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Front Cover: Goodwood Festival of Speed - Alfa Romeo Tipo 33/2 Le Mans © Simon Wright Our Team 1968VSCC John Harris Trial: Andy Newbound FORD A © Simon Wright-Editor. Janet Wright-Staff Photographer. motorsport imagery Independent Freelance contributors in this issue. 2CV Cross © Peter McFadyen Pete Austin, Peter McFadyen, Syd Wall, Plus 1998 FIA GT race at Donington - Porsche 911 GT2 Konrad David Goose & Stuart Yates of Motorsport-Imagery. Motorsport Martin Stretton Toni Seiler 13th 5th in class © Simon Wright

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4 Classic and Competition Car May 2020 © Simon Wright News chairman of the company, but in 1960 he sold 40% share to Tony Crook, a leading Bristol agent, who became the sole distributor. In 1973 White sold his share to Crook and at that point British Aerospace (formerly BAC) requested Bristol Cars to move from their Filton Aerodrome factory o new premises. They set up in nearby Patchway, while the only showroom on Kensington High Street in London became the Head Office for the company. The company produced at least six models, using famous names from the aircrafts history, including Beaufighter, Blenheim, Britannia and Brigand. In 1997, Crook sold 50% of the company to Toby Silverton with an option to take full control within four years. They produced the Speedster, Bullet and 411 Series 6. In 2002 the company went into the ownership of Silverton and the 1955 Bristol 404 Tavistock Group and developed the two seater V10 Bristol Beaufighter. In March 2011 the company went into Bristol Cars in Administration. Administration for the first time. In April 2011 a new company Founded after the second world war, Bristol Cars limited was formed by the administrators, the Bristol Automotive have gone in to administration in March 2020, having been Group, to sell the original assets to Kamkorp. The new taken over in 2011 by Kamkorp. company restored and sold all models of the marque while It was originally the car division of the Bristol Aeroplane working on the development of a new model, the Bullet. This Company, based at Filton in Bristol. They had made their was first revealed to the public in 2016. The company was first light car after the first World war, the Bristol Monocar, wound up by the High Court of Justice with assets to be sold plus they produced car bodies for Armstrong Siddeley and off to pay creditors. The Bristol Owners Club are actively bus bodies for Bristol Tramways, to provide employment engaged with the liquidators to try and preserve what it can for their workforce. After the end of the second world war, of the heritage and associated spares for the marque. the company decided to manufacture their own vehicles and began to work with AFN Ltd, makers of Frazer Nash cars. They did a take-over of Frazer Nash in 1945 but by 1947, soon after the first cars had been produced, there were differences between the board and Frazer Nash, which resulted in the resale of Frazer Nash. The car division then became independent of the parent company and in 1960 Bristol Cars was sold after the Bristol Aeroplane Company joined other British aircraft companies to create the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC). The company was founded by George S.M White who was © Simon Wright Bristol Fighter Classic and Competition Car May 2020 5 circumstances have led to the difficult decision to permanently close the Chateau Impney Hotel and Exhibition Centre, a sad decision Autotest which was not taken lightly by the company. The closure will be a big loss to the local economy and to the many people who were employed by the company. It is also a major loss to local motoring enthusiasts. The venue had held the Chateau Impney Hill Climb event for the last five years, a revival of a former sprint event that Hill Climb took place up until 1967. The new Hill Climb had been a big success with competitors and enthusiasts and plans Chateau Impney Hotel closes. were underway to hold the event again in 2020. Unfortunately, the event was cancelled before the current The Chateau Impney Hotel and Exhibition Centre closed on situation arose. However, the venue was also host to the th the 16 March 2020 as regular Footman James part of the Government Coffee and Chrome lockdown due to the Breakfast meetings for Coronavirus pandemic, classic car owners during which closed all hotels, the year, and local car restaurants and places clubs were also using of mass public parts of the venue for gatherings. This autotest events and even necessary closure was stages of historic tours. for the safety of Plus the hotel also hosted workers, guests and many car club annual the wider society. This award dinner evenings, was obviously beyond and the Exhibition Centre the control of the had been used for several company. These car auctions.

Classic and Competition Car May 2020 Coffee & Chrome 6 record for a 2 litre road car at the time. This achievement proved to be invaluable publicity for the model and helped lead to a renaissance of the Triumph marque and the start of the long and successful line of Triumph TR sports cars. After testing was completed in the mid- 1950s, the car was sold to a private buyer. It was sold again in the 1970s and the new owner dismantled the car and boxed it up for storage. The owner planned to restore the vehicle, but unfortunately it didn’t happen. In 2015, the boxed car was purchased by a new owner who spent two years restoring the vehicle to its original glory, and fully drivable. Fortunately almost the entire car had survived, bodywork, engine and trim, which allowed the vehicle to be rebuilt to its original specification. The car has now been secured for the nation, with the British Motor Museum purchasing the car for £280,000, as an important part of TR2 Prototype at Gaydon. the UK’s motor history. It will be displayed at the museum in Gaydon and occasionally it will be taken out to events, A unique, record breaking Triumph TR2 prototype spots car allowing people to see the car in action. has just been acquired by the British Motor Museum with the help of £250,000 from the National Heritage Memorial Fund This hand built prototype of the Triumph TR2 is quite (NHMF). different from the mass produced models. The prototype It is one of just three prototypes of the successful 1953 was built around a wooden frame and the bodywork was Triumph TR2 sports car produced by the Standard Motor riveted together rather than welded. The aero windscreen Company (SMC), and it is the only one known to have and streamlined canopy were designed purely for the survived. In May 1953 at speed trials at Jabbeke in Belgium, record breaking attempt and even the Triumph badge is this car reached a speed of almost 125 mph. This was a unique to this vehicle.

