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FIA European Historic Rally Championship – 56th Mecsek Rally
Thomas Erdi Jr storms to victory on home event Playing their home ground advantage to the full and the sort of pace that has seen them challenge on every appearance this year, local hero Tibor Erdi Jnr and his Croatian co-driver Istvan Kerek won the Mecsek Rally outright in their…
30th Classic Marathon
After an epic five-day, 2000km drive on a mixed route of tarmac and gravel, from Slovenia to Croatia and Austria, and back to Bled in Slovenia, Mark and Sue Godfrey piloted their MGB to their third Classic Marathon victory on 18-23 June at the front of a field of 46…
La Centenaire du Mans Historique
Unless you have been living on Mars for the past year, you’ll know that this year is the one hundredth since the first Le Mans 24-hour event took place. Peter Auto decided this was going to be the big one, so, instead skipping an uneven year, the event took place…
Spa 3 Hours
Running without fanfare but with impressive consistency in the top six throughout the three hours, the Lotus Elan, driven by John Tordoff (father of former BTCC driver, Sam Tordoff) and Andrew Jordan, the 2013 BTCC champion, made its presence known in the final ten laps of the feature race at…
Karlskoga Velodromloppet Historic GP and Swedish Sports Car Meeting
The Swedish racing schedule featured two major RHK championship meetings in July before the long August break. The Historic Grand Prix at Gelleråsen Arena in Karlskoga attracted some 200 racers in first, tropical heat, and then typical Swedish midsummer rain, on 16-18 June, exactly 30 years after the first Velodrom…
HSCC Donington – Richards tops Formula Junior tree
Single seaters took centre stage for the HSCC’s fourth rendezvous of the season at Donington Park on 24-25 June, where sensational Historic Formula Junior and Formula Ford races of different flavours on a scorching weekend will long be talked about. Another topic of conversation among marshals, competitors and spectators was…
Historic Grand Prix Zandvoort
Beach Racers A very popular event with teams and competitors, the Historic Grand Prix at Zandvoort gained yet more strength in its 2023 edition on 16-18 June as it was blessed by three days of hot summer weather, a capacity crowd of well over 25,000, and heaps of frantic racing…
From our July 2023 Issue Letter From the FIA
Dear Carol, I read Andy Prill’s letter in the May issue of Historic Motor Racing News and wish to comment. This is an answer from the FIA Head of Administration and Sporting Coordinator for circuit matters. Knowing where the FIA is headed will come down the line, but at the…
GRAND PRIX de L’AGE D’OR
There were bright summer conditions in Burgundy as the Grand Prix de l’Age d’Or, held at the old-school circuit of Dijon-Prenois, kicked off on the weekend of 3-4 June. France’s oldest historic race meeting attracted some 320 cars and over 16,000 spectators. For the drivers the 3.8km track presents a…
GTSCC at MGLive Silverstone
Dodds and Pearsons in thunderous GTSCC opener The MG Car Club brought a wide variety of racing – from the Pre-War Triple M Midgets to the spectacular Porsche 911 RSRs of Equipe 70s – to the Silverstone Historic Grand Prix circuit on June 11-12 for the MGLive event, with MG…
HSCC Silverstone International Trophy
Smith Marches to F2 double in Cheever’s 782 Marcus Pye reports on the HSCC Silverstone showpiece from the Woodcote commentary box, now consigned to history…. Formula 2 cars of the 1970s headlined the HSCC’s annual Silverstone International Trophy homage on May 27-28, on the 3.63-mile Historic Grand Prix circuit with…
RHK Premiere at Kinnekulle Ring
The Swedish National Historic Championship season kicked off at a sunny and dry Kinnekulle Ring on 27-28 May. Located in a fairly remote part of southern Sweden, the short, swooping 2km circuit is formed round a natural bowl that places a premium on handling and traction, rather than engine power. …
Aléria Historic Rally Capanaccia And Deveza – Double the Stakes
Frédéric Lombard Reports Dominique Savignoni, Sabrina De Castelli and ASA Restonica have seen their efforts rewarded this year, with their gravel rally in the Aléria region of Corsica becoming part of the French Gravel Rally Championship. With two rallies in the same week of 29 Mai, 3 June, the crews…
Rally de Asturias Histórico – FIA Historic Rally Championship – Round Three
The lush green landscape of Asturias in northern Spain was the setting for the third round of the FIA European and Spanish Historic Rally Championships. The 41 crews, (24 of them entered in the FIA Championship) faced 130kms of tarmac special stages over two days in the Rally de Asturias…
RALLYE DU CHABLAIS – FIA Historic Rally Championship – Round Four – Local Teams Make Good
The 19th Rallye du Chablais, Round 4 of this year’s FIA European Historic Rally Championship on 1-3 June, was memorable for many reasons, reaching its conclusion after a final day of drama and incident. Day 1 overnight leaders Lucky and Fabrizia Pons had swept into the lead in their Lancia…
Plains Rally
In the third round of the British Historic Rally Championship, Richard Tuthill snatched the Plains Rally win on the very last stage of the event on 20 May. The Porsche 911 driver, co-driven by Dale Furniss, had been locked in an intense battle for the lead with Marty McCormack and…
22nd Rallye des Princesses
The elegant Place Vendôme was the starting point on June 3 for the 22nd edition of the Rallye des Princesses Richard Mille on a beautiful day under the Parisian sun with a large crowd of onlookers to wave away the all-female crews. At 8:30am sharp, the first of 164 drivers…
Pau Classic Grand Prix
This event has undergone several permutations since Eric Helaine revived the old street circuit at the foot of the Pyrenees as a historic event. Like Monaco, the circuit has been in more-or-less continuous use since before the war, and like Monaco, Eric persuaded the city fathers to host a historic…
Masters Historic Festival – Whitsunny Days
Once again assuming its traditional late-May spot on the historic calendar, the Masters Historic Festival at Brands Hatch found itself blessed with bright sun throughout both days, which seems to be another tradition for this race weekend. For many drivers the fair weather provoked a spontaneous variation on Roy Salvadori’s…
Historic Support Races at Long Beach
First run in 1975 as a Formula 5000 race, then as the U.S. Grand Prix West with Formula One from 1976 to 1983, and CART from 1984 to 2008, and IndyCar starting in 2009, the now titled Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach is the second oldest race on the…