The Tour Auto in France, the Tour d’Espagne in Spain, the Tour of Morocco and several other events which combine racing cars, public roads, circuit races, special rally stages, and hill climbs have all gained in popularity and following over the last several years. Britain is one of the few serious classic car countries, which has not had a similar event. All this changed between September 5–8, 2005.
In the 1970s, the Avon Motor Tour of Britain took place in 1973 for the first time, with modern cars covering races and stages around most of the UK. James Hunt and Robert Fearnall won in a Chevy Camaro entered by Alan Rivers. I was in the Ford works team with Grand Prix-driver Vern Schuppan in a Ford Consul GT. The event ran for a few years and died out, during a time of fuel shortage and decreasing interest by spectators in modern cars.
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