Classic and Competition Car May 2020 7 70 years of the scorpion legend. victories on track and in hill climbs On the 10th April 1950, the great champion Tazio in coupe and Nuvolari ended his racing career behind the sports cars. wheel of the Abarth 204A, the first model Abarth also went constructed by Carlo Abarth. He took a class on to win the victory in the legendary Palermo - Monte Pellegrino rally. International This was a time trial run from the Sicilian capital of Palermo Manufacturers Championship six times Abarth 1000 in the 1966 4 hours of Monza between 1962 and 1967 and took victories in the 1972 European Championship for makes with Arturo Merzario at the wheel. They also took four wins in the European Touring Championship in 1965, 1966, 1967 and 1979. Success also came in rallying with three constructors championships for Fiat Abarth in 1977, 1978 and 1980 including a World Drivers Championship in Tazio Nuvolari in the Abarth 204A 1980 for Walter Röhrl and the FIA Cup for drivers in up the steep climb of Monte Pellegrino, featuring multiple 1978 with Markku Alén. As tarmac hairpin bends. The Squadra Carlo Abarth team saw well as these major Nuvolari take 5th overall and a class win in the victories, other 1100cc two seater racing car. wins came in Nuvolari and Carlo Abarth had become friends seven European just after World War 2, when Nuvolari drove for Rally The Abarth Sport and Berlinetta that took victory in the Piero Dusio’s Cisitalia when Carlo Abarth was Championships Manufacturers World Championship leading the racing team. Nuvolari already had between 1975 55 victories in International Grand Prix and and 2011. The Abarth 124 Rally continues the major road races. When Dusio emigrated to winning ways in 2018 and 2019 in the FIA R-GT Argentina, he sold the team to Abarth and Cup. The Abarth 124 rally continues to run in Nuvolari became the spokesman for the the 2020 ERC as well as the team acting as paddle shift tuning kits and exhausts that technical partners on track with the Italian and Abarth sold. These kits converted road cars German F4 championships. into race winners, while the race team scored Fiat Abarth 131 Rally Classic and Competition Car May 2020 8 FIA defer World RX electric switch to 2022. The FIA has announced its decision to postpone the electrification implementation plan for 2021 by one year, due to the economic challenges presented by the COVID- 19 pandemic. The decision was taken in consultation with IMG, the promoter of the FIA World Rallycross Championship, as well as Kreisel Electric, the approved supplier of the electrification kit, and GCK Energy, the approved supplier of energy. All parties remain committed to the original strategy built around independent teams that are currently Caterham launch Retro-themed Super Seven 1600. competing in, or looking to enter the series, which was Designed to reflect the joy and glamour of motoring in the conceived with sustainability and cost control at its core. 1970s, Caterham have launched its latest retro inspired FIA President Jean Todt commented: “While the current model, the Super Seven 1600. Prices start at £33,495 or situation has made it necessary to defer the switch to £325.99 a month for 48 months for a car in component form. electric by one year to allow competitors further time to This 135 bhp five speed sports car fits perfectly into adapt and to invest, the FIA remains committed to a new Caterham’s existing heritage line of products alongside the horizon for World RX. This will create the most cost popular limited edition Sprint and Super Sprint models effective environment and demonstrate the rapidly launched in 2016 and 2017 respectively. developing performance capabilities of electric road cars in The new model features class retro details and styling cues this FIA championship." including classic flared front wings and retro inspired 14 inch "At this stage, plans for the new FIA eRX Junior alloy wheels. Also adding to the retro feel is a spare wheel championship remain unaffected by this decision and work and carrier like on the touring Sevens of old. The new model towards the electrification of this category will continue for is also available in a choice of Seven heritage paint finishes 2021, with a complete car supply and championship and an elegant wooden rimmed steering wheel and leather organisation on an all-inclusive arrive and drive format. upholstery. The car also offers some new for 2020 features, being available with a wider and more comfortable large chassis as well as the standard version. But the engine does hark back to the 70s including DCOE throttle body injection, as used by lots of rally cars of the period, producing a distinctive Historic Rally Festival postponed until October. growl. This new, most powerful The inaugural Historic Rally Festival to be held at Telford and Super Seven ever built is now Weston Park in Shropshire in June has been moved back until available to order from the 24th and 25th October 2020. Saturday will be a free www.thenew-oldschool.com ceremonial start after live scrutineering, while Sunday will see historic stages used including Weston park. Classic and Competition Car May 2020 9 Aston Martin Vantage V12 Zagato Heritage TWINS. Celebrating Zagato’s centenary, bespoke automotive manufacturer R-Reforged has announced plans to produce its Aston Martin Vantage V12 Zagato Heritage TWINS by R- Reforged in-house at its new facility in Warwick. They will hand build the 38 Coupé and Speedster TWINS that celebrate the centenary of the Zagato Atelier (1919-2019) and the 60 year partnership between the Milanses ‘Signature’ and the British sports car manufacturer. The are offered only in pairs to just 19 customers, with the majority already sold, with the sporting Speedster and the timeless Coupé. Both will feature exclusively the 100th anniversary gold Z badging. Both models will feature a reworked version of the 5.9 litre Vantage V12 48 valve engine, naturally aspirated to produce 600 bhp, an increase of 85 bhp over the original. The all carbon-fibre body incorporates active aero and a deployable rear wing to improve stability at high speed while maintaining the clean surfaces and pure lines of the Zagato design. They also sport the new centre locking 19 inch bespoke alloy wheels designed by APP Tech. The first two cars were specified by Marella Rivolta Zagato, who co-runs the Italian design house, with one in gold and the other in Platinum. Classic and Competition Car May 2020 10 New Citroën Ami The new Citroën Ami - 100% electric has won ‘The Disruptor Award’ in the BBC Top Gear magazine Electric awards 2020. The new Ami is inspired to make urban mobility accessible and easy for everyone. The car was unveiled in Paris at the end of February. It TOCA issue revised 2020 BTCC calendar. features a 5.5kWh battery with a range of up to 43 miles and These are provisional dates for the 2020 Kwik Fit British zero emissions and can be fully charged in just 3 hours from a Touring Car Championship, pending future Government standard domestic socket. It has a top speed of just 28 mph directives. The first meeting may possibly run without and is unique in that it can be driven by anyone from 16 years spectators, behind closed doors. of age without a driving licence in some European countries, and just 14 years of age in France. August 1/2nd 2020 DoningtonPark(National). With space for two people in its compact size of 2.41 metres August 8/9th 2020 BrandsHatch(Indy). long by 1.39 metres wide August 22/23rd 2020 OultonPark(Island). and 1.52 metres high, it has August 29/30th 2020 Knockhill. a very tight turning circle, September 19/20th 2020 Thruxton. ideal for city streets. It can be September 26/27th 2020 Silverstone (National). ordered online and delivered October 10/11th 2020 Croft. to your door, with prices October 24/25th 2020 Snetterton(300). starting from just €6,000 or November 14/15th 2020 BrandsHatch(GP). on a short term loan basis through car sharing schemes If the BTCC is unable to resume at this time, the calendar will such as Free2Move or longer be amended accordingly. term rental options from just €19.99 per month. Classic and Competition Car May 2020 11 new Edition 1 has 19 inch alloy wheels, black exterior styling, Matrix LED headlights with digital daytime running lights and electrically adjustable and heated front sports seats in Alcantara and leatherette. The top level Vorsprung adds a panoramic glass sunroof, fine Nappa leather upholstery, the Audi Phone Box and Bang & Olufsen audio. Plus on the driver safety side it adds the heads-up display, traffic sign recognition, parking assist and adaptive cruise assist. There are three engine sizes available at launch. The 1.5 litre direct injection 35 TFSI which produces 150 PS with a 6 speed manual transmission and can give 48.7 mpg. A second version of this engine is fitted to the 7 speed quick-shifting S tronic gearbox, which uses shift by wire technology. This combines cylinder on demand efficiency with a 48 volt mild New Audi A3 Saloon. hybrid system. This can return up to 50.4 mpg. The final The latest Audi compact class saloon aligns with its five door version is a 2 litre TDI producing 150PS with the 7 speed S Sportsback counterpart through a ground up redesign. It is tronic transmission which can give up to 62.8 mpg. available in Sport, S Line, Edition 1 and Vorsprung Prices start at £26,870 OTR for the 35 TFSI Sport with specification options. A Digital cockpit and touch display are manual transmission, rising to £32,220 for the 35TDI S tronic standard throughout the range. Also fitted across the range is Audi pre sense front which combines a camera behind the interior mirror with frontal radar to help prevent accidents, collision avoidance assist and lane departure warnings. Selected models feature mild hybrid MHEV drivetrains. Also the introduction of advanced Matrix LED lighting with new digital daytime running lights on selected models give each variant a specific light signature. Compared to the previous model, it is 4 cm longer, 2 cm wider and 1 cm taller while retaining the same wheelbase. By repositioning the drivers seat, a 2cm gain in headroom has been achieved. The base model features 17 inch alloy wheels, twin leather upholstery and dual-zone climate control. The S line adds 18 inch alloy wheels, LED rear lights with dynamic rear indicators and privacy glass, with sports seats with S line embossing and contrast stitching and upgraded inlays. The Classic and Competition Car May 2020 12 Salon Privé announces new dates for 2020. Due to the ongoing uncertainty surrounding events in the UK, the Directors of Salon Privé have decided to move the event back 3 weeks. It will now take place between Wednesday 23rd to Saturday 26th September 2020 at Blenheim Palace. This will be the 15th year of the event, which is now recognised as one of the top events in the World alongside Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance and Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este.

Ford Mustang Cobra Jet 1400 Ford Performance have just introduced their first ever, one-off Mustang Cobra jet factory drag racer with all-electric propulsion. It won’t hurt your ears and doesn’t use a drop of fuel, but it should blast the quarter-mile in the low 8 second range at more than 170 mph. The battery powered Mustang Cobra Jet 1400 prototype is purpose built to deliver over 1,400 hp and over 1,100 ft-lbs of instant torque to demonstrate the capabilities of an electric powertrain in one of the most demanding race 2020 Festival of the Unexceptional - Postponed. environments. Due to take place at Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire on the 25th July 2020, Due to the current restrictions and Government guidance surrounding Covid-19, Hagerty have taken the decision to postpone the event until 2021. Anew date will de announced later in the year. Classic and Competition Car May 2020 13 side vents. The interior has black pebble texture leather with yellow diamond seat stitching, plus LE60 headrests and a wooden dashboard. The Scintilla Silver version has 18 inch

Morgan goes Dutch for 60th anniversary. black Speedster wheels with yellow brake callipers and a To celebrate 60 years of Morgan’s partnership with yellow 6 painted on Dutch Dealership the grill. It also has Louwman Exclusive, a yellow band runs the Malvern based round the trailing company have edge of the bonnet. produced a bespoke The dashboard and run of five cars gear tunnel top are comprising of three in Silver. unique The Almond green specifications, each with its own three wheeler also has yellow touches, plus a leather dashboard which theme. The LE60 range consists features a laser-engraved design. of just five cars been created - two All Morgan Plus Six are based on the Plus Six models in Ice Blue, two in companies CX-Generation bonded Scintilla Silver and a single 3 aluminium platform and are powered by wheeler in Almond Green. The the BMW B58 6 cylinder blue LE60 Plus Six feature 19 inch inline 3 litre alloy wheels, evoking the look of a turbocharged engine wire wheel but with a modern which produces 335 bhp. twist. Yellow accents include the The car can accelerate brake callipers, spot light casings from 0-62 mph in just 4.2 and LE60 decals on the bonnet seconds.

