 30 and 70 years old, an age where it is difficult to find spares parts for many British classic cars and yet they are maintaining cars from over 3000 miles away in pristine road worthy condition.

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Ford Model A Coupe Hot Rod.

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2002 Chevrolet Corvette.

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1940s Chevrolet Stylemaster.

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The Pete Clews Memorial Sprint,

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Curborough.

18th June 2017.

By Simon & Janet Wright

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Tony and Bronte Pearson in their 1937 F2 E93A 1172 Touring Modified Morgan.

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included one for Motorcycles and another for sidecars. After morning practice, there were three timed runs for the actual competition. The Fastest time went to Hamish Bibby and Maggie Tuer in the shared 1932 8/80 Racing 1208 Class 3 Racing Morgans, with a best time of 38.45 seconds which they did on their second run. They just pipped Bill and Maggie Tuer in the same Morgan, who were just slightly slower at 38.65 seconds. The fastest 2 speeder also came from Class 3 for Racing Morgans and went to Alistair Rew and Becky Š Simon Wright

The Morgan Three Wheeler Club held their annual sprint at Curborough and is the one event that non-regular racing members can have a go alongside the racing members.

This years event was dedicated to Pete Clews, former Competition Secretary of the club who is greatly missed.

The event was held in bright sunshine on a warm summers day and used the single lap configuration of the Curborough sprint course, near Lichfield.

The field was split in to eight separate classes, which

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Jim Edwards and Hannah Enticknap in 1930 Family JAP KTW 980

Washington in their 1928 Aero Jap 1220 with a time of 41.10 seconds. Finally from Class 3 there was the fastest F Type that went to Danny Hodgson and Bronte Pearson in their 1936 F2 Ford 100E 1172 with a time of 42.72 seconds.

Although the machines only have 3 wheels, with two at the front, they often compete with only two wheels in contact with the track, often lifting a front wheel as they corner. To help stability, the cars all carry either a small passenger, or ballast in Page 57

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Ian Hughes and Amy Anafi in 1930 Super Aero 1100 ‘Clockwork Orange’

the passenger seat. As ballast is lower in the car, any passengers are almost laid flat in the passenger side to keep the weight low and improve stability through the corners, by lowering the centre of gravity.

Class 1 was for Standard Morgans and saw Steve Lister and © Simon Wright Amy Anafi take the honours with a time of 53.15 seconds in their 1927 Aero Blackburne 1094. They were over four seconds quicker than 2nd in class Grahame Joseph and Stephen Clark

Dave Hodgson and Emma Nottingham 1936 F2 Ford 100E 1172

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in a Super Aero.

Class 2 was for Touring Modified Morgans and belonged to Tony and Lily Quinn in a 1933 Super Sports MX2 with a time of 43.41 seconds. They were also over 4 seconds faster then their nearest rivals, Cathy and Lily Quinn in an F Type with a time of 47.69 seconds.

Class 4 was for 5 Speeder Fastest Morgan Hamish Bibby and Maggie Tuer 1932 8/80 Racing 1208 Racing and saw Austin Smith and Julia Perry as the only double entry, with both taking a turn at driving and being passenger. Austin Smith beat Julia Perry with a time of 40.37 seconds to her time of 45.89 seconds.

Class 5 for other three wheelers was also a single vehicle double entry, with Nick Clegg and Sandra Hodgson both taking turns at driving and being passenger. Again it was down to the men being fastest with Nick Clegg setting a time of 43.12 seconds and Sandra Hodgson setting a 45.14 second run.

Class 6 was the Drivers Class, which saw Hugo and Mike Pickup take victory in their 1931 Super Sports JAP 8/80 with a time of Page 58

42.65 seconds. They also had a double entry with both driving and being passenger. They also finished 2nd in the class with Mike’s best time of 44.58 seconds.

Class 7 was for motorcycle sidecars and saw three separate entries of the same type of machine, the 1985 BMW K100, two at 1000cc and the third at 1093 cc. It was the larger engined machine that won the class with Steve Gagg and Elizabeth Clowes winning with a time of 42.02 seconds.

Finally Class 8 was for motorcycles and saw Patrick Dolan set the fastest overall time of the day on his 1995 Honda CR500 491. His time of 37.38 seconds was only just over a second quicker than the fastest Morgan three wheeler and was the only motorcycle to break the forty second barrier on the day.

