Classic and Competition Car 70 July 2016

July 2016 Issue 70

World Rallycross Lydden Hill

La Vie en Bleu Cholmondeley Power & Speed British GT Silverstone 500 Coventry MotoFest BTCC Oulton Park

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Contents

Page 3 News.Page 9 Simply Porsche at Beaulieu.Page 10 Coventry MotoFest. Page 15 GT Cup Rockingham.Page 20 La Vie en Bleu, La Vita Rossa, Prescott.Page 26 British GT Oulton Park.Page 32 Classic Car day at Coventry transport Museum.Page 35 VSCC & HRDC Oulton ParkPage 40 FIA World Rallycross Championship Lydden HillPage 45 GT Cup Silverstone.Page 49 Cholmondeley Power & Speed.Page 55 Motors TV Day at Donington ParkPage 63 Brooklands Double Twelve.Page 67 BTCC Oulton Park.Page 72 Best of British Hill Climb, Shelsley Walsh.Page 76 Archive Photo of the Month.Page 77 Severn Valley RallyPage 82 British GT Silverstone 500.

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. PhotographerJanet has been taking photographs for many years, and is also very skilled in video. She likes Aston Martins.

Lucy Owen-Moczadlo.Lucy runs Jucy Rally Photography and joins us to expand our rally coverage. She loves anything to do with Subarus and even tries her hand at a bit of autotesting.

Syd Wall.Syd shoots for rallying website, RallyGallery and covers Rallying, Drag Racing and all things American & Historic

David GooseDavid runs Motorsport-Imagery web site with Stuart and covers GT, Touring Cars and Rallying plus Classic car events.

Stuart YatesStuart runs motorsport-imagery web site with David. Covers GT, Touring Cars and Classic car events

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Our Team.

Our regular contributors below,are all independant freelance photographers/journalists

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Editorial.With summer in full swing, the special motoring events are now coming thick and fast. Cholmondeley have rebranded their 10 year old event as Power and Speed as it is now firmly established in the motorsport calendar. Coventry MotoFest is a much younger event but continues to impress and expand, with what appears to be the whole of Coventry supporting it. This month (July) sees the second running of the revived Chateau Impney hill climb, another new and exciting event. However, the existing venues also offer great events, with the Silverstone Classic seemingly getting bigger every year, and the Shelsley Walsh Classic Nostalgia event this year will have loads of Group B Rally cars and Hans Stuck Jnr driving a pre war Auto Union as driven by his father at Shelsley in the 1930s.

News WRC returns to Chester.After a twenty year break, the FIA World Rally Championship will return to the heart of the historic city of Chester on the 28th October 2016. The cars and drivers from the DayInsure Wales Rally GB (27th to 30th October) will visit the picturesque walled city after completing the first day of the rally in the Welsh forests. As a climax of a special “Chester Rally Week’ the cars will arrive just after 6:30 pm on the Friday evening, passing under the famous Eastgate Clock, before stopping for autographs and selfies on Eastgate.. The cars will then drive over the official ramp and through the Time Control on Bridge Street en route to the over night Halt at the Deeside Rally Village in neighbouring Flintshire.Chester has long been associated with the British round of the FIA World Rally Championship. It hosted the ceremonial start and finish back in 1979 when the event was won by Hannu Mikkola. In 1995 Colin McRae was crowned the World Rally Champion at Chester Race course. It was last included in the event twenty years ago in 1996. Admission to the Chester time control and the Deeside Rally Village are free of charge.

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Buemi & Prost confirmed for 2016-17 Renault e.DAMS.For a third consecutive season Sebastien Buemi and Nicolas Prost will remain with the Renault e.DAMS team for the next season of the electric racing series Formula E. So far, the two drivers have scored six wins and helped Renault e.dams to the inaugural 2014-15 Team title.

Subaru shatter Isle of Man TT Course record.Rally driver Mark Higgins set a new lap record around the famous 37 mile Isle of man TT Road course in a purpose built Subaru WRX Time Attack

car. On Monday the 6th June 2016, Higgins achieved a lap time of 17 minutes 35 seconds at an average speed of 128.73 mph. This beat his previous record of 19 minutes 26 seconds by almost 2 minutes. The purpose built Subaru, with expertise of both Prodrive and Subaru Technica International, is a 2016 model with a special built 600 HP 2 litre turbocharged engine. The car weighed just 1,175kg and has a top speed of 180mph. The event took place under full closed road race conditions. For more information about Subaru see www.subaru.co.uk

Morris Minor 1450ccSeen at the Motors TV day at Donington, this special full race spec Morris Minor Traveller is the official Mini 7 Racing Club lead out car for the warm up lap. We would like to see this in a race, it looks great.

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Race Retro 2017 ‘Powered by’ Motor Sport Magazine.When it returns to Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire between Friday 24th to Sunday 26th February 2017, the Race retro Show will be ‘powered by’ Motor Sport Magazine. In a new 3 year partnership, the show will see Motor Sport’s Hall of Fame develop in to a live spectacle with a dedicated Motor Sport Magazine hall.The Hall of Fame will give visitors the chance to meet Hall of Fame inductees from racing and rallying as well as enjoy interviews with the stars. There will also be stunning displays of the cars and bikes that took them to victory. They will also have the opportunity to vote for their favourite motor sport legends who have been short listed to be inducted at the next Hall of Fame Awards Gala dinner in May 2017 and beyond. For more information visit www.raceretro.comAt this years Race Retro Show (above), former World Champion Damon Hill was re-united with his late father Graham Hill’s Grand Prix Shadow DN1 from the early 1970s on the Motor Sport magazine stand.

Audi 1-2 at Lausitzring.Catalan driver Miguel Molina won the first DTM race at the Motorsport Festival at the Lausitzring at the begining of June for the Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline in his Audi RS 5 DTM. Last years race winner Jamie Green made it an Audi 1-2 in his Audi Sport Team Rosberg car. This was the second ever DTM victory for Molina, having scored his maiden DTM win at the Nurburgring only 7 races ago. The second race was not so successful for Audi, with Lucas Auer winning in a Mercedes AMG C 63 DTM from Mattias Ekstrom in an Audi RS5 DTM. Green managed to finish 4th just ahead of fellow British driver Gary Paffett in another Mercedes AMG C 63 DTM, who had made a big improvement from his 14th place in race one. Molina was way back in 19th place.

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2016 Heritage Rally combines tour of Hook Norton BreweryThis year’s nostalgic Heritage Rally takes place on Sunday 24 July, combining a tour of the famous Hook Norton Brewery in Oxfordshire, around 60 miles from Gaydon in Warwickshire. The social Rally is now in its fourth year and is organised by the British Motor Museum for vehicles aged 20 years or more.The day starts at 9am at the British Motor Museum for registration with a briefing at 9:30am. The cars leave at intervals from 10am congregating at the Brewery Visitors Centre for a tour of the brewery followed by a buffet lunch. Drivers have the option of making their own way home or returning to the Museum via a more direct route, returning around 3/3:30pm giving participants two hours to visit the Museum and its Collections Centre.For a car, driver & passenger the cost is £45. Additional passengers are £22.50 per person. The cost includes a Rally Plaque for the car, route map and directions, entry to the Hook Norton Brewery Visitors Centre and tour, buffet lunch at the Brewery and entry to the British Motor Museum.Please note that the brewery tour has a health and safety age restriction of 12 years so those aged under will not be able to participate in the tour however the brewery museum and visitor centre has no age restriction. (Children under 16yrs should be accompanied by an adult at all times).For more information please contact Simon Carr, Clubs & Rallies Co-ordinator, on 01926 645105 or [email protected]. To find out more about the British Motor Museum please visit the website at www.britishmotormuseum.co.uk or call 01926 641188. For more information on the Hook Norton Brewery please visit www.www.hooky.co.uk

2017 Nissan GT-R NismoMaking its public debut at the Nurburgring at the end of May, the new 2017 Nissan GT-R Nismo takes everything about the new GT-R to the next level. The dark chrome V-motion grille has been enlarged to collect more air without diminishing aerodynamic performance. The front bumpers are made from carbon fibre. The canards improve airflow around the vehicle and generate a high level of downforce. In fact the cars’ new shape generates more downforce than any other Nissan production car to date, and provides exceptional high speed stability. The interior features a redesigned dashboard and steering wheel, with the centre dash featuring integrated navigation and audio controls with an 8 inch touch panel monitor. There is also a new display command control on the centre console to allow easy control without having to touch the monitor when travelling at speed. Another unique feature to the GT-R Nismo is the leather appointed Recaro carbon bucket seats with red Alcantara inserts.To improve handling there is a special Nismo tuned shock absorber to allow more efficient transfer of the 590+ BHP from the 3.8 litre V6 twin turbocharged, hand built engine, to the road. The engine is mated to a 6 speed dual clutch gearbox.

