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AN HSCC CHAMPIONSHIP SINCE 1996
August 2018 – No3
TREMENDOUS RACING IN WARM SUNSHINE AND THE BIGGEST HISTORIC RACING TROPHY OF THE SEASON
NEVER EXPECTED TO FIND THIS IN THE LAKE IN THE MIDDLE OF MALLORY PARK... HALF EXPECTED TO FIND A BODY! DAVID TOMKINSON 10.06.18
HSCC 70s Road Sports – August 2018
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Time flies when you are having fun, unbelievably we are already past the middle of our 2018 season and if we haven’t mentioned it before, a big welcome to all the new competitors who raced with 70s this year. What a wonderful season we are having and as a result have been receiving a lot of positive comments in the press for our on track performances, which is great and thanks to to the efforts all the 70s competitors. The fact that so many drivers have been competing in 70s for many years is testament to the friendly and open atmosphere in which we operate, we have always welcomed new competitors and do not wish anyone to feel excluded. Above all, we want competitors to enjoy their racing, to enjoy being part of something that is fun, it’s great when you hear competitors talking after a race, ‘It was close but fair’ and ‘we gave each other space.’ It’s often said competitive people are selfish, this is not a view we support in 70s where there is really only one unwritten rule – ‘Respect your fellow competitor.’
driving standards or worse still with a damaged car. Things happen fast on a circuit so take time early on to identify the marshals posts, use your mirrors, be aware of what is happening around you and observe the flag signals. Drivers of the quicker cars should not assume cars to be lapped will jump out of their way, sometimes it can be safer if the slower car simply holds the racing line and forces the lapping cars to go the long way round. By all means if it’s safe to do so move off the racing line to allow the quicker cars to pass but make your decision early and stick to it. If you make a mistake, hold your hand up and say sorry as soon as possible, we might tease you but we have all made mistakes and are just as likely to buy you a beer. If any driver has a concern at any time please talk to someone, there will always be an ear available to listen from Charles Barter our Championship Chairman to any of the class representatives:
There is a huge variety of cars in the Championship, one of the reasons 70s is so popular, but by association there are cars of Class A – Mark Bennett considerable varying performance and thrown Class B – Charles Barter into the mix are invitation runners. Class C – Jim Dean What we really want to avoid are competitors Class D – Mark Oldfield going home after a meeting grumbling about Class E – David Tomkinson
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CADWELL PARK SATURDAY 19 & SUNDAY 20 MAY 2018
Just a short walk from the café but deep enough in the woods to believe it could be Where the Wild Things Are two boys are standing with their father in the dappled shade of the trees overlooking Hall Bends. ” I wanted them to see cars that have soul and personality, new cars have so little to recommend them, now manufacturers even buy their own cars back as scrap after less than 10 years.” Images: Charlie Wooding, Martin Cooper & James Nairn
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PERFORMANCE SEEMS TO HAVE EQUALIZED AND THEY NOW TRAVEL IN A PARALLEL UNIVERSE AT VIRTUALLY THE SAME TIME AND PACE AS EACH OTHER ... A blue Datsun howled into view as if drawn by a magnet to the right hand curb, diving into the dip, skimming the bollards and launching towards the exit in a blur of noise and an armful of opposite lock. The father looked at his boys with a warm glow of affection, checking they appreciated what he was seeing, they were going to remember this day.
The other star of qualifying was Chris Fisher, qualifying 9th in the cast iron BMC A series powered Arkley a couple of tenths behind the all singing and dancing twin-cam Lotus Europa of Jim Dean and a couple of hundredths ahead of the comparatively exotically powered twin cam Lotus 7 of Steve Cooke.
it’s big gloopy dollops of power.
If ‘diversity’ is the buzzword of the moment
Unfortunately the Arkley’s crankshaft And relentlessly they came, blurs of red, Woodruff key broke, luckily without creating white, yellow and British Racing Turquoise too much mechanical carnage. In stepped (sic, Simon Arron) slamming over the curb, Matthew Smith (70s Registrar) who knew a diving into the dip and exploding out the man with a shed who lived ‘just down the other side like happy children on a trampoline road’ and in this shed was a box of Mini bits at a birthday party. including a spare key… obviously? Whilst Lap after lap and almost certainly for his own rendering the Arkley out of action for the rest of the day, it would be back on Sunday with amusement Charles Barter would drift Chris looking to make up lost time. towards the exit in a beautifully controlled power-slide. Will Leverett, Jez Clark, Mark Chris Holland qualified his Lotus 7 ahead of Leverett and John Williams, all using the Brian Jarvis, Porsche 928, Ian Jacobs, Fiat 124 steering wheel and accelerator like Spider and Steve Bellerby, TVR 3000M who paintbrushes, had their own techniques for squeezed themselves into a three tenths of a displaying their artistry across the Cadwell second window to annex the 12th – 14th grid Park canvas, balancing on the edge of slots. Nic Strong had spent his time well after adhesion, wagging wheels in defiance of Snetterton to resolve the overheating Newton’s Law. problems with the Marcos absolutely flying and comfortably quicker than everyone Howard Payne hung on tenaciously using all through the speed trap – unfortunately this his skill to disguise the power deficiency of his Lotus Europa. If honey made a sound then was also the point Nic realized that Triumph Herald brakes attached to a 3 litre V6 were not it would be exactly like the MGB V8 of Mark the best solution to retarding this impressive Bennett which despite looking bulky in the company of the Lotus was making the most of momentum.
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then Class D is the visual definition, behind the pacesetters Brian and Ian there is a pattern emerging and this is becoming a truly special place to race, despite the differences in makes and models performance seems to have equalized and they all travel in a parallel universe at virtually the same time and pace as each other with Mike Neumann, Alfa, Mark Oldfield, Lancia, Will Morton and Simon Baines, Porsche 924s and Lawrence Alexander, Alfetta squeezed into the same segment of the stopwatch, filling the grid from 16th to 20th position.
squeamish go eeeeh!) whilst the enthusiasts went oooh at his Alfa GTV which sparkled in the sunshine.
Nigel Ashley, Dave Tomkinson and Sarah Hutchison hung onto the back of this group. Dave Erwin was back after his misadventures at Donington still sporting impressively wounded fingers (assuming finger injuries can ever be described as impressive, but certainly impressive enough to make the
The Europa of Steve Skipworth struggled to wake up in the morning but would be wide awake by race time. Julian Barter squeezed a few laps in his fathers Datsun during HRS qualifying so that he could assume driving duties in the second 70s race of the weekend on Sunday.
