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[Alan Cox]

Dates announced for an event in 2013, 'Motorsport at the Palace'
http://motorsportatthepalace.co.uk/

[Barry Boor]

As there is no Monaco Historique next year, I'm not going to the F.o.S and I'm assuming my daughter won't get married again in 2013, I might just pop over to London for this one.

It will be wonderful to go up the Palace again.

[Stephen W]

On the 7th & 9th of September the Bo'ness Hillclimb Revival Meeting will be taking place. Not sure yet if there are any special celebrations to run in tandem but will keep you posted.

[alansart]

The 6th Cholmondeley POP will be on the weekend 14th - 16th June. Not sure what the theme will be for 2013.

[Pete Stowe]

The Castle Combe Autumn Classic will be on Sunday 6th October.

[David Lawson]

In the absence of the much missed Boxing Day Brands race meeting I could blow the winter cobwebs away on Saturday at the Brands Hatch Rally Stages organised by the Chelmsford Motor Club.

A healthy entry of about 70 cars including quite a few historic rally cars used four stages around part of the club circuit, the paddock, the rally school stage and the perimiter roads and tracks. There was quite a healthy crowd and my first opportunity to take some pictures of rally cars.





















David

[Pete Stowe]

A couple of pics from yesterday’s preview of the Castle Combe ‘Bristol Forklifts’ Autumn Classic race meeting on 6th October

Jim Campbell’s Aston Martin Ulster


Peter Hawkey’s Formula Junior Lotus 20



The meeting content is:

FJHRA/HSCC “Millers Oils” UK Formula Junior Championship
Jaguar Enthusiasts’ Club pre-1966 race for the Norman Dewis Trophy
Healey Driver International challenge race for the Tim Rogers Memorial Trophy (3000s) and Dave Hardy Memorial Trophy (100s).
VSCC Pre-war Standard and Modified Sports cars
The Fifties Sports Car Racing Club (FISCAR) Intermarque challenge
FISCAR Fliers 1950s small sports-racing cars
Historic Aston Martins.

While it is predominately a race meeting, other machinery is being lined up for demonstration runs, including event sponsor Julian Bronson in his Scarab, plus a Bristol Motor Club display and parade of pre-1970 cars.

Admission is only £15 (65 and over £10, Under 17s free).

[Alan Cox]

Entry list for next weekend's Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Park
http://www.hscc.org....d_Cup_13.08.pdf
Shame the entries for Oulton are always down on other major HSCC meetings

Edited by Alan Cox, 18 August 2013 - 13:48.

[Barry Boor]

Wish I could be there.

Please will someone take a picture of the Bandini?

[Cirrus]

Charlie Wooding took several pictures of it at Croft

http://charliewoodin...nxd/11227677202

http://charliewoodin...7784402?pcp=221

http://charliewoodin...7769402?pcp=201

[elansprint72]

Race 12 does not strike me as either being "historic" or for "sports-cars".

Discuss.

[Barry Boor]

I don't know about the 'historic' aspect but I can't see the word 'sports' anywhere in the race 12 title.

[Alan Cox]

I don't know about the 'historic' aspect but I can't see the word 'sports' anywhere in the race 12 title.

Probably because they are saloon/touring cars

[elansprint72]

I don't know about the 'historic' aspect but I can't see the word 'sports' anywhere in the race 12 title.

HSCC... I stopped being a member when they began to lose focus on what they set themselves up for, if that makes sense. I'm sure that they have not missed me at all.
I also stopped being a member of the VSCC when they abandoned the North of England; another silent protest!

I though that those two clubs had agreed to put on a race for cars from the other club at their larger meetings; so one might have hoped to see some Vintage cars at the Gold Cup, rather than Primeras and other modern dross. Rant ends.

[Alan Cox]

Results and live timing for this weekend's Oulton Park Gold Cup
http://www.mstworld....13/13210hsc.pdf
http://www.mstworld....htm?series=HSCC

[Davidson10]

I also stopped being a member of the VSCC when they abandoned the North of England; another silent protest!

Do they not still run events such as the Lakeland, the Derbyshire Trial and the Bowland Rally, Pete? I have to say it's a while since I was a member.

[elansprint72]

Do they not still run events such as the Lakeland, the Derbyshire Trial and the Bowland Rally, Pete? I have to say it's a while since I was a member.

Indeed they do still run trials, hill-climbs, pub meets and the like but no circuit racing; one meeting per year at Cadwell Park and Mallory Park are as far North as they get; nothing at Oulton Park and now nothing at Donington Park.

