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Classic and Competition Car
November 2014
Issue 50
Ferrari at
Curborough
50th
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Issu
Autumn Classic Prescott
Georgetown Hill Climb
Sywell Classic Rallyday
Contents.
Page 3
News.
Page 12
Sir Jack Brabham Memorial.
Page 15
Sin R1 GT Road car launch.
Page 17
Mitsubishi R5 Rally Car UK Launch.
Page 18
Sywell Classic - Pistons and Props.
Page 23
HSCC Season Finals, Silverstone.
Page 30
Hotrod Hill Climb Georgetown USA.
Page 36
BRSCC Championship Finals Donington Park.
Page 40
Coventry Breakfast Club.
Page 43
Buckler
Page 44
Rally Day at Castle Combe.
Page 49
MAC Sprint at Curborough.
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Archive photo of the month.
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Autumn Classic, Prescott.
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Old Yeller Mk II.
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Birkett Relay, Silverstone.
Front Cover. Jon Goodwin Ferrari 328 part of the
Pirelli Ferrari Hillclimb Championship at the MAC
Sprint, Curborough © Janet Wright
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Our Team.
Simon Wright - Editor.
Simon has been photographing
and reporting on motor races for
many years. Served an
engineering apprenticeship many
years ago. Big fan of the Porsche
917
Pete Austin.
Pete is the man for Historic racing,
with an extensive archive of black
and white images covering the last
few decades of motorsport in
Britain. Very keen on BRM.
Mick Herring
Mick's first love is GT racing,
including Historic, especially the
Lola T70. Has an extensive
knowledge of all things GT.
Janet Wright.
Janet has been taking
photographs for many years, and
is also very skilled in video. She
likes Aston Martins
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Editorial.
Another season draws to an end
and we have reached our 50th
issue. The dark cold days lie
ahead, but while most circuit
racing in the UK has almost
finished for the year, there is still
racing overseas in warmer
climates, and in the UK we can
switch to some large indoor
exhibitions to maintain our
interest during the winter
months. The Classic Motor Show
is almost here, and this years
event promises to be bigger and
better than ever. This years
theme is Movie and TV cars with
replica’s of many famous
vehicles due to make an
appearance.
For the hardy types there is
plenty of Trial and Rally action
taking place over the next few
month and it won’t be long till
next March when the 2015
season will start racing again.
News
© Janet Wright
1907 Stanley Steam
Car Model EX.
Alternative power supplies for
cars are topical these days
with Electric cars being
introduced at a surprising rate.
However, alternative power
supplies have been tried in the
past. This 1907 Stanley
Steam car was demonstrated
at the Autumn Classic meeting
at Prescott recently.
A range of Stanley Steam cars
were built in America between
1902 and 1924. This 1907
model had a 2 cylinder engine
with a 3 inch bore and 4 inch
stroke which produced 10 HP.
The boiler was 18 inches in
diameter and 14 inches high
with 425 Vertical fire tubes. Its
working pressure was 500 psi
and the burner vaporised
petrol at 100 psi.
It had a 90 inch wheel base
When new, it cost $850.
In 1906 A Stanley Steamer set
the World record for the
fastest mile in an automobile
at 28.2 seconds which it held
until 1911, but the steam
record remained until 2009.
© Simon Wright
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© Simon Wright
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Jimmy McRae returns to Wales Rally GB.
Lopez follows in Fangio’s footsteps.
Jose Maria Lopez is the World Champion in the 2014 FIA World
Touring Car Championship. Two weeks after Citroen had clinched
the manufacturers title, Lopez added the drivers title after his
ninth win of the season in Suzuka. Lopez is the first Argentinian to
win a World Championship since Juan Manuel Fangio won his
last World Championship fifty seven years ago.
He only needed to finish in 4th place in the first of the two races
to clinch the title in his Citroen C-Elysee. Starting from pole
position, he took the lead from rival and team mate Yvan Muller
and the two raced nose to tail until Muller got a rear puncture
which forced him to retire half way through the race. Team mate
Sebastien Loeb finished in 3rd place. At the end of the race the
Citroen Total team celebrated in a special sky blue and white
number 37 uniform.
In the second race, starting from 10th on the grid, Lopez
managed to work his way up to 5th with Loeb and Muller finishing
behind him in 6th and 7th place.
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Five times British Rally Champion Jimmy McRae will contest
this years Wales Rally GB, the UK round of the 2014 FIA World
Rally Championship, between the
13th and 16th November 2014.
After a ten year absence, 70 year old
Jimmy is returning to the Welsh
forests in a classic Vauxhall Firenza
from the 1970s run by Mick Stafford’s
Mix Motorsport team. He will be
joined by his regular co-driver Pauline
Gullick in a JLT backed Firenza. The team are not sure which
car Jimmy will use yet. They are going to test the 2.3 litre twin
cam Magnum and the V8 model back to back. It is thought that
the team might favour the 2.3 litre if the conditions are due to be
wet.
“It’s great to be back involved in the biggest rally event in Britain.
I expect it to be quite a tough one as well, with three good days
in some great
stages”
declared the
celebrated
Scotsman
who turns 71
later this
month.
The Wales
Rally GB
National
shadows the International event and has several over
subscribed classes for historic rally cars.
Tickets for those wanting to see all these classic rally cars in
action and to follow the fortunes of Jimmy McRae on the 2014
Wales Rally GB are available via the official website at
www.walesrallygb.com or via the ticket hotline on 0844 847 2251.
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© Syd Wall
© Syd Wall
Metro 6R4 30th Birthday celebrations.
One of Britain’s best loved Group B rally cars celebrated its 30th birthday at the Rallyday event at Castle Combe. The MG Metro 6R4
was built by the Austin Rover Group in 1984, based on the normal Austin Mini Metro. The front mounted A series engine was replaced
by a 3 litre V6 engine mounted behind the front seats, driving all 4 wheels. Two versions were built, 200 to the clubman model
specification which developed around 250 bhp, while a further 20 were built to International specification, developing around 410 bhp.
The factory team entered the 1985 Lombard RAC Rally driven by Tony Pond and finished in a fantastic 3rd place behind two Lancia
Delta S4s. Group B was banned in mid 1986 and the model is still allowed to compete under MSA rules although engine size has
been limited to 2800cc for single plenum engines or 2500cc for multi plenum engines.
© Simon Wright
Unusual Winkelmann WDB-2 at HSCC finals
James Lovett drove the Winkelmann WDB-2 to 7th
place overall and 4th in class in the HSCC Classic
Racing Cars race at the HSCC Season Finals race
meeting on the Silverstone National Circuit.
The car was designed by ex-Brabham designer Len
Wimhurst and was manufactured and sold in the UK as
Pallisers, but in America they were sold as Winkelmanns
due to distributor and racer Bob Winkelmann. A total of
eight were built and were designed to be fitted with the
1600cc Ford or Lotus Twin Cam engine. It has a multitubular frame with steel stress panels.
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Classic Motor Show
In just a few days time it will be the Lancaster Insurance
Classic Motor Show at the NEC, the largest classic motor show
in the country. The show runs from the 14th to the 16th
November 2014. This years theme is “Lets go to the Movies”
and will feature some of the most iconic cars from Film and
Television. Some examples are the four wheeled star of
Ghostbusters - Ecto-1, Back to the Future with a Delorean
DMC-12, Knight Rider with the Pontiac Trans Am known as
KITT and many other famous replica cars. The car has starred
in may film car chases like the Ford Mustang and Dodge
Charger from Steve McQueens Bullitt, the white Volvo P1800
which is synonomis with Simon Templer, “The Saint”, and even
the humble Mini starred in one of the greatest car chase
movies “The Italian job”.
As well as replicas of many of these famous cars, there will be
hundreds of genuine rare classic cars on display with over 250
Car Clubs displaying members cars, including American
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Classics, European models, and home grown classics from
Austin, Morris, Jaguar, Triumph, Hillman, Ford etc. for more
information go to www.necclassicmotorshow.com
© Simon Wright
Starsky & Hutch Ford Torino at last years show
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© Janet Wright
Turkington BTCC
Champion 2014.
win in his Mercedes Benz A-Class from Sam Tordoff in the
MG6 GT and Rob Collard in his eBay BMW 125i M Sport.
Gordon Shedden was 6th in the Honda Civic Tourer. The
championship contenders did not fare well, with Plato finishing
13th and Turkington failed to finish. The final race saw Shedden
finish the season with a victory in the Honda Civic Tourer from
John Clarke in his Ford Focus ST Mk III and Mat Jackson in
another Ford Focus ST Mk III. Tordoff managed 4th in his
MG6GT and Plato was 7th. Turkington was classified as 20th.
These results were enough to give Turkington the title with 434
points with Plato 2nd on 399 points and Shedden was 3rd with
349 points. The win by Plato helped secure the Manufacturer Constructors title for MG/Triple 8 by 95 points from Honda/
Dynamics. The Teams standings saw eBay Motors on top with
724 points with MG KX Clubcard Fuel Save in 2nd and Honda
© Janet Wright
Yuasa Racing in 3rd. eBay
Motors were also on top of the
Independent Teams Standings
from Airwaves Racing and Pirtek
Racing in 3rd place. Finally, the
Jack Sears Trophy was awarded
to Dave Newsham just 5 points
ahead of Alain Menu.
As the British Touring Car
Championship headed for the final
round at Brands Hatch there was still
a battle for the championship
between points leader Colin
Turkington and the most successful
driver in the British Touring car
Championship, Jason Plato. Colin
Turkington was leading the points as
the teams arrived at Brands Hatch
for the final three races of the 2014
season. The historic Grand Prix circuit would decide which of
the drivers would take this years title and the manufacturers
title was also still to be decided between Honda and MG.
