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Issue 49
British GT
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© Simon Wright
Contents
Page 3
News.
Page 9
Coventry festival of Motoring.
Page 14
GT Cup Donington park.
Page 18
Bandimere Speedway USA.
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SDCC Sprint finale Curborough.
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CSCC race meeting, Donington Park.
CSCC Special saloon race Donington Park.
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Archive Photo of the month.
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Plum Festival Classic car show, Pershore.
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British GT Brands Hatch.
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Iron Curtain Vehicle Rally.
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AMOC Sprint, Curborough.
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British GT Finals Donington Park.
Front Cover. The Beechdean Aston Martin
Vantage GT3 in British GT action at Brands
Hatch © Mick Herring
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Our Team.
Simon Wright - Editor.
Simon has been photographing
and reporting on motor races for
many years. Served an
engineering apprenticeship many
years ago. Big fan of the Porsche
917
Pete Austin.
Pete is the man for Historic racing,
with an extensive archive of black
and white images covering the last
few decades of motorsport in
Britain. Very keen on BRM.
Mick Herring
Mick's first love is GT racing,
including Historic, especially the
Lola T70. Has an extensive
knowledge of all things GT.
Janet Wright.
Janet has been taking
photographs for many years, and
is also very skilled in video. She
likes Aston Martins
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Editorial.
Welcome to our 4th Birthday
edition. We have attended some
fantastic events over the past 4
years, covering vintage, classic
and modern motorsport and car
events from all across the UK
and beyond. In this issue we
have a report from America on a
Drag race meeting at
Bandimere, GT racing from
Brands Hatch and Donington
Park and the fabulous Coventry
Motoring Festival.
We are also pleased to
announce that one of our regular
contributors, Mick Herring, has
got married and we wish him and
his bride Linda all the best for
the future.
We hope our readers continue to
enjoy Classic and Competition
car, and we look forward to
continuing to bring you the best
in motoring event coverage for
years to come.
News
© Mick Herring
Radical RXC wins straight out of the box.
© Janet Wright
Rob Weldon took delivery of a new RXC on Wednesday from the radical factory and completely
dominated the three GT Cup races the following weekend at Donington Park. With three pole
positions and three victories by over twenty seconds in each race, Rob describes the car as “Work
in progress”. In an effort to slow the car down, the organisers reduced the overhang on the rear wing
for the final race to reduce downforce, but Rob still beat the McLaren MP4 12C of Jim Geddie by 27
seconds. The car is the product of 3 1/2 years of design and development by Radical. The Race car
is powered by a 3 litre V8 RPE engine producing around 450bhp and lapped Donington 1.9 seconds
a lap faster than its nearest rival.
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© Simon Wright
© Janet Wright
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© Janet Wright
Mick Herring Got married.
We are pleased to announce that our regular contributor Mick
Herring has just got married to his lovely bride Linda. The
ceremony took place at Ruddington Grange Golf Club.
Ruddington Grange was originally the home of Sir Henry
Ralph Stanley “Tim” Birkin, 3rd Baronet, better known as Tim
Birkin, British racing driver of the 1920s and one of the famous
Bentley Boys. He won the Le Mans 24 Hours race in France in
1929 racing the “Speed Six” with co-driver Woolf Barnato.
Appropriately Linda arrived in a vintage Bentley belonging to
regular VSCC Competitor Dr David Morley, while Mick arrived
in a Jaguar D-Type. The happy couple are pictured with the
Bentley at the Birkin gate in the grounds of Ruddington
Grange after the wedding ceremony.
We would like to wish them a very happy future together.
© Janet Wright
© Simon Wright
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© Simon Wright
Hong Wei Cao takes a close fought British
F3 Title.
Twenty Two year old Chinese driver Hong Wei
‘Martin’ Cao won the Cooper Tires British
Formula 3 crown at the final round by just 2
points. His nearest challenger and team mate
Matt Rao stalled at the start of the first race
which left Cao an easy victory. He then followed
Rao home in the second race at Donington
Park. He decided to start the final race from the
pit lane to avoid any problems off the grid and
cruised round at the tail of the field to finish 5th,
which was enough for him to claim the crown.
Electric Sprinter.
Further to last months articles on Formula E and
Electric cars, Jeff Allan is now sprinting a Mitsubishi iMiEV. The car is pictured at Curborough where at a
recent meeting the car managed a 47 second run in
the official event, then he knocked over 6.5 seconds
off that time on his third (Charity) run where he
managed a time of 40.43 seconds and a terminal
speed of 75 mph.
The i-MiEV has a 49 KW motor and 16KWh high
capacity lithium-ion battery which is fully charged in 7
hours and gives a range of up to 100 miles. There is
also a rapid charge which can go from 0 to 80%
charge in just 30 minutes. It has a top speed of 81
mph. The car also features Active Stability Control
which controls the brakes and motor torque to stabilise
the car if sensors, located all through the car, detect
unstable movement. This system also provides
Traction Control in slippery conditions.
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© Simon Wright
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The new McLaren 650S Sprint made its World competition debut at the GT Cup race at Donington Park on Saturday 20th
September in the hands of works driver Rob Bell and journalist Dale Lomas. In the 45 minute endurance race, the McLaren finished
6th overall and 2nd in class behind the Ferrari 458 of Peter Jennings. In the other two races it took a further 2nd and 3rd in class
finish. The car is based on the 650S Coupe and has been aerodynamically optimised to generate greater downforce than the road
car. The Brake steer system and ProActive Chassis control have been refined to improve cornering speeds.
© Mick Herring
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© Pete Austin
And now for something completely different.................... By Pete Austin
...........is it a Riley?, is it a Wolseley, is it an E-Type.......no, it’s a Vulcan!
© Pete Austin
© Pete Austin
The excellent Heritage Motor Museum forms part of the site of the former Royal Air
Force base at Gaydon and on 25th September, the last flying Vulcan (X558) flew over
the facility as part of its Cold War Tour. During the Cold War, Gaydon was one of a
number of stations that played an important role as home to several squadrons of Vforce aircraft be they Valiant, Victor or Vulcan – all serving as part of Britain’s nuclear
deterrent.
Gaydon first came into use in early 1942 during the Second World War with Vickers
Wellingtons using the base. It was in July 1955 that No 232 Operational Conversion Unit
was formed here with Valiants and from 11 November 1957 with 7 Victors. The OCU
was disbanded in 1965 and in 1978 British Leyland purchased the land for a new car
testing and development ground. As you may have read in an earlier issue the Heritage
Motor Centre celebrated its 21st birthday on the site this year.
The control tower still remains and the site is owned by Jaguar Land Rover with the
nearby Aston Martin plant also using the facility for testing.
Vulcan X558 is operated by Vulcan to the Sky Trust and relies on constant public
support to keep it flying. The Cold War Tour was seen as a fitting way to commemorate
the men and women who served in this period and marked the symbolic end to the Cold
War with the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9th 1999.
© Pete Austin
After departing from RAF Finningly
(now Robin Hood Airport, Doncaster)
X558 transited over RAF stations
Scampton, Coningsby, Marham,
Honington, Wyton, Gaydon,
Wittering, Cottesmore and
Waddington. A large crowd had
gathered at Gaydon to witness the
event with reduced admission also
being offered for entry to the
museum.
Visit: www.vulcantothesky.org and
Dr Robert Pleming (Cheif Executive of the Vulcan to the
www.heritage-motor-centre.co.uk
Sky Trust) and John Bishop (Gaydon V-Force historian)
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Champion 911 Sprinter.
After eight exciting rounds organised by several different clubs, the Red Line Synthetic Oil 2014 Curborough Sprint Championship came down to the
last round, organised by the Shenstone & District Car Club on the 14th October to decide this years champion.
The overall winner is Michael Jackson driving a Porsche 911 from Class 3C - Modified Production Cars over 2000cc
2nd overall Steve Barrow in a Renault Clio 197 Sport from Class SB - Standard Production cars 1401cc to 2000cc
3rd overall Chris Gillie in an MG TF 160 from Class SB - Standard Production cars 1401cc to 2000cc
Novice Award: OLIVER SWADKIN (Renault Clio Sport)
© Simon Wright
© Janet Wright
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The Class champions are as follows
CLASS Sa Standard cars upto 1.4L 1st MARTIN DOMLEO (Ford Fiesta Eco
Boost)
CLASS Sb Standard cars upto 2.0l 1st OLIVER SWADKIN (Renault Clio Sport)
CLASS Sc Standard cars over 2.0l 1st DAVID PAISLEY ( BMW M3)
CLASS 1a Road mod. cars upto 1.4l 1st JULIAN FISHWICK ( Austin Mini 1380)
CLASS 2a Kit and Replica upto 1,7L 1st GRAHAM REED ( Locost)
CLASS 2b Kit and replica over 1.7l 1st TERRY DUTTON (Caterham HPC)
CLASS 3a Mod prod cars upto 1.4l 1st OWEN CULE ( Metro GTI)
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CLASS 3b Mod prod cars upto 2.0L 1st ANDREW HARDING ( VW Golf
GTI)
CLASS 3c Mod prod cars over 2.0l 1st STEVE JACKSON ( Porsche 911)
CLASS 4a Mod kit and replica cars 1st STUART BICKLEY ( Silva Pheonix)
CLASS R2 Rally cars 1st PETER SHENTON ( Ford Escort Mk1)
CLASS 6a Sports Libre cars over 1.7l 1st ANDREW BIRCH ( Radical
Clubsports)
CLASS 7b Racing Cars upto 1100cc 1st MARTIN DUFFIELD (Jedi Mk4)
CLASS 8b Period Defined Racing cars 1st ANDREW BIRCH ( Jomo)
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© Janet Wright
Coventry Festival of Motoring. 23rd and 24th August 2014.
