2019 Dijon Motors Cup! CSCC Classic

David Smith in the 1965 MG Midget Lenham Le Mans lifts a wheel in front of Jon Wolfe in a 1963 Lotus Elan.

This was an overseas event open to all of the classic cars from various of the British CSCC series.  Thus, a great mixture of sixties, seventies and eighties GT and Touring cars.  I was the Saturday race at the Dijon Motors Cup meeting.  It was run over 40 minutes and there were 25 starters most of whom are featured below.  It was their second overseas event of the year but their first ever at Dijon-Prenois.  I enjoyed them being there and particularly loved seeing the Datsun 240Z, the Ford Anglia and the Ginetta G12, not to mention some spectacular driving from some of the MG and Lotus drivers.

Lotus Cortina versus BMW.

The winning 1964 Lotus Elan S2 of Jamie Keevill.

Matthew Lewis in this 1982 Marcos Mantula came second, taking the position on the final lap.

The third placed 1989 Vauxhall Astra GTE 16V comes under attack from a Porsche 944 and a BMW 1502 early in the eace.  It was driven by Hammersley and Brown.

The fourth placed 1965 Lotus Elan of Smith / Cousins leading the eventual winner early in the race.

John  Dunham and Mark Owen's 1963 Lotus Cortina Mk1 came fifth.

The sixth place 1989 Porsche 944 S2 battling with the Lotus Cortina and BMW 1502.

John  Wolfe in this 1963 Lotus Elan came seventh.

The Lotus Elan engine of the car featured above.

The eighth placed 1969 MG B GT of the Howes (101) comes under attack from an MG B Roadster (712).  Michael Didcott in the 1970 Roadster finished tenth.

David Thompson in this 1963 TVR Grantura MKIII leads an Elan and a Ginetta on his way to ninth position.

The 1976 BMW 1502 on it way to eleventh place in the hands of Ian Everett.

BMW 1502 detail.

The twelfth place 1971 Ford Mustang Mach 1of Martin Reynolds comes under pressure from the Lotus Elan of Cliff Gray late in the race.

The pretty 1967 Ginetta G12 of Chris Blewett leads the 1960 Austin Healey Sebring Sprite of Simon Page.

The Ginetta in the paddock.

This 1971 Datson 240Z particularly caught my attention which ran as high as third driven by Dean Halsey.

Polishing up the Datsun in the paddock.

A sixties icon - the Williams' 1966 Ford Anglia 

The Anglia in the paddock.

Work in the paddock on nSteve Chapman's 1962 Triumph TR4.

Major work on Steve Adam's 1969 Triumph Spitfire Mk3.

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