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Dodds team up for Masters season
2008-03-28 00:00:00
Click on the picture to enlarge Father and son team Graeme and James Dodd are planning to compete regularly with the Masters Racing Series this season in two very different cars. The Oxford family team plans to campaign its Jaguar XK120 in the XK Challenge, which runs within the Masters Cloth Cap Series, while the Dodds will also race their Ford Mustang in Top Hat races. Dodd senior has a successful record in historic racing, including victories in the BRDC Historic Sportscar Championship, XK Challenge and Top Hat Saloons. "We've won two championships with the XK120, so we're getting it back out to race with Masters," said Dodd senior. "We decided to race with Masters as there will be longer races and the two-driver option, and so the great thing is that we can share the car." James has yet to race the XK120, although he has tested it. "It feels like a boat to drive," he joked. Graeme reckons that in a wet race the XK could spring a few surprises. "It does go well in the wet ...
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Today's most popular classic cars stories are
2008-03-28 00:00:00
La Carrera Panamericana News from 1951 "Hershel was the winner of the first Carrera Panamericana Mexican road race, in 1950 (1950 Oldsmobile 88 Carrera Panamericana pictured)Hershel?s Oldsmobile 88 was a lighter car than most of the usual front-running Lincolns and Cadillacs, though at the beginning of each stage, when he was full of fuel and spare tires, he was nearly as heavy." Read more on After the La Carrera Panamericana
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Masters Racing Series appoints new technical commissioner
2008-03-28 00:00:00
The Masters Racing Series is pleased to announce the appointment of Mike Harris as the Series Technical Commissioner for 2008. The appointment comes as part of the series? overall programme of eligibility checking and enforcement. Harris and his qualified colleagues or deputies will be in attendance at all Masters Racing Series events in the UK and Europe, starting at Snetterton on Saturday (29 March). The latest Masters? competitors survey showed a wish for increased checks and technical management across all Masters? series. The appointment of Mike Harris is part of the Series? response to that feedback. "Various incidents in 2007, at different historic race meetings, have obvious implications for everyone in historic racing," said Christopher Tate of the Masters Racing Series. "Masters intends to maintain its strong policy of ensuring a level playing field, with comprehensive technical regulations, the right equipment to do the checks and regular policing." Harris is one of t...

Porsche at the Techno-Classica in Essen
2008-03-28 00:00:00
Click on the picture to enlarge (Photo: Courtesy of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG.) Stuttgart. This year at the Techno -Classica in Essen , Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, and its Classic Customer Centre will be giving visitors a glimpse behind the scenes. The company?s Classic department, which has its home on the main Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen site, will be on show from 27th to 30th March 2008 at the greatest vintage car fair in the world. Under the spotlight will be its product and service range in connection with repair, maintenance, care, restoration and the procurement of original spare parts for Classic Porsche models. On the Porsche stand in Hall 3 the emphasis will be on detailed advice provided by Porsche's own restoration specialists. The experts will be happy to answer visitors? questions ? ranging from the availability of spare parts for Porsche Classic models to the maintenance and servicing of historic vehicles. Porsche drivers who enjoy working on their Classic v...

Crews set for battle in round three of Motoscope Northern Historic Rally Ch
2008-03-28 00:00:00
Five crews will battle it out for the honours in round three of the Motoscope Northern Historic Rally Championship, the SMC Stages, on Sunday (30 March). Paul Drinkall and Roy Brown are the top seeds at number 18 in their Porsche 911 for the Weeton Camp-based tarmac event with David Marshall and Chris Hudson entered in their Ford RS1600 at number 26. Neil and Moira Sawyer start at number 35 in their TR7 V8 followed hot on the heels by Martin Knapp and Elaine Duers in a TR7 16v with David Archer and Mike Dawson at number 49 in their Mini Cooper. Richard Pocklington, managing director of Motoscope, said: ?Round three promises to be a tight battle with a couple of the crews seeded close together and the race for the various NHRC honours should begin to hot up.? So far 22 competitors have registered for the NHRC, which is affiliated to the HRCR (Historic Rally Car Register). Northallerton-based rally equipment and car preparation company Motoscope began sponsoring the NHRC this yea...
