Etretat Hill Climb 2017 - VHC Post War

Tony Gomis was fastest of the VHC cars in his 1976 1.6 litre Marcadier CanAm. 

There were lots of lovely post war VHC cars at the August 2017 Course de Cote Etretat-Benouville.  Most are shown in this blogpost in order of the scratch time they achieved with the fastest first.   Most of the cars were from Britain with a couple of French entries.  It as good to see the beautiful French sports car, the Marcadier, come first.  Tony Gomiz has competed many times at Etretat as has Lyn Padfield and Bob Gibson; they had a good battle for FTD.  This was the 19th running of the VHC Hill Climb run between Etretat and Benouville in Normany, France.

Lyn Padfield, 1968 1.6 litre Lotus Seven

The 1973 1.6 litre Alpine A110 of Bob Gibson.

Mark Linworth and his 1973 2 litre Ford Escort Mk1.

The 1972 2 litre Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GT of Duncan Richardson.

Spectacular driving from Tim Greenhill in his MGB.

Johnny Hulme's 1974 1.6 litre Alpine A110

Dave Wheeler's Renault R8 Gordini.

Stephanie Wilton's 1953 2 litre Grand Prix F2 Cooper-Bristol T23Mk2.

The French Alpine A110 1300S of Alain Marie.

The unique 1954 Jacobs-MG special of Stuart Dean.

For more about the Jacobs-MG Special, click here.

The 1961 Lotus Seven of Chris Davis.

The 1960 Formula Junior Cooper T56.

Sheridan Bell of Alpine A110.

The 1965 Renault 8 Gordini of Nigel Patten.

The 1953 2 litre Cooper-Bristol 2 seater Sports of Jonathan Harmer.

1964 Alfa Romeo Giulia TI Super of Michel Deldon

The 1971 Mexican built Dinalpin A110 of Andy Owler

The 1953 Frazer Nash Le Mans of David Knight.

Australian Ernst Luthi with a 1961 TVR Grantura Mk2.

Liz Owler's 1976 Matra-Simca Bagheera S.

The Pre-War cars at Etretat can be seen by clicking on this link.

The post-historic cars at Etretat can be seen via this link.

The modern cars competing in the French Course de Cote can be accessed by clicking here.

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