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Baltic Classic Rally. The Endurance Rally Association (ERA) have announced a new rally to their calendar. The Baltic Classic is a two

week rallying adventure which starts in Copenhagen on Sunday 28th May 2017. It will travel through Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland before finishing in Berlin in Germany on Saturday 10th June 2017.Open to both vintage and classic cars, the event travels across and around the Baltic sea, with a mixture of forest gravel sections of roads made famous in events like the Rally of a Thousand lakes and Rally Estonia. The chosen route will include acres of spectacular sub arctic forests, rolling countryside and long hours of daylight.For more details see the ERA web site at www.endurorally.com

Major manufacturers to attend Ignition in Glasgow.Scotland’s unique Festival of Motoring, Ignition, has both manufacturers and dealers all preparing to display all kinds of cars at the show, where test drives will be available for potential buyers. The manufacturers already signed up for the show are Lexus, Peugeot, Tesla and Triumph motorcycles, while others such as Mercedes Benz, BMW and Ford will be represented by some of Scotland’s largest dealers including Arnold Clark, Stratstone, Glasgow Audi, Harry Fairbairn and the Parks Motor Group.Environmentally friendly low and zero emission vehicles will be under the spotlight at the show, with vehicles like the BMW i8 and i3, the Tesla Model S, the Nissan Leaf and the new Volkswagen electric car are all expected to be on display. The Festival runs from the 5th to the 7th of August at Glasgow’s Scottish Exhibition and Conference centre. For more information, see the show’s web site at www.ignitionfestival.co.uk

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New Citroen C3.Citroen has revealed the new, bold and colourful 5 door supermini that delivers new levels of advanced comfort and personality to this sector of the market. This revamp to the best selling C3 model, which has already sold over 3.6 million cars since its launch in 2002, is set to shake up the market with its highly customisable character and the very latest automotive technologies. It also includes the World premiere for ConnectedCAM Citroen (TM) which is an on-board HD camera located behind the rear view mirror that allows drivers to share their road-trip photos and videos directly with friends and family. The exterior has a two tone paint option with a choice of three roof colours and additional touches of colour around the fog lights, door mirrors, rear quarter panel and on the air bump side panels. Optional extras include voice controlled 3D navigation, a reversing camera, lane departure warning and blind spot monitoring.

Heroes and Heroines.This years Classic Motor Show, sponsored by Lancaster Insurance will have a theme of Heroes and Heroines. Taking place at Birmingham’s NEC from the Friday 11th to the Sunday13th November 2016.As the exhibition is taking place over Remembrance weekend, the organisers felt it was appropriate to invite the 250 Car Clubs and exhibitors to pay tribute to the people and vehicles that inspire them. Some may choose to celebrate a vehicle that saved a manufacturer or something that was a turning point in motoring history. It could also be a person that changed motoring history by setting a new World record or designing a revolutionary car. It might be a car driven by a hero or heroine from motorsport, celebrity or film. For more information visit www.necclassicmotorshow.com

Vanquish Zagato Concept.Aston Martin and Italian design house Zagato have announced the Vanquish Zagato concept, the latest creation in a partnership which has covered 5 decades. From the iconic 1960 DB4 GT Zagato through to the 2011 V12 Vantage Zagato, the Zagato cars represent some of Aston Martin’s most avant-garde expressions. The bodywork is carbon fibre, with the split lines on the body reduced by the use of large one-piece panels.

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Simply Porsche at Beaulieu.More than 800 cars roared in to the grounds of the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu, an increase of more than 40 per cent over previous attendance. Held in association with the Independent Porsche Enthusiasts Club (TIPEC), the rally had something for every Porsche fan, with models from the 1950’s right up to present, on display. This year there are two significant anniversaries to celebrate for the German manufacturer at the fourth Simply Porsche rally. Marking 40 years of the Porsche 924 was a selection of the best

selling classic including examples of the updated 924S and 924 Turbo. The other celebration was 20 years of the Porsche Boxster, which saw a massive turnout of this popular model.

2016 Simply Porsche People's Choice Runner Up Porsche 356.2016 Simply Porsche People's Choice Runner Up Porsche Cayman R.

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Coventry MotoFest 2016

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Big Cats on the prowl round Coventry Ring Road. Jaguar SS leads a C-Type and a Mk II Saloon.

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The third Coventry MotoFest built on last years success of using part of the City Centre inner ring road as a closed road circuit to display racing and classic cars. The same part of the ring road was closed to normal traffic for special demonstration

runs of all types of vehicles to drive at speed in front of a large crowd of enthusiasts and families out for a free fun weekend in the sun. However, MotoFest is much more than just the Ring Road Race track. All across the city centre there were displays of Classic cars and motoring club displays.The main paddock display area was located in Greyfriars Green near the main train station. Most of

the vehicles running on the Ring Road track were parked up here and on display to the public, so that they could get up close and personal with the stars of the track action, over the weekend.The track displays had more cars this year, plus racing trucks and motorbikes thanks to a connection with Donington Park racing circuit in nearby Leicestershire. The track action was split in to 5 distinct groups, which got a session on circuit in both morning and afternoon periods over

both days. The first group were down as classic cars, which consisted of cars from Jaguar Heritage, Aston Martin and Morgan. One of the

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The 1964 Rover BRM Gas Turbine Le Mans car on the Ring Road course

Renault Zoe Electric Rally car

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main attractions on track was the Aston Martin Vulcan, the first time that many people had seen this track day supercar,

and the roar from it’s engine echoed around the concrete canyons of Coventry every time it ran. The second session was a shorter 15 minute slot which allowed the fabulous Rover BRM gas turbine Le Mans car from 1965 to whine around the course. The tight chicane blocks were opened up for this session, giving this racing car a much smoother and faster line on track. The Rover BRM Gas Turbine sports car ran in this form at the Le Mans 24 Hours race between 1964 and 1965 and was driven by Grand

Prix drivers Graham Hill and Jackie Stewart. In 1965 the car finished 10th overall, 7th in the prototype class and first British car to the finish line that year. It also averaged only 13.5 mpg.The third session was for motorcycles, which included racing bikes, some still in classic colour schemes.The next group was a big crowd favourite, the racing trucks. The ground trembled as these powerful truck cabs thundered round the track, with several of the chicane plastic blocks getting knocked out of the way. The last group was the biggest, for cars. These included high performance sports cars, racing cars and rally cars, though there were no single seater racing cars. Included in the car class were several TVR Sports cars including a yellow TVR Sagaris, plus a couple of Chimaera. A Renault Clio 172 of Slater and Harding from the 750 Motor Club 750MC Cartek Roadsports championship made quite a few fast

The thunder of the Aston Martin Vulcan echoed round the city centre

Patriotic Mini Challenge F56 racer

Ford Cortina Mk II in Broadgate

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runs round the course, along with Andy Brinkley in his Rallycross clubmans BMW, plus a black Rallycross Mini Cooper of Todd Crook There were several other Rally and Rallycross cars including James Grint in his Peugeot 208 RX cars and an original classic Mini Cooper S like the car that won the Monte Carlo Rally in 1964. There was a new Mini Challenge F56 race car in a very nice metalic red, white and blue paint job, plus some low cost, starter Rally cars which include a small Toyota Yaris and even a Renault Zoe electric car. Another local developed car out on track was a red and gold coloured Sunbeam Talbot Lotus. There were a couple of classic competition Mini clubman

cars tearing round the course and on the tight turns, they were lifting the inside rear wheel. Not to be outdown by the smaller opposition the Supercharged V8 Land Rover defender was also lifting the inside rear wheel on tight turns round the plastic chicanes.Last year on the Ring road course there were drifting displays plus tyre smoking short oval racing cars burning up the tarmac. This year, they had a seperate Short Oval Rolling Show course under one of the ring road flyovers.Moving away from the free track action and in to the City centre,

there was still lots to see and do, with classic car displays set up right across the city centre. Broadgate by the Lady Godiva statue had quite a few classic cars on display, plus a stage for live musical enteetainment over the weekend. The Standard Car Club had their usual spot at the end of Broadgate, right outside the Flying Standard Public House, with a good turnout of locally built Standard cars. A short walk down Trinity Street and you arrived at a large display of

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Lady Godiva looks down a line of Porsche, possibly to replace her horse?

Standard Flying 9 outside the Flying Standard public house near the Cathedral

Armstrong Siddeley outside Coventry Transport museum.

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classic cars in Millennium Place, right outside the main entrance to Coventry Transport Museum. Another short walk past the main Bus station to the Cox Street Car Park saw the last main display area in the city centre for classic cars.


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Land Rover Defender 3 wheeling round the course Aston Martin’s old and new on display

Specialist VW Beetle conversionJames Grint threw his European Rallycross Peugeot 208 RX Supercar round the course with superb skill.

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MSVR Rockingham, GT Cup, Mini Challenge & Support.By Stuart Yates - Motorsport-Imagery with additional photos by Mick Herring.

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GT Cup three race wins Jordan Witt Bentley Continental GT3

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Moving on to the fourth round of the GT Cup Championship brings us to the halfway point of the 2016 season already. Saturday saw both the 25 minute races won by Jordon Witt in his Bentley Continental GT3. Race one saw Witt on pole with the Porsche 935 of Richard Chamberlain in second position.By the end of the race the gap to Chamberlain in runners up spot was

just over 29 seconds. With third place being taken by the Lotus Evora of Kevin Riley and

Gareth Downing a further 15 seconds back.The top places in race two on Saturday were a repeat of race one, but saw Witt's winning margin reduced to a mere 18 seconds, partly due to oil on the track making it difficult for drivers to push for their fastest laps. A major first lap incident saw several cars out, some not being able to be repaired in time for Sundays race.In GTC after a close battle throughout the race it

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GT Cup Nigel Hudson Audi R8GT Cup Paul Bailey Ferrari 458

Tom Webb & James Webb in their GT Cup BMW

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was Paul Bailey taking the honours over Ross McEwen. GTB saw a spectacular comeback from last place to victory after being nudged out on the opening lap. "It was a very frustrating race" Webb commented. The GTA race was won by Daniel O'Brian from Esmee Hawkey. The feature 50 minute race on Sunday had a slightly depleted entry due to the previous days accident, down to 14 cars on the grid not the full 16. A thrilling battle throughout the whole race saw James and Tom Webb just edge out Chris Jones and Jamie Dawson to take victory in GTB. After the pit stop it was Webb who managed to hold off Jones. Several of the drivers had commented on a warming track giving grip problems due to tyre

© Motorsport-imagery pressures increasing, Tom Webb stating "it was like a wet race in the dry".GTO saw a concerted effort by Pro driver Marco Cioci to catch leader Jordon Witt, at one stage going three abreast along the start /finish straight with Adam Wilcox and Esmee Hawkey. Having ran out of time though, Cioci and co driver John Dhillon finished well deserved runners up. Saturdays double second place man, Richard Chamberlain ended his race retiring due to an over heating gearbox. Daniel O'Brien took the GTA win from Brent Millage, with Esmee Hawkey and James Birch coming third. In GTC, even with electrical problems and gear box woes

Paul Bailey and Andy Schultz took the win and 10th position overall. The weekend also saw the Mini Challenge, in the JCW, Jono Brown came out on top in the first two races, inheriting the win in the first race after Nathan Harrison was stripped of the victory by stewards after a collison with Jeff Smith. Harrison made up for this though with a victory in race 3 by just over 1.00 second from Charlie Butler-

Daniel O'Brien in his Ginetta G55

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GT Cup Gareth Downing Lotus Evora head Marco Cioci Ferrari 458

GT Cup Marco Cioci Ferrari 458 at Brook.

