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Just to remind everyone that the home page tends to restrict itself to updates on our upcoming races, and that any other news appears under our NEWS section in the menu above.

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MERRY CHRISTMAS

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!

TO ALL OUR MEMBERS AND FRIENDS.

FROM THE FISCAR TEAM

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The POM!

The VSCC has again invited us to their excellent Pomeroy Trophy, taking place on 22nd February, 2025. Andrew Tarring has written:-

‘We are delighted to announce that entries are now open for the 2025 Pomeroy Trophy on the Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit, utilising the Historic circuit configuration. We would be delighted to have some of your members on the entry list. FISCAR is one of our invited Clubs and we hope you will accept this invitation.

We have improved the entry form so it can now be filled in, saved and then returned to the VSCC.

The event remains open to any car, old or new. In an era where track time has become increasingly costly, the Pomeroy Trophy offers a unique opportunity. It's a chance to put your winter upgrades to the test, experience something different, and to enjoy a truly fun day out surrounded by an eclectic mix of cars and like-minded enthusiasts. 

The Pomeroy Trophy is a truly unique competition, one of the few times you will witness pre-War cars competing against their modern counterparts in a single-day event. The objective is simple yet exhilarating; to determine the best touring car, with a series of challenges that test a car's performance and its driver's skill.

The entry fee is £326 for road legal cars

JT - 08/12/2024

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2024 Chairman’s Report

After about 6 redrafts, Richard Culverhouse has finally released my annual report. No sooner circulated than my attention is drawn to the absence of the early bird fee, which, unfortunately, I ‘mislaid’ during the course of one of the redrafts! It’s £50 only, which I trust members will agree is very good value.

I’m also advised that Hans devices should make no difference in drivers changeovers, so I claim that I was either misinformed or failed to understand what was said to me - a symptom of my senility no doubt. However, notwithstanding that we still need to make a decision regarding the length of our pit stops which we will announce well before the start of next season. In the meantime, any feedback from those members who share drives would be welcome! JT - 27/11/2024

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Our 2025 Season!

Whilst nothing is ever completely cast in stone, this is our calendar for the 2025 season:-  

• ·         April 5 - VSCC Spring Start – Silverstone

• ·         May 24 – VSCC - Donington

• ·         June 21 - Thruxton Historics

• ·         August 9th - Bentley Drivers Club, Silverstone

• ·         September (probably 20/21st) - Castle Combe Autumn Classic (which day yet to be confirmed).

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Castle Combe Autumn Classic

A successful finale to a very successful season of FISCAR racing!

A big thank you to all the members who supported our race on Saturday, endured a very long day and, at the end of it, put on a great spectacle in what were probably the best weather, if not track, conditions of the day. Thanks to non racing members who popped in, some of whom helped out and particularly, Jeremy Woods, who provided some welcome extra sweet sustenance. Finally, many thanks to Richard Culverhouse, Richard Winchester, Mark Campbell and Jackie Williams for making things happen and the day such a success.

The brief race report will appear in the ‘NEWS’ section within a couple of days followed by the usual much longer one in due course. I have also yet to complete the BDC photo gallery. JT - 23/09/2024

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Castle Combe entry looking good - see NEWS section

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Castle Combe - 21st September

Entries for the above are coming in but there are plenty of spaces still available, so please enter before 18th September if it’s in your plans to do so.

JT - 31/08/2024

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Yesterday!

A fabulous race at the Bentley Drivers Club meeting, Silverstone, yesterday. 40 cars entered, of which 37 got into the race, albeit a couple started a bit later than the others! A big thank you to all members who entered, attended and contributed to this fine spectacle. There was plenty of very positive feedback about our entry and race. I will go through the normal reporting process as soon as possible but I will be contacting entrants over the next few days, starting with those that for whatever reason I was unable to speak to during the day.

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Entries for BDC, 10th August, closed yesterday - see NEWS section for a few more deTails!

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BDC - Silverstone - 10th August

Entries for our race at BDC are looking good but a few more could make this one of our best ever grids. There’s still time!

The Thruxton race report is now complete, packed with photos from this great day!

JT - 14/07/2024

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Notes!

BDC has confirmed that entries for our race at Silverstone is already into double figures and now that our very successful Thruxton race is over, I’m hoping that members will now flock to enter this great meeting, so please keep those entries coming.

In the meantime, in our NEWS section, Brian Arculus has provided his first impressions of the new Continental tyre with which his lovely Lotus Elite was shod for Thruxton!

JT - 26/06/2024

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Onto BDC, Silverstone!

Well, what an eventful day at Thruxton yesterday; my report will be longer than ever (bad luck, folks!) but what a fabulous grid and with the best paddock location in the sunny conditions and a great level of camaraderie. The short report will appear in the NEWS section within 24 hours.

Now, onto the BDC, Silverstone. I understand that a number of you have already entered, but now that Thruxton is over, I hope that many more members will follow suit. It would be great to give BDC, with whom we have a long racing association, our biggest and best grid ever, and I believe we are now in a position to do that. Please click on the button link below!

JT - 23/06/2024

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Thruxton Historics

There are just a very few more days to get your entry in to join what is already a lovely and interesting grid. See the NEWS section for more info - JT - 15/06/2024

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Bits and Pieces

Please see the NEWS section for Thruxton updates and also note that the Spring Start race report will be completed in the next couple of days with the addition of yet more photographs. Above all else, please see the note below re Thruxton entries. We need more!! JT - 04/06/2024

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Thruxton Historics - 22nd June

Please keep those entries coming. We put a pretty good show on last year but we need to do even better this year if we want to retain this rare slot

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BDC - Silverstone, 10th August.

Please note that entry forms are not yet available but the BDC have told us that they will issue us with a link to the entry form in the next couple of days. Please note that I will be away for a few days and will put the link up next weekend. Richard will also include it when he sends his next circular out to members.

In the meantime, please keep those entries for Thruxton coming in. You should have received them in the last circular but if not, please contact Richard Culverhouse (or me, if you can wait a few days!) and we can send one to you. JT - 19/05/2024

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We had a truly fantastic grid and race, in memory of Richard Bell, yesterday at Silverstone. We could have filled the grid on our own. I’ll put a brief report in the NEWS section over the next couple of days.

In the meantime, our thoughts turn to Thruxton. It is important that we continue to maintain the momentum of recent races and put on another great show of our fabulous cars. Get your entry in to avoid disappointment!

JT - 22/04/2024

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NOTE: Thruxton Historics Date change!

At the request of BARC, Thruxton, we have agreed to move our race to Saturday, June 22nd. Our calendar now looks like this :-

• April 21st - VSCC Spring Start - Silverstone

  Entries to this race are filling up rapidly, so get your entry in fast!

• June 22nd - Thruxton Historics

  In the revised draft timetable for Saturday, we are Race 1, which means that we can get away early or hang around to relax/socialise and/or watch some of the afernoon’s racing!

• August 10th - Bentley Drivers Club, Silverstone

• September 21st - Castle Combe Autumn Classic

  JT - 31/03/2024

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The Richard Bell Memorial Trophy - VSCC Spring Start, 21st April

Entries are filling up rapidly for our race with the VSCC, which will also include a few cars for the VSCC Hawthorn International so if you are intending to enter, you should do so now. There are already 26 cars entered (and maybe others already in the pipeline) and we are restricted to a 34 car grid!

JT - 26/03/2024

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Please note that I will be away for a couple of weeks, so will not be in a position to answer any emails. However, if anything urgent arises, Richard Culverhouse will be able to deal with this (his email address appears on our circulars).

JT - 10/03/2024

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VSCC Spring Start entry form now available here:-

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AMENDMENT! : Please note that our Thruxton race has been confirmed as Sunday, and that our race at Castle Combe will be on Saturday. Revised list below:-

• April 21st - VSCC Spring Start - Silverstone

• June 23rd - Thruxton Historics

• August 10th - Bentley Drivers Club, Silverstone

• September 21st - Castle Combe Autumn Classic

  JT Amended 29/02/2024

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IMPORTANT NOTICE

May I please ask all members who pay their renewals via Paypal, NOT to do so, as the club has no way of accessing these funds at the moment. The buttons in the right hand column here are still disconnected, but you can now contact me via the normal contact method in the above menu (top right).

I am now advised that the issues that have prevented some members accessing this site have now been addressed. JT - 20/01/2024

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‘Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all our members and readers!’

Here’s hoping that 2024 produces another great FISCAR racing season!

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Please note a slight revision to our race date for Spring Start. The VSCC have moved our race to Sunday, 21st April. Revised list below:-

• April 21st - VSCC Spring Start - Silverstone

• June 22/23 - Thruxton Historics (which day not yet confirmed)

• August 10th - Bentley Drivers Club,Silverstone

• September (probably 21/22nd) - Castle Combe Autumn Classic (which day yet to be confirmed).

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1949 Healey Elliott for sale

I would normally put this straight into the ‘cars of sale’ section but this is being sold by Bonhams in an online auction which has only 6 days left to run. This is a very rare car. A number of these Riley powered Elliotts were raced in the early 1950s and this appears to be one of them. All I can say is that if I had the money and were at least 10 years younger, I’d be bidding! A fabulous restoration project, it has an aluminium body, would look great on a FISCAR grid, albeit at the back, and would I imagine get invited to Goodwood, since I know that examples raced there in period! I’ve also just found a photo of this very car at Snetterton in 1953!

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The ‘POM’

I’m pleased to say that Andrew Tarring, Competition Secretary of VSCC has contacted us to again invite FISCAR members to this special event:-

‘We are delighted to announce that entries are now open for the 2024 Pomeroy Trophy on the Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit utilising the Historic circuit configuration, we would be delighted to have some of your Members on the entry list, FISCAR is one of our invited Clubs. We have improved the entry from so it can now be filled in, saved and then returned to the VSCC.

The event remains open to any car, old or new. In an era where track time has become increasingly costly, the Pomeroy Trophy offers a unique opportunity. It's a chance to put your winter upgrades to the test, experience something different, and to enjoy a truly fun day out surrounded by an eclectic mix of cars and like-minded enthusiasts.

The entry fee is £308 for road legal cars(£220 for pre-1940s cars), and £335 for non-road legal Gordon Spice Cup contenders, providing 40 minutes of track time on the Silverstone Historic Grand Prix circuit, making it a genuinely competitive endeavour.’

JT - 11/12/2024

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The Richard Bell Memorial Trophy

Yesterday, I picked up our new trophy in memory of Richard which members will be racing for at the VSCC, Spring Start next April. This will be awarded annually, and below a photo - apologies for the reflections, it’s very shiny!

JT- 09/12/2023

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New Tyre option for FISCAR

FISCAR’s regulation tyre has always been the Dunlop L series cross ply, with an option to use the Blockley cross ply equivalent where it is available. However, following the FIA’s homologation of the new Continental cross ply tyre, we are pleased to be able to add this new tyre to our options to increase the choice to our members. It may help to view the link to the homologation document here:-

CONVERTISSEURS CATALYTIQUES HOMOLOGUES PAR LA FIA

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Update

The full race report for Castle Combe is now complete with masses of photos. I’ll shortly be embarking on the Annual Report and below is a reminder of our 2024 racing season.

• April 20th - VSCC Spring Start - Silverstone

• June 22/23 - Thruxton Historics (which day not yet confirmed)

• August 10th - Bentley Drivers Club,Silverstone

• September (probably 21/22nd) - Castle Combe Autumn Classic (which day yet to be confirmed).

We had hoped that we would be invited to VSCC, Donington, but are given to understand that they have a number of anniversaries to celebrate at this event which precludes a 50s sports car race, unfortunately. We hope to add one event in July. JT - 31/10/2023

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We had a really good grid at Castle Combe last Saturday, our best of the year and, in fact, probably our best for several years. My usual brief report will appear in the NEWS section shortly, and will be followed (eventually!!) by the full version.

