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Rodeo Drive Concours d' Elegance on fathers day
2008-05-08 00:00:00
Classic DuBonnet, State-of-the-Art Bugatti, and Rare Lamborghini Slated to Headline Collection The Rodeo Drive Committee, in conjunction with the City of Beverly Hills, announces the initial line-up of astute automobiles for the 2008 Rodeo Drive Concours d?Elegance, themed ?Haute Wheels: Celebrating Car Couture.? This annual Father?s Day event will be held on Sunday, June 15, 2008 from 10:00AM ? 4:00PM. It is free and open to the public and will take place on the 300 and 400 blocks of North Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. ?Rodeo Drive Concours d?Elegance is responsible for showcasing an extraordinary array of antique and contemporary automobiles and this year?s selection focuses on custom coachwork and exceptional style,? said Bruce Meyer, co-chair of the Rodeo Drive Concours d?Elegance. ?As a world-renowned luxury retail destination, Rodeo Drive is the perfect location to showcase these magnificent, one-of-a-kind cars.? In 1938, Andre DuBonnet, a pilot and racecar driver, and...
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Gooding & Company announces consignments for 2008 Pebble Beach Auctions
2008-05-08 00:00:00
Click on the picture to enlarge Record-Breaking Triumph Dolomite 8C-2400 GS, Exceptional ?Sleeping Beauty? Alfa Romeo 6C & Stunningly Original Stutz Bearcat Are Among Highlighted Entries Gooding & Company , the official auction house for the Pebble Beach Concours d?Elegance, is pleased to announce early entries for its annual Pebble Beach auctions, to be held August 16 ? 17, 2008 . Among the significant cars that have been consigned to date are the acclaimed 1934 Triumph Dolomite 8C-2400 GS, the rare 1938 ?Sleeping Beauty? Alfa Romeo 6C and the original 1914 Stutz Series E Bearcat. More than 130 elegant cars are expected to cross the block at Gooding & Company?s Pebble Beach auctions this year. ?Continuing the momentum from last year?s Pebble Beach auctions, we are thrilled to have these three remarkable automobiles headlining our 2008 consignments,? said David Gooding, founder and president of Gooding & Company. ?The caliber and rarity of these three highly c...
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2008 Grand Prix Poster by Mark Bender Honors Italian Cars
2008-05-07 00:00:00
Click on the picture to enlarge For many Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix fans, the annual race poster is the icon of the event. It announces the dates, reveals the year?s featured marque and sets the tone for the 10-day event. This year?s poster, in addition to doing all of the above, has broken the mold in both format and style. Pittsburgh?s Mark Bender has created a nostalgic image that incorporates period-correct illustration with a striking frame/border that helps to tell the unique story of the nation?s largest vintage sports car race and the only one run on city streets. BenderAccording to Pittsburgh artist Mark Bender, ?This was my second poster for the Vintage Grand Prix and it went as smoothly as the first one back in 2003. Dan Holmes, the Grand Prix?s designer, gave me all the pertinent information and then cut me loose with complete creative freedom. Great subject matter, creative freedom and all for a good cause - every illustrators dream job.? Continua leyendo "2008 Gra...
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Mercedes to return to Group C in 2008
2008-05-07 00:00:00
One of the classic sportscars to make racing return. There is great news for the Group C Racing series and motorsport enthusiasts in general, with the announcement that Mercedes Sauber C9 chassis number 05A, will be competing in the 2008 Group C Racing series. The car is steeped in history with five wins during the 1989 World Sportscar Championship in the hands of drivers Jean-Louis Schlesser and Jochen Mass. Schlesser, who went on to be the ?89 world champion, also recorded two fastest laps and established a racing land speed world speed record of 407Km/h at Le Mans during the same year. Appearing in its classic Mercedes-Benz ?Silver Arrows? livery, the car will be driven by Australian owner/driver Rob Sherrard and prepared by race specialists Xtec Enginee Having been restored by Sauber in 1992, the C9 moved to Switzerland when it was sold to Mr Coxx Kocher, where it remained until Rob purchased the car in March 2008. Rob said: ?This is an awesome racing car with unrivalled ped...
