classic and competition car 28

Classic and Competition Car

VSCC Winter Driving Tests

Issue 28 January 2013

© Pete Austin

Classic and Competition Car January 2013

ContentsPage 4 NewsPage 11 Obituary - John FitchPage 13 Classic Car of the month - Lea Francis Lynx

Roadster - 1960Page 16 Tasman Revival previewPage 18 VSCC Winter Driving TestsPage 24 Photo tribute to some of the 2012 ChampionsPage 39 Archive Photo of the monthPage 40 Boxing Day car meet, Moat House Inn, Alcester

Christopher Williams and Duncan Round - 1930 Ford Model A

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© Simon WrightCadillac at the Boxing day car meet, Moat House Inn, Alcester


Editorial.Oh Well, Winter is upon us, and there isnot much action taking place over thefestive season. But now we can lookforward to a New Year and a new seasonof motoring action. First major event isthe Autosport International Show at theNational Exhibition Centre, nearBirmingham, England. This is always a

great event for January and has the benefit of being inside.This year will hopefully produce some spectacular racingand good weather, so we can enjoy our motoring pursuitswithout developing webbed feet!

The anniversaries continue to come thick and fast, withAston Martin celebrating its centenary with lots of plannedevents world wide including the Silverstone Classic. We alsohave 50 years of the iconic Porsche 911, 50 years ofLamborghini and 60 years of the American classic ChevroletCorvette, so 2013 promises to be another great year for carenthusuiasts, and we can't wait. See you out there.

Pete is the man for Historic racing,with an extensive archive of blackand white images covering the lastfew decades of motorsport in Britain.Also keen on BRM.

Mick's first love is GT racing,including Historic's, especially theLola T70.

Janet has been taking photos formany years and is also skilled invideo work. She likes Aston Martins

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NewsGoodwood Festival of Speed date change.

Due to the unexpected change to the 2013 Formula 1 calendar which sawthe German Grand Prix moved to the same weekend as the GoodwoodFestival of Speed, the 5-7th July 2013, Goodwood have announced thatsubject to any further ammendments to the Grand prix Calendar, the2013 Festival of Speed will now take place on the 12th-14th July 2013,with the Moving motor Show behing held on Thursday 11th July.Current Formula 1 has played an important part in the festival of Speedover the last 20 years and will continue to do so for this 20th anniversarycelebration.Tickets already issued for the 2013 event will remain valid for the newdates. Any queries? Contact the Goodwood ticket office. See theGoodwood web site for further information www.goodwood.co.uk

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HSCC Provisional Dates for 2013.The Historic Sports car Club has announced its provisional dates for the 2013season. Starting at Donington Park in March, they manage to visit the majority ofmajor circuits before the season ends with the traditional Walter Hayes Trophymeeting in November at Silverstone.

17th March Donington Park

30th-31st March Thruxton

20th-21st April Cadwell Park (Wolds Trophy)

3rd-5th May Donington Park Historic Festival

10th-11th May Tour Britannia

18th-19th May Silverstone International trophy (GP Circuit)

1st-2nd June Snetterton (Autosport Three Hours)

6th-7th July Brands Hatch HSCC Super Prix (GP Circuit)

26th-28th July Silverstone Classic (GP Circuit)

3rd-4th August Croft Nostalgia weekend

24th-26th August Oulton Park Gold Cup (International circuit)

8th September Mini Tour Britannia

28th September Brands Hatch (Indy circuit)

19th October Silverstone Championship Finals

2nd-3rd November Wlater Hayes Trophy

Autosport International ShowThe 2013 Show is due to be held at the NationalExhibition Centre near Birmingham, England overthe weekend of the 12th and 13th January 2013,

with two trade only days on the 10th and 11th of January. Star of the showwill be the World Championship winning Red Bull Racing RB8 which tookSebastian Vettel to his third World Championship in 2012. In fact all theGrand prix winning cars from 2012 will be on display at the show.The Historic Sports Car Club is promising an interesting stand at this yearsshow, combining the fans love of Touring Cars with their love of Historicracing, by showing a display of eleven cars to represent some of the 54 yearhistory of the British Touring Car Championship.

It is 40 years since Jackie Stewart won his third and final WorldChampionship, and there will be a tribute display of some of the cars hedrove during his career. The show will also have a tribute to the late WorldRally Champion Richard Burns with many of the cars he drove during hisshort career displayed together at the show.

