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Old and New – Bentley and Biofuel
A 1200-litre fuel bowser within the Bentley production site at Crewe in Cheshire may appear unremarkable – but its contents have enabled vehicles from the Bentley Heritage Collection and press fleet to reduce their CO2 impact by an estimated 85%, compared with ordinary petrol. Bentley ran its six strong fleet…
Shelsley Walsh Classic Nostalgia
With a class for everything from Edwardians to Youngtimers, single seaters to big banger sportscars, a huge crowd turned out on 22-23 July to the Worcestershire Shelsley Walsh hillclimb, the oldest motor sport venue in continuous use in the world, for the annual Classic Nostalgia meeting. Saturday rain gave way…
Second Veteran Summer Run
Pre-1905 pioneering cars revved up for November’s London to Brighton Veteran Car Run with an enhanced day trip through rural Surrey and Sussex. The second-running of the Royal Automobile Club’s Summer Run on 20 July was hailed as an even greater success than last July’s very well-received inaugural event. The…
Gordon Bennett!
In 1903, the prestigious Gordon Bennett Race was held in the Kildare and Athy area of Ireland. Ireland was chosen for the race because racing was illegal on British public roads. A Napier car, now in the UK’s National Motor Museum, was built especially for the Race by D…
Motoring Book of the Year and Historic Motoring Awards
The Royal Automobile Club is looking for nominations for its fifth annual Historic Awards. These awards give both those professionally involved in the industry and classic motoring enthusiasts the opportunity to nominate the truly exceptional people, companies, events, and achievements they feel deserve recognition. Eligibility is based on achievements made…
Club Cars at Le Mans
Success at Le Mans Classic was not just confined to the racetrack. In the Village, there were 150 exhibitors and 9,200 club cars from all over Europe. The camping area was animated as well, with set-ups that remained in period down to the last detail. After this celebration of the…
Motoring Literary and Art Festival
Preparations for the inaugural Motoring and Literary Art Festival organised by Porter Press International is set to take place in The Wing at Silverstone Circuit on the opening weekend of December. In grand literary festival tradition the two-day event is built around a programme of panel discussions and talks spread…
Retromobile 2024
Always as stylish as the event itself, the new Retromobile poster has been released. It features the MG EX 181, a land speed record car that was equipped with a 1500cc MGA Twin Cam turbocharged engine developing 290 bhp at 7300rpm. The car set a new world speed record on…
Croix-En-Ternois 50th Anniversary!
Inaugurated in 1973, the Croix-en-Ternois circuit is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year with a one-off motors race festival on 8-10 September. The Motors Festival des 50 ans de Croix will showcase Formula Ford, with F Fords of all ages taking part in seven races. Other races will be for…
Charade – the Full Monte
On May 21 an exceptional event took place when one of the most beautiful circuits in the world was resurrected for a day. On that date, the old 8-kilometre Charade track, inaugurated in 1958, that runs through the volcanic hills near Clermont, played host to a score of drivers, riders,…
Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este
A 1935 Duesenberg SJ originally owned by the Maharaja of Indore, with bodywork by Gurney Nutting, won the Best of Show award at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2023. Now organised by BMW in collaboration with the famous Hotel Villa d’Este in Cernobbio on Lake Como, this year on 19-…
Gulf GP Shipping Offer
The Gulf Historic Dubai GP Revival is ramping up its appeal to car owners to come and enjoy a sun-filled weekend of motorsport in the dark, off-season days of December and has most recently announced a partnership with CARS for a heavily discounted turnkey operation that will deliver your car…
F5000’s 55th
Before New Zealand’s F5000 drivers start to think about their 2023/24 Tasman Cup Revival Series, five members of the New Zealand Formula 5000 Association will travel to the US in August this year to help their fellow category drivers from the US and around the world celebrate the 55th anniversary…
Calling all Cisitalias
All Cisitalia owners are invited to register for this year’s Motorsport Rendezvous, held on 14-15 September during the St. Moritz Automobile Week, to celebrate this wonderful marque. For two days you can enjoy the scenery and classy atmosphere of St. Moritz while joining the festivities of what organisers have dubbed…
The Return of the Corkscrew Hillclimb
It was perhaps the spectacle of the year at the Monterey Motorsports Reunion last year when, for the first time instead of the race meeting continuing on Sunday, the organisers staged the Corkscrew Hillclimb & Community Day at Laguna Seca, allowing cars of all types to rocket up the course…
European E-fuel Policy Could Save Historic Vehicles
FIVA (the Fédération Internationale des Véhicules Anciens) is welcoming news that the use of carbon-neutral e-fuels is now officially recognised in Europe as an important factor in tackling climate change. In recent years, FIVA member organisations have been actively studying the use of e-fuels and the results to date suggest…
Lotus Celebrations at the Revival
Goodwood has announced that this year’s Goodwood Revival will celebrate Lotus’ 75th anniversary, welcoming a fleet of up to 75 cars from Lotus’ 75 years of history and heritage. The milestone will be marked with special on-track activities paying homage to “The Chapman years” (1948-1982) with a number of notable…
Bentley Continuation Goes to Le Mans
The first car in Bentley’s controversial Blower Continuation series, known in-house as Car Zero, will be seen out racing in 2023. Following a piece-by-piece disassembly of the 1930, #2 Team Car, part of the Bentley Heritage Collection, a precise laser scanning of the frame and its components led to the…
Swedish C-Type Replica – The Story Continues
You may have read in these pages in our June and July 2021 issues (or in Paul Griffin’s excellent book ‘The Fast and the Spurious’), the story of the decision by a Swedish court to back Jaguar Land Rover’s copyright claim against a replica C-type builder in Sweden. Karl…
Historic Motor Racing News and the Planet
Here at Historic Motor Racing News we do our best to contribute to the world’s efforts to cut emissions and the waste of resources. With our digital edition we offer subscribers an option that does not involve the use paper or transport. However, we understand that many readers enjoy the…