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Henderson, to give Harrison a 4 point lead over Butler-Henderson in the standings. Max Bladon continued his dominant form with 3 wins in the Cooper class, in Cooper S there were wins for Steve Cocker, Scot Adam and Tim Porter.© Motorsport-imagery


Tim Porter and Scott Jeffs Mini Challenge

Mark Wakefield being pursued by James Turkington Mini Challenge

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Mini JCW Calum King Nick Boon lock up smoke and flames.

MSVT Trackday Championship Darren Goes Seat Cup.

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The Bentley Continental GT3 of Jordon WittDriver change for Nigel Armstrong & Jamie Dawson


The flaming JCW Mini of Nick Boon

Mini JCW Brett Smith

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Josh Gollin Mini Challenge

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La Vie en Bleu incorporating La Vita Rossa.Prescott, 29th May 2016. By Simon & Janet Wright.

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For the tenth anniversary of La Vie en Bleu Hill Climb at Prescott, the Bugatti Owners Club decided it was time to update the event and add to its appeal. Enter La Vita Rossa, a celebration of all things Italian to add to La Vie en Bleu which celebrates all things French. The weekend was split so that Saturday featured an Italian theme, while Sunday retained its French theme, with each day run as separate hill climb competitions. However the joint theme was continued over the entire weekend, with French and Italian flags and entertainment all around the paddock, and the orchard car park had vintage and classic Italian cars on display as well as the usual French car club static displays.As part of the Italian theme, Saturday’s hill climb featured a round of the Ferrari Owners Club Championship, while on Sunday, members of the Alpine Renault, Citroen Car, Matra enthusiasts, Peugeot Sport and Renault Alpine Owners clubs took part on track to add a French theme. Some of the high-lights which were on both days included Duncan Pittway's 1911 Fiat S76 also known as the Beast of

Turin. This 28.5 litre, 4 cylinder monster is a replica of the original car which held the World speed record before the first World War with a speed of 116 mph. The car took place in the competitive runs, and the loud thumping sound reverberated all around the picturesque venue every time it ran.

The Beast of Turin slumbering in the paddock

Classic Italian super car Lamborghini Countach

Outright winner Mike Meredith Morgan Plus 8 rounds Pardon

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On display in the paddock there were two Bugatti Veyrons plus a LaFerrari and Lamborghini Countach which gave demonstration runs up the hill over the weekend. For many people the sight of the Renault and Benaton Grand Prix car, representing France and Italy, making their way round the course was the pinnacle of a fantastic days motorsport.The competition on Sunday was fast and furious in ideal sunny conditions which saw Mike Meredith in a British Morgan Plus 8 setting the fastest time of the day with s 47.5 second run, setting a new class record in the proess. Italian honour was upheld by

Graham Boulter in his Kudos Coupe Alfa who was second fastest with a 47.9 second run. Kit cars took the next two places with Ben Woodcock, third in a Westfield Megabusa and John Bradshaw was fourth in his Sylva Striker. Former outright winner Tony Hart was the best French placed car in his nippy Renault 5 GT Turbo who was fifth overall with a time of 49.08 seconds.The class winners included Gary Clare in his Grannie JAP in

the pre War Cars up to 1100cc class, while Sue Darbyshire in her 3 wheeled Morgan Super Aero JAP took the Pre War cars up to 1500 cc class. A new record was set in Class 3 for Pre War cars up to 2000cc when Tony Lees in the AC GN Cognac set a time of 52.71 seconds on his first run, which beat the existing record of Paul Martin of 58.34 seconds which was set in his Caesar

The Bennaton represented ‘Italian” Grand Prix carsTim Jeffrey in his Renault GTA rounds Ettories

Renault Grand Prix car represented the French

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Fred Moss in his Francis Lombardi Grand Prix

Iain Stewart Super Aero JAP in the Morgan Three Wheel Club ChallengeJan Nycz Staride Mk 111 Norton finished 3rd in the 500 class

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Special in 2013. Another record was set when class winner Nicholas Topless in ERA R4D won the Pre War cars up to 4000cc with a time of 50.85 seconds, beating the existing record of 55.71 seconds by almost 5 seconds!The Pre War cars over 4000cc class saw Mark Brett a clear winner in his Bellamy Ford V8 Special with a time of 56.6

seconds. Showing that conditions were ideal, another new class record was set in the Pre 1972 Saloon and Sports Coupe Cars class when class winner Ian Moss

driving a Hillman Imp set a new record at 51.29 seconds beating the current record set last year by Anthony Ward in a BMW 2002tii at 51.44 seconds. The records continued to tumble with class winner Pat Cooper in her Austin Healey 100 6 setting another new record of 51.81 seconds in the Pre 1972 Sports Cars class. Former outright winner Tony Hart in his Renault 5 GT Turbo won the Post 1972 Saloon Cars class.As usual, there were classes for Bugatti cars, and Paul Tebbett driving a Bugatti T22 set the fastest time in the Bugatti Cars up to 1500cc with a 70.53 second run, with a 3.01 second difference on his handicap. There was a much larger entry in the Bugatti GP Car Handicap class which saw Edmund Burgees take the victory in his Bugatti T51.The 500 Owners Association members had their own class with a good entry that saw Mark Riley in his Cooper Mk9 over a second faster than Steve Lawrence in a Cooper Mk8 JAP and Rupert Baller Hotchkiss AM80 Sports

Graham Boulter in the Kudos Coupe Alfa was top ‘Italian’ carAustin A35 shared by Al Clarke and Charles Knill Jones

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Jan Nycz in 3rd place driving the Staride Mk111 Norton. The final class was for the Morgan three Wheeler Club Challenge, which is run under motorcycle rules in that like a sidecar, a passenger or suitable ballast is carried. The winner was Hamish Bibby and Paula Heaney in a Racing JAP 8 80 with a 53.80 second time.The Bugatti Owners Club continued to provide an excellent themed event, with French and Italian entertainment taking place in the paddock, and the orchard car park had displays from

French and Italian car clubs providing a very European experience.

Italian cars on display in the Orchard car park

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Classic Ferrari during lunch time parade

Tony Gomis Marcadier Can Am Renault hit the barrier in the esses in practiceMike Ward Bugatti T13

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British GT Oulton Park 30th May 2016.By Mick Herring and additional images by David Goose & Stuart Yates - Motorsport-Imagery

First GT4 podium Abbie EatoMarcus Hoggarth Maserati GT MC.

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Oulton Park’s enthusiastic crowds witnessed two spectacular 1 hour British GT races without weather usually associated with its former Easter date. The warm sunshine witnessed several “firsts”, Crewe’s Bentley and local driver Seb Morris’, partnering Rick Parfitt Jr, first GT3 win in race 2 plus Barwell’s and Liam Griffin’s first Lamborghini Huracan win. Jon Minshaw’s Huracan led from pole but Rick Parfitt deposed Liam Griffin at Old Hall.A five lap safety car to clear Sean Byrne’s Ginetta from the tyre wall, nullified Minshaw’s lead. Subsequently Parfitt stayed

close knowing Minshaw had seven seconds extra on his pitstop. Liam Griffin kept third ahead of Derek Johnston, chased by McCaig’s McLaren.Several drivers pitted immediately the pit window opened and due to Oulton Park’s narrow pitlane cars have to park at 45 degrees. Rob Bell, (McCaig’s McLaren) was pushed back into Morris’ Bentley path, costing 20 seconds, also allowing Phil Keen’s (Minshaw) Lamborghini out leading. Stop-Go penalties for Keen and Bell took them out of contention. Adam Carroll’s (Griffin) Lamborghini was pursued hard for the rest of the race

by Joe Osborne’s aged BMW Z4 but it was Seb Morris’ Bentley that charged back to third, finishing 0.022 seconds behind Osborne. The two TF Sport Aston Martins finished fourth and fifth. GT4 leaders Graham Johnson/Mike Robinson won GT4 in fifteenth. Race 2 poleman, Seb Morris, established sufficient lead,


Rick Parfitt Jnr leads the field on his way to Victory in the Bentley Continental GT

Race 2 second place Ecurie Ecosse McLaren 650S

First GT3 Bentley win Rick Parfitt Jr.

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Consistent pace from Martin Short-Richard Neary BMW Z4. GT4 clean sweep for leaders Graham Johnson and Mike Robinson.

Big Oulton Park crowd cheer on championship leader Derek Johnston. Both Beechdean cars drive-through penalties for short pit stops.



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ensuring he negated their previous, third place success penalty before handing over to ex-GT4 champion Rick Parfitt.Rick maintained pace, bringing the Bentley home a convincing 10.5 seconds ahead of Bell/McCaig’s Ecurie Ecosse McLaren.Minshaw/Keen were third for Barwell’s Lamborghini and the TF Sport Astons in fourth and fifth again, this time Johnston and Jonny Adam gaining valuable damage-limitation points to maintain their championship lead with fourth but, crucially, they

GT4 echelon formation racing.