Classic and Competition Car May 2020 14 glazing at the rear of the car. The transmission also uses Formula 1 grade material and the exhaust system is fully formed in titanium, which is 40% lighter than a comparable steel McLaren weight reduction programme on 765LT. system. The track As McLaren moves towards a new generation of hybrid tuned suspension supercars, it confirms the “weight race” is a priority for the system features more motorsport derived ideas, such as company. While Carbon fibre structures and components ‘helper’ springs that negate the need for heavier dual-rate remain a primary source in delivering superlight supercars, sprint arrangement. Ultra-lightweight wheels with bespoke McLaren Composites Technology Centre (MCTC) in Pirelli P-Zero Trofeo R Tyres, complete with titanium wheel Yorkshire are leading innovators in manufacturing nuts save 22 kg. composite materials, including carbon fibre. When ordering, it The new McLaren 765LT illustrates the benefits of is also possible minimising vehicle mass, with an 80 kg reduction being not to include the key to delivering the performance advantages enjoyed by air conditioning this limited and audio edition systems in the supercar. This specification, minimised thise these driver weight is the comfort features result of can be included meticulous at no additional changes to the cost. entire vehicle. With the 754 bhp The 765LT (760PS) twin makes turbo V8 engine, extensive use of this supercar can accelerate from 0-124 mph (0-200 km/h) carbon fibre, in just 7.2 seconds. including exterior Just 765 individually numbered Longtail 765LT cars will be body panels, aerodynamic components, seats and interior built to customer orders, and McLaren retailers are already centre tunnel. Other weight saving measures include taking deposits for the cars. lightweight side windows and motorsport style polycarbonate Classic and Competition Car May 2020 15 Mazda MX-5 R-Sport Special Edition. As the World’s best selling 2 seater roadster enters its fourth decade, Mazda have revealed the R-Sport Special edition. Limited to just 150 cars, the convertible will feature Polymetal Grey metallic paint with piano black exterior mirrors and a grey soft top hood. Completing the unique exterior will be 16 inch RAYS gunmetal alloy Audi to quit DTM at end of 2020. wheels. Inside, it Becoming a provider of premium mobility with a carbon- features neutral footprint, Audi has decided not to extend its burgundy involvement in the DTM racing series after the 2020 season. Nappa Audi’s future motorsport involvement will focus on Formula E leather and in customer racing teams. With over 41 trophies already seats with Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler has been the most successful silver Formula E team over the years since the series began. Away stitching. from the circuit, Audi aim to generate 40% of their road car The car is sales with electric cars and plug-in hybrids by 2025. based on Audi have been extremely successful in the DTM, having the 1.5 won 23 championship titles, including 11 drivers titles, plus litre 130 114 race victories, 345 podium finishes, 106 pole positions bhp 2020 Mazda MX-5 sports model and the equipment and 112 fastest laps. With three out of three titles and features Navigation, Apple CarPlay and AndroidAuto, cruise numerous podiums, 2019 has been the companies most control, heated seats and climate control. The car is priced at successful DTN season in the companies history. £27,700 and customers can register their interest online now.

Classic and Competition Car May 2020 16 British Motor Museum rearrange show dates. With the British Motor Museum at Gaydon currently closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they have had to postpone or cancel some of its upcoming show. The Land Rover show has been moved from 9th-10th May to 1st and 2nd of August. The UK Slot car festival has been cancelled, but will return again in 2021. The Jaguar Breakfast meeting for May has been cancelled, but hope to run the next one in July. The Banbury Run for historic Mustang earns World’s best selling sports car title. motorcycles has been postponed until the 16th August and Celebrating its 56th birthday in April, the Ford Mustang was the Classic & Vintage Commercial Show has been the best selling sports car in the World last year and the postponed until the 8th and 9th August. Tickets for cancelled World’s best-selling sports coupe for the 5th consecutive year. events will be refunded over the next few weeks, will for Since the sixth generation Mustang began global exports in postponed events, any tickets already sold will be valid for 2015, Ford has sold 633,000 in 146 countries around the the new date. Visit their web site for further information World, which included 102,090 in 2019. Sales in Germany www.britishmotormuseum.co.uk increased 33%, in Poland sales rose by nearly 50% and in France they almost doubled. In Europe, the Mustang is offered in fastback and convertible body styles with a choice Hot Rods at London Concours 2020. Hosted at the Honourable Artillery of a 5 litre V8 petrol engine th th developing 442 bhp with either Company HQ from the 19 -20 August, a 10 speed automatic or 6 the London Concours is the capital’s speed manual transmission or finest automotive garden party. This the 2.3 litre EcoBoost petrol year they will be hosting a ‘Speed of engine, developing 287 bhp Sand’ celebration, a tribute to pre-1949 with a 6 speed manual American Hot Rods. The Vintage Hot transmission. The special Rod Association hold an annual event at Pendine Sands, and edition Mustang BULLITT the three-time ‘King of the Beach’, the fastest woman on the featuring an enhanced 453 sand and a host of others will be at the London Concours. bhp 5 litre V8 engine in a For further information see www.londonconcours.co.uk fastback body style with a Auto Royale rescheduled. choice of shadow black or The inaugural Auto Royale and British classic dark highland green. International Concours d’Elegance The Mustang is also America’s event which was originally scheduled best selling sports car of the to take place in July has now been last 50 years. rescheduled to summer 2021 Classic and Competition Car May 2020 17 It accelerates from 0-62 mph in 8.7 seconds and a top speed of 134 mph and returns a maximum of 47.1 mpg. The 2 litre petrol engine in the M235i xDrive is the BMW Group’s most powerful four cylinder engine, delivering 306 hp using BMW TwinPower Turbo technology. Peak torque is 450 Nm which takes it from 0-62 mph in 4.9 First ever BMW 2 Series Gran Coupé seconds and a top BMW is adding to its successful coupé line-up with the sleek speed of 155 mph, 2 Series Gran Coupé. It made its World debut at the Los with a maximum of Angeles Auto Show last November. It features the latest 37.2 mpg. transverse mounted engine giving Front-Wheel-Drive or AWD The Diesel option is as seen in the BMW Series 1, with cutting edge chassis the 2 litre four technology to optimise cylinder BMW 220d handling and driving which produces 190 hp with peak torque of 400 Nm, taking enjoyment. It features a it from 0-62 mph in just 7.5 seconds and a maximum speed new design of the rear of 146 mph. It can also achieve up to 57.6 mpg. lights and has an The eight speed Steptronic sport transmission is available exclusive in the BMW 220d and in the mesh grille on BMW M235i xDrive. the front of the The model will be available in flagship M235i three variants, Sport, M Sport xDrive M and M Performance M235i Performance xDrive. The Sport model model. It has features sports seats in Nivala frameless side windows for all four doors, with its Cloth/Sensatec with orange or silhouette comes straight from the classical coupé silver contrast stitching and a blueprint. The model features full LED headlights sport steering wheel, plus 17 and rear lights. inch alloy wheels, front and rear The car has a choice of three engines, two petrol Park Distance Control, two and one diesel. The entry level 218i has a revised 1.5 petrol engine zone automatic air con, BMW 1.5 litre three cylinder petrol engine, developing Connected Package plus BMW 140 hp and peak torque of 220 Nm, with an over-boost Live Cockpit plus and Active Guard plus with Lane function in 4th gear or higher which generates an extra 10 Nm. Departure Warning. The M Sport adds sports seats in

Classic and Competition Car May 2020 18 Dakota leather and a M In the aim to improve handling, BMW have included ARB Sport leather steering (Near-actuator wheel wheel, plus 18 inch alloy slip limitation) wheels, M Sport technology from the suspension, M BMW i3s, which works Aerodynamic body with the Dynamic styling, M Sport Stability Control system steering, plus electric to significantly reduce folding mirrors, heated power understeer. This seats, extended lighting, feature can be turned Digital Cockpit Professional, BMW Intelligent Personal off if wished by the Assistant and BMW connected package Professional. The driver. Other driver M235i adds the M seats with integrated headrests assistance systems upholstered in Alcantara cloth, exclusive Cerium grey 18 included are collision inch alloy wheels, M235i specific M Sport suspension, rear and pedestrian warning BMW 235i rear view spoiler, M Performance exhaust system, Limited Slip with city braking function, Lane Departure Warning with Differential on the front axle and eight speed sport automatic active lane return and Cruise control with braking function. transmission featuring launch control. An optional Parking Assistant offers automatic assisted parking in parallel or perpendicular parking spaces, taking care of the steering, accelerating and braking. The BMW 2 Series Gran Coupé is available now from £23,815 OTR.

