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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…
NASCAR 75th at Road Atlanta
The 45th Historic Sportscar Racing Mitty at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta went into the record books as one of the biggest-ever editions of HSR’s oldest and first blockbuster race meetings after an exciting and competitive weekend of racing on 27-30 April. Founded in 1948, NASCAR marks its 75th Anniversary in…
Spa Classic 2023
Spa-Francorchamps circuit was the setting for the second event on the 2023 Peter Auto calendar, the epic Spa-Classic. Once again it turned out that this great event attracted big crowds – more than 22,000 visitors admired the over 800 historic cars in the paddock in addition to a wide range…
Bosch Hockenheim Historic Das Jim Clark Revival
Over 35,000 enthusiastic German spectators flocked to the Hockenheimring for their annual springfest known as the Bosch Hockenheim Historic. More famous for its subtitle of ‘Jim Clark Revival’, the event managed to attract the proper seventies and eighties Formula One cars for the first time, with Masters Historic Racing bringing…
Donington Historic Festival – Evening primrose smells sweetest
Marcus Pye reports on the 12th Donington Historic Festival, topped by an RAC Pall Mall Cup enduro dominated by Lotus Elans.. Resurfaced at a cost of £2.5m over the winter, Motor Sport Vision’s 1.979-mile Donington Park switchback circuit looked pristine for the 12th Historic Festival on the last weekend of…
Scottish Malts Rally
The HERO-ERA Scottish Malts rally returned on 24-28 April with its usual theme of visits to whiskey distilleries and golf courses along the route, plus a new start and finish at the glitzy Gleneagles resort. This time only pre-1975 cars were eligible for an overall victory, whilst the entry fee…
Maroc Historic Rally Two Wins For Deveza
Revived as a historic event in 2010 by the Corsican driver Yves Loubet and “Le Grand Maghreb” motor sports club, the 12th edition of this rally, once a round of the World Rally Championship, in 1973 when Alpine was crowned World Champion of manufacturers, then in 1975 and 1976 with…
FIA European Rally Championship Round Two
The 57th Šumava Klatovy Rallye, a round of the Czech Republic Rally Championship was also the 31st running of the Historic Vltava Rallye counting towards the FIA European and Czech Historic Rally Championships. With nearly an equal number of competitors in each group, (69 historic cars and 78 modern), the…