The opening race saw a multi car accident on the first lap
which resulted in Matt Neal being flown to hospital after
complaining of pain after already having injured ribs from a
karting accident. Plato and Tordoff scored a 1-2 victory for MG
© Simon Wright
with the MG6
GT in the first
© Simon Wright
race with
Turkington in
3rd in his eBay
BMW 125i M
Sport. The
second race
saw Adam
Morgan take a
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MAC awarded Monoposto contract
The Midland Automobile Club (MAC), based at Shelsley Walsh, is best known for running events at Shelsley Walsh hill climb, and for 2015 they have
also been appointed to supply administration and support services to the Monoposto Racing Club (MRC). The MAC was founded in 1901 and
manages its own extensive membership and competitors entries to the 6 speed hill climb weekends at Shelsley Walsh, including two rounds of the
Avon Tyres/TTC Group MSA British Hill Climb Championship.
The MAC will be managing the Monoposto Racing Club membership, registering competitors and sending out communications along with receiving
entries for all of the MRC’s championships.
Mark Constanduros, MAC Commercial Manager reckons this is a wonderful opportunity for the Midland Automobile Club. “Between the MAC and the
Monoposto Racing Club, we have a lot of history in motorsport and this is a great chance to work together and for the MAC to help Monoposto to work
more cost effectively over the forthcoming season and beyond. We are very much looking forward to getting back into circuit racing having first worked
with Monoposto back in 1989 and to use our extensive administration knowledge and skills to work with their Championships and Sporting Services
Manager.”
Nick Harrison (Chairman of the Monoposto Racing Club) said “We are delighted to appoint the MAC as administration provider, they have a long
history in this area of the motorsport business and look forward to working with them, and developing new motorsport opportunities that will benefit
both organisations.”
The Monoposto Racing Club is the largest single seater racing club in the UK, and has regularly filled two grids with more than 60 cars at various
circuits around the UK. The club offers cost effective racing for single seater racing cars. There are several classes in Monoposto racing, and these
classes will cater for most single seater racing cars from previous championships, some of which will no longer exist. It allows owners of these cars to
have a championship to contest, with cars that are not suitable for current championships elsewhere.
There are six classes MotoMono - A combination of the former Mono 1000 and Mono © Simon Wright
1400 classes,
Mono 1600 - Former Formula Ford/FF2000 chassis, Formula
Vauxhall Junior (8V) and Formula Renault 1700 with a single
camshaft Iron block engine up to 1750cc. FF Kent 1600 engines
when fitted in older chassis may use the approved Mono
camshaft.
Mono 1800 - Formula Ford Zetec, FF2000, Formula Vauxhall
Junior (16V) and Formula Ireland cars. Engine must conform to
the following regulations : FF Zetec 1800 up to 2005, Formula
Vauxhall 2000 (Junior 1600cc 16 valve), FF2000 1993 spec.
MonoDtec - Duratec Formula Ford with free tyre choice.
Mono2000 Classic - Classic Formula Vauxhall and older
Formula 3 cars Pre 1993. Engines 2 litre with dry sump.
Aluminium or steel frame or older carbon monocoque chassis.
Mono2000 - Dallara Formula 3, US FF2000, Formula Renault
2000 and 2009 BARC Formula Renault built before 2005.
Standard production engine, dry sump permitted.
Typical Monoposto field at Silverstone
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© Pete Austin
© Pete Austin
Andrea de Cesaris
31st May 1959 to 5th October 2014
© Pete Austin
Born in Rome, Italy, Andrea started karting at an early age and
progressed through Formula 3 and Formula 2 to join the Grand
Prix world in 1980 with Alfa Romeo for the Canadian Grand Prix.
In 1982 he became the youngest driver to start a Grand Prix
from Pole position for Alfa Romeo in the US West Grand Prix.
During his Grand Prix career, which spanned fourteen years and
208 Grand Prix, he drove for Alfa Romeo, McLaren, Ligier,
Minardi, Brabham, Rial, Dallara, Jordan , Tyrrell and Sauber. He
had five podium finishes, one fastest lap and one pole position.
In 2005 and 2006 he competed in the Grand Prix Masters series.
He was killed in a motorcycle accident in Rome on the 5th
October on the Grande Raccordo Anulare motorway.
To his family and friends we offer our sincere condolences.
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© Janet Wright
© Simon Wright
Bjorn Waldegard
12th November 1943 to 29th August 2104.
Born in Rimbo, Sweden, Waldegards rallying career began in
1962. He won the Swedish Rally Championship in 1967 and 68
and won his first International rally in a Porsche 911 on the
1969 Monte Carlo Rally. He drove for the Alitalia Lancia team in
the 1970s. He joined Ford in late 1976 and in the Ford Escort
RS1800 he won three of the Worlds toughest Rallies in 1977,
the East African Safari rally, the Acropolis Rally and the RAC
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rally. He won the first World Rally Drivers Championship in
1979 driving for both Ford and Mercedes Benz.
His career spanned four decades, and he won 16 FIA World
Rally Championship events during that time. His last World
Cham[pionship win was the 1990 Safari Rally. He retired from
the WRC in 1992, but continued to rally, winning the 2011 East
Africa Safari Rally in a Porsche 911.
He passed away at the age of 70 after a long battle with
cancer.
To his family and friends we offer our sincere condolences.
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Charged atmosphere after the first Formula E race.
The first race of the new Electric Formula E series took place in Beijing
in China and proved to be a real electrifying event. The race had
proved to be straight forward for Nicolas Prost in the e.dams - Renault
team who had led for most of the race. Bruno Senna was forced to
retire on the first lap after being squeezed by the two Amlin Aguri cars
which resulted in broken left front suspension and brought out the
safety car. Nick Heidfeld had driven a careful race in the Venturi car
which left him in a close 2nd place as they started the last lap. He had
been conserving his battery power during the race and as he chased
down Prost for the lead, the pair touched after Prost appeared to move
across to block Heifelds challenge. the Venturi was launched into the
air and landed upside down on top of the safety barrier before coming
to rest upside down on the track. Heidfeld emerged after a couple of
© Janet Wright
© Simon Wright
Brazilian Lucas di Grassi won the first ever Electric Formula E race
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© Simon Wright
Nicolas Prost dominated most of the race
minutes, appearing to be unscathed and set off on foot
after Prost who was walking back to the pits after his car
was too damaged to continue as well, after the accident.
The pair discussed the incident, but the sports car team
mates agreed to disagree on who was at fault. The
stewards had a different opinion and Prost has been
given a 10 place grid penalty for the next race.
This left the first Electric single seater race victory to
Brazilian Lucas di Grassi in the Audi Sport ABT car, who
scored maximum points to lead the championship as they
head for Putrajaya in Malaysia. Second place went to
Frenchman Franck Montagny for the Andretti team with
Daniel Abt crossing the line in third place in the second
Audi Sport ABT car. However, Abt was then given a time
penalty for exceeding the battery consumption limit of
28kWh by just 0.2 kWh which dropped him to 10th place.
This gave the third place podium position to British driver
Sam Bird in the Virgin Racing team. The Andretti team
showed good performance with new driver Charles Pic
finishing in fourth place and Indian Karun Chandok was
fifth for the Mahindra Racing team. Two other drivers
were also penalised for exceeding battery consumption,
Katherine Legge for the Amlin Aguri team and Jamie
Alguersuari for the Virgin Racing team. Takuma Sato got
2 points for setting fatest lap of the race for Amlin Aguri
with a time of 1 minute 45.101 seconds in the last stages
of the race.
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Sir Jack Brabham Memorial. By Pete Austin
© Pete Austin
Left to right: Finn Brabham,
Sam Brabham, Lisa Brabham David’s wife, David Brabham,
Lady Margaret Brabham,
Mathew Brabham, Geoff
Brabham
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© Pete Austin
Sir Jack Brabham
Memorial,
Silverstone Wing,
24th October 2014
© Pete Austin
Family, friends, racing adversaries and fans alike gathered
together at the Silverstone Wing on October 24th to celebrate
the life of Sir Jack Brabham who passed away on 19th May this
year.
Lady Margaret, Sir Jack’s widow, had flown over from
Australia to attend the event to be with sons David (who
hosted the event) and Geoff and grandsons Sam, Matthew
and Finn.
© Pete Austin
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Following an introduction by
BRDC Secretary Stuart
Pringle, David Brabham
invited Silverstone Chaplain
The Reverend Paul McLeod
to lead those present in a
prayer this then being
followed by a short film
featuring some of Sir Jack’s
exploits and interviews.
Ian Titchmarsh then asked
some of Jack’s former on
track rivals including Sir
Jackie Stewart, Sir Stirling
Moss, Tony Brooks, John
Surtees, Jackie Oliver, John
Watson and Mike Macdowel
to share their recollections and anecdotes. Also interviewed
on the stage were designer Gordon Murray, author Doug Nye,
engine man John Judd and Nick Goozee from Penske UK.
Compatriots Mark Webber and Daniel Ricciardo sent filmed
© Pete Austin
tributes and
messages
were also
read out from
Jean Todt
and Bernie
Ecclestone
with Murray
Walker also in
attendance.
A number of
Brabham
Grand Prix
cars were on
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supported by Honda (whose engines powered Jack to
European F2 titles), Brabham’s private bankers Arbuthnot
Latham and Formula One Management through its partnership
with G.H. Mumm Champagne.