The 2nd place in the motorcycle class went to Finlay Cameron on a Yamaha PW80 who set a time of 41.65 seconds.

Special awards were made to Finlay and Fergus Cameron who completed a shortened course on their mini motorcycles.

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Scott Whitaker and gary Widdowson 1985 BMW K100 1000cc © Simon Wright

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Graham Joseph & Stephen Clark Super Aero © Simon Wright

Andy Abraham and Fiona Neale 1934 Sports Family 1100cc

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Grant Sellers 1934 Norton CS1 490cc

David Paxton & Phil Bridge 1935 F Super 100E Elva Page 59 OHIV 1172cc

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Alistair Rew and Becky Washington 1928 Aero JAP 1220cc © Simon Wright

Steve Terry & Stephen Clark 1946 F2 1172cc

Austin Smith and Julia Perry 2013 S&S 1973 cc

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Nick Clegg and Sandra Hodgson 1971 Buckland Ford 1300

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Chas Reynolds and Steve Ash 1933 Super Sports JAP 1200cc © Simon Wright

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Eric Bayley & ballast 1936 F2 1172cc

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Steve Lister and Amy Anafi 1927 Aero Blackburns 1094cc

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Goodwood Festival of Speed 29th June - 2nd July 2017.

By Syd Wall. Š Syd Wall

Dario Franchitti in the 1968 Lotus Pratt & Whitney 56 turbine Indy car. Joe Leonard led the race until the fuel pump failed with 7 laps to go

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when someone saw the Bernie Ecclestone tribute themed sculpture in front of Goodwood House and remarked that it looked like a roll of £50 notes from Bernie's back pocket.

This year, aside from Bernie, the Festival celebrated 40 years of WIlliams F1, 70 years since Enzo founded Ferrari and the life © Syd Wall

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Bernie Ecclestone tribute at Goodwood House

Google Goodwood Festival of Speed facts and figures and you’ll find results from publications as diverse as Country Life and The Financial Times. It’s the Glastonbury of the car world with better toilets. 4,200 miles of runs up the hill, 4,500 hay bales, 10,000 cups of tea, enough electricity generated to power Chichester.

You can measure all sorts of things, but you can’t measure the fun everyone has, the fans, the drivers and even the marshals.

Everyone’s smiling all weekend. One of the biggest smiles came © Syd Wall

Ferrari 250 GTO - one sold recently for £18 million

and competition vehicles of the late, great John Surtees.

Williams brought most of the cars from their history including the unique FW08B 6 wheeler while Ferrari brought around 70 of their most significant racing and road products with almost as many drivers. John Surtees died in March this year so a superb collection of Honda bikes and the Honda RA300 F1 car from 1967 were assembled along with his other bikes, F1 and sports cars. Gordon Sheddon was the lucky person chosen to drive the RA300, no doubt because of his Honda BTCC contract - Matt Neal would have been too tall!

As ever, there were too many fantastic sites and sounds to be able to mention them all but here I go with a few: all the drifters if you think you’ve seen doughnuts, look out for people like Mad Mike Whiddett and his 1200hp Mazda and it’s enormous flame

The 1982 Williams FW08B - banned before it could race with its 4 driving wheels

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1964 Neckar Weinsberg 500

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1953 Maserati A6GCS Berlinetta

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1920 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost Brewster Landaulet

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outs, Dario Franchitti in the Lotus 56B Turbine Indy car, the Aston Martin Vantage GT4 rally car and the BipBip, a Dakar Rally 100hp twin engined

Chaparral 2G Can-Am Citroen 2CV. The weekend always finishes with the Hill Climb Shoot Out, for the prestige of being fastest up the hill. Since current and recent F1 cars have been banned from being included in the competition, the winners have been many and varied, this year © Syd Wall

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This could be a picture in period of Jim Clark in the 1967 Vollstedt Ford Indy car. His last race in the US, at Riverside

being no exception. The 2017 winner was Justin Law in the Jaguar XJR12D in 46.13s very closely followed by Jeremy Smith driving the Penske Chevy PC22 Indy car on 46.22. Rallying came © Syd Wall

Dale Earnhardt won his last NASCAR race in this Chevy Monte Carlo, at the Talladega Superspeedway. Driven here by son Kerry

