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Grand Prix de l’Age d’Or
Peter Auto has been hard hit during the pandemic. Their following is very international, and they have always produced meetings that include other activities surrounding the on-track action, such as Club displays, vendors’ areas, auctions, parades and VIP activities. Events like Le Mans Classic just couldn’t happen under the kind…
Goodwood Revival Race Programme Announced
The race line-up for the Goodwood Revival meeting, which takes place this year on 18-19 September, has been officially announced. Old favourites are back on the programme, some renamed, so the Kinrara Trophy for Pre-‘63 GT cars now becomes the Stirling Moss Memorial Trophy and the Goodwood Trophy, for pre…
Can-Am Group C and Sportscars
After a rather stuttering start due to postponements and cancellations, it has been confirmed that the new Group C Classics series announced by Peter Schleifer earlier in the year, will run along with his Can-Am cars and the Sportscars of FHR, at both the 16-18 July Zandvoort Historic GP and…
F2 and F3 at Zandvoort GP Cancelled
In our June issue we previewed the Zandvoort Grand Prix meeting (and misreported the date, for which apologies – it is to take place on 16-18 July) with much enthusiasm, looking forward to at last seeing an international historic grid on the new circuit layout. However, in a repeat of…
NKHTGT Season Opener
The 2021 NKHTGT season finally kicked off at the Benelux Open Races meeting at Zandvoort on 4-5 June with a big grid shared with the Triumph Competition series. Niek van Gils was the fastest qualifier in his TVR Griffith, posting a 2:02 lap time, with Roelant de Waard (Shelby Mustang…
Alfa Revival Cup Round 1
The Alfa Revival Cup drivers reconvened under sunlit skies for their tenth season on 29-30 May at the Autodromo Nazionale of Monza. Many regulars were, of course, present, but there were also many newcomers, such as Gianmarco Rossi and Vittorio Mandelli in a 1958 Giulietta Ti; the very young Giulio…
Milestone for John Delane
Historic Formula One and Formula Junior competitor, John Delane, who you may have seen feature recently in our Heroes of Historic Motor Sport section, recently celebrated a milestone in his 34-year historic racing career, when he raced on his 100th different track. Delane has competed in over 412 events in…
Motor Sport Legend Joins Rally the Globe
Rally the Globe has enlisted motor sport legend Ari Vatanen as its first Club President. Now aged 69, the illustrious Finn was rally World Champion in 1981 and amongst other rallying successes won the Paris Dakar Rally no fewer than four times. He was a part of the mythic Group…
Terre di Canossa 2021
The Beauty of Historic Italy Gianmario Fontanella and Anna Maria Covelli won the 11th Terre di Canossa, which took place on 20-23 May, in a 1927 Lancia Lambda Spider. After two and a half days of tough tests alternating with picturesque stops at sites of historical interest, passing through historic…
Summer Trial
The first major classic road rally of the year was the HERO Summer Trial which ran over three days, from 4 to 6 June, from a base in Telford. Nearly 60 crews took part in pre-1986 cars and the winners were BMW crew Angus McQueen and Mike Cochrane who have…
Iberian Endurance – Jarama
Under brilliant southern sunshine the Iberian Endurance racers went to Spain and the Jarama circuit to support the meeting for the Super 7 Series and Super Cars, for the second round of their championships, on 5-6 June. Porsche vs Merlyn, Rezende and Barbot take the fight to Jarama Photos Courtesy…