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John Clelland's Championship winning Vauxhall Cavalier

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Stuart Roach Alexis Mk2 Formula Junior

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Tom Onslow-Cole switches to TEAM Hard NGTC Passat for2013

Tony Gilham, who runs TeamHARD, has announced that they arepreparing two NGTC VolkswagenPassat CCs to run in this yearsBritish Touring Car Championshipalong side the two VauxhallInsignias that the team ran lastyear. After working on thedevelopment of the VauxhallInsignia, the team felt ready todesign their own car from the floorup.They hope to have 2 Passatsand 2 Insignias on the grid atBrands Hatch. In a suprise move,Team Hard also announced thatTom Onslow Cole will drive one ofthe new Passats for the 2013

season. Team Hard also announced that 2012 Clio Cup ChampionJack Goff will drive one of the Vauxhall Insignias in the 2013 BTCC.

Masters Series DatesMasters Historic Racing run race series for Grand Prix Masters (3 litreFormula 1 cars built between 1968 and 1978), World Sports Car Masters (LeMans type Group 4 Prototypes built between the mid 1960s to 1974),Gentlemen Drivers (Pre-1966 GT cars and Pre-1963 Sports cars to AppendixK), Can Am Interserie Challenge (sports racing cars from the CanadianAmerican Trophy plus 2 and 3 litre prototypes of the 1970s.), Masters Pre-66Touring (Pre -1966 Touring Cars to Appendix K) and Touring 70s Celebration(Group 2 Touring cars of the 1970s). They have announced their provisional2013 event calendar, covering ten events at major European circuits. Theseason starts at Oulton Park in March and finishes at Jerez, Spain inOctober. In between they are racing at some of the classic circuits of Europeincluding the Nurburgring, Spa, Barcelona, Silverstone, Zandvoort, Dijon,Donington and Brands Hatch.Oulton Park, England 23rd March 2013 Masters RacedayBarcelona, Spain 12-14th April 2013 Catalan ClassicDonington, England 3rd-5th May 2013 Donington Historic FestivalBrands Hatch, England 25th-27th May 2013 Masters FestivalDijon, France 14-16th June 2013 Grand Prix de l'Age d'OrSilverstone, England 26-28th July 2013 Silverstone Classic.Nurburgring, Germany 9-11th August 2013 Oldtimer Grand PrixZandvoort, Holland 30th Aug-1st Sept 2013 Historic Grand PrixSpa, Belgium 20-22nd Sept 2013 Spa Six Hours EventJerez, Spain 11-13th October 2013 Masters Festival.

Rudolph Ernst March 721 at Donington Park in 2012

Lola saved to fight another dayThe Lola name has been saved after Carl A Hass Automotive andMultimatic Engineering concluded a deal to continue the production ofLola Chassis and parts and possibly introduce new Lola designs in thefuture. Canadian firm Multimatic Engineering had teamed up with Carl

Hass Auto to become the NorthAmerican Lola distributors wayback in 1967, selling thousandsof Lola racing cars. Under thenew agreement, Multimatic willproduce replacement parts toservice current customers whileHass Auto will serve as thedistributor.

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Formula 5000 Lola T332 - Neil Daws


The Brooklands Double TwelveMotorsport Festival

June 15th and 16th 2013 have been confirmed as thedates for the Brooklands Double Twelve motorsportfestival. Organised by Brooklands and the Vintage

Sports Car Club, the event is a birthday celebration for the original opening of theBrooklands circuit in 1907.

The weekend consists of three stand alone events- the Double Twelve Speed Trialsheld on the Mercedes-Benz World Circuit on the Saturday, the Double TwelveDriving Tests on Sunday and the Double Twelve Concours held on both days. Eachevent will have its own awards but to qualify for a Brooklands Double Twelve award,a competitor must compete over both days in any two of the three events and thecombined scores of the two events will decide their Double Twelve placing. Thismeans that a competitor can do the Speed trial on Saturday and the Driving TestSunday or either of those events and the Concours on the other day. Due to timeconstraints, it will not be possible to compete in all three events.The Speed Trial and Driving Tests are being organised by the VSCC. For moreinformation see their web site at www.vscc.co.uk. The Double Twelve concours isorganised by the Brooklands Museum and will be split in to the following classes:-Aston Martin Centenary, Vauxhall 30/98, The 'Grand Tour' pre-war, the 'Grand Tour'post war, British cars at Le Mans, Mercedes Benz SL Pagoda 50th Anniversary,Veteran and Edwardian, Historic Brooklands Vintage , Historic Brooklands Post-Vintage, Spirit of Brooklands Pre-war, Spirit of Brooklands post war and the Spirit ofBrooklands Open Wheel racing.