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Mean, Green and Pristine Describe Food Lion AutoFair Attractions
2008-03-28 00:00:00
Click on the picture to enlarge (Photo: Courtesy of Blastolene Brothers) AACA National Meet Takes Automotive Appreciation to New Heights. The April 3-6 Food Lion AutoFair at Lowe's Motor Speedway will be mean, green and pristine as the four-day event features six of the planet's most powerful hot rods, several energy-efficient electric vehicles and hundreds of the world's finest classic automobiles. Already recognized as the world's largest automotive extravaganza, the spring edition of Food Lion AutoFair will take automotive appreciation to new heights with the addition of an Antique Automobile Club of America National Meet. More than 600 of the nation's most beautiful classic cars will be on display Saturday, April 5, during the AACA National Spring Meet portion of the four-day event. The historic "show within a show" will be hosted by the Hornets Nest Region of AACA. "AACA National Meets attract the cream of the crop from across the country," said H.A. "Humpy" Wheeler, ...
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HPI survey reveals the Porsche 911 is the ultimate in 80s cars
2008-03-28 00:00:00
Click on the picture to enlarge Gene Hunt would doubtless mutter resignedly about ?southern nancies? but the Porsche 911 has beaten his beloved Audi Quattro in a new survey of dream eighties cars. With the hit BBC TV series, Ashes to Ashes drawing to a close this week, the Porsche 911 took almost a third of all votes 29%, just pipping the Audi Quattro with 28%, to be crowned the decades most desirable car, in a poll conducted by vehicle check specialists HPI. Both cars left their 80s rivals trailing in the dust, with only the Ford Sierra RS Cosworth and BMW M5 to make any impression in the survey with 15% and 12% respectively. The survey also asked respondents about which iconic cars from that period they most fondly remembered, and it was another TV car that swept all before it. The Ford Capri SLE 71R, immortalised by Terry McCann in Minder, polled 30% of the votes, receiving more than twice as many votes as the Jaguar XJ6 driven by his TV boss Arthur Daly which polled 11%. S...
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Rare NASCAR Prototypes on Display During April 3-6 Food Lion AutoFair at Lo
2008-03-28 00:00:00
Click on the picture to enlarge (Photo: Courtesy of Steve Honnell) A one-of-a-kind 1970 Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II and one of three surviving 1970 Ford Torino King Cobras, both prototypes intended for competition on NASCAR's superspeedways, will be on display during the April 3-6 Food Lion AutoFair at Lowe's Motor Speedway. "These cars were built to compete with the Dodge Daytonas and Plymouth Superbirds on the NASCAR circuit," said Bill Adams, president of Comet East Car Club. "In the midst of all of that, there was a shift in thinking. Fuel standards changed and insurance rates for cars this big and fast skyrocketed. Ford backed off and never mass produced these cars." Couple those facts with a new NASCAR rule that raised the minimum production number for homologation from 500 vehicles to 3,000, and even the prototypes became scarce. "There is only one Cyclone Spoiler II," said Adams. "There were two of them built and this is the only one that survived. There were four King ...
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Today's most popular classic cars stories are
2008-03-28 00:00:00
Three of B.C.'s rarest cars are featured in unique 'Best of the Best' contest. "This is the 88th auto show, and we are proud of its long history in British Columbia," said 2008 Vancouver International Auto Show General Manager Paul McGeachie. Read More on The Vancouver Sun. Driving down memory lane "Walking to the Qawra bus station, we came across and visited the Classic Car Museum and were astounded by the awesome car collection on display. We have had the opportunity to visit similar museums during our travels, mainly across Europe, and must say the one in Qawra surpasses any of the ones we visited." Read More on Times of Malta.