By Simon and Janet Wright. © Simon Wright
Now firmly established at
Stoneleigh Park, near
Coventry, the Festival of
Motoring had its usual
format of club displays on
Saturday and Sunday with
the addition of a 50 mile
road run on Sunday around
the Warwickshire
countryside. Several
hundred cars left
Stoneleigh Park on a lovely
sunny morning, heading
first in to Coventry city
centre before turning south to Kenilworth and past the castle, through
Leamington Spa and then out through the warwickshire villages in a
long loop back to Stoneleigh Park. The route had been publicised in
the local press and there were large groups of spectators along the
© Janet Wright
road sides
waving to the
cars as they
passed by, with
many of the
cars flying or
waving the
union jack. The
sight of classic
cars driving
through historic
villages and
countryside
really was like
MGA passes Kenilworth Castle
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Jaguar E-Type out on the road run
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© Simon Wright
Stoneleigh Park, a large
taking a
step back area had been left for
them to park up in number
in time,
order for the spectators to
with
get a closer look at the
many
traditional cars they may have seen
in passing during the
British
morning run. There were
cars
also hundreds of other
looking
vehicles already on display
like they
on the many club display
had just
areas in the park, along
left the
with an exhibition of
factory,
Imagineering in the display
and
hall with a huge Lady
Austin A40 custom sweeps round the curves
many of
the owners had made an effort and dressed in period outfits. The Godiva puppet and Lawn
mower racing on the far
list of vehicles on the run was like a tribute to the many British
side of the park. One of
manufacturers who have long ceased production, but whose
the more interesting
models won the hearts and minds of the public, many of whom
still have memories of previously owning these vehicles in their
© Janet Wright youth. Austin,
Jaguar, Triumph,
MG, Standard,
Ford, Hillman,
there are too
many to list, but
there were also
foreign
supercars, and
not so super cars
that were also
part of this
pageant.
When the cars
returned to
MG TF leads a group through Kenilworth
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© Janet Wright
Riley RMC convertible
Jaguar XK sports car and MkII saloon
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Triumph TR6 waving the flag through the villages
displays was an area dedicated to “Built in Coventry” which
featured vehicles built by Jaguar, Humber, Triumph. More
modern classic supercars were well represented with a
large selection of Lotus models displayed while there was
an interesting selection of Ferraris including an immaculate
black 250 GTO replica. There was a display arena which
was used for various demonstrations and displays. one of
the more spectacular was the stunt motorcycle display team
whose aerial display entertained the large crowd as the riders
jumped from ramp to ramp. While in midair, the riders performed
all kinds of
tricks,
including
holding
arms and
legs clear
of the bike,
flying
behind the
bike whilst
holding just
the seat
and the
final trick
Ferrari 250 GTO replica
© Janet Wright
© Simon Wright
© Simon Wright
Motorcycle display team did a loop the loop
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Superb 1939 Alvis Speed 25
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was to loop the loop. Earlier, the display area had
seen a parade of steam Traction Engines and early
steam trucks being driven round. The action kept
coming as during the afternoon there was a fly-by
from a Spitfire and Hurricane to commemorate the
Battle of Britain and World War 2.
© Simon Wright
© Simon Wright
Spitfire and Hurricane fly by
© Simon Wright
© Janet Wright
Lawnmower racing was an interesting attraction
© Simon Wright
Ford 100E Squire estate car rarest of the 100E models
1929 Sentinel DG6 Steam Waggon will soon bring the tea to the boil
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© Janet Wright
Local built Triumph Stag
Morris and MG from nearby Oxfordshire
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© Janet Wright
© Simon Wright
Lady Godiva in the imagineering Hall
1955 Daimler Regency Mk II
© Janet Wright
Triumph TR sports cars part of the TR Register display.
© Simon Wright
© Simon Wright
Built in Coventry, the Swallow Swift later became Jaguar
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Jaguar Mk VII Built in Coventry
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© Mick Herring
Race winner Rob Wheldon laps the similar car of Harry Blazer
GT Cup Donington GP - Buy on Wednesday, Win on Saturday and Sunday, Twice.
20th/21st September. By Mick Herring.
The GT Cup's penultimate race weekend played out the excitement on a dull, cloudy Saturday with the 45 minute enduro and two
twenty five minute races on a sunny Sunday. Donington's GP Circuit, in use again following the British GT finale one week earlier,
but this meeting boasted the coup of the competition debut of the brand new McLaren 650S Sprint in the hands of journalist Dale
Lomas and works driver Rob Bell. It also marked the debut of second Radical RXC in GT Cup in the hands of experienced Radical
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© Mick Herring
Start of the first race with Wheldon in front in to Redgate
penalty pit stop put him a long way down once again. This
promoted the Iain Dockerill/Ben Barker Porsche to second
and Chamberlain retained his third place.
Peter Jennings took his first GTC class win in fifth place in
his Ferrari 458 ahead of the stunning black and white GTC
class McLaren 650S Sprint, making its worldwide competition
debut today in the hands of factory driver Rob Bell and
journalist Dale Lomas. Rounding out the GTC class, also
making his GT Cup debut, was Adam Caroll, the former A1
GP title winner sharing the GTC Ferrari of fellow Irishman
Shamus Jennings. GTB went to Will Plant in 10th as he gains
speed with every race and would be repeated in Sunday's
races with a sixth and a ninth. Taking the GTA class, Marcus
Clutton shared and brought Colin Broster's Porsche back to
13th.
Race 2, also subject to an early safety car which did little to
halt Rob Wheldon's dominance. Jim Geddie brought his
McLaren home second with Richard Chamberlain claiming
another third, whilst Lomas' new McLaren claimed second in
GTC and 10th. David Walley, in spite of incurring more
racer Rob Wheldon. He and the car, which left Radical's factory
the previous Wednesday, totally dominated the three races with
margins of 35, 22, and 27 seconds from three pole position
starts. The organisers attempted to slow the new car for the third
race by reducing the overhang of the rear wing and thus
downforce and will no doubt have to find further ways to slow
© Mick Herring
the 450 bhp 3 litre "motorbike" V8 car, which Rob Wheldon
described as "work in progress", to equalise its performance.
Race 1, the 45 minute enduro on Saturday afternoon saw Jim
Geddie being the only car to match the acceleration of
Wheldon's Radical but once through Redgate the new RXC
just pulled away. At the end of the first lap, Wheldon had 100
metres over Jim's McLaren who, in turn was 200 metres
ahead of the bunch lead by Richard Chamberlain's familiar
fire-breathing Porsche.
The pattern continued despite an immediate safety car, to
clear the damaged Noble M400 and the Porsche of
Championship leader, David Walley who had tangled at the
Melbourne hairpin. Despite this, Rob Wheldon emerged from
his pit stop still leading but Geddie had to fight his way back
to an eventual fourth place, after his extra 45 second success
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Debut of the McLaren 650S Sprint
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© Mick Herring
Chamberlain heads Geddie and Stanley
damage, salvaged a second in GTB in 9th, behind GTC
winner John Seale's Ferrari 458, Seale having made contact
with Peter Jennings similar car
© Mick Herring
earlier in the race. Absent since the
first Silverstone round, the
enthusiastic Bulgarian BMW dealer
Rosen Daskalov, brought out the
latest SIN R1 for its first race.
Looking outwardly similar to the
older white car, many chassis
revisions have taken place and as
development continues, it will climb
up from its 17th and 18th places
today.
Race 3 With some the top cars being
handed over to the pro-drivers,
proved to be a much tidier and
exciting affair, albeit with a start that
mirrored that of the previous day's
race but no safety cars. However,
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© Mick Herring
Jim Geddie
would start
the second
lap in 4th
position,
behind
Chamberlain
and Jamie
Stanley in a
GTC Ferrari.
The power
of the
Iain Dockerill/Ben Barker finished 2nd
McLaren told over the slowing Porsche with both Geddie and
Stanley overtaking the orange car. Wheldon's Radical RXC raced
into the distance, despite having its rear downforce reduced by the
organisers, to win by 27 seconds from Geddie.
Give that the first two cars were GTO class the performance of
Richard Chamberlin Porsche 935 finished 3rd in the first race
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© Mick Herring
© Mick Herring
Francis Galashan heads through the gravel trap…..
Jamie Stanley in Seale's GTC Ferrari 458 was
noteworthy to finish 3.2 seconds adrift of Jim Geddie.
Rob Bell brought the McLaren 650S Sprint across the
line third in GTC with 6th place.
© Mick Herring
GTB went to Will
Plant ahead of
David Walley in
9th and 10th.
Marcus Clutton's
venerable
Porsche 996 won
GTA in 16th.
Francis
Galashan exited
the race after ten
and ended up in the tyre wall
laps when he approached Redgate Corner at undiminished speed,
skated across the gravel trap before making heavy contact with the tyre
wall. The final, one day, round of the GT Cup takes place at Oulton Park
on October 25th.
