FRIDAY 29 JANUARY 2021 ISSUE 1 WELCOME Welcome to the first issue of the Members’ The HSCC is very much a fraternity of Newsletter, which we plan will be e-mailed enthusiasts with a shared passion and we out every other Friday to keep you up to date hope to reflect that in the content and feel of with everything that is going on in the Club. the Newsletter. We have a busy social media programme, Of course, we lead our first Newsletter with notably on Facebook where we have 12,000 the fabulous news of our success in the followers and a growing audience on Instagram, Royal Automobile Club Historic Awards but we recognise that not everyone uses when the HSCC won the coveted ‘competitive social media and may be missing relevant event of the year’ award. I cannot tell you news or information. how pleased I am to have accepted this award on behalf of our Club. We also post our major news and information on the Club website, so some of the items in Finally, we have asked all the championship/ this newsletter will point you towards the series chairpersons to contribute to this website for more information. Newsletter and we look forward to getting your feedback over the coming weeks and The newsletter will complement our existing months. magazine, which will continue to be published five times a year with more in-depth Andy Dee-Crowne coverage of the Club’s activity. Friday 29 January 2021 Club wins Royal Automobile Club ‘Event of the Year’ award The results were announced in a live on-line broadcast yesterday evening. The awards celebrate the historic motor sport year and the HSCC’s Legends of Brands Hatch Super Prix was judged as the ‘Competitive Event of the Year’. Last year, the HSCC’s Historic Formula 2 International Series was named ‘Race Series of the Year’. Last July, the HSCC’s Brands Hatch event kick-started the 2020 historic racing season as the sport began to emerge from the first COVID-19 lockdown. This landmark event proved that historic racing could restart while staying firmly in line with UK government and Motorsport UK rules and guidelines in the face of the global pandemic. The full story is here: www.hscc.org.uk/news/ IF YOU WOULD PREFER NOT TO RECEIVE THIS NEWSLETTER, PLEASE SEND AN E-MAIL TO THE CLUB OFFICE. Memberships and entries Thundersports is go for 2021 Please don’t forget that membership renewal Plans have been unveiled for the is now open via the Club website and we Thundersports Series in 2021. As with all would like to urge everyone to renew as soon HSCC races, the founding principal is to as possible at: www.hscc.org.uk offer competitors value for money racing at quality professionally-run race meetings We will soon be opening up entries for our and in a sporting and friendly atmosphere. first race meeting of the season at Snetterton (17/18 April) and encourage everyone to enter Headlining the season will be two events on as early as they can. In these difficult times, the Silverstone Grand Prix circuit, including a an early indication of entry levels is a huge return visit to the Silverstone Classic, as well help in event planning. as races on the Brands Hatch GP track, at Donington Park and Spa-Francorchamps. The two-day race meeting on the 300 circuit is titled the Jim Russell Trophy Meeting. The A particular emphasis for 2021 is being event will celebrate the life of racer and racing placed on attracting more GT cars to join the school founder Jim Russell as well as the sports-prototypes and the Club is putting early years of the Formula Ford Festival at out an invitation for American cars from the Snetterton (1972 to 1975). Trans-Am and IMSA GT classes of the period to join the grid along with a wide range of Single-seater races will include Historic Group 4 and Group 5 GT cars. Formula Ford, Classic Formula Ford, Historic Formula Ford 2000, Classic Formula 3/URS The full story is here: Classic Formula Ford 2000 and Formula www.hscc.org.uk/news/ Junior and the guesting Heritage Formula Ford. Other races on the programme are for Historic Road Sports, 70s Road Sports, Historic Touring Cars, Classic Clubmans and 80s Production Saloons and GT, while a guest race is a 40-minute optional two-driver race for the new Ecurie Classic Racing movement for pre ’66 sports and GT cars. Obviously, the whole issue of virus lockdowns remains but we are planning ahead as normal in the hope and expectation that, by April, we will be able to go racing. To renew your HSCC Membership visit: www.hscc.org.uk Election of HSCC Vice-Chair 2021 – 2023 The Chairman and Vice-Chairman are elected in rotation in March on alternate years by the Members. This year we will hold the election for the Vice-Chair. In previous years, this election would have taken place at the AGM however changes to our Articles of Association approved by Members last year means that elections may now take place through an electronic voting system as an AGM is no longer required. Charles Barter Aurora Trophy news offers himself for re-election. Should the position of Vice-Chair be 2021 is off to a great start for the Aurora Trophy with stars of the past contested an election will take place and the Howden Ganley, Tony Trimmer, Brian Henton and Ray Mallock all person with the most votes announced on agreeing to lend their support to our various classes. More detail to Thursday 31 March. follow in the next magazine. Keith Norris reports. Members wishing to stand for the post of On the F2 front, we have new runners Vice-Chairman, including an ongoing office- emerging. Keith Harris and Andrew Tart have holder offering themselves for re-election, the ex-John Lepp Chevron B25 while Martyn must notify the Directors of their intention Donn has nearly completed his ex-Dieter no later than mid-night on Tuesday 9 March, Questor Chevron B27. providing details of their proposer and Atlantic numbers are promised to grow seconder. The Directors may request that and Iain Rowley and Steve Worrad are both the candidates provide further information to busy in this regard. Steve will return with his assist Members in voting. rebuilt Chevron B49 and is planning to hold a test day at Anglesey, ideally before our first round. This would be for all Aurora classes In other news… and unsilenced so F5000s can have a test Happy birthday this week to Formula run which is often a problem on other circuits. Ford legend Rick Morris who reached his 74th Anglesey is a great circuit and a fairly easy birthday. Look out for a feature on Rick in the motorway run. No carnet required.... next issue of Historic Racing. Currently there are plans to open up the American SpeedFest at Brands Hatch on 3/4 The first major confirmation for the new July to all Aurora runners. Again more in the Geoff Lees Trophy is 2020 Formula Ford club magazine. Races will be unsilenced but Festival winner Rory Smith in a Ralt RT4 that we’ll have to slum it in the external paddock. is currently on a boat coming back from New Zealand. The full story is here: F5000 numbers are growing. Greg Thornton www.hscc.org.uk/news/ is back in the fold with either his Chevron or Surtees. We have a McLaren recently back We were all very sorry to learn of the from Australia and hopefully my M10B will death of former clerk of the course Brian be ready (anybody got two rear wheels?). Pearson just after Christmas. Brian was a Frank Lyons and team will be returning in full popular part of the Club’s race control team in strength along with Adam Simmonds’ Lola the 1990s and 2000s. sporting an improved Chevy motor. Autotune is also busy with yet another F5000 which Don’t forget to follow our two key social may appear later in the season. media accounts at: www.facebook.com/historicscc Hopefully, things will get noisy come May! www.instagram.com/historicsportscarclub/ HISTORIC SPORTS CAR CLUB HISTORIC AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER SILVERSTONE CIRCUIT, SILVERSTONE NN12 8TN TEL: 01327 858400 WWW.HSCC.ORG.UK.