Classic and Competition Car 96 September 2018

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

September 2018

Issue 96

Classic and Competition Car Final BTCC race at Rockingham

Our Team.

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What’s on.

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Photo of the month.

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News.

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Bentley Drivers Club Race meeting, Silverstone.

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Bugatti Divo.

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Classic Nostalgia Hill Climb, Shelsley Walsh.

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BTCC Rockingham.

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F4 British Championship, Rockingham.

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Archive photo of the month.

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Wythall Carnival Classic Car Show.

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F5000 Pre-reunion meeting, Laguna Seca.

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VSCC Prescott Vintage Speed Hill Climb, Prescott.

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Great Escapes Classics & Coffee.

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BARC race meeting, Rockingham.

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British Hill Climb Championship, Shelsley Walsh.

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London to Sydney Marathon 50th Anniversary, Gaydon.

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Formula Vintage, Mallory Park.

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Closing Shot.

Front Cover. A jubilant Chris Smiley winning at Rockingham in the BTCC race Š Motorsport-Imagery

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Simon Wright - Editor Janet Wright - Staff Photographer.

Independant Freelance contributors in this issue.

Pete Austin.

Syd Wall David Goose & Stuart Yates of MotorsportImagery

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Editorial.

We are sorry to see the loss of another British racing circuit, with the announcement that Rockingham Motor Speedway will no longer host motorsport events after the end of 2018.This was one of the latest motor racing circuits built in this country, and had excellent modern facilities for teams and spectators.

Although built as a high speed oval circuit, in the hopes of attracting major American racing series to visit, the venue also had an infield track which allowed for lots of different circuit layouts to be used.

Unfortunately the American Indy car series only came twice, as the weather was not always kind for high speed oval racing.

We have been publishing Classic and Competition Car magazine for eight years and we thought it was time for a revamp. We plan to continue to cover a wide variety of motoring and motorsport events, as we have done in the past. We hope you like our new layout. Š Simon Wright

WHAT’S ON September 8th-9th September 2018

MSVR Race meeting, Donington Park.

8th-9th September 2018

VSCC Speed Championship Hill Climb, Loton Park

15th-16th September 2018

Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship, Silverstone

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Classic Sports Car Club race meeting, Donington Park

15th-16th September 2018

Autumn Speed Finale, Shelsley Walsh.

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Vintage Sports Car Club Driving Tests, Madresfield Drive.

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British GT/F3 Donington Park.

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BRSCC race meeting, Silverstone.

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BARC Race meeting Donington Park.

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BRSCC Race meeting, Oulton Park.

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VSCC Speed Championship Hill Climb, Prescott.

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MAC Sunrise Sprint, Curborough.

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BARC race meeting Silverstone

6th October 2018

Aston Martin Owners Club race meeting, Silverstone.

6th October 2018

VSCC Formula Vintage, Castle Combe.

6th October 2018

Red October, Wythall Transport museum

We do not organise any events which are mentioned and we are not responsible if the event does not take place or is cancelled. Please contact the event organiser before making a long trip.

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Photo of the Month

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Bill Drysdale in the Porsche 904 FF Special got sideways out of top Ess on his first run on Sunday. On the wet track he hit and went up the bank.

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Rockingham set to close.

We are sorry to report that Rockingham Motor Speedway will close for motorsport action at the end of 2018.

Officially opened in May 2001 by HRH Queen Elizabeth, Rockingham was the first oval circuit built in Britain since the closure of Brooklands in 1939. Titled as Europes fastest circuit, the 1.48 mile 7 degree banked circuit hosted two races for the American Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) FedEx Championship series for single seaters that raced in the Indianapolis 500 race in America. The shortened Rockingham 500 was in 2001 was won by Gil de Ferran in the Marlboro Team Penske Reynard Honda 01i at an average speed of 153.41 mph. The lap record setting fastest lap was set by Patrick Carpentier in the Player’s Forsythe Racing Reynard Cosworth with a time of 25.551 seconds, an average speed of 210.59 mph. The cars returned for a final time the following year. This time the race ran it’s full distance and was won by British driver Dario Franchitti from Scotland, at the wheel of the Team Kool Green Lola Honda, winning by just 0.986 of a second from Crisiano da Matta.

As well as the oval track, there is also the International Super Sports car Circuit, which leaves the oval just after turn one and consists of twelve corners twisting through the infield section of the oval circuit before rejoining the oval at the end of turn 4 on the oval, to run down the start/finish straight. The length is 1.94 miles and has been used by the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) and British GT series for many years.

The venue has also been used for Drag racing and Rallying and has been a major venue for Pickup Truck racing in the UK. With thirteen possible circuit layouts, the circuit could offer a different challenge for car clubs. The circuit has a 6280 seat

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Rockingham Building grandstand with a steel framed, glass froted building also containing suites, offices, bars and kitchens, plus four other grandstands. The circuit could seat up to 52,000 people.

All events already planned up to the end of December will run as scheduled, and the circuit states it can still host other events until the end of the year. After that, it is thought that the new owners will use the space for vehicle storage, with possible vehicle testing on parts of the circuit. Unfortunately there will be no future motor sport planned for this venue, and we lose a unique track from the British motor racing scene.

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Scott Bourne leads the pack at Rockingham - Pickup racing. See report on page 64 Page

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Formula 50000 Category originals (l-r) Kevin Bartlett, Howden Ganley and Ken Smith used a visit to Nick Slade’s race shop in Salinas, Northern California on Wednesday evening, 15th August 2018, to help officially launch the 16th annual SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series. See a report from the prereunion race meeting at Laguna Seca on page 48 This season’s series again kicks off with a round at the ITM Auckland SuperSprint Virgin Australia © Fast Company/David Abbott.

Supercars meeting at Pukekohe Park Raceway over the November 03/04 weekend. There is then a break until a midsummer run of three meetings over three consecutive weekends starting with the annual Historic Grand Prix at Taupo’s Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park (Jan 19/20 2019) before heading north to support the Toyota Racing Series at the HRC/TRS meeting at Hampton Downs on Jan 26/27, then south to Christchurch’s Mike Pero Motorsport Park at Ruapuna to headline the annual Skope Classic on February 02 & 13. Hampton Downs then hosts the coming season’s series final, at the HRC’s big Legends of Speed meeting in late March (23/24)

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McLaren 720S GT3 Race car.

The new McLaren 720S GT3 has been track testing in Europe and the USA ready for its 2019 debut with customer teams.

The new GT3 challenger is based on the acclaimed 720S supercar and will cost £440,000 ex works. The vehicle is based round a light but immensely stiff carbon fibre MonoCage II chassis structure and powered by a race prepared version of the M840T 4 litre twin turbo V8 engine.

Correction In last months Classic and Competition Car magazine, on page 64 we stated that the two works 1930s Austin 7 racing cars had been brought to the Chateau Impney Hill Climb by the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu. That was incorrect, they had come from the British Motor Museum at Gaydon. We apologise for any confusion.

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Thierry Neuville leads the thrilling 2018 WRC title race.

Ott Tänak wins in Germany to set up three-way title tussle.

Wales set for 3 way battle for WRC Title.

After Tänak won for Toyota in Germany, the WRC title race is set for a 3 driver contest between Thierry Neuville for Hyundai, Sébastien Ogier for M-Sport Ford and Ott Tänak for Toyota on the Dayinsure Wales Rally (GB) between the 4-7th October

2018. All three drivers have already won three rallies each this year, and there are still four rounds remaining in Turkey, UK, Spain and Australia.

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Formula One Spice added to Veteran Car run.

100,000 Lotus in 70th celebrations.

Helping to mark the 70th anniversary of Colin Chapman’s first car, the 100,000 Lotus built is a special tribute to Team Lotus racer Jim Clark. It was commissioned to support the Jim Clark Trust, where you can enter the competition to win the car at www.jimclarklotus.com. Colin Chapman’s widow Hazel and son Clive are seen giving their approval to the car. The car is a fitting tribute to one of the most successful racing drivers of all time, the 100,000 Lotus Evora GT410 is a one off model. Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of Jim Clark’s tragic death at Hockenheim, the car was unveiled at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. It echo’s the original Lotus Elan colour scheme of red bodywork, a silver roof and silver wheels, plus tartan upholstery. The Lotus Evora GT 410 Sport is powered by a specially calibrated version of the Lotus supercharge 3.5 litre 6 cylinder engine that produces 410 hp.

This propels the car from 0-60 mph in just 3.9 seconds.

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Christian and Geri Horner are confirmed to join the annual pilgrimage in the Royal Automobile Club’s flagship event; the Bonhams London to Brighton Veteran Car Run. Now Christian and Geri Horner are joining the world’s longestrunning, motoring event. Christian is Team Principal of the hugely successful Red Bull Racing Formula 1 team while his singer-songwriter wife Geri, became internationally famous as a member of the Spice Girls, the most successful girl group in pop music history. The couple will share Lord (Irvine) Laidlaw’s 1904 Panhard-Levassor for this year’s run from Hyde Park to the Sussex seafront. Co-driver Christian, Geri and the family dog recently enjoyed a successful outing aboard the 15 horsepower tonneau-bodied machine.

“We had a terrific test drive,” reported a delighted Christian.

“The car was a lot of fun and relatively lively once you’d mastered the basics.

We’re now really looking forward to taking part in the Run in November – even if it’s cold and wet that won’t dampen our enthusiasm.”

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Lamborghini Aventador SVJ Making its European debut at Salon Privé, the Aventador SVJ is the most powerful naturally-aspirated series production V12 that Lamborghini has ever produced. It produces 770 hp and 720 Nm of torque at 6,750 rpm. The SV stands for ‘Super Veloce’ meaning superfast and the J for ‘Jota’ makes reference to the cars potential on both track and road. Weighing just 1,525 kg, it has a power to weight ratio of 1.98 kg/hp. The performance figures are impressive, 0-100 km/h in just 2.8 seconds and 0-200 km/h in 8.6 seconds with a top speed of 350 km/h. The car has already taken the production car lap record at the Nurburgring - Nordschleife.

