Beating Peter Gethin for the European Formula 5000 champion-ship was something really special. I had a great car and tremendous...
Having grown up the son of racer and team owner Reg Parnell, it’s little wonder that Tim Parnell has lived...
Chris MeekPhoto: James Beckett Collection When Mallory Park was purchased, including the estate, in 1983, I cemented a long relationship with the circuit that went back to the 1950s. My first race was in 1957 with my first win on Whit Monday 1959 in an Elva Courier. The last race...
The Vintage Sports Car Club has announced that “Formula Vintage” will be the new name for its racing program as...
Spring is in the air and the dawn of a new season of racing with the Historic Racing Drivers Club...
My first visit to Donington Park motor racing circuit was as an 11 year old lad, with my father. It was a rather prestigious meeting, organized by Derby & District Motor Club, the 1938 Donington Grand Prix. It was the fourth time Donington had held such an event, and obviously,...
Photo Gallery from the VSCC’s August 12, 2022, race meeting at Mallory Park, UK....
Unlike many racing drivers, none of my family was associated with motor sport or the motor trade. Spain, my country,...
In 1975, at Mallory Park, I made my race debut in British Touring car Championship—it was the first round of a new season. I was driving the Toyota Celica Samuri 1600-cc for the Super Samuri Team. I diced the whole race against this Ford Escort RS2000 entered by London Sports...
Mallory Park, Leicestershire, UK August 23, 2009 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
The Vintage Sports-Car Club will celebrate the 80th anniversary of its first standalone race meeting — held at Donington Park...
1960 Kieft Formula Junior The history of British motorsport is rife with postwar racecar manufacturers that saw their genesis in the hands of a dedicated engineer or enthusiast. Names like Colin Chapman (Lotus), John Cooper (Cooper) and Eric Broadley (Lola) are just a few of such individuals that set out...
The 2010 Tour Britannia had a small but very competitive entry in both the regularity and competition sections, the former...
The first time I recall sitting in a racing car was as a child at the BRM works at Bourne, England, this would be in the late 1970s. It was one of the then-current F1 cars, the Rotary Watches Stanley BRM P207. This would be toward the end of the...
From an early age Robert Blakemore had a passion for pre-war racing cars, particularly Aston Martins. His father owned a...
It is early 1964 and having recently qualified as a doctor, I had signed up for a short-service commission as medical officer for the Royal Air Force in Changi, Singapore, to start at the beginning of the summer. But there was a problem; I had an obsession for motor racing....
My early days of racing gave very few opportunities, starting with a Sprite I slowly progressed to Formula Ford and...
Mallory Park, Leicestershire, UK August 22, 2015 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
When the greats of historic motoring racing reappear at Silverstone in July for the Silverstone Classic, many fans will have their first chance to see what motor racing was like 100 years ago. Though Edwardian cars are not new in historic competition, they have rarely been part of the major...
The Napier-Bentley was created as a one-off special, built in 1968 by original owner Peter Morley on a Sunbeam Chassis....
Mallory Park, Leicestershire, UK August 12, 2017 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
The Vintage Sports-Car Club enjoyed an epic season finale at Mallory Park last Saturday, with its annual Bob Gerard Memorial Trophies at the popular Leicestershire circuit. From another eclectic 11-Race program of events for Pre-war and Historic Racing and Sports-Cars, it was local Arnesby-based racer Tony Lees who epitomized the...
F1-67 “NONDA” Think back, if you can, to the 1950s, ’60s, ’70s and possibly even the ’80s. Did you ever...