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80th anniversary of racing at Donington celebratedat Historic Festival 2013

The Historic Grand Prix Association (HPGCA) will celebrate the 80thanniversary of the first car race at Donington Park in 1933 by staging apre-war Grand prix race at the Donington Historic Festival in May2013.The winner will receive a Tazio Nuvolari Trophy.The early days of Grand Prix racing were filled with legendary marquessuch as Alfa Romeo, Bugatti, ERA, Maserati, Frazer Nash, MG andTalbot-Lago driven by famous drivers such a Nuvolari, Seaman, Lang,Prince Bira,and Rosemayer. Many of these cars still race today.In these early years, Donington Park saw its fair share of action. Thisincluded Richard Shuttleworth 'Mad Jack' winning in 1935 at the wheelof his Alfa Romeo P3 and the famous Silver Arrows of Germanydominating in 1937 and 1938 driven by Bernd Rosemeyer and TazioNuvolari. The HPGCA will aim to recreate some of this excitement at theHistoric Festival.

Charles McCabe ERA R5B

Aston Martin Le Mans of Christopher Scott Mackirdy will be eligible for the AstonMartin Centenary class

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Aston Martin 100 years old.As Aston Martin reaches its centenary, just over a third of the companyhas been sold off to an Italian consortium Investindustrial for £150 millionas part of a half billion pound spending plan aimed at reviving the brand'sfortunes. Investindustrial had previously held a stake in Ducati beforeselling it to Audi. They join Kuwaiti firm The Investment Dar as backers ofAston Martin. The Italian consortium are hoping to achieve similar resultsthat they achieved at Ducati by expanding the model range andstrengthening the dealer network throughout the World. There have beensuggestions that the current range has stagnated, with models appearingoutwardly similar, though there are major differences under the skin.To celebrate the centenary year, Aston Martin is planning a packedprogramme of global events throughout 2013. The centre piece of thesecelebrations will be a dedicated Centenary Week which will involve everyaspect of the company, from its headquarters at Gaydon to the spiritualhome at Newport Pagnell and will include the global dealer network and

the Aston Martin Owners Club. This week is from the 15th to the 21st July 2013. For further information, see the Aston Martin web site atwww.astonmartin.com

Donington Park major dates for 2013.Donington Park has announced its major events calendar for2013. The car events start with the Historic Sports Car Clubseason opener on the 17th March 2013, followed a week laterby the 750 Motor Club Car Championships race meeting onthe 23rd March. This is a 'home' event for the club which isnow based at Donington. April has the Motors TV NationalRace Day meeting televised live on Motors TV on Saturday 6thfollowed by an MG Car Club meeting on the 7th. The first ofthe big events is the British Touring Car Championship on the20th and 21st of April. The very popular Donington HistoricFestival is now a 3 day meeting from the 3rd to the 5th May.Another significant event is the return of the SuperstarsInternational Series at the end of August. This European seriesfor powerful V8 saloons is making its third appearance in a rowat Donington and always provides spectacular action.For further information and to see the full list of dates, please visit the Donington web site at www.donington-park.co.uk

Aston Martin Vantage V8 LMGTE Am car of Roald Goethe and Stuart Hallat Silverstone in 2012

The BTCC always proves to be popular at Donington

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GT & Sports Car CupThe 2013 calendar for the GT & Sports Car cup has been announcedwith races across Europe. The season starts at Silverstone in Englandon the 18th and 19th May at the HSCC International Trophy meeting.The rest of the season will double up with the Carol Spagg's U2TC and1000kms series at Monza, Italy on the 1st and 2nd of June. The serieshas two races in France, at Dijon on the 12th and 13th July and PaulRicard on the 31st August and the 1st of September. It is also plannedto race at Portimao in Portugal and a date will be confirmed later.

Croft Nostalgia weekend 2013.The North East circuit has announced that their popular nostalgiaweekend will be the weekend of the 3rd and 4th of August 2013. Formore information, visit the circuit web site at www.croftcircuit.co.uk

Manx Classic 25-27th April 2013

The annual Manx Classic is eheld over closed public roadson the Isle of Man for classic and sports cars. The three daysprint and Hill Climb event uses parts of the infamous Isle ofMan TT Course. For more information, visit their web site atwww.manxmotorracing.com/

(c) Paul Hardiman Sloc Hill Climb, David Leigh, 1923 GN Spider

Adrian Newey Jaguar E-Type at the Silverstone round in 2012

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Formula Ford Duratec championship.With the MSA Formula Ford Championship dropping the Duratecclass for 2013, the BRSCC have announced they will run aseparate championship for these cars in 2013. The races will beheld over 7 or 8 events and will include a class for Zetec poweredcars.

