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MSA BHRC round three: Severn Valley Historic Stages
2008-06-03 00:00:00
Starting with an 18-mile opening stage through Radnor forest, round three of the 2008 Dunlop/Gambia MSA British Historic Rally Championship, the Severn Valley Historic Stages (Saturday 31 May), was a great event with classic stages proving popular with the crews. Richard Hill/Pat Cooper pulled out a massive 24 second lead by the end of the first stage on their way to category three victory over Darren Moon/John McNichol, while the Porsche 911RS of Steve Smith/John Nichols took a commanding category two win. With Patrick Watts/Elgan Davies sliding their Sunbeam Tiger off the stage and out of the rally on the penultimate corner of Radnor, Dessie Nutt/Geraldine McBride took a dominant category one victory in their Porsche 911. Only eight of the 62 starters failed to make it back to the Builth Wells finish. Category 1 ?It was just so slippery, we were first on the road and cleaning the surface. The entrance to the penultimate bend was deceptive, I was too quick and it was either rol...
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Bartlett back on tracks as patron of Tasman Revival historic race car meeti
2008-05-31 00:00:00
Click on the picture to enlarge Kevin Bartlett, dual Australian Motor Racing Champion and Bathurst 1000 winner will be the patron of this year?s Tasman Revival historic race car meeting set down for the last weekend in November at Sydney?s Eastern Creek Race way. The Tasman Revival showcases cars from the 1960s Tasman Championship era when Bartlett was one many Australians that raced wheel to wheel with visiting Grand Prix drivers including Jim Clark, Jackie Stewart and Graham Hill. Between 1964 and 1969 twenty two Tasman Series races were contested in Australia and twenty four in New Zealand. The Tasman Revival is designed to recreate the atmosphere of a motor race meeting in the swinging sixties. The Historic Sports and Racing Car Association is honoured to have Kevin Bartlett agree to be our patron for this year?s Tasman Revival. As the first man to lap Mt Panorama at more than 100 mph, KB certainly has the right credentials for the job.?? said HSRCA president Peter Addison. ...
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Goodwood Revival meetings videos
2008-05-31 00:00:00
There are a number of short videos on the web which give an insight into what the recent Goodwood Revival Meetings are like. Clip from the TT race at Goodwood Revival 2005, featuring lightweight E-Types, Ferrari GTOs, Cobras and Vettes with great drivers like Rahal, Franchitti, Arnoux and more: Continua leyendo "Goodwood Revival meetings videos"
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Porsche Celebrates 60 Years of Sports Cars
2008-05-31 00:00:00
Click on the picture to enlarge More Porsche photos. Exactly 60 years ago, the cornerstone was laid for a family-operated company, whose rise from modest beginnings into one of the most important sports car marques in the world no one at the time could ever have foreseen. On June 8, 1948 a new chapter in automobile history began. For on this day, the first Porsche prototype with the vehicle identification number 356-001 received its official approval and homologation for road service. ?It all started when I began looking around and just could not find my dream car. So I decided to build it myself,? said Ferry Porsche ? and to this day, this genius and pioneering spirit has shaped the philosophy of the German company. However, over the past six decades, Porsche has not only experienced peaks, but also troughs. Yet thanks to efficient production methods, clear branding and innovative models, such as the Porsche 356 and the Porsche 911, Boxster and the Cayenne, the once small sport...
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Bonhams to sell the first production Jaguar D-type
2008-05-31 00:00:00
The very first production Jaguar D-Type to roll off the line in 1955 will star in Bonhams? Goodwood Festival of Speed sale on 11 July 2008. The 1955 3.4-litre Jaguar D-Type Sports-Racing Two-Seater, chassis no. XKD 509, was raced in the USA by Lou Brero Sr in 1956 ? 57. It was subsequently preserved for many years in the magnificent ? and discreet - private collection of the late Nigel Moores (nephew of the creator of the Littlewoods business empire), and is owned today by his son James Moores. ?XKD 509? has an impeccable provenance and is widely acknowledged as being one of the most original D-Types in existence. It still retains its original sub-frame and tub as well as its original 3.4-litre competition engine with corresponding matching head and block. The Jaguar D-Type was the car with which Sir William Lyons began to see a commercial return from his works team?s investment in what proved to be their charismatic three-times Le Mans 24-Hour race-winning design. Jaguar ?XKD...
