Roger Albert Clark Rally and Boucles de Spa link up

Two of the most popular and demanding historic rallies in Europe have formed a unique partnership, which will result in the winner of the Roger Albert Clark Rally having the chance to compete in the Boucles de Spa 0n 20 February 2010. In a reciprocal arrangement, the winner of the Boucles de Spa will be able to contest the 2010 Roger Albert Clark Rally.

The organisers of the two events, both rightly recognised as their country’s top historic event, have formed an alliance to cross-promote their events to competitors across Europe.

When Touring Cars turned heads!

British Touring Car Racing –
The crowd’s favourite – late 1960s to 1990
By Peter Collins

These evocative pictures of British Touring Car racing will bring back some happy memories. British Touring Car Racing, a new book from Veloce Publishing’s Those were the Days … series is an affectionate, mainly pictorial panorama of twenty-odd years of the British Touring Car Championship, from the anarchical 1960s and early 1970s of flared wheelarches, lifting wheels and smoking tyres, through the Group 1 years when the rule-makers tried to make the cars look standard and, as a result, slowed them down.

Abarth introduces Trofeo GB series with official launch day

Comedian Patrick Kielty and supermodel Jodie Kidd were among guests at Silverstone race circuit last week as Abarth launched the UK version of its hugely successful Trofeo 500 race series.

Smith caps title win with World Series by Renault test

Michelin Formula Renault UK Championship winner Dean Smith (Wolverhampton) fulfilled his champion’s prize on Tuesday, 27th October as he drove a Formula Renault 3.5 car on the 3.321-mile Motorland Aragon circuit.

The 3.5-litre, 425hp machine is used in the World Series by Renault, a Formula One feeder series that has seen Grand Prix winners Robert Kubica and Sebastian Vettel graduate in recent seasons.

Tony Jardine to guest at ANCRO awards dinner

The 2009 Pirelli MSA Gravel Rally Championship Gala Awards Dinner takes place on Saturday 14th November 2009 at the Barcelo Daventry Hotel whereby Formula One TV pundit Tony Jardine will be guest of honour and after-dinner speaker.

Jardine, who competes regularly usually at the wheel of a Ford Fiesta ST, is also President of the Southern Car Club, and it is they who organise the traditional opening round of the ANCRO series, Rallye Sunseeker.

Volkswagen presents World’s most eco-friendly one-make cup

Following the successful debut of the compressed natural gas-powered Scirocco GT24-CNG at the Nürburgring 24-hour race, Volkswagen is launching a one-make Bio-CNG-powered race series in 2010.  With a CO2 reduction of 80 per cent being achieved in combination with Bio-CNG, the Scirocco Cup will demonstrate that major innovative strides are still being made in motorsport and make it the most eco-friendly one-make championship in the world.

Brick and Steel 205 Ecosse Challenge – Cheviot Keith Knox Stages Roundup

Garry Pearson scored his first Brick and Steel 205 Ecosse Challenge win on Sunday’s Cheviot Keith Knox Stages. The teenager from Duns was a last-minute entry to the rally after a rapid rebuild of his wrecked car – but once the action started Pearson and co-driver Dave Robson simply blew their opposition away.

Garry’s Border Rally Sport team burned the midnight oil to get the Peugeot 205 GTi back to full fettle following a heavy accident on last month’s Colin McRae Forest Stages. Pearson and Robson repaid their team’s hard work with a resounding victory, marking Garry’s first 205 win after a full year of rallying.

Le Mans winner enters Roger Albert Clark Rally

Guy Smith, winner at Le Mans in 2003 for Bentley, will tackle the 2009 Roger Albert Clark Rally alongside his father Peter in what will be Guy’s third-ever rally.

The world-renowned sports car racer will contest the four-day rally in a historic specification Ford Escort RS2000, while Peter will be in his regular Porsche 911 for his first attempt at the 13-16 November rally.