Dave Karaskas only manage two laps before a faulty pressure cap ended play, and the recalcitrant Jensen Healey of Robert Barter still hasn’t learned any manners on how to behave in public, spitting the contents of its radiator onto the track immediately practice got underway before being parked in a dark corner of the paddock for the rest of the weekend given time to reflect that if it wants to come out and play it should improve its attitude.
The woodland setting and dappled sunlight provides welcome shade for competitors and creative opportunities for photographers Image: Šmartincooperphoto.co.uk
HSCC 70s Road Sports – August 2018
HSCC 70s Road Sports – August 2018
John Williams crests The Mountain as heat and energy shimmers from the tail of the Porsche Image: ©martincooperphoto.co.uk
RACE ONE SATURDAY 19 MAY 2018
The kaleidoscope of 27 brightly coloured cars lined up under warm sun for the first 70s race of the weekend, the drivers rolled into their grid positions repeating the time honored tradition of selecting neutral , looking down to select first and then selecting neutral again... When the start lights came on and off in the blink of an eye, a number of competitors were taken by surprise, as some struggled to gain momentum, Charles more concerned about his new clutch fitted after Snetterton was swamped by the first three rows of the grid. The first lap saw the colourful crocodile stretching its legs along the Park Straight jostling and hustling and often running three abreast, Will Leverett led at the end of the first lap with the rest snapping at his tail. Jez Clark was next to assume the lead and tried to make a break while further back Dave Karaskas, having gained six places on the first lap became the first retirement when the TVR’s brake caliper dropped onto the disk, fortunately momentum carried the TVR HSCC 70s Road Sports – August 2018
halfway up the mountain and into the paddock slip road, at virtually the same time Sarah Hutchison pulled her Lancia Beta onto the grass at the foot of the mountain, both drivers destined to spend the remainder of the weekend in clothes far more suited to the early summer sunshine. It took six laps for Charles to drag himself onto the tail of Jez’s Lotus, he could probably have got there sooner if the Datsun spent less time travelling sideways but for those on the spectator banking it was time well spent. As Charles squeezed past the Elan at Park to assume the lead Jez knew that his Class win was not under threat but that isn’t how racing drivers heads work and he set about hustling the Datsun for all he was worth with the clear
intention of retaking the lead. Further back the grid had broken up into entertaining little tussles, Howard Payne held Jim Dean at bay for half the race before they swapped positions, Mark Bennett’s big MGB V8 and Steve Cooke’s Lotus 7 may have different strengths in different places but try as they might to break free they were destined to keep each other entertained for the duration of the race.
came to a halt two laps from the end. After missing qualifying Steve Skipworth was making quiet progress. Meanwhile Jez wasn’t giving up on his ambitions of taking the outright win until tripping himself up in the middle of the Hall Bends and found himself sitting astride the kerb for what must have felt like the remainder of the season although was in reality an interminable minute and a half.
Ian Jacobs was expecting to work his little Fiat hard to challenge Brian Jarvis’s Porsche but hadn’t expected to find Chris Holland’s Lotus 7 getting involved as well. Mark Oldfield initially got the jump on his class rivals in his Lancia Monte Carlo, with Mike Neumann’s potentially quicker Alfa tucked up behind and Will Morton hanging on in his Porsche 924.
Self professed Cadwell specialist Will Morton had systematically worked his way to the front of his little group nipping past Mark Oldfield and Steve Bellerby before Mike Neumann’s spirited display came to an end with fuel pump problems, a lap later Mark Oldfield rolled into the pits behind Mike as the Gremlins returned.
Nic Strong made good progress initially running on the edge of the top 10 before his stopping power evaporated and his challenge
Ian Jacobs hustled for all he was worth throughout the race to try and find a way past the Porsche 924 of Brian Jarvis and as Jez HSCC 70s Road Sports – August 2018
Clark now on a damage limitation exercise squeezed past the pair Ian saw his opportunity, tucking in behind the Elan. Holding a tight inside line into Park he thought he could snatch the class lead but Brian held his nerve in a tenacious move around the outside of Chris Curve to retain the lead into the Gooseneck. As Charles wound out the final laps, followed at a comfortable distance by Will Leverett and John Williams, Jim Dean cruised up to the tail of Mark Leverett to finish just 0.237sec behind the Elan. Further back Simon Baines, Highlighting how exciting and creative car design had become in the 1970s Mark Oldfield, Mike Neumann and Will Morton had great mid field battle in both races of the weekend. Image: ©martincooperphoto.co.uk
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Lawrence Alexander and David Tomkinson kept each other honest, trading personal fastest laps separated by a little under two seconds after 20 minutes of racing. As the sun set over the paddock after an enjoyable day’s racing and competitors huddled around the barbecue, Charles Barter set off to fulfill his role as one of the organisers at Sundays Alresford Watercress Festival https://www.watercressfestival.org He tucked his trailer key safely into his pocket and left the victorious Datsun behind for Julian to drive the following day.
