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Algarve Classic Festival
The Algarve Classic Festival, season-closer for Masters, the HGPCA, the GTSCC and the FJHRA presented its competitors with a wild variety of weather conditions – from hot and sunny to ‘mildly moist’. Most of the precipitation was released over the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve on the Sunday, strangling much of…
Daytona Classic 24 – Europeans Top the Tables
Dominating victories, the usual dose of late-race drama and a rare double winning duo were among the highlights of a competitive ninth running of the Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) Classic Daytona 24 Hour race on 1-5 November at Daytona International Raceway. After testing on Wednesday and a full schedule of…
Les 2 Tours d’Horloge – Victory for Team Rosbif Hyett
The weekend of 4-5 November saw the 17th running of the 2 Tours d’Horloge on the Paul Ricard circuit, the only historic competition in the world that runs over a period of 24 hours without interruption. The enthusiasm for such a race was confirmed by the ever-increasing number of crews…
Jerez Historic Festival
After a year off Circuito de Jerez-Ángel Nieto hosted the fourth edition of the Jerez Historic Festival on 21-22 October, organised by Scuderia Targa Iberia. Variable weather conditions prevailed, with drivers that arrived on Thursday encountering a howling gale and flooding on the circuit, with trees down on the motorway…
Iberian Endurance at Estoril
The 50-minute Iberian Historic Endurance race closed the Estoril Classics meeting after a riveting qualifying that saw the Merlyn Mk4 of Carlos Barbot and Pedro Matos line up alongside the Porsche 911 3.0 RS driven by Bruno Santos. The second row was occupied by the two Ford GT40s, helmed by…
Formula One at the Estoril Classics
Always a highlight for the large crowds, a race for F1 cars of the pre-1986 era has long been a feature of the Estoril Classics meeting. Soheil Ayari lived up to his status as a serious professional driver at the wheel of the ex-Jarier/Boesel Ligier JS21 as he cantered away,…
Estoril Classics
The sixth edition of Estoril Classics, and the fifth supported by Peter Auto, was run under benign summer sunshine as befits southern Portugal and the Cascais region, in front of a capacity crowd of 30,000 enthusiastic spectators. After free practice and qualifying sessions on Friday and Saturday morning for the…
Spa Six Hours
With several empty spots in the paddocks, the 2023 Spa Six Hours at times felt subdued, especially for a 30-year-anniversary edition – but the event came alive through the fantastic racing and the friendly atmosphere. Beforehand, opinions were divided about the new timetable, with the Six Hour race itself now…
HSCC Silverstone Finals
Harrison wins on Historic FF2000 debut Photo finishes coloured the HSCC Finals weekend at a cold and sunny Silverstone. Marcus Pye was trackside.. Running experimental Hoosier tyres – as opposed to the discontinued Avons – on 1979 Formula Ford 2000 Euroseries champion Adrian Reynard’s spare Canadian Club Reynard SF79, Samuel…
Porsche Rennsport Reunion 7
It was back in 2001 that Brian Redman organised the first Porsche Rennsport Reunion in Lime Rock, Connecticut. However, the origin of the largest one-make car gathering must be found in California at the home of the legendary corkscrew: Laguna Seca Raceway. The idea of the Rennsport Reunion came from…
Castle Combe record-breaker a Classic!
Bathed in sunshine, Castle Combe’s 12th Autumn Classic on 23 September was the best yet. A paddock jam packed with superb competition cars from 1951 to 1977 was a promising start, but a new Ferrari double-header, spirited racing across the card, a 75 years of Lotus celebration, an 18-piece big…
Dijon Motors Cup
A cocktail of historic and modern racing, this year’s Dijon Motors Cup, run in sunny October weather, was classed as a success by organiser Laurent Vallery-Masson. Amongst the seven invited foreign grids HSCC F2 was the top series, with SuperSixties and YTCC visiting from the Netherlands, while the Protos pre-90…
National Swedish Historic Racing Championship Finale Falkenberg Classic
For almost 20 years, Racerhistoriska Cupen (RHK National Historic Championship) and Sportvagnsmästerskapet (Sportscar Championship) have run a joint final race meeting at Falkenberg, and this year’s edition gathered over 200 starters in lovely late summer weather for some great racing. Bengt-Åce Gustavsson sent us this report… As usual Formula Vee…
SuperSpa
The second edition of Super Spa, (motto ‘not all heroes wear capes’) on 6-7 October was the third event organised this year by Roadbook at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit. Drivers were to get plenty of track time with Friday given over to testing, and on Saturday free practice sessions and qualifying…
International St. Moritz Automobile Week
The initiative, that started when a group of local friends decided to revive an event that took place in 1929 and 1930 in Switzerland’s Engadin Valley, initially with a hillclimb on the Bernina Pass, has grown into an international celebration of the motor car comprising a week of rallies, tours,…
Monterey Car Week
Every year since 1950 a world-famous automobile gathering has taken place in the spectacular setting of the Monterey Peninsula. The Pebble Beach Road Races, originally run through Del Monte Forest and subsequently transferred to the permanent circuit of Laguna Seca, and its accompanying Pebble Beach Concours, have been a mainstay…
Tabac Classic GP Assen
The TT Circuit in Assen hosted the second edition of the TABAC Classic GP at the beginning of September over three sunny days with almost tropical temperatures. Two renowned stars from the world championship for 500cc motorcycles and full starting fields of historic racing cars guaranteed a successful event. Both…
Anderstorp Race Festival It’s Raining Again…
This year’s fourth round of the Swedish Historic Championships was run at a wet Anderstorp, but unlike last year, most of the rain fell during free practice and qualifiers, while most races were run on a dry, or drying track. It was 50 years since the first World Championship race…
Nürburgring 1000km The Long and Winding Road
Nürburgring and Nordschleife. There is no other combination of words in motorsport that evokes the same level of excitement and awe. In order to maximize that excitement, the promotors of the Youngtimer Trophy, arguably the continent’s most successful historic touring car series, decided to add a 1000km race around the…
GOODWOOD REVIVAL Glorious Goodwood at 75
Goodwood’s 75th anniversary and the 25th Revival Meeting since 1998 – pandemic-torn 2020’s was cancelled – cued massive celebrations on September 8-10, with Spitfires reminding onlookers of the fabled motor circuit’s wartime past. The 11th Duke of Richmond & Gordon, whose boyhood dream to reopen the track with the social…