BMW 235i xDrive M BMW 235i M Performance engine Classic and Competition Car Performance May 2020 19 © Janet Wright

Sir Stirling Craufurd Moss OBE. 17th September 1929 to 12th April 2020. A true gentleman and the greatest driver never to win the World Championship.

Born in West Kensington in London, the son of a dentist, Alfred Moss and his mother Aileen. His father was an amateur racing driver who had finished 16th in the 1924 Indianapolis 500, while his mother had competed prewar hill climbs in a Singer Nine, it was inevitable that both he and his sister, Pat Moss, would continue the family tradition of motor racing. Pat went on to become a successful rally driver and married Swedish rally driver Erik Carlsson. Stirling began driving at 9 years of age in an Austin & he got from his father to drive in the fields around their home. He got his driving licence at 15 and bought his own car. He began racing in 1948 in a career that spanned 15 years until 1962. During that period he entered 529 races in all kinds of cars and won 212 of them, in everything from saloons right up to Formula 1. In one year he competed in 62 races and over his career he drove

© Simon Wright Classic and Competition Car May 2020 20 84 different makes of car, including Mercedes Benz and the Alpine Rally (Coupe des Alpes). He also finished 2nd in Vanwall. He preferred to race British cars if possible, stating the 1952 Monte Carlo rally driving a Sunbeam Talbot 90 “Better to lose honourably in a British Car than to win in a with Desmond Scannell and Autocar editor John Cooper as foreign one.” At Vanwall he helped break the German/Italian co-drivers. stranglehold on Formula 1 racing. Mercedes became interested in Stirling in 1953 and An accomplished horse rider, Moss started his car racing Mercedes Benz racing boss suggested that Stirling buy a career in his fathers 328 BMW, then used money won from Maserati 250F to © Janet Wright horse riding events to pay the deposit for one of the first see how well he Cooper 500 racing cars in 1948. His father wanted him to went before become a dentist, but Stirling convinced him to buy the possibly joining the Cooper. He quickly demonstrated his natural ability, winning Mercedes Grand many races at Prix team. The car both national was unreliable, but and international Moss qualified level. Even after alongside the A Maserati 250F like Moss raced in 1953 to moving to higher Mercedes drivers win the Oulton Park International Gold Cup levels of racing, several times and performed well in races before the car he still returned failed. He did achieve his first Formula 1 victory in the to compete in Maserati when he won the non-championship Oulton Park Formula 3 International Gold Cup. At the Italian Grand Prix he passed driving Coopers both Fangio in a Mercedes and Alberto Ascari in a Ferrari and Kiefts. and led until the 68th lap when he retired with engine His first major failure, leaving Fangio to take the victory. Moss in a Jaguar XK120 victory came on In 1954 he became the first non-American to win the 12 © Janet Wright at Shelsley Walsh the eve of his Hours of Sebring driving the Cunningham 1.5 litre O.S.C.A. 21st birthday when he borrowed a Jaguar XK120 and won MT4 with American Bill Lloyd. the 1950 RAC Tourist Trophy at Dundrod in Northern Ireland. Mercedes Benz signed Stirling for the 1955 season and he He went on to win the Tourist Trophy six more times, in 1951 took his first World Championship victory at the 1955 driving a Jaguar C-Type, 1955 in a Mercedes-Benz 300SLR, British Grand Prix at Aintree, leading a Mercedes Benz 1958 and 1959 in an Aston Martin DBR1 and 1960 and 1961 1,2,3,4 finish and beating his team mate Fangio. Stirling in a Ferrari 250 GT. also went on to win the RAC Enzo Ferrari offered him a Formula 2 season in 1952 after a Tourist Trophy, the Targa one-off drive at the 1951 Bari Grand Prix, but when Stirling Florio and the Mille Miglia. and his father arrived in Puglia, they found out the car was to The Mille Miglia was be driven by Piero Taruffi and were quite annoyed. possibly his greatest Stirling was also a competent rally driver, winning a Coupe achievement, described as d’Or (Gold Cup) for three consecutive penalty free runs on the “most iconic single day’s © Simon Wright

Classic and Competition Car May 2020 21 © Simon Wright drive in motor racing history. He was paired with motor racing journalist Denis Jenkinson, who had prepared pace notes for the 1,000 mile trip, which they completed in ten hours and seven minutes. He won the Nassau Cup at the 1956 and 1957 Bahamas Speed week and also in 1957 he raced for Vanwall. He won the British Grand Prix at Aintree driving a VW5, the Gran Premio d’Italia at Moss won the 1957 British Grand Prix at Aintrree in a Vanwall VW5 like this one. Monza and the Grand Moss driving the Ferrari 250 GT at Shelsley Walsh Prix at the Pescara © Janet Wright Circuit in Italy, the longest track every used for a World another historic victory in the 1960 Championship Grand Prix, with a lap Monaco Grand Prix driving Rob length of 16 miles. He finishednd 2 in Walker’s Lotus 18 powered with the the World Championship behind his Coventry Climax engine. He friend and Rival Fangio. repeated the victory the following Between 1955 and 1961 Stirling year against the much more finished as runner up in the World powerful Ferrari 156 driven by Phil Championship four times and in third Hill, Richie Ginther and Wolfgang place the other three times. He lost von Trips, also winning a partially the 1958 championship by a single wet German Grand Prix. point to Mike Hawthorn despite His career really finished following winning 4 Grand Prix in both the Rob a heavy crash at Goodwood, Walker Cooper Climax T43 and the driving the Lotus in the Glover Vanwall VW5, compared to Trophy. He was in a coma for a Hawthorns single victory. He took month and partially paralysed down © Simon Wright Lotus Climax 18 Classic and Competition Car May 2020 22 © Simon Wright his left side for six months. He did do a test in a Lotus 19 the In 1990 he was following year but decided to retire from the sport. He made inducted into a second career as a commentator for motorsport on TV in the International America. Motorsports However, the draw of racing always continued and Stirling Hall of Fame. In made various one-off appearances in historic events and the New Years also took part in the 1974 London-Sahara-Munich World Cup Honours 2000 Rally in a Mercedes Benz. He shared a Holden Torana with he was made a Knight Batchelor for services to motor racing and on 21st March 2000 he was knighted by Prince Charles, standing in for the Queen. In 2005 he was awarded the Segrave Trophy and in 2006 he was awarded the FIA Gold Medal for his outstanding contributions to motorsport. In 2009 Mercedes Benz in conjunction with McLaren launched the Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren Stirling Moss edition, a limited run supercar to honour Stirling Moss, with just 75 built. It used an AMG 5.5 litre Supercharged engine and could accelerate from 0-62 mph in just 3.5 seconds, with a top speed of 217 mph. BTCC Audi 80 © Simon Wright He died in London on the 12thApril 2020 at the age of 90 Jack Brabham in the 1976 Bathurst 1000 in Australia, then with his wife Lady Moss at his side following a long illness. shared a Volkswagen Golf GTi with Denny Hulme in the 1979 Benson & Hedges 500 at Pukekohe Park Raceway in New Zealand. He made a return to proper racing in 1980 for the Audi team in the British Saloon Car Championship with Richard Lloyd and his GTi team. He continued with the Audi in 1981 under Walkinshaw racing, racing with Martin Brundle. He continued racing in historic events until 2011, after qualifying for the Le Mans Classic event, he decided to finally retire at an age of 81. He continued to make guest appearances at various events and was as popular as ever.