© Mick Herring
Mark Smith heads Jeff Wyatt and Ryan air!
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Rosen Daskalov’s new Sin finished 17th
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John Koenig Chevrolet Impala lifts off from the start line in the Sunoco King Street class
Bandimere Speedway By Syd Wall
After Bonneville Salt Flats, another racing cathedral to visit was Bandimere Speedway,
home of the NHRA Mile High Nationals. The Speedway was opened in 1958 and is still
owned and run but the Bandimere family. As it says on the tin, this drag strip is a mile
above sea level and it's nickname, Thunder Mountain, acknowledges that it is adjacent
to the Colorado Rocky Mountains. This means the climate can change very quickly
and racing was interrupted twice, once when it was raining at the end of the strip but
not at the start and later with a tremendous thunderstorm. But the tarmac is so hot that
Diesels took part in the burn out comp too!
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© Syd Wall
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© Syd Wall
with much work from the marshals, we are racing again in less
than an hour. The meeting is a small one, based on various
street car classes along with a very large junior dragster entry.
But the quality of the cars is as you would expect, superb.
The racing went on under floodlights until about 9pm...no
curfews here.
The following day was radio station KBPI's Rock 'n' Roll car
show. Over 1000 cars, trucks and bikes were entered. The
spectators, still queuing on the adjacent freeway to get in when
the burnout contest show highlight was about to start, five hours
after opening time, were also entertained by rock bands, drag
© Syd Wall
John Crooks Ford Mustang waits in the rain
© Syd Wall
race grudge matches and a guess the cube contest...a crushed
car was on show for spectators to guess the make and model.
The facility is enormous and the thought of attending the NHRA
meeting with entries totalling hundreds of of top fuel bikes and
cars, funny cars and pro stock cars is spine tingling.
Many thanks to Jeff and Debbie for their welcome.
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© Syd Wall
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David Hildebrand Chevrolet Corvette Stingray winner of the USP Ultimate Street class
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© Syd Wall
Steve Renner Chevrolet Nova SS in the Sunoco King Street series
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Mike Kelly gets off to a flying start in the Fastlane Auto Shift Stick class
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© Syd Wall
John Koenig Chevrolet Impala
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© Syd Wall
© Syd Wall
Front wheel drive cars doing burn outs are impressive...tyre smoke appears from everywhere.
Mike Besserer won the USP-Pro Sport Compact class
© Syd Wall
© Syd Wall
Replica Penske AMX Javelin
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Jeremia Stanton Ford Mustang flies off the line
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© Syd Wall
© Syd Wall
© Syd Wall
Greg Talkington launches his Chevrolet
© Syd Wall
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The above Chevy won the burn out comp
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© Janet Wright
SDCC Sprint Curborough
14th September 2014. By Simon & Janet Wright.
The eighth and final round of the Red Line
Synthetic Oil 2014 Curborough Sprint
Championship in association with Lifeline was held
in the middle of September, as a single lap event.
Run by the Shenstone and District Car Club which
runs the Curborough Sprint course, this was a
fitting end to an exciting season of sprinting at the
Lichfield course. The championship was very close
as they came to the finale with Michael Jackson in
the Porsche 911 just 2 points ahead of Steve
Barrow in the Renault Clio 197, but as Michael was
a previous overall champion and had not changed
class, he will have 4 points deducted at the end of the
season. Chris Gillie in an MG TF 160 was a further 1/2 a
point behind in third place, with the top ten in the
championship split by only 9.5 points as they came to the
final round.
The weather was perfect for the meeting and after the usual
© Simon Wright
Howard Cottrell spun his MG Midget right off the course on his first run
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Nick Skidmore in the Tatuus FR 2.0 set Fastest Time of Day in 29.65 seconds
morning practice, each competitor started their two timed runs.
First out was the single Electric car at the event, Jeff Allan in a
Mitsubishi i-MIEV whose
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best time was 47 seconds
exactly and a terminal speed
of 63 mph and he was not
the slowest driver on the
day. A lot of the drivers did
an extra third run at the end
of the meeting in aid of
charity which was timed, but
did not count towards the
results. On his third run, Jeff
managed to lower his time
by a further 0.14 of a
second. Next out were the
Standard Production Cars up
to 1400cc with Martin
Domieo taking the class win
in a Ford Fiesta Eco Boost
Steve Brennan Radical Clubsport 3rd in class
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© Janet Wright
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Robert Birch in the Jomo F/F was fastest in the Period Defined Racing Cars Class
with a best time of 40.93 seconds. Next up was the big battle
class for the championship challengers with the Standard
Production Cars 1400cc and up to 2000cc class containing both
© Simon Wright
another class win,
nearly a second ahead
of Paul Green in his
mighty red 8 litre Dodge
Viper GTS.
The next class was the
Academy Class which
saw Sarah Wood out in
the SDCC Vauxhall
Corsa school car. She
set her best time on her
first run, improving by
Les Proctor Austin Healey Sebring Sprite 4th in class
0.78 of a second on her best practice time. Back to the
competition for the championship which saw Owen Cule sharing
Julian Fishwicks Austin Mini instead of his usual Metro in the
Road going modified and sports car class up to 1400cc, but it
was Graham Harvey in another Mini which took the class win
with a 38.20 second run ahead of Cule who managed to get with
in 1/2 a second for 2nd in class. David West was the only runner
in the over 1400cc to 2000cc Road going modified saloons and
© Simon Wright
Paul Green Dodge Viper GTS 2nd in class
2nd placed Steve Barrow in his Renault Clio 197 and 3rd placed
Chris Gillie in his MG TF 160. Both would need a class victory to
stand any chance of challenging championship leader Michael
Jackson. The competition was intense with Gillie out first and
setting his best time of 38.72 seconds while Barrow responded
with a class winning 38.22 seconds, with neither improving on
their second run and finished 1st and 2nd in class. Next
championship hopeful out was Championship 6th placed David
Paisley in a BMW M3 in the Standard Production Cars over
2000cc class. His 37.79 second run was good enough for
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Martin Depper tried a short cut on his first run, but still won his class
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© Janet Wright
sports car class in his Peugeot 106GTi with a time of 36.81
seconds, good enough for 38th overall. Andy Stone in a
Subaru WRX STi took the Road going modified saloons
and sports cars over 2000 cc class with a 35.67 second
run. The Road going modified kit, replica and spaceframed
cars up to 1700cc class was won by George Newrick in a
Westfield SEiW winning by a whole 2 seconds from
Steven Walford in another Westfield SEiW, while the over
1700cc class was taken by Chris Howard-Harris in a
Caterham Superlight by over a second with a 31.73
second run pushing championship contender Terry Dutton
Tim Child Mini Mod Sports set a time of 40.38 seconds round Curborough
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Andrew Birch Radical Clubsport was 11th overall in 31.48 seconds
back to 2nd in class in his Caterham 7 HPC on a 32.78 second
run. There were only two cars in the Road Going Lotus cars up to
2200cc and Vauxhall VX220 and Opel Speedsters class and the
Lotus Elan Sprint of Andrew Palmer beat the Lotus Europa of Les
Buck by 2.2 seconds.
Martin Depper made hard work of the Modified Production cars up
to 1400cc in his Rover Mini Cooper when he went straight on at the
mole hill on his first run and ploughed through the grass and failed
the run. His second run at 35.86 seconds was enough to ensure
the class win ahead of Gareth Clark in a Vauxhall Corsa B. The
over 1400cc to 2000cc class saw Sarah Bosworth in a Lotus Elise
Series 1 take the class win at 33.57 seconds ahead of Adrian
Crawley in a shared Peugeot 205 GTi.
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Championship leader Michael Jackson continued his
domination of the Modified Pruction Cars over 2000cc class
with another win at 34.43 seconds ahead of Steve Jackson in
the same car. This was enough to win him the Championship,
with Barrow 2nd overall and Gillie 3rd.
The Modified Kit, Replica and Spaceframed cars up to
1800cc class had just one car, the Sylva Phoenix driven by
Stuart and David Bickley which saw Stuart ahead with a
32.30 seconds, while the over 1800cc class was just Phil Day
in a Locost 7 who seet a time of 38.10 seconds. There was
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Jan Snape locks up his Jedi Mk1 at the Molehill on his way to 8th overall
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Davrian Imp who did a 38.77 second run and the Rally Cars 2WD
class of Peter Shenton in a Ford Escort Mk1 who managed to get
the car sideways to a 35.81 seconds.
Moving in to the single seater racing cars classes with the over
600cc and up to 1100cc class saw championship contender Jan
Snape in his Jedi Mk1 only finish in 4th place with a 31.11 timed
run while Steven Potter took the class win with a 30.55 second
run in his Magapin 10HC97
The Fastest Time of the Day was set by Nick Skidmore in the
Racing cars over 1600cc and up to 2000cc class when he
pushed his Tatuus FR 2.0 round in a time of 29.65 seconds just
ahead of 1989 British Hillclimb champion Ray Rowan in a Dallara
F307 who was close behind at 30.34 seconds.
