Magic moments of 2019
There was never a dull moment on my 2019 historic and club racing travails, made more enjoyable by new elements. Sweden’s longest-established classic car race meeting at Knutstorp, the Historic Racing Drivers Club’s splendid Lydden Hill debut and the Historic Sports Car Club’s first visit to Anglesey all left lasting impressions. But it was also a season of long-anticipated and unexpected happenings. The realisation of years of promise for Historic Formula 2 – which showcases the stunning cars of my youth and trumped diluted three-litre F1 across the board this term – and a heroic drive in the Spa Six Hours made indelible memories.
Bathurst record-setter a car to behold
Tony Longhurst’s sensational 1990 Bathurst 1000 qualifying lap record-setting Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 turned heads at Brands Hatch in June. Had I been able to make another trip to