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Ex-Le Mans Bugatti Type 55 Super Sport To Star In Bonhams Monaco Sale
2008-03-28 00:00:00
Click on the picture to enlarge Image found on google. Not the car to be sold! Bonhams returns to the royal principality of Monaco on 10 May 2008 for the 19th consecutive year to offer once again a selection of some of the world?s most desirable collectors? cars. The sale, ?Les Grandes Marques à Monaco?, is to be held at the Collection de Voitures Anciennes de S.A.S. le Prince de Monaco. Star of the sale will be a stunning 1932 Bugatti Type 55 Super Sport that raced at Le Mans in 1934, which is expected to sell for ?2,000,000 ? 2,600,000. The Type 55 Bugatti was built as a road-going version of the Type 54 Grand Prix car and became the ultimate supercar of the early 1930s. Only 38 examples were built and chassis no.55208 is one of less than 20 to be fitted with flamboyant Jean Bugatti-designed roadster coachwork. The Bugatti?s original owner was French amateur racing driver Charles Brunet who entered the car into the 1934 Le Mans 24-Hour race, sharing the drive with Freddie Zehe...
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Finnish thrills at Chatsworth Rally Show
2008-03-28 00:00:00
Thrilling news for all British rally fans is that double World Rally Champion, Marcus Gronholm, will be one of the famous names attending - and participating in - the Rally Show at Chatsworth. Mark Deans (Ford's Motorsport Director) and Malcolm Wilson (Managing Director of M-Sport) were both at Race Retro earlier this month to confirm to Malcolm Neill that the Finnish superstar will be coming to Chatsworth on 7/8 June and will be driving a Ford Focus WRC. "I am delighted that we have been able to arrange this," said Wilson. "I had planned to go to the show, as I had an invitation as a past winner of the British Rally Championship, but to be able to take Marcus there and let him drive one of our latest cars is just terrific. In the two years that he drove for us, he won 12 World Championship rallies, a performance that helped Ford and M-Sport to win two consecutive Manufacturer titles." Certainly, all those fans who have supported him since his first appearance here, driving a To...
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The 11th Regis Classic Tour raising funds for against breast cancer
2008-03-28 00:00:00
Fantastic Fundraiser smashes previous annual totals by miles! The Ladies of Bognor Regis Motor Club are more than delighted with their latest Classic Tour ? ?Kernow Coast to Coast ? based in Cornwall. This being the eleventh running of this very popular Classic Tour but for the first time this year sponsored by Frosts www.frosts4cars.co.uk. They have just returned from a fabulous, if a little damp, weekend in the West Country. Based at the luxurious 4 star Carlyon Bay Hotel, St Austell the event got off to a cracking start on Friday night with a welcome buffet after registration. Early Saturday morning the cars lined up in the rain to be flagged away by the Town Cryer of St Austell. The route headed off to Penhallow to visit the Cornish Cyder Farm, where they were met by Bic Healey, Chairman of the Austin Healey Club and son of Donald Healey designer of the Austin Healey. The Cyder Farm being owned by David Healey one of Donald?s grandsons and Bic?s nephew. 13 models of this m...
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Barrett-Jackson to jumpstart collector car event with opening night gala fo
2008-03-28 00:00:00
Charity Support a Centerpiece of Barrett-Jackson 's Palm Beach Event South Florida's hottest celebrities and prominent socialites will join the Barrett-Jackson Auction Company to kick off the 6th Annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Event in Palm Beach at the Opening Night Gala on Wednesday from 7-10:30 p.m. Tickets to the annual charity gathering are $80 each, with all proceeds benefiting the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and The Darrell Gwynn Foundation. The event marks the beginning of the East Coast's premier automotive lifestyle event, where hundreds of the world's top collector vehicles will be sold from Thursday through Sunday. For the sixth consecutive year, the gala and auction will take place at the spacious Americraft Expo Center at the South Florida Fairgrounds, located at 9067 Southern Boulevard in West Palm Beach. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children helps prevent child abduction and sexual exploitation, find missing children...