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LAP CHART
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CADWELL PARK RACE 1: SATURDAY 9TH MAY 2018
01 24 Charles Barter 02 19 Will Leverett 03 22 Jeremy Clark
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04 20 Mark Leverett 05 30 John Williams 06 11 Howard Payne 07 131 Mark Bennett 08 72 Jim Dean
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09 27 Chris Fisher 10 65 Steve Cooke 11 14 Chris Holland 12 92 Brian Jarvis 13 05 Ian Jacobs
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14 55 Steve Bellerby 15 37 Nic Strong 16 74 Mike Neumann 17 57 Mark Oldfield 18 21 Will Morton
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19 28 Simon Baines 20 61 Lawrence Alexander 21 10 Nigel Ashley 22 07 David Tomkinson 23 56 Sarah Hutchison
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24 76 Dave Erwin 25 42 Dave Karaskas 26 58 Robert Barter 27 70 Steve Skipworth
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01 Charles Barter
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02 Will Leverett
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03 John Williams
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04 Marl Leverett
C
05 Jim Dean
C
06 Howard Payne
C
07 Steve Cooke
C
08 Mark Bennett
A
09 Jeremy Clark
C
10 Chris Holland
C
11 Brian Jarvis
D
12 Ian Jacobs
D
13 Will Morton
D
14 Steve Bellerby
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15 Steve Skipworth
C
16 Mark Oldfield
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17 Simon Baines
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18 Lawrence Alexander D 19 David Tomkinson E 20 Nigel Ashley
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21 Dave Erwin
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22 Mike Neumann
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23 Nic Strong
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24 Dave Karaskas
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25 Sarah Hutchison NC
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26 Chris Fisher
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27 Robert Barter
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RACE TWO SUNDAY 20 MAY 2018
Sunday dawned not with the comforting aroma of bacon but with a faint whiff of disquiet in the air, after it had been decided for ‘safety reasons’ that starting Julian from pole was a good idea, but like a refreshing dose of DioCalm Julian provided some fast and effective relief by volunteering to start from the back. If the front couple of rows of the grid were magnanimous in their appreciation of Julian’s gesture it slowly dawned on the runners towards the back that a Hyena had just been placed into a herd of Wildebeest and as the tightly packed midfield reached the Park Straight and stampeded out in a multitude of directions Julian realized that with just 20 minutes finding a route to the front was going to be a challenge. Meanwhile at the front Will Leverett wasn’t waiting around to see just how quickly the Datsun could catch the Europa, driving like a Lincolnshire Moonshiner he was first up the mountain and wasn’t looking back, his early laps were almost 2 seconds quicker than Mark Leverett who is no slouch, although Jez Clark HSCC 70s Road Sports – August 2018
had made his way onto the tail of Mark’s white Elan by the end of the third lap Mark had no intention to make further progress easy for Jez. As Julian picked his way patiently through the battling mid field pack Ian Jacobs spotted another opportunity to jump past his nemesis Brian Jarvis, tucking his Fiat 124 Spider tightly under the rear bumper of the Datsun Ian tried to follow it past the 924 at the foot of the mountain and yet again Brian tenaciously hung on around the outside to thwart his rival. Chris Fisher began cautiously but as he warmed to the challenge the Arkley found its feet ruthlessly picking off the Class D runners, Mike Neumann, David Tomkinson slotting his
Spitfire into the mix, Lawrence Alexander, Will Morton and Mark Oldfield who all picked up where they had finished the previous days race lapping within tenths of each other. Simon Baines was the first to blink, dropping out after five laps shortly followed by a return of the Gremlins for Mark Oldfield. As Ian Jacobs dropped away from Brian’s Porsche he fell into the clutches of a fired-up Chris who sliced past the Fiat at they turned into the Gooseneck and was gone, targeting the Lotus Europa of Steve Skipworth and the TVR 3000M of Steve Bellerby in his sights.
Steve Cooke and Mark Bennett spent most of the weekend circulating in each others company, occasionally changing position but neither able to break away. Image: ©martincooperphoto.co.uk
Mark Bennett and Steve Cooke were another pair to pick up where they had finished the previous day’s race, swapping places mid race to share honours for the weekend. Further up the road Howard Payne was keeping Jim Dean honest and not giving the rival Europa any time to relax, none of this helped Julian who finally arrived onto the tail of Mark Leverett just two laps from the end. With Will HSCC 70s Road Sports – August 2018
JULIAN REALISED THAT WITH JUST 20 MINUTES AVAILABLE FINDING A ROUTE TO THE FRONT WAS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE Leverett already twelve seconds up the road, Jez Clark posting impressive lap times which only deviated by around a 10th of a second and with Mark Leverett not giving him time to breathe this was how the stalemate remained after 12 laps of intensive racing. Julian had to battle through the competitive mid field pack in race two after electing to start from the back. Chris Fisher also battled his way up to the tail of Steve Bellerby’s yellow TVR by the end of the race in the red Arkley. Image: ©charliewoodingphotography
packed up following another great weekend at Cadwell Park, Julians’ plaintive cry rang out to across the Wolds ‘Does anyone know what happened to the trailer key?’
Not only was it a weekend packed with great racing but Cadwell Park Circuit Manager Paul Woodford entered into the spirit of the With Chris looming in his mirrors Steve Skipworth jumped past Steve Bellerby leaving 70s by arranging for Midlands based Classic the Arkley to hassle the TVR despite possessing Car Hire Specialists – Great Escape to provide half the cubic capacity of the V6. Nigel Ashley spectators with the opportunity to drive 70s sports cars including a Jaguar E-Type and was only the third retirement dropping out Triumph GT6 on an entertaining route around shortly before the end after an entertaining the Lincolnshire Wolds. dice with Dave Erwin who was happy to get two good races under his belt after the For more information visit: dramas earlier in the year. As the paddock http://www.greatescapecars.co.uk
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Despite experiencing a blown head gasket with her Lancia Beta, MSA Instructor and Prestige Track Club organiser Sarah Hutchison remained to support husband John in the Formula Junior races, gracing the 70s paddock for the remainder of the weekend with her cool understated style Image: Šcharliewoodingphotography
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LAP CHART
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01 02 19 Will Leverett 03 20 Mark Leverett 04 72 Jim Dean
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05 11 Howard Payne 06 65 Steve Cooke 07 131 Mark Bennett 08 22 Jeremy Clark 09 14 Chris Holland
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10 92 Brian Jarvis 11 05 Ian Jacobs 12 21 Will Morton 13 55 Steve Bellerby 14 70 Steve Skipworth
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15 57 Mark Oldfield 16 28 Simon Baines 17 61 Lawrence Alexander 18 07 David Tomkinson 19 10 Nigel Ashley
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20 76 Dave Erwin 21 74 Mike Neumann 22 56 Sarah Hutchison 23 23 Chris Fisher 24 24 Julian Barter
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25 30 John Williams 26 37 Nic Strong 27 42 Dave Karaskas Laps HSCC 70s Road Sports – August 2018
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01 Will Leverett
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02 Jeremy Clark
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03 Mark Leverett
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04 Julian Barter
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05 Jim Dean
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06 Howard Payne
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07 Mark Bennett
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08 Steve Cooke
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09 Chris Holland
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10 Brian Jarvis
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11 Steve Skipworth
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12 Steve Bellerby
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13 Chris Fisher
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14 Ian Jacobs
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15 Will Morton
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16 Lawrence Alexander D 17 David Tomkinson E 18 Mike Neumann
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19 Dave Erwin
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20 Nigel Ashley
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21 Mark Oldfield
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22 Simon Baines
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23 John Williams
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24 Nic Strong
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25 Dave Karaskas
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26 Sarah Hutchison DNS
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IN THEIR OWN WORDS CADWELL 19.05.18 – 20.05.18
MY NAME IS PAUL...’ PAUL DALTON Hi, my name is Paul Dalton, from Ireland. I race a 1972 Fiat 128sl in various series, (Irish Historics, CSCC) and I’m just making an enquiry as to eligibility in HSCC events.
