This is the nineteenth and last programme in a monthly series of videos we took during 2016 and 2017, from the VFS Motor Racing Videos National Motorsport Archives.

This programme features a video of a race taking place at the BRSCC (SW) organised race meeting of the HSCC Historic Roadsports and 70s’ Roadsports Championships at Castle Combe on Saturday 8th August 1998.

This is the eighteenth programme in a series of videos taken from the VFS Motor Racing Videos National Motorsport Archives…

This programme features a video taken of the 750 Motor Club Pre-war Austin Seven Challenge at Mallory Park on Sunday 16th October 1988.

This is the seventeenth programme in a new weekly series of videos taken from the VFS Motor Racing Videos National Motorsport Archives….

This programme features a video taken of the Lenham Storage Historic Formula Junior Championship 1991, at the Pembrey Racing Circuit in South Wales, on Sunday 22nd September.

This is the programme sixteen in a new weekly series of videos taken from the VFS Motor Racing Videos National Motorsport Archives.

This programme features videos taken at the British Automobile Racing Club race meeting at Mallory Park on Sunday 4th July 1993. It features the two Monoposto Club races for the Monoposto Racing Championship and the Ratrace Vegantune Monoposto Kent Championship.. The drivers and cars featured are in the Monoposto race Francis Phillips (Swift FB86) and Jim Blockley (Ralt RT3) and in the Mono-Kent Race Dave McVerry (Lola T644E) and Jim Timms (LolaT442E).

The Monoposto Racing Club was formed in 1958 the brainchild of Frank Tiedeman and is still running strongly today.

Frank Tiedeman was the founder and driving force of the Monoposto Racing Club and served it as Secretary, Chairman and President. In later years, on retirement from the board Frank held the title President Emeritus, in recognition of his enormous contribution and service to the Club. Frank passed away in July of 2013…

This is the fifteen programme in a new weekly series of videos taken from the VFS Motor Racing Videos National Motorsport Archives.

This programme features a video taken at the Vintage Sports Car Club Silverstone ‘Spring Start’ race meeting on Saturday 21st April 2001. It contains coverage of the epic battle for the lead of the Patrick Lindsay Memorial Trophy race for Pre-war Racing Cars. The drivers and cars featured are Mac Hulbert (ERA R4D), John Ure (ERA R9B) and Ludovic Lindsay (ERA R5B – Remus). The race was finally won by Mac Hulbert from Ludovic Lindsay with John Ure finishing third.

The race also featured Charles Dean (Bugatti Type 51), Duncan Ricketts (ERA GP1 E Type), Tony Stephens (ERA 12B), Bruce Spollon (ERA Delage) and Paul Jaye (Alta).

This is the fourteenth programme in our archive video series of videos taken from the VFS Motor Racing Videos National Motorsport Archives.

In 1995 the BRSCC brought out a new championship to accommodate all the redundant cars from one make car series which had been discontinued. These one make series included Honda CRX, Renault 5 Turbo, VW Polo GT40, Renault Clio, Rover 216GTi and Rover Tomcat. The championship was titled “The BRSCC Super Coupe Cup”.

The series was a great success with two races at most of the BRSCC race meetings, with full grids and spectacular racing!

By the mid 2000s the series had folded and other saloon car championships where formed which where amalgamated with sports cars etc…

This is the thirteenth programme in our archive video series and dates back to 1998 and features the Aston Martin Owners Club Inter-marque Challenge.

This particular race was a battle between the E Type Jaguar of Malcolm Hamilton and the larger than life British motorsport legend Jerry Marshall in his Aston Martin V8. Also entered in the race was Touring Car Champion Win Percy in a Jaguar XJ220.

Gerry Marshall’s professional driving career spans four decades, in 2000 chalking up his 600th win in a race at Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk in an Aston Martin DB4. His first Sprint victory was in 1963 driving a Mini, with his first race win following in 1964 (again in a Mini) and his last (and 625th) on 11 September 2004.

