classic and competition car 23 august 2012

Classic &Competition Car Issue 23! ! August 2012

Goodwood Festival of Speed

News Page 4

Tasman Revival previewPage 9

Goodwood Festival of Speed Page 15

GT Cup Snetterton1

Vintage and Post Vintage Thoroughbred Hill Climb

Shelsley WalshPage 24

Archive photo of the monthPage 28

6 Hours of DoningtonEuropean Le Mans Series

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Alan Mann Trophy race, Donington Park

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Shelsley Breakfast ClubJuly 2012Page 35

Silverstone ClassicPage 38

Silverstone ClassicGroup CPage 41

Silverstone ClassicWSM

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Silverstone ClassicFormula 1Page 45

Silverstone ClassicOff circuitPage 47

CONTENTS

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Silverstone Classic Tony Smith Ferrari 246 Dino leads Alan Miles Maserati 250F CM7 in the Pre-61 Front engined GP race © Pete Austin

Mat Jackson/Henry Mann Mustang fight for the lead with the Shaw and Oliver BMW 1800 TI - Alan Mann Trophy Donington

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Jackie Oliver at Goodwood Festival of Speed

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. Also keen on BRM

MICK HERRING

Mick’s first love is GT racing, including Historics, especially the Lola T70

JANET WRIGHT

Janet has been taking photos for many years but her real speciality is

video work.

EDITORIALTimes are hard for everyone these days and that even reaches to top level motor racing. Only 13 cars took the start of the 6 Hours of Donington, a round of the European Le Mans Series, and the remaining two European races have been scrapped for this year. The organisers of the FIA GT World Championship have also withdrawn for 2013. Does this mean that fans are

moving away from Long distance races? Le Mans continues to be one of the most popular sporting events in the World, but in this country, after the British Grand Prix, the next most popular events are all based around Historic motorsport. The Silverstone Classic packed a massive 24 races covering all types of motorsport in to its three day programme and drew a bigger audience than last year. The Goodwood Festival of Speed and Revival both continue to draw massive crowds and as other nostalgia events are organised around the country, the fans continue to attend. Maybe it is because they can identify with the cars, and they all tend to look very different to each other. The modern series cars all tend to look very similar, often restricted by very tight regulations. Maybe its time to throw caution to the wind, and let designers go with their imagination. It should still be possible to keep costs down without all having such similar designs!

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The 2012 European Le Mans Series have cancelled the last two races in Europe for this year at Brno (Czech Republic) and Algarve (Portugal) and will have their final race in America when they take part in the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta in Georgia USA. The Petit Le mans is the tenth and final round of the American Le Mans series and is a 1000 mile or 10 hour race which will take place over the weekend of the 17th to the 20th October 2012.Besides the overall result of the Petit Le Mans, there will be a specific classification for entrants in both series which will decide the final results of both championships and decide which teams will receive invitations to the 2013 Le Mans 24 Hours race. The points scored at this race will be doubled for the ELMS Championship contenders.This decision came after the second round of the European Le Mans series was held at Donington park (England) at the beginning of July with only 13 cars taking part in the race. It is expected that a full season of races in Europe will be announced in the near future for 2013.

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Alain Prost at Goodwood Festival of Speed. By Mike JiggleFormer, multiple F1 world champion, Alain Prost, making his debut at the FoS, was honoured with an individual exhibition area displaying many of his former race cars. He also took to the hill in the car he so desperately wanted to win the world championship in – the Renault RE40 turbo.


Mini Britannia.

Alec Poole, Event Director announced that Mini Britannia will take place on Saturday 13th October 2012. Based at Silverstone, the event will feature Competition and Regularity events and run purely on tarmac surfaces,

like its big brother Tour Britannia.

GT1 World Championship loses promotor for 2013. Stephane Ratel has informed the GT Commission that SRO will not continue as promotor of the FIA GT1 World Championship and the FIA GT3 European Championship in 2013.The decision has been taken due to the worsening World Financial situation which has hit both grids of the FIA GT championships along with many others in the overcrowded sports car scene.A revised calendar for the rest of the 2012 season was due to be issued after the meeting.

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Sergio Pininfarina born Sergio Farina8th September 1926 to 3rd July 2012

Born in Turin, Italy he joined his father Battista Farina at Carrozzeria Pininfarina and during his career was responsible for many of the Ferrari designs for which the company is famous. In 1961 his family surname was changed to Pininfarina by Presidential decree. In 1965 Sergio persuaded Enzo Ferrari to use a mid engine design for a new road car with the engine behind the driver but ahead of the rear wheels. The Ferrari Dino Berlinette Speciale was shown at the Paris Motor Show in October 1965 but it took another 2 years before the car went on sale. After his fathers death in 1966 Sergio became president of the company and in 2006 Sergio and his son Andrea were named Honorary Chairmen of Pininfarina. The list of cars which Pininfarina helped produce is impressive and includes the Alfa Romeo Spider Duetto and 164, the Bentley Azure, the Peugeot 306, 406 Coupe and 504 Coupe/Cabrio, the Maserati

Quattroporte, Gran Turismo and Gran Cabrio, the Lancia Beta MonteCarlo, Gamma Coupe and Therma SW. He also did work for Fiat with the Fiat Dino, the 130 Coupe and the 124.But Pininfarina will always be associated with Ferrari with the P4/5, the 360, the 328, the 288 GTO, the Testarossa, the Enzo and the Ferrari F40 which he was lead design.Between 1979 and 1988 Sergio was a Liberal Party MEP and was part of the Europeaan Liberal Democrat alliance. In 2005 he was named Senetor for life of the Italian Republic. He passed away on the 3rd of July 2012 at the age of 85. To his family and friends we offer our sincere condolences.

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© SImon Wright The fabulous Ferrari F40 is thanks to Sergio Pininfarina

Quickstep to a write off

Celebrity professional dancer Brendan Cole had a major accident during the warm up/acclimatisation session for the Celebrity Challenge race at the Silverstone Classic. This was Brendan's third Celebrity race meeting. The Drivers were using the training circuit in the middle of Silverstone located behind the new Wing pits complex to get used to the Morgan V8 sports cars that were being used

for the celebrity race.As Brendan approached the left hand bend at the end of the main straight, the brakes failed and the car went straight on in to the barrier at 73 mph. He hit the barrier hard, and was taken away for medical examination. He returned to the circuit later in the day with a couple of crutches for support. He had gashed his knee and there was still blood on his overalls, but he reported that there was no serious damage, nothing was broken and that he ached, but felt good considering the speed of the impact! He also wished to thank the Paramedics and medical team and everyone at Silverstone who had looked after him.


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Silverstone Circuit is up for Sale. After attempts to lease the circuit have failed, the world famous venue is now reported as being offered for sale after reporting losses of £4.5 million last year. The BRDC who own the circuit, had loans to construct the new £27 million Wing Pit and Paddock complex which opened last year, but need an additional £100m more to complete expansion plans which include an on-site hotel. After failing to lease the 850 acre site, the BRDC has now said that it will consider selling the entire circuit to raise the money to complete the expansion plans.