© Simon Wright Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren Stirling Moss Classic and Competition Car May 2020 23 Book Review - By Peter McFadyen. examples built between 1960 and 1966, 80 went to the Citroën 2CV – Different is Everything Spanish Guardia Civil. Author: Malcolm Bobbitt Designed to provide comfortable if basic travel over less than Publisher: Amberley Publishing perfect terrain, the 2CV inevitably found itself the transport of Price: £14.99. Softback (234 x 165mm), 96 pages, illustrated choice for a number of adventurers such as the duo who throughout in B/W and colour completed a 13,588 km tour of the Mediterranean coast ISBN: 978 1 4456 8767 4 including the Middle East and North Africa in 1952. A year later, one of the 375cc powered cars was taken on a 52,000 Created as a means of providing essential transport to potential km tour of North and South America via the Bolivian Andes to customers who might never have been able to afford a car, the Tierra del Fuego and even a full round-the-world-in-12-months unassuming Citroën 2CV (Deux tour was completed in a 2CV in 1959. Only Chevaux) quickly became an object of slightly less adventurously, the chief desire not only to those free spirits and designer of Rolls Royce is reported to have free thinkers who frequented the bars and used a 2CV as his daily transport, pointedly cafés of Paris’s Left Bank but also the parking it among his colleagues’ local more affluent Parisians who judged it a produce at the Crewe factory. status symbol. One of the most These are but a few of the myriad facts and remarkable of many photographs in the stories which can be gleaned from this book shows the mass of visitors remarkably informative book, clearly inundating the cars on the Citroën stand belying its modest dimensions. The author, at the 1948 Paris Motor Show when it as well as being the editor of SAHB Times, was launched. Production would extend the magazine of the Society of Automobile for 40 years with 2.4 million examples Historians in Britain, is a committed Citroën having been built by 1966, not counting enthusiast and an authority on the marque, almost 56,000 of the goods version, the a clue to that fact being that even his email Fourgonnette, by that time. Over that address incorporates reference to the period, many changes and upgrades company’s famous factory at Quai de Javel. would be introduced along with variants He is a skilled writer, too, imparting this including Ami 6, Dyane, Mehari and, for highly detailed account of the life and times the British market only and made at the of the Citroën 2CV from its pre-war company’s Slough factory, a fibreglass conception to the end of production – not in bodied version named the Bĳou and France but in Portugal – in such a readable styled by Peter Kirwan-Taylor, previously manner that, once started, it is difficult to responsible for the greatly admired Lotus put the book down. As a source of Elite, no less. Along the way, Citroën everything you wanted to know about this produced a twin-engined, 4-wheel drive little French marvel – and probably more version, the Sahara, designed specifically besides – it is highly recommended and for the oil industry although, of the 774 excellent value. Classic and Competition Car May 2020 24 Race from the Past. 1998 FIA GT Donington 500 kms. Donington Park, 6th September 1998. By Simon & Janet Wright.

The race winning GT1 AMG Mercedes Benz CLK LM of Bernd Schneider and Mark Webber who finished 1st

25 Classic and Competition Car May 2020 © Simon Wright Porsche 911 GT1-98 The seventh Jorg Muller Uwe Alzen round of the 4th Karl Wendlinger prepares to go out in the 1998 FIA GT GT2 Oreca Chrysler Viper he shared with Championship Justin Bell took place at Donington Park on the 6th September 1998. In its second season, the FIA GT © Simon Wright Championship, organised by the with local hero Allan McNish driving, the Porsche 911 Stéphane Ratel GT1 he shared with Yanick Dalmas still finished a lap Organisation behind the Silver Arrows. A further lap down was the (SRO), was a other works Porsche 911 GT1 driven by the all German series for Grand crew of Jörg Müller and Touring Cars Uwe Alzen, who just with two classes beat the Persson conforming to Motorsport Mercedes GT1 and GT2 CLK GTR of Jean-Marc regulations. Gounon and Marcel There was a Tiemann. separate drivers Rounding out the top and team award six was the Zakspeed in each class. Racing Porsche 911 GT1-98 of Armin Hahne © Janet Wright Starting from and Andreas Scheld. pole position The locally entered was the AMG Mercedes CLK LM of Klaus Ludwig and GTC Competition Ricardo Zonta. After 125 laps of action, it was a Mercedes McLaren BMW F1 GTR 1-2 at the chequered flag, with German Bernd Schneider driven by Geoff Lees and Australian super star Mark Webber taking victory from and Thomas Bscher their team mates Klaus Ludwig from Germany and Brazilian was in 7th place, five Ricardo Zonta who finished 2nd. laps behind the Their main rival for race honours, fellow German winners. manufacturer Porsche, could only manage 3rd overall. Even The GT2 class winners © Janet Wright

Porsche 911 GT2 Proton Competition 26 Classic and Competition Car May 2020 Gerold Ried Patrick Vuillaume 17th McLaren BMW F1 GTR Davidoff Classic GTC Competition Geoff Lees Thomas Bscher 7th There were a couple of unusual cars in the race, but Team Persson Motorsport Mercedes Benz CLK GTR Christophe Bouchut and Bernd unfortunately Maylander 12th overall 8th GT1 neither were classified at the finish. David Brabham and Éric Bernard were driving the DAMS GT1 6 litre Panoz GTR- © Simon Wright 1, but dropped out after just 56 were Oliver Beretta and Pedro Lamy in the Viper Team laps. The Marcos Oreca 8 litre, V10 Chrysler Viper GTS-R, who finished 8th Racing overall and completed 114 laps, eleven laps behind the International 5.7 overall winners. They took a two lap victory in GT2 ahead of litre Marcos the Konrad Marcos Chevrolet LM600 Marcos Racing Chevrolet Motorsport International Christian Vann Harald Becker Cor LM600 Porsche 911 Euser DQF driven by GT2 driven Christian by Altfrid Vann, Heger and Harald Franz Becker and Konrad, who Cor Euser split the two actually Viper Team completed Oreca cars. 112 laps In 3rd place which in GT2 were placed them © Janet Wright Karl in the top Wendlinger © Simon Wright ten finishers, but they were disqualified in post race and Justin technical inspection for using fuel which did not meet Bell in the second Chrysler Viper GTS-R, who were a FIA regulations. There was one other disqualification at the further lap behind the Porsche in 10th place. end, the Roock Sportsystem Porsche 911 GT2 of John Classic and Competition Car May 2020 27 Zakspeed Racing Porsche 911 GT1-98 of Michael At the end of the Bartelsand Max Angelelli were 22nd on the road but season, the GT1 Not Classified. championship was won by Klaus Ludwig and Chrysler Viper GTS-R Team Oreca Karl Ricardo Zonta, with Wendlinger Justin Bell 10th 3rd GT2 AMG Mercedes taking a second team championship. The GT2 title went to Olivier Beretta and Pedro Lamy and Viper Team Oreca. This was the final season of GT1 as the category was dropped from the FIA GT Championship due to lack of entries for © Simon Wright 1999. © Janet Wright Robinson and Hugh Price, who were 17th overall on the road, but were disqualified for using an illegal amount of DAMS Panoz Ford GTR-1 GT1 of Eric Bernard turbo boost. and David Brabham retired from the race.