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Classic cars and Automobilia auction by H&H
2008-05-31 00:00:00
H&H announced that the full catalogue for their forthcoming June 7th ? 8th 2008 classic cars auction is now online at www.handh.co.uk. The sale will be held at Loseley Park, Nr Guildford, Surrey. For those using satellite navigation the venue postcode is GU3 1HS. The Auction will be open for viewing on Saturday 7th June 2008 from 12:00pm ? 7:00pm with the automobilia sale commencing at 2:00pm that same day. Some of the classic cars offered at auction are: 1971 AC 428, 1969 AC 428, 1964 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTC, 1972 Alfa Romeo Montreal, 1969 Aston Martin DB6, 1980 Aston Martin V8, 1964 Austin Mini 850, 1970 Austin Mini Pickup, 1931 Austin Seven Box Saloon, 1927 Austin Seven Mulliner Saloon, 1960 Austin-Healey 'Frogeye' Sprite, 2001 Bentley Arnage T, 1948 Bentley MKVI Special, 1958 Bentley S Series Continental Sports Saloon, 1963 Bentley S3 Saloon, 1988 BMW M3 E30, 1937 Bugatti Type 57 Sports Saloon, 1929 Delage DM, 1975/2004 Ferrari 250 GTO Evocation, 1979 Ferrari 308 GTS, ...
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Wine Country Classic Historic Car Races video
2008-05-31 00:00:00
Vintage cars are being prepared for historic car racing event held at Infineon Raceway by John Anderson Racing Services. Wine Country Classic Historic Car Races will be held at Infineaon Raceway till June, 1st.
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Historic Rally Car Register on show at Chatsworth
2008-05-31 00:00:00
The Historic Rally Car Register will be on show at the Rally Show at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire on 7/8 June, as 50 years of the British Rally Championship is celebrated with a star-studded line-up for rally legends and former BRC champions. The HRCR is the leading club for rallying in cars that typified the first two decades of the BRC story, and promotes a range of events for the type of cars that competed in the very first years of the BRC. In 1958, the inaugural BRC was won by the Triumph TR3A of Ron Gouldbourn and Stuart Turner and that type of car is still very active with the HRCR, competing on events that bring back the flavour of rallying in the late 1950s. Moving forward in the BRC story, through the 1960s and 1970s the championship was won by cars like the Mini Cooper, Lotus Cortina, Ford Escort Mk1 and Ford Escort Mk2, and those are the type of cars now thrilling fans in the Dunlop/Gambia MSA British Historic Rally Championship. "Anyone keen on the first 20 ye...

Local Authorities Approve Planning Application for New Pit and Paddock Faci
2008-05-31 00:00:00
Members of Aylesbury Vale District Council?s (AVDC) Strategic Development Control Committee have approved the planning application for the new Pit and Paddock facilities at Silverstone. The facility is a key part of the BRDC?s overall vision for Silverstone and the vital first stage in reconfirming its position at the pinnacle of the motorsport industry and as the home of motor racing. Under current proposals the Pit and Paddock complex would be moved from its current location between Woodcote and Copse to a new location between Club and Abbey. Included in the complex are new garages, a race control building, media centre, hospitality and VIP spectator zones and a primary paddock. The proposals also involve creating a new pit straight, with reorganised entry and exit points, a reconfiguration of Club Corner and a new Abbey section. The Pit and Paddock complex is the first proposal in a 10-year programme that will see a new ma...