The car features Lamborghini’s patented active aerodynamics system and enhanced rear wheel steering.

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Nissan Featured marque at Laguna Seca Classic and Competition Car

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Nissan Heritage 1970 BRE Datsun 510 Race Car.

Nissan featured marque at Rolex Monterey Motorsport reunion.

The first Japanese car company to be honoured as the featured marque during the Rolex Monterey Motorsport reunion at WeatherTech Raceway at Laguna Seca, Nissan had more than 50 vintageNissan and Datsun racecars on display. Held annually during Monterey Car Week, which also features the World renowned Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.

“Since the first Nissan race win in 1936 in Tokyo with a supercharged Datsun NL-75, motorsport has been a core element of the companies success.” said Alfonso Albaisa, Nissan’s global design chief. Over the past 50 years, Nissan (and Datsun) have won more than 100 Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) National Championships and more than 200 races in the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) competition in the United States.

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Nissan GT R50 by Italde

Steve Millen and his No 75 Nissan 300ZX

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The BMW Z4 M40i First Edition.

BMW presented the exclusive First Edition on their new open top sports car at Pebble Beach in California. Powered by a new straight six cylinder twin Power turbo technology engine producing 340 HP. It has new sports suspension with electronically controlled dampers, M Sport braking system and an electronically controlled M Sport differential in the rear axle transmission. It should be launched in the UK in spring 2019.

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Wright Motorsports Patrick Long/Christina Nielsen Porsche 911 GT3 R

Podium for Porsche 911 GT3 R at Virginia International .

Wright Motorsports celebrated their second podium result of this year‘s IMSA SportsCar Championship with Porsche works driver Patrick Long (USA) and Porsche Selected Driver Christina Nielsen (Denmark). After winning the Road America race with the Porsche 911 GT3 R, they followed up with second in the GTD class at the Virginia International Raceway.

At round nine of the GTLM class, Earl Bamber (New Zealand) and Laurens Vanthoor (Belgium) secured fifth place in the Porsche 911 RSR with the starting number 912. The sister car shared by Nick Tandy (Great Britain) and Patrick Pilet (France) retired with technical problems Porsche GT Team Earl Bamber/Laurens Vanthoor Porsche 911 RSR

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Grand Basel show to feature Pegaso

1954 Pegaso Z-102 Series II Saoutchik Cabriolet.

Originally known as a manufacturer of trucks and buses, Spain’s Pegaso brand took its first foray into sports cars in 1951 with two prototypes of a new model – the Z-102.

The car was powered by a bespoke V8 engine designed by former Alfa Romeo chief engineer Wilfredo Ricart and it could be ordered with bodyworks from the ENESA in-house team, from Milan based Carrozzeria Touring or from the French coachbuilding company Saoutchik. In 1953, it was the fastest production car in the world, and it is still referred to as ‘Spain’s supercar’ to this day. The Pegaso Z-102 with its no-expensespared approach to bespoke features proved extremely expensive to build, and hence fewer than 90 cars were completed. This 1954 Pegaso Z-102 Series II Cabriolet is a oneoff example clothed by French company Saoutchik, which was famous for its high quality and extravagant design. It was presented by Pierre Saoutchik at the 1954 San Remo Concours d’Elegance and in the same year at the Paris Motor Show.

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Trans America Challenge 2018.

Bill and Julie Holroyd took a William Medcalf prepared 1927 Bentley 4 1/2 and completed the Trans America Challenge.

Competing against 32 crews, they completed the 8,000 kilometres in 22 days and finished 3rd in class. They started at Charleston on the hot and humid south Carolina coast, and finished at Seattle in the cold, clear Pacific Northwest.They had to return to the UK for a couple of days after New Orleans and rejoined again after Santa Fe, after a relief crew drove the car in their absence.

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Edwards wins the Ulster Rally.

Making three wins from three, hat trick hero Matt Edwards and Darren Garrod in a Fiesta R5 won the John Mulholland Motors Ulster Rally. The M-Sport crew are at the top of the Prestone MSA British Rally Championship standings in it’s 60th anniversary season at the half way point in this years championship.

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Honda NSX Hybrid supercar.

Alpine A110 ‘Légende.

Although more luxuriously equipped than the ‘Pure’ version released last year, it remains true to Alpine’s core principles agile, compact and lightweight. Even with additional equipment, like the 6 way adjustable seats upholstered in black or brown leather, it still only weighs 1,123 Kgs. The 1.8 litre four cylinder turbocharged engine produces 252 bhp and goes from 0-60 mph in just4.5 seconds and has a top speed of 155 mph.

Honda has announced a range of enhancements for the 2019 NSX which will make the ground-breaking hybrid supercar even better to drive on a day to day basis, and more exciting to drive on track. The focus has been to enhance the exceptional dynamics of the car while maintaining its outstanding everyday usability. By fitting larger front and rear stabiliser bars it has increased stiffness by 26% at the front and 19% at the rear, boosting responsiveness through the chassis.

It has also recalibrated the software controlling its Sport Hybrid SH-AWD power unit, electric power steering, vehicle stability assist system and the active magnetorheological dampers. The dampers now provide a ride and response that is even more comfortable in the NSX’s softest setting, while maintaining the stiffer set up for higher speeds and on-track driving.

As a result of these modifications, the 2019 model is 2 seconds faster round the Suzuka circuit.

The organisers of Dayinsure Wales Rally GB are delighted to announce that AutoClassics.com is supporting its special Rally Legends display in Llandudno – one of the major attractions during a history-making finale to this year’s Dayinsure Wales Rally GB (4-7 October).

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James Bond Aston Martin.

Aston Martin and EON Productions are to create 25 Goldfinger DB5 continuation editions. These cars will not be road legal. The cars will include working gadgets to be developed by Oscar winner Chris Corbould OBE, special effects supervisor on eight previous James Bond films. The cars will be built at Aston Martin Works, Newport Pagnell, the original home of the DB5. They will be authentic reproductions of the DB5 seen on screen, including functioning gadgets such as the revolving number plates, seen in the Goldfinger film. Each car will cost £2.75m plus taxes and first deliveries to customers will commence in 2020.

Farewell to Alonso.

This years WEC Silverstone 6 Hours race attracted a large number of motor racing fans, many of whom had come to see Fernando Alonso possibly race for the last time in the UK after his announced retirement from Grand Prix racing at the end of the season. This is to allow him to concentrate on winning the Indianapolis 500 in the United States. Alonso didn’t disappoint his fans taking the chequered flag in the Toyota TS050 Hybrid first on track to head a Toyota one two finish. Unfortunately for the team, following post-race scrutineering, both cars were disqualified. Checks revealed an infringement concerning the deflection of the skid blocks.

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Harry Tincknell and Andy Priaulx finished 3rd in class at the Silverstone 6 Hours in the Ford GT, 12th overall.

Volkswagen XL1 The 2015 Volkswagen XL1 has gone on show at Beaulieu and is one of the World’s most fuel efficient production cars. It can achieve more than 300 miles per gallon and uses ingenious plug-in hybrid technology beneath its skin. It uses both an electric motor and compact 800cc two cylinder diesel engine, linked by a dual-clutch seven speed transmission driving the rear wheels.

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McLaren 600LT in Stealth Grey by MSO. A striking new McLaren 600LT with bespoke personalisation by McLaren Special Operations (MSO) made its global debut on the Pebble Beach Concept Lawn on Sunday 26th August 2018. The Stealth Grey car features both MSO defined and MSO bespoke options to further enhance the track focused character of the McLaren 600 LT. Featuring the unique LT top exit exhaust, the car develops 590 bhp and can accelerate from 0-60 mph in just 2.8 seconds on a way to a maximum speed of 204 mph.

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Bentley Drivers Club Race Meeting, Silverstone. Saturday 4th August 2018.

By Simon & Janet Wright.

Clive Morley Bentley 3/4 1/2 ahead of James Morley Bentley 3/4 1/2 in the Bentley race and sealed handicap

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Motorsport Morgan Challenge series, the first of two races during the afternoon. Oliver Bryant took a comfortable pole position in his Morgan +8 and converted it to an easy victory, leading from start to finish, beating Keith Ahlers by over thirty seconds in the first twenty minute race. Philip Goddard was 3rd. © Simon Wright

Flame On - James Sumner Morgan 4/4 2nd in class race 1 © Janet Wright

Returning for it’s 69th continuous year, the Bentley Drivers Club race meeting at Silverstone saw a large gathering of the luxurious Bentley cars gathered in the National paddock at Silverstone at the beginning of August. There were millions of pounds worth of vehicles on display, with many ready to take to the track and compete. After the Drivers club members had © Simon Wright paraded round the national circuit during the lunch break, it was time for the race action to commence.

The first race was the Aero Racing Bryant ran away with the Morgan races

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As well as Bryant, the other class winners were 5th placed John Emerson in a Morgan Roadster LWT, Andy Green in 6th in another Morgan +8, Tim Parsons in 10th in a Morgan 4/4, Brett Syndercombe in a Morgan 4/4/ in 11th and 12th placed Tony Hirst in a Morgan +4 Club Sport. The final class winners were Philip St.Clair Tisdall in a Morgan +8 in 17th, Steve Lockett in a Morgan +8 in 18th and Malcolm Dearnley in a Morgan 4/4 in 25th.

The second race for the Morgans, later in the afternoon, was a repeat of the first with Bryant again leading all the way to finish ahead of Ahlers and Goddard, and all the class winners taking second class wins.

Second race of the day was the Jon Gross Memorial Trophy race for Aston Martins and organised by the Fifties Sports Car Racing Club. The small eight car field was topped by Chris Woodgate in qualifying, putting his Aston Martin DB3 on pole position. After fifteen laps Woodgate won the race by over nine Page 19

Bentley Drivers Club members cars on display in the paddock and on the lunchtime parade.

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Handicap winner Oliver Llewellyn Bentley 4.5VDP (9) passing Clive Morley Bentley 3/4 1/2 Edward Bradley in the Aston Martin Ulster finished 5th in Jon Gross Memorial Trophy race for Aston Martin

seconds from Tony Green in an Aston Martin DB2, with Peter Dubsky in 3rd in an Aston Martin 15/98.