Donington Historic Festival 3rd-5thMay 2013.

In just 2 years the Donington Historic festivalhas established itself as one of the majorhistoric motorsport events on theInternational scene. This year sees twosignificant anniversaries for one of GrandPrix racings finest drivers, both of which areassociated with Donington Park. AyrtonSenna started his Formula 1 career atDonington Park in 1983, testing a WilliamsFW08. Ten years later, he won a very wetEuropean Grand Prix at Donington Park.Many considered this to be his greatestvictory. In honour of these two anniversaries,the Donington Historic Festival will celebratethe career of Ayrton Senna. For moreinformation see www.doningtonhistoric.com

Fabian Welter (MEX) Mygale SJ08 Duratec Class winner Donington Park

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A Williams Cosworth FW08 similar to the one driven by Ayrton Senna in his first Grand Pric test in 1983 atDonington Park

MSV FIA Formula 2 finished.The FIA and MSV have agreed to not run the FIA Formula 2championship for the 2013 season. After running for just 4 seasons,since 2009, it was agreed that the single team policy for the formulahad lessened its appeal to drivers and if Formula 2 is ever to return,it should be on a multi team basis. The series has drawn good gridsand competitive racing over the past 4 years.

Christopher Zanella MSV Williams Formula 2 car

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John Cooper Fitch4th August 1917-31st October 2012

Born in Indianapolis, John was an American World War 2 flying Ace who took upsports car racing after the war, dring an MG-TC. Showing plenty of talent in sportscar racing, he wassigned up for the1951 Buenos AiresGrand Prix of SportCars, Argentinadriving a borrowed,restored Allard J2.The car had beeninvolved in a crashand the chassishad beenstraightened bytieing the frame toan oak tree andpowering the Allarduntil the chassis was roughly straight. John used his skill to win the race.He went on to race in Europe driving Cunninghams at Le Mans and won the 1953Sebring 12 Hours

race driving a Briggs Cunningham C4R Chrysler with Phil Walters. Hejoined Fangio and Moss at Mercedes in 1955, winning the Productionclass in the Millie Miglia and sharing outright victory in the 1955 TouristTrophy with Stirling Moss in a Mercedes Benz 300 SLR.He witnessed the terrible crash at Le Mans in 1955 which killed 83people and injured another 120 and it led him to begin working onimproving safety. He developed the Fitch Inertia Crash barrier, theyellow sand filled barriers that are common on American highways. Healso went on to manage the Chevrolet Corvette sports car team and laterdeveloped his own sports car, the Fitch Phoenix which he racedregularly at Lime Rock Raceway, where he was General Manager livingnext to the circuit. To his family and friends we offer our sincrecondolences. We would also like to thank Roger Allard for thephotographs in this article.

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Race Retro 22-24 February 2013Back again at Stoneleigh, near Coventry, Race Retro is theperfect day out for the Historic Motorsport fan, with a mixture ofstatic displays and live Rally action on Saturday and Sunday ona special tarmac stage round the roads of the show ground.This years event will celebrate the magnificent racing history ofTeam Lotus with a display of classic Lotus cars, while on thestage and in the halls there will also be a tribute to the RenaultAlpine on the 40th anniversary of its first ever WRC title.

Held at the National Exhibition Centre in conjunction with the AutosportInternational Show, the Performance Car Show is the place to be foraspects of high performance road cars. This years show will include acouple of new car launches in the UK.The new Ariel Atom 3.5 will make its public debut at the show. One of thefastest road cars to buy, the new 3.5 includes an engine power boost to310bhp from the supercharged 2 litre Honda VTEC engine. This gives it a0-60mph time of just 2.7seconds and a top speed of155mph.The other launch is the newRadical RXC, a Le mansinspired racer for the road alongwith a race version ready forInternational GT and Sportscarchampionships.

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Renault Alpine

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Nick Fennell Lotus 25


Classic car of the month.Lea-Francis Lynx Roadster 1960.

