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Classic Sports Car Club Thruxton
Hancocks’ 40 minutes of Classic K glory Father and son Anthony and Ollie Hancock’s fine Mintex Classic K race victory at Thruxton on July 26 was the super-fast Hampshire circuit’s season-opener and the historic element of the Classic Sports Car Club’s belated 2020 season start. Lithe Lotus Elans are ideally…
Patrick Quiniou
We have lost another friend this month with the passing of Patrick Quiniou, after a long spell of ill health at the age of only 65. A whole generation of French racers will have great memories of Patrick and the race meetings he organised, most notably the Grand Prix…
Jon Dooley 1946-2020
“A lot of investment of self goes into a winning car at this level. It involves keeping going beyond reason when things do not go so well.” It is with the upmost sadness that I write that Jon Dooley, a friend of 35 years and someone with whom I have…
NK HTGT racing gets underway
The 2020 NK HTGT season finally got underway at Zandvoort on the weekend of 12-13 September with two 45-minute races in the Kronos organised Benelux Open weekend. Despite COVID restrictions in the Netherlands, some 25 teams were raring to go, sharing the track with Triumph Competitions. Qualifying was interrupted by…
Championnat de France des Rallyes VHC
Bumper entries mark the resumption of the French rally season Rallye de la Châtaigne After the long break between the Touquet Pas-de-Calais rally in March, and the second round of the French Historic Rally Championship, the Rallye de la Châtaigne finally got under way on 19-21 August. The 2020 edition…
Tour Auto
Three Cheers for Favaro Jean-Marie Biadatti reports The 29th edition of the Tour Auto Optic 2000 had to be postponed to September because of the pandemic and the continuing health situation led some competitors to withdraw at the last minute. There were nevertheless 195 competitors still at the start, with…
The Swedes get Started
Mantorp Classic Festival Bengt-Åce Gustavsson reports on the first two race meetings of the Swedish season This year is like no other, and for the Swedish RHK historic racing cup, this has meant that this year’s first two competitions were postponed from spring to autumn (Kinnekulle and Karlskoga) and one…
French National Championships Rounds Two and Three
Historic Tour – Dijon – Charade What was meant to be a well-spaced calendar of five meetings, leaving a long summer break for “les vacances”, turned into an action-packed month of August when first, Historic Tour Dijon, the second in this year’s series, took place on 15-16 August, and Historic…
Thruxton Historic
Postponed from its original June date, Historic Promotions’ Thruxton Historic event delivered lashings of nostalgia on 15-16 August. An eclectic mix of cars – the oldest dating way back to the 1920s, when the Brooklands Automobile Racing Club, forerunner of the current BARC was in its pomp – entertained spectators…
Historic Grand Prix Zandvoort
Banking on the dunes In any other year, this season’s Zandvoort Historic Grand Prix would have run the risk of being labelled uninspiring, if not bland. But in fact, it was a kind of miracle. Here was a motorsport event that went ahead on its planned date (September 5-6), with…
Masters Historic Festival
Masters Racing made a triumphant return to Brands Hatch in late August with a programme full of drama and spectacle, says Rachel Harris-Gardiner Historic Formula One provided a mix of familiar cars, with some interesting newcomers, including former FIA Formula One World Championship racer, and Sky Sports F1 speaker, Johnny…
VSCC Mallory Park Formula Vintage
It’s been a while, but vintage racing was back, with the VSCC Formula Vintage race meeting at Mallory Park on 23 August. And what a way to start. Mallory Park is one of the UK’s most attractive venues, its twin lakes giving it a unique setting, think Interlagos transplanted to…
Important News Update
Oldtimer GP Classic Cancelled for 2021 28 July, 2021 – After speculation over the last ten days, it was finally announced that the Oldtimer-Grand-Prix, which was to take place on 13-15 August, is cancelled for this year. The German authorities are using the circuit facilities as operations headquarters for emergency…
King of Cool
From our Editor.. We have a pretty active Facebook group, the members of which are historic motor sport enthusiasts from all the corners of the world, and I always look forward to reading their posts. I saw a post by Ian McAlpine that I loved and decided to share it…
HSCC Geoff Lees Trophy
The Historic Sports Car Club’s new race category for up to 2-litre single-seater racing cars from the 1980s, the Geoff Lees Trophy, will open with a double-header at the HSCC Wolds Trophy meeting at Cadwell Park on 19-20 September. Competitors will also have the chance to race at the Dijon…
Circuit des Remparts
Jean-Marc Laffont, President of the Association du Circuit des Remparts d’Angoulême issued a statement on 16 august announcing the cancellation of the 2020 event. “Despite all our determination, the sudden spike of COVID-19 cases in the last few days has brought with it an ever-increasing number of measures and restrictions…
Spa Six Hours – Known Unknowns
One of the biggest international race meetings of the year is still on track to take place on 24-27 September, but as we go to press – still some six weeks before the meeting is set to kick off – the requirement for those visiting Belgium to go into quarantine…
Algarve Classic Festival
Fulfilling a long-held ambition, Paulo Pinheiro, founder and CEO of the Autodromo Algarve has succeeded in bringing Formula One to his circuit. This is good news for all of us, as at times in its history the circuit has been barely viable and this will give it the fillip it…
Sideways at Spa Hat Trick Meeting
From the first Spa Six Hours meeting, the late Barry Sidery-Smith organised a race there for British and “interesting” GT, Sports and Touring cars and when the Spa Summer Classic from the same organisers started, Barry was in on the ground floor there too. Sadly Barry is no longer with…
Peter Auto 2021
Peter Auto has announced its 2021 calendar, which includes five race meetings for its regular series, very similar to what it should have been this year, plus the postponed Le Mans Classic, the date for which has been set at 1-4 July. A new feature will be two test days…