HE LIVES IN A HOUSE, A VERY BIG HOUSE IN THE COUNTRY’ TED O’DAY
The Arkley had the crankshaft Woodruff key break up. Luckily, a small piece of it stayed put and held the timing gear onto the crank or we would have I’m not interested in championships any more had a very expensive bang! and I will not be in the slightest bit offended Fortunately, Matthew Smith has a friend about if you are not interested but I’d love to know if 25 miles away who is into Minis in a big way and there was space for my car with you guys as had a key, a good condition bottom pulley and the racing looks like great fun. timing cover that got us out of trouble.
JOHANNE WILL NEVER KNOW MARK OLDFIELD Loaded for Cadwell., leaving in 15 minutes. Lost, my house keys and garage keys ( guess where the Lancia was). Retraced all the places I’d visited that morning to see if anyone had found them (couldn’t even get in the house). Back to the garage where I got my Shell VPower fuel ( not sure it makes the car faster, but, it certainly made me poorer), no sign. Off to Morrissons, where I bought my peasant fuel for the tow car, no sign (but better off), to the Post Office, no sign, last attempt, back to the Eastern European car wash where I treated the tow car to its annual clean, bingo! “You man in black Saab?” he should have said “ You stupid man in black Saab?” He said he’d waved after I’d set off but I hadn’t seen him ( why would I, don’t need to look behind unless I’m reversing). Had about £3.75 in my pocket told him to buy himself a beer (pretty small beer for £3.75). Anyway, it all ended OK, and the best bit is, Johanne will never know because she’s at work! HSCC 70s Road Sports – August 2018
Big thanks to Andy who couldn’t resist diving in to help!! Sunday’s result speaks for the success of the operation.
SPACE COWBOY CHRIS FISHER Didn’t think I’d make it up the inside of the green Porsche let alone Ian at the top of the Gooseneck. If there’s a space I’m heading for it.
WIRED JON WAGSTAFF I think the scrutineers should lock wire Chris’s brain and strip it down in the closed season!
WoldsDoubleSix CAMBRIDGE REGIONAL COLLEGE – CADWELL PARK
The Cambridge Regional College prepared Lotus Europa TC of Howard Payne maintained its perfect 2018 finishing record in the latest HSCC 70’s Road Sport Championship races at Cadwell Park in the Lincolnshire Wolds. Report by “A pair of sixth places was the best we could achieve,” remarked race driver Payne. “We are getting everything we can out of the car, we just lack horse power”.
Howard Payne holding off a determined challenge from Jim Dean before the rival Lotus Europa found a chink in Howard’s defense. Image: ©paul lawrence
As usual the car passed through scrutineering without issue with Howard keen to get to grips with the twists and turns of the Lincolnshire track and returned to the pits having secured sixth place for the opening race. A solid start saw the student prepared car in the thick of the early action but soon, despite pushing to the limits around the corners, the
lack of straight line speed saw Howard slip down the order to finish in sixth place. “I wouldn’t want to race Howard if he had a decent engine” admitted Jim Dean who finally managed to squeeze past Howard on the sixth lap to steal fifth place before setting off to close in on Mark Leverett. “I gave it everything I had to try and hang on to Jim” admitted Howard. “I was hoping Mark and Jim would hold each other up and allow me a chance to jump the pair but we all ran out of laps”. Sunday’s race produced a similar result with Howard chasing Jim for much of the race, that’s after Jez Clarke had stormed past, making up for a brake induced spin in race one at Hall Bends, and Julian Barter subbing for Dad Charles in the race one winning Datsun 240Z doing likewise. “We achieved our winter aim of getting onto the pace of Jim with his similar Europa” reported race team leader Lewis Beales. “However the pace at the front of the field has moved on a bit so we will have to continue developments in an attempt to close the gap to the leaders”. HSCC 70s Road Sports – August 2018
MALLORY PARK SUNDAY 10 JUNE 2018
Not a regular haunt for 70s the Mallory Park circuit remains as familiar as the day in May 1975 when Rollermania arrived as part of the BBC Radio 1 sponsored Fun Day. Images: Martin Cooper & James Nairn According to some estimates nearly 50,000 fans were drawn to the event which ended in chaos as fans of the Bay City Rollers tried to swim to their idols and Wombles in speed boats assisted with the rescue effort, fishing young teens out of the lagoon.
43 years ago to Derek and Alan Longmuir, Eric Faulkner, Les McKeown and Stuart (Woody) Wood – the ‘Tartan Teen Sensations’.
There was also a lovely air of nostalgia to the paddock with 70s and Roadsports sharing the bill with Classic Bikes (it should happen more On Sunday 10 June 2018 the circuit was a often) and 500s as raced by Stirling Moss, Ivor little quieter although I don’t think I have ever Bueb, Jim Russell, Les Leston, Peter Collins seen Mallory Park look better, the Tank and Bernie Ecclestone in the 1940s before Experience and Scrambling Track scars have becoming adopted as the ‘new’ Formula 3 in been blended into the raised spectator 1950. Bright sunshine to warm the spirits and enclosures creating soft undulating hills. The a healthy crowd reclining on tartan picnic block work toilets still remain from the 1970s, blankets in a horizontal tribute to The Rollers looking much cleaner and covered with a and the heady days of 1975. thick coating of washable paint which if There was an air of eager anticipation with the scratched would almost certainly reveal 28 car field of 70s keen to get down to action messages of undying devotion dating back HSCC 70s Road Sports – August 2018
queuing across the paddock as the practice session for the 500 spluttered and coughed into life. Spectators enjoy an old fashioned intimacy with the cars, only a skimpy wire fence separating them from the action. On first acquaintance it heightens the senses, with lap times in the low 50s at an average of a little under 90mph the action is close enough to make the hairs on the back of your neck tingle and it takes the eyes a while to acclimatize to the blur of noise and colour accompanied by the frantic and continuous waving of flags, like an Olympic opening ceremony where only blue flags are allowed.