First GT3 win for Liam Griffin's Barwell Lamborghini Huracan.

will arrive at Silverstone’s points-and-a-half 3 hour race without pit-time penalties. Ginetta pairing, Johnson and Robinson, made it a clean sweep in race two to enhance their lead in GT4.The race was red-flagged eight minutes early when, luckless, Anna Walewska’s Ginetta slid gently into the tyres at Lodge.


The new Audi R6 passes a pair of GT4 cars on the main straight

Support Races By David Goose and Stuart Yates - Motorsport Imagery.Support for the main GT series included the Milltek Volkswagen’s, British F3, Sports 2000 and Northern Saloon and Sports Cars.Joe Spencer in the very quick 1400cc Locosaki won both of the weekends NSSC by over 45 and 20 seconds in the two races. On paper this looks like a very dominant performance which it was, but with a grid ranging from a 6.3 litre Chevrolet

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Corvette, 5.7 Litre Holden Monaro, BMW M3, Ginetta G55 to 1.6 Litre Peugeot 105’s, the races are contested by at least 7 different classes of entrant.In the first of the VW races, series front runner Phil House qualified on pole in his Scirocco and was running in the top 3 until hitting the barriers hard at the exit of Lodge Corner as he turned into Deer Leap. The race was eventually won by Tom Witts in his Golf, who also went on to be victorious in the second race as well.

Varied grid for Northern Sports and Saloons.

Ricky Collard was victorious in two of the Formula 3 races, with Toby Sowery in his Lanan Racing Car taking the third race win. The first Formula 3 race was however stopped after only 6 laps when Ameya Vaidyanathan and Sisa Ngebulana made contact with each other as they approached Cascades, resulting in a Vaidyanathan’s Carlin machine going airborne, flipping several times and coming to rest at the bottom of Cascades. Due to the severity of the crash the race was immediately red flagged. To

Phil House in his damaged VW Golf after visiting the tyre wall

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the credit of the car manufacturer (Tatuus Cosworth) both drivers emerged from the carnage virtually unscathed, unlike in particular Vaidyanathan’s car which was reduced to a pile of

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very damaged parts. Despite the damage, the teams repaired both cars which later contested the remaining two races of the weekend.


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Classic Car day at Coventry Transport Museum.By Simon Wright

Classic Car day at Coventry Transport Museum was held on a Sunday morning, and unfortunately the turnout of vehicles was no where near as good as they get for their monthly Coffee and Car meetings held on a Saturday morning. Fortunately, there were a few interesting cars on show, and for people attending there was the nearby Steam Festival on the Canal basin, with a free classic double decker bus to transfer people from the Museum to the canal basin. © Simon Wright

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AC Cobra and kit car version AC Cobra cockpit

NSU RO80 Skoda S110 LS

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ERA modified Mini Jaguars old and New E-Type and XK

Toyota Celica 2.0 GT Convertible Vauxhall Viva



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The Pearsons- Morgan F2 E93A

VSCC and HRDC Meeting Oulton Park 21st MayBy Mick Herring with additional photos by David Goose of Motorsport Imagery

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The incorporation of two races for Historic Racing Drivers Club Allstars and Academy Austin A30/35 cars provided interesting additions to full grids assembled for the VSCC meeting.Utilising Oulton Park’s full 2.69 mile International Circuit this year, drivers experienced both dry and extreme wet running during the day.The first race for the Morgan Three Wheeler Club Challenge saw Hamish Bibby and passenger win the damp five lapper whilst also setting fastest race lap. The All-comers Scratch race for Pre-War cars provided a win and fastest lap for Mark Gillies’ slow starting ERA

R3A after overcoming Nick Topliss’ ERA R4A. Third was Eddie Gibbs’ Frazer Nash Single Seater, ahead of Tony Lees AC/GN Cognac in fourth with the spirited Dougal Cawley’s GN/Ford Piglet in fifth.The Boulogne, Hawthorn Memorial and Spanish Trophy race for Vintage Racing and pre-61 Racing Cars saw a repeat of Mark Gillies slow start from the second race and battle past Topliss until very expensive engine noises from Gillies’ R3A, having set fastest lap, saw him hand dominance back to Topliss’ R4A.

Eddie Gibbs took second ahead of Duncan Ricketts Alta 2 litre, Tony Lees’ Cognac and Charles Gillett Frazer Nash Super Sport.The third race on the programme was the HRDC Allstars race for pre-66 Sports GT and Touring cars, and they also had the seventh race on the card, the Academy race for Austin A30/35 and Invited BMC A-series-powered cars. These were probably the most spectacular races of the meeting due to the cars’ antics. The Allstars race


Mark Gillies ERA R3A sideways to victory and an engine blowup.

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Mark Walker GN Thunderbug.

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yielded a dominant 29 second win and fastest GT lap for Mark Halstead’s Lotus Elan 26R from Augusto Perfetti’s similarly-powered Lotus Cortina Mk1, which also set fastest TC lap. Jonathan Lewis’ Mini Cooper S was third ahead of Bill Watts’ GT class Elan. In ninth and tenth places were the first A30/35 Academy cars, of former-BTCC winner, Mike Jordan and David Webber who had the closest dice but with no contact, Webber could have been attched to Jordan’s bumper the whole race. Race 7 was the second HRDC outing and it was a Mini Cooper S dominated race with Jonathan Lewis’, James Hunt-liveried, example securing fastest lap and was 39 seconds ahead of

Steve Jones and Tim Harbour’s similar cars, despite a safety car period. Brian Small and Jon McDonald brought

their Ashley MG Midgets through to 4th and 6th. Former BTCC Champion, Andrew Jordan, emulated his father in their shared A30 with a 0.4 second victory over James Colburn in ninth overall.Back to the Vintage cars for the Bill Phillips Trophy for Standard/Modified Pre-war Sports-cars which resulted in a 1.5 second win for Mike Preston’s Bugatti T35B over fastest lapping Andrew Mitchell’s HRG, and two-wheeling Sue Darbyshire’s Morgan Super

Aero three wheeler. Mark Butterworth’s big V12 Lagonda was a distant fourth. Next out was the All-Comers Short Handicap, which produced a 0.6 second win for Cyril Hancock’s Fiat Balilla from David Asplin’s Austin 7 Ulster with David Seber’s Wolsley Hornet Special third. Despite a 20 second penalty for incorrect grid placing and start, the Talbot of



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Norman Pemberton was fourth. Dave Morley’s Riley, finished a creditable fifth, having never seen Oulton Park before, finding 50 seconds a lap difference between wet and dry conditions.The Oulton Park Trophy for Special Pre-war Sports, was won on the road by just 0.43 of a second by Charles Gillett’s Frazer Nash Super Sports but it was ruled ineligible for awards due to


“running stripped”(presumably the car?). This gave the victory to fastest lapper Dougal Cawley’s Piglet ahead of Andrew Mitchell’s HRG.The ninth race was for Formula 3 (500), Coopers of various marks took the first six places with Peter De La Roche’s MkV taking a 7 second win and Fastest Lap from Richard Ellingworth’s younger Mk1X.The All-Comers Pre-War Handicap saw Tony Seber’s Wolsley Hornet Special take a 1.1 second victory from Mike Painter’s MG Kayne. The final race of the meeting was the Novice and All-Comers Short Scratch race which ended with David Seber’s Wolsley Hornet Special taking fastest lap and a narrow victory from Michael James’ Riley 12/4 TT Sprite.


R10 winner Tony Seber Wolsley Hornet special.Mark Gillies Aston Martin Monoposto.


Ding Boston in the Oxford University Motorsport Riley 1.5

Christian Pedersen Austin 7 Special

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Andrew Mitchell HRG 1.5 litre.

Mark Butterworth big Lagonda V12.

Mike Jordan with attached David Webber A30

Smith and Perry- Morgan M3W


Talbot T23 Figoni et Falaschi Coupé

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FIA World Rallycross Championship Round 4

Lydden Hill By Syd Wall

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Mark Flaherty, Ian Rowlance & Lawrence Gibson were not taking it easy in their MG Metro 6R4s

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In the massive 20,000 crowd at Lydden Hill watching the 4th round of this year’s FIA World Rallycross championships, there must have been quite a number placing bets on the outcome. And after the third round of qualifying, a few would probably have slapped their £50,000 Leicester City winnings, the deeds to the house and probably a granny or two, on Petter Solberg winning the final. Solberg in his Citroen DS3 had dominated the proceedings up to then, winning the first three qualifying rounds in flamboyant style. Things still looked good for him after Q4, coming second to Andreas Bakkerud in the unusual Ford Focus and then winning his semi final.Mattias Ekstrom had a different plan. He had won the previous two championship rounds and his smoother style kept his rubber in better condition for the final, despite losing a tyre in

Q4 and finishing on the wheel rim in 18th. For the final, both used the same strategy as last year, Ekstrom taking his joker lap at the start and Solberg establishing a lead to take his joker towards the end. Last year it worked for Solberg, but not this time. Solberg initially headed the Hansen brothers but wasn’t pulling away from them - significant as he’d been faster than them all weekend but now his rubber wasn’t working and Ekstrom was closing on all three. Sure enough, he emerged from the Joker section in second place and couldn’t make any impression on Ekstrom over the last two laps.Timmy Hansen beat his younger brother to third place but it was still a fabulous weekend for Kevin - his 18th birthday on Saturday and 4th place in a world championship round on


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Sunday! Fifth and sixth were Timur Timerzyanov and Andreas Bakkerud, neither having any luck with the Russian’s power steering giving up during the race and Bakkerud buggered by a broken driveshaft off the line. He’d been fast all weekend and looked it too - the Focus was the only car launched in the air at the left/right at the finish line.After Solberg, the other name most familiar to the crowd was Sebastien Loeb, but after a podium position in Belgium, his luck

was out this time with a puncture in Q3 and a slow time in Q4 after the track was watered. His Q1/2 times got him into the semi finals but he ran wide on the first corner, then dropping down the order from 4th with an engine problem. Home interest was centred on Liam Doran and Guy WIlks who had the speed to make big impressions on the day. Sadly it was not to be. Doran at last had a 2 litre

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Petter Solberg leads at Paddock

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Timmy Hansen broadside from Hairy Hill

Barry Stewart’s Porsche chases Enda Garvey MG Metro 6R4

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The new engine gave problems though and he dropped out of Sunday's Q4 heat at exactly the same time as Guy Wilks’ Olsbergs Fiesta lost 5th gear. Ace engine builder Julian Godfrey got off to a bad start with a big roll in his first heat after a rear upright broke on landing from the joker lap jump. His team had help from other teams to repair the older style Fiesta and he made it out to his next heat, but without sufficient pace to make the semis.