SportsystemRoock Porsche 911 GT2 of John Robinson and Hugh Price who were disqualified for using too much turbo boost

© Simon Wright © Simon Wright Classic and Competition Car May 2020 28 Chamberlain Engineering Chrysler GT1 Champions at the end of the season, AMG Viper GTS-R of Martin Short, Matt Mercedes Benz CLK LM of Klaus Ludwig and Ricardo Turner and Ni Amorin finished 14th Zonta finished 2nd at Donington 4th GT2

Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 of Martin Stretton and Toni Seiler 5th GT2 13th overall

GT2 Class winners - Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS-R of Oliver Beretta and Pedro Lamy 8th overall

© Peter McFadyen Classic and Competition Car May 2020 30 car, the Atom. This car was to be the basis from which the DB series of Aston Martins would grow and, eventually, achieve Brown’s ambition of winning at Le Mans. The ‘art deco’ movement had spread its influence to motor car design during the 1930s, characterised by fixed-head coupés with short cabs, rounded tails, clean lines and long bonnets all alluding to aircraft streamlining. They became known in many cases as ‘air-line’ models. As a practical way of evaluating several new approaches to the design of Aston Martins of the future, they built what Laurence Pomeroy would call in a 1942 article inThe Motor an ‘experimental’ car but which today would be recognised as one of the first examples of a ‘concept car’. They chose to

Aston Martin Atom Like many, if not all, small companies manufacturing specialist vehicles, especially sports cars, Aston Martin has been through its fair share of financial upheavals in its 100- year history. In 1946, needing funds to develop models which could compete in the post-war car industry, the company was offered for sale by means of a small classified advertisement inThe Times – without revealing the name of the company. It drew the attention of David Brown, then head of his family’s gear making firm and tractor manufacturing enterprise. In a situation resembling the later Remington shaver company and Victor Kiam’s memorable advertising account of his first experience of its product – “I liked it so much, I bought the company” – Brown’s decision to go ahead and buy Aston Martin was based, in part at least, on his impression of the company’s post-war plan as embodied in its experimental prototype

Classic and Competition Car May 2020 31 call it The Atom, reflecting then popular connotations of small size and great power. For optimum performance and handling, light weight and rigidity were primary objectives of the design and a combined chassis and body structure was formed using steel tubing clad with aluminium panelling with rounded curves and attractive ‘art deco’ styling. Atom was more test-bed than an actual prototype so although the saloon cabin sported four seats, the front ones being of the aircraft style ‘hammock’ variety and noted for their comfort, the rear hardly offered comfortable accommodation for adults. There was no separate radiator grill as such, thereby saving more weight, cooling air entering via a series of vertical slits, their lengths varying to form

Classic and Competition Car May 2020 32 including Bugatti, Delahaye and Delage. In addition to a conventional-looking floor mounted gear lever which simply selects forward or reverse, Atom has a tiny second gear lever mounted close to the steering column and operating in a conventional H- pattern gate which controls the selection of the four forward – or reverse - speeds. This ‘semi-automatic’ transmission theoretically provided clutchless gear changes but, being an epicyclic device and consequently having relatively widely spaced ratios, an element of ‘feathering’ the clutch during changes smoothed the operation and reduced strain on the whole system. Top was 4.55:1, third 6.68:1, second 10:1 and bottom 15:1. The novel use of the Salisbury hypoid bevel back axle had the additional advantage of enabling the prop-shaft line to be some two inches lower than normal. Lockheed 12 inch drum brakes were used all round and tyres were 5.50 x 17 inches.

a triangular array, hinting at what would become the iconic shape seen on the front of all later Astons. The independent front suspension was advanced for its time, using coil springs and short trailing links in a design patented by the Gordon Armstrong company whose hydraulic lever dampers were also used. A cleverly designed split track rod system maintained ideal steering geometry throughout the range of movement and steering required just 2¼ turns, lock to lock. At the rear, long, semi-elliptic springs were used, again with Gordon Armstrong dampers. The choice of gearbox was also very interesting, being the French electromagnetically controlled Cotal design used in several other makes © Peter McFadyen

Classic and Competition Car May 2020 33 For some time, Claude Hill had been working on a replacement for Aston Martin’s four cylinder o.h.c. engine but initially it was this 1950cc unit which was installed in Atom in mid-1939. Forced to use war-time ‘pool’ petrol its ignition had to be retarded considerably to cope with its 7.75:1 compression ratio, considered high at the time, dropping the maximum power output - at 5,000rpm - from 95 to probably 75 bhp and speeds in the gears to around a still respectable 60mph in third and 42mph in second. With wartime work diverting Aston Martin’s efforts, it wasn’t until 1944 that Hill’s 1970cc 4-cylinder push-rod ohv unit was installed and it remains in the car to this day. Following the war and David Brown’s momentous test drive, Atom passed into new hands. According to the records of the Aston Martin Owners Club, the car was owned in 1951 by © Peter McFadyen

C.F.Mayo of the European Concours d’Elegance at Schwetzingen, Gorleston on Sea. Switzerland where Atom would be among the participants By 1953 it was in in 2002. After several more changes of ownership, Atom the hands of Bob was bought by Nigel Mann in 1965 and was displayed Gathercole, alternately at the motor museum which had opened at Le godson of W O Mans in 1961 and at the Musée Auto Moto Velo at Bentley and Châtellerault. After Nigel Mann’s death in 1986, Atom was progenitor of purchased by Tom Rollason who brought the car to many of today’s England and in due course, having spent time researching major classic car the detail and history of the car, set about returning it to its shows including original condition and conserving it. © Peter McFadyen Classic and Competition Car May 2020 34 changed for modern units which were attached to the bodywork rather than being mounted, as the originals had been, onto brackets directly on the frame, peering out frombehind the front wings; this arrangement was reinstated. Since coming into Tom Rollason’s ownership, the unique Aston Martin Atom has been returned to its original condition and carefully conserved in that way. It has appeared in a number of major shows andconcours competitions, receiving many awards including being voted Car of the Show at the NEC Classic Motor Show in 2012. It has a special place in the history of Aston Martin as the forerunner of the DB series and in its own right as one of the very first ‘concept’ cars as well as for having so many innovative features. Abbreviated from the article first published in The Automobile

According to Tom, Atom had originally been painted a sort of ‘battleship grey’ and then, at war’s end, in silver. Paint removed from the bodywork showed that the car had subsequently received coats of many colours – including red, then green and then blue. In a photograph of unknown date, it wears two-tone paintwork, believed to have been silver over black or maroon. With much of the work being carried out by Bruce Young Coachwork in Worcestershire, it was decided that Atom should be returned to its earlier silver livery. The engine went to Rex Woodgate who carried out some work on the head before the whole unit was reassembled by Bruce Young. The Cotal electromagnetic gearbox required very little attention as did the Salisbury back axle which needed only its bearing changed by manufacturers GKN. Somewhere along the line, the headlights had been © Peter McFadyen Classic and Competition Car May 2020 35 2010 By Simon and Janet Wright

© Simon Wright Ford F3L leads Ferrari 312 PB under the footbridge at Goodwood Classic and Competition Car May 2020 36 If there is one event that all motoring enthusiasts should have on their bucket list, it’s the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Never have so many different types of vehicles been assembled in one place. Lord March invites people and cars to take part in the Festival of Speed each year, and he will select a theme for each event, as well as celebrating significant anniversaries. The Theme for 2010 was Viva Veloce! - The passion for Speed. It was to celebrate Italy’s passion for Moto racing. Central to the theme was to

Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Le Mans Coupe

© Janet Wright celebrate the centenary of Alfa Romeo. The event was also celebrating 60 years of the Formula 1 World Championship with over 50 Formula 1 cars confirmed as part of the celebrations. Other anniversaries included 60 years of the Carrera Panamericana and 50 years of Bathurst’s ‘Great Race’. Attending were Former World Champions John Surtees, Jackie Stewart, Emerson Fittipaldi, Lewis Hamilton, Mika Hakkinen and reigning Champion Jenson Button, plus Mark Webber, Nico Rosberg, Jarno Trulli, Heikki Kovalainen, Bruno Senna, Karun Chandok, Marc Gene and Nick Heidfeld. Lord March manages to attract some of the rarest and most exotic vehicles and famous drivers from the past and present, who all descend on to his West Sussex estate for the ultimate motoring garden party. It is usually held

© Janet Wright at the end of June or the beginning of July, Jackie Stewart Classic and Competition Car May 2020 37 Marc Gene in the Ferrari F60 kicks up the dust in the top paddock after completing another run the estate, but did not have the required permits to host a race, so he decided to stage an event in the grounds of his home, Goodwood House, using the drive as a hill climb course. There is a lot going on at the event. Cars run up the

© Simon Wright hill all day in batches, there are The Whacky Racers within a week of the British Grand Prix. This usually enables special from the TV cartoon all the current Grand Prix drivers and teams to attend. For were on show in the displays on main display area 2010, the event was expanded from the previous three days the lawns to four days, © Janet Wright © Simon Wright outside the adding Thursday main house, motor manufacturers have displays in the as the Moving main display area opposite the main house, on the other motor Show, side of the track and at the top of the hill is a completely where motor separate forest rally stage, which was first created in manufacturers 2005. It was redesigned in 2006 by Hannu Mikkola as a had the chance completely separate entity from the hill climb course, to demonstrate which allows more rally cars to run all day long. Plus their latest there is full access to all the paddocks. models on the 1.6 mile hill climb © Simon Wright course. The event attracts around one Toyota iQ Supercharger hundred thousand spectators each day, and with so much to see, you really need more than one day to stand a chance of seeing everything. The event was founded in 1993 to bring motorsport back to the Goodwood estate by Lord March. He wanted to bring racing back to the Goodwood circuit, just over the road from