Sir Jack suffered from kidney disease and in the hope of
continuing Jack’s efforts in raising awareness of the condition
the memorial event also raised funds for Kidney Research UK
the charity dedicated to funding research into better
treatments and cures for the disease. Donations can be made
via www.justgiving.com/SirJackBrabham
All in all this event was a fitting tribute to a true gentleman
and great champion.
© Pete Austin
© Pete Austin
display including a BT11/19 and BT20 representing his 1966
World Championship together with Formula Junior and sports
car examples. A Cooper Climax T53 being the sister car to
Jack’s 1960 Formula 1 World Championship winner was also
present. One of
© Pete Austin
Jack’s helmets
together with
goggles, gloves,
driving boots and
a steering wheel
were also on
display and were
later presented
to the BRDC by
David Brabham.
The event was
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© Mick Herring
SIN R1 GT Road Car Launch October 22nd.
By Mick Herring.
Arch enthusiast and boss of SIN Cars, Rosen Daskalov, chose
the wide open and unforgiving Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground
to unveil his R1 GT Road Car in action to the world.
Foolish or smart move?
Well, undeniably smart as it happens given the bumpy, rippled
and, on this particular day, treacherously wet track on which it
was driven.
With only about six familiarisation laps under his six-point
harness, guest driver Jonny MacGregor, demonstrated the R1
to me, its willing third passenger.
Jonny is an experienced Britcar series driver and has
developed his Ultima GTR into a fast racing car.
But that's getting ahead of the proceedings in which BTCC
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commentator and former champion, Tim Harvey,
introduced the assembled guests to Rosen Daskalov
and many of the key people who have helped develop
the road car from the racing car, which we have
followed for the past two years in the GTB Class of the
GT Cup Championship.
Bulgarian, Rosen, is principal of the Daskalov group,
which sells BMWs and KIAs, services to them and other
makes in Bulgaria and Germany.
The carbon fibre panels will be produced and the car
itself will be built in-house in Bulgaria using 6.2 litre V8
Chevrolet LS3 power (444bhp of it) coupled with an
Audi 6-speed transaxle with high quality push rod/rocker
suspension derived from the race car with many
interchangeable components.
The project came about because of Rosen's desire to
build better and faster racing cars than his succession
of ever more powerful BMWs and lessons learnt on the
racer are quickly transferred across.
He first approached Phil Matts' ProFormance Metals company
to specify the
© Mick Herring
tubing
required for
the chassis,
again C.A.D
designed inhouse and
refined by
Fred Davies
and his
Tracksport
company,
who
determined
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that the road car would require revisions in order for the
suspension to work with its increased ground clearance.
© Mick Herring
The racer arrives
The newest £110,000 GTB class race car was on hand for
comparison but sadly wouldn't take to the treacherous track on
its slicks.
The racer is also being developed as a GT4 car and will be
subjected to the SRO "Balance of Performance" tests with a
view to it racing in British GT and beyond.
The orange car featured is still a pre-production prototype as
Rosen will not release the cars for sale until the last 5% of work
is completed regarding the panel fit you would expect on a
£72,000 supercar and the interior to move away from its
carbonfibre starkness.
It was clearly demonstrated that he has never underestimated
the amount of hard work and investment that would be required
to see this project through to fruition and beyond.
Following an impressive Bulgarian lunch, prepared by an
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excellent Bulgarian chef, it was time to take to the track.
The scissor doors allowed fairly easy entry (and exit) over the
high sill before the six-point harness gripped you firmly into the
comfortable seat. Being well silenced, the traditional V8 roar
was subdued to a "Whoosh" from the outside but the roar was
good to hear on the inside.
Raised voices weren't needed as we went round but the finished
interior should make it even more civilised.
As we head for the track the engine note rises and the car gains
© Mick Herring
speed very
quickly, a 0-62
mph time of
3.5 seconds is
quoted with a
realistic top
speed of 170
mph.
Rosen does
not want to
see this car
labelled as a
Jonny MacGregor and his father
"Hypercar", hence the realistic figures and price to make it
readily usable and, more to the point, driveable.
Even in these conditions we reach a speed of about 140 mph
down the long back straight before braking hard for the long
hairpin.
Unsurprisingly, the car does dart a little at the front under
braking on the rippled streaming surface but Jonny MacGregor
required little steering input to maintain a straight line and
comparatively little through any of the corners such is its
balance.
The team have put in a considerable amount of hard work into
every aspect of this car and Jonny remarked how easy, fun and
confidence-inspiring it was to drive it fast despite the conditions
and this being only about his eighth lap.
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© Mick Herring
With so many of the worlds "Supercars" being built by the
corporate few, despite whatever badge graces their prows, it is
gratifying to witness first
hand what a small
dedicated team of
enthusiasts can still
achieve.
The entire SIN R1
project deserves
support, sales and
success.
My thanks to Rosen, Phil
Matts and Gordon and
Fred Davies, Jonny
MacGregor, Oh and the
chef.
© Mick Herring
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© Syd Wall
Mitsubishi R5 launched at RallyDay.
Based on the Mitsubishi Mirage and using a reconfigured 1600cc
version of the Evo X engine, the R5 has been designed, built and
developed by Swedish engineer Tomas Weng at M-Part on
behalf of Ralliart, Sweden. The company had worked on Evos for
over ten years and wanted to create a rally replacement to the
Lancer.
The project was started in 2013 and this was the first time that
the car has been seen outside Sweden. Apart from the Evo
based engine, the car uses a Sadev transmission and four wheel
drive system. It is fitted with Ohlins suspension and AP brakes.
The R5 project has been approved by Mitsubishi and is awaiting
full homologation. M-Part has already received a large number of
enquiries for the car. Full production is expected to commence
this autumn and the first batch of cars delivered in time for the
2015 season.
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© Pete Austin
Sywell Classic, Pistons and Props. By Simon & Janet Wright with additional photos by Pete Austin.
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Duncan McKay Group C Lancia LC2
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© Janet Wright
Chevrolet Corvette burns up the drag strip
Now in its second year, the Sywell Classic was bigger and
better as the event continues to improve and expand. This year
there was more action in the air and a much larger static
classic car display area and the track action certainly burned up
the racing runway!
The event was a celebration of classic vehicles in the air and on
the ground, with both two and four wheels and one, two and
even three wings. On Saturday the highlight of the air display
was the battle of Britain Memorial flight of Lancaster, Spitfire
and Hurricane, while Sunday staged a full First World War
dogfight above Sywell © Janet Wright
with biplane and even
some German Triplane
replicas engaged in
battle, giving an insight
to what it must have
been like to see the
battles above the
trenches in Europe.
This special aerial
tribute to commemorate the Great war of a century ago was a
fitting memorial to those brave pioneer airmen.
The runway was turned in to a high speed track for the cars
and bikes to demonstrate their speed next. The mix of cars
covered decades of motorsport from vintage race cars like the
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© Simon Wright
Replica World War 1 Triplane in air battle display
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Andy Krinks Audi Quattro rally car in action
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the show. Musical entertainment saw fantastic
performances from Elle and the Pocket Belles and the
Houndogs and other air displays were performed by the
Yakavlevs and the Blades aerobatic display teams.
The show continues to gain in popularity, with many of the
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The Blades gave a fantastic display
1924 Bentley 3-4 1/2 litre of Richard Creswell right through to the
1983 Martini Lancia LC2 Group C Le Mans car of Duncan McKay.
There were also racing motorcycles, racing Karts, single seater
racing cars, sports cars and saloons. The demonstration runs
made use of the taxi way as a start straight before turning right
out on to the main runway for a high speed blast. To add extra
excitement, the taxiway was also turned in to a Drag Strip, where
classic American hotrods performed tyre smoking burnouts as
they raced up the quarter mile.
Away from the track action, there were hundreds of classic and
supercars on display including many car clubs with displays of
Morgans, Mini’s, Ford Anglia’s, TVR and Lotus models as part of
1953 Peugeot 203A and Peugeot 203 van
crowd chosing to dress in period outfits from the 1950s and
60s and planning has already commenced on next years’
show.
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Replica Ford GT40 line up on the Racing Runway
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Ed McDonough Victor Blowkart
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Memories of early race meetings on old airfields
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Keith Harris Chevron B25
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Elle & The Pocket Belles
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Yakavlevs display was spectacular
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Tim Metcalfe Eccles Rapier
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Nathan Griggs on the Ex Leon Camier Crescent
Suzuki WSBK
A pair of Jaguar XK140 and XK 120 return after a blast down the
racing runway
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Pontiac Trans
Am
Neil Brighton Renault 5 Max rally car
Spitfire gave a great solo display
Hot Rods on display
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Lincoln Small Brabham BT10 about to be lapped by winner Ian Jones Lotus 59 in the Classic
Racing Cars race.
HSCC Season Finals 18th October 2014.
By Simon & Janet Wright with additional photos by Pete Austin.
Another season comes to an end for the Historic Sports Car
Club (HSCC) with their annual finale meeting round the 1.639
mile Silverstone National circuit. After a wet morning for practice
and qualifying, the weather turned dry for the afternoon’s nine
race programme, with the Classic Racing cars being first on the
grid. The wet practice had not altered the form book much
here, with Ian Jones claiming Pole position in his Lotus 59. The
track was still drying as the race started and Jones was never
challenged as he led from start to finish, winning by over 16
seconds from Andy Jarvis in a Palliser WDB2. Anthony Ross
was equally safe in 3rd place in his Lotus 59, even after spinning
off the circuit at Luffield as he chased after Jarvis. Steve
Seaman won the 1 litre Formula 3 class in 4th place in a
Brabham BT21, while Jonathan Baines driving a Merlyn Mk20 in
12th place, won his class and the final class winner was Lincoln
Small in a Brabham BT10 in 14th place.