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Pat Doran flew in his Ford RS200, newly rebuilt after a fire ay Lydden in 2014

Group B grid

18 year old Kevin Hansen sweeps through Paddock

Ken Block’s instantly recognisable Hoonigan livery on his Ford Focus

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GT Cup and support races - Silverstone 28th/29th May 2016By Mick Herring.

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GT Cup Wyatt-Huggins Lamborghini Gallardo lapped by winning Bentley.

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It was the GT Cup’s first Silverstone visit this year, using the National circuit for its three races. Saturday’s two 25 minute sprint races for the Gentleman drivers and women yielded wins each for Richard Chamberlain’s venerable Porsche 935 and Jordan Witt’s dominant Bentley Continental GT3. The Bentley was less than half second behind the orange Porsche 935 in race one, with John Dhillon’s Ferrari 458 rounding out the GTO

class ahead of Colin Paton’s GTC class Porsche and Paul Bailey’s GTC Ferrari 458.After Chamberlain retired the Porsche from race 2, Witt in the Bentley took an 18.76 second win and fastest lap from Darren Nelson’s menacing carbon-black Lamborghini Huracan with Dhillon’s Ferrari 458 third with Nigel Hudson’s Audi and Gareth Downing’s Lotus Evora taking the next two places.Sunday’s 50 minute enduro race went to Jordan Witt’s solo-driven Bentley by 25 seconds after Chamberlain slowed and retired the Porsche 935 following some close racing, John Dhillon/Aaron Scott’s Ferrari 458 was second with Nigel

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GT Cup close racing Chamberlain Porsche heads Jordan Witt Bentley before retirement.

GT Cup two wins Jordan witt Bentley Continental GT3. GT Cup race 3 Chamberlain Porsche takes lead

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Hudson/Adam Wilcox in the Audi third from the Downing/Kevin Riley Lotus. The Darren Nelson/Stuart Moseley Lamborghini made the top five GTO cars, showing what a difference pro drivers can make to older cars.

The three Mini Challenge JCW races again saw it tight at the top with David Grady taking the first two races by 0.3 and 11.3 seconds respectively. Chris Smith was second ahead of Nathan Harrison, Jono Brown and, series leader, Charlie

Butler-Henderson. Henry Neal, son of BTCC star Matt Neal, posted fastest lap. In race 2, behind Grady was Harrison, Butler-Henderson and Brown. The semi-reversed grid of race 3 saw Brown take a 0.9 second win from Butler-Henderson, Harrison, Brett Smith and Lawrence Davey.Equally hotly contested, the Open, Cooper and Cooper S races were copies with the first four places in both taken by the Cooper S cars of Scott Jeffs, Scot Adam, Rob Austin and Tim Porter, with Austin setting all three fastest laps. Race 3 went to Steve Cocker ahead of Adam, Jeffs, Austin and Porter. The first race saw Keith Issatt as first Open class car in 5th with Stuart Lane and Richard Mills taking the class wins in races 2 and 3.

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Darren Nelson-Stuart Moseley Lamborghini Huracan

JCW race winner Jono Brown.Mono 2000 Kevin Couling Renault Tatuus gets inside Taylor Macvean Van Diemen RF93.

JCW synchronised flames and wheels Lawrence Davey and David Grady.

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JMT Monoposto F3, 2000 and 2000 Classic gave us single seater action for two races with, unsurprisingly, Mono F3 cars, all of which were Dallaras, doing all the front-running. The

first three in both races were Robbie Watts, who also set both fastest laps, Ben Cater and Chris Hodgen. In the Mono 1800/1600, Moto 1400 or 1000 races, the motorbike engined cars proved fastest with Jeremy Timms’ Dallara Moto 1400 taking both wins and class fastest laps. In race 1, Chris Woodhouse, Anthony Gauntlett and Craig Hurran took the runner-up places from the Moto 1000 class. Race 2 saw Hurran,

Jonathan Reed and Gauntlett follow Timms home.The weekend’s final race, the MSVT Trackday Championship, saw three BMW M3 of various model ages take the first three places; Richard Bromley (E36), Mark Flower (E46) and James Britton ahead of Darren Goes purposeful Seat Cup from the Porsche Boxster of Andy Ball.

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Trackday Championship nice Mini wheels.

Trackday Championship Richard Bromley fends off Seat CupMoto 1000 Jonathan Reed heads Craig Hurran.

Two race winner Jeremy Timms Dallara F399 Moto 1400.

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Cholmondeley Power and Speed.By Simon and Janet Wright

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Over the last nine years, The Cholmondeley Pageant of Power has continued to evolve in to one of the North of England's premier historic motorsport events and this year the name changed to Cholmondeley Power and Speed which reflected the nature of the event. This years event had a super car theme, with many famous marques represented by their most potent high performance sports cars, many of which would try to break the outright circuit record. The star car was an iconic Ferrari FFX in true Maranello scarlet, which sounded fantastic as the 6.3 litre V12 engine sang out as the track day car stretched its legs round the Cholmondeley

track. Unfortunately it was not in contention for fastest time as the owner took the hump back bridge very cautiously with the low ground clearance of the Ferrari.The first day, on Friday, saw the first ever running of Motorshow Live! which gave drivers the chance to put many of the latest models from various manufacturers through their paces on the Cholmondeley course. Run throughout Friday morning, it gave dealers the chance to offer test drives to guests and VIPs in their latest models. The 1.16 mile circuit offers quite a few



British Superbike Star Christian Iddon ACA Classic Scrambling on the demo stage

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Peter Dodson Lamborghini CountachSpectacular air display at lunch time by Rich Goodwin in G-EWiz

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features unique in British motorsport, with a Bailey bridge just after the start line, a fast curving straight down Chestnut avenue followed by a couple of sharp and narrow left hand bends by the Lodge, followed by a long straight, broken up by a chicane under the footbridge and a narrow left hand curve at Chapel, between a large tree. The sweeping right hand curve at Lozenger

allows a fast entry over the dip towards the final sharp left hand bend at Castle which is immediately followed by the hump back bridge before the finishing straight. Most of the serious contenders got all 4 wheels off the ground over the hump back bridge.Former winner Niki Faulkner continued to prove himself the ‘King of Cholmondeley Castle’, with his high flying Ariel Atom setting the fastest time over the weekend with a time of 60.98 seconds. He managed to maintain honour for the four wheeled


brigade just beating some of the powerful Super Moto motorbikes, who did wheelie displays on the start straight before their serious runs. Christian Iddon and Andy Mitchell were 2nd and 3rd overall on Husaberg FS650 motorbikes with times of 61.37 seconds and 62.64 seconds, while also on Super Moto bikes were Matt Winstanley and Chris Hodgson both ridding a Husqvarna FS450 who took 4th and 5th. In fact

Rare public appearance for the very special Ferrari FXX

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Nigel Garratt in the ex Barry Scheene Toyota Supra Touring Car

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it was only Duncan Cowper driving a DAX Rush MC in 6th place and winner Faulkner that prevented a complete motorbike walkover on the track, with bikes filling the other seven places

in the top ten.Third in the cars was Oliver Webb driving the locally built BAC Mono 2.5 who took 10th overall with a time of 65.32 second. The fastest single seater racing car was a Cooper T43 driven by Andrew Smith in to 12th overall with a time of 66.01 seconds.The event was

sponsored by Zenith and the various winners were awarded Zenith Watches. Niki Faulkner in the 2016 Ariel Atom was fastest overall and won the Fastest car post 1966 class. The fastest car Pre-1966 went to Keith Fell in a Lotus Elan 26R. The watch for the Regularity Bike competition went to Ben Luke ridding a 2009 GG Quadstar and the

final watch went to Steve Graham in a 1951 Nash Healey who won the Regularity car competition.As well as the track action, the event has continued with other action over the three days. The mere was comparatively quiet this year but the large power boats giving rides to the public

were a popular attraction. There were helicopter movements all the time during the weekend, again with short


George Edney cooling down after a run in the 1952 Lester Sports

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How the Mazda MX5 has developed over 4 generations

Terry Maynard Messerschmitt K200

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duration passenger rides being available for a fee. There was an air display each lunchtime on Saturday and Sunday by Rich Goodwin in the Muscle Biplane G-EWIZ. This patriotically painted red, white and blue biplane can hover like a Harrier and then perform double hammerheads and the amazing Tower of Power display. It also performed a very low knife-edge fly past, running parallel with the start straight.As in previous years, there was a military vehicle presence, this year being historic vehicles rather than current armed forces. They had their own area of the parkland to drive their vehicles and fire off blank rounds, to give the feeling of a battle ground. Always popular, the Historic Scrambling course always had a good crowd around it as both solos and then side car combinations took part in various races over the weekend. Finally, outside the circuit was a large display area for car club members to display their classic cars. There is always a good turnout of local car clubs, from the surrounding area and down

in to the Midlands, showing everything from modern Vauxhall VX models, through sports cars like the Mazda MX5 and Supercars, right through to the humble but iconic Mini. An interesting display from the Mazda Owners club showed the history of the MX5 from the Mk1 through to the current Mk4, which show the evolution of the design from the simple and rounded design of the original car, through to the more aggressive appearance of the new facelift.This event has firmly established itself in the Historic motor sport scene in this country, and by rebranding itself to Cholmondeley Power and Speed, it will allow the event to hopefully grow in the future.