Combining bikes and cars Just a couple of tenths slower Mark Leverett is a surefire recipe for an seems to get quicker with each event, slotting entertaining meeting. the Elan into second just a couple of tenths off Images: ©jamesnairn the quickest qualifying lap, closely followed by the Porsche of John Williams and Will Leverett’s Europa.
Although not the quickest car through the speed traps Charles’s Datsun 240Z was again the pacesetter despite a moment exiting Gerrards, caught out by a slower car Charles took to the grass and had to wait until all four wheels landed back on the ground before he could lose sufficient speed to rejoin the track. HSCC 70s Road Sports – August 2018
HSCC 70s Road Sports – August 2018
Thanks to @tartanrollers for the poster telling the story of the day in 1975 Rollermania came to Mallory Park.
Howard Payne in fifth was just a second away from the pole time and had Mark Bennett’s MGB V8 and Jez Clark’s Elan for close company. The well developed Porsche 924 of Brian Jarvis which has been racing in the championship since 2007 was again well ahead of his class rivals slotting in between the TVR 3000M of Dave Karaskas and the V12 Jaguar E-Type of Robert Gate. The next group from 11th to 17th were all squeezed into a second, headed by the Invitation Alfa Spider of Anthony Ross, followed by the Ferrari 308GTB of Jai Sharma and the fascinating Datsun YB110 of Steve Worrad. Close behind was John Hutchison who had brought along his Reliant Scimitar in place of his mother’s Lancia Beta and Steve Bellerby’s beautifully presented TVR 3000M.
the circuit In the Lotus 7 he shares with Chris Holland, feeling no urge to demonstrate his bravery by spreading the Lotus across Leicestershire. Adam Gittings was a welcome addition to the grid having his first race with 70s in the ex. Dave Karaskas MG Midget. Completing the entry list were Nigel Parry in his smart Orange Jägermeister Escort, the troubled Marcos of Nic Strong and even more troubled TVR of Pete Connell. Mark Oldfield’s troubles ended as quickly as they started with his Lancia Monte Carlo failing as it left the Assembly Area, Mark was destined to spend the rest of the day in shorts.
Plenty of interesting things to see and a nice location beside the lagoon to sit and chat about the days racing Images: ©jamesnairn
Ian Jacobs languishing back in 16th hustled the little Fiat Spider for all he was worth yet could not get within 1.5 seconds of the time set by Brian Jarvis before brake and rear axle problems frustratingly ended his day before racing had begun. Ian had the honour of leading the Italian contingent ahead of Mike Neumann’s GTV 2000, Lawrence Alexander’s Alfetta and the GTV 2000 of Jon Wagstaff, David Tomkinson’s Triumph Spitfire gamely hung onto the back of this group ahead of Will Morton’s Porsche 924 and Ken Rorrison’s GTV 2000 which was bedding a new clutch after the failure at Snetterton earlier in the year. Chris Baxter was taking time to acclimatise to HSCC 70s Road Sports – August 2018
RACE ONE
MALLORY PARK: SUNDAY 10 JUNE 2018
As the 25 car rainbow rolled up to the start line, stretching back towards the Devils Elbow, anticipation was running high on the sun baked spectator banking, ice creams had been purchased in advance, the kids had been smothered with sun block, this was not going to be a race for the faint hearted. As the lights flicked out Charles again fumbled with his new gearbox and was swamped by the hungry pack, finding himself languishing in 10th by the time the Datsun reached Gerrards. Mark Leverett made it to Gerrards first and peadling hard to make a break with John Williams pushing hard behind. Will Leverett was keen not to let his father get away and attempted a pass on John’s 911 at the start of the second lap around the outside of Gerrards, unfortunately the Europa ran out of road running wide onto the grass and dropping back to 22nd place whilst Will sorted out the ensuing moment (subconsciously grateful that the banking was considerably further away from the track edge than in 1974). Dave Karaskas and Mark Bennett made good HSCC 70s Road Sports – August 2018
progress initially with Mark briefly reaching a heady second place before being pegged back only to have fuel pump failure ended his race prematurely. Charles took six laps to work the Datsun onto the tail of Mark’s Elan before moving into the lead. Nic Strong was the biggest mover in the race gaining 18 places in 15 minutes to finish a credible eighth. As is becoming the norm the mid field Class D continues to entertain with its eagerness to race, Lawrence Alexander initially jumped to the front of the group with Jon Wagstaff’s Alfa in his wake as Mike Neumann fell back and Will Morton cruised his Porsche into contention. Jai Sharma dropped his Ferrari into the middle of the group which kept everyone alert as the Ferrari demonstrated
THAT EXPLAINS THE SLOW START; RAPID ISN’T HE – ONCE HE GETS GOING MARTIN COOPER
Charles quickly slipped into the middle of the pack as he struggled with the Datsun’s new gearbox Image: ©martincooperphoto.co.uk
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completely different performance and handling characteristics to the four cylinder 2 litre cars around it.
circuit where the cars are running at maximum speed for most of the lap. David also got involved in entertaining battles with Will Morton finally worked his way to the front John Hutchison’s Scimitar which unfortunately of the group two laps from the end, finishing retired early with overheating and Ken Rorrison’s Alfa Romeo, finishing ahead of just half a second behind Jai’s Ferrari and ahead of Jon Wagstaff, the Alfetta of Lawrence Adam Gittings’ MG and Chris Baxter’s Lotus 7. Alexander and Mike Neumann. Class D leader After taking the lead Charles initially Brian Jarvis finished four places further up stretched out a small gap before easing back the road ahead of Robert Gate’s E-Type, both whilst lapping slower cars and finding Mark driving good races but virtually invisible due Leverett snapping at his tail. Mark even to the intensity of the competition around sneaked the Elan back into the lead briefly them. before Charles reasserted his superiority to David Tomkinson wrung as much as he could from the little Spitfire impressively posting a lap time under 60 seconds and whilst his superior braking helped him avoid getting a Ferrari bonnet mascot fitted at the beginning of race two it wasn’t really an advantage on a The track wasn’t quite wide enough for Will’s ambitions, this grassy moment in the first race dropping him back to 22nd place Image: ©martincooperphoto.co.uk
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take the victory by over three seconds. Steve Worrad was the best of the invitation runners in his 1200cc Datsun YB110 finishing in a creditable ninth, whilst Will fought back to seventh position which was going to make the start of race two interesting.
IN THEIR OWN WORDS MALLORY PARK 10.06.18
FANTASY ISLAND DAVID TOMKINSON
MALLORY PARK JOHN FRANCIS
Never expected this in the lake in the middle of Mallory Circuit.... half expected to find a body!
