2020 - Historic Tour - Charade - ASAVE '65 et '75

A very fast 4.7 litre 1965 TVR Griffith 400 was second in qualifying driven by José Beltramelli.

In the 45 minute race on Saturday it was to take the win.

ASAVE racing has two groups of cars.  One is for GT and Touring Cars (the old Groups 1, 2 ,3 and 4) that were homologated prior to 1966.  The second group is for GT and Touring Cars from 1966 to 1975 and Sports prototypes until 1970. At each meeting they either have one 60 minute race or two 45 minute races.  Each race has a pit stop and thus two pilots can take part in each car.  The groups are further divided into classes.

The field at Charade was relatively small with just fourteen cars but this was made up by the quality.  I was only at Charade for their qualifying session but thoroughly enjoyed seeing them all.   Highlight was the lovely Porsche 910 but also the variety.

My favourite was this original 2.4 litre 1967 Porsche 910.  Driven by Sylvain Regnier, seen here in qualifying.

A lovely view of the last part of the Esse de Thèdes with Porsche 911 2,8 RSR leading, TVR Griffith and Alpine 110.

A 2.8 litre 1975 Datson 240 Z shared by Valinho and Mathon.

Alfa leads Porsche and TVR up the hill towards the Epingle Marlboro.

A 1965 Lotus Cortina 1.6L driven by Philippe Raffin leads a 1957 2.2 litre Triumph TR3 driven by Christian Tetot.

Jean-Pierre Fazi in a 1963 Triumph TR4.

The Besson's 1.8 litre Alpine A110 from 1973

A 1964 Lotus Elan 1.6 litre driven by Jean-Pierre Vacher.

The fastest car was this 1973 Porsche 2,8 RSR driven by the Gauberts.

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Datson 240Z chasing the Porsche 910 down the hill back to the start line.