Race three was the first Bentley race of the day, for Group A and B cars & Pre War Challenge & Bentley Sealed Handicap.

Tim Llewellyn in a Bentley 3/8 was fastest in qualifying and started from pole position. The race was run like a normal race on track and saw Michael Higginbotham take the on track victory in his Bentley Mk VI Special from Llewellyn, with Gerard McCosh in 3rd in his Bentley Mk VI Special S2, also winning his class. the other class winner was 8th placed William Allen

Elbourn in a Riley 12/4. The sealed Handicap results gave victory to Oliver Llewellyn in a Bentley 4.5VDP from Higginbotham and Tim Llewellyn.

Fiscar was next out. The Fifties Sports Car Racing Club always have an interesting selection of cars on their grid, with the likes of the RGS Atalanta Aston Martin, the Connaught ALSR and the Kellison J4R, but it was a more usual AC Ace Bristol driven by Cottingham/King that started from pole position for the thirty minute race, with compulsory pitstop.

Unfortunately, they were the first car to retire after only seven laps. At the end of the thirty minute race it was solo driving Jim © Simon Wright

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Scratch race winner Michael Higginbotham Bentley Mk VI Special

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The Tyzack/Hiscocks Kellison ALSR finished 3rd in the FISCAR race, even after a quick spin at Luffield

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Campbell who took a comfortable victory in his Austin Healey 100/4 by over eighteen seconds from the Jaguar C-Type of Brazell/Harper in 2nd, with both cars winning their respective classes. The unusual Kellison J4R finished 3rd driven by Tyzack and Hiscocks. The other two class winning cars were the 4th placed Connaught ALSR driven by Paul Griffin and the Morgan +4 of Alan House in 5th.

FISCAR winner Jim Campbell This was followed by the Bentley Austin Healey 100/4 Handicap race which saw Oliver Llewellyn in his Bentley 3/8 set the fastest time in qualifying.

This was a proper handicap race, with the slowest car starting first and then each competitor was started at their handicap © Simon Wright

Simon Worthington Bentley Turbo R set fastest lap before retiring from Handicap

time, so in theory, everybody reaches the finishing line at the followed thirty five seconds later by Sebastien Welch in another

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Handicap winner Alastair Payne Bentley R Type Special

Bentley 3 litres. Last off was Simon Worthington in the much more modern Bentley Turbo R, starting 3 minutes and thirty seconds after Vivian Bush. He was soon overtaking cars, having in effect nearly lost two laps on the slowest car, and having set the fastest lap of the race, he pulled in the pits on lap six to retire. This left the rest of the field scrambling for position and at the flag it was Alastair Payne, who had started 8th who took the chequered flag 1st in his Bentley R-Type Special. He beat Gerard McCosh by just over four seconds in his Bentley Mk VI Special S2, while Sebastian Welch was 3rd in his Bentley 3 litre. © Simon Wright Vivian Bush finished a creditable 5th.

After the second AR Morgan Challenge race it was time for the Allcomers Sealed handicap race. This had a mixed field of saloons, sports cars, clubman cars and sports racers. John Taylor took pole in his Crossle 95 sports racer. John Taylor Crossle 95 Allcomers Handicap

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Vivian Bush 5th in Handicap, Bentley 3 litre © Janet Wright

Jon Gross Race winner Chris Woodgate Aston Martin DB3

Tim Llewellyn Bentley 3/8 finished 2nd in Bentley race and 3rd in Sealed handicap.

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Paul Carter Bentley Derby (Eddie Hill) 12th in Bentley Handicap race.

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Keith Hampson Sunbeam Alpine Le Mans leads L & J Kennedy Lancia Aurelia and Simon Gurney MGA Coupe in FISCAR race

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Allcomer Handicap winner John Gray Lotus Elan chasing Chas Reynolds Morgan Supersports

The race was run as a sealed handicap, so the result was calculated after the race had finished.

On track Taylor lead all the way to the chequered flag, but as it was a handicap event, he was officially classified in 9th place. The winner was John Gray in his nimble little Lotus Elan ahead of Louis Frankel in the Ford Falcon and George Frankel in the Alfa Romeo Giulia Super.

Race eight was the BDC Sports car challenge. The field mainly consisted of Morgans, with a few MG, Triumphs and an AC Ace Bristol added to the mix.

Tim Parsons claimed pole position in his Morgan 4/4 and he led all the way to win by over eleven seconds from James Sumner in another Morgan 4/4. Paul Bryan made it a Morgan 4/4/ podium in 3rd

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place, and Morgans filled the first six places. In 7th and winning his class was John Andon in a Triumph TR4. © Simon Wright

Steve Chaplin won the Allcomers race in his Phantom P79 © Simon Wright

The final race of the day was the Bentley Open & Allcomers race which saw a small field led by Alan Davenport in a Centaur Mk 14B clubmans car in qualifying. However, in the race it was the other clubmans car of Steven Chaplin who took the win in his Phantom P79 by over twenty seconds from Grahame Bryant in a Morgan +8. Davenport finished in 3rd.

Tim Parsons Morgan 4/4 won the BDC Sports Car Challenge.

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Bugatti Divo

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Bugatti Divo On the 24th August 2018, Bugatti unveiled the Divo in Monterey, California at an exclusive automotive event, “The Quail: A Motorsport Gathering”. Named after Albert Divo, a French racing driver who won the famous Targa Florio race round the mountain roads of Sicily twice driving for Bugatti in the late 1920s. With the Divo super sports car, the French manufacturer has tuned it for agility, nimbleness and optimum handling performance on winding roads. It is powered by Bugatti’s iconic 8 litre W16 engine with a power output of 1,500 PS (around 1,480 BHP). The vehicle aerodynamics have been intensively fine tuned and the suspension and chassis setting have been modified.

As a result the Divo is 35 Kg (77 Ibs) lighter and has 90 KG (198 Ibs) more downforce than the standard Bugatti Chiron. The lateral acceleration of the

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Divo has been boosted to 1.6g. It has a limited maximum spoeed of 236 mph (380 km/h) and has lapped the Nardo handing circuit in southern Italy eight seconds faster than the Chiron. The series will consist of just 40 vehicles with a price of €5 million each. When presented to a selected group of customers, all sold out immediately.

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Classic Nostalgia, Shelsley Walsh

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By Simon & Janet Wright, additional photos by Syd Wall

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Terry Sayles 1991 Dallara Judd V10 F191 ex Emanuele Pirro

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Ewen Sergison Toleman TG280 4th in class

The annual Classic Nostalgia meeting at Shelsley Walsh this year had a theme of Formula 1 through the ages. Several Formula 1 cars were on display in the paddock as well as others that actually ran up the hill. The weather for this years event was disappointing with light rain showers cropping up during most of © Simon Wright

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the day, but that didn’t stop the competitors from giving their all in their runs up the hill in both competition and demonstration runs.

The Formula 1 theme had attracted quite a few former Grand Prix cars, plus a 2016 Willims Mercedes FW38 Grand Prix car on static display, as driven by Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas.

Possibly the most famous Formula 1 car on static display was Red 5 the Nigel Mansell 1992 World Championship winning Williams Renault FW 14B.

Williams Mercedes FW38

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Nigel Mansell Williams FW14B

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BRM P48

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Rob Lamplough Bugatti Type 37 © Simon Wright

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Rob Newall Bugatt Type 35 GP © Simon Wright

Fyrth Crosse Dempster Ensign LNF3 4th in class

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Nigel Elliott Triumph TR7 V8

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Class Winners.

FTD: Richard Mason Austin Healey 3000 35.83 seconds.

Healeysport Speed Championship: Richard Mason Austin Healey 3000 35.83 seconds.

Bert Hadley Memorial Championship: Colin Danks Austin 7 Ulster 46.41 seconds.

Buckler Car Club: Paul Steed Buckler DD1 41.89 seconds.

Historic Rally Car Championship: Roger Jones Austin Mini 43.47 seconds.

500 Owners Association Speed Championship: John Dent Cooper Mk6 42.16 seconds.

Racing Cars Pre 1930: Tom Richardson Gipsy GN Special 43.50 seconds.

All cars 1930-1939: Martin Spencer GN Spider II 37.79 seconds.

Saloons Sports cars 1950-1959: Keith Beningfield MG TC 42.51 seconds.

Saloons Sports Cars 1960-1969: Matt Clarke Austin Mini 41.34 seconds.

Sports Racing & Racing Cars 1960-1969: Malcolm Thorne Lotus 35 39.43 seconds.

Saloons & Sports Cars 1970-80: Simon Braithwaite Ford Escort RS1600 40.37 seconds.

Sports Racing & Racing Cars 1970-80: Mark Harrison Toleman TG280 37.11 seconds.

FTD Richard Mason Austin Healey 3000

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John Dent Cooper Mk 8 500 Owners Class winner

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Tom Richardson Gipsy GN Special class winner

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Ralli 22 winner Saturday: John Clayton Mitsubushi Evolution 9 37.25 seconds.

Ralli 22 winner Sunday: John Clayton Mitsubushi Evolution 9 34.65 seconds. © Syd Wall © Janet Wright

Ryan Champion Subaru Impreza 555 demo

Neil Brighton Renault 5 Maxi Turbo demo

Ralli 22 winner John Clayton Mitsubushi Evo 9

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Nigel Hepburn Austin Rover Metro 6R4 4th in class on Sunday

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Mick Stafford Chevrolet Firenza Can Am

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Roy Davis Triumph GT6 from Australia

Les Procter Elva Mk7

Simon Ambrose Buckler DD2

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Jan Nycz Staride Mk3 F3 500

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Philip Stader Hillman Minx © Syd Wall

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Philip Chatterton Brabham BT18

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British Touring Car Championship.

Rockingham 11-12 August 2018.

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Dan Cammish Honda Civic Type R

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the way for much of the session but had to settle for second place after Morgan’s late charge, with Dan Cammish placed third on the grid.

