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Zandvoort !! Peter Hiley was the man of the moment at Zandvoort in Holland taking wins in all three races. Hugh Maund took two wins on the road in his invitation class Triumph TR7. In the third race though he experienced mechanical problems and Peter Hiley fought his way through passing initial leader John Moon (Frogeye) who was also experiencing gearbox problems to record a perfect weekend. David Gibson (Cox GTM) came ruuner-up in first two races and third behind Moon in final race. |
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VFS Motor Racing Videos has finally discarded their 3-chip Sony analogue cameras for Sony 3-chip DVCAM cameras !! VFS filmed the first round of the FISC Euro Tour at Zandvoort on new DVCAM Camcorders. HSCC racer Peter Shaw will be busy at the HSCC's opener at Donington Park in April, when he will be entering both the Historic Road Sports in his Lotus Elan and the 70's Road Sports in a TVR Tuscan V6. 2005 Historic Racing Saloon car champion Dan Cox will be returning to the championship in 2007 in the ex-Nick Stagg Lotus Cortina. Dan has been busy through the winter preparing the car, ready for another assault on the championship Veteran racing driver Roy McCarthy is to return to the Heritage series in 2007 in his MGB GTV8 along with his two sons Russell and Spencer. This will be Roy's 37th season of racing most of which have been in MGs. Last season Roy finished all 27 races he took part in, the cars V8 engine has had a winter rebuild and is now ready for the 2007 season. The HSCC is planning to repeat its race for 2-Litre sports racing cars at this years Oulton Park Gold Cup meeting in August. The race should draw entries from Chevron, Lola and other 2-Litre marques. | ||||
The FISC EuroTour 2007 calendar has just been released. The ten race series for A-series engined saloon and sports cars will take in rounds at Monza, the Nordschleife circuit, Dijon and Zandvoort. The FISA Euro Tour Official Website |
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VFS Videos has been transfering more early Betamax masters from club racing between 1988 and 1990 onto DVD. These new masters include BMW Car Club Challenge, P&O Ferries Junior FF1600, Wendy Wools Special Saloons, Delta Freight Mono Kent, Marlow Civil Engineering Kit Car Challenge, 1275GT Centre / Howley Racing Sports / Saloons and Saloon Car Racing Club Production Saloons. These films are being included into their catalogue as each master transfer is complete. These new masters appear in the catalogue with a blue NEW !! beside them. | ||||
in 2007 !! The new Tin Tops series for Appendix K Pre'1966 saloons will have four races in the UK in 2007. The races all run to a one hour format with optional second drivers will run at Silverstone March 31; Oulton Park May 19; Knockhill Classic July 21/22 and Snetterton October 6/7. |
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BMW 1800's in 2007 !! BMW racer Richard Shaw plans to enter up to six BMW 1800's in historic touring car events in 2007. As well as the car he has shared with Jackie Oliver in recent years, Richard has included five more cars including the 1800 raced by Dieter Quester in the early 1990s. |
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One of the most famous Lotus sportcar models of the late 60's is set to make a return to the tracks this season after a break of three decades. The car is the one raced by John Miles and Jackie Oliver to a class victory in the 1967 Brands Hatch BOAC 500. The car is set to race in the Heritage GT events by Pat Thomas and Mike Youles. The car was named the 'Snorkel' because of its roof mounted air intakes and has been restored by Lotus guru Pat Thomas at his Kelvedon Motors workshops. Some 200 vintage racing cars will complete a lap of the famous Brooklands racing circuit on the 16/17 June 2007 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of its opening. Organisers are hoping the event will become an annual fixture something similar to the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The famous track, Britian's first racing circuit closed in 1939 and parts of the track, which opened in 1907, have been demolished. The organisers however are in talks with the local council and hope to link the remaining parts of the banked oval by closing public roads and building a temporary bridge. The Classic Sports Car Club has three meetings abroad in 2007, the Nurburgring, Nordschleife circuit, Spa and Daytona, as well as the UK major tracks feature in the clubs 2007 programme. After visting Snetterton, Brands Hatch, Cadwell Park, Oulton Park and Silverstone, the series then visits the Nurburgring for a 100km race on September 22/23, followed by Spa in Belguim on October 21/22 and finishing in Daytona, America between November 3 - 13. Two of the biggest meetings of 2007, the WTCC and A1 GP meetings at Brands Hatch will be supported by the Heritage Historic GT Challenge. This is part of a high profile calendar for the Historic GTs which also support BTCC and F3/GT dates. | ||||
The F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series resumes on the weekend of January 27/28 with a round at the Pukeoha circuit in New Zealand. Favourite will be Ian Clements who won two of the three races at the first round at Sandown Park in Australia in November. |
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VFS Videos has been transfering more early Betamax masters from club racing between 1988 and 1990 onto DVD. These new masters include BRSCC Super Road Saloons, Honda CRX's, MGOC Open Championship, Modified Saloons, Renault 5TS, RAC National FF1600, Star of Tomorrow FF1600 and Star of Mallory FF1600. These films are being included into their catalogue as each master transfer is complete. These new masters appear in the catalogue with a blue NEW !! beside them. The ex-Bobby Rahal Royale RP19 Formula Super Vee which is currently being rebuilt by Andy Storer will be racing in the Derek Bell Trophy series by Simon Livesey in 2007. The chassis built by Rory Byrne is one of only ten examples produced in 1975 and is believed to have been used for hillclimbing. | ||||