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Double the VSCC Spring Start for 2013.The Vintage Sports Car Club’s traditional Spring Start meeting at Silverstone will expand to a two day meeting in 2013. The full weekend Historic festival will keep the traditional VSCC races for Pre-war and Historic cars but will also be supported by other Historic Racing series. Silverstone are enthusiastic for the event which will be held over the weekend of the 20th and 21st of April 2013 and will include traditional races for front engined Pre

1961 Racing cars, Vintage racing cars, Pre-war Sportscars, 1950s Sports racing cars, which will each have two races over the weekend. The GP Italia Trophy for Vintage Racing Cars and the Patrick Lindsay and Amschel Rothschild Trophies for pre 61 racing cars will still be part of the event as in previous years.Tony Stephens, President of the Vintage Sports-Car Club and historic racer commented, “ The VSCC ‘Spring Start’ has been a successful season opener for many years and recently has been supported enthusiastically by the wider historic racing fraternity. A two-day meeting will give the Club more scope to invite our friends to kick off the 2013 season in style, with an additional day of Vintage and Historic Racing.”


Goodwood Centrepiece article by Mike Jiggle.

A Gerry Judah sculpture outside Goodwood House served as a beacon for the Lotus marque. The design was an ice white trefoil knot shaped race track entitled `Light Curves` and bejewelled with land marked Lotus designs including Jim Clark`s Tasman Lotus 32B, Graham Hill`s Gold Leaf Lotus 49, Emerson Fittipaldi`s JPS Lotus 72, Mario Andretti`s Lotus 79, A y r t o n S e n n a ` s Camel Lotus 99T and the present day F1 c h a l l e n g e r L o t u s Renault E20-05.

Chris Williams Napier Bentley in the GP Italia & Lanchester Trophies race at the 2012 Spring Start meeting at Silverstone

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EARLY START FOR 10TH ANNUAL MSC F5000 SERIES SEASON 2012/13 MSC New Zealand F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series Season Preview.

By Fast CompanyA starring roll at the annual Muscle Car Masters meeting in Sydney on the first weekend of September means an earlier-than-usual start for the 10th annual MSC New Zealand F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series.

Though the final venues and dates of all seven rounds of this season's anniversary series have yet to be signed off the organising committee has confirmed those of the first three rounds this year as well as the fourth, fifth and sixth early in the New Year.

The appearance at the popular Muscle Car Masters meeting will be one of two for the MSC series across the Tasman this season, with a return to the recently refurbished and re-named Sydney Motorsport Park (nee Eastern Creek) circuit in late November for the 2012 Australian Tasman Revival historic motor racing meeting.

In-between is the first New Zealand round at the annual Wigram Revival meeting at Christchurch's Powerbuilt Tools Raceway at Ruapuna Park on October 27 & 28 and after the Tasman Revival meeting in Sydney over the November 24/25 weekend come the back-to-back fourth and fifth MSC series rounds at the two NZ Festival of Motor Racing - celebrating Denny Hulme meetings at Hampton Downs over consecutive weekends in late January 2013.

Defending MSC series champion Steve Ross (McRae GM1) heads a 14-strong Kiwi assault on the Muscle Car Masters meetings with support from a key group of local racers including three-time former series champion Ken Smith (Lola T430), 2011/12 season series runner-up Aaron Burson (McRae GM1) and fellow Aucklanders Roger Williams (Lola T332) and Clark Proctor (March 73A).

Expected to take the battle to the Kiwis, meanwhile, are top Australian category exponents Andrew Robson and James Davison (both Lola T332), and Bryan Sala (Matich A50).

As in previous years, at the high summer rounds of the MSC series in New Zealand the local fields will be supplemented by

entries from category aficionados from the UK, the US, Canada and Australia.

The New Zealand F5000 Association now has 88 owner/drivers with race-ready cars on its books, the majority - 49 - Kiwis, but with its own domestic series finally up and running Australia can now boast 18 to supplement the 10 from the UK, one (current Lady Wigram trophy holder Jay Esterer) from Canada and balance from the United States of America.


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Top Australian driver James Davison (Lola T332) leading Robson and Sala at the final round of the 2011/12 series at Phillip Island earlier this year.


This season at least 19 of the Kiwi regulars are committed to contest all rounds of the series with another four doing at least two or three of the other rounds here.

Nine Australian drivers have also indicated that they will be doing rounds of the series on both sides of the Tasman this season.

UK regulars Mark Dwyer (Lola T400) Greg Thornton (Chevron B24), Michael Whatley (Surtees TS8), Frank, Judy and Michael Lyons (Gurney Eagle, Lola T332 & Lola T400) and Peter Dunn (March 73A) have also confirmed their intention to return, as have Americans Bruce Lesson (McLaren M10B), Harin de Silva (Surtees TS8) and Eric Haga (Lola T190), and Canadian Jay Esterer (McRae GM1).

Expected to debut new cars this season, meanwhile, are series regular Poul* Christie and fellow Aucklander Frank Karl. Both are currently putting the finishing touches to freshly restored McLaren M10 models.

The MSC F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series is organised and run with the support of sponsors MSC, NZ Express Transport, Bonney's Specialized Bulk Transport, Mobil Lubricants, Pacifica, Smith & Davies, Avon Tyres and Exide.

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Reigning MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series champion Steve Ross (McRae GM1 # 5) leading Andrew Robson (Lola T332), Bryan Sala (Matich A50) and David Abbott (Lola T430) at the final round of the 2011/12 series at Phillip Island earlier this year.

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2012/13 MSC New Zealand F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series CalendarRnd 1: Aug 31-Sept 02 2012 Muscle Car Masters meeting Sydney Motorsport Park (Eastern Creek) Sydney (full circuit)Rnd 2: Oct 26-28 2012 Wigram Revival meeting Powerbuilt Tools Raceway @ Ruapuna Park ChristchurchRnd 3: Nov 23-25 2012 Tasman Revival meeting Sydney Motorsport Park (Eastern Creek) Sydney (non-points)Rnd 4: Jan 18-20 2013 NZ Festival of Motor Racing - Denny Hulme meeting x 1 Hampton Downs AucklandRnd 5: Jan 25-27 2013 NZ Festival of Motor Racing - Denny Hulme meeting x 2 Hampton Downs AucklandRnd 6: Feb 01-03 2013 Skope Classic meeting Powerbuilt Tools Raceway @ Ruapuna Park Christchurch (provisional)Rnd 7: Feb 15-17 2013 Classic Speedfest meeting Teretonga Park Invercargill (provisional)

The state owned company, Nurburgring GmbH, which operates the 14 mile public track, the Nurburgring, will probably apply for bankruptcy by the end of July. The Rhineland Palatinate government has run out of options after a rescue package from the European Commission now seems unlikely. The €13 million request is not likely to be approved by the end of the month and the company has debts of €413 million

according to the newspaper Rhein Zeitung in Germany, which also published that according to its sources the European Commission was not going to rescue the circuit.European competition authorities refused to approve the rescue plan which means that the company that owns the circuit will go in to administration. It is estimated that the entire

complex is only worth around €126 million.It is expected that this seasons events will continue, but the future of this great circuit will depend on what the Administrators can sort out, as they are obliged to get the most value as possible for the creditors.