In the meantime, I am able to confirm that for 2024, we have again been invited to VSCC Spring Start (20th April), , Thruxton Historics (June 22/23) and Bentley Drivers (10th August) these dates are all very likely but yet to be officially confirmed. Mark Campbell seems pretty confident that we will be invited back to the Castle Combe Autumn Classic. I think that a 5 race season suits us perfectly, so we have to identify one more to complete the 2024 calendar. We’ll firm up on all the dates as soon as possible but you have enough info here, I hope to keep 4 weekends clear in your diary! JT - 25/09/2023

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Castle Combe - 23/09/2023 - Again!

Entries for this race continue to trickle in and Classes 3 & 4 are looking very good. However, we are very short of the quicker Class 1 & 2 cars. Officially closing date is 11th September but we will continue to accept entries for a few days after that but at a higher fee.

We are intending to provide a larger area of shelter and Jackie will be providing food, as usual, but with some additional morsels. I am now in possession of some FISCAR car stickers which a number of you have been asking about, and just to remind you that as well as the on the day awards, our annual cups will be awarded. We hope to see as many of you as possible at this FISCAR end of season race at this great meeting.

Please also note that discussions concerning our 2024 season are well advanced, and we may be able to announce some dates at Castle Combe. JT - 07/09/2023

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Castle Combe - 23/09/2023

Closing date for Castle Combe gets ever closer, and whilst we have a reasonably good entry for Class 4 and the Invitation class, we are light on Class 3 cars and have absolutely no entries at all for Class 1 or Class 2. I do hope that members will address this situation asap for this, our season finale to cap what has, so far, been a better year for us. We have bought this grid so we need a good turnout to ensure that the club remains on a sound financial basis. The usual annual awards will be presented there, and over in the NEWS section I have placed the current tables along with, underneath, various other pieces of news. JT - 30/08/2023

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The full report for our race at BDC is now complete, with race results, and contains over 100 photos - I had over 300 to chose from! JT - 25/08/2023

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Richard Bell

Some of our members will already know this but it is with great regret and sadness that I have to advise you of the death, earlier this week, of our very good friend, Richard Bell. Richard was founder member of FISCAR and our Club Secretary, responsible for all the financial aspects of the club and membership issues, as well as the maintenance of our website.  Although, in recent years, his lack of mobility prevented him from attending our races, he remained keenly interested, enthusiastic and involved. He and I were in regular contact, and I will miss his quiet but incredible support. He kept in touch with our activities through the race reports and he particularly loved the photographs of our main professional photographer, Mick Walker.

On behalf of FISCAR, I wish to convey our sincerest condolences to Meredyth, Alex, Imogen, Chris and Charlie, other relatives and friends for their very sad loss.  JT

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Brilliant day at Silverstone yesterday with the BDC. Thank you to all those who participated, and for some very fine driving in pretty difficult conditions. I will place a brief report in the NEWS section tomorrow.

We now look forward to our season finale at Castle Combe and let’s keep the momentum going and increase entry levels further. Some of you may already have entry forms, but Richard will be sending them out in a circular, shortly. JT - 13/08/2023

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REMINDER!

Entries to our race at BDC, Silverstone on 12th August, close on 7th August and the BDC tell me that there will be ‘no exceptions’.

JT - 02/08/2023

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The race report for VSCC, Donington has now been completed. It includes full results and many splendid photos from Mick Walker.

Next race is at Silverstone with the Bentley Drivers Club, on 12th August. Let’s make it a good one with a great grid!

19/07/2023

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Many thanks to members who supported our joint race with the VSCC. Our thoughts and attention now turn to our race at BDC, Silverstone, 12th August where we hope that a substantially greater number of members will enter. This is a lovely old style club meeting and is one of those where we guarantee the organising club a minimum fee for our grid but also take a share in the profit above that minimum. Please support it if you can, by clicking on the entry button which appears further down the page. Hope to see you there. JT - 10/07/2023

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The full race report for Thruxton, complete with results and over 60 photographs has now been completed. Now onto Donington this coming Sunday!

JT - 07/07/2023

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VSCC, Donington, 9th July

This meeting is fast approaching and whilst I realise that some of you wanted to await the outcome at Thruxton, entries are currently quite low. The VSCC advise me that the official closing date is this coming Sunday and although I would like to think that they would accept late entries, better to be safe than sorry. JT - 22/06/2023

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Thruxton is now over, so thanks to our members, invitees and guest drivers for making this a memorable grid and race. A brief report will appear in the NEWS section, followed as usual by the full report in due course. Please note that your race reporter is tied up (not literally!) for a few days and then on holiday for a week, so there may not be too much to see for a while.

We now focus on Donington, another track that we haven’t been to for some years, so please get your entries in order to resample this great track.

JT - 19/06/2023

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Entries for both VSCC, Donington and BDC, Silverstone have been open for somewhile and indeed at least 4 of you have already entered at BDC. However, for ease of access, I now add button links:-

JT - 07/06/2023

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Thruxton Entries

We have had a gentle trickle of entries for our Thruxton race but time is short and we need more if we are to make this a rare opportunity to showcase FISCAR and it’s fascinating range of 1950s cars properly at this venue. Our Invitation class cars are also most welcome to enter. I implore anyone thinking of entering, to do so - we may not get another chance. I am pleased to report that you will be sharing the grid with a full team of 3 Aston Martins for the first time in many years but a number of our stalwarts for various reasons are unable to enter, so please, please make the effort, if you can.

Later today, I will put links up to the entries for VSCC, Donington and BDC, Silverstone and I know that a few of you have already found them. I will also be posting in the News and Cars For Sale sections about a very exciting and special project entirely suitable for FISCAR.

JT - 07/06/2023

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Thruxton Historics, 17th June - Entries Open!

Richard Culverhouse has just sent entry forms to everyone on his membership database. I have also sent some out to new/recent and/or Invitation members to ensure maximum coverage. If you read this and haven’t received an entry form by the end of today, please contact me or Richard, or if you don’t have our e-m addresses, make contact via the site (see menu above). I cannot emphasise enough how important it is to our club that we present a really good quality grid at this, our first race at Thruxton. Remember too, that you can make a weekend of it as Richard is offering a discount to our members for his races there on Sunday 18th.

JT - 17/05/2023

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Thruxton Historics - 17th June

We have just discovered that we have to produce the entry form and collect the entry fees for our race at Thruxton; hence the reason why you have heard nothing about this to date. Fear not however, as Richard Culverhouse is to prepare one over the next couple of days. The entry fee will be £445 in line with our other races this year and it is a rare opportunity to race on this track. It would be even better if we could provide a big grid and make it both a showcase for FISCAR and this meeting. Additionally, Richard will be running CMMC races there the following day, open to FISCAR cars and in his own words will offer ‘heavy discounts’ to our members, so why not make a weekend of it.

JT - 11/05/2023

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Our first race of the season took place yesterday at VSCC Spring Start. Thank you to all who entered our race and contributed to a truly lovely grid, in what turned out to be a great meeting with very good grids. Apologies to those I failed to catch up with during the day - it wasn’t for the want of trying. I’ll post a brief headline summary tomorrow under News and then start my usual longwinded race account in a couple of days.

JT - 23/04/2023

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VSCC Spring Start

Entries for our race at the above meeting have been trickling in steadily but we really need many more to make an impressive grid of our great cars so :-

PLEASE NOTE THAT ENTRIES TO OUR TOM COLE TROPHY RACE OFFICIALLY CLOSE THIS MONDAY, 10 APRIL

JT - 06/04/2023

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Membership Renewals and VSCC entries

To those of you who have already either joined us or renewed their membership, many thanks. Richard Bell has also sent out a whole tranche of reminders to draw attention to the expiry of the £60 ‘early bird’ offer on March 31st. Thereafter it will be £90. Of course, some of you may have already been contacted by me and responded accordingly.

Entries for VSCC Spring Start are trickling in but both VSCC and FISCAR hope for many more to make this a truly splendid grid and interesting grid, so please get your entry in soon. Richard Culverhouse will no doubt send a reminder out shortly but you can click on the button below to enter.

Finally, in order to ensure our pool of cars remains sufficient to provide decent sized and viable grids, I’ve agreed to a handful of requests from owner/drivers of, strictly speaking, non compliant but suitable cars to join us. They will have to be fitted with Dunlop L or Blockley equivalents and will not look out of place on the grid. Indeed, they will enhance it. None of them will be front runners, won’t be competing for class awards and have to pay full membership. I will list them in the news section, along with other news of existing members as soon as I have the time! (I’m shortly off on holiday for a week). JT - 27/03/2023

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VSCC Spring Start, 22 April

Entries are now open for our first race at Silverstone. Richard Culverhouse has just sent out a circular but you can also access the entry forms by clicking on the button below:-

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I am currently in the process of writing to all members, past and present to remind, persuade, cajole you to join us again and enjoy this season’s races. I don’t think anyone can argue the value of the low membership fee but we do need as many as possible to help offset our increasing involvement in contributing to the cost of our grids, so please join us if you can. (JT - 17/02/2023)

I’ve also been reminded by Richard Winchester about the pre Spring Start test day as follows:-

‘…. as in recent years Friday prior to Spring Start is a dedicated historic cars test day. Full info, costs and booking is through Silverstone website’ - hit button below.

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‘Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!’

To

All our members and readers

from the FISCAR Team

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The Pomeroy Trophy - 25 February 2023

The following message has been received from Tania Brown at the VSCC invites FISCAR members to enter the excellent ‘Pom’

‘Entries are accepted from fully paid up members of the VSCC and the following clubs:

MGCC, Morgan Sports Car Club, HRDC, FJHRA, 500OA, Equipe Classic Racing, BOC, 750MC, FISCAR, MAC, BARC, HSCC, AMOC, HGPCA, BDC, FJHRA, CSCC and Motor Racing Legends.   

We will also let you know as soon as entries are open and provide an entry form for non-members to complete.’

I should have posted this up earlier, so my apologies - JT - 9/12/2022

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Thruxton Historics, June 17/18th, 2023

I’m delighted to advise that we have been invited to provide a grid for the above meeting and have agreed a profit sharing arrangement with the circuit along similar lines to that with the BDC. This is a rare opportunity to race at Thruxton, so I hope that we can show the very best of FISCAR and provide a superb grid. Like the Castle Combe Autumn Classic, there should be a goodly number of spectators to show off our great cars to. Our race is most likely to be on the Saturday, 17th June.

It means that we now have 5 races at 4 different circuits so a variety of challenges. This maybe the sum total of our events for this coming season although, if possible, Richard and I hope that we may be able to offer one more for May.

On a separate note, we have set renewal and new member fees at a lowly £60 and £90 respectively, if you apply before the racing season starts, so I urge you to apply sooner rather than later. JT - 12/11/2022

We now have 4 dates for your 2023 diary:-

April 22nd - VSCC, Silverstone National

July 9th - VSCC, Donington,

August 12th - BDC, Silverstone National

September 23rd - Castle Combe Autumn Classic

We are still looking for a couple more and we are talking to one circuit that we haven’t been to for many years about the possibility of a June race, but very early days yet, so may go nowhere! JT - 28/10/2022

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The Castle Combe report is now completed and contains about 80 photographs, so you could say that it is well illustrated!

I note that I have yet to fully complete a couple of our earlier season race reports and will endeavour to do so.

We are working on the 2023 season and have two dates for your diary. We are invited to the VSCC Spring Start on the 22nd April where we will again run The Tom Cole Trophy alongside their VSCC Hawthorn International Trophy cars. I’m also delighted to confirm that they have also invited us to their Donington meeting on 9th July for a race to the same format. As many of you will know, I have long wanted FISCAR to return to Donington and and grateful to the VSCC for facilitating this. It is now down to us to support meeting with a substantial number of entries.

