Tour Auto 2024, Group G Regularity

 

This 1971 Simca CG 1200 of Jean Rigondet and Olivier Souillard won the Group G regularity 

This post covers the Tour Auto 2024 and the top ten Group G cars competing in the regularity section of the rally.  Group G covers the period 1966 to 1971.

The pictures were taken in Boutx in the Pyrenees or in Pau.

The second placed 1970 Porsche 911 2.2L S of Manual Eucabe and Alec Daly.

The third placed 1971 BMW 2002 Ti of Jean-Paul and Adrien Lacombe.

The fourth placed 1970 Porsche 911 2.2L S of Nicolas Caylet and Carlos Dos Reis Pinto.

The fifth placed 1968 Saab 96 V4 of Olivier and Marie-Dominique Picard.

The sixth placed 1971 Lancia Fulvia HF of Victor Fernandes and Gael Escibe.

The seventh placed 1971 BMW 2002 TII of Michel Rostang and Jean-Pierre Appert.

The eighth placed 1966 Mercedes-Benz 230SL of Romain Nadjar and Benoît Giraudy.

The ninth placed 1968 Chevrolet Corvette C3 Stingray of Ambre Boucherie and Stéphanie Wante.

The tenth placed 1969 Austin Mini Cooper 1275 S of Daniel and Syliane Klumpp.

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9ème Bordeaux Aquitaine Classic VHRS - 2024

 

The winning VHRS Subaru Impreza GT of Christian and Marie Lantres.

The Bordeaux Aquitaine Classic Rally 2024 attracted a good field of VHRS cars (Véhicule Historique de Régularité Sportive).  These are competitors who, rather than going for outright speed, attempt to achieve a set time.  They can choose from high speed, intermediate speed, moderate speed or low speed. In any zone their average speed cannot be more than 75kph or they start getting penalties.

The most successful of the VHRS cars on the rally and the most interesting cars of the 39 who were taking part are shown below:

The Podium VHRS cars

The second placed VHRS Volkswagen Golf GTi of Aurelien Carrasco and Nicolas Demptos.

Crossing the Dordogne River as they leave Castillon-la-Bataille is the third placed Subaru Impreza 1990 turbo of Renaud Canuyt and Laurent Jammet.

Other Winners

The best of those attempting a low target time were Patrice and Annie Gabarrou in their Talbot Samba.

Ready to leave for the start of the VHRS rally in Castillon-la-Bataille is the Audi Quattro of Francis Verbiguie and Jean-Louis Lacoste.  They were the best of those going for fast target time.

The Lania Fulvia 1600 of Vincent Mouret and Francois Cardon.  They were the best of those aiming for a moderate target time.

Interesting Other Cars

The oldest car competing was this Peugeot 203 C from the fifties.

An unusual car to see in VHRS rallies was this Buggy Sarap Buffalo.  This is a French beach buggy.

CG Simca  Type B 1200S.   One of my favourite French sports cars!  It was produced in the late sixties and early seventies based on a Simca 1200S but with coachwork by Chappe et Gessalin.

A Toyota Carina, I assume from the seventies.

An Alpine A310 V6.

Ford Escort RS2000 Mk2.

Lancia Beta Coupé GR4.  Lovely to see one of these again!

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Opel Kadett B Rally.

Classic Val de Nuit - Rallye de Régularité VHR Nocturne, 2022

 

The Porsche 911 of Bourrier / Chaussoniere.  They finished 27th.

My first motor sport event of the year was the third running of the Classic Val de Nuit, a regularity rally for classic cars.   I attended the start of the rally at 17.30 on Saturday 12th February in the Place de la Breche in Niort, France.  The forty six cars had all left on their 240 km journey through the Deux-Sèvres department by nightfall at 18.20.   Well organized by l'ASA79 for the third time, quite a few spectators came to see the rally leave Niort and there were some beautiful cars for them to see and a good Master of Ceremonies giving a commentary to keep all informed.  

The Podium Finishers

The winners were Lavigne/Stubbs in this VW Golf GTi.

Runners-up were Gardrat/Debraud in this Audi TT.

The Peugeot 205 GTi of Bonnet/Guillemin came third.

The Parking

The cars were all on display in the square for the public to see during late Saturday afternoon.  

A Triumph Herald 1200 Coupe from the sixties.  I learnt to drive in a Triumph Herald so always a favourite with me.  This is one was the Coupe that had two seats and a fast back.

Another Triumph, a TR3.  This one was probably the oldest car in the rally.

