August 2023
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August 2023 Issue....
French Historic Circuit Championships
In its ninth season, the 2023 French Historic Championship continued its tour of France on 16-18 June for the third of five events on the calendar. After stopping at Dijon and Albi, the drivers headed for an equally traditional and popular destination, the 3.15km circuit of Lédenon with its many…
HRDC Historics on the Hill
The Historic Racing Drivers Club returned for their now annual Historics on the Hill meeting at Kent’s Lydden circuit on 25 June, with its traditional format of one qualifying session and two races each for three groups packed into the circuits “Sunday opening” from 10.30am to 4pm. A change this…
Lime Rock Park – Historic Festival 41 and Sunday in the Park
The US Labor Day weekend is the traditional date for the Historic Festival at Lime Rock Park and this year will mark the 41st running of the event on 31 August-4 September. More than 250 racing cars are expected, ranging from the 1920s to the 1975 Kremer Porsche 935 IMSA…
Velocity Invitational
“In addition to curating these special and accurate racing grids, we want the Invitational to be educational, family friendly, and fun for all ages. We remain committed to showcasing not only extraordinary and historically correct racing machines, but also providing an atmosphere of wine, food, new technology, art, and more…
Silverstone Festival – Le Mans Celebration
A Le Mans theme at Silverstone, in this centenary year, will be headlined by a pair of Masters Endurance Legends races. After more than 60 cars joined Peter Auto’s Endurance Racing Legends at Le Mans Classic, it looks like the category for later endurance prototypes and GT cars is set…
Autumn Racing in Iberia
For those who want to prolong the mild months, there is a full programme of racing on the Iberian Peninsula in October and into December. Starting with the Estoril Classic on 7-8 October where all the Peter Auto grids will offer races for GT, touring and prototypes, plus races for…
Gordon Bennett!
In 1903, the prestigious Gordon Bennett Race was held in the Kildare and Athy area of Ireland. Ireland was chosen for the race because racing was illegal on British public roads. A Napier car, now in the UK’s National Motor Museum, was built especially for the Race by D…
Motoring Book of the Year and Historic Motoring Awards
The Royal Automobile Club is looking for nominations for its fifth annual Historic Awards. These awards give both those professionally involved in the industry and classic motoring enthusiasts the opportunity to nominate the truly exceptional people, companies, events, and achievements they feel deserve recognition. Eligibility is based on achievements made…
Club Cars at Le Mans
Success at Le Mans Classic was not just confined to the racetrack. In the Village, there were 150 exhibitors and 9,200 club cars from all over Europe. The camping area was animated as well, with set-ups that remained in period down to the last detail. After this celebration of the…
Motoring Literary and Art Festival
Preparations for the inaugural Motoring and Literary Art Festival organised by Porter Press International is set to take place in The Wing at Silverstone Circuit on the opening weekend of December. In grand literary festival tradition the two-day event is built around a programme of panel discussions and talks spread…
Star Studded Cast for Tour de Corse
The oversubscribed (a record 380 entries) Tour de Corse Historique 2023 will offer a new route of more than 1000Kms in total, that will include 18 timed special stages, some of which are those used in the WRC event, over five days of competition on 7-14 October. The entry list…
Continued Suspension of Targa Events in Australia
After 15 months of collaboration with Motorsport Australia, Targa Australia, promoter of Targa Tasmania, Targa Great Barrier Reef and others, has today announced that it will suspend all future motorsport-based events until the full ramifications of Motorsport Australia’s review into tarmac rallying can be quantified and assessed. This means that…
Mille Miglia
Andrea Vesco won his fourth consecutive Mille Miglia (his sixth in all) and his co-driver Fabio Salvinelli equalled Giuliano Canè ‘s record with a string of three victories in this year’s Mille Miglia revival, the longest edition in the history of the event. The 2200km route over five days, from…
Gravel Romania Cancelled
After seven successful editions of the competitive special stage Winter Romania Rally, and two summer Gravel Romania events, Paul Lacombe and his team have had to announce the cancellation of this year’s Gravel Romania Rally, which had been scheduled for 20-24 June, due to lack of entries. The whole team…
Rallylegend
One of the original rally festivals, Rallylegend, is back on 12-15 October. This popular event, which attracts large numbers of drivers and spectators to the ‘Rally Village’ in the medieval heart of the tiny Republic of San Marino features many activities besides the rallying itself. Many celebrity drivers take part,…
FIA European Historic Rally Championship – 56th Mecsek Rally
Thomas Erdi Jr storms to victory on home event Playing their home ground advantage to the full and the sort of pace that has seen them challenge on every appearance this year, local hero Tibor Erdi Jnr and his Croatian co-driver Istvan Kerek won the Mecsek Rally outright in their…
30th Classic Marathon
After an epic five-day, 2000km drive on a mixed route of tarmac and gravel, from Slovenia to Croatia and Austria, and back to Bled in Slovenia, Mark and Sue Godfrey piloted their MGB to their third Classic Marathon victory on 18-23 June at the front of a field of 46…
La Centenaire du Mans Historique
Unless you have been living on Mars for the past year, you’ll know that this year is the one hundredth since the first Le Mans 24-hour event took place. Peter Auto decided this was going to be the big one, so, instead skipping an uneven year, the event took place…
Spa 3 Hours
Running without fanfare but with impressive consistency in the top six throughout the three hours, the Lotus Elan, driven by John Tordoff (father of former BTCC driver, Sam Tordoff) and Andrew Jordan, the 2013 BTCC champion, made its presence known in the final ten laps of the feature race at…
Karlskoga Velodromloppet Historic GP and Swedish Sports Car Meeting
The Swedish racing schedule featured two major RHK championship meetings in July before the long August break. The Historic Grand Prix at Gelleråsen Arena in Karlskoga attracted some 200 racers in first, tropical heat, and then typical Swedish midsummer rain, on 16-18 June, exactly 30 years after the first Velodrom…