Nice bit of opposite lock from Peter Shenton in his Ford Escort Mk1 Rally Car
The final two classes were both single car entries for Period
an interesting entry in the Sports Libre cars up to 1700cc class, a Defined Road Going Production Cars, won by Bill Smith in a
Mini Mod Sports driven by Tim Child. It looked like a modified Mini Marcos with a time of 38.58 seconds and the Period Defined
van and was up against three Radical sports cars which all proved (Historic) Racing cars class was won by Robert Birch in a Jomo
to be faster. Matt Carter won the class in his Radical PR6 with a
F/F with a time of 33.07 seconds.
time of 29.95 seconds compared to the Mini at 40.38 seconds.
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Another couple of single car entry classes were the Sports Libre
Saloon cars up to 1400cc which consisted of John Webster in a
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Nigel Fox cuts the grass on the Molehill in his Caterham Seven R300, 5th in class
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Three wheeling his Vauxhall Corse ‘B’ is Gareth Clark, 2nd in class
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before they both dived in for their pitstops. This handed
the lead to the Ainge/Jordan Honda Integra DC5 until
they pitted, which left the Boon Honda Civic R Type
leading until they also pitted. After the pitstops Danny
Casser was leading in his Honda Integra but he was
slowly being closed down by a chasing Richard Woods
in a Ford Focus and with just seven laps to go the
Focus took the lead, with Casser remaining attached to
his bumper for the rest of the race, with them finishing
just 0.897 of a second apart after 40 minutes racing.
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Jaguar Saloon and GT race first lap through the Craner Curves
Classic and Sports Car Club Donington Park 30th August
2014 By Simon and Janet Wright with additional material by Mick Herring.
The CSCC weekend at Donington Park had drawn a good entry for the
star event, a pair of Special Saloon and Modsports races, but the meeting
also carried a full selection of CSCC series races including Tin Tops,
Future Classics, Jaguar Saloons and Magnificent Sevens amonst others.
After Practice on Saturday morning, the racing started straight after the
lunch break with the Tin Tops with MS Society Series kicking off the
racing with a 40 minute event that saw Nigel Tongue on pole position in a
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Peugeot 306. But
it was Russell
Hird in a Honda
Integra DC5 from
the third row who
led for the first
couple of laps
and then
swopped the lead
with Tongue for
several laps
Nigel Tongue Peugeot 306 ran wide at Redgate but still finished 6th Tin Top race
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Ainge/Jordan Honda Integra DC5 finished 3rd Tin Tops race
The Ainge/Jordan Integra was 3rd.
The Future Classics saw a large grid of interesting
sports, GT and saloon cars from the 1970s and 80s
form up behind the TVR Tuscan of Bill and Howard
Lancashire. The Tuscan grabbed the lead from the
start until lap 9 when Mark Chilton got through in to the
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V8 to win his class, and the other class
winners were 5th placed Harvey/Neal in a
Porsche 964 Carrera 2, and the Jones in a
Toyota MR2 in 12th place.
After the first Special saloon race, another
40 minute race for the CSCC Modern
Classics Series, Dunlop Production Cup
for Porsche Models came out to play. This
Card/Card BMW M3 E30 battled for the lead with the TVR Tuscan of Lancashire/Lancashire for the Future Classics race
combined race mixed all saloons and
lead in the Porsche 928 S4 for a couple of laps before his
hatchbacks over 2 litre capacity and all pre-year 2000
pitstop which put the Card BMW M3 E30 in the lead until they
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pitted, promoting the Bailye/Black Mazda MX5 BBR Turbo to
leader for 3 laps until they too pitted. Nicholas Olson in the
Lotus Esprit S3 was now the leader and he immediately retired
from the race! This now gave the lead to Alec Livesley in a
Jensen Healey who maintained the position to the flag, beating
the Card BMW by over 20 seconds while the Bailye/Black
Mazda was 3rd. Martyn Adams finished 4th in a Triumph TR7
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Simon Lewis Jaguar XJ6 spun out at the chicane in practice
Daniel Wood Porsche 944 laps the James/James Ford Escort RS2000 in the Future Classics
race
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Production sports and GT cars of any capacity (For 2014, this
also included a class for Front Wheel Drive cars of any age,
with normally aspirated engines up to 3.4 litres or up to 2 litres
forced induction) with the Dunlop Production Cup for Porsche
models. The Wylie/Fitzgerald BMW M3 took pole position from
Miles Maserati in a Porsche 996, but it was the Mather/
Spencer BMW E36 M3 that led for the first 15 laps until they
came in for their pitstop, handing the lead over to the Smith/
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Moulton-Smith BMW M3 but they pitted the next lap, leaving the
lead to the Wylie/Fitzgerald BMW M3. They pitted on lap 19,
outside the pit stop window, and were penalised 2 laps which left
them at the finish in 19th place. Through all the normal pitstops
came Miles Maserati in the Porsche 996 to take the lead right
through to the finish and won the race. His margin at the flag
was 4.762 seconds over Class winner Neville Anderson in a
Vauxhall Vectra, while the Mather/Spencer BMW was 3rd. The
other class winners were Luke Johnson in a Porsche 944 S2 in
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from the start, building up quite a lead down through the Craner
curves and was never challenged, winning by nearly 9 seconds.
Lawrence Coppock in an XJ6 was initially 4th but took 2nd place
at the end after James Ramm was penalised 10 seconds for
passing under a yellow flag. This dropped Ramm in a XJS down
to 4th but he still won his class behind Alistair Dyson in an XJ40
in 3rd place. Dave Bye in an XJ6 Coupe was 5th, winning his
class, while the final class winner was Ben Walker in another
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Tim Davis TVR Tuscan spun out of the Millennium & Dunlop Puma Cup series
4th, the Phillips/Senter Subaru WRX in 15th overall, the Porsche
924S of Andy Yomans in 20th place overall, the Porsche 964
Carrera of Cortes/Dennett, and finally Mike Watson in a Lotus
Elise.
The Classic Spares/Toyo Tires Jaguar Saloon and GT
Championship had two races over the weekend. Thomas
Barclay put his Jaguar Coupe on Pole position and romped away
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James Ramm Jaguar XJS finished 4th
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trap, but managed to keep moving and rejoin the track. It
probably cost him the race as he finished 2nd in the Puma class
behind the Puma of Eacock and Eacock who were 9th overall.
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Paul Dolan Ford Puma finished 2nd in class in the Millennium & Dunlop Puma Cup series
XJS in 12th place.
Rounding off the first day of competition was the CSCC New
Millennium & Dunlop Puma Cup Series race. Tim Davis put his
TVR Tuscan on pole position while Paul Dolan was fastest of
the Ford Puma runners in 12th position. Davis led off the grid,
followed closely by the TVR Sagaris of Dean Cook who was
behind him on the second row of the grid, leaving front row
BMW of Kal Ezzat in 3rd. Dolan in the Puma ran wide at
Redgate at the start and took the long route through the gravel
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At the front of the race Davis led until lap 6 when he just
disappeared off the lap chart giving the lead to Cook in the other
TVR who held a slight lead over Ezzat until his pit stop on lap 16
which gave Ezzat the lead for one lap until he too made his
pitstop. After the pitstops had finished it was Cook back in the
lead, which he maintained until the chequered flag, winning by
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seconds
from
Ezzat
with
another
BMW
M3 E46
in 3rd
place
driven
by Card/
Card.
Both
Cook
Thomas Barclay Jaguar Coupe won both Jaguar races
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Start of the Tin Top race
and Ezzat won their respective classes while 4th placed Ainge/
Jordan Honda Integra DC5 and 6th place BMW M3 of Broad/
Broad were the other class winners.
Sunday saw more qualifying in the morning for the series which
were not
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racing on
the
Saturday.
The first two
races were
also fitted in
before the
lunch break,
starting with
the second
race for the
Matthew Lewis Marcos Mantula Future Classics 6th
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Special Saloons and Modsports 20 minute blast around the
sweeps of Donington Park.
The Jaguar saloons held their second 20 minute race straight
after the Special saloon race and it saw another lights to flag
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Robin Gray Pontiac Trans Am Future Classics 7th
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Steve Owen in a Caterham Seven Blackbird who led the early
part of the race before the mandatory pitstop. This gave the
lead briefly to the Springate/Rowe Caterham Supersport Sigma
before the Fox/Bingham car took over the lead when Springate/
Rowe pitted. But Owen, after his pitstop was slowly gaining
ground and with 8 laps still to go, he passed the Fox/Bigham
car for the lead, which he managed to maintain to the flag,
winning by just 0.58 of a second. Owen and Fox/Bingham both
won their respective classes, while the Caterham Roadsport of
Carl Nairin and the Caterham Supersport of Garrett/Garner and
the Tiger Avon of Whitlock/Slade were the other class winners.
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Wylie/Fitzgerald BMW M3 leads a group of Ford Pumas in the Millennium & Dunlop Puma cup
victory for Thomas Barclay in the Jaguar Coupe. This time
James Raimm kept his 2nd place in the XJS after receiving a
time penatly in the first race which had dropped him to 4th. He
also won his class. Lawrence Coppock made it same 3 podium
finishers with 3rd place in this race, driving his XJS after his 2nd
place in the first race.
After lunch, the Gold Art Magnificent Sevens Series Group 1
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took to the
circuit for
their 40
minute race
with
Bingham/
Fox on Pole
position in a
Caterham
Supersport.