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1952 Kurtis Kraft Cummins Diesel Special Indy Car. 6.6 litres giving 380hp. Fast and landed pole but only lasted 70 of 200 laps

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The 1911 Fiat S76 ‘Beast’ with its usual flame-out display

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Renault

1914 American Stanley Steamer

Cosworth DFV in the back of the Lotus 49

1934 Mercedes Benz W35. European champion driven by Rudolf Caracciola. Roalnd Asch drives here

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Kiwi Mad Mike Whiddett gently parks his quad-rotor 1200hp Mazda MX5 drift car

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Mad Mike Whiddett again putting his stadium truck

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Electro on 48.59. The full shoot out results can be found on the Goodwood Festival of Speed website. © Syd Wall

Indianapolis Penske Mercedes

next with Mark Higgins in the Prodrive Subaru WRX STi he used to set the Manx TT circuit record for a car last year on 48.25s. Next was multiple shootout winner Anthony Read in the Polish Arrinera Hussarya GT3 on 48.28 and Nick Heidfeld, outright hill record holder from 1999 (the record which led to current F1 cars being banned) followed in the Mahindra M4 © Syd Wall

Stunning Aston Martin Valkyrie hypercar presented on the Michelin stand

At the top of the hill is a dedicated forest rally stage where both modern and iconic rally cars compete. Connor McCloskey in a Ford Fiesta WRC had the top time. The rally stage was fortunate to witness the first public appearance of the new Proton IRIZ R5 rally car, driven by Ollie Mellors.

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Impressive line up of quattro rally cars and service barges

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© Syd Wall

Robin Eyre-Maunsell drove this Hillman Avenger alternative to the ubiquitous Mk2 Escort in the 70s

Twin Engined 100hp 2CV rips up the rlly stage!

© Syd Wall

© Syd Wall

Adam Keeler’s works Rover Vitesse, driven on the ’84 RAC by Russell Gooding when Tony Pond famously hit a tree in the sister car

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No BMC A Series engine here! 6 Cyl 3.0 turbo diesel power for this multiple Dakar winning spaceframe Mini driven by Mikko Hirvonen

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A few days before last months British Grand Prix, Silverstone exercised a break clause in it's contract to hold the event. This was due to the losses being made by the circuit in relation to the amount paid in order that it can hold the event. This potentially means that there may not be a British Grand Prix after 2019. This months photo was taken just prior to the start of the 1971 British Grand Prix at Silverstone and was taken from the Woodcote Grandstand. Things to note are the control 'tower', lack of catch fencing and the amount of people trackside moments before the start! How things have changed. The race was won by Jackie Stewart in a Tyrrell.

Archive Photo of the month.

By Pete Austin.

August 2017

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Classic Nostalgia, Shelsley Walsh.

22nd-23rd July 2017.

By Simon & Janet Wright.

Š Janet Wright

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The Group A Toyota Celica turbo 4wd blasts up the hill during Classic Nostalgia

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water speed World records. There was a replica of Napier Bluebird on display, that was scheduled to do some demonstration runs up the hill, but unfortunately broke part of the gearbox during its first run on Saturday and was then left as a static display in the paddock, next to a selection of Campbell family road cars. These included a Rolls Royce Phantom 2, Bugatti T37, Porsche 356, Aston Martin Le Mans, Ford V8 Woody, Jaguar XK 150 and a Jaguar E-Type which did all parade up the hill over the weekend. There was a display of photographs and memorabilia in the Shed in the paddock and Gina Campbell, daughter of Donald Campbell and Don Wales, Grandson of Malcolm Campbell both made appearances over the weekend on the stage in the courtyard and around the paddock. © Simon Wright

Napier Bluebird 700hp W12 replica

© Simon Wright

The annual Classic Nostalgia hill climb took place at Shelsley Walsh in better than forecast conditions. Rain was expected to be heavy both days, but for the most part, the event was held in sunny and dry conditions, much to the delight of the large crowd. The Midland Automobile Club (MAC) always make a special effort for this event, and this year it was a celebration of Rallying and the Campbells Speed records.