I have also had verbal, but not written, confirmation that we will again be invited to provide a race at BDC’s Silverstone meeting in August whioh following the success of this season will probably be later in the month than in previous years. JT - 25/10/2022

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A great day at Castle Combe on Saturday and with fabulous weather. You know the drill by now - I will place a brief race report in the News section, which on this occasion will include the end of the year league tables, and a longer race report with loads of photos, in due course. JT - 26/09/2022

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I have now completed both the VSCC and BDC race reports inclusive of race results and am in the process of adding photo galleries to both.

In the NEWS section, I have reported very briefly on the exploits of our members at the Goodwood Revival.

I look forward to catching up with those of you who have entered our race at The Castle Combe Autumn Classic this coming Saturday, our last race of the season, and the event at which we hand out our annual awards and Trophies as well as the ‘on the day’ awards. JT - 20/09/2022

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Please note that I am away now for 10 days, so please submit entry form requests for Castle Combe to Richard C or via the website contact details. We still need plenty more entries for our season finale so please do your best to support this race. JT - 02/09/2022

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A brief but salient note from Richard Culverhouse regarding Castle Combe

‘I know some of you may well be at Goodwood before then and may be worrying what our policy is in regard to any mechanical problems you might have there, which would preclude you participating at Combe if you put an entry in. As long as you have an entry in before September 5th (at a charge of £375) you would be able to withdraw that before Tuesday September 20th and get a full refund, less a small admin fee (£25).’

JT - 30/08/2022

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Entries are trickling in nicely for Castle Combe but please keep them coming. The entry fee is a very competitive £375 but does increase to £405 after the official closing date of 5th September so early entry is recommended.

The NEWS section now carries the various scores towards our annual awards and there is still plenty to play for!!

I continue to add sections to the BDC race report although I accept that my race pace in this endeavour is slow, but I will take the flag eventually!

JT - 27/08/2022

Castle Combe Autumn Classic Entry forms

Hopefully members will by now have received a circular from Richard Culverhouse attaching an entry form for our race at the Castle Combe Autumn Classic. If you have missed out, please contact Richard or myself, if you have our addresses, or via the contact point on this website. I cannot emphasise enough the importance of ensuring a really good turnout of cars at this great meeting and to this end Richard and I have been encouraging one or two ‘unusual’ entries to join us for the day!

I have now completed a very brief race report of our BDC race in the ‘News’ along with an announcement regarding Richard Tyzack’s Kellison and a potential new member with an interesting car that I am hoping may join us very soon.

I will start the BDC full report as soon as I can! JT - 20/08/2020

Castle Combe Autumn Classic - 24th September, 2022

It seems that because we have purchased the grid outright at the above event, we have to prepare our own entry form and collect the fees. However, Richard Culverhouse has got onto this very rapidly and I saw the first draft of the form yesterday which needed only very minor tweaking so this should be available within 48 hours. It also means that we have been able to pitch the entry fee lower than usual and you will be pleased to note that we have set it at £375. Given our relatively low grid numbers this year, it is a bit of a gamble for FISCAR, so we need 25 plus cars on the grid to make this a success. Anything below 24 entries and, by my calculations, we are into loss making territory. I hope therefore that all our enthusiastic members feel able to support our club in this endeavour.

JT - 17/08/2022

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A big thank you to those who entered our race at BDC, Silverstone yesterday and ‘enjoyed’ the sweltering conditions. We had 24 entries, the best of the season although this whittled down somewhat during the course of the day. It was a super looking grid and for me personally, went some way to convincing us that we have more seasons ahead of us, provided enough members support our races. Apologies to those members I failed to catch up with, but some of you, I simply couldn’t find! I’ll be doing the usual brief report for the News section and then follow up with the full race report. I still haven’t finished the VSCC report either but they will all be completed in due course.

In the meantime, we look forward to our slot at the Castle Combe Autumn Classic. The meeting is a week or so earlier this year, on 24th September, so we may not have a wet one! On pure statistics alone, we are surely due a dry meeting there anyway! FISCAR has purchased the grid so we can set our own entry fee, and we are determined to try and get this under the £400 mark for this race. We only have funds enough to buy one grid a year and it is always a bit of a gamble, because, without sponsors, FISCAR’s financial position is solely dependent on the membership fee which is pretty low and anything we make from our profit sharing agreement from the BDC race. So, our season finale at Castle Combe this year is an important race for more than the usual reasons. I really hope that members will turn out in force for this race, and we get well beyond the 20 car entry we had there last year. To this end we may well allow a few different 1950s shapes on this grid, but don’t worry these will not be challenging the front of the grid although, in the light of one or two comments made to me yesterday, it is important to restate that FISCAR is all about class wins, Index of Performance and Inter-Marque results. The scratch winner is almost an incidental, but inevitable, outcome of any race, just as much as the fact that someone has to be last! We simply want you to get out there and enjoy yourselves in these special cars wherever you happen to be on the grid. Mark Campbell and I have always been keen to promote the cars towards the back of the field.

JT - 14/08/2022

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I’m pleased to say that a late flurry of entries for BDC has brought the number up into the high teens but we could still do with more and there is still time to enter before closing date on Monday. You will be joining some great and interesting cars.

JT - 30/07/2022

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We have 9 Entries only for BDC with the closing date next Monday, 1st August (BDC advise that no late entries will be accepted)!

JT - 27/07/2022

Bentley Drivers Club, 13th August 2022

The BDC have just informed me that so far we have 7 entries for our race at the above meeting. They’ve also pointed out that entries close on 1st August and that they will not take late entries, no exceptions. I realise that this appears to be an early closing date. Please remember that this race operates on a shared profit basis once BDC passes break even point, but that FISCAR have to make up the difference if we fall short of break even. I urge anyone thinking about entering this race to do so and with some haste!

JT - 22/07/2022

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A quick thank you to all those Members who contributed to a fabulous looking joint grid with the VSCC on Saturday, and to the latter for hosting this great meeting. You will be used to this refrain by now but we could have done with 10 more cars to make it even better. I’ll do the usual reports in due course (I’m still working on the MG Live one as well!).

Our race at BDC, Silverstone on 13th August, is for us alone, so we need to prove that we can still put together a viable grid of FISCAR cars and we have only this event and the Autumn Classic at Castle Combe to do so. Please support the wonderful BDC meeting which has such a delightful old club race atmosphere - laid back and full of enthusiasts!

JT - 18/07/2022

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VSCC , Silverstone, 16th July 2022

Not unexpectedly, the VSCC has merged our Tom Cole Trophy Race with their Hawthorn International Trophy Race, which this year is restricted to Pre55 drum braked sports cars. I can tell you that this is a truly lovely and eclectic grid of all 1950s cars, but as ever, we could do with more entries and although the official entry date has closed, the VSCC have assured me that they will accept entries for a few more days. The Tom Cole Trophy will go to the first FISCAR entered member across the line and we have trophies for 2nd and 3rd, as well as the usual class winners and IoP winners awards. JT - 07/07/2022

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Bentley Drivers Club, Silverstone, August 13th, 2022

Richard Culverhouse has already sent the circular out regarding this meeting but the button below takes you to the entry form on the BDC site. Please do your best to support this terrific meeting . JT - 03/07/2022

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VSCC have now added an entry form and fee for our Tom Cole Trophy Race, and you can access it via the button below.

(Please ignore the reference to entries via FISCAR as they are simply unable to amend this.)

JT - 17/06/2022

PLEASE NOTE - I discovered late yesterday that whilst our race (below) is listed on the VSCC site, no entry form for us has been provided. I am trying to sort this out. JT - 16/06/2022

VSCC - FISCAR Race - 16th July 2022

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MG Live was a great meeting with substantial grids although it would be fair to say that the FISCAR contribution was small. A number of our members were entered in a couple of races and I will endeavour to stitch a report together in due course.

In the light of the limited number of FISCAR members who have entered Equipe races over the last couple of seasons or attended our very own race at their Snetterton meeting this year, and after a very cordial conversation with John Pearson, we have agreed an amicable parting of the ways. I wish to thank both John and Rob Cull for the efforts made to accommodate us and wish them continuing success with Equipe Classic Racing and its development into the major force in club historic racing that it is already becoming.

However, given our poor showing so far this year, it is time to prove, if to no-one else but ourselves, that we can still put great grids together both in quality and quantity, and we need to do that for the rest of the season, firstly at the VSCC meeting at Silverstone on July 16th. JT - 13/06/2022

MG LIve - 11th June, 2022

We are just 3 weeks away from the MG Live event, in which members can enjoy the opportunity of racing on the Silverstone GP circuit and yet, I’m rather surprised to learn that FISCAR entries are still in the low single figures. I do hope that we can very substantially improve on this. I have to say quite bluntly, that following our low entry at Snetterton, if we cannot do much, much better at this Silverstone meeting, we have to consider whether the Club in its current form is what members want. The few races arranged each year have to be supported in numbers sufficient to make it attractive and viable. I cannot speak for the others but, personally, I find it difficult to sustain my own level of enthusiasm and input if we cannot consistently achieve this.

JT - 23/05/2022

Full race report, results and photo gallery for our race at Snetterton s now complete in race reports menu.

JT-13/05/2022

MG Live - 11th June, 2022

My race report for Snetterton is complete with the exception of the results and Picture Gallery which will be added later, for those interested.

Thoughts now turn to our next race which is at MG Live, a meeting run jointly by MGCC and Equipe Classic racing. I am now able to provide details of the race. It will, of course, be an Equipe Pre63/50s race to which we are invited since it is clear that even together we cannot muster sufficient 1950s only cars on a track which allows a grid up to 62 cars! However, you may recall from last year that 1950s cars made up the majority of the grid and that lapping of the slower cars did not prove an issue. You may also be pleased to know that this will be a single 40 minute race on Saturday, 11th June and with pitstops.

Equipe’s system, as last year will require you to register and pay the £150 registration and membership fee, as well as the entry fee but FISCAR members will again be reimbursed with the membership fee of £120.

This is our only opportunity this year to run on the GP circuit and I hope that we can support this race in high numbers and give a good account of ourselves. The race will, naturally, be run to Equipe’s class structure, but internally, since this is one of our official races of the season, FISCAR members will all be awarded points in our classes and Index of Performance categories counting towards our annual awards, in the usual way.

Equipe have also kindly invited us to their Saturday evening BBQ for those who are able to stay and enjoy the convivial atmosphere.

Please support this race

JT - 27 April 2022

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ll, we finally managed, at the last knockings, to boost our entries at the Snetterton Bank Holiday meeting with Equipe Classic, to 11, which just about made it possible for our race to run on its own without being absorbed into other grids there. Thank you to those 11 for their support and I will put a very brief headline report in the News section and then a add a more detailed report in Race Reports in the usual way. JT -21/04/2022

Snetterton FISCAR race - 18th April

Entry to the above race has been open now for at least 3 weeks. We had 3 very early entries and nothing since. I realise that it may still seem weeks away but the time soon passes. Please support this race - it is one of only two of our races this season away from Silverstone and could be a blueprint for other races that take place outside of our core meetings. Please remember that this is a FISCAR led race, and is a direct replacement, almost to the day, for the now moved VSCC Spring Start meeting. JT - 22/02/2022

2022 Membership/Renewal Fees

Apologies for the delay in confirming the fees for 2022 but we are retaining the current fee structure for 2022, with one important change. The most effective way of ensuring the continued survival of, or better still, make FISCAR flourish as an independent club, is for members to enter and support the races that have been arranged for you in numbers that make event organisers want us at their meetings. So, in recognition of those who competed at 3 or more of our events during the course of 2021, your membership for 2022 will be free of charge.  I list all those members, in no particular order as:- Alan House, Martin Stowe, Chris Mann, Alex Quattlebaum, Tim & Oliver Llewellyn, Marc Gordon, David Cottingham, Brian Arculus, Robin Ellis, Barry Dye, Peter Campbell and Justin Beckett. If anyone thinks I have left them off please let me know, but this list is lifted from the table of Index of Performance, appearing in the News section of this website.

