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O’Connell and Kirkaldy take inaugural win of Jaguar Heritage Challenge
Whitley, Coventry – 5 May, 2015: Martin O’Connell and Andrew Kirkaldy driving a Jaguar E-type have took the chequered flag at the inaugural race of the Jaguar Heritage Challenge at the Donington Historic Festival. In what proved to be one of the most closely fought...
Lyons triumphs at HSCC opener at Thruxton
A superb weekend of racing at Thruxton got the 2015 racing season for the Historic Sports Car Club off to a flying start over the Easter weekend (4/5 April). Headlining the action was the stunning spectacle of the Hesketh 308E Grand Prix car of Michael Lyons taking a...
Thruxton Easter start for HSCC season
A total of 250 entries for a 17-race programme will get the 2015 season from the Historic Sports Car Club underway in style at the third Thruxton Easter Revival (Saturday/Sunday 4/5 April). Once again the annual HSCC visit to the Hampshire track has attracted one of...
Lister Cars Pays Tribute to Founder Brian Lister
Brian Lister, who died aged 88 on December 16th, was one of Britain’s greatest unsung racing car builders. From its inception in 1954, Lister quickly became a benchmark for the front-engined sports racing car. The Lister ‘Knobbly’, as it was known, had few...
Listers dominate in the Algarve!
The 2014 Classic Endurance Racing season closed with its fifth and final round at the Algarve Historic Festival at the Portimao circuit, the races part of the Algarve Historic Festival, with Chevron being the marque to beat. With over forty prototype and GT cars...
A Truly Classic Day at Castle Combe
Photos: P Korkus : pkphotomedia@btinternet.com Glorious October weather, fabulous cars, some cracking racing and a lovely period atmosphere, all came together to make the ‘Autumn Classic’ a day on Sunday. The locally made Bristol cars made the biggest impact, both...
Intermaque Battle is Highlight of AMOC Season Finale
A tense conclusion to the 2014 AMOC Intermarque Championship was one of the highlights of the final Aston Club Racing meeting of the year at Snetterton on Saturday 27 September. Ferrari 355 driver, Tim Mogridge stayed out of trouble forging a clear path to...
2014 Spa Six ‘Wet and Wild’ Hours
The 2014 Spa Six Hour event was officially a wash-out! The event will be remembered for the spectacular lightening storm and torrential rain which dominated much of the race, causing the safety car to circulate on countless occasions. 107 cars started the race which...
Spa Six Hours Endurance – 20-21 Sept
On the 20th and 21st September the greatest circuit in the world; Spa Francorchamps will welcome the 2014 edition of the Spa Six Hours, which over the years has become the firm favourite historic meeting. With no less than 650 racing cars spread over 12 series, the...
Historics at Brooklands – Sat 30 August
With a record 161 classic motor car consignments spanning 50 marques and 91 years, Historics at Brooklands will open its auction doors on Saturday, August 30th to the largest, most varied and evocative offering in its history. The late summer sale on Saturday, August...
Hindley clinches 2014 Tour Britannia victory
After one of the closest lead battles in the event’s 10-year history, Phil Hindley and Andy Bull claimed a hard-earned victory on Tour Britannia (6-8 August) to maintain their unbeaten record on Britain’s only classic race and rally tour. The result completed a...
AMOC Festival Enjoys Bursting Grids and High-Class Competition at Brands Hatch
The event was supported by revered modern and historic races, which swelled ACR grids with rare competition cars and talented drivers. The dedicated AMOC Racing core demonstrated that AMOC Racing is a hotbed of talent, pulling out all the stops with many gallant...
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