2019 Dijon Motors Cup! Colmore YTCC Race 2

Lots of variety - A 1967 McLaren M1 and a 1970 Dodge Challenger.

The Dijon Motors Cup has lots of variety.  The Colmore YTCC race was a case in point.  Everything from a Can-Am McLaren to GT cars to Touring Cars.  YTCC stands for Youngtimer Touring Cars Challenge.  I am not sure I would call a McLaren M1C a Youngtimer Touring Car but who cares!   I saw the second race on Saturday and it was getting late and most of the crowd was going home.  The fun part was watching Walter Hoffman climb from the back of the grid tp second place in his McLaren.  The only one he didn't catch was the 1969 7 litre CN-Cobra of Christian Nowak, another rather strange Youngtimer Touring Car!   Despite my reservations about the name, this was a nice field of two to four seater cars from the 60s 70s and 80s.  It is a Dutch series but the field at Dijon was very European with many nationalities taking part.

The McLaren passing a Porsche early in the race.

The winning CN-Cobra leads a BMW 323i

The 1970 Dodge Challenger 9400 of Beat Gubler.

The sixth placed Pontiac TransAm SCCA 8075 of Roger Bolliger.

Some Youngtimer Touring Cars!   BMW, Sunbeam, Opel.

Dutch lady Anita Renes in her 1989 Lotus Esprit 2200 that finished 19th.

A fellow Brit , Martin Reynolds, is his 1971 Ford Escort Mk1 2000

In sixth place came Swiss driver Urs Steffen in this 1967 Triumph Spitfire GT8.

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The Alpine Renault A110 1600S GrpIV of Swiss driver Christian Schober.

Robert Dubler's 1956 Chevrolet Corvet comes out to play.

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The top third of the field wend their way around Dijon-Prenois early in the race.  No sign of the McLarem!

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