Archive for March 2010
Mar 29th, 2010 |
By Pieter Bakker |
Category: Historic Motor Racing
Since the start of “Equipe” GTS, back in 2002, a lot of time was spent to put the series on its feet. Endless phone conversations to answer drivers’
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Mar 25th, 2010 |
By Pieter Bakker |
Category: Track days
Already last year, we covered the Spa ‘Open Pitlane’ track day event, when the F.I.S.C. Legendary Circuits Series organizer went there to visit and
Tags: circuit spa francorchamps, cor euser, cup porsches, driver’s briefing, euser, f.i.s.c., f.i.s.c. legendary circuits series, fisc, fisc legendary circuits series, flickr, historic motor, historic motor racing, historic motor racing news, historic news, historic racing news, hostellerie le roannay, le roannay, legendary circuits, Legendary Circuits Series, marcos, marcos world championship racing team, marshal posts, marshals, maximum noise level, motor news, motor racing, motor racing news, news, noise restrictions, open pitlane, racing, racing news, racing team, recovery jeeps, recovery lorries, route de spa, safety precautionary measures, spa francorchamps, spa open pitlane, spa open pitlane track day, track day, track day open pitlane, track day spa, track day spa open pitlane, video monitoring, youtube Posted in Track days |
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Mar 22nd, 2010 |
By Pieter Bakker |
Category: Historic Motor Racing
The Historic Sports Car Club (HSCC) was created in 1966 by a small group of enthusiasts, notably Betty Haig and Guy Griffiths, who were frustrated by the lack of races for older sports cars. They wanted to stop them from being inappropriately modified, far beyond their original specification or exported to the USA. Members from [...]
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Mar 18th, 2010 |
By Pieter Bakker |
Category: Historic Motor Racing
The son of a farmer, Ilario Bandini trained as a mechanic before setting up his own workshop in 1938 at Forli (I). He became involved in motorsport, including
Tags: bandini, bandini dohc saponetta 1957, bandini saponetta, body by motto, crosley block, crosley sohc engine, dohc, dohc cylinder head, fiat 1100, ilario bandini, mille miglia, motto, saponetta, twin cam, twin cam cylinder head, twin weber carburettors, zagato Posted in Historic Motor Racing |
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Mar 15th, 2010 |
By Pieter Bakker |
Category: Historic Motor Racing
The Classic Sports Car Club (CSCC) was set up in 2001 by enthusiast racers who wanted to offer racing at grass roots level and since then has grown to over 600 members and runs over 10 race weekends each year.
Along with a full national race programme they also invite their members to attend some european [...]
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Mar 11th, 2010 |
By Pieter Bakker |
Category: Retrospective
The first of this year’s Goodwood Breakfast meetings got off to lively start on Sunday 7 March 2010, with ‘Tax free’ Sunday for all pre 1973 classics.
Tags: 1973 classics, breakfast club meetings, christmas cracker special, classic sunday, cosworth, deutsch marques, espace, everything but the car, family favourites, ford, ford Cortina, ford cosworth, ford mustang, ford sierra cosworth, goodwood, goodwood breakfast, goodwood breakfast club, goodwood breakfast meetings, goodwood calendar, goodwood circuit, goodwood motor circuit, goodwood revival, Italian exotics, lotus, lotus cars, minor, morgan, morris, morris minos, motoring cars, performance car legends, pre 1973 classics, renault, Renault aspace, sierra cosworth, souped up sunday, sporting family favourites, super car sunday Posted in Retrospective |
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Mar 8th, 2010 |
By Pieter Bakker |
Category: Retrospective
Race Retro, the international historic motorsport show in Stoneleigh, Coventry, will bring together racing Race Retro, the international historic motorsport show in Stoneleigh, Coventry, will bring together racing and rally legends to celebrate all aspects of motorsport.
Tags: 100 years of alfa romeo, alfa, alfa drivers, alfa restorers, alfa romeo 179/182 f1 car, alfa romeo clubs, aston martin, aston martin v8 rally gt, austin, austin healey, austin healey 100, bruno giacomelli, chrysler, cronin, dennis welch, dennis welch motorsport, f1, f1 car, giacomelli, grand prix, group b cars, healey, historic motorsport, historic motorsport show, keith cronin, motorsport show, race retro, race retro historic motorsport show, race retro stoneleigh, racing legends, rally champion, rally legends, welch Posted in Retrospective |
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Mar 4th, 2010 |
By Pieter Bakker |
Category: Historic Motor Racing
U2TC is a series for pre-1966 under two litre Touring Cars, that was started only three years ago, but has gone from strength to strength since. Race format is a one hour
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Mar 1st, 2010 |
By Pieter Bakker |
Category: Legendary Circuits Series
F.I.S.C. will be entering already its 17th consecutive motor racing season, but this year will be exceptional in a sense that this will be the first year offering a track day
Tags: 1, 650 class, 70 section, aluminium rims, avon, avon cr6zz, cars under 2l, classic motor racing series, Dunlop, Dunlop vintage, e-type, european historic & classic motor racing series, f.i.s.c., f.i.s.c. legendary circuits series, f.i.s.c. motor racing series, f.i.s.c. racing series, f.i.s.c. track day, f.i.s.c. trackday, fisc, fisc legendary circuits series, fisc motor racing series, fisc racing series, fisc track day, fisc trackday, flickr, historic & classic motor racing series, historic cars, historic motor, Historic Motor Racing, historic motor racing, historic motor racing news, historic motor racing series, historic news, historic racing news, jaguar, jaguar e type, legendary circuits, Legendary Circuits Series, mgb, motor news, motor racing, motor racing news, motor racing series, news, pieter bakker, racing, racing news, spoke wheels, spokes, steel rims, youtube Posted in Legendary Circuits Series |
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