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Nurburgring goes bankrupt?

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Master Chef competes in Mini adventure.Top TV Chef James Martin has teamed up with Historic racer Andy Harrison to compete in various Historic saloon races behind the wheel of a 1965 Austin Mini Cooper S.

James has his own TV Show Saturday Kitchen on BBC1, and is making the most of a summer break (while the Olympics are taking over BBC) by taking part in several Saturday race meetings. He competed at Donington in the Coys International Trophy meeting at the end of July and at his ‘home’ circuit Croft in their Nostalgia weekend meeting at the beginning of August. James is originally from Yorkshire, so Croft took him back to his roots.

Jaguar Heritage displayWith the imminent closure of the Jaguar Heritage Museum in Browns Lane Coventry, part of the collection has been moved to a display at the Heritage Motor Centre at Gaydon. Ten cars are currently on display and include the 2000 Jaguar F1 car, the 1988 Jaguar XJR-9 Le Mans car, the unique Jaguar XJ13 and an XJ220 concept car. Also included at present are a 1938 SS100, a 1951 XK120 which was driven for 7 days and nights continuously at Monthlery, a 1954 Jaguar D Type, a MkII (Coombs), the Group 44 Trans-Am Jaguar E-Type racer from America and a TWR XJS.For more information about the Heritage centre and admission fees, please check out its web site at www.heritage-motor-centre.co.uk

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Lotus Festival at Shelsley WalshThe Big One over the weekend of the 18th and 19th August is the second visit of the Avon Tyres MSA British Hill Climb Championship to Shelsley Walsh and is also a round of the Midland Hill Climb Championship. What makes the event special is the celebration for 50 years of the Lotus Elan. This will include a parade and demonstration by Team Lotus Cars.There are thirty special Lotus cars booked so far including a unique Lotus 23B powered by 6 un-silenced Ariel Arrow motorcycle engines. Other cars which should appear include a Lotus 69 F2 car as driven by Emerson Fittipaldi, a Lotus 22 with a twin cam engine, a Jack Brabham Lotus 24 fitted with a Coventry Climax V8 engine and a Lotus 18 F1 car powered by an Alfa Romeo engine along with others.

The Brainchild of Radio and TV personality Chris Evans, Car-Fest promises to be a great day out for the car enthusiast. There are two Car-Fest weekends, a North and a South. The South Car-Fest is due to take place at Laverstoke Park Farm in

Hampshire over the weekend of the 25th and 26th of August is already Sold Out,all 20,000 tickets were sold within hours, The Northern event will take place at Cholmondeley Castle in Cheshire on the weekend of the 8th and 9th of September and again all 20,000 tickets were sold out in a very short space of time.The car line up for both shows is based on Magnificent 7s and promises to have over 300 of the worlds most exclusive cars on display, as well as live music and quality food. More info at www.CarFest.org

Scarab Offenhauser F1

Making an appearance at the recent Silverstone Classic, the Scarab Offenhauser driven by Julian Bronson finished 5th in the first of the HGPCA Pre-61 Front Engine Grand Prix Cars races but did not finish the second.The car was the first serious American project to tackle Formula 1 for many years and made its Grand Prix debut at Monaco in 1960. Brainchild of Lance Reventlow, heir to the Woolworth fortune, who had made an impact in 1958 with his V8 engined Scarab sports cars beating the likes of Ferrari and Maserati in the American championship. He decided to switch his attention and resources to building an all American Formula 1 car, but he entered with a front engined car just as the European manufacturers were switching to rear engined designs.Designed by Marshall Whitfield, the steel spaceframe chassis had double wishbone and coil spring suspension on all corners. After trying to develop their own drum brake system, they had to concede and switched to British disc brakes. Offenhauser developed an aluminum 4 cylinder 2.5 litre engine with a desmodromic valve train but it only developed 220 BHP. At Monaco Reventlow and Chuck Daigh were 8 seconds off the pace and failed to qualify. Stirling Moss tried the car and confirmed the car was not up to pace.They competed in only 2 Grand Prix and after many modifications Chuck Daigh managed to finish 10th in the American GP at Riverside and best of the front engined cars. With the switch in 1961 to 1 ½ litre engines, the cars were obsolete for F1.

Lotus 18 Alfa Romeo at Silverstone in 2011

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United Autosport pulls out of Blancpain.After an unrepresentative season in the Blancpain Endurance Series, United Autosport have withdrawn from the series with immediate effect and are now concentrating on the British GT Championship for 2013. In the mean time they want to develop the McLaren MP4-12C and learn more from this technologically advanced sportcars capabilities. They will be contesting certain rounds of this years British GT Championship later this year in preparation for 2013. They will still be competing in the prestigious GT races at Macau, Abu Dhabi and Bathurst this year as originally planned.

Pikes Peak Hill Climb.

The rescheduled 90th Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in America is now due to take place on August 12th 2012

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Peugeot 405 T16 GR Pikes Peak

Morgan win first prototype raceMorgan Motor Company and OAK Racing have entered into a partnership which will see the LMP2 Prototypes manufactured by Onroak Automotive, the OAK Racing teams constructors department, renamed as Morgan LMP2s. The team took a maiden victory for the car at the European Le Mans Series 6 Hours of Donington.

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Goodwood Festival of Speed 2012Young Guns, Formula One and Diamond CelebrationsBy Mike Jiggle

Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus 49C and Johannes Willenpart Lotus 72

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Although the theme of this year`s Festival of Speed was `Young Guns – Born to Win`, the underlying theme seemed to be 60th Anniversaries which mirrored the Queen`s Diamond Jubilee. Lotus celebrated 60 years since the birth of the marque in a humble outbuilding in Hornsey, going on to shape all disciplines of motor sport from F1 to Indycar and Le Mans. Many believe this sleeping giant is on the brink of future F1 success with the experience of former world champion Räikkönen and the youth of Grosjean, both drivers were on hand at the festival to represent 21st century Lotus. Mercedes were in celebratory mood too, another 60 year anniversary – this time that of the Super Licht which first saw the light of day in 1952 sporting the now legendary `gullwing` doors. The Pan-American and Le Mans winners were on display, together with Fangio`s 1955 Mille Miglia car which finished second to Moss and `Jenks`. Jackie Stewart and son Paul were responsible for driving the W194 up the hill over the weekend. The Cartier Style et Luxe Concours d`Elegance honoured

Queen Elizabeth with some examples of stately vehicles used to transport the Royal Family over the the years. Indeed, Her Majesty entered a number of vehicles from the Royal Collection. There was everything from Edward VII`s horse drawn Town Coach, to a 1920 LNWR Royal Saloon rail carriage, and to a more modern 1992 Daimler DS420 used by the Queen Mother until her death in 2002. One of the most striking vehicles, however, had to be the 1950 Lincoln Cosmopolitan Limousine `Bubbletop` commissioned by Harry S Truman, with the `Bubbletop` conversion commissioned by Dwight D Eisenhower some 4 years later. In true American

style, the car was bedecked with the star spangled banner on the front offside wing and the Presidential flag on the nearside. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II rode in this car in 1957 on her way to the Whitehouse. However, the celebrity Judges awarded best car to the Aston Martin DB6 Volante convertible, owned by Prince Charles – his 21st Birthday present from his mother, 43 years ago – and used just last year by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to drive along the Mall after their wedding.