Sir Malcolm Campbell, who held both land and water speed World records, had competed at Shelsley Walsh during the 1930s. His son Donald also held land speed and © Simon Wright The Campbell Ford V8 Woody

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Group A Rover SD1 smokes off the line

The Rallying display was a selection of Group A and World Rally Cars (WRC) that included some of the most iconic rally cars from the 1980s and 1990s. From Group A there were several Subaru Impreza 555 models as driven by Didier Aurriol, Carlos Sainz and Jimmy McRae in period, Martini Lancia Delta Integrale, BMW M3 Prodrive, Nissan Micra, Rover Mini Cooper 1997, Toyota Corolla, Rover Vitesse, Mitsubishi Galant RS, Page 70

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Rob Newall in the fabulous 1934 3 litre Maserati 8CM

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© Simon Wright

Ford Sierra Cosworth, Rover SD1, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 3, Toyota Celica and Opel Astra. From the World Rally Championship cars, there were the Ford Escort Cosworth WRC, the Ford Focus WRC, the Mitsubishi Lancer WRC04 which was driven by former works rally driver Kristian Sohlberg on Saturday, and the iconic Subaru Impreza as driven by Colin McRae on the 1997 Monte Carlo Rally. In the Rally Car class it was the Mitsubishi Lancer WRC04 that took best time both days, Saturday driven by ; and Sunday by owner Tristan Bailey.

As well as all this, there was a proper hill climb event taking © Janet Wright

Tristan Bailey in the WRC Mitsubishi Lancer WRC04 rally car

Ewen Sergison in the ex Derek Warwick Toleman TG280

place, with a lot of the regular Shelsley Walsh competitors, plus a few new additions. Local driver Keith Harris took the Best Time of Day on both days with a time of 29.53 seconds on Sunday, driving his Chevron B25 single seater racing car.

He beat local Worcester driver Mark Harrison in to 3rd place in his ‘new’ Toleman TG280 as previously driven by former Grand Prix driver and President of the BRDC, Derek Warwick. The Dempster Ensign LNF3 of Fyrth Crosse took 2nd with a 30.99 seconds run.

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winning Triumph TR7 V8, who on Sunday just pipped the fastest Rally car, Tristan Bailey in the fantastic Mitsubishi Lancer WRC04.

The other class winners included David Gidden in his Lotus 23, Graham Boulter in his unusual Kudos Coupe, Garry Cox in his Reliant Scimitar Coupe, © Simon Wright Malcolm Thorne in the Lotus Buick and Peter Joy in the Lotus Elite There was a large number of Austin Healey sports cars taking part over the weekend in the Austin Healey Club Healeysport Speed Championship, which saw local Richard Richard Mason took 2 class wins over the weekend in his Austin Healey 3000 Page

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© Janet Wright

© Simon Wright

© Janet Wright

My Favourite Things performed in the courtyard © Simon Wright

Dellow display in the club area

Subaru Impreza on the start line

Rambler Ambassador in the Concourse d’Elegance © Simon Wright

© Janet Wright

Ford Focus WRC01 cuts the kerb at bottom esse

The Campbell display in the Barn © Janet Wright

© Simon Wright

© Simon Wright

The Campbell’s Rolls Royce Phantom 2

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Kevin Zwolinski Jaguar XK140 FHC

Terry Clifford Alfa Romeo Giulia GT

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© Simon Wright

Mason from Bromyard victorious on both days in his Austin Healey 3000. The unusual car in that championship was David Lane in his immaculate Jensen Healey.

Another celebration was the 70th anniversary of Buckler, who started production of their specials in 1947. They initially used © Simon Wright

Robin Nicholson Mallock Mk 20

Keith Thomas Buckler Mk5

the Ford 1172cc side valve engine, where as rival Colin Chapman and Lotus made use of the Austin 7 for components.

There was a good selection of different Buckler models on display in the paddock and they had their own class in the hill climb. This was won by Rob Newall in a Buckler DD1with a time of 38.01 seconds, just ahead of Richard Brown in a Buckler Mk 15 with a 38.22 seconds run.

Saturday had seen a round of the Bert Hadley Memorial Championship for the Austin 7, which saw Sheffield driver Paul Geering take the class win in his Austin 7 Pigsty Special.

The other class winners included Richard Conway driving a August 2017

Volvo PV 544 and Trevor Shortt in a Reliant Scimitar GT on Saturday.

There was a Concours D’elegance competition in the car club parking area and that was won by Malcolm Lamb from Little Witley with his 1949 Morgan F Super.

