December 2023
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December 2023 Issue....
HSR Launches new LMP Series
Officials from Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) and the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) have announced plans for a new series for current and previous-generation Le Mans Prototype 3 (LMP3) cars beginning in 2024. The series will be known as the HSR Prototype Challenge presented by IMSA. Events will be operated…
Italian Speed Festival
Canossa’s second Italian Speed Festival, held at the Misano World Circuit on 21-22 October, was a weekend of activities built around the automobile and the racing car in particular. The presence of clubs and race teams, areas dedicated to culture, including two concours, a Ferrari Poster exhibition, conferences on automobile…
Masters Historic F1 US Grand Prix Support Race
Canadian Cal Meeker converted pole position into two victories in the Masters Historic Racing series at the Circuit of the Americas on 20-22 October, in support of the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix. In the first race, which featured a 31-strong grid made of up Masters 1966/1985 F1 cars…
HSCC 2024 Calendar
The Historic Sports Car Club has announced its 2024 provisional calendar as follows: 20-21 April Snetterton 18-19 May Cadwell Park 8-9 June Donington Park 13-14 July Brands Hatch GP 28-30 July Oulton Park Gold Cup 10-11 August Croft 23-25 August Silverstone Festival 12-13 October Silverstone National 2-3 November Silverstone Walter…
Races at the Members’ Meeting
Goodwood has announced an eleven-race programme for the 81st Members’ Meeting presented by Audrain Motorsports, which will take place on 13-14 April. Most of the favourites are back, including the S.F. Edge Trophy for Edwardian cars; the Parnell Cup for Grand Prix, Formula 2 and voiturette cars 1935-1953; the Graham…
New Race Series – Message from Jeff Moyes
There is an opportunity for an exciting new race series for period G (1966 – 1971) and period H (1972 – 1976) non turbo GT cars in 2024. Where are those Alfas, Porsches, Lancias, Chevies, Iso, Datsuns, De Tomaso, Alpines, Mercs and Ferraris etc. that have not competed in the…
ADAC 1000km Nordschleife
Launched just a few short years ago, this event is for drivers of Youngtimers who want to take up the challenge of racing for some 40 laps on the Nordschleife and is run as a points-scoring round of the ADAC Youngtimer Cup, though non-championship drivers are welcome to come and…
We are the Champions
Formula Junior Champions After the final round in Jerez in October, the 2023 Lurani Trophy results are in with seven class champions. Class A Giampaolo Benedini (OSCA FJ) Class B2 Duncan Rabagliati (Alexis HF1) Class C2 Carlo Del Conte (Wainer) Class D1 Bob Birrell (Lotus 20) Class D2 Pierre…
Goodyear Pledges Global Commitment to Historic Motor Sport
Goodyear has announced a long-term tyre supply agreement with leading historic motorsport promoters, Masters Historic Racing. The tyre supply agreement builds on Masters’ long standing relationships with the Goodyear-owned Dunlop and Avon brands, and marks the reintroduction of Goodyear into several premium championships, including events for Formula 1 and Le…
The Flying Carrot – 700 and Counting!
Mister Formula Junior, Duncan Rabagliati celebrated his 700th race start at the Algarve Classic Festival (see report Page 36) in his trusty Alexis HF1 ‘Flying Carrot’. Having campaigned the bright orange front-engined Formula Junior since 1989, Rabagliati’s record adds up to an average of 20 starts per annum for some…
Transatlantic Racing
Following a successful collaboration at the 2023 Le Mans Classic, UK-based Prill Porsche Classics and Huffaker Motorsports, based in Sonoma California, have announced a “working partnership” that can make it easier for customers to participate in overseas events and save costs on support staff travel as well as shipping tools…
HTP Renewals
As the season comes to an end, it’s a good idea to check on your paperwork validity before you take your cars apart for a winter refresh, to be sure that you are ready to race again when next season starts, with no hold ups! Sarah Mitriké of the Formula…
London to Brighton Veteran Car Run
As an unseasonably mild London was still shrouded in darkness on the morning of Sunday 5 November when nearly 350 pioneering veteran cars and their crews, along with a large crowd of well-wishers and spectators, gathered in Hyde Park for the annual ‘Brighton Run’. It’s now 127 years since the…
Modena Cento Ore
Limited to one hundred teams in order to be able to use the best and most interesting venues and hotels and to keep the event cosy, the Modena Cento Ore changed departure point this year and began on 10 October from Orbetello in the Monte Argentario and visited Lazio, Umbria,…
The Badawi Trail to the Last Oasis
In the heart of the desert, where echoes softly wail, Vintage cars roar, on the Badawï Trail, In twenty twenty-three, under the sun’s fierce light, They race through time, in the golden night Keith ‘Mutchie’ Mutch Aqaba to Dubai The Badawi Trail (Badawi is Arabic for desert weller) wound its…
British Historic Rally Championship Carlisle Stages Rally – Chilman and Walsh Take British Title on Final Round
Hereford driver Roger Chilman and co-driver Patrick Walsh were crowned 2023 Fuchs Lubricants British Historic Rally Champions after taking their Ford Escort MKII to third on the Carlisle Stages Rally on 20-21 October. Chilman headed into the final round of the seven-round season with a slight advantage after three wins…
Carrera Panamericana – Tinged with Tragedy
The Carrera Panamericana has always been a challenging event requiring commitment and concentration to win. The 36th edition, illustrated that well, as it covered nearly 4,000kms, including 720kms of special stages distributed in 60 timed sections over seven days, with several changes of lead and nearly half of the field…
Tour de Corse Historique – Dumas Scores a Double but Celebrations are Subdued
For the past 23 years the Tour de Corse Historique has become an unmissable event for many historic drivers, some of whom have prestigious rally credentials and like to come and drive the mythical Corsican special stages. This year, the organisers received more than 500 applications and, in the end,…
FIA Trophy for Historic Regularity Rallies – XX Rally Costa Brava Històric
Belgians Yves Deflandre and Patrick Lienne (Porsche 911) have once again demonstrated their abilities and taken victory in the Rally Costa Brava Històric, their second consecutive triumph in the event, which in the case of Deflandre is also his fourth victory in the 20-year history of the rally. With their…
Algarve Classic Festival
The Algarve Classic Festival, season-closer for Masters, the HGPCA, the GTSCC and the FJHRA presented its competitors with a wild variety of weather conditions – from hot and sunny to ‘mildly moist’. Most of the precipitation was released over the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve on the Sunday, strangling much of…