Adam Morgan completed a commanding lights-to-flag victory with a faultless drive in race 1 at Rockingham, behind him though it was all kicking off. Dan Cammish made a slow start which resulted in Tom Chilton nearly getting passed on the run to the hairpin. Cammish went in deep to defend, but in doing so tagged Sam Tordoff putting him into a spin. Also caught up in © Motorsport-imagery

Maiden Pole position and Race win for Adam Morgan Mercedes Benz A class.

The weekend of 11-12th August saw the British Touring Car Championship have its last ever meeting at the Corby venue, due to the sale of the circuit and cessation of all activities at the end of 2018.

On the Saturday the teams had dry and sunny conditions throughout the day, a complete opposite to the damp grey day which greeted all on Sunday. When it came around to qualifying Saturday afternoon it would be Mac Tools with Ciceley Motorsport’s Adam Morgan who would secure his maiden pole position after setting the qualifying pace for Round 19 of the 2018 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship at Rockingham. “It has been a long time coming but we got there in the end!” said Morgan.

Team GardX Racing with Motorbase driver Sam Tordoff had led

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A weekend to forget for Jason Plato Subaru Levorg

the melee were both BTC Norlin Hondas, Sam Smelt’s Audi, Andrew Jordan’s BMW and Matt Neal’s Honda.

After the safety car period more drama was to follow, this time it was Jason Plato who would end up at the back of the field after being tagged and spinning his Subaru Levorg.

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the final step on the podium. He had already picked off rivalafter-rival before he blasted by then championship leader Colin Turkington to take fifth on lap 15. Both of those then muscled their way past the impressive Bushell, so it was Ingram and Turkington in fourth and fifth with just a couple of laps remaining. Senna Proctor’s Power Maxed TAG Racing’s Vauxhall was hanging on to third but when he ran across the grass through Brook for the second time, Ingram spied his opportunity and nipped through. © Motorsport-imagery

Matt Simpson Honda Civic Type R on his way to a third place in race 3.

Behind Morgans’s decisive win Ash Sutton would take second, Tom Chilton third, Chris Smiley fourth and Dan Cammish completing the top five.

Race two and this time it was Ash Sutton going one step further to take the win. Taking the lead from Adam Morgan off the line Sutton never really looked like he would relinquish the lead.

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Chris Smiley Honda Civic Type R on his way to victory in race 3

Pretty in pink, Sam Tordoff Ford Focus

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Afterwards Tom Ingram commented “For a second weekend running we’ve had to do the same thing but credit to the lads.

We were up against it after Race 1 and we only just got the car back out ahead of Race 2”.

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A DNF for Aiden Moffat Mercedes A Class Dan Lloyd flying high in the Honda Civic Type R. © Motorsport-imagery

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Head of the bunch for Jack Goff Honda Civic Type R

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Tom Ingram in the Toyota Avensis from 27th to third in race two, a decent drive !

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British Touring Car Championship race, the 12th different race winner of the season so far. The last race was not even underway when things started to happen Ricky Collard’s BMW 125i M Sport broke down on the green flag lap which delayed proceedings whilst it was recovered. During the delay rain started to fall harder and when the lights finally went out, Tom Chilton in his Ford Focus RS along with several others were caught out and slid wide at the hairpin. As the race settled it © Motorsport-imagery

Stephen Jelley pursued by Andrew Jordan in their BMW 125i M Sports

then got caught by Motorbase man Sam Tordoff, as well as Tom Ingram’s Speedwork’s Toyota. In a dash to the chequered flag it was Simpson who got the nod by just 0.029s. © Motorsport-imagery

A breakdown for Ricky Collard BMW 125i M Sport during the green flag lap race 3

was Chris Smiley ahead of Matt Simpson, both running identical Honda Civic Type R’s. Yet another incident brought out the safety car again, at the restart it was Rory Butcher who was making up ground, until he slid wide at the hairpin on lap ten, resulting in a loss of three places.

The podium eventually came down to the final run to the finish line as Simpson lost second to Turkington through Brook and

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A damaged Honda Civic Type R for Chris Smiley.

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F4 British Championship, Rockingham 11-12 August 2018.

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Steady race and victory in Race 2 for Johnathan Hoggard.

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Patrik Pasma two wins from the weekend.

For the second time in the space of two weeks Patrik Pasma claimed a superb double pole in qualifying for the F4 British.

Having achieved the feat at Snetterton, the Arden racer did so once again by overcoming a fierce challenge from team-mates Jack Doohan and Dennis Hauger, as well as Kiern Jewiss.

Like many in the field Pasma’s fastest lap came in the first half of the session, with drivers unable to find more time as track temperatures increased. The top four being separated by only 0.158s.

Arden and Patrik Pasma

took victory in round 19 of the F4 British Championship certified by FIA – powered by Ford EcoBoost at Rockingham Motor Speedway in emphatic fashion. Pasma Kiern Jewiss a twelve place start and third place finish in Race 3. recorded a lightsto-flag maiden win in the series ahead of team-mates Jack Doohan and Dennis Hauger. The two rookies also securing an Arden one-two in the Rookie class. It was plain sailing out front for Pasma who was chased home by Doohan and Hauger, as Arden stamped its authority all over proceedings. “It feels so good to win my first race in single-seaters,” said an elated Pasma. “It was quite lonely out front.

It was a pretty straightforward race.”

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Josh Skelton riding the kerbs.

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take his third win of the season in round 20 of the F4 British Championship certified by FIA – powered by Ford EcoBoost at Rockingham.

While it was smooth running out front for Hoggard from the outset, there was drama behind with a tangle at Deene involving Kiern Jewiss (Double R Racing), Sebastian Priaulx (Arden) and Ayrton Simmons (JHR Developments). It led to Priaulx and Simmons’ races coming to a premature end and the Safety Car deployed for several laps.

After the race Jewiss was handed a 10-place grid penalty to be taken in the next race for driving in a manner incompatible with general safety. It means he starts round 21 from 12th.

In the final race at Rockingham Patrik Pasma took a lights-toflag victory, driving a faultless race to finish ahead of Sebastian Priulx who got his fifth podium of the season.

Pasma said “It’s been a brilliant weekend with two victories, I’m so happy. Our pace has been really good since Friday.

Team mates Dennis Hauger and Jack Doohan.

The team have done a fantastic job so big thanks to them.”

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Wheel to wheel into the chicane.

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Patrik Pasma during practice.

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Archive Photo of the month.

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Fernando Alonso has been in the news recently with the announcement of his retirement from Formula One and then the scary accident at the start of the Belgian Grand Prix.

This months archive photo is a bit more recent but I thought it was appropriate in the circumstances. He is shown here in the cockpit of his F1 Renault during a test session at Silverstone in 2008. He had previously won the World Championship with the team in 2005 and 2006.

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Wythall Carnival Classic Car Show Wythall, West Midlands 5th August 2018.

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1963 and 1962 Austin Cambridge

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The annual carnival in Wythall in the West Midlands, always stage a classic car show in a large field next to the main carnival site. Located between Longbridge and Solihull, the area is steeped in motoring history and always attracts many locally built classics, but this show always has a vast range of vehicles © Janet Wright on show. They also attract an interesting selection of ex-military vehicles which tower over the far side of the field. These range from the classic World War 2 Jeep through to multi wheeled amphibious vehicles and tank tracked personnel carriers. The Ferret Mk1/2 Armoured Scout car was produced

by Daimler between 1952 and 1971 and was in desert camoflage. There

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was a selection of classic American cars from across the decades, showing the change in style of the large American car.

Starting with a Ford Hotrod, complete with open wheels, through to the excessively long 1975 Lincoln. © Simon Wright

1962 Ford Consul 375 Farnham Estate

room. Another immaculate Ford was a blue 1958 Ford Zodiac, while a rare 1962 two tone green and white Vauxhall Victor also looked brand new. There don’t seem to be many of the early 1960s Vauxhalls still on the road, so it’s always nice to see one © Simon Wright

1962 Ford Consul 375 Farnham Estate

Most of the vehicles were of British origins, but there were a few unusual classics hidden away. A 1962 Ford Consul 375 Farnham Estate was in excellent condition, with a two tone grey and black finish, looked like it had just come out of the show

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1962 Vauxhall Victor

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1970 Morris 1300

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in such great condition.

As you enter the display field, all down the right hand side was a line up of pre-war vehicles. Fittingly for the area, there were several large Austin Saloons, like the Austin 6 and Austin 10.

But there were also other brands including Bentley, Jowett, © Janet Wright

British Leyland was famous for was fitting different engines in the same body design, and these two followed the trend with the Rover 75 having a 1997cc V6 engine, while the MG was powered by a 2.5 litre V6 engine. © Simon Wright

1930 Jowett

Swift, a Rover 14 saloon and an original 1933 Morris Minor, which looks nothing like the later Morris Minor from the 1960s.

One of the features of the Britih Leyland empire, when it existed, was to produce the same vehicle, with a slightly different configuration, and sell them under different brands.

Even after the collapse of Leyland cars, this badge engineering continued under BMW and then Chinese ownership.There was a 2001 Rover 75 parked next to a 2001 MG ZT 190. The external body and lights were identical, only a rear spoiler on the MG made the cars look different. The other thing that

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1936 Austin Ten

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1960 Austin Healey Sprite

Pair of VW Beetles

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Hillman Hunter

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Land Rover old and new © Janet Wright

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Rover ‘Jet1’ © Simon Wright

Toyota Trio

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Formula 5000 50th anniversary celebrations Rolex Monterey Motorsports Pre-Reunion meeting WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, California, USA 17-19 Aug 2018 Prepared by FAST COMPANY of behalf of the New Zealand Formula 5000 Association www.F5000.co.nz Photo credits: Fast Company/Bob Pengraph

Aucklander Grant Martin in his Talon MR1A

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Other members of the 14-strong Kiwi group at Laguna Seca to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Formula 5000 category at the two big Rolex Monterey Motorsport Reunion meetings in the USA are Glenn Richards (Lola T400) and Brett Willis (Lola T330), and Russell Greer (Lola T332).

