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Previews of upcoming events, Race & Rally Reports, News, Reviews, Letters and Regulation Information from Historic Motor Racing News.
HSCC and the Autosport Three-Hour
The Historic Sports Car Club will re-introduce an endurance race into its 2023 schedule with a three-hour pre ‘66 GT race on the Snetterton 200 circuit on Sunday April 23. Recreating the former Autosport Three Hour race, organisers are hoping to attract competitors that normally compete in the HSCC’s Guards…
FJ Goes Back to the Baltic
After a successful run last year, which was enjoyed by many members of the Formula Junior ‘family’, the Formula Junior Historic Racing Association has announced a three-round 30th Anniversary Tour to the Baltics to take place starting on 9-11 June in Riga, Latvia, going on to Parnu in Estonia on…
Historic Endurance Championship for France
At their autumn meeting the FFSA has given the go-ahead for a new Historic French Championship category. For two seasons now French Championship promoters HVM have run endurance races at the Historic Tour race meetings, inviting all GT, prototype and touring car participants in the other French championships to enjoy…
Testing in Andalucia
VdeV Racing is also joining in two open pitlane test days for historic cars only. Organised by HYRacing on 10-11 February on the 5.02km Andalucia circuit in Spain near Tabernas, 40km from Almeria between spectacular mountains and olive groves, it is the place in Europe with the highest rate of…
Spa Open Pitlane
Each year Vincent Collard from Roadbook runs an early season track day for anyone who wants to run or test their cars on the great Spa Francorchamps circuit. It is for all closed-wheel cars, modern and historic, road and race. No vans. Motorhomes, SUVs or vehicles with fewer than…
The I.C.E.
The lake at St. Moritz is freezing over slowly this year and the mountains are not yet totally enrobed in snow. However, at this altitude (1,800 metres), by 24-25 February, they no doubt will be and the organisers of the International Concours d’Elegance (The I.C.E) will be assembling some 50…
Race Retro
The world is indeed returning to normal and as we go to press Autosport International is underway and we have both Race Retro and Retromobile to look forward to, as well as the relative newcomer, the London Classic Car Show, which takes place at the end of February. Amongst…
The FIA Historic Motor Sport Commission 2022-2023
Under new rules, the FIA Historic Motor Sport Commission is appointed for two years (it was previously one year), so this year’s Commission remains the same as last year with only one exception. Roger Wills becomes the delegate from the UK in place of David Clark. President John Naylor (IRL) …
Retromobile is Back!
With new director Romain Grabowski, whose motorsport credentials include following his father on the Paris-Dakar and the French Super Touring Car Championship in the 1980s, and then being in the driver’s seat in cars competing in the Tour Auto (2020), Dakar Classic (2022) and Le Mans Classic (2022), while doing a 12-year stint at Motul as Group Communications Manager and Brand Manager during which time he concluded partnership agreements with the 24 Hours of Le Mans, IMSA, the Dakar, Le Mans Classic, Goodwood Revival, la Carrera Panamericana, and MotoGP, Retromobile will enter a new phase of its long and illustrious life.
NKHTGT Night of Champions
A well-attended and relaxed evening on December 10 at the Healey Museum in Vreeland saw the 2022 NKHTGT champions crowned, with drivers coming from Sweden, the UK and Germany to receive awards in this International series for pre-1966 GT and touring cars. Overall Championship 2022: 1st Roelant de Waard…
FIA Historic Prizegiving Bologna
After nine events, taking competitors to Spain, Finland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Austria and Switzerland, winners of the FIA European Historic Rally Championship were fêted at a prizegiving dinner in Bologna on December 10, when the FIA honoured both their historic champions and their off-road winners. The World Council meeting…
Anglo American Acquires Classic Fuel Solutions Brand
Our friend Anders Hildebrand and his team at Anglo American Oil Company announced in November that they have their acquired the Classic Fuel Solutions brand. A start-up five years ago, Classic Fuel Solutions has become a leader in the classic motorcycle racing market, having developed a fuel that could eliminate the problems due to ethanol and a lack of lead in modern petrol.
GT & Sports Car Cup – And the 2022 Winners Are….
GT2 Class Winners – Richard & Alice Locke – MG B 2nd GT2 Class – Brian & Barbara Lambert – MG B 3rd GT2 Class – Mark Hope & James Bilsland & Jason Minshaw – MG B GT3 Class Winners – Mark Pangborn & Harvey Woods – Austin Healey 3000…
F1 Demos for Peter Auto
The years 1987 to 1994, the time of the Prost-Senna duels and the emergence of Michael Schumacher, who won his first World Championship title in 1994, are seen by many as the Golden Age of Formula One. Boosted by the rise in power of micro-computing, it was also the time of the last great technological innovations such as the steering wheel gear selector, active suspension, ABS and traction control, which were fitted to chassis powered by V8, V10, V12 or even W12 engines.
RAC Historic Motoring Awards
The Royal Automobile Club paid tribute to the best of the United Kingdom’s historic motoring and motorsport world on November 24 at a swanky celebration at its Pall Mall clubhouse to announce the winners of the Club’s 2022 Historic Awards. And, with the wealth of skills, creativity and sheer enthusiasm to be found in the UK, there was plenty to celebrate, especially the many initiatives to involve the next generation in the classic car movement.
Silverstone Festival Rebranded
It started out as the Christie’s Historic Festival way back in 1990 before it became the Coys Historic Festival and then the Silverstone Classic. Last year it reverted to the BRDC as promoters, and became the Classic Silverstone and this year, after a date change to the end- of-August bank holiday in 2022, it is to be rebranded again. This time it is simply the Silverstone Festival.
High Alpine Adventure
This summer’s coupe des Alpes, which will take place on 15-17 June running along a route from Evian, Megève, Alpe D’Huez to Cannes and will feature some of the greatest passes from the period event. Made possible by setting the date slightly later than usual, three of these are more…
71st Rally Motul Costa Brava
The official poster of the 71st Rally Motul Costa Brava, which takes place on 16-19 March in Girona and opens the historic rally season for the European, Spanish and Catalan championships, commemorates the victory of Miki Biasion and Tiziano Siviero in the 1983 edition of the event. Faithful to the…
Tour Auto 32nd Edition
Since the opening of the entries in last November, more than 200 entry requests for the 2023 Tour Auto have been received by the Peter Auto team. The first list of entrants was revealed in December and contains the names of many regular historic racers, such as Michael Birch/Gareth Burnett (Ford GT40), as well as names like Thierry Boutsen and Henri Pescarolo, both driving Shelby Cobras.
HERO Champions
After a tough new route for Le Jog, the final event in the 2022 HERO-ERA championships, Stephen Owens finally won the HERO Cup for drivers, a championship in which he has been runner-up on five previous occasions!
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