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bid for a classic Mercedes convertible and raise valuable funds for Cancer
2008-05-31 00:00:00
BCA is offering motoring enthusiasts a great opportunity to bid for a classic Mercedes convertible and raise valuable funds for Cancer Research UK in a special sale at Brooklands Motor Museum, Surrey on Thursday 5th June. The 1995 Mercedes Benz 500 SL has been generously donated to Cancer Research UK by a supporter and is being sold by BCA with all the proceeds going to the charity. The car is finished in silver, with blue leather trim and blue canvas power-hood. It is equipped with the optional wind deflector as well as the usual SL refinements. This one-owner car has covered less than 10,000 miles and must be one of the lowest mileage examples anywhere in the UK. The car has been meticulously maintained by Mercedes agents with recent work being carried out by Mercedes Benz Brooklands. It is estimated to sell for around £15,000. ?We are delighted to have the opportunity to sell this car on behalf of Cancer Research UK, the world's leading independent organisation in this im...
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BCA?s annual Brooklands Tradition sale takes place at the Brooklands Motor
2008-05-28 00:00:00
BCA?s annual Brooklands Tradition sale takes place at the Brooklands Motor Museum, Surrey on Thursday 5th June. The historic setting will provide a fantastic backdrop for a wide range of vehicles, spanning almost a century of motoring. With estimates ranging from around £1,200 for a 1937 Austin Ruby to just under £40,000 for a 1971 Porsche Carrera RS Replica, the sale will have something for everyone. ?The appeal of the Classic has widened enormously in the last few years? confirmed Robin Lawton, Head of Classics from BCA. ?And this year?s sale at the historic Brooklands Motoring Museum will offer a good variety of vehicles, from the vintage era to modern thoroughbreds.? BCA has seen a growing interest in cars from yesteryear ? and not just cars from the turn of the 20th Century, Twenties and Thirties, but also in more modern classics from the Seventies and Eighties. Arguably the most unusual vehicle in the BCA sale is the James/Wall Quadricycle. Known as ?The Cyclist?s Energ...
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Tickets Are On-Sale Now for Inaugural Darlington Historic Racing Festival
2008-05-28 00:00:00
DARLINGTON, S.C. (May 27, 2008) ? Tickets are on-sale now for the inaugural Darlington Historic Racing Festival , Labor Day weekend, August 30-31. The Darlington Historic Racing Festival will feature legendary cars and drivers from a variety of racing series, including NASCAR and Indy Car, from the 1950?s through the 1970?s. The festival will offer both the young and seasoned race fan a chance to meet the drivers and see the machines that made auto racing the hugely popular sport it is today. ?We are absolutely thrilled to bring more than 100 vintage race cars to Darlington Raceway on Labor Day weekend,? said Chris Browning, Darlington Raceway President. ?Auto racing fans are incredibly proud of the sport?s history, and we feel there is no better venue than Darlington Raceway to bring the sports legendary drivers and cars back together for a weekend of celebration and fun.? Racing personalities who have already agreed to participate include legendary driver and car owner Junior Jo...
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Race cars set to make return to Darlington Raceway on labor day weekend
2008-05-28 00:00:00
Darlington Race way officials announced today the thundering roar of racing engines will once again resonate around the legendary 1.366-mile oval on Labor Day weekend next year with the inaugural Darlington Historic Racing Festival August 30-31, 2008. The Darlington Historic Racing Festival will feature legendary cars and drivers from a variety of racing series, including NASCAR and Indy Car, from the 1950?s through the 1970?s. The festival will offer both the young and seasoned race fan a chance to meet the drivers and see the machines that made auto racing the hugely popular sport it is today. ?We are absolutely thrilled to bring more than 100 vintage race cars to Darlington Raceway on Labor Day weekend,? said Chris Browning, Darlington Raceway President. ?Auto racing fans are incredibly proud of the sport?s history, and we feel there is no better venue than Darlington Raceway to bring the sports legendary drivers and cars back together for a weekend of celebration and fun.? Rac...
