What would you do if your company sponsored Nigel Mansell, Mario Andretti and AJ Foyt? Get them altogether and sell some Havoline oil, of course!

We hope you enjoy this minute-long throwback to a magical time when everything was just that little bit more exciting.

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In 1993 Texaco/Havoline had an incredible line up of drivers, including AJ Foyt, Mario Andretti and Nigel Mansell during his Indy stint. Their early-90s marketing team decided to get the trio together and shoot this little advertising gem.

MORE: Take a look at this spectacular Nigel Mansell gallery

Isn’t it funny that here we are, 20 years later watching the television commercials which may have originally been a chore? Nostalgia is a powerful force.

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Strap in, hit full screen and turn your audio way up for a master class from Touring Car Master John Bowe.

This video is from Race 2 of the Touring Car Masters Championship round held at Muscle Car Masters in September. In it, Bowe charges from last place all the way up to first.

His 1969 Ford Mustang TransAm eats up the tarmac from the start, bolting through the back of the field and clearing a big chunk of the field in just two corners. From there, it’s a delightful dance as he threads his big Mustang through the competition and the undulating corners of Sydney Motorsport Park.

There’s plenty of great driving throughout the field, and it’s brilliant watching everyone straining to keep the mighty muscle under their hoods in balance with the strained limits of adhesion.

And then there’s the audio, which makes this worth a play on its own. Turn it up!

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There’s more to the Goodwood Revival than fast cars and faster drivers, it’s a one-stop nostalgia shop. Take a look at some of the on-the-side action that occurred, with this beautiful widescreen gallery.

Jayson Fong brings us this exclusive Motorsport Retro Premium gallery showcasing the beauty of the off-track side of the spectacular 2014 Goodwood Revival. Away from the roar of finely tuned racing engines, busy pit crews and wide-eyed spectators he found people, planes, displays and more. The Goodwood Revival really is a special event.

Keep an eye out for a full gallery covering the main events of the Revival, which will be making their way to MSR Premium exclusively very soon.

If you haven’t already had a look, pop over and check out Henry Hope-Frost’s 15 Magic Goodwood Revival Moments.

The rest of the gallery here, thanks to Jayson from Form & Function:

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In 1955 Stirling Moss won the Mille Miglia in a Mercedes 300 SLR, doing so over 1600km with an average speed of 157km/h. Today, we learn why it was his favorite racing car of all as Sir Stirling Moss talks about his days racing in the Mille Miglia whilst explaining the greatest racing challenges he ever faced, and more. “The Mercedes 300 SLR is the best racing car ever built” he exclaims.

MORE: The very best of Stirling Moss (Gallery)

An interesting fact is that Juan Manuel Fangio drove the other Mercedes 300 SLR in the ’55 Mille Migalia.

We wonder how it stacked up with the W196 he drove in the same year whilst racing Formula One?

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Revealing image leaked from this Porsche 917’s private cloud shows the famous sportscar completely naked.

The Porsche 917, one of the most beautiful and loved sports cars the marque has ever created.

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Say hello to the world’s smallest V12 engine, the brainchild of a very talented retired Naval Mechanic from Galicia, Spain.

José Manuel Hermo Barreiro is a pensioner with an incredible passion for mechanics. Better known as Patelo, the Spaniard insists he is not a patient man, despite having poured tens of thousands of hours into perfecting his collection of working miniature engines. For us, the most captivating is the world’s smallest V12.

The detail is nothing short of incredible, each last piece having been painstakingly machined. We’re not sure what exactly Patelo did during his time as a Naval Mechanic, however we’re certain that he must have been incredibly good at it. His attention to detail is nothing short of spectacular.

Running on compressed air, some call them art, Patelo simply calls them engines.

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In 1954 Dodge provided the pace car for the Indianapolis 500. And it was a lot like this brilliant 1954 Dodge Royal 500 Indy Pace Car Edition, which is heading to auction at RM Auctions’ Hershey Sale in October.

For the 1954 race, Chrysler’s Dodge division was given the honour of providing the pace car. It was the first time they’d ever paced the Indy 500 and they chose a Royal Convertible for the job.

The Dodge Royal already had a Hemi V8 under the hood providing plenty of pep, but the pace car received special tuning with a four-barrel carburettor and a custom Offenhauser intake manifold.