KIWI F5000 FLYERS MAKE BIG IMPRESSION AT FIRST US MEETING. The Kiwis from the SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series who shipped their F5000 cars up to the Classic and Competition Car September 2018

official US 50th anniversary celebrations of the category at the Laguna Seca circuit in Northern California made a big impression at the Pre-Reunion meeting over the weekend.

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Collins (McRae GM1) from Melbourne-based series regular better run off the re-start after a mid-race Safety Car period.

Paul Zazryn with the first ‘local’ drivers, Kyle Tilley (Lola Still Collins retained his ‘leading Kiwi’ status with fourth T330) and Craig Bennett (Shadow DN6) third and fourth place ahead of fellow McRae GM1 driver Steve Ross from respectively. Former SAS Autoparts MSC series champion Dunedin, Brit Greg Thornton (Chevron B24) and Kiwis Steve Ross (McRae GM1) joined Christchurch 22-year-old Andrew Higgins (Lola T332), Brett Willis (Lola T330), Collins on the front row of the grid, but was caught and Grant Martin (Talon MR1A) and Tony Galbraith (Lola passed by Zazryn then Tilley and Bennett to cross the finish T332). line fifth.

Like all the first-time track visitors at the Pre-Reunion Sixth was UK-based SAS Autoparts MSC series regular meeting both Collins and SAS Autoparts MSC Series Greg Thornton (Chevron B24), seventh Aucklander Grant stalwart Aaron Burson don’t mind admitting they are still in Martin (Talon MR1A). Phillip Lewis was second Aussie awe of the Laguna Seca circuit. ‘It’s crazy the way it climbs © Fast Company/Bob Pengraph home in his Matich A50 in eighth place ahead of US F5000 series regular Mark Harmer in an early model Surtees TS5, and reigning SAS Autoparts MSC series title holder Andy Higgins (Lola T332), fellow Aucklander Aaron Burson (Talon MR1A) and Russell Greer from Blenheim (Lola T332).

The locals got their revenge in the second weekend race on Sunday, won by Craig Bennett from Milford, Michigan in the unique Dodge-engined Shadow DN6, with Australian driver Paul Zazryn (Lola T332) again second and American ace Kyle Tilley again third in his Lola T330.

First race winner, Kiwi Michael Collins (McRae GM1), was in the mix up front in the second race as well but admitted afterwards that the other front-runners got a Classic and Competition Car

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Michael Collins (McRae GM1) on his way to his first race win over Australian driver Paul Zazryn (Lola T332).

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then drops list stuff. Michael is away,” Collins right about the said after the elevation changes second race. and the camber in “I’m definitely the corners. You still finding my watch the MotoGP way around the and Superbike races place and think I on TV and you probably still think to yourself, will be next yeah the track goes weekend. Seeing uphill there but it on TV just when you get here doesn’t do it you’re thinking justice, ‘man that’s steep.’ especially when And that’s just you drop down going up the hill. off the The corkscrew is so Michael Collins alongside fellow McRae GM1 driver Steve Ross in an all-Kiwi front row ahead of corkscrew. It’s steep going down the Saturday F5000 category race. just so steep. There’s also a lot of camber in the corners too, again that some of the guys on the track walk reckoned something else you don’t realise until you get there.” they’d need steps if they wanted to climb back up!”

Just being in the ‘States with a locally-made car, meanwhile, Unfortunately missing from the track for much of the had Aaron Burson buzzing. “I said before we left that I was weekend was the man many had come to see – 77-year-old taking the Talon home and one of the first local guys I met category super-vet, Ken Smith. The evergreen Auckland here came up and told me he actually built our cars here in racer picked up some sort of gastro bug in the week leading California. So yeah, that was a real buzz for a start. I think I up to the Pre-Reunion meeting, and though he went out in can speak for a all the guys who have made the trip up here Saturday’s timed practise session, he only managed a couple from New Zealand, too, in saying that we are all still pretty of laps in the race later that day before pitting and heading much pinching ourselves that we are here and racing at such back to his hotel to try and sleep the bug off. a historic circuit, and one which has so much category history Fellow Aucklanders Glenn Richards (Lola T400) and Frank associated with it. “In terms of driving it is also real bucket Karl (McLaren M10B) were also in the wars. Karl ran up the Classic and Competition Car

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back of the car in front of him in Saturday’s race when its driver hit the kill switch (by mistake) as the pair accelerated onto the start/finish straight, the ensuring contact ripping a rear wheel off the Kiwi’s car. Richards, meanwhile, blew an engine (also in the first race).

Fortunately, the Frank Karl McLaren can be fixed in time for the main Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion meeting which begins on Wednesday. With just a couple of days to try and source, fit and run in a new engine, however, Glenn Richards has made the hard decision to sit out the rest of the trip and rebuild the engine when the car gets home.

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Formula 5000 50th anniversary celebrations Rolex Monterey Motorsports Pre-Reunion meeting WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca California USA Aug 17-19 2018 Results Race 1 8 laps (Saturday) 1. Michael Collins (NZ) 1972 McRae GM-1 2. Paul Zazryn (AUS) 1974 Lola T-332 3. Kyle Tilley (US) 1973 Lola T-330 4. Craig Bennett (US) 1976 Shadow DN6 5. Steve Ross (NZ) 1972 McRae GM1 6. Gregory Thornton (UK) 1973 Chevron B24 7. Grant Martin (NZ) 1974 Talon MR1A 8. Philip Lewis (AUS) 1972 Matich A50 9. Mark Harmer (US) 1969 Surtees TS5 10. Andrew Higgins (NZ) 1974 Lola T-332 11. Aaron Burson (NZ) 1974 Talon MR1A 12. Russell Greer (NZ) 1973 Lola T-332 13. Bruce Leeson (US) 1969 McLaren M10B 14. Jim Stengel (US) 1973 McRae GM1 15. Johnnie Crean (US) 1969 Eagle Mk 5 16. Tony Galbraith (NZ) 1974 Lola T-332 17. Frank Harris (AUS) 1973 Chevron B24 18. Brett Willis (NZ) 1973 Lola T-330 19. Bill Blake (US) 1968 Lola T140 20. Seb Coppola (US) 1970 Lola T-192 21. Paul Kuhl (US) 1968 Lola T-140 22. Paul Dudiak (US) 1969 McKee F5000 23. Tim Rush (NZ) 1972 McLaren M22/3 24. Dean Camm (AUS) 1974 Chevron B24 Page 52

25. Bill Hemming (AUS) 1977 Elfin MR 26. George Frey (US) 1969 McLaren M10A 27. Adrian Akhurst (AUS) 1976 Lola T332C 28. Todd Gerstenberger (US) 1973 March 73A 29. Peter Burson (NZ) 1972 McRae GM1 30. Tom Simpson (US) 1972 McKee Mk 18 31. Bruce Marquand (US) 1973 Chevron B24 32. Ken Smith (NZ) 1975 Lola T332 33. Glenn Richards (NZ) 1975 Lola T-400 34. T Martin M Fogel Jr (US) 1969 McLaren M10A Race 2 9 laps (Sunday) 1. Craig Bennett (US) 1976 Shadow DN6 2. Paul Zazryn (AUS) 1974 Lola T-332 3. Kyle Tilley (US) 1973 Lola T-330 4. Michael Collins (NZ) 1972 McRae GM-1 5. Steve Ross (NZ) 1972 McRae GM1 6. Gregory Thornton (UK) 1973 Chevron B24 7. Andrew Higgins (NZ) 1974 Lola T-332 8. Brett Willis (NZ) 1973 Lola T-330 9. Grant Martin (NZ) 1974 Talon MR1A 10. Tony Galbraith (NZ) 1974 Lola T-332 11. Philip Lewis (AUS) 1972 Matich A50 12. Bruce Leeson (US) 1969 McLaren M10B 13. Aaron Burson (NZ) 1974 Talon MR1A 14. Russell Greer (NZ) 1973 Lola T-332 15. Frank Harris (AUS) 1973 Chevron B24 16. Johnnie Crean (US) 1969 Eagle Mk 5 17. Dean Camm (AUS) 1974 Chevron B24 18. Paul Kuhl (US) 1968 Lola T-140 19. George Frey (US) 1969 McLaren M10A Classic and Competition Car September 2018

20. Tim Rush (NZ) 1972 McLaren M22/3 21. Bill Hemming (AUS) 1977 Elfin MR 8 22. Adrian Akhurst (AUS) 1976 Lola T332C 23. Seb Coppola (US) 1970 Lola T-192 24. Paul Dudiak (NZ) 1969 McKee F5000 25. Peter Burson (NZ) 1972 McRae GM1 26. Todd Gerstenberger (US) 1973 March 73A 27. Kirt Bennett (US) 1974 Lola T-332 28. Martin M Fogel Jr (US) 1969 McLaren M10A 29. Tom Simpson (US) 1972 McKee Mk 18 30. Bill Blake (US) 1968 Lola T140 31. Jim Stengel (US) 1973 McRae GM1 © Fast Company/Bob Pengraph

Set to again feature during the 2018/19 SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series are former champ Steve Ross from Dunedin in his McRae GM1

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VSCC Prescott Vintage Speed Hill Climb 4th-5th August 2018.

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Nicholas Topliss - ERA R4D

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Barbara Lerigo - Riley Special

impressive of these being a 1930 Avions-Voisin C14 Demi Berline.

Back to the action on the hill, of the three ERAs present, Nicholas Topliss took The Mays-Berthon Trophy for fastest time of the day (41.55 seconds) in R4D. Fastest vintage was Dr Robin Tuluie in his Riley Menasco Pirate with James Crabb taking the youngest driver award in another ERA, R12C. Prescott is the home turf of the Bugatti Owners Club and Edmund Burgess took The Peter Hampton Tankard in his familiar Type 51. The Sam Clutton Memorial Trophy for fastest Edwardian went to Ben Collings in his Mercedes 60hp. The Silver Con-Rod Trophy for best presented Edwardian, chosen by the scrutineers, went to Timothy Sharp in his MG PB. One of the more interesting cars taking part was the 1938 GN Freikaiserwagen driven by Steve Lister. Based on a GN chassis with Morgan front chassis frame and suspension , the

VSCC Prescott Vintage Speed Hill Climb – 4/5th August 2018

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Hot sunny weather greeted competitors and spectators to the annual VSCC Hill Climb meeting on the Prescott short course © Pete Austin (the event on the long course is being held on 29th September).