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Jim Clark Revival 2008, Orwell SuperSportsCup video
2008-05-07 00:00:00
Orwell SuperSportsCup Highlights from JIM CLARK - REVIVAL (www.jimclark-rev... the popular International Historic Grand Prix at Hockenheim 2008 . © RED-Medien
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The world?s biggest private collection of classic Vauxhalls opened!
2008-05-07 00:00:00
Vauxhall Heritage Centre Open Day ? An Astra-nomical day out Heritage Centre open day Sunday June 8th 2008 Over 50 classic Vauxhalls on display, from 1903 to the present day * Special Astra themed event to mark 10 million sales The world?s biggest private collection of classic Vauxhalls is to throw its doors open to the public for one day only, and for 2008 we?ll also be celebrating 10 million Astra sales since the model first appeared in 1980. This year, the Vauxhall Heritage Centre?s annual open day, run to coincide with the Luton Festival of Transport, will mark the history of its best seller. A range of Astras will be on display dating back to the MK1, including specials such as the 4S rally car and an ex-BTCC racer. We?ll also make a feature of the car?s predecessors ? the Chevette and the Viva, both of which were built at the current Astra?s home ? GM?s Ellesmere Port factory. Based at the Heritage Centre in Park Street, Luton, the event takes place on Sunday...
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Lola announce plans to celebrate 50 winning years with town centre parade
2008-05-07 00:00:00
Marking the Golden Anniversary of Britain?s most prolific manufacturer of racing cars, Lola has today announced exciting plans to stage a public celebration in its hometown Huntingdon. The event will feature a symbolic parade of racing cars taking to the streets of the Cambridgeshire town on Sunday 12 October. Producing close to 4000 race cars during 50 golden years in the fast lane, Lola has won races in Formula 1, Le Mans, Daytona 24 Hours, Can-Am, Champ Car and Indy 500. Lola?s enviable position will guarantee a star-studded line-up of race cars and drivers from past to present to support this landmark event, when racing cars will parade on the streets of Huntingdon for the first time. A selection of famous Lola racing cars will set off from Lola?s headquarters in Huntingdon and travel through a designated route via the local ring road finishing with the cars forming a spectacular paddock in Huntingdon?s historic market square. Adding to the occa...
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A 1963 Ford Galaxie at the 2008 Festival of Speed
2008-05-03 00:00:00
Click on the picture to enlarge The theme of the 2008 Goodwood Festival of Speed is ?Hawthorn to Hamilton ? Britain?s Love Affair with World Motor Sport?. Britain has always played a key role in the global motor racing industry, forging successful relationships with the rest of the motor sport world. From Mike Hawthorn ? who used a Ferrari to become Britain?s first Formula 1 World Champion fifty years ago in 1958 ? to current F1 star Lewis Hamilton, driving a British engineered car with German power, British drivers and engineers have utilised global resources to achieve success. The 2008 Festival honours these winning combinations. In recognising Britain?s role in shaping motor sport worldwide, the Festival will acknowledge the influence and achievements of iconic British figures, including Stirling Moss, Jim Clark, John Surtees, Colin McRae, Roger Clark, James Hunt, Barry Sheene, Jackie Stewart, Derek Bell, Colin Chapman, Adrian Newey and British-based Gordon Murray. In addit...