Amazing collector cars to be sold at Barrett-Jackson auction
2008-03-28 00:00:00
In less than two weeks, the Barrett-Jackson Auction Company will kick off their 6th Annual Collector Car Event in Palm Beach, Fla., with a broad selection of vehicles once again being offered at the exclusive East Coast auction. Corvettes and classics, Bel Airs and Bosses, Porsches and Plymouths, Cords and Caddies and Shelbys and Superbirds, as well as customs, TV "star cars" and a motorcycle and memorabilia from Evel Knievel will be sold at No Reserve on March 26-30, 2008, in West Palm Beach, Fla. SPEED will once again bring the action home with 19 hours of high definition TV coverage. "We've scheduled a diverse and exciting East Coast automotive lifestyle event," said Craig Jackson, Chairman/CEO of Barrett-Jackson. "Palm Beach is a fantastic setting for the fabulous cars, stellar vendors and nonstop action that will make this year's event truly memorable. Only Barrett-Jackson makes it possible for anyone to be part of the action with a car for every taste and budget." Corvette...
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Trophée du Grand Est, regularity rallies in France
2008-03-21 00:00:00
In the year 2002 Daniel Melle and Michel Thomas had created the «Trophée des Vosges» which associates their two rallies «La Virée des Cols Vosgiens» and «Les Routes des Vosges». This trophy rewarded the best of the teams which had participated to their two rallies. 2006 has seen the birth of the «TROPHEE du GRAND EST». This Trophy created by Daniel Melle, Olivier Sussot, Robert Schneck et Michel Thomas associates, 2006 it was the first time, their four fabulous rallies : «La Virée des Cols Vosgiens», «Les Routes du Jura», «La Ronde Vignes-Houblon» and «Les Routes des Vosges». This trophy rewards the best classic drivers and the best co-pilotes of each category, navigation, regularity, taking into account 3 their three best results. So the enthusiast of historical cars can find together all along the year in the «Big East of France » and enjoy together the beautiful passion. 2008 calendar includes these classic regularity rallies: La virée des cols vosgiens Routes du Jura Marathon...
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World record price for a rally ford escort at Bonhams' race retro sale
2008-03-18 00:00:00
Click on the picture to enlarge At Bonhams' sale of collectors' cars at Race Retro, Stoneleigh, on Saturday 15 March 2008, the Bjorn Waldegard 2007 East African Safari Winning 1972 Ford Escort RS 1600 Mk 1 Saloon sold for £89,500. This is a world record auction price for both a Rally Ford Escort and for a Mark 1 Escort. In the last 12 months alone Bonhams has secured four world record prices for historic rally cars. In addition to the Escort, they are: The Monte Carlo/East African Safari 1973 Porsche 2.7 RS Touring - 293,500 Euros (Retromobile, Paris, 09 February 2008) The ex-works 1964 Mini Cooper Rally Saloon, winner of the 1965 RAC Rally - £100,500 (Stoneleigh 24 March 2007) * The ex-Team Lotus 1965 Ford Lotus Cortina Mk 1 Saloon - £136,800 (Olympia, London, 03 December 2007) Continua leyendo "World record price for a rally ford escort at Bonhams' race retro sale"
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Historic Rally Car Register celebrates at Race Retro
2008-03-18 00:00:00
Click on the picture to enlarge As the founding club of the historic rally movement celebrates its 25th anniversary, there was a party atmosphere on the HRCR stand at Race Retro , the Historic Motor Sport Show at Stoneleigh, over the weekend (14-16 March). To follow the event's 'Ford' theme, two Ford-powered Sunbeam Tigers graced the HRCR stand. Both cars drew the crowds and many marvelled at the original state of the ex-works car of Graham Rood, which represents a wonderful time warp in the manner in which it has been preserved. The Historic Rally Car Register uses this show to meet club members and welcome new members into the organisation. Throughout the three days of the show, representatives from all the club's championships were on hand to answer questions. A number of personalities visited the stand, including HRCR President Paddy Hopkirk and Vice President Bill Price. Stuart Turner took time out from his Motor Sport Safety Fund work to entertain HRCR volunteers, wh...