*Other members may renew, as before, at the early bird fee of just £50 provided they pay this before the end of March. New members, returnees and those delaying their renewals will be required to pay £85, still pretty good value!

JT – 01/02/2022

*Richard Bell is currently checking on the renewal process via Paypal, as you will note from the right hand column of this page but please go to ‘Join’ in the menu above and you will be able to pay there.

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Snetterton FISCAR race - 18th April

Please note that entries are now open for our race at Snetterton on 18th April. This will be our season opener since the VSCC race has been moved to July. You will be competing for all your usual Class and IoP awards, so this is an opportunity to score early in the season. I’ve posted the link to register as a guest of Equipe Classic below and would ask as many members as possible to support this race. Remember too, that the quicker element of the grid will be competing for the Archie Scott Brown Trophy. Please make this a race to remember for all the right reasons and set the tone for a great season ahead. JT - 29/01/2022

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Received recently from Andrew Tarring, Competition Secretary of The VSCC:-

The Vintage Sports-Car Club would like to invite Members of the Fifties Sports Car Racing Club to the 66th edition of the Pomeroy Trophy on the 19th February 2022. There is perhaps no other event that captures the imagination and ethos of the Vintage Sports-Car Club better than the legendary Pomeroy Trophy. It is a unique event, in which the speed and agility of pre-war cars are pitted against those of newer road cars in a single day event on the Grand Prix circuit at Silverstone, in the quest to find the best touring car.

We hope that Members of the Fifties Sports Car Racing Club would like to enter. If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact me.

Andrew Tarring, Competition Secretary, The Vintage Sports-Car Club, The Old Post Office, West Street, Chipping Norton, OX7 5EL

T: 01608 644777 (ext 4) M: 07983 451828 W: www.vscc.co.uk

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Merry Christmas!

I hope all members and viewers here are able to enjoy your Christmas and New Year whatever the current circumstances apply! Look forward to seeing you next Year!

Please note that I have added a potential change to the MG Live meeting - see below! JT 21/12/2021

FISCAR’s 2022 Season

This is our racing season for next year.

April 18 - FISCAR race at Snetterton EQUIPE meeting

June 11/12 - Invitation to EQUIPE Pre63/Equipe50s on the Silverstone GP circuit at MG Live

July 16 -VSCC - FISCAR Tom Cole Trophy Race/VSCC Hawthorn International Trophy - Silverstone National

August 13th - FISCAR race at BDC - Silverstone National

September 24th - FISCAR race at Castle Combe Autumn Classic

Explanatory notes:-

We are finally able to confirm our season for the coming year, above. We have had no control over the fact that one or two meetings have been moved around but in essence, the events we are attending will include our usual mainstay ones ‘but not necessarily in the right order’ (a nod to the late great Eric Morecombe!). For example, the usual April date offered to the VSCC Spring Start couldn’t be agreed with Silverstone, as the clash with the Goodwood Members Meeting was, understandably, considered too risky, so they have moved this meeting to July, but don’t worry, the meeting format hasn’t changed and we will still be running the Tom Cole Trophy Race there.

Equipe Classic has kindly stepped into the breach to enable us a Spring race and offered us a slot at Snetterton on April 18, Monday Bank Holiday which has been accepted. I emphasise that this is a FISCAR race run to our regs and class structure, for 30 minutes with mandatory pit stop. We have not had to buy this grid and it is being underwritten by Equipe, and I have agreed an entry fee of £440 which is only a little more than our fees with other clubs during 2021. Equipe have agreed that we may use their hospitality facilities and I have invited their Equipe 50s cars to join us and for their cars that don’t fit our own class structure, I will create a separate class(es). In addition, I intend to award the Archie Scott Brown Trophy (last won in 2018) to the overall winner whether FISCAR or Equipe50s plus 2nd and 3rd place trophies in addition to our normal awards.

Our next race will be at MG Live on the Silverstone GP circuit over the weekend  11/12 June. This is an invite from Equipe Classic for FISCAR members to join their Pre63/Equipe 50s grid not unlike this year which worked very well. I had discussed the possibility of an all 1950s grid but realistically it was clear that between us we wouldn’t be able to muster sufficient entry numbers on the hugely expensive GP circuit. The races will both be for *30 minute non stop. There is not much lapping of the slower cars and in fact the 50s cars proved pretty competitive in the field this (2021) season. This will be a one qualifying two race package as per Equipe’s normal practice so that any of our ‘second’ drivers can race on the Sunday.

• This may change to a longer single race with a pit stop which I suspect may suit our members, but either way, I hope that we can give maximum support to this meeting. Watch this space! (JT - added 21/12)

We are back on the Silverstone National circuit with the VSCC for our usual Tom Cole Trophy Race on July 18th and again on August 13th with the BDC. Finally, despite fears that we were not going to have our own race at the Castle Combe Autumn Classic due to a relatively low grid number this year, the circuit has confirmed that we have our usual slot but it is clear that we have to boost our entry numbers. We may therefore invite pre 55 drum braked cars from other clubs. The meeting has been brought forward for 2022, to September 24 so, who knows, it may not be a wet meeting!   

I do worry that our season is again Silverstone centric and would dearly have loved to take the cars to other tracks (eg Donington, Brands GP etc) but firstly we can only take what we are offered and, in any event, we can only squeeze so much into a season when our target is to have 6 or 7 races spread as evenly as possible. I would ask members to support as many of these events as they can and I confirm that they will all count towards both our Inter-Marque and Whitehead Trophies at the end of the year, although your best only result from the two MG Live races will count. I’m also considering introducing end of season awards for the best performance in each of the 4 classes over the season and will confirm whether this is to go ahead well before the season starts.

JT - 03/12/2021

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Please see the NEWS section for the final scores for the Whitehead Cup and Inter-Marque Trophy. JT-31/10/2021

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Castle Combe Race report now complete with loads of photos and race results.

I will be putting our Index of Performance and Inter-Marque table for the year in News section once a full set is in my possession! JT - 28/10/2021

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One for your diaries. The Bentley Drivers Club have today confirmed that their annual Silverstone race meeting is to be held on August 13th, 2022. We have our usual slot and the profit share agreement that we have with them will remain in place for this event.

It also appears that our usual race at VSCC, Spring Start has been confirmed but that the April date is yet to be agreed with BRDC. JT - 26/10/2021

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Apologies for the fact that I have yet to put race results table and Picture gallery up on the Castle combe Race Report. This will be completed within a couple of days …. or so! I am also currently working on the long overdue Chairman’s Report and Richard Culverhouse and I are working towards the dates for our 2022 season but we are fairly certain that our usual races at VSCC Spring Start in April and Bentley Drivers Club in August will go ahead.

In the meantime, a big shout out to our current members or those who have raced with us over the years who were entered at last weekend’s excellent Goodwood Members meeting. Amongst the entries, I spotted Chris Mann, Jeremy Brewster, David Brazell, Robin Ellis, Marc Gordon, Paul Kennelly, David Cottingham, James Cottingham, Murray Shepherd, Richard Woolmer, Kevin Kivlochan, Martin Hunt, Nick Finburgh and Patrick Blakeney-Edwards and there were some great performances from them. Apologies, if I missed anyone out. JT - 20/10/2021

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I have now completed the Snetterton report, updated the ‘Cars For Sale’ section and now in the process of developing the Castle Combe report. JT - 8/10/2021

Yesterday at Castle Combe

Just a short note to thank all of our members who braved, literally, another appallingly wet day at Castle Combe, and put on a fantastic display of exemplary driving and great racing which also produced some surprising results. I’ll be putting a brief race report up in the News section tomorrow, followed by my usual full report later, once I am in receipt of photos from two professional photographers and have perused and collated the race stats from TSL timing! JT- 03/10/2021

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RACE FUEL - CASTLE COMBE

Received from Steve Weston, Competition Director at Castle Combe:-

VP fuels have said that if you use the link attached fuel can be ordered and delivered for the weekend.

You can also ring Miles or Tom 0247 6717100

https://www.oldhallperformance.com/vpracing-products/race-fuel

JT - 30/09/2021

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Urgent!

I am rather alarmed to learn from Castle Combe today that entries for our race are very low. This is our season finale and one of the mainstay races of our year. If we are not to lose our slot here, now and for the future, we need to ensure that our entry levels remain high. Please support this meeting if you are able to and get your entry in by the 23rd September which is the closing date. The meeting is now less than 2 weeks away.

JT - 20/09/2021

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I will shortly make brief reference in the NEWS section to last weekend’s MGCC/Equipe meeting at Snetterton in which a few FISCAR members took part. It will be followed by the usual more detailed report, in due course.

However, more importantly at the moment, I draw attention to the fact that our season finale at Castle Combe will be upon us before we know it, so please get your entries in as soon as possible and let’s provide another superb grid of our cars

JT - 17/09/2021

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Please note that I am taking a break based around the Snetterton weekend, so will not be in a position to report back until the end of next week.

In the meantime, don’t forget to get your entries in for our usual season finale race at the Castle Combe Autumn Classic.

JT - 09/09/2021

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Castle Combe Autumn Classic Race Entry

Just received from the organisers at Castle Combe:-

‘I am just about to update the entry form on our website. We have realised that everyone will need to fill in the form and if sharing a car will need to let us know on the form. Also everyone will need to complete the sign on form and send me a copy of both sides of this years race licence. I appreciate this may prove a pain but we need to ensure everyone is signed on and has a licence.’

JT - 06/09/2021

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Please note that the race format at Snetterton is the same as at MG Live. However, there is only one qualifying session on Saturday, but 2 races as before, one on the Saturday and one on the Sunday. Starting position for Sunday is based on the finishing position on Saturday, or if a shared drive, the second driver starts from the back of the grid on Sunday, as these are not pit stop races. However the package price of £695 provides 80 minutes track time which by my calculation represents good value, so why not make a weekend of it. The race will be run to Equipe classes, but FISCAR will do its usual calculations for Index of Performance for any member to count towards end of year totals.

Equipe have undertaken to return any registration fee for any FISCAR member registering who did not register prior to MG Live. - JT 16/08/2021

Snetterton, 11/12th September with Equipe Classic Racing

After our successful outing with the Bentley Drivers Club on Saturday, thoughts now turn to our races with Equipe at Snetterton, a track which we haven’t visited for many a year, so now’s the chance. I understand that the format will be as it was at MG Live which turned out to be very successful. This will be our penultimate race meeting of what has so far been a very good FISCAR season so please let’s continue in this vein and support this meeting in the same way. To enter hit the button below and go to the standout yellow box on the top right hand of their menu:-

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BDC, Silverstone, 7th August , 2021

We had another successful race at the wonderful BDC meeting yesterday and thank you to all those members who contributed to that. I apologise to those I failed to speak to, despite my best efforts to seek you out. The usual brief race report will appear in the ‘News’ section tomorrow and a more detailed one will follow in due course, once I have collated photos and info! - JT - 08/08/2021

Important Notes for all Entrants to BDC race.

For those that haven’t signed on electronically, please do so as a matter of Urgency.

Other details here:-

Please also note that with this race, we are returning to our normal pitstop window and format. The Pit window opens 5 minutes after the start of the race and closes 5 minutes before the end of the race (ie a 20 minute window) and the stop will be for 45 seconds.

