July 2023
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July 2023 Issue....
HSCC Open House at the Silverstone Festival
The HSCC will be running three grids this year at the 25-27 August Silverstone Festival and they intend to offer an opportunity to race at this unmissable event to the widest possible selection of cars. The three grids will be for the Silverstone Formula Libre Trophy for any pre-1990 single…
F5000 Anniversary
A select group of Formula 5000 race cars will attend the WeatherTech International Challenge with Brian Redman event at the iconic Road America racetrack on July 12-16 to relive and celebrate the 55th anniversary of the birth of a phenomenal race series. The inaugural F5000 race at Road America…
French Championships – Round Two
United by unwavering loyalty, the Historic Tour and the Albi circuit already share a long history. On the last weekend of May, the French drivers returned to the ‘old School’, 3.5km track of le Sequestre for the sixth consecutive year for the Grand Prix Historique of Albi. Usually run at…
Corvette at Monterey
The Chevrolet Corvette has long inspired American youth to dream of speed, power and glamour across the nation and world. As the model reaches the milestone of its 70th year, the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion has announced it as the featured marque at this year’s event. Along with the many…
Biofuel for Your Racing Car
Further to our editorial comments in last month’s issue about e-Fuels, Coryton has announced that they have now put on sale a biofuel designed specifically for classic vehicles that promises a reduction of at least 65% in greenhouse gas emissions when compared to fossil fuels. It is available in three…
Retromobile 2024
Always as stylish as the event itself, the new Retromobile poster has been released. It features the MG EX 181, a land speed record car that was equipped with a 1500cc MGA Twin Cam turbocharged engine developing 290 bhp at 7300rpm. The car set a new world speed record on…
Croix-En-Ternois 50th Anniversary!
Inaugurated in 1973, the Croix-en-Ternois circuit is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year with a one-off motors race festival on 8-10 September. The Motors Festival des 50 ans de Croix will showcase Formula Ford, with F Fords of all ages taking part in seven races. Other races will be for…
Charade – the Full Monte
On May 21 an exceptional event took place when one of the most beautiful circuits in the world was resurrected for a day. On that date, the old 8-kilometre Charade track, inaugurated in 1958, that runs through the volcanic hills near Clermont, played host to a score of drivers, riders,…
Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este
A 1935 Duesenberg SJ originally owned by the Maharaja of Indore, with bodywork by Gurney Nutting, won the Best of Show award at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2023. Now organised by BMW in collaboration with the famous Hotel Villa d’Este in Cernobbio on Lake Como, this year on 19-…
Rally for the Ages
Oh, to be young and free…. On June 3 an impressive 90 cars lined up at Bicester Heritage for the start of a 100-mile competitive route of four regularities around Oxfordshire and four tests at Bicester. Eighteen crew members were aged 15 and under, two aged just 11. 41% of…
Safari Classic
The entry list for the 9-18 December East African Classic Safari rally is full, with 58 entries having paid their deposits and been confirmed and another 20 on the waiting list. Amongst these are nearly 20 places that have been reserved by entrants Tuthill Porsche, BMA Vintage and others that…
Zanirollis are back – For Two Years
In our April 2023 issue we reported that Patrick and Viviane Zaniroli had decided to step down from the hands-on organising of the Rally Neige et Glace and the Trophée des Alpes rallies. At that time the couple said, “Buyers have already taken steps and we should be able to…
From our July 2023 Issue Letter From the FIA
Dear Carol, I read Andy Prill’s letter in the May issue of Historic Motor Racing News and wish to comment. This is an answer from the FIA Head of Administration and Sporting Coordinator for circuit matters. Knowing where the FIA is headed will come down the line, but at the…
GRAND PRIX de L’AGE D’OR
There were bright summer conditions in Burgundy as the Grand Prix de l’Age d’Or, held at the old-school circuit of Dijon-Prenois, kicked off on the weekend of 3-4 June. France’s oldest historic race meeting attracted some 320 cars and over 16,000 spectators. For the drivers the 3.8km track presents a…
GTSCC at MGLive Silverstone
Dodds and Pearsons in thunderous GTSCC opener The MG Car Club brought a wide variety of racing – from the Pre-War Triple M Midgets to the spectacular Porsche 911 RSRs of Equipe 70s – to the Silverstone Historic Grand Prix circuit on June 11-12 for the MGLive event, with MG…
HSCC Silverstone International Trophy
Smith Marches to F2 double in Cheever’s 782 Marcus Pye reports on the HSCC Silverstone showpiece from the Woodcote commentary box, now consigned to history…. Formula 2 cars of the 1970s headlined the HSCC’s annual Silverstone International Trophy homage on May 27-28, on the 3.63-mile Historic Grand Prix circuit with…
RHK Premiere at Kinnekulle Ring
The Swedish National Historic Championship season kicked off at a sunny and dry Kinnekulle Ring on 27-28 May. Located in a fairly remote part of southern Sweden, the short, swooping 2km circuit is formed round a natural bowl that places a premium on handling and traction, rather than engine power. …
Aléria Historic Rally Capanaccia And Deveza – Double the Stakes
Frédéric Lombard Reports Dominique Savignoni, Sabrina De Castelli and ASA Restonica have seen their efforts rewarded this year, with their gravel rally in the Aléria region of Corsica becoming part of the French Gravel Rally Championship. With two rallies in the same week of 29 Mai, 3 June, the crews…
Rally de Asturias Histórico – FIA Historic Rally Championship – Round Three
The lush green landscape of Asturias in northern Spain was the setting for the third round of the FIA European and Spanish Historic Rally Championships. The 41 crews, (24 of them entered in the FIA Championship) faced 130kms of tarmac special stages over two days in the Rally de Asturias…
RALLYE DU CHABLAIS – FIA Historic Rally Championship – Round Four – Local Teams Make Good
The 19th Rallye du Chablais, Round 4 of this year’s FIA European Historic Rally Championship on 1-3 June, was memorable for many reasons, reaching its conclusion after a final day of drama and incident. Day 1 overnight leaders Lucky and Fabrizia Pons had swept into the lead in their Lancia…