Cracking meeting full stop, glad I went to that one!
MALLORY PARK PHIL LEE I was glad to see the racing was close and clean as it was at such speed, hopefully the drivers will want to return. For someone who’s followed what the circuit went through in recent years it’s great to see clubs back here.
MISSING YOU ALREADY PETER CONNELL GENTLEMEN RACERS LAWRENCE ALEXANDER I think most of you are aware of the accident at Shaw’s Hairpin between Jon Wagstaff and I at Mallory. To be fair to Jon, he put his hand up immediately as to being at fault. I think it was the first time in his 17 years of racing that he’s ever caused another competitor any damage, outside of ‘racing incidents’ of which this definitely wasn’t. Having made my way to 2nd in class and realising that I wouldn’t be out for the Classic, I was steaming for a few days and not sleeping too well. By way of a, nearly, happy(ish) ending, Jon has behaved like a true gentleman, which goes a long way to explain why I enjoy competing in 70s. Hopefully, we’ll have the car ready for Croft – so please avoid me at all costs!
Thanks all for another excellent race day with 70s As it turned out reliability problems I had battled with all week were far from fixed, resulting in me having the odd experience of standing by the pond, arms folded in full race gear hearing the commentator say “We’re not sure where Peter Connell is?” as the grid formed for race one without me.
NO SMOKE WITHOUT FIRE! LEWIS BEALES We are more than happy to help anyone out especially when we have a bigger than normal crew with us. I think the coil on the TVR was wired incorrectly and it was getting very hot and would then stop working. I wasn’t prepared to possibly damage Pete’s new ignition system but at least he has a pathway to follow. HSCC 70s Road Sports – August 2018
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Start Lap 1 Lap 2 Lap 3 Lap 4 Lap 5 Lap 6 Lap 7 Lap 8 MALLORY PARK RACE 1: SUNDAY 10TH JUNE 2018
01 24 Charles Barter 02 20 Mark Leverett 03 30 John Williams
5
04 19 Will Leverett 05 11 Howard Payne 06 131 Mark Bennett 07 22 Jeremy Clark 08 42 Dave Karaskas
10
09 92 Brian Jarvis 10 35 Robert Gate 11 96 Anthony Ross 12 114 Jai Sharma 13 91 Steve Worrad
15
14 86 John Hutchison 15 55 Steve Bellerby 16 05 Ian Jacobs 17 74 Mike Neumann 18 61 Lawrence Alexander
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19 68 Jon Wagstaff 20 07 David Tomkinson 21 21 Will Morton 22 04 Ken Rorrison 23 14 Chris Baxter
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24 50 Adam Gittings 25 52 Nigel Parry 26 37 Nic Strong 27 03 Pete Connell 28 57 Mark Oldfield
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Lap 9 Lap 10 Lap 11 Lap 12 Lap 13 Lap 14 Lap 15 Lap 16 Lap 17
01 Charles Barter
B
02 Mark Leverett
C
03 John Williams
B
04 Jeremy Clark
C
05 Howard Payne
C
06 Dave Karaskas
B
07 Will Leverett
C
08 Nic Strong
B
09 Steve Worrad
I
10 Brian Jarvis
D
11 Anthony Ross
I
12 Robert Gate
A
13 Jai Sharma
B
14 Will Morton
D
15 Jon Wagstaff
D
16 Lawrence Alexander D 17 Steve Bellerby
B
18 Mike Neuman
D
19 David Tomkinson E 20 Ken Rorrison
D
21 Adam Gittings
E
22 Chris Baxter
C
23 Nigel Parry
I
24 Mark Bennett
DNF
25 John Hutchison DNF
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26 Pete Connell
DNS
27 Ian Jacobs
DNS
28 Mark Oldfield
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RACE TWO MALLORY PARK: SUNDAY 10 JUNE 2018
Entertaining support races filled the break, the 500s were fun with the drivers leaning out of the cockpit at similar angles to the Classic Bike riders and with the sun still beating down onto the high spectator banks that wrapped around the outside of the circuit creating an amphitheater effect, there was a sense that after the intensity of the first race things were going to become gladiatorial. Images: Martin Cooper & James Nairn
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Will pulls the move of the day passing John Williams around the outside into the Esses. Image: ©martincooperphoto.co.uk
As the lights went out for the second encounter it looked initially as if the first three rows of the grid were planning to attempt Gerrards four abreast. With Mark Leverett’s Elan being jostled between the Porsche of John Williams and the Elan of Jez Clark on the run to the first corner like a little white ping pong ball, Charles showed his experience by easing out of the encounter, before decisively moving past his rivals and into the lead on lap 3. Will Leverett, driving with all the confidence and enthusiasm of youth moved onto the tail of Jez Clark on lap five after a brief skirmish with Howard Payne who was extracting the maximum from his Europa in his attempt to hang onto the lead group.