The Historic Road Sports had also had a wet practice session
and it saw the nimble Lotus Elan S1 of Peter Shaw claim Pole
position for the second race of the day. Shaw led off from the
start but it only took 3 laps before Matthew Truelove powered
past in his TVR Griffith and he held a tight lead all the way to the
chequered flag Shaw finished 2nd and won his class with Frazer
Gibney 3rd in another Lotus Elan S1. Chris keen finished 7th in
the mighty Kurtis 500S to win his class, while John Shaw in a
Porsche 911 in 14th, Jim Gathercole in an MG Midget in 20th,
Sam Spindlow in a Morgan Plus 4 in 22nd and 23rd placed
Richard Owen in a Triumph TR2 were the other class winners.
Next, back to single seaters with the Historic Formula Junior
race. Sam Wilson had claimed a wet Pole position in his Cooper
T59 from Michael Hibberd in a Lotus 27. Wilson led off on the
first lap but as they entered Brooklands for the first time Andrew
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Diverse field in the Historic Road Sports with Peter Chappell Austin Healey Sprite Mk1 about to be lapped by Jason Williams Porsche Porsche 911E and Kristy Brooks Lotus Elan
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James Denty Nike Mk1 Historic Formula Junior race
Hibberd, from 5th on the grid, tried to go round the outside of
Wilson to take the lead in his Lotus 22. Unfortunately he ran
wide, off the track and lost ground, but still managed to retain
2nd place, just ahead of his father Michael, but for several laps
he held close station behind Wilson but was coming under
pressure from Jon Milicevic in his Cooper T59 and on lap 7
Andrew Hibberd made the same mistake again at Brooklands,
running wide and loosing five places, dropping him to 7th
place. Andrew made his way back through the field and
eventually finished 3rd behind Milicevic in 2nd and winner
Wilson and just ahead of his father Michael. Brooklands also
caught out George Diffey in his Lotus 20 who spun off and
retired from the race on lap 6 and also Andrew Garside in
another Lotus 20 who spun but managed to rejoin and finished
9th. William Mitcham in the U2 Mk2 finished 5th to win the
front engined class built before 1961, Robert Barrie in a Lotus
18 in 7th won the rear engined class built before 1961, while
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13th placed
Laine Martin in
a Lotus 20,
16th placed
Gregan
Thruston in a
Lotus 20, and
Alistair Littlewood Merlyn Mk20A avoids a couple of spinners at
23rd placed
Brooklamds in the Historic FF race
Gordon Wright in a Stanguellini were all class winners.
Moving slightly ahead in time, the Historic Formula Ford race
saw Neil Fowler in a Lola T200 claim Pole position in the wet
qualifying. Fowler made the best start and headed a three way
battle for the lead with Callum Grant in a Merlyn Mk20a and
Mark Draghicescu in another Merlyn Mk20 in the most exciting
and closest race of the day. The three battled for the entire race
with just 0.797 of a second covering all three at the chequered
flag. There was plenty of close racing and excitement all through
the field and the slippery Brooklands corner caught out more of
the unwary or too bold racers. On one lap, Daniel Stanzl Elden
Mk8 and Matthew Wrigley Merlyn Mk20a managed
synchronised spinning with Alistair Littlewood in another Merlyn
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Neil Fowler Lola T200 leads Callum Grant Merlyn Mk 20A Historic Formula Ford race
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Mk20a threading his way between them, also well off the
circuit. Wrigley retired on the spot.
The Classic Formula 3 title was still up for grabs as the field
took to the circuit. David Shaw had missed four rounds of the
series after his ex-Nelson Piquet Ralt RT1 was damaged at
Monaco. He came back in July in a March 803B and had
scored three victories to put him in contention for the title. He
started the race from Pole position and led from start to finish
beating Max Bartell in a Chevron B34 by over 5 seconds. It was
enough to win him the championship, with his nearest
challenger Marcus Mussa only finishing in 5th place in his
March 763. Class winning John Finch in a Van Diemen RF82
was 3rd and Scott Temple in a Crossle 33F was 4th. The final
class winner was Garath Walters in 12th in his front engined
Mallock Mk11B.
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an eventful race, going
off on the first lap and
rejoining in 17th place,
he fought through the
field and was 3rd by
lap 4 and 2nd by lap 6
and had closed the
gap to around 1/10 of
a second by lap 12
when he retired from Andrew Shepherd Lotus 23C in the Guards Trophy race
the race. With Dodd gone, Steve Hodges was in 2nd in a
Chevron B8 but a couple of laps later James Cottingham
passed him in his Chevron B8 and they remained in that order
to the finish, with Hodges winning his class in 3rd place. Nick
Thompson was 4th in another Chevron B6 and Stuart Tizzard
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First lap of Classic Formula 3 with winner David Shaw March 803B already pulling ahead
The Guards Trophy race was originally listed as a forty minute
race but was run as a twenty minute race and saw Schryver on
Pole position in his Chevron B6 from James Dodd in the
Ginetta G16. Will Schryver led from start to finish in the family
Chevron B16 after James Dodd retired the Ginetta. Dodd had
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was the first non Chevron to finish in 5th place and winning his
class in the Lenham Spider. Bob Brooks was the first GT car
home in 7th in his TVR Griffith. The other class winners were
Andrew Hibberd in a Lotus 23B, Paul Tooms in a Lotus Elan,
Colin McKay in a Jaguar E-Type and Andrew Bentley in an MG
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B.
The Derek Bell Trophy race
was missing its usual star
Frank Lyons driver, as Michael Lyons was
away on GT driving duties in
Portugal. Neil Glover
mastered the wet circuit in
qualifying to claim pole
position in a Chevron B37
from Ian Ashley in a Lola T300
and Frank Lyons upholding
family honour with 3rd place
on the grid in the Gurney
Eagle FA74. Glover led from
start to finish with Ian Ashley
leading the chase until lap 7 when he retired from the race. This
left Frank Lyons in 2nd place, over 22 seconds behind Glover at
the flag. Paul Campfield was 3rd in a Chevron B24. The other
class winners were Andrew Smith March 79b in 4th, Michael
Bletsoe-Brown Chevron B27 in 5th, Christopher Atkinson Surtees
TS8 in 6th and David Brown Brabham BT30 in 10th.
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William Jenkins BMW 3.0 CSL DNF in the HSCC 70’s Road Sport race
Datsun 240Z, with Ford only in 3rd place. By the end of the
second lap it was Barter who had powered through in to the
lead, with Ford glued to his rear bumper. Ford managed to lead
a couple of laps before slipping back to 3rd, as Barter retook
the lead and Nic Strong in a Ford Capri pushed through to 2nd
place. The leading pair stayed close together for the remainder
of the race and finished just under 2 seconds apart with Ford a
further 9 seconds behind in 3rd. All three won their respective
classes. Barrie Woolston in a Morgan Plus 8 in 4th and Mark
Bennett in an MG B in 5th also both were class winners. The
final class winners were Brian Jarvis who finished 10th in his
Porsche 924, David Karaskas in an MG Midget in 14th and
David Tomkinson who finished 19th in his Triumph Spitfire.
Antony Ross Lotus 59 had a spin at Luffield before continueing to finish 3rd in the Classic
Racing Cars race
Frazer Gibney March 76B heads Andrew Huxtable Chevron B34 in the Derek Bell Trophy
The final race of the day was the 70s Road Sports which saw
Oliver Ford put his Lotus Europa on Pole position on a damp but
drying track. However, it was Peter Shaw, from the front row,
who took the lead on the first lap from Charles Barter in a
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Champion Tim Davies leads Mike Gardiner and John Avill in the Ford Lotus Cortina train
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by Mick Herring and Simon Wright.
Following on from the exciting Formula Ford race was the
HSCC/HRSR ByBox Historic Touring Car race. Thankfully the
rain that had blighted morning qualifying on the Silverstone
National circuit had given way to cloudy but dry track
conditions. That change in conditions made it very interesting
and hard fought, in what would become a race of two halves,
some drivers either not qualifying well in the wet or opting to
retain wet settings.
After the wet qualifying, it was Roger Godfrey on pole position
in his little 1293cc Austin Mini Cooper S ahead of Warren
Briggs in his much more powerful 4.7 litre Ford Mustang.
The class B Lotus Cortina of Tim Davies headed the field at
the end of the first lap followed closely by eventual winner,
Warren Briggs' Class K1 FIA Ford Mustang and Mike
Gardiner's Class C Lotus Cortina in third. Snapping at the
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heels of the "Alan Mann" liveried Cortina were the nimble
combinations of Minis and Imps.
The entire grid sported a variety of other period cars including
a VW Beetle, a Triumph 2000, a BMW 1800, various Alfa
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Romeo
saloons
and Ford
Anglia’s of
the 100E
and 105E
types.
The damp
track off
line at
Brooklands
was still
catching
Alex Thistlethwayte Ford Mustang 2nd in class
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problem and deposited its oil along the length of the pit straight
causing the race to be red-flagged after five laps.
Sadly, we were denied a resumption of that battle as the race
re-started without Neil Brown's Mustang but it would continue to
be equally hotly contested for the remaining ten laps.
