Category: Classic and Historic Racing Cars
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Testing Times with the VSCC at Bicester:
“There are three cars in my class and I’m currently sixth!” So said Ian Morgan the driver of car no 1, a Ford Model T, as he exited the first test (Blakeney’s Bend) at the VSCC winter tests event at Bicester Heritage. There were ten tests set out around the…
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Upcoming Classic Car Events – November 2024
First weekend of November sees the two day Walter Hayes Trophy meeting at Silverstone. A celebration of the original 1600cc Formula Ford series which first appeared in 1967 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formula_Ford). For me, there’s the monthly Cars and Coffee meet at the Jackson and Phillips garage in Leighton Buzzard on Sunday 2nd…
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A Legendary Weekend with Motor Racing Legends
The weekend of 19/20th October saw the final 2024 event for Motor Racing Legends, the race card included the new series for GT3 Legends; The RAC Pall Mall Cup three hours, the RAC Woodcote and Stirling Moss Trophies (combined grid), the Pre 63 GTs and, the Historic Touring Cars Cup.…
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Historic Motorsport: Changes Ahead and Events to attend
Jake Hill – Champion The month of October kicked off with Jake Hill being crowned the British Touring Car Champion of 2024. A significant achievement for a genuinely nice bloke. Jake is a professional driver, often seen racing various Historic cars. He races a Group 1 Capri in the Gordon…
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Silverstone Festival 2024: Historic Motorsports, and Family Entertainment
A few statistics: 558 entries; 4 organisers; and, 20 races to entertain the enthusiasts, added to which there were club stands; food experiences; a funfair; three evenings of live entertainment and one day of rain. I started going to “The Classic” as it was then known, back in 1990; I’ve…
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