They were
beaten off
the grid by
Winner Mark Ticehurst Porsche 935 Special saloon race
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Rob Compton Vauxhall Belmont Special Saloon race
The Group 2 race saw Anthony Bennett take a close Pole
position in a Caterham R300, but it was front row man Pascal
Green who led the first 9 laps in his Caterham C400 until his
pitstop which put Peter Ratcliff in another C400 in front until his
pitsop on lap 14. Mark Rider in yet another C400 was now in
the lead till lap 18 when he took a late pit stop which gave the
lead back to Green who held his advantage to the end. He won
by over 28 seconds from Bennett, with Ratcliff 3rd. The other
class winners were Rider in 4th, Julian Sage in a Caterhan
Seven in 5th, Mike Aikens 7th in a Caterham CSR, and 10th
placed Caterham R400 of Fincham/Fincham.
The CSCC Swinging Sixties Series Gp1 and 2 entertained the
spectators with their 40 minute race and the mix of saloons and
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sports cars from the 1960s. The little Ginetta G4 of Halstead/
McPherson took Pole position and led the race from start to
finish, not even loosing the lead during the driver change pit
stop. In fact by lap 16 when the leader stoped, there were only
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James Guest Rover Mini Special Saloon race
2 other cars on the same lap, but even they were over 2
minutes behind. By the end of the race, the Ginetta was over
48 seconds in front of Will Hodges in a Lotus Seven Series 2,
the only other car on the lead lap. 3rd place went to Adam
Cunnington in an Austin Healey Sprite. The first three also won
their respective classes. The other class winners were Steve
Pickering who finished 8th in a Sunbeam Tiger, followed by in
an old Triumph GT6 in 11th driven by Stuart Daburn and Julian
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Gammage in an Opel GT who was 12th. The final class
winners were Norman Davidson-Kelly in a Jaguar E-Type
(13th), and Gary Weston in an MG Roadster (19th).
The Classic K series took to the track for their one hour race
around tea time, with the Lotus Elan S2 of Halstead/
McPherson in Pole Poisition from the mighty 4.7 litre Ford
Falcon of Gardiner/Faulkner. The Elan led from start to finish,
loosing the lead for just one lap when they made their pitstop.
Allen Tice was 2nd in a Marcos 1800 GT, over 56 seconds
behind the Halstead/McPherson Elan, while David Holroyd in
another Lotus Elan was 3rd. The Gardiner/Faulkner Ford
Falcon won its class in 4th place and the Jaguar E-Type of
Gray/Gray was another class winner in 5th. Brian Lambert in
an MG B Roadster (6th), Burtt/Monk Porsche 911 (7th), Steve
Chapman Triumph TR4 (9th), another TR4 of Somerville/
Barton (13th), Chris Blewett Ginetta G12 (18th) and finally
Tom Andrews Lotus Cortina was 20th.
The final race of the meeting was the 30 minute Sports Car V
Saloon Car Challenge race which saw various Caterhams
dominate the top of the timesheets with Anthony Bennett on
Pole in a R300. He led the majority of the race and won by just
over 4 seconds from Simon Smith in a CSR and Pascal Green
in a C400.
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Neville Anderson Vauxhall Vectra Modern Classics
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Colin Philpott Jaguar XJS passes Derek Pearce Jaguar Mk II in the Jaguar race
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Special Saloons and Modsports. By Mick Herring and Simon
Wright. Additional photos Janet Wright.
The Classic and Sportscar Club's initiative to return to the
essence of the 1970s Super/Special Saloons and Modsports
heyday continued apace at Donington with the first of two races
over the weekend taking place on Saturday.
From his commanding pole position, the experience of Mark
Ticehurst and his spectacular flame-spitting Porsche 935 3300
ensured that he was never troubled for his win. The action that
went on behind him made for great entertainment with, first, Joe
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Peter Stevens Vauxhall Carlton TS finished 4th Special saloon race 1
around Mallory Park in a back issue of Classic and Competition
Car)
Sibley's Elan Modsports maintained its third position ahead of
the Morris family Peugeot 309 GTi Turbo with Peter Stevens
bringing his Vauxhall Carlton TS6000 to 5th. A David and Goliath
battle between Kevin Doyle's Jaguar XJ12 6800 and the
diminutive Suzuki SC1000 1298 of David Brewis was eventually
resolved in favour of the Jaguar but the conclusion was by no
means foregone until the flag separated them by just 0.284
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Tony Paxman 2.3 Ford Escort Mk 2 Special saloon race
Ward having to fend off the close attention from Steven Moss'
Ford Anglia Spaceframe before he could begin to chase down
the fleet Lotus Elan of Paul Sibley that had started alongside the
Porsche. Joe drove that most iconic of "Supersaloons, Baby
Bertha" with huge determination to take the flag in second place
21.6 seconds behind the dominant Porsche.
I'm told that this was the immaculate "Baby Bertha's first race
since its accident at Donington last year. (For impressions of
"Baby Bertha" from the inside, read about my passenger ride
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Paul Sibley Lotus Elan Modsports finished 3rd in race 1 Special Saloons
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Thomas Carey Honda CRX Special saloon finished 10th
Joe Ward Vauxhall Baby Bertha leads Steven Moss Ford Anglia Spaceframe
seconds in 7th and 8th respectively. Steven Moss dropped
down to 6th following a spin at the chicane and a momentary
beaching on the raised hump. Another determined drive, having
started from the pit lane, came from Thomas Carey in his
Honda CRX 2000. He sliced through the field and got back to
10th, just behind Tony Paxman's Ford Escort Mk2 2300. Always
great to witness racing between cars that formed the backbone
of topline clubmans motorsport from the 1970s and the
evocation of cars that could have raced, together with the spirit
of what might have followed them had the emphasis of British
motorsport not been changed.
The Sunday race lined up in the finishing order of race one and
proved to be another run away win by Ticehurst in the Porsche
935, chased all the way by Paul Sibley who was not really
challenged in this second 15 minute blast, finishing just over 13
seconds behind the Porsche and about 13 seconds ahead of
the 3rd placed Peugeot 309 GTi Turbo of Morris. Ticehurst and
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Sibley both won their class with 4th placed Steven Moss in the
Ford Anglia Spaceframe and 5th placed David Brewis in the
Modsports Suzuki SC100 also winning their classes. The final
class winner was Martin Baker in the Hillman Imp Spaceframe
in 10th place.
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Gary Cole Citroen XU9J4 Special saloon race
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Archive Photo of the month. By Pete Austin
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Classic and Competition car October 2014
As I write this the Japanese Grand Prix is
due to take place in a few days time. This
Japanese connection (sorry about the
tenuous link this month!) took my mind
back to Brands Hatch in 1974. Practice for
the British Grand Prix that year saw the first
public appearance of the Maki in its patriotic
colours driven by Howden Ganley (seen
here). The car failed to qualify and a
slimmer version made its only race start at
the 1975 non-championship Swiss Grand
Prix held at Dijon-Prenois where it finished
13th in the hands of Tony Trimmer.
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Plum Festival, Abbey Park, Pershore.
25th September 2014. By Simon & Janet Wright.
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classic car owners to show their vehicle without having to
belong to a car club.
Next to the Abbey was an impressive line up of Rolls Royce
and Bentley motor cars, while on the edge of the Abbey
grounds, next to the main park entrance was a large collection
of MG sports cars and saloons including various MG B and MG
Midgets. Despite the poor weather, there was a nice line up of
more modern Mercedes sports cars with many SL models from
1929 Morris Oxford by a unique carved tree
Typical Bank Holiday weather greeted people attending the
annual Plum Festival at Pershore in Worcestershire on August
Bank Holiday Monday. Heavy rain all day failed to dampen the
enthusiasm of the crowds that flocked the streets of Pershore,
with many market stalls providing food, drink and plenty of local
grown plums. The centre piece of this town festival was a huge
classic car show in the grounds of Pershore Abbey, which is
located in the heart of the town. Although car attendance was
down on last year, there were still lots of classic cars filling the
grounds of the Abbey and the attached park. A lot of car clubs
were in attendance, so cars were grouped by manufacturer in
most displays, though there was a large area in the park for
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Austin Healey line up by the Abbey
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Another unusual lineup were six Volkswagen Karmann Ghia
sports cars. The Karmann Ghia 2+2 Coupe and convertible were
built between 1955 and 1974 and combined the chassis and
mechanicals from the VW Beetle with a body styled by Luigi
Segre from the Italian Ghia company and hand built by German
coach builder Karmann. The original model was a Type 14 and
the Type 34 featuring angular bodywork was introduced in 1961.
The Ford Thunderbird was designed to challenge the Chevrolet
Corvette as a high performance sports car. The 1956 model
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Part of the MG line up.
the 1970s and 80s. The park area had large trees around the
edge and many of the classic cars were parked under the trees
to provide whatever shelter they could offer. Some clubs had
small pop up gazebo shelters, often used to shelter from the
sun in summer, but were now used to shelter a car or two from
the rain. There were some interesting vehicles scattered
around the park area, with several different variants of VW
Buggy sheltered under the trees, next to a selection of
interesting classic and Custom American cars. Jaguar owners
had a selection of sports and saloons varying from some
perfect Mk II saloons to the XJS and the new XJ F.
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The VW Karmann Ghia 2+2 Coupe line up
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Ford Thunderbird
made several improvements to the original model which was first
introduced in 1955. The boot capacity was increased by
mounting the spare wheel externally and the exhausts were
moved to the ends of the bumper and air vents were added
behind the front wheels to improve in car ventilation. The
removable hardtop was fitted with a “porthole” window to
improve all round visibility.