Warren Briggs emerged the winner but by less than two
seconds from Tim Davies' Lotus Cortina and Mike Gardiner a
further 3.5 seconds behind. Lotus Cortinas occupied the next
two places, John Avill and Graham Pattle in 4th and 5th
respectively.
Simon Benoy's Hillman Imp proved to be the fastest of the
smaller cars in 7th ahead of Roger Godfrey's Austin Cooper "S",
just as it was in the heyday of the British Saloon Car
Nigel Cox had a spin coming out of Brooklands in his Ford Lotus Cortina
out quite a few drivers, with various running off track on the exit
and Nigel Cox managing a spin in the middle of the pack but
everyone managed to avoid contact.
However, Neil Brown, determined to make up for his and his
K1 class Ford Mustang's lowly grid position, progressed rapidly
through to get on terms with Warren Briggs, a brief excursion
to the run off at Brooklands/Luffield slowed Briggs and allowed
Tim Davies another turn to lead momentarily as Neil Brown
closed in.
However, the Hillman Imp of Shaun Hazlewood suffered a
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Richard Cross Triumph 2000 Mk1 was 2nd in class
Championship.
It was enough for Tim Davies, whose class win ensured him the
Championship title again for 2014 even after his nearest rival
Simon Benoy won his class in his Hillman Imp. The other class
winners in the race included Mike Gardiner (Ford Lotus
Cortina), John Avill (Ford Lotus Cortina), Roger Godfrey (Austin
Mini Cooper S) and Tom Westley Jnr (Austin Mini Cooper S)
who finished in 10th place overall.
Winner Warren Briggs Ford Mustang ran a little wide on the exit of Brooklands
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Fittingly, all of the class winners also set the fastest laps in their
class. Exciting and close racing throughout the field, just like
BTCC except everybody got to take their own paint home.
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Ed Glaister Ford Anglia 100E was 2nd in class
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Jason Brooks Austin Mini Cooper S spins out of Luffield
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Timothy Brook Austin Mini Cooper S tries some rallycross out of Brooklands
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1954 edition of Hot Rod magazine with a report on the event.
His imagination was fired and he decided the hill climb had to
be revived in 2013, the 60th anniversary event was run and I
was lucky enough to be at the 2014 event. Around 80 pre-’54
rods were entered for the hill climb and if that wasn’t enough,
the beautiful historic town was overrun by a superb show of non
competing rods and custom cars.
From the start line in the middle of town at 8,500 feet, the cars
rush past quaint clapboard houses, climbing to near 10,000 feet
through woods, past reservoirs and over several hairpins to the
finish. The first visitors to Friday’s scrutineering shivered in
temperatures of 26F after we awoke to a thin covering of
overnight snow - the unseasonal weather from the flooding of
Bonneville Salt Flats had continued but the sun was soon
blazing down. Cars arrived from all over Colorado but there
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Hot Rod Hillclimb - Georgetown, Colorado 13/9/2014. By Syd Wall.
It all began in 1953 when a group of hot rod clubs decided to
put the local sports car clubs in their place by aiming to beat the
times they had set the previous week, over Leavenworth
Mountain outside of Georgetown in Colorado. The rodders beat
the best sports cars by a large margin and returned in 1954 to
do so again, but the ’54 event was the last after the state
governor outlawed all racing events on the roads of Colorado.
That would have been the end of it until hot rod builder Mike
Nicholson of Nick’s Garage in Englewood, Colorado found the
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were others that had driven from California, Texas and Kansas
which cannot have been too pleasant for those in open rods
who drove through the snowfall around dawn!
Sunday dawned with freezing temperatures again but the town
was already packed before the sun rose above the mountains
and warmed everyone up. Pride of place in the competition
went to a number of drivers and cars which had run in the
original two events. The hill was opened by 1953 4th placed
finisher Cal Kennedy in a Nick’s Garage built recreation of his
’53 car, using the rebuilt original 6 cylinder (they’re not all V8s!)
Chevrolet motor. The motoring carnival continued with the rest
of the entry, most cars being driven enthusiastically - it was a
celebration of the original hill
climb rather than a balls out
race but some rods were flat
out, laying thick lines of rubber
on the exit of the hairpin I was
at. For the second runs, I was at
the start line watching the cars
being flagged off the line by a
50s pin-up girl…I’d have this
any day over a red lights
gantry! The town was still
heaving with spectators,
custom cars and rods as I
made my excuses and left to
get back to Denver to prepare
for the journey home in time
for Castle Combe RallyDay.
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Mighty Mini scrap between Inch, Slark and Hathaway
BRSCC Championship Finals Donington Park
position. Martyn Walsh led from start to finish to win by just
under 3 seconds from Simon Hill and Josh Smith. After the first
race, only 18 cars took the start of the second race, which saw
another victory for Martyn Walsh, with Josh Smith moving up
to 2nd in this race and Nick Porter was 3rd.
The first race of the day for the Mazda MX-5 Championship 2B saw Simon Baldwin lead from start to finish to beat Ben
Short by nearly 10 seconds and Oliver Allwood was in 3rd.
The BRSCC Super Mighty Minis Championship had their first
race of the weekend on Saturday which saw Jamie White win
by over 16 seconds from Elliot Stafford and Mark Burnett. The
second race on Sunday morning saw Neven Kirkpatrick win a
very close race by just 0.277 seconds from Scott Kendall and
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19th October 2014. By Simon & Janet Wright.
The British Racing and Sports Car Club (BRSCC) held their
championship finals meeting on the Donington Park national
circuit over the weekend of the 18th and 19th October 2014.
Several of the BRSCC championships were joined by two races
from the Historic racing Drivers Club (HRDC), one for the HRDC
Touring Greats and the other for the HRDC Allstars.
The first race on the Sunday was for the TeeKay Couplings
Production Gti Championship. This race consisted of twenty
three VW Golf GTi cars, with Simon Gusterson claiming Pole
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Paul Blackburn VW Golf GTi at speed before retiring in both races
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Elliot Stafford. Start of Mazda MX-5 race 3B with Jason Greatrex taking the lead
Back to Mazdas with the 2A race and James Blake-Baldwin
lead the race from start to finish to win by just over 1/10 of a
second from Alan Henderson, with Will Blackwell-Chambers in
3rd.
From the Super Mighty Minis, we now had the Mighty Minis
whose first race on Saturday had been won by Paul Inch from
Damien Harrington and Brayden Fletcher. The first five were
covered by just 0.856 of a second in a typical close exciting
Mini race. The second race on Sunday morning was just as
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Richard Avery Porsche Boxster on his way to victory in race 2
exciting with an eight car battle for the lead. As they
approached the chicane lap after lap, it seemed that a different
car was in front and after thirteen laps it was Ian Slark who took
victory by a massive 1/2 a second from Damien Harrington and
Adrian Tuckley, the first three being less than a second apart at
the flag.
Moving up the power chain, the Toyo Tires Porsche
Championship had seen Ed Hayes win the first race on
Saturday in a Porsche Boxster from Jonathan Greensmith and
Avery dived up the inside into the chicane to take the lead
which he held until the chequred flag, winning by nearly 2
seconds from Greensmith and Hayes in 3rd. Warburton took
another class win and Alastair Kirkham won the Porsche 924
class. The penultimate race of the day was the third race for
the Porsche drivers and saw Garry Lawrence lead for most of
the race after a false start, for which he was penalised 10
seconds which dropped him down to 4th at the finish. The race
was won by Adam Southgate in a Boxster S 986 from Gary
Duckman in a 987 Boxster and Ed Hayes was 3rd again.
Warburton won his class again, as did Alastair Kirkham in his
924.
After lunch the HRDC Allstars took to the circuit for their 30
minute race. The Allstar field consists of both saloons and
sports cars from the 1950s and 60s with Mike Whitaker on Pole
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Porsche 924 battle between Hannington, Rossin and Jones
Adam Southgate in a Boxster S 986. Stephen Warburton in a
Boxster and Simon Hawksley in a Porsche 924 both won their
class in the race. The second race on Sunday saw Greensmith
lead into Redgate from the start but on the second lap Richard
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Nigel Reuben 1965 Ford Mustang ahead of Andrew Bentley MGB Roadster and Bill Watt
Lotus Elan S2
position in his 1965 TVR Griffith. He had a troublefree race
lapping all but the first four cars, and finished almost 40
seconds ahead of the 1962 Jaguar E-Type of Matt NicollJones, with John Spiers 3rd in another 1965 TVR Griffith. Bill
Watt in a 1962 Lotus Elan S2 in 6th and Jon McDonald in a
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1965 Ashley GT in 12th both won their class, while Peter
Alexander was the saloon class winner in his 1963 Ford Anglia
105E in 8th.
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John Young Chevrolet Corvette passes Bill Watt Lotus Elan S2 out of the chicane in the
HRDC Allstars race
Next out were more Mazdas, this time the MX5 Supercup. The
Saturday race was won by Liam Murphy from Tom Roche and
Clint Bardwell and the Sunday race was the same again for
winner Murphy and 2nd place Roche, but it was Simon
Goddard who was 3rd on Sunday after Bardwell had retired at
around half distance.
Back to the Classic action next, with the HRDC Touring Greats
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The HRDC Touring Greats field head down the start straight with John Polson 1961 Riley
1.5 at the front of the group in 4th place
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taking to the track for their 45 minute race. This race had a
compulsary pitstop, to allow some cars to have two drivers,
though most of the field were just using one driver. Pole position
went to current BTCC Champion Andrew Jordan and his father
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Mike who were
sharing a 1958
Austin A40.
They dominated
the race, having
a lead of over
50 seconds
when they pitted
to swop drivers.