No pit passes will be issued but those requiring wristbands in support of their driver for timing purposes etc must go to race admin either on Friday evening or early Saturday morning - no more than 2 wrist bands per car allowed

JT - 04/08/2021

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BDC Entries!

We have a superb 32 car entry for our race at the Bentley Drivers Club meeting, so I look forward to a great spectacle of great cars and great gentlemanly dicing!

In the meantime, I have added a few cars more cars to the list of ‘Cars for Sale’. JT - 30/07/2021

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Last Call for BDC entries!

The entry list for our race at BDC is looking very good but there are just a few grid places left. I have received the following from the BDC:-

‘Please note that entries close on Tuesday 27 July @ 12 Noon, which is less than a week away and we will NOT be accepting any entries after that time as we require to get all electronic entries finalised and our Virtual Notice Board up and running at least one week before the event, so therefore can you please inform any of your likely competitors of this as there will be NO exception whatever.  

However do please be aware that full refunds will still be available up to 12 noon on Wednesday 4th August should anyone feel hesitant about putting in their entry, I hope that this helps – thank you’

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Entries for our race at BDC are looking good but, as ever, please keep the entries coming to make this another special FISCAR grid at this lovely meeting.

In the meantime, I can confirm that my race report for MG Live is almost complete, only needing the race results tables and I will add more photos to the Gallery.

Please also check out the News section where we welcome new member Chris Pring - JT - 07/07/2021

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Delighted to announce that entries for our FISCAR race at Bentley Drivers Club on August 7th are now open. Please click on the button below:-

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Silverstone Success!

I have finally returned from my trip (see my note below of 11/06) and now able to report that our races shared with Equipe Classic on the GP circuit at MG Live were a great success and that, on two beautiful hot (some thought ‘too hot’!) days, between us, we provided a couple of splendid looking and eclectic grids. There was great racing throughout the field, particularly on Saturday. The weekend went very well as far as I am concerned and many of the drivers I spoke to echoed that sentiment. I hope that we can emulate this at our joint Snetterton races which will be to the same format. I will submit a brief race report for our news section and then embark on my full marathon reports subsequently!

In the meantime, I can confirm that we are liaising closely with Bentley Drivers Club regarding the opening of entries for our much anticipated race at their Silverstone meeting on 7th August and a link to the entry form will be provided as soon as we receive it. JT - 18/06/2021

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Please note that the circular issued to members at just after 2.00 pm this afternoon was not authorised by the committee and the club disassociates itself completely from the comments contained therein. Furthermore, whilst any member is obviously free to enter whatever event they wish, FISCAR is not supporting the event at Oulton Park and will have no official presence. JT - 11/06/2021

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I look forward to catching up with all FISCAR members who have entered at MG Live. I will be there both days, but would ask you to note that at the end of the meeting on Sunday, I will be heading South for a few days to see both my sons who, for obvious reasons, I haven’t seen for 10 months. It does mean that my usual race reports will be delayed, but rest assured, I will make a start upon my return. JT 11/06/2021

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The lengthy Tom Cole Trophy race report is now complete with results and loads of photos. I have also added a link to a Lancia Aurelia well known to the club in the ‘Cars For Sale’ section. JT 12/05/2021 ____________________________________________________________________________________________

Please be aware that demand for entries to MG Live is very high and if you want to enjoy plenty of track time on the GP circuit you need to get your entry in very quickly. Feedback from members who have already registered advise that the process is very simple and straightforward. If you take the weekend package you get a 100 minutes track time, not something you will get often at this circuit.

JT -06/05/2021

*Entries for MG Live open today*

I am grateful to John Pearson of Equipe Classic for helping me draft the following Q & A applying to this great event on the Silverstone GP circuit. I’ve highlighted in bold, the key aspects and also added some notes underneath.

When is the race? – June 12/13th on the Silverstone GP circuit. The grid opens for booking 12 midday, today (5th May) 

How will the race work? - This is a unique 50s race combining FISCAR and Equipe 50s. It will have its own grid start, results and trophies. We believe this will be the biggest 50s grid of the year on one of the best circuits. 

What will the regulations be? – this race will be run under the Equipe class structure which is based on capacity. Any car eligible for FISCAR or Equipe 50s will be eligible for this race. However, FISCAR  will still apply our Index of Performance to our individual drivers and Marque teams but this will not be dealt with on the day, but appear in the usual race report. 

Is there any social gathering? – Yes, Equipe are putting on a Paddock BBQ for all drivers and team members on Saturday evening. All FISCAR drivers, partners and team members are invited. 

How do I enter? – The race is hosted by Equipe so you will have to become a member of their club. However, for this race, Equipe are welcoming us for no additional charge. To enter, you will need to register yourself and your car once only (their entry platform will remember you and your car after that) go to www.equipeclassicracing.com you will initially have to pay the registration fee but Equipe will credit it back to your account within 24 hours.  

Are we sharing the track with Equipe Pre ’63? – Yes, but there will be a separate FISCAR/Equipe 50s grid that starts 20 seconds after the Pre ’63 grid. Equipe have done this before and believe that due to the length of the track the two races will hardly overlap. The Silverstone GP circuit holds nearly 60 cars

NOTES

Just to reinforce the above, I wish to emphasis the fact that, provided you are a paid up member of FISCAR, you will be refunded your Equipe registration fee. This registration will be a one off and you will not need to repeat this for the later Snetterton weekend as your car will already be in the system!

The entry fee may appear larger than our other events, but is actually very good value since it covers two 30 minute races and two qualifying sessions. Since these are non stop races, those of you who are sharing your car drives, get to have a complete race each. This will also apply to our races at Snetterton on 11/12 September.

Please support these two events as they may lead to a further and deeper collaboration with Equipe for 2022.

Finally, please note that Jackie and I have already booked a room for Saturday night close by, so we’ll be at Silverstone on both days. See you there!

JT - 05/05/2021

The full Tom Cole race report has been started - see ‘Race Reports ‘20/’21 and the IoP and Marque Team positions have been added to the ‘News’ section. An addition has been made to the ‘Cars For Sale ‘ section . JT - 21/04/2021

Yes, it really happened!

The joint Tom Cole Trophy/Hawthorn International Trophy race went ahead as planned, yesterday. It was a great day in all respects - the weather was superb, our grid was a full sized one with fabulous cars and some really good, enthusiastic driving and super dices.

It was really good to catch up with everybody and apologies to anyone who despite my best efforts, I was unable to at least say ‘hello’ to. I wish to thank the VSCC for their fine efforts in putting this super event on in such trying times, to the marshals and all the competitors who supported the event by turning up and putting on a great show. I thank Richard Culverhouse for all his efforts at keeping everyone in order and as informed as possible and also to my partner, Jackie, for providing the catering!

I’m now busy sifting through a lot of Ollie Read’s photos and just a few of mine plus the lap charts to put together the race report as I didn’t see as much of the race as I would have liked. In order not to raise expectation, I will put a brief race report up in the ‘News’ section of the website tomorrow but the usual full report will be developed thereafter in the normal way. JT - 18/04/2021

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Please Note that our joint Tom Cole/Hawthorn Trophy race at the VSCC is now oversubscribed, so sadly, any late entries will now be on the reserve list. In fact, VSCC already have 37 entries for 34 places. I imagine that the last 3 entries accepted so far will be the reserves and I have absolutely no influence on who is accepted in this context! JT - 07/04/2021

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I have received a note from Richard Winchester at the VSCC to advise that Silverstone ‘have finally gone live with bookings for the test day on Friday before Spring Start, confirm it is unsilenced’. He has sent me the link so if any of our members is interested it is:-

https://www.silverstone.co.uk/track-days/testing

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Snetterton Race Date change

Please note that the Equipe Classic Racing meeting at Snetterton, for reasons beyond their control, has been forced to put their race weekend back a week to 11th/12th September but, in content, remains unaltered. I quote from John Pearson’s note to me -

‘Unfortunately, some of the disrupted meetings from the early part of this year have resulted in the British Superbikes taking our meeting and bumping us by one week (we know our place). This is obviously out of our control.’

This does, of course, bring us a week closer to the Goodwood Revival meeting, but I don’t believe that too many of our members will be competing there and urge members to support the Snetterton meeting. JT - 21/03/2021

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VSCC Spring Start entry entries now open

Entry forms:- blankEntryFormGeneratorServlet (vscc.co.uk)

Online entry:- My Entries (vscc.co.uk)

Let’s give the VSCC a great FISCAR grid!

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I recently came across another unfinished race report that fell through my net during the first lockdown last year! The 2018 Tom Cole Trophy Race. It is now complete with results and stacks of photos under the ‘Special Races’ heading in the above menu. JT - 11/02/2021

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Happy New Year to all members and readers!

We can but hope that 2021 will be a better year ……….. eventually!! Please continue to visit the site which I will update as and when, and since you are here please check into the ‘NEWS’ page to see new members and their cars. I’ll be taking a look at the cars for sale section again soon, too. JT - 01/01/2021

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No 2021 Membership Renewal Fees!

This is an important amendment to the note dated 26 November below, in respect of membership fees. We have decided to waive all 2021 membership fees for those who joined us, or renewed during the course of this (2020) year, so you remain fully paid up members for the coming 2021 season.

New members, or lapsed members who wish to rejoin, will of course, be required to pay our normal membership of £85.00.

I take this opportunity of wishing all of you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year in these very challenging times

JT-21/12/2020

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Our 2021 racing season has now been finalised.

It amounts to 7 races at 5 events as follows:-

April 17th - VSCC - The Tom Cole Trophy Race - Silverstone National

June 12/13th - MG Live - Double header sharing with Equipe Classic Racing - Silverstone GP

August 7th - BDC - Silverstone National

September 11/12th (amended date) - Double Header sharing with Equipe Classic Racing - Snetterton

October 2nd - Castle Combe Autumn Classic

The link up with Equipe is an exciting interim arrangement for 2021 only but with further developments envisaged hopefully for 2022, all of which enables us to retain both our own identity and regulations. The double headers are 2 x 30 minute sprint races without stops but allows the second drivers, where applicable, to compete in the second race on the Sunday. I will provide greater detail in the New Year and also in the NEWS section of this site in due course. In the meantime, I hope that the Chairman’s Report will be released shortly. I hope that you are able to make the best of Christmas and New Year in these difficult times - JT 21/12/2020

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Apologies for recent silence, but I am able to confirm that as well the Spring Start event on 17th April, we now have in place, our usual standalone race at the BDC meeting on August 7th, and our race at The Castle Combe Autumn Classic on October 2nd. We therefore have our 3 main events in place and are now in active discussions concerning other races, particularly for the period May - July. The good news surrounding Covid-19 vaccines gives us cause to look forward hopefully and optimistically to a full 2021 racing season.

Further to the reference to membership fees a few paragraphs below, the following fee structure for 2021 is confirmed:-

1) New Members - £85

2) Existing members who paid ‘early bird’ fee of £50 for 2020 - £35

3) Existing members who paid the full £85 for 2020 - £zero

This structure is for 2021 only in recognition of the extraordinary circumstances this year that drastically reduced our season.

JT - 26/11/2020

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Today, I have emailed all members who entered our cancelled race at Castle Combe on 4th October to confirm that the circuit is refunding the entry fee minus an administration fee. If you haven’t received this, please contact the circuit, but note that Jo Lewkowicz is about to go on a well earned holiday, so please be patient about the processing of the refund. JT - 16/10/2020.

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As reported in greater detail under the News section, the Sunday part of Castle Combe’s 2 day Autumn Classic meeting was, very unfortunately, cancelled due to extremely adverse weather conditions, so that our race entrants did not get to run in our much anticipated race there.

