March 2020
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March 2020 Issue....
Tour de Corse Historique 20th Edition!
After an 19th edition marked by five intense days of racing that saw no fewer than six different leaders with a single second separating the first two crews, all eyes are on the 20th anniversary of the Tour de Corse Historique. From Monday 5 to Saturday 10 October aficionados of…
Silver Fern set for NZ North Island
The promoters of the Silver Fern Rally in New Zealand have confirmed more details of the November 2020 marathon rally. The rally will be based in Rotorua and will start on Sunday November 22 before finishing back there on Saturday 28. Overnight halts will be in Gisborne, Napier, Palmerston North…
1000 Mile Trial 120th Anniversary Edition
The Royal Automobile Club and rally organisers, HERO took a break from running the 1000 Mile Trial last year, in order to better plan an event worthy of the 120th anniversary of the original Trial this year. Starting from Preston and promising to be something special, there will be…
New Sponsor for U2TC
Offering R&D Tax Relief for Preparers and Other Small Businesses U2TC has found a new sponsor in the form of Prospect Brigstock Services, a firm specialising in corporate tax relief. While this may sound esoteric, it is, on the contrary, very pertinent to many of the small businesses and workshops…
Motor Racing Legends Prizegiving
The Motor Racing Legends’ season was celebrated at London’s Royal Automobile Club in front of many significant personalities from the world of motor sport such as Chief Executive of Motor Sport UK David Richards and Chief Executive Hugh Chambers, RAC Chairman Ben Cussons, Silverstone Classic promoter Nick Wigley and, guest…
110 Years of Alfa Romeo
On 24 June, 2020, Alfa Romeo will hit a new milestone – 110 years of the well-loved marque. A number of events will take place to celebrate Alfa’s founding on 24 June 1910 in Milan, Italy and its subsequent achievements, both sporting and non-sporting. Alfa’s official team, the Scuderia…
No More Impney Hillclimb
Having heard last month on the day we went to press the surprise announcement that the Chateau Impney Hillclimb event was to be discontinued, we have now had a conversation with Rod Spollon, Chairman of the Chateau Impney Hill Climb Club and Director of the Chateau Impney Hotel who said,…
FIA Historic Formula 3 European Cup
2020 is a special year for Zandvoort as FIA Formula One returns to The Netherlands for the first time since 1985 and the circuit is being upgraded to welcome its return. The upgrades to the circuit include two new banked corners, improved run off areas and expansion of the…
HSCC Single Seaters at Pau
Single-seater racers from the Historic Sports Car Club will have the chance to race on the famous Pau street circuit, first used for the French Grand Prix in 1930 and virtually unchanged since. In partnership with event promoters HVM Racing, up to 2-litre cars from the HSCC single-seater ranks will…
Le Mans Classic
A Century of Automotive History on Track Le Mans Classic, the biennial event with its six grids for cars from 1923 to 1981, will include even more cars racing on the legendary track this year, with single marque support races for both Porsche and Jaguar and, as has become the…
Belcar Historic & Youngtimer Cup
Bravo (Belgian Racing Automobile Vintage Organisation) the promoter behind the ever-popular Belgian historic championship, has announced five rounds for the 2020 season. Starting early in the year, they go to Zolder to support the 1000km of Zolder 2CV Cup on 21-22 March. At the end of June they go to…
24 Hours
As reported in our last issue, VdeV racing in collaboration with HVM, are reviving the Deux Tours d’Horloge at the Paul Ricard circuit on the weekend of 6-8 November. Cars up to 1990 are eligible and there are classes for early cars from Period E upwards. All GT, sports, sports…
Retromobile Paris
John Whiteman went to the top exhibition of the classic car world The event that kicks off the European season each year, Salon Retromobile, took place over 5 days, from 5-9 February, in the 75,000 square metres of Paris Expo at Porte de Versailles 44 years after it…
Taupo Historic Grand Prix
New Zealand Clean Sweep and Lap Record for Michael Lyons Visiting UK driver Michael Lyons (Lola T400) roared to an SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series clean sweep at the annual Taupo Historic GP on the weekend of 18-19 January, the series’ second meeting of the 2019-2020…
The FIA Historic Motor Sport Commission 2020
For a report of the proceedings of the Historic Circuit Sub Commission see our March issue President P. Cantarella (ITA) Vice-President HRH Prince Joachim (DNK) President of the International Historic Commission F. Graf Zu Ortenburg (DEU) 2 Manufacturers’ Representatives T. Witt (DEU) T. Hodgson (GbBR) …
19th Passion For Speed – Zwartkops & Killarney, South Africa
South Africa’s historic racing scene is vibrant, colourful, relaxed and proudly independent of institutional red tape. The focus and cars are, in the main, very different from those in other theatres of warfare. They, not to mention the promise of winter sunshine, attract British, European and American competitors year after…
Boucles à Bastogne
Victory for Kris Meeke Paul Lawrence Reports On his first competitive rally since his World Rally Championship career came to an end, Irishman Kris Meeke joined the illustrious list of winners of the Legend Boucles à Bastogne. Equipped with a full-spec Ford Escort Mk2 from the stable of Belgian competitor…
Rally Neige et Glace Historique
Jurriaan Tas Reports Formerly a famous speed event, the ‘Neige et Glace’ fell foul of the 1974 oil crisis and was revived as a historic regularity rally in 2000, run by Dakar winner Patrick Zaniroli. He moved the event from Grenoble to the Jura, dubbed by locals as ‘Little Siberia’,…
Winter Marathon
Andrea Belome and Massimo Be nsoli took a slender 8-point win Andrea Belometti and Massimo Bettinsoli won the Winter Marathon 2020 driving a 1937 Fiat 508 C. The crew from team Brescia Corse remained amongst the top positions over the many Dolomite passes on 23-24 January, beating the young crew…
23rd Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique
Peter Collins Reports on one of the most popular events in endurance rallying, with over 300 entries. Consistency was the key to success for Henrik Bjerregaard and Jaromir Svec Photo http://promopub.org The first cars to set off on the annual pilgrimage to Monte-Carlo were those from Athens at 12:40 on…