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Tickets for the Autoglym HSCC Historic Festival at Brands Hatch
2008-05-01 00:00:00
Click on the picture to enlarge Have a look at the Autoglym HSCC Historic Festival pictures galley MAKE FATHER?S DAY ? WITH HISTORIC RACING AT BRANDS HATCH Tickets for the Autoglym HSCC Historic Festival at Brands Hatch ? June 28th and 29th ? make a great gift for Father?s Day (which this year falls on June 15th). Dad?s memories of the motorsport of his youth will come flooding back, as historic Formula One cars, classic saloons, sportscars and mighty Can Am cars take to the grid in a spectacular series of races, battling it out as closely as they did in their heyday. As well as offering highly entertaining historic racing and a good dose of nostalgia, the Autoglym HSCC Historic Festival provides fun for all the family ? including free entertainment for children. Even if classic racing isn?t their thing, youngsters will find more than enough to keep themselves amused in the Kids? Super Inflatable Fun City, featuring the largest fun inflatable in Europe, Jungle Play Centre, Penal...

Jim Clark revival video
2008-05-01 00:00:00
Highlights from JIM CLARK - REVIVAL the popular International Historic Grand Prix at Hockenheim 2008. © MPZ RACE VIDEO
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Castle Combe Circuit announced the death of Peter Baskett
2008-05-01 00:00:00
Management, staff, officials and supporters of the Castle Combe Circuit were deeply saddened to learn of the death of Peter Baskett, former Chief Medical Officer at the Wiltshire track for more than 40 years and an integral part of the medical team up until his death. Peter, a world renowned expert in anaesthesia and cardiopulmonary resuscitation, began working with the medical team at Castle Combe in the early 1960?s and was promoted to CMO in 1972. His immense skill and knowledge helped develop the Castle Combe team into one of the most respected in the business, a number of drivers owing their lives to his pioneering abilities and innovations in emergency care. The author of over 170 scientific publications, Peter also helped pioneer advanced training for ambulance staff into what we now know as paramedics. After handing over his post of CMO to Jerry Nolan, five years ago, Peter remained a vital member of the Castle Combe medical team until his death, as well as retaining his...
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Audi Tradition with six cars at the Mille Miglia
2008-04-30 00:00:00
Click on the picture to enlarge AUDI AG will be one of the main sponsors at the Mille Miglia for the first time. From 15 to 17 May 2008, Audi Tradition will take six historic automobiles to Brescia, where the 1,000-mile race across half of Italy starts and finishes. Taking part for the first time this year will be Rupert Stadler, Chairman of the Board of Management of AUDI AG. He will be piloting a Wanderer W 25. The three Wanderer W 25 cars from the years 1936, 1937 and 1938 are a quite magnificent sight. The 55 hp vehicles have already taken part in the world?s most famous vintage car rally in recent years, following in the footsteps of other iconic vehicles from the brand?s post-war history: the DKW 3=6 special class F91, for example, which won the touring car category up to 1,300 ccm at the Mille Miglia in 1954. This three-cylinder car achieved a more than respectable average speed of 104.95 km/h from just 34 hp and 900 ccm. The 1956 DKW Monza will be at the historic Mille Mig...
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Targa Tasmania 2008 gets thumbs up
2008-04-30 00:00:00
Click on the picture to enlarge The 17th running of Targa Tasmania has been given the nod as the best ever by competitors, according to event director, Mark Perry. While Targa is an established part of Australia?s motorsport calendar, the event underwent many changes in 2008 . Competitors spent more nights in Launceston, less time on liaison between stages and took on a number of new stages. Devenport hosted its first street stage, Strahan hosted its first overnight stop, and the Hobart Domain was returned to the competition schedule, and attracted a huge crowd. Perry says he has been overwhelmed by the positive response from the competitors, and also delighted with how the event was viewed by sponsors and supporters. ?Any change means taking risks, but it seems like everything we have touched this year has turned to gold,? Perry said. ?Launceston provided a fantastic base for the first five nights of the event, and people really enjoyed staying in the city and not having to p...