Duncan Cowper in the Dax Rush MC

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Lynn Atkin in the 1946 MG TC




Duncan Round Packard Bentley

Patriotic Helicopter in front of Cholmondeley Castle

Wales Rally GB display for later in the yearRic Wood Ford Capri

High Flying Garry Wardle Caterham 420R

Graham Meyer Lister Jaguar

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BARC Motors TV Live Raceday Donington Park. 18th-19th June 2016.By Simon Wright.

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Thunder Saloons Lee James Sturges Seat Supercopa passes James Ross Renault Clio

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The British Automobile Racing Club (BARC) and Donington Park had put together a great line up of races to feature on the Motors TV Live Raceday meeting, representing some of the best tin top club racing in the country, as well as bringing some new race series to the beautiful Donington Park circuit.The first race of two outings was for three series combined with the Classic Touring Car Racing Club (CTCRC) SVG Pre ’93, The YourITMan Pre ’03 and Burton Power Blue

Oval Saloon Series (BOSS) all on track in the same race. Ray West set the fastest time in qualifying in his BMW M3 and turned that in to two race wins ahead of another BMW M3 E36 of Paul Bellamy in both races. The ’03 winner was 3rd overall in the first race, A J Owen driving a Honda Civic Type R, while in the second race the Pre ’03 winner was Simon Beaumont in a Ford Escort RS 2000 Maxi. The BOSS category was won by Alan Eason who finished 18th overall in his Ford Fiesta XR2 in the first race, while John Edwards-Parton took the honours in the second race in another Ford

Fiesta XR2 hatchback.Second race out was a visit from the Castle Combe Saloon Championship, which brought an interesting mix of cars north for the race. Dave Scaramanga claimed Pole position in his 2 litre Volkswagen Scirocco by less than half a second from Charles Hyde-Andrews-Bird in a Renault Megane. The race got off to an exciting start at Redgate when Kevin Bird from 3rd on the grid tried to drift his Nissan 200SX through the corner, in the middle of the


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Thunder Saloon Ian Froggatt Subaru Impreza 3 wheels through Coppice

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pack. Suddenly there were cars off everywhere in the gravel, with Bird stuck for a couple of laps before the rescue team could free the car. He finished last, two laps behind the winner. In the confusion it was Hyde-Andrews-Bird in the Megane that was ahead and he stayed there to the chequered flag, winning by over 7 seconds from Scaramanga in the Sciroco. Tony Dolley was a long way behind in his Seat Leon to claim 3rd place. The other class winners were 4th placed William di Claudio in his Peugeot 106 GTI, 10th placed Antony Weeks in his Mazda RX8

and 12th placed Mark Sutton in his MG ZR.The third and seventeenth race on the programme were for the CTCRC championships and were another three series special, this time mixing the Pre ’66, the Pre ’83 and the Pre ’05 all together. This brought together a fantastic range of saloons ranging from Andrew Harrisons pole position 3.6 litre Jaguar XJS to Freddie Brown in his 1 litre Hillman Imp. Harrison converted pole position in to a couple outright race wins, taking the SilverbugIT Group 1 Touring Car Championship wins in the Pre ’83 class ahead of David Howard in a Jaguar XJ12 in both races. Class winner Stephen Primate was also 3rd in

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Pre 2003 VW Chris Mohan spun his VW Golf GTi Mk4 coming out of the chicane in Practice.

Castle Combe Saloon Car - Kevin Bird Nissan 200SX spins in the middle of the pack on the first lap at Redgate with cars going everywhere. William Di Claudio Peugeot 106GTi manages to avoid on the gravel

Mini Miglia Rupert Deeth leads the small field from the start

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both races driving a Ford Escort Mk1. The Toyo Tires Pre 2005 Production Touring Car series was won in both races by Gary Parkes in his Peugeot 206GTI and The First Choice Van Sales Pre ’66 Touring cars races were also won twice by Andy Messiah in his Austin Mini 7.The Dunlop Mini Miglia challenge race for 1300cc classic Mini saloons had a very small entry of only eleven cars, but in qualifying, the first ten were covered by just over two seconds with Rupert Deeth fastest. After two 10 lap races it was Shayne Deegan who won both from Deeth and Robert Howard.The final mix of CTCRC categories saw the CTCRC Pre ’03 Classic VW Championship series added to the Hammerite Thunder Saloon

Championship which included some serious heavy metal cars. Despite the presence of a 5 litre Ford Falcon and a 5.7 litre Holden Monaro, it was Dale Gent in his 2 litre Subaru Impreza who took pole position in the dry for the first race. He also dominated the race, leading from start to finish. He was pursued off the line by Andy Robinson in his Ford Falcon and Andrew Wilson in the Holden Monaro, but it was Richard Wood in a 4 litre BMW M3 GTR that worked his way up to 2nd by lap 4 who posted

the strongest challenge until he pitted on lap 9 to retire. This left Wilson to take 2nd place and 3rd went to Andrew Robey in another BMW E36 M3. The Volkswagen race was won by Ken

Lark in 7th overall at the wheel of his 3 litre VW Corrado. The second race saw Vaughan Fletcher move up from 16th place on the grid to win the race in another Subaru Impreza after early leader and race 1 winner Dale Gent retired his Subaru Impreza on lap 9. This time it was Andy Robinson in the mighty 5 litre Ford Falcon that finished 2nd ahead of Craig Rainer in a Ford Escort RS2000 Mk II Turbo. The

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Thunder Saloon Andy Robinson Ford Falcon ahead of Andrew Wilson Holden Monaro

Pre 66 Keith Wright Morris Minor

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Volkswagen race was won by Tony Absolom in 7th overall at the wheel of a VW Golf.The Dunlop Mini Se7en race for 1 litre classic Mini saloons saw Andrew Deviny grab pole position, but it was Zach Booth who took the victory in the first race from Lewis Selby in 2nd and Deviny in 3rd. The second race saw a very close finish with Lewis Selby just 0.122 of a second ahead of Ashley Davies in 2nd and Spencer Wanstall only a further 0.292 of a second behind in 3rd.The final race on Saturday was the Lancaster Insurance MG Owners Club Championship race for a mix of MG models, including the modern MG hatchbacks as well as the more traditional MG sports cars like the iconic MG B. David Mellor took pole in his MG ZR but he could only finish 3rd. Adrian Wray won the race in another MG ZR with Adam Jackson in 2nd. After lunch on Sunday the second 15 minute race saw Jackson and Wray swop positions from the first race with Mellor taking

another 3rd position.Sunday was the live TV raceday, and as well as the second races for those that competed on Saturday, it also saw the Scottish Celtic Speed Mini Cooper Cup Championship venture south with their ‘new’ BMW Mini saloons to tackle the sweeps and curves of Donington Park. The first race was won by Kyle Reid with pole man Dominic Wheatley in 2nd and Malcolm McNab 3rd. The second race provided another close race with Sharne Stoney winning by less than a second from Malcolm McNab with Paul Bell 3rd.The CNC Heads Sports and Saloon Car Champion were next on track for their first race with a very large entry. After practice Piers Grange in a Ford Escort Mk2 was excluded from the meeting for driving in a manner incompatible with general safety. Paul Rose in a Saker RAPX S1-400 was on pole position which he converted into two easy wins. Joe Spencer in

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Thunder Saloon Richard Wood BMW M3 GTR leads Andrew Robey BMW E36 M3

MGOC Stuart Plotnek MG F through the chicane

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a Stuart Taylor Locosaki managed to split the two Saker with 2nd place while Steve Harris was 3rd in the other Saker RAPX S1 400. The second race saw Harris manage to make it to 2nd place behind Rose, while early race leader Gary Watson took 3rd place in his Westfield SEWThe Sylatech Porsche Club Championship with Pirelli Championship had Mark McAllen on pole in his Porsche 996, which he converted in to two victories. Peter Morris was 2nd in

another 996 and Mike Johnson 3rd in a 911 C2 in the first race. In the second race it was Paul Winter in 2nd place in a 996 with Morris down to 3rd.Another Mini series had been added to the race programme, the Mighty Mini Championship. Alex Comis took the first race win from pole in his Super Mighty Mini while Paul Inch was the best of the Mighty Mini in 7th place overall. In the second race it was Andrian Buckley who took the Super Mighty Mini

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MGOC Robert Fisher MG B GT

Pre 2003 VW Ken Lark Volkswagen Corrado

Pre 93 Andrew Smith Honda CRX leads a group down through Hollywood

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Class, with Greg Jenkins taking the Mighty Mini Class.They were followed by the Max5 Championship for the ever popular Mazda MX5 which gave Nick Dunn the first race win from pole position with Paul Raddison and Geoff Gouriet in 2nd and 3rd place. The final race of the meeting was the second Max 5 Championship race which saw Richard Breland take the victory from first race winner Nick Dunn while Chris Webster took the last podium position.

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Celtic Mini Cooper Taelor Shand runs wide at RedgatePre 2005 Andrew Harrison Jaguar XJS leads David Howard Jaguar XJ12 at the start of the race.

Pre 2003 Simon Beament Ford Escort RS2000 Maxi runs through the Regate gravel trap

Pre 66 Gary Fletcher Ford Lotis Cortina Mk1 leads John Everard Alfa Romeo Sprint GT

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CNC race Brian Allen Ford Fiesta XR2i

CNC race Paul Rose Sakar RAPX S1400 passes Robert Claxton Renault 21 Turbo

Celtic Speed Mini Cooper Cup Martin McGeoughMGOC Jim Baynam MG B GT leads the field through Old Hairpin

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The Brooklands Double Twelve Motorsport Festival 18 & 19 June 2016.

