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Motor Racing Legends – Vision for 2025 and After
Read more: Motor Racing Legends – Vision for 2025 and AfterI received the below e mail from Motor Racing Legends. I have repeated it in full. We have often thought that organizers would do well to work together and this is the first time I’ve seen it made public. Motor Racing Legends – Our Vision for 2025 and After Dear…
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Testing Times with the VSCC at Bicester:
Read more: 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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Showtime!
Read more: Showtime!The Lancaster Insurance Classic Car and Bike Restoration Show 8 to 10 November 2024 “Everytime I drive it, it makes me smile” Celebrating its Twentieth birthday this year, the Honda S2000 is one of the newer classics. It seems to have an enthusiastic following in the form of the UK…
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Upcoming Classic Car Events – November 2024
Read more: Upcoming Classic Car Events – November 2024First 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
Read more: A Legendary Weekend with Motor Racing LegendsThe 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
Read more: Historic Motorsport: Changes Ahead and Events to attendJake 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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Land of the Dragon Tour with the Bucks and Herts JEC Region
Read more: Land of the Dragon Tour with the Bucks and Herts JEC RegionThe Cynghordy Viaduct in Llandovery “with eighteen arches built in sandstone and lined with brick, is 259 m (850 ft) long on a gentle curve, rising to a height of 31 m (102 ft) above the valley“. We passed under this impressive structure on our final approach to Llanerchindda Farm which would…
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Silverstone Festival 2024: Historic Motorsports, and Family Entertainment
Read more: Silverstone Festival 2024: Historic Motorsports, and Family EntertainmentA 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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“The Fastest Lorry In The World”
Read more: “The Fastest Lorry In The World”This was how Ettore Bugatti described the 3 litre Bentley (although he probably said “Le camion le plus rapide du monde”). When compared to the aesthetic charms of his Type 35, he could have a point. But history shows that the Bentley 3 litre and its siblings, weighing in at around…
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Oulton Park Gold Cup 70th Anniversary: Exciting Races and Spectacular Cars
Read more: Oulton Park Gold Cup 70th Anniversary: Exciting Races and Spectacular CarsPhew, a pretty busy weekend. My experience of this event before this year, was as a driver in either a historic touring car or an MGB. So I never really considered the geography, other than where the next corner was. This place has hills! I arrived early Friday morning and…
Once you’ve raced, you never forget it…and you never get over it.
— Richard Childress
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