To articulate its arresting good looks and make certain it stood out in front of the Indy 500 field, the car was finished in a distinctive two-tone yellow and black colour scheme and equipped with a rear-mounted Continental kit spare and Kelsey-Haves chrome wire wheels.

Dodge then got a little excited, and supplied an additional 701 Royal Convertibles which were produced in identical trim, complete with the go-faster bits installed by the dealer. And that’s what we find here.

This car was found in California by its current owners and given a full restoration, which included rebuilding the engine, transmission, power steering and power brakes. The work was completed inside, out, top and bottom with all components returned to original condition, including that distinctive upholstery.

The restoration work is so good that the car was honoured with an AACA Grand National First Prize honours in 2014.

It may not be the cutting edge of racing royalty, but this machine embodies the spirit and fun of classic motorsport. It’s a little piece of history; utterly unique, affordable and a whole lot of fun. We dig it!

It’s heading to auction at RM Auctions’ Hershey sale on Friday, the 10th of October, 2014. RM Auctions expects it to go for somewhere between $50,000 and $70,000.

Images thanks to RM Auctions, by Blake Mistich

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Enjoy the honour and simple pleasure to be found in restoring a great car to its former glory, as we delight in giving a new life to this beautifully-restored Ferrari 250 LM.

“Listening again to the sound of an engine that once howled around Le Mans. Sensing that same smell of burnt fuel. Cutting through the air with the same gleaming coachwork, and racing along with the same dizzying speed of once upon a time.”

The Ferrari 250 LM superseded the 250 GTO, both for Ferrari and for the original owner of this car, who raced it in Le Mans nearly half a century ago.

With the help of Ferrari’s official archive in Maranello, Ferrari Classiche was able to restore the car to beautiful bolt-perfect original specifications, and the results speak for themselves.

“A really powerful engine and a gearbox with ratios so close it reminds you of a motorbike.”

This video looks at the ethos and process behind the build, before a particularly good bit at aound 3:20 when they fire it up for the first time and go driving, musing about how it plays with the road.

Stunningly-shot and surprisingly introspective, this is an enjoyable look at a very special machine.

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Race suits from legendary racers are heading to auction today, as part of Nate D. Sanders’ September 2014 auction.

Included in the auction are racing suits from Jim Clark, Jimmie Johnson, Tony Kanaan, Arie Luyendyk, Olvier Panis, Kimi Raikkonen, Michael Schumacher and Ayrton Senna.

The suits start at a gentle pace, with Olivier Panis’ 2003 & 2004 Formula 1 suit kicking off at $3,500. Tony Kanaan and Arie Luyendyk’s Indy 500 suits start at $5,000 with Jimmie Johnson’s 2001 suit starting at $7,500.

Things kick into high gear pretty quickly however, and you’ll be starting at $16,500 for Kimi’s F1 suit, $20,000 for Michael’s Suit, which he wore for the 2006 British Grand Prix, and the suit which the great Jim Clark wore in the Indy series during the mid-’60s will commence bidding at $58,000.

The race suit worn by Ayrton Senna will start its bidding at $72,500 – remember these are all starting bids!

The auction is being held by Nate D. Sanders and ends Thursday September the 25th at 5PM pacific. Hit this link to Nate D. Sanders official site for the full details.

Images via Nate D. Sanders

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Northern Irish rally great, and rally hall of fame inductee, Paddy Hopkirk proves that speed is timeless in this magnificent race through stunning British countryside in a big Austin Healey. And we agree – the word IS grunt!

This beautifully-shot short film injects some storytelling into the world of classic motorsport footage. We kick off with a classic western bar scene leading to a blast through the countryside that’s both an aural and visual delight.

Paddy Hopkirk began his racing career in the mid-’50s, winning the 1964 Monte Carlo Rally in a Mini Cooper S and becoming one of five drivers to receive a Coupe d’Argent for finishing the Alpine Rally unpenalised and within the target times three nonconsecutive times. He also spent time racing Australia, including finding some success on The Mountain.

Make sure to stay tuned until the end for some great vintage footage, and words of wisdom from the man himself both then and now.

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The homologated road-going version of the last rear-wheel-drive car to win the WRC Manufacturers’ Championship. The Lancia 037 Group B is so much more than just a pretty face.