This car was number two of only three built by Lea-Francis in 1960 for the Earls Court Motor Show. This car was displayed without an engine at theshow after being rushed together in only 6 months after a six year break in production at the factory and much financial uncertainty. Both the cars

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displayed at the show were finished in lilac. The cars were fitted with the Ford 6 cylinder2553cc engine from a Ford Zephyr MkII, which produced between 107 and 149 BHPand gave the roadster a top speed of 123 miles per hour. The car was based on a 1948tubular steel chassis from the 14hp sports model, adapted to fit the Ford Zephyr engineand Moss gearbox with overdrive powering the rear wheels. Fuel consumption wasquoted at 26 miles per gallon. The car incorporated Dunlop disc brakes and rack andpinion steering, with indepedent Torsion bar front suspension and semi-elliptec leafspring rear suspension attached to a live axle. When new it had a list price of £2096.Although the cars were manufactured very quickly, they showed considerable attentionto detail in a unique style. Unfortunately, despite the high hopes of the management andstaff, the design failed to win a single sale. After only 3 were built, the project wasabandoned, and this expensive exercise for the struggling firm probably contributed tothe eventual closure of the factory. It's streamlined body design had a crash worthinessahead of its time with design features not seen on other cars for many years.This car was originally bought from the receivers by two brothers in 1961 whocompleted the car. The current owner purchased the car in 1968 and had it completely

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restored by ChisbonRestorations whoreturned it to its originalmotor show finish, butadded the loweredwindscreen, which wasone of twentymodifications instigatedby the factory in thespring of 1961 to makethe cars ready for sale.The cost ofdevelopment of thismodel may well havecontributed to thedecline of the companywhich was originallyformed in August 1895by Richard Lea andGraham Francis. Basedin Coventry, the firm

originally produced bicycles before switching to car production in 1903 with a strange model fitted with an under floor mounted 3 cylinder engine,which also failed to sell. They switched to motorcycles withmore sucess before moving back to cars but went in toreceivership during the great depression in the early 1930s.The company was revived in 1937 under new management,and produced a new car designed by Hugh Rose, formerlywith Riley. After the war, in 1945, the cars proved morepopular in saloon and sports car layout. Its 2 1/2 litre engineproved popular and was fitted to various racing cars of thetime, including early Connaughts. In the early 1950s salesdeclined again and the company concentrated on generalengineering before attempting a come back into carproduction with the Lynx in 1960. The company finally foldedand the assests were all sold by 1962. In total around 10,000Lea Francis cars were built.

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2012/13 MSC New Zealand F5000 Tasman Cup Revival SeriesPreview of Rnds 4 & 5 NZ Festival of Motor Racing - celebrating Denny Hulme meetings Hampton Downs Northern Waikato

Fri-Sat Jan 18-20 & 25-27 2013STRONG AUSSIE ENTRY BOOSTS MSC FESTIVAL FIELDA strong Australian entry has boosted the MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series field for the two NZ Festival of Motor Racing - celebrating Denny Hulmemeetings at Hampton Downs in the New Year.Six Australian drivers are crossing the Tasman for the two meetings, taking the number of entries for the MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series races at

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the Jan 18-20 and 25-27 2013 meetingsto 35.Heading the Aussie squad is 2012/13MSC series round one race winner BryanSala from Melbourne who will drive aMatich A50/51. He will be joined at thetwo meetings here by fellow VictoriansPaul Zazryn (Lola T332), and BillHemming (Elfin MR8), South AustralianJohn Bryant (Lola T140), and Rod Carroll(Lola T140) and Aaron Lewis (MatichA50) from New South Wales.The two mid-summer meetings atHampton Downs have traditionallyattracted a number of drivers from aroundthe world and the 2013 ones are nodifferent. Local MSC series regularscontinue to make up the bulk of the field.But their numbers will be supplementedthis year by the six entries from acrossthe Tasman, three - Mike Whatley (LolaT300 & Surtees TS8), Greg Thornton(McRae GM1) and Mark Dwyer (LolaT400) - from the UK, two - Bruce Leeson(McLaren M10B) and Eric Haga (LolaT190) - from the United States, and one -expat Brit Peter Dunn (March 73A) - fromMonaco.After two points rounds - one in Australiaand one here - so far this season, defending MSC series title holder Steve Ross holds a 33 point lead over Auckland driver Aaron Burson (McRae GM1 withKen Smith just a point behind in third place with class newcomer David Banks (Talon MR1A) fourth and David Abbott (Lola T430) from Christchurch fifth.Ross and Bryan Sala shared wins at the opening round of the 2012/13 MSC series at the big Muscle Car Masters meeting in Sydney in September but Rossstaged an impressive clean sweep to claim the prestigious Lady Wigram Trophy at the second, in Christchurch, a month later.Dark horse at the two NZ Festival meetings, however, could well be regular UK visitor Greg Thornton. At the recent non-championship MSC series round atAustralia's biennial Tasman Revival meeting in Sydney he won two of the four races in his newly acquired ex Stuart Lush McRae GM1.The two NZ Festival of Motor Racing - celebrating Denny Hulme meetings are again expected to attract large crowds with cars either once driven by orassociated with New Zealand's only Formula 1 World Champion being shipped in from all over the world for display and/or demonstration.After the two rounds at the NZ Festival meetings at Hampton Downs the MSC series title chase heads south for the penultimate round at the annual SkopeClassic meeting at Christchurch's Powerbuilt Tools Raceway at Ruapuna Park over the Febnruary 02-03 weekend and the final at Invercargill's Teretonga Parka fortnight later. Prepared by FAST COMPANY of behalf of the New Zealand Formula 5000 Association www.F5000.co.nz For more information about the 2012/13 MSC NewZealand F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series contact Ross MacKay on 021 677 919 or via e-mail on [email protected]