By Pete Austin.

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Marker Bentley

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18 & 19 June 2016. By Pete Austin.

Jointly organised by the Vintage Sports-Car Club and the Brooklands Museum the annual Double Twelve Festival comprises a sprint on the Mercedes-Benz World Circuit taking place on the Saturday with Driving Tests on the Sunday. A Concours also took place over the two days together with other events.

Fastest time of the day in the Sprint was set by Nick Topliss in the Brian Fidler owned ERA R4D.

The Driving Tests on the Sunday take place on various parts of the Museum complex including the banking, finishing straight and Test Hill. In dry and warm conditions Tom Thornton came

out on top in his Frazer Nash/BMW 319/28 Special. Other class winners were David Biggins (Dodge Roadster), Christopher Leeper (Riley 9 Lynx), Geoff Davidson (Triumph Spitfire IV), David Bracey (Austin Mini Super DeLuxe), Roger Heard (Jaguar D Type), Marc Hanson (MG YB Saloon), Steven Taylor (Ford Sierra XR4i) and Trevor Wooding (Jaguar XK 120) who also took the overall award for the three competitive events.

Oldest car taking part was the 1904 Wolseley 6HP Voiturette of Marcus Croome which made it up the Test Hill with a bit of assistance from his passenger. Not so fortunate was the Wolseley Aerees Special of Paul Compton which met an early demise at the top of the hill with what sounded like something seriously wrong in the transmission department.

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During the lunch break demonstration runs on the Mercedes Benz Circuit were made by the Museum’s Napier Railton and the Stanley Mann Racing Marker Bentley. Lorne-Jacobs’ Napier

Campell Bluebird recreation did not run on the Sunday but was appropriately sitting alongside the Campbell sheds.

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Geoff Davidson - Triumph Spitfire IV

Napier Campbell BluebirdDavid Bracey - Austin Mini Super DeLuxe

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David Biggins - Dodge Roadster

Christopher Leeper - Riley 9 Lynx

Marcus Croome - Wolseley 6HP Voiturette

Tom Thornton - Frazer Nash-BMW 319-28 Special

Marc Hanson - MG YB Saloon

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BTCC - Oulton Park - June 2016By David Goose & Stuart Yates - Motorsport Imagery


Gordon Shedden, Yuasa Honda Civic Type R

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Round 4 of the 2016 British Touring Car Championship saw the circus return to the picturesque Cheshire circuit over the first weekend of June. With the top five drivers separated by only fifteen points after the first nine races, the 2016 season promised to be possibly one of the closest on record. Add to this the problems suffered by two of the title favourites so far this season, with both Jason Plato and Colin Turkington in the new Subaru Levorg waiting for their season to start, the Oulton Park meeting promised to be a great weekend for touring car fans. The first nine

races of the year had produced seven different winners.

The weekend started well for the Subaru’s with Colin Turkington coming from zero to hero over the weekend. After three rounds of major technical failures including car fires, Turkington’s Levorg was on pole for race one of the weekend and completed a lights to flag victory in race one, giving the BMR team their first pole position and victory within 24 hours. It was expected that both Plato and Turkington had seen the potential in the car before the season but few fans could have

seen this dramatic turnaround from their problems at Thruxton, between them the Subaru duo secured a double podium forBMR in both of the first two races.

Series rookie Daniel Lloyd in his second round for the Honda Eurotech team, surprised everyone by putting his Honda Civic on the front row of the grid alongside Colin Turkington. Bad luck and Touring Car inexperience prevented Daniel



Daniel LLoyd, Eurotech Honda Civic Type R, on his way to 2nd place on the gridJames Cole sits out the practice session after problems with his Levorg

Colin Turkington, race winner in his Subaru Levorg

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from securing a good race result but with this type of performance, a race win cannot be far away.Race two saw Yorkshireman Sam Tordoff take the honours in his JCT600 BMW, who like Turkington was never led in the race. Race three went to Matt Neal who was pulled from the

bowl in the reverse grid draw. As always for the BTCC, the Oulton Park circuit favours rear wheel drive cars, and although they didn’t wipe the floor with their front wheel drive competitors this year, it certainly wasn't a bad weekend for them.

Running alongside the main series, as usual, were the Porsche Carrera Cup, Ginetta Juniors and GT Supercup, Clio Cup and British F4’s. The Porsches have so far this year been dominated by the duel between Dan Cammish and Dino Zammparelli, with just four points separating the two contenders as they arrived at Oulton. Dan Cammish took victory in both races, the first having run in 2nd place to ex touring car racer Stephen Jelley until a couple of laps from the end, the second race was won from pole.The Ginetta GT4 Supercup has been dominated in 2016 by Tom Wrigley. At the end of the Oulton weekend, Wrigley had




Jack Goffin the IHG Rewards Club BMW

Hunter Abbott, Chevrolet Cruze

Andrew Jordan, Pirtek Ford Focus

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won six of the eight rounds and had not finished off the podium in any of the races, beating Will Burns into second place in both races over the weekend. Sympathy must go out to Mark Davies who in the first race, followed Tom Wrigley round in second place until almost the last lap, when following a small mistake was passed by Will Burns and Jamie Orton on the fifteenth and last lap.Two rounds of the ultra competitive Renault UK Clio Cup saw Mike Bushell and Ant Whorton-Eales share the top two steps with each driver securing a win.

Overall a great weekends racing in glorious sunshine at probably the most picturesque circuit in the country, and although the racing is always good for the spectators, Oulton Park does not always deliver the overtaking opportunities of some of the other circuits.




Dino Zamparelli, GT Marques Porsche

A busy Old hall corner for the Ginetta G55’s

Geri Nicosia , JHR Developments Ginetta G40 Junior

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Somehow this gaggle of Clio’s did get round Old Hall almost unscathed Carl Broadley , Ginetta G55

Dan Cammish, Redline Racing Porsche

Devlin DeFrancesco Carlin Motorsport F3Alex Quinn Fortec Motorsports F3

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Best of British, Shelsley Walsh. 5th June 2016By Simon & Janet Wright

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Karl Schollar Spectre Mk7

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The MSA British Hill Climb championship arrived at the oldest venue on the calendar at the beginning of June with five times British Hill Climb Champion Scott Moran leading this years championship with a healthy

points lead, having won six out of the first eight championship rounds. His lead over local driver and 2012 Champion Trevor Willis was 17 points as they started the meeting. In front of a large crowd, in perfect conditions, Scott Moran took his Gould GR61X racing car to win both rounds, gaining maximum points for the championship, with a best time of 23.26 seconds in the 2nd Top Twelve run-off. His championship rival Trevor Willis was second in each run off while Scotsman Wallace Menzies took 3rd place in each run off to keep himself in contention for the Championship.The meeting was also a round of

the popular Midland Hill Climb Championship which saw Hereford driver Mike Turpin take another easy class victory in his Vauxhall VX220 to maintain his lead on the overall Midland Hill Climb Championship, while Colin Satchell extended his championship lead in the Avon Tyres/TTC Group MSA Hill Climb Leaders Championship with a clear class win in his Peugeot 205. There were a dozen Ferrari cars taking part in their own hill climb national championship in an invitation class. Nick Taylor driving a Ferrari F430 Coupe was fastest, flooded home by former championship winner Richard Prior in a Ferrari F355 GTB.One of the most competitive classes was the 1100cc racing car

class, which saw racing car constructor Steve Owen only manage 3rd in class in his OMS 28. The class win went to Scottish driver Steve Marr in his PCD Saxon, followed by Tom Poole in the new Empire Evo.The popular up to 2 litre road going class saw a splendid drive by Richard Brant in his Renault Clio Sport, to maintain his class

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Steve Barnard Audi TT Spaceframe

Paul Morgan Morgan PM001

George Amanda Chevron B19

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lead in the Midland Hill Climb Championship despite a strong challenge from a pair of Lotus drivers in Ken Williamson (Elise S1) and Sarah Thorne (Lotus 340R).In the saloons and sports car classes, the other class winners included Bruce Aitken in his Citroen Saxo, Roy Standley in a

Mitsubishi Evo 5RS, Dave Warburton in a Caterham 7, Mike West in a Westfield SEW, Andrew Russell in a Ginetta G15, Ash Mason in another Westfield, Allan McDonald in his

Mini Evo and Karl Scholar in his Shelsley Special Spectre Mk7.Moving up to the Racing car classes, saw class victories for

David Tatham in his Terrapin M, Tim Davies in his Pilbeam MP88, who at 3rd overall in the Midland Hill climb championship is the highest single seater driver. Other class wins went to David Uren in his Force PC, Trevor Willis in his OMS 28, Joshua Moss in a Centaur Lotus, Stuart Ridge in a Pilbeam MP53, Ben Tranter in his Vector TF93K and finally Ed Hollier in his Empire Evo.

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Paul Jones Lotus Elise Motorsport

Michael Watkins Smart Toyota FourTwo Terry Graves Gould GR37

Michael Tregoning Pilbeam MP88

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Russell Andrew Ginetta G15 Trevor Willis OMS 28

Steve Bailey Ford Escort Mk1Scott Rayson Chevrolet Special

Mike Meredith Morgan Plus 8

Darren Gumbley Empire Wraith

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Archive Photo of the month.

By Pete Austin.

This months archive image has been chosen completely at random but I hope it will bring back some memories for some of you. Taken at Crystal Palace in 1970 (I can't believe this is 46 years ago!) it shows Dave Brodie in his 'Run Baby Run' Ford Escort.

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Rally Nuts Severn Valley Rally 4th June 2016.Report by MCR Motorsport Media and photos by Lucy Owen-

Moczadlo -Jucy Rally Photography.