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Lola turns back the clock to recreate history at Brands Hatch
2008-05-28 00:00:00
Click on the picture to enlarge Visit the Lola sportscars pictures gallery. To help mark Lola Car?s golden anniversary, an important part of the marque?s history was recreated at Brands Hatch on Saturday 24 March 2008, when the first Lola ever produced lapped the Brands Hatch Indy circuit in under 60 seconds to emulate the feat first set 50 years ago. On a Bank Holiday weekend in 1958, Eric Broadley took his homemade Lola Mk1 around the Kent circuit in just under a minute and in so doing he made it the first sportscar to break the 60 second barrier at Brands Hatch. On the same day, half a century ago, the ambitious and budding engineer also went on to win a heat of the Rochester Trophy. 50 years on at the Masters Historic Festival, Lola organised for respected historic preparation expert Rick Hall to drive the very same car and emulate the sub one minute lap. Hall set a best time of 59.452s - his fastest lap of the day. After completing the historic laps, Rick Hall said: It ...
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Over 100 years of automotive history will be showcased at Meadow Brook
2008-05-28 00:00:00
From an elegant 1931 Auburn 898 Speedster, to a rare 1937 Lincoln Zephyr Coupe, over 100 years of automotive history will be showcased at RM Auctions? upcoming ?Vintage Motor Cars at Meadow Brook? event in Rochester, Michigan. A summer tradition for professional collectors around the world, the August 2nd event will present a magnificent line-up of classic American luxury automobiles, as well as numerous innovative examples from manufacturers of days past. YPSILANTI, Michigan (May 27, 2008) - North American based RM Auctions will pay tribute to the innovative work of some of the automotive industry?s earliest pioneers when the annual Vintage Motor Cars of Meadow Brook event rolls into Rochester, Michigan on August 2nd, 2008. Set against the stunning backdrop of the majestic Meadow Brook Hall at Oakland University, this year?s event will present over 100 years of industry milestones. Meadow Brook Hall is regarded as the fourth largest historic house museum in the United States an...
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Gregor Fisken to race legendary Ferrari 330 P3 at Paul Ricard
2008-05-28 00:00:00
Gregor Fisken will race an ex-works Ferrari 330 P3 at Paul Ricard this weekend having been invited to compete in the Ferrari Historic Challenge by the car?s owner. The Scottish-born racing driver, Managing Director of London?s leading historic automobile dealership Fiskens, has a long and illustrious past in historic racing and has also competed regularly in modern day sportscars, being one of only a select few drivers to have competed at the Le Mans 24 Hours in LMP1, LMP2, GT2 machinery and last year in GT1, in the Larbre run Aston Martin DBR9. Built in 1966, the second chassis of only three ever to be made, the P3 is an iconic racing car, with chassis number 0844 having won the Monza 1000kms in the hands of John Surtees and Mike Parkes and the Spa 1000kms with Parkes and Italian Ludovico Scarfiotti. The following year it finished third overall in the Daytona 24 Hours with Mexican Pedro Rodriguez and Frenchman Jean Guichet at the wheel. It has a 4-litre, V12 engine and was design...
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1960 Mercedes Benz 300SL Roadster for sale
2008-05-28 00:00:00
Click on the picture to enlarge Visit the Mercedes Benz 300SL Roadster pictures gallery This striking Mercedes Benz 300SL Roadster has been added to Symbolic Motor Car Company's inventory a few days ago. This is an all "Matching Numbers" example with both the Factory "Soft" and "Hard" top options. It is also fitted with a correct "Becker Europa" period radio. This car has been fully sorted and it is completely rust and accident free! This Mercedes is being offered at just $595,000 or approximately £300K - 375K Euros! It seems to be really perfect. I had the chance to drive one two years ago in Spain. And I'd like to say that's everything about this car is fantastic.