On a much better note, please put April 17th 2021 in your diary as the VSCC has confirmed that we are again invited to run our Tom Cole Trophy Race with them in the usual way at their Spring Start meeting. JT- 06/10/2020

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All is looking good for this coming Sunday at Castle Combe, and Richard Culverhouse and I look forward to seeing all our entrants there. I would ask you to pay very close attention to the pit stop regs which have been revised for this meeting to accommodate the Covid 19 situation but those of you who were at BDC Silverstone will be pleased to note that you need to be stationary for a shorter time - a straight forward 60 seconds at the pit box.

We will be providing a limited catering capacity - drinks and cakes, but must ask you to comply with current social distancing and grouping regulations - so restricted numbers at the table at any one time must be observed, please.

Unfortunately, Mark Campbell has an arm in plaster so will be unable to attend the event, so you will have to put up with just Richard and myself. JT - 01/10/2020

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Entries for Castle Combe are now up to 25 - a good grid of great cars - but more would be better still, so if any of you are thinking about it, please take the plunge. You have until Tuesday to get your entry in. JT 26/09/2020

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Entries for our race at the Castle Combe Autumn Classic are up to 20, but let’s keep the momentum going. The target has to be 30+ and our grids always look superb at this track. 

The race report for our race at the BDC is now complete, as many of you have no doubt noted (it’s had nearly 400 views) and even if you feel that the amount of text is overdone, you can ignore it and view over 90 photographs! JT 19/09/2020

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We are now well into double figures for entries at Castle Combe on 4th October but we want to improve on the lovely grid that we had at BDC Silverstone, so please get your entries in. It would be fantastic if FISCAR could bring its truncated 2020 season to a brilliant end with 35 plus cars. We’ve done it before, so we can do it again!

In the meantime, now that I have returned from a couple of short breaks away, I continue with the BDC race report. JT - 12/09/2020

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Entry forms for Castle Combe are now available here:-

Richard Culverhouse will be circulating the above form with the supplementary regs within the next few days, along with all the results from our BDC race last Saturday. In the meantime, I have made a start on the full race report which will, as always, be completed in instalments and loads of photos! 25/08/2020

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Many thanks to all members who entered and brought themselves and their lovely cars to Bentley Drivers Club meeting at Silverstone, yesterday. It really was good to catch up with you all. The grid was splendid, the race full of drama, and the general consensus among you seems to indicate that it was a great success. I will put a very brief report up in the News section by tomorrow, and later, my usual much more detailed one under Race Reports ‘20, but I am currently awaiting photos from Mick Walker and Rachel Bourne, as I managed to take only a very few myself. Now, onto Castle Combe on 4th October, where we hope for an even better turnout. We will advise you when entry is available. JT 23/08/2020.

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Please note that following an enquiry, we have further clarified the pit stop arrangements and amended them below. Drivers are responsible for ensuring compliance with the stipulated two minutes:-

Entry to our race at BDC, Silverstone closed at midday on Wednesday 12th. Although we have had one withdrawal, and a couple of cars that just could not be made ready in time, I am pleased report that we still have a grid of lovely cars numbering in the mid twenties and I’m really looking forward to seeing this grid form up on the startline. Those members who have entered will, of course, receive the usual documentation from BDC but I draw your particular attention to the pit stop regulations. In accordance with MSUK covid directives, BDC require a 2 minute interval between hitting the pitlane entry line and passing the pitlane exit line. We suggest therefore that you are stationary for at least 1 minute 45 seconds, but please note that it is the driver’s responsibility to ensure compliance with the 2 minute rule. Those undertaking a driver change will be required to sanitise all areas of contact (eg door handle, steering wheel, gear lever, belts & seat etc) - the BDC documentation will clearly lay out all that is required.

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On a separate note, we have decided that since we have a truncated racing season, anyone who has taken out a new FISCAR membership this year or renewed it at the usual £85 will have continued membership right through to the end of the 2021 racing season, and those that paid this seasons ‘early bird’ renewal rate will pay just £35 at the beginning of next season. On that note, may I remind anyone entered in our race at BDC next saturday to ensure that they have paid their membership fee. - JT 16/08/2020

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Our entry levels for our BDC race are looking reasonable but not outstanding. We really need more, and there is only one more week in which to submit them, so please get your entries in before midday on 12th August if, as I fervently hope, you intend to support it. The BDC tell us that there is no provision under current MSUK rules for late entries. There will be no exceptions. Link shown again, below:-

Please follow this link to the BDC website Motorsport | Bentley Drivers Club where you can download the Supplementary Regulations and make your entry. ‘

- JT 05/08/2020

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I have recently updated the Cars For Sale page. JT (5/08/2020) _____________________________________________________________________________________________

Entry levels for the BDC race are looking promising but we need plenty more, so please submit your entries as soon as possible. This is a really important meeting for FISCAR. The BDC has reminded us that ‘due to MSUK Covid policy we are unable to accept any late entries after 12 August’ - JT 29/07/2020

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And you saw it here first!

The Bentley Drivers Club meeting at Silverstone may seem far ahead but it’s actually just over 4 weeks away. Entry levels are showing good signs but we need many more, so please get your entry in order to make this race as successful as FISCAR can possibly make it. We already have a very special debut entry of a replica of a shape, the original which no longer exists and hasn’t been seen since the mid 1950s. Since spectators are not allowed, entry is the only way you will get to see it! Also AMOC are also running their Jack Fairman and Innes Ireland Cup, so I imagine that there is a second opportunity to race at this meeting, if you want it.

I have now completed the race report for the HSCC/HRS race at Brands Hatch on 12 July. JT 23/07/2020

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Confirmed today (20/07/2020)

Our Race at The Castle Combe Autumn Classic will take place on Sunday, 4th October.

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Today, Richard Culverhouse is putting his last call out for entries for his Cadwell Classic Era race on 22nd July. There will be opportunities to have an additional race at a very good price. I would be happy to write a brief report on this race if there is enough interest and will ensure that some Whitehead Cup points are given to those who participate. JT 20/07/2020.

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Although it was fairly early on in the reopening of the motor racing season, six of our members took advantage of Kevin Kivlochan’s kind invitation to join the HSCC/HRS grid on the Brands Hatch GP circuit last Sunday. Since this was one of our advertised season’s races there is a very brief reference to it in our NEWS section above and a more detailed account with photos will follow.

Now I understand that a number of you are attending our CEO Richard Culverhouse’s Classic Era race at the lovely Cadwell circuit on 26th July. I’m happy for FISCAR to support this and if enough of you attend and given our truncated season, so we may award somel points towards our Whitehead Cup BUT I cannot emphasise enough, the importance of providing a great grid both in terms of quality and quantity at the wonderful Bentley Drivers Club Meeting at Silverstone on 22nd August. Initial entries already show promise in this direction and I urge as many of you as possible to enter this event if you can. See link below.

I’m sure that you are all getting the updates from MS UK but you may find this link useful:-

I’ve now completed the race report for the 2018 Archie Scott Brown race, see under Chairman’s races, which will at least hopefully be of interest to those few of you who contested it. That actually now completes the task that I set myself at the beginning of lockdown to complete all race reports back to and including 2016. I may review earlier ones at some stage! Thanks for your patience - JT 15/07/2020

THIS IS THE ONE!

Please see below from BDC. I hope that I have no need to urge as many of our members as possible to enter our race at this meeting. We should be getting some new members with some most interesting cars to join us there. Please let me remind you that to ensure our own race, FISCAR are underwriting this race by guaranteeing a profit for BDC but if we get a really decent grid, we will get a share of those profits, so please, please support this race if you can.

‘It gives us great pleasure to inform you that entries for our meeting at Silverstone on Saturday 22 August are now open. In accordance with the latest Motorsport UK requirements and with the agreement with Silverstone, this meeting will be run behind closed doors and all entries must be made online.

Please follow this link to our website Motorsport | Bentley Drivers Club where you can download the Supplementary Regulations and make your entry. ‘

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Richard Culverhouse and I continue to press BDC for regs/entry forms for their meeting and will let you know when they are ready. In the meantime, I have now completed the race report for the 2017 Archie Scott Brown Trophy Race - see under Chairman’s Races. - JT 30/06/2020

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Club Secretary

After 10 years in the position, Richard Bell has decided to step down from the role of Club Secretary. Whilst I am sad at his decision, it is not entirely unexpected. Richard would not wish me to dwell on this but many of you will know that he has continued to undertake this role in the most difficult of circumstances for longer than any of us dared to hope. That he has done so is down to a steely determination and professionalism coupled to a huge enthusiasm for the club and the cars that it caters for. I am, personally, deeply grateful for the support that he has given over the years. This role was, and is, a voluntary one but requires good knowledge in several disciplines, as well as commitment. Richard is in the process of writing a job description which will be displayed on this site when prepared. However, anyone interested in this role should make contact through the site. Richard has indicated that he will carry on for a reasonable period while we find his replacement, but in the meantime, on behalf of the Committee and members, huge thanks for all you have done for the club, Richard.

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The Race report for the 2017 Bic Healey Trophy is now complete and appears under the Chairman’s race list in the menu above. - JT (12/06/2020).

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Bentley Drivers Club MEETING is ON!

Silverstone National - Saturday, August 22

GREAT NEWS! Below is the main body of a message/invitation received by Richard Culverhouse, from the BDC yesterday afternoon. In order to ensure that we had our own race, earlier this year before lockdown, FISCAR committed to guarantee the BDC a minimum amount to enable them to record a profit on our grid, so we have to pay any shortfall on that figure. However, we also negotiated a small discount on the entry fee for our members and will also take a share in any element of profit over the agreed figure. I know you will all want to support our race with record entries. I will let you know once entry is open- JT (05/06/2020):-

‘It gives me immense pleasure of behalf of the Bentley Drivers Club to inform you that BDC/Silverstone have now a confirmed date to run their meeting on Saturday 22 August and so we can now extend this invitation to members of FISCAR to join us on the day. Please note that part of the agreement with Silverstone that this meeting will be run behind closed doors.

We are currently finalising the SR's & Timetable and should be able to open up for entries in the next week or so, all entries will have to be made electronically and there will be a link on our web site which you will be able to share with your competitors.’

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Since it appears that the two GPs to be held at Silverstone will be on the 2nd and 9th of August respectively, it follows that the BDC meeting on the 8th will not now take place. BDC are, however, exploring the possibility of other potential dates so please watch this space. - JT (04/06/2020) . _____________________________________________________________________________________________

Club Racing to Restart?

HSCC are pushing ahead with their meeting on the weekend of 11/12 July. However, they are making it, in effect, 2 separate meetings so that only those competing on a particular day will be allowed in the paddock. Our race with the HRS cars is on the 12th July, and entry forms are available from the HSCC website or our CEO, Richard Culverhouse. Richard will shortly be sending out a circular to all members, but is currently awaiting clarification on the Bentley Drivers Club meeting before doing so.

The race report for the 2017 Jon Gross memorial Trophy is now complete, with results and a substantial number of photos. - JT (02/06/2020)

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The button links to INSTAGRAM and FACEBOOK have now been copied over to the right hand column of this page directly under the calendar and appear to be functioning correctly - JT (30/05/2020)

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By way of an explanation for the project photograph below, please go to Simon Evans in the Members Gallery for enlightenment. I continue to work on other incomplete Race reports! - JT (29/05/2020)

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Received this morning at 9.21am from MS UK - JT (27/05/2020):-

‘Motorsport UK has announced that in anticipation of motorsport restarting in the UK from 4th July, it is inviting online permit applications from 1st June 2020.

Motorsport is currently suspended throughout the UK until 30th June 2020. Following ongoing positive dialogue with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and having set out its strategy and anticipated conditions for restarting motorsport disciplines, the governing body is now moving to its next phase of getting the sport back on track. Further details will be communicated following the next Motorsport UK Board meeting of 3rd June.