MSA British Rally Championship (BRC) contenders Jamie Anderson and Ross Whittock took a dominant victory at the Rallynuts Motorsport Severn Valley Stages on Saturday (4th June) in their Ford Fiesta R5. Anderson headed to the event as a shakedown to the forthcoming British Championship round which utilises similar forests and his efforts were rewarded with a 14 second victory from nearest rivals Luke Francis and John Roberts in their Mitsubishi E9. Fellow BRC challengers

Ollie Mellors and Ian Windress also had the same idea and were also pleased to have taken third overall in their Proton Satria Neo S2000.With a revised route and a host of top-line championships joining the Midland Manor Motor Club organised event, competitors were treated to 45 stage miles of classic Welsh forests across Powys including a return to the Radnor forest complex after a break of six years, attracting a substantial 120 car entry in the process. Dust would be the talking point of the day as the dry conditions and lack of a breeze meant it was lingering in the trees and creating an issue for much of the field.

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Anderson, from Leicestershire took first blood on the opening five mile Gwibedog test with a six second gap from Pirelli MSA Welsh Rally Championship front runner Francis. That lead would never be challenged as Anderson put in a string of fastest stage times to dominate the event and take his first rally win since the Woodpecker in October 2015. Francis would be his closest challenger all day long and despite clawing four seconds back on the fifth stage, could not overhaul the on-form Anderson. Francis from Rhuddlan had complained about

the dust issue from the first loop which would scupper any chargeback he may have had on the rally leader. A solid second and maximum Welsh Championship points were his reward.Ollie Mellors had a trouble free run to third despite suffering from a lack of power on the long straights of Radnor forest. Dylan Davies and Mark Glennerster recovered from a slow start, languishing down at eighth overall on the opening loop to take a well-deserved fourth in their Subaru Impreza and a

solid Welsh Championship points haul. Sacha Kakad and James Aldridge also had an impressive comeback from 17th to end the day fifth overall in their Mitsubishi E10.“It’s been a really perfect day to be honest” commented Anderson at the finish. “We have had no dramas all day long and to have come away with a rally win was a bonus. The stages are fantastic and it’s certainly been different

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Jamie Anderson & Ross Whittock

Joe Price & Chris Brooks

Stanley Orr & Guy Weaver

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running at first car on the road, I’ve never had that honour before and sweeping the stages is hard work. But we have done what we set out to do and gaining some experience ahead of Julys Nicky Grist was important.”The battle for Mintex MSA British Historic Championship honors was nowhere near as straight forward as the top three however and there was a shock leader after stage one.

Adam Milner and Roy Jarvis stormed to third overall in the event and Historic leader in their Category 2 Ford Escort Mk1, taking many by surprise.But Milner gradually slipped down the leaderboard before retiring on the penultimate stage of the event. Taking over from top spot on stage two were Joe Price and Chris Brooks who settled in nicely to the head of the pack, picking up




Luke Francis & John Roberts

Nick Elliott & Dave

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nicely where they left off from last month’s Pirelli Rally. Nick Elliott and Dave Price battled long and hard with Paul Barrett and Dai Roberts for second throughout the day after challengers and local stars Jason Pritchard and Phil Clarke rolled out of the event on stage four.It was far from a done deal for Price, as his Escort MK2 became stuck in gear on the penultimate test to hand the lead to Elliott in his similar machine. That lasted for just one stage however as on the final run Elliott picked up a puncture, dropping behind a chasing Barrett to second.

Barrett’s newly inherited win further extends his lead in the series with Rudi Lancaster and George Gwynn taking a well-deserved third.There was another Ford Escort one, two, three in the HRCR Stage Masters Rally Challenge with Ben Friend and Cliffy Simmons heading the runners after Shaun Rayner and Guy Weaver had an “up and down” day to take second. Stanley Orr and Declan Dear claimed the final podium spot despite a series of punctures throughout the event.

Despite the challenging and unusually dry conditions, 86 of the 120 starters finished the event which took crews through seven




Adam Milner & Roy Jarvis

Ollie Mellors & Ian Windress Paul Barrett & Dai Roberts

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forestry stages. Clerk of the Course Chris Ashley believes this has been one of the best Severn Valley Stages for many years. “The organising team has had to overcome several issues before the event but thanks to the help and support of so

many people, we believe we have delivered a first class event in 2016” he says. “Huge thanks must go to our title sponsor Rallynuts Motorsport who has supported the event for the first time this year. We do hope this is just the start of a long and prosperous relationship”.



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Jason Pritchard & Phil Clarke

Ben Friend & Cliffy Simmons

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British GT - The Silverstone 500 11th/12th June 2016.By Mick Herring with additional photos by David Goose & Stuart Yates - Motorsport Imagery


FF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 of Marco Attard / Adam Carroll

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The Silverstone 500 (kms)/ 3 hrs was always going to be a busy race, a record entry swelled by seventeen GT4 European Series competitors. The wet weather also played a significant part in strategies and results. Originally down to drive a Barwell

Lamborghini Huracan, Adam Carroll and former champion, Marco Attard, made a late switch and debuted the new Ferrari 488 for this race.Pole positions,

set on dry Saturday, went to Rick Parfitt Jr/Seb Morris’ Bentley Continental GT3 from Liam Griffin/Alexander Sims’ Lamborghini Huracan in GT3. In the GT4 class it was Sandy Mitchell and Ciaran Haggerty who secured the McLaren 570S’ maiden pole position.Fifty-one cars started in heavy rain with the first few laps run

Team ABBA with Rollcentre Racing BMW Z4 GT3 in the treacherous conditions.


Paul Hollywood and Andrew Howard

Rainmeister Joe Osborne BMW Z4

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behind the safety car. Lap 2 saw all three Barwell Lamborghinis pitting, enabling their faster pro-drivers to use their superior wet weather experience against mainly Gentleman drivers, the Pros often being 10 seconds a lap faster. This tactic also got one of three mandatory stops done whilst at the race was running at

reduced speed. Conditions changed several times during the race and prompted three safety-car periods to clear incidents


and debris. One period lasting five laps, resulting in groups of cars being blocked and released by the safety car as the leader had already pitted.Skewed strategies also saw the two Tolman Ginetta G55 take turns at leading before Phil Keen’s Lamborghini passed Ryan

Ratcliffe’s Audi for the lead as the Ginettas pitted. Seb Morris got the pole position Bentley back to third but retired with radiator/splitter damage after launching over a pothole.So many cars led to several collisions and retirements, Liam Griffin’s suspension broke after a GT4 car tangle.With fifty-five minutes left after safety car three, Joe Osborne began charging through the field from seventh, setting fastest lap, overcoming both Adam Carroll and Rob Bell, themselves battling for position.Osborne, sharing Lee Mowle’s 8 year old BMW, kept the pace high in spite of stopping to remedy a wrong tyre choice, reduced the final deficit to Phil Keen’s (shared Jon Minshaw) winning Lamborghini to 45 seconds once overcoming

Porsche Cayman Clubsport and Ginetta G55 GT4 out of Vale side by side.

The bravest lady in motor racing Liesette Braams European GT4 BMW.

European GT4 Maserati MC GT Mauro Clamia and Guiseppe Fascicolo.

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Ratcliffe’s Audi. Adam Carroll resolved the battle with Rob Bell’s Mclaren, brought his Ferrari home third. GT4’s maiden race win went to Aaron Mason/Rob Barrable, their Ginetta G55 heading the similar car of Anna Walewska/Nathan Freke.With the third BRDC F3 race abandoned due to thunder, © Motorsport-imagery

lightning and torrential rain, two races provided a win and fastest lap for Matheus Leist by 4.4 seconds from Thomas Randle. Race 2 and fastest lap for Toby Sowery by 1 second from Lando Norris.

Jon Minshaw and Phil Keen on their way to victory.

BRDC F3 Quinlan Lall.

European GT4 Luc Braams and Duncan Huisman Chevrolet Camaro.

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Saturday’

A dry AMOC Intermarque Championship saw its first six places go to Aston Martin GT4 cars, Tom Black emerging winner by 0.6 seconds. Next up was the Guess/Hilliard Porsche 968 from Nigel Jenkins Ferrari 355 and Leo Voyazides interesting aged Mustang.

In contrast the AMOC 50’s sportscars Jack Fairman Cup provided a resounding 2minutes-40seconds win and fastest lap for the Halstead/McPherson Ginetta G4, lapping every car up to second, which was Martin Melling/Jason Minshaw’s Ford Falcon. Robbie Bernberg’s Cooper Bobtail was 4th.Milltek Sport’s Volkswagen Racing Cup netted a win for Phil House’s Scirocco by 0.75 seconds from Bobby Thompson’s Polo. The next seven drivers were all Golf mounted, ahead of a trio of Sciroccos. Terrible weather also accounted for race two’s abandonment.Racing on Saturday and Sunday, the Protyre Motorsport Ginetta GT5 Challenge fielded three races. Race one was won by Jonny Hadfield by 1.25 seconds from Matt Flowers and Ollie Chadwick (plus fastest lap, repeated race 3).Using race 1 as a warmup, Ollie Chadwick took the last two by margins of 4.275 and 5.6 seconds respectively, being followed home by Jonny Hadfield and fastest lapper, Matt Chapman in race 2 then Jack Minshaw and Jac Constable in race 3. Another casualty was the second race for the Ginetta Racing Drivers Club, race 1 victory and fastest lap to Phil Ingram from Richard Tetlow and David Holloway in their swift and usually road-registered Ginetta G40Rs.

Milltek VW Bobby Thompson spray cloud.

AMOC 50s Sports Cars Rob Bernberg Cooper Bobtail dwarfed by Mk9 Jaguar.

Leo Voyazides Ford Mustang.

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