[elansprint72]

Results and live timing for this weekend's Oulton Park Gold Cup
http://www.mstworld....13/13210hsc.pdfThttp://www.mstworld.com/timing/livetiming.htm?series=HSCC

Thanks for posting those Alan; glad to see that the weather was OK, after the torrential rain during the night. I'm looking forward to an excellent event.

[Alan Cox]

A few snaps from today's Oulton Park Gold Cup

Rob Russell's very evocative ex-Vic Elford AFN Porsche 911

Robert Barrie three-wheels his FJ Lotus 18 around Lodge

James Murray's Lola Mk5A took second in the rear-engined FJ race

Early leader Alex Buncombe found progress in the John Coombs Trophy race impeded somewhat by collapsed suspension

Paul Smith leads Patrick Watts on lap 2 of the Super Touring race - One lap later at Cascades (by which time I had moved) it would end in tears for the

pair as they eliminated themselves from the lead in a collision. Leaders colliding, protests etc - we could have been watching a round of this year's BTCC

Finally, one of Mrs Cox's efforts - Front-engined FJ victor Simon Goodliff, Lola Mk2

Edited by Alan Cox, 25 August 2013 - 21:55.

[elansprint72]

Grass paddock, open trailer with ancient Land Rover tow-car.... nostalgia!

 

Edited by elansprint72, 26 August 2013 - 06:57.

[Alan Cox]

The dice for second place in the Historic Touring Cars was seldom further apart than this. Tim Davies leads Neil Brown (just!)

Could almost be a period F3 shot - Benn Simms (ex-Eddie Jordan March 803) and Graham Fennymore (ex-Brundle Ralt RT3)

 

Nice to see Messrs Arron, Rainford, elansprint, Giraffe, slurp1955, pressman, AuroraF1 (working his socks off), Cirrus, Delta, race-sponsor Mallory Dan and Nick Savage with his Camaro around and about over the three days.

Cheshire was on its best behaviour with unbroken good weather from midday on Saturday - and the biggest crowd I have seen since the HSCC took over the Gold Cup meeting.

[Alan Cox]

Ian Titchmarsh introduces Mallory Dan to the adoring crowd

 

PS Not quite sure why the Gold Cup has migrated onto the Personal Photos of F1 thread

[elansprint72]

What a superb week-end, great to see so many TN Effers (although I missed a couple).

I still wonder if the HSCC are running some of these races solely for their members, rather than the spectators; nobody loves Chevron sports cars (etc) more than me but TWO races with only a dozen starters? If we are to encourage new spectators, that is not the way to go, imho.

 

Here we have a delightful Arkley Spridget doing the Lambeth Walk- got to smile!

 

[Phil Rainford]

What a fantastic few days ... race highlights for me were the first Touring Car Race and second Derek Bell encounter

 

[elansprint72]

Ian Titchmarsh introduces Mallory Dan to the adoring crowd

 

 

PS Not quite sure why the Gold Cup has migrated onto the Personal Photos of F1 thread

So did I... then I read the whole thread title :

 

Personal photos of F1 (and, erm, other stuff) 2013 (merged)

[Phil Rainford]

Hear the briefing for the Tourng Cars was almost as action packed as the racing

 

[pressman]

Hear the briefing for the Tourng Cars was almost as action packed as the racing

 

In Car video of the first race from Dodds car,

 

http://youtu.be/A4_UV3L2ZMs

  The Drivers  briefing was most amusing

cheers

 

Steve

[Phil Rainford]

Richard Dutton does not believe in boring......

 

[droopsnoot]

Sorry about the missing caption for a couple of these - I've been looking through the programme and tied most of them up, but the first one and the Sierra and causing me some trouble. 

 

 

Tim Stamper in the Aston Martin DB2/4

 

 

Barry Long (Mini) and David Morrow in the Historic Touring Cars - Long retired in the gravel after this.

 

 

Carnage in the Derek Bell trophy, no-one hurt but the race was abandoned after this.

 

 

Sierra and Peugeot 406 coming together at Cascades

 

 

Contrast in the paddock - Celia Stevens' Ford Anglia and Michael Eagles DeTomaso Mangusta

 

Edited by droopsnoot, 27 August 2013 - 17:53.

[David Beard]

Sorry we missed all the TNFers... except the famous Dan 

 

One of my snaps

[elansprint72]

Mann vs Vitamin...

 

 

I'm doing my best to get the "feel" of colour film; a bit more work required methinks.

 

 

Here Chis Hoy proves that he can also go round right-hand bankings:

Edited by elansprint72, 27 August 2013 - 19:59.

[Alan Cox]

Sorry about the missing caption for a couple of these - I've been looking through the programme and tied most of them up, but the first one and the Sierra and causing me some trouble. 

