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The “Ferrari at 24 Heures du Mans” exhibition opened at the Ferrari Museum in Maranello, to celebrate 70 years of Prancing Horse victories in the world’s most famous endurance race. Visitors can look back over the 36 wins recorded on the French track, with the help of some of the cars that competed in the famous races plus multimedia and interactive contents. The exhibition opens with the 166 MM Barchetta Touring. With a similar car, Lord Selsdon and Luigi Chinetti triumphed on June 26, 1949, on Ferrari’s debut at Le Mans. The British aristocrat and the Milanese driver transplanted to…

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The United States Grand Prix, Watkins Glen, October 3, 1971. François Cévert guided his Tyrrell 002 to a comfortable first place victory, throwing his arms in the air as he crossed the finish line. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION PO Box 8204, Stamford, CT 06905 USA., Tel: (203) 461-9804 • Fax: (203) 968-2970 E-mail: info@klemcoll.com • Web site: www.klemcoll.com

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Lotus 72—1970–75 By Pete Lyons Foreword by Emerson Fittipaldi Longtime readers of VR&R will be well acquainted with the prosaic work of Pete Lyons from his monthly column Fast Lines and his seminal book on the Can-Am series. Now Lyons has teamed up British publisher Evro to produce the latest in their new Formula 1 Greats series, covering one of the most revered Formula 1 cars ever made, the Lotus 72. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxGn6XkPty8 Introduced in 1970, the wedge-shaped Lotus 72 competed for six seasons, winning 20 World Championship Grands Prix, two Drivers’ titles (for Jochen Rindt in 1970 and Emerson Fittipaldi…

News–Racecar CI 2 Roger Dixon
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In a surprise New Year’s announcement, the organizers of the popular Chateau Impney Hill Climb have announced that the event is to be permanently discontinued. The announcement on the Chateau Impney web site reads: “The 2019 Chateau Impney Hill Climb will be the last of this series of motoring events at Chateau Impney. Consequently, the 2020 event will unfortunately not be taking place. Hosting the Hill Climb has been an amazing 5 years. We set out: to create memorable experiences, which consistently exceeded expectations, to create an event that felt exclusive but was incredibly inclusive and to deliver an event…

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One of the most significant Lotus 19s is set to take the classic car world by storm when it goes under the hammer at Silverstone Auctions Race Retro Sale on the 22nd and 23rd of February at Stoneleigh Park. Raced by some of the most famous British racing drivers Chassis 953 comes onto the open market for the first time in 57 years having undergone significant restoration and owned by Lotus enthusiasts and collectors along the way. The Lotus 19, designed by the great Colin Chapman, is one of the favourite two-seater open sports racecars fitted with the 2.5 liter…

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The chase begins …  Using black and white markers on an 11″x 14″ piece of green paper artist Paul Chenard pays tribute to Steve McQueen’s iconic Bullitt Mustang. Paul Chenard Automobiliart.com paul.chenard@hotmail.com 1 902 817-9273 www.pinterest.com/automobiliart www.facebook.com/automobiliart.ca

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Masters Historic Racing has released its U.S. calendar for the 2020 season, visiting some of the best American road circuits from the West Coast to the East Coast that any driver or motorsport fan could wish for.  From Sonoma to Watkins Glen, then from Road America moving onwards to Road Atlanta and Barber, before finishing up with some winter Florida sunshine at Daytona and Sebring. Masters USA will again take two grids to the North American historic events; Masters Historic Formula One USA; sharing the bill with Masters Endurance Legends USA for 1983-2016 Le Mans prototypes and GTs, on four…

News–Racecar #117 Tom Yeager 64 Merlyn Mk 6a Chuck Andersen
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Accomplished Trans-Am, SCCA and historic racer Tom Yeager passed away on December 28th, at the age of 83. Yeager had suffered a serious stroke the previous week on December 21. Yeager started his racing career in a Lotus Seven, in 1962, followed by a breakout year, in 1964, driving a Merlyn sports racer where he scored a 2nd at the SCCA race at Grayling and a win at the SCCA regional at Mid-Ohio. The following year, Yeager began racing the new Shelby GT350R for Carroll Shelby, which saw him finish 4th at Road America, 2nd at Palm Beach and Lynndale…

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