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More F5000 cars will be gathered together for the summer double header at Brands Hatch and Silverstone in July than since the haydays of the formula in the late sixes and early 70's. Nine drivers from New Zealand have been confirmed will be making the trip over for the summers double header !! The Silverstone Classic on 30th/31st July are targeting an entry of some 500 cars for their 17 race weekend. Up to 100 F1 cars are expected spanning six decades of Grand Prix racing !! The Classic Sports Cars Club takes charge of its first race meeting at Oulton Park on Saturday 14th May !! The Club was founded in late 2001 by a group of enthusiasts and has gone from strength to strength over the past years, gaining MSA recognition in May 2002 and running its first race meeting at Snetterton in August 2003. A Formula Junior Elva only race takes place at Mallory Park (BARC) on Sunday 22nd May to celebrate 50 years of the Elva marque !!. After morning practice the race will be over 14 laps of the Leicestershire track. An amazing entry of 17 Formula Junior cars has been gathered for the 50th anniversary celebrations at Mallory Park. Yes seventeen Elvas will do battle with one Scorpion, the latter all the way from South Africa, but a most fascinating feature of the race is the recreation of the very FIRST Formula junior race ever held in England - at Brands Hatch in August 1959 - in which Ian Rabys Moorland took on the two Elva 100s of Peter Pilsworth and Scott Bloor - and won !! On Sunday that same Moorland will be a guest entry in the hands of Bill Grimshaw - and all the Elvas will be out there seeking revenge !! Watch out for 2004 Historic Race Driver of the Year, Martin Walford making a guest appearance in Stuart Rolts Elva 200, and give a great welcome to Alan Patterson, all the way from USA, with the Elva 100 that he has owned SINCE NEW !! An Elva only Sports Car race takes place at Mallory Park (BARC) on Sunday 22nd May to celebrate 50 years of the Elva marque !!. After morning practice the race will be over 14 laps of the Leicestershire track. There is a star studded entry in the sports car race, headed by Simon Hadfield, but a late entry by Matthew Watts in David Browns Elva Mk 7 will give real spice to the race lead battle, and watch out for some surprising antics from Ding Boston driving an Elva Courier. Special guests including Mallory Park circuit owner and long time sports and FJ Elva racer Chris Meek, and Roger Dunbar, who has kept the Elva name flying over the last three decades, will be presenting the prizes to the two winners, and to all participants. Nick Marsh who's TR2 took part in only its second ever race when it took part in Saturdays Le Mans Legend event, hopes to enter the rare TR2 at Goodwood Festival of Speed ! Nick doesn't want another 50 years to lapse until the TR has its next race. The Aston Martin Owners Club St John Horsfall Trohy race is taking part at Donington this weekend the Saturday/Sunday 25/26 June. The event usually takes place at Silverstone, but with no AMOC meeting at Silverstone this year the drivers have a different venue for the event !! The GOODWOOD Festival of Speed takes place on the weekend of 24/26 June. During the event there will be a tribute to Gerry Marshall who died in April. Gerry's famous Vauvhall Firenza Supersaloon 'Baby Bertha' will be piloted up the hill by touring car team mate of Gerry - Peter Brock !! Current Formula One drivers Fernando Alonso, Jenson Button, Takuma Sato, Williams duo Mark Webber and Nick Heidfield will all be present along with British GP winner John Watson in what promises to be the best event yet !! The Classic Sports Car Club will be running a seven race programme at its first meeting at Cadwell Park on Sunday 10 July. Main event is a 40 minute Swinging Sixes race for classic sports cars !! A recreation of the 1958 Formula One Grand Prix and the very first Formula Junior event to be run outside Italy, takes place this weekend 8/9/10 July at the Oporto track Portugal !! Historic racer Barry Cannell took his 1934 Alfa Romeo 6C to Shelsley Walsh for the first time on Sunday 3 July. This is only the second time Barry has ever completed in a speed event with this car. A total of some 26 - F5000 cars are entered in the Derek Bell Trophy race at the Silverstone Historic Classic on Sat/Sun 30/31 July. Along with nine cars over from New Zealand are 17 European based cars. Altogether a total of ten different marques are represented. Ex Formula 1 star Mike Wilds will be making his rallying debut in the Manx Historic Rally at the end of July. This is Mike's first attempt at Rallying after 40 years of circuit racing. Mike will take part in the closed road event in a VK backed Porsche 911 of national rallying regular Steve Perez. Co-driver to Mike will be Peter Martin who has previous experience of the Manx event. The winner of the VSCC See Red Maserati race will be presented with a 1/16th - scale model of a Maserati 250F. The model has been commissioned by race sponsor Hall & Hall racing. The Aintree Circuit Club want to get the former British Grand Prix track listed by English Heritage to save the track from developers building a grandstand for the horse racing course being built across part of the circuit. The building of this grandstand would wreck any chances of any motor racing ever taking place at the north west venue ever again. The Aintree Circuit Club arranged for a team of English Heritage inspectors to undertake an inspection last week and will get the results of the inspection early next month. HSCC Historic FF1600 championship runner Nigel Bancroft is set to make his Formula Junior debut at the Silverstone Historic Classic meeting at the end of July. He will be racing a borrowed Lotus 20. Kevin McGarrity & Martin Barrane will contest the Classic Endurance Race at Silverstone this weekend in a Lola T212 !! They will be taking on Porsche 917s and Paul Knapfield's Ferrari 712. The Classic Saloon/Historic Touring Car Series is calling on all drivers to back its championships. In recent times support for the category has dwindled !! Adrian Rush the boss of Legends Racing took a Ferrari Daytona Coupe to a class win at Castle Combe in the 1970's Road Saloons race on Saturday !! Neil Fowler had his first defeat of the Historic FF season when Nelson Rowe took the Legends Racing Historic Formula Ford Championship round at Castle Combe. This followed up Nelson's win over Neil in the non-championship race at the Silverstone Classic weekend meeting a week earlier !! The 40th anniversary of Sir Jackie Stewart's first F1 Grand Prix victory will be commemorated at this year's Goodwood Revival Meeting on September 16-18. Their will be a parade of all the cars Jackie drove during his career including the BRM P261 in which he took to victory, in the 1965 Italian Grand Prix, his first GP win !! | ||
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Entries NOW OPEN !! Having spoken to James Beckett at the Donington 'See Red' weekend, he informed me that entries for the BRDC Walter Hayes Trophy 2005 had officially opened on Thursday 1st September. Already confirmed is the winner for past two seasons Joey Foster and an entry for Neil Cunningham has also been received !! Its looks like it is going to be the best trophy yet !! So don't be disappointed CLICK HERE to get your ENTRY FORM !! |  |
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