Lola Cars has launched a specially designed 50th Anniversary poste
2008-03-18 00:00:00
Click on the picture to enlarge Lola Cars has launched a specially designed 50th Anniversary poster at the Race Retro Show at Stoneleigh (14 to 16 March). The unique double sided A1 glossy poster depicts one Lola car from each of the fifty years, ranging from the first Lola sportcar built ? the Mk1, through to the very latest LMP Coupe that will race for the first time in April of this year. The distinguished list of cars featured in the poster illustrates the true diversity of the company?s designs throughout the last half century. From drawing boards to CAD stations, some of the UK?s most talented racecar designers have contributed to Lola?s 50 golden years in motorsport. Leading these talents from 1958 to 1997 was Eric Broadley, the founder of Lola Cars. During Broadley?s time at Lola his pupils included a long list of distinguished car designers such as Tony Southgate, Patrick Head, John Barnard and Ralph Bella...
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Madeira Classic Rally video
2008-03-14 00:00:00
For the twenty first consecutive year the Madeira Classic Car Club is organizing, from 25 to 28 June 2008, the Volta à Madeira Classic Rally , which takes place on the beautiful Island of Madeira. This rally is part of the calendar of FIA, for historic regularity, and of the international calendar of FIVA, category A, reason why all vehicles entering the competition must be perfect conditions of conservation and originality. As a result of the quality presented throughout the past editions, the Volta à Madeira Classic Rally was given the privilege of being assigned as the FIVA World Rally for 2008.
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2008 Schweppes Concours D' Elegance regulations approved
2008-03-14 00:00:00
The Kenya Motor Sports Federation (KMSF) has approved the regulations for the 2008 Schweppes Africa Concours d'Elegance which has been listed on the motor sport calendar for September 28th, 2008 at the Nairobi Racecourse. The annual vehicle beauty contest will be the 38th in the annual series organized by the Alfa Romeo Owners Club for all makes and types of cars, pick ups, station wagons and motorcycles. The regulations are shown on the Concours website which is www.concourskenya.com and printed copies will be distributed to potential competitors in March. The 2008 event will be sponsored by Schweppes for the third successive year and is titled "The Schweppes Africa Concours d'Elegance". This follows a suggestion by Roger Pearce who heads the governing board of motor sport in South Africa. He said, "The African Motorcycle Union has already granted the event AMU status and listed the Concours on the calendar of major motorcycle events in Africa. For several years, the Concours ...
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Le Mans Classic 2008: the ticket offices are now open.
2008-03-14 00:00:00
Between the racing show, the club cars and the village, the Le Mans Classic goes to no end of trouble to offer its public three exciting days dedicated to automobile passion. Actually, the faithful public comes in bigger numbers for each meeting: 20 000 spectators in 2002 to 70 000 in 2006? How many in 2008? On forthcoming 11, 12 & 13 July, the automobile world will be focused on the Le Mans long circuit? From now onwards, the tickets are available in pre-booking on the www.lemansclassic.com & www.lemans.org websites and at a reduced rate until 15 May 2008. Important: the paddock access will only be sold in advance. As for the grandstands, they will be sold until they are no more available, but the rate will be increased after this deadline. Thus, we do encourage the enthusiasts not to wait too long. Little Big Mans makes its first appearance, leading beyond a shadow of a doubt to a wider young public attendance. The general admission ticket is free for those born after 10 ...
