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Vintage Festival Coming To Cadwell Park This Sunday

The cars are the main stars of the show in the event’s headline Shuttleworth and Nuffield Trophy races, with prestigious awards, and truly special cars, many of which would have raced at the Le Mans 24 Hours or Mille Miglia in their heyday

July 20, 2017No CommentRead More

Gold Cup Awaits Historic F2 Winner At Oulton Park

July 20, 2017 No Comment

The Cheshire track has a strong Formula 2 history from the early years of the category and the weekend will mark the 50th anniversary of the creation of the 1600cc Formula 2 regulations in 1967

Celebrity Teams Confirmed For Silverstone Classic Race

July 18, 2017 Comments Off

World and Olympic champions, chart-topping musicians, best-selling authors and familiar figures from TV and radio will all be on the star-studded grid for the inaugural Celebrity Challenge Trophy Race at this month’s eagerly-anticipated Silverstone Classic (28-30 July). The stellar big-name line-up features no fewer than five gold medal-winning athletes. These are topped by Jason Kenny […]

Ecurie Ecosse To Grace The Goodwood Revival

July 7, 2017 Comments Off

The cars will take to the track for high-speed runs on Friday and Sunday, with Saturday featuring a parade of the iconic blue cars, to pipe-band accompaniment

Take That! Howard Donald Enters Silverstone Classic Showdown

July 7, 2017 Comments Off

“I’m both nervous and excited – it’s my first race and it’s going to be great,” he predicted

MG’s Y Types 1 ¼ Delights

July 7, 2017 Comments Off

Designed before the outbreak of hostilities, a prototype numbered EX166 was produced in 1939 with the launch party planned for an Earls Court Motor Show launch; an event that never took place.

Rally God Ari Vatanen Re-Ignites His Ford Roots

July 5, 2017 Comments Off

Come IGNITION, superhero Ari will be reunited with one of the few surviving Rothmans Rally Team RS1800s that he rallied in period. It is the very car in which he won the 1979 Cyprus Rally

Smith Tops Mintex MSA BHRC In Ireland

July 5, 2017 Comments Off

“It was a great event with some amazing stages,” said Pritchard. “The Viking Motorsport car was a pleasure to drive and we were setting top times against the modern cars.”

Formula Fords Star In HSCC Brands Hatch GP Weekend

July 5, 2017 Comments Off

Within a full 17-race weekend featuring most HSCC categories, the Club’s special celebration of 50 years of Formula Ford was a key part of the weekend and Formula Ford drivers and constructors from 50 years of the category were there

Bonhams Celebrates 25 Years With £10m Classic Car Sale

July 4, 2017 Comments Off

BONHAMS CELEBRATES 25 YEARS AT FESTIVAL OF SPEED WITH CLASSIC CAR £10M SALE The 1973 Porsche 911 RS Lightweight Carrera sold for £830,300 The Bonhams 25th annual Festival of Speed sale took place on Friday 30 June and saw the exceptionally rare 1973 Porsche 911 RS Lightweight realise an astonishing £830,300. German marques thrived throughout the sale, with the […]

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