Historic Racing
Group C Racing at Spa-Francorchamps
The Spa-Francorchamps circuit was full of classic cars during the RMU Classic 2010 on May 21-23. Historic F1 cars were joined by historic sportscars for a nice weekend of racing on the classic Belgian circuit. Milo Kol and Gabriel Portos went to Belgium for Planetlemans. One of the highlights of the weekend was the Group C Racing season opener. Twenty-two Group C cars were entered, including two Mercedes-Benz (Sauber) C11s and three Nissans. [...]
The ACO’s Porsche 917 LH has been restored!
On Tuesday 8th June at 11h00 in the hands of Gérard Larrousse it will roar into life again at Le Mans.[...]
55 cars for Classic Endurance Racing at HTTT
The 2010 Classic Endurance Racing season will be a little bit different than it was in recent years. Unlike the previous season the historic sportscars will not race at all the Le Mans Series events but only at Paul Ricard HTTT, Spa-Francorchamps and Silverstone. Two other rounds will be held at Monza in June and again at Paul Ricard in October. Fifty-five cars are on the provisional entry list for the opening round.[...]
Didier Miquee passed away…
Sad news from France today where Classic Endurance Racing competitor Didier Miquee passed away after he suffered a heart attack while racing a Debora at the LM Story event taking place this weekend at Le Mans.[...]
Classic Endurance Racing – Luco wins at Barcelona
The Classic Endurance Racing season opener at the Circuit de Catalunya near Barcelona, Spain had over 40 cars taking part. Highlights of the first weekend were a Porsche 935 ‘Moby Dick’, a Sauber C5, the Ferrari’s 712 and 512 BBLM as well as the regular Porsche 936.[...]
Classic Endurance Racing 2009 plans!
The Classic Endurance Racing 2009 calendar has arrived! The most famous European Historic series will open, as during the last years,the Le Mans Series meetings.
This fifth season main novelty is a third round on the recently launched Algarve racetrack, in the South of Portugal. This appointment, under the sign of modernity and technology for the [...]
Classic Endurance Racing – Silverstone Report
The final round of the 2008 Classic Endurance Racing season took place at the Silverstone circuit. Corentine Quiniou went into the final round as the leader of the series, ahead of her father Michel. Michel would only have one chance of beating his daught; taking a win himself and hoping his daughter would not score (m)any points.[...]
RIP Phil Hill (20-04-1927 – 28-08-2008)
A true American racing legend passed away today. Phil Hill, a former Formula 1 world champion and three times Le Mans 24 Hours winner, died in a hospital in Salinas, California. Hill had Parkinson’s Disease and was taken to hospital after making a visit to the Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races.[...]
Classic Endurance Racing – Nürburgring Report
The penultimate round of the 2008 Classic Endurance Racing series took place at the Nürburgring, supporting the ‘ADAC 1000KM Rennen’. 41 cars started the weekend, with several new additions in the field. Eventually 37 cars were seen in the race. One of the highlights was the Porsche 908 that was entered for Sascha Maassen.[...]
Le Mans Classic – Grid 6
The most “recent” period at Le Mans Classic with a limit of 1979 for the newest car reflected again the changes after the golden age of prototypes. The evolution would go on for the 3 and 2 liter classes with Chevron, Lola and other smaller constructors trying to match Matra first and Porsche later. The GTs would also follow suit and some supercars of the time like the Ferrari 512, Porsche 935 and the BMW M1 would also get numerous entries at La Sarthe[...]
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