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Bonhams? First Motorcar Auction at Greenwich Concours d?Elegance
2008-05-28 00:00:00
Rare Racers from McLaren & Maserati, Grand Tourers from Bugatti & Rolls-Royce, 1950s & ?60s American Classics at Auction World-renowned auctioneers Bonhams have amassed an exceptional collection of rare motorcars to go on auction Sunday, June 8th, at 10:30 am, as part of its first offering at the annual Greenwich Concours d?Elegance. This important sale of motorcars features rare marques with impressive racing history, classically elegant Rolls-Royce and touring cars, and American classics such as a turquoise ?54 Buick Skylark, in addition to a notable array of automobilia. ?Bonhams is delighted to be working with Bruce and Genia Wennerstrom, organizers of the Greenwich Concours, and enhancing our US auction schedule with a presence at one of the foremost events in the country,? says Rupert Banner, Bonhams V.P. of Business Development. ?The quality of this offering is excellent,? Mark Osborne Motoring Department Director, from the San Francisco gallery expounded. ...

2008 Grand Prix de Pau Historique video
2008-05-28 00:00:00
We haven't found many videos of the 2008 Grand Prix de Pau Historique. Here is the best one we've found: First lap of Frédéric Clot - Team Yesterday Racing, driving a Triumph spitfire.
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The preparation of the 7th edition of SpaItalia is in good shape
2008-05-24 00:00:00
Click on the picture to enlarge Take the bull by the horns and register you without delay ! The preparation of the 7th edition of SpaItalia is in good shape. As you know, this year we will celebrate the marque of the bull. The last weekend of June, the very new circuit of Spa-Francorchamps will be used as the arena for this exceptional meeting of the most beautiful GT and racing cars of the brand founded by Ferrucio Lamborghini. But this is not all ! Our goal was always to promote the Italian car in all its forms and aspects. It is therefore not necessary to have a Lamborghini to take part in SpaItalia. This is why we are preparing others surprises and amongst them, the likely presence of the already mythic Alfa Romeo MiTo ! A fatal beauty, which will be surrounded by other emblematic innovations, underlining the stylistic rebirth of Alfa Romeo. We cannot say more for the moment but we know that the Alfisti will not be disappointed. Like each year, the other Italian marques wi...
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Classic cars at auction at Brooklands Tradition Sale.
2008-05-23 00:00:00
Click on the picture to enlarge 1.00pm Thursday, 5th June 2008. Brooklands Motor Museum, Surrey BCA?s annual Brooklands Tradition sale takes place at the Brooklands Motor Museum, Surrey on Thursday 5th June. The historic setting will provide a fantastic backdrop for a wide range of vehicles, spanning almost a century of motoring. With estimates ranging from around £1,200 for a 1937 Austin Ruby to just under £40,000 for a 1971 Porsche Carrera RS Replica, the sale will have something for everyone. ?The appeal of the Classic has widened enormously in the last few years? confirmed Robin Lawton, Head of Classics from BCA. ?And this year?s sale at the historic Brooklands Motoring Museum will offer a good variety of vehicles, from the vintage era to modern thoroughbreds.? BCA has seen a growing interest in cars from yesteryear ? and not just cars from the turn of the 20th Century, Twenties and Thirties, but also in more modern classics from the Seventies and Eighties. Arguably the...
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Lewis Hamilton confirmed for the 2008 Goodwood Festival of Speed
2008-05-23 00:00:00
After much anticipation, British Formula One sensation Lewis Hamilton has now confirmed his attendance at the 2008 Goodwood Festival of Speed , being held in Goodwood Park from 11-13 July. In 2007 Lewis made his UK British F1 debut in action on UK soil to the huge delight of the assembled 50,000 Festival goers. For 2008, Lewis will once again scream up the challenging 1.16-mile Goodwood hillclimb in his F1 McLaren on Sunday 13 July. The presence of Lewis at the Goodwood Festival of Speed harmoniously ties in with the 2008 theme of ?Hawthorn to Hamilton ? Britain?s Love Affair with World Motor Sport?. Both Hawthorn and Hamilton have played a role in Goodwood?s 60 years of motor sport, which is being celebrated this year at the Festival and the Revival in September. Like Hamilton, Hawthorn won an F1 race in his year of works F1 racing in 1954, having burst onto the motor sport scene with a bang at the Goodwood Easter Monday meeting in 1952. Equally, Britain has also long played a ...