In addition to the competitors cars in the paddock, as is usual at these events, there was a large collection of vintage and classic vehicles in the orchard car park. One of the most Avions-Voisin C14 Demi Berline

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Dr Robin Tuluie - Riley Menasco

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Edmund Burgess - Bugtti Type 51

Ben Collings - Mercedes 60HP

car, now rebuilt by Steve Lister and Mike Smythes, took fasted time of the day at the very first VSCC Prescott Hill Climb in 1938 with a time of 47.62 seconds.

Another car attracting a lot of attention was the ERA Parnell © Pete Austin

‘Challenger’ of Duncan Ricketts which was making its first competitive appearance at a VSCC event. The last time I saw this car was as a virtually rolling chassis at the VSCC Spring Start Silverstone event in 2015. It has now been fully restored and looked immaculate. Sadly mechanical problems intervened on its first © Pete Austin practice run but later in the day it was put on display outside the Bugatti Trust Museum to the admiration of many.

Full results can be found on www.vscc.co.uk

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Terry McGrath - Amilcar CGSs

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Steve Lister - GN Freikaiserwagen

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Timothy Sharp - MG PB

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James Crabb - ERA 12C

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Bob Mellors - Bugatti Type 35B shelters from the sun

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Great Escapes Classics and Coffee.

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19th August 2018.

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Painting the town Red in Redditch.

Held on the Hunt End Industrial Estate in Redditch, these car meets are held regularly over the summer. The venue has plenty of room for enthusiasts to arrive and display their vehicles away from traffic. Organised by Great Escape Cars, they even have refreshments available to purchase. Held on a Sunday morning between 10am and 12 noon, there is usually a good turn out of all types of vehicle, from classic to some very nice modern supercars. At the August meeting there was a new 2018 red Chevrolet Corvette convertible which attracted a lot of interest. Equally stunning and also in red was a 1981 Maserati Merak SS. This mid-engined 2+2 sports car was built by the Italian Maserati firm between 1972 and 1983. It was closely related to the Maserati Bora, sharing a similar structure and body panels, but whereas the Bora had a 4.7 litre V8 engine, the Merak had a 3 litre V6 power plant. This smaller engine allowed the extra cabin room to allow for the extra Š Simon Wright

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There were a couple of unusual cars on display. A stunning 1972 Triumph Stag estate, which was a restoration

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row of seats, for children or two small adults. This model was designed during the period that Citroen owned Maserati, and it was fitted with a Citroen gearbox, plus many Citroen hydropneumatic systems, operating brakes, clutch and even the pop up headlights. Models built after 1976, when Citroen gave up control of Maserati, had these components gradually replaced with more conventional parts. The Merak SS that was here was the lightened and more powerful version which was introduced in 1975 at the Geneva Motor Show. It was 50 kg lighter and had a 30 PS power increase to 217 HP. Around 1,000 of the SS model were built up to 1983 when Merak production stopped.

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of a conversion done many years ago by Rally driver Del Lines, where the Triumph Stag V8 engine was fitted in to a Triumph 2.5 estate body. This vehicle is believed to be one of only three remaining.

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The other car was also red, a Sylva Riot. The Riot Kit car project was bought from Sylva Autokits by Xmoor Cars Ltd in April 2013. Sylva had been founded by kit car designer Jeremy Phillips in 1981. The Riot won Complete Kit Cars magazine’s Kit Car of the Year in 2005. It is an ultra lightweight, high performnce mid engined sports car designed for self assembly. Normally offered with the 1600cc Ford Sigma Ecoboost engine, the tubular steel space frame and glass reinforced plastic body was already a fast road/track/competition package. This kit car was unusual because it was powered by a Honda DOHC Vtec engine.

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Of course, not all the cars were red. Coming back down to Earth, there was a nice example of one of the most popular cars in the World on display, a pristine original Volkswagen Beetle in blue. This car was manufactured between 1938 and 2003 in mainly both Germany and Brazil and in total 21,529,464 were built, including 330,251 Cabriolets.

Interestingly, in © Simon Wright the 1999 Car of the Century competition, the Volkswagen Beetle came 4th, after The Ford Model T, the Mini and the Citroen DS.

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A small side car park on the Industrial estate had been commandeered by a group of MG Rover fans and included a Rover 100 (The Mini Metro successor), Rover 45, MG ZT and MG ZT Estate. © Simon Wright

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Ford Escort Mk1 © Simon Wright

Triumph Herald Estate

Clan Crusader © Simon Wright

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Vauxhall Astra

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Lancia Trevi 2000

Fiat Abarth 124

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British Automobile Racing Club Rockingham, 4th August 2018

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George Turiccki had a strong event.

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competitors but also the twilight of the racing history for the soon to be closed Northamptonshire circuit.

The Pickup Truck Racing Championship, Hyundai Coupe Cup and BARC Clubmans Sports Prototype Championship were all involved in races that did justice to the popular venue, although the Pickups are scheduled to visit Rockingham again in September, this will probably turn out to be the last time many off the drivers will race at Rockingham.

Headliners were the popular Pickup Truck Racing Championship, with two races on the full oval circuit, one of © Motorsport-imagery

ex BTCC racer Lea Wood.

Into the Sunset at Rockingham.

The British Automobile Racing Club (BARC) delivered an exciting afternoon and evening of racing at Rockingham on the 4th August with three championships racing into the evening. © Motorsport-imagery Given the news emerging from Rockingham shortly after the event, this was not only evening racing for the

Scott Bourne leads a pack round the oval.

the only series to run the full oval in the last few years. In typical pickup racing style, the leading group changed position many times during the 30 laps with no clear front runner, Paul Tompkins emerging as the winner of race one from a very close second placed Paul Turiccki, with David Weaver

Mark Willis at the head of the queue.

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completing the podium.

Reigning Champion from 2017, Scott Bourne showed his class by taking victory in the twilight race. Pickup racing is all about tactics, Bourne showed this by overtaking runner up from the first race, Paul Turiccki, who had led the majority of laps in the second race. Race one victor Paul Tompkins and David O’Regan completed the second race podium. Oval racing is all about track position and drafting, more than in most series, there is often a group of 6-8 cars contesting the top positions, the winner is often n to clear until the last corner of the race.

This is highlighted by the winning margin in the weekends two races, 0.8 seconds in the first race but only 0.3 second in the evening race. It is rare in this series that there is a runaway winner. © Motorsport-imagery

Winner of both Pototype races Clive Wood.

In a field dominated by Mallock’s, Clive Wood in his Mallock Mk23 dominated with victory in both of the BARC Clubmans Sports Prototype races Clive Wood was perfection personified in the BARC Clubmans Sports Prototype Championship in assoc. with King Henry’s Taverns as he notched a pair of overall victories. © Motorsport-imagery

David O'Regan in a close pack.

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Morris Hart's Mallock.

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Pippa Tanner-Wood decided she would give Grass Tracking a try.

Race winner Steve Kite had the perfect weekend.

The loss of Rockingham as a race venue will be missed by many, but in particular for the Pickups, they are ideally suited to a long oval circuit

The two Hyundai Coupe Cup races were dominated by Steve Kite, with total domination in the event. To call it a full house would be no exaggeration, with Kite setting the fastest practice time, qualifying on pole leading every lap and setting fastest lap in both races. Wayne Rockett and Alex Curseley completed the podium in both races.

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Michael Evans

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Wayne Rockett.

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Dean Tompkins. © Motorsport-imagery

George Turiccki's Vauxhall.

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Steve Kite enjoyed success in one of the final meetings at Rockingham.

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Shelsley Walsh 12th August 2018

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Zach Zammit attacks the bottom S en route to 7th in the round 26 run-off

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had to be. Dave Uren was a very close second, the same order as the June run-off here. Wallace Menzies took third with a tie for 4th for Trevor Willis and Jason Mourant. The smaller engined classes filled the rest of the top 12. Richard Spedding took 6th place ahead of Alex Summers’ Firestorm in 7th and Les Mutchin 8th. Matt Ryder had trouble on Saturday after a broken chain caused further damage but recovered to take 9th. Darren Gumbley’s 1100cc car was 10th but Adam Greenan’s similar car unluckily broke a driveshaft approaching the start line. Taking 11th place was Olivia Cooper who was ecstatic after qualifying for a top 12 run-off for the first time. © Syd Wall

Nic Mann’s famous nitrous oxide injected twin turbo Rover engined Morris Minor

The weather Gods weren’t smiling on Shelsley Walsh in August. After a record breaking summer, the Classic Nostalgia meeting was run in cold, wet conditions and we were treated to more rain two weeks later for the British Hillclimb Championship.

The very mixed conditions were full wet in the early morning, followed by some sun and drying conditions for the rest of the day but with the odd shower throwing a spanner in the works and of course there was permanent greasiness under the trees at the Esses.

Will Hall topped the round 25 morning run off with a time of 25.13s which turned out to be FTD. It was drying, but nearly 3 seconds off the hill record showed how circumspect the drivers

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Intermediate tyres provided just enough grip for Chris Aspinall

Chaos followed in Q2 after an oil spill running from near the Crossing to the top Esses which must have come from Robert Wilson’s quick Peugeot 205, one of the early runners in afternoon qualifying. He lost it at the top Esses, hit the bank and rolled. An oil trail was cleaned up but we couldn’t see any Page 70

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oil coming from the car during recovery. Whatever the cause, the afternoon action was sensational with so many cars coming through the bottom Esses with big oversteer. Scott Moran starred with huge oversteer at both the bottom and top Esses yet he still qualified for the run-off. Will Hall’s qualification in 11th place was even more unlikely after a run that looked slow and sounded awful. The cause was merely a split air pipe which cobbled the gearshift. He was stuck in third gear thereafter and on the rev limiter but the repair was simple and he raced to another win in the end of day run-off. The drama in qualifying had already reached fever pitch. Every over 2000cc car came through the bottom Esses broadside with Graham Wynn spinning to a halt, next car Dave Uren ricocheting off the banks and coming to a halt at the bottom Esses, followed by Alex Summers and Scott Moran sideways, Jason Mourant hitting the recticel barriers, Will Hall stuck in third and very © Syd Wall

First time out for Peter Knights’ new build twin turbo Mitsubishi engined Metro

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Keith Weeks’ 998cc Image FF5 - less power then Moran but still full on it at the top S

sideways, Wallace Menzies the only car looking stable and then Trevor Willis getting back to spectacular sideways action again.