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Royal Rolls Royce Phantom V

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Fantastic line up of Lotus GP cars

On track, a glittering array of cars and motorcycles from road and track representing machinery from the dawn of the motoring age to the present, and even a glimpse into the future technologies being explored were on show. Many cars took to the hill, some for demonstrations and some competing for outright victory. Of the top demonstration runs was the most recent race winner, the Audi R18 E-tron Quattro which has just won the 80th running of the

Le Mans 24 Hours, claiming their 11th victory in 13 years. One of the most quirky of those demonstrated was the March F1 2-4-0, a grand prix car of the

1970`s which never competed a grand prix. The six wheeler, with four drive wheels at the rear, as opposed to the four steering front wheels of the Tyrrell P34, was an engineering exercise by designer Robin Herd more to create publicity and much needed funds in period rather than to necessarily be a serious racing contender – although it did win a trophy or two in the hands of Roy Lane, the hill-climber. The Festival crowd were amazed and applauded driver Jeremy Smith who drove the six-wheeled F1 car to 8th place on its debut at the event. Other six wheeled cars, the Tyrrell P34 (by far the most successful) and the later Williams FW08 six wheeler completed the trio of grand prix cars evaluating six wheel technology.

Contemporary F1 teams, drivers and cars drew maximum attention from the crowd. Whereas every grand prix weekend they are cocooned in a protective bubble, for Goodwood F1 is up close and personal for car and driver alike. It`s a chance for these high octane drivers to let off a little steam and `play` with their steeds lighting up rear tyres, camouflaging their presence in clouds of burning rubber as they pull donuts, and enchanting onlookers as they flash past in their multi coloured screaming projectiles. After these displays, Button, Hamilton, Räikkönen, Webber, Rosberg, current world champion Vettel were happy to sign photos, books, artwork and even scraps of paper for delighted fans.

The Goodwood Festival isn`t just confined to static displays, track demonstrations and


Sunday`s shootout was spectacularly won by Anthony Reid in a Chevron GT3 closely followed by Gary Ward's Leyton House CG901B and Justin Law in the group C Jaguar XJR 8/9. Reid's time was however just shy of Ward`s set the previous day handing outright Goodwood victory to the Leyton House driver and his Dawn Treader team.

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competition runs. The sky above Goodwood was pasture to the Red Arrows display team which, after suffering two tragedies last year, was flying in unusual seven formations instead of nine planes. Despite the loss of two aircraft, the team didn`t fail to impress and transfixed the crowd with its

stunning aerial acrobatics augmented with trademark artistic red, white and blue smoke trails. Other displays included a dramatic exhibition of aerial dexterity of the impressive Eurofighter Typhoon; £66.7 million of airborne metal. The Panavia Tornado completed the displays in the skies above the hill-climb. Thankfully, despite recent inclement, soggy conditions, weather wise the whole event was reasonably rain free, with only a short sharp shower on the Friday morning.

In summary, Lord March, ringmaster of this great show continues to push the envelope and keeps reinventing the festival to maintain its freshness. Whilst those of us who have been to most of the events since its inception in 1993 may become a little cynical, the quantity of paying public is the real measure of success. In this year of austerity, and with Jubilee and Olympic events, the FoS held its own with record attendances again. I spoke to a complete newcomer, Alain Prost, and asked his view, he said, “The Goodwood Festival of Speed is even better than I`d thought ..... You can see the tradition and love of motor sport here in the UK. I believe this is the only event that could do that”.

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Gary Ward Leyton House Judd CC901B


Jenson Button McLaren Mercedes MP4-26

Jackie Oliver Lotus 49

Jochen Mass Mercedes Benz W125

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Chevrolet Corvette ‘Spirit of Le Mans’

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The Snetterton 300 circuit played host to round 4 of the GT Cup with three 25 minute races over the weekend. Following Saturday's late morning qualifying, race 1 would top the bill later that afternoon.Race 1 would see Richard Chamberlain's hugely powerful Porsche 935 take the lead, closely followed by Derek Johnston's black Ferrari 458 Challenge car (now with it's heavy air conditioning system removed and a few other kilos shaved off) close behind. This was the pattern until a sensor problem struck the orange Porsche and Derek Johnston swept through to a lead he would hold to the flag. Johnston's Ferrari could not match the power of the Porsche but with superior

brakes the two were always closely matched for overall pace. After rebooting the systems, Richard Chamberlain would recover to finish second, some 20 secs adrift of the Ferrari.Group 2 provided some close 3 way racing with Don Grice's BMW holding off a determined pair of Porsches until a spin dropped him to the rear of the trio. Peter Smallwood initially held off Nick Whale but ran wide allowing Whale through. Nick Whale succumbed to gearbox maladies 2 laps from the end prompting his retirement from the race and the rest of the weekend. After 25 minutes of racing the final order was:- 1st Derek

Johnston, 2nd Richard Chamberlain, 3rd Peter Smallwood(Porsche 997 GT3), 4th Don Grice (BMW M3), 5th Colin Broster (Porsche 996), 6th John Saunders (Ginetta G50),

GT Cup Races 1, 2 and 3 - Snetterton 30th June/1st July 2012By Mick Herring.

The entire field on the first lap

Don Grice BMW 4th in first race

Derek Johnson won the first race in his Ferrari

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7th Chris Bentley (Porsche 996) and Mark Cowne (Porsche 996) in eighth.

Race 2 The Porsche - Ferrari battle resumed, again it would be Richard Chamberlain's Porsche that led the first two laps until a turbo broke, leaving Derek Johnston to win by 1m 07secs. Group 2 was a straight fight between Don Grice's BMW and Peter Smallwood's Porsche 997 GT3 until Grice retired with traction control problems, leaving Smallwood to take 2nd overall. Colin Broster suffered a puncture after a misunderstanding with the slowing Porsche of Chamberlain, which would see him dive into the pits to change a damaged wheel, a determined resumption would see him regain 3rd on the group 3 podium and finish 5th overall. Ahead of Broster were:- 3rd John Saunders (Ginetta G50) and Chris Bentley (Porsche 996) in 4th. The final finisher was Mark Cowne (Porsche 996).