Steve McQueen's Le Mans Porsche to be auctioned by Bonhams
2008-05-22 00:00:00
It?s that time of year again when the automotive world gears up for the mother of all U.S. motoring events: the Monterey Peninsula Car Week held each August. One of the foremost celebrations of automotive design and performance that week is the Quail Motorsports Gathering, and with that, the seminal Bonhams & Butterfields auction of important collectors? cars. This year, Bonhams will attempt to make history once again by offering what is perhaps one of the most important cars to ever straddle both the competitive and popular culture worlds ? Steve McQueen?s 1969 Porsche raced at Sebring and used in the movie Le Mans . It is expected to fetch $1,500,000-2,000,000. Steve McQueen's Porsche The ex-Solar Productions Steve McQueen/Peter Revson race car is a 1969-70 Porsche 908/2 Pflunder, 3-litre air-cooled flat-8 Spyder in which McQueen and Revson finished second overall in the 1970 Sebring 12-Hours just behind Mario Andretti. It was raced later that same year at Le Mans mounted...

1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder sold by RM Auctions
2008-05-22 00:00:00
Click on the picture to enlarge Leading international auction house, RM Auctions , in association with Sotheby?s, made a triumphant return to Maranello, Italy this past weekend, setting a new world record for the most expensive motor car ever to be sold in auction history. Taking this prestigious honor was the stunning 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder, formerly owned by Oscar winning actor, James Coburn, which sold for $10,894,400 (?7,040,000 , £5,598,208). Other top sellers included a grand prix winning 1964 Ferrari 250 LM; an ultra-desirable 1958 Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spyder; and a rare 1971 Ferrari 512M. RM Auctions, in association with Sotheby?s, has continued its record-breaking European sales run with another highly successful auction event held at the famous Pista di Fiorano in Maranello, Italy over the weekend. Coming just 12 months after RM Auctions? inaugural European event, the second Ferrari Leggenda e Passione auction stole the attention of the inte...
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The legendary sports-racing prototype that shaped Jaguar?s future at auctio
2008-05-22 00:00:00
The unique and celebrated prototype Jaguar ?E2A? as driven by no fewer than four of the world?s greatest racing drivers is to be offered for the first time at auction, headlining Bonhams & Butterfields? annual Quail Lodge sale, in California, on 15 August 2008. It is expected to fetch in excess of $7-million. Presented in wonderfully original and unspoiled ex-works condition, this unique and immensely important British sports-racing legend has been lovingly preserved in just one family ownership for over 40 years and ? extraordinarily - it is in effect a one-owner car ex-works. By 1960 Jaguar had won the world?s most prestigious motor race, the Le Mans 24-Hours, no fewer than five times; twice with its original competition-tailored C-Type and three times with the tail-finned D-Type. Jaguar had withdrawn from fully-focused works team competition after 1956, but had continued to maintain a racing presence through such customer teams as Briggs Cunningham?s in America, and Ecurie...
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Dunlop/Gambia MSA British Historic Rally Championship round three
2008-05-22 00:00:00
The third round of the 2008 Dunlop/Gambia MSA British Historic Rally Championship will take crews to Wales for the first time this year for some classic mid-Wales stages during the Severn Valley Historic Rally (Saturday 31 May). With two very long stages making up the meat of the 45 stage miles, it's going to be a challenging event for another excellent BHRC field. Category 1 As usual, the oldest cars in category one (pre '68) will run first on the road and a double victory on the Robin Hood and Pirelli rallies has been the perfect start to the year for Patrick Watts and Elgan Davies in their Sunbeam Tiger. They'll be going all out for a hat-trick in Wales and will start as clear favourites. Heading the Porsche challenge to the rumbling Tiger will be Dessie Nutt and Geraldine McBride in their familiar Porsche 911, but the long fast straights in Radnor should give the Tiger crew a flying start to the rally. However, as well as chasing the Tiger, Nutt/McBride will be working har...
