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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…
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…
FHR Spring Classic Hockenheim
Lights Go Green for German FHR Season FHR held their first event of the season on 7-8 May at Hockenheim, bringing grids that included the Can-Am & Sportscars and the recently-announced Group C Classics, as well as the Gentle Drivers Trophy, GT Classics and Tourenwagen Classics. For this first outing,…
Historic Grand Prix Zandvoort
With travel restrictions lifted within Continental Europe, and hopefully for the UK as well, this major international event is scheduled to go ahead on 16-18 July with a slightly pared down programme of races from previous years. Most of the racing content will be supplied by the Masters, who…
NKHTGT 25th Anniversary Year
Although their race scheduled for the cancelled Hockenheimring meeting in April turned out to be a false start, NKHTGT organisers are confident that they will be able to begin their 25th anniversary season at Zandvoort on 4-5 June with a pair of old fashioned 1-hour races. After that they intend…
Non-championship Historic F2 races at Paul Ricard
The Historic Sports Car Club cancelled the round of its F2 Championship at the Historic Grand Prix de France at Paul Ricard, scheduled for 10-13 June, when it became likely that anyone travelling back from France to the UK would still be subject to quarantine, if not to outright ban,…
Spa 3 Hours
The jewel in the crown of this cosmopolitan meeting is, of course, the Spa 3 Hours, for cars up to 1976. This is a collaboration between event organisers Roadbook, and Diogo Ferrão’s Iberian Endurance, and has become a not-to-be missed mid-summer enduro for all those cars and drivers who are…
Spa Summer Classic
Competitors at the Spa Summer Classic will be amongst the first to experience the re-vamped paddock arrangements at the Francorchamps circuit, which celebrates its centenary this year. Sadly, their fans will not be there, as the event is to be held behind closed doors. A truly pan-European mix of grids…
Thruxton Historic – Fast and Furious
With UK racers confined to home circuits for the time being, the Thruxton Historic race meeting, put on by Motor Racing Legends, will give them an opportunity to drive on the country’s fastest circuit on the weekend of 12-13 June, and they have responded by filling the grids. Nestled in…
Relaunch of the International St. Moritz Automobile Week
Organisers of the Bernina Gran Turismo hillclimb, first run in 2015, have long held the ambition to revive the International Automobile Week, which last took place in 1929 and 1930 in glamourous St Moritz. The event back then comprised of a concours d’élégance, a race over a flying kilometre, a…
Spa Francorchamps Centenary
In August 1921 the first race was held on the Spa Francorchamps circuit. The circuit is intending to celebrate this centenary over the year starting at the beginning of summer, but in view of the changing health situation, plans will only be revealed when there is more certainty. However after…
Historic Tour Albi & Dijon
With backing from the FFSA and the Ministry for Sport, organiser HVM gave numerous reassurances that the Historic Tour Albi, first round of the French Championships, could go ahead. It was only on 6 April that the Prefecture asked HVM to postpone the event, which was to take place three…
Le Mans Classic Cancelled for 2021
Peter Auto and the Automobile Club de l’Ouest have announced the postponement of Le Mans Classic to the first or second weekend of July 2022 (date to be confirmed in September). This event will come back in 2023 for a centenary edition of the 24 Heures du Mans which promises…
Group C Update
News from Peter Schleifer, driving force behind the European Historic Can-Am & Sportscars series, is that he is branching out with a grid to include Le Mans cars from 1982-2004, to be run in collaboration by Germany’s largest historic racing club, FHR. The new series, ‘Group C Classics’ will welcome…
Classic Silverstone – Full Steam Ahead
With the all-clear for the UK to go back to (the new) normal from 21st June according to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s ‘Road Map’, the Classic at Silverstone will finally be celebrating its 30th birthday, looking back over the years with a ‘greatest hits’ agenda. Depending as it does…
Peter Auto 2021 Season
Like all organisers, especially those with an international profile, Peter Auto has been struggling to maintain a viable racing calendar through all the various and unpredictable restrictions imposed by different governments and governing bodies. First to be postponed was the Dix Mille Tours du Castellet, which moved from March to…
Historic Tour Albi to Kick off the French Season
In keeping with the calendar initially announced, the French Historic Circuits Championship, known as the Historic Tour, will kick off on 9-11 April at the Albi circuit, confirmed official championship promoter HVM Racing. “With the FFSA and our series coordinators, we have been struggling for a year now to maintain…
Retromobile Cancelled
Although the show’s organisers took the precaution of scheduling the event in June, instead of on its usual February date, in order to avoid the worst of the pandemic restrictions, Retromobile has had to be cancelled for the second year running. It was already problematic for many of the show’s…
Another Disappointment, Another Remedy
Following the disappointment of last year, and still wanting to give their drivers some endurance racing in the meantime, V de V scheduled a six-hour enduro at Valencia (see our March 2021 issue) on 16-17 April. But alas, that too had to be cancelled due to the situation in Spain…