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H&H consigns a ?timewarp? Bugatti Type 57 and ?barn find? Lister Sports Rac
2008-04-30 00:00:00
South to Surrey Set amidst the rolling Surrey Hills and yet within easy reach of Guildford, Loseley Park can trace its history back to the Domesday Book of 1086. A trusted advisor to Queen Elizabeth I, Sir William More built the present Manor House between 1562 and 1568 using masonry salvaged from nearby Waverley Abbey (itself a twelfth-century building). Still home to his descendents, this imposing Elizabethan edifice is surrounded by stunning parkland not to mention a walled garden, ornamental lake and plethora of ancient trees. Visited by various monarchs from Queen Elizabeth I in the 1560s through to Queen Mary during the 1930s, Loseley Park will play host to H&H for the first time on Sunday June 8th 2008. With a large clear-span marquee in which to house the cars, motorcycles and automobilia as well as good road / rail / airport links, the sale promises to be a great event and has already attracted a suitably aristocratic 1936 Bugatti Type 57 Graber Sports Saloon as the head...
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Delahaye USA Provides Elegance Styling with Modern Drivability
2008-04-30 00:00:00
Delahaye USA" > Click on the picture to enlarge A few days ago we wrote about DELAHAYE USA, a division of Appleton Productions, Inc. The only firm in the world that specializes in recreating the most beautiful classic coachbuilt cars ever built with hand-crafted aluminum bodies, yet with totally modern underpinnings. We now have some pictures in our Delahaye images gallery.
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350 Historic cars to enter in the Spa Summer Classic
2008-04-30 00:00:00
More than 350 historic cars are already entered in the race weekend of Spa Summer Classic 13, 14 & 15 June 2008. Touring cars, Grand Touring cars, Sport-Prototypes and Single-Seaters of the 60', 70' and early 80' will race in twelve series during the weekend. You want to be part of it ? You want to race on the circuit of Spa-Francorchamps ? Visit www.roadbook.be
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Sir Stirling Moss OBE Drove famous Jaguar D-Type through Bradford
2008-04-30 00:00:00
Sir Stirling Moss OBE Drove famous Jaguar D-Type through Bradford" > Click on the picture to enlarge Sir Stirling Moss OBE Drove famous Jaguar D-Type through Bradford to celebrate opening of Speedmaster?s new £2.5 million conference centre Hundreds of people lined the streets of Bradford on Thursday April 24th to see motor racing legend Sir Stirling Moss drive a long-nose Jaguar D-Type to Speedmaster in Greengates, where he opened Europe?s first motoring themed conference centre. Sir Stirling headed a cavalcade of historic Jaguars from the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust, that were given a police escort from Bradford?s City Hall to the new conference centre in Greengates. Years of planning had gone into the design and building of the new 20,000 square foot conference and training centre which will be used for a variety of purposes by businesses throughout the north of England. James Hanson, Managing Director of the new centre, said: ?We were honoured that Sir Stirling opened this...
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35th anniversary Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races
2008-04-29 00:00:00
The 35th anniversary Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races highlights special events: Racing Legend Mario Andretti Named Guest of Honor for Historic Weekend 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C Mille Miglia from Ralph Lauren Collection Highlights Award-Winning Rolex Moments in Time Display Historic F1, Trans-Am, Can-Am and IMSA Race Cars Top Field of 400 Automobiles MONTEREY, Calif. - The Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races presented by Toyota will celebrate its 35th anniversary this year by celebrating highlights from the event's illustrious past. The event will take place on August 15-17 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and will salute the Alfa Romeo, which was the first marque to be featured at the Historics in 1975. To commemorate the event, a variety of featured marques from the past 34 Monterey Historic races will be recognized during the weekend of exciting and highly competitive races. Legendary driver Mario Andretti will be the official guest of honor for the event. "We are ex...
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The movie Le Mans made me a Car Freak!!