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Masters Racing Series Festivals spread across Europe
2008-03-14 00:00:00
The Masters Racing Series will be taking its hugely popular portfolio of race series across Europe in 2008, with a number of Masters Festivals scheduled. After successful events in Britain in 2007, an enlarged calendar has been created for 2008 which again includes the UK Festivals but now adds for 2008 new events at Anderstorp (Sweden) on June 7/8 and Magny Cours (France) on August 30/31. Commemorating the life and success of Sweden?s greatest driver, as well as the 30th Anniversary of the last Swedish Grand Prix, The Masters Series will be able to bring a representative grid of Formula 1 cars from that era, and there is even talk that the infamous 1978 winner, the Brabham fan-car may make a demonstration appearance. The event, to be titled The Ronnie Peterson Historic Grand Prix at the Masters Swedish Classic, will feature races not only for Grand Prix Masters, but also World Sportscar Masters, Proto 70s, Gentlemen Drivers, Top Hat Saloons and the new Touring 70s class. ?We ar...

Masters Racing Series link up with POWERnights
2008-03-14 00:00:00
The Masters Racing Series unveiled a major tie-up with the POWERnights race meetings during Race Retro, the International Historic Motor Sport Show, at Stoneleigh today (Friday 14 March). Competitors from a number of the Masters Racing Series will be able to compete in each of the four POWERnights during the summer of 2008, as the unique series of Thursday evening race meetings continues to grow rapidly in terms of competitor and spectator support. Each of the Silverstone events is a user-friendly race meeting developed for the modern lifestyle and includes a full day of testing for competitors, followed by qualifying and two sprint races during the evening. The 2008 POWERnights dates and Masters categories are: Thursday 8 May (Under 2-litre Gentleman Drivers) Thursday 19 June (Gentleman Drivers and Cloth Cap) Thursday 31 July (Touring 70s and Stars of the 70s) Thursday 21 August (Top Hat Saloons and Oldies but Goldies) The link with POWERnights makes Masters the only organiser ...
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Bonhams Instructed to Sell Richard C. Paine, Jr. Collection to Fund Legacy
2008-03-14 00:00:00
Bonhams? newly-formed New York-based motoring department today announced a ?save the date? must for the fall with the news that they will offer more than 60 motorcars, selected motorcycles and automobilia - all without reserve - from the famed Richard Paine Collection on September 26-27th, 2008. New England collector Richard C. Paine, Jr. amassed a diverse collection of automobiles, motorcycles and automobilia which has gained near mythical status in the car collector world. In recent times many of these have been on public display at the Seal Cove Auto Museum near Bar Harbor, Maine. Upon Mr. Paine?s death last year, it was his wish that part of his collection be sold in order to perpetuate a core ?group? of motorcars celebrating his passions of local manufacture, technical innovation, and originality at Seal Cove. A dedicated New Englander, Richard Paine adored his chosen home of Maine. For this reason Bonhams and the representatives of his estate have chosen to collaborate wit...
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Audi Quattro Group B videos
2008-03-14 00:00:00
Two videos to remember the Audi Quattro Group B in the golden era of motorsports The first one features the audi quattro in a mountain pass driven by Stig Blomqvist. The second one is a tribute to this fantastic car:
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Audi Sport quattro Group B rally car 25th anniversary
2008-03-14 00:00:00
Click on the picture to enlarge The Audi Sport quattro has just turned 25 years of age. In 1983, the "Shorty", as it was affectionately known, caused a sensation as the most powerful series-produced German car. It is thus logical that Audi Tradition will be represented at the 20th Techno Classica in Essen, Germany (from 26 to 30 March 2008) with the motto "25 years of Audi Sport quattro". The five featured series-production vehicles will not be the only highlights on the Audi stand in Hall Seven. As a special feature, Audi Tradition will be presenting the latest addition to its own historic collection: the Audi Sport quattro Group B rally car. There are only five remaining examples of this race car worldwide. New from this year: Audi Tradition will now be offering a strictly limited edition (333 units) 1:43-scale model car of the year, the first of which can be purchased at the Techno Classica. In 2008 this is an Audi Sport quattro in orange. The Audi Sport quattro has a very spec...