© Simon Wright

Malcolm Lamb 1949 Morgan F Super won the Concours d’Elegance

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© Janet Wright

© Janet Wright

David Loveys Allard K1

Andrew Bower 2.5 litre Ford Capri

© Simon Wright

© Janet Wright

Group A Opel Astra rally car

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David Lane Jensen Healey

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The ‘Thrilling Thirties’, Kenilworth Castle and the Siddeley connection.

22nd-23rd July 2017.

By Pete Austin.

© Pete Austin

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Riley Ascot & Morris 8

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then owner, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, famously spent a fortune on the castle to turn it into a building fit for the visit of Queen Elizabeth 1 in 1575. After the Civil War Parliament ordered the castle to be slighted although the gatehouse was retained as a private residence.

Currently running in the gatehouse is an exhibition celebrating the connection between the castle and the founder of Armstrong Siddeley, Sir John Siddeley. Having retired at the age of 70 he © Pete Austin

© Pete Austin

Motor Aces - Alex Burnham

The ‘Thrilling Thirties’ weekend held over the weekend of 22nd and 23rd July at Kenilworth Castle provided the ideal backdrop to highlight, amongst other things, the connection between the Armstrong Siddeley engineering company and this historic site.

Armstrong Siddeley Whitley 4 Light Saloon

was created Baron Kenilworth in 1937 and subsequently purchased Kenilworth Castle to save it from decay. It was later placed in the care of the Ministry of Works.

The first castle on this site was built 1120 by Geoffrey de Clinton. In the 16th century, the August 2017

Star exhibit is a 1937 portrait of Sir John Siddeley by celebrated John Davenport Siddeley

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Morris 8 Tourer and a rare 1933 Riley Ascot were parked in the grounds overlooking the stable block and vintage funfair rides.

The latter sporting a superb Supermarine mascot on the bonnet and in the boot one of the finest picnic sets I have seen.

During the day Alex Burnham and Stephen Wisdom from ‘Motor Aces’ regaled visitors with tales of derring-do from the 1930s and 40s by telling the stories of racing drivers William Grover Williams, Robert Benoist and Jean-Pierre Wimille who, in the 2nd World War aided the French Resistance. They also had on display a replica of a 1902 Panhard et Levassor which children were invited to sit in and another representing a © Pete Austin © Pete Austin

Motor Aces 1902 Panhard et Levassor replica

artist Frank Salisbury. Amongst the other displays is a collection of the sphinx mascots and in the centre of the room, restored iron work complete with logo used when the company exhibited at the Motor Show.

Parked outside the gatehouse for the weekend were two © Pete Austin examples of the marque, a 1935 17hp and a 1953 16/18 Whitley 4 Light Saloon.

As part of the ‘Thrilling Thirties’ weekend a 1936 Armstrong Siddeley sphinx mascots

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Armstrong Siddeley 17 hp

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© Pete Austin

© Pete Austin

Supermarine mascot

Motor Aces - Stephen Wisdom

Bugatti T35 which was used to illustrate their stories. The site is © Pete Austin administered by English Heritage and details of the Armstrong Siddeley exhibition can be found on their website – englishheritage.org.uk/ kenilworth.

Picnic set in the Riley Ascot

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© Pete Austin

Armstrong Siddeley display in the gatehouse

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MSVR Rockingham June 24th

By Stuart Yates and David Goose - Motorsport Imagery

Š Motorsport-imagery

Tom Black in the Aston Martin just missing an off in the background

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© Motorsport-imagery © Motorsport-imagery

Second place went to Christopher Kemp

The AMOC Intermarque Championship & Aston Martin GT Challenge had a 45 minute race on Saturday afternoon which © Motorsport-imagery includes a mandatory pitstop with an optional driver change.

Taking pole for the race was Gavin Kershaw in a Lotus Evora GT4 ahead of a pair of Aston Martin Vantage GT4's driven by Christopher Kemp and David Tinn. Leading from the start Kershaw had an easy race win with a gap of 55.7s over second place Christopher Kemp. Tom Black would convert his P4 grid position to a third place finish with David Tinn fourth.

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The Mini Challenge Cooper Pro/Am and Open classes held Round 3 of the 2017 season at Rockingham on Saturday 24th.