off what the commentator described as ‘the After sitting on Jez’s tail for a few laps Will move of the day’ passing the Porsche around managed to squeeze past on the run up to the the outside of the Esses. Unbeknown to Will hairpin. Such was the pace of the leaders that fluid had been leaking from the back of the at times lappery looked like the equivalent of Europa and just as he was knuckling down to threading a needle at 100mph. Accelerating close the gap to Charles the Lotus engine towards the Devils Elbow the mirrors of Nigel cried enough, depositing the remaining fluid Parry’s Escort were instantly filled with the on the exit of Gerrards causing a big wobbly Porsche of John Williams and Lotus’s of Will moment for John’s 911 and a quick spin for Leverett and Jez Clark, hesitating momentarily Howard who had been balancing the Europa in the middle of the track before turning in it on the edge of adhesion, dropping him back was impossible to squeeze the proverbial behind the TVR of Dave Karaskas. cigarette paper* between the Porsche and Battles of equal intensity raged in the middle Escort (*cigarette paper, a historical reference order with Will Morton initially picking up to the 1970’s). where he finished race one before coming Whilst it got a bit messy briefly all continued with Will in hot pursuit of John before pulling
The battles in the second half of the grid were just as intense as those at the front making for an entertaining days racing Image: ©martincooperphoto.co.uk
under threat from Jon Wagstaff and Lawrence Alexander who were pushing each other to HSCC 70s Road Sports – August 2018
AS THE FLAG FELL AT THE END OF TWO TRULY EXCITING RACES SPECTATORS WERE LEFT WIDE EYED AND BREATHLESS, AND SOME COMPETITORS FEELING A LITTLE BATTERED AND BRUISED... quicker lap times before it all got a bit feisty at breathless and some competitors feeling a the hairpin on lap 12 and both retired. little battered and bruised but it was a truly After such a promising performance in Race 1 awesome display of the skill and the depth of Nic Strong struggled to get the Marcos going talent within 70s Road Sports. and started a lap late, despite lapping competitively such was the pace of the entire grid that Nic was destined to remain in last place for the entire race. Brian Jarvis and Robert Gate again found themselves in a peaceful place between the two raging storms, whilst Mark Bennett starting last after his retirement in Race1 worked his way back to 7th just half a second from Howard’s Europa who was tucked equally tightly under the tail of Dave Karaskas’s TVR. As the flag fell at the end of two truly exciting races, spectators were left wide eyed and Charles was probably the star of both 70s Races although making things more entertaining for the spectators by dropping a few places at the start of each race then working his way back to the front Image: ©martincooperphoto.co.uk
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Having been presented with the opportunity to race away from the regular HSCC Championship circuit 70s turned themselves into the headline act at Mallory Park. Helped in part by the nature of the circuit and the intimate contact spectators have with the competing cars, the size of the report in Autosport National later that week was a true reflection of the day every competitor in 70s earned themselves a cold beer. Datsun in car video from Mallory Park Race 1 available to view here: https://youtu.be/mLDbGOITItk
DoubleClassPodium CAMBRIDGE REGIONAL COLLEGE – MALLORY PARK
The Cambridge Regional College race team continued its season with a visit to Mallory Park in Leicestershire and returned with a double podium in Class C of the HSCC 70’s Road Sports Championship.
Howard Payne (above left) just losing touch with the frantic second place battle at Shaws Hairpin. Image: ©Tim Philpott
“Delighted with the cars handling” related Lotus Europa TC owner and race driver Howard Payne. “It’s one of the best in the corners but the engine is just lacking a bit compared to the opposition which makes me try even harder in the corners”. It was this fully committed approach which was Howard’s undoing in the second race when the Lotus got away from him, resulting in a high speed spin at Gerards.
Thereafter Howard set about closing the gap to the yellow TVR and got onto its tail on the final lap but was unable to reclaim his fifth place but still delighted to be third Lotus past the chequered flag. Fifth place was the position Howard finished in race one thanks to Mark Bennett retiring his MGB with fuel pump issues late on in the race. “I got stuck behind the slow staring pole man Charles Barter and lost touch with the guys battling ahead and just raced as hard as I could in an effort to catch them, but they proved frustratingly just out of reach”.
Howard had just lost touch with the group battling for second place in the wheel tracks of John Williams’ Porsche 911 and was making up ground when he found the liquid dropped “An excellent meeting with terrific racing, more by Will Leverett and was unable to hang onto to passing in one race than in the whole of an F1 the ensuing moment. season” remarked race team leader Lewis Beales. “I knew I could make up ground around Gerrards so was pushing 100% but around it went and Dave Karaskas went past” explained Howard.
“The students worked hard to make sure we got here and we are especially pleased that the modified rear stub axle held up to the punishment of Gerrard’s”. HSCC 70s Road Sports – August 2018
LAP CHART
Start Lap 1 Lap 2 Lap 3 Lap 4 Lap 5 Lap 6 Lap 7 Lap 8 0
MALLORY PARK RACE 2: SUNDAY 10TH JUNE 2018
01 24 Charles Barter 02 20 Mark Leverett 03 30 John Williams 04 22 Jeremy Clark
5
05 11 Howard Payne 06 42 Dave Karaskas 07 19 Will Leverett 08 37 Nic Strong 09 91 Steve Worrad
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10 92 Brian Jarvis 11 96 Anthony Ross 12 35 Robert Gate 13 114 Jai Sharma 14 21 Will Morton
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15 68 Jon Wagstaff 16 61 Lawrence Alexander 17 55 Steve Bellerby 18 74 Mike Neumann 19 07 David Tomkinson
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20 04 Ken Rorrison 21 50 Adam Gittings 22 14 Chris Baxter 23 52 Nigel Parry 24 131 Mark Bennett
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Lap 9 Lap 10 Lap 11 Lap 12 Lap 13 Lap 14 Lap 15 Lap 16 Lap 17
01 Charles Barter
B
02 John Williams
B
03 Jeremy Clark
C
04 Mark Leverett
C
05 Dave Karaskas
B
06 Howard Payne
C
07 Mark Bennett
A
08 Brian Jarvis
D
09 Robert Gate
A
10 Anthony Ross
I
11 Jai Sharma
B
12 Steve Bellerby
B
13 Will Morton
D
14 Mike Neuman
D
15 Chris Baxter
C
16 David Tomkinson E 17 Ken Rorrison
D
18 Nigel Parry
I
19 Nic Strong
B
20 Adam Gittings
DNF
21 Will Leverett
DNF
22 Lawrence Alexander D
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15
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23 Jon Wagstaff
D
24 Steve Worrad
I
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SILVERSTONE CLASSI 20 – 22 JULY 2018
Road Sports were the perfect addition to the Silverstone Classic, the t-shirt and trainers historic motorsport festival, providing a garage full of brightly-colored coupes and convertibles, all things to all men, women and children. If anything was lacking it was just a little bit more noise to go with the spectacle. Poster boy of most of the Silverstone Classic coverage was Ken Rorrison’s 70s Alfa GTV , if you find a report on the Classic somewhere Ken’s car will have been used to illustrate it Image: ©petrolicious Photographer: Nat Twiss
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SILVERSTONE CLASSIC: SATURDAY 21 JULY 2018
Lap 4
Lap 5
01 71 Julian Barter 02 24 Charles Barter 03 122 Jeremy Clark 04 50 John Dickson 5 05 19 Will Leverett 06 130 John Williams 07 172 Russell Paterson 08 42 Dave Karaskas 09 72 Jim10 Dean 10 20 Mark Leverett 11 36 Daniel Pickett 12 11 Howard Payne 13 92 Brian Jarvis 14 25 Nic15 Strong 15 70 Steve Skipworth 16 114 Jai Sharma 17 65 Steve Cooke 18 35 Robert Gate 19 14 Chris Holland 20 20 31 Mark Bennett 21 74 Mike Neumann 22 55 Steve Bellerby 23 28 Mark Dudley 24 44 Ken25 Rorrison 25 100 Drew Nicholson 26 07 David Tomkinson 27 10 Nigel Ashley 28 21 Will Morton 29 76 Dave Erwin 30 30 54 Steven Camplin
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01 Charles Barter
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02 Jeremy Clark
C
INV John Dickson
I
03 Will Leverett
C
04 John Williams
B
05 Russell Paterson A 06 Jim Dean
C
07 Nic Strong
B
08 Mark Leverett
C
09 Dave Karaskas
D
10 Robert Gate
A
11 Steve Skipworth
C
12 Brian Jarvis
D
13 Jai Sharma
B
14 Stece Cooke
C
NC Julian Barter
C
15 Chris Holland
C
16 Steve Bellerby
B
17 Mike Neumann
D
18 Will Morton
D
19 David Tomkinson E
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20 Mark Dudley
D
21 Nigel Ashley
C
22 Drew Nicholson
D
23 Ken Rorrison
D
24 Dave Erwin
D
25 Steven Camplin
D
NC Mark Bennett
B
NC Daniel Pickett
A
NC Howard Payne
B
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news NEWS
Silverstone Classic Highlights, Oulton Park Gold Cup Hoedown #seventiesgoesinternational, 70s Annual Dinner Diary Date
MARSHALS’ RAFFLE SILVERSTONE CLASSIC The combined efforts of the Road Sports racers at the Silverstone Classic raised £465.00 for the marshal’s raffle.