Morris Marina Rally car tackles the forest stage at the top of the hill. Classic and Competition Car May 2020 38 © Simon Wright

Red Arrows light up the skies over Goodwood

Ken Block does donuts in his Ford Focus RS WRC Wacky Racers Rufus Ruffcut and Sawtooth in the Buzzwagon © Simon Wright

Leon Haslam 2010 World Super Bike Suzuki R GSX F1 Lotus 56B Gas turbine. © Simon Wright Classic and Competition Car May 2020 39 © Simon Wright

Maserati 250F V12 A key feature of the event is the Central Display, which is part of the celebration, which also included them in the different each year and set up right in front of Goodwood 60th anniversary of the Formula 1 World Championship House. In 2010 it was a celebration for the centenary of celebration. Alfa Romeo have also been very successful Alfa Romeo and featured an vintage Alfa Romeo P2 in the World Sports Car Championship over the years. Grand Prix car and an Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione on The Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 TT12 won the 1975 World the Clover leaf shaped structure. Championship of Makes and the Tipo 33 SC12 won the Alfa Romeo’s centenary display included a 1951 Alfa 1977 World Championship for Sports Cars with a clean Romeo Type 159 Alfetta from the start of the World sweep, winning all eight races in the 1977 season. The Championship and a 1982 Grand Prix Alfa Romeo 182 as company also sent other cars from a 1913 Alfa 40/60 HP

Classic and Competition Car May 2020 40 Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 TT3 John Surtees in his 1964 World Championship winning Ferrari 158

also re-united World Champion John Surtees with his © Janet Wright World Championship winning Ferrari 158 from 1964. Another ex-World Champion re-united with his Corsa right through to a Alfa Romeo 155 DTM car. championship winning car was Emerson Fittipaldi and the 1972 iconic black and gold JPS lotus 72. When this car 1976 6 wheeled Tyrell P34 first appeared in 1970, it was a revolutionary design compared to the other cars on the grid and won the World Championship for Jochen Rindt, who was tragically killed at the wheel of the car at Monza. The design was so advanced it won two World Championships and was still winning races in its fifth season. The designer Maurice Phillippe moved much of the cars weight rearwards, including moving the radiator from the front to two smaller radiators mounted in side-pods. The brakes were also moved inboard to improve the cars centre of gravity and © Simon Wright torsion bar suspension was used instead of the usually For the 60th anniversary of the F1 World Championship, used coil spring system. the Formula 1 cars included some interesting Formula 1 © Simon Wright cars present, including the 6 wheeled Tyrrell P34 from 1976. The designer Derek Gardner reduced drag by using 4 ten inch wheels at the front of the car. By its fourth race, Jody Scheckter gave the car its one and only Grand Prix victory at Anderstorp in Sweden. Another unusual design was the Ferrari 312/B3 Spazzaneve from 1972, with a ‘snow plough’ style front wing, which never raced. Ferrari

Emerson Fittipaldi in his 1972 World Championship winning JPS Lotus Ford 72E Classic and Competition Car May 2020 41 © Simon Wright © Simon Wright Ford Escort Mk1 Rally Stage Action

Miltusbishi Galant VR4 Group A © Janet Wright Toyota Corolla

Saab 96 Mini Cooper S Vauxhall Chevette © Janet Wright © Simon Wright droopsnoot HSR

Ford Escort Mk2

© Simon Wright Datsun 240Z © Janet Wright Ford Cortina Mk1 Classic and Competition Car May 2020 42 © Simon Wright © Simon Wright The Indianapolis 500 winning The 1970 Le Mans 24 Hours Jim Clark Lotus Ford 38 race winning Porsche 917K

Mans 24 Hours race, plus made a starring appearance in the classic Steve McQueen film “Le Mans”. The competitive event is a hill climb up the drive of Goodwood House. The hill record was set by Nick Lotus also gave Jackie Stewart the opportunity to drive the Heidfeld in 1999 driving a current Grand Prix car of the Jim Clark 1965 Indianapolis 500 winning Lotus 38 up the period, a McLaren MP4/13, with a time of 41.6 seconds hill over the weekend. and after that event it was decided that Formula 1 cars Porsche are usually associated with sports car racing, but can no longer do official timed runs for safety reasons. they did win one Grand Prix, the 1962 French Grand Prix The 2010 shoot out on Sunday afternoon was won by © Janet Wright © Simon Wright

Porsche only Grand Prix winner - The Porsche 804 with the Porsche 804 driven by Dan Gurney. However, they are probably best remembered by fans for the iconic 5 litre Porsche 917 which won both the 1970 and 1971 Le Justin Law had presumably misplaced his race car, so shot up the hill in his Ford Transit van! Underneath it Classic and Competition Car May 2020 has Jaguar XJ220 running gear. 43 On the Competitive runs, Fastest time in the Sunday afternoon shootout went to Roger Wills in the Williams Cosworth FW05.

44 Classic and Competition Car May 2020 © Simon Wright Ford XC Falcon GS500 of Roger Wills driving a Williams Cosworth FW05 with a time Moffat/Ickx of 47.15 seconds. Previous winner Justin Law arrived with a Ford Transit van and nearly managed to break the 1 minute barrier. Turns out the Van had Jaguar XJ220 running gear under the standard looking Transit exterior.

© Simon Wright 1963. From 2006, winners are now presented with the Citroen GT was part of the Peter Brock Trophy. This is in honour of the most Michelin Supercar display run © Simon Wright successful driver at the event, Peter Brock. He won the Since 2000, there has been a Michelin Supercar run up the great race nine times and was given the tag ‘King of the hill, where many manufacturers now make new car public Mountain’. A classic Australian saloon winner was the Ford debuts and even demonstrate concept cars. XC Falcon GS500 Hardtop that won the 1977 Hardie © Simon Wright Bathurst’s Great Race Ferodo 1000 at Bathurst driven by Canadian Allan Moffat attracts drivers and and Belgian Jacky Ickx. Scoring a hat-trick of back to back teams from all around wins were Peter Brock and Larry Perkins, winning the the World who want to James Hardie 1000 in 1982 and 1983 in the Holden VH tame the famous Mount Commodore SS (with John Harvey also in the car in 1983) Panorama circuit in and then again in 1984 with the Holden VK Commodore. Australia. Goodwood was celebrating the 50th anniversary of this great event with a collection of cars that had competed in the Bathurst 1000 kms race for Touring Cars. The original three races were held at the Phillip Koenigsegg Agera on the Island circuit, before © Janet Wright Michelin Supercar run moving to Bathurst in The Brock/Perkins Holden VH Commodore which won Bathurst 2 years in a row. Classic and Competition Car May 2020 45 © Simon Wright © Janet Wright © Simon Wright

Mercedes CLK LM Renault Alpine A443 Lola T163 Chevrolet

Gilf Porsche 908 Lancia Beta Montecarlo Derek Bell Ferrari 512S © Simon Wright

Ford F3L Huron Cosworth 4A Audi R15 TDI driven by Alan McNish © Simon Wright

Classic and Competition Car May 2020 46 © Simon Wright © Simon Wright Alfa Romeo 60th Anniversary

Group C Lancia Never raced Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 Aerodinamica Spider 1967 Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 Periscopica © Janet Wright

Alfa Romeo TZ3 Corsa

Formula 1 Alfa Romeo 192 1982

Cartier Style et Luxe

Winner of the Cartier Style et Luxe was the Maserati A6GCS/53 Pininfarina Coupe

Citroen SM Opera Barrie and Queen drummer Roger Taylor. With the theme this year, it was not surprising to find lots of Italian cars in the Concours d’Elegance. The majority of the cars were Alfa 1966 Lamborghini 400 GT Monza Romeo, with dedicated classes for 8C sports cars of the © Janet Wright 1930s and for Tipo 33 based prototypes created by various Cartier Style et Luxe was first introduced in 1995 on the lawns styling houses in the 1960s and 70s. There was also a Far- to the west of the house. It uses a similar format to the Pebble Fetched Fantasies class which included cars like the Ital- Beach Concours d’Elegance, but with invited entries only. This design-Giugiaro styled BMW Nazca C2 and the Ferrari F.Z.93 allows a degree of flexibility to introduce interesting vehicles to from Zagato. After much discussion the Car of the Show be included, including concept cars. The Style et Luxe is award went to the stunning Maserati A6GCS/53 Pininfarina judged consists of celebrities to car designers, which this year Coupe. included Hollywood icon George Lucas, British actor Chris

Alfa Romeo 1967 Alfa Romeo Tipo Navajo 1976 1069 Alfa Romeo Tipo 33.2 33 Stradale Prototipo © Janet Wright © Janet Wright © Simon Wright

VSCC John Harris (Derbyshire) Trial Sat 7 March 2020. By David Goose & Stuart Yates of Motorsport Imagery

3rd in class 1a for David Leigh – Frazer Nash Interceptor Classic and Competition Car May 2020 52 © Motorsport-Imagery With what seemed like non-stop Joint winner of The Dick Batho rain over the weeks leading up to Trophy Peter Kite – GN Sports the Derbyshire one could only imagine what condition some of the hills would be in. The weather on the day turned out to be dry which helped. Again as previous years the Start would be based at Ashover Parish Hall, but the finish this year was just down the road at The Old Poets Inn.