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Second round of Motoscope Northern Historic Rally Championship gets underwa
2008-03-14 00:00:00
Click on the picture to enlarge courtesy of Songasport The second round of the Motoscope Northern Historic Rally Championship (NHRC) got underway this weekend (8-9 March) with the Sherwood Forest-based Robin Hood Forest Stages Rally. So far 22 competitors have registered for the NHRC, which is affiliated to the HRCR (Historic Rally Car Register), and 15 were in action across the forest gravel stages of the Robin Hood event. Darren Moon and John McNichol, fresh from victory in round one last month, once again set a blistering pace as they finished fourth overall and third in class D5 in the two-day National A event in their Mk2 Ford Escort and claimed the NHRC honours. Jim Clark/Martin Knapp and Paul Mankin/Des Bell were all in action in class B4 in Ford Lotus Cortinas. Mankin and Bell finished eighth overall in the historic category and third in class with Clark and Knapp 10th overall in the category and fourth in class. Mike Robinson was co-driving for James Slaughter in a Mk1...
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Touring 70s Capri on show at Race Retro as Masters launches new series
2008-03-14 00:00:00
Touring 70s, the new race series for Group 2 Touring Cars of the 1970s, was officially launched by the Masters Racing Series during Race Retro , the International Historic Motor Sport Show , at Stoneleigh today (Friday 14 March). Taking centre stage at the launch was a Ford Capri RS3100, rebuilt by Speedmaster. These races are for the Group 2 touring cars of the 1970s, the era that produced some of the most spectacular and popular racing saloons cars of all time. This was the era of slicks, wings and body kits on cars like the Cologne Capris and the BMW 'Batmobiles'. Among the smaller engined cars, the Ford Escorts, BMW?s, Alfa Romeos and Mini Coopers all reached the peak of their ?wild? development. Ron Maydon, founder of the Masters Series, said of this latest news: ?Cars like this wonderful Capri, and the BMW Batmobiles, are held in loving memory by fans of 70s racing: top drivers, big factory development budgets, close racing, weird paint schemes ? the ETCC had it all! That ...

Visit the Tour Britannia stand at Race Retro
2008-03-13 00:00:00
Between March 14th and 16th, Tour Britannia will be at Race Retro on stand A42 in Main Hall 2. All entrants, potential entrants and competitors are welcome to come to the stand and talk with Fred Gallagher, our Sporting Director, and with Alec Poole, our Commercial Director. In fact, knowing how important busy people's time is to them, Fred and Alec are making a unique offer to ensure that they deliver the answer to your query in person on the stand. If you E-mail them with your name, the nature of your interest and query plus the day and time that you expect to be on the Tour Britannia stand and they will be there to meet you. And that is not the end of it. Anyone wishing to compete but who has not already made their entry can come on to the Tour Britannia stand at Race Retro and, if they have their cheque book handy, still make their entry at the reduced rate that has been available up to March 3rd. Note that this only applies to people who come in person to the show to make th...
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Tom Mack Classics to Auction Rare 1940 Ford at Food Lion AutoFair
2008-03-13 00:00:00
Click on the picture to enlarge Tom Mack Classics to Auction Rare 1940 Ford at Food Lion AutoFair, Proceeds Go to University of South Carolina Scholarship A University of South Carolina alumnus left one of his prized possessions-a national show-winning 1940 Ford Deluxe Sedan Delivery-to his alma mater when he passed away. On Saturday, April 5, during the April 3-6 Food Lion AutoFair at Lowe's Motor Speedway, Tom Mack Classics will offer the valuable Ford to the highest bidder, with proceeds benefiting the university's Professor Frank B. Herty Scholarship Fund. Benny T. Bootle, a 1953 graduate of USC's mechanical engineering program, had as much affection for vintage cars as he did his college. He was an active member of the Antique Automobile Club of America, where he served as president in 1995, and the Benny Bootle Scholarship annually distributes $3,000 awards to deserving USC students. Bootle's pet automotive project was his 1940 Ford, a panel delivery model he decked o...