BMW 2002.

The non-finishers

A number of the more beautiful cars failed to finish the rally.  I was amused when some other spectators asked me what the car below was.  They seemed equally amused by my accent!

The Ford GT40 of Trehiou/Brignon attracted enormous interest.

The beautiful Lancia Fulvia of Rothureau/Veillet.

Alpine Heaven

The spectators were happy to a number of Alpine Renaults present.

The Alpine Renault A110 1300S of Millet/Cadoux finished a good seventh.

Grimaud and Monsimier in a Alpine Renault A310 V6.

Opels

A surprising number and variety of Opels were taking part.  here are a few of them:

The Opel Kadett GTE of Grison/Phelippeau starts its rally.  it finished sixth.

The Freulon's Opel Speedster.

The Opel Commodore of Petit / Moinard.

Some of the others

The two teenage girls - Martinez/Martinez - seem to be enjoying the start of their rally in the Fiat Abarth 600. 

One of the pre-rally favourites was this Porsche 944 of Doublet/Doublet.

The ever popular Mini of Guerin / Bernaudeau.

Ford Escort GT Mk1 of Charles / Guyet.

The Loyer's Ford Escort Mk2 RS2000.

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The Triumph Herald of Pralong / Lemuet sets off into the night.

2020 Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique - Départ Reims - Cars from 1970 to 1975

The 1973 Ford Escort RS2000 MkI of the all female crew of Edelhoff and Binder heads off into the night out of Reims towards the South.

In this second post of the 2020 Monte-Carlo Rally Historic from Reims, i feature the cars built from  1970 to 1975. This was a great period for Rallying with the likes of Alpine Renault, Porsche, Lancia, Datsun, Fiat and others battling for the podium in major rallies.   As with my first post I have a mix of pictures from the verification hall and on the road in Reims and in the parking at the Place du Boulingrin.  A rather lovely group of historic rally cars even if it was disappointing not to have a Lancia Stratos start from Reims this year.

The 1970 Alpine Rensult A110 of  Coppola/Boulanger arrives at the Place du Boulingrin.

The 1970 Alfa Romeo Giulia Super of the Hellmers follows the queue arriving at Boulingrin.

A beautiful 1970 Renault 8 Gordini awaits the verifications.  It was to be driven by the Norwegian pairing of Kleppe and Thune.

A 1971 Lancia Fulvia 1600 HF heads off into the night.  It was driven by the Fichets.

Another 1971 Lancia Fulvia 1600 HF also heads out of Reims with Hervieu and Huchard on board.

The Loth's 1971 Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV arrives in the Place du Boulingrin.  

A 1971 Alfa Romeo Giulia Super driven by Brie and Michel.

This 1972 Datsun 240Z arrived first at Place du Boulingrin.  It has the Japanese crew of Ikeuchi and Morikawa.

You can't be at a French classic car event without a Citroen DS!  This is the 1972 Citroen DS23 of the Ancellins.

The 1972 Lancia Fulvia 1600 HF of Stephen and Tony Graham.

This 1972 Fiat 128 Coupé passes one of the famous Champagne houses on its way out of Reims.  It had the Danish crew of Hindsgaul and Pagh.

Guyon and Caen's 1972 Autobianchi A111 leads a group of the rally cars.

A 1972 Porsche 911T 2.4 with Eric and Chloe Verdonck.

A 1973 Alpine Renault A110.

Ozanne and Strub's 1973 Lancia Fulva 1.3S.

The 1973 Ford Escort RS1600 of Frye-Hammelmann and Hug.

The 1073 Datsun 240Z of Kowalczuk and Constant heads out through Reims

The 1973 Fiat 124 Coupé of Polivert and Herluison.

The 1973 VW Porsche 914-4 of Messersi and Oswald.

The 1974 Alpine Renault A310 of  Firmin Bour and Laurent Carrion.  This car finished a very good seventh overall.

The 1975 Lancia Beta Coupé 1800 of Van Hecke and Lorente.

The 1975 Lancia Beta Coupé of Paolin ans Bourgeat.

A 1975 Alpine Renault A310 heads of Reims with Merle and Bazin as crew.

The 1975 Renault 17 Gordini of Lesage and Benard heads out  for scrutineering.

The 1975 BMW 2002 of Muller and Clavel.

The 1975 Innocenti Mini Cooper 1300 of Bauchet and Ducreux.

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The 1973 Alpine Renault A110 of Daniel and Garzino.