This allowed
Mark Dainell to Andrew and Mike Jordan Austin A40 won the HRDC Touring Greats
lead for eight laps in his 1959 Austin A40 before the Jordan car
retook the lead with three laps to go, They won easily but the
gap was less than half a second from Dainell at the finish. The
class winning 1958 Jaguar Mk 1 of Butterfield and former BTCC
driver Rob Gravett was 3rd overall. The other class winners
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were 4th
placed John
Polson in a
1961 Riley 1.5,
5th placed
David Devine
in a 1959 Riley
1.5, 14th
placed Paul
Alcock in a
1949 Morris
Minor
LowLight and
Academy Class Robson/Persaud 1959 Standard Pennant HRDC Touring Greats
winner David Lillywhite in a 1958 Austin A35 in 20th position.
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Winner Martyn Walsh lifts the rear wheel on his VW Golf GTi in the Production GTi race
After the Production GTi second race of the day, it was time for
the fourth Mazda Championship race - 3B, which saw Jason
Greatrex grab the lead from his front row grid position and lead
the first couple of laps before Martin Tolley got in front and
stayed there to the flag. Unfortunately for Martin, he exceeded
the track limits and got a 5 second penalty which cost him the
win, and he was classified in 2nd place behind winner Jason
Greatrex and only just in front of James Herris in 3rd place.
The final race of the day, again for the Mazda Championship
took place after the second Porsche race. This was race 3A
and saw a copy book performance by Alan Henderson who led
from lights to flag, winning by over 5 seconds from Will
Blackwell-Chambers and James Blake-Baldwin.
1956 Jaguar Mk7 of Love/Love finished 3rd in class in the HRDC Touring Greats
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David Henderson gets sideways in his Mazda MX-5 in race 3B
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Close racing in the Mighty Mini race between Harrington Slark, Fletcher and Tuckley
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Coventry Breakfast Club 11th October 2014.
By Simon & Janet Wright
The final Breakfast club meeting of the year took place on Saturday
11th October 2014. The forecast wet weather may have deterred a few
people from attending, but there was still an interesting turnout of
vehicles in the drizzle. The great beauty of these meetings is that they
are on the forecourt of Coventry Transport Museum, so if the weather
does get a little inclement, you just enter the museum and take a trip
back through the motoring history of Coventry and see both Thrust 1
and Thrust 2 Land Speed record holder vehicles on display along with
a section for Jaguar Heritage cars.
The Breakfast club always draws a diverse selection of vehicles, which
this month included a range of sports cars, saloons and motorcycles.
The sports cars were an international selection with some of the finest
of Coventry including a Jaguar E-Type and a Triumph TR6, plus local
neighbouring MG BGT alongside a Porsche 928 and a couple of more
Armstrong Siddeley 18 Whitley
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Triumph Dolomite saloon and Jaguar XK Sports car
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The selection of saloon cars was also interesting with a 1953
Armstrong Siddeley flying the flag for the Breakfast Club. Local
Triumph and Rover saloons rubbed shoulders with some of their
German counterparts, including a pair of modified Volkswagen
Beetles and an East German 2 stroke Trabant. There was also a
selection of motorcycles, mainly locally built Triumph models, with
the odd Japanese bike from Yamaha and Suzuki.
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Porsche 928
modern Japanese cars, the Mazda MX5 and the Toyota MR2.
There was also a nice replica of the MG TF sports car, a 1960
Gentry.
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Triumph Motorcycles
Trabant 601
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The drizzle started to
fall which caused some
of the cars to leave
early, but there were
enough saloons and
hard top sports cars
that remained until the
end of the meeting for
people to admire.
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MG Maestro
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Gentry MG Replica and Humber Sceptre
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Modified Volswagen Beetles
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Rover P4 90
Triumph TR6
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MG BGT
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Jaguar E-Type
Motorcycle line up
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The Buckler Mk 5
The most unusual car on display was a
Buckler Mk 5. They were a space frame
constructed sports car built in Reading,
Berkshire. Buckler Cars was founded by
Derek Buckler and they produced around
400 cars between 1947 and 1962. Although based in Reading, many
of the cars were constructed in Crowthorne, Berkshire. The vehicle
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could be purchased fully built or as a kit of components for home
assembly. The light weight sports car was suitable for road or
competition use. The first model was the Mk 5, based on the 1947
Buckler Special. The range started with the Mk 5 so that people did
not think it was the first model the company had produced. The Mk 5
was built between 1949 and 1955 as an open 2 seater sports car
with a 90 inch wheelbase. It was fitted with a Ford 1172cc engine
which gave it a top speed of 80 mph.
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Rally Day, Castle Combe. By Syd Wall
The Ex-Russell Brookes Andrews Heat for Hire Ford Sierra RS500
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Rallyday is a celebration of rallying held annually at Castle
Combe race circuit. Over it’s 14 years, it has become THE rally
car show for British enthusiasts and there’s probably nothing to
rival it anywhere else in the world.
Fans love the show because you can see famous drivers and
cars close up, closer than on any rally or similar show.. Stars
who have driven and been interviewed over the years include
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Colin, Alister
and Jimmy
McRae, Ari
Vatanen,
Dave
Richards,
Sebastian
Ogier, Kris
Meeke, Stig
Blomqvist,
Bjorn
Waldegard
Markku Alen starred at Rally Day
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(who was booked again for 2104 but sadly passed away a
couple of weeks before the event), Mikko Hirvonen, Hannu
Mikkola, Jari-Matti Latvala, Petter Solberg, Pentti Airikkala,
Malcolm Wilson, Mark Higgins, Gwyndaf Evans, Guy Wilks, Phil
Collins and Russell Brookes! And at RallyDay 2005, Richard
Burns made his final public appearance only a few weeks
before he passed away.
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Metro 6R4 celebrated its 30th anniversary at Rally day
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Nick Barrington Audi Quattro
This year’s star guests were Markku Alen, Markko Martin, Harri
Toivonen, Dai Llewellin and father and son, Gwyndaf and Elfyn
Evans. Alongside these were Russell Brookes and Phil Collins
who are there every year. The Mitsubishi and Ford world rally
teams have always been great supporters of RallyDay and
brought a Lancer WRC and WRC liveried Fiesta R5 for Gwyndaf
and Elfyn to drive on the highpoint of the event, the Feature
Stage. The star cars and drivers perform for the fans without the
pressure of competition, so tyre smoking starts, armfuls of
oversteer
and
doughnuts
are laid on
thick
around the
stage for
over 2
hours. The
stars were
re-united
Clubmans Stage - Elfyn Evans Ford Fiesta
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with cars from their
past and also had a
new toy to try. Alen
drove a Lancia 037
and a Toyota Celica
GT4, Martin an ex
McRae Impreza
WRC, and Toivonen
and Llewellin were
in Metro 6R4s as
part of the 6R4’s
30th anniversary
Harri Toivonen
display of almost 30 cars. Alen also drove a Stratos in the
lunchtime track parade in celebration of Bjorn Waldegard and
the 40th anniversary of the Stratos. Fans were also excited to
see the new toy that the stars were lining up to drive and give
passenger rides in - Richard Tuthill’s stunning Porsche 911
GT3, the car built to run in the new FIA GT rally class.
Another new car was launched at the interview stage, the first
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Ford Escort Mk I usually sideways
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time it had been seen
outside of Scandinavia. The
Mitsubishi Mirage R5 was
built in Sweden on behalf of
Ralliart Sweden and may
be homologated for 2015
but it wasn’t ready to drive
on the track yet.
Adding to the action are
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dozens of historic and
Tuthill Porsche 911 GT3
modern rally cars driven by
owners and up-and-coming national rally drivers who on the
whole are just as spectacular as the stars.
Elsewhere around the circuit you can see action from ParisDakar style 4x4s, British cross country 4x4s, Rallycross and
Help for Heroes displays. There is also a gravel rally stage which
Elfyn Evans starred on in his Fiesta after the tarmac stage
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Brandon James Ford Escort MkII
finished. Rallyday gives visitors a chance to enjoy the spectacle
of seeing a wide range of rally cars and stars, in an open and
spectator friendly environment. It comprises live action on the
track with static displays in the paddock, and has something to
offer everyone from the rally enthusiast to a family looking for an
enjoyable day out.
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Lancia Stratos club demonstration at Rally day
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Nigel Worswick Ford Escort Mk3 rally car
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Audi Quattro line-up
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Renault 5 Turbo, Fiat 124 Abarth and Ford Escort Mk1
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Lancia 037
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Ford Sierra RS
Triumph TR7 V8
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The cars follow the normal circuit to start, round the mole hill
and through the Fradley hairpin, but half way down the main
straight they then bear right and do the first part of the track in
the reverse direction and turn back on to the main straight at
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A foggy start for Samantha Lester in the Formula Ford Van Diemen RF80
MAC Sprint, Curborough. By Simon and Janet Wright.
The Midland Automobile Club (MAC) usually organise the
majority of meetings at their Shelsley Walsh hill climb venue.
But once a year they venture away from their historic track to
hold a sprint meeting at Curborough, near Lichfield.
After a misty start, the fog slowly cleared to give a nice and
sunny afternoon by the time the timed runs commenced.
The club was using the new for 2014 figure of 8 circuit layout.
Brett Evans locks a wheel in to the Molehill in the Porsche 944 S2
the finish line, come back up the main straight to the cross over
point, bear left and take the Fradley hairpin for a second time
and then go down the main straight to the finish line. The new
layout did catch a few people out, but generally it added to the
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Lorraine Hitchman Ferrari 328 GTS
Mat Morrison Chevron B27 F2 was fastest in class
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driver experience and provided a new challenge to an existing
circuit.