Lancia had a huge run during the mid 1970s with the Stratos, they won three consecutive World Rally Championships between 1974 and 1976 and had captured the attention of racing fans worldwide.

MORE: The last time we saw a rally-spec 037 for sale (Gallery)

Following up that act in the early 1980s was no mean feat, made even more difficult by the fact that all-wheel-drive was now exploding onto the scene. Enter the Lancia 037 Group B, which after an inconsistent debut season in 1982 came together to win the Manufacturer’s Title in 1983 thanks to the combined efforts of Walter Rohrl and Markku Alen, who placed 2nd and 3rd respectively behind Hannu Mikkola and his beastly Audi quattro S1 in the driver’s championship.

MORE: Under the skin – Fantastic Lancia cutaways

The Lancia 037 Group B would be remembered as the last rear-driven car to ever achieve such a result. The era of the Audi quattro and Peugeot 205 T16 then arrived.

What you’re looking at here is one of the 200 road-going 037s which Lancia had to build in order to enter the car in Group B rally. It’s an undisguised race car for the road, and that’s exactly what owner Philip Toledano loves about it.

“It’s not like [the 037] was just a sports car designed for people who wanted to go fast,” says Phil. “This was designed for a purpose, and I love things that were designed specifically for a purpose, like a tool–except it’s a fast tool that scares the crap out of you.”

Take a look at this fantastic video showcasing his 037, shot and edited by Petrolicious:

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May 19th in Monaco, 1996. Michael Schumacher throws down a blistering qualifying lap, however it wasn’t to be his weekend…

Michael Schumacher was on fire during qualifying at the 1996 Monaco Grand Prix, taking the pole position ahead of Damon Hill in a flurry of controversy surrounding Schumacher’s slowing down lap, which ended up causing Gerhard Berger to spin coming out of the tunnel and into the chicane on his hot lap.

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Coming into the race, Schumacher must have been aching for a Grand Prix win. He was the defending Formula 1 World Champion, it was his first year racing for the prestigious Ferrari, and he had just placed second at both the Nurgburgring and in San Marino.

MORE: The very best of Schumacher (gallery)

Unfortunately for Michael, the race wasn’t to be his, nor was the year. Damon Hill got the jump on him early in the race, and as he watched the Brit pull away Schumacher would lose control coming out of Lower Mirabeau and slam into the wall. The race was over before it had even really begun for Michael Schumacher, and for Damon Hill? He’d retire after 40 laps with mechanical issues. Only three cars would be running at the conclusion of the race, with Frenchman Olivier Panis taking first position – his sole Formula 1 Grand Prix victory.

MORE: Remembering Michael Schumacher’s first Formula 1 win

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Enjoy this time-machine race report from a completely different era, celebrating Graham Hill’s victory at the 1969 Monaco Grand Prix.

Opening Image: Sutton Images

“The entry for Monaco was much as normal although Jochen Rindt was still recovering from breaking his nose in his crash in Barcelona and so Team Lotus ran Richard Attwood as his replacement alongside Graham Hill.

MORE: How to win the Monaco Grand Prix

The field was bolstered by the reappearance of Silvio Moser in an old Brabham and Vic Elford running in an old Cooper-Maserati entered, aptly, by Antique Automobiles. There had been considerable worry expressed since the crashes in Barcelona about the high rear wings used on the cars and after the first practice the CSI held a meeting and decided on an immediate ban on the grounds of safety. The first session times were canceled and the qualifying process started all over again. There were some gripes from the teams but everyone got down to business and it was Jackie Stewart’s Matra which emerged on pole, ahead of Chris Amon’s Ferrari. Jean-Pierre Beltoise in the second Matra was third on the grid, ahead of Graham Hill while Jo Siffert (Walker-Durlacher Lotus) and John Surtees (BRM) shared the third row. The Brabhams of Jacky Ickx and Jack Brabham were on the fourth row, just ahead of Piers Courage in Frank Williams’s customer BT26.