Look what happens when you offer to help and it all goes wrong…

Ben Wildsmith (Clerk of This year, the oldest or should we say earliest car taking the Course) along with part would be the 1921 GN of Peter Kite. his team made sure the Overall the day seemed to go down well with the hills were at least in competitors. A few comments were made about the hill at good condition at the Dudwood, which seemed to be more of a test for cars, start of the day. drivers and passengers than would be ideal. It transpires With 95 starters and all that Dudwood has been dropped for next year with the the marshals doing a likely hood of some good replacement hills in prospect. great job as usual it Of the hills we visited, it seemed one of the “tricky” areas was set to be a classic was the exiting the hill at Clough Wood if you failed half © Motorsport-Imagery day.

Alistair Littlewood Ford Model A Classic and Competition Car May 2020 54 © Motorsport-Imagery drivers failed Class 1a winner Dr Jonathan Rose to get past in his Allard 2 Seater the first 20 yards, in some cases even less. This year joint winners of The Dick Batho Trophy were: #141 Simon Price Ford Model A Special

way up. The Wheels spinning as Stephen Longden in the preferred route off Ford A Speedster tries the hill going through to make progress an area of very deep mud of which Roy A happy passenger for Newton fell victim to Richard Holgate as he just at the wrong makes his way up the time, his Ford Model hill in the Austin 7 A being stranded till the marshals had Kite GN Sport finished their lunch At the time of the trial who were we to break. know this would be one of the last Millclose Mine was VSCC events for the foreseeable another tricky one, future, let’s hope everyone stays safe being deeply rutted we will all be back competing at the very steep sometime in 2020. start meaning many © Motorsport-Imagery

Classic and Competition Car May 2020 55 © Motorsport-Imagery David Rushton with a happy passenger in the MG M Type a fine line up

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Mud flying for Archie Bullett – Austi 7 Ulster Classic and Competition Car May 2020 56 'I've always thought that some of the most attractive competition GT cars Archive Photo of the were the 'streamlined' versions of the lightweight Jaguar E Type. I'm Month. currently reading the Porter Press autobiography of lightweight E Type 49 FXN which raced at Le Mans in 1964 driven by Peter Lumsden and Peter By Pete Austin. Sargent. I first saw the car in period at a Brands Hatch club meeting on 18th July 1965. Peter Lumsden is shown here getting off the line alongside the wheelspinning Turner GT of Bob Ellice. The photo also shows the old control tower. In the race Lumsden came in first with Ellice finishing third.

Classic and Competition Car May 2020 58 CarPlay and a DAB Digital radio.There is also extra cabin sound insulation to reduce road noise. The doors now feature integrated arm rests and storage bins, and a new rear tailgate features a large glass section to improve rear visibility. It has revised damper rates compared to the GT410 Sport which gives a steady ride for improved comfort. It is also fitted with Michelin Pilot Sport 4S all-weather tyres for all year usability.The new model also features the normal Evora features of body coloured roof, red AP Racing brake callipers and silver or black gloss V-spoke cast alloy wheels, 19 inch on the front and 20 inch on the rear. Cruise control, heated seats and rear parking sensors are also included. With prices starting at just £82,900, it is £3,000 less than the GT410 Sport model

Lotus launches the new Lotus Evora GT410 with improved usability, new levels of comfort and exceptional value for money. Lotus have expanded the Evora range to two models with the arrival of the new Evora GT410 to sell alongside the existing Evora GT410 Sport. The new model has an enhanced standard specification over the GT410 Sport, with several of the previous optional extras now included as standard on the new model, which is intended to be more of an every day car. It comes with Sparco sport seats and air-conditioning. A reversing camera improves safety and a premium infotainment system is standard with sat-nav, Apple

Classic and Competition Car May 2020 59 © Peter McFadyen 2CV Cross Salthill Quarry near Clitheroe 21st-22nd September 1975. By Peter McFadyen

Classic and Competition Car May 2020 60 new discipline – probably the wrong word as it turned out – of 2CV Cross with an event held in a quarry at Argenton sur Creuse in the Indre region of France. This quickly led to the establishment of a national championship which continues to this day. The first 2CV Cross to be held in the UK was organised by the Hants and Berks Motor Club on open heathland at Blackbushe in 1975, again with support from Total. The 700 yard course was laid out by bulldozer, a process repeated annually for two further years and the event counted towards the international championship. The first 2CV Cross in the north of England was also in 1975 on the 20th and 21st of September when the Lancashire Automobile Club, in conjunction with the Clitheroe and District Motor Club, used a 0.45 mile course set out in Salthill Quarry near Clitheroe. There © Peter McFadyen were separate races for 435cc and 602cc cars with

The 425cc cars of Richard Rogers (3) and John Cox (60) © Peter McFadyen 2CV Cross. There can be few if any more unlikely prospects for a racing car than the ubiquitous Citroën 2CV orDeux Chevaux . Known variously as an umbrella on wheels, an upturned pram or the tin snail, the 2CV was launched on the world at the 1948 ParisMondial de l’Automobile. Between then and 1990 over five million, including over a million of the delivery van version known as fourgonnettes, were produced with peak production reached in 1974 in the aftermath of that year’s oil crisis. Sensibly accepting that racing a 2CV against other makes made little sense, Citroën instead promoted the model through a series of enduro rallies or ‘raids’ such as the 10,000 mile Paris-Kabul-Paris in 1970 which reportedly saw 500 of the little vehicles taking part. In 1972, supported by theTotal oil company, Citroën introduced the Clive Richardson, entered by Citroen̈ Cars (a ‘works’ entry!) leading Michael Steele Classic and Competition Car May 2020 61 practice on Saturday morning followed by several heats and finals for each capacity before a mixed final and, at the end of the day, a ladies’ race. Sunday saw more heats and finals and finished with a ‘Superfinal’ for qualifiers from both days. Racing was frenetic all weekend and more than one attempt was made to put an ‘upturned pram’ the ‘right way up’ with spectators having an excellent bird’s eye view of proceedings from the top of the quarry. Looking at the photographs of that weekend 45 years ago it may come as a pleasant surprise to learn that Salthill quarry is now an attractive SSSI-designated nature reserve. As well as the current flora and fauna to be seen here, fossils are to be found from the carboniferous limestone deposits which date back some 340 million years to the mid- to late- © Peter McFadyen Mississippian period. The 425cc Final and a general view of the circuit with the commentary booth , the ‘rescue’ vehicle and some of the large crowd of spectators

© Peter McFadyen © Peter McFadyen David O’Keefe (45) in the Graveley Motor Company’s entry leading Martin Thomas (46) and JD Lee side by side in powerboater Jim Jeffreys and the rest of the field in one of the 602cc their 602cc models heats Classic and Competition Car May 2020 62 Peter Dalkin (of Perdal Developments) tries to keep out of the way of others Martin Thomas and JD Lee © Peter McFadyen after his car lost a front wheel © Peter McFadyen

© Peter McFadyen © Peter McFadyen Richard Rogers and Jim Jeffreys with Royce Grey in car number 1 leading a J Abbott ‘Accident Repair Specialists’ group of 425cc cars looking out for new business Classic and Competition Car May 2020 63 Another scenic view of the circuit with the Ladies’ race in progress. Car 145 is driven by Frances Creasey