© Fast Company/Alex MitchellLola T140 pair John Bryant and Rod Carroll are crossing the Tasman to contest rounds four andfive of the 2012/12 MSC F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series at Hampton Downs in January


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VSCC Winter Driving Tests – Saturday December 1stBy Pete Austin

On a bright and sunny December morning competitors and officials gathered at St. George’s Barracks, Upper Arncott near Bicester in Oxfordshire for the annualVSCC Winter Driving tests.

12 tests had been laid out in the grounds of this military establishment some of which were quite complicated and varied from tarmac to ‘loose’ surfaces.Competition began at 10.00am but even before this Chris Williams and his co-driver Duncan Round (complete with bowler hats), as usual provided some

Paul Compton - 1934 Wolseley Aerees Special

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entertainment by arriving in their 1930 Ford Model A with a smoking chimneymounted on the roof. It all adds to the fun of the event.

The event alwaysattracts an eclecticmix of vintage carsranging from twosporty BugattiBrescias, variousAustin 7s and MGsthrough to a FraserNash BMW 328.This last car wasdriven by JohnMuschamp whosewife, Fabbiennethis year had herAustin 7 which shedescribed as her‘own little baby’.

Richard Marsh - 1930 Austin 7

Fabienne Muschamp - 1928 Austin 7 ADEwen Getley - 1927 Bentley 3/4 and a half litre

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Class 3 for Standard Sports-Cars was won by Edmund Burgess havingtowed his Bugatti T13 Brescia all the way from Suffolk with VSCC‘snapper’ Mark Ballard (this time on the other side of the lens) gaining asecond in class with his Frazer Nash Falcon TT Replica. Husband andwife duo Owen Bolton and Rachel Bolton-King took 2nd and 3rd in classrespectively with their MG M Type Midget.

Michael Brown gained a first in the class for Cyclecars, Oddities andLCES with his Riley 9 Tourer. Duncan Round drove the ‘smoking’ FordModel A to a 3rd class award. 1st Class awards were gained by RichardMarsh (Austin 7) and Charlie Martin (Riley Special) in the category forModified Sports Cars.

Dr David Wallom - 1934 Austin 7 Sports

David Thomson - 1936 Talbot 105 Alpine Replica

Michael Brown - 1930 Riley 9 Tourer

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Christopher Williams and Duncan Round - 1930 Ford Model A

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With tremendous hospitality (including free refreshments being provided by TimWalker Restorations on a far flung outpost of the site) this was once again a mostsuccessful and enjoyable event.

John Muschamp - 1939 Frazer Nash BMW 328 Sports

Guy Woodliffe-Thomas 1929 Austin 7 Chummy

Paul Compton - 1934 Wolseley Aerees Special

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David Marsh - 1925 Bugatti T13 Brescia

Dr David Wallom - 1934 Austin 7 SportsGary Caroline - 1932 Morgan Super Sports

David Thomson - 1936 Talbot 105 Alpine Replica

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FIA World Endurance Drivers Championship Andre Lotterer (D)/ Benoit Treluyer (F)/ Marcel Fassler (CH) Manufacturers champion Audi R18 e-tron

LMP1 champions Rebellion Racing Lola B12/60 Coupe - Toyota,

2012 Champions.

LMP2 Champions Starworks Motorsport HPD ARX 03b - Honda,

GTE Pro Champions AF Corse Ferrari GTE AM Champions Labre Competition Chevrolet Corvette C6-ZR1

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FIA GT1 World Champion Marc Bassenq/Marcus Winkelhock All-Inkl.com Munnich Motorsport Mercedes Benz SLS AMG GT3

