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Milestones celebrated as VSCC racing season starts

SILVERSTONE

VSCC

20-21 APRIL

The Vintage Sports-Car Club is entering its 90th year in 2024, and it wasn’t the only anniversary being celebrated as the club’s new racing season got under way with two days of action at Silverstone.

It’s also 90 years since English Racing Automobiles unveiled its first chassis – the R1A – at Brooklands. An ERA-themed Patrick Lindsay Memorial Trophy race was held to toast the occasion, and it didn’t disappoint. Less than a second separated VSCC vice-president Nick Topliss (R4A) and Ian Baxter (Alta) throughout, with Topliss taking the win while Mark

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