Race 3 would see Derek Johnston unchallenged from lights to flag but to maintain his concentration and race craft he drove every lap in the Ferrari as though it were a lap in qualifying to lead the field home by 1m 21secs. Apart from witnessing Johnston's precision, the highlight was the race-long battle between the two Porsches of Colin Broster (2nd) and Peter Smallwood (3rd) (996 and 997 respectively). First Smallwood kept Broster at bay but once through, Broster was determined not to give his hard fought second place back. Broster's older 996 very fast in a straight line against the newer cars ability in the corners. Chris Bentley was 4th and Mark Cowne 5th. Additional photos can be viewed at www.classicandcompetitioncar.com


Chamberlain leads Johnston into 1st corner Riches in the 2nd Race

John Saunders Ginetta G50 finished 3rd in the 2nd race

Lonely Chris Bentley Porsche 996 finished 7th in the 2nd race

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Race 3 Highlight Broster and Smallwood Porsche Battle

Race 1 Podium Mark Cowne Porsche 996 Bird Scarer

Derek Johnston Ferrari lead from start to finish in Race 3

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Vintage and Post Vintage Thoroughbred meeting Shelsley Walsh 1st July 2012

By Simon And Janet WrightThis meeting, co organised between the Midland Automobile Club (MAC) and the Vintage Sports Car Club (VSCC) brings together the oldest competition cars on the oldest operational motor sport venue in the World. A good crowd turned up to enjoy the spectacle of these old cars tackling such a steep narrow hill, and the spectator car park was as interesting as the paddock with a large number of people arriving in vintage and classic cars.The oldest car entered was the 1903 Panhard Levassor S4M of Richard Black which with a 13,5 litre engine, was quite a small engined car for the period. Crowd favourite was Mark Walker in his 1905 25 litre Darracq World speed record holder, which was driven in his usual flamboyant style up the hill. Mark also usually drives the Darracq to events on the road, and with no real bodywork fitted to the car, this is quite an achievement in itself.Overall winner was James Baxter whose 1934 3.5 litre Frazer Nash single seater proved its usual dominant force with a time of 33.45 seconds gaining him the Fray Challenge Trophy. The MAC Challenge Trophy was awarded to Robin Tuluie in his 1929 6 litre Riley Menasco Pirate with a

time of 36.03 seconds.Class awards went to Mike Sythes in a 1930 Morgan Super Aero, Mrs Clare Mudie in a 1930 Austin 7 Replica, Geoff Smith in a 1929 Frazer Nash Super Sport, Chris Sutton-Scott-Tucker in a 1927 Alvis 12/50 SD, Jeremy

Brewster in a 1927 Lea Francis Hyper, Tim Wadsworth in a 1931 Lagonda 2 litre L/C Tourer, Graham Galliers in a 1938 Alta 2 litre Sports, Roger Buxton in an Alfa Romeo 6C Zagato Spyder, John Guyatt in a 1936 Darracq Talbot Largo

T150C and Mrs Charmian Black in an Alfa Romeo 8C.The Edwardian class was won by Mark Walker in his Darracq in a time of


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James Baxter Fastest Time of Day winner Fray Challenge Trophy

Jeffrey Edwards Alvis Sports Special

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41.67 seconds with the handicap win in that class going to Nick Ridley in a 1917 Hudson Super Six. Moving on to the Special Sports Cars class 1101-1500cc, Dr David Pryke took the class win in his Morgan/Riley 4/4 with Ian Swallow taking the handicap in a 1940 Riley 12 and Chris Neale was 1st Vintage in his 1927 Alvis 12/50 Foxlee Special. Dudley Sterry took the next class win in his HRS Sports with Jonathan Mellor in the AC/GN beetle taking the Vintage award and Alan Smith in an Alvis 12/70 Special being first on Handicap.Other Class winners were Ewen Getley in a 1927 Bentley 3/4½ litre, Dr Brian Hamilton in a 1924 Bentley 3/4.5 litre, Anthony Garner in a 1934 Lagonda Richmond Rapier, Michael Fitzmaurice in an Austin 7 and Malcolm Leyland in a 1921 GN Special S/S. Clive Press was first in the Non-Automobile engined Edwardian cars driving a 1913 Peugeot 148, while the Pre 1941 Racing cars class was won by Ian Baxter in a 1935 MG Bellevue Special with Clive Martin in a Morgan Special 1st Vintage and Michael Ward Bugatti T13 1st on handicap. Paul Richardson in his immaculate ERA R14B won the Pre 1941 Racing Cars 1501-3000cc with Tony Lees 1925 AC/GN Cognac 1st Vintage and Richard Archbell Rabelro AC/GN taking the handicap. Richard Scaldwell in the GN/Jap Grand Prix was 1st in handicap for the Pre 1941 racing cars over 3000cc while the Post War racing car class was won by Simon Taylor driving a 1950/56 HWM Chevrolet

Stovebolt Special and Alex Brown took the handicap in his 1953 Fairley Mercury

Special.The meeting was a great success, in beautiful surroundings and was a real snapshot of the past, with many of these cars showing a moving history lesson on this oldest of hill climb venues. Additional photos can be view at www.classicandcompetitioncar.com

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Mike Hawley Healey Silverstone

Mark Walker 1905 Darracq 200HP 1st Edwardian Automobile Engined cars




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Mike Sythes Morgan Super Aero 1st in Standard and Modified Sports Cars 751-1100cc Unsupercharged and up to 750cc Supercharged

Dudley Sterry HRS Sports 1st in Special Sports Cars 1501-3000cc Unsupercharged and up to 2250cc Supercharged

Peter Howat Triumph Gloria Special looks like he wanst to make a quick exit from the car on this run

Paul Compton Wolseley Aerees Special ready for the start


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View from the top of the hill

Mrs Chairman Black Alfa Romeo 8C 1st on Handicap Standard and Modified Sports Cars over 3000cc and over 2000cc Supercharged

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Christopher Williams Napier Bentley

Donald Day ERA R14B


Archive photo of the month By Pete Austin"Featured driver at this years Goodwood Festival of Speed was Alain Prost, who, together with former team mate Rene Arnoux drove examples of Renault turbo Formula One cars up the hill over the weekend. Renault's turbocharged debut in Grand Prix racing was made by Jean Pierre Jabouille in 1977 but his

historic win for the turbocharged Renault at the French Grand Prix in 1978 was overshadowed to some degree by the tremendous dice for second place between Gille Villeneuve's Ferrari and Arnoux in the other Renault. This image shows Jabouille during the 1978 British Grand Prix in the Renault RS01 ."

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6 Hours of Donington - European Le Mans Series Donington Park By Simon & Janet Wright with additional photos by Pete Austin & Mick Herring.

A small field of just 13 cars took the start of the Donington 6 Hour race with the Oak team Gulf Morgan Judd of Matthieu Lahaye on Pole position. He led the field off from the start, and at Old hairpin on the first lap Alex Brundle ran wide in the Zytek on to the the kerbing, and as he rejoined the track, two of the cars went off on to the infield while trying to avoid him. The Sebastien Loeb Racing Oreca Nissan driven by Nicolas Marroc lost control as Brundle rejoined the track, taking Soheil Ayari in the Pecom Racing Oreca spinning across the grass and in to the barrier. Ayari got going again and managed to make it back to the pits where the car was wheeled back in to the garage. The team got it back out in about 3 laps but the car appeared to be crabbing and headed back to the pits.Meanwhile the race lead was being held by Lahaye in the Gulf MorganSam Hancock in the Jota Zytek .