Blancpain Endurance series GT3 Pro Cup Champions Chrisopher Haase (D)/Stephane Ortelli(MCO)/Christopher Mies Audi R8 LMS Ultra

Blancpain Endurance series GT3 Pro /AM Cup Champions Louis Machiels(D)/Niek Hommerson (NLD) Ferrari 458 Italia

Blancpain Endurance series GT3 Gentlemen Tropy Robert Hissom (GB)/Pierre Hirschi (CHE) Audi R8 LMS

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We celebrate some of the many motor racing champions in 2012

ELMS Champion Pierre Thiriet/Mathias Beche Thiriet by TDS Racing Oreca 03 Nissan Constructors Champion - Oreca Nissan

LM GTE Pro (66) Jonathan Cocker (GB) Ferrari 458 Italia

LM GTE Am (67) Anthony Pons (F)/Nicolas Armindo(F)/Raymond Narac (F) Porsche 911 RSR 997 Imsa

Performance Matmut

LM PC (40) John Hartshorne (GB) Boutsen GinionRacing (Bel)Formula Le Mans Oreca 09

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Grand Prix Masters:Champion Andrew Beaumont (Lotus 76/1) World Sports Car Masters Champion: Mark Bates (Porsche 911 RSR)

Pre-66 Touring cars Champion : Leo Voyazides (Ford Falcon) Gentlemen Drivers Champion Andy Wolfe and Graham Wilson(Lotus Elan 26R)


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HSCC Classic Formula 3 Championship (1) Jamie Brashaw March 793HSCC Classic F3 1600cc Class champion Grahame Kiddy Dastle Mk10

5th overall

HSCC ByBox Historic Touring Car Champion 2012 Dan Cox (Ford Lotus Cortina)


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HSCC ByBox Historic Touring Car Class champion Neil Brown (K5)2nd overall Ford Lotus Cortina

HSCC ByBox Historic Touring Car Class champion Roger Phillips (K6)Austin Mini Cooper 3rd= overall

HSCC ByBox Historic Touring Car Class champion John Pugsley (Class D)Ford Anglia 105E 3rd= overall

HSCC ByBox Historic Touring Car Class champion Warren Briggs(Class K1) Ford Mustang 5th overall

HSCC ByBox Historic Touring Car Class champion David Heale(Class E) Hillman Imp 8th overall

HSCC ByBox Historic Touring Car Class champion Tim Davies FordLotus Cortina (Class C) 10th overall

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Also HSCC ByBox Historic Touring Car Class Champion John Barber FiatAbarth 850TC (Class K7) 18th overall

HSCC ByBox Historic Touring Car Class champion Gregory ThorntonFord Falcon Sprint (Class A) 14th overall

HSCC Guards Trophy Joint Champion (91) Nick Fleming Lotus Elan

HSCC Guards Trophy Joint Champion Mike Malone (SRC) Elva Mk7S

HSCC Guards Trophy Class Champion (46) Mike Whitaker ( Class D )TVR Griffith 5th overall,

HSCC Guards Trophy Class Champion Denis Welch (Class SRB)Lotus 23B 3rd overall


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HSCC Guards Trophy Class Champion Andrew Bentley (Class B2)MGB 6th= overall

HSCC Guards Trophy Class Champion Steve Hodges (Class C2)Jaguar E-Type 15th overall

HSCC Guards Trophy Class ChampionJames Dodd Ginetta G16 (SRD)

HSCC Grandstand Motor Sports Historic Formula Ford Championship(43) Callum Grant Merlyn Mk20aHSCC 70s Road Sports Champion John Thomason (D) Triumph GT6 Mk!!!


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Top to bottomHSCC 70s Road Sports Class Champion Julian Barter (Class B)TVR 3000M 2nd overallHSCC 70s Road Sports Class Champion Paul Conway (A) MorganPlus 8 9th overall,HSCC 70s Road Sports Class Champion Chris Alford (Class F) MGMidget 11th overall,Also Oliver Ford (Class C) Lotus Europa 4th overall

HSCC Classic Racing Car Champion Ian Jones (G) Lotus 59

HSCC Classic Racing Car Class Champion Tim Kary (Class D) BrabhamBT28 2nd overall,

HSCC Classic Racing CarClass Champion SamMitchell (F) Merlyn Mk20

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Clockwise from Top left:HSCC Historic Road Sports Champion (1) Paul Tooms (Class C)Lotus ElanClass Champions(22) Tony Davis (E) Sebring Sprite 2nd overall,(80) John Shaw (D) Porsche 911 5th overall,(91) Richard Owen (F) Triumph TR2 6th overall,(63) Colin Sharp (B) Triumph TR4A 12th=overall,(57) Roddie Feilden (A) Morgan Plus 8 9th= overall.

