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Tour Auto 2023
The Tour Auto is an event as old as motor sport itself. The current celebration of its glory days, when it was called the Tour de France Auto, has been probably one of the key achievements of Patrick Peter’s and his Peter Auto organisation by bringing together 200-300 cars, all…
Algarve Welcome Spring
The Iberian Historic Endurance season kicked off at the Algarve Welcome Spring meeting in Portimão when more than 30 cars took to the tarmac of the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve to participate in their first race of the year, with Pedro Bastos Rezende’s impressive De Tomaso Pantera and Paulo Lima’s…
Alfa Revival and Youngtimer Cups
After its first full season in 2022 as organisers of the Alfa Revival Cup, created and popularised by Tommaso Gelmini, Canossa events has subsequently added a Youngtimer series and a series for modern Ferraris to its portfolio. Joining the PNK Mugello Racing Weekend on 28-30 April, both the Alfa Revival…
Pau Classic Grand Prix
In an evocation of the “3 Heures internationales de Pau”, contested on the street circuit at the foot of the Pyrenees on Easter weekend in 1958, Diogo Ferrão has invited his Iberian Endurance drivers to enter four races over the weekend of 20-21 May, with the driver who completes the…
Monaco 2024
The ACM has announced the grids for the 2024 Grand Prix de Monaco Historique, which will take place on the weekend of 10-12 May. There are no Formula Junior or F3 cars on the timetable. Time to start preparing/buying your F1 cars! Race A1 – Louis Chiron – Pre-war Grand…
Tin Tops at Monterey
Last year, members of the American racing fraternity, and the public at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion discovered what fun touring cars can be after a raucous group of Tin Tops of the 1955-1969 era entertained crowds in a one-hour mini-endurance race. Such was their popularity organisers have made sure…
Three Decades of the Spa Six Hours
Revised Programme The 30th Spa Six hours will be marked by changes to the usual programme. The meeting will start on Wednesday, 26 September with the free practices, usually scheduled on Thursday, and qualifying will commence on Thursday with all the support races on the timetable for Friday and Saturday. …
Red Bull Ring Classic
Austria’s Red Bull Ring in Spielberg will be the host of a historic motor sport festival on 9-11 June. Feature races will be for Group C cars, organised by Gephardt Marketing, BOSS GP for recent Formula cars, and the FHR grids, such as the Youngtimer Cup, Gentle Drivers Trophy and …
European E-fuel Policy Could Save Historic Vehicles
FIVA (the Fédération Internationale des Véhicules Anciens) is welcoming news that the use of carbon-neutral e-fuels is now officially recognised in Europe as an important factor in tackling climate change. In recent years, FIVA member organisations have been actively studying the use of e-fuels and the results to date suggest…
Lotus Celebrations at the Revival
Goodwood has announced that this year’s Goodwood Revival will celebrate Lotus’ 75th anniversary, welcoming a fleet of up to 75 cars from Lotus’ 75 years of history and heritage. The milestone will be marked with special on-track activities paying homage to “The Chapman years” (1948-1982) with a number of notable…
Bentley Continuation Goes to Le Mans
The first car in Bentley’s controversial Blower Continuation series, known in-house as Car Zero, will be seen out racing in 2023. Following a piece-by-piece disassembly of the 1930, #2 Team Car, part of the Bentley Heritage Collection, a precise laser scanning of the frame and its components led to the…
Swedish C-Type Replica – The Story Continues
You may have read in these pages in our June and July 2021 issues (or in Paul Griffin’s excellent book ‘The Fast and the Spurious’), the story of the decision by a Swedish court to back Jaguar Land Rover’s copyright claim against a replica C-type builder in Sweden. Karl…
Land Speed Record Sunbeam to run Again
Designed and built solely to break the 200mph barrier, Major Henry Segrave’s Land Speed Record, V12 aero-engined Sunbeam, affectionately known as ‘The Slug’, will go on tour to selected UK and European events from the UK’s National Motor Museum at Beaulieu in a bid to raise £300k for the car’s…
Historic Motor Racing News and the Planet
Here at Historic Motor Racing News we do our best to contribute to the world’s efforts to cut emissions and the waste of resources. With our digital edition we offer subscribers an option that does not involve the use paper or transport. However, we understand that many readers enjoy the…
FIA Historic Rally Championship Round One Rally Motul Costa Brava
The 71st Rally Motul Costa Brava kicked off the rally season for the FIA European Historic Rally Championship, the Spanish Championships, both Sporting and Regularity, and the Catalan Championships. It also included a Legend Category for exhibition with a selection of truly legendary machines and drivers. Reigning FIA Category 3…
GENERATIONS RALLY
Rally the Globe’s second edition of the Generations Rally has been seen as an even greater success than last year’s award-winning event. Initiated 12 months ago specifically to ignite the passion for historic motorsport among a younger audience, entries were aimed at driver/navigator crews from two distinct generations, ideally from…
Three Legs of Mann
Celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of the Manx Trophy Rally The 60th Anniversary of the first Manx Trophy Rally in 1963 was marked by the Three Legs of Mann rally, run in the traditional format and taking some of the best road and regularity crews in Europe on the famous Isle…
Australian Rallies are Back!
After a series of tragic accidents in tarmac rally events in Australia, culminating in three deaths in the Targa Tasmania last April, Motorsport Australia suspended all tarmac rallying in the country while a full review was undertaken. That review was made public at the end of February with a comprehensive…
The Alternative to ATA Carnets
Historic Grand Prix Cars Association Chairman Peter Horsman has used his legal background to study the actual regulations for taking racing cars from the UK into the EU for racing. He has found a solution and created a document that explains how UK domiciled racing cars (cars normally kept in…
Good News From Goodyear and Dunlop
Having just missed last month’s issue, Dunlop’s HP Tyres made an important announcement from their sumptuous stand at Race Retro that has put a welcome end to all the suspense about the supply of authentic, period spec tyres from 2024 when Avons will no longer be produced. Not only did…