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Winners Pla/Baguette/Enjalbert Morgan Nissan

Alex Brundle got into a battle for 5th with Pierre Thiriet, who had started his Oreca Nissan 03 from the front row of the grid. Brundle managed to grab 5th place at the Melbourne hairpin on the 7th lap. Ayari put his Oreca 03 in to the gravel at McLeans at around the one hour mark but managed to avoid hitting anything too solid. At the end of the first hour the order was Lahaye/Nicolet Morgan Judd leading from Hancock/Dolan Zytek Nissan Z11SN and Pla/Baguette/Enjalbert Morgan Nissan with 42 laps completed. In the GT class, which had 3 cars entered across two categories, the Porsche 997 RSR held the early lead.Just after the 1 hour mark, the first retirement occurred when the Lola Judd B12/80 Coupe retired with a suspected alternator failure. After the initial pitstops the order changed at the front of the field. The Oak Racing Morgan Judd of Pla/Baguette/Enjalbert had moved into the lead ahead of its team mates Morgan Judd of early leaders Lahaye/Nicolet who then dropped to third behind the Hancock/Dolan Zytek Nissan Z11SN who passed them coming out of the Melbourne hairpin.At the three hour mark the Dolan/Hancock Zytek Nissan Z11SN crashed out at Old Hairpin, going backwards in to the barrier on the infield. The car retired at 127 laps and 23 seconds short of half distance. This brought out the Safety car and most of the teams headed straight in to the pits. This left the Ordonez/

Kimber-Smith/Brundle Zytek Nissan Z11SN in the lead but at the restart they went straight off the circuit at Goddard's handing the lead to the Oreca

03 of Beche/Thiriet.Minassian in the Sebastien Loeb Racing Oreca managed to get a lap back under the Safety car, which put him back on the same lap as the leaders after their earlier problems.At around the 4 hour mark, the Dagoneau/Battut/Hartshorne Formula Le Mans Oreca 09 went off circuit at the Melbourne loop, but managed to rejoin the circuit. The first of the leading bunch to make their pit stop was the leading Morgan Nissan of Pla/Baguette/

Enjalbert, with Pla taking the wheel. This gave the lead to Beche/Thiriet in the Oreca with Warren Hughes in second place in the Oreca 03 of Firth/Hughes/Hartley. After the pits stops were all done, it was the Oreca of Beche/Thiriet that retook the lead. With less than an hour and a half to the finish, Warren Hughes


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The start of the race

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Ordonez/Kimber-Smith/Brundle Zytek Nissan Z11SN

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Sims/Jousse/Jousse Lola Judd B12/80 Coupe retired after the first hour


dived for the lead at the chicane and led from the Oak Morgan of Pla/Baguette/Enjalbert. Hughes then had a quick spin down at Old Hairpin but managed to avoid hitting anything and retained the lead. Behind, the battle for second was between Pla in the Morgan and Kimber-Smith in the Zytek when Kimber-Smith headed for the pits and dropped to 5th place.The leader, Warren Hughes pitted with seventy minutes remaining and changed over to Hartley for the final stint. This promoted the Pla/Baguette/Enjalbert Morgan Nissan to first place which it maintained until the end of the race, winning by 21.574 seconds from the Oreca Nissan 03 of Beche/Thiriet while the Firth/Hughes/Hartley Oreca Nissan 03 in third place. They were the only three runners on the same lap, 251 covered in 6 hours.The GT cars all finished the race, with only two cars retiring from the total 13 starters. Simonsen/Cocker finished 8th overall and were the only car in the LMGTE Pro class in their Ferrari 458 Italia, finishing 19 laps behind the overall winner. The Porsche 997 of Armindo/Narac/Pons finished 9th overall and won the LMGTE Am class.The overall winners Pla/Baguette/Enjalbert were presented with the Wheatcroft Trophy, Donington's most prestigious trophy at the end of the race.The reliability rate was very good amongst these cars, it just needs a few more cars on the grid to fill the circuit, especially as the full circuit, including the Melbourne loop behind the pits was used for the race.Additional photos on-line at www.classicandcompetitioncar.com .

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Class winning Simonsen/Cocker LMGTE Pro Ferrari 458 Italia Fire Breathing Thiriet/Beche Oreca Nissan 03 2nd place

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Dolan/Hancock Jota Zytek Z11SN




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The Armindo/Narac/Pons LMGTE Am winning IMSA Porsche in Flight

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Dagoneau/Battut/Hartshorne Formula Le Mans Oreca 09 leads the GT cars

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AF Corsa Ferrari 458 Italia of Perazzini/Cioci/Griffin finished 10th overall

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2nd place Oreca Nissan 03 of Beche/Thiriet

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Alan Mann Trophy Donington by SImon & Janet Wright with additional photos by Pete Austin and

Mick Herring.This invitation race drew a varied mix of Pre-66 Touring cars across all classes. Henry Mann, the reigning Pre-66 Touring Car Champion, teamed up with BTCC star Mat Jackson to drive his father’s Ford Mustang in the iconic Alan Mann Red and Gold colour scheme. They grabbed Pole position from the Mike Gardiner/Phil Keen Ford Lotus Cortina. There were three BMWs entered for Richard Shaw/jackie Oliver, Charles Tippet/Claire Norman and Richard Postins, all making a return to the Masters series. The race saw Mat Jackson take an early lead but was chased hard by Richard Shaw in the BMW. The two circulated as one for many laps, with the BMW getting very close every lap

under braking for the Melbourne hairpin. The BMW grabbed the lead when the Mustang had a quick spin at Goddards. This left Henry Mann the task of fighting back to the lead. The Ford Falcon of Rob Hall and Ben Hall was now leading and with only 4 laps remaining Henry was closing all the time in the Falcon. Pushing hard, Henry took the lead on the last lap to take an emotional victory especially as his mother Sharon presented the inaugural Alan Mann Trophy. Rob Hall and Ben Hall finished second in the Ford Falcon and Sean McInerney took 3rd place in the Ford Cortina as well as winning his class. Other class winners were Phil Burgess (Austin Mini Cooper S), Mike Dowsett (Hillman Imp) and David Large (Austin Healey 100M). Additional photos on-line at www.classicandcompetitioncar.com

Mat Jackson took the lead at the start in the Ford Mustang

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Jackson Ford Mustang and Shaw BMW 1800Ti fight for the lead of the race

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John Griffiths Ford Lotus Cortina leads Sean McInerney Ford Lotus Cortina during Practice

Class Winner Philip Burgess in his Austin Mini Cooper S

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Class winner David Large had a quick spin at the chicane in his Austin Healey 100S

Neil Brown Ford Mustang chops across the gravel in pursuit of the Rob & Ben Hall Ford Falcon