2008-04-27 00:00:00
Back in 1982, my first year in high school, my father went out and got my brother a 1970 914 for $1,000. I looked at with VW symbols on the windows as a VW. So what I thought. I liked bugs, but what is the big deal about this Porsch. Yea, no "E" at the end for me back then. I was in school, loving airplanes and wanting to fly into space. So we got the car home, began to play with it, and then one night Le Mans the movie came on. Wow, a 24 hour race!! Around streets. And long straights and top speeds faster than an Indy car!!! I watched the movie falling in love with the Porsche 917. Porsche had to win Le Mans. The "E" came out. There I was owning and learning to drive in the 1970 Le Mans winning Porsche 914, which was a movie star. 6 times it flashes by in the movie. More than in a flim inwhich I am in the movie "Birdy", in the porm scene. Not Porn scene. The movie Le Mans made me a Car Freak !! Then we just wanted more. Like a pair of shoes for different th...
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Recreating the most beautiful cars in the world
2008-04-27 00:00:00
Delahaye USA Provides Elegance Styling with Modern Drivability Long Valley, NJ (April 2008) - While there are thousands of restoration shops around the world that restore and rebuild existing cars, DELAHAYE USA, a division of Appleton Productions, Inc, is proud to be the only firm in the world that specializes in recreating the most beautiful classic coachbuilt cars ever built with hand-crafted aluminum bodies, yet with totally modern underpinnings. Connoisseurs of classic automobiles agree that the golden age of car design was the 1930s. Unquestionably some of the most sensual automobiles in history were created in Europe in this decade. Delahaye USA is named as a tribute to, but in no way connected with, Emil Delahaye, who started manufacturing cars in Tours, France in 1879. Delahaye USA is paying homage to the world's top coachbuilders and carrying on their classic tradition, recreating their most breathtaking, delectable designs of all time For Immediate Release Press Contact...
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Classic cars events at Castle Combe Circuit
2008-04-27 00:00:00
For classic car clubs and owners, the spring and summer months at Castle Combe Circuit offer some great opportunities for your car, both on and off the circuit. Sunday 8 June sees the first-ever Castle Combe Classic Drive-In for classic cars. On the basis that there is nothing wrong with copying a good idea, the circuit will invite owners of classic cars to drive down, display their cars, talk cars and enjoy breakfast in the Tavern Clubhouse. "Circuit Driver" Magazine last year reported that the Tavern served the best breakfast at any circuit in the country, so come and try it yourself. Admission is just a £1 donation per car to a local good cause. The gates open from 08.30 to 12.30. Just one week later, there is a chance to take your classic or sports car onto the circuit for just £30, at the famous (and now re-named) Retro & Sportscar Action Day. Castle Combe probably invented club driving days almost 25 years ago. An Action Day is a blend of club displays and all-out track...
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Group C vintage racing set for booming grids
2008-04-27 00:00:00
The evolution of the Group C organisation, has lead to almost forty sportscars being registered for the season. Group C?s Charlie Agg, comments, ?I am delighted with the ultimate response to what we have proposed for this season. We looked for our racing members to sign up for the season, offering them what we considered to be an excellent package for the four races and test sessions of track time, competitive racing, together with a social and hospitality programme the like of which the Group C series competitors have not experienced before. ?It has taken a considerable effort to achieve this ? but once people grasped the rationale behind what we were trying to achieve and why, almost everyone understood that a commitment to the season was not only in their best interests but also in the interests of Group C as a whole, going forward.? Again, in 2008 Group C will see entrants from all over the globe participating in the series. Brian De Vries will seek to improve on his 2007 run...
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Super Rare Aston Martins Make Over Half-a-million Pounds at H&H?s Inaugural
2008-04-27 00:00:00
Despite the doom and gloom pervading the current economic climate, H&H enjoyed a notably successful sale on its first visit to Harrogate. Auction goers both old and new were bowled over by the Harrogate International Centre?s spacious indoor exhibition facilities. Newly refurbished but not yet open to the general public, the adjoining Royal Hall had its floor area decorated with automobilia and its VIP boxes filled with racing motorcycles. With its towering ceiling, gilt-laden mouldings and classical tableau paintings, this truly magnificent ?saleroom? played host to visitors from throughout the British Isles and Europe as well as others from South Africa and Japan. Perhaps understandably given its rarity and importance within the canon of Aston Martin models, the DB6 Short Chassis Volante (1 of 37) attracted international interest. A presentable but by no means concours car, it sold to Europe for a new auction world record price of £324,500. Not quite as scarce as its open-topped...