Any resumption of motorsport is contingent on event organisers demonstrating that they can plan in accordance with the recently published, “Getting Back on Track” guidelines of Motorsport UK, while respecting government guidance on social distancing.

Motorsport UK is also acutely aware that different devolved territories of the UK may be moving at different paces in easing restrictions; any application for an event permit will be subject to approval based on the prevailing government advice. The move is also contingent on governments continuing with measures to open up society and that further restrictions resultant of any additional waves of COVID-19 are not required.’

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One of the projects I mentioned a couple of days ago, I imagine that many of you may recognise the vehicle below. It will shortly form the basis of another members gallery page. I have also rejigged and added text and photos to my own page to make it a bit more structured and coherent for those bored enough to read it! Finally, may I again draw your attention to the Social Media buttons further down the page which Dan Smith has set up for us. I will, when I’ve worked out how to do it (Dan/Richard?), move these buttons into the right hand column in order that they appear further up the page and easier to access. - JT (25/05/2020)

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I encourage members to regularly visit this site as updates continue to appear. I’m hoping, in the near future, to post news about two exciting projects, the owners of which have promised to race with us, once completed. In the meantime, for those Aston aficianados amongst us, I have completed the race report for the 2018 Jon Gross Memorial Trophy, which appears under the Special races heading above. A small grid of great cars and a fairly short text, it is nevertheless enhanced by some super photos by professional sports photographer, Mick Walker. - JT (23/05/2020)————————————————————————————————————————————

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The race report for our race at BARC, Donington in September 2017 is now complete. Rather brief due to the low grid numbers but still with plenty of images, which include some the members as well as the cars. Now onto complete the eventful BDC race which took place a couple of weeks before. - JT (11/05/2020) ____________________________________________________________________________________________

The race report for Castle Combe in 2017 is now complete. Apologies for rather large amount of text but there are around 60 photos, plus the results, so hopefully worth a look. I continue to work backwards to complete all unfinished race reports, but will advise you here each time one is completed. Oh, and I’m still awaiting some photographic contributions from members, who have surely enjoyed racing and/or driving some great cars! - JT (05/05/2020).————————————————————————————————————————————

Apologies for my absence for a few days but my PC decided that it no longer wished to talk to the internet and I’ve only just manage to fix it with a plug in wifi adapter. I have now completed the 2018 VSCC Donington race report, complete with the usual results and gallery. I’ve also added a few more photos to my own gallery but would really love to hear from members so that we can build the members gallery up, so please think about it. JT ( 25/04/2020)

Finally, the only racing photos I took of Sir Stirling Moss in the Osca that he owned some years ago. As I’m sure you will know, he died on early Easter Sunday at the age of 90. My motor racing hero, man and boy, and for me, he was the greatest all round driver ever. Legendary drives from him were almost the norm, so long is the list of them. There is no more to say. RIP Sir Stirling Moss.

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I have finally completed the race report for BDC 2018, one of several race reports which for various reasons were not completed at the time (I am working backwards, so now looking at VSCC, Donington 2018). Even if you don’t want to read my report, there are plenty of photographs, so please take a look.-JT (10/04/2020)

I’ve started my own contribution to the Members Gallery, merely to encourage other members to get involved, so please let’s be having those photos. In the current situation, now surely is the best chance! - JT (05/04/2020)

Please Note that we have made a number of changes to the site to make it more manageable. The old News page has become the Home page (here!), and all recent 2020 news has been moved to a new folder, unsurprisingly called ‘News’, in the above menu. All pre 2018 news has been moved to a new folder called ‘News Archive’. Finally, may I please remind you all that Dan Smith has kindly set FISCAR up on Facebook and Instagram for which he has created buttons below under the ‘Social Media’ banner. -JT (31/03/2020)

Following my message below, I have already received a contribution from Simon Jefferies and have set up a new folder in the menu entitled ‘Members Gallery’. I would welcome similar from any member. It doesn’t have to be a FISCAR compliant car, as I’m sure that, for most of us, our interest in classic and/or historic racing cars extends to other eras! -JT———————————————————————————————————————————

Chairman’s Message

It is now increasingly clear that motor racing at any level is unlikely to occur anytime soon. We have already ‘lost’ four events and it seems inevitable that more will follow. It’s hardly an important issue given the gravity of the situation the World finds itself in. However, I’m sure all of us in FISCAR remain totally committed and enthusiastic about the cars that make up our grids. We’ve had quite a few owners with exciting cars join, or rejoin, us, this year. In order to keep this site both interesting and relevant, I invite any member to contact me with photos and history details of your car(s) which I can share with every other member through this website. If you also wish to share your own background with an emphasis on your motor racing exploits and involvement, please do so. I have contacted most (over 100) of you, individually, in one way or another in recent months (but apologies to anyone who has slipped through the net) so you should already have my contact details. If not, please contact me through the club website and Richard Bell will simply forward it on to me. Any news about the current status of your car(s), whether a project, or merely a refresh, would be entirely appropriate too. - JT (24/03/2020)

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Latest from MS UK is that the suspension BELOW has now been extended to June 30th

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Issued by Motorsport UK today (17/03/2020)

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Please note regular updating of the details on our season’s racing below, as received, so please keep checking in!

our ‘cARS FOR SALE’ page has been restored TO THE ABOVE MENU. Currently listed are RGS Atalanta, Lotus VIII & Alfa Romeo Giulietta Zagato ! Soon to be added will be a Lancia Aurelia

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FISCAR 2020 Race Dates

We will confirm which day of the weekends our races are on when they are confirmed to us but we have the following 5 ‘official’ FISCAR events in place and two Invitation races (inset) in place:-

5 April, Snetterton - The HSCC ‘Jim Russell Trophy Meeting’. We are invited to enter the Archie Scott Brown Trophy Race for pre 1960 sports racing cars and ALL FISCAR members cars. The compliancy regs were written by your current chairman, who ran it between 2015-2018. It is for 45 minutes with a mandatory pit stop so a shared drive is an option, and it is an opportunity to drive on a circuit we rarely attend and to celebrate not only the life of Jim Russell, but also Archie and Brian Lister. EVENT CANCELLED

• 19 April - VSCC Formula Legend Round 1 (formerly called Spring Start) - Silverstone National

  Our season starter, The Tom Cole Trophy Race sharing with the VSCC’s Hawthorn Trophy Race. Our usual 30 minute race with mandatory pit stop to enable those who wish to have a second driver. Last Year FISCAR and FISCAR invited entries accounted for 80% of the entry. EVENT CANCELLED

  • 10 May, Donington - A BARC meeting, we are invited to enter the 1950s sports car race organised by our CEO Richard Culverhouse. Please support this race if you can, and if we get 10+ FISCAR entries, half points will count towards our annual trophies; full points if we get 15+ entries. Also class awards as appropriate. EVENT CANCELLED

• 13/14 June - MGCC - Silverstone GP circuit

  Force majeure led us to very nearly lose this race but thanks to the intervention of Equipe Classic Racing, we now have a 30 minute race for 1950s sports cars on both days. In accordance with Equipe rules, there will be no pitstop but two races means that the driving can still be shared over the weekend if that is your preferred option. Qualifying is only on Saturday, and the fastest qualifier in a shared car starts the Saturday race. The grid order for Sunday will be the finishing order from the Saturday race unless there is a second driver who, logically, will start at the back of the grid. This is an exciting opportunity to see how many 1950s sports cars we can all get together on the grid but please note that FISCAR will still have its own classes as with our other races. I’m also grateful to Rob Cull & John Pearson of Equipe Classic Racing for agreeing to call the Races - Equipe FISCAR. EVENT CANCELLED

• 12 July - HSCC/HRS - Brands GP circuit

  We are again invited to join Kevin Kivlochan and his colleagues on this classic GP circuit. Despite the speed differentials and tyre differences , our members enjoyed themselves in 2019, and opportunities to race the full circuit are pretty rare.

• 8 August - BDC - Silverstone National

  This remains the classic club meeting of the year with a lovely old fashioned club racing atmosphere no longer often experienced.

• 3/4 October - Castle Combe Autumn Classic

  A great meeting at the fantastic Castle Combe circuit at a event where we always provide more than enough cars to have our own race. Let’s please keep it that way. We know that our race is one of the features of this meeting. The race was so good in 2019, that it was Marcus Pye’s headline race in his Autosport report

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Social Media

Please take the time to follow FISCAR on social media on both Facebook and Instagram. These pages will be managed by new member Dan Smith and will be updated before and after each event with images and other information about the race weekend. Our aim is to expand our social media presence to attract more racers to compete with FISCAR in the future.

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Note - Now that I am able to commit more time to the Club, I hope to be able to make the website more involving, so am happy to add car and member profiles, current status of members cars, rebuilds and new projects, as above, if you supply me with details - JT

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Announcement

Following our drivers/members meeting at BDC Silverstone and subsequent discussions, Gillian Carr has stepped down as Chairman since she felt unable to contribute as much time and energy as she would have liked due to other necessary commitments. She remains deeply enthusiastic about FISCAR and we thank her for efforts whilst in the Chair. In her place, John Turner returns to his former role, as Chairman, and Richard Culverhouse has been made Chief Executive Officer. - October 2019

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Abecassis makes victorious return

The Historic 1950s Inter-Marque Race

Castle Combe Autumn Classic, 5th October 2019

Jonathan Abecassis returned to FISCAR after a 2 year absence to record a splendid victory from the second row of the grid. In doing so, he had to endure a very strong challenge from poleman Robin Pearce in the AC Ace Bristol in the first half and pressure from Brian Arculus after the pit stops. Just 3 seconds covered the three of them at the flag at the end of a race shortened slightly by earlier race stoppages.

A full race report with results and the usual photos is now posted (see race menu) but I also record here that Alex Quattlebaum not only won his class but was overall winner of the annual Whitehead Cup, a well earned reward for his regular support and consistent performance throughout the year, in the little LECo2 XPAG. He won by just one point from the much improved Barry Dye in the Lotus Elite, and Brian Arculus, also in a Lotus Elite.

Congratulations are also due to the AC team of Aces who, whilst beaten on the day by the Lotus team, managed to retain their hold on the Annual Team Cup. - JT

News Flash

The Former FISCAR Flyer who really Flies

Some of you may be aware of a current news item featuring the departure today (5th August 2019) of a polished aluminium Spitfire, known as the Silver Spitfire, on a flight intended to circumnavigate the World. This very special 76 year old aircraft is to be flown by none other than arch car and historic racing enthusiast Steve Boultbee-Brooks who many of you will recall supported our FISCAR Inter-Marque races for a number of years up to the end of 2017, in his beautiful Aston Martin DB3S. I’m sure we all wish Steve and his fellow aviator, Matt Jones, every success in this huge endeavour which will cover 27,000 miles over the next 4 months. - JT

Tyzack’s Power Tells

Bentley Drivers Club, Silverstone, 3rd August 2019

A fine grid of mainly FISCAR cars graced the FISCAR & CMMC Pre 64 Challenge at what many regard as the best club meeting of the year, the Bentley Drivers Club at Silverstone. In a race which featured some stunning laps by Richard Woolmer in the Elva Courier, until he retired, and some truly excellent close racing all the way down the field, the final few laps featured a classic David & Goliath battle. In a race to the line Richard Tyzack used all the power of the V8 engine in his Kellison J4R to hold off the beautifully driven Lotus Elite of Brian Arculus. It was clear that both drivers had enjoyed this great dice which was just one of many that made this race one of our best in recent times.

Full race report is now ready, complete with a large number of photos - see ‘Race Reports ‘19 in the menu above - JT

The Legends of Brands Hatch Superprix Race for HSCC HRS & FISCAR cars

HSCC, Brands Hatch GP, 30 June 2019

The Brands Elite!

