May 2024
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Grand Prix du Maroc Historique
Only recently announced, the Morocco Historic Grand Prix is scheduled to take place on 8-10 November at the new, 4.4km Sidi Daoui circuit near Casablanca. A collaboration between the Moroccan Federation (FRMSA) and AGS Racing & Events, the grade 2 homologated circuit hopes to host races for Formula 1 from…
Turn of the Century Challenge
In its 42nd edition, Historic Festival Lime Rock will expand include a new class, the Turn of the Century World Challenge. At a time when an increasing number of organisers are accommodating later and later cars, the Challenge will include production-based race cars from the 1995-2005 era prepared for SCCA…
New Chair for HSCC
Kevin Kivlochan has been elected as the new Chairman of the Historic Sports Car Club. ‘Keke’ has been an active member of the club for many years, winning races, most notably in Morgan Plus 8s and Shelby Cobra,= and is a three-time champion in the HSCC Historic Road Sports Championship. …
FIA Historic Committee
As reported in our April issue, the restructuring of some FIA departments has meant that the ratification of the 2024-2025 FIA Commissions and Committees has been delayed. They have finally been announced and this is the makeup of our own Historic Committee, which replaces the old Historic Commission and represents…
Nova Motorsport Continues to Grow
Only formed last August, Nova Motorsport, which has acquired the Avon branding and sales licences, and ensured the future of Avon Historic tyres, has continued its trajectory to becoming the leading independent tyre manufacturer for the motorsport and specialist tyre industries (see our April issue), with the acquisition of Portugal’s…
Pre-63 GT Historic Racing in Historic Cars
After a season’s absence the return of Pre-‘63 GT has, as organisers hoped, attracted strong interest from owners of historic cars, such as Doug Muirhead’s Austin Healey 100/6 that appeared at Le Mans with Jim Clark and has also participated in three RAC Rallies, or Gregory Heacock’s Austin Healey Sebring…
Goodwood Auction
John Whiteman Reports Bonhams had an important sale of Sports, Competition and Collectors cars at the Goodwood Members’ Meeting with the ‘cover star’ of the catalogue a 2008 Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren selling for an above estimate £425,000 with only 39 recorded miles! Another featured car was a re-creation of one…
Motobloc at Angoulême
Every year, the Circuit des Remparts d’Angoulême puts forward a car or marque that has contributed to the rich heritage of French motoring history and puts it in the spotlight. In 2023 it was the Ballot marque, created by Ernest Ballot in the mid-1900s, and special exhibitions and a rally…
Laguna Seca Lawsuit Settled
A comprehensive settlement that ends the Laguna Seca Raceway lawsuit, Highway 68 Coalition vs. County of Monterey, has been announced (see our March issue). The settlement clarifies the long-term plans of Friends of Laguna Seca, the non-profit organisation that runs the racetrack within a wider Laguna Seca recreational area, to…
The Life and Times of Luigi Chinetti
Innovative publishers, Porter Press International, recently announced that it is working with Luigi Chinetti Jr and Doug Nye to create the first of three planned books detailing the story of Enzo Ferrari’s long-time friend and United States-market importer Luigi Chinetti and the activities of his legendary North American Racing Team…
HSR Successful Season Opener
Experienced motorsports executive Chris Ward was named Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) President in January, taking over the top leadership position of the sanctioning body from David Hinton, who guided HSR through its most recent period of success for more than a decade. One of Hinton’s milestone achievements was steering the…
Montlhéry Centenary
Since its opening in 1924, the Autodrome at Linas-Montlhéry has seen generations of motor sport, from racing to record breaking and finally now, since it has lost its race homologation, to club gatherings, track days and demos, and of course, vehicle testing and type approval, for which the circuit’s owners…
‘Vande’ at 70 more enthusiastic than ever
After countless celebrations for his 70th birthday as part of the Legend Boucles @ Bastogne event, Belgian multi-champion Jean-Pierre Van de Wauwer has been busy. His driving career, encompassing rally and race, single seaters and prototypes began in 1978, but he is not only far from ready for retirement, but…
History-Making Generation Rally Ladies First
The third running of Rally the Globe’s Generations Rally proved every bit as popular and successful as the two previous editions of an event established specifically to spread the passion for historic motorsport to a younger age group. What’s more, the 23-25 March event made history not only with the…
British Historic Rally Championship Severn Valley Stages
Seb Perez and Gary McElhinney took their Porsche 911 to a convincing Fuchs Lubricants British Historic Rally Championship victory in the Rallynuts Severn Valley Stages on 13 April. Battling with BHRC newcomer and former British Rally Champion Mark Higgins during the day, Perez scored four fastest times from seven stages,…
Generation Rallying, or Welch’s Panda Adventures
Last September we reported historic racer and preparer Jeremy Welch’s adventures on the Panda Raid, which he did with 20-year-old daughter Arabella. This year it was younger daughter Emily’s turn to head to Morocco with her dad to spend six days travelling over 1200kms of Morocco’s toughest off-road terrain including…
FIA European Rally Championship 2024 Round One Rally Costa Brava
The 72nd Rally Motul Costa Brava reached full capacity with 240 teams entered in the FIA and Spanish Championships, and another seven cars joining them in the Legend category. Over 50 cars were registered in the FIA Championship, probably the series’ fullest grid yet, while the regularity section, which opened…
Nick Elliott takes BHRC win in Rally North Wales
Nick Elliot and Dave Price took victory in the second round of the Fuchs Lubricants British Historic Rally Championship in their FIAT 131 when they won the Get Jerky Rally North Wales on 16 March. Their last win in a BHRC round was the Trackrod Rally Yorkshire in 2021, since…
GOODWOOD 81MM
Fireworks at Goodwood Members’ Meeting Saturday night’s spectacular firework display over the fleet of sensationally muscular and wacky Shadow sports racers was just one focal point of the 81st GRRC Members’ Meeting on April 13-14. The 10th edition of the venue’s modern era found more significant anniversaries to celebrate. Sixty…
Mugello Classic
The Peter Auto season kicked off at the flowing Mugello circuit in the Tuscan hills under blues skies on the weekend of 5-7 April, with over 300 cars entered in nine grids. The event signalled the introduction of the two new Peter Auto series. The Gentlemen Challenge, which augments…