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Stars gather for the Rally Show at Chatsworth 2008
2008-04-27 00:00:00
As well as the 21st Century's double World Rally Champion, Marcus Gronholm, the Rally Show at Chatsworth on 7/8 June will be visited by at least one World Rally Champion from the 20th Century: Stig Blomqvist, World Champion in 1984 at the wheel of an Audi quattro, is scheduled to make an appearance at the Show. It is no coincidence that Blomqvist was also British Rally Champion in 1983. The theme for the whole weekend is a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the BRC. The Tesco 99 Octane British Rally Championship contenders will be there in force and will contest four rallies over the Chatsworth stages in the course of the weekend. The Rally Show at Chatsworth's "History of Rallying" demonstration features examples, some of them the actual cars, of the rally cars which won the BRC during its 50-year history. These range from an ex-works Triumph TR3a and John Sprinzel's original Austin Healey Sprite (PMO200), through Volkswagens (including one of Bill Bengry's original Beetl...
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All eyes on Formula Ford duel at Castle Combe
2008-04-27 00:00:00
After a lap record smashing opening meeting at Easter and some scintillating performances from the leading protagonists, all eyes will be on the Melton Concrete Products Formula Ford 1600 race at the Castle Combe Circuit?s Husqvarna Springtime Raceday on Monday May 5. Whilst the competition was even more intense due to the addition of the ?Golden Helmet? races, Easter Monday?s Formula Ford action was of the highest quality. Outstanding amongst a pack of drivers who all seemed to have ?upped their games? for the new season, were Bradford On Avon?s Ed Moore and Bridgwater?s Josh Fisher. Although it was Fisher who beat Moore comprehensively in the circuit?s championship race, Moore showed his class by coming through from the back of the grid to win the prestigious ?Golden Helmet?. But it was Fisher who smashed the lap record, previously held by Moore, reducing it to a previously unthinkable 1:10:511, an improvement of almost three quarters of a second! Chasing these two hot shots t...
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Bonhams annual motoring sale at Hendon totals £1.6 million
2008-04-27 00:00:00
When the hammer came down last night (21 April 2008) at the close of Bonhams? annual auction of Motor Cars and Automobilia at the RAF Museum, Hendon, the sale had made £1,637,638. The percentage sold by value for motor cars alone was over 97%. Tim Schofield, Head of Bonhams? UK Motoring department, says: ?The well-attended auction and large number of telephone bidders ensured that the day?s offerings achieved high bids ? many of which were well in excess of their estimates.? Top ten results were: Lot 535 1905 Sunbeam 12/14hp Four-cylinder Five Seat Side-Entrance Tonneau Sold for £243,500 Estimate £200,000-250,000. Lot 539 1923 Rolls-Royce 40/50hp Silver Ghost Salamanca Sold for £190,700 Estimate £130,000-160,000 Lot 530 1904 Société Manufacturiere d?Armes 24/30hp Open Drive Landaulette Sold for £177,500 Estimate £140,000-180,000 Lot 515 The property of Sir John Guinness, CB 1900 Clément-Panhard 4½hp Type VCP Voiture L...
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Jolly elected chairman of Masters Racing Club
2008-04-27 00:00:00
Sports car racer Chris Jolly" > Click on the picture to enlarge Sports car racer Chris Jolly has been elected chairman of the Masters Racing Club , the competitors' organisation for drivers racing with the Masters Racing Series. Jolly succeeds John Quenby as chairman, although Quenby will continue to bring his extensive experience to the club by remaining in the post of club secretary. "I was a grid ambassador last year for Sports Racing Masters," said Jolly. "Over the winter John, who set it all up, wanted to step down as chairman, but stay on as secretary. So we can carry on calling on his expertise." The MRC achieved a major landmark over the weekend (19/20 April) by organising its first race, the 'Grande Passione' event at Donington Park. Despite a very full timetable and challenging track conditions, the meeting ran very smoothly and was judged a great success by competitors. "Going forward, we're now able to run race meetings such as the Grande Passione, both on our ow...
