October 2026
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October 2026 Issue....
Les Deux Tours d’Horloge
Next month (7-8 November) will see the 20th running of the Deux Tours d’Horloge, the only truly 24-hour race for historic cars and, since taking over from her father Eric last year, organiser Laure Van de Vyver has been working to make it memorable with a full programme of support…
Velocity Invitational
The event billed as “North America’s greatest car culture festival” is to return for the seventh time on 14-16 May next year at Sonoma Raceway. Set in the heart of the California wine country, Velocity is a race festival noted for its ability to attract great cars that are rarely…
Classic Sports Car Club – Silverstone
While many meetings this season have suffered from lack of entries the same was not true for the Classic Sports Car Club’s Silverstone Spectacular meeting on 6 September. A total of 232 cars took to the track for five racing groups. The biggest grid of the day for the most…
New Home for GP de France Historique
After two years at Magny-Cours and six years at Paul Ricard, the HVM-organised Grand Prix de France Historique is moving to Dijon for 2027 and will take place on 23-25 April. Always a meeting focused on single seaters, with the Masters historic Formula 1 cars, HVMs F2 and F3 Championships,…
Grand Prix des Legendes
Shortly after the change of venue for the GP de France was announced, President of the Paul Ricard circuit, Jean Alesi announced that he would be running the ‘Grand Prix des Legendes’at Paul Ricard, saying he would bring “les grand stars” from the past and present to the circuit on…
Motor Racing Legends Launches its 2027 Season
Since Shaun Lynn fully took over the reins of Motor Racing Legends at the beginning of last year, the organisation has been on a fast track to expansion in terms of both grids and events. This year saw its new London Trophy event at Brands Hatch, and it has taken…
Mantorp Classic Days – Come Rain or Come Shine
The Swedish Historic Racing Club (Racerhistoriska Klubben) returned to Mantorp Park at the end of August for the first time since 2021 for the Mantorp Classic Days, held in collaboration with the Swedish Sportscar Championship (Sportvagnsmästerskapet). It was a successful meeting, with just over 200 cars taking to the starting…
Algarve Classic Festival
Every year the Algarve Classic Festival has provided a way to postpone the end of the season and the onset of winter for many series based further north. It has seen races for everything from Masters F1 to MRL Pre-war cars, to Peter Auto Classic Endurance Racing, U2TC, HGPCA and…
84th Goodwood Members’ Meeting
Dates and race lineup for the 10-11 April 2027 Goodwood Members’ Meeting have been revealed, with mostly returning favourites such as the Hailwood Trophy motorcycle races, the S.F. Edge races for Edwardian cars, Gordon Spice and Win Percy Trophy touring car races, Moss Trophy for Pre-63 GT cars and the…
Legends of Le Mans 2027
Legends of Le Mans has quickly established itself as the new series for endurance racing for LMP1, LMP2, and GTE cars from 2006 to 2020. In its inaugural year competitors have put on an exceptional show, bringing the machines that have shaped the recent history of the FIA World Endurance…
Record-Breaking Monterey Auction
RM Sotheby’s Monterey auction achieved over $380 million in total sales, making it the company’s highest value auction ever held. Headlined by the $40 million sale of the first Ferrari Luce made – the firm’s controversial debut EV – it became the most valuable new car ever sold at auction….
Bernina Gran Tursimo
The Bernina Gran Turismo took place this year in brilliant sunshine on the weekend of 11-13 September with over 70 cars tackling the 5.6km hillclimb course from La Rösa up to the Bernina Pass at an altitude of 2,233 metres. Driving an AW Formula 2 car, Thomas Amweg won the…
75th Pebble Beach Concours
The Pebble Beach Conours celebrated its 75th year with an exceptional display that included Alfa Romeo’s BAT cars, Bugattis Royale and Atlantic, and Ferrari 250 GTO and TR on an original transporter. It was quite a finale for Sandra Button in her last year after 20 years at the helm…
Chantilly Arts et Elegance
In a world where concours are proliferating, in just eight editions the Chantilly Arts et Elegance has made a name and a reputation for itself as one of the premier events on the worldwide concours calendar. On Sunday, September 13, the spectacular Château de Chantilly once again acted as a…
Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique
The news that the Automobile Club de Monaco would run the stages of Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique on closed roads was greeted with unanimous approval last year, and the initiative proved to be a resounding success. The ACM has announced that it will repeat the exercise and the 300kms of the…
Neige et Glace
Another highly popular winter event, the Rallye Neige et Glace, will run from February 20 to 24. With a return to Malbuisson, on the shores of Lac de Saint-Point as a base, the rally offers five days, four stages, nearly 1500 kilometres in the Haut-Doubs, the Doubs along the Swiss…
Winter Marathon
The Winter Marathon organisers have announced that the 2027 edition will keep with tradition and run in late January. Still based in Madonna di Campiglio, and still exploring the roads of the Italian Dolomites, the 39th running will bring important changes, with a new route through the provinces of Trento…
..And then there’s LEJOG
Not usually run in thick snow and ice, but perhaps the most challenging of all the winter rallies – indeed the organisers claim it to be “the hardest endurance motoring event in Europe, perhaps the world” – LeJog (Lands End to John O’Groats) will run for the 30th time on…
Rali Ceredigion
The Polish pair of Maciej Lubiak and Grzegorz Dachowski claimed an impressive victory when the FIA European Historic Rally Championship went to Wales for Rali Ceredigion. Paul Lawrence was there… Lubiak’s Porsche is the toast of Wales The spectacular closed-road event, which runs from a base in the west coast…