MORE: Classic Races – The 1980 Monaco Grand Prix

Stewart took the lead at the start with Amon in pursuit. Beltoise was under pressure from Hill and the Lotus driver moved to third on the third lap. By lap 10 Stewart had a 10-second advantage. In the midfield Surtees suffered a gearbox failure in the tunnel and was hit by Brabham. Both drivers escaped injury. Six laps later Amon’s Ferrari retired with a differential failure and on lap 21 Beltoise’s Matra suffered a driveshaft failure and retired from third place. A lap later the leader Stewart had an identical problem with his Matra and retired. This left Hill in the lead with a 12 second advantage over Ickx and Courage. The battle for second place continued until the 49th lap when the Belgian retired with a rear suspension failure, leaving Courage to finish an impressive second while Siffert picked up third.”

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In 1969 David Hobbs and Mike Hailwood drove a GT40 to third place in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, just behind Hans Herrmann and Gérard Larrousse, and winners Jacky Ickx and Jackie Oliver.

It’d take an extremely well trained eye to know it, but this isn’t that car. It’s a gorgeous, unflinchingly accurate and brutally fast tool room recreation, and it’s awesome. Check out the gallery.

GT40 specialists Gelscoe Engineering built the car in 2011 as a tool room recreation of works GT40 chassis P 1076.

The full brunt of their extensive experience working on original GT40s was employed over hundreds of hours to make it accurate down to the last rivet. It’s powered by a Gurney Weslake Ford V8 which puts out 494bhp and all mechanicals are authentic to the original. And it’s seen historic racing action, heading to meetings across Europe, including the Spa 6 Hours.

Photographer James Gibson has kindly been in touch with us to share his magnificent photo gallery of the beast, and you can enjoy it below.

Photography by James Gibson, hit this link to his website for more.

MORE: Video: Conserving the ’67 Le Mans winning GT40

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Up close and personal with a memorable piece of 1960s British nostalgia; the ultra-lightweight Ginetta G4.

Ginetta have been building cars in one way or another since 1958, however it’s not every day that you come across one in the metal. Casting our minds back to times we’ve spotted one in person, we recall there to have been a Ginetta G4 racing in the Fordwater Trophy at the Goodwood Revival this year, however the last time we spotted this particular little beauty was at the 2013 Nurburgring Oldtimer Grand Prix.

This time around it was the pits of the 2014 Spa Six Hour, the perfect location for an impromptu photo shoot…

The owner and driver of the Ginetta G4 is Palle Birkelund Pedersen from Denmark. The car was actually build in 1964 originally equipped with a solid axle.

The solid axle has since been swapped out for an independent rear axle setup. It’s been fitted with inboard disk brakes, making it even more potent on the track than it was in its 1960s heyday .

MORE: Brands Hatch 1967 – A Ginetta gets mounted by a Cobra (Photo of the Day)

Equipped with a 1720 cc twin cam Lotus engine, this particular Ginetta G4 is producing around 190hp (142kW), which is plentiful when you consider that this little fiberglass masterpiece weighs less than 1100lbs (500kg) soaking wet.

Fitted with a handful of modern safety features, a lap timer and a long-distance 70L fuel tank, the car is now used for endurance and nostalgic events throughout Europe.

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Pure sounds of a touring car great as the ex-Glenn Seton Ford Sierra RS500 makes noise at this year’s Muscle Car Masters at Sydney Motorsport Park.

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Spotted at the 2014 Muscle Car Masters was this impressive Ford Sierra RS500, an authentic Group A Racing machine formerly driven by Glenn Seton. The car presents itself in fully functional, race ready condition and is driven hard by it’s current owner.

MORE: The 9 best Ford touring cars of all time

It was a beautiful car to look at inside and out, with more and more interesting go-fast details popping out the longer we spent checking it out before it made its way out onto the track at Sydney Motorsport Park. Take a look at this quick video shot in the pits:

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Czech rally ace Petr Šimurda lets loose in his Skoda 130 Rally LR through the streets in this fun video presented by the Trotina Rallye Team.

The car is  Skoda 130 Rally LR, powered by a Skoda 1400 kit car Fiedler engine and retaining the original 130 transmission. It makes around 115kW, and weighs close to 850kgs. To put it simply, it’s the perfect little car for blasting around city streets completely sideways.

MORE: Rally Sweden – Sideways Action

This video sees Petr Simurda do exactly that in what feels like a home-grown, authentic production. Our favorite part is the fact that the majority of the scenes don’t begin with the ground already marred with rubber marks from previous attempts. This guy is the real deal. Enjoy.