SILVERSTONE CLASSIC ITV4 HIGHLIGHTS The Silverstone Classic highlights programme was broadcast on ITV4 on Sunday 12 August, 70s and Road Sports are very much a footnote but it is an interesting and entertaining review of the weekend. Repeats will be shown on the following days: Wednesday 15 August at 20:00 Saturday 18 August at 08:30 Saturday 15 September at 15:15 Available on ‘catch-up’ for 30 days after each transmission.
70s WESTERN HOEDOWN OULTON PARK GOLD CUP SATURDAY 25 AUGUST Following what has become an Oulton Park tradition we will be organising another themed picnic at the Gold Cup, Saturday evening after qualifying. This year we will be holding a 70s Western Hoedown, checked shirts, cowboy hats and wonky eyes! As in previous years we will be asking for a contribution of £10 per person. A prize for the most convincing Jack Elam (above) look alike. We will be looking for donations of cakes and desserts so if you can help that would be great. Email Anne: arichie3969@gmail.com ps. The Soap Box Derby has been postponed until next year
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70s AWAY DAYS RACING ABROAD #seventiesgoesinternational The HSCC is canvassing opinion about whether 70s would like to race in Europe next year with the other HSCC Championships, perhaps early summer. At the moment The Club has an open mind about the venue, but it’s important for the HSCC to know whether they are likely obtain reasonable grids. You will see from the latest edition of the HSCC Historic Racing magazine the FF2000 went to Charade in the Auvergne in May and “The Anorak’ asks whether ‘special events’ are becoming more appealing for competitors than Championships? Please email thoughts to: charles.barter@thewatercresscompany.com Also please let Charles know if you would support another 70s stand alone event in the UK next year away from the regular HSCC calendar.
70S ANNUAL DINNER SATURDAY 16 FEBRUARY 2019 The 70s Annual Dinner will again be held at The Lambert Arms, Aston Rowlat, Oxfordshire OX49 5SB We have been holding the Dinner at The Lambert Arms for a number of years now, it’s a central venue, the food is excellent and it is a comfortable place to stay. Above all it has proved to be a very enjoyable event. If you haven’t been to the 70s Dinner before please make the effort to come. Put the date in your iCalendar, SmartPhone, Tablet or simply write it in a diary: Saturday 16 February 2019 Booking details will follow later in the year. HSCC 70s Road Sports – August 2018
news NEWS
Austin Healey & MG Cup 2019, Video of the Month – Fire & Fury from Cadwell Park, 70s Classic Polo Shirts & Caps – LAST CHANCE AUSTIN HEALEY & MG CUP FOR 70s AUSTIN HEALEY SPRITES & MG MIDGETS A new initiative within the Historic Sports Car Club’s 70s Road Sports Championship is being launched for Austin Healey Sprites and MG Midgets. In 2019 the Austin Healey and MG Cup will run within the 70s Road Sports Championship. “The idea is to encourage those thinking about having a go for the first time or maybe those coming back into racing after a break. They can have a championship to aim at which falls within the more affordable end of historic racing.” Ted O’Day The Cup will be a sub-class within the small-engined Class E category of the overall championship. Cup competitors will also be eligible for Class E of the 70s Road Sports Championship and for the overall 70s Road Sports Championship. Both 1275cc and 1493cc cars are eligible. The mechanical and suspension configurations defined are virtually identical to that of the MG Midget-based Arkley SS that has regularly won its class and finished second overall in the 2017 championship, so it is a proven quantity. No Cup rounds will require higher than a National B status licence. In the event of any 70s Road Sports Championship rounds requiring higher than this, they will not count towards the Cup. However, this does not stop Cup competitors entering any higher status events if they have the correct licence. The HSCC is very grateful to Peter May Engineering for its support of this initiative. Details and draft regulations available from: ted.oday@btinternet.com.
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70s SILVERSTONE CLASSIC 100% COTTON POLO SHIRTS, T-SHIRTS & CAPS Due to continued demand the 70s Classic Caps, Polo Shirts and now including a T-Shirt option are again available to order online. All the shirts have been upgraded to 100% cotton and are embroidered with the 3 colour logo created exclusively to mark 70s Road Sports involvement in the 2018 Silverstone Classic. The Polo and T-Shirts can be personalised for each competitor with their regular championship race number on the sleeve.
HOW TO ORDER:
Secure website which will accept payment from all bank cards.
https://www.twinartichokes.co.uk/70s-style Click on web image for product details & size options
VIDEO OF THE MONTH – PAUL WOODFORD BRINGING F1 STOCK CARS BACK TO CADWELL PARK After over 30 years, audiences at Cadwell Park once again felt the rumble of NASCAR-derived 1950s / ‘60s F1 Stock Cars back in the Lincolnshire Wolds during the HSCC Wolds Trophy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&time_ continue=16&v=0pBBKA1y51E HSCC 70s Road Sports – August 2018
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