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Classic Sports Car Club – Special Saloons/Modsports – Brands Hatch
Over the years, starting back in the ‘70s, there have been many “almost anything goes” categories for saloon and sports cars – Super Saloons, Thunder Saloons and Modsports etc., groups that led to the creation of such cars as Gerry Marshall’s Chevy V-8 “Big Bertha” and Mick Hill’s VW Beetle…
Spa Circuit is 100
Major Exhibition at Autoworld Brussels Inaugurated on 12th August 1921, the first event at the Spa Francorchamps race circuit was somewhat of a disappointment, with only one car turning up. Only a few motorcycle races were held that year, and a year later, the first race for cars took place…
Uno Spettacolo Italiano
Brands Hatch was the location of Festival Italia on August 15, celebrating a wide spectrum of motorsport, people and virtually anything else Italian. Peter Collins Reports… Perhaps one of the most remarkable features was to be found in the static display of Abarths from Tony Castle-Miller’s emporium. On show in…
Skills Shortage an “Existential Threat”
According to FIVA (Fédération Internationale des Véhicules Anciens) some of the most iconic vehicles in history could be lost to the future unless new blood is introduced to the restoration industry. That is the main conclusion reached at a FIVA-supported international symposium in Bucharest that took place in July, entitled…
Automobile Week in St Moritz
Organisers of Bernina Gran Turismo have expanded their offering to encompass a week of automotive festivities for this year’s event, which will be the seventh edition. Celebrating the Internationale St. Moritzer Automobilwochen that took place in St Moritz in 1920 and ’30, an automotive film festival, a sprint race, and…
Auto e Moto d’Epoca
The huge organisational machine behind the giant Auto e Moto d’Epoca exhibition in Padua is working full steam ahead for the 2021 edition, having reported strong demand for its 115,000 square metres of exhibition space from international vendors. One of the new features of the 21-24 October show, will be…
Green Credentials at Paul Ricard
The Circuit Paul Ricard is continuing its commitment to sustainable development initiated more than ten years ago by adding a new action to its environmental approach: the switch of its entire diesel fleet to biodiesel. In 2019, Circuit Paul Ricard became the first circuit in France and the second Formula…
Mergers and Acquisitions Hagerty Acquires Amelia Island Classic
Concours d’Elegances seem to be proliferating in today’s world, with new ones popping up regularly, while the old established ones seem to be changing hands. After the acquisition earlier in the year of the Cavallino Classic by Canossa Events, Michigan-based Hagerty has announced it has acquired the Amelia Island Concours,…
Good golly Miss Molly is on the way up
Marcus Pye Writes….. The Historic Formula Ford 2000 championship had its first female race winner – on track at least – when Molly Dodd took the chequered flag in the second heat on Brands Hatch Indy Circuit on Friday, July 9. The 18-year-old was unsurprisingly deflated, however, when a 30…
American Speedfest
After an enforced absence in 2020 due to COVID, the popular American Speedfest returned to Brands Hatch, appropriately over the 4th of July weekend. This was the eighth running of the event which centres around the NASCAR sanctioned Whelan Euro Series (NWES). While most of the race programme is for…
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…
THE MITTY
The Mitty? Wait, is it a person or a thing or more? Peter Falkner explains In 1977 the Atlanta Jaguar Society and its members wanted to “exercise” their cars at a track and did so for a couple of low key days at Road Atlanta. The next year the Ferrari…
1971 – BSH
The BSH is a Berlinetta designed by François Benais and Max Saint Hilaire who combined their initials to name it. Offered for sale as a kit or built-up car in 1970, this sports car, on a tubular frame, weighed in at just 600kg, and with running gear from the Renault…
Bentley Drivers Club Silverstone Silver Jubilee Times Trophy
The 50th anniversary of the Times Trophy race will be the centrepiece at the Bentley Drivers Club’s 73rd annual race meeting at Silverstone, on Saturday 7 August. The Times Trophy encounter, a Bentley scratch race incorporating a contest for pre-war cars, is the meeting’s blue riband event and will undoubtedly…
Two Laps of Le Mans
Rally organisers Rallystory have announced a unique opportunity for participants to drive two laps of the full Le Mans circuit. A tour with no competitive element on August 15th, the official test day for the 24 hours, entrants are offered breakfast and lunch at the Panoramic restaurant in a VIP…
Time to Pony Up for Monterey
The distinct unsilenced rumble of brute American muscle cars will be celebrated at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion on August 12-15 as Ford Motor Company presents ‘Ford in Trans Am – a 55th Anniversary’. Created by the Sports Car Club of America in 1966, the Trans Am series initially spotlighted…
Automobilia Monterey Cancelled for 2021
The international vintage automotive collectibles show, held each August as part of ‘Automobile Week’ in Monterey, California has been cancelled for what would have been its 18th year this summer, due to continuing Covid-19 governmental regulations, particularly restricting large indoor events. What does this mean for the many other festivities…
‘The Captain’ Roger Penske to be Celebrated at Goodwood
Former American driver and current championship team owner Roger Penske will be a focal point as he attends the 2021 Goodwood Festival of Speed on 8-11 July. Penske’s attendance comes as the event celebrates “The Maestros – Motorsport’s Great All-Rounders”, a theme consistently exemplified by Penske and his race teams. …
The World has Gone Austin 7 Mad!
The UK Pre-war trials season was able to make a delayed start in April with a rescheduled Exmoor Trial and Herefordshire Trial organised by the Vintage Sports-Car Club. Some serious racers took the opportunity to get some action on the muddy hills, trading the driving seat of some fearsome historic…
MSV Acquires Donington Hall Estate
MotorSport Vision (MSV) has purchased the freehold of the Donington Hall Estate comprising Donington Hall itself, former office building Hastings House and the Lansdowne workshops building. The estate is set in 28 acres of grounds next to the MSV operated Donington Park race circuit in the East Midlands. A magnificent…