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Broadbent wins back-to-back Shannons Outright Classic title
2008-04-27 00:00:00
Click on the picture to enlarge Defending Shannons Classic champion Rex Broadbent this afternoon scored his second straight Outright victory in Targa Tasmania in his 1974 Porsche 911 RS replica, adding to his Classics Handicap title in 2002. The Melbourne CSIRO laboratory manager and his Sydney navigator John Lilleyman came from behind to take a hard-fought win by one minute 25 seconds over the 1989 Porsche 944 S2 of Bendigo?s Gavin James and Neil McLeod. Victorian Peter Eames and Tasmanian Will Logan were a scant four seconds away third in their similar 1974 Porsche after an epic battle with James and McLeod over the final six stages between Strahan and the Hobart finish. Broadbent and Lilleyman, who had led the Classic competition from the opening day and had pulled out a substantial two minutes 30 sec lead, suffered a major setback late yesterday as they punctured a front tyre on their Porsche in the penultimate stage of the day?s run from Launceston to Tasmania?s West Coast....
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Targa Tasmania 2008 Classic Results
2008-04-27 00:00:00
Targa 2008 Classic Results Final (Provisional) 1. 577 Rex Broadbent (VIC), John Lillyman (VIC), 1974 Porsche 911 Carrera RS, 17:22 2. 736 Gavin James (VIC), Neil McLeod, (VIC), 1989 Porsche 944 S2 , 18:46 (+1:24) 3. 573 Peter Eames (VIC), Will Logan (TAS), 1974 Porsche Carrera RS, 18:51 (+1:29) =4. 413 Steve Coad (VIC), Rachael Coad (VIC), 1971 Holden Monaro GTS, 21:24 (+3:02) =4. 465 Jon Siddins (QLD), Darren Ferguson (QLD), 1970 Datsun 1600, 21:24 (+3:02) 6. 574 Gary Tierney (VIC), David Carra (VIC), 1974 Porsche 911 Carrera RS, 22:12 (+4:50) 7. 718 David Morton (NSW), Malcolm McDonald (NSW), 1988 Porsche 944 Turbo, 23:12 (+5:50) 8. 643 John Ireland (NSW), Michael Ribot (NSW), 1977 Porsche 911 Carrera, 23:42 (+6:20) 9. 686 Rob Sherrard (QLD), / Roberts (TAS), 1981 Porsche 930, 25:36 (+8:14) 10. 607 Barry Faux (ACT), Therezia Mihajlovic (ACT), 1979 Mazda RX7, 28:58 (+11:36)
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Portland Historic Races is celebrating "Women in Motorsports"
2008-04-27 00:00:00
Portland Historic Races salutes Danica Patrick's IndyCar win as part of its celebration of Women in Motorsports PORTLAND, Ore. - April 21, 2008 - The Portland Historic Races, which is celebrating "Women in Motorsports" at this summer's event, congratulates Danica Patrick, who became the first female winner in IndyCar history Sunday at the Indy Japan 300. Patrick's achievement is truly historic for women in motorsports. Patrick won in her 50th career IndyCar start, taking the led from Helio Castroneves on the 198th lap of the 200-lap race on the 1.5-mile Twin Ring Motegi oval. The Portland Historic Races announced earlier this year that it would honor the skill and determination of women in motorsports as the theme and featured race of the 32nd annual event. The Portland Historic Races will take place July 11 through 13 at Portland International Raceway, 1940 N Victory Blvd. The event features an annual entry list of more than 200 prestigious historic racecars that have bee...
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