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48 HOUR Cyprus Charity Rally
2008-05-21 00:00:00
Click on the picture to enlarge The Cyprus Federation of Classic Vehicles and the Bank of Cyprus, in cooperation with the Cyprus Anticancer Society are organising for the 6th consecutive year the Classic Car Rally 48 Hour Cyprus between the 30th of May and the 1st of June 2008. The rally will take place as part of the charity events ?Christodoula March?, organised every year by the Bank of Cyprus for the Anticancer Society. The rally was first organised in 2003 by the Mercedes-Benz Club Cyprus and the Bank of Cyprus, as part of the ?Chain of Life? events organised by the Bank of Cyprus for the Anticancer Society. The Cyprus Federation of Classic Vehicles was formed in 2004 by Mercedes-Benz Club Cyprus, FIPA Cyprus, LEPAL (the Limassol Classic Car Club and SIPAK (Cyprus Association of Historic and Classic Vehicles). The 48 Hour Cyprus Rally is since then being organised by the Federation Events Committee. This year, apart from the members of the above 4 Clubs, we have the entrie...
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UK team to put original Subaru to ultimate test
2008-05-21 00:00:00
Click on the picture to enlarge Four UK Subaru fans are to put the manufacturer?s original model, the 360cc microcar, to the ultimate test - a 2,000-mile rally through some of Europe?s toughest terrain including Italy?s Stelvio and Gavia Passes. And not only does the ?Liege-Brescia-Liege? rally commemorate the 50th anniversary of the original but also the 50th anniversary of the launch of Subaru of Japan?s first passenger car. It is the world?s only International rally for sub-500cc cars and has attracted over 75 entrants, some of whom will successfully travel through Belgium, Germany, Austria, Italy and Slovenia. The others ? like the original 1958 entrants ? will perish on the way. However, unlike 50 years ago, the July 11-20 event will cover 10 days instead of the non-stop three of the original, traffic congestion and posterior protection being to blame. The UK?s fearless Subaru foursome are classic car restorer and seasoned historic rally driver, James Ewing and his Designe...
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Mobil 1 headline sponsor of Brooklands Motoring Festival
2008-05-21 00:00:00
Premium oil brand Mobil 1 is celebrating its near-century long relationship with Mercedes-Benz as headline sponsor of the prestigious Brooklands Motoring Festival : the Double Twelve, on the 28 and 29 June at Mercedes-Benz World in Weybridge, Surrey. The Festival, which is named in honour of the Double Twelve meetings of the 1930s, will welcome famous faces of today and yesteryear. Britain?s Formula 1? driver Lewis Hamilton and teammate Heikki Kovalainen will each be taking time out of their busy race schedule to attend the festival and thrill the crowds in their Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Formula 1? car. Racing legend Sir Stirling Moss will also be making a star driving appearance to add to the festival line up. During the weekend celebration, Mercedes-Benz World will become home to a dizzying array of vintage and classic cars ? each of which will be judged under the exacting criteria of a Concours d?Elegance. In turn, the drivers will be scrutinised over a series of driving tests ...
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Record Breaking £1 million for DB4 GT at the 2008 Bonhams Aston Martin Auct
2008-05-21 00:00:00
Click on the picture to enlarge Newport Pagnell, May 20th 2008 ? On Saturday 17th May, Aston Martin Works Service hosted its ninth and most successful Bonhams? Auction of Aston Martin motor cars and related automobilia. This year?s sale generated a record £4.7 million with bids taken from enthusiasts from around the world including Latvia, Japan, Australia and the United States. Since the first auction in 2000, the specialist auctioneer Bonhams has sold more than £14m worth of Aston Martins and related automobilia often at record-breaking levels. This year?s sale was no exception with lot 345, a 1961 Aston Martin DB4 GT coupé, selling for £1,079,500 ? a new record at auction for this model. One of only 75 built, the DB4 GT is arguably the most sought after of the David Brown Aston Martin road cars. ?We?ve hosted the event at Newport Pagnell for the past eight years with a growing number of owners and enthusiasts from around the world joining us. The record prices achieved at th...
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