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HSCC Open House at the Silverstone Festival
The HSCC will be running three grids this year at the 25-27 August Silverstone Festival and they intend to offer an opportunity to race at this unmissable event to the widest possible selection of cars. The three grids will be for the Silverstone Formula Libre Trophy for any pre-1990 single…
F5000 Anniversary
A select group of Formula 5000 race cars will attend the WeatherTech International Challenge with Brian Redman event at the iconic Road America racetrack on July 12-16 to relive and celebrate the 55th anniversary of the birth of a phenomenal race series. The inaugural F5000 race at Road America…
French Championships – Round Two
United by unwavering loyalty, the Historic Tour and the Albi circuit already share a long history. On the last weekend of May, the French drivers returned to the ‘old School’, 3.5km track of le Sequestre for the sixth consecutive year for the Grand Prix Historique of Albi. Usually run at…
Corvette at Monterey
The Chevrolet Corvette has long inspired American youth to dream of speed, power and glamour across the nation and world. As the model reaches the milestone of its 70th year, the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion has announced it as the featured marque at this year’s event. Along with the many…
Biofuel for Your Racing Car
Further to our editorial comments in last month’s issue about e-Fuels, Coryton has announced that they have now put on sale a biofuel designed specifically for classic vehicles that promises a reduction of at least 65% in greenhouse gas emissions when compared to fossil fuels. It is available in three…
Bentley Victory Powered by Synthetic Fuel
On Monday 1 May, 21 Vintage Bentleys lined up at the Castle Combe Circuit for The Benjafields Bentley Challenge running over two 20-minute races. Both race victories were taken by William Medcalf, founder of specialists Vintage Bentley, in a 3 4 ½ Litre car. After setting the fastest time in…
Brooklands Relived & Brooklands Double Twelve
Brooklands’ rich motorsport history is celebrated each year on the weekend closest to the anniversary of the original opening of the racetrack on 17th June 1907. This year on 17-18 June the two-day event, which includes the famous Double 12 competition, will once again see pre- and post-war cars tackle…
Professional Drivers
As more and more professional drivers are becoming involved in historic motor sport, it becomes more and more of a talking point amongst normal amateur historic racers. Clearly it is something that irritates them when a pro is brought in simply to gain an advantage over the amateurs. Diogo Ferrão…
Spa Summer Classic
The traditional high summer Roadbook race meeting, the Spa Summer Classic, will welcome fans of cars from the past, and this year also more recent cars, on 7-8 July at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. The 15th edition of the event will once again be eclectic with a race programme featuring…
Race Line-up for the Gold Cup Confirmed
The outline details of this year’s Oulton Park Gold Cup, which takes place on 28-30 July, have been confirmed by organising club the HSCC, with four significant HSCC categories at the heart of the race programme. This year will see the Oulton Park debut of the spectacular Thundersports category for…
French Championships – Round One
The Dijon-Prenois track hosted the first round of the French Historic Circuit Championships (Historic Tour) under bright sunshine on the weekend of 5-7 May, with 19 races on the programme. By the end of a busy weekend, Frédéric Lajoux (March 793), Antoine Robert (Martini MK48) and Matthieu Midy (Van Diemen)…
Pau Classic Grand Prix
In an evocation of the “3 Heures internationales de Pau”, contested on the street circuit at the foot of the Pyrenees on Easter weekend in 1958, Diogo Ferrão has invited his Iberian Endurance drivers to enter four races over the weekend of 20-21 May, with the driver who completes the…
Monaco 2024
The ACM has announced the grids for the 2024 Grand Prix de Monaco Historique, which will take place on the weekend of 10-12 May. There are no Formula Junior or F3 cars on the timetable. Time to start preparing/buying your F1 cars! Race A1 – Louis Chiron – Pre-war Grand…
Tin Tops at Monterey
Last year, members of the American racing fraternity, and the public at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion discovered what fun touring cars can be after a raucous group of Tin Tops of the 1955-1969 era entertained crowds in a one-hour mini-endurance race. Such was their popularity organisers have made sure…
Three Decades of the Spa Six Hours
Revised Programme The 30th Spa Six hours will be marked by changes to the usual programme. The meeting will start on Wednesday, 26 September with the free practices, usually scheduled on Thursday, and qualifying will commence on Thursday with all the support races on the timetable for Friday and Saturday. …
Red Bull Ring Classic
Austria’s Red Bull Ring in Spielberg will be the host of a historic motor sport festival on 9-11 June. Feature races will be for Group C cars, organised by Gephardt Marketing, BOSS GP for recent Formula cars, and the FHR grids, such as the Youngtimer Cup, Gentle Drivers Trophy and …
The Alternative to ATA Carnets
You can download Peter’s complete document here. Historic Grand Prix Cars Association Chairman Peter Horsman has used his legal background to study the actual regulations for taking racing cars from the UK into the EU for racing. He has found a solution and created a document that explains how UK…
Good News From Goodyear and Dunlop
Having just missed last month’s issue, Dunlop’s HP Tyres made an important announcement from their sumptuous stand at Race Retro that has put a welcome end to all the suspense about the supply of authentic, period spec tyres from 2024 when Avons will no longer be produced. Not only did…
NASCAR marks its 75th Anniversary in 2023
While NASCAR ran its first race more than a year before, on February 15, 1948, on the beach road course in Daytona, the year 1949 is significant for the first race run under the NASCAR “Strictly Stock” banner. This was the predecessor to the NASCAR Cup Series. The inaugural track…
Sally Mason-Styrron
We are very sorry to learn of the recent passing of Sally Mason-Styrron at the age of 70, a real enthusiast who, along with husband Dudley, owned and exercised a truly splendid collection of sports and racing cars over a lifetime’s involvement in historic motor sport. Among the many cars…