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Martini Trophy with SuperSports Champion David Gathercole Lola T212

Avon Tyres MSA British Hill ClimbChampion Trevor Willis OMS 25

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TTC Group MSA Hill Climb Leaders ChampionJos Goodyear GWR Raptor Extreme

Dunlop MSA British Touring Car ChampionGordon Shedden Honda Civic

Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship IndependentDrivers Champion Andrew Jordan Honda Civic Pirtek Racing

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Avon Tyres British GT Champion (11) Michael Caine (GB) andDaniele Perfetti (Swiss) Motorbase Porsche 997 GT3 R

Avon Tyres British GT4 Champions Jody Fannin and Warren HughesGinetta G50

Avon Tyres British GTC Drivers Cup Ryan Hooker and Gary EastwoodFerrari 458 Challenge

British F3 Champion Jack HarveyDallara Volswagen F312

British F3 National Champion Richard (Spike) Goddard (Aus) DallaraMugen Honda F311

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GT Cup Champion Derek Johnston (41) Ferrari 458 (Gp1)

GT Cup Gp2 Classchampion Peter Smallwood(95) Porsche 997 GT3

GT Cup ClassGp3 ChampionChris BentleyPorsche 996

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Britcar MSA British Endurance Champion (51) Richard Adams/DavidGreen/Martin Byford Lotus Evora Class 3

Britcar MSA British Endurance Class championsJavier Morcillo (ESP)/Manuel Cintrano (ESP)/PaulWhite (GB) Mosler MT900R (Class 1) 2nd overall,

Britcar MSA British Endurance Owen O'Neill/NeilHuggins/Danny Winstanley/Jon Harrison/Rob Wilson/JeffWyatt Marcos Mantis Class 2 3rd overall,

Britcar MSABritish EnduranceClass ChampionJensen Lunn/Mark StewardChevron GR8Classs 4 5thoverall © Mick Herring

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Archive Photo of the month By Pete AustinLast month Bradley Wiggins deservedly won the 2013 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award following victories in the Tour de France and an Olympic GoldMedal. It seems incredible but it's 40 years since Jackie Stewart won that award having won the World Championship in 1973. Tragically this wasovershadowed by the death of his team mate Francois Cevert at the United States Grand Prix although Stewart had already made the decision to retire fromthe sport earlier on in the season. This image was taken at the International Trophy at Silverstone which Stewart also won in his Tyrrell 006. Interesting to noteare the safety features (or lack of them!) illustrated in this shot. In the foreground are the railway sleepers which lined much of the track in those days with acomplete absence of safety fencing. Someone who appears to be a fire marshal is perched on top of the breeze block wall while a spectator relaxes in a chairon the roof of his car. Different days!

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Boxing day Car meet The Moat House Inn,Alcester.

By Simon and Janet WrightA dry but cold Boxing day saw a good crowd gather at theMoat House Inn for the annual Car Meeting. People tookadvantage of the good conditions to come out for some freshair after Christmas and bring their pride and joy along forfellow enthusiasts to view.This year there was a strongperformance car attendance with Ferrari, Porsche, Lotus,Mercedes and Chevrolet models in attendence. There wasalso a good selection of classic British Sports cars on showwith Triumph and MG having at least a couple of differentmodels represented. Bearing in mind it was the middle of

winter, there were also several converitible models present, butsensibly they had their hoods up to protect the occupants fromthe cold.

There was a good turn out of classic Fords with several Cortina,Escort and Capri models showing why the blue oval modelshave always been popular with the Briitish public. There waseven a American muscle car Ford Mustang on show in theclassic blue and white shelby style colour scheme.

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Ferrari 430 Scuderia

Ford Cortina Mk3 line up

MG TFTriumph Stag


There were also several slightly more unusual cars on show such as the MDH sportscar and the Citroen 2CV Roadster. Slightly older was a classic Riley RMA1 1/2 litre saloon from the 1950's and a vintage Bugatti from before the war. Finally there was a good turn out of motorcycles and several side carcombinations.


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Ford Mustang Fastback Riley RMA 1 1/2 litre saloon


The Citroen 2CV RoadsterThis is a kit conversion on the original Citroen 2CV chassis to produce an unsualdesign roadster, which maintains the economy of the original car with a slightlydifferent look,

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Triumph TR4

Ferrari 550 MaranelloGood turn out of Motorcycles and combo's


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