Bentley leads Peter Taylor
Bentley leads
Vintage Car Racing

July 2023 VSCC Race Meeting at Donington Park, UK

Another great event by the Vintage Sports Car Club

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Another great VSCC race meeting at Donington Park; being British we have to mention the weather: scorching sun to torrential rain and back again! The rain was so heavy that the penultimate race had to be cancelled and it was only by waiting for a long period beyond the scheduled finish time that the last race got started, albeit with reduced length.

Tatra Rennwagen 1925 Peter Taylor
Tatra Rennwagen 1925

This was a rather special race and features in most of the photo gallery here: the Longstone Tyres Light Car race. This was only the second time that the Light Car race had been run this century! It was revived in 2021 at Oulton Park and everyone agreed that it must be repeated- it’s like nothing else, anywhere in the world! I think that it was last run prior to WW2 before these two modern “revivals”, when some of these small cars were still fairly new.

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Pete Taylor
I have been involved in photography more years than I care to remember; my prime interests are in landscape and motor-sports images, although I'll have a go at anything! A huge lover of UK classic and vintage cars, especially from a photography perspective.
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