Classic & Sports Car UK – September 2019

34 Classic & Sports Car September 2019

It wasa hotweekendat theHistoric

SportsCar Club’sLegends of

BrandsHatchSuperprixon29-30

June.Therewasa shockinthe

secondHistoricFormulaFord

race,whenrace-onewinnerandthe

series’dominantforceCameron

Jackson(WinkelmannWDF2)was

defeated byreturnee Richard

Tarling(JaymanT2).

MichaelLyonswasuntouchable

intheXLAuroraTrophyracesin

hisLolaT400,sotoobothDunlop

SaloonCarCupcontestsinthe

EggenbergerFordSierraRS500

Cosworth.GaryPearson(Jaguar

E-type)sealedtheJaguarClassic

Challenge,despitea determined

chasebyduoBenShortandseries

newcomerSimonOrange(E-type).

Itwasanall-Lotus70sRoad

Sportspodium,withJeremyClark

triumphantinhisElanS4,Will

Leverett(Europa)secondandhis

dad,Mark(ElanS4),third.Kevin

Kivlochan(ACCobra)claimed

Theswelteringheatcooled to

maketheGrandPrixHistoriquede

Bressuireon29-30Juneuncom-

fortable,ratherthanimpossible,for

thelargegridsin itsfourclasses.

IntheSportdivision,British

marquescomprised 18 ofthe 19

starters.StephenSkinnermastered

thetighttracktodominateinhis

1956 ex-worksTR3,whichhas’56

AlpineRallyand’57Sebring 12

Hoursprovenance.IntheCyclecar

class,BressuiredebutantDerek

ItwasamaidenchampionshiptriumphforSimonWebsterandJezRogersin

theirMk2FordEscortRS1800atAmmanandDistrictMotorClub’sRedKite

Stages,aroundoftheBritishHistoricRallyChampionship,on 23 June.

Despiteday-longpressurefromthesimilarcarofSteveBennettand

OsianOwen,Webster/Rogerswonbyjusttwoseconds,aidedbyafreshset

ofreartyresforthefinalstage–bywhichtimethemorning’sthickdusthad

beenreplacedbyheavyrain.Anditwasanall-Mk2topthree,completed

byRudiLancasterandco-driverGuyWeaver.

Category 2 honourswenttoStanleyOrrandGrahamHendersonaboard

aMk1,withthePinto-poweredMk2ofJoshBrowneandJaneEdgington

toppingclassD3.Butitwasn’tallEscortstakinghometherally’stop

trophies:brothersMalcolmandRonaldMounseyprevailedinclassD2

intheirSunbeamTalbot,whileclassD4honourswereclaimedbythe

TriumphTR7V8ofDavidKynastonandValThompson.

FORESTFIRSTINSOUTHWALES

Sibthorpe’s 1946 MGTCshoweda

clean pair of heels to circuit special-

ist Adiel van Hecke (1939 MG TA

Special). The Tourisme class had a

more Gallic hue, with Vincent and

Céline Auboin fighting in their

Renault 4CVs; Vincent prevailed.

And had Jean-René Popot’s ’72

Formula Renault FR2M not hit

problems, the Monoplace class

outcome might have been different

• instead Raymond Adam (1972
  MEP X27) led throughout.

SPORT

theHistoricRoadSportshonours.

Timothy DeSilva(Brabham

BT2)tookHistoricFormulaJunior

victory,CharlieAllison(Chevron

B8)theGuardsTrophy,andthe

twoThundersportswinswentthe

wayof JohnBurton(ChevronB26).

IntheHistoricGrandPrixCars

Associationraces,RichardWilson

(FerrariDinoBR01)andRodJolley

(Lister-Jaguar)sharedPre’61

spoils,withtwoPre’66victoriesfor

BarryCannell(BrabhamBT11A).

RichardTarlingdefendsfromausuallydominantCameronJacksononBrands’GPcircuit

FourvictoriesforLyons,twointheSierra

JaguarClassicChallengewinforPearson

StephenSkinnersteeredhishistory-richTriumphtovictoryataboiling-hotBressuire

Scorching Superprix hits Brands

MIKE DAVIS

ERIC SAWYER

COLIN

PORTER

High pressure in Bressuire

Car 1995 Jaguar

XJ6 4.0

Series Jaguar

Enthusiasts’ Club

Jaguar Saloon &

GT Championship

“I started in April 2017, so I’m

still a newbie. At first I didn’t

have a clue what to do – some

would say nothing much has

changed! – but the other drivers

pointed me in the right direction;

they’re brilliant and very

welcoming. My XJ started life

as a police car in Manchester,

and it’s already taken me to a

class win – I was so emotional

that I came off the track on

the cooling down lap, all rather

embarrassing. The class battles

are very tight and I have the

best time racing with the JEC.”

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MICHAEL HOLT