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Saturday 15 October 2016

Dijon Motors Cup Historic Races 2016

Click here for more Historic Formula Two pictures from the 2016 Dijon MotorsCup meeting.

Preparing an Austin Healey 3000 for the GT and Sports Car Cup race.
The Pilkington's Maserati 300S that took pat in the GT and Sports Car Cup race.
A rare Warwick GT350 that took part in the race for Triumph Competition & British GTs.
Click here for the exciting action from the NKHTGT race at the Dijon Motors Cup meeting.
Ex-Scuderia Filipinetti Lotus 21/24 1.5 litre Formula One car.
Click here for Youngtimer Touring Car Challenge action from the 2016 Dijon Motors Cup
1.5 litre Coventry Climax F1 engine.
Click here for more pictures of the Dijon 200kms at the 2016 Dijon Motors Cup meeting.
TVR 2500
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Dijon MotorsCup 2016 - Youngtimer Touring Car Challenge

The warm up lap and the grid was the only time the other lead cars got close to Roger Billiger's 1971 SCCA Pontiac Transam AM
The Netherlands YTCC or Youngtimer Touring Car Challenge is a series of races held at circuits like Hockenheim, Zandvoort, Spa-Franchorchamps and Dijon-Prenois for cars from the fifties up to 1990. It features drivers from all over Europe who compete in six classes depending on age and performance.
The battle for fourth place on lap one with the 1979 Alpine Renault A310 GrpIV of Randall Lawson leading this group.
The battle for eleventh place on the first lap with the 1975 Porsche 911 of Nils Davidson ahead of a Triumph, a Corvette and an Alfa Romeo.
Further back in this large field Ottokar Krust's 1975 Porsche 911 RSR battles it out with the 1988 BMW M3 E30 of Ruben Anders, whilst the 1978 Porsche 924 of Thomas Baltzer takes an unconventional line.
At the rear of the field Alpine Renaults mix it with a Jensen-Healey, a Porsche and a BMW.
Really great to see the 1973 Jensen-Healey of Kim Christensen racing.  
The 1981 Lotus Sunbeam of Anita Renes finished eighth in class.
Whilst F1 Ferraris were battling with F1 Mercedes-Benz at Susuka in the Japanese GP, we had our own Ferrari vs Mercedes battle at Dijon.   The 1986 Mercedes 190E won its class for Eighties cars.
Randall Lawson's 1979 Alpine Renault A310 GrpIV finished second in class. 
A 1956 Chevrolet Corvette sandwiched between two Porsches.
Urs Steffen in a 1967 Triumph Spitfire GT8 finished second in class to the more powerful Mustang.
It is not often you see a Trabant racing with a Ferrari!
The 1978 Porsche 924 had a great race with Christian Schober's Alpine Renault over many laps.
The oldest car in the race was this 1956 5 litre Chevrolet Corvette of Robert Dubler.  He finished third in class.
This 1969 7 litre Ford Mustang proved a handful for Michael Baumann but he still finished second despite this spin.  He also won the class for the more powerful sixties cars.
Lots of waved blue flags as the Pontiac Transam started to lap everyone

Bart Lemaire was alone in his class in the 1972 Trabant 601 RS and finished last and was lapped many times.
Great variety with a 1956 Corvette leading a 1975 Porsche and a Volkswagen Beetle.
The 1975 Saab 99 EMS of Harm van de Laan.  He finished eleventh in a competitive class.
Robert Bolliger in the Pontiac Transam SCCA was on pole, led the whole race, had fastest lap and won by over 40 seconds.
The 1974 2 litre Opel Kadett C of Thomas Dätwyler  holds off a Porsche.  The Opel won its class.
Dick Waaijenberg's 1979 Ferrari 308 finished third in class and fourth overall.
Still close in the midfield at the end of the race.
1.6 litre Alpine Renault A110 GrpIV
Beautiful 1973 Jensen Healey in the paddock.
1981 Lotus Sunbeam.
1967 Triumph Spitfire GT8 driving through the paddock.
More from the Dijon Motors Cup if you click on the Motor Sport button at the top of this page,

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Dijon MotorsCup 2016 - FIA Lurani Trophy - Formula Junior

The battle for the lead on the first lap of the Lurani Trophy with Peter Morton in car 75 challenging hard the pole sitter Manfredo Rossi di Montelera in car 65.
The Lurani Trrophy is a FIA championship for Formula Junior car with races at Hockenheim, Pau, Monza, Nubrurgring, Zandvoort and Dijon.  It is called the Lurani Trophy as the Italian Count Giovanni "Johnny" Lurani came up with the idea for Formula Junior in the later fifties.  It was a path towards Formula One from 1958 to 1963 with drivers such as Jim Clark and Denny Hulme racing in this formula.   I really enjoyed the Saturday race at Dijon-Prenois where these photos were taken.  Lovely to see close racing with lots of sliding through the corners and a great variety of cars.
Behind the leaders this was the battle for eighth place on lap one.
The battle for fifteenth place on lap one.
At the rear of the field Daniele Salodini in the Taraschi FJ leads other front engined cars in the battle for Group A.
The beautiful Stanguellini of Belgian Tom de Gres.
The Fiat engine in the Stanguelini.
On lap two the Lotus of Manfredo Rossi di Montelera has a clear lead that he was to keep for the rest of the race.
The Branca FJ on the way to the grid driven by Bruno Ferrari.
The twelfth placed  Lotus 20/22 of Lee Mowle.
On lap four the Brabham BT6 of Pierre Tonetti has moved up to third place.  He was eventually to finish second.
Peter Morton pushes his car Lightning Enyoyette through the paddock.  
The Lotus 22 of Italian Andrea Guarino.
Further back in the field the Belgian Luc Deneve holds off Colin Nursey, both in Lotus 18s.
The Italian  Guido di Eguido drives his Stanguellini through the paddock.
The only French driver in this race was Caroline Abbou Rossi di Montelera  in her Brabham BT6.
A lock up in the battle between Swiss drivers Urs Mueller and Bruno Weibel in their Lotuses
The front engined Stanguellini and Lola cars.
Canadian Larry Kinch earlier driving the Lola Mk2 to the grid.
The Lotus 18 of John Lord won his class.
The Stanguellini of  Guido di Egudio is lapped.
The Terrier Mk4  Series 1 of Christopher Drake.  He finished second in his group.
The battle for second place with Pierre Tonetti leading Peter Morton and the Wainer of Richard Smeeton.
The Swiss driver Urs Mueller talks about his Formula Junior Lotus 20/22.
Ian Simmonds walks alongside as his Envoy Mk1 is pushed to the dummy grid.  He was to finish a close second in his group.
The Ferrari inspired nose on the Italian Formula Junior Wainer 63.
To find out more about the Wainer FJ car, click here.

The unusual logo on the Wainer.
More from the Dijon Motors Cup if you click on the Motor Sport button at the top of this page.

All photos were taken from the spectator areas without a press pass.

John Etherton asserts his copyright to all of the photos on this blogpost.  However, you may post the photos elsewhere on the web as long as you credit the photographer, John Etherton, and this blog post, Rouenlesafx@blogspot.com and provide a link to this page.

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