The first few classes were for road going sports and saloon
cars and saw an interesting mix of cars competing. MAC
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members were fairly dominant in these classes with Chris
Chance in a Lotus Exige S1, John Phoenix in a Ford Sierra
RS Cosworth and Lindsay Mercer in a Porsche Cayman SV
all setting fastest laps in their classes. Lindsay was lucky to
be able to set his time as he was sharing the car with Andrew
Birch, and Andrew had a high speed accident in practice
where he spun the Porsche off the course on the back
straight, but managed to miss the tyre barriers.
Moving in to the Specialist Production cars class saw David
Nursey abandon his normal course car from Shelsley Walsh
and replace it with a Lotus 7 he was sharing with John
Palmer, his brother in law. After a slight off on his first run,
Dave managed a respectable 4th in class behind John. Colin
Way in a Westfield was having a bad day in practice, when he
managed to spin off on the back straight, then after continuing
around the mole hill, he promptly spun again before
abandoning the run. Martin Weston was fastest in class in a
Ian Bevington Jedi F600 turns back up the main straight
Westfield SEiW with a time of 61.64 seconds.
The Modified Series Production cars over 2000cc class was the
domain of current Curborough Champion Michael Jackson in his
Porsche 911 even though he failed on his second run. He was
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Gordon Hick Fisher Fury Spyder
David Nursey Lotus 7 rounds the molehill
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over 4 seconds faster than his nearest challenger - Steve
Jackson in the same car! The Modified series production cars
class had only one entry, with Bryn Ives dominant in his Clan
Crusader.
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Mike Spicer Ferrari 328 GTB
The event was also a round of the Pirelli Ferrari Hillclimb
Championship, with 15 Ferrari cars entered. The sight and
sound of these cars is always special and it was Nick Taylor in
a Ferrari 430 Coupe who was fastest in the class from Richard
Prior in a Ferrari F355. Only 0.69 of a second separated the
pair at the end with Nick setting a 64.13 second time on his
second run compared to Richards 64.82 second run on his first
run. Richard Allen was 3rd in class in another Ferrari F355
GTS.
After the Ferrari class it was time for the racing cars to take to
the track. The Sports Libre Class saw Kim Johnson set fastest
time in class in a shared Mallock Mk 20 with a 60.01 second
run. The Racing cars up to 600cc class was an all Jedi affair,
with Justin Walker in a Jedi Mk 2 setting the fastest time in
class with a 62.60 second run.
The racing cars over 600cc and up to 1100cc saw the outright
winner for the day. The sleek black Empire Wraith set the
fastest time of the day with a 53.08 seconds to win Chris
Aspinall the CR Instone Trophy. In practice Clive Austin sharing
the same car had spun as he went through the cross over for
the second time. He managed to avoid hitting anything and
abandoned the practice run before returning to the paddock.
Martin Jones took 2nd in the class with a time of 53.79 seconds
in his Force PT and 3rd in class went to Simon Andrews in an
OMS 28.
The next two classes were merged in to a single Racing cars
over 1100cc to 2000 cc class. This saw the fastest time of the
day for a Midland Automobile Club (MAC) member. Gary
Thomas in a Force PC set a time of 53.66 seconds to win the
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Colin Way had a double spin in practice in the Westfield either side of the molehill
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Paul Beddow 7 litre Chevrolet Corvette was 5th in class
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Fastest Time of Day went to Chris Aspinall in the Empire Wraith with a 53.08 seconds to win the C R Instone Trophy
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Fastest MAC member was Gary Thomas in the Force PC with a time of 53.66 to win the MAC Challenge Trophy
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Les Procter Austin Healey Sebring Sprite Mk 1 first on Handicap
Chris Machell Mazda MX5
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Bryn Ives was fastest in his class in the Clan Crusader
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Jeff Cooper in a Ferrari 360 Modena
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Michael Andrews Force HC
MAC Challenge Trophy. with Simon Marsh in a DJ Firehawk
2nd in class.
The Classic saloons and sports cars pre 1975 was a handicap
class, which saw Les Procter being placed 1st on handicap in
his Austin Healey Sebring Sprite with a best time of 74.46
seconds, but the actual fastest time in the class went to Colin
Bryan in a Ford Lotus Cortina Mk1 with a 69.67 second run.
The final class saw just one car, a Chevron B27 F2, being
shared by John Hewett and Mat Morrison, with Mat setting the
fastest time in class of 62.23 seconds.
One of the prettiest cars was the Ferrari 328 of Jon Goodwin
which finished a respectable 7th in the Ferrari class.
Graham Godfrey Audi TT Mk1 was 4th in class
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Shelagh Ash TVR Griffith
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Will Gough Ford Sierra Cosworth only managed practice
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Archive Photo of the month. By Pete Austin
As you can read elsewhere in this
issue Sir Jack Brabham's life was
celebrated at a memorial event in the
Silverstone Wing on October 24th.
Therefore I thought it appropriate
to feature Jack in this months
archive image. He is shown here
in his Brabham BT33 during
the 1970 Race of Champions
at Brands Hatch where he
finished 4th. This was to
be his last year in
Formula 1.
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Rupert Marks in the McLaren Chevrolet M12
The Autumn Classic, Prescott.
4th and 5th October 2014. By Simon & Janet Wright.
Its Autumn at Prescott Hill Climb, so raise the stars and stripes
for the Autumn Classic. The Bugatti Owners Club stage this
American themed weekend and make Prescott feel like small
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town America, along
with American Classic
cars, Rock and Roll
and even Laurel and
Hardy were
wandering around the
spectator areas and
paddock.
The entry had several
classic American cars
and American engines
in the entry, so it was
fitting that the fastest
time of the day should
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be set by John Hewett in a Formula 5000 McLaren M18 single
seater powered by an American Chevrolet V8 engine. His time
of 46.24 seconds was over half a second faster than Andy
Tippett in a much smaller Formula Ford Russell Alexis.
With such a diverse entry of vehicles, the 145 strong entry was
split in to various classes, as usual for hill climb events. Hewett
and Tippett both their respective classes, along with Mike
Bainbridge driving a Ginetta G20 Zetec and Terry Drinkwater in
an MGA Coupe.
It was fitting that in an American celebration, that a Can Am
McLaren Chevrolet M12 should win the Pre 1972 over 2000cc
Sports and Saloon Car Class, driven by Rupert Marks. The
other class winners included Simon Baines in a Morgan
Roadster,
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Anthony
Ward in a
BMW 2002,
John Weedon
in a Triumph
TR5.
The 500
Owners
Association
class was
won by Nick
Reynolds in a
Cooper Mk9
Jap, while
other class
1967 Rambler Rebel SST Smokes off the start line in the lunch time
parade
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Charles Stapleton in the Ford V8 Sprint
winners were Garry Cox in a Reliant Scimitar GTE and Seb
Stapleton won the special class for cars with Flat Heads in a
Chapman Mercury 1 Ford. In two of the Bugatti Handicap
classes, Edmund Burgess in a Bugatti T51 set the fastest time
in one and Colin Bullock in a Bugatti T51 was fastest in the
other class. Finally the Aston Martin Owners Club class was
won by Christopher Scott MacKirdy in his 1933 Aston Martin
Le Mans.
Special place in the paddock went to Old Yeller Mk II and a
pair of Chaparral sports racing cars from the 1960s. Old Yeller
took part in the competition, while the Chaparral cars were
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given demonstration runs up the hill during the lunch break as
part of the American car parade.
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The Chaparral did a demo run
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Anthony Ward BMW 2002
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Fastest Time of Day went to John Hewett F5000 McLaren Chevrolet M18
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Clive Scott in the unusual GSM Delta Ford
Doug Mainstone in his Triumph Special
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John Harrison smokes the tyres on his Dodge Coronet - Red Ram
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1970s Plymouth Roadrunner
1950s Buick Limited
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Music from Lady and the Sax
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1940s Plymouth Special Deluxe
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Old Yeller Mk II.
As part of the American celebration, there
were several special American sports
cars present in the paddock. Old Yeller
Mark II is a 1959 Balchowsky Buick which
was hand built to take on the might of the
European sports cars of the day in
Endurance races. It has a ladder type chassis with double
wishbone front suspension and a solid back axle and bright
yellow bodywork. The car is powered by a 6571cc V8 Nailhead
Buick 410 engine producing 305 bhp. In its history, the car has
had many famous American drivers including Grand Prix
drivers Dan Gurney and Bob Bondurant, Carroll Shelby of
Cobra fame as well as its creator Max Balchowsky.
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Birkett Relay, Silverstone. By Simon and Janet Wright with additional photos by Pete Austin.
The field streams down the Hanger Straight at the start of the race
This was the 64th Anniversary ‘Holly’ Birkett Handicap relay
race, organised by the 750 Motorclub and held round the
historic Silverstone Grand prix circuit. The first race was run in
1951, making this the 63rd anniversary of the first event, but
the 64th event because the 50th Anniversary was celebrated
with an additional one-off 12 hour Birkett race. This immensly
popular end of season event drew a massive entry with 69
teams entered, and all teams having a minimum of three
drivers, many with their own cars. The speed diffence is great,
but with the full Grand prix circuit in use, it does allow the field
to stretch out, and there are soon cars all around the circuit.
