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Daytona Classic 24 – Europeans Top the Tables
Dominating victories, the usual dose of late-race drama and a rare double winning duo were among the highlights of a competitive ninth running of the Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) Classic Daytona 24 Hour race on 1-5 November at Daytona International Raceway. After testing on Wednesday and a full schedule of…
Les 2 Tours d’Horloge – Victory for Team Rosbif Hyett
The weekend of 4-5 November saw the 17th running of the 2 Tours d’Horloge on the Paul Ricard circuit, the only historic competition in the world that runs over a period of 24 hours without interruption. The enthusiasm for such a race was confirmed by the ever-increasing number of crews…
Jerez Historic Festival
After a year off Circuito de Jerez-Ángel Nieto hosted the fourth edition of the Jerez Historic Festival on 21-22 October, organised by Scuderia Targa Iberia. Variable weather conditions prevailed, with drivers that arrived on Thursday encountering a howling gale and flooding on the circuit, with trees down on the motorway…
Touring Car Legends from the HSCC
The Historic Sports Car Club is launching a new series for 2024 for touring cars of the Group 2 era of the 1970s and the Group A cars of the later 1980s and early 1990s. The new series will be known as the Touring Car Legends. BMW M3s, Ford Sierra…
Gulf Historic GP and Dubai Classics
This year’s Gulf Historic Dubai GP Revival event will be more inclusive than ever with a new opportunity for Dubai’s local classic car owners to participate in ‘Dubai Classics’. Entrants’ cars will be on display in the paddock throughout the weekend and their owners are invited to take part in…
SVRA Releases Bumper 2024 Calendar
Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) has announced a comprehensive, 22-event race schedule for 2024, spanning the length and breadth of America and encompassing all the greatest US tracks. “I am excited about how our schedule has come together for 2024,” said Michael Printup, President of SVRA. “We have every corner…
Season Finale for the Big Open Single Seaters
The 29th season of BOSS GP came to a close at the 5.245-kilometre Mugello circuit in Tuscany on 6-8 October, highlighted by record spectator numbers and the premiere of the BOSS GP Show Runs for Formula 1 cars. Though it was the last round of the season the top drivers…
50 Years of Croix-en-Ternois Formula Ford Festival
On September 8-10 a special event, celebrating 50 years of the Croix-en-Ternois circuit in northern France saw a wide range of activities offered to a large number of spectators in summerlike conditions. The HVM-organised event featured freestyle motocross (FMX), motorcycle stunts, drifting and single-seater parades up to historic Formula 1,…
Good News From Christian Gläsel
After his frightening crash at the Spa Six Hours Meeting, we have news that Christian Gläsel is in good spirits and is expected to make a full recovery. He has asked us to convey the following message: “After my crash in the MEL qualifying at the Spa Six Hours race…
Padmore Pre-‘78 Champion
A second place in Friday’s race and sixth place after a hard fought battle with Matt Wrigley’s Penske PC3 at the Spa Six Hour Meeting, was enough for Nick Padmore to be declared 2023 Masters Racing Legends Pre-78 Champion with still one round at Portimão to go. Wrigley was hot…
The Coolest Concours of Them All
More and more new concours are springing up all over Europe, each one vying to be in the most elegant and prestigious location, and each one claiming to be different and less static. One recent addition, The International Concours of Elegance – THE ICE – which first happened in 2019…
Another Step Towards Fossil-Free Fuel
In our July issue we announced that Coryton have put on sale a biofuel, SUSTAIN Classic, designed specifically for classic vehicles that promises a reduction of at least 65% in greenhouse gas emissions when compared to fossil fuels. This is available to the public at Bicester Heritage. Now another step…
Mazda Goes ‘Vintage’ Racing
Mazda Motorsports has unveiled the Heritage Collection, a new program to promote the brand’s long motorsport history and to showcase some of the company’s collection of over 80 cars. In a partnership with Flis Performance, which has produced all of the Mazda MX-5 Cup cars for the American series and…
Star-Studded Tractor Racing
The third day of the Rennsport Reunion saw a hotly anticipated Porsche tractor race, with speeds peaking at 15mph. Over the years, Porsche developed four engines, from one to four cylinders, and four models: the Junior, Master, Standard and Super. The Master is the one you’d want for racing. Despite…
Rétromobile to showcase MG
For the 100th anniversary of the MG marque, Rétromobile has teamed up with the British Motor Museum and MG Club de France to organise an exceptional exhibition tracing the history of the English marque with previously unpublished archives and vehicles never before seen in France. No fewer than a dozen…
Ice Driving
It’s the time of year when everyone starts thinking about ways to enliven the winter months. A popular solution to the off season blues is to go up to Scandinavia and slide around on frozen lakes or blast through snow-packed forests. For those with more limited time, Rallystory offers a…
FIA Job Vacancy
With the resignation of Louis Quiniou the FIA is advertising for a “Historic Technical Matters Specialist” who would be tasked with the “Follow-up of HTP applications from application to publication” and the “Update and publication of the Historic Technical Regulations (Appendix K to the International Sporting Code)”, along with various…
Goodwood Announces Can-Am Theme for Members’ Meeting
Set to be the loudest demonstration ever held at the Goodwood Motor Circuit, the 81st Members Meeting will be hosting a thunderous collection of Can-Am racing cars from 1966 to 1974 as one of the themes for the 2024 event. In the spotlight will be some of Can-Am’s most iconic…
Iberian Endurance at Estoril
The 50-minute Iberian Historic Endurance race closed the Estoril Classics meeting after a riveting qualifying that saw the Merlyn Mk4 of Carlos Barbot and Pedro Matos line up alongside the Porsche 911 3.0 RS driven by Bruno Santos. The second row was occupied by the two Ford GT40s, helmed by…
Formula One at the Estoril Classics
Always a highlight for the large crowds, a race for F1 cars of the pre-1986 era has long been a feature of the Estoril Classics meeting. Soheil Ayari lived up to his status as a serious professional driver at the wheel of the ex-Jarier/Boesel Ligier JS21 as he cantered away,…