Autosport – 25 July 2019

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SUB-EDITOR Peter Hodges CONTRIBUTORS Graham Keilloh, Matt Kew, Marcus Pye ART EDITOR Lynsey Elliott SENIOR DESIGNER Michael Cavalli

ADVERTISING ENQUIRIES Don Rupal (email [email protected])

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Silverstone Classic guide

We pick out 10 things to look out for

at this weekend’s big historic event

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A pinch of Capri Spice

One of the greatest exponents of the

Ford icon recalls what made it so good

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Leading historic racer gives his view on

the Silverstone Classic and GP circuit

12

Classic Team Lotus

How it grew out of a great name and

has expanded beyond all expectation

18

Better late than never

Patrick Blakeney-Edwards and Martin

Hunt have become a formidable duo

22

Star cars

Marcus Pye profi les eight fi ne historic

race cars that are still active

28

Reviving old racers

KW Heritage is using new technology

to bring historic machines back to life

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How to rally and race

Nigel Brain shows just how versatile

an MGB can be in historic competition

34

Club guide

Key contacts if you want to fi nd out

more about the historics scene

Editor

The Silverstone Classic has been one of the

biggest events on the UK racing calendar

for many years now, so it seemed the

right time for the second edition of

the Autosport Historics supplement.

One of the big appeals of the Silverstone

Classic is the sheer breadth of machinery

that will battle it out around the Grand

Prix circuit. From pre-war sportscars to

Historic Formula 1 machines of the 1980s,

via various eras of tin-top, there really

is something for everyone. And that’s

before we get on to the subject of the

GTs and sports-racers of the Masters

Endurance Legends, which gloriously

stretch the defi nition of ‘historic’!

As well as picking out some of the

highlights to look out for this weekend

on page 4, we also speak to Gordon

Spice – surely one of the greatest British

Touring Car drivers never to lift the

overall crown – about the Ford Capri,

which is now 50 years old (p8).

This supplement isn’t only about the

weekend coming up. There are so many

great cars, drivers and companies in

historic motorsport that it is diffi cult

to know where to begin. But in this

instalment, we take a look at the history of

Classic Team Lotus (p12) as Clive Chapman

• son of Colin – explains how an evening
  ‘hobby’ of looking after ageing racing cars
  gradually grew into a successful business.
  One that has helped get some very special
  cars back on the race track.
  We also talk to historic racing
  frontrunners Patrick Blakeney-Edwards
  and Martin Hunt (p18), Marcus Pye picks
  out some star cars you can still see in
  competition (p22), and KW Heritage shows
  how modern technology can be used to
  help revive old machines in new ways (p28).

Historic stars get ready

to gather at Silverstone

KEVIN

TURNER

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