Shelsley Breakfast Club Photo gallery 15th July 2012 By Simon Wright


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By Simon & Janet Wright, Pete Austin and Mick Herring.This three day festival of historic motorsport seems to get better each year and covers just about every category of historic motorsport. In what has been a very wet summer this year, the main two days of the Classic were held in beautiful sunshine, with the only damp spell being a heavy shower on Friday evening during sports car qualifying. A record crowd of 83,500 enjoyed watching over 1,000 competitors in 24 races, with cars covering seven decades, over the weekend. Young Michael Lyons got off to a flying start on a very busy weekend for him by

winning the first of the Peter Gethin Memorial Trophy races in his F5000 Lola on Saturday morning by just 0.144 of a second from the F2 Class winner Martin Stretton in a March 742. He was not so lucky in the Sunday race, retiring on the second lap. Simon Hadfield in the F5000 Trojan T101 had a interesting race leading from start to finish, but was being hunted down by Martin Stretton in his F2 March 742 who finished only 0.124 seconds behind at the flag and also winning his class. Stretton was mighty in his much smaller engined March as he chased after the much more powerful F5000 cars.Formula Junior had started both days racing with Jon Milicevic in a Cooper T59 winning Saturdays race while David Methley in a Brabham BT6 won on Sunday.

Saloons are always a crowd favorite and Saturday saw the Under 2 litre cars out on circuit competing for the Alan Mann Trophy. His son Henry Mann shared one of the iconic Alan Mann red and gold Ford Cortina with current BTCC star Mat Jackson but they were unable to repeat their win the previous weekend at Donington Park and only managed to finish 4th The Ford Lotus Cortina took a 1-2-3 with McInernev narrowly beating Voyazides/Hadfield and the Banks’s. The more modern saloons were catered for in a pair of races for the Touring

Michael Lyons won the first Peter Gethin Memorial race in his F5000 Lola

Martin Stretton in his F2 March 742 chased after winner Simon Hadfield Trojan T101

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Alan Mann Trophy - Henry Mann and Mat Jackson Ford Cortina

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Car Trophy 1970-2000. These races featured several Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500s which were part of the Classic celebration of this models 25th anniversary and included an original driver, Dave Brodie back behind the wheel of one of the cars. Current BTCC driver Frank Wrathall was also entered in a Vauxhall

Cavalier and he managed to finish 2nd to Rick Pearson in a Nissan Primera in both races. The race was a very interesting mix of cars covering the 30 year period, but it shows how much development has gone in to modern touring cars as the older more powerful cars were beaten by their more modern counterparts.

Sports and GT cars were well represented at the meeting. The Sir Stirling Moss Trophy for Pre 61 Sports Cars saw the powerful Buncombe/Ward Lister Jaguar Costin take victory from the Dodd/Dodd Cooper Monaco T49. The Masters Gentleman Drivers Pre 66 GT race saw the Minshaw/Stretton Jaguar E-Type win

from the Voyazides/Hadfield AC Cobra. The Classic has for the last few years included a Celebrity Challenge race for charity in the meeting. This year they were racing in Morgan sports cars and included such famous people as Sir

Patrick Stewart, musicians Jay Kay and Brian Johnson, Soap stars Kelvin Fletcher, Nicola Stapleton and Tony Hirst and others including Heston Blumenthal (TV Chef), Andrew Castle(ex-tennis player and TV presenter) Steve Bull(ex-footballer), Dave Vitty (Radio presenter) and Vicky Gomersall (Sky Sports presenter). Missing from the race was Brendan Cole (Professional Dancer) who had an accident in practice - see separate news story. The race proved a flag to flag victory for Emmerdale actor Kelvin Fletcher who led home the battling musicians Brian Johnson (who was also entered in the WSM race on Sunday) and Jay Kay. More GT action in the form of two Jaguar E-Type Challenge races saw Alex Buncombe win both races, leading home Jason and Jon Minshaw in the first race and Gregor Fiskin and John Pearson in the second. Sunday saw the running of the RAC Tourist Trophy for Historic Cars (Pre 63 GT). This was won by Naismith driving an Aston Martin DB4 from Adams in a Turner Mk2. The Woodcote Trophy for Pre 56 Sportscars saw Young/Smith win in a Cooper Jaguar T33 from the Jaguar D Type of Pearson/Pearson and a Jaguar C Type of Webb/Reid. There were also races for various Generations of Grand Prix cars, Group C sports cars and World Sports Car

Masters which are all reported separately below, and additional photos are on our website gallery at www.classicandcompetitioncar.com

Woodcote Trophy - Anthony Reid & Nigel Webb Jaguar C-Type 3rd lead eventual winners John Young & Andrew Smith - Cooper Jaguar T33

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Three generations of Ford Saloon racer - Capri leads Sierra RS500 and Mondeo

Sir Patrick Stewart in the celebrity race

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The Fell/Bond Maserati 250S in the Stirling Moss Trophy for Pre 61 Sports Cars




© Pete AustinRAC Tourist Trophy Wolfgang Friedrichs & David Clark - Aston Martin DP212 3rd lead Ben Adams - Turner Mk2 2nd

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Mark Jones 3 wheels his Ford Cortina to 14th place in the Alan Mann Trophy RaceWrigley/Maydon Jaguar E-Type in the Masters Gentleman Drivers Pre 66 GT race

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Cem Osman BMW M3 gets spun out exiting Club corner in the first Fujifilm Touring Car Trophy 1970-2000 race

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Group C Races – Silverstone Classic By Pete Austin

After a delayed qualifying on a still damp tack on Friday evening the Group C cars were welcomed by warm and dry conditions for their first race on Saturday under a setting sun.

Chaos reigned at the first corner as a number of cars in the midfield tangled although only the Lancia LC2 (one of three in the race) was unable to continue. Gareth Evans took his first victory of the weekend in the Mercedes C9 followed by Roger Wills in another Lancia and the Jagermeister Porsche 962 driven in this race by Belgian Chris D’Ansembourg.

Gareth Evans took his second victory in the Mercedes under a blue sky on Sunday afternoon although the race was led initially by Belgian Group C veteran Herve Regout

now at the wheel of the Jagermeister Porsche. He eventually finished third after being


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Group C race 1 - Gareth Evans Mercedes C9 leads the field at the start

Roger Wills Lancia LC2 finished 2nd in the first Group C race

Georg Kjallgren drove the beautiful Courage C26S


overtaken on the last lap by Nicolas Minassian driving Rupert Clevely’s Lancia LC2.

Minassian was originally down to drive the Peugeot 905 which he had put on the front row but technical problems led to the car non starting before the first race on Saturday evening.

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Minassian qualified the Peugeot 905 but the car was unable to start due to technical problems

Group C Race 2 Gareth Evans Mercedes C9 1st leads Herve Regout Porsche 962 3rd and Nicolas Minassian Lancia LC2 2nd

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Miles Jaguar XJR 5B

Garrod Nissan NTPi90

Watt Argo JM19C


World Sports Car Mastersby Mick HerringFriday afternoon's qualifying for the World Sportscar Masters had to be halted due to heavy rain.After the rain had passed it was restarted on a track still generally wet and slippery in many places.This would inevitably jumble the grid and place a few of the main protagonists further down the order and some of the nimbler 2 litre cars nearer the front.

