October 2024
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Tragedy at Nogaro’s 64th GP Jean-Pierre Gaillard
For its back-to-school meeting after the summer break, the fourth of five French Championship events took place at Nogaro on 6-8 September, the Historic Tour’s first visit there since 2020. It marked the 64th Grand Prix de Nogaro. The meeting unfortunately came to a tragic end with the…
End of Season Racing
Each year the season seems to extend further into the autumn months and, as the rally drivers are starting to anticipate the thrills of sliding on the ice and snow, there is still a lot of great circuit racing beyond September, for those who have survived the Silverstone Festival, Goodwood…
Calendar 2025
HVM has announced its draft calendar for the French racing season. All dates are subject to validation by the FFSA, but provisionally the Historic Tour will stick to five rounds, with dates as follows: 4-5 April Dijon 25-26 April Lédenon 13-15 June Paul Ricard 19-21 September Val de Vienne 17-19…
Masters American Double Header
Following the announcement that Masters Historic Racing has been invited to run support races at the US Grand Prix, it has been further announced that the cars have also been invited to Mexico City on the following weekend to support the Mexican Grand Prix. The Masters Racing Legends F1 cars…
Win Percy Trophy
Win Percy’s legacy will be honoured at next year’s Goodwood Members’ Meeting with a new race dedicated to the iconic cars the three-time British Touring Car Champion once drove. Hosting a collection of under 3-litre Group 1 touring cars that raced between 1970 and 1982, the Win Percy Trophy will…
St James’s Motoring Spectacle
Building on the successes of the Regent Street Motor Show and St James’s International Concours, the Royal Automobile Club has announced the St James’s Motoring Spectacle for Saturday, 2 November. Like its predecessors, this new free-to-attend event will take place on the eve of the London to Brighton Veteran Car…
Bonhams’ Goodwood Auction
Bonhams annual Revival sale was held on the Saturday afternoon of the meeting with the cars remaining on display for the whole event and produced mixed results. Of the competition cars a previously Belgian owned 1932 Type Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Corto Spider made in the workshops of Jim Stokes…
Meaner than a Junkyard Dog
Gregor Fisken and Chris Ward won the Royal Automobile Club Historic Tourist Trophy race at Silverstone in one of their first outings in AC Cobra CSX 2021, known as the ‘Junkyard Dog’. Bought new from Shelby American on October 1, 1962 by AC Cars, and retailed by Shelby to its…
Winter Romania
Entries are now open for the ninth running of the Winter Romania Historic Rally, which runs through the Carpathians in Transylvania, one of the coldest regions of the country. Paul Lacombe and his team are working hard to concoct a new program for three days of racing in three loops…
(Another) New Class for Peking Paris
After the announcement last month of a new class for 4 x4 vehicles in next year’s Peking to Paris Motor Challenge, organisers HERO have extended the eligibility further to include a new, special Invitation Class category for pre-1985 two-wheel drive rally cars. The new category will be limited to five…
East African Safari Rally 2025
The Everest of competitive historic rallying, the East Africa Safari Classic is scheduled to run again for nine days in December 2025. The event has its roots in the original East African Safari Rally, which was first held in 1953 to celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. In 2003,…
Historic Motor Racing News 30th Anniversary Celebration
On August 23rd at the Silverstone Festival, Historic Motor Racing News in collaboration with Motor Racing Legends threw a paddock party and hog roast to celebrate 30 years of Historic Motor Racing News. Given the difficulties of getting from one paddock to another and the fact that qualifying went on…
30 Years and Counting
It’s hard to imagine now, even for us who lived it, but when Historic Motor Racing News was founded, there was no internet, no email, no online banking. Everything moved more slowly and with more effort (see Jason Wright’s piece on page 56 of our October issue). How did racers…
Lahti Historic Rally
Ernie Graham banks FIA gold in dramatic conclusion The 2024 edition of the Lahti Historic Rally was packed with twists and turns, but the final twist came after the driving had ended. Frenchman Florent Todeschini, who delivered an astonishingly fast performance in his first race in a rear-wheel-drive car, celebrated…
26th GOODWOOD REVIVAL
For half its three-day run on 6-8 September, the high-theatre of the 2024 Goodwood Revival Meeting – the 26th dating back to 1998 – could have been sub-titled ‘Rainvival.’ Nonetheless, despite autumn’s initial bite after a mediocre British summer, the star performances were sensational, thrilling packed houses as ever. As…
Silverstone Festival
The Silverstone Festival upheld its tradition with a dry-wet-dry weather pattern that particularly afflicted Saturday’s programme, but on both race days most of the action was nothing short of sensational, as we witnessed some of the best quality racing that historic motorsport has on offer. Following a pretty seamless…
Les Dix Mille Tours
The 14th edition of the Dix Mille Tours attracted some 400 cars on ten packed grids for Peter Auto’s penultimate race meeting of the season on the sunny last weekend of August. The Paul Ricard circuit with its spacious facilities, attracts more clubs and vendors, exhibits and celebrities each year…
Anderstorp Race Festival
The National Historic Racing Cup in Sweden (RHK) ran this year’s fourth round of the National Championships for historic cars at the Scandinavian Raceway in Anderstorp on 23-25 August. Fifty years after the first F1 race was run at Anderstorp, in the week before the competition a documentary was released…
Monterey Motorsports Reunion
History Meets the Future at Monterey Bill Sessa Reports on the 50th Anniversary Year The Rolex Motorsports Reunion in Monterey may be one of the oldest and well-known celebrations of historic racing on the planet. In fact, the 2024 event reached a historic milestone of its own at the drop…