The first pic is Mike Bletsoe-Brown (Chevron B27) passing Anthony Taylor (McLaren M10B) while the Sierra is Paul Smith being punted by Patrick Watts.

[droopsnoot]

Ah, thanks for that. I'm sorry to commit the heresy (on here at least) of admitting that most single-seaters are very similar to my inexperienced eyes, so once the programme had multiple number 17s in it, that was the end*. And while I have no trouble recognising a Ford Sierra, that one isn't in the entrants list (from the web site) at all.

 

(* By that I mean, I posted the snaps, then remembered the furore when I posted some from CPOP without captions, so frantically opened the entrants list and tried to fill them in. Clearly I can see the difference between that Chevron and, say, a FF1600, but not without searching around for comparison shots - I certainly couldn't look at any of them and say 'ah yes, that's a whatever-it-is')

[Alan Cox]

 * By that I mean, I posted the snaps, then remembered the furore when I posted some from CPOP without captions, so frantically opened the entrants list and tried to fill them in.

It's much appreciated that you thought to include the captions. 'Snoot.

[David Beard]

Lining up for Dan's race...

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Mallory Dan]

Excellent stuff David!

[elansprint72]

These are the folks who make it all possible...

 

 

Thank-you guys and girls.

[elansprint72]

Jaguars.

 

[Phil Rainford]

Nick Gethin.........top bloke just finding out why his Dad loved being behind the wheel

 

[Rob Lees]

Absolutely ages since I posted anything on TNF, but here's a couple of my photos from Sunday....

 

 

Ian Forward (TVR Taimar), Mark Leverett (Porsche 911SC), Nigel Ashley (Lotus Europa)

 

 

Marcus Mussa (McLaren M1B)

 

 

Over on the rally stage, the beautifully restored/recreated (not sure which) Rover Vitesse in the famous colours of Scottish Champion Ken Wood 

 

 

Andrew Schryver (Chevron B21/23)

 

 

Steve Wright or Ian Clark (whoever started) - (Porsche 356A) 

[David Beard]

Nick Gethin.........top bloke just finding out why his Dad loved being behind the wheel

 

 

Great shot. Might have been better if the driver was in focus, rather than the nose, Phil? 

[BRG]

 

 

 

Over on the rally stage, the beautifully restored/recreated (not sure which) Rover Vitesse in the famous colours of Scottish Champion Ken Wood 

The registration number is the correct one but whether it is the same car is more difficult to say.  Rally cars are often re-shelled after crashes or after long usage, and likewise engines are changed.  A bit like Grandad's broom.

[Rob Lees]

Without wishing to drag us off the topic of the ever-excellent Gold Cup meeting, here's the original in Bitts Park, Carlisle in 1985.

 

[Alan Cox]

Absolutely ages since I posted anything on TNF, but here's a couple of my photos from Sunday....

 

Why so long away, Rob? marvellous shots.

[Alan Cox]

I've always had a soft spot for Modus M1s (Modi?). Here are the pair which ran in the Derek bell Trophy race on Monday.

Mark Hulme - F3 Toj-Modus M1

Ben Mitchell with Simon Hadfield's F Atlantic version

 

Where my affection for the model started - something to do with the driver I think

Tony Brise - John Player Formula Atlantic Championship 26 May 1975

[Phil Rainford]

I've always had a soft spot for Modus M1s (Modi?). Here are the pair which ran in the Derek bell Trophy race on Monday.

Mark Hulme - F3 Toj-Modus M1

Ben Mitchell with Simon Hadfield's F Atlantic version

 

Where my affection for the model started - something to do with the driver I think

Tony Brise - John Player Formula Atlantic Championship 26 May 1975

 

 

Still my favourtie car/driver combination

 

PAR

[Tim Murray]

   

 

It certainly brought a tear to my eye watching that orange Modus on Monday. I saw quite a few Atlantic races in 1975, and my unreliable memory tells me Tony won them all.

[Alan Cox]

And didn't young Mr Mitchell do the car proud? Very much 'on the pace' for an Atlantic and joining the six-way battle for the lead of the second Derek Bell race, mixing it with F1 and F5000 cars

[Tim Murray]

Yes indeed. What a tremendous race that second Derek Bell event was - having watched the move happen right in front of me, I still can't quite get my head round how young Lyons managed to pass Greg Thornton for the lead at Britten's.

[elansprint72]

Could some kind soul point me towards the Gold Cup meeting results; I've looked all over the HSCC and MSV websites and can't find them. This is most certainly pilot error but...

 

Thanks in advance.  Pete.