FISCAR Inter-Marque
HSCC, Legends of Brands Hatch Superprix, 12 July, 2026
Our Donington winner with a bit of free advertising for Andrew Mitchell!. In the distance on the right can be seen the paddock area where all the little 500cc F3 cars have accumulated. This was one of the bigger grids of the meeting. Many a great driver cut his teeth on these cars, none more so than my own racing hero - the late (Sir) Stirling Moss. Photo - JT
Preamble
The opportunity to race on the Brands Hatch GP circuit doesn’t come around too often so it was a very pleasant surprise when Mark Campbell was able to arrange for us to buy a grid at the HSCC, Superprix event. It was particularly pleasing that it was this year, as the circuit is celebrating its 60th Anniversay and the 100th anniversary of ‘Century of Power’.
Stuart Dean’s, always delightful MG Dick Jacobs Special Coupe Photo - JT
Peeping shyly out from under the awning is the Lotus Elite of Brian Arculus, both FISCAR veterans! Photo - JT
The GP circuit is one of the best in the country and amateur drivers tend to embrace the opportunity to race there. Certainly, it attracted the attention of Brian Arculus who had not intended to race with us this year, and I felt certain that a grid in the region of 35 cars was entirely possible. Now, I accept that racing old cars is a hobby and, understandably, probably way down the list of priorities in life, but I cannot pretend that I wasn’t a little disappointed by the entry of 24 cars. This was no more than at Donington and several less than our Silverstone Spring Start entry level. However, I should add that some of the other races on the programme were also not as well supported as expected, and there does appear to be a bit of a downward turn in historic race entry numbers at the moment.
The mighty Chrysler ‘FirePower’ V8 of the Allard J2X Le Mans of Simon Evans with periscopes up to airfeed the thirsty carbs. Behind is the Sunbeam Alpine of Gareth Evans (no relation) receiving attention. Photo - JT
Our race entry was nevertheless a lovely and eclectic mix, but unfortunately, we had 4 late withdrawals reducing the field to just 20 cars. Both the Mark Brett Delage D6 and the Morgan Cleasby Lotus Elite were still deemed unready to race; Benn Faulkner had last minute business to attend to, so we were not to see the extraordinary Bristol 450 and sadly, Jeremy Woods had medical issues so was unable to bring the Triumph Italia along. A new car to our ranks was the lovely little MG Lester of George Edney returning to the tracks after a few years absence.
Octogenarian, George Edney attends to his Lester MG Photo - JT
To be continued!