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“Sidecar racing in particular is addictive. Joyous lunacy if you like!” – Stan Dibben

Stan Dibben is a Sidecar World Champion with a great outlook on life and some serious credentials under his belt. Spend a few minutes enjoying his exploits, bravery and humour in this video.

You lay a lot on the line when you take to a racetrack and attempt to find your way around it faster than anyone else. Doing so while dangling precariously three feet outside the boundaries of your chosen machinery is another level entirely. And when your chosen machinery is a one-wheeled tube bolted to the side of a motorcycle, things are getting a little too exciting for our blood!

In 1953 Stan Dibben was that man, fending off the fierce German competition, who would begin a serious winning streak the following year on board BMW RS54s, to win the Sidecar World Championship with Eric Oliver. To get there the pair won every race they entered aboard their Norton Manx.

“I count birthdays back from a hundred. I’m 14 this year – I’m 13 next year. I try to behave that way!” – Stan Dibben

This well-produced piece tells Dibben’s story through some wonderful time with the man himself and brilliant shoulder-to-the-track racing footage that you have to see to believe.

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The Spa Six Hours 2014, already the 22nd edition of this unique event, had it all. No less than 650 historic race cars and a six hour endurance race on Saturday that saw three horrendous storms.

Along with the main event on Saturday the weekend offered three days of action packed historic racing, featuring Formula 1, sports and touring cars and GTs from the early fifties to the early eighties.

108 GTs and touring cars entered the six-hour endurance, including 10 epic Ford GT40s. Former Indy Car champion Kenny Brack put the nr. 5 Ford GT40 on pole position that he shared with Christian Gläsel. The GT40s dominated qualifying and treated fans and spectators with a great show.

Around 45 minutes after the lights went green, the clouds above Spa burst and a first rain storm flooded the Ardennes rollercoaster. Several cars crashed into each other on the main straight resulting in a long neutralisation. Later, a second violent storm caused a second neutralization.

In the end the battle for the lead went between the nr. 15 Ford GT40 of Portuguese driver Diogo Ferrao and the very experienced Briton Marton Stretton and the Ford driven by last year’s winners Leo Voyazides and Simon Hadfield. Hadfield managed to close the gap with the leading Ford as just ten minutes prior to the official finish a third extremely violent storm hit the track. Race control had to show the red flag as driving in those conditions were impossible. This resulted in the first victory for a Portuguese driver, Diogo Ferrao and the fourth win for Briton Martin Stretton.

First cars on track on Saturday were the Formula Junior single seaters. Forty-six cars appeared for their first race including Coopers, Lotus, Brabham, Taraschis etc. Briton.

From 1958 to 1963 Formula Junior replaced the motorcycle engine 500 cc Formula 3 cars as the new stepping-stone to Formule 1 cars. Formula Junior cars provided for 1.0 and 1.1 litre engines. Lots of famous racing drivers such as Graf Wolfgang Bergen von Trips, Jim Clark, Jochen Rindt, Mike Spence and John Surtees were amongst the drivers that started their racing careers in Formula Junior.

The series would become the first past formula to be revived as a historic series. Briton Jon Milicevic proved to be the man to beat in this first race with his Cooper T59. Fellow countrymen Sam Wilson (Lotus 20/22) and Pete Morton (Lightning Envoyette) finished second and third. On Sunday the second race of the weekend was scheduled as Briton Stuart Roach (Alexis Mk.4) fought an epic battle with Italian Manfredo Rossi di Montelera (Lotus 22). In the end it was Stuart Roach who beat his Italian opponent with just 0.0820 second. Sam Wilson scored his second consecutive podium of the weekend by finishing third.

For the second race on Saturday, some of the most powerful cars of the weekend filled the grid. The CanAm Interseries Challenge attracted former CanAm V8 monsters, as well as a couple of historic sports cars, including the Lola T292, Lola T210 etc.

The Canadian-American Challenge Cup, or Can-Am was an SCCA/CASC sport car racing series from 1966 to 1987, featuring outreagous cars with well over 1000 horsepower.