Jowett manufactured light cars and commercial vehicle in
Bradford, West Yorkshire between 1906 and 1954. The Jowett
Car Club had a Javelin, Jupiter and Bedford Van on display and
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Rolls Royce line up was impressive
Jowett Car Club line up
there was a 1936 Jowett 10HP Flat Four saloon also on show.
Moving back to the Abbey Grounds, the Austin Morris BMC
area was well represented with Mini, Morris Minor, A30/A35,
and Riley cars, plus a line of of Triumph sports cars. Mazda
MX5 had a large gathering, while classic Buick saloons made
an impressive sight lined up in the shadow of the Abbey.
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Classic Buick saloons
Lots of MGs in the shadow of the Abbey
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1950s Cadillac Coupe de Ville
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Nearby Shelsley Walsh Hillclimb was represented by the Midland Automobile Club
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Morris
Oxford
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Delage
Mercedes Benz 190SL
Triumph TR4
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British GT Brands Hatch August 31st. By Mick Herring.
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Jon Minshaw loses “A contact lens” on the back of Andrew Howard’s Aston Martin
Always an exciting race, Brands Hatch's full 2.433 mile GP circuit hosted the penultimate round of the British GT championship
with a 2 hour enduro race. Generation Bentley's withdrawal from the championship left a total of 31 cars taking the start, behind
the Beechdean Aston Martin GT3. Sir Chris Hoy, following his first podium at Spa, had Jann Mardenborough as his third partner of
the season in the Nissan GT Academy GT-R and would finish 11th. Brake problems from the start saw them end in 16th place and
Andrew Howard's team gaining penalties and a 3-place grid drop at Donington for contacting Derek Johnston's 888 BMW.
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champion, Rick Parfitt Jr suffered an early puncture and had to
drive a complete lap before pitting, he and Tom Oliphant would
finish 6th in GT4, 23rd overall. Further highs and lows befell the
newly enlarged Triple 8 BMW team with Warren Hughes losing
a wheel on his out lap, having taken over from Jody Firth, whilst
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Warren Hughes rear wheel coming loose on his BMW Z4
Out of luck, DJ lost 5 laps in the gravel trap and took no further
part, prompting the safety car being scrambled and scrambled
again immediately after the green flag when Jon Dhillon's Ferrari
halted in a dangerous spot.
However, victory would go to 67 year old, serial retiree and
comeback king, David Ashburn, the Trackspeed boss driving as
well as ever, sharing with Porsche factory driver Nick Tandy.
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another
victory for
Beechdean
pairing of
Ross Whylie
and Jake
Giddings
whilst
reigning GT4
Adam Carroll FF Corse Ferrari 458
co-reigning GT4 champion Ryan Ratcliffe, making his GT3
debut in British GT and sharing Lee Mowle's car, showed his
skill to bring the No. 88 BMW home in a strong 10th place.
The sprint away from the grid bunched the cars, light contact by
Jon Minshaw on the back of Howard's Aston at Paddock Hill let
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Beechdean Ice cream order, GT4 follows GT3
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Trackspeed Chase, Nick Tandy pursues Phil Keen
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Sims, who posted fastest lap, finished a distant 4th but holds on
to his championship lead with only the Donington round to go.
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Paul Bailey in the gravel at Paddock Hill bend.
Fourth place and fastest lap keeps Marco Attard in championship lead
Ahmad Al Harthy break away on the run up to Druids. Jon
Minshaw was amongst the first to pit, handing the Trackspeed
Porsche to Phil Keen, who then swept past in the lead, as
Michael Caine exited the pits having taken over the Aston from
Al Harthy. Keen then proceeded to build a gap that looked
destined to add another victory to those at Snetterton and Spa.
Nick Tandy, having replaced David Ashburn, had other ideas
and began the chase to the front. He first deposed both of the
Motorbase/Oman Racing team Aston Martins, Rory Butcher for
third and then Michael Caine for second.
The final few laps saw the gap to Phil Keen come down to
nothing but it would be Keen's last lap tyre explosion that would
deny Trackspeed a one-two, the Demon Tweeks Porsche
dropping to ninth. Tandy took the flag 8.5 seconds ahead of
Michael Caine with Rory Butcher only 0.16 seconds behind.
Rory Butcher's first podium saw him complete his "Ice-Bucket"
challenge and co-driver Jeff Smith being awarded Blancpain
"Driver of the weekend". Marco Attard, partnered by Alexander
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The hotly contested GT4 category was a one-two for Aston
Martin with the Beechdean pairing of Ross Whylie/Jake Giddings
heading Andrew Jarman/Devon Modell by 57 seconds and Paul
McNeilly/Jamie Stanley's Ginetta G55 3rd, one lap behind.
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Benny Simonsen Rosso Verde Ferrari 458
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Colourful turnout of former “Eastern Block” Cars
Iron Curtain Vehicle Rally Foxfield Railway. 7th
September 2014. By Simon & Janet Wright.
Members of the Wartburg IFA Club launched a new show
called the Iron Curtain vehicle rally to fill the gap left after the
Red Oktober event was axed by the Critch Tramway museum.
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Staffordshire to the main Stoke - Derby rail line. Originally built in
1892-93 by North Staffordshire railway employees at weekends
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with
second
hand
material.
In order
to keep
costs
down,
there
are
almost no earthworks on the line, the only ones being a cutting
dug through rock and a road over rail bridge. This resulted in
some huge gradients along the line, as steep as 1:19 in places
making it the steepest adhesion standard gauge railway in
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1966 Wartburg 311
The event commemorated the 25th anniversary of the fall of
the Berlin Wall and was held at the Foxfield Railway, near
Stoke on Trent.
The Foxfield Railway, located at Blythe Bridge, in
Staffordshire, is a preserved steam railway operating on the
old Foxfield Colliery railway line. The line was originally used
to transport coal fom the Cheadle coalfield of North
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Trabant may be basic, but it sure is bright
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transport for many people in the former communist countries
and cheap transport to many people in the UK in the early
1970s. Lada used to be a popular cheap car in the 1970s, with
a specification at the time that was often better than British built
cars in the same price range. They were sturdy, reliable cars,
but often lacked the performance or fuel economy of their
European rivals, so they were supplied with extras at cheaper
prices. For example, Lada would supply a fairly comprehensive
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Lada 1600
Britain. It was productive until the colliery was closed by the
National Coal Board in August 1965.
The show was open to all vehicles with a cold war heritage
from former Eastern Block countries. Saturday saw a road run
round the Staffordshire moors and Peak district and Sunday
saw the cars displayed at the Foxfield heritage railway centre.
The bright, warm, sunny day saw a large turnout of cars
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displayed in the main
carpark at the front of the
station, with enough cars
to go round the outside
edge of the car park. This
was a special event, with
many cars that you hardly
ever see anymore on the
roads of Britain. They
might not be exotic names
like Ferrari and
Lamborghini but these
cars proved basic
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Standard Lada tool kit
Zastava Yugo
toolkit in their vehicles compared to the normal wheelbrace and
car jack supplied with cheap British cars. You would also get a
1500cc or 1600cc car for a similar price to a Mini 1000, but then
the Japanese manufacturers started to supply cheaper cars with
better performance and economy, with better specifications at
similar prices, which effectively cut out the market for the
Eastern block imports, and killed off most of the British car
industry.There were 3 Lada models on display, a couple being in
perfect showroom condition.
The Zastava Yugo was represented along with several classic
Wartburg models. Then you come to the iconic Eastern Bloc car
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Wartburg bonnet badge
the Trabant. There were quite a few of these on show, in
many bright colours. The Trabant was the most common
vehicle in East Germany, with over 3 million being built
between 1957 and 1991. Manufactured by VEB Sachsenring
Automobilwerk Zwickau in Zwickau, Saxony, this small 2
stroke powered car was advertised as having room for four
adults and luggage in a compact and fast car. The 600cc two
cylinder two stroke engine was relatively underpowered and
gave poor performance and economy and a smokey exhaust.
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Skoda
It gained cult status in the west after many Germans streamed
in to West Berlin and West Germany in their Trabants after the
fall of the Berlin Wall.
The name Trabant means Satellite or Companion in German
and was inspired by the Russian Sputnik satellite that was put
in to space in 1957. In the East there were long waiting times
for delivery after ordering, sometimes in years, so when owners
received their car, they did their best to maintain the vehicle in
the best possible condition, which has given the Trabant an
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East German Trabant Police Car
2 stroke Trabant is iconic from East Germany
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The rainbow of Eastern Bloc cars
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average lifespan of 28 years. The small 600cc engine
developed 26 bhp, but due to the light kerb weight it could
accelerate form 0-60 mph in around 21 seconds and had a top
speed of 62 mph. Its emissions were up to 9 times higher than
their European rivals in 2007 and the average fuel consumption
was 40 mpg. The car also had no fuel pump, the tank being
mounted above the engine and used gravity to feed the fuel to
the engine. The steel monocoque shell had the roof, bonnet,
boot, bumpers and doors made of Duroplast, a hard plastic
similar to Bakelite, made from recycled material.
