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Neige et Glace 2022
Building on the success of 2020 when the event returned to the Doubs and Jura regions, and its base camp in Malbuisson, the 67th Rallye Neige et Glace returns to the fundamentals that have shaped the history of this sporting winter trial. This year, in order to avoid date clashes…
XXXIII Rallye Elba Storico
With the record number of 215 entrants, exceeding event organiser ACI Livorno’s expectations, the Rallye Elba Storico and the concurrent Elba Graffiti regularity rally, counting both for the Italian and FIA European Championships, attracted competitors from 13 nations to the small Island of Elba in the Tyrrhenian sea. Also…
Tour de Corse Historique 2021
Home run for Casanova Frédéric Lombard Reports For 21 years, the Tour de Corse Historique has become a must-do event in historic rallying, and many drivers, some of whom have a prestigious track record, eagerly return each year to its mythical special stages. This year a record 330 crews, 162…
Castle Combe Autumn Classic
With all the precision of a synchronised swimming squad the Denis Welch Motorsport-run Austin Healey 3000s of Mark Holme and Doug Muirhead – both aided by Jeremy Welch – splashed to a resounding one-two finish in the GTSCC enduro that closed another soggy Castle Combe Autumn Classic on October 2….
Thrilling Swedish Finals in Falkenberg
The national championship final for this year’s Racing Historic Cup was run, as tradition dictates, at Falkenberg, with some 140 historic cars on the starting line on a cold and slightly windy autumn day, watched by a few hundred brave spectators on 18-19 September. Bengt-Åce Gustavsson reports… Formula Vee…
Estoril Classics
The final races in the Peter Auto season were completed at Estoril on the weekend of 8-10 October, giving drivers the opportunity to end the season in this beautiful part of the world under balmy 20-degree skies. They appreciated it, judging by the number of social media posts of beautiful…
Circuit des Remparts
After last year’s cancellation the 49th edition of one of the oldest race meetings in Europe – it was first run in 1939 – took place on 13-15 September still under some special COVID restrictions, with smaller numbers participating in some of the activities. The Remparts, encircling the charming Charentais…
French Championships
Historic Tour Charade In its beautiful setting amongst the volcanic landscapes of the Auvergne in southwest France, the undulating Charade circuit was the battlefield for the penultimate round of the French Historic Championships. An old-fashioned track that commands respect, Charade’s 3.9kms hug the terrain and preserve sections of the old…
2021 Spa Six Hours
Bryant’s cloud nine Olly Bryant must be living on cloud nine these days, having completed what must be regarded as one of the grand slams of historic motorsport – first a win in the RAC TT at the Goodwood Revival, followed up two weeks later by a triumphant run in…
Dijon Motors Cup
For over two decades the October race meeting at Dijon has been geared to the international grids, most notably, the FIA Championships. Now run by Laurent Vallery-Masson and his equipe at HVM under the Dijon Motors Cup title, it was cancelled last year due to COVID, but made its comeback…
NKHTGT Celebrates in Spain
The NKHTGT celebrated its 25th anniversary at the Circuito de Catalunya near Barcelona, offering season entrants a free pair of races to celebrate the milestone. Supporting the Hankook 24 Hour Series, the Dutch Championship racers got set up and ready to qualify on Friday, with a 50-minute night race on…
Veteran Car Run
This year’s Royal Automobile Club London to Brighton Veteran Car Run, which celebrates the passing into law of the Locomotive on the Highway Act that raised the speed limit for self-propelled locomotives in England from 4mph to 14mph, will be a very special one, celebrating the 125th anniversary of the…
Motor Racing Legends – Silverstone GP Meeting
First run last year in order to provide some end-of-season racing for its members after the cancellation of the Spa Six Hours, Motor Racing Legends’ Silverstone GP meeting featured a three-hour race for pre-’66 GT cars. Such was its success, that the three-hour format was retained at Donington in the…
Endurance Racing Legends at Le Mans
Peter Auto staged two 45-minute Endurance Racing Legends support races at the Le Mans 24 Hours on 20-21 August and produced an impressive 45-car entry of the most notable endurance racers of the 1990s and 2000s. Shaun Lynn was the winner of the first race in his spectacular Bentley Speed…
Historic Dubai Grand Prix
The Historic Dubai Grand Prix Revival powered by Gulf Historic, to give it its full title, will take place on 2-3 December 2021 at the Dubai Autodrome in the context of the 2020 Dubai UAE Universal Exhibition, celebrating 50 years since the founding of the United Arab Emirates and 40…
SVRA Announces 2022 Calendar
The US-based Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) has announced an ambitious 17-race schedule for next year, culminating in a return of the U.S. Vintage National Championships at the Circuit of the Americas on 3-6 November. The 2022 season marks the tenth anniversary of SVRA’s acquisition by Parella Motorsports Holdings, Inc.,…
New Date for Classic Silverstone
The Classic Silverstone event has grown into a complete festival over the years with equal focus on family activities, such as funfair rides, crazy golf, stunt driving displays and a massive shopping village, in a business model that relies on a large infrastructure and a high number of ticket sales….
Classic Sports Car Club – Special Saloons/Modsports – Brands Hatch
Over the years, starting back in the ‘70s, there have been many “almost anything goes” categories for saloon and sports cars – Super Saloons, Thunder Saloons and Modsports etc., groups that led to the creation of such cars as Gerry Marshall’s Chevy V-8 “Big Bertha” and Mick Hill’s VW Beetle…
Spa Circuit is 100
Major Exhibition at Autoworld Brussels Inaugurated on 12th August 1921, the first event at the Spa Francorchamps race circuit was somewhat of a disappointment, with only one car turning up. Only a few motorcycle races were held that year, and a year later, the first race for cars took place…
British Championship Makes a Belated Start
The shortened 2021 British Historic Rally Championship got underway in early September with the Three Shires Stages on the closed roads of Worcestershire, Gloucestershire and Herefordshire. The first of just three rounds for 2021 got the BHRC back on track, 23 months after the last event, following the huge impact…