In contrast Sunday afternoon's race would be bright and sunny.Andrew Smith would start the Bryant family Lola T70 Mk3B from pole, the similar car of Leo Voyazides(destined to retire with engine problems) behind with the 2 litre cars of Steve Allen/David Gathercole (Lola T212) and Frank/Michael Lyons (Chevron B16) to their respective right's.Andrew Smith's Lola led but would soon be joined by Paul Knapfield's sonorous Ferrari 512M after charging from the fifth row.This would become a race-long battle with the premier positions being traded between these two on several occasions.The Lola lost time and part of its driver's door, with

mirror, resulting from contact with a backmarker and resultant spin.The same relentless pace would continue after the hand-over of both Lola (to Olly Bryant) and Ferrari (to Martin Stretton, driving the car for only three laps in Friday's wet qualifying).Of the other 2 litre cars, the GRD that rock legend Brian Johnson was due to share with ex-F1 driver Roberto Moreno ran in fifth place until a driveshaft broke on lap 3 with Moreno at the wheel. Dry qualifying may have seen the driveshaft break in time to be replaced for the race, the car was noticeably quick over those laps.The grunt of the 12 cylinder Ferrari would see it dominate on the straights and take fastest lap but give best to the Lola in the corners. At the flag Olly Bryant's Lola was 0.8 seconds ahead of Stretton's Ferrari with Steve Tandy's solo, consistent, drive rewarding him with third.A busy Steve Tandy having just finished fourth in the Group C race that immediately preceded this race.

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© Simon WrightBeaumont/Wainwright McLaren M1B finished 3rd in the Hulme Class

The battle for the lead between winners Smith/Bryant Lola T70 and the 2nd place Ferrari 512M of Knapfield/Stretton


Rob Hall/Andy Wolfe were 4th in their Lola T70.Manfredo Rossi di Montelera's Osella Abarth PA1 was the first 2 litre car in fifth overall despite a double quota of track-limit infringement penalties.Charlie Kemp/Richard Sykes' Lola T210 followed Rossi in sixth ahead of Richard Meins/Chris Lillingstone-Price's Lola T70, seventh and the venerable McLaren M1C of Ewan McIntyre in eighth, notable in view of there being several examples of each version of McLaren M1 built, i.e. 2x M1A, 3x M1B and 3x M1C. For me this was one of the best, if not the best, race of the Silverstone Classic meeting and classic sportscar racing at its closest.

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Middleton in the Taydec Mk3 finished 2nd in class Henderson/Williams Lola T70 Mk3B

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Stretton had 3 wet laps to qualify in the Ferrari 512M


Formula 1 at the Classic by Simon & Janet Wright.There were three race groups at the Classic, which covered the history of modern Grand Prix racing. The HGPCA Pre-61 Front Engine Grand Prix cars had a couple

of races with Philip Walker winning the first in his Lotus 16 368 from Roger Wills in another Lotus 16 363. Roger managed to reverse this order on Sunday and Eddie McGuire made it a Lotus 1-2-3 with his Lotus 16 362 finishing 3rd in both races. The HGPCA Pre-66 Rear engined Grand Prix cars races saw dominant victories in both races for Jason Minshaw driving a Brabham BT4 ahead of another Brabham BT4 of John Harper and Rod Jolley managed to take 3rd also in both races in his Cooper T45/51.The Daily Express International Trophy was a famous non-championship Formula

1 race first held at Silverstone in 1949 and continued for formula 1 cars until 1978 when Keke Rosberg won driving a Theodore-Cosworth. Its former winners include James Hunt, Niki Lauda, Jackie Stewart, Emerson Fittipaldi, Graham Hill, Jack Brabham and Jim Clark. This year at the Silverstone Classic, this prestigeous trophy was award to the aggregate victor of two Grand Prix Masters races. The winner was in no doubt as Bill Coombes managed to win both races in his Tyrrell 009. However, it was no easy victory. In the first race on Saturday, Michael Lyons had romped away in the lead in his Hesketh 308 until he retired on the last lap due to an electrical failure and was not classified as his car had stopped out on the circuit. This left Bill Coombs the winner from Steve Hartley in his Arrows A4. The Sunday race saw Michael Lyons start at the back of the grid. By the end of the first lap he had passed 16 cars and was in 10th place. By lap 4 he was third and although he managed to close the gap gradually on the leaders, he finished the race in third place. The battle at the front was quite intense. Bill Coombs had led from the start but Steve Hartley was his constant shadow, the Arrows

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Alan Miles Maserati 250F CM7 in the Pre-61 Front engined GP cars race

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Roger Wills Lotus 16 leads Philip Walker Lotus 16. Both won a race at the Classic

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Jason Minshaw Brabham BT4 won both Pre-66 Rear engined GP Cars races

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Michael Lyons Hesketh 308E Daily Express Trophy race


almost seemed to attach itself to the back of the leading Tyrrell and they finished just 0.21 of a second apart at the flag. This remained the order for the combined result with Bill Coombs taking the Daily Express International Trophy with Steve Hartley second. Simon Fish was classified third overall in his Ensign N180, while Michael Lyons set the fastest lap of the race in 1 minute 53.548 seconds.There were lots of interesting cars taking part in this race. The 6 wheeled Tyrrell is a regular at Masters races with Roger Wills and now has some competition as Jeremy Smith is competing in the March 2-4-0. At present 4 wheels at the front seems faster than 4 at the rear.

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Robs Lamplough BRM P180

Sidney Hoole in the unusual Ensign MN01

Paul Knapfield Brabham BT42 leads Mark Dwyer March 8116 wheeled battle Roger Wills Tyrrell P34 about to passJeremy Smith March 2-4-0

The battle for the lead of the second race between Bill Coombs Tyrrell 009 and Steve Hartley Arrows A4

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Off (and on) Track action Besides all the on-track action at the Classic, there was also a massive car club display area taking up the majority of the interior of the circuit. There were several significant celebrations taking place at Silverstone to mark some significant anniversaries. One of the high-lights was to see 60 Ferrari F40s take to the track on Sunday to celebrate the 25th birthday of this iconic supercar. There were over 7000 cars on display over the weekend, with 73 car clubs organising display areas. Some of the other celebrations included 50th anniversaries for the AC Cobra, Mk1 Ford Cortina, Lotus Elan, MGB, and Triumph Spitfire. Some clubs were also celebrating birthdays, including TVR Club (50 years), Mercedes Benz Club (60 years), BMW Car Club (60 years) and Renault Owners Club (60 years) and the Lamborghini Club UK (25 years)

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The Ferrari F40s take to the circuit to celebrate 25 years© Janet Wright

60 years of the Mercedes Benz Club

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50 years of the Lotus Elan

Jaguar XJ220

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© Simon Wright50 years of the AC Cobra

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