Tour Auto 2020 - Competition - Groups H&I

The 1973 Ford Escort Mk1 RS2000 of Martin MOURIES/Yves MOURIES.

Group H/I in the Tour Auto is for competition cars from 1972 to 1981. This means lots of GT cars such as Porsches, Ferraris and Alpine Renaults but also Touring Cars from Ford, BMW, Opel and Peugeot.  The photos in this blog post were taken on day one of the 2020 Tour Auto as the cars passed through Gien.  Lovely to see ther M1 Procar and so many 308s!   The positions mentioned below are from  the Group H/I final results.  There were 24 classified finishers in this Group that made their way from the Autodrome Linas-Montlhery to the Circuit Paul Ricard.

The winner of the Group H&I Competition cars was this 1981 Ferrari 308 Grp IV Michelotto of 
Florent JEAN/Yves JEAN

Runner up in Group H&I was this 1974 Porsche 911 Carrera 3.0 RSR.  It was crewed by 
Emmanuel BRIGAND/Yann ALBERT

Third was the 1974 Porsche 911 Carrera 3.0 RS of Jean-Maurice REY/Sébastien EBERHARD

The fourth placed 1979 Alpine A310 V6 Grp IV of Gérard BESSON/Bruno MAINGUET

In sixth place were Kim GAYER/Vincent GLEYZE in this 1975 Opel Commodore GSE.

This 1972 Alpine Renault A110 1600S Grp IV came eighth
crewed by Christian CHAMBORD/Patrick FOURESTIE

Nicolas LEROY-FLEURIOT/Adrien AUDIBERT in a 1979 BMW M1 Procar came ninth.

The 1976 Ferrari 308 Michelotto of Jérémy MENNECHET/Stéphane OLLIER

Arnaud GAUDUEL/Nicolas MISSILLIER in their 1977 Ferrari 308 Grp IV Facetti.

The 1972 Porsche 911 2.5L ST  of Stéphane GAUCHER/Isabelle AUVINET

Jean-Claude BRAZEY/Sylvain VIRET in a 1976 Simca 1000 Rallye 2

Olivier BARRET/Sébastien CRUBILE and their 1973 Porsche 911 2,8 RSR.

The 1969 Peugeot 204 Grp 2 of Salim BOUZIANE/Olivier DESTIN

François LEVEQUE/Rémi GAMMAL in their 1974 BMW 3.0 CSL.

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The 1972 Porsche 911 2.5L ST of Dimitri PLAQUET/François FABRI

From the Archives - Newton Classic Hill Climb, Prescott, 1st June 1980

500cc racer att speed in the Newton Classic Hill Climb, Prescott, 1st June 1980

My first visit to the Prescott Hill Climb was on June 1st 1980 for the Newton Oils Classic Hill Climb organised by the Bugatti Owners Club.  Rarely for that time, I took along my camera.  At that time it was an Olympus OM10 equipped with 24mm, 50mm and 100mm lens.  The Prescott Speed Hill Climb is situated in Gloucestershire, England not far from Cheltenham and is just over 1 kilometre in length.  Prescott has been the home of the Bugatti Owners Club for many years and they had their first meeting at Prescott as long ago as 1938.

The June 1980 meeting attracted many nice cars and the marques represented included Bugatti, Alfa Romeo and many other as you can see below.  Apologies for any mis-identification of the cars.

The start line at Prescott.

1956 Tojeiro-Aston Martin DB3S attacks the hill.

Frazer Nash le Mans Replica at the hairpin.

Porsche 365 tackles one of the Prescott hairpins.

Am MG climbs the hill.

A Bugatti?

Pre-war Alfa Romeo at speed.

Smoking Frazer Nash Le Mans Reoplica

Another vintage car climbs the hill.

A Triumph near the top of the hill.

The finish line at Prescott.

IN THE PADDOCK

The paddock was as exciting as the hill;.

Beautiful vintage Bugattis.

Rileys in the paddiock at prescott.in cluding Riley 16/4 Blue Streak on the right and Riley 12/4 Special on the left.

A trio of beautiful pre-war Alfa Romeos.

Ferrari 308GTB in the paddock.

More Bugattis.

Austin  Healey 3000.

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