On the other side of the car park were three Barkas vans and
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Barkas vans
Minibuses. Barkas vans were also built in East Germany, in
Chemnitz. The B1000 range were built between 1961 and
continued for thirty years until 1991. Typical of East Germany
designs, the vans were powered by a Two Stroke three cylinder
DKW derived engine which produced 45 bhp, very similar to
those engines found in Wartburg cars. Over 175,000 were built
during the thirty year production run.
Finally the most popular Eastern Bloc car sold in the West,
Skoda, were
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also
represented
with several
vehicles
making an
appearance,
including the
Estelle and
the Favorit,
along with a
small
selection of
MZ
motorbikes.
Wartburg engine
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AMOC Sprint Curborough, 21st September 2014.
By Simon and Janet Wright.
The Aston Martin Owners Club made their annual trip to
© Simon Wright Curborough for a
two lap sprint
round the
traditional long
course circuit. It
was a bright, dry
day but with a
slight breeze
which kept the
temperature
down. There was
a good entry of
Aston Martins
taking part in the
main sprint and
also a handicap
event at the end
of the main runs.
Also supporting
the meeting was
a round of the
Lotus Cup UK
which saw 14
Lotus cars taking
part, mainly Elise
models with an
Christopher Scott Mackirdy Aston Martin Le Mans won the
handicap and his class
Exige and
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Europa thrown in for good measure.
After morning practice runs which saw a few competitors make
some mistakes, the timed competition runs started after lunch
with the Vintage and Venerable (PVT) Aston Martins mildly
modified cars out first with Christopher Scott Mackirdy take the
first class win in his Aston Martin Le Mans with a time of 78.31
seconds, ahead of Keith Piper in his Aston Martin International.
Next class was for David Brown Aston Martins - DB1, DB2,
DB2/4 Mks I & II and DB Mk III standard cars. All four cars in the
class were DB2/4 models and it was Nigel Grice in a Mk II that
won the class with a time of 75.25 seconds.
Class 4 was for David Brown Aston Martins - DB4, DB5, DB6
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Peter Hall Porsche 914 lifted a wheel as he rounded the hairpin
and DBS (6 cylinder cars only) mildly modified. One DB5 took
on a pair of DB6, with Clive Hipwell in the DB5 proving
victorious with a time of 69.00 seconds. The Highly modified
class only had one entry, so Mike Wadsworth took an easy
class win in his DB4 in 65.98 seconds. The All V8 Engined
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Glyn Sketchley in the Megapin CFM9 set fastest time of day with a 55.37 seconds
Aston Martins and Lagonda as standard only had one car, A
DBS V8 shared by Ken and Paul Hipwell. After Ken had two fails
in practice, it gave Paul the advantage in the timed runs, and he
took the win with a 68.76 second run. Class 6A All Newport
Pagnall/Bloxham/Gaydon production cars from DB7 onwards standard cars covered most of the newer Aston Martins
competing. The field of mainly 3.2 litre DB7s was beaten by the
lone 6 litre Aston Martin Vanquish of Tom Whittaker who did a
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Tom Whittaker set the fastest terminal speed of the Aston Martins in his Vanquish at 100mph
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68.05
seconds, but
he was kept
on his toes by
David Reed in
a gold 3239cc
Aston Martin
DB7 who was
less than 1/2 Briony Serrell Aston Martin DB2/4 Mk II was 3rd in class and won the
a second
Ladies handicap
behind with a 68.52 seonds at the finish. Reed was spectacular
as he crossed the line on his second timed run with smoke
and fluid coming from the car. The marshals took to the track
and put down plaster powder as it looked as if the engine had
blown and deposited oil all over the circuit, but the driver
reckoned it was only water. Whatever it was, the next car out
was Simon Cox in his Austin Mini Ritz, and as he braked at the
end of the straight at the end of his first lap, he lost control and
spun the Mini, but managed to avoid hitting anything.
Class 7 had a lone entry for Keith Piper with an Aston Martin
International for the Vintage and Venerable Sports Cars class
which was the slowest car on the day but he did improve from
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his first
practice
runs to
record an
83.51
seconds.
We then
moved
away from
the Aston
Martin only
classes, as
the club
Simon Cox Austin Mini Ritz spun on dropped fluid
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911 with a 62.10 second time, a whole 1.8 seconds faster than
the 2nd placed Porsche 911 Carrera 3 of Ian Wadsworth with
another 2 911s in 3rd and 4th in class. The fastest Aston Martin
in the class was Tom Whittaker in an Aston Martin Vanquish with
a time of 68.04 seconds for 7th in class, but he did have the
satisfaction of recording the fastest speed over the finish line in
the class with 100 mph.
Now it was time for the Lotus Cup UK championship to take to
the track with the Production Class out first. Xavier Brooke was
fastest in his red and white Lotus Elise S1 with a time of 63.48
seconds over 2 seconds faster then the next car in class.
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James Hipwell Aston Martin DB5 locked up on his way to 3rd in class
had a full sprint entry for the meeting with a good variety of
other saloons and sports cars, plus a few fast single seaters for
good measure. Class 8 was for Sports cars, saloon and GT
cars up to 2000cc and saw Daniel Street take the class win in
his Citroen Saxo with a time of 69.19 seconds. There was a
much bigger entry in class 9, Sports cars, saloon and GT cars
over 2000cc which saw five modern Aston Matins take on the
might of Porsche and BMW for honours. Unfortunately for them
it was a walk over for Porsche, with new Curborough Sprint
Champion Michael Jackson dominating the class in his Porsche
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Andrew Pidgeon Lotus Elise S2 had a busy day
Andrew Pidgeon had a spectacular lock up at the hairpin in his
Lotus Elise 2 and managed to slide right off the track and
almost reach the bank on his second run. Although it looked like
he had hit the bank, when he reversed out and continued back
to the paddock, there was no sign of any damage to the front of
the car. He was having an exciting day as on an earlier run he
had locked his brakes as he completed the low sweeping first
corner and had to slide the wrong way on to the finish straight
before being able to continue. He probably deserved an award
for most spectacular trier of the day!
Anthony Ward took an easy class win in his BMW 2002 Tii
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Next it was the turn of the Supersport class and another Elise,
this time a lurid green S2, was the winner driven by David
Mann with a time of 62.54 seconds.
Class 11 was for BOC Paul Matty Sports Cars Classic
championship and was split in to three categories. Category 1 Saloon cars was a single car entry for Anthony Ward in a super
looking BMW 2002 Tii who set a time of 66.28 seconds.
Category 2 - Sports cars saw Garry Cox take the honours in a
Reliant Scimitar GTE in 67.48 seconds, slower than Wards
time in the Category 1 BMW. The third and final category was
for Sports Racing and Racing cars and saw Martin Jones in a
Lotus 51A FF with a time of 59.72 seconds, narrowly beat Nick
Stephens in a Lotus 51B by just 0.28 of a second.
Class 13 for Historic Road Sports and Racing cars saw a
couple of Aston Martins defeat a single Jaguar C Type. Mike
Wadsworth in a DB4 took the class win in 66.26 seconds.
Finally the fast boys came out at the end with the Single seater
racing cars up to 1600cc. This proved to be a close fought
battle for fastest time of the day (FTD) with Glyn Sketchley in
the Megapin CFM9 just taking victory with a 55.37 second
final run to beat Richard Arrowsmith in the Force PC by just
0.48 of a second.
Finally there was a handicap for the Aston Martin Owners, split
into two parts. Class 17 Part 1 for lady drivers was won by
Briony Serrell in an Aston Martin DB2/4 Mk 2 with a fastest lap
handicap time of 63.37 seconds. Part 2 for the gentlemen was
won by Christopher Scott Mackirdy in the Aston Martin Le
Mans with a handicap time of 57.10 seconds.
There were two overall Trophies awarded at the end of the
meeting. The Foden Trophy for the fastest time of day in
Classes 109, 13, 16 and 17 went to Michael Jackson in the
Porsche 911 with a time of 62.1 seconds. The Corgi Trophy for
the fastest time of day in an Aston Martin went to Mike
Wadsworth in an Aston Martin DB4 with a time of 65.98
seconds.
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Martin Jones Lotus 51A FF took a close class win
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Gary Thwaites Lotus Elise S1 locks up at the end of the main straight on lap 1
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Anne Reed Aston Martin DB7 finished 3rd in class
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British GT Finale Donington - Down to the wire and beyond, Trackspeed win, Attard takes title.
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14th September. By Mick Herring, with additional material by Simon & Janet Wright.
Marco Attard was finally crowned a deserved British GT champion despite spending a tense one and three quarter hours of the two
hour race in retirement. He also won the Blancpain Gentleman Driver Trophy for which he will receive an engraved Blancpain 8885
S watch. The Sunday morning warm-up highlighted a problem with Attard's BMW engine, requiring a pre-race change, it would be a
very smokey car that would take the start but transmission problems that saw the Ecurie Ecosse Z4 retire after just ten laps. He
came to Donington with a slender lead but his nearest rivals, the Beechdean duo of Andrew Howard/Jonny Adam and the Oman
Racing pair of Ahmad Al Harthy, similarly Aston Martin mounted, all saw their luck desert them. Outgoing champion, Andrew
Howard retired via the gravel trap after fourteen laps.
British GT Champion Marco Attard retired the Ecurie Ecosse BMW Z4 GT3 from the race after 10 laps, but still won the championship
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skill, this time partnering Liam Griffin in the second car. A late
slight rain shower enlivened the proceedings for a few
moments and affected the GT4 order but not their
championship.