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Former F1 Grand Prix driver Clay Regazzoni died last Friday 15th December 2006, when his Chrysler Voyager collided with a truck on the A1 motorway near Parma in northern Italy. He was 67. Born in Lugano in Switzerland he strarted his racing career in a Austin Healey Sprite, progressing through Formula 3 and European F2. In 1969 Ferrari invited him to join their F2 team having spent 1968 in the Tecno F2 works team. But the partnership didn't gel and he returned to the works Tecno team. In 1970 he won secound round of the F2 cahampionship in Hockenheim. He continued to impress in F2 and Ferrari approached him again this time to race F1 while still racing his works Tecno in F2. By this time he was thirty and made his F1 debut at Zandvoort in a career that netted him five wins. The first of those wins was at Monza in front of the tifosi, he had made his name. He raced both F1 and Sports Cars for Ferrari but lost his seat with Ferrari at the end of 1972. He was again back with them partnering Nicki Lauda in 1974. He finished second in the championship that year behind Emerson Fittipaldi. He spent another year with Ferrari partnering Lauda before being dropped again. He then spent a year with Ensign and Shadow before he signed a one year deal with Williams. He got them their breakthrough win at Silverstone, he may have not had many wins but they always had that sense of accasion. He returned to Ensign in 1980, however a brake failure in Long Beach USA pitching him into a concrete wall which resulted in him causing spinal damage which confined him to a wheelchair. Clay Regazzoni was a popular personality of F1 and the motor racing seen that will be sadly missed. |
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ADR sports car racer Bruce Fullerton has bought the ex Gus Hutchinson Lola T300 F5000 car to contest next seasons Derek Bell Trophy. He had his first test in the car at Donington Park on Thursday 14th December. |
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Simon Hadfield is planning to race a Huron HA4 sports-racing car in selected events next season. The car originally raced in Group 6 events by Roger Enever, Shaun Jackson and Syd Fox. The car last raced in the 2003 Birkett 6 Hour relay in the hands of Simon and David Clark. The car was given a shakedown test at Donington Park on Thursday 14th December by Simon after a total rebuild !! |
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Crystal Palace is set to have the sound of racing engines returning in 2008. The venue is said to be the oldest in the world, the track first opening in 1899. The circuit last had a sprint meeting in 2000 and the Sevenoaks & District Motor Club hopes to revive the south London circuit by running a sprint meeting in May 2008. Watch this space !! |
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The Masters Racing Series is set to expand to a ten race series next season with its acquisition of Top Hat Racing. This will make the Masters Series the biggest series in European historic racing. |
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Silverstone Cadwell Park Oulton Park Mallory Park Donington Park |
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The extensive rebuild of unique Martin BM16 Formula 2 car carried out by Mike Scott is nearing completion. Mike plans to race the car in the Derek Bell Trophy after winter testing. Mike has had the help of Mike Barnby of Barnby Engineering for which his expertise has been of great help. |
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The Trojan T103 will be racing again in Europe next season after making its Grand Prix debut in the 1974 Belguim Grand Prix at Nivelles 33 years ago. The Ron Tauranac-designed car was raced to tenth place by Tim Schenken. The car is now owned by Belguim historic racer Paul Grant who plans to race it Grand Prix Masters events in 2007. |
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Matthew Watts gave his new Brabham BT29 a shakedown test at Donington Park last week. The car has had a two year rebuild at his Retro Track and Air premises. The car which was originally built for Formula in the States was raced by Steve Matchet before returning to the UK with Mike Stow. Having been found in Belguim it hasn't raced since the 1970's. Matthew hopes to race the car in the HSCC Classic Racing Car Series replacing his championship winning Ex John Watson Brabham BT16. |
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Donington Park Cadwell Park Silverstone Snetterton Brands Hatch Superprix Silverstone Classic |
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Castle Combe Oulton Park Gold Cup Brands Hatch Spa Classic Silverstone (Finals) |
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'Italian Job' stuntman Val Musetti's F3 Royale RP11 which he raced from new in 1971 is being offered for sale. The car was the No 2 chassis and sister car to the works car raced by Grand Prix driver Tom Pryce in late 1971 & 1972. The car was then converted to Atlantic spec. and disappeared somewhere in Europe finally being found in Germany. It was then rebuilt in F3 trim and sold to Michael Lathrop in the States. The car is now offered for sale by the original owner of Royale Alan Cornock on behalf of Lathron. What looks to be the most inportant race meeting for 500cc F3 competitors in 2007 is the Pau GP Historique meeting in May. The 500cc competitors will be given two practice sessions and a 20 minute race on this famous street circuit. There is expected to be drivers and machinery from France, Belguim and Sweden as well as the UK. Formula Ford took a step closer to bio-ethanol racing with a test by championship regular Jay Bridger of a car using a bio-ethanol engine. Jay was impressed by the power delivered by the engine at last weeks Silverstone test. The revolutionary engine is ready for next season but due to the financial implications of changing the powerplants could delay a complete switch over to racing green ! However Ford Team RS's Mike Norton is confident that the series will be running on the alternative fuel engines next year. |
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