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The Caterham 7 seemed a very popular car with several teams
entered using these small rocket ships! On the saloon front,
BMW seemed a popular choice, though the diverse range of
vehicles entered went from Radical sports cars, through
Jaguar saloons and sports cars, Porsche, BMW, Mazda right
down to a team of the small Smart cars.
Each team is entered under a team name. Some of the teams
had unusual names such as “Lap Chancers”, “Run baby run”,
“Six Sevens” - a team of six Caterham 7s, “Shake and Bake”,
“The Hart attacks”, “Piston Broke”, “Not Fast but Furious”,
“Free Radicals”, “Jagnuts”, “Road Runners” and “Norfolk and
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Winners of the
scratch race
“The Winning
Radicals.
A Aaron Bailey
Radical SR3
B Doug Carter
Radical PR6
C Brian Murphy
Radical PR6
D Lee Bailey
Radical SR3
E John McLeod
Radical SR3
team car left the circuit and could not continue, after a short
period, the next team car would be released in to the race.
After practice, the teams were handicapped, with “The Winning
Radicals” being the scratch team on zero laps. Some of the
handicaps included the “Inspires” and the “Free Radicals” both
credited with 2 laps, the “Jagnuts” with 25 laps and the highest
handicap went to the “Smarts4you racing”, a team of six Smart
4Two Smart cars. Some cars were also limited to a maximum
number of laps they could complete. For example, in the
Men-O-Porsche A-Robert Gilham Porsche 924S B-David Dennett Porsche 935 K3
replica), C-Mike Johnson Porsche 911 SC, D-John Clonis Porsche 911 RSR, E-Steve
Hewson Porsche 924S and F-David Kingham Porsche 993 RSR
Doug Carter Radical PR6 leads Richard Wise Spire GT3 in the early stages of the race
Chance” to name but a few.
As a relay race, each team can only have one car on track at a
time. The national pit garages had each team lined up in a row,
and as the current car came in to the pits, it would drive past
the entrance to the team garage, and the marshall would then
wave out the next car, while the current car would exit the pit
lane at the gate half way down the pit lane or at the end of the
pit lane, depending on which garage the team were in. If a
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750 Trophy Hunters: A-Christian Pedersen Toyota MR2, B-Gregan Thruston Toyota MR2,
C-Lyndon Thruston Toyota MR2, D-John Gasking Toyota MR2
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David Dennett in his replica Porsche 935 K3 “Men-O-Porsche leaves the garage to start his
track stint
Gregan Thruston Toyota MR2 “750 Trophy Hunters” spins in the middle of the pack at
Luffield in the early stages of the race
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Inspires, Tim Grey in his Spire GT3 was on a maximum of 43
laps, while in the “HCAAC The Autos” Jonathan Gibbs in a
Caterham C400 was limited to 26 laps.
Pole position went to “The Winning Radicals” a team of 4
Radicals, two SR3 and two SR6 and 5 drivers and the “Inspires”,
which consisted of four Spire GT3 cars and drivers, next to them
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Mark Burton Saker Rapx leads a group through Becketts
Team JPR-Saker Sportscars
A47A Paul Rose Saker Sniper, B-Steve Harris Saker Rapx, C- Tim Wheeldon Saker, DMark Burton Saker Rapx
on the front row. The speed difference was remarkable as on
the first lap, the first two cars were into Stowe corner as the
third placed Saker Sniper of Paul Rose entered the hanger
straight. It was Tim Gray in the Spire GT3 that had grabbed the
lead for Team Inspire from Aaron Bailey in the Radical SR3 of
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Radicals”.
With the race
lasting six
hours, it would
be impossible
to record all
the changes
in position, but
it was a great
sight to see
such a variety
of cars dicing
with each
Drivers wait their turn in the pit garages
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other. After the first hour, the scratch positions were the “Racing
Greens” in first place, with “Team JPR - Saker Sportscars” in
2nd and “The Winning Radicals” in 3rd, all on 24 laps but on
Handicap it was “Podium Prep” in 1st with “Kathy & Co” in 2nd
and “Child Labour Racing” in 3rd.
After two hours the “Inspires” were in front on 49 laps in the
Scratch positions, with “Team JPR - Sakar sportscars” down to
2nd on 48 laps and “The Winning Radicals” were still in 3rd also
on 48 laps. On Handicap “Podium Prep” were still in the lead,
but “Drive it like you stole it” were 2nd and “Shake and Bake”
were up to 3rd.
At half distance, 3 hours, the Scratch positions showed “Team
JPR - Saker sportscars” were back in front on 66 laps with “The
Winning Radicals” up to 2nd and the “Inspires” were down to
3rd, but all on 66 laps. On Handicap “Podium Prep” were
maintaining their lead, but “Shake and bake” were up to 2nd
and “Six Signatures” had moved in to 3rd.
The Handicap winning Six Signatures team: A-James Needham Caterham Tracksport,
B-John Toshck Caterham Supersport, C-Kurt Brady Caterham Supersport, D-Spencer
Horgan Caterham 7, E-David Rowe Caterham Supersport
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John Toshack Caterham Supersports dives up the inside of Colin Bysouth BMW Compact on
his way to Handicap victory for the Six Signatures team
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45 - Dirty Half Dozen
A-Danny Cassar Honda
Integra B-Garry Barlow
Proton Coupe C-Stephen
Cassar Honda Civic Type
R D-Vic Hope Honda Civic
E-Carey Lewis Rover
Tomcat F-Frank Pettit
Rover Tomcat
22-DLH Motorsport A-Michael Hibbert BMW E36 M3 Evo B-Thomas
Nibbert BMW E36 M3 Evo C-James Ford BMW 318is
30 - Six Potters A Tom Lenthal Jaguar XJS
B-Gail Hill Jaguar XJ40 C-Colin Philpot
Jaguar XJS D-Ian Drage Jaguar XJS EDavid Howard Jaguar XJ12 F-Derek Pearce
Jaguar XJS
David Howard Jaguar XJ12 dives past James Ford BMW 318is and followed by Vic Hope Honda Civic
When they reached the 4 hour mark, the top three teams were
still locked in battle for the scratch race lead, with the “Inspires”
now in front from “Team JPR - Saker Sportscars” in 2nd and
“The Winning Radicals” were back to 3rd, but all three teams
still on the same lap - 88. In the Handicap it was all change
with “Podium Prep” dropped down to 13th. “Six Signatures”
were now in the lead on handicap, with “Turtle Wax” in 2nd and
“Shake and Bake” now in 3rd place.
At the five hour mark, and with only an hour to go, the scratch
45 - Dirty Half Dozen: A-Danny Casser Honda Integra, B-Garry Barlow Proton Coupe,
C-Stephen Casser Honda Civic Type-r, D-Vic Hope Honda Civic, E-Carey Lewis Rover
Tomcat, F-Frank Pettit Rover Tomcat
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Stephen Casser Honda Civic Type - R rounds Stowe corner
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race positions had changed again, with “The Winning Radicals”
now in front, from “Team JPR - Saker Sportscars” and the
“Inspires” back to 3rd place, but all still on the same lap - 114. In
the Handicap, the “Six Signatures” had held on to 1st place, but
“Gradsports” were now in 2nd and “Turtle Wax’ had dropped
back to 3rd.
The last hour sorted out the order in the scratch positions with
“The Winning Radicals” moving a lap ahead of the field to
complete 141 laps, while “Team JPR - Saker Sportscars” came
2nd on 140 laps and the “Inspires” finished 3rd on 138 laps.
The Handicap results placed the “Six Signatures” team in 1st
place ahead of “Jagnuts” in 2nd and “Gradsports” took 3rd. The
team with the highest handicap “Smarts4you Racing” finished a
creditable 24th having completed 110 laps and finished 69th on
Scratch.
There were several incidents during the race which resulted in
the Safety car being deployed for a total of 94 minutes. One of
the more serious incidents was a collision between the Radical
SR3 of Charles Harvey Kelly and a BMW resulting in both cars
going heavily in to the barrier between Copse and Maggotts.
After a length Safety car period, Charles was taken by air
ambulance to University Hospital Coventry. The last news was
that he was stable in the Critical Care ward.
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Marcus Roskill Sylva Phoenix heads in to Club corner
41 - Mars Attacks: A-Martin Buckland RAW Striker, B-Bridgette Smart Sylva Phoenix,
C-Marcus Roskill Sylva Striker, D-Mark Hextall Westfield 7
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55- TEGIWA Civic Cup
A-Andy Gaugler
B-Rob Baker
C-Carl Swan
D-Matthew Webster,
E-Start Neal,
F- Matt Bolton
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29 - Free Radicals: A-Gary Ramsdale Radical SR3, B-Charles
Harvey-Kelly, C-Richard Hardie, D-Gary Peterson
Rob Baker Honda Civic lost it on the grass at Club corner and hit the end of the
International pit wall
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Gary Ramsdale Radical SR3 passes the Wing
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The field streams through Brooklands and Luffield
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17- The Hart Attacks: A-Barry Webb Mallock Mk23, B-Peter Richings Mallock
Mk30PR,C-Mike Evans Mallock Mk27, D-Howard Payne Mallock Mk20B, E-Alex
Champkin Vision V84, Chris Pickerinh Mallock Mk27 EBX
38 - Tom’s Tintops: A-Nathan Dew Honda Integra, B-Luke Bennett Honda Civic, C-Barnaby Davies
Toyota Starlet, D-Reece Jones Honda Civic, E-David Clark, F-Kenny Coleman Honda Civic
Barnaby Davies lifts a rear wheel through Brooklands in his Toyota Starlet
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Barry Webb Mallock Mk23 rounds Luffield
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