| Competition Class results - Photo of every car | Regularity Class results Photo of ever car | |
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The event started in glorius sunshine at
Brands Hatch. The Regularity class did their laps first, followed by two
exciting races.
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Mike Smith & Peter Scott ran ahead of the field on the first day. |
In the first race, John Clark in his E-type Jaguar leads the field through Paddock Hill bend. | Nick Faure in his Porsche 356 chased the Lotus Elite of Malcolm Ricketts at Brands Hatch. Unfortunately, the Porsche did not make it to the next stage. |
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The second race saw Howard Redhouse grab an early lead. |
The field streams through Graham Hill bend. | Michael Strasoldo hard at work in his vintage Talbot 105. |
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John Grant in his Chevron B16 powers through the field on his way to winning the second race. |
Julian Bronson's Riley Blue Streak had a great dice with the P Blakeney-Edwards Fraser Nash before retiring from the event with a mechanical failure. | Next major stop was the Brooklands museum. |
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The cars drove around the museum at Brooklands, before venturing out on to part of the original banking. |
From Brooklands, the cars immediately entered the fantastic Mercedes World complex, for a thrash around the test track facilities. | The Robert Newton/Mark Bennett Bristol 401 negotiates the skid pan part of the Mercedes World test track. |
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Mark Smith throws the Ford Escort round the test track. |
Tour Britannia was given special access to drive 'The Long Walk' in Windsor Great Park, which is restricted to vehicles. | The Copper horse on Snow hill can be seen in the distance. |
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The Fraser Nash passes the Gate House and the George IV gateway. |
Windsor castle lies at the end of the Long Walk. | Best of British. |
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The second day started racing at Donington park. |
Due to a mix up by the circuit, only the first of the two races was able to take place. | The Fraser Nash mixed it up with more modern machinery. |
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Next circuit on the tour was Mallory Park. |
Alfa Romeo | The grid lines up for the first race at Mallory Park. |
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David Wenman in his Aston Martin DB2/4 leads a group through the Essses in the first race at Mallory Park. |
Mike Anderson (Porsche 911s) is chased by eventual class winner Richard Frankel (Alfa Romeo GTAm) out of the Mallory Park hairpin. |
Richard Frankel Alfa Romeo GTAm in action at Mallory Park. |
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Harvey Death Morris Mini Cooper S leads a group of high powered sportscars towards Devils Elbow at Mallory Park. |
The second race gets underway. Because of the problems at Donington Park, the second race group got two races at Mallory Park. |
The main pack swarm throigh the esses. |
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Steve Tandy (Jaguar E Type Lightweight) leads Richard Lloyd (Chevrolet Camaro Z28) and the Wiseberg Porsche 911 round the hairpin at Mallory park. |
Battle of the Loti. Joe Twyman in his Lotus 7 series 3 battled hard to keep John Sheldon's Lotus Elan behind him at Mallory Park. |
A Wiseberg (Porsche 911) suffered various damage during the tour, including this puncture at Mallory Park. |
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Ted Williams Chevrolet Corvette leads Steve Tandy's Jaguar E Type Lightweight into the hairpin at Mallory park. |
Martin Sharp and Franca Davenport Mercedes-Benz 230SL pose with Geoff Lister and John Davenport Porsche 911RS |
The third and final day of the tour saw racing action at Oulton Park. Even the Regularity boys mixed it up a bit. Here John Ruston/Rupert Bravery in their Talbot 105 dice with Bristol 401 of Robert Newton and Mark Bennet. |
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Martin Sharp and Franca Davenport Mercedes-Benz 230SL in action at Oulton Park on the last day. |
Jonathan Turner's AC Ace slips inside David Wenman's Aston Martin DB2/4 at Lodge corner, OltonPark. |
Battling to the end, the Porsche 911 pair of Howard Redhouse and Nick Whale who went on to finish 3rd and 2nd overall in the competition class. |
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The Talbot 105 of Gareth Burnett leads the Porsche 911 of Robi Bernberg through Lodge corner at Oulton Park. |
The Fraser Nash of P Blakeney-Edwards/A Hall going through Weston Park. On their 2nd run, they managed to flip the car in to a ditch. |
Unlikely rally car. The Chevron B16 of John Grant/Charles Elwell managed the rough with the smooth to win the competition class outright |
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