The finale on Donington's GP circuit also marked the retirement
of United Autosport's Mark Patterson from racing.
The American, having been with UA since their beginning and
flying over from America for each race, so it was a fitting third
place and their only podium this year on which to retire and the
Blancpain Gentleman Driver of the Weekend award.
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Ecurie Ecosse engine change
Al Harthy, leading from their pole position start and following
Attard's retirement, looked to be odds on for race and
championship victory, saw partner Michael Caine resume the
lead but seemingly unable to offer any resistance to the late
advances of winner Phil Keen (Jon Minshaw's Trackspeed
Porsche), Gary Eastwood and Ollie Hancock (FF Corse Ferrari
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458) and the
United
Autosports Audi
R8 of Mark
Patterson and
Matt Bell. Thus
the Oman Astons
rounded off the
season in fourth
and fifth, with
Rory Butcher
Good luck charms bring GT4 win for Tom Oliphant and
again proving his
Rick Parfitt Jnr in the Ginetta G55 GT4
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Al Harthy in the Aston Martin Vantage GT3 heads Matt Bell in the Audi R8 LMS Ultra
GT4 has been equally hard fought throughout the season and it
was fitting that Tom Oliphant and outgoing champion, Rick
Parfitt Jr, after a disastrous season could finish with a class
race win also netting the musician with Mobil 1 Master of the
Weekend.
Covering their Ginetta G55 with every good luck charm they
could find must have helped together with the late off track
moment by the Devon Modell/Andrew Jarman Aston Martin.
They would recover to finish second in the race and
championship ahead of Adey Barwick/Bradley Ellis' Ginetta
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Paul McNeilly/Jamie Stanley cut the chicane in practice in the Ginetta G55 GT4
David and Godfrey Jones retired the McLaren MP4 12C on the first lap
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G55, third in race and championship. Bringing a strong points
lead to Donington and a fifth place finish today netted the GT4
title for the Beechdean AMR pairing of Ross Whylie and Jake
Giddings. The Parfitt/Oliphant points haul from Donington,
added to consistence of our welcome Scandinavian pairing,
Morten Dons/Aleksander Schjerpen ensured that Century
Motorsport secured the Team's championship for themselves
and Ginetta.
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Humaid Al Masaoud and Steve Kane in the M-Sport Bentley Continental GT3 finished 14th
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Griffin/Butcher Aston Martin Vantage powers past the Schjerpen/Dons Ginetta G55 GT4
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Gary Eastwood/Ollie Hancock finished 2nd in the FF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia
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James Fletcher and Stefan Hodgetts in the GPRM Toyota G86 had problems
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Race winners Jon Minshaw and Phil Keen lift a wheel in the Trackspeed Porsche 997 GT3R
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Phil Dryburgh/Alex MacDowall Aston Martin Vantage GT3 tried a different line at the chicane
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Steve Tandy and Mike Simpson retired the Team LNT Ginetta G55 GT3
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Derek Johnston and Joe Osborne 888 BMW Z4 GT3 finished 9th
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British GT/F3 Finals, Donington Park. 13th & 14th
September 2014. By Simon & Janet Wright.
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Matt Rao F3 Dallara F312 HWA Mercedes won 2 out of 3 but failed to win the championship
Start of the first F3 race with Rao stuck on the line as Cao leads in to Redgate
How the mighty have fallen. The British Formula 3
Championship used to be the gate way to a Grand Prix career.
In the early 1970s there were as many as three major
Formula 3 championships in one year, with Forward
Trust, Lombard and BP sponsoring these series and the
talented drivers from all over the World would come to
the UK to race against the best young drivers in the
World. Many World champions and successful Grand
Prix drivers in the past have gone straight from Formula
3 in to Grand Prix.
This years Cooper Tyres British Formula 3 International
series finished at Donington Park in the middle of
September with a grand total of five drivers taking part.
The field was at least International, with two British
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drivers, one American and two Chinese. Local Matt Rao took
pole position for Fortec Motorsport from Martin Cao in the sister
car. The start was nearly a disaster as only 4 cars left the line
initially and it looked like 20% of the field was going missing
from the start! Martin Cao made the best start and led in to
Redgate while Pole position man Matt Rao just sat on the line
as the rest of the field streamed through Redgate. He finally got
going and set off in pursuit of the rest of the field. By lap nine
he had reached 3rd place and on lap 13 he set the fastest lap
of the race, but he was still 1.911 seconds behind at the finish.
Cao had led from start to finish with British Max Marshall a
constant 2nd just 0.863
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of a second behind the
winner after 14 laps.
In the other two races
Rao was dominant
taking two easy
victories. Cao was 2nd
and American Camren
Kaminsky was 3rd in
the second race, while
Marshall was 2nd in
the final race and
Howard Fuller spins his Golf GTi at Redgate in the first VW race
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race was won by the Track-Club.com car of Kevin Norville and
Benjamin Clucas, while the second race was won by Chloe and
Jade Edwards in the Stratton Motorsport V8 Vantage.
The Ginetta Racing Drivers Club races for Ginetta G40 Club Cars
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James Greenway VW Scirocco finished 2nd in the first race
Kaminsky took another 3rd. Peter Li from China had an steady
meeting with 5th in the first race and then two 4th place
finishes. All this meant that Hong Wei ‘Martin’ Cao was
crowned British Formula 3 Champion 2014.
Supporting the British GT/F3 race series were races for the
Aston Martin GT4 Challenge, the Ginetta GT5 Challenge, the
Volkswagen Racing Cup and the Ginetta Racing Drivers Club
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series.
The Aston martin
GT4 Challenge
saw Kieran and
Liam Griffin claim
pole position in
their V8 Vantage
even after one of
their lap times had
been disallowed
for exceeding track
Tom Black leads Chris Kemp and Mike Brown in the AMR GT4
limits. It was a very
race1
small entry for this race with just 8 cars taking part. The first
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Will Moore Ginetta G40 had a spin in practice for the Ginetta GT5 Challenge race
saw Charles Ferguson on Pole position and he won both races
over the weekend.
The Volkswagen Racing Cup had two rounds over the weekend,
with the usual mix of Scirocco and Golfs in the race. It was Aaron
Mason who claimed pole position in his Scirocco and won the first
race. The second was won by Robert Barrable in a VW Golf GTi.
The final series support the GT/F3 package was the Protyre
Motorsport Ginetta GT5 Challenge with three races over the
weekend. Ollie Chadwick took Pole position in a Ginetta G40
Xentek but it was George Gamble who won the first two races in
a Ginetta
G40 TCR
and finished
2nd in the
third behind
Ollie
Chadwick
who won in a
Ginetta G40
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- xentek.
Alan Preston Ginetta G20 passes Osamu Kawashima Ginetta G40
in the Ginetta GT5 Challenge race.
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running gear. One of the
more popular marques to
copy appeared to be Ferrari,
with kits to reproduce
everything from a 250 GTO
right through the Dino to the
Ferrari 360 and F40, though
some of the manufacturers
don’t actually name the car
they are copying, and don’t
supply the Prancing Horse
badges that seem to appear
on a lot of these
reproduction sports cars.
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Kit Car Show Donington International Exhibition Centre.
13th-14th September 2014. By Simon Wright.
There are two types of kit car, the unique designs and the
replica cars. Unique designs does not refer to one off specials,
but to vehicles that are kits not based on an existing car design.
Vehicles like the Quantum and GTS Cox range, and the Mini
Midas. Replicas are the AC Cobra copies, Lancia Stratos look
alikes and the million and one slight variations on the Lotus 7.
However, this year there seem to be more and more replica kits
becoming available, many designed to fit on Mazda MX 5
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The Quantum Collection
250GTO Ferrari or Mazda MX5?
There was a special
display of one off
replicas in the Exhibition
Centre which included a
very good copy of the
Bentley Continental GT3
racer based on a Toyota
Supra and an Aston
Martin Vanquish based
on a Jaguar XK8. Italian
supercars were also represented with a unique one off replica
of the Lamborghini Murcielago which was built round a tubular
steel spaceframe, powered by a BMW 5 litre V12 engine and
fitted with bodywork from Triple G which was imported from
America.
The Exhibition Hall was full of Kit Car Manufacturers touting
their wares, with some stands displaying the conversion/
assembly process, while others had finished examples of how
the car would look when the kit was fully assembled. Even Dick
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Dastardly and Penelope Pitstop were
spotted, presumably looking for a new
Wacky racer!
Outside the Exhibition Hall was a
large area devoted to kit cars, where
clubs and individual owners had
brought their kit cars for everyone to
admire. There was a lot of variety and
history on display with cars like the
Quantum, that used to be
manufactured in Stourbridge in the
West Midlands. There were also
Ginetta and Marcos cars on display,
as they started as kit car
manufacturers before progressing to
building complete vehicles. Most of
the major kit car manufacturers were
represented including Tiger, Dutton,
Marlin, Midas, GTM, Vindicator, and Hawk as well as many
others.
Bentley Continental is a Toyota Supra underneath
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This Vantage is based on a Jaguar XK8
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Nova is based on the VW Beetle
Pulse GT1
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Hawk make the Stratos copy
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Mirage Mk 2
Piper GTR Le Mans
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Midas Excelsior and Midas Gold
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© Simon Wright
Dutton
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© Simon Wright
Road Runner Sprint R1
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