February 2024
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February 2024 Issue....
ASAVÉ – Return to Fundamentals
After the sad passing of ASAVÉ stalwart Alain Goupy last year, a new team has taken over the reins of the oldest organisation in Europe dedicated solely to historic motorsport. ASAVÉ, or the Association Sportive Automobile des Véhicules d’Époque, was founded in 1972 and has been organising races for historic…
Goodwood Revival Programme Announced
Goodwood has announced its full list of races for the Revival, which will be held on 6-8 September this year. As each year, there have been a few tweaks to the programme and cut-off dates. The small bore sportscars are back in the Madgwick Cup and the Fordwater has reverted…
V de V Sports in 2024
After a hiatus of a few years, V de V Sports, known for organising endurance races for historic and modern cars, has come back in force. After a successful 2023 season punctuated by the V de V 6 Hours at the Grand Prix de France Historique, the 6 Hours of…
Masters Historic Racing and GP Extreme Merge
Leading race organisation, Masters Historic Racing, has announced a merger with GP Extreme, the UAE-based motorsports group. After 20 years at the helm, Masters, founder Ron Maydon is preparing to step back from the day-to-day running of the organisation, having secured its future in the hands of GP Extreme founder…
Peter Auto – Big Plans for 2024
You can’t accuse the Peter Auto organisation of stagnating. Always innovating and mixing things up, Peter Auto has announced that the 2024 season will see the creation of two new grids: the Classic Touring Challenge and The Gentlemen Challenge. Also, there is a change to the previously published calendar. …
Season Opener – GP de France Historique
Entries are now open for the Grand Prix de France Historique, which takes place on 19-21 April with a focus on single seat categories. The Masters Racing Legends F1 cars will be topping the bill that also includes the opening rounds of the new HVM-HSCC Interseries for historic F2 cars…
Pre-‘63 GT is Back!
Much copied, the original series for Pre-‘63 GT cars is back on the calendar. Originally conceived by Carol Spagg of Historic Motor Racing News and Ben Cussons of the Royal Automobile Club to allow cars such as Lotus Elites, 356 Porsches, SZ Alfas, MGA Twincams, Turners, Reliants and other interesting…
Velocity Capital Management Acquires Parella Holdings
Starting 12 years ago with the acquisition of the Sports Racing Vintage Association after his retirement from an executive role in the Telecommunications business, historic racer Tony Parella has continued to acquire historic and modern race series, including the Historic Sportscar Racing – West (HSR) organisation, which he consolidated into…
Monterey Historics
From humble beginnings of a single day event in 1974 with 66 cars at Laguna Seca to one of the most important historic racing events in America, the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion will celebrate its 50th anniversary this year. Founded by Steven Earle of General Racing Ltd., the Monterey Historic…
Reis Race Retro Celebrates 20th Show
Race Retro, the only exhibition devoted exclusively to historic motor sport, will be back at Stoneleigh Park on 23-25 February 2024 for its 20th show, again bringing together iconic cars, legends from racing and rallying, industry experts, motorsport clubs and organisers, and everything needed for the coming season. There will…
The FIA Historic Motor Sport Commission 2023-2024
With the internal re-organisation of many of the commissions, committees and sub-commissions within the FIA it has been deemed practical to keep the 2023 Historic Motor Sport Commission in place until at least March when the World Council meets. The members, therefore, are all the same as last year…
Next Chapter for GTO Engineering
Enzo-era Ferrari specialist, GTO Engineering, has undergone a management buyout, with three long-term team members taking over the business. Following the sad death of its founder and owner, Mark Lyon in 2022, work has been underway to agree the long-term future of GTO Engineering. Two of the world’s most respected…
Montlhéry Celebrates its Centenary
The Linas-Montlhéry Autodrome took just six months to build and this year celebrates its 100th anniversary. Scene of many pre-war Grands Prix de France and a great number of speed records, almost 1,000 tonnes of steel went into its construction. It was known for its steep banking, which in places,…
2023 European Historic Rally Championship Prizegiving
Despite the fact that several of the protagonists of the European Historic Rally Championship did not take part in the last round in Greece (see our report on page 19 of the January/February 2024 issue), as the title in their Category was already decided, they attended the Gala that was…
Further Targa Troubles in Australia
After safety concerns led to the suspension of all tarmac rallying in the country by Autosport Australia in 2022 pending the publication of a set of recommendations for improving the safety of events and a revision of the regulations, Targa Australia, organiser of many major road rallies in Australia, has…
2024 FIA European Historic Rally Championship Season Unveiled
The 2024 calendar for the FIA European Historic Rally Championship has been announced (see our calendar pages this issue and on the HMRN website) and will feature nine events across Europe on both tarmac and gravel surfaces and visit seven countries next season. The series retains its points scoring system…
2024 Tour Auto
Entries are now open for this year’s Tour Auto, which will start in Paris on 22 April and this time, finish in the elegant seaside resort of Biarritz five days and 2000kms later. Every year, the Tour Auto is oversubscribed for a reason. It travels on some of the most…
The Roger Albert Clark Rally – McCormack makes it four as the stars falter
The 2023 edition of the Roger Albert Clark Rally, run on 23-27 November, was the best yet with a huge entry, massively increased spectator numbers and fierce competition across 350 miles in the forests of England, Scotland and Wales. The star names came and made their mark but, ultimately, it…
Land’s End to John O’Groats
After 1500 miles over five legs, from the southernmost tip of the UK, to its most northern, in 75 hours, the 2023 Land’s End to John O’ Groats Reliability Trial came to an end at a fine and sunny John O’ Groats in sharp contrast to the dire conditions the…
The 2023 East African Safari Classic Rally – ‘Italian Giraffe’ Amos wins Classic Rally
Sixty-three drivers from across the world battled in the 11th edition of the East African Safari Classic Rally (EASCR) that came to an end at Diamond Leisure Lodge in Diani, Kenya on December 18, the highest number of entries ever after 15 more were turned away by the Federation due…