The track for Round 26’s run-off seemed to be back to providing predictable levels of grip as we were greeted with 10 smooth and controlled runs, only Malta’s Zach Zammit and Les Mutch getting out of shape. This is the only way Zammit appears to be able to drive, but he’s always quick, placed 7th in his 1600cc Empire, Mutch 9th in his 1600cc GWR Raptor.

Setting off 2nd in the run-off due to his split air pipe, Will Hall blitzed everyone, setting a 25.80s target which nobody could beat. Wallace Menzies came closest with 26.20. This car has a stunning power to weight ratio, 700hp driving only 400kg giving about 1600hp per ton! Trevor Willis in third headed Richard Spedding in the first of the smaller cars, Scott Moran and Alex Summers 5th and 6th, Rob Kenrick 8th and Kelvin Page 72

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Broad 10th.

The crowd was also treated to a new electric car record during the Sunday lunch break when Jaguar brought their Formula E car out to play, driven by their New Zealand star Mitch Evans. The new record stands at 30.46, taking almost 7 seconds off the previous figure, set by a Tesla seven years ago. Not Dave Uren sideways off the start line when surprising you might the track was at its wettest in Q1 think, but the track was very greasy after yet another shower immediately after the morning top 12 run-off.

drying in occasional sunshine, seemed hard to find. Uren hit the left-hand bank after Crossing, damaging the Gould’s front corner. Just two cars later, BHC returnee Scott Moran survived a huge ‘tank-slapper’ just after the Kink that only the six-times champion could have saved. Moments later, Jason Mourant did the same thing only he was not so lucky, clouting the bank and going on to hit the Bottom S barrier.

This succession of incidents prompted a track inspection by the clerk of the course, accompanied by the remaining Championship runners, Hall, Wallace Menzies and Trevor Willis, who saw no reason not to continue and duly qualified.

So the second run-off took place without two key runners - and almost without Hall, too, who had just scraped into the line-up after an air pipe linked to the gearshift system became detached, restricting the Force-AER to a single gear. With the © Syd Wall

HALL'S SHELSLEY DOUBLE Event 13 at Shelsley Walsh on 12/08/2018 In a virtual re-run of their June Shelsley duel, Will Hall and Dave Uren took the first two places in the opening run-off, split by hundredths to set first and second FTD on a wet track. But whereas Hall went on to repeat his success in the second shoot-out, Uren failed to make the cut after an accident during the class runs in an afternoon which saw numerous incidents on a track where grip, despite the tarmac

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Bucking the trend by understeering through the bottom S - the Renault Clio Cup of Ian Richards

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Jason Mourant takes an early bath and misses the run-off

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Graham Wynn couldn’t hold the Gould GR55 at the bottom S

pipe replaced he went on to win from Menzies, who had chased the two leaders home in the opening shoot-out before scoring his best result in the GR59 since his win at Loton in June. After levelling with Mourant for fourth place in the morning, Willis had to be content with third later on, although he still holds a healthy 32-point advantage over Hall on the series table.

Back aboard the supercharged Raptor 2, Richard Spedding followed Willis home each time ahead of first Alex Summers’ Firestorm and then Scott Moran, making a welcome return to British hillclimbing in the all-conquering Gould GR61X. Despite that huge moment in qualifying he had still qualified a strong fifth after missing the morning cut. ‘I just didn’t drive fast enough’ was his honest assessment.

In the morning run-off, 1600 and 1100cc cars made up the remaining qualifiers. After his astounding performance at Shelsley in June, it was disappointing that Robert Kenrick’s

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Raptor-BMW was missing after a launch control glitch had scuppered his start in Q1. The ever-present Darren Gumbley was the only scorer from the 1100s in the Force TA, as the unfortunate Adam Greenan’s Empire Evo 2 had broken a gearbox output shaft coming to the line. Les Mutch led home the 1600s in eighth place from Matthew Ryder, whose own Evo 2 had been sidelined for much of Saturday’s practice day after a chain breakage had caused additional damage. The remaining 1600cc runner in the morning was Olivia Cooper in her Force TA, delighted to make a British run-off for the first time.

In the afternoon, Zach Zammit was hard on the heels of Summers’ Firestorm in his own 1600cc Empire, five hundredths clear of Kenrick, who had made no mistake at the start this time to set the pace among the 1100cc entry. Even Mutch’s Raptor was over half a second adrift of the flying © Syd Wall

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Scott Moran under full power through the top S in Q2

Welshman, while Kelvin Broad’s Pilbeam-Suzuki, the only forced induction 2-litre class runner in the line-up, just managed to keep Ryder and Johnathen Varley’s Predator-BDG out of the points.

Avon Tyres/Wynn Developments MSA British Hillclimb Championship, Shelsley Walsh

Matthew Ryder (1.6 Empire-Suzuki Evo2) 27.80s; 10 Darren Gumbley (1.0 Force-Kawasaki TA) 28.56s; 11 Olivia Cooper (1.6 Force-Suzuki TA) 28.73s; 12 Adam Greenan (1.1 Empire Evo 2-Suzuki) DNS. Championship run-off, round 26: 1 Hall 25.80s; 2 Menzies 26.20s; 3 Willis 26.37s; 4 Spedding 26.46s; 5 Scott Moran (3.5 Gould-NME GR61X) 26.75s; 6 Summers 27.10s; 7 Zach Zammit (1.6 Empire Evo-Suzuki) 27.39s; 8 Robert Kenrick (1.0 GWR Raptor-BMW) 27.44s; 9 Mutch 28.00s; 10 Kelvin Broad (1.3s Pilbeam-Suzuki MP101) 28.79s; 11 Ryder 28.99s; 12 Johnathen Varley (2.0 GWR Predator-BDG) 30.11s.

British Championship positions after round 26: 1 Willis 223; 2 Hall 191; 3 Menzies 174; 4 Mourant 157; 5 Dave Uren 141; 6 Spedding 118; 7 Summers 97; 8 Robert Kenrick 43; 9 Mutch 30; 10= Darren Warwick and Paul Haimes 28. © Syd Wall

FTD: Will Hall (2.0t Force-AER WH) 25.13s Championship run-off, round 25: 1 Hall 25.13s; 2 Dave Uren (3.5 Gould-NME GR55B) 25.16s; 3 Wallace Menzies (3.3 Gould-Cosworth XD GR59) 25.50s; 4= Jason Mourant (4.0 Gould-Judd EV GR55) 26.06s; 4= Trevor Willis (3.2 OMS-RPE 28) 26.06s; 6 Richard Spedding (1.3s GWR Raptor-Suzuki) 26.29s; 7 Alex Summers (2.5 DJ Firestorm-Cosworth/Opel KF) 26.77s; 8 Les Mutch (1.6 GWR Raptor-Suzuki) 27.11s; 9

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Will Hall just scraped into the round 26 run-off after this Q2 run

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London-Sydney Marathon 50th Anniversary, British Motor Museum, Gaydon – 29th July 2018.

By Pete Austin.

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Triumph 2000 in the convoy from Wroxton

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BMC 1800 Land Crabs on parade

It doesn’t seem that nearly 50 years ago I was at Crystal Palace near London waving nearly 100 cars away on their journey of 10,000 miles to Sydney, Australia. In between, passing through Turin, Belgrade, Istanbul, Teheran, Kabul, Delhi to Bombay, including the Khyber Pass, mountains and deserts on the way. Then by boat to Freemantle in Australia heading for Sydney via Perth, the Nullarbor Plain and Flinders Ranges.

Back to the present, after weeks of hot, dry weather the participants arrived to a wet and windy Sunday at the British Motor Museum. In the morning some of the cars arrived in

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convoy having travelled from the nearby Rootes Archive Centre at Wroxton. In the afternoon Castrol navigation notes many of the cars took part in a parade around the museum site.

A number of the original cars from the 1968 event were present including car number 1, the Ford Cortina which finished in 23rd place. The BMC 1800 ‘Land Crab’ seems to be synonymous with this event and a number were present including, in the museum itself, the second placed example of Paddy Hopkirk, Alec Pole and Tony Nash. The winning Hillman © Pete Austin Hunter, owned by one of the original drivers Andrew Cowan, now resides in Scotland but was represented by an excellent replica.

The Jean Denton and Tom Boyce MGB was present having recently undergone a restoration with the remaining Marathon car attending being the Triumph 2000 crewed in the event itself by Frank Goulden and his two sons.

In addition, cars from other similar events in the 60s and 70s were also

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British Leyland Special Tuning mobile workshop

Ford Cortina which finished 23rd in

the convoy from Wroxton

invited including the familiar Austin Maxi of Bron Burrell and Tina Kerridge which took part in the 1970 World Cup Rally plus a British Leyland Special Tuning mobile workshop. During the day, inside the Museum, several personalities from the 1968 © Pete Austin event were interviewed including Paddy Hopkirk, Alec Poole, Brian Culcheth, Mike Wood and Paul Easter among

others. Also on display were photographs and various items of memorabilia including Castrol navigation notes.

The day certainly brought back many memories from all those years ago. © Pete Austin

Brian Culcheth & Mike Wood interview

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Replica of the winning Hillman Hunter

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Restored MGB which finished 42nd

British Motor Museum's BMC 1800 which finished second © Pete Austin

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Paul Easter pictured with Barrie Williams

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WCR Austin Maxi of Bron Burrell & Tina Kerridge

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Formula Vintage Round 4 Mallory Park, 11th August 2018

By Simon & Janet Wright.