Starting with the Open Class which only had a field of 8 cars, qualifying was soon underway. Aaron Open Class race 1 winner Ben Dimmock Reeve was straight on the pace but had his lap disallowed for exceeding track limits. Ben Dimmack was soon heading the times and took pole position on his third lap. Aaron managed to take P2, with Rob Austin P3, less than a second covering the top 3.

AMOC Intermarque Championship race winner Race winner Gavin Kershaw

When the lights went out for race 1 it was Aaron Reeve fastest off the line and lead for the first lap. Ben Dimmack had his car set up to perfection, soon overhauling Reeve and once past never looked back and took the win, setting fastest lap in the process.

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© Motorsport-imagery

Trying to keep hold of second place Reeve was struggling with fuel surge, slowly Rob Austin would catch and pass him to take second. At the flag Reeve had just managed to hang onto third. © Motorsport-imagery

Sam Weller heading for Tarzan Chris Middleton lifting a wheel

Race 2 meant reverse grid time, it saw Tim Bill on Pole next to Aaron Reeve. Rob Austin and Ben Dimmack on the second row. Andy Montgomery and Neil Ginley had the 3rd row in front of Kevin Owen and Chloe Hewitt. Ben Dimmack had a superb start, passing Tim Bill into the first corner, with Rob Austin also taking Bill not much later. The blistering pace Dimmack was setting over the first four laps was to take it's toll on his tyres and with slowing lap times it was not long before Rob Austin had the lead and would take the win. Ben Dimmack would take second ahead of Aaron Reeve in third, with pole man Tim Bill holding on to fourth place.

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Class, 7 in the AM. With an anti-clockwise and very grippy surface many drivers were struggling to come to terms with the Rockingham circuit. In qualifying it would take until the last few © Motorsport-imagery laps of the session before the best times were set.

Jessica Hawkins taking pole in the Pro class and Daniel Bishop in the AM. Daniel Bishop AM class winner race 1

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Owen Walton runner up race 1 Pro AM

© Motorsport-imagery

Race 1 and Jessica Hawkins had a lights to flag victory with almost a 2 second margin over second place Owen Walton, Sam Weller taking third after a race long battle with Matt Hammond. In the Am class, Daniel Bishop was again out in front for the whole race with Chris Middleton and Stuart Mclaren close behind but never managing to pass each other.

threat of rain, but thankfully it was never to materialise. Again it was a reverse grid for the last race Matt Hammond on Pole with Sam Weller P2 and Owen Walton on P3. At the start Sam Weller would take the lead from Matt Hammond, In the Am class Chris Middleton got the best start ahead of Daniel Bishop. A lap 5 incident meant a safety car period, at the restart Neil Clarke went off the track exiting Graceland, now the whole track was under waved yellows. It wasn't until the last lap that the race would get under way again. At the flag it was Matt Hammond from Owen Walton and Jessica Hawkins in third. After a post race appeal saw Hawkins receive a 1 second penalty meaning Martin Poole was promoted to third.

In the Am Class, Daniel Bishop got the win from Chris Middleton and Stuart Mclaren. © Motorsport-imagery

As Race 2 was about to start dark clouds had arrived bring the © Motorsport-imagery

Chloe Hewitt with some close racing

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Victory for Rob Austin in race 2 Open Class

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© Motorsport-imagery

2 wins and a 4th for Jack Lang

The meeting at Rockingham would also see three races from the Radical Challenge Championship, two 20-minute sprints and a 40-minute endurance race. Bradley Smith's form continued from Silverstone as he took pole from Jack Lang by 0.252 sec, with Oliver Barker P3. As race 1 started it was Lang who had the perfect getaway and was in front by turn one, Smith dropping several places to fourth. By the end of lap three Lang would have a lead of 1.4 sec. Burgess and Barker were having an epic battle, so much so Barker would set three consecutive fastest laps on his way to passing Burgess on lap five. After August 2017

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a one lap safety car period and going back to green with four minutes remaining bad Two podiums for Stuart Maloney luck would strike Oliver Barker who looked to have a win in the bag. He would slow to a halt on School Straight letting Lang past for the victory. After starting sixth Kristian Jeffrey would take second ahead of Stuart Maloney in third, their best results of the season so far.

