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Targa Florio Classica Fantasy Island
As noted by Peter Collins in our anniversary issue, many attempts to revive the Targa Florio for historic racing have been short-lived. Today, however, its heritage is very much alive and kicking. Not only does the modern Targa Florio Rally, a round of the Italian Rally Championship, take in parts…
XXI Rally Costa Brava Històric
Catalans David Garrigolas and Jordi Boix (VW Golf GTI) won the October 24-27 XXI Rally Costa Brava Històric, a particularly challenging edition due to unpredictable weather and intense competition amongst the more than 100 teams. In fact, until the very last of the 26 regularity stages and nearly 1,000 kilometres,…
Prodrive Honoured at RAC Gathering of Rally Greats
An incredible line-up of motorsport heroes gathered in London as the Royal Automobile Club presented Prodrive with its Diamond Jubilee Trophy on 31 October, reflecting the great esteem in which the British company is held, as everyone reminisced about 40 years of Prodrive success in rallying, sports-car racing, touring cars…
Carrera Panamericana
The 37th revival of the famous Carrera Panamericana took place on 11-17 October, following a 3,352-kilometre route that included 540kms of timed stages, from Oaxaca, the cultural heart of Mexico, to San Luis Potosi via Veracruz, Mexico City, Querétaro, Michoacán, Guanajuato, Aguascalientes. After the shakedown stage, where first-day running…
Land’s End to John O’Groats Returns in 2025
In late 2023 competitors in the gruelling Le Jog event covered1500 miles (2400kms) from the southernmost tip of the UK to its most northern in 75 hours in some of the most difficult weather conditions ever experienced on the event. The 44-car field was decimated, with just 27 making it…
Tour Auto 2025
The 34th edition of the Tour Auto will run next year on 7-12 April, and though the route has not yet been announced, entries opened on 30 September. As each year, there is a featured car that takes pride of place and receives special priority for entries. For 2025…
RallyLegend
Each year, the tiny Republic of San Marino becomes the focus of rally drivers and their fans from around the world in a three- day extravaganza known as RallyLegend. Rally cars of all shapes, sizes and ages are put through their paces for the huge crowds that gather to see…
Andy Gilmore Appointed CoC for Safari Classic
The East African Classic Safari Rally management has been re-enforcing its team and has recently announced that Andy Gilmore will be joining as Clerk of the Course for the 2025 event. “He brings with him a wealth of knowledge and experience that will make the 2025 event one of the…
Scotsman Lite
For 15 years, the Flying Scotsman rally has been a staple of the pre-war motoring experience. The next adventure will depart into the North Yorkshire Moors and scenic Yorkshire Dales as the route passes through the Pennines into Northumberland and onto an overnight halt in Newcastle; then heading through some…
Sahara Challenge
Starting in Malaga, Spain on Monday 23 September and finishing in Estepona, Spain, on Saturday 5 October after 4500 difficult kilometres, the HERO/ERA 2024 Sahara Challenge reached its end with Badawi Trail Champions, Jorge Perez Companc and Jose Volta scoring victory in their 1938 Chevrolet Coupe. The Argentine crew finished…
Winter Romania
Entries are now open for the ninth running of the Winter Romania Historic Rally, which runs through the Carpathians in Transylvania, one of the coldest regions of the country. Paul Lacombe and his team are working hard to concoct a new program for three days of racing in three loops…
(Another) New Class for Peking Paris
After the announcement last month of a new class for 4 x4 vehicles in next year’s Peking to Paris Motor Challenge, organisers HERO have extended the eligibility further to include a new, special Invitation Class category for pre-1985 two-wheel drive rally cars. The new category will be limited to five…
East African Safari Rally 2025
The Everest of competitive historic rallying, the East Africa Safari Classic is scheduled to run again for nine days in December 2025. The event has its roots in the original East African Safari Rally, which was first held in 1953 to celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. In 2003,…
CARRERA BAVARIA
Excellent E-type The fifth in Rally the Globe’s Carrera series produced both familiar and first time winners. Simon and Juanita Brien took top honours in a fiercely contested Classic category in their lovely 1963 Jaguar E-type, while the Pre-War category was dominated by Martin and Olivia Hunt in their 1937…
Rally of The Tests
Known to be one of the toughest events out there, the 22nd running of the RAC rally of the tests will take place this year on 7-10 November starting from Darlington and spending two nights in the Scottish Lowlands before the finish in Cumbria, on the edge of the Pennines….
Gravel Romania Cancelled
Sadly, the Gravel Romania Historic rally, which was to take place on 17-21 June in the beautiful Carpathian region, has been cancelled due to lack of entries. As of mid-May, only 14 entries had been received, and organiser Paul Lacombe and his team deemed it was better to cancel the…
New Lease of Life for Rallye Neige et Glace
Zoulou Racing Heritage, new organiser of the Rallye Neige et Glace and the Trophée des Alpes, will be entrusting JBR Events with the sporting management of both rallies. From next year, the 70th Rallye Neige et Glace and the 7th Trophée des Alpes, relaunched in September 2025 with a new…
2024 Silver Fern
Entries are now open for the 2024 Silver Fern Rally New Zealand. A seven-day epic, starting in Christchurch and finishing on the shores of Lake Wakatipu in a picture postcard summary of New Zealand’s topography and heritage, past International Silver Fern Rally winners include Andrew Cowan, Hannu Mikkola, Jimmy McRae,…
2024 Tour Auto
From the very first Tour Auto revival in 1992, a feature of the event was an exhibition of the cars in central Paris before the ‘official’ start, the first year in the Trocadero overlooking the Tour Eifel. This has become more of a feature than ever, moving indoors to the…
14th Maroc Historic Rally
Memorable Victory for Auriol, ‘Le Lutin De Millau’ For its 14th edition since its revival in 2010 by Corsican driver Yves Loubet and the motorsports club ‘Le Grand Maghreb’, it must be noted that there was no 13th edition as well as no 13th special stage. The number 13 was banned…