Although the smallest field of cars to enter a race that weekend, the CanAm cars are always amongst the favourites of the crowd. A McLaren M1B, M8C and M8F, a Lola T310, March 717 and a Shadow Mk.I provided the classic CanAm V8 growl. Besides the Lola T310 of German Peter Schleifer, not a single CanAm finished the race. In the end it was Italian Michele Liguori in his 3.0 litre Cosworth powered Lola T292 who scored victory. Briton Steve Tandy crossed the finish line second in his Lola T70 Mk.IIIB, as Peter Schleifer scored a third place in his Lola T310.

The Historic Grand Prix Car Association was formed in 1979 by a group of leading historic racing enthusiasts. Unique Grand Prix Cars, made by Alfa Romeo, BRM, Cooper, ERA, Ferrari, Lotus, Scarab etc., find their way to the international European historic motorsports scene.

Thirty-two cars appeared for their first race on Saturday. Briton Peter Horsman proved to be a class of his own as nobody could answer the speed of his Lotus 18/21. He drove a lonely race as German Max Blees finished second in his Brabham BT7A, finishing twenty-eight seconds behind Horsman’s Lotus. American James King scored a third place in his Brabham BT7.

On Sunday Peter Horsman couldn’t answer the speed of Briton Julian Bronson’s Scarab Offenhauser. Horsman had to settle for a second place as his fellow countryman Rod Jolley crossed the finish line third in his Lister Jaguar Monzanapolis.

Next on the track were the competitors of the Historic Sports Car Club, HSCC. The HSCC was created in the UK, back in 1966, open to a wide variety of cars. During the two thirty minute races cars from the Historic Road Sports, 70s Road Sports, Historic Touring Cars, Guards Trophy, Super Touring Cars and Martini Trophy saw action at the track.

Cars like the Lola T212, Chevron B6 and B8, Jaguar E-Type, Lotus Elan, TVR Griffith, just to name a few, competed against each other. In the end it was the Lola T212 of Bob and Vicky Brooks scoring a victory over the Chevron B8 of Martin O’Connell and Andrew Kirkaldy. Third on the winners podest was George Douglas in his Martin BM9/10.

On Sunday both Martin O’Connell and well known British GT racer and team principal Andrew Kirkaldy scored a crushing victory over the Zakspeed 2 Escort of Mark Wright and David Coyne. Bob and Vicky Brooks scored their second consecutive podium of the weekend finishing third in their Lola T212.

The Woodcote Trophy and Stirling Moss Trophy is open for post-war racing cars up until 1955. The Woodcote Trophy is supported by the British Royal Automobile Club featuring cars such as AC Ace Bristol, Allard J2X Le Mans, Aston Martin DB2, Aston Martin DB2/4 – DB3, Austin Healey 100M/100S, Cooper Sports, Ferrari 750 Monza, Frazer Nash Le Mans, Healey Silverstone, Jaguar C-Type, Jaguar D-Type, Jaguar Sports, Jaguar XK140, Kurtis 500s, Lotus X, Maserati 250SI etc.

Sir Stirling Moss supports the Stirling Moss Trophy featuring sports cars built before 1960. Cars like Cooper Monaco, Jaguar D-Type, Lister Chevrolet, Lister Jaguar Knobbly, Lotus 15 etc. could be seen in one of the largest grids of the weekend.

The race on Saturday saw initially a hard fought duel between the splendid looking and sounding Ferrari 246S of Bobby Verdon-Roe and the Lister Costin of Chris Ward. In the end it was Briton Ward who took overall victory and a class win in the Stirling Moss Trophy in front of his fellow countryman Bobby Verdon-Roe. Briton Mark Piercy finished third in his Cooper Monaco.

Winner of the Woodcote Trophy were UK residents Patrick Blakeny-Edwards and Andrew Hall in a Cooper T38. German Christian Gläsel scored a second place in his Jaguar D-Type, as Brazilian Carlos Monteverde and Briton Gary Pearson finished fourth.

The glory days of the European Touring Car Championship relived with the Historic Motor Racing News U2TC. Fans of the Ford Lotus Cortina, Alfa Romeo GTA and BMW 1800 could eat their hearts out, seeing the oldies but goldies drifting and sliding over the Ardennes rollercoaster. Thirty-two classic touring cars gathered for their race on Saturday. Germans Alex Furiani and Max Werner dominated the first race in their bright red Alfa Romeo Guilia Sprint GTA.

There wasn’t really a fight for second and third place as the drivers drove their own race. Britons Neil Brown and Richard finished second in their Ford Lotus Cortina. Grant Tromans (Monaco) and Richard Meaden (UK) scored a third place in their Ford Lotus Cortina Mk.1.