He is probably best remembered though for his flamboyant and crowd-pleasing style during the 1970s driving for Dealer Team Vauxhall in the racing Firenzas “Old Nail” and “Baby Bertha”, and also the V8 Holden-Repco Ventora, “Big Bertha”. He also won the 1971 Escort Mexico championship, beating future Formula 1 World Champion Jody Scheckter and finished 2nd in the 1974 Avon Tour of Britain driving for the same team as the equally respected rally driver Roger Clark.

Marshall’s style has been described as “sideways, on-the-edge cornering that was to distinguish his driving in any car, large or small, front or rear drive.” This outward appearance belied an extraordinary cool-headed ability and intelligence behind the wheel.

His first biography, published in 1978, is titled Only Here For The Beer and a tribute edition was re-issued shortly after his death and his new biography (published by Haynes and written by Jeremy Walton and Gregor Marshall) was released in April 2010…

The video features a round of the Cox & Buckles Triumph TR Racing Register Championship 1995. This particular race was won by John Churchill in his Triumph TR6 running in Class E for Modified 4 & 6 Cylinder cars, but the championship was won by Joe Henderson in his Triumph TR6 also running in Class E….

Other drivers who feature in the video are Dave Bailey, Andy Baker, Ludovic Bois, Steve Chapman, Edwin Driver and Alan Tomkins etc…. Graham Clark

This video features the largest ever grid of Big Austin Healeys, completing in the Austin Healey Club Race Series 1991. This was the final round of the championship at Castle Combe on Saturday 12th October. As well as the largest grid of Healeys, the race also featured every racing Healey 100 model in the United Kingdom (UK), and it was also the first time ever in Motor Racing History that five (5) Healey Silverstones had raced in the same event. The race was finally won by Denis Welch in his Modified Austin Healey 3000.

Other drivers who feature in the video are John Chatham, Dave Hardy, Steve Bicknell, Joe Chatham, Roly Nix and Neil Hardy…. Graham Clark

This video clip is of the first race in a 3 race pilot race series for Sports 2000 Racing Cars run by the newly formed SRCC. The idea of the SRCC was to revive the Sports 2000 series that first run in the late 1970’s its heyday was the early 1980’s when it supported the British Grand Prix and other major motor racing events.

This first race was well supported with some 23 cars taking part on the Lincolnshire circuit. The following year a full championship took place and the series which was first organised by Colin Feyerbend, Nick Bates and Brian Bergman-Field is still running today… Graham Clark

This video film is of the 5th round of The Historic Sports Car Club Classic Championship 1991 for Production Sports Cars at Mallory Park on Bank Holiday Monday 26th August. Iconic sports cars taking part in the event were the original Marcos GT driven by its constructor Jem Marsh, a Gullwig Marcos driven by Simon Edwards, Marcos Sports GTs for Roy Eaton and David Methley, a GSM Delta driven by Ian Russell, Big Healeys for Denis Welch and Dave Hardy and a brace of Lotus Elans for drivers such as Tony Thompson and Robin Longdon. The race was finally won by Tony Thompson in his Lotus Elan 26R…. Graham Clark

In the late 1980’s the Honda CRX Challenge was formed, organised by the British Racing & Sports Car Club with backing from Honda UK and British Credit Trust. The cars looked good and the 1600cc, 16 valve, fuel injected engine sounded great and with 0-62 in 7.5 secs and a top speed of 130mph had performance to match. In the early years the meetings usually had a qualification race and championship race so popular was the series, enjoyed by competitors and spectators alike. The races also had a Honda celebrity car driven by such drivers as Patrick Head and Tony Lanfranchi…… Graham Clark

With the escalating costs of Formula Ford 1600 a new formula was introduced in 1987 called Formula First it was the brainchild of John Webb who brought out Formula Ford 1600 back in 1967. The first race took place at Brands Hatch in April 1987 with some 30 cars taking part.

In this film the main contenders are Tim Spouge entered by Mark Burdett Motorsport and Owen Mildenhall & James Hills in Team Verdan cars…… Graham Clark

The race was an epic duel between Martin Stretton in Sean Danaher’s Talbot and Ivan Dutton in A. Smith’s Bugatti. With Ivan winning by a couple of tenths of a second. There were no fewer than six Bugattis’ in the race finishing third in his Bugatti was Pink Floyd Drummer Nick Mason…. Graham Clark