Mike Littlewood 1926 Bentley 3/4 1/2 litre finished 5th Allcomers Short handicap race

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Formula Vintage Round 4 Mallory Park.

The VSCC made their annual trip to “The Friendly circuit”, Mallory Park, in Leicestershire at the beginning of August. The short 1.35 mile circuit offers unrivalled viewing for the spectator with views of the majority of the circuit from the grass bank overlooking the start straight. The mainly fast circuit also has the tightest hairpin bend in the country. This meeting had a couple of first’s for the VSCC which was headed by a challenge race between the VSCC and the 750 Motor Club for the Herbert Austin Handicap race. Both clubs make extensive use of the original Austin 7 vehicle, so it was a matter of honour who won.

The second new feature was the Under 30s Allcomers handicap race your younger drivers to demonstrate their skills behind the wheel of a vintage car. There were also a couple of invited series joining the action packed day.

The heatwave that the country had been enjoying had come to an end, but the weather remained dry all day, but a lot cooler than of late. There were just a few drops of rain at the start of the last race of the day, but it didn’t amount to much. Starting

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Malcolm Hills MG KN Special had a big moment at the esses, but still won his class in 6th place in Race 1

the meeting was the Mallory Park Trophy for Special Pre-war Sports cars & Allcomers scratch race.This started with a fantastic battle between eventual winner Dougal Cawley in GN/ Ford Piglet and Christian Pedersen in his Austin 7 Special.

Cawley took the lead from the start but lap after lap Pedersen challenged him in to the Esses, both cars sliding through at full speed. Although he challenged for lap after lap, he was not able to pass Cawley and in the latter stages of the race dropped back to finish nearly nine seconds behind at the Page 82

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Unfortunately it stopped on the first lap at the hairpin as the front wheel split, forcing the tyre off the rim. The race and Dick Baddiley Trophy went to Andrew Howe-Davies in the 1911 Scat Racer by just 0.8 of a second from Duncan Pittaway in the 1913/18 Monarch Special, with Julian Ghosh only a further 0.07 of a second behind in 3rd place in the 1913 Vauxhall 30/98. The Edwardian Racing Trophy was awarded to 4th placed Hughie Walker in the 1913 Theophile Schneider Aero.

Tim Llewellyn 1926/30 Bentley 3/8 2 Str battling with Tony Lees 1925 AC/GN Cognac in Race 3 for Vintage Racing Cars

Dougal Cawley GN/Ford Piglet leads the field in the first race

flag.Both won their respective classes. The other two class winners were Tim Kneller in a Riley TT Sprite and Malcolm Hills in an MG KN Special. Charles Goddard at the wheel of an MG PA-PB was the winner on handicap.

The second race started the afternoons proceedings after lunch, © Janet Wright and saw the big Edwardian cars in action for the Dick Baddiley and Edwardian Racing Trophy for Edwardians and invited GN cars. Most of the cars in this race were over one hundred years old, with just the younger GN cars being in their nineties. Making it’s racing debut was the 1904 Pope Toledo, being driven David Ozanne 1911 Delage Coupe De by Rob Hubbard.

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The next race was for Vintage Racing cars and saw Tim Llewellyn driving a 1926/30 Bentley 3/8 2 str take a comfortable win by over seven seconds from Tony Lees in the 1925 AC/GN Cognac. Thirty seconds behind was Sue Darbyshire in her little three wheeled 1929 Morgan Super Aero. The winner on handicap was Bruce Stops in a 1928 Bugatti T35/44.

L’Auto Edwardian race

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Duncan Pittaway 1913/18 Monarch Special 2nd in Edwardian race.

James Collins 1917 Hudson Super Six 9th and Hughie Walker Theophile Schneider Aero 4th Edwardian race

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Rob Hubbard 1904 Pope Toledo on the warm up lap for the Edwardian race, just before it retired.

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Julian Ghosh 1913 Vauxhall 30/98 finished 3rd Edwardian race

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Herbert Austin Handicap race challenge between VSCC and 750MC

This meeting was the place for an interesting challenge. The Herbert Austin Handicap race was a team challenge race between the VSCC and the 750 Motor Club, both of which race the Austin 7 or specials derived from the Austin 7. The ten lap race was won by Max Fraser for the VSCC in an Austin 7, but the Herbert Austin Trophy was awarded to the 750 Motor Club as Mike Harvey in © Janet Wright an Austin 7 Ulster was 2nd and James Miles was 3rd in an Austin 7 Special.

Robert Moore Austin 7 (VSCC) ahead of Gregan Thruston The fifth

race of the day was the Mallory Mug for Standard and Modified Pre-War Sports Cars. This went to Tim Kneller in his Riley TT Sprite who finished over seven seconds ahead of class winning William Mahany in his HRG Le Mans Model. Mark Brett finished 3rd overall in his Ballamy Ford V8 Spl (LMB) who also won his class. The other two class winners were Max Sowerby in a Talbot Lago T120 in 7th place and Tim Wadsworth in a Lagonda 2 ltr L/C Tourer in 18th. David © Simon Wright

Austin 7 Special (750MC) Herbert Austin Handicap

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Tim Kneller 1933 Riley TT Sprite won the Mallory Mug

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Johnson driving a Frazer Nash Super Sports was the winner on handicap, while Simon Edwards in a Morgan Aero Supersports was the first vintage car and John Briggs in an Aston Martin Ulster was the first Standard car. © Janet Wright

Frederick Harper 1957 Kurtis Indy-Roadster fighting with Justin Maeers 1958 Cooper Monaco T49 in the Bob Gerard Trophy

David Seber 1935 Wolseley Hornet Special took two wins in the Under 30s and the Allcomers short handicap races

Another different race for Formula Vintage at Mallory Park was the Under 30s Allcomers handicap race. This gave the younger generation the chance to race against each other. David Seber took the win in a 1935 Wolseley Hornet Special by just under two seconds from Angus Frost in a 1929 Morgan Super Aero.

Ben Maeers was 3rd in a Morgan Rip Special.

The title race of the meeting, the Bob Gerard Memorial, Robert Ashley, Brooklands and Goddard Trophy race was for Pre-1961 racing cars. In 1st place was Frederick Harper in the 1957 Kurtis Indy-Roadster with John Arnold in 2nd in a 1959 Elva 100. In 3rd place, and winner of the Bob Gerard Memorial Trophy, Robert Ashley Trophy was Julian Wilton in a 1953 Cooper Bristol. The winner on handicap was 7th placed Mark Haynes in a 1960 Elva 200.

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The Allcomers short handicap race was won by Tony Seber, taking his second victory of the day in his Wolseley Hornet Special. He beat Simon Jackson in a 1935 MG PB and Michael James in a 1935 Riley 12/4 TT Sprite Rep. The AR Motorsport Morgan Aero Challenge had a relatively small entry for their twenty minute race, which saw Andrew Thompson win in his Morgan ARV6 from Dominic House in a Morgan © Simon Wright Roadster and Stuart Anderson in another Morgan ARV6.

Keeping the races coming thick and fast, the Allcomers Andrew Thompson Morgan ARV6 won the AR Motorsport Morgan Aero Challenge.

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Nicholas Powell Austin/MG La Special ahead of Angus Frost Morgan Super Aero and John Briggs Aston Martin Ulster in the Allcomers Short Scratch race.

50 Anthony Fenwick-Wilson 1935/37 Railton LS Tourer spun off in the Allcomers Short Handicap race as Fred Boothby MG J2 continues

Short Handicap race was an eight lap dash, with Michael James now getting the top step of the podium in his Riley 12/4 TT Sprite Rep, with Geraint Lewis 2nd in a 1936 Frazer Nash SIngle Seat GP car and Mike Painter in an MG Kayne.

The Allcomers Short Scratch race was slightly longer at 12 laps.

Tony Seber was trying for hat trick of victories, but Dougal Cawley had other ideas and kept his GN/Ford Piglet in front to take his second win of the day by over eight seconds. Seber in the Wolseley Hornet Special took 2nd, and another class win, and Michael James took another 3rd place in his Riley 12/4 TT Sprite Rep. The other class winner was 5th placed Angus Frost in a 1929 Morgan Super Aero, while Barry Foster in an MG

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Montlhery was the winner on handicap in 9th position.

The final race of the day was the F3 500s race from the 500 Owners Association. George Shackleton took the win in his Cooper Mk 11 by exactly one second from Darrell Woods in a Staride Mk3. They were well clear of the rest of the field, with 3rd placed Stuart Wright in another Cooper Mk 11 over 39 seconds behind the winner.The good sized crowd had enjoyed © Janet Wright an excellent days racing, with superb viewing at Mallory Park. Formula Vintage now moves to Snetterton for its final race meeting of the year on 23rd September 2018.

George Shackleton Cooper Mk11 F3 500 race winner

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Chris Jackson 1933 Alvis Firefly being passed by the yellow Austin 7 Special of Christian Pedersen in the Mallory Park Trophy race.

William Kirk Austin 7 Monoposto (750MC) about to be lapped by 80 Robert Moore Austin 7 (VSCC) in the Herbert Austin Handicap.

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Colin Warrington 1939 Alta Norris Special in the Bob GerardTrophy race

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Xavier Kingsland Staride Mk 3 F3 500 race 4th © Simon Wright

William Mahany 1938 HRG Le Mans Model in the Mallory Mug race 5

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Craig Hamilton Smith Morgan +4 Club Sport finished 9th AR Motorsport Morgan race

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Meanwhile in the car park

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1938 Lancia Augusta

1918 Bianchi Type 16

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1925 Swift and 1925 Talbot

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1936 Wolseley Hornet Special

1937 Talbot 105 Alpine.

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Closing Shot

Taken at a small local Vauxhall club meeting, this photograph shows the difference between the 1961 blue Vauxhall Victor and the earlier 1957 red Vauxhall Victor. The earlier model had more of an American flair to the design with more chrome.

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