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Taupo Historic Grand Prix
New Zealand Clean Sweep and Lap Record for Michael Lyons Visiting UK driver Michael Lyons (Lola T400) roared to an SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series clean sweep at the annual Taupo Historic GP on the weekend of 18-19 January, the series’ second meeting of the 2019-2020…
19th Passion For Speed – Zwartkops & Killarney, South Africa
South Africa’s historic racing scene is vibrant, colourful, relaxed and proudly independent of institutional red tape. The focus and cars are, in the main, very different from those in other theatres of warfare. They, not to mention the promise of winter sunshine, attract British, European and American competitors year after…
Boucles à Bastogne
Victory for Kris Meeke Paul Lawrence Reports On his first competitive rally since his World Rally Championship career came to an end, Irishman Kris Meeke joined the illustrious list of winners of the Legend Boucles à Bastogne. Equipped with a full-spec Ford Escort Mk2 from the stable of Belgian competitor…
Rally Neige et Glace Historique
Jurriaan Tas Reports Formerly a famous speed event, the ‘Neige et Glace’ fell foul of the 1974 oil crisis and was revived as a historic regularity rally in 2000, run by Dakar winner Patrick Zaniroli. He moved the event from Grenoble to the Jura, dubbed by locals as ‘Little Siberia’,…
Winter Marathon
Andrea Belome and Massimo Be nsoli took a slender 8-point win Andrea Belometti and Massimo Bettinsoli won the Winter Marathon 2020 driving a 1937 Fiat 508 C. The crew from team Brescia Corse remained amongst the top positions over the many Dolomite passes on 23-24 January, beating the young crew…
23rd Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique
Peter Collins Reports on one of the most popular events in endurance rallying, with over 300 entries. Consistency was the key to success for Henrik Bjerregaard and Jaromir Svec Photo http://promopub.org The first cars to set off on the annual pilgrimage to Monte-Carlo were those from Athens at 12:40 on…
Roger Albert Clark Rally 2020
Paul Lawrence Reports on one of the toughest rallies in historic motorsport McCormack the third Marty McCormack and Barney Mitchell won the 2019 Roger Albert Clark Rally in late November after a fabulous battle with Jason Pritchard and Phil Clarke on the 13th edition of this unique event. Marty McCormack…
East African Safari Classic 2020
Rosenberger Rules under the African Sky Paul Lawrence Reports Austrian driver Kris Rosenberger and co-driver Nicola Bleicher headed the Safari Classic Rally at the finish in Mombasa on Friday 6 December after nine tough days through Kenya and Tanzania. Rosenberger, who last rallied in Kenya back in 1989, took his…
Le Jog 2020
The Silver Jubilee edition of Le Jog, the Land’s End to John O’Groats Classic Reliability Trial, was the UK’s final major classic rally of 2019, as 83 cars tackled the challenging and relentless 800-mile trek up the length of Great Britain. The Porsche 356 of German crew Thomas Lundt and…
Coppa Delle Alpi 2020
Peter Collins went along to test the first winter rally from the organisers of the Mille Miglia Perhaps perceiving a gap in the litany of quality historic car events in Italy, MM Srl, the organisers of the Mille Miglia since 2013, decided to turn their hand to running a winter…
F5000
NZ Tasman Revival Cup – Round 1 Local fans of New Zealand’s SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series had two of their own to cheer on at the opening round of the 2019/20 series at Feilding’s Circuit Chris Amon Manfeild. One – Tim Rush – is a…
Classic 24 Hours of Daytona
The 2019 Classic 24 Hours at Daytona presented by IMSA was held on 13-17 November on the 3.56-mile road course at the famous Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Peter Falkner Reports from the North American ‘Temple of Speed’ Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) conceived the idea back in 2014…
Historic Tour du Val de Vienne
The final round of the French Historic Championships took place at the 3.7km circuit at Le Vigeant in western France. There were still five candidates for the two French titles, so the weekend of 26-27 October was to be decisive. In the ‘Monoplaces/Protos’ contest, Arnaud Dousse (Van Diemen in Formula…
Estoril Classics
The revived Estoril event, first started by Francisco Santos of GP do Porto fame, and now run by Diogo Ferrao’s Race Ready organisation, proved itself again a great success as part of what the local Municipality is billing “Estoril Classics Week”. Classics Week kicked off with the Rally Portugal Historica,…
Dix Mille Tours Circuit Paul Ricard
Marco Zanello Reports Not everyone remembers it, but it is at the Paul Ricard Circuit that several years ago the format that the French organiser has so successfully brought to the some of the world’s most important circuits was first tested. This year was the 10th running of the Dix…
Algarve Classic Festival
The Algarve Classic Festival is a most agreeable finale to the European historic racing season. Rain or shine, sometimes both, southern Portugal is warm in late autumn and the sensational Autodromo Internacional, opened in 2008, is a favourite among drivers and teams. This year’s event – promoted by Diogo Ferrao’s…
Mecsek Rallye Hungary
2019 FIA Historic Rally Championship Ultimate Round Lucky and Pons top FIA standings as 2019 Champions are Decided Paul Lawrence Reports Italian veteran ‘Lucky’ and his hugely experienced co-driver Fabrizia Pons were top scorers on the 53rd Mecsek Rallye in Hungary to finish the season as Category 4 champions in…
Monza Historic
Act Six Monza Historic, sixth and penultimate act of the 2019 Peter Auto opera, performed on some of the most famous European stages, brought many expectations for the weekend of 20-22 September. The Autodromo Nazionale di Monza is one of the stages on which every motorsport actor likes to shine,…
Circuit des Remparts
The Circuit des Remparts Angoulême celebrated its 80th anniversary on 13-15 September, attracting nearly 1000 classic and historic cars into the city. The only street circuit in France to have remained unchanged for eighty years, the anniversary celebrations included a series of exhibitions, a special grid showing the cars of…
HSCC Brands Hatch
Jackson and Langridge Clinch Championship Titles Cameron Jackson and Adrian Langridge were crowned champions at Brands Hatch on 21 September, as the Historic Sports Car Club’s one-day race meeting on the Brands Hatch Indy circuit delivered some first class racing in warm sunshine. Though Jackson was twice headed by…