2019 Dijon Motors Cup! - CSCC Modern

A Lotus and two Peugeots late in the race.

This race on Saturday at the Dijon-Motors Cup featured a very varied field even if the fastest cars all seemed to be Caterham Sevens or BMWs.  The race was part of a series organised by the Classic Sports Car Club and is part of their Cartek Motorsport Modern Classics championship.  Basically it caters for GT and Touring cars up to the end of 1999 and the 2000s, but rather a lot of the cars seemed more recent.  Races are of 40 minutes duration with a mandatory pit-stop and can be for one or two drivers.  Their Saturday race started dry and sunny and then the rain came, so not an easy race for the drivers.    Very nice to see 38 cars taking part and provide us with a nice spectacle on the beautiful Dijon-Prenois circuit.   All of the photos were taken with a Canon 100-400mm f4.5-5.6L ISii USM lens on a Canon 7D Mkii body, and this was the first time I had used the lens.  The combination proved ideal for Dijon and the damp conditions.

Many of the competitors in this race are shown below.  The race for overall victory was between the 2.5 litre Caterhams.   However, there were plenty of classes for the other competitors to race over.

The variety of machinery can be seen in this mid-field shot at the start of the race.

Colin Watson won in his 2,400cc Caterham C400 

Jonathan Pittard came second in a Caterham CSR.  Here he leads Mathew Evans in a BMW 1 Series.

A group of Caterhams.  Car No.45 is Christian Pittard who eventually finished third in his Caterham 7.

Richard Carter was fourth in the Caterham R300.

On the right in this picture, Mark Smith came fifth and in his 1993 BMW M3 Evo E36.

On the left in this picture, the Simpsons came sixth in their Peugeot 206 RC

Adam Howarth came eighth in this 1997 BMW E36 M3.

No.1 Andrew Rath in this 2006 Lotus Europa came ninth.  On the inside is Chris Griffin in a Lotus V6 Cup R.

Taking the inside line, No.17 Alan Thompson finished tenth in his 1996 BMW E36 M3.   Here he is overtaking a 1997 Lotus Elise S1

In eleventh place was Bruce Wilson a a Caterham CSR Superlight.  The No.49 Mini came twelfth.

Colin Philpott came fourteenth in this 1989 Jaguar XJS.

The BMWS of Dominic Malone, Mathew Evans and Mark Smith early in the race.

Chris Boon's 1996 Jaguar XK8.

The 1994 TVR Tuscan of Matt Holben.

Michael Holt and his 1995 Jaguar X300.

The Caterham Blakckbird of Tidy and Armes leading the Simpsons Peugeot.

Matthew Sanders in a BMW M3 leading Simon Evans in a Mazda RX-8

French driver Christophe Deboffe in a MK Indy R leading No.22 Martin Glennie in a 1997 TVR Chimaera and No.89 a 1995 TVR Griffith.

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Still close racing in the difficult conditions.

Caterham Blackbird and Trophies.