A combined grid of HRS & FISCAR cars heralded the close of a beautifully warm and sunny day at the HSCC Superprix meeting on the Brands Hatch GP circuit. It was an Elite clean sweep in the FISCAR class as Brian Arculus won our class, Barry Dye took best Index of Performance honours and their combined efforts produced the team marque victory for Lotus. Our only complete 3 car team was again the Morgan team but unfortunately, a loss of power in Alan House’s Plus 4 led to a ‘be safer than sorry’ retirement. Our thanks again to the HSCC & Kevin Kivlochan of HRS for allowing us to share their grid on this iconic circuit.

Race Report for the race below is now complete - see under ‘Race Report ‘19’ in menu above

The Peter Shaw Memorial Trophy for HSCC HRS cars

HSCC, Silverstone GP, 19 May 2019

Corfield collects more Silverware!

This race, supported by Witchampton Garage, was held in memory of Peter Shaw, a former HRS Champion, who sadly died recently. Following the cancellation of the MGCC MG Live weekend in June, Kevin Kivlochan stepped in and kindly invited us to join the race. Six members took up this opportunity to race for 40 minutes on the GP circuit and the HSCC put up a separate FISCAR class award. Martyn Corfield, sharing his Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica with Mike Grant-Peterkin took the honours here despite receiving a 30 second penalty for taking the compulsory stop a few seconds before the pit window opened. As leading FISCAR car, they also won our own award. Alex Quattlebaum won our Index of Performance award in the little LECo 2.

Tom Cole Trophy Race report including results and many photos is complete - See under Special Races in above Menu. - JT

Please Note - Calendar Change

Due to the BRDC deciding to resurface and/or carry out maintenance work to the Silverstone track, the MG Live weekend event has, very unfortunately, been cancelled. However, Kevin Kivlochan has kindly stepped into the breach and offered to share their Historic Road Sports grid at the HSCC Silverstone meeting on the 19th May, again on the GP circuit. An amendment to our 2019 calendar has been made below.

Hunt Bags Tom Cole Trophy Again!

VSCC, Silverstone, 14th April, 2019

In a close fought battle involving two former Tom Cole Trophy winners, Martin Hunt in the HWM emerged victorious after Chris Keen in the Kurtis 500S handicapped himself with a jumped start and a slow pit stop. This grid was one we shared with the VSCC 50s sports car race for the Hawthorn International Trophy, won comfortably by Philip Walker’s Lotus 15 after Andrew Smith retired his Cooper Monaco. The grid, however, was predominantly that of FISCAR compliant cars with the usual small number of invitation cars that we always bring to this race and our numbers were gratifyingly up on last year’s grid. Despite some concerns the mix of grids worked out pretty well given the performance variation between the quickest VSCC cars and the slowest FISCAR cars, with a high standard of considerate driving throughout which included some excellent dicing down the field.

Message Received from the VSCC:-

‘We would like to invite your members to take part in The Pomeroy Trophy, taking place on Saturday 16th February 2019 on the Grand Prix Circuit at Silverstone. 2019 will see the 64th running of this historic event, which is totally unique. The format of the event is driving tests on the circuit in the morning, followed by 40 minute track sessions in the afternoon in which we ask competitors to achieve a target number of laps.

The entry fee is only £175 for 40 minutes of track time on the Grand Prix Circuit, which is exceptional value for money. All cars must be road legal and road registered, with competitors requiring a 2019 race license.’

Our 2019 Season

A belated Happy New Year to all our members. You should all have been notified of our race dates for this year but they are outlined below, as a reminder, and also for new and/or potential new members. I do urge all of you to enter as many races as possible, in order to ensure that we continue to be invited to the best possible events and circuits in the future. As you will all know, a lot of grids in Historic Racing have suffered over the last couple of seasons, and inevitably, some grids have to be shared, but a big turnout of our lovely FISCAR cars could buck the trend for future seasons. This year we have 5 meetings including a return to our old friends, the MGCC, at their terrific MG Live meeting in June on the Silverstone GP circuit. In fact, June is a particularly exciting month as just two weeks after the MG meeting we are joining the HSCC for the first time for some years, as the opportunity to compete on the Brands Hatch GP circuit could not be turned down. Apart from this opportunity to race on both UKs GP circuits in the space of two weeks, we have our usual triumvirate of favourite meetings at VSCC Spring Start, BDC Silverstone and Castle Combe Autumn Classic. Details below:-

April 14 - VSCC, Spring Start, Silverstone

This year our grid will be joining the VSCC’s own 1950 Sports Car race. However, our cars, which will be the usual mix of FISCAR compliant and Invitation cars, will again be racing for the Tom Cole Trophy, whilst those VSCC cars which do not fit into our regs will be competing for the VSCC’s Hawthorn Memorial Trophy. This should be an exciting grid. Entry for this is already open.

19 May - HSCC, Silverstone International Trophy Meeting on the GP circuit

We will be sharing the grid with the Historic Road Sports cars and as it is on the GP circuit there is plenty of room and an opportunity to really stretch the legs of your car. Please note that the entry fee reflects the fact that this is a 40 minute race (with pit stop) with 30 minutes of qualifying, so plenty of track time..

15/16 June - MGCC Live, Silverstone GP circuit - MEETING NOW CANCELLED

30 June - HSCC - Legends of Brands Hatch Superprix - Brands Hatch GP circuit

We join the slower cars within HSCC’s Historic RoadSports classes on the fabulous and popular Brands GP circuit.

3 August - BDC, Silverstone

The wonderful old style club atmosphere still prevails at this lovely meeting. Our full support should continue to help the Bentley Drivers Club maintain this feel

5 October - Castle Combe Autumn Classic

Our annual pilgrimage to the West Country to savour the Castle Combe circuit at this increasingly popular event in front of thousands of spectators.

JT - January, 2019

Our thanks again to Woolmer Classic Engineering Ltd. for providing us with Race Day support and hospitality throughout 2018.                                                                     www.woolmerclassic.co.uk

NOTE To Members

I apologise for the missing or incomplete race reports over the last 12 - 18 months due almost entirely to the need to divert my energy and time into selling my property in Lincolnshire and moving over to Shropshire. I’m pleased to say that task is now completed and that I am once again able to spend time updating the reports. However, I crave your patience as this will have to be done gradually. -JT

Corfield Cracks Combe!

Castle Combe AutumN Classic, 6th October

Martyn Corfield drove superbly well to take our Inter-Marque race on Sunday. A brilliant start from the 3rd row of the grid set up the victory although he was caught and passed by an absolutely on form Robin Ellis in his Lotus Elite. The Elite looked on course for victory when Richard Fores took over the car only to have to retire it. Martyn had to keep the pace up though, as excellent drives from Stephen Bond (Lister Bristol) and Marc Gordon (Jaguar XK150), saw them both well clear of the pack and finish within 7.2 seconds of the Frazer Nash after 30 minutes of racing in very tricky conditions. There was great racing all the way down the field, on a day in which FISCAR excelled itself in giving the wet and cold spectators, both quality and quantity. A full report will follow.

It should also be recorded that The AC Ace team, which has returned in numbers this year won the Annual Inter-Marque team Trophy, and I was particularly delighted to see Justin Becket win the Whitehead Cup. Justin described this as beginners luck but you don’t win this unless you turn up and be competitive on a regular basis and Justin did both, so very well earned.

ARCUCLASS OF the FIELD

CMMC, Snetterton, 22nd September

Despite the addition of a few post 1960 sports cars, Brian Arculus dominated the Inter-Marque race at Snetterton last Saturday, winning at a canter. Splendid drives by Paul Griffin in the Connaught ALSR and Jim Campbell in his Austin Healey 100/4 netted them 2nd & 3rd overall. We were also delighted to welcome 3 newcomers to FISCARs ranks - Philip Elder in his MGA, Ewen Sergison in Paul Lovett’s Connaught L2 & Harry Naerger in his Jowett Jupiter - and we hope to see them all again. It was a rare sight to see (repeated later in the Archie Scott Brown race) 2 sports racing Connaughts on the same grid, and particularly appropriate this year on the 70th anniversary of the first Connaught to be produced.

Cool & Consistent Campbell Conquers Competitors

Bentley Drivers Club, Silverstone, 4th August, 2018

Jim Campbell took his beautifully prepared Austin Healey 100/4 to victory at Silverstone. Initially giving best to veteran racer, John Harper, in David Brazell's Jaguar C type, Jim maintained a consistency of pace which saw him shake off the challenge of the Kellison J4R and assumed the lead once the C type had pitted for its driver change. John had displayed all the skills that made him a highly successful historic racer more years ago than I care to say, but it was unreasonable to expect David to quite match his pace after the changeover but he still brought the C type home in a fine 2nd place with the Kellison of Tyzack/Hiscocks, 3rd. Paul Griffin who also took the class 4 win, was an excellent 4th overall in his Connaught ALSR, and followed home by Class 3 winner Alan House in his Morgan Plus 4 whilst 6th overall was taken by Justin Beckett in his AC Ace Bristol, thus making it 6 different marques in the top 6 places.

Full report in due course - JT      

Woodgate wins for Jon

Jon Gross Memorial Trophy 

In a small but very classy field of Feltham Aston Martins,  Chris Woodgate won the Jon Gross Memorial Trophy in Jon's 1958 ex Sebring DB MkIII, in front of the Gross family who still own this fabulous car. It was an entirely  appropriate and emotional outcome in memory of Jon who had campaigned this car so enthusiastically for so many years up until the day before he died. Chris, was followed home by Tony Green in the famous ex works DB 2, VMF 65 and Peter Dubsky was 3rd overall in his 15/98 and was therefore also winner of the Mort Goodall Cup for prewar Astons. Edward Bradley won the 1500cc class in his splendid Ulster.  

Arculus Repeats Donington Win

VSCC, Donington, 24th June, 2018

In a grid augmented, through necessity, by VSCC's own 1950s Sports cars group and some additional members of Richard Culverhouse's new club, the CMMC, Brian Arculus drove well to finish top of the FISCAR class. It was, though, yet another day that we have to rue a shortage of numbers. This was compounded by the non appearance of two of our entries, although it was noted that at least two of those cars entered under the VSCC banner were also FISCAR compliant.  I thank those members who came out to play on this historic, interesting and challenging circuit.

John  T

Full report to follow in due course.

Hunt HWM Takes Tom Cole Trophy in Thrilling Season Starter

   VSCC, Spring Start, 22nd April, 2018

An unusually small grid for the Tom Cole Trophy nevertheless was of high quality and featured a superbly close fought race between the Martin Hunt/Patrick Blakeney- Edwards in Martin's HWM Jaguar and Richard Wilson in his beautiful Maserati 250S. Martin made a superb start and defended skilfully for several laps before finally giving best to the slightly quicker pole sitting Maserati. However, he kept close to the Italian car so that when he pitted to hand over to Patrick Blakeney-Edwards the slightly slower stop by the Maserati was telling, and Patrick emerged in the lead which he just held to the end despite the engine running rough in the latter stages. Less than 3 tenths separated them at the flag with Richard taking fastest race lap.

There were some great dices further back, not least between Richard Woolmer in Matthew Collings HWM Cadillac, Stephen Bond in his Lister Bristol Flatiron and Martyn Corfield in his Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica. The always spectacular Woolmer prevailed in the HWM to take 3rd but was just 2 seconds ahead of the Lister after 30 minutes of racing. Another close encounter was that of the well driven AC Ace Bristol of Tim Pearce and Lotus Elite of Brian Arculus, with Brian pipping Tim by less than half a second. They finished  6th and 7th respectively. The team of 3 splendid AC Aces, driven by Tim, David Cottingham/Adrian King, and Justin Beckett won the team award.

Full race report, results and photos have been started under 'Special Races' in the header menu - JT (also see photo below).