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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2019 Dijon Motors Cup! NKHTGT

The battle for the lead - 6.2 litre Chevrolet Corvette vs 2 litre Lotus Elan.  

The NK HTGT is a Dutch Historic series for GT and Touring Cars from 1947 to 1965 that races in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and France. It contains a nice variety of historic GT and Touring cars and occasionally has some more exotic machinery such as Ford GT40s or Ferrari 250 LMs.  The race at Dijon was of 40 minutes plus 1 lap duration and was hard fought even to the last corner.  As the cars race on low grip tyres the racing can be quite spectacular.  Most of the top cars can be seen below including the Corvette Grand Sports powered by their massive 6.2 litre Chevrolet engines.  I saw the race on Saturday just after lunch and it was a track that was damp in places but drying after the  earlier rain.

The winning 1963 Chevrolet Corvette of Michiel Campagne leads the 1964 Ford Falcon of Bijeveld & Van.

Eventually second place went to the 1965 Lotus Elan of Alexander Schlüchter, seen here lapping the fifth placed Porsche late in the race.

Bob Stevens in a 1965 Lotus led the other Elans until late in the race when he tried to overtake the lead Corvette and lost it in the process.

The 1964 Ford Falcon eventually fell back to fourth but here is seen leading the Elans.

Dijon was the final round of the series and Erwin Van Lieshout took the championship in his Porsche 911.

The Norbert Gross 1964 4.7 litre Ford falcon finished sixth.

Seventh was this 1965 Lotus Elan S2 of Jos Stevens.

Frans Van Maarschalkerwaart in the Shelby Mustang GT350 finished eighth.

The pole position 1961 Jaguar E-Type driven by Sauter/Newall eventually fell back but recovered to ninth.  here it overtakes the eleventh placed 1965 Lotus Cortina of René Wallner.

Rob Rappenge in a 1965 Mini Cooper came tenth.

Nigel Winchester in his 1 litre 1964 Ginetta G4 beat many larger capacity cars

The 1965 Ford GT40 of Georg Nolte took part on the warm up lap but didn't start.

1959 Porsche 356A leads Austin Healey and Ford Falcon.

This 1964 Chevrolet Corvette was fast but retired.

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Lotus Cortina leads two MGs, a Mini cooper and a Ginetta.

Kaj Dahlbacka and team preparing the Corvette Grand Sport 

Paddock action for the 1959 Austin Healey 3000 Mk1 of Huib Mars.

The 1964 Ginetta G4 of Nigel Winchester has its wheels changed.

The other Ginetta G4, that of Brian Lambert, on the pre-grid.

2018 Tour Auto - Competition cars 1966 to 1971 - Etape 1

Fourth placed BMW 2800 CS driving through the wine towm of Nuits-Saint-Georges, with a vine helping frame the car.

The Tour Auto Optic 2000 cars of 1966 to 1971 are really from my era as this was the period when I first became interested in motor racing.  It was lovely to see a couple of Ford GT40 MkIIs lead this category, even if the disappointment was not to see the Matra MS650 turn up as it had blown its engine the week before.  The pictures below are of the top dozen cars in order of classification after the first day.  Pictures were taken on the ES1 Sinotte special stage near Auxerre and in Nuits-Saint-Georges the famous Burgundian wine town.

1st.  272 – Ford GT40 MkII – Patrick Hautot /Sylvian Cantrel

The leading Ford Gt40 MkII on the ES1 special stage.

The Ford Gt40 in Nuits-Saint-Georges.

2^nd.  263 – Ford GT40 MkII – Philippe Vandromme/Frédéric Vivier

Beautiful Ford GT40 negotiating a tight corner on the Special Stage.

Fprd GT40 MkII in Nuits-Saint-George.

3rd.  247 – BMW 2800 CS – Richard Depargneux/Eric Joyeux

BMW under the careful scrutiny of the spectators on ES1.

BMW 2800 CS in Nuits-Saint-Georges.

4th.  257 – BMW 2800 CS – Alexandre Delaye

5^th.  237 – Alfa Romeo 1750 GTAM – Jean-Baptiste Repellin

The Alfa passing a wine shop in Nuits-Saint-George.

Purposeful looking Alfa exits a slow corner on ES1.

6^th.  223 – Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA – Tim Meinrenken/Fynn Schroder

Another Alfa on the special stage.

7^th.  231 – Porsche 911 2.2L S – Ivan Vercoutere/Charles Rupp

The top Porsche in this age category.

A Porsche driving through the tight streets of Nuits-Saint-Georges.

8^th.  178 - Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GT – Olivier Pernaut/Margot Laffite

Jacques Laffite's daughter , Margot, was co-driver in this Alfa.

9^th.  168 – Austin Cooper S 1300 – Philippe Belin/Dominique Rosello

Mini-Cooper understeering through a fast corner.

A very fast Mini-Cooper on the special stage.

10^th.  198 – Renault 8 Gordini – Gérard Salat/Jean-Pierre Biggi

The Gordini exits a fast corner on ES1

Nice to see a French Renault Gordini in the top ten.

11^th.  187 – Porsche 911 S 2.2L – David Pastor/Jean-Philippe Braconnier

Porsche braking for a tight right hander.

12th.  227 – BMW 2002 – Jean-Francois Barre/Christophe de Bouet du Portal

The BMW negotiating the tight right hander.

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