Unmistakable were the unique shapes of classic Formula 1 cars fitted with the typical three-litre, eight-cylinder, Cosworth engine. Just sixteen cars of the FIA Masters Historic F1 Championship found their way to Spa as the Masters Historic organization hosted another event in Singapore as support programme for the F1 Grand Prix.

Briton Martin Stretton was the man to beat and in the end he scored a victory in a Williams FW07B in front of the Arrows A4 of fellow countryman Steve Hartley. Belgian Christophe D’Ansembourg completed the podium with a third place in a Williams FW07/C.

On Sunday Steve Hartley drove his Arrows A4 to a commanding victory, as Italian Manfredo Rossi di Montelera finished second in a Brabham BT42. Briton Simon Fish finished third in a former Jan Lammers Ensign N180.

The British Sports-GT & Saloon Challenge drove their single race of the weekend on Sunday morning. This series is open to a great variety of cars, as long as they are built between the forties and the seventies. No less than 75 cars appeared on a soaked grid as the rain poured down above Spa. Cheng Lim and Phil James appeared with their powerful RAM Cobra and fought a close battle with the Ford Capri Mk.1 of Steve Dance. After a 61 minute race it was the Cobra that crossed the finish line first, just five tenths of a second faster than the Capri. The Aston Martin of Matt Le Breton and the very experienced GT-driver Jamie Campbell-Walter.

Road-going mass production saloons built prior to 1966 gathered into Masters Pre-66 Touring were next in line, featuring everything between a V8 and a Mini. In the end, Steve Dance from the UK took victory after sixty-one minute of racing in his 3.0 litre Ford Capri. Fellow country men Daniel and Sean Brown couldn’t match the Capri’s speed in their Ford Escort RS2000 and had to settle for second place. Third on the podium was the Porsche 911 RSR of Briton Mark Bates.

The final race of the weekend was the ninety minute race hosted by the Masters Gentlemen Drivers.

No less than 45 epic classic pre-66 GTs battled it out on the Ardennes rollercoaster. Jaguar E-Types, Bizzarrinis, Lotus, AC Cobras, TVRs, Ginettas and many more entertained the crowds. Nobody had an answer on the performance of Roger Wills and James Littlejohn’s splendid looking and sounding 1965 Bizzarrini 5300GT. After 26 laps they crossed the finish line first with a gap of nearly thirty-seven seconds ahead of the AC Cobra of Leo Voyazides and Simon Hadfield. Rob Hall and Andy Willis finished third overall in their Shelby Cobra.

A big thank you goes to the Roadbook Organisation of Alain Defalle and Vincent Collard for organizing the 22nd edition of the Spa 6 Hours. The 2014 edition had it all, joy, excitement, drama, sun and lots of water. We can’t wait for the 23rd edition in 2015!

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Behold the Festival of Porsche. On September the 21st 2014, Porsche’s from all eras, spanning from the 1950’s to the present day came together for a celebration of the famous name at the legendary Brands Hatch.

The weekend was organised by the circuit owner in association with the Porsche Club GB and Porsche Cars GB.

Even for the non motoring enthusiast, the Porsche marquee has a special place for almost everyone. Although primarily known for the iconic 911, Porsche has an incredibly rich history, with its very essence embedded in motor racing. Therefore it was only fitting that such a festival event would be held at a track.

Complimenting the success of the Porsche road cars that surrounded the circuit was a collection of some of the finest and most treasured Porsche race cars.

Some of these included the legends of Group C racing like the very first 1982 Porsche 956 in Rothmans livery, the Nurburgring lap record holding 956, the 1988 2nd place Le Mans Shell Dunlop 962 and the ‘World’s fastest’ Miller 962 from Daytona.Sunshine graced the weekend with a celebration of the 911 Turbo and demonstrations from key Porsche men including 5-time Le Mans champion Derek Bell, MBE and Le Mans winner Richard Attwood making spectacular passes on the straight as they put the Group C legends to the task.

Sunshine, Brands Hatch, legendary race cars and the resulting iconic cars of the road all made for a very happy weekend indeed.We hope you enjoy this coverage, brought to you by our brilliant photographer Jayson Fong.

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