Race 2 would see Jack Lang again take the win, this time though he was pushed hard by Smith all race long, both having areas of the lap where they were quickest. Stuart Maloney coming home third for his second visit to the podium. On to the © Motorsport-imagery third race of the weekend, this time the 40-minute Endurance race and it was Lang again making a blistering start from the second row to put him in front of the field, but by the end of lap one it was Barker, Lang, Smith, Burgess and Brian Caudwell. Yet again progress was slowed with back-to-back safety car periods taking up most of the first 10 minutes while two cars were recovered.

Racing got back under way with 28

Brian Caudwell

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minutes remaining. By lap 18 Burgess was now in the lead ahead of Caudwell and Barker. With three minutes remaining Barker had taken second place and was catching Burgess at a rate of 1.5 sec a lap, but ran out of time before he could really make it count. So the final podium of the day was Steve Burgess, Oliver Barker and Brian Caudwell, Jack Lang adding to his points haul with a respectable fourth place finish.

© Motorsport-imagery

Kristian Jeffrey finished runner up from a P6 start in race

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Steve Burgess winner of the 40minute Endurance race © Motorsport-imagery

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Pole position in race 1 for Bradley Smith

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Stourbridge Pre War Car Club 50th Anniversary Open Day Bonded Warehouse, Stourbridge

By Simon & Janet Wright.

Š Simon Wright

August 2017

Bullnose Morris Cowley and Ford Model T

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© Simon Wright

The local Stourbridge Pre-war Car Club held their 50th anniversary Open Day on the edge of Stourbridge town centre, at the Bonded warehouse on Saturday 15th July 2017. For July, it was a cold and dull day, with the threat of rain in the air. This did not deter the members from bring out a good selection of both pre-war and Classic cars to park up round the historic Bonded Warehouse site. © Simon Wright

Jaguar SS Mk IV 1.5

The first car on display was a stunning 1946 Jaguar S.S. saloon, also known as the Jaguar Mk IV 1.5 litre. It was manufactured by SS Cars Limited, so it was probably built pre 1945 but first registered in 1946. After the war, SS Cars Limited (Swallow Swift) became Jaguar. The car was fairly underpowered with the small engine size, but could still reach 70 mph.

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Next to the Jaguar was a far more modern 1969 Jensen Interceptor made in nearby West Bromwich. The difference between the two Grand Tourers showed the advances made during the 20 Jensen Interceptor years between the two cars. The Jensen has a 6.2 litre engine and a more enclosed body.

There were plenty of pre war cars on show, including a 1925 Ford Model T in the original “any colour as long as it’s black”. The Ford model T is acknowledges as being the first mass produced car that brought motoring to the masses. It was first built in 1908 and when assembly line production stopped in 1927, over 16,500,000 had been sold.

Next to it, and in sharp contrast, was a bright yellow 1926 Morris Cowley ‘Bullnose” Tourer. It’s 1479cc engine was almost half the size of the American Ford Model T engine of 2.9 litres. To keep the cost of the Cowley down, various components like the © Simin Wright engine, gearbox, front and back axle and steering gear were all obtained from America.

Continuing the pre-war cars, there was a 1934 Rover 10 P1 powered by a 1389cc engine.

The Rover 10 was sold as a small family car © Simon Wright between 1933 and Rover 10

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© Simon Wright

© Simon Wright

Morris Minor Austin 7 and Riley RM © Simon Wright

Standard 8 © Simon Wright

© Simon Wright

© Simon Wright

Rover 10

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Triumph Gloria

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© Simon Wright

Impressive line up of vintage and classic cars

1938. At £238 it was more upmarket than the Austin 10 that sold for £168 and was not chasing the volume market like the Austin.

Speaking of Austin, there was a 1933 Austin Light 12/4 saloon which had been extensively restored. The Light 12/4 was built between 1933 and 1939 when over 71,000 had rolled off the assembly lines at Longbridge. It was powered by a straight four © Simon Wright 1535 cc engine and produced 12 hp.

There was also a nice example of the popular Austin Light 12/4 Austin 7 Ruby Mk 2 from 1937. The 748cc sidevalve engine was economical to build and run and originally produced 10.5 HP. Such was the popularity of it’s design, the Austin 7 was built under license by BMW as the Dixi, in France it was the August 2017

Rosengarts and even in Japan they copied it as a Nissan, though not under license.

Moving up in size was a 1935 Morris Ten Four. These were built with the 1292 cc side valve engine which produced 29 hp.

