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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
You can download Peter’s complete document here. 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…
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…
NASCAR marks its 75th Anniversary in 2023
While NASCAR ran its first race more than a year before, on February 15, 1948, on the beach road course in Daytona, the year 1949 is significant for the first race run under the NASCAR “Strictly Stock” banner. This was the predecessor to the NASCAR Cup Series. The inaugural track…
Sally Mason-Styrron
We are very sorry to learn of the recent passing of Sally Mason-Styrron at the age of 70, a real enthusiast who, along with husband Dudley, owned and exercised a truly splendid collection of sports and racing cars over a lifetime’s involvement in historic motor sport. Among the many cars…
Long Distance Classic
From 1953 until the early 2000s, the ADAC 1000km Race on the daunting Nürburgring Nordschleife was a must-do event for GT and sports car drivers. For the third time, the revival of this unique and legendary endurance classic, will see over 100 cars take to the track for nearly seven…
Canossa Race Season
Usually associated in Europe with rally events, most notably the Cento Ore and the Terre de Canossa, and in the US and Middle East with tours and Concours events, Canossa continues to expand its activities and last year ventured into organising circuit racing after purchasing the Alfa Revival Cup, which had been started and run for many years by Tommaso Gelmini.