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ON THE BEACH – Racing at Vazon Bay 20 Years Ago

By simonlewis 17/12/2020 Category 1
ON THE BEACH – Racing at Vazon Bay 20 Years Ago

The anniversary actually passed before I realised it, so this “20 years ago” piece is a little late. But then in 2020 almost nothing has gone to plan for any…

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The Armchair Enthusiast 2 : International GT Open

By simonlewis 10/11/2020 Category 1
The Armchair Enthusiast 2 : International GT Open

With the chance to get out and attend race meetings seriously curtailed in 2020  live streaming of race series online has provided a very welcome substitute and some surprise finds.…

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The Armchair Enthusiast 1: British GT Championship 2020

By simonlewis 23/10/2020 Category 1
The Armchair Enthusiast 1:  British GT Championship 2020

With opportunities to get out and watch events seriously curtailed this year I have been almost entirely  restricted to the role of ‘armchair enthusiast’ and taken my fix of motor…

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Back Behind The Wheel : The Exmoor Clouds Trial 2020

By simonlewis 16/09/2020 Category 1
Back Behind The Wheel : The Exmoor Clouds Trial 2020

The world has changed since we last took an active part in motor sport in the eary days of spring. Now it’s  the start of autumn and I’m sat in…

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World Champions Down In The Woods : Network Q Rally GB Media Days 1998-99

By simonlewis 19/07/2020 Category 1
World Champions Down In The Woods : Network Q Rally GB Media Days 1998-99

Two decades ago last November the World Rally Championship decended on a picnic area beside a lake in the Forest of Dean for the annual pre-Rally GB (or RAC Rally…

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Formula One Tractors….Not As Uncomman As It Would At First Appear.

By simonlewis 14/07/2020 Category 1
Formula One Tractors….Not As Uncomman As It Would At First Appear.

With RACING POINT due to rebrand itself ASTON MARTIN in 2021 it marks the latest in a short but select line of F1 teams that (in name at least) trace…

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A Coach With A Past . Our 1937 Bedford WTB JT 8077

By simonlewis 29/06/2020 Category 1
A Coach With A Past . Our 1937 Bedford WTB JT 8077

When I was young my Dad and several like-minded friends formed a group to save and restore a derelict 1937 Bedford WTB coach that one of them had found rotting…

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SUDDEN FASCINATION 3 :THE GNOME MONOSOUPAPE ROTARY ENGINE

By simonlewis 15/05/2020 Category 1
SUDDEN FASCINATION 3 :THE GNOME MONOSOUPAPE ROTARY ENGINE

Recently, while reading a couple of autobiographies by World War One fighter piltos, I became increasingly  entranced by the engineering of the machines they flew. In particular by the curious,…

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Sudden Fascination 2 – Trojan Utility Cars

By simonlewis 05/05/2020 Category 1
Sudden Fascination 2 – Trojan Utility Cars

Some years ago I was dozing off in my chair at a particularly ‘slow’ Beaulieu Autojumble where the crowd was sparse and sales… only an ambition. A kindly lady ,…

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The Stirling Moss Moment. Testing Racing Cars With The Maestro.

By simonlewis 17/04/2020 Category 1
The Stirling Moss Moment. Testing Racing Cars With The Maestro.

Among all the global sadness of the Covid19 crisis the death of Sir Stirling Moss wasn’t the banner headline it would have been in less traumatic times. Moss wasn’t just…

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