This gave the car a top speed of 50 mph and a fuel consumption of 30 mpg. New price in period was £169. They © Simon Wright

Morris Ten Four

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© Simon Wright

MG Magnette

Singer Chamois © Simon Wright

Citroen Traction Avant

Alvis TC 21/100 © Simon Wright

Riley 1.5 RM

© Simon Wright

Morris Minor 1000

© Simon Wright

© Simon Wright

Mercedes Benz 280 SL

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Post war line up - Alvis, Triumph, MG and Mercedes

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came with wire wheels, though the car on display had solid wheels and unusual traffic light indicators with Red Amber and Green light displays mounted off the front wing.

Moving further up market was a 1934 Daimler Six Light Saloon with an 1805 cc engine, producing 15 HP. Fitted with power assisted hydraulic brakes and a pre-selector gearbox, this luxury car body was built

by Mulliner’s of Birmingham and the six in the name refers to the six side windows in the body. © Simon Wright There were also some more modern post war classic cars, including a Singer Chamois - based on the Hillman Imp, Mercedes 280 SL automatic sports convertible, an MG Magnette, a Triumph TR6 sports car and a 1955 Alvis

© Simon Wright

© Simon Wright

Daimler Six Light Saloon

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Triumph Gloria

TC21/100 Mulliner saloon and an early Morris Minor.

Finally there were a pair of Triumph sports cars, a 1936 Triumph Gloria in sky blue and a 1949 red Triumph Roadster. © Simon Wright

Triumph Roadster

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MGCC Triple-M Register Baynton Jones Historic Motorsport Challenge MGCC Cadwell Park 22nd July 2017 Report from Mark Dolton, Race Coordinator - Triple-M Racing.

Photographs by Colin Murrell.

Š Colin Murrell

Chris Edmondson MG D tries to hold off Andy King MG PB Cream Cracker for 19th place.

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managed to get in the mix off the line but it was Tom Hardman that led the way in the Bellevue Special. David Seber in the Wolseley Hornet made his move on lap 3 and held the lead until the very final lap. A grassy mistake heading into the mountain section handed Tom Hardman the lead which he would not lose, Seber held on to 2nd despite the close attention of Harry Painter in 3rd Hamish McNinch PA had his Brands revenge on Mike Davis Colley PA to take class A for unsupercharged MG’s. Fred Boothby took © Colin Murrell

© Colin Murrell

Fred Boothby MG J2

A near capacity grid was assembled for the first Triple-M visit to Cadwell Park with the MGCC. With 23 Triple-M cars and other prewar entries, continuing on from the success at Brands Hatch in April.

The growing Social scene adding to the weekend as the grids continue to go from strength to strength, with different models across the sports and racing car classes.

Very changeable weather conditions over the weekend made for some challenging racing around the wonderfully prepared technical MSV Cadwell Circuit. Morning qualifying remained dry, although the final section through the trees was greasy with the final corner proving very tricky to handle. Harry Painter led the way, putting the MG PA Special on pole position with an impressive 2:01 fastest lap.

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Winner Tom Hardman MG Bellevue Special leads 2nd placed David Seber Wolseley Hornet Special

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he honours in the 4 Cylinder Sports Class B with his main threat, Duncan Potter C Type retiring with a piston failure with 1 lap to go.

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© Colin Murrell

Harry Painter MG PA Special

Special and Tom Hardman was the Class E (6 Cylinder Racing Cars) winner Tom also took home the Driver of the day award for his victory drive. All the way though the pack there was fantastic racing.

Dave Cooksey C Type lost 4 places in the last 200m as his super charger drive broke on the final lap, showing just how close the midfield were running in the this tough 20 minute race. A special mention for John Gillet from Australia, who has had an incredibly busy season in the wonderful ex Bira MG K3.

Results 1st Tom Hardman MG Bellevue Special (Class E winner) 2nd David Seber Wolseley Hornet Special 3rd Harry Painter MG PA (Class D winner) 4th Mike Painter MG Kayne Special 5th Charles Jones MG L (Class C winner) 6th Rob Seber MG PB Lund Special 11th Fred Boothby MG J2 (Class B winner) 15th Hamish McNinch MG PA (Class A winner) August 2017

Charles Jones MG